Talks

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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 two-part 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: Today, 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.


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). Tonight, 6 p.m., New York University, Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South, 212-992-8484, $25-$40.


GIULIANI’S LEGACY Wayne Barrett, Andrew Kirtzman, and Fred Siegel, who all wrote books on Mayor Giuliani, join moderator Henry Stern for a discussion on the mayor’s impact on New York. The event is part of the Civics Talks series and was developed in collaboration with New York Civic. Tonight, 6:45-8 p.m., Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave., between 103rd and 104th streets, 212-564-4441, $6, free for New York Civic and museum members, reservations required.


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This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.


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