THE PRESIDENT OF URUGUAY VISITS THE NEW SCHOOL
On September 21, the Observatory on Latin America and the graduate program in International Affairs welcomed the president of Uruguay, Dr. Tabare Vazquez Rosas, to the historic Orozco room to speak about the challenges progressive governments face in Latin America and the experiences of the Frente Amplio administration.
Tabaré Vázquez, an oncologist and former mayor of Montevideo, became the first Uruguayan Frente Amplio (a coalition of progressive groups) president in 2005, after winning more than 50 percent of the vote in the national elections. President Tabaré discussed the various ambitious programs implemented by the Frente Amplio, which he stated were aimed at striking a balance between economic growth and social justice. He cited Plan Ceibal as an example, which is a program that provides a Mac XO computer and free Internet access to every child in the public school system. Current program goals include ensuring that, by next year, each child will only have to travel a maximum of 300 meters to access the closest wi-fi hot spot.
In addition, Vázquez’s administration carried out important reforms in the health and tax systems, and implemented an emergency plan of social policies to assist the urgent needs of the most deprived Uruguayans. His government has also undertaken investigations of human-rights violations committed during military rule in the 1970s and 80s.
Led by Professor Michael Cohen, director of the graduate program in International Affairs, and Bob Kerrey, president of The New School, the successful event was crowded with students, faculty, trustees, and individuals from the tri-state area’s Uruguayan community. The event was also broadcast into a nearby room to accommodate the interest in the president’s remarks.
The Observatory on Latin America is a university-wide initiative at The New School working to create new opportunities for multiple narratives and public debate on hemispheric processes of reform and change. The OLA seeks to improve academic and public understanding in the United States and Latin America regarding political and economic change underway in Latin America. For more information, visit www.observatorylatinamerica.org.
IDEO CEO TIM BROWN IN CONVERSATION WITH BRUCE NUSSBAUM
On September 30, The New School will present Tim Brown, chief executive officer and president of IDEO, a global design consultancy, in conversation with Bruce Nussbaum, BusinessWeek contributing editor and visiting professor of Innovation and Design at The New School.
Nussbaum and Brown will discuss the critical issues facing design and innovation today, on the occasion of the publication of Brown's new book, Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation. Topics of discussion in this wide-ranging conversation include the evolution of the field of design from a shaper of products to a transformer of social systems, from hospitals to schools. Brown will discuss the growing integration of design with the social sciences, including such cutting edge disciplines as design and ethnography. He will also discuss how IDEO is working with the Acumen Fund and other nonprofit organizations to apply design thinking to solutions to poverty.
The event is the first in a series on design and ethnography, which draws from the areas of study at Parsons The New School for Design and The New School for Social Research.
The conversation will take place on September 30 from 6:00-8:00 p.m., at the David M. Schwartz Fashion Education Center at Parsons, 560 Seventh Avenue. The event is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a book signing. For more information visit The New School events calendar.
BOB KERREY IS SPECIAL GUEST IN C-SPAN'S DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE: MONEY, MESSAGE & POLITICS
On Thursday, October 8, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., New School President Bob Kerrey will be a special guest in a live C-SPAN distance learning class taught by Steve Scully, C-SPAN's senior executive producer and political correspondent. The class is part of C-SPAN's fall 2009 distance learning course, Money, Message & Politics, which addresses campaigns, campaign financing, the 2010 midterm elections, and the role of lobbyists.
President Kerrey will participate from Pace University's midtown-Manhattan studio classroom, where 45 Pace and New School students will attend in person. C-SPAN will provide an open web account enabling all New School students to view the class online. Students in other universities' studio classrooms will join remotely, and the classrooms will be linked live so that all the participants can see and hear one another.
The semester-long course is offered as part of a distance learning initiative created by C-SPAN, The Cable Center, and the University of Denver. This initiative allows students to experience the intensity of live broadcasting and engage in debate about current events with politicians and members of the media.
Each semester, Scully teaches the credit-bearing course through a live broadband feed from C-SPAN's studios in Washington, DC, to University of Denver students sitting in the Cable Center's Distance Learning Studio. The program has been expanded to allow remote participation by students from George Mason, Northwestern, Pace, and Purdue Universities.
