Talks
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DEEP THOUGHTS
Baritone singer Milt Grayson talks about his career with the executive director of the Jazz Museum in Harlem, Loren Schoenberg. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Jazz Museum in Harlem, 104 E. 126th St., between Park and Lexington avenues, 212-348-8330, free, reservations requested.
BECOMING PEGGY GUGGENHEIM
Actress Mercedes Ruehl discusses her role as art collector Peggy Guggenheim in the off-Broadway play “Women Before a Glass.” Her conversation with art critic Amei Wallach focuses on how she prepared for her role as the eccentric Guggenheim. The talk is part of the Art Dealers Association of America’s “Collectors’ Forum.” Tonight, 4-5:30 p.m., Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art, 20 W. 57th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-940-8925, $15, reservations required.
A LIFE ON STAGE
Choreographer and theater director Gillian Lynne discusses her career with actor and director Keith Baxter. Tonight, 6 p.m., New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, Columbus Avenue between 63rd and 64th streets, 212-642-0142, free.
EVERYTHING CHANGES
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins’s latest book, “The Ancestor’s Tale” (Houghton Mifflin), is an examination of the beginning of evolution that is loosely based on the form of Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” Mr. Dawkins gives a lecture this weekend about whether the course of evolution can be predicted. Sunday, 8 p.m., Guggenheim Museum, 1079 Fifth Ave. at 89th Street, 212-423-3587, $20 general, $15 seniors, members, and students.
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