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French Food
One of France’s greatest exports is its cuisine! We look at the past, present, and future of French cuisine. Also: Anne Roiphe on how she coped with being single again when her husband died after 39 years of marriage. We celebrate the life and work of Leonard Bernstein. Plus: two writers who were forced out of their homelands compare notes on being an artist in exile.
Making Art in Exile
Hear what it’s like to be an artist in exile. Leonard talks to South African writer Breyten Breytenbach and Croatian novelist Dubravka Ugresic. When Breytenbach and his Vietnamese wife tried to re-enter his native country in 1975, he was thrown in jail thanks to harsh anti-miscegenation laws. Ugresic now lives in Amsterdam; she left her country in 1991 after the media branded her a public enemy for criticizing nationalism and the war in the former Yugoslavia.
Event:
Breyten Breytenbach and Dubravka Ugrešić will be reading and speaking
Tues. Sept. 23rd at 8:00 pm
At the 92nd St. Y
Lexington Ave. and 92nd St.
Tickets and more info here
Life as a Widow
When Anne Roiphe’s husband, Herman, died of a heart attack after 39 years of marriage, she had to learn to cope with life as a widow. Her new memoir is Epilogue.
Weigh in: Tell us how you coped after the loss of a spouse. What's your advice for someone who recently lost a partner?
Event:
Anne Roiphe will be speaking & signing books
Wed. Sept. 24 at 7 pm
Barnes & Noble Upper West Side
2289 Broadway (at 82nd St.)
Leonard Bernstein: American Original
Leonard Bernstein made his legendary conducting debut at the New York Philharmonic in 1943, at the young age of 25. We celebrate the life and work of Leonard Bernstein with his younger brother Burton Bernstein and New York Philharmonic archivist and historian Barbara Haws. They’ve collaborated on a new book, Leonard Bernstein: American Original.
More from WNYC’s Leonard Bernstein Festival, “Our Lenny”
The New York Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall are also co-hosting a city-wide festival called "Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds." It offers more than 30 events, and runs from Sept. 24 to Dec. 13.
Event:
Loren Maazel will be conducting Bernstein's Symphony #2, "The Age of Anxiety"
New York Philharmonic
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center
Thurs. Sept. 25 through Sat. Sept. 27
With a pre-concert talk each evening
Tickets and more info at nyphil.org
French Cuisine in America
One of France’s greatest exports is its cuisine! We look at the past, present, and future of French cuisine in America. Ruth Reichl is editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine; Andre Soltner is former owner and chef of Lutece and is now Master Chef and Dean of Classic Studies at the French Culinary Institute.
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