The class may be viewed live online at www.C-SPAN.org/Distance_Learning. Note that RealPlayer must be installed on your computer to view the class. A prompt to download that software will appear if RealPlayer is not installed at the time you attempt to view the class.
For further information, please contact Stephen Kimmerling in the Office of the President at The New School.
VISIT THE NEW SCHOOL’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL TO WATCH BOB KERREY’S DISCUSSION WITH SENATOR TOM DASCHLE ON HEALTH CARE REFORM
You can now visit The New School’s YouTube channel to watch the September 16 discussion featuring former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle and New School President Bob Kerrey in a timely discussion of the health care reform debate raging on Capitol Hill. The event featured a one-on-one discussion between President Kerrey and Daschle, followed by an extended Q&A with the audience. For two hours, the forum captivated the attention of approximately 500 students, faculty and visitors in Tishman Auditorium and ranged from the need for reform to how current proposals will affect the nation’s health care and insurance options.
CANDIDATES FOR THE NEW SCHOOL HONORARY DEGREES
The university expects to present six honorary degrees at its May 2010 commencement exercises. Award recipients are accomplished in their field and are generally chosen from a discipline that represents the various schools and programs of the university. Honorary degrees will be awarded from the categories listed below. Candidates do not have to be graduates of The New School.
Categories:
- The Arts: Classical Music, Jazz/Contemporary Music, Theater, Film, Television, Writing, Visual Arts
- Design, Journalism
- The Humanities and Social Sciences
- The Natural Sciences
- Public Life and Government
Nominations for honorary degree candidates and University in Exile Award candidates are welcome and should be submitted no later than Friday, October 23, 2009. For additional details to nominate candidates for either an honorary degree or the University in Exile Award, please go to the University Commencement Website.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA PRESENTS SHAKESPREARE’S RICHARD III
The New School for Drama presents William Shakespeare’s Richard III, adapted and directed by Stephen Fried and featuring Drama’s third-year acting students. One of Shakespeare’s most intriguing villains, Richard III tells the tale of the cruel Richard and his ambitious plot to clear his own way to the crown by whatever means possible.
Production director Stephen Fried, a Yale School of Drama graduate, has a multitude of experience directing Shakespeare. Some of his recent work includes Henry V at Milwaukee Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, and Love’s Labour’s Lost at Illinois Shakespeare. “These performances enable our students to get to the heart of real theater work and Stephen is a wonderful mentor to our Drama students,” said New School Drama Director Robert LuPone. “Our students work in an organic fashion and it serves as an excellent bridge to their professional lives.”
Performances are Thursday-Saturday, October 8-10, at 8:00 p.m., with a matinee on Saturday at 2:00 p.m., at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, third floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reservations are recommended; call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com.
For more information, visit www.newschool.edu/drama.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
FACULTY MEMBER WARREN SPIELBERG WINS A FULLBRIGHT SCHOLARS AWARD.
Warren Spielberg, a psychology faculty member at The New School for General Studies has been awarded a Fulbright Scholars award for the 2010 academic year The award will take him to Al Quds University, one of the leading Palestinian Universities on the West Bank, making him not only among the first group of Fullbright awardees to placed on the West Bank in many years because of the political instability, but the first American Jew to be placed on the West Bank.
Spielberg will have many tasks during his year at Al Quds University. First, he will assist the university with the development of a child mental health treatment center in East Jerusalem. This center will focus on trauma treatment. Second, he will be setting up dialogues between Israeli and Palestinian scholars, students and policymakers from both Al Quds and a number of Israeli institutions. Third, he will be teaching at the university in the areas of clinical and applied psychology, and lastly he will be trying to establish an ongoing collaboration between Al Quds and The New School that will benefit both institutions.
The Fulbright Program, America’s flagship international-educational exchange program, is sponsored by the United States Department of State and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Since its establishment in 1946, under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the Fulbright Program has funded approximately 286,500 Americans to study, teach, or research abroad, and 178,340 students, scholars, and teachers from other countries to engage in similar activities in the United States. The program operates in over 155 countries worldwide.
FACULTY MEMBER PAUL RYAN’S WORK FEATURED AT THE ONLINE SMITHSONIAN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
The work of Paul Ryan, artist and associate professor of Media at The New School for General Studies, will be featured at the Smithsonian Online Education Conference on Climate Change in Washington, DC.
