LANG FACULTY MEMBER KATAYOUN CHAMANY RECEIVES FUNDING FROM NEW YORK STATE TO DEVELOP STEM CELL SCIENCE CURRICULUM
Katayoun Chamany, associate professor of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Lang College, has received a grant of $212,914 as part of New York State’s stem cell research initiative. The program issued $2.1 million in new funding to offer college students in New York State the opportunity to learn about stem cell science and experience first-hand the specialized techniques required for pursuing a stem cell research career.
Chamany’s grant is one of only eight awards from the state to New York institutions of higher education. The grants were awarded in response to a Request for Applications (RFA) seeking the development of undergraduate curricula on stem cell science and related ethical, legal, and societal implications. Curricula resulting from the program will be posted online at www.stemcell.ny.gov to ensure the course material is available beyond a single campus.
Chamany has developed seminars, workshops, and educational materials that reflect an interactive and case-based method of teaching and learning. She firmly believes that biology is accessible and relevant to everyone, and that a basic understanding of biology it important for contributive members of society. In spring 2009, she held a public seminar and film series titled, “Stem Cells in the City,” that was designed to engage the public in conversations around the ethics, politics, and biology of stem cell research.
DRAMA’S NEW VISIONS DIRECTING FESTIVAL TO OPEN THIS week
The New School for Drama’s New Visions Directing Festival begins its three-week run on Thursday, November 19, and continues until Saturday, December 12. Seven contemporary plays will be performed in repertory, highlighting the work of Drama’s graduating directors and actors. The plays featured include
- Normal: The Dusseldorf Ripper by Anthony Neilson, directed by Lucia Peters
- Orestes 2.0 by Charles L. Mee, directed by Sarah Bellin
- Amazons and Their Men by Jordan Harrison, directed by John Hurley
- On the Verge by Eric Overmyer, directed by Elizabeth Carlson
- 4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane, directed by Mason Beggs
- The Drowned World by Gary Owen, directed by Barrett Hileman
- Desdemona, A Play About a Handkerchief by Paula Vogel, directed by Joan Kane
Admission is free and seating is first come, first served. Reservations are strongly recommended; call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com. Performances will take place at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor.
Visit www.newschool.edu/drama for the complete schedule of performance dates and times.
LEARN ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY: SEMINAR ON THE NEW SCHOOL
The Seminar on the University is a series of discussions designed to inform the New School community about university policies and initiatives. Each seminar presenter prepares a paper that serves as a springboard for discussion.
The first paper for this academic year, Student Financial Services at The New School, is presented by Eileen Doyle, assistant vice president for Student Financial Services, and Bob Gay, vice president for Enrollment Management. The seminar takes place on Thursday, December 10, 2009, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.
Discussion papers are available in the deans’ offices and on the university website one week before the seminar.
Three other seminars are scheduled for the 2009-2010 academic year:
- University-Wide Capital Planning, presented by David Lewis, director of the Design Workshop in Parsons’ School of Constructed Environments; Tim Marshall, provost and chief academic officer; Jim Murtha, executive vice president and chief operating officer; and Lia Gartner, vice president for Design Construction and Facilities Management, on Thursday, February 11, 2010
- Academic Planning and Budget Development, presented by Frank Barletta, senior vice president for Finance and Business; Craig Becker, vice president and treasurer; Pat Baxter, vice provost for Academic Planning; Tim Marshall, provost and chief academic officer; Jim Murtha, executive vice president and chief operating officer; and Steve Stabile, assistant vice president of Budget, on Tuesday, March 2, 2010
- Academic Planning: Developing the Academic Plan and Future Vision, presented by Tim Marshall, provost and chief academic officer, on Thursday, April 22, 2010
VERA LIST CENTER 2009-2010 WRITING AWARD: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Vera List New School Art Collection Writing Award honors New School students for the best critical and creative writing inspired by works in the university’s art collection. The award was established in 1996 by the late Vera List, a life trustee of The New School.
The writing award celebrates nonfiction and fiction, prose and poetry. All students enrolled in The New School are eligible to submit either a critical or creative text. There is a first-place award of $400 and a second-place award of $200 in each category. Winners are selected by a rotating panel of judges. The prize-winning pieces are edited by professional art critics in collaboration with the writers and are published in a newspaper. In addition, competition participants meet with prominent artists, curators, or critics, to discuss the relationship between visual art and writing.
