and cultural historian as many books include new york intellect, the unfinished city, and a nation of nations. these professor of history at new york university. editor of sex, death and god and l.a. reviewsys, articles, and interviews have appeared in vanity fair, the paris review, the new york times, the , los angelesst times book review and various anthologies. what you please join me in welcoming david reid, to a spiegel of it was fecal about his book and of each other professor bender. and then be joined by professor bender. [applause] mr. reid: thank you, lily. it s a pleasure and honor to be here in connection with this distinguished series. this is a memorable occasion for me because it is my first powerpoint presentation. [laughter] so bear with me. i might be the only person in america who does not have experienced in this medium. got thet clicking microphone adjusted. great. survey just a very brief of new york pictorially. we begin with this. it s a fantasti
about his book, the brazen age, new york city and the american empire. a conversation with new york university history professor thomas bender. that betweenes 1945 and 1950, post world war ii new york city became a heaven for exiles. the museum of the city of new york posted this hour-long event. it is now my great pleasure to introduce our speakers. they have four bios in our program. an intellectual and cultural historian, whose many books include new york intellect, the unfinished city, and a nation among nations. atis professor of history new york university. david reid is editor of sex, death and god and l.a. his essays, articles, reviews and interviews have appeared in vanity fair, the paris review, the new york times, the washington post, los angeles times book review and various anthologies. what you please join me in welcoming david reid to a speak about his book and and then be joined by professor bender. [applause] mr. reid: thank you, lily. it s a pleasure and h
Katherine Porter, a painter who carried an intuitive, dreamy, vividly colored branch of expressionism into the 21st century, died April 22 at her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was 82.
Painter Katherine Porter, whose massive, bright, and cacophonous canvases evoked a highly personal expressionism, died at her home Santa Fe on April 22 at the age of eighty-two.