Talks & Entertainment

Man’s Attempt at Thoughtfulness

Combining spirituality, psychology, modern masculinity, and good scotch, Rabbi Scott brings a group of men together to attempt some thoughtfulness about life’s more important questions.

Rabbi David Wolpe

In Conversation with Professor Tyler Cowen

Named the most influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world by The Jerusalem Post, Rabbi Wolpe joins the Mercatus Center’s More +

Mogwai Play Atomic

Mogwai’s new album, Atomic, is composed of reworked versions of the music recorded for the soundtrack to Mark Cousin’s documentary Atomic: Living In Dread and Promise, which aired on BBC Four last summer.

Kennedy Center Chamber Players

The Kennedy Center Chamber Players is formed of principal and guest players of the National Symphony Orchestra.

Finding Strength in the New Year

This event is co-sponsored with Jewish Women International. This year isn’t what many of us thought it would be. How do we move forward with strength and purpose? How do More +

Paul Auster

With a passion for realism and a great tenderness and fierce attachment to history, 4 3 2 1 is a sweeping and surprising story of birthright and possibility, of love and life itself.

Carlos Henriquez Sextet

The distinguished artist is well-known to local audiences as the veteran bassist of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO). Born and raised in the Bronx, Henriquez played in his teens More +

Ute Lemper: Songs for Eternity

As a postwar German native who now lives in New York and is married to a Jewish man, Lemper is eternally sensitive and tortured by the history of the Holocaust. She considers it her responsibility and has an ethical longing to honor the Jewish people and to stimulate the dialogue about the terrible past.

Trayvon Martin’s Parents: Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin

In Conversation with Chris Jackson

Timed with the five-year anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s death, his parents offer the true inside story of their son’s life, struggles, and death for the first time in Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin.

Colin Currie

A performance by the Scotland-based artist is a pulse-quickening journey through both artistic styles and physical space. The renowned percussionist has commissioned and premiered works from a wealth of composers of wide-ranging cultures and traditions, earning 2015’s Instrumentalist of the Year honors from Britain’s Royal Philharmonic Society for his achievements.