Looking for smart things to do in New York this week? Thought Gallery has a collection of talks and lectures ranging from a dating debate over human vs. AI to black existentialism to a new set of Rumi translations.
MONDAY, JUNE 16
Immerse yourself in a different era’s embrace of pseudo-science at The New York Historical and a virtual talk on Wild Science: Mesmerists, Spiritualists, and Radicals in Nineteenth Century New York.
Climate scientist Kate Marvel heads up a panel looking at emotions around our approach to the future. She'll share her new Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet.
Travel back to Dublin of June 16th, 1904 with NYC's annual Bloomsday celebrations. 192 Books hosts a communal reading while Bookhouse at Centro Primo Levi reads Joyce and Italian translations, emphasizing the dream-like quality of the prose.
TUESDAY, JUNE 17
Mexica artist(s), serpent labret with articulated tongue 1325 – 1521 CE Gold. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, 2015 Benefit Fund and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2016 (2016.64).
Join curators from The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing for a closer look at the just-reopened galleries. They'll discuss the significance of objects across the Africa, ancient Americas, and Oceania collections, in the context of their new installations.
Tuesday, June 17: Join Printed Matter for a book launch and conversation on Tehran-based artist Farhad Qashqai’sKharabat Vol. 1, a found photo book documenting a hypermasculine working-class subculture.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
Mike Birbiglia merges storytelling, theater, and comedy in his performances. Find him in conversation after a screening of his new Netflix special, The Good Life, with backstage stories and thoughts on fatherhood and mortality.
Musician and author Jonathan Gould talks about his new book, chronicling the story of four art students who revolutionized the sound of modern music
THURSDAY, JUNE 19
Photographer Edward Burtynsky has spent decades investigating the human alteration of natural landscapes, showcasing both beauty and fragility; find him in conversation ($18, includes admission).
Mark Juneteenth with comedians and surprise guests as they share booze-fueled lessons in Black history.
Celebrate Juneteenth at the Jackie Robinson Museum with an intergenerational program that includes museum tours and interactive jazz performances.
