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LIGHT FALLS: SPACE, TIME & AN OBSESSION OF EINSTEIN

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

Live taping for invited audience only. Doors close at 7:15 pm SHARP! Brian Greene and an ensemble cast perform this new theatrical work tracing Albert Einstein’s electrifying journey toward one of the most beautiful ideas ever conceived – the General Theory of Relativity. With state-of-the-art animation and innovative projection techniques, Light Falls illuminates Einstein’s breakthrough moments, [...]

The Kresge Foundation, CUNY, & The New Press present UNLIKELY

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

Unlikely Logo Stacked Red Join Us In New York City For The Red Carpet Premiere Of UNLIKELY, A Feature-Length Documentary That Investigates The College Dropout Crisis And The Systemic Barriers Students Face In Their Pursuit Of An Education And Livable-Wage Career. Doors will open at 6:00 PM and the program will begin at 6:30 PM, with [...]

The Israeli Dance Institute presents THE 68TH ANNUAL ISRAEL FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL AND FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

A Day-Long Celebration featuring dancers from across the United States with special performances by Galgaley Rishon, an inspiring wheelchair dance troupe from Israel! RIVKALEH’S FAIR 11:30 am – 2:30 pm Community dancing and activities for all ages, Judaica and crafts vendors, kosher food and snacks. FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE 3:00 pm Dancers and singers from communities across the [...]

TEDxCUNY 2019: What Matters Now

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

“Because when you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worth while.”- Lucy Maud Montgomery In light of change – however uncomfortable, necessary, or unanticipated – people across the globe grapple with ever-important questions as they look toward the future. The questions we ask ourselves prompt us to search for, do, and be better [...]

Seeing Rape: This is America

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

Seeing Rape: This is America is a performance written by John Jay College students. This group of men and women playwrights represents sexual violence in their own words, dialects, and languages in engaging and novel ways. In short plays, the way rape intersects with hyper-masculinity, the opioid epidemic, the workplace, immigration at the Southern border, and [...]

Seeing Rape: This is America

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

Seeing Rape: This is America is a performance written by John Jay College students. This group of men and women playwrights represents sexual violence in their own words, dialects, and languages in engaging and novel ways. In short plays, the way rape intersects with hyper-masculinity, the opioid epidemic, the workplace, immigration at the Southern border, and [...]

Seeing Rape: This is America

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

Seeing Rape: This is America is a performance written by John Jay College students. This group of men and women playwrights represents sexual violence in their own words, dialects, and languages in engaging and novel ways. In short plays, the way rape intersects with hyper-masculinity, the opioid epidemic, the workplace, immigration at the Southern border, and [...]

The College of Performing Arts at The New School presents a Mannes Opera production of Kurt Weill’s STREET SCENE

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

Considered by Weill himself to be an "American opera" - a synthesis of European opera and American musical theater - Street Scene combines a rigorous operatic style with a distinctively American story. As a meditation on how communities shift and tear as they accommodate new worldviews, it’s a remarkably modern and prescient piece - sometimes [...]

The College of Performing Arts at The New School presents a Mannes Opera production of Kurt Weill’s STREET SCENE

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

Considered by Weill himself to be an "American opera" - a synthesis of European opera and American musical theater - Street Scene combines a rigorous operatic style with a distinctively American story. As a meditation on how communities shift and tear as they accommodate new worldviews, it’s a remarkably modern and prescient piece - sometimes [...]

MY NEXT GUEST NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION presents SHAH RUKH KHAN

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

David Letterman, the longest-serving host in U.S. late-night television – the original host of Late Night (NBC) and The Late Show (CBS) – returns for the second season of his Emmy nominated series for Netflix. Letterman will host Superstar Shah Rukh Khan at Gerald W. Lynch Theater on May 16 at 4 pm. Shah Rukh [...]

Success Academy Harlem North West presents ART OF STEPPING

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

Success Academy Harlem North West presents The 4 Elements of Nature - Air / Water / Earth/ Fire. This end of the year performance will showcase the following genres: Ballet (AIR), Jazz (WATER), Modern (EARTH) and Hip Hop (FIRE) performed by members of the dance electives powered by Art of Stepping via their customized dance [...]

PHYSICS IN THE DARK: SEARCHING FOR THE UNIVERSE’S MISSING MATTER

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

If you believe the world’s leading physicists, the vast majority of matter in the universe is hiding in plain sight. For nearly a century, evidence has mounted that the gravitational pull necessary to keep clusters of galaxies intact, as well as stars within galaxies from flying apart, requires far more matter than we can see—matter, [...]

REVEALING THE MIND: THE PROMISE OF PSYCHEDELICS

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

Nearly every culture throughout history has used chemicals that alter consciousness for spiritual exploration. In the 20th century, these drugs caught the attention of scientists. Psychedelics, as they were named, proved effective at treating intractable illnesses like depression and addiction. And they became a tool for studying the mind, opening “the doors of perception,” as [...]

MAKING ROOM FOR MACHINES: GETTING READY FOR AGI

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

Join this year’s Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun and other pioneers in artificial intelligence for a no-nonsense discussion of whether a truly intelligent machine can be created—and, if so, how and when. The "thinking machines" that Alan Turing postulated in 1950 have already vaulted beyond us in specific arenas like chess, Go, and Jeopardy. But [...]

THE HIGGS HANGOVER: A SOBER LOOK AT THE WILD FRONTIER OF PARTICLE PHYSICS

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

On July 4, 2012, the champagne flowed. The elusive Higgs boson—the fundamental particle that gives mass to all other particles—had been found. After generations of work, the last puzzle piece was in place and the Standard Model of particle physics was complete. But then… the morning hangover. Particle physicists woke up to ask: What next? [...]

THE REALITY OF REALITY: A TALE OF FIVE SENSES

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

Your eyes and ears don’t tell you the truth. That’s not what they’re for. The senses evolved to enable us to survive and succeed in the world, not to represent it accurately. Now, for the first time, science is revealing exactly how the sense organs receive information, process it, and pass it to the brain, [...]

NNSC National Conference & 10th Anniversary Celebration & Awards Reception

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

The National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC), an internationally recognized action research center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, provides proven, evidence-based, life-saving violence reduction strategies to dozens of communities across America and beyond. In June 2019, NNSC will simultaneously commemorate the 10th Anniversary of this impactful work and host our biennial National Conference - The Emerging [...]

NNSC National Conference & 10th Anniversary Celebration & Awards Reception

Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

The National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC), an internationally recognized action research center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, provides proven, evidence-based, life-saving violence reduction strategies to dozens of communities across America and beyond. In June 2019, NNSC will simultaneously commemorate the 10th Anniversary of this impactful work and host our biennial National Conference - The Emerging [...]