Talks

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END OF POVERTY U2’s Bono joins a Columbia University professor, Jeffrey Sachs, for a lecture based on Mr. Sachs’s book “The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time” (Penguin). Tomorrow, 6 p.m., New York University, Skirball Center, 566 La Guardia Place at Washington Square South, 212-992-8484, $25-$40.


ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE Actress Joanne Woodward and radio host Nimet Habachy kick off the 50th anniversary season of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s lecture series. They’ll give a twopart illustrated discussion on the history of American theater. The first, “Theater for the First Americans,” focuses on the stage’s role in shaping America by covering stories such as “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” “Rip van Winkle,” and the adventures of Davy Crockett. First lecture: Tomorrow, 2:30 p.m. Second lecture: Wednesday, October 12, 2:30 p.m., Metropolitan Museum, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd Street, 212-535-7710, $25 each talk.


VITAL ORGANS A festival of concerts, lectures, and symposia commemorates the 25th anniversary of the death of 915 1106 1040 1116Virgil Fox, one of the most popular organists of the past century. Performers include Hector Olivera (Friday, 8 p.m., Church of St. Paul the Apostle, 59th Street and Columbus Avenue, $25, $15 seniors and students) and Douglas Marshall (Saturday, 8 p.m., Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 145 W. 46th St., $25, $15 seniors and students).The final concert employs a digital organ that allows Fox to perform Bach posthumously (Monday, 1 p.m., Trinity Church, Broadway and Wall Street, free). Various times and locations, 212-799-9300, $250 for complete package. For more information, seewww.legacyconcerts.com.


TAKING STOCK A panel discussion explores 19th-century New Yorker Peter Cooper’s entrepreneurship and philanthropy. Speakers include Rutgers women’s studies professor Barbara Balliet, journalist John Steele Gordon, and Cooper Union history professor Peter Buckley.A reception follows. Thursday, 7 p.m., the Cooper Union, the Great Hall, 7 E. 7th St. at Third Avenue, 212-353-4195, free.


GHOSTING FOR THE STARS Ghostwriter Donald Arthur discusses his literary collaboration with three singers: Astrid Varnay, Hans Hotter, and James King.The Wagner Society of New York hosts the event.


Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Lighthouse Conference Center, Benay Venuta Hall, 111 E. 59th St., between Park and Lexington avenues, 212-749-4561, $10 general, free for members.


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