Events
Our events are free and open to the public. Space is limited, and advance registration is required. If you are interested in attending, please register early to reserve your spot.
The Deer Hide Agreement: Diplomacy, Responsibility, and Renewal
Together, participants will reflect on the deer hide and consider what it reveals about diplomacy, responsibility, and how agreements endure across generations.
Turntable Revolutions: The Beatles, Nina Simone, and The Rolling Stones
In 1968, The Beatles, Nina Simone, and The Rolling Stones each reimagined revolution. The Beatles questioned violence; Simone demanded upheaval; the Stones captured irony and restlessness. Heard together, these songs reveal how art channels protest, struggle, and hope.
Say What You Mean: George Orwell
In Politics and the English Language (1946), Orwell warns that vague, clichéd language erodes thought and allows power to manipulate. Clear speech, he argues, is an act of resistance and civic responsibility.
Family of Things: Langston Hughes and Mary Oliver on Belonging and Hope
Langston Hughes’s I, Too envisions belonging through justice and recognition; Mary Oliver’s Wild Geese offers belonging through acceptance and kinship with life. Together, these poems explore resilience, hope, and the expansive idea of community.
So Many Truths to Tell: Audre Lorde
HNY has hosted them more often in recent months, and a just-wrapped, supersized edition at the New York Public Library to coincide with Banned Books Week serves as an excellent illustration of Why and especially Why now?