PERSPECTIVES: CONVERSATIONS ON POLICY AND PLACE WITH PETER BEINART
$15 / $12 members
February 22 / 6:30 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
An Evening with Bill Keller
Bill Keller, op-ed columnist and former executive editor of the New York Times, and Peter Beinart, senior political writer for the Daily Beast and author.
$15 / Members $12
Tickets: 
or by phone at 212-868-4444
March 19 / 6:30 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
A Conversation about the Presidential Election
Joe Klein, Time columnist and author; Ben Smith, political journalist and blogger; and Peter Beinart, senior political writer for the Daily Beast and author.
$15 / Members $12
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
LIVE@365: A NEW WORLD MUSIC SERIES
Single Tickets—25 / $20 members
Spring package (3 events)—$70 / $50 members
March 13 / 7 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
The Pitjantjatjara Man
Aboriginal Australian singer-songwriter Frank Yamma.
$25 / Members $20
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
April 10 / 7 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
Arabic Songs of Freedom, Dignity, and Pride
Palestinian-American musician and composer Simon Shaheen.
$25 / Members $20
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
May 22 / 7 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
Flamenco Gitano
The legendary flamenco singer Manuel Agujetas.
$25 / Members $20
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
EXTRAORDINARY LIVES
$15 / $12 members
February 28 / 6:30 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
Bill Kelly in Conversation with Peter Gelb
Peter Gelb, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, and Bill Kelly, president of the Graduate Center.
$15 / Members $12
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
May 8 / 6:30 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
Bill Kelly in Conversation with Chuck Close
Chuck Close, renowned painter, and Bill Kelly, president of the Graduate Center.
$15 / Members $12
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
GOTHAM CENTER HISTORY FORUMS
$10 / $8 members
February 16 / 6:30 p.m. / Martin E. Segal Theatre
Soviet-Jewish Experience in NYC
Writers Emily Rubin, Anya Ulinich, Lina Zeldovich, and Mikhail Iossel, and Annelise Orleck of Dartmouth University.
$10 / Members $8
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
March 1 / 6:30 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
The Real Mad Men and the Golden Age of Advertising in NYC
Author Andrew Cracknell; Amil Gargano, founder of the advertising firm Ally and Gargano; and Barbara Lippert, curator of popular culture at Goodby, Silverstein and Partners.
$10 / Members $8
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
March 14 / 6:30 p.m. / Martin E. Segal Theatre
New York at War by Steven H. Jaffe
Book launch with historian Steven H. Jaffe, author of New York at War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham.
NOTE: This event is free, reservations are required.
Tickets: 
For further information, call 212-817-8215
April 2 / 6:30 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
Domestic Workers in NYC—Yesterday and Today
Julia Wrigley, the Graduate Center; Tamara Mose Brown, Brooklyn College; Premilla Nadasen, Queens College; Joyce Gill-Campbell, Domestic Workers United.
$10 / Members $8
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
April 12 / 6:30 p.m. / Martin E. Segal Theatre
Gentrification of the Mind by Sarah Schulman
Book talk with Sarah Schulman, author of Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination, a new memoir of the AIDS years (1981–1996) in NYC.
NOTE: This event is free, reservations are required.
Tickets: For further information, call 212-817-8215
April 24 / 6:30 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
Beyond Borders: Social Movements, Immigrants, and NYC in the Transnational Context
Daniel Inouye, Asian-American Center, Queens College; Dylan Yeats, New York University; Renqui Yu, SUNY Purchase; and Christina Ziegler-McPherson, Museum of the City of New York.
$10 / Members $8
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
MUSIC IN MIDTOWN
$10 / $8 members
February 9 / 1 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
Chamber Music on Fifth I
Musicians enrolled in the D.M.A. music performance program at the Graduate Center; works by Bach, Stravinsky, Schumann, and others.
$10 / Members $8
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
February 23 / 1 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
Chamber Music on Fifth II
Musicians enrolled in the D.M.A. music performance program at the Graduate Center; works by Dominick Argento, Mozart, Dvořák, and others.
$10 / Members $8
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
March 8 / 1 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
Spring Percussion Celebration
Percussionists from Lehman College, Brooklyn College, and the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin; works by George Brunner, Jose Halac, Morris Lang, Edgard Varese, and others.
$10 / Members $8
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
March 22 / 1 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
Opera Composers in Song: Potpourri of Delicacies
Singer Jane Marsh, Gold Medal-winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition; works by Mahler, Wolf, Massenet, and Rachmaninoff.
$10 / Members $8
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
April 5 / 1 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
Musical Legends
John Dalley, violin; Will Frampton, viola; Peter Wiley, cello; Anna Polonsky, piano; Faure's Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15, and two works by Beethoven.
$10 / Members $8
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
May 3 / 1 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
An Afternoon in Paris
Quynh Nguyen, pianist; works by Chopin and Ravel.
$10 / Members $8
Tickets: or by phone at 212-868-4444
NEW! CRITICAL THEORY TODAY LECTURE SERIES
Free, Reservations Required
March 19 / 6:30 p.m./ Proshansky Auditorium
Criticism and Self-Influence: A Talk by Harold Bloom — Part 1
In the first of two lectures, distinguished literary critic Harold Bloom will speak about his own impact and intellectual biography, focusing on his readings of Whitman. The second lecture, on March 26, will focus on his readings of Shakespeare.
Free, reservations required
Tickets: For further information, call 212-817-8215
March 26 / 6:30 p.m. / Proshansky Auditorium
Criticism and Self-Influence: A Talk by Harold Bloom — Part 2
In the second of two lectures, distinguished literary critic Harold Bloom will speak about his own impact and intellectual biography, focusing on his readings of Shakespeare. The first lecture, on March 19, will focus on his readings of Whitman.
Free, reservations required
Tickets: For further information, call 212-817-8215
NEW! 21st-CENTURY MUSIC IN SOCIETY: THE LLOYD OLD AND CONSTANCE OLD LECTURES
Free, Reservations Required
April 18 / 6:30 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
The Challenges of Modernist Music
Charles Rosen, pianist and author; and Daniel J. Wakin, culture reporter for the New York Times.
Free, reservations required
Tickets: For further information, call 212-817-8215
ITS: INITIATIVE FOR THE THEORETICAL SCIENCES
Free, Reservations Required
February 21 / 6:30 p.m. / Martin E. Segal Theatre
The Origins and Evolution of the Universe
Lyman Page, professor of physics, Princeton University; and David Spergel, professor of astronomy, Princeton University.
Free, reservations required
Tickets: For further information, call 212-817-8215
March 5 / 6:30 p.m. / Elebash Recital Hall
The Intelligence of Swarms
Guy Theraulaz, director of research, French National Research Council Center for Animal Cognition, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse.
Free, reservations required
Tickets: For further information, call 212-817-8215
April 3 / 6:30 p.m. / Martin E. Segal Theatre
The Brain
Richard Axel, Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist; and Laurence F. Abbott, professor of neuroscience, Columbia University.
Free, reservations required
Tickets: For further information, call 212-817-8215
Programs are subject to change.