Talks
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CLASSICAL CHAT The president and executive director of the New York Philharmonic, Zarin Mehta, discusses the history of classical music. The talk is part of the series The Shaping of America’s Musical Life, hosted by the general manager of the classical music station WQXR, Tom Bartunek. Today, 11 a.m., Makor, Steinhardt Building, 35 W. 67th St., between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, 212-415-5500, $16.
SCOT FREE Author and historian Jenni Calder discusses Scottish immigration as part of Tartan Week. She is the author of the new book “Scots in the USA” (Luath Press Limited). Tonight, 5:30 p.m., New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 122 E. 58th St., between Park and Lexington avenues, 212-755-8532 ext. 36, free, reservations requested.
LANDSCAPE VISION A professor of geography at UCLA, Denis Cosgrove, lectures on “Landscape and Los Angeles.” Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Cooper Union, Wollman Auditorium, 51 Astor Place, 8th Street between Third and Fourth avenues, 212-353-4220, free.
DEPRESSED, OR SAD? A professor at the School of Social Work at NYU, Jerome Wakefield, presents the inaugural University Professorship Lecture on “The Age of Depression: Is Normal Sadness Being Misdiagnosed as Mental Disorder?” Thursday, 6 p.m., New York University, Tishman Auditorium at Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South at MacDougal Street, 212-998-2196, free, reservations requested.