The conference, held from September 29 through October 1, will explore the Smithsonian’s research and collections related to the evidence, impact, and response to climate change. Alongside Smithsonian scientists and curators, participants will look at the issues surrounding climate change from the perspectives of science, history, and art.
On September 30, at 3:00 p.m., the work of Paul Ryan, the sole representative of the arts,
will be presented. At this session, the essential relationship between artists and nature, tracing the emergence of video within the counterculture green movement will be looked at, and Ryan’s work, which contributes to discourses on ecology, will be spotlighted.
To register for the free online conference, go to the Smithsonian website.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
SECURING NEW YORK AND THE NATION:
BLOOMBERG AND THE MAYORALTY: MONEY, POWER, AND A POLITICS OF INDEPENDENCE
Billionaire-turned-mayor Michael Bloomberg challenged the beliefs that businessmen make inept politicians and that charisma is a prerequisite for the job of mayor. Joyce Purnick’s new biography, Mike Bloomberg: Money, Power, Politics, illuminates the man behind the public persona.
On Tuesday, September 29, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m., Glenn Thrush, senior congressional reporter for Politico.com, moderates a discussion with participants including Joyce Purnick, Adam Lisberg, City Hall Bureau Chief, New York Daily News, and Doug Muzzio, professor at Baruch College School of Public Affairs. The discussion, held in conjunction with the Center for New York City Affairs, centers on how Bloomberg and his money have reshaped the mayoralty, remade city politics, and upended notions of independent urban leadership.
This event, supported by the Sirus Fund and the Milano Foundation, will be held in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. It is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required. Reserve a place by calling 212.229.5418 or emailing centernyc@newschool.edu.
Following the discussion, Joyce Purnick will be on hand to sign copies of her new book, which will be available for purchase.
RACE AND THE SUBPRIME CRISIS: THE FUTURE OF MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS
Some critics blame the Community Reinvestment Act for the mortgage meltdown that prompted the current deep recession. Others point to the abuses of subprime lending and Wall Street manipulation. Yet questions about the impact of the economic collapse on African American communities—and about the future of neighborhood stability, consumer access to credit, and the role of race in public policy—remain unanswered. As the federal government acts to reverse the economy's decline, what have we learned, and what does the future hold?
These are some of the issues that will be covered in the Milano and the Center for New York City Affairs 2009 Nathan W. Levin Lecture on Monday, October 5, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
The featured keynote is Hon. Maxine Waters, U.S. Representative (D-Calif.). This will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Darrick Hamilton, assistant professor, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, and includes James Carr, COO, National Community Reinvestment Coalition; Sarah Ludwig, executive director, NEDAP; and Louis Prezeau, president & CEO, City National Bank.
This event is free but seating is limited, so reservations are required by calling 212.229.5418 or emailing centernyc@newschool.edu.
Established in 1989 in honor of the late Nathan Levin, a trustee and acting president of The New School, the Levin Lecture explores the issues of race, poverty, and public policy. This event is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco.
MILANO ALUMNA ROBERTA SUTTON'S PAPER TO BE PUBLISHED
OD Practitioner, a quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by the Organization Development Network, an international professional association of organization development practitioners, will feature an article by Milano Alumna Roberta Sutton in the Winter 2009 issue.
Sutton, who received a master of science in Organizational Change Management in 2009, is the author of an article titled, “Happiness for the Pragmatic Optimist and Everyone Else,” which will appear in Volume 41, Issue 4 of OD Practitioner. The article is based on research Sutton conducted while at Milano. The resulting capstone paper received the award for Best Paper Organizational Change Management 2008-2009.
In the article, Sutton investigates relationships between employee happiness, improved performance, and increased productivity and proposes how OD Practitioners can use happiness in the workplace to inform organizational development issues and favorably impact the bottom line.
Sutton, a management consultant, says she was very pleased to learn her research would be published in a journal for other organization development practitioners. “I am privileged to contribute to the OD Practitioner’s rigorous conversation and hope to stimulate new thinking. I am also grateful to my Milano professors for giving me opportunities to reveal and examine my core interests.”
