Czech Center New York, 321 E 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021

<h3>Central European roots meet New York jazz. Pianist Daniel Bulatkin and vibraphonist Miro Herak lead an evening of original music with New York-based guests Ben Tiberio on double bass and Ofri Nehemya on drums. Join us for lyrical melodies, driving rhythms, and adventurous improvisation as part of our Offbeat Bohemia concert series.</h3>

Local Event: Jazz Night: Bulatkin, Herak, & Guests

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Jazz Night: Bulatkin, Herak, & Guests

Central European roots meet New York jazz. Pianist Daniel Bulatkin and vibraphonist Miro Herak lead an evening of original...

<h3>Bach’s music meets Arnošt Lustig’s unpublished poetry in the U.S. premiere of Cantata – Dance of the Insane. Directed by Eva Lustigová, the performance features mezzo-soprano Marie Kopecká Verhoeven, Barocco sempre molto giovane, and New York performers including Grammy and Emmy winner Paul Bogaev. Join us for an evening of music and spoken word as part of FestivAL100, celebrating Lustig’s birth centenary, also recognized on UNESCO’s list of Significant Anniversaries for 2026–2027.</h3>

Local Event: Cantata – Dance of the Insane

Cantata – Dance of the Insane

Bach’s music meets Arnošt Lustig’s unpublished poetry in the U.S. premiere of Cantata – Dance of the Insane. Directed by Eva...

Czech Center New York

<h3>Kafka’s inner world comes to life through music. Composer Jiří Trtík performs selections from his opera Kafka’s Letter to His Father and other recent works, with singer and producer Never Sol (Sára Vondrášková) also appearing on the program. Piano, voice, and electronics draw listeners into an evening of intimate melodies, dreamlike atmospheres, and unexpected sounds.</h3>

Local Event: Echoes of Kafka Contemporary Opera: Jiří Trtík & Never Sol

Echoes of Kafka Contemporary Opera: Jiří Trtík...

Kafka’s inner world comes to life through music. Composer Jiří Trtík performs selections from his opera Kafka’s Letter to His...

Echoes of Kafka Contemporary Opera: Jiří Trtík & Never Sol

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Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan

Join author Ron Segal in conversation with Sam Sussman for the official launch of his new book, Delicate. This engaging literary event marks the eve of Jewish Book Month and is presented in partnership with NU Reads.

Local Event: An Evening With Debut Author Ron Segal in Partnership with Jewish Book Council and JCC Manhattan

An Evening With Debut Author Ron Segal in...

Join author Ron Segal in conversation with Sam Sussman for the official launch of his new book, Delicate. This engaging...

An Evening With Debut Author Ron Segal in Partnership with Jewish Book Council and JCC Manhattan

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Vice President JD Vance needs to come clean. He’s been pretending to be someone he’s not for far too long. Luckily, he has a chance to rewrite his old wrongs and his old memoir in his own one-man show. Hillbilly Allegedly tells the real story of JD Vance, and what made him change his mind and support Donald Trump. From growing up in Ohio to where his money came from for a Congressional campaign to why he’s the only logical choice for president in 2028…everything will be revealed!
Starring comedian and Vance impersonator Dan Wilbur plus special guest President Donald Trump (JL Cauvin)
Dan Wilbur is a comedian and author whose work has been featured in The Onion, McSweeney’s, MTV, Funny or Die, The Today Show, and Comedy Central’s @Midnight. His videos parodying the current Vice President JD Vance have amassed tens of millions of views across social media, and have been shared by legendary comedians and journalists alike. He is the author of two humor books, How Not to Read (Penguin) and Never Flirt with Puppy Killers (Simon &amp; Schuster). His first comedy album Husband Material plays regularly on Sirius XM. I recently opened for Patton Oswalt around the Midwest and at the Beacon Theatre in NYC.Doors 9:00 PM Show 9:30 PM
Tickets (includes fees) $18.76 standard $20.00 at the door

Local Event: Hillbilly Allegedly: A JD Vance Parody Show

Hillbilly Allegedly: A JD Vance Parody Show

Vice President JD Vance needs to come clean. He’s been pretending to be someone he’s not for far too long. Luckily, he has a...

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Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PMThis year marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark The Penguin Book of the Sonnet: 500 Years of a Classic Tradition in English. Join its anthologist, poet Phillis Levin, along with Jonathan Galassi, Shane McCrae, Diane Mehta, Jason Schneiderman, and Tom Sleigh for an evening celebrating one of poetry's most enduring lyric forms. Drawing connections between classic sonnets and their own work, the poets will read favorite poems from across the centuries and reflect on the sonnet's continuing vitality, with remarks on the tradition by Jonathan Galassi. Audience questions and sonnet requests will be welcomed, and light refreshments will be served.

Local Event:  A Celebration of the Sonnet

 A Celebration of the Sonnet

Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PMThis year marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark The Penguin Book of the Sonnet: 500 Years of a...

Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave., Room 10T, 10th floor

What is a child? The answer may seem obvious—until we step inside the world of alternative spiritual communities, where children may be revered as enlightened masters, treated as spiritually unformed subordinates, or embraced as equal souls in small bodies.
Drawing on years of field research, this lecture explores how new religious movements (NRMs) understand childhood, and what those understandings mean for the children who grow up within them.
These patterns come to life through case studies of twelve movements, including the Children of God, Rajneeshpuram, the Twelve Tribes, ISKCON, the Raelian Movement, MOVE, and the Order of the Solar Temple. The lecture raises broader questions: And what can these movements teach us about our own culture’s assumptions about childhood? RSVP to reserve a seat to Info@SwedLib.org.&nbsp;
DR. SUSAN J. PALMER is a Canadian sociologist of religion whose primary research focus is new religious movements. She is an Affiliate Professor at Concordia University in Montreal and Principal Investigator of the SSHRC-funded research project “Children in Sectarian Religions and State Control” at McGill University’s School of Religious Studies, where she is also a member of the faculty. The author of twelve books on new religious movements, her notable works include "Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers" (Syracuse, 1994), "Aliens Adored: Raël’s UFO Religion" (Rutgers, 2004), "The New Heretics of France" (Oxford, 2011), and "Storming Zion: Government Raids on Religions" (Oxford, with Stuart Wright).This Autumn Wm Bruce Lecture is sponsored by the New York New Church Legacy Fund and the Swedenborg Library Chicago.&nbsp;
Room 10T at 91 Claremont Ave. (Riverside Church tower) is a Gothic-inspired room with spectacular views of the Hudson River and upper Manhattan and the Bronx.

Local Event: Children in New Religious Movements: How Adults' Beliefs Shape Their Lives

Children in New Religious Movements: How...

What is a child? The answer may seem obvious—until we step inside the world of alternative spiritual communities, where...

Children in New Religious Movements: How Adults' Beliefs Shape Their Lives

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At a moment when loneliness, social isolation, and declining trust are contributing to a growing crisis of community, artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how we communicate and connect with one another. Can AI help strengthen human connection, or could it deepen the forces pulling us apart?
Pioneering AI researcher David Blei, Central Synagogue Senior Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, and technologist Jamie Metzl — author of The AI Ten Commandments — talk to constitutional scholar Noah Feldman in a wide-ranging conversation exploring one of the defining questions of our age.
Artificial intelligence is transforming our world at breathtaking speed. It promises extraordinary breakthroughs in medicine, science, education, and human creativity while raising profound questions about truth, justice, freedom, meaning, and the future of our civilization. Can these technologies help us become not only more productive, but wiser, more compassionate, and more ethical? What values should guide the creation of increasingly powerful intelligent systems, and what choices must we make today to shape the future we want? Representing wide-ranging, divergent viewpoints on this transformative technology, Blei, Buchdahl, Metzl, and Feldman gather to explore the legal, ethical, philosophical, scientific, and spiritual dimensions of how AI stands to change our world.
Can intelligent machines help us become more ethical? How should democratic societies govern increasingly powerful AI systems? Most importantly, what can we do today to ensure that AI strengthens, rather than diminishes, our communities? Join us for a timely conversation offering fresh insight into the choices that are shaping the future of humanity.
Copies of The AI Ten Commandments: A New Moral Code for Humanity by Jamie Metzl, To Be a Jew Today by Noah Feldman, and Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging by Rabbi Angela Buchdahl will be available for purchase; the authors will sign books following the program.

Local Event: AI & the Future of Community: David Blei, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, and Jamie Metzl with Noah Feldman

AI & the Future of Community: David Blei, Rabbi...

At a moment when loneliness, social isolation, and declining trust are contributing to a growing crisis of community,...

AI & the Future of Community: David Blei, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, and Jamie Metzl with Noah Feldman

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Columbia University President Jennifer MnookinWhat does it mean to build a university community at a moment when the very idea of community feels fraught? Join Vanderbilt University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Columbia University President Jennifer Mnookin for a conversation about the future of campus life.
College campuses have long been places where people encounter ideas, experiences, and perspectives radically different from their own. But how can universities make those differences a meaningful part of education rather than a source of deeper division? How should institutions balance free expression and civil discourse with the responsibility to create environments in which students can learn and thrive? And as artificial intelligence transforms how we teach, study, research, and even think, what aspects of a university education become more vital to our society?
Diermeier, an internationally renowned political scientist and management scholar, has made free expression and civil discourse central to his leadership at Vanderbilt. Mnookin, a nationally recognized legal scholar who became Columbia’s 21st president in 2026, previously served as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she launched major initiatives around artificial intelligence, interdisciplinary research, and intellectual pluralism and dialogue across difference.
Hear them in conversation as they explore what universities owe their students and society, how campuses can engage in respectful disagreement across differences, and what it will take to create intellectually vibrant communities for the 21st century.

Local Event: Building Community at the 21st-Century University

Building Community at the 21st-Century University

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Columbia University President Jennifer MnookinWhat does it mean to build...

Light &amp; Darkness Elaine Hagenberg: Illuminare Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem Saint Andrew Chorale &amp; Orchestra Katherine Wessinger, soprano; Rod Gomez, baritone Andrew Henderson, conductor
The Saint Andrew Chorale opens its 62nd season with two glorious choral works of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Hagenberg’s Illuminare has quickly gained a place in the modern choral repertoire, set to a compilation of sacred and poetic text in Latin and English, the piece draws on themes of light overcoming darkness. Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem (“Grant us peace”) is a profound plea for peace in a troubled world, setting texts from the Latin Mass alongside poetry by Walt Whitman reflecting on the horrors of war and the hope for reconciliation.

Local Event: Choral Masterworks: Light & Darkness

Choral Masterworks: Light & Darkness

Light & Darkness Elaine Hagenberg: Illuminare Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem Saint Andrew Chorale & Orchestra...

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