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Recent Events from the 2008-2009 Season:
Young Lions Conservators Summer Preview Screening: Hamlet 2
August 19, 2008
Young Lions Conservators gathered at the Tribeca Grand for a preview screening of the Sundance breakout hit Hamlet 2. The film was followed by drinks and hors d'oeuvres.
Special Event: September Soirée
September 10, 2008
The Young Lions kicked off the 2008-2009 Season with a lively evening of cocktails at Le Cirque. Joining the group were the new fellows of both the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers and the Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence Program.
Forum: Read All About It: The Future of New York Newspapers
October 2, 2008
What is the future of New York newspapers? Is New York insulated from the nationwide demise of local papers? How are these newspapers adapting to the online world? Jesse Angelo (New York Post), David Carr (The New York Times), Peter Kaplan (New York Observer), and Rachel Sklar (The Huffington Post), participated in this lively and provocative debate on the future of news in New York with moderator Nicholas Lemann, Dean and Henry R. Luce Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Young Lions Conservator Readers' Circle: Ina Garten
October 27, 2008
Author and host of the popular cooking show Barefoot Contessa Ina Garten discussed the newest book in her best-selling line of cookbooks. Young Lions Conservators asked questions and enjoyed delicious treats prepared from Garten's Back to Basics.
Benefit Event: Young Lions Disco Party
November 3, 2008
Held in tandem with the Library Lions Gala, the Young Lions Disco-themed Benefit Party featured cocktails, dessert, and late-night dancing. This most glamorous night of the year was covered by many publications including Vanity Fair and Vogue.com. This year's Benefit Party Co-Chairs included Nicholas Brown, Claire Danes, Amanda Hearst, Michael Hess, Hudson Morgan, and Andrea Olshan. View photos of the party. More information about the Benefit Party
Young Lions Conservator Readers' Circle: Rivka Galchen
November 20, 2008
At this special event for Young Lions Conservators, author Rivka Galchen answered questions about her enthralling new novel Atmospheric Disturbances. Rivka Galchen was a finalist for the Ninth Annual Young Lions Fiction Award.
Preview Screening: Defiance
January 12, 2009
Director Ed Zwick (Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai) and actors Daniel Craig (The Golden Compass, Casino Royale) and Liev Schreiber (The Manchurian Candidate, RKO 281) talked about the historical basis for their new film following an exclusive screening for the Young Lions. View photos of the special event.
Forum: Rich World, Poor America?
February 26, 2009
From government bail-outs to sovereign wealth funds, there is a new economic paradigm which has broad implications for our country, both immediately and in the future. How dependent are we on China? Does diminished capital mean diminished global influence? Is the heyday of American-style capitalism over? This timely and thought-provoking debate was moderated by the Director of the Global Governance Initiative Parag Khanna and included Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, and Brad Setser, co-author of Bailouts or Bail-Ins and former Acting Director of the U.S. Treasury Office of International and Foreign Policy.
Special Event: Young Lions Fiction Award
March 16, 2009
Young Lions filled the Celeste Bartos Forum on March 16th to honor winner Salvatore Scibona (The End) and finalists Jon Fasman (The Unpossessed City), Rivka Galchen (Atmospheric Disturbances), Sana Krasikov (One More Year), and Zachary Mason (The Lost Books of the Odyssey). Young Lions co-chair and award cofounder Ethan Hawke read short selections from the works with actors Billy Crudup and Zoe Kazan. Read more about the evening and view photos. More information about the Young Lions Fiction Award.
YLC Literary Salon: Colson Whitehead in conversation with Myla Goldberg
April 27, 2009
The Young Lions Conservators gathered at the home of Andrea Olshan to discuss Colson Whitehead's new novel Sag Harbor. Joined by author Myla Goldberg (Bee Season, Wickett's Remedy), Colson talked about his childhood summers and deciding to finally write an autobiographical novel.
Colson Whitehead is the author of the novels The Intuitionist, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award; John Henry Days, which won the Young Lions Fiction Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; and Apex Hides the Hurt, a New York Times Notable Book and winner of the PEN Oakland Award. The Boston Globe called him, "the best of the new generation of American novelists." He has also written a book of essays about his home town, The Colossus of New York. A recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and a MacArthur Fellowship, he lives in Brooklyn.
Colson Whitehead’s most recent novel Sag Harbor follows two teenage brothers during the summer of 1985. In a small enclave of African-American families in the Hamptons, the boys and their friends are left to their own devices for three glorious months. At turns mood-shifting and side-splitting, Sag Harbor lithely probes the elusive nature of identify, adolescence, and summer. See Colson Whitehead's tour of Sag Harbor here.
