Talks
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BIG BUILDINGS A discussion on the “Generations of Modernism” is presented as part of Architectural Digest’s weeklong “Architecture Days” festival. Panelists include architects Charles Gwathmey and Winka Dubbeldam. An incoming curator of architecture at the Museum of Modern Art, Barry Bergdoll, is host of the event. Tonight, 6 p.m., Lighthouse International, Beebe Hall, 111 E. 59th St., between Lexington and Park avenues, 2nd floor, 800-361-7724, $30.
VIDEO KILLED THE ART STAR As part of its “Intimacy and Aesthetics: Video Artists in Conversation” series, the Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York presents a talk with artists Terence Gower and Cheryl Donegan. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Martin E. Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave., between 34th and 35th streets, 212-817-2005, free.
LADIES FIRST The Brooklyn Society of Ethical Culture presents a conversation with a human rights activist from Kenya, Rebecca Lolosoli, who founded the women-run village of Umoja as a refuge for rape victims. The Brooklyn Women’s Chorus also performs. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Brooklyn Society of Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West at 2nd Street, 212-627-0444, free, $10 suggested donation.
WAIT UNTIL DARK New York University presents “Night Talks,” a discussion of visual and textual representations of nightfall given by a literary scholar at the University of Zurich and the NYU Otto and Ilse Mainzer lecturer, Elisabeth Bronfen.A dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science, Catharine Stimpson, is host of the event. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., NYU Silver Center,100 Washington Square East atWaverly Place, rm. 703, 212-998-8663, free.
