Tenement Talks---Free New York Events

March 22 at 6:30 PM

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.

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.

RSVP to events(at)tenement.org.

March. 22 at 6:30 PM

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.

March. 23 at 6:30 PM

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.

March. 25 at 6:30 PM

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.

April. 1 at 6:30 PM

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.

April. 8 at 6:30 PM

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.

April. 12 at 6:30 PM

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.

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

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.

April. 20 at 6:30 PM

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.

April. 22 at 6:30 PM

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.

April. 27 at 6:30 PM

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.

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

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
LES Stores: Holidays in the City (Part 2), December 17, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
LES Stores: Holidays in the City (Part 1), December 17, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Alix Dobkin, My Red Life, December 10, 2009 (Part 2)

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Alix Dobkin, My Red Life, December 10, 2009 (Part 1)

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Ilan Stavans and Pete Hamill, Becoming Americans: Four Centuries of Immigrant Writing, December 3, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
LES Stories: Apartment Tales (Part 2), November 12, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
LES Stories: Apartment Tales (Part 1), November 12, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
LES Stories: Chinatown (Part 2), October 29, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
LES Stories: Chinatown (Part 1), October 29, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
James T. Fisher, On the Irish Waterfront, October 22, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Rich Cohen, Israel Is Real, October 15, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Anthony Flint, Wrestling With Moses, October 8, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Michael Greenberg and Edmund White, October 7, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Michelle & James Nevius, Inside The Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City (excerpt), October 5, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Joyce Mendelsohn, The Lower East Side Remembered and Revisited: A History Guide to a Legendary New York Neighborhood, September 23, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Eric Sanderson, Robert Sullivan & Douglas Hunter, Mannahatta & Half Moon (Part 2), Sept 17, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Eric Sanderson, Robert Sullivan & Douglas Hunter, Mannahatta & Half Moon (Part 1), Sept 17, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Russell Shorto, Island at the Center of the World, September 8, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Joan Nathan, Jewish Cooking, September 10, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Kat Long, Forbidden Apple: A Century of Sex and Sin in NYC (Part 2), April 2, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Kat Long, Forbidden Apple: A Century of Sex and Sin in NYC (Part 1), April 2, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Carl Capotorto, Twisted Head, January 27, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Mort Zachter, Dough, January 27, 2009

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Jeffrey Shandler & Barry Trachtenberg, Yiddish: A Vanishing Language, December 9, 2008

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Erin Einhorn, This American Life (The Pages In Between), November 17, 2008

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Richard Roper, Walt Whitman and His Brothers in the Civil War (Part 1), November 12, 2008

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Richard Roper, Walt Whitman and His Brothers in the Civil War (Part 2), November 12, 2008

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Patricia Klindienst, The Earth Knows My Name (Vanzetti's Garden), May 13, 2008

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Patricia Klindienst, The Earth Knows My Name (A Polish American Vintner and a Japanese American Berry Farmer), May 13, 2008

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Richard Price, Lush Life, April 15, 2008

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Colm Toibin, St Patricks Day Readings (Brooklyn), March 17, 2008

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Colum McCann, St Patricks Day Readings (This Side of Brightness), March 17, 2008

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Andrew Dolkart, Biography of a Tenement House in New York City (Introduction), April 5, 2007

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Andrew Dolkart, Biography of a Tenement House in New York City (Banks), April 5, 2007

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Andrew Dolkart, Biography of a Tenement House in New York City (Public Housing), April 5, 2007

Get the Flash Player to see this player.