For more information about becoming a Young Lions Conservator, visit www.nypl.org/joinyl, email younglions@nypl.org, or call 212-930-0885.
Forum: Eating at Home
May 18, 2009
Join us for an evening that will make your mouth water! With the Obamas's vegetable patch, celebrity chefs on tv, and the organic food movement in full swing, a home-cooked meal is increasingly what's for dinner. Why did we put cooking on the back burner? What is enticing us to put our aprons on again? Rocco DiSpirito, Marion Nestle, Julie Powell, and Amanda Hesser dig into the politics -- and the pleasures -- of eating at home.
Rocco DiSpirito was named Food & Wine's Best New Chef in 1999 and is the author of several cookbooks including Rocco's Real Life Recipes, Rocco Gets Real: Cook at Home Everyday, and the classic Flavors.
Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. Her influential books include What to Eat and the James Beard Foundation award-winning Food Politics.
Julie Powell endeavored to cook every recipe in the classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking and blog about her experiences. Her bestselling book Julia & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment is the basis of a forthcoming film directed by Nora Ephron.
Amanda Hesser is a renowned food writer, editor, and author of Cooking for Mr. Latte, A Food Lover's Courtship, with Recipes and most recently Eat, Memory, a collection of the 400 most noteworthy recipes published in The New York Times since 1853.
Special Invitation: Danzy Senna in conversation with Rebecca Walker
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers has invited the Young Lions to a special evening with Cullman Center Fellow Danzy Senna in conversation with Rebecca Walker. They'll discuss Senna's new memoir, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, about her parents' marriage and growing up biracial. Senna did some serious investigative research into the rots of her parents' respective families while she was a Fellow at the Cullman Center. Rebecca Walker is the author of One Big Happy Family: 18 Writers Talk About Polyamory, Open Adoption, Mixed Marriage, Househusbandry, Single Motherhood, and Other Realities of Truly Modern Love.
2007-2008 Season
Special Event: A Gathering of the Young Lions
September 6, 2007
Join your fellow members for a festive evening of drinks and conversation as we welcome the new fellows of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers and kick-off the 2007-2008 Young Lions Season.
Preview Screening: Into the Wild
September 11, 2007
Meet acclaimed actor/director Sean Penn (The Pledge, The Indian Runner) for a preview screening of his latest film, Into the Wild, starring Emile Hirsch and Vince Vaughn. Q&A to follow.
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Preview Screening: The Kite Runner
October 27, 2007
Director Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland), author Khaled Hosseini, and screenwriter David Benioff join the Young Lions post-screening to talk about translating this best-seller to the screen.
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Benefit Event: Young Lions Benefit Party
November 5, 2007
Held in tandem with the Library Lions Gala, the Young Lions Benefit Party features cocktails, dessert and dancing in Astor Hall. Our most glamorous night of the year!
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More information about the Young Lions Benefit Party
Young Lions Conservator Readers' Circle: Joshua Ferris
November 15, 2007
Author Joshua Ferris will speak about his critically acclaimed new novel, Then We Came to the End. This event will be hosted in the home of a Young Lions Committee Member.
Forum: Risk
November 28, 2007
Why do we take risks? How good are we at estimating risk? Do humans succeed and evolve in spite of or because of risky behavior? Don't miss this provocative and compelling panel.
Moderator:
Ben Mezrich (journalist and author of Bringing Down the House and Ugly Americans)
Panelists:
Carolyn Cole (Pulitzer Prize-winning war photojournalist)
Michael Gismondi (Head of Risk Management at TGP-Axon)
Ivan Greene (free climber with 300 first ascents)
Zur Shapira (Professor of Organizational Decision Making at NYU)
Forum: Things I've Learned from Women Who've Dumped Me
January 31, 2008
Young Lions Committee Member and Emmy Award-winning television producer Ben Karlin (The Daily Show and The Colbert Report), will host an uproarious event based on his new book. The perfect Valentine's Day cure.
Moderator:
Patton Oswalt (actor and comedian)
Panelists:
Ben Karlin (The Daily Show and The Colbert Report)
Todd Hanson (head writer for The Onion)
Bruce Jay Friedman (screenwriter Splash)
Al Jacobs (Editor-at-Large Esquire, author The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically)
Eugene Mirman (HBO's Flight of the Concords)
Tom Shillue (Premium Blend, Comedy Central Presents)
Paul Simms (creator NewsRadio)
Eric Slovin (former Saturday Night Live writer)
David Wain (writer/director The Ten and Wet Hot American Summer)
Larry Wilmore (producer The Office, contributor The Daily Show)
Fountains of Wayne (Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger)
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Young Lions Conservator Readers' Circle: Tony D'Souza
February 11, 2008
2007 Young Lions Fiction Award finalist Tony D'Souza returns to the Young Lions to talk about his latest novel, The Konkans. This event will be hosted in the home of a Young Lions Committee Member.
