Jun 27, 2026

They note that the leaders of the Irish rebellion of 1916 “wrote plays and poems and were well known in Irish literary circles.” I’d be happy to have leaders who went to a play or read a poem. The curators of Risings: The Irish Literary Revival and the Making of a Nation, presented with the Grolier Club. Music:...

Jun 20, 2026

These historians note that our Revolutionary War was also a civil war. “In New York and Philadelphia and Charleston, it really was neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother.” Not what I learned in cold-war high school. But what is? Produced with the Gotham Center for New York City History, and without the...

Jun 13, 2026

A little sadness tints his exultant photographs of subway repair shops: “I’m one step ahead of the wrecking ball, whether it’s a factory that’s going to close or a process that’s going to change. It’s heart-breaking.” Presented with MTA Arts and Design and the New York Transit Museum. Music: Dingonek...

Jun 6, 2026

When he asked Frederick Douglass to the White House, did he serve snacks? “We did offer some refreshments, perhaps tea and bread.” Tea and bread? Great Emancipator, chintzy host. A conversation with the 16th President, as portrayed by ChatGPT: call him AI-braham Lincoln.