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From the archives—bringing the 92nd Street Y to your home.
This is your ticket to world class lectures, performances, concerts and more, live from the stages of the 92nd Street Y.
Virtual links (to be seen at your convenience in the current month only) will be sent to all virtual members or buyers of individual programs.
Virtual programs are free to virtual members. $10 each for non-members.
October ON DEMAND:
Art: Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Scott Ellis in Conversation with CBS Sunday Morning’s Tracy Smith
Broadway’s megawatt new season starts here, as award-winning actors Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and director Scott Ellis join CBS Sunday Morning’s Tracy Smith to talk about the upcoming, first-ever Broadway revival of Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award-winning Art.
The play The New York Times called “a lacerating comedy” centers on the purchase of an abstract white painting by one of three longtime friends – an act that provokes a sharp and witty exploration of friendship and perspective. Hear Cannavale, Corden, Harris and Ellis talk about returning to the Broadway stage, working together on what promises to be one of the fall season’s hottest tickets, Art’s relevance 27 years after its original Broadway run, and its incisive commentary on how we look at art – and each other.
Meta4: Declarations of Love
The extraordinary Finnish string quartet Meta4 makes a rare US appearance – and their NYC mainstage debut – with a thoughtful program examining adult love in all its nuances and complexities. The ensemble is striking in their colorful, muscular sound and in their visual impact – with the exception of the cellist they perform standing up, allowing for freedom of both movement and expression. Their program, Declarations of Love, begins with Janacek’s gorgeous manifesto on love, his second string quartet, “Intimate Letters,” inspired by the letters of adoration he exchanged with his young muse, Kamila Stösslová. British composer Sally Beamish’s Nine Fragments/String Quartet No. 4 is inspired by Robert Schumann’s A-Minor String Quartet. Beamish writes, “My quartet consists of 9 very short, fragmentary movements – each tilting a broken mirror towards a particular passage in Schumann’s work and reflecting widely differing moods; from melancholy to elation.” The concert culminates in a performance of the Schumann quartet, with its mercurial examination of love.
Sahil Bloom in Conversation with Susan Cain: The 5 Types of Wealth
What is wealth to you? How do you measure it? How do you grow it? Might you have more than you think? Sahil Bloom, entrepreneur, author, and creator of the wildly popular The Curiosity Chronicle joins us with a new way for you to think about wealth — and what matters most in your life. In conversation with Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet, Bloom talks about the groundbreaking principles in his new book, The 5 Types of Wealth. Hear him share his blueprint for the types of wealth that will help bring maximum fulfillment: Time Wealth, Social Wealth, Mental Wealth, Physical Wealth, and Financial Wealth. You’ll leave with actionable insights about how to unlock time, create deeper bonds, maximize personal growth, realign your priorities, and redefine your version of “enough.”
November ON DEMAND:
Dr. Sanjay Gupta in Conversation with Rich Roll: It Doesn’t Have to Hurt
Join CNN’s Emmy Award-winning chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta for a conversation about the mystery of chronic pain, and how to eliminate it from your life — and Gupta’s new book, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt: Your Smart Guide to a Pain-Free Life.
Are you one of the 52 million people who experience chronic pain in your day-to-day life? In It Doesn’t Have to Hurt, Sanjay Gupta makes the empowering argument that there are effective options for relief that you can start practicing today to greatly reduce your chances of suffering pain tomorrow. Offering practical, evidence-based solutions, Gupta argues that while the brain can “create” pain, it also has the capacity to reduce or eliminate it. There is more evidence than ever that the benefits of sleep, diet and nutrition, mindfulness-based pain management (MBPM) — as well as yoga, specialized psychotherapies, and even social life — can radically relieve your experience of chronic pain.
Hear Gupta unlock the mysteries of pain and the latest research about pain relief — from sleep to psychedelics — in this practical, no-nonsense conversation about taking control of your experience in a pain-smart life.
Eternally Electric: Debbie Gibson in Conversation with Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield
Join Debbie Gibson for the launch of her long-awaited memoir Eternally Electric in a moderated discussion with Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield.
Debbie Gibson was just sixteen when she released her multi-platinum debut album Out of the Blue and recorded “Foolish Beat” in 1988, making her the youngest person to ever write, produce, and perform a Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper.
A child actress who became the original pop princess, Debbie had full creative control over her music and, when that no longer aligned with a transitioning arts scene, she went on to star in Broadway’s Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast, and Cabaret, as well as in the London production of Grease. Yet, for all the accolades and achievements, her success came at a high price.
