Selected by Cathleen Schine
July 27, 2012 – December 2, 2012
London and New York Street Photography (1860–2010)
Museum of the City of New York, New York
A photography exhibit with 160 images of London street scenes and another 30 of New York by photographers like Jacob Riis, Berenice Abbot, Helen Levitt, William Klein, Nan Goldin, Joel Meyerowitz, John Thompson, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and more.
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Selected by J. Hoberman
November 15, 2012 – December 2, 2012
The Rolling Stones: 50 Years on Film
Museum of Modern Art, New York
There’s more depth than might appear in this ferociously crowd-pleasing retrospective.
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December 2, 2012, 7 pm – 9 pm
Tribute to Mavis Gallant at KGB Bar’s Sunday Night Fiction Series, NYC
KGB Bar, New York
An evening of talks and readings from Lynne Tillman, Francine Prose, Deborah Eisenberg and others to pay tribute to the extraordinary Mavis Gallant.
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November 7, 2012 – December 3, 2012
Do the Math Road Tour
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle
Based on Bill McKibben’s widely read Rolling Stone article, “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math,” “Do The Math” aims to raise awareness of the climate crisis and challenge the power of the fossil-fuel industry head-on.
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Selected by Cathleen Schine
December 6, 2012, 6 pm – 8 pm
A Lecture on P. T. Barnum and Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Bard Graduate Center, New York
Why these two together? I can't imagine, but I feel either one could come up with a compelling reason.
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December 6, 2012, 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Daniel Mendelsohn at the Free Library of Philadelphia
Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Daniel Mendelsohn will talk about his new collection of essays on the classics and popular culture, Waiting for the Barbarians.
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December 6, 2012, 6 pm – 10 pm
Mark Lilla speaks at Evoke 2012
The US Consulate, Mumbai
Mark Lilla will speak on the topic of Faith at EVOKE 2012: Beauty-Money-Sexuality-Love-Violence-Faith-Substance.
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Selected by Geoffrey Wheatcroft
September 15, 2012 – December 9, 2012
Bronze
Royal Academy, London
When we admire the beauty and intricacy of bronze sculptures in great museums we may not think much about the medium itself, but we can think harder at the astonishing exhibition called simply “Bronze.”
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