How NYC Became America's Cultural Capital

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Monday, April 30, 2018

6:30 pm

Online

Open to the Public

Morris Dickstein, author of Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression and distinguished professor emeritus at the GC, speaks with four scholars who explore how and why New York City became a national and global citadel for the arts in the 20th century.

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Morris Dickstein, author of Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression and distinguished professor emeritus at the GC, speaks with four scholars who explore how and why New York City became a national and global citadel for the arts in the 20th century. How have painters, filmmakers, writers, and others shaped the world's view of Gotham? Featuring: Julia L. Foulkes (A Place for Us: West Side Story and New York), Fran Leadon (Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles), Christoph Lindner (Imagining New York City: Literature, Urbanism, and the Visual Arts, 1890-1940), and Robert A. Slayton (Beauty in the City: The Ashcan School).

 

Presented with the Gotham Center for NYC History.