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No events found. Go ahead and add an event. Past eventsPassing Poston: An American Story - Film Screening and Discussion (March 2 at 1:30pm) Joe Fox.; James Nubile.; Gary Okihiro. This documentary follows survivors of Poston Relocation Center, a World War II internment camp for Japanese Americans. Followed by a discussion with directors Joe Fox, James Nubile and scholar Gary Okihiro.
Brooklyn Sings, Brooklyn Swings: Charmaine Clamor (March 2 at 4:00pm) Charmaine Clamor. Clamor synthesizes the soul and swing of American jazz with traditional Filipino folk music, languages and instruments, instantly creating a new hybrid genre she calls “jazzipino”.
Saturday Poetry Salon (April 5 at 4:00pm) Jayne Cortez and Elizabeth Swados. Cortez, who has written 10 poetry books, is celebrated for innovative lyricism and her visceral sound. Multi-disciplinary talent Swados writes poetry, fiction, children’s fiction, composes music and directs theater.
Zot! An Evening with Scott McCloud (August 6 at 7:00pm) Join in this interview with well-known comic book artist Scott McCloud.
Cosmopolis: Immigrant Writers in New York: Junot Diaz (November 1 at 4:00pm) The Pulitzer-prize winning author reads from The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a powerful, colorful and often funny novel spanning three generations and chronicling the Dominican and Dominican American experience. WNYC's Leonard Lopate hosts.
Russian Literary Series: Tatiana Shcherbina (November 9 at 1:30pm) Tatiana Shcherbina. A poet, essayist and translator, Shcherbina is one of the most prominent voices in literary Moscow. Her works first appeared in samizdat. In the early 90's she lived in Germany and France and worked at Radio Liberty (Svoboda.)
Brooklyn Independents: Baseball and Literature (November 12 at 7:00pm) Sandy Koufax, Joe Torre and Rico Petrocelli kicked the dust on Brooklyn's Parade Grounds sixty years ago. Today, Brooklyn authors including Michael Thomas, Nicky Dawidoff and Kevin Baker add their legends to baseball literature. The Brooklyn Independents Series is a consortium of highly regarded, ... (more)Event location: Dweck Center
Cosmopolis: Immigrant Writers in New York: Lara Vapnyar (December 6 at 4:00pm) Russian American Vapnyar is the author of the short story collections, Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love and There are Jews in My House. She is also the author of the novel Memoirs of a Muse. WNYC's Leonard Lopate hosts.
Harry and the Potters, MC Kreacher (September 26 at 3:00pm) Harry and the Potters.; MC Kreacher. Harry and the Potters perform outside; MC Kreacher opens.
"Sex and the City: The Early Years" - A Bawdy Look at Dutch New York (November 18 at 7:00pm) Bill Greer discusses The Mevrouw Who Saved Manhattan. “Sex and the City: The Early Years” looks at the libertine culture Europeans brought to New York in the 17th century and how that culture engendered an independent streak that fueled a rebellion of the common people against their rulers. This conflict, many historians argue, laid the foundation for ... (more) |
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