GUIDELINES FOR ENTRIES
- Any enrolled student may submit work
- Entries should not exceed 2,500 words and must be submitted as an email attachment to kuonic@newschool.edu
- Include a cover page with the writer’s name, mailing and email addresses, phone number, university program in which he/she is enrolled and his/her New School Student ID number
- The artwork that inspired the text must be clearly identified on the entry’s first page by the artist’s name, the work’s title and date, and its location on campus
- Entries must be received by Monday, January 25, 2010
- For more information contact the Vera List Center at 212.229.2436 or www.newschool.edu/vlc
2009-2010 JURY
Neil Gordon, dean, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
Carin Kuoni, director, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics
Joshua Mack, Vera List Center Advisory Committee
Rosemary O'Neill, associate professor of Art History, Art and Design History and Theory, Parsons The New School for Design
Robert Polito, director, Writing Program and MFA in Creative Writing, The New School
Silvia Rocciolo, co-curator, The New School Art Collection
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
WU MING: LOOKING FOR CUTTING EDGES IN HISTORICAL NOVEL WRITING
In 1994, hundreds of European artists, activists, and pranksters adopted and shared the same identity. They all called themselves Luther Blissett. They worked together to tell the world a great story, create a legend, give birth to a new kind of folk hero. In 1999 four Bologna-based members of LB, published the bestselling book Q in Italy. In January 2000, a fifth person joined the four authors of Q and a new band of authors was born, Wu Ming, which is comprised of the writers Roberto Bui, Giovanni Cattabriga, Federico Guglielmi, Riccardo Pedrini, and Luca Di Meo, who left the group in the spring of 2008.
On November 18th, at 8:00 p.m., in 66 West 12th Street, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, room 510, Wu Ming 1 and Wu Ming 5, two of the five writers, will discuss their collective work, Manituana, which was written between 2004 and 2007, and published in Italy in March 2007. The English translation was published in the UK and the US by Verso in October 2009.
The book is set during the Revolutionary War. This novel blends fact and fiction in a story that centers around a New World family of mixed British and Native American descent. The Johnson-Brant clan lives in a world that is familiar but not immediately of its time: hunter-gathering and Indian cosmology are part of a way of life that also includes violin-playing and living in stone houses rather than teepees. With fleeting glimpses of historical figures, set-piece battle narratives and epic wilderness scenes, Manituana weaves the chaos of the civil war and the founding of a new nation into a story on the heroic scale of The Last of the Mohicans, and with a cult appeal similar to Mark Danielewski’s House of Leaves.
This event is free. For more information visit the Wu Ming website.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
WILLIAM PHILLIPS LECTURE: NORMAN MANEA
On Tuesday, November 17, Norman Manea delivers The New School for Social Research’s annual William Phillips Lecture, titled “20 Years After the Berlin Wall.” The event takes place from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.
Norman Manea left Romania to escape political persecution and lived briefly in West Berlin before arriving in the United States in 1988. He has a master’s degree in hydro-technological engineering from the Construction Institute in Bucharest and has been writing full-time since 1974. His fiction, essays, and anthologies have been translated into 20 languages and have appeared in periodicals and collections around the world. Manea has been proposed as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature by intellectuals and institutions in the United States, Sweden, Romania, Italy, and France. He is the Francis Flournoy Professor in European Studies and Culture and writer-in-residence at Bard College.
William Phillips was the editor of Partisan Review for more than 60 years. During his tenure, Phillips discovered some of the foremost writers of his time. His unshackled mind and courage kept him at the forefront of the literary world until his death in September 2002.
This event is free, but reservations are required; email mcnamard@newschool.edu.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
BOOKFORUM AT THE NEW SCHOOL:
GETTING TO WORK—LABOR ISSUES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Bookforum, in conjunction with The New School's Vera List Center for Art and Politics, will host a panel discussion regarding the American workforce on November 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Tishman Auditorium at 66 West 12th Street. During earlier economic crises, American labor has risen up to fight for reform. What is the role of organized labor now? Have American workers surrendered their expectations in order to compete within the world market?
As American workers come to resemble their counterparts in countries that have become the site of so many offshore jobs, can they ever reunite, or are they doomed to compete in a downward spiral of diminishing rights, including the right to organize themselves? The event is part of a yearlong series organized by the Vera List Center around the theme "Speculating on Change." Each year, the center identifies a topic of urgency and broad resonance, and convenes artists and scholars for a variety of programs.
