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March 22 at 6:30 PM
King of the Bowery with Richard Welch Introduced by Peter Quinn
King of the Bowery with Richard Welch Introduced by Peter Quinn

The era of Big Tim Sullivan, "King of the Lower East Side" (to some "King of the Underworld"), Tammany Hall and New York City politics at the turn of the century. 

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Tenement Talks Is:
an evening series of lectures, readings, panel discussions and programming that provides perspective on New York City's rich culture.

Free & held at 108 Orchard unless otherwise noted.

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March. 22 at 6:30 PM
King of the Bowery with Richard Welch Introduced by Peter Quinn
King of the Bowery with Richard Welch Introduced by Peter Quinn

The era of Big Tim Sullivan, "King of the Lower East Side" (to some "King of the Underworld"), Tammany Hall and New York City politics at the turn of the century. 

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March. 23 at 6:30 PM
The Long Way Home with David Laskin
The Long Way Home with David Laskin

The author of the award-winning The Children's Blizzard shares an epic story of the sacrifice and service of an immigrant generation fighting for America during the Great War.

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March. 25 at 6:30 PM
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America with David Von Drehle
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America with David Von Drehle
The author of the definitive text discusses the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire--the tragedy that killed 146 workers on a spring day in March 1911.
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April. 1 at 6:30 PM
I Speak of the City: Poems of  New York with Stephen Wolf and Friends
I Speak of the City: Poems of New York with Stephen Wolf and Friends
Poets capture New York's major transformations. They speak of the thrills of skyscrapers  and of teeming tenements. They portray Ellis Island and the subway. Poems take place on sidewalks, bridges, and docks; in taxis, buses and ferries; and even within nature. These are our favorites from Whitman to Piercy to Collins.
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April. 8 at 6:30 PM
Something Red with Jennifer Gilmore in conversation with Lara Vapnyar
Something Red with Jennifer Gilmore in conversation with Lara Vapnyar
Two old friend discuss Gilmore's  multi-generational story of a Russian family striving to achieve the American dream through the rise of communism and the execution of the Rosenbergs, the Cold War, Vietman and Carter's presidency.
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April. 12 at 6:30 PM
Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power with James McGrath Morris
Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power with James McGrath Morris
On the day the prizewinners are announced, a discussion on the man better known for the prize than for his contribution to history. In the 19th century, while Carnegie provided the steel, Rockefeller the oil, Morgan the money & Vanderbilt the railroads, Pulitzer ushered in the modern mass media.
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April. 15 at 6:30 PM
From Every End of this Earth: 13 Families and the New Lives They Made in America with Steven V. Roberts in conversation with Lesley Stahl
From Every End of this Earth: 13 Families and the New Lives They Made in America with Steven V. Roberts in conversation with Lesley Stahl

The journalist, writer and political commentator follows the lives of 13 immigrant families and, via their stories, provides an eye-opening look at immigration in America today.

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April. 20 at 6:30 PM
Luna Park with Kevin Baker and Danijel Zezelj
Luna Park with Kevin Baker and Danijel Zezelj
Our favorite historical novelist delves into graphic novels with this punchy and ghostly modern-day noir, set in the ruins of America's most famous amusement park. 
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April. 22 at 6:30 PM
31 Bond Street: A Novel of Murder, Innocence & Power in New York City with Ellen Horan & Francis Morrone
31 Bond Street: A Novel of Murder, Innocence & Power in New York City with Ellen Horan & Francis Morrone
Set on the LES in 1857, this  (real) story of a woman accused of murder contains the modern elements of the  sensationalist press, burgeoning wealth, a booming real estate market and conflicts of race and gender. 
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April. 27 at 6:30 PM
The Row House Reborn with Andrew Dolkart
The Row House Reborn with Andrew Dolkart
The architectural historian and author of Biography of a Tenement House in New York City on the surprising practice of rehabing row houses in the early 20th century and the philosophical issues that recur in the history of conserving the built environment.
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Listen to Past Talks

  • LES Stories: Holidays in the City (Part 3), December 17, 2009

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  • LES Stores: Holidays in the City (Part 2), December 17, 2009

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  • LES Stores: Holidays in the City (Part 1), December 17, 2009

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  • Alix Dobkin, My Red Life, December 10, 2009 (Part 2)

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  • Alix Dobkin, My Red Life, December 10, 2009 (Part 1)

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  • Ilan Stavans and Pete Hamill, Becoming Americans: Four Centuries of Immigrant Writing, December 3, 2009

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  • LES Stories: Apartment Tales (Part 2), November 12, 2009

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  • LES Stories: Apartment Tales (Part 1), November 12, 2009

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  • LES Stories: Chinatown (Part 2), October 29, 2009

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  • LES Stories: Chinatown (Part 1), October 29, 2009

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  • James T. Fisher, On the Irish Waterfront, October 22, 2009

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  • Rich Cohen, Israel Is Real, October 15, 2009

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  • Anthony Flint, Wrestling With Moses, October 8, 2009

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  • Michael Greenberg and Edmund White, October 7, 2009

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  • Michelle & James Nevius, Inside The Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City (excerpt), October 5, 2009

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  • Joyce Mendelsohn, The Lower East Side Remembered and Revisited: A History Guide to a Legendary New York Neighborhood, September 23, 2009

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  • Eric Sanderson, Robert Sullivan & Douglas Hunter, Mannahatta & Half Moon (Part 2), Sept 17, 2009

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  • Eric Sanderson, Robert Sullivan & Douglas Hunter, Mannahatta & Half Moon (Part 1), Sept 17, 2009

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  • Russell Shorto, Island at the Center of the World, September 8, 2009

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  • Joan Nathan, Jewish Cooking, September 10, 2009

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  • Kat Long, Forbidden Apple: A Century of Sex and Sin in NYC (Part 2), April 2, 2009

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  • Kat Long, Forbidden Apple: A Century of Sex and Sin in NYC (Part 1), April 2, 2009

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  • Carl Capotorto, Twisted Head, January 27, 2009

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  • Mort Zachter, Dough, January 27, 2009

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  • Jeffrey Shandler & Barry Trachtenberg, Yiddish: A Vanishing Language, December 9, 2008

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  • Erin Einhorn, This American Life (The Pages In Between), November 17, 2008

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  • Richard Roper, Walt Whitman and His Brothers in the Civil War (Part 1), November 12, 2008

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  • Richard Roper, Walt Whitman and His Brothers in the Civil War (Part 2), November 12, 2008

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  • Patricia Klindienst, The Earth Knows My Name (Vanzetti's Garden), May 13, 2008

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  • Patricia Klindienst, The Earth Knows My Name (A Polish American Vintner and a Japanese American Berry Farmer), May 13, 2008

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  • Richard Price, Lush Life, April 15, 2008

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  • Colm Toibin, St Patricks Day Readings (Brooklyn), March 17, 2008

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  • Colum McCann, St Patricks Day Readings (This Side of Brightness), March 17, 2008

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  • Andrew Dolkart, Biography of a Tenement House in New York City (Introduction), April 5, 2007

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  • Andrew Dolkart, Biography of a Tenement House in New York City (Banks), April 5, 2007

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  • Andrew Dolkart, Biography of a Tenement House in New York City (Public Housing), April 5, 2007

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