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What's your favorite YA book? 26 Aug 2013 | 10:22 pm
These authors want to know.
Marian McPartland chats with the audience during her last... 23 Aug 2013 | 10:37 pm
Marian McPartland chats with the audience during her last concert at 92Y, on Nov 8, 2008, part of the Jazz Piano at the Y series. The world lost two legendary jazz figures past week: Cedar Walton and...
"In 34 books, I’ve never shot anyone in the shoulder, and... 21 Aug 2013 | 03:33 am
"In 34 books, I’ve never shot anyone in the shoulder, and that’s the way they’re always shot in movies… I shoot ‘em in the butt, or the leg." To honor crime novelist Elmore Leonard, we dug into our a...
“You’re talking about children’s lives that are on the... 20 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
“You’re talking about children’s lives that are on the line here because people don’t want to get their children vaccinated based on a notion that is completely false.” We talked with Salon’s Alex Se...
"I very much see it as a privilege to be able to age – and one... 16 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
"I very much see it as a privilege to be able to age – and one that not everyone is lucky enough to have. It’s not something I would have understood when I was younger but, by just being who I am, rat...
While everyone is excited that Prince is on Twitter,... 16 Aug 2013 | 02:17 am
While everyone is excited that Prince is on Twitter, here’s something you’re more likely to see in Manhattan Beach, CA than Manhattan, NY: a Little Red Corvette! Spotted right around the corner from 9...
We’ve got hundreds of audio and video recordings in our On... 8 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm
We’ve got hundreds of audio and video recordings in our On Demand archive available for your to listen to or watch, dating back to October 20, 1949. Here, in no particular order, are 9 Fantastic Recor...
How will you change the world? In September, 92Y and Wesleyan... 7 Aug 2013 | 08:58 pm
How will you change the world? In September, 92Y and Wesleyan will formally introduce a new massive open online course (MOOC). The MOOC will develop and share many of the ideas raised at our Social G...
Photo from the Poetry Center archive of Kurt Vonnegut giving the... 7 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
Photo from the Poetry Center archive of Kurt Vonnegut giving the very first public reading of Breakfast of Champions at 92Y on May 4, 1970. “A world premiere,” he told the audience. “Not even my wife ...
Mother Jones’ David Corn recently published an... 6 Aug 2013 | 08:08 pm
Mother Jones’ David Corn recently published an investigative report on the conservative messaging group “Groundswell." Formed by “a crew of conservative activists and journalists," Groundswell is a “h...
