Talks
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RISE OF THE FOODIE New York University presents a conversation with the author of “The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation” (Broadway), David Kamp.A founder of an eponymously named food and hospitality firm, Clark Wolf, is a featured panelist. Friday, 11:30 a.m., Bobst Library, NYU, 70 Washington Square South at La-Guardia Place, 212-992-9018, free.
EVERYBODY’S A CRITIC The National Academy Museum presents “The Review Panel,” a discussion of current exhibits at four galleries in the city. A consulting editor for The New York Sun, David Cohen, is host of the event. Featured panelists include a critic for Art in America, Nancy Princenthal, and an editor at the Brooklyn Rail, John Yau. Friday, 6:45 p.m., National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Ave. at 89th Street, 212-369-4880, free.
SHANGHAI SCHOOL Artists Talk on Art presents a discussion on the flourishing Chinese contemporary art scene. Featured panelists include performance artist Lin Yilin, architect Doreen Liu Heng, and a curator for the International Center of Photography, Christopher Phillips. Friday, 7 p.m, the ampitheater, School of Visual Arts, 209 E. 23rd St., between Second and Third avenues, 212-779-9250, $7 general, $3 seniors, students, and SVA alumni, free for SVA students and faculty.
OUT, DAMNED SPOT The Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of Imagination presents a roundtable discussion about free will. Participants include a professor of philosophy at Columbia University, Akeel Bilgrami, and a member of the Psychoanalytic Society of Paris, Annaik Feve. Saturday, 3:30 p.m., New York Psychoanalytic Institute, 247 E. 82nd St., between Second and Third avenues, 646-422-0645, free.
