100th
Anniversary of Wobblies!
The hundredth anniversary of the
Industrial Workers of the World will be celebrated by artists, historians, musicians,
and today's Wobbly activists. Union singer John Pietaro will belt out old Wobbly
favorites; Daniel Gross of the Starbucks Workers Union will talk about the latest
Wobbly successes; Henry Foner and Paul Buhle will speak about the Wobblies in
labor history; and artists from WOBBLIES! A Graphic History--Nicole Schulman,
Peter Kuper, Seth Tobocman, and Sabrina Jones--will show slides from their ground-breaking
work on the Wobbly saga.
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New
Takes on Rudy Giuliani
September 21, 6:30 -
Recital Hall Join us as Robert Polner and
Fred Siegel, authors of two new books on Giuliani, discuss his legacy for New
York City. Robert Polner, America's Mayor: The Hidden History of Rudy
Giuliani's New York (Soft Skull), with contributions by Jimmy Breslin, Jim
Dwyer, Luc Sante, Kevin Baker. "In a vibrant democracy, no
politician deserves a free ride, and America's Mayor provides a highly
valuable service: telling the whole story of Rudy Giuliani… No one should ponder
Giuliani's future without reading this collection." -David Corn, The Nation
Fred
Siegel, The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York, and the Genius of American
Life (Encounter Books). "Siegel has produced the first
book-length reckoning with Giuliani's philosophy, achievements and legacy." -James
Traub, The New York Times
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 Paintings
of New York: 1800-1950
October
5, 6:30 - Recital Hall
An
illustrated lecture and book signing in association with the recent publication
of the book Paintings of New York (Pomegranate Press). Bruce Weber, Director
of Research and Exhibitions, Berry-Hill Galleries, will trace the development
of artistic interest in depicting New York City and touch upon the changing tone
and fabric of the city between 1800 and 1950. He will examine the major artistic
themes and the aesthetic motivations that led artists to picture New York during
this period. Among the artists whose works will be discussed are Winslow Homer,
James H. Cafferty, Asher B. Durand, Henry Inman, Ferdinand Lungren, Childe Hassam,
Ernest Lawson, John Sloan, George Bellows, Edward Hopper, Isabel Bishop, and Reginald
Marsh.
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 The
Encyclopedia of New York State
October
19, 6:30 - Recital Hall
The Encyclopedia of New York State
(Syracuse University Press) is the first comprehensive encyclopedia on New York
State ever published. Its almost 2,000 pages include 4,600 entries by over 1,200
authors. The panel will consider some of the challenges faced by the editors in
creating the Encyclopedia, and the complexities involved in viewing New York City
in a statewide context.
Panelists
include, Peter Eisenstadt, Editor in Chief, Encyclopedia of New York State;
Laurence M. Hauptman (SUNY New Paltz), Associate Editor, Encyclopedia of New
York State; Tod M. Ottman, Assistant Managing Editor, Encyclopedia of New
York State
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Revisiting
the South Bronx Origins of Hip Hop
November
14, 6:30 - Recital Hall
This forum will look
at the social spaces and cultural traditions that created the context for South
Bronx hip hop and examine whether existing narratives in film, music, and academic
literature accurately describe what happened. A musical demonstration will accompany
the talk!
Panelists
include, Kelli Terry-Sepulveda, Executive Director of the Point Community Development
Corporation, and Mark Naison, Professor of History, Fordham University and Director,
Bronx African-American History Project
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The
Chinatown Trunk Mystery: Murder, Miscegenation
and Other Dangerous Encounters
in Turn-of-the-Century New York City
December
15, 6:30 - Rooms 9204-9207
In the summer of 1909, the gruesome
murder of nineteen-year-old Elsie Sigel sent shock waves through New York City
and the nation at large. The young woman's strangled corpse was discovered inside
a trunk in the midtown Manhattan apartment of her reputed former Sunday school
student and lover, a Chinese man named Leon Ling. In The Chinatown Trunk Mystery:
Murder, Miscegenation and Other Dangerous Encounters in Turn-of-the-Century New
York City (Princeton University Press), Mary Ting Yi Lui of Yale University
offers a fascinating snapshot of social and sexual relations between Chinese and
non-Chinese populations in turn-of-the-century New York through the lens of this
unsolved murder.
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