Malcolm Gladwell at the 92nd Street Y


www.92Y.org Recorded January 6, 2009. In his latest work, best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of Outliers—the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful people and asks the question Why are high achievers different from regular people? Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, the cultural forces that make Asians so successful at math and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band. Gladwell is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of Blink and The Tipping Point. About the Giants of Science Series: This is not just for folks who got As in high school chemistry. The scientists are such good storytellers, their subjects so provocative and the conversation so easygoing that all you have to do is bring your mind (and a friend). Robert Krulwich of Nova Science Now, an NPR regular and an ABC News correspondent, is the host.


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Full Version: Hitchens and Boteach Debate on God


www.92Y.org Full version of the Christopher Hitchens and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Debate at New York's 92nd Street Y. Every program and presentation at the 92nd Street Y is made possible by charitable donations from individuals like you. To continue our activities in all media, we hope you consider making a donation below. Thank you.


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Anne Carson at the 92nd Street Y


www.92Y.org Award-winning writer Anne Carson is "the most exciting poet writing in English today," said Michael Ondaatje. Carson, an essayist and classicist, is the author of many collections and translations, including Decreation, The Beauty of the Husband, Eros the Bittersweet and Autobiography of Red. Carson made full use of the 92nd Street Y stage for a dramatic reading/performance that has to be seen to be fully appreciated. This is an excerpt of her second piece of evening, "Possessive Used As Drink (Me): A Lecture on Pronouns in the Form of 15 Sonnets."


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92YTribeca: Music. Film. Comedy. Talks. Classes. (Starring Paul Rudd and others)


www.92YTribeca.org Written and Directed by Michael Showalter Produced and Edited by Stephen J. Levinson Cinematography by Paul Rondeau Music by Jesse Novak Digital Effects by Ed Mundy Cast Andrea Rosen Chelsea Peretti David Wain Eugene Mirman Jacqueline Novak Jon Benjamin Kate Comer Leo Allen Michael Ian Black Mike Birbiglia Paul Rudd Shonali Bhowmik Todd Barry Zak Orth


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George Carlin at the 92nd Street Y: April 2001


www.92y.org On April 30, 2001, comedian Judy Gold interviewed Grammy Award-winning comic legend George Carlin at Congregation Rodeph Sholom as part of the 92nd Street Y's Funny People Series. You can listen to the whole program here for many of Carlin's stories about his life and comedy career, including an extended explanation of the "Seven Dirty Words." Download the audio file in mp3 form, here: blog.92y.org


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"ON NATURE" Matisyahu, DP Dave Holmes & PS22 Chorus at 92nd Street Y (PRO SHOT!!)


ps22chorus.blogspot.com http On March 16, 2010, the PS22 Chorus gave an epic performance at the 92nd Street Y with the great Matisyahu. Needless to say, I had been dying to get ahold of this performance ever since, and was ecstatic to finally receive a copy from Matisyahu's manager when the kids performed with Matis last month at the ONEXONE Gala. Not only is it always a thrill to see and hear the kids professionally recorded, this particular performance featured the kids at their best with not only the genius of Matisyahu, but also accompanied by DP Dave Holmes of the Dub Trio on acoustic guitar! Playing with him and Matis was an inspiration, and I think we all enjoyed improvising our respective parts and bouncing off of each other's ideas. We were actually only slated to do "One Day" for this performance, but we all recognized magic was happening on "On Nature" at the rehearsal earlier that day (footage previously posted). Matis was cool enough to insist on us doing that one as well! Messale, who actually was a Matisyahu fan already, spontaneously stepped in to sing with Matis at the rehearsal, a bit unsure of the words, but sounding awesome! So on the bus ride to the event later that afternoon, I had him listening over and over to the first verse on my iPod, so he could have a moment with Matis. And what a moment it was! This was just one of those performances where everything came together perfectly, so deepest thanks to the 92nd Street Y and of course to Matisyahu <b>...</b>


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David Markson Reads at the 92nd Street Y


www.92Y.org "Richard Burton, I am not," said David Markson, before reading the final pages of The Last Novel in his first and only appearance at the Poetry Center in November of 2007. Mr. Markson died on June, 4, 2010 at the age of eighty-two, and we offer this recording by way of tribute. His introducer that night, Ann Beattie, once wrote: "No one but Beckett can be quite as sad and funny at the same time as Markson." Unterberg Poetry Center webcasts and access to our archive are made possible in part by the generous support of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.


