October 2012 Public Programs N-Y Historical Society
NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
170 Central Park West, New York, NY (212) 873-3400
www.nyhistory.org
PROGRAM LISTINGS
October 2012
PUBLIC PROGRAMS:
For tickets to Public Programs, please call the New-York Historical Society’s call center at (212) 485-9268 or visit http://www.nyhistory.org/programs. Programs $30 (Members $18) unless otherwise noted.
BERNARD AND IRENE SCHWARTZ DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES:
WAR ON THE WATERS: THE CIVIL WAR NAVY
Thursday, October 4, 6:30 PM
James M. McPherson, Craig L. Symonds, Harold Holzer (moderator)
Location: Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
The naval side of the Civil War was far more than a picturesque battle over vast oceans. Rather, it was a gritty fight involving deadly new technologies, focused primarily on the nation’s rivers — particularly the “Father of Waters,” as Lincoln called the crucial Mississippi. Now two of the nation’s leading military historians — each with a new book on the Civil War navies — re-examine the “inland” war for the divided nation’s waters.
AMERICANS IN PARIS
Thursday, October 25, 6:30 PM
Kati Marton, Adam Gopnik (Moderator)
Location: Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
Americans have a love affair with Paris. From the days of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson through the era of the Grand Tour to today, Americans have been enthralled by the City of Light. But what makes the city so enchanting and enticing? Two writers who have lived in Paris and written about it discuss their personal connections to the city, exploring what it means to them and to Americans.
THREE DAYS AT GETTYSBURG, PART I
Tuesday, October 30, 6:30 PM
James M. McPherson, John F. Marszalek, Harold Holzer (moderator)
Location: Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
In July 1863, Union and Confederate troops met in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and in three days forever changed the course of American history. In the first of a two-part program, three of America’s most renowned Civil War historians discuss the Battle of Gettysburg, one of the conflict’s bloodiest and most haunting battles, and examine why it has endured in American memory more than any other incident in the Civil War.
PAY-AS-YOU-WISH FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT:
SOME LIKE IT HOT: THE MUSIC OF MARILYN MONROE
Friday, October 5, 7:00 PM
Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights
Harry Allen Quartet, Rebecca Kilgore
Location: Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
Join us for the WWII & NYC exhibition opening evening with a concert by critically acclaimed jazz musicians the Harry Allen Quartet and Rebecca Kilgore, who have performed “Some Like it Hot” at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency to rave reviews from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
WALKS:
FALL MIGRATION BIRD WALK
Sunday, October 14, 9:00 AM
Alan Messer
In the heart of New York City’s bustling metropolis, Central Park’s thirty-eight-acre Ramble is a bird watcher’s paradise, where more than 270 species have been spotted in a single year. With New Yorkbeing located along one of North America’s busiest migratory routes, the fall months are an ideal time to spot the city’s avian visitors on their trip south. Journey with wildlife artist Alan Messer to some of the most magical places in Central Park’s wooded Ramble, discovering along the way both resident and migrating birds. Delight in the fall warblers and sparrows along with late-migrating nuthatches, finches and visiting raptors. Walking tours are limited to thirty-five guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.
GEORGE WASHINGTON’S NEW YORK: WALKING TOUR OF LOWER MANHATTAN
Saturday October 20 11:00 AM
Barnet Schecter
Among the maps that George Washington owned was British military engineer John Montresor’s A Plan of the City of New-York, surveyed in 1766, which provided him with detailed information as he fortified the city against a British assault in 1776. Using Montresor’s map, Barnet Schecter leads a walking tour of key sites of the city Washington considered the key to victory in the American Revolution. Walking tours are limited to thirty-five guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.
WORLD WAR II AND NEW YORK: WALKING TOUR OF LOWER MANHATTAN
Saturday, October 27 11:00 AM
Cal Snyder, Lucy Oakley
From Battery Park to the Army Ocean Terminal, Navy Yard, Governors Island and Hoboken Army Piers, New York Harbor vividly records the the city’s role in WWII. Join us to hear the story of the harbor and its people in wartime and explore the National Merchant Mariners Memorial, the Norwegian Merchant Marine Memorial, Wireless Operators Memorial, North Atlantic Memorial, Coast Guard Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, and other sites downtown.
GALLERY TOUR:
HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL GALLERY TOUR
Monday, October 15, 11:00 AM
Linda S. Ferber
Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
In this intimate gallery tour led by curator Linda S. Ferber, experience the extraordinary depth and richness of the New-York Historical Society’s landscape paintings by artists of the Hudson River School, who forged the first self-consciously American artistic vision. Gallery tours are limited to thirty-five guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.
