Blending journalism, commentary, and theater, Anna Deavere Smith is known for performances that explore complex and vital social issues. Her new work, Doing Time in Education: The School-to-Prison Pipeline,
"If you add up the two-dimensional and the three dimensional to create a new spatial entity, does that mean you're in the fifth dimension? Whatever you choose to call it, such a perspective melting world is the realm in which the
For National Book Foundation Executive Director Lisa Lucas, reminding people just how much fun reading can be is a top priority. As the organization's first female and African American in that role, she's also com
"Ralph Nader is the grand progressive of our time. We overlook his words at our own peril!" —Cornel West Consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform: Since the publication in 1965 of his
"This is an essential and ground-breaking text in the effort to understand how American criminal justice went so badly awry." —Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of Between the World and Me In 2012,
"A singular humanization of the mathematical project." —Booklist, starred review There are few who are brave enough to spar with Stephen Colbert, and even fewer who would proclaim to a decidedly n
" is a radicalism that looks like the future of common sense…A singular book." ―Vulture Both Maggie Nelson and Sarah Manguso take on complex
"La Misa Negra has been upending the Latin music genre, infusing tradition with outside musical influences…and contemporary subject matter." —The San Francisco Chronicle With an electrif
Philosopher and NYU professor Kwame Anthony Appiah has been a leader in scholarly research and public conversations on morality. With a focus that has ranged from cosmopolitanism to cultural literacy, Appiah, who also writes the weekly "The Ethic
This program is sold out. The Garrison Theater Box Office will open at 5:30 pm and those still seeking a ticket can sign up for the wait list at that time. Junot DÃaz's fiction is pro
SHOW CANCELED The concert with Meklit on Thursday, September 21 at 6:30 pm has been cancelled. We will be rescheduling her performance for a later date. We will be happy to honor all ticket registrations at that the time.
Mariachi with a contemporary, all-female twist, La Victoria is dedicated to bringing this classic Mexican folk form to new and younger audiences. "Mi Hermano," their contribution to My Song Is My Weapon (a
The Ovarian Psycos Cycle Brigade is a fierce and feminist collective that is confronting injustice and building community in Los Angeles. Embracing the historic legacy of the Chicano/a Civil Rights Movement that e
Fame found Tavi Gevinson early—right around her 13th year. Now 20, this editor-actress-writer-style-guru is entering her second decade as a creative and tastemaker. Founder of the online publication Rookie