The panel will be moderated by Chris Lehmann, editor of Bookforum. The panelists are: Kim Bobo, director, Interfaith Worker Justice, and author, Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid—And What We Can Do About It; Thomas Frank, noted essayist; founder and editor of The Baffler; regular columnist, Wall Street Journal; and author of The Wrecking Crew, What’s the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America; Thomas Geoghegan, labor lawyer based in Chicago, and author of See You in Court, Which Side Are You On? and Trying to Be For Labor When It’s Flat On Its Back; and Andrew Ross, chair, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU, and author, Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times.
There is a $5 general admission and free admission to all students and New School faculty, staff and alumni with ID through the New School Box Office. Free admission to all teachers, union, and AARP members with ID, as well as Artforum and Bookforum subscribers and contributors through www.bookforum.com/work or 212.475.4000.
MEDIA STUDIES FACULTY MEMBER HAS NEW VIDEO AND SOUND INSTALLATION AT THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Lauren Petty, a part-time faculty member in the Department of Media Studies and Film at The New School for General Studies, has created a new multiple-channel video and sound installation, titled Revolving Twilight with Shaun Irons. It will open at The Chocolate Factory, 5-49 49th Avenue, Long Island City, on Monday, December 7, and remain on view until January 16, 2010.
Revolving Twilight is a video and sound installation inspired by nautical lore, optical phenomena and illusions, and neurological case studies exploring mental and visual perception, fragmented or dwindling memory, and cognitive disruptions. The piece investigates interactions of light with physical matter or form that result in unearthly mirages, often referred to as fata morgana. These otherworldly phenomena appear in the installation as ghost ships refracted in a flickering ether. Floating, hovering, and capsizing, these elusive visions are thought of not only as portents of doom but as sources of wonder and spectral beauty. Using a range of media, including sculptural elements, Revolving Twilight is an open-ended hallucination, combining moments of exuberant chaos with periods of serene beauty and rest. Its minimal yet evocative images buoyed by a mesmeric sound score, this ever-shifting installation traverses the terrain of visual delusions and altered states of consciousness.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES AND
EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
CULTURES ON PARADE FILM SCREENINGS AND DISCUSSION
Why do people take their culture to the streets? From early emancipation celebrations to the world’s fairs of the late 19th century and contemporary street festivals, communities have hosted public events to showcase their culture. On Tuesday, November 24, at 6:30 p.m., in
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor, a film screening and discussion will draw on multiple disciplinary perspectives—from anthropology to performance studies, art history, literature, and film—to look at the role of musical processions and carnival as an exploration of a culture.
The screenings are The Other Side of the Water by Jeremy Robins and Magali Damas and Play Mas by Michele Stephenson. The Other Side of the Water tells the story of DJARARA (JAH-RA-RA), a band that became a beacon of cultural pride for the Haitian immigrant community, taking an ancient music from the hills of Haiti and reinventing it as a form of cultural activism on the streets of Brooklyn.That screening will be preceded by Play Mas, a tender and lyrical look at the colorful characters who participate in the largest carnival celebration in the United States, The Caribbean Labor Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York during the year 1998. A discussion with all of the filmmakers follows.
This free event is sponsored by the Department of Media Studies and Film, the Department of Social Sciences at the New School for General Studies, and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
MILANO ALUMNA AMBER SEELY NAMED IN THE “TOP 40 UNDER 40” BY NEW ORLEANS NEWSPAPER
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New Orleans’ Gambit Weekly newspaper recently named Amber Seely, 32, as part of their “Top 40 Under 40” for her work to redevelop the city’s neighborhoods. Currently serving as the director of Finance for Renaissance Neighborhood Development and co-founder of SPARKs Insight, Amber found her way to New Orleans after visiting the Big Easy in spring 2007 as a Milano student to conduct research for a project on economic development strategies in post-Katrina New Orleans.
She tells Gambit’s, "I got the sense there was a lot of opportunity and challenge here," she says.
After graduation from Milano, Amber pursued a Rockefeller fellowship with the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Redevelopment Excellence. As a fellow, she took a full-time position as director of finance for Renaissance Neighborhood Development, which is a local subsidiary of Volunteers of America. She currently is working to construct hundreds of mixed-income housing units across the city of New Orleans. While her expertise is in real estate development and securing financing, the small staff at Renaissance has allowed her to do community outreach as well. In the process she has become a New Orleanian, retaining her post after the fellowship ended.
In the meantime, she started SPARKs Insight with four colleagues. SPARKS is a market analysis provider that incorporates information beyond property values and vacancy rates in rapidly changing and developing neighborhoods.
