Thursday, September 27, 2007

October 10

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10:

Garry Wills: Head and Heart: American Christianities http://www.cooper.edu/month.html#oct
Free Lecture and book signing
6:30 pm in The Great Hall: 7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue

Garry Wills is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University who has written more than 30 books, including studies of George Washington, Richard Nixon, the Kennedy family, Ronald Reagan and religion in America. His most recent novel, Head and Heart: American Christianities, explores the struggle within American Christianity from the key movements and personalities that have transformed America's religious landscape to the forces of creationism and the anti-abortion fundamentalists. Wills argues that the conflict is between the head and the heart: between reason and emotion, enlightenment and evangelism. Why has this been so? How has the tension between the two poles played out, and with what consequences, over the past 400 years? How "Christian" is America, after all?

Abortion and Human Nature http://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/index_october_07.htm#Iberian
Don Marquis, University of Kansas (Philosophy)
4:15 PM, Room 9206/9207 at CUNY (34th and 5th)

October 11

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11:

Robert A.M. Stern: Residential Towers and New Works in New York City http://www.cooper.edu/month.html#oct
7:00 pm
The Great Hall: 7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue

Robert A.M. Stern is dean of the Yale School of Architecture, as well as a practicing architect, teacher and writer. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and received the AIA New York Chapter's Medal of Honor in 1984 and the Chapter's President's Award in 2001. He received the Athena Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism and the Board of Directors' Honor from the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America in 2007. As founder and senior partner of Robert A. M. Stern Architects, he personally directs the design of each of the firm's projects.

Robert A. M. Stern Architects is comprised of 300 architects, landscape architects, interior designers and supporting staff. Over a 38-year history, the firm has established an international reputation with wide experience in residential, commercial and institutional work. As the practice has diversified, its geographical scope has widened to include current projects in Europe, Asia, South America and throughout the United States. Stern is also a member of the AD 100—Architectural Digest's selected list of the top 100 architects and interior designers who are working today. The lecture, which is hosted by The Cooper Union, is co-sponsored by Architectural Digest and the Municipal Art Society.

MEI: The Iran Agenda—The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/REGIONAL/mei/
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus
International Affairs Building, Room TBD

For further information regarding this event, please contact Maysaa Halloway by sending email to mh2630@columbia.edu .

October 12

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12:

New York C.S. Lewis Society
http://www.nycslsociety.com/meeting.htm
The Parish House of The Church of the Ascension, 12 West 11th St
(212) 254-8620
Oct 12: "C. S. Lewis and Spenser" Charles Beach
The Society meets every second Friday of the month (except August and Good Friday) for discussion and/or to be addressed by a speaker.
Starts at 7:30 and breaks for refreshments at 9:00 pm

See the MoMA for free: Fridays 4-8p.m.

Attend music mass at St. Patty’s Cathedral M-F: 8, 12, 1, & 5:30
http://www.saintpatrickscathedral.org/service_schedule.html
5th Avenue at 50th St

October 13

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13:

CultureFest
11a.m.-5:30p.m.
Head downtown for music, art, food & more.
www.nycvisit.com

9p.m. Inviso Ice Cream Social:
Meet prospective students and eat free ice cream sundays in the student lounge!

October 14

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14:

10a.m.-noon: “Pay as you wish” at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (www.bbg.org)

CultureFest: Schedule posted at www.nycvisit.com
Free festival located downtown with music, art, food, and more.
11a.m.-5:30p.m.

