Talks
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INSIDE THE MIDDLE EAST An analyst for ABC News who is a commentator for National Public Radio, Fawaz Gerges,discusses his book “Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy” (Harcourt).An investigative reporter for ABC, Chris Isham, joins Mr. Gerges to talk about the current state of affairs in the Middle East. Tonight, 6 p.m., New York Society of Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th St. at Central Park West, 212-874-5210 ext. 144, free.
MAGAZINE STORIES Editor David Remnick reads from his book, “Reporting: Writings From the New Yorker” (Knopf), and discusses the state of reporting with the director of public programs for the New York Public Library, Paul Holdengraber. Tonight, 7 p.m., Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Celeste Bartos Forum, 455 Fifth Ave. at 42nd Street, 212-930-0830, $15 general, $10 students, seniors, and members.
SPACE SHOWS The Museum of Television and Radio presents “Holy Frak!,” a discussion about the 1970s television show “Battlestar Galactica,” now reimagined as a series for the Sci Fi Channel. The executive producers of the program, David Eick and Ronald Moore, join the seminar. Friday, 6 p.m., Museum of Television and Radio, 25 W. 52nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-621-6600, $15 general, $12 members.
SCULPTURE STUDY Painter and printmaker Terry Winters presents an Artists on Artists lecture about the sculptor Walter De Maria and his 1977 Land Art sculpture “The Lightning Field,” a series of 400 steel poles placed in a grid in southwestern New Mexico. The sculpture was originally commissioned by the Dia Foundation. Monday, 6:30 p.m., Dia Art Foundation, 548 W. 22nd St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-989-5566, $6 general, $3 students, seniors, and members.
