Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered: Carmen Bambach in Conversation with Walter Isaacson
92 Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, United StatesFive hundred years since the death of one of the all-time greatest creative geniuses, we’re still making new discoveries about Leonardo da Vinci. Join Metropolitan Museum curator Carmen Bambach, considered one of the world’s leading experts on Leonardo, as she discusses her landmark new book on the artist. This four-volume work (which took 24 years […]
Astronomy Live: Traveling the Neighborhood
American Museum of Natural History 175-208 79th Street, Central Park West, NY, United StatesExplore the worlds within our local galactic neighborhood with Brian Levine and Jana Grcevich. How about a vacation to Europa, an expedition to study science on Saturn, or a mining mission on Mars? Where would you go in our solar system and what could you do there?
Personality Disorders in Everyday Life
Subject 188 Suffolk St, New York, NY, United StatesWhat is personality? What differentiates a person’s character from another person’s? What is it about you that makes you… you? In what ways do you get in the way of yourself? These types of questions are easily posed but remain some of the most difficult to answer in all of psychology. This talk examines these […]
The Dance Historian Is In: Ishmael Houston-Jones
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, United StatesDavid Vaughan was the archivist of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and author of Merce Cunningham/65 Years and Frederick Ashton and His Ballets. From 2012- 2017, Mr. Vaughan held monthly screenings of his favorite dance films and videos from our collection. David passed away in October 2017, and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division will continue screenings in his […]
Green-Wood at Night
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesLong after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public, explore its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll visit some of the cemetery’s most intriguing monuments, including the elaborate memorial to John Matthews (the “Soda Fountain King”), Charles Calverley’s marble portrait of Precious Georgie, the formerly unmarked grave of William Poole (aka, “Bill the Butcher”), […]