Bella Musica Full Orchestra Concert
Any donation at the door
http://www.musicabella.com/page_schedule.shtml
3:00 p.m.
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament
152 W. 71st Street, Manhattan

October 15

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15:

Daniel Berrigan: Prayer for the Morning Headlines http://www.cooper.edu/month.html#oct
Free lecture and book signing
6:30 pm
The Great Hall
7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue

citilights Coffeehouse
Meet new friends and hang out Monday, October 15 between 7:30PM and 9:30PM at Mr. Rohr's, 310 E. 86th St. (2nd Ave.). Look for Tina Poturica with the citilights sign or call (646) 957-0129.
For more information, contact: Tina (646) 957-0129
Email: citilights@redeemer.com
http://www.redeemercitilights.com/

October 16

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16:

The Most Noble Adventure: The Marshall Plan and the Time When America Helped Save Europe"
Greg Behrman, Henry Kissinger Fellow for Foreign Policy at the Aspen Institute (European Union Studies Center)
5:30 PM, Room 9206 at CUNY

Get outside! Free admission to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Tuesdays

October 17 at CUNY

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17:

Wartofsky Lecture: The Future of Socialism
Robert Paul Wolff, University of Massachusetts (Philosophy)
4:15 PM, Room 9206/9207 at CUNY

"The Holocaust, Racism, and the Mentally Ill"
Martin Gittleman, NYU Medical School, editor, International Journal of Mental Health (Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies)
6:15 PM, Martin E. Segal Theatre at CUNY

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Carnegie Hall Student Tickets

$10 STUDENT TICKETS
New! Student Subscribers can buy these $10 tickets online now. Sign in to carnegiehall.org and enter the promotional code student5553 before selecting your seats.

Not a student subscriber? $10 student tickets for these events are available now at the Box Office.

FRI, OCT 5 at 8 PM
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Conductor and Pianist

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major, K. 415
HAYDN Symphony No. 102
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2

TUES, OCT 16 at 8 PM
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director and Conductor

MOZART Symphony No. 28
JOHN ADAMS Guide to Strange Places
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”


THURS, OCT 18 at 8 PM
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director and Conductor
Malin Hartelius, Soprano
Bernarda Fink, Mezzo-Soprano
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Joe Miller, Conductor

MAHLER Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”

Pre-concert talk starts at 7 PM with Walter Frisch, Professor of Music, Columbia University.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

COOL!

Jazz Festival: Opening Night
September 19, 7:30PM
With remarks by Randy Weston, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Dr. Billy Taylor, and a special performance by drummer Susie Ibarra.
FREE
This event takes place at:
The Rotunda, Low Memorial Library, Columbia University
116th Street - betw. Broadway and Amsterdam Aves

Monday, September 17, 2007

Monday, September 17

Tuesday, September 18, 9:45a.m.
Lorin Maazel, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello;
New York Philharmonic
Dress rehearsal of Gala Opening Night Concert.
All-Dvorak program, including cello phenomenon Yo-Yo Ma as soloist in the beloved Cello Concerto.
Program:
ANTONÍN DVORÁK (1841-1904) Carnival Overture (1891)
ANTONÍN DVORÁK (1841-1904) Cello Concerto (1895)
ANTONÍN DVORÁK (1841-1904) Symphony No. 7 (1885)
The New York Philharmonic Principal Brass will make early morning appearance while the tickets are given out.
All who attend the dress rehearsal will receive a dicount coupon for a future Philharmonic concert.
FREE!!!!!
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
- Broadway at 65 St.
Directions: On September 18, beginning at 8:00AM, general admission tickets for the 9:45AM rehearsal will be handed out on Lincoln Center's Josie Robertson Plaza (by the fountain) on a first come, first serve basis.

Dave Barry, author of “Dave Barry's History of the Millenium (So Far)”
September 18, 7:00PM
Although Barry retired his column in 2004, he continues to examine current events with his annual "Year in Review" surveys, and the ones he wrote between 2000 and 2006 are collected here.
FREE
Barnes & Noble - Union Square
33 E. 17th St. - 1-212-253-0810

Lorin Maazel, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello;
New York Philharmonic
7:30PM
Gala Opening Night Concert is telecasted onto the Plaza.
All-Dvorak program, including cello phenomenon Yo-Yo Ma as soloist in the beloved Cello Concerto.
Program:
ANTONÍN DVORÁK (1841-1904) Carnival Overture (1891)
ANTONÍN DVORÁK (1841-1904) Cello Concerto (1895)
ANTONÍN DVORÁK (1841-1904) Symphony No. 7 (1885)
FREE
Fountain Plaza, Lincoln Center
- Broadway at 65 St.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Wednesday, September 12
Empire Viols: Stolen Music - classical
1:15PM to 1:50PM
Martha McGaughey and Carlene Stober will present transcriptions for two violas da gamba, "stolen" from literature for keyboard, flutes, and violins. The program features a flute duet by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784), Johann Sebastian's brilliant eldest son.
Part of Midtown Concerts, Manhattan's ninth annual weekly early music series.
This event takes place at:
St. Bartholomew's Church
109 E. 50th St. - at Park Ave.
1-212-967-9757
FREE

