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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In Conversation with Audie Cornish

From the best-selling author of Americanah comes Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, a framework for feminism today written as a letter to her childhood friend.

Date:
Mar 20, 2017 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

SOLD OUT

Category:
Authors & Talks

Chris Hayes

In Conversation with Jamelle Bouie

In A Colony in A Nation, the Emmy Award-winning host of “All In” on MSNBC upends our national conversation on policing and democracy with a wide-ranging analysis of historical, social, and political factors, from wealth and unemployment to incarceration and school segregation.

Date:
Mar 21, 2017 • 7:30 pm ET
Admission:

SOLD OUT

Category:
Authors & Talks

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.

Date:
Mar 23, 2017 • 6:00 pm ET
Admission:

$10

Category:
20s & 30s Programming

You’re Funny But You Don’t Look Jewish

Italian, African American, Indian, and Vietnamese American Jewish stand-up comedians share the stage and their own experiences about being ‘undercover’ members of the tribe.

Date:
Mar 23, 2017 • 8:00 pm ET
Admission:

$15 in advance
$18 day of show

Category:
Comedy

Avital Meets Avital

Avi Avital & Omer Avital

A coincidentally shared surname only scratches the surface of the deep affinity between these two accomplished musicians. Both born in Israel, the two artists represent different (though highly complementary) musical paths.

Date:
Mar 25, 2017 • 8:00 pm ET
Admission:

$30

Category:
Music

Lilith: Virgin or Seductress?

For women in their 20s and 30s

Rabbi Shira leads a text study and discussion on Lilith, the enigmatic character who is too often shunted to the shadows of Jewish history. Discuss ways that women today are often placed in boxes or classified in ways that are neither nuanced nor helpful.

Date:
Apr 4, 2017 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

SOLD OUT

Category:
20s & 30s Programming

Joan Nathan

In Conversation with Wolf Blitzer

From the James Beard Award-winning cookbook author comes King Solomon’s Table: A Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking from Around the World, a collection of recipes from the global Jewish diaspora.

Date:
Apr 5, 2017 • 7:30 pm ET
Admission:

Ticket: $18
1 ticket + 1 book: $40
2 tickets + 1 book: $50

Category:
Authors & Talks

Anoushka Shankar – Early Show

Shankar returns to both her cultural and familial roots, leading a virtuoso septet in a program devoted to North Indian classical music. The artist combines Indian musical currents with jazz, pop, flamenco, and more for a return performance on our stage.

Date:
Apr 8, 2017 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

$40

Category:
Music

Anoushka Shankar – Late Show

Shankar returns to both her cultural and familial roots, leading a virtuoso septet in a program devoted to North Indian classical music. The artist combines Indian musical currents with jazz, pop, flamenco, and more for a return performance on our stage.

Date:
Apr 8, 2017 • 9:30 pm ET
Admission:

$40

Category:
Music

Unconventional Women: Ariel Levy

In Conversation with Jia Tolentino

The New Yorker staff writer was raised to resist traditional rules about work, love, and womanhood. In The Rules Do Not Apply, she shares her story of building an unconventional life, watching it fall apart, and the adventure and heartbreak of being a woman who is free to do whatever she chooses.

Date:
Apr 13, 2017 • 7:00 pm ET
Admission:

Ticket: $12
2 FREE tickets with book purchase: $27

Category:
Authors & Talks
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