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Tokyo String Quartet at the 92nd Street Y


www.92y.org Tokyo String Quartet - Beethoven: Scherzo from String Quartet in F Major, Op.18, No.1 January 31, 2009


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Ani DiFranco at the 92nd Street Y


Ani DiFranco in Conversation with Anthony DeCurtis. 12/16/07.


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92nd Street Y: A Home for Culture


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Jonathan Franzen and Lorrie Moore at the 92nd Street Y


92Y Main Reading Series: www.92y.org Unterberg Poetry Center webcasts and access to our archive are made possible in part by the generous support of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.


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Nadine Gordimer at the 92nd Street Y: April 1961


www.92y.org Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist and short story writer, began writing at an early age. The daughter of Jewish immigrants, she published her first short story, "Come Again Tomorrow," when she was 15. At 21, Gordimer briefly attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg where she was exposed to the social and political atmosphere of South Africa, which would become the focus of her works. Gordimer's short stories have been published in various magazines such as the The New Yorker, Harper's, and The Yale Review. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991 and continues to live in and write about South Africa. Nadine Gordimer appeared at the 92nd Street Y early in her career on April 24, 1961 to read selected short stories. In the video clip here, listen to "A Style of Her Own." You can download the audio file in mp3 form here: blog.92y.org


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Burt Bacharach performs "Alfie" at 92nd Street Y Spring Gala


www.92y.org What the World Needs Now...Featuring the Music of: Burt Bacharach The 92nd Street Y's Annual Spring Gala featuring the music of Burt Bacharach, with performances by: Elvis Costello Sarah Dash Cheyenne Jackson Steven Weber Jill O'Hara John Pagano Young People's Chorus of New York City With Dionne Warwick And a special appearance by Burt Bacharach Proceeds from the Spring Gala support the 92nd Street Y's myriad programs which strengthen and connect culture, community and the world. Event Chairs: Helen & Bob Appel, Dana & Michael Goldstein, Lori & Marc Kasowitz, Tami & Fredric Mack Event Vice-Chairs: Jill & Darius Bikoff, Stacey & Matthew Bronfman, Nancy & Paul Levy, Cheryl & Michael Minikes, Jenny & John Paulson Journal Chairs: Lisa & Orin Wilf


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Afternoon Night Table: Roger Rosenblatt with EL Doctorow


www.92y.org Author and Bronx native EL Doctorow was here this spring Unterberg Poetry Center with journalist and author Roger Rosenblatt. They spoke about Doctorows time as a student at Bronx High School of Science, being named after Edgar Allen Poe, and his new novel, Homer & Langley. The novel, he explained, is loosely based on the Collyer brothers of Harlem, strange, reclusive eccentrics who lived in a house on the upper Fifth Ave. Read more on the 92Y Blog: blog.92y.org


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Andras Schiff at the 92nd Street Y


www.92y.org Andras Schiff - Schubert: Andantino from Sonata in A Major D.959. October 10, 2004 This event was an evening of words and music, with readings by Hungarian Nobel-laureate Imre Kertesz and musical interludes by Andras Schiff.


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The Art of the Book: 92nd Street Y


The Art of the Book: Behind the Covers with Dave Eggers, Chip Kidd, Milton Glaser and moderator Michael Bierut at the 92nd Street Y in New York, Dec 4, 2006.


