Apr 10th
6:30–9:30pm EDT
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Attend lectures in NYC to expand your knowledge in a variety of subjects, such as history, art, and science, while connecting with like-minded individuals in a vibrant city setting.
2 classes in-person in NYC have spots left, and 6 classes live online are available.
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY
Explore the profound and liberating ideas of Lucretius' On the Nature of Things at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. Dive into the epic world of atoms, voids, and the nature of the soul while examining the role of poetry in conveying materialist teachings. Uncover the secrets of human motivation, free will, and morality in this captivating course.
Apr 10th
6:30–9:30pm EDT
Meets 4 Times
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY
In this course, you'll explore artforms like Russian and Soviet avant-garde, Cubo-Futurism, and Constructivism. Learn the works of influential artists and examine their impact on the shifting ideological and institutional ideas during the early Soviet state. Uncover the avant-garde's quest for a "communistic expression of material structures" and its enduring legacy in the 20th century.
Apr 16th
6:30–9:30pm EDT
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Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom
Explore the profound philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and his groundbreaking ideas on perception, embodiment, and the nature of existence. Delve into the world of phenomenology and discover how this influential 20th-century movement continues to shape contemporary thought.
Apr 9th
6:30–9:30pm EDT
Meets 4 Times
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Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom
In this thought-provoking course from the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, you'll explore the core principles of biotechnology and the ethical, political, and economic implications of manipulating biological matter. Uncover the exciting possibilities and real constraints that shape the future of bioengineering today!
Apr 9th
6:30–9:30pm EDT
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Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom
Unveil the rise and fall of Germany's Weimar Republic and its impact on contemporary politics, culture, and catastrophic authoritarianism in this provocative course. Explore the complex international politics and economic crises that shaped this politically fragile yet culturally dazzling era. Dive into primary sources and reflections to dissect the untold lessons for our modern world.
Apr 10th
6:30–9:30pm EDT
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Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom
Explore a radical vision of the future where nature and technology align, challenging the pessimistic outlook on climate change. Immerse yourself in the art, theory, and speculative fiction of solarpunk to reimagine a world of decommodified energy and human liberation. Join us on this intellectual journey towards a harmonious coexistence of technology, nature, and human life.
Apr 14th
2–5pm EDT
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Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom
Delve into the depths of human emotions and the complexities of the mind with a comprehensive exploration of psychoanalysis. Gain insights into the intricate workings of the psyche through this captivating course.
Apr 14th
2–5pm EDT
Meets 4 Times
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom
Explore Russian and Soviet avant-gardes during the first three decades of the 20th century. Discover how artists grappled with finding "communistic expression of material structures" and the shifting status of the arts in the early Soviet state. Dive into the works of Kazimir Malevich, El Lissitzky, Sergei Eisenstein, and more.
Apr 17th
6:30–9:30pm EDT
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92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Poems are written in musical language. In this special two-day intensive, we examine the ways that form (traditional meter and verse techniques) is used to make music in poetry, and learn how the age-old tools of poetic composition can liberate, strengthen and energize your writing in verse.
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
As early as 1812, the superb music critic E.T.A. Hoffmann wrote, “Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven developed a new art, whose origins first appear in the middle of the eighteenth century.” This new art, centered in Vienna, is now called the Classical Style. Our journey, designed for both new and experienced listeners, will explore the emergence and evolution of this style as embodied in the works of its two most extraordinary foundational proponents,...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Art historian Rena Tobey gives a four-week interactive lecture series on American artists whose works show the diversity of our history and identity. A Changing World for Men After the Civil War Finding Her Way – Urban Women's Experience from 1850 to 1950 African-American Artist Voices Rise Immigrant Issues Then and Now
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
How does an ordinary city become a place of majestic, legendary beauty and a hub of historic innovation? In a series of six lectures, renowned architectural historian and author Francis Morrone looks at great cities during periods of transformation: Florence in the 15th century, Venice in the 16th century, Amsterdam (and Delft) in the 17th century, London in the early 19th century, Paris in the mid-19th century, and Vienna at the end of the 19th...
Course Name: Mad Scenes and Exit Arias: The Death of the New York City Opera and the Future of Opera, the Arts and Non-Profits in America Heidi Waleson, opera critic for The Wall Street Journal and author of Mad Scenes and Exit Arias: The Death of the New York City Opera and the Future of Opera in America, will speak with broadcaster Naomi Lewin about how and why City Opera went bankrupt, and what that means in the greater scheme...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
View 8 sword-swinging classics of Japanese and world cinema. Kurt Brokaw, along with team teacher Nella Williams, who is fluent in Japanese, help unravel the mysteries of Shogunate warriors in feudal Edo societies, their dress, fighting rituals and codes of honor. Discussions of the stars and directors. Samurai Assassin (1964) 1860 Edo, as ronin Toshiro Mifune must slay an elder in Kihachi Okamoto’s stately drama (123 min). Sword of Doom (1967)...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Six of the most vivid “bad girl” portrayals in early crime dramas. View and discuss the characters, actresses, female perspectives and directors. Scarlet Street (1945) Joan Bennett and her ruthless boyfriend (Dan Duryea, oily as ever) plot to destroy innocent painter Edward G. Robinson in Fritz Lang’s love-and-death noir. Leave Her to Heaven (1946) Gene Tierney dumps her fiance (Vincent Price) to marry Cornel Wilde, then brings ruin and death...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Full Course Name Generative Workshop in Poetry with LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs What is it that informs our writing? Is it identity? Our mothers? Politics? Language? In this generative workshop, we will write and talk about what provokes and inspires us to write. Culturally we might write as our ancestors might have spoken. Perhaps some of us are not meant to write in a linear fashion. To be “roundabout” or circular may be closer to how our ears...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Women Behind the Lens: Female Photographers in Memoir, Fiction, and Documentary Film This class explores the creative lives of female photographers in the U.S. over the past century. Drawing on memoirs, documentary films, biographies, and photographs, we will analyze the life narratives and visual records of, “women behind the lens.” What opportunities and obstacles did they face in their pursuit of artistic achievement? How did economic, social,...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Discuss the first seven of Ben Franklin’s virtues — Temperance, Silence, Order, Resolution, Frugality, Industry, Sincerity — and answer two questions: How can we improve ourselves and how can we improve our world? In regular small group discussions, Circle members use Franklin’s classic 13 civic virtues to spark discussion about members’ goals and aspirations — who they want to be, and what they want to contribute to the world. Part...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Since 1931, the Rombauer-Becker family has revised and updated their bestselling cookbook—a book Julia Child called the “fundamental resource for any American cook.” Eighty-eight years after Irma Rombauer self-published the first edition, her great-grandson, John Becker, and his wife Megan Scott, have translated this comprehensive culinary resource for a new generation of home cooks, bringing the latest version of Joy into the future while...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
This semester we continue and deepen our exploration of harmony and song structures through selected Bach chorales and songs from The Beatles catalog.
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