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Please join the editors of The New Criterion for hors d'oeuvres, libations, and conversation as we track the returns of what promises to be an exciting midterm election.
This is a Friends and Young Friends of The New Criterion event. Space is limited. RSVP to Eric Simpson, simpson[at]newcriterion.com or 212.247.6980, for location details.
The editors invite the Young Friends to an insider tour of the art event of Bushwick with James Panero. Produced by Jason Andrew and organized by the Bushwick non-profit Norte Maar, Beat Nite is an evening gallery crawl featuring a special selection of ten alternative art spaces in Bushwick, Brooklyn. This year's incarnation will take place on Friday, October 24 from 6:00 to 10:00 PM.
This is a Young Friends Event. Join us starting at 6pm as we take an exclusive tour of the event followed by an after-party at the Vazquez building. RSVP to Eric Simpson (simpson [at] newcriterion.com) or 212-247-6980 for additional details.
The editors of The New Criterion invite you to celebrate the publication of Dick Allen's This Shadowy Place, the winner of the 2013 New Criterion Poetry Prize. Mr. Allen, who has served as the Poet Laureate of the State of Connecticut since 2010, will read a selection from the book. Please join us at 6:00 PM on May 22 for refreshments.
This is a Friends and Young Friends of The New Criterion event. Space is limited. For location, RSVP to Eric Simpson, simpson[at]newcriterion.com, 212.247.6980
Please join us on April 1 as the acclaimed pianist Simone Dinnerstein presents a private recital for Friends and Young Friends of The New Criterion. The recital will begin at 6.00 PM. For location details, RSVP to Eric Simpson, simpson[at]newcriterion.com, 212.247.6980. Space is limited.
photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
A free, open society is a prerequisite for economic prosperity, and for the advance of knowledge with all the betterment that that implies. Yet preserving freedom and openness requires security. The nature of threats, and certainly the perception of their nature and imminence, necessitate defensive measures — including “pro-active” or preemptive defensive measures — that often constrain our liberties.
Please join us at 9.00 AM on March 25 for "Preserving an Open Society in a Perilous World," a conference in which we will discuss the tension between freedom and security, and the particular challenges of maintaining a balance between the two in the information age. Conference participants will include Judith Miller, Andrew McCarthy, Paul Twomey, Gabe Schoenfeld, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, and Secretary Michael Chertoff.
For location details, RSVP to Eric Simpson, simpson[at]newcriterion.com, 212.247.6980. Space is limited.
The editors invite you to a special celebration of Roger Scruton's latest novel, Notes From Underground. Please join us at 6.00 PM on March 11 for wine and canapés as we fête Roger and hear his remarks on the new book, an exploration of life in communist Prague. For location details, RSVP to Eric Simpson, simpson[at]newcriteiron.com, 212.247.6980. Space is limited.
Writing in the September 2013 issue of The New Criterion, the collector, gallerist, and conservator-restorer Marco Grassi said of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's revamped European painting galleries: "These changes have once again...reaffirmed the centrality of European painting in our Western culture. The new galleries, preceded as they are by that impossibly broad staircase, now truly preside as the core of Hunt's grand monument." On the morning of February 21, Marco will lead an exclusive private tour of the galleries for Friends and Young Friends of The New Criterion.
Space for this special event is extremely limited. For further details and to reserve your place, please contact Eric Simpson, simpson[at]newcriterion.com, (212) 247-6980.
The editors of The New Criterion and the staff of Encounter Books invite you to join us to celebrate the holiday season. We will be gathering for drinks, crudites, and general merriment on Thursday December 19 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. We hope to see you there.
For location details RSVP to Eric Simpson, simpson[at]newcriterion.com, 212.247.6980
This November will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The editors of The New Criterion invite the Friends and Young Friends to a conference on November 19 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM to discuss "The Kennedy Phenomenon." In many ways, Kennedy's assassination was a turning point in American history, igniting a cultural revolution and leading to the collapse of mid-century liberalism. Our conference aims to look at the event as a case study in public myth-making and the ways in which images and symbols can override fact and substance in political life.
Conference participants will include Peter Collier, Roger Kimball, James Piereson, Fred Siegel, and Ira Stoll.
This is a Friends and Young Friends of The New Criterion event. For location details RSVP to Eric Simpson, simpson[at]newcriterion.com or 212.247.6980
On Saturday, November 2 the World Youth Alliance, will host its 2013 International Arts Forum on the topic of “Art and Beauty,” co-sponsored by First Things. At 12:30 PM, The New Criterion’s Executive Editor, James Panero, will give a slide presentation on “The Beauty of Imperfection.” The event is free and open to the public. To register, click here.