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Los Angeles Guitar Quartet at the 92nd Street Y


www.92y.org Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: A Champagne New Year's Eve - Rossini: Overture to "the Barber of Seville" (arr. J. Dearman). December 31, 2007


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Syrian poet Adonis at the 92nd Street Y


www.92Y.org Long considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Syrian poet Adonis is "today's most daring and provocative Arab poet," wrote Edward Said. Now 80 and living in Paris, Adonis made his first appearance at 92Y Poetry Center on October 25, 2010, reading from his newly published Selected Poems. Khaled Mattawa, his translator, reads from an English translation. Unterberg Poetry Center webcasts and access to our archive are made possible in part by the generous support of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.


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Mos Def at the 92nd Street Y


Mos Def previews his new song "Pretty Dancer" about Muhammad Ali at the 92nd Street Y.


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Alan Dershowitz vs. Jeremy Ben-Ami American Foreign Policy and Israel


www.92y.org Moderated by Eliot Spitzer, Alan Dershowitz and Jeremy Ben-Ami debated over American policy in the Middle East on Sat, Nov 21, 2009. Should military solutions or diplomatic ones be favored? What is the role of pro-Israel advocacy at a time of changing relationships between the US and Israel? Has J Street helped or hurt the prospects for peace? Does the traditional lobby speak for all, or even most, American Jews? highlights in the video of Alan Dershowitz, who has been called Israels top defender in the court of public opinion, and Jeremy Ben-Ami, the founder and director of J Street, wrestling with these and other issues. The whole program is now available on Amazon, you can purchase it here: www.amazon.com Follow 92Y on Twitter: Twitter.com on Facebook: Facebook Read more on the 92Y Blog: Blog.92Y.org


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Calvin Trillin at the 92nd Street Y


Calvin Trillin reads his political poems from The Nation at the 92nd Street Y at an event titled, "Countdown to the Election" that also featured Andy Borowitz, Susie Essman and Jonathan Alter.


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Mayor Cory Booker at the 92nd Street Y


www.92y.org On Dec 3, 2009, Mayor Cory Booker sat down with NY1's Budd Mishkin for an inspiring interview about the community of Newark, New Jersey, the importance of democracy and community, and more. This Thu, Dec 10, (bit.ly we will be honoring a public servant often held as an example for others, at: A Special Celebration of the Life of Senator Edward M. Kennedy with Vicki Reggie Kennedy and Ted Kennedy Jr. Use code SK11 at check out for 30% of the ticket price. bit.ly Follow 92Y on Twitter: Twitter.com on Facebook: Facebook Read more on the 92Y Blog: Blog.92Y.org


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Alfred Adler Series at the 92nd Street Y


Alfred Adler Series at the 92nd Street Y


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Women, Power and Politics at 92nd Street Y


92Y Talks: www.92y.org Katha Pollitt, Nita Lowey and Rebecca Traister with Gloria Feldt It has been 90 years since women won the right to vote and yet women make up only 17 percent of Congress. Women are the majority of voters, but how are they using their voting power? What has happened to a progressive women's agenda? Join us as we to discuss what it will take for women to reach political parity.


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Frank McCourt at 92nd Street Y Poetry Center Schools Project


www.92y.org On Monday, March 17 2008 the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center Schools Project celebrated its 20th anniversary with Letters to a Young Writer, an evening of readings and remarks by writers who have participated in the program: Frank McCourt, Jessica Hagedorn, Donald Antrim, Nicole Krauss and Rebecca Pawel. Read more on the 92Y Blog: blog.92y.org He ended by offering his best piece of advice, if he were to give one to writers: "The notebook. The Pen. The scribbling, scribbles, scribble. Become a Peeping Tom, look in people's windows, listen to people on park benches. ...The material is everywhere. You're a kind of reporter. You're a Peeping Tom and your ear is cocked to every key hole."


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92nd Street Y - Afro-Caribbean Dance


92nd Street Y - Afro-Caribbean Dance


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The Shirelles at the 92nd Street Y


The Shirelles perform "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" at the 92nd Street Y's Annual Spring Gala Benefit in 2007.


