CANCELED: Jillian Michaels
Jillian Michaels is the foremost fitness expert in the world and a renowned life coach. From her hit televisions shows, extensively successful fitness DVDs and exercise streaming platform fitfusion.com, eight New York Times best-selling books, live speaking engagements, award-winning podcast, a soon-to-be-released iPhone app (which will allow users to train with Jillian both in preset and dynamic workouts), social media channels and her personal website — she has built an international community of followers 100 million + strong.
- Date:
- May 20, 2017 • 8:00 pm ET
- Category:
- Authors & Talks
An Evening with Hasan Minhaj
with Wajahat Ali
Hasan Minhaj is a comedian, actor, and writer in New York. He is a correspondent on the Emmy and Peabody award-winning program ‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah’. His critically acclaimed one man show ‘Homecoming King’ will debut on Netflix this spring.
UCB Improv Crash Course
This intimate UCB workshop is a two-hour long “crash course” in the UCB style of long-form improvisational comedy, based on the same ideas that are central to UCB’s Improv 101 class in NYC.
Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company
The Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company brings the very best of its New York City and Los Angeles theatres to our stage.
Jews and Muslims in America: Political Challenges and Moral Opportunities
Celebrate the Jewish holiday of Shavuot at The TEN – our innovative take on a holiday that traditionally celebrates the importance of sacred learning through Torah study and enjoying the first fruits of the harvest. Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg and Imam Abdullah Antepli discuss Jewish-Muslim relationships in America today. Where are the similarities between the two religious and ethnic groups? They’ll consider new solutions to difficult topics while studying ancient texts together.
Tape Face
Through simple, clever, and charming humor, Tape Face creates an accessible and enjoyable show for audiences of all ages. The New Zealand-based prop comic and mime gained popularity as a finalist on season 11 of America’s Got Talent.
Senator John McCain
In Conversation with Leon Wieseltier
The U.S. Senator from Arizona and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services sits down with Leon Wieseltier, a contributing editor at The Atlantic, for the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Lecture.
- Date:
- May 24, 2017 • 7:30 pm ET
- Admission:
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$40. Please note that seating on the main level will be limited for this event.
- 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.
CANCELED: Life Since the Election: A One-Day Storytelling Intensive
with Story District
Using post-election D.C. as your storyboard, express your unique experience living in our nation’s capital in this one-day workshop, led by Story District’s expert teachers, where you will generate new story material, learn about narrative structure and storytelling techniques, and practice telling stories and hearing feedback in small groups.
- Date:
- Jun 4, 2017 • 9:30 am ET
- Category:
- 20s & 30s Programming
Senator Al Franken
In Conversation with Jake Tapper
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate, by the U.S. Senator from Minnesota and #1 New York Times bestselling author, is a book about an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that.