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
COLLABORATIONISTS: SOCIAL LIVING INSIDE ENDGAME CAPITALISM
On Thursday, October 1, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., renowned scholar Simon During, professor in the English Department atJohns Hopkins University will give a talk titled, "Collaborationists: Social Living Inside Endgame Capitalism."
During has written widely in cultural studies, theory, and literary history, and is the author of the recently published Exit Capitalism: Literary Culture, Theory and Post-Secular Modernity (Routledge 2009), and Modern Enchantments: The Cultural Power of Secular Magic (Harvard 2001).
This free event will take place in Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor.
PUBLIC HEALTH CAREERS: PROFESSIONAL AND ALUMNI PANEL AND SOCIAL NETWORKING EVENT
In this event sponsored by the Lang Interdisciplinary Science and The New School Office of Career Development, Public health professionals, alumni, and graduate program directors share their career trajectories and provide advice on academic and professional preparation that can lead to a successful career in public or global health.
On Wednesday September 30, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., representatives from the following organizations will be present: Engender Health; the NYCDOH; the Harlem Children’s Health Project; the Building Wellness Literacy Project; NYC Campaign Against Diabetes; the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University; the Masters Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University; Sarah Lawrence Health Advocacy Program and Genetic Counseling Program; SUNY Downstate School of Public Health; the NYU Masters Program in Global Health; and The Graduate Center, CUNY Public Health Doctorate Program.
This free event will be held in the Lang College Cafeteria, 65 West 11th Street, ground floor. For more information contact Katayoun Chamany, professor in Interdisciplinary Science.
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
PARSONS FACULTY PRESENTS BOOK ON ADÉLAÏDE LABILLE-GUIARD
Laura Auricchio, Parsons assistant professor of Art and History, will launch her first book, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard: Artist in the Age of Revolution, a portrait of artist Adélaïde Labille-Guiard who occupied one of only four memberships designated for women at the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture.
Auricchio’s book sheds new light not only on Labille-Guiard, but also on women artists under France’s Old Regime and on art in the age of the French Revolution. Adélaïde Labille-Guiard: Artist in the Age of Revolution is the first English-language book devoted to her paintings and career.
On Tuesday, September 29, a book talk and signing, will be held at the New-York Historical Society, Central Park West at 77th Street, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
PARSONS HOSTS SYMPOSIUM TO LAUNCH INTERMEDIA INITIATIVE
The School of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons will hold a symposium on October 3 titled, Human Rights and Human Wrongs: Performance and Politics in Guatemala. This event will bring together visual artists, cultural theorists, and investigative journalists, and will explore how contemporary art engages with the struggle over official public memory of civil strife in Central America. This symposium will formally launch a new Intermedia Initiative at Parsons.
The symposium will feature contemporary artists Regina Galindo, Anibal Lopez, and David Perez. Their work explores the effects of state violence on everyday life through the combination of body art, street actions, video, and photography. The artists draw attention to recent histories of political unrest, genocide, and urban lawlessless.
The artists will be joined by art historian Johanna Burton (Whitney Independent Study Program), Performance Studies scholar Jill Lane (NYU), cultural theorist Silvia Vega-Llona (The New School) and National Security Archive Senior Analyst Kate Doyle, who will discuss the artists work and the social context in which they are immersed.
The symposium will be taking place from 2:00-6:00 p.m. at the Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue at 13th street. For more information visit the Parsons events calendar.
NEWS FROM MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
On Friday and Sunday, October 2 and 4, at 7:30 p.m., Mannes will present the Mendelssohn Salons featuring Mannes College piano majors. On October 2, the program will include Felix Mendelssohn's complete Songs Without Words; and on October 4, Haydn's complete keyboard sonatas.
These free concerts will take place at the Mannes Concert Hall, Mannes Building, 150 West 85th Street. For more information call 212.580.0210 x4817.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
EIKO IKEGAMI (SOCIOLOGY NSSR) RECEIVES A NSF GRANT TO STUDY AVATARS IN SECOND LIFE
Eiko Ikegami, Chair and Professor of Sociology at the New School for Social Research, received a major grant from the National Science Foundation to do a study on avatars, virtual civility, and trust on Second Life. The study will explore how virtual sites manage to create virtual civility and trust among geographically-distanced “strangers” and will examine the cultural mechanisms that prompt and enable avatars to develop trustworthy virtual communities.
