Final Curator Tour of Baseball History Exhibition, “HOME PLATE”
Morris-Jumel Mansion 65 Jumel Terrace, New York, NY, United StatesCalling all Sports and New York History Fans! About this Event Baseball history will come to life when you join Curator, Neil Scherer, for a spectacular, specialized tour of the exhibition, "HOME PLATE: A Celebration of the Polo Grounds.” The exhibition features an extraordinary collection of memorabilia that highlight iconic moments from the Polo Grounds, […]
Unmasking Mengele
92 Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, United StatesOne of the most notorious war criminals of all time, Dr. Josef Mengele has come to symbolize both the evil of the Nazi regime and the failure of justice in the postwar world. Drawing on new scholarship and sources, historian David G. Marwell examines Mengele’s life and career, chronicling his university studies, which led to […]
The Big Thaw: Ancient Carbon, Modern Science, and a Race to Save the World
The Explorer's Club 46 E 70th Street, New York, NY, United StatesPermafrost—dark, ice-flaked, permanently frozen ground that lies under tundra and boreal forests across our northern regions—covers more than 12 percent of the earth’s land surface. It exists in places that seem otherworldly and unimaginably remote to most of us, but the changes taking place in the permafrost layer may ultimately affect the lives of every […]
New Evidence from Ancient Methone
The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United StatesProfessor John Papadopoulos discusses the famed city of Methone About this Event Famed cities in Hellas such as Methone often pass into oblivion until rediscovered through archaeology. Destroyed in 354 BCE by Philip II, father of the great Alexander, its treasured finds have been excavated by the Greek Archaeological Service, collaborating since 2014 with the […]
TIGHTROPE: Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center 1 East 65th Street, New York, NY, United StatesNicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn on America’s Working Class Crisis $36 includes a copy of the book For almost two decades, The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has traveled the globe to put human faces on the devastating problems plaguing the planet — from disease and poverty to violence and exploitation — and on the […]