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(Dante's Inferno)
Bombay native Suketu Mehta evokes the vastness and vibrancy of his hometown in his latest work of fiction: Maximum City. Then Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the birth and development of the universe in Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution. Writer Eileen Myles, composer Michael Webster, and lead singer Julianna Snapper discuss their musical interpretation of Dante’s Inferno. Their one act opera is titled Hell. And Tom Gleisner extols the virtues of a nonexistent country: Molvania. With Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry, he creates an entirely fictional guidebook dedicated to satirizing budget travel guides.
Suketu Mehta
Author Suketu Mehta on his portrait of Bombay: Maximum City.
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Events: Suketu Mehta will be reading and signing books on:
Tuesday, September 28th at 6:30pm
Asia Society
502 Park Avenue
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Events: Suketu Mehta will be reading and signing books on:
Tuesday, September 28th at 6:30pm
Asia Society
502 Park Avenue
Music: ...
Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Hayden Planetarium’s director Neil deGrasse Tyson with 14 billion years of cosmic evolution Origins.
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Events: Neil deGrasse Tyson, will be reading and signing books on:
Thursday, September 30th at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Upper ...
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Events: Neil deGrasse Tyson, will be reading and signing books on:
Thursday, September 30th at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Upper ...
Eileen Myles, Michael Webster and Julianna Snapper
Writer Eileen Myles, composer Michael Webster, and lead singer Julianna Snapper, on their one act opera, Hell.
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Music: Music from Hell, composed by Michael Webster, lyrics by Eileen Myles
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Music: Music from Hell, composed by Michael Webster, lyrics by Eileen Myles
Tom Gleisner
Tom Gleisner takes us to a fictional land in his spoof on budget travel guides: Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry.
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Music: Molvania National Anthem
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Music: Molvania National Anthem
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