Book Fair for Grownups
Lightbox 248 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United StatesBack in the days of recess, snap bracelets, and Dunkaroos, life was simpler, wasn't it? When your biggest fear was getting detention, and your best days were when you had the luxury to spend an hour picking out which book(s) to read next? We miss that, too—so we decided to bring it back for an […]
Drink and Learn with Vanessa Hill from BrainCraft
Caveat 21A Clinton St, Manhattan, NY, United StatesPsychology expert Vanessa Hill is here to lead you through the science of how to influence others, hack your perception and communicate mindfully at home and at work. It's like how to win friends and influence people, the workshop. You'll take home strategies to persuade your boss, write better emails and the code needed to decipher your Mum's […]
Spiritual Resistance in Auschwitz
Museum of Jewish Heritage 36 Battery Pl, New York, NY, United StatesJudith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz, Director of the Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research at Bar-Ilan University, will share the extraordinary story of a religious artifact that survived the horrors of Auschwitz and a Nazi death march. This artifact, a shofar (a ram’s horn that is made into a special wind instrument used during Jewish High Holiday […]
Expedition Science and Innovation for a Clean Ocean with Rachael Miller
The Explorer's Club 46 E 70th Street, New York, NY, United StatesExplorers Club Public Lecture Series with with Rachael Miller National Geographic Explorer Rachael Z. Miller is working to keep microplastics out of our public waterways. Rachael and her team at the ocean-protection nonprofit, Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, are at the leading edge of microplastic research. Join Rachael and the Rozalia Project team to […]
The Power of Political Satire on TV
Paley Center 25 West 52 Street, New York, NY, United StatesAs the New Yorker recently noted, comedians and satirists do more “than simply comment upon politics; they help shape it.” Political satire on television truly exploded with the debut of The Daily Show twenty years ago and now permeates all media throughout the day from podcasts to The View to the late night shows. As we head into the presidential election, the […]