NEWS FROM MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
JOANN FALLETTA TO CONDUCT THE MANNES ORCHESTRA AT ALICE TULLY HALL
The Mannes Orchestra, with guest conductor JoAnn Falletta, Mannes alumna and music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Virginia Symphony, performs at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, November 18, at 8:00 p.m. Pianist Jialiang Wu, a Mannes student and Concerto Competition winner, will perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor and accompany the orchestra in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. This is the second of four performances by the Mannes Orchestra at Lincoln Center this season.
JoAnn Falletta earned her Bachelor of Music degree at Mannes in 1976 and was awarded an honorary degree by The New School in 2007. She has been invited to guest-conduct many of the world’s finest symphony orchestras. Falletta previously conducted the Mannes Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall in April 2004. Jialiang Wu, winner of the 2009 Mannes Concerto Competition, is a third-year undergraduate studying with Piano Department chair Pavlina Dokovska. Before coming to Mannes, he attended the Shanghai Conservatory Primary and Middle School in his native China, where he won top prizes in a number of competitions and performed in major venues. Jialiang performed in the 2008 Shanghai International Piano Festival and won praise from the world-renowned virtuoso Lazar Berman.
Tickets are free and can be picked up at the Alice Tully Box Office, located at Lincoln Center at 65th Street and Broadway in New York City; 212.671.4050
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND
EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
JAZZ AND LANG STUDENTS COLLABORATE IN READING OF LORCA’S PLAY THE PUBLIC
A free public reading with music of The Public, a play, by Frederico Garcia Lorca will be held on Monday, November 16, from 12:00 to 1:20 p.m., in the Performance Space at 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor.
The reading will be comprised of Lang students in Professor Mark Statman Spanish Surrealism class. The music will be performed Jazz students in Professor Diane Moser’s Words and Music class.
The Public (El público), also known as The Audience, is a surrealist play written between 1929 and 1930. It remained unpublished until 1978 and did not receive its first professional theatrical production until 1986. The play examines repressed homosexual desire as well as the individual's right to eroticism.
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
PARSONS STUDENTS CREATE CONCEPTS FOR DWR: TOOLS FOR LIVING
Design Within Reach: Tools for Living has challenged product design students at Parsons to create concepts for household objects, under $100, that are both functional and beautiful. The acclaimed design company worked with students in an advanced materials class in the BFA Product Design program, which teaches the critical importance of materials selection in an environmental age.
The students will display their product designs on Tuesday, November 17, at DWR: Tools for Living. The student’s work will be reviewed by those in attendance and judged by DWR, with winning designs displayed at the store.
The participating students include: HeeSang Ahn, Andrea De La Torre, Riddhi R M Kumar, Kimberly Lee, Seung Yeon Lee, Zane Murray, Neelima Narayanan, Gabriela Ravassa, Yoonjoo Um, Soyoun Whang, Weisha Yu, Yoonseo Bae, Megan Conway, Toshi Fukaya, Kevin Helm, Jacqueline Hon, Cheng Yang Hsieh, Hyeonil Jeong, Jessica Lee, Bobae Moon, Kristoffer Olsson, Andrew Sack, Christine Sheu, Minchul Song, and Phillip Bodum Suare-Andersen.
The event will be held from 7:00-9:00 p.m., at DWR: Tools for Living, 142 Wooster Street. Those planning on attending are asked to RSVP to tflsoho@dwr.com.
PARSONS PRESENTS BOOK LAUNCH FOR DESIGN STUDIES: A READER
The School for Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons will host a reception and book signing to celebrate the launch of Design Studies: A Reader (Berg, 2009) which was co-edited by Hazel Clark, the dean of the School along with David Brody, assistant professor of Design Studies. The book signing will take place Thursday, November 19, from 6:00-7:30 p.m., at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue.
Design Studies: A Reader explores the many complex roles of design—as process, product, function, symbol, and use. Reflecting the diverse range of perspectives on design, the reader brings together over 70 classic and contemporary texts arranged thematically in areas such as visuality, identity, consumption, new technology, sustainably, and globalization.The publication came out of the curriculum of a required sophomore-year course at Parsons, Introduction to Design Studies.
Featured writers include Jean Baudrillard, Michel Foucault, Buckminster Fuller, Naomi Klein, and Ezio Manzini. In addition, the book includes specially commissioned essays on 10 seminal designs of the 20th century, from Helvetica to the cell phone.
This event is free, but RSVP is recommended by emailing ADS@newschool.edu.
PARSONS HOSTS GRADUATE OPEN STUDIOS
On Wednesday, November 18, Parsons will hold its annual Graduate Open Studios for MFA students in the Architecture, Design and Technology, Fine Arts, Interior Design, Lighting Design, and Photography programs.
