The New School and GrowNYC’s Greenmarket present a series of free sustainability classes in the Union Square Greenmarket on April 13, 20, and 28. New School faculty and students will lead half-hour courses focusing on green living, covering topics including urban farming, sustainable housing, biking, food and community-supported agriculture.
Amstel Quartet to Perform at The New School’s Schneider Concert Series
On Sunday, April 29th, the Amstel Quartet performs moving string quartet transcriptions and saxophone quartet greats from Mozart, Barber, Glazunov, Tan Dun, Jan Sweelinck, and the New York Premiere of Michael Torke’s May-June-July. The repertoire of the Amstel Quartet is original and inventive, from their performance of Bach’s Second Cello Suite in D to Michael [...]
Parsons and NYCEDC Host Second Annual Fashion Campus NYC
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and Parsons The New School for Design present the second annual Fashion Campus NYC, taking place June 15 and 16, 2012, at Parsons.
Public Programming in Art & Design: Spring Update
The New School, including Parsons The New School for Design and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, has announced its April-May art and design public programming.
Public Programming in Literature and Writing: Spring Update
The New School, New York’s leading presenter of literary public programming, finishes the spring semester with readings, panels and lectures with leading poets, novelists and critics. Highlights include the PEN World Voices Festival, which will feature influential authors such as Margaret Atwood (May 3), Jennifer Egan (May 4), and Tony Kushner (May 5), as well [...]
The New School Presents Conversation with Pioneering Activist Grace Lee Boggs
On Sunday, April 22, The New School will present a rare New York appearance by Dr. Grace Lee Boggs, who for the last 70 years has been on the forefront of the most significant social movements in the United States of the past century.
Public Programming in Politics and Current Affairs: Spring Update
From local policy to global revolutionary movements, The New School’s spring 2012 public programs in politics and current affairs offer a wide range of events with leaders from government, academics, journalism and international affairs
Solving New York City’s Looming Retirement Crisis: A New Plan from Teresa Ghilarducci
A new plan designed by Dr. Teresa Ghilarducci, director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at The New School and a nationally renowned expert on pension issues, would help provide retirement coverage for the nearly two million workers in New York City without access to retirement benefits through their employers.
The Center for Public Scholarship Presents “Egypt in Transition,” April 27
As stability has yet to return to Egypt and the military government continues to hold power, questions grow about the next steps for the nation. The New School’s Center for Public Scholarship will convene its 27th Social Research conference, Egypt in Transition on Thursday, April 12th in New York.
Parsons Cited as One of NYC’s Economic Innovation Hubs
Parsons The New School for Design is among the design and architecture schools fueling New York City’s creative economy, according to a new report released by the think-tank The Center for an Urban Future. Through interviews and survey responses from over 300 academics, design professionals and entrepreneurs, the report concluded that design and architecture schools [...]
