Monday October 7, 2019
Manhattan
6:30-8:30pm Free: Skirball Talks | Slavoj Žižek: Disorder Under Heaven. As part of NYU Skirball Talks, the NYU Department of German and Deutsches Haus at NYU present “Disorder under Heaven” with Slavoj Žižek. Žižek will be introduced by Xudong Zhang, Professor of Comparative Literature & East Asian Studies, and Director of China House at NYU. More info. [PHILOSOPHY]
6:30pm $20: Doings of Gotham: Edgar Allan Poe in New York City. Boroughs of the Dead founder and author Andrea Janes will explore Edgar Allen Poe’s New York framed by his own writings, such as his Doings of Gotham, which chronicled current events in the city in 1844, including the newly opened Croton aqueduct and the changing architecture of Brooklyn (spoiler: he didn’t love it). Janes will also delve into some of Poe’s myriad interests: phrenology and mesmerism as well as true crime, murder, and scandal. More info. [BOOKS]
7-8pm $15: AMNH Presents: Frontiers Lecture: The Ancient Volcanoes of Mercury. How do scientists know there were ancient volcanoes on Mercury? NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft orbited Mercury with the goal of better understanding the planet’s ancient geologic history. Planetary geologist Brett Denevi discusses her role on the MESSENGER mission and her studies surrounding the origin, composition, and evolution of planetary surfaces. More info. [SCIENCE]
Brooklyn
7:30pm $15: Life, Examined: Marcus Aurelius and the Wisdom of the Everyday. Gather around the classic Marcus Aurelius text “meditations” with Michael Prettyman to see if we can transform the written words into a philosophy for our everyday lives. More info. [PHILOSOPHY]
Tuesday October 8, 2019
Manhattan
6-7:30pm Free: Brett Littman: Notes on Noguchi. Brett Littman, Director of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in Long Island City, New York, discusses the founding of the museum, Noguchi’s ideas about the museum’s layout and garden, his “kaleidoscopic” artistic philosophies, and the institution’s evolving ideas about how to preserve and make Noguchi’s legacy dynamic in the contemporary world we live in. More info. [ART]
6:30-8pm $15: The Marriage of Photography and Architecture with Art Historian Sharon Suchma. Art historian Sharon Suchma, PhD will explore The Marriage of Photography and Architecture. Since the birth of photography in the 19th Century, architecture has been a constant subject and well-suited partner. This talk will discuss the interplay between the two art forms. More info. [ART]
Wednesday October 9, 2019
Manhattan
6-7:30pm Free: Camille Robcis | Disalienation: Politics, Philosophy, and Radical Psychiatry in France. This talk by Camille Robcis – Associate Professor of History and French at Columbia University – explores the intersections of politics, philosophy, and radical psychiatry in 20th century France. It focuses on a psychiatric reform movement called “institutional psychotherapy” which had an important influence on many intellectuals and activists. More info. [HISTORY]
7:30-9:30pm $25: Psychedelics, Mysticism, and Enlightenment. Join Drs. Anthony P. Bossis, Anya Loizaga-Velder, and Prof. David Komodo Kittay at the Tibet House for a talk on psychedelics, mysticism, and enlightenment, as part of the Dalai Lama’s “Force for Good” Program. More info. [SCIENCE]
Thursday October 10, 2019
Manhattan
6:30-8pm Free: America’s Death Penalty Problem. Part of Cooper Union’s Right Makes Might series, this free event will focus on why states around the nation are turning their back on the death penalty at the same moment the federal government is reinstating it. Panelists include: Alexis Hoag, Anthony Graves, Cassandra Stubbs, Chris McDaniel, Hannah Cox and Jeffery Robinson. More info. [CULTURE]
7-8:30pm $30: David Nichtern’s “Creativity, Spirituality & Making A Buck” Book Launch. Join Senior Buddhist Teacher, Emmy-winning, Grammy-nominated musician and entrepreneur, David Nichtern for his Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck book launch. David draws on fifty years as a dharmic practitioner, celebrated musician and successful entrepreneur to coach corporations, creatives, recent college grads, mid-lifers and everyone in between on the path of “Right Livelihood.” More info. [MINDFULNESS]
7-8:30pm Free: Classics Behind Bars…and Beyond: Euripides’ Herakles and the Human Condition. Rutgers Professor of Classics Emily Allen-Hornblower, The Resident Acting Company, and mass incarceration survivor Marquis McCray visit Ethical NYC to explore the work of Euripides’ Herakles, and how it resonates within the lives of those in our society who spent time in the prison system. More info. [PHILOSOPHY]
Friday October 11, 2019
Manhattan
7pm $55: Neil deGrasse Tyson in Conversation with Robert Krulwich: Letters from an Astrophysicist. Join Neil deGrasse Tyson at the 92Y for an evening of humor, passion and big ideas as he shares insights and anecdotes from his new book, Letters from an Astrophysicist, with Radiolab host Robert Krulwich. Tickets include a copy of the book. More info. [GEEK]
7pm $15: Alienated America by Tim Carney. Washington Examiner editor Timothy Carney traveled around Middle America and had a startling revelation: life seems to be getting worse because citizens are facing their problems alone. Join Carney as he talks about his new book Alienated America and explains why failing social connections — as evidenced by declining numbers in marriage, voting, church attendance, and volunteer work — are responsible for the great divide in America. More info. [BOOKS]
Saturday October 12, 2019
Manhattan
2-3pm $10: Guided Tour | A Monument to Memory: The Architecture & Preservation of Fraunces Tavern. Celebrate the 300th anniversary of the construction of Fraunces Tavern, one of the oldest sites in New York City. This tour will take your through our new exhibition, A Monument to Memory: 300 Years of Living History, to explore the history of 54 Pearl Street, its significance to the American Revolutionary era, and the efforts to restore and preserve the building. More info. [HISTORY]
4pm $20: Anna Sui’s Interiors. To celebrate The World of Anna Sui, her first major retrospective in the United States, the fashion design icon is participating in a series of conversations at MAD with her favorite collaborators and muses. For “Anna’s Interiors,” senior editor of Elle Décor Vanessa Lawrence will join the designer to discuss how Sui’s designs for fashion are both a part of and an extension of the designer’s world. More info. [ART]
Sunday October 13, 2019
Manhattan
1-4pm Free: Wave Farm Works in Progress Workshop with Milad Mozari. This workshop, led by Wave Farm resident Milad Mozari, combines methods in sound recording and Particle brand development boards to survey open spaces and large structures on Governors Island. Participants will explore field recording experiments using indoor and outdoor field recording techniques, environmental data, and layers of a location. More info. [GEEK]
2pm $15: Rap and the Italian Renaissance. This Olio event explores the parallels between Netflix’s series Hip Hop Evolution and the canonical narrative of Renaissance Art History. What can we learn through this comparison? Were Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur the Leonardo and Bellini of their day? In what way has the narrative of history, the way it is told, and by whom impact our understanding of culture? These and other questions will be explored in this interdisciplinary deep-dive of art and rap. More info. [MUSIC]