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Gallery Talk: Something Old and Something New: Count Tessin and His Collections

The Morgan Library 225 Madison Avenue, New York

A gallery talk on the exhibition Treasures from the Nationalmuseum of Sweden: The Collections of Count Tessin. Jennifer Tonkovich, Eugene and Clare Thaw Curator, Drawings and Prints John Marciari, Charles W. Engelhard Curator and Department Head, Drawings and Prints Presented in conjunction with the Morgan’s Swedish Festival. All gallery talks and tours are free with museum admission; no tickets or reservations necessary.…

Stranger in a Strange Land—Searching for Gershom Scholem and Jerusalem

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City

In Stranger in a Strange Land, George Prochnik revisits the life and work of Gershom Scholem, whose once prominent reputation, as a Freud-like interpreter of the inner world of the cosmos, has faded in the United States. He vividly recreates Scholem’s upbringing in Berlin and brings to life Scholem’s transformative friendship with Walter Benjamin, the critic and philosopher. In doing so,…

Wien V: Cabaret Night

Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn

Cabaret songs by William Bolcom, Benjamin Britten, Edith Piaf, Francis Poulenc, Erik Satie, Arnold Schoenberg, Germaine Tailleferre, and Kurt Weill Justine Aronson, Laura Strickling, Lauren Worsham, soprano; Samantha Malk, mezzo soprano; Michael Brofman, Spencer Myer, Richard Valitutto, piano Admission $25/$15 for students. Buy tickets here. Part of a series by the Brooklyn Art Song Society on music from Vienna. From the Brooklyn…

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