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  • Tue 27

    Jeremy Eichler on Music, Memory, and the Second World War

    Tue 27 May 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Discover how music bears witness to history in Jeremy Eichler’s genre-blurring book, Time’s Echo, on war, culture, and the enduring power of art.

  • June 2025

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    Americans in Paris with Debra Bricker Balken and Éric de Chassey

    Tue 3 June 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    How Paris shaped a generation of American artists after World War II.

  • Wed 11

    David Chaffetz on Raiders, Rulers, and Traders

    Wed 11 June 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    From conquest to commerce: explore the lively history of the great horse empires that shaped civilization.

  • Tue 17

    Adventures in the Louvre with Elaine Sciolino

    Tue 17 June 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Fall in love with the world's most famous museum through the eyes of bestselling author Elaine Sciolino.

  • September 2025

  • Wed 10

    The Art of Seeing with Thomas Schlesser and Alexandra Suich Bass

    Wed 10 September 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Join us for a conversation on Schlesser\'s international bestseller, Mona’s Eyes, a moving story about art, family, and seeing the world while you still can.

  • Tue 16

    Ukraine’s Past, Present, and Future

    Tue 16 September 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    How the war in Ukraine is reshaping Europe and the world, with The Wall Street Journal's Yaroslav Trofimov and Le Figaro's Margaux Benn, moderated by Renée Kaplan.

  • Wed 17

    How To Write About Africa: Celebrating the Legacy of Binyavanga Wainaina

    Wed 17 September 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    A global conversation on the life, work, and enduring influence of Wainaina, with Achal Prabhala, Hemley Boum, and Jeremy Harding.

  • Tue 23

    The Poetry of Becoming

    Tue 23 September 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Poets Sasha Debevec-McKenney and Oluwaseun Olayiwola explore love, memory, identity, and the strange business of growing up, with Emma Gomis.

  • Wed 24

    Lessons in Looking with Lilly Dancyger

    Wed 24 September 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    An interactive lecture from Scholar of Note Lilly Dancyger on what writers can learn from visual art.

  • Tue 30

    Sam Tanenhaus on William F. Buckley, Jr.

    Tue 30 September 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    The rise of modern conservatism—and the man who made it happen.

  • October 2025

  • Tue 7

    Inside the CIA with Tim Weiner and Pierre Haski

    Tue 7 October 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    A rare glimpse into intelligence, global power struggles, and the fight to safeguard democracy in an era of relentless espionage.

  • Wed 15

    Berthe Weill and the Parisian Avant-Garde with Curators Lynn Gumpert and Sophie Eloy

    Wed 15 October 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Explore the legacy of a pioneering art dealer who shaped modern art, and get a behind-the-scenes look at the Musée de l’Orangerie’s current exhibition with their curators.

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