Past Events
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Temple Israel
Ever since the explorations of Marco Polo and the travels of Montaigne, a lively dialogue has persisted about the pros and cons of travel - its excitement and novelties, its perils and misadventures.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
New Yorkers are constantly enriched by exemplary works of public art; Public Art New York gives the opportunity to become truly acquainted with it. In this event Ms.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | Whitridge Room
Poet Brian Bartlett reads from his most recent collection, The Watchmaker's Table, and talks about his experiments blending his voice with those of others in glosas, haiku sequences, sonnets about teaching, and found poems.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
The author of Mrs. Roosevelt's definitive biography introduces the wider world of the First Lady's influential life and tumultuous era.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 2:00 PM | Technology | Taught by George Munoz
The basics of buying and selling on eBay.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 10:00 AM | Technology | Taught by Matthew Haugen
Covers basic terminology, methods, and tools for starting your own blog, including creating a new blog, posting and managing your content, and developing your readership.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 4:00 PM | Children | Members' Room
In Eudora Welty's The Shoe Bird, Grammy-award-winning performer and Guinness World Records holder Jim Dale brings to life a flock of unforgettable bird characters - Arturo the parrot, Gloria the goose, Minerva the owl, even the extinct Do
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Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 3:00 PM | Performance | Members' Room
This innovative theater company performs a full-cast, creatively staged production of The Heiress, which has had two successful Broadway runs following its premiere in 1947 and was also made into a classic 1949 film.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
As part of the National Endowment for the Arts' The Big Read, Professor Kraft shared context and critical thought and led discussion on Henry James's Washington Square.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 5:30 PM | Children | Members' Room
Born in southeast Poland in 1934, Lola Rein lost everything at the age of eight when her parents died in the Holocaust.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | Whitridge Room
A panel of veteran authors and publishing insiders lead a discussion on the new realities of book marketing and publicity today and share practical advice on what authors can and need to do for themselves.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 6:30 PM | Performance | Members' Room
Anton Chekhov's aching masterpiece challenges viewers to find the balance between desire and responsibility, expectation and reality.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
In Trying Leviathan, a 2007 New York City Book Award winner, D. Graham Burnett recovers the striking story of Maurice v.
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Writing Life Daytime Talk: Rob Casper, Karen Gisonny, and Ed Park, The Market for Literary Magazines
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | Whitridge RoomA distinguished panel discusses the state of the literary magazine market and how the Internet is changing the landscape of independent press publishing.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 7:00 PM | Lecture | Temple Israel
The former CEO of the Educational Broadcasting Corporation (Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21) discusses the new ideas of management and leadership that are replacing old-fashioned images of corporate callousness and greed, including how to define kindness
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
Today's technological inventions offer rapid-fire virtual relations and instant access to reams of data. But the costs of such advances are mounting.
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Saturday, February 14, 2009 - 3:00 PM | Performance | Members' Room
This lecture-concert surveys timeless songs about the Big Apple from before 1900 to World War II, with insights from popular-music historian Michael Lasser.
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Monday, February 9, 2009 - 7:00 PM | | Whitridge Room
William Finkelstein is an Emmy Award-winning producer and screenwriter of the television dramas L.A. Law, Law and Order, Brooklyn South, Murder One, and NYPD Blue, and a former attorney.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
In his acclaimed book Cosmopolitanism, Kwame Anthony Appiah overcomes the divisive sectarian rhetoric of politicians and fundamentalists with a true ethic for the era of globalization, inspired by the ancient Greek ideal of cosmopolitanis
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | Whitridge Room
A publishing insider shares his experiences in the book world and the qualities that get a manuscript noticed or relegated to the slush pile.
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Monday, December 15, 2008 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
Originally composed for Lent and Easter 1742, Handel's most legendary work has become a staple of the Christmas season in both secular and sacred settings.
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Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 7:00 PM | Performance | Members' Room
Written in 1942, when the world was at war, Auden's Oratorio is a parable merging the Biblical and the contemporary with a result that is simultaneously audacious and poetic.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Temple Israel
The Dalai Lama's life is widely considered extraordinarily dedicated to peace, communication, and unity, as demonstrated by his receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize and the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
The twentieth century's foremost name in classical choreography, George Balanchine has inspired a wide range of art, thought, and criticism.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 4:00 PM | Children | Members' Room
Bruce Coville is the author of many well-loved books including the Unicorn Chronicles series, My Teacher is an Alien, Aliens Ate My Homework, and the Magic Shop series.