The Immigrant, Radical Notorious Women of Washington Square

Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Speaker: Joyce Gold, Historian, and Lecturer at The New School and New York University For 150 years, Greenwich Village has been home to many of the political, creative, and intellectual movements in New York City's rich history. Its amazing female population accounts for much of that vitality. It has been home to such renowned women […]

Adventures in Looking at Art

Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Presenter: Mara Williams, Chief Curator Emerita, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT Join us for a discussion analyzing the works of modern and contemporary art. Artists invest a considerable amount of their intellect, emotions, senses, and spirituality to give outward form to their inner voice. One of the great joys of viewing art is tussling […]

Bringing People Together: The History and Pleasures of Our Thanksgiving Holiday

Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Speaker: Cathy Kaufman Adjunct Professor in the Food Studies Department at The New School, specializing in food history and culture In his October 3, 1863 Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln invited all Americans to observe the last Thursday of November to praise "our beneficent God" and to pray for an end to the Civil War. This Day of Thanksgiving […]

Lived and Imagined Chinatowns: Stories in the Making of America

Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Please join the Circle of Friends at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, in coordination with the Museum of the Chinese in America to celebrate the rich history and contributions of the Chinese in America through an exploration of Chinatown, its function, and symbolism. Advance registration is required. To register. RSVP at [email protected].