This event will provide a look into the innovative design thinking and the emerging talent coming out of Parsons. Visitors are able to meet and talk with students about their work, along with discussing programs and curriculum with program directors.
At this time, visitors will also learn a number of new graduate programs that are currently under development, including an MS in Design Management, MA in Fashion Studies, MFA in Fashion Design and Society, and MFA Transdisciplinary Design. The latter three are expected to launch in Fall 2010.
The open studios will take place from 6:00-8:00 p.m., at Parsons, 2 West 13th Street. For more information, please call 212-229-8989 or visit www.newschool.edu/visitparsons.
THE NEW SCHOOL CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK
On Monday November 16, New School students, faculty and staff celebrate the world at their door! Within the context of International Education Week (IEW),a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote international exchange,International Student Services (ISS) coordinates fun and educational events that give students the opportunity to learn about other cultures.
The week begins with the international festival where everyone gets a chance to learn about other students’ countries and perhaps get a taste of different foods. Countries represented includeColombia, Turkey, Germany, Taiwan, Finland, Russia, Barbados, Nigeria, Philippines, Thailand, China, Korea, Canada, and many more!
Students from The New School for Jazz and Mannes College The New School for Music perform throughout the festival, featuring music from all over the world such as tango, zarzuela, Italian arias, Japanese songs, Brazilian jazz, and Andean music.
International Education Week runs from November 16-20.International Student Services sponsors numerous events as an opportunity to promote the benefits of international and cultural exchange. For a calendar of events, please visitthe Student Services website or email iew@newschool.edu.
RECORD NUMBER OF PHOTOS SUBMITTED FOR PHOTO CONTEST
International Student Services (ISS) received 119 submissions for the Fifth Annual International Education Week Photo Contest, a new record. Heather Hemmer, assistant director of ISS, remembers the first year of the contest: “We received only 12 photos, so to see the contest grow to over 100 photos is an exciting accomplishment.”
The submissions include photos from 50 countries representing every continent except Antarctica. The theme, “Promoting Travel Within the United States and Abroad,” provided a way for students, faculty, and staff to share photos of the places they’ve been around the world. During the next two weeks, members of the New School community will be able to vote for their favorite photos.
Voting Information:
The top 10 photos will be selected by a distinguished jury:
- Thomas Werner, director of the BFA Photography program at Parsons The New School for Design
- Monique Ngozi Nri, director of ISS
- Marisa Sefer, international student ambassador from Turkey
Online voting will take place November 9-19 on Facebook. Become friends with ISS Circle on Facebook to see all the photos submitted and vote for your favorite.
Onsite voting will take place November 16-19 in the lobbies of these buildings:
- 2 West 13th Street
- 6 East 16th Street
- 66 West 12th Street
- 150 West 85th Street
Voting ends at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 19.
The contest is part of International Education Week, which runs November 16–20, 2009. ISS sponsors numerous events during the week to celebrate the benefits of international education and cultural exchange. For a calendar of events, visit the ISS website or email iew@newschool.edu.
2010 SUMMER INTERNSHIP IN ALASKA
The Tishman Environment and Design Center is now accepting applications for the 2010 Tishman Environmental Merit Scholars program, an exciting summer internship in Alaska. Two New School undergraduates (sophomores and juniors only) will be selected to spend the summer working with a grassroots environmental organization in Alaska.
In past years, students have worked for the Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP), the National Wildlife Federation, and the Alaska Conservation Alliance (ACA) on a wide range of issues. Selected students receive a 12-week, summer-paid internship in Anchorage, summer tuition scholarship for four credits of independent study, and roundtrip airfare.
For more information about the program, and to download an application form, go to the Enviromental Studies webpage.
Applications are due December 11, 2009.
12TH STREET, THE LITERARY MAGAZINE, NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS
12th Street, the literary magazine published by the Riggio Honors Program: Writing and Democracy, is seeking quality poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. It is also accepting submissions of photographs, paintings, or other visual material that can be reproduced in magazine format.
Prose submissions should not exceed 9,000 words and poetry submissions should not include more than seven poems. Submissions will be read anonymously. Please submit a cover sheet including your name, the title or titles of your works, and your contact information. Your name should not appear on any of the other pages of your work.
12th Street is committed to publishing the literary work of The New School’s undergraduate community. Our mission is to present literature that discusses the artist as intellectual and explores the role of the writer in the world. We want to promote literature as an engine of democracy.
12th Street is widely distributed in bookstores around the country and on the New School campus. Please send your work to juliecarl13@yahoo.com no later than November 15.
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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