Noted network theorist, Duncan Watts, explains the complicated networks that bind our world and the six degrees that separate us all, Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age. Plus, London-based broadcaster Aminatta Forna chronicles her search for the truth about her father’s 1974 arrest and subsequent hanging in Sierra Leone, The Devil That Danced on Water. And cartoonist, Jules Fieffer discusses his work and the new exhibit at the New York Historical Society.
Duncan Watts
Noted network theorist, Duncan Watts, explains the complicated networks that bind our world and the six degrees that separate us all, Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age. Duncan Watts will be at the Columbia Club at 15 W. 43rd, between 5th and 6th at 6:30 pm on February ...
Poems Not Fit for the White House
Poets Sam Hamill, Andre Gregory, and Ann Lauterbach discuss gathering to read "Poems Not Fit for the White House"
Music: "Jump Start and Jazz" by Wynton Marsalis (#1/14) -- Sony Classical
Music: "Jump Start and Jazz" by Wynton Marsalis (#1/14) -- Sony Classical
Aminatta Forna
London-based broadcaster Aminatta Forna chronicles her search for the truth about her father’s 1974 arrest and subsequent hanging in Sierra Leone, The Devil That Danced on Water: A Daughter’s Quest.
Music: "Pieces of Africa" by Kronos Quartet (#12/2) -- Elektra Nonesuch
Music: "Pieces of Africa" by Kronos Quartet (#12/2) -- Elektra Nonesuch
Jules Fieffer
Cartoonist Jules Fieffer discusses his work and the new exhibit at the New York Historical Society, Julz Rulz: Inside The Mind Of Jules Feiffer.
Music: "The Chesterfield Arrangements 1937-38" by Raymond Scott (#5) -- Basta
Music: "The Chesterfield Arrangements 1937-38" by Raymond Scott (#5) -- Basta
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