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Interview with Ingrid Fliter at 92nd Street Y


92Y Concerts: www.92y.org


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Joseph LeDoux and The Amygdaloids at 92nd Street Y


Joseph LeDoux is a member of The Amygdaloids, a band made up of neuroscientists Daniela Schiller, Nina Galbraith Curley and Tyler Volk, that hopes its music makes the field more accessible to the public. LeDoux is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at New York University, and the author of The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life and Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are.


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Janis Ian, Society's Child, at the 92nd Street Y


Janis Ian is a Grammy-award winning songwriter, singer, musician and columnist. She had a highly successful singing career in the 1960s and 70s, and has continued recording into the 21st century. Her hits include "Societys Child" and "Seventeen." She is the author of the recent memoir Societys Child: My Autobiography. Anthony DeCurtis is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone. His essay accompanying the Eric Clapton box set, Crossroads, won a Grammy in the Best Album Notes category. He is the author of In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work. This was recorded May 4, 2009 at the 92nd Street Y.


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92nd Street Y Havaya Summer Camp for Teens in Israel and US


www.92Y.org Havaya International is a 5 week long life-changing opportunity to travel like a local in both Israel and across the United States, while making a positive difference in our global village. Made up of eighteen American teens and eighteen Israeli teens, going into 10th-12th grade, Havayaniks will spend two and a half weeks traveling throughout Israel with local Israelis from the 92nd Street Y's sister city in Ramat Hasharon and two and a half weeks in the US getting the opportunity to share their lives with their Israeli counterparts.


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Steve Martin: 92nd St. Y Backlash "Bewildering"


Steve Martin spoke with Rita Braver on his feelings from the reception and reviews of his interview at the 92nd Street Y which called him "boring" when he spoke about his book "An Object of Beauty" which discusses his love of art.


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Harold Pinter at the 92nd Street Y: November 1964


www.92y.org Pinter, one of over 40 Nobel Prize winners who have spoken at the Y, made five appearances at our Poetry Center between 1964 and 1996. You can listen to the full program of his first on November 12, 1964 which includes a reading of short stories and poems—Tea Party / New Year in the Midlands / A Glass at Midnight / You in the Night / The Drama in April / The Anesthetists Pen / Jig / Episode / Afternoon / The Error of Alarm / The Table / The Black and White selection / The Examination—followed by a Q&A where he talks about literary influences, point of view, his opinion of Edward Albees Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the classic Beatles vs. Rolling Stones debate. You can download a copy of the full audio file in mp3 format, here: blog.92y.org


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Garrison Keillor reads Pontoon at the 92nd Street Y


A Grammy and Peabody winner, Garrison Keillor is the author of more than 15 books and is the creator, host and writer of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac, heard on public radio stations across the country. In April 2008, Keillor sat down with Roger Rosenblatt, also an award-winning writer and host of the Afternoon Night Table Series at the 92nd Street Y, to discuss his latest new novel, Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon. In this video clip, Keillor reads from the book and ruminates on insomniacs.


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Christopher Hitchens and Tariq Ramadan Debate: Is Islam a Religion of Peace?


Full Video: www.92y.org 92Y Lectures & Conversations: www.92y.org Christopher Hitchens and Tariq Ramadan Debate: Is Islam a Religion of Peace? Moderated by Laurie Goodstein. October 5, 2010 at the 92nd Street Y With the Obama administration in its nascent years, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict proving as intractable as ever, relations with Iran reaching a boiling point and the political landscape changing rapidly both in the United States and the Middle East, wrestling with the issue of Islam is more crucial than ever and will be a defining feature of the 21st century. In the clip here, famous atheist and prolific author Christopher Hitchens and the accomplished and controversial scholar Tariq Ramadan debate one of the most pertinent questions of our modern age. Read more on the 92Y Blog: blog.92y.org Follow 92Y on Twitter: Twitter.com on Facebook: Facebook


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92nd Street Y Mindcapsules: Lewis Black


One Life. One Lesson. Two Minutes.


