Salon du Chocolat
Jacob Javits Center 655 West 34th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe Salon du Chocolat is a unique global pageantry of chocolatiers, artisans, pastry chefs, experts, and businesses throughout the world who have one thing in common: their passion for all things chocolate. They will entertain and beguile with a cornucopia of delectable products, and exhibit their craft, culture, and knowledge in an expertly curated, experiential […]
Talk with David W. Blight, Author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Queens Public Library at Flushing 41-17 Main Street, Queens, NY, United StatesJoin us for a presentation with the historian David W. Blight about his 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. Blight, a history professor and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University, will discuss what prompted him to pursue the story of the escaped […]
When You Kant Figure It Out, Ask a Philosopher!
Albertine Books 972 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesHow can Kant comfort you when you get ditched via text message? How can Aristotle cure your hangover? How can Heidegger make you feel better when your dog dies? Join Marie Robert as she explains how pearls of wisdom from the greatest Western philosophers can help us face and make light of some of the daily […]
Neuroscience and the Study of Intergenerational Trauma: How Does the Remote Past Get Under Our Skin?
The Italian Academy at Columbia University 1161 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY, United StatesHow do we "remember" things that did not happen to us? Neuroscience has made remarkable discoveries about ways in which our brains and bodies can be affected by traumatic experiences of our parents. We know that children born to survivors of cataclysmic events are themselves more susceptible to stress, and at greater risk of mental […]
Lateral Cooking: Niki Segnit with Hannah Goldfield
92 Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, United StatesNiki Segnit used to follow recipes to the letter, even when she’d made a dish a dozen times. But as she tested the combinations that informed The Flavor Thesaurus, she detected the basic rubrics that underpinned most recipes. Join her as she shares these formulas, which are infinitely adaptable. The result is greater creativity in the […]