Anxiety, depression, financial struggles, illness — Debbie writes candidly about these and other challenges, and how she ultimately redesigned her life to overcome them. This is the story of her not only surviving, but thriving: returning to her musical roots, releasing new albums, going back out on tour, and living the best version of her authentic self to remain … Eternally Electric!
Joe Manchin in Conversation with Gayle King: Dead Center
Join former U.S. Senator Joe Manchin in conversation with Gayle King for a timely and candid conversation about his maverick career in government, crossing party lines, and addressing the dysfunction at the heart of our politics — centered around his new memoir, Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense. At a time when our country feels more divided than ever, Senator Manchin is inviting Americans back to the center — where solutions are possible, principles still matter, and leadership starts with listening.
From the coal fields of Farmington, West Virginia, to some of the highest-stakes decisions in the U.S. Senate, Manchin has never wavered from his core beliefs: fiscal responsibility, social compassion, and putting country before party. In Dead Center — part memoir, part manifesto — he makes a passionate case for a new, solutions-oriented politics rooted in common sense. Reflecting on the decisions that shaped him as a leader and public servant, he shares never-before-told stories from inside the Senate and the White House, along with fresh insight into how government can deliver real results for the American people.
It’s a reminder that leadership still matters, character still counts, and common sense should never go out of style.
December ON DEMAND:
Steven J. Zipperstein with Joshua Cohen — Philip Roth: Stung By Life
Jewish historian Steven J. Zipperstein and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Joshua Cohen discuss the life and towering ambition of Philip Roth — and Zipperstein’s new landmark biography, Philip Roth: Stung By Life. Capturing one of America’s most celebrated writers in all his philosophical, moral and literary complexity, Steven J. Zipperstein’s new biography of Philip Roth is “a work of literature itself” (Judith Thurman). Tracing Roth’s life from his childhood in Newark, New Jersey to his days rubbing shoulders with the Kennedys and engaging in a spate of famous and infamous romances, Zipperstein explores the unprecedented range of Roth’s work — from “Goodbye, Columbus” and Portnoy’s Complaint to the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Pastoral and The Plot Against America.
In celebration of the book’s launch, hear Zipperstein and Cohen discuss this major new account of Roth, drawing upon Zipperstein’s tireless archival research and over one hundred interviews, including conversations with Roth himself — revealing Roth in the context of his obsessions, American Jewishness, sexuality and freedom.
Melissa Ludtke in Conversation with Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton: Locker Room Talk and Gutsy Women
When Melissa Ludtke sued Major League Baseball in 1978 for equal access (and won), she didn’t just change sports journalism. She helped rewrite the rules for women in locker rooms, courtrooms, and newsrooms. Now, in a rare and deeply personal conversation, Ludtke sits down with longtime friend Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton for a galvanizing evening exploring the lives of gutsy women — women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.
More than a retrospective, this is an urgent dialogue between two women who have been on the frontlines of politics, of the press, and of social change – reflecting on what it means to stand up, break through, and bring others with you.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Victoria Redel in Conversation with Adam Moss: I Am You
Join acclaimed novelist and poet Victoria Redel with Sarah Jessica Parker and editor Adam Moss for a conversation about Redel’s absorbing new novel, I Am You, published by Parker’s literary imprint, SJP Lit.
In this gorgeously crafted historical fiction set in 17th-century Holland, Redel excavates the long-overlooked story of one of the few female Dutch Masters painters, Maria van Oosterwijck, and the complex relationship she developed with her maidservant-turned-apprentice, Gerta Pieters. Following these two women as they navigate the ranks of an elite, male-dominated art world, Redel weaves a story that Sarah Jessica Parker calls “spellbinding… and impossible to forget” — a queer romance for the ages, an ode to artistic creation, and an unforgettable love story set against the heady, sensuous backdrop of the Dutch Golden Age. Praised by novelist Michael Cunningham as “a stunning accomplishment . . . a story of ferocious insights into the human psyche and the drive to create art,” hailed by author Benjamin Moser as “an unforgettable picture of the erotic, entangled, tragic nature of art itself,” and lauded by novelist Melissa Febos as “a profound achievement,” I Am You proves how art reshapes conversations on sexual politics, class, women’s rights, and how we tell and retell our histories.
In celebration of its launch, hear Redel, Parker, and Moss discuss the novel — how Redel wrote a new kind of queer love story and tale of art history, what made Parker know that she had to share it with the world, and more.