Thursday, September 13
The Kit McClure Band - jazz/funk
12:30PM
New York City's sophisticated ladies of jazz, funk and swing deliver every time. They'll have you grooving and dancing to fabulous music at this special lunchtime gift.
This event takes place at:
Moodys
7 World Trade Center - West Broadway and Vesey St.
FREE

Gotham Jazzmen
12:30PM
This event takes place at:
Donnell Library Auditorium
20 W. 53rd St. - between Fifth and Sixth Ave.
Directions: By subway: Fifth Ave. stop on the E and V.
FREE


“Music in Midtown: A Program of Chamber Music”
1:00PM
Concerts in the series include classical and contemporary works; performances feature the doctoral program in music's renowned faculty, outstanding professional musicians selected from among the program's doctoral students, and special guest artists.
This event takes place at:
The City University of New York Graduate Center, Elebash Recital Hall
365 Fifth Avenue - at 34th St.
1-212-817-8607
FREE

Literary Magazines Go Electronic
7:00PM
Barbara Hoffert (Library Journal) will moderate a discussion on the fate of the print edition in libraries. The panelists will be D.T. Max (author and former book columnist, the New York Observer), Brigid Hughes (editor, A Public Space), Jeffrey Lependorf (executive director, Council of Literary Magazines and Presses), Scott McLemee (Insiderhighered.com columnist), and Kevin Prufer (poet, NBCC board member, and editor of Pleiades).
This event takes place at:
Housing Works Bookstore Café
126 Crosby St. - between Houston and Prince St.
1-212-334-3324
Directions: Subway: take B, D, F, V to Broadway-Lafayette; R or W to Prince; 6 to Bleecker.
FREE

Sunday, September 16
The Middle East: Al Qaeda, Terrorism and the Future, with Lawrence Wright
7:30pm
Bridging the Divide: Progressive Voices Engaging with Israel
Protection from Terrorism: What America Can Learn From Israel
The Middle East: Al Qaeda, Terrorism and the Future, with Lawrence WrightRalph Buultjens, moderator
Lawrence Wright, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the bestseller The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, discusses the changing nature of the terrorist organization, its role in the Middle East and its impact on terrorism around the world.
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Directions
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall Seating Chart
Price: $26.00

Monday, September 10, 2007

Today's Specials

Intro to Samba Dance
6:00PM to 7:00PM
Get a sneak peak at the six week series in Samba Dance with internationally recognized dance instructor Quenia Ribeiro.
New York Open Center
83 Spring St. - between Broadway and Crosby St.
1-212-219-2527
FREE

“What Price Confidence?”
8:00PM
A One-Act Opera by Ernst Krenek.
Performers:
Richard CLEMENT, Tenor
Ilana DAVIDSON, Soprano
Christopheren NOMURA, Baritone
Susan NARUCKI, Soprano
Linda HALL, Piano
Hal BROOKS, Stage Director
Curtis WALLIN, Scenic Designer
This event takes place at:
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 E. 52nd St. - between 5th Ave. and Madison Ave.
1-212-319-5300
FREE

Tuesday, September 11
Waterfront Workouts with the Fitness Gurus:Smack Down
7:00 p.m.
"Smack Down" is a boot camp style workout designed to kick your fitness level up a notch through plyometrics -- using the weight of your own body to create resistance during explosive movements. Bring a mat and towel. Rain or shine.
Registration starts at 6:30 pm.
This event takes place at:
Boardwalk, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park
1 Main St. - Brooklyn, NY 11201
FREE