Platform for Pedagogy  21 May - 27 May 2009
In Brief: A Nomadic Criticism, Carsten Nicolai, Typeface and Ornament, A Sustainable Fashion, Local Food and Self-Reliance & the Future of Men,
 Thursday, 21 May
  Philip O. Alderson: Changes and Challenges in Academic Medicine
Columbia University, Irving Cancer Research Center - 1130 Nicholas St, Rm 114
5 - 6pm, $0.
  Mathematics and Astronomy in India: An evening in honor of David Pingree
New York Academy of Science - 7 WTC, 250 Greenwich St., 40th Fl.
6 - 7:30pm, $20, Rsvp required.
  In Translation: How the Nomadic Lives of Contemporary Critics Affect their Writings
Museum of Art and Design - 2 Columbus Circle.
6:45 - 8:30pm, $0, Rsvp required.
 Friday, 22 May
 Saturday, 23 May
  Reinventing Goethe: Carsten Nicolai
Goethe-Institut New York, Wyoming Building - 5 E. 3 St
8pm, $0.
 Sunday, 24 May
 Monday, 25 May
 Tuesday, 26 May
  FAX: Tom Klinkowstein and Joao Ribas in Conversation
The Drawing Center - 35 Wooster St
6:30pm, $0.
  Artist Talk: Hakan Topal (xurban_collective)
Cabinet Magazine - 300 Nevins Street, Brooklyn
7 - 9pm, $0.
  Fancy: Ornamented Typefaces and Artistic Printing in the 19th Century
Grolier Club - 47 East 60th Street
6pm, $0.
 Wednesday, 27 May
  The Future of Men
NYU Kimball Hall - 246 Greene Street at Waverley
9 - 11am, $0, Rsvp required.
  Local Food Self-Reliance: Learning from Ecovillages & Intentional Communities
Brecht Forum - 451 West St (between Bank & Bethune Sts)
7:30pm, $6, Rsvp.
  Shortening the Food Chain: Agriculture in Urban Centers
New York Academy of Science - 7 WTC, 250 Greenwich St., 40th Fl.
6 - 8pm, $20, Rsvp required.
  Sustainable Fashion
Cooper Hewitt Design Museum - 2 East 91st St
6:30pm, $15, Rsvp.
  Urban Parks in the Twenty-First Century: Creating a New Model
Municipal Art Society - 457 Madison Avenue
6:30 - 8pm, $15, Rsvp required.

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