6:30 p.m.

Hilton Als is a theater critic for the New Yorker.  He is the author of The Women; The Group, on James Baldwin; and White Girls, forthcoming in early 2013. In 1994 he edited the catalog for the controversial, double-titled Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition “Black Male”; in 2010 he curated “Self-Consciousness” at the Veneklasen Werner Gallery in Berlin. He has taught at Yale, Wesleyan, and Smith, and currently teaches at Wellesley. Moderated by Greil Marcus.

As a part of his course “Old Weird America: Music as Democratic Speech” Distinguished Visiting Professor Greil Marcus curates and hosts 4 events connected to the mission of the Riggio Honors Program: Writing and Democracy and the rich intersections of writing, music and cultural criticism.

Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor

Admission:
$5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID at the door or at the Box Office.

Single event purchases can be made online at any time at the New School Box Office. Series and discounted tickets must still be made in person or over the phone at The New School Box Office at 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday-Thursday 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., and Friday 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. The box office opens the first day of classes and closes after the last paid event of each semester. Reservations and inquiries can be made by emailing boxoffice@newschool.edu or calling 212.229.5488.

For events scheduled during the summer term, the box office will open one hour before each event.