Young Lions: ALL ACCESS
April 1, 2008
Join us for an after-hours behind-the-scenes tour of the NYPL - exclusively geared toward Young Lions. This is a rare opportunity to tour the Cullman Center, visit the legendary Bryant Park stacks, and peak behind the marble of this remarkable institution.
Guides:
David Ferriero, Andrew W. Mellon Director on the NYPL
Matthew Sheehy, Chief, Access and Reader Service
Jean Strouse, Sue Ann and John Weinberg Director of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars
Special Event: Young Lions Fiction Award
April 28, 2008
Ethan Hawke and others celebrate the year's best young writers, with readings from each of the finalists' remarkable books by Brian O'Byrne, Amanda Peet, and Michael Shannon.
Finalists:
Ron Currie, Jr., God is Dead
Ellen Litman, The Last Chicken in America
Peter Nathaniel Malae, Teach the Free Man
Dinaw Mengestu, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Emily Mitchell, The Last Summer of the World
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Forum: Russia: Resurgent or Irrelevant?
May 15, 2008
In an age of globalism and shifting power, join us for a provocative debate on Russia's place in the new world order.
Participants:
Dr. Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group, and author of The J Curve
Parag Khanna, Director of Global Governance Initiative and author of The Second World
Dr. Alex Motyl, Rutgers University, Deputy Director of the Center for Global Change and Governance, and author of Imperial Ends
2006-2007 Season
Readers' Circle: Marisha Pessl
October 19, 2006
In this special Readers' Circle for Young Lions Conservators, Marisha Pessl will discuss her New York Times best-selling novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics.
Preview Screening: The Fountain
November 14, 2006
Join acclaimed writer/director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) for a review screening of his latest film, The Fountain, starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. Q&A to follow.
Forum: How They See Us
November 28, 2006
In our first forum of the year, we'll look at how the United States is viewed by the rest of the world. With a provocative panel of diplomats, journalists, and writers, it is certain to be a unique perspective, far different from what's available via American news sources.
Moderator:
George Packer (The New Yorker)
Panelists:
Joschka Fischer (former German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor)
Rashid Khalidi (Edward Said Chair in Arab Studies, Columbia University)
Shashi Tharoor (Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information of the United Nations)
Preview Screening: The Good German
December 6, 2006
An exclusive screening of Steven Soderbergh's new film, based on the novel by Joseph Kanon. Cate Blanchett and George Clooney star in this new drama from the Academy Award-winning filmmaker.
Readers' Circle: Karen Russell
January 18, 2007
In our second Readers' Circle of the year for Young Lions Conservators, Karen Russell will discuss her critically acclaimed short story collection, St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves.
Forum: Voyeurism
February 13, 2007
What compels us to "watch"? Photographers, bloggers, sociologists, and others will join us for an eye-opening exploration.
Moderator:
Jesse Angelo (Managing Editor, The New York Post)
Panelists:
Delia Brown (acclaimed painter and portraitist)
Deborah Copaken Kogan (war photojournalist and author of Shutterbabe)
Janice Min (Editor-in-Chief, Us Weekly)
Chip Rowe (Senior Editor, Playboy)
Forum: The New American Dream
March 20, 2007
Our country is constantly evolving - as is the idea of the American Dream. Is it a myth or a reality? How has it changed in the last 100 years? Don't miss the dialogue, which will range from politics to business to the very fabric of our society.
Moderator:
Chrystia Freeland (U.S. Managing Editor, The Financial Times)
Panelists:
Alan Brinkley (Provost and Professor of History, Columbia University)
Damon Dash (co-founder, Roc-A-Fella Records)
Janeane Garofalo (comedian and former co-host, Air America Radio's The Majority Report)
Daniel Loeb (CEO, Third Point LLC)
Preview Screening: The Hoax
April 4, 2007
Join actor Richard Gere for a preview screening of his latest film, The Hoax, also starring Alfred Molina and Hope Davis. Q&A to follow.
Special Event: Young Lions Fiction Award & Celebration
May 21, 2007
Ethan Hawke and others celebrate the year's best young writers, with readings from each of the finalists' remarkable books. An event not to be missed!
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