THE CARL MENGES SERIES ON AMERICAN HISTORY:
AMERICA’S UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION
Tuesday, October 16, 6:30 PM
Akhil Reed Amar, Linda Greenhouse (moderator)
Location: Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
America’s written Constitution proclaims itself “the supreme Law of the Land,” but it only begins to map out the basic ground rules governing modern America. “Bill of Rights” and the phrases “separation of powers,” “checks and balances” and “the rule of law” are absent, yet these concepts are all part of America’s working constitutional system—part of America’s unwritten Constitution.
THE BYRON R. WIEN SERIES ON FINANCIAL HISTORY:
HALFTIME IN AMERICA: IS A COMPETITIVE RENAISSANCE BEGINNING?
Tuesday, October 23, 6:30 PM
Nancy R. Lazar, David A. Moss, Robert Wolf, Byron R. Wien (Moderator)
Location: Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
The United States emerged as the world’s sole superpower after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But as foreign economies rapidly expand and investments move overseas, America now finds itself in an increasingly competitive world. Facing myriad concerns, including high unemployment and a ballooning national debt, how can the United States reassert itself as a formidable competitor and innovator on the international stage?
THE BERNARD AND IRENE SCHWARTZ CLASSIC FILM SERIES: WORLD WAR II AND ITS LEGACY IN FILM:
MRS. MINIVER (1942)
Friday, October 19, 7:00 pm
Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights
Catherine Wyler, Lesley Stahl (Moderator)
Catherine Wyler discusses her father’s award-winning tale of strength and resilience on the British home front, with Lesley Stahl. Winner of six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Directed by William Wyler. Starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, and Dame Mae Whitty.
DOUBLE VICTORY (2012)
Friday, October 26, 7:00 pm
Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights
George Lucas, Roscoe Brown, Brent Staples
Legendary filmmaker George Lucas joins Brent Staples and former Tuskegee Airman Roscoe Brown to discuss this documentary, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., spotlighting America’s first all-black aerial unit who broke racial barriers and challenged stereotypes by serving their country in World War II. This documentary was made in conjunction with Lucasfilm’s Red Tails.
INFORMATION HOTLINE:
To reach the Museum’s offices call: (212) 873-3400
ONLINE INFORMATION:
www.nyhistory.org
MUSEUM AND STORE HOURS:
Tuesday - Thursday: 10 am-6 pm
Friday: 10 am-8 pm (pay as you wish from 6 pm-8 pm)
Saturday: 10 am-6 pm
Sunday: 11 am-5 pm
MUSEUM ADMISSION:
Adults - $15
Teachers and Seniors - $12
Students - $10
Children (7-13)- $5
Children (under 7) -free
PROGRAM LISTINGS
October 2012
PUBLIC PROGRAMS:
For tickets to Public Programs, please call the New-York Historical Society’s call center at (212) 485-9268 or visit http://www.nyhistory.org/programs. Programs $30 (Members $18) unless otherwise noted.
BERNARD AND IRENE SCHWARTZ DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES:
WAR ON THE WATERS: THE CIVIL WAR NAVY
Thursday, October 4, 6:30 PM
James M. McPherson, Craig L. Symonds, Harold Holzer (moderator)
Location: Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
The naval side of the Civil War was far more than a picturesque battle over vast oceans. Rather, it was a gritty fight involving deadly new technologies, focused primarily on the nation’s rivers — particularly the “Father of Waters,” as Lincoln called the crucial Mississippi. Now two of the nation’s leading military historians — each with a new book on the Civil War navies — re-examine the “inland” war for the divided nation’s waters.
AMERICANS IN PARIS
Thursday, October 25, 6:30 PM
Kati Marton, Adam Gopnik (Moderator)
Location: Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
Americans have a love affair with Paris. From the days of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson through the era of the Grand Tour to today, Americans have been enthralled by the City of Light. But what makes the city so enchanting and enticing? Two writers who have lived in Paris and written about it discuss their personal connections to the city, exploring what it means to them and to Americans.
THREE DAYS AT GETTYSBURG, PART I
Tuesday, October 30, 6:30 PM
James M. McPherson, John F. Marszalek, Harold Holzer (moderator)
Location: Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
In July 1863, Union and Confederate troops met in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and in three days forever changed the course of American history. In the first of a two-part program, three of America’s most renowned Civil War historians discuss the Battle of Gettysburg, one of the conflict’s bloodiest and most haunting battles, and examine why it has endured in American memory more than any other incident in the Civil War.
