Sweet & Sour: Chinese Food and Immigrant Identity
A conversation about the role of cooking and cuisine in the making of Chinese-American culture and identity with leading restaurateurs.
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Activist New York: The Next Generation
Journalist Amy Goodman talks to leading youth activists about today's potentially game-changing mobilizations, from gun control to immigrant rights.
Disease & Disparity: Realities of the Uneven Playing Field of Public Health
Illness is rarely a result of biology alone. Leading scholars consider the attitudes, stigmatization, and violence surrounding disease and treatment.
Alternate Visions: Bold Proposals for Housing New Yorkers
Hear five distinct proposals to dramatically change the way the city thinks about housing.
Worn in New York
Join Emily Spivack, author of Worn in New York, for a conversation with artists Fab Five Freddy and Elizabeth Sweetheart, and Chief Fashion Director for Hearst Publications, Aya Kanai.
SOLD OUT | An Evening with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Glass ceiling-shattering U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sits down for a wide-ranging conversation with NPR’s Nina Totenberg.
Call Me Madam
Examine how musicals can be profoundly political through conversation and performance.
Intimate Subjects: Thomas Holton and the Lams
A conversation with photographer Thomas Holton and two of his subjects, members of the Lam family, about their unique working relationship.
Remembering the Dead
Who is remembered, commemorated, or forgotten? Consider the complicated responses to disease with activist Avram Finkelstein and essayist Garnette Cadogan.
Rodgers & Hart’s I Married an Angel
Consider how collaboration can fundamentally drive Broadway shows.
An Evening with Colson Whitehead
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead discusses his deep engagement with the history of New York City.
High Button Shoes
Consider the challenges and triumphs of setting the scene with associate curator of the Museum's Theater Collection, Morgen Stevens-Garmon.