Archive for the 'Battle Of Ideas' Category

Is America still an immigration nation?

November 17, 2010
7:00 pmto8:30 pm

Venue: Barnes & Noble, 86th & Lexington Avenue Branch, 150 East 86th Street, New York NY 10028, USA

Tickets: This event is free and open to the public. For further information please email Jean: nysaloninfo@yahoo.com

sat leafletThe NY Salon has partnered with The Battle of Ideas, organizing two key events in NYC in November as part of an international series of Satellite events that spans Europe, India and the US. The two events go to the heart of the matter in America and we would very much like to have you participate.

For more information see the event leaflet.

AZ border crossingAs the temperature rises in the immigration debate, what should our vision be for American society? Is there a moral case to welcome immigrants?

Speakers: Donna Lieberman, executive director, NYCLU Jason Riley, member, editorial board, Wall Street Journal; author, Let Them In: the case for open borders Dr Alex Standish, assistant professor of geography, Western Connecticut State University; author, The Politics of Geography: approaches to teaching global issues in the twenty-first century Gary Younge, columnist, Guardian; author, Who Are We: and should it matter in the 21st century?

Moderator: Jean Smith, co-founder and director, NY Salon

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Ground Zero tolerance: religious freedom and America’s culture war

November 8, 2010
7:30 pmto9:00 pm

Venue: The Wollman Hall, The New School, 65 West 11th St, New York, USA

Tickets: This event is free and open to the public. For further information please email Jean: nysaloninfo@yahoo.com

mosque protestWhat does the controversy over the Park 51 ‘Ground Zero mosque’ say about contemporary America? Have Americans become too tolerant, or not tolerant enough?

Speakers: Zead Ramadan, Chairman of New York Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Wendy Kaminer, lawyer and social critic; correspondent, theatlantic.com; latest book, Worst Instincts: cowardice, conformity and the ACLU Brendan O’Neill editor, spiked; feature-writer, Christian Science Monitor in America and for BBC in Britain Kristen Saloomey, correspondent, Al Jazeera

Moderator: Alan Miller, co-director, NY Salon; co-founder, London’s Truman Brewery and Vibe Bar

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Upcoming event November 17: Is America still an immigration nation?

Time: 7.00pm until 8.30pm

Venue: Barnes & Noble, 86th & Lexington Avenue Branch, 150 East 86th Street, New York NY 10028, USA

Tickets: This event is free and open to the public. For further information please email Jean: nysaloninfo@yahoo.com

AZ border crossingAs the temperature rises in the immigration debate, what should our vision be for American