Howard Zinn: A People's History of American Empire
Lecture
Saturday, May 3, 1:00 p.m.
The Great Hall
7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue
Free
Cooper Union, Haymarket Books and Henry Holt and Company/Metropolitan Books proudly present a rare New York City appearance by Howard Zinn! Along with illustrator Mike Konopacki, Professor Zinn will introduce the latest incarnation of A People's History of the United States — now articulated in vibrant comic form as A People's History of American Empire.
The Third Annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture by Umberto Eco
"On the Advantages of Fiction for Life and Death"
Introduced by Francine Prose, with an on-stage interview by Joyce Carol Oates
Lecture
Sunday, May 4, 6:30 p.m.
The Great Hall
7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue
$15/$10 PEN members
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The third annual PEN World Voices Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture is to be presented by Italian writer, philosopher, critic, and professor, Umberto Eco, whose body of work has made significant contributions to the fields of semiotics, aesthetics, medievalism, and literary theory. Umberto Eco is one of the most acclaimed writers of the last thirty years, winning a number of awards and receiving over thirty honorary doctorates from academic institutions across the world. We are honored to welcome Umberto Eco to deliver this prestigious lecture, which was established in collaboration with the Arthur Miller Estate. Umberto Eco will be joined onstage after his
lecture for a discussion with three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joyce Carol Oates. The evening will be introduced by PEN President, Francine Prose.
PEN World Voices is a festival of international literature featuring 170 writers, 51 countries, and 82 events coming to venues across New York City, April 29-May 4th, 2008. Don't miss six days of exciting literary exchange with conversations, panel discussions, readings, film screenings, a translation slam and a cabaret night! For a
complete schedule of events, go to: http://www.pen.org/festival.
WNE presents: There and Back Again
Concert
Wednesday, May 7, 8:00 p.m.
The Great Hall
7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue
Free
Karna Krishna (ChE Masters, Cooper Union) conducts an experimental NYU/Cooper Union chamber ensemble. The program will include Bach's Double Violin Concerto, Mozart's 25th Symphony, John Williams' theme music to Harry Potter and more. The concert is free and open to the public.
Prospect.1: A Biennial for New Orleans
Panel discussion
Thursday, May 15, 6:30 p.m.
The Great Hall
7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue
Free
Moderator: Dan Cameron, Founding Director and Chief Curator of Prospect.1 New Orleans
Panelists: Janine Antoni, Jacqueline Humphries, Wangechi Mutu, and Nari Ward, Prospect.1 artists
Introduction by Saskia Bos, Dean, The School of Art.
This event is free and open to the public.
Subway Song
Concert
Wednesday, May 21, 6:30 p.m.
The Great Hall
7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue
Free
"Subway Moon" is a collection of stories inspired by the subway and told through music, image, and words by Roy Nathanson and The Jazz Passengers, high school students from the Institute for Collaborative Education and visiting students from the suburbs of Paris. The piece tells of a magical underground place where people from a variety of different age groups, backgrounds and sensibilities can think and reflect.
The Cooper Union End of Year Show
Exhibition
Tuesday, May 27, 5:00-9:00 pm, opening night
Monday-Friday 11am-7pm, Saturday 12-5pm, closed Sundays and Memorial Day
Foundation Building
7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue
Free and open to the public
With the 42nd annual End of Year Show, students at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art make the transition from the studios and classrooms to the gallery as they formally exhibit their works in the Foundation Building.
May 27-June 20, 2008
Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture will present an exhibition of student works ranging from architectural drawings and detailed scale models to computer-aided renderings of famous sites and emerging developments, including a reimagined development plan of Columbia University. The Cooper Union End of Year Show has a rich tradition of showcasing projects by emerging architects that has helped launch the careers of such well-known alumni as Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, Shigeru Ban, Laurie Hawkinson, Diane Lewis, Stan Allen, Daniel
Libeskind, Toshiko Mori and Rolf Ohlhausen.
May 27- June 10, 2008
The School of Art faculty have selected major pieces by students representing "the best of" each discipline ranging from sculpture, graphic design and painting to video installations. Young artists' work will include both individual and collaborative efforts, illustrating the school's continuing role as an incubator of significant artists such as alumni Milton Glaser, Alex Katz, Amy Cutler, Wangechi Mutu, Lee Krasner and Edward Sorel.
May 27- June 10, 2008
Albert Nerken School of Engineering will participate with a wide variety of projects representing the different engineering disciplines ranging from a Formula 1 race car, a system using sound waves to measure the health of blood flow and gardens heated by repurposed steam heat to a car that is fueled by chemical reactions (no fuel required) and a working pipe organ. All of these innovative works were researched and developed in The Cooper Union labs.