Monday, December 5, 2016

The Brooklyn Experience: The Ultimate Guide to Neighborhoods & Noshes, Culture & the Cutting Edge with Ellen Freudenheim, a freelance writer based in Brooklyn.

This illustrated lecture offers insights into one of the most creative, dynamic cities in the modern world.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

The Landmarks of New York: An Illustrated, Comprehensive Record of New York City's Historic Buildings with Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, chairwoman of New York State Council on the Arts and author of 23 books.

This illustrated lecture showcases New York City’s architectural history and richness, surveying a broad range of styles and building types: colonial farmhouses, Gilded Age mansions, churches, schools, libraries, museums, and the great twentieth-century skyscrapers that are recognized throughout the world.

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally) with John H. McWhorter, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

This illustrated lecture takes the audience on a lively tour of how the English language is evolving before our eyes—and argues why we should embrace this transformation, not fight it.

Monday, December 12, 2016

Muhammad Ali: Fighter's Heaven 1974: Photographs with Peter Angelo Simon, a photographer whose photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally, including the Smithsonian.

This illustrated lecture captures Muhammad Ali up close and unguarded in the run-up to the "Rumble in the Jungle," a historic boxing match in Zaire on October 30, 1974.

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods with Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Liz Alpern, cofounders of The Gefilteria.

This illustrated lecture explores the authors' mission to revitalize Ashkenazi cuisine with recipes that draw inspiration from Jewish bakeries, neighborhood delis, old-fashioned pickle shops, and their own childhood kitchens.

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

The Jews of Harlem: The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community with Jeffrey S. Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University and prize-winning author about American Jewish history.

This lecture follows Jews into, out of, and back into the renowned metropolitan neighborhood over the course of a century and a half. It analyzes the complex set of forces that brought several generations of central European, East European, and Sephardic Jews to settle in Harlem.

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story with John Bloom, a veteran investigative journalist, three-time finalist for the National Magazine Award, and a Pulitzer Prize nominee.

This lecture traces the conception, development, and launching of Iridium, a revolutionary satellite system developed by Motorola in the early 1990s.

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

City of Gods: Religious Freedom, Immigration, and Pluralism in Flushing, Queens with R. Scott Hanson, lecturer in History at the University of Pennsylvania and an Affiliate of the Pluralism Project at Harvard University.

This illustrated lecture explores the history of the section in New York City, known locally as the birthplace of American religious freedom, now so diverse and densely populated that it has become a microcosm of world religions.

Thursday, December 29, 2016

Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness with Craig Nelson, historian and author of the New York Times bestseller Rocket Men, and The Age of Radiance, Thomas Paine, Let’s Get Lost, and The First Heroes.

As we remember the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor and its relevance to American diplomacy today, this illustrated lecture tells the rich personal narratives of sailors, soldiers, pilots, admirals, emperor, and president as they take their place in history—some for the first time in public discourse.