Talks
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ON MEMLING A professor of fine arts at New York University, Colin Eisler, delivers a lecture in conjunction with the Frick Collection’s exhibit of portraits by Hans Memling. The talk, titled “Memling: Major Master, Minor Imagination,” is presented with Apollo magazine. The exhibition galleries remain open until 7:45 p.m. on the evening of the lecture. Tonight, 6 p.m., the Frick Collection, 1 E. 70th St. at Fifth Avenue, 212-547-0706, free, reservations required.
REVOLT IN MANHATTAN A history professor at Harvard University, Jill Lepore,discusses her book “New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan” (Knopf). The book follows a little-remembered slave plot to destroy New York City, and in the process explores the ways that slavery influenced American politics at the time. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street, 212-817-7246, $12 general, $6 seniors, students, teachers, and members.
CELEBRATING ACTIVISM A panel and conversation, “Force of Nature: The Art and Activism of Frank Moore,” celebrates the life of the late New Yorkbased painter who was an advocate for people with HIV and AIDS. The panelists include a sculptor who worked as Moore’s studio assistant, Michael Combs, and a director emeritus of Visual AIDS, an organization that helps artists living with HIV, Nick Debs. Tonight, 7-9 p.m., School of Visual Arts, 209 E. 23rd St., between Second and Third avenues, third-floor amphitheater, 212-592-2062, $10 suggested donation, SVA students free.
ALBEE ON ‘SEASCAPE’ Playwright Edward Albee discusses his work as part of the Platform Series of free public discussions between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers. Mr. Albee’s play “Seascape” is currently being performed at the Booth Theatre. Tomorrow, 6 p.m. doors open, 6:30-7:15 p.m. talk, Lincoln Center Theater, Vivian Beaumont Theater, 150 W. 65th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-362-7600, free.
BIRD ON THE BRAIN Scholar Joseph Nazare argues for a rereading of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” in a lecture titled “Psychopomp and Circumstance.” He makes the case that the famous bird was not just a vague sign of ill omen, but a “psychopomp,” a mythical bird that ushers the living into the land of the dead. Thursday, 7 p.m., New York University, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St. at West 3rd Street, room 216, 212-998-2400, free.
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