PAY-AS-YOU-WISH FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT:
SOME LIKE IT HOT: THE MUSIC OF MARILYN MONROE
Friday, October 5, 7:00 PM
Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights
Harry Allen Quartet, Rebecca Kilgore
Location: Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
Join us for the WWII & NYC exhibition opening evening with a concert by critically acclaimed jazz musicians the Harry Allen Quartet and Rebecca Kilgore, who have performed “Some Like it Hot” at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency to rave reviews from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
WALKS:
FALL MIGRATION BIRD WALK
Sunday, October 14, 9:00 AM
Alan Messer
In the heart of New York City’s bustling metropolis, Central Park’s thirty-eight-acre Ramble is a bird watcher’s paradise, where more than 270 species have been spotted in a single year. With New Yorkbeing located along one of North America’s busiest migratory routes, the fall months are an ideal time to spot the city’s avian visitors on their trip south. Journey with wildlife artist Alan Messer to some of the most magical places in Central Park’s wooded Ramble, discovering along the way both resident and migrating birds. Delight in the fall warblers and sparrows along with late-migrating nuthatches, finches and visiting raptors. Walking tours are limited to thirty-five guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.
GEORGE WASHINGTON’S NEW YORK: WALKING TOUR OF LOWER MANHATTAN
Saturday October 20 11:00 AM
Barnet Schecter
Among the maps that George Washington owned was British military engineer John Montresor’s A Plan of the City of New-York, surveyed in 1766, which provided him with detailed information as he fortified the city against a British assault in 1776. Using Montresor’s map, Barnet Schecter leads a walking tour of key sites of the city Washington considered the key to victory in the American Revolution. Walking tours are limited to thirty-five guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.
WORLD WAR II AND NEW YORK: WALKING TOUR OF LOWER MANHATTAN
Saturday, October 27 11:00 AM
Cal Snyder, Lucy Oakley
From Battery Park to the Army Ocean Terminal, Navy Yard, Governors Island and Hoboken Army Piers, New York Harbor vividly records the the city’s role in WWII. Join us to hear the story of the harbor and its people in wartime and explore the National Merchant Mariners Memorial, the Norwegian Merchant Marine Memorial, Wireless Operators Memorial, North Atlantic Memorial, Coast Guard Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, and other sites downtown.
GALLERY TOUR:
HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL GALLERY TOUR
Monday, October 15, 11:00 AM
Linda S. Ferber
Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
In this intimate gallery tour led by curator Linda S. Ferber, experience the extraordinary depth and richness of the New-York Historical Society’s landscape paintings by artists of the Hudson River School, who forged the first self-consciously American artistic vision. Gallery tours are limited to thirty-five guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.
THE CARL MENGES SERIES ON AMERICAN HISTORY:
AMERICA’S UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION
Tuesday, October 16, 6:30 PM
Akhil Reed Amar, Linda Greenhouse (moderator)
Location: Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
America’s written Constitution proclaims itself “the supreme Law of the Land,” but it only begins to map out the basic ground rules governing modern America. “Bill of Rights” and the phrases “separation of powers,” “checks and balances” and “the rule of law” are absent, yet these concepts are all part of America’s working constitutional system—part of America’s unwritten Constitution.
THE BYRON R. WIEN SERIES ON FINANCIAL HISTORY:
HALFTIME IN AMERICA: IS A COMPETITIVE RENAISSANCE BEGINNING?
Tuesday, October 23, 6:30 PM
Nancy R. Lazar, David A. Moss, Robert Wolf, Byron R. Wien (Moderator)
Location: Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
The United States emerged as the world’s sole superpower after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But as foreign economies rapidly expand and investments move overseas, America now finds itself in an increasingly competitive world. Facing myriad concerns, including high unemployment and a ballooning national debt, how can the United States reassert itself as a formidable competitor and innovator on the international stage?
THE BERNARD AND IRENE SCHWARTZ CLASSIC FILM SERIES: WORLD WAR II AND ITS LEGACY IN FILM:
MRS. MINIVER (1942)
Friday, October 19, 7:00 pm
Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights
Catherine Wyler, Lesley Stahl (Moderator)
Catherine Wyler discusses her father’s award-winning tale of strength and resilience on the British home front, with Lesley Stahl. Winner of six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Directed by William Wyler. Starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, and Dame Mae Whitty.
DOUBLE VICTORY (2012)
Friday, October 26, 7:00 pm
Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights
George Lucas, Roscoe Brown, Brent Staples
Legendary filmmaker George Lucas joins Brent Staples and former Tuskegee Airman Roscoe Brown to discuss this documentary, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., spotlighting America’s first all-black aerial unit who broke racial barriers and challenged stereotypes by serving their country in World War II. This documentary was made in conjunction with Lucasfilm’s Red Tails.
INFORMATION HOTLINE:
To reach the Museum’s offices call: (212) 873-3400
ONLINE INFORMATION:
www.nyhistory.org
MUSEUM AND STORE HOURS:
Tuesday - Thursday: 10 am-6 pm
Friday: 10 am-8 pm (pay as you wish from 6 pm-8 pm)
Saturday: 10 am-6 pm
Sunday: 11 am-5 pm
MUSEUM ADMISSION:
Adults - $15
Teachers and Seniors - $12
Students - $10
Children (7-13)- $5
Children (under 7) -free
