Platform for Pedagogy  20 May - 26 May 2010
In Brief: Modern Architecture in Beirut, Feminist Politics Now, Svetlana Boym & Leland de la Durantaye, The Cholera Paradigm, What would Nicolai Ouroussoff say?, Artists' Housing, Henry Luce's American Century, Nine European Paintings at the Frick, and Bath Culture of Japan.
 Thursday, 20 May
  Modern Architecture in Beirut: Reconstruction & Cultural Identity
French Institute, Le Skyroom - 22 E 60 St
7pm, $20.
  Fear of a Brown Planet: Borders, Barriers, Breakthroughs?
Brecht Forum - 451 West St
7:30 - 10pm, $6.
 Friday, 21 May
  The Cholera Paradigm: Infectious Diseases, Climate, and Poverty
New School, Kaplan Hall - 66 W 12 St, Fl 7
10am - 5pm, $12.
  Art Institutions and Feminist Politics Now
MoMA - 11 W 53rd St, Titus Theater 1
10am - 5pm, $12.
  Translating French and American Poetry Today: A Symposium (Day One)
NYU, La Maison Francais - 16 Washington Mews
10:15am - 4:15pm, $0/Register 212-998-8750.
  A Proposition by Matthew Barney: Ancient Evenings Storyboards
New Museum - 235 Bowery
7pm, $8.
  On Friendship, Intimacy, Tact, and Turtles: A bunk bed conversation with
Svetlana Boym & Leland de la Durantaye

Cabinet Magazine - 300 Nevins St, Brooklyn
7 - 9pm, $0.
 Saturday, 22 May
  Translating French and American Poetry Today: A Symposium (Day Two)
NYU, La Maison Francais - 16 Washington Mews
10:15am - 4:15pm, 7 - 9pm, $0/Register 212-998-8750.
  A Proposition by Matthew Barney: Ancient Evenings Storyboards
Day Two, with Dr. Michael K. Bartalos & Gabe Bartalos

New Museum - 235 Bowery
12pm, $8.
  Medellín: Design Transformation
Cooper Union, Rose Auditorium - 41 Cooper Square
2 - 4pm, $0 Rsvp suggested.
  Robert Walser: The Microscripts, with Susan Bernofsky and Rivka Galchen
Public School - 177 Livingston, Brooklyn
6 - 8pm, $3.
 Sunday, 23 May
 Monday, 24 May
  Artists' Housing: Past, Present, and Future
Museum of the City of New York - 1220 Fifth Ave
6:30, $12, Registration required.
  What would Nicolai Ouroussoff say? Understanding your NYTimes Architecture Critic
Public School - 177 Livingston, Brooklyn
7:15, $0.
 Tuesday, 25 May
  Henry Luce and His American Century: An Evening with Alan Brinkley
Columbia University Club of New York - 15 W 43 St
6:30 - 8pm, $0.
 Wednesday, 26 May
  NineteenEightyFour Artist Talk
Austrian Cultural Forum - 11 E 52 St
5 - 6pm, $0 Rsvp required.
  Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
New York Academy of Sciences - 7 WTC, 250 Greenwich Street, Fl 40
6 - 8pm, $20, Registration required.
  Xavier F. Salomon: Masterpieces of European Painting from Dulwich Picture Gallery
Van Dyck, Poussin, Rembrandt, Lely, Dou, Murillo, Watteau, Canaletto, Gainsborough

The Frick - 1 E 70 St, Music Rm
6 - 7pm, $0.
  Green & Clean - Bath Culture of Japan
Japan Society - 333 E 47 St
6:30pm, $11.

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