Talks
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IMPROVISED HISTORY Stacy Schiff gives a lecture based on her book, “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America” (Henry Holt). Tonight, 6:30 p.m., New- York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street, 323-485-9205, $12 general, $6 seniors, students, teachers, and members.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS Writer Richard Posner, a judge at the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, debates a University of Chicago Law School professor, Geoffrey Stone, on the renewal of the Patriot Act. Tonight, 7 p.m., New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum, Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd streets, 212-868-4444, $15 general, $10 seniors, students, and members.
FEMINISM IN ART Artists Joan Snyder, Suzanne McClelland, and Susie Reiss participate in a discussion on feminism as it relates to artists of different generations. The Jewish Museum is currently exhibiting Ms. Snyder’s paintings. Thursday, 6:30 p.m., the Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, $11 general, $9 seniors and students, $5 members.
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