EVENTS
What exciting events are happening around Morningside Heights this week? Welcome to the Morningside Area Alliance Events Calendar! Bookmark this page and visit often for the latest music, theater, art, dance, lectures, family events, and more – it’s everything under the sun! Below are just a few highlighted events taking place in the neighborhood.
March 2008
March 27, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Nave, Riverside Church
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Cantabile Limburg
Jurgen Fassbender, conductor
Cantabile Limburg is a 24-voice men’s chamber choir from Limburg, Germany. This excellent choir has traveled and performed extensively throughout the world. Their repertoire – primarily Germanic composers – includes works of Max Reger, Richard Strauss, Franz Schubert, Kaj Erik Gustafsson and Pablo Casals. This Riverside Church performance is their only New York City concert appearance. They will be joined by the 70-voice Rutgers University Glee Club, Patrick Gardner, conductor.
NAVE. $15/10. Tickets available at the door.
Website: www.theriversidechurchny.org
March 28, 2:00 - 8:00pm
Union Theological Seminary
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FEMINIST CLASSICS CONFERENCE
FEAR OF FLYING
Featuring a conversation with Erica Jong ’63
An award-winning writer who has been integral to the genre of contemporary feminine literature, Erica Jong ’63 is the author of eight novels, including the bestsellers Fear of Flying, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir, The Devil at Large, and Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life. Recently, Jong donated a collection of archival material to Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library, including journals, diaries, and noteworthy correspondence with John Updike, Henry Miller, and Louis Untermeyer. Together with the Columbia Institute for Research on Women and Gender, BCRW celebrates this extraordinary gift with a conference dedicated to Jong’s inimitable career and its impact on American letters. Participants include Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Nancy K. Miller, Rebecca Traister, Aoibheann Sweeney, Susan Suleiman, Min Jin Lee, and James Frey.
Contact: 212.854.2067
Website: www.barnard.edu/bcrw/events.htm#jong
April 2008
April 3, 7:30pm
Jewish Theological Seminary
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- TAKING THE LEAD: FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY ON AMERICAN RADIO, 1939-1955
Speaker: Jeffrey Shandler, Associate Professor, Department of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University
The Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture
Listen in as Jeffrey Shandler turns on the radio and shares fascinating audio excerpts aired during WWII and its aftermath. Shandler will tell the story of how the American Jewish Committee and The Jewish Theological Seminary, by producing radio programs that promoted democratic values, played a pioneering role in American public service broadcasting.
Cosponsored with the American Jewish Committee Archives
Website: www.jtsa.edu/Audience_Pages/JTS_in_Your_Community/Public_Lectures_and_Conferences.xml
April 3, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Ella Weed (Milbank 223), Barnard College
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- Great Writers at Barnard: Faculty Reading
ELIZABETH BENEDICT & MYLA GOLDBERG
Elizabeth Benedict ('76) is the author of five acclaimed novels, including Slow Dancing and the bestseller Almost, as well as The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers, which is widely used in writing programs. She studied writing at Barnard with Elizabeth Hardwick, and writes nonfiction for many publications, including The New York Times, Daedalus, and The Huffington Post. Visit http://www.elizabethbenedict.com/ for more information.
Myla Goldberg is the author of the novels Bee Season, and Wickett's Remedy, and most recently of the children's book, Catching the Moon. She is currently at work on a new novel. Visit http://www.barnard.edu/english/facultybio.html#goldberg for more information.
Contact: Lucy Coolidge, 212-854-8971.
Website: www.barnard.edu/english/wpreadings.html
April 10, 7:30pm
Jewish Theological Seminary
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- Speaker: Dr. Mark Lilla, Professor of the Humanities, Columbia University
Respondent: Dr. Leora Batnitzky, Professor of Religion, and Acting Director of the Program in Judaic Studies, Princeton University
Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies
Authors Forum: Religion–Politics, Policy, Power
Website: www.jtsa.edu/Audience_Pages/JTS_in_Your_Community/Public_Lectures_and_Conferences.xml
April 11, 4:00 to 6:00pm
Miller Theater, Columbia University
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The American Studies Program and The Library of America, in collaboration with The National Book Foundation are pleased to present: Philip Roth: A 75th Birthday Tribute Friday, April 11, 2008 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Columbia University Miller Theater Broadway at 116th St.
Participants include:
Joel Conarroe
Charles D’Ambrosio
Nathan Englander
Hermione Lee
Jonathan Lethem
Ross Miller
Claudia Roth Pierpont
Ross Posnock, Columbia University
Ben Taylor
Judith Thurman
Remarks by Philip Roth
Admission is free, but seating is limited. Please register before April 4th by sending your name (and the names of your guests) to rothtribute@columbia.edu. Co-sponsored by The Library of America in collaboration with The National Book Foundation. Website: www.columbia.edu/cu/amstudies/events/intermediate.html