We’re thrilled to announce the launch of NEXUS – a new membership club for dynamic adults ages 50s/60s, created to expand one’s social network while doing the things they love. The club kicks off Wed, Jan 8 with a celebratory party for members and anyone who might want to become one
One of the 20th century’s most celebrated and influential musicians, violinist Isaac Stern performed on our stage more than a dozen times over 50 years, from his first concert in 1943 to his last in 1994. On a May evening in 1979 – just a month before his historic, groundbreaking trip to China – Stern performed an evening of chamber music in Kaufmann Concert Hall. The concert was to open with a solo violin performance, which Stern originally planned to be Bach’s B-Minor Partita
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We’re thrilled to announce the launch of NEXUS – a new membership club for dynamic adults ages 50s/60s, created to expand one’s social network while doing the things they love. The club kicks off Wed, Jan 8 with a celebratory party for members and anyone who might want to become one …
In her recent novel, Absolution, Alice McDermott considers the lives — and historical trajectories — of the American women who traveled with their husbands to Vietnam in 1963 as the US laid the groundwork for what would become a devastating war. The book is vintage McDermott — a moral tale that withholds moral judgement, a consideration of historical reality streaked with the spiritual unknown …
Bryan Cranston reads The Power Broker with Robert Caro and Stacy Schiff. Molly Ringwald and Griffin Dunne join bestselling writers Sloane Crosley, Jay McInerney, and John Burnham Schwartz on the legacy of Truman Capote. Alice McDermott discusses her new novel to Amor Towles. In his first season as Executive Director of the Unterberg Poetry Center, Lucas Wittmann is gathering a blend of some of the greatest writers of our moment with leadings actors and critics …
Nina Simone was a music icon and Civil Rights activist, celebrated for hits like “Feeling Good” and “My Baby Just Cares for Me,” and her commitment to change. Her voice and vision influenced artists from Aretha Franklin to John Legend. Now, Tony nominee Amber Iman, who played Simone in her Broadway debut, brings her legacy to life in REBEL WITH A CAUSE: The Artistry and Activism of Nina Simone (Dec 7-9) …
Ten years ago, the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact welcomed the first cohort of the Women inPower Fellowship. A free mentorship program offered by 92NY, Women inPower provides senior level women-identifying leaders across all professional sectors the community, coaching, and tools they need to advance to the highest levels of leadership …
Since 2018, award-winning breakdancer and choreographer Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie’s dance company has worked with School Engagement in the Arts’ Discover Dance program to offer curriculum, workshops, and performances to NYC public school students from all five boroughs …
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