According to Dr. Ikegami, information technologies have proven powerful in potentiating new expressions of community. In emerging 3D online virtual worlds, building successful social groups involves a delicate process of developing “trust and civility.” Collaborating with an international team of researchers, Dr. Ikegami will examine this and other processes, as well as virtual cultures, paying particular attention to those in which spirituality, broadly conceived, plays an important role in communication.
On Second Life, Dr. Ikegami is known as Kiremimi Tigerpaw and can be regularly found hanging out in Kira Café, sponsored by the Kira Institute. Her most recent book, Bonds of Civility, received five book awards, including the Best Book Award in Cultural Sociology.
ROBERT HEILBRONER MEMORIAL LECTURE: WILLIAM LAZONICK
In appreciation of what economist Robert Heilbroner identified as “the deep human need to be situated with respect to the future,” The New School sponsors a lecture series in his memory that focuses on the future of capitalism
On Monday, October 12, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., William Lazonick, professor in the Department of Regional Economic and Social Development at University of Massachusetts Lowell and director of the UMass Lowell Center for Industrial Competitiveness, will present “The Fragility of the U.S. Economy.” The lecture will focus on employment instability and inequity in income distribution caused by the financialization of the U.S. corporation.
Lazonick is also affiliated with the CNRS Groupe de Recherche en Économie Théorique et Appliquée of Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV. His research has been funded by government agencies and private foundations in Europe, the United States, and Japan. Lazonick’s latest book, Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy?: Business Organization and High-tech Employment in the United States, will be available from the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in Fall 2009.
This event is free but reservations are required. Please call 212.229.5901 x491 or email scepa@newschool.edu. It will be held in the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, at 66 Fifth Avenue.
This event is sponsored by the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA). SCEPA is the economic policy research arm of The New School for Social Research’s Department of Economics. Each year, the center hosts economic policy workshops, publishes topical policy notes, and sponsors lectures by top economists and financial leaders. SCEPA’s work is supported in part by a generous gift from Irene and Bernard L. Schwartz.
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE The New School For Liberal Arts AND
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
On Tuesday, September 29, at 6:30 p.m., a panel on the work done by Internet users and those within the “creative industries” and focusing on the relationship between invisible labor and the production of value will be held. Drawing on critical perspectives on labor, digital technology, and social and political theory, the discussion will be moderated by McKenzie Wark, associate professor, chair of Culture and Media, and associate dean for faculty affairs at Eugene Lang College.
Panelists include Andrew Ross, professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University and author of the recently published collection of essays Nice Work if You Can Get It; Richard Sennett, professor of sociology at New York University and author of The Craftsman; and Tiziana Terranova, associate professor of sociology of communications at Università di Napoli L’Orientale and author of Network Culture: Politics for the Information Age. An installation of Web-based art projects accompanies the presentation.
The panel will take place at the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. General admission is $8. Students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni are admitted free with valid ID. For more information, contact the Vera List Center at vlc@newschool.edu or 212.229.2436.
This event is a prelude to “Digital Labor: The Internet as Playground and Factory,” a conference organized by Lang faculty member Trebor Scholz that will take place at The New School November 12-14. The conference addresses the massive transformations in labor, life, and the economy related to digital media and confronts the urgent need to interrogate what constitutes labor and value in the digital economy. For more information about the November conference, visit www.digitallabor.org.
FALL 2008 UNIVERSITY BLOOD DRIVE
This year’s semi-annual two-day fall blood drive is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, October 7 and 8, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., in the Student Lounge, 6 East 16th Street, lower level. We ask you to support and participate in this important endeavor.
This is an opportunity for members of The New School community to contribute life-saving blood to grateful New Yorkers and to demonstrate our community spirit. There is an ongoing need for blood in our area for patients including accident victims, surgical patients, cancer patients, burn victims, hemophiliacs, and the elderly. The spring 2009 drive was a success with more then 50 donations.
Donors should try to make an appointment in advance via the web scheduler, but walk-ins are always welcome.
The entire registration/donation process should take about an hour, with the actual blood-giving process lasting six or seven minutes. Donors must be between the ages of 17 and 75 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good health, and not have donated blood within the last 56 days. Donors must also bring photo identification. Afterward, there will be snacks and juice available.
