Events
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"News from Underground" is hosted by Mark Crispin Miller, a professor at NYU and author of many books on politics and cultural history. In these tense times, there are many topics of extreme importance that the corporate media tends to ignore or misreport. "News from Underground" is a monthly series of panels that will deal honestly with these forbidden issues. This special panel will focus on the future of OWS. It's free and open to the public, but we'll be accepting donations for Occupied Media. Panelists include David Graeber, Nicholas Mirzoeff, and Andrew Ross. Co-sponsored by Truthout. David Graeber teaches anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Towards an Anthropological Theory of Value, Lost People, and Possibilities: Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion, and Desire. He has written for Harper's, The Nation, Mute, and The New Left Review. Nicholas Mirzoeff is Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU. His many publications include The Right to Look: A Counterhistory of Visuality (2011) and An Introduction to Visual Culture (2009). He is active in Education and Empowerment and Direct Action at OWS. He has written about the movement for Occupy! and Public Culture as well as his ongoing durational writing project, Occupy 2012: a piece of writing on Occupy every day on 2012. Andrew Ross is a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU. A contributor to the Nation, the Village Voice, New York Times, and Artforum, he is the author of many books, including, most recently, Bird On Fire: Lessons from the World’s Least Sustainable City, Nice Work if You Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times, Fast Boat to China--Lessons from Shanghai, Low Pay, High Profile: The Global Push for Fair Labor, No-Collar: The Humane Workplace and its Hidden Costs, and The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Property Value in Disney’s New Town. He is one of the organizers of the Occupy Student Debt Campaign. | 21
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Nafisa Hoodbhoy, who worked as the only female reporter in Pakistan during the 1980s, will talk about her new book based on her front-line experiences. Hoodbhoy, who relocated to the US shortly before 9/11, has continued to follow political events in Pakistan. Professor Henry (Chip) Carey, author and professor of political science at Georgia State University in Atlanta, will join the discussion to talk about Pakistan's political history and the implications for the current crisis. The event will be moderated by Karen Frillman, WNYC's Newsroom Managing Editor. | 22
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On Biography is a conversation and reading series devoted to the craft of biography. Host Rachel Syme will speak to leaders and emerging stars of the biography world, discussing the thrills and challenges of writing about a life. This series will explore the ethics of reading personal letters and diaries, the controversies that come with writing someone else's story, and the excitement of uncovering a treasure in the archives. Rachel will talk with Stacy Schiff. Stacy Schiff is the author of Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Saint-Exupéry, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; and A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, winner of the George Washington Book Prize, the Ambassador Award in American Studies, and the Gilbert Chinard Prize of the Institut Français d'Amérique. All three were New York Times Notable Books; the Los Angeles Times Book Review, the Chicago Tribune, and The Economist also named A Great Improvisation a Best Book of the Year. The biographies have been published in a host of foreign editions. Her latest book is Cleopatra, a New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year. Schiff has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities and was a Director’s Fellow at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. She was awarded a 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Schiff has written for The New Yorker, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe, among other publications. She lives in New York City. Rachel Syme is the former Books Editor for National Public Radio and a current NPR contributor and contributing culture editor for TIME Magazine. She is currently writing a biography of the love affair between Hollywood gossip columnist Sheilah Graham and author F. Scott Fitzgerald for Random House. She has read so many biographies that she often feels like she is living a hundred other lives in addition to her own. | 23
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David Grann says: "Every once in a while that rare book comes along that is not only wonderfully written and utterly compelling but also alters the way you perceive the world. Toby Lester’s Da Vinci's Ghost is such a book. Like a detective, Lester uncovers the secrets of an iconic drawing and pieces together a magisterial history of art and ideas and beauty." The author will be in conversation with Robert Krulwich, co-host of RadioLab and Science Correspondent for NPR. | 24
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Storytimes
BABY STORYTIME: Baby Storytime with dynamic storyteller Stewart Dawes takes place every Friday at 4:00 p.m. Stewart sings interactive songs with kids, and reads entertaining stories to our youngest book lovers. Ages 0 to 2. Free.
SATURDAY STORYTIME: Author Yvonne Brooks leads a themed storytime with storytelling and original art projects every Saturday at 11:30 a.m. See our events calendar for more information about the current week's activities and guest authors. Ages 3 to 8. Free.
SPANISH STORYTIME: Spanish Storytime with Edda Martinez takes place every Thursday at 4:30 p.m., and includes stories in English and Spanish. Edda provides an upbeat and appealing introduction to Spanish for kids. Ages 0 to 4. Free.
PUPPET SHOW: Our next monthly puppet show is June 6th at 4:30 p.m., with an original shadow puppet production of "The Tortoise or the Hare." After the show, kids and adults can stay for our singalong and meet the puppet performers. This month's featured book is The Tortoise or the Hare by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison, illustrated by Joe Cepeda. Hosted by Sarah Gerard. All ages welcome. Free.