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Share Your Story at the 92nd Street Y Street Fair


Sharing Stories about the 92nd Street Y in New York City. To learn more about the 92nd Street Y, visit www.92Y.org


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Camp Yomi - 92nd Street Y


92Y.org With exciting day camps & teen travel camps, short-term sleepaway camps, specialty camps, and camps for children with developmental disabilities, New York's 92nd Street Y has a program tailor-made for your child's interests and needs. From Camp Yomi, our traditional day camp for 5-9 year olds, to the exciting experiences offered to our teen campers, the Y Camps truly offer something for everyone. Children ages 3-15 enjoy personal attention from a talented and dedicated professional camp staff, and our camp programs encourage campers to develop their imaginations and individual abilities while enhancing their self-esteem. Most of our camps take children out of New York City on air-conditioned coach buses to our beautiful Rockland County campgrounds in Pearl River, New York.


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Takács Quartet at 92nd Street Y


www.92Y.org "The poignant lyricism and hair-raising drama in Schubert's late chamber music make it an ideal focal point for a concert series."—Edward Dusinberre, First Violin "The Takács Quartet stands at the peak of its powers—at the peak of its profession."—Boston Globe


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Huffington Post Bloggers at the 92nd Street Y


www.92Y.org Editors from The Huffington Post—Roy Sekoff, Katharine Zaleski, Colin Sterling and Jason Linkins—discuss how they choose the stories that make the news and answer your questions. They also share their insights into blogging, including what blogs they link to and why, what content gets blogs noticed, the best practices for community building and quick tips for making blogging more empowering, profitable and fun. Recorded February 05, 2009 at the 92nd Street Y.


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"How Should Jews Vote?" at the 92nd Street Y


The 92nd Street Y is a not for profit organization and we do not endorse any candidate or position in the election. We offer this program as public education and dialogue. Recorded October 30, 2008. Hear some of the most provocative, popular and often contentious pundits and politicians express their unbridled opinions on a variety of pressing issues, and discover which presidential candidate is the frontrunner for the "Jewish vote." Ed Koch was the mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. His most recent book is The Koch Papers: My Fight Against Anti-Semitism. Michael Lerner is the rabbi of San Francisco's Beyt Tikkun synagogue, the author of The Left Hand of God: Taking Our Country Back from the Religious Right and the editor of Tikkun magazine. William Kristol is the founder and editor of The Weekly Standard, a regular panelist on Fox News Sunday and a columnist for The New York Times. He is the coauthor, with Lawrence Kaplan, of the best-selling book, The War Over Iraq. Jane Eisner is the editor of The Forward. Aaron Brown has more than 30 years of journalism experience. He is the former lead anchor for CNN's NewsNight with Aaron Brown, and the Walter Cronkite Professor of Journalism at Arizona State University.


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92nd Street Y Mindcapsules: Malcolm Gladwell


One Life. One Lesson. Two Minutes.


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Junot Díaz and Jamaica Kincaid at the 92nd Street Y


www.92y.org Junot Díaz and Jamaica Kincaid read from their novels at the 92nd Street Y, Jan 26, 2009. Junot reads first, and Kincaid begins her reading at the 2:52 mark Junot Díaz's novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao won the Pulitzer Prize in 2008. Said Edward P. Jones: It is the untold stories that propel—those vibrant, colorful, magical, historical swirls of humanity that make up our knowing. [This] first novel offers that and more. Jamaica Kincaids fiction vividly and often harrowingly describes the difficult coming-of-age of strong-minded girls who, very much like herself, were born into tropical poverty, wrote Dwight Garner. Kincaids works include Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, My Brother, Talk Stories and Mr. Potter. Young Literary Salon: Are you 35 or younger? A limited number of tickets are available to each Reading Series event for just $10. Order online below. Follow 92Y on Twitter: Twitter.com on Facebook: Facebook Read more on the 92Y Blog: Blog.92Y.org


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