If you have specific questions about donating, please contact the New York Blood Center at 800.688.0900, or visit their website.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Earn $50! Psychological testing volunteers are needed for fall 2009—spring 2010. Doctoral students in the NSSR Clinical Psychology program need supervised experience giving a range of tests, some you may have heard of. Find out how psychologists work and learn something about your self! Volunteers meet with one clinical PhD student several times throughout the year. Volunteers must be available both fall 2009 and spring 2010. Total testing time is about six hours, plus an hour of feedback in the spring 2010 semester after testing is completed. The test is strictly confidential and is supervised by PhD clinical psychologists on The New School faculty. Clinical students may discuss anonymous test results in small groups, but only the PhD student conducting the tests and the instructor will know each volunteer’s identity.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact the teaching assistants, Rebecca Rosen and Laura Kirmayer, to arrange a telephone interview. Email Roser694@newschool.edu or Ikirm04@yahoo.com with any questions for the instructors, Dr. Andrew Twardon and Dr. Doris Chang, and queries will be forwarded.
USE YOUR FREE ADMISSION TO DROP IN AND SEE MOMA’S EXHIBITION OF MONET"S WATER LILIES Starting September 13
Starting September 13, the Museum of Modern Art presents an installation that will, for the first time since the Museum's reopening in 2004, feature the full group of Claude Monet's late paintings in the collection. We encourage New School students and employees to drop in and enjoy the exhibit and the entire Museum. In order to receive your free admission, go to the lobby information desk and show them your valid New School ID. Students, faculty, and staff receive one free admission for themselves. Faculty and staff may also obtain an additional two tickets for their guests.
There will be live entertainment as well as drinks and cocktails available for purchase. MoMA is located at 11 West 53rd Street, New York City. Enjoy!
TIME OUT NEW YORK DISCOUNT OFFER
Start your year off being in the know about things free or fancy. Time Out New York is offering all students, faculty, and staff at The New School a full year's subscription for just $20! That's 51 issues for the entire year and only 39c an issue. Steal this deal for yourself or a gift to another.
THE BEST DEAL FOR AFFORDABLE THEATER, Dance, and concert TICKETS:
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND
An exciting spring theater, music and dance season is under way: Why pay $100 or more, when you can pay $20-$36 for Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows, dance performances and concerts? An inexpensive way to enjoy the best of New York culture is to join Theatre Development Fund (TDF).
To be eligible, you must be a full-time student or teacher, senior citizen (62+), civil servant, union member, staff member of a not-for-profit organization, performing arts professional, or member of the clergy or armed forces. Annual membership fee is $27.50, and you can join online.
A small sampling of performances recently available to TDF Members for $20-36 per ticket include: 33 Variations, The 39 Steps, Altar Boyz, American Ballet Theatre, The American Plan, August: Osage County, Avenue Q, Ballet NY, Beast, Big Apple Circus, Blithe Spirit, Christopher Cross at B.B. King's, Distracted, Enter Laughing, Exit the King, The Fantasticks, Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab, Fueerzabruta, Gypsy, Hedda Gabler, Impressionism, Irena's Vow, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, London Philharmonic at Lincoln Center; The Marvelous Wonderettes, Mourning Becomes Electra, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, Next to Normal, Pal Joey, Patti Austin at Brooklyn Center; Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Phantom of the Opera, Reasons to be Pretty, Rock of Ages, Ruined, Shrek: The Musical; Speed the Plow, Spring Awakening and Uncle Vanya.
So don't miss this great opportunity to see great theater at great prices.
The New York Times is offering a 60 percent discount ($.40/per day Monday-Saturday, $2.50 on Sunday) for home or office subscriptions to all faculty, staff, and students.
Here's how it works. Unlike traditional subscriptions, the education rate can be set up by semester or in a combination that best reflects your schedules for both delivery and billing. New School faculty, staff, and students can have a subscription Monday-Friday, Sunday only, weekends only, or any combination.
To take advantage of the special discount to the Times or to change a current subscription, students, faculty (full-time and part-time), and staff should contact the customer service center at 888.NYT.COLL, to order a single subscription or a classroom subscription of up to eight copies for required reading in the classroom.
To order a classroom subscription of eight or more copies for required reading in the classroom, contact the education program's customer service center at 800.631.1222.
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