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Lecture: John Sedgwick, WAR OF TWO: ALEXANDER HAMILTON, AARON BURR, AND THE DUEL THAT STUNNED A NATI
A provocative and penetrating investigation into the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting Vice President into a fugitive.
Open to the public. $10 with advance registration/$15 at the door. For registration questions, contact the events office at 212-288-6900 x230 or events@nysoclib.org
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Lecture, Andrea Wulf, THE INVENTION OF NATURE: ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT'S NEW WORLD
The acclaimed author of FOUNDING GARDENERS reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism.
Open to the public. $10 with advance registration/$15 at the door. For registration questions, contact the events office at 212-288-6900 x230 or events@nysoclib.org
Caroline Alexander on "The War That Killed Achilles"
The story of the Trojan War is immortalized in Homer's epic of epic poems, the Iliad, and brought to new life in Caroline Alexander's The War That Killed Achilles. Through the hero Achilles, the Iliad draws on the true nature of what it means to be a soldier, to fight a bloody conflict whose hallmarks are not honor and glory so much as deception, betrayal, petulance, pride, violence, and the inescapability of fate. The War That Killed Achilles is a poignant dissection of the epic poem relevant to all wars, past and present. This event is co-sponsored by WNET/Thirteen New York.
This event took place October 29, 2009. A video recording can be found at http://www.nysoclib.org/events/caroline-alexander-war-killed-achilles-true-story-homers-iliad-and-trojan-war
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Louis Begley on SCHMIDT STEPS BACK
Acclaimed novelist Louis Begley continues the poignant, darkly funny, emotionally nuanced series that began with ABOUT SCHMIDT, adapted into the film directed by Alexander Payne.
This event took place May 10, 2012. Audio and video recordings can be found at http://nysoclib.org/events/louis-begley-schmidt-steps-back
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Exhibition Opening: FROM THE WESTERN FRONT AND BEYOND: THE WRITINGS OF WORLD WAR ONE
This new exhibition marks the one hundredth anniversary of the 20th century’s first major war with a display of books from the Library’s collection of the period, drawings, and artifacts. The exhibition is open to the public in the Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery January 30-November 15, 2014. The opening reception for members and their guests features remarks by catalog contributors Caroline Alexander and Adam Kirsch, as well as a one-night-only additional exhibit of books, letters, medals, and other artifacts of the war loaned by Library members.
For members and their guests. Registration is required. Free of charge. For registration questions, contact the events office at 212-288-6900 x230 or events@nysoclib.org
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Performance: Meet Murasaki Shikibu Followed by Book-Signing, and Other Things
Lady Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973-c. 1014) is appearing in conversation to re-launch The Tale of Genji, one of the world’s first novels. The event is more than a millennium late, but Lady Murasaki makes up for lost time with trenchant and hilarious comments on contemporary culture. In the process, she confronts the lasting power of her art form and questions how her gender and nationality have affected her work and legacy. This event is generously underwritten by Alexander Sanger in honor of Jeannette Watson Sanger.
Open to the public. $20 with advance registration, $25 at the door. For registration questions, contact the events office at 212-288-6900 x230 or events@nysoclib.org
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Performance: Phoebe Kreutz and Full Cast, YOLO GILGAMESH: A JOKE FOLK OPERETTA
As the first big story ever written down, the epic of Gilgamesh speaks uniquely to what it means to be a human being. YOLO, GILGAMESH is a high-energy comic operetta based on the Sumerian epic. It’s tuneful. It’s irreverent. It’s got a magic bull, a sneaky prostitute, and a conga line. And all of this surrounds a genuine emotional core about that deepest of subjects: our shared mortality. Writer/composer Phoebe Kreutz has been called “the kingpin of the Joke Folk genre” by the New Yorker. This event is generously underwritten by Alexander Sanger in honor of Jeannette Watson Sanger.
Open to the public. $20 with advance registration; $25 at the door. For registration questions, contact the events office at 212-288-6900 x230 or events@nysoclib.org
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Performance: SEHNSUCHT by Sarah Blush
Sehnsucht is a play about our preoccupation with the past and the impact of propping it up, using vignettes of siblings reminiscing about being cavement, an imagined empire with no recorded history (inspired by the reign of Chinese Dowager Empress Cixi), and Sigmund Freud’s collection of historical artifacts and figurines. As modern life increases in rapidity and technology, there’s a longing to understand what behavior, if any, is essentially human. We peer into history, trying to figure out when we were most ourselves. Sehnsucht is conceived and directed by Sarah Blush and produced by Rachel Christiansen in collaboration with Brian Bock, Georgia King, and Michael Norton. It will be presented as a full-cast reading, with an audience talkback following. This event is generously underwritten by Alexander Sanger in honor of Jeannette Watson Sanger.
Open to the public. $25 per person. Advance registration required. For registration questions, contact the events office at 212-288-6900 x230 or events@nysoclib.org
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Lecture: Jeannette Watson with Alexander Sanger, IT'S MY PARTY: A MEMOIR
The favored granddaughter of IBM’s Thomas J. Watson reveals a life of glamour, depressive battles, hard-won joy, and peace. IT’S MY PARTY is a portrait of another era, a guide to dealing with depression, and one woman’s deep effort to understand herself.
Open to the public. $15 per person. For registration questions, contact the events office at 212-288-6900 x230 or events@nysoclib.org
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Performance: AMP, a new play by Jody Christopherson
AMP is inspired by the writings of Mary Shelley, Luigi Galvani's discovery of "animal electricity," the birth of modern feminism, the history of electro-shock therapy, and the monsters society creates. AMP is a 60-minute multi-media solo horror piece for theater. This event is generally underwritten by Alexander Sanger in honor of Jeannette Watson Sanger.
Open to the public. $25 per person. For registration questions, contact the events office at 212-288-6900 x230 or events@nysoclib.org
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Performance: THE TROJAN WOMEN: A NEW CHAMBER MUSICAL with music by Sarah Taylor Ellis; libretto by E
From Euripides’ classic Greek tragedy and Ellen McLaughlin’s lyrical adaptation, composer Sarah Taylor Ellis creates a moving new chamber musical. This event lasts approximately 90 minutes including a full-cast sing-through and discussion with the creators. This event is generously underwritten by Alexander Sanger in honor of Jeannette Watson Sanger.
Open to the public. $25 per person. Advance registration required. For registration questions, contact the events office at 212-288-6900 x230 or events@nysoclib.org
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Performance: EQUALLY DIVINE: THE REAL STORY OF THE MONA LISA, A new play by Jenny Lyn Bader, directe
Told from the point of view of the world’s most famous painting, this one-woman true-crime whodunit begins with the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Along the way, the woman in the portrait solves mysteries that have baffled fans and stumped scholars for centuries: Why Leonardo never delivered the painting to the man who commissioned it. Who she is. And why she’s smiling. EQUALLY DIVINE is a time-hopping, gender-bending drama about art, inspiration, and becoming who we are. This event is generously underwritten by Alexander Sanger in honor of Jeannette Watson Sanger.
Open to the public. $25 per person. Advance registration required. For registration questions, contact the events office at 212-288-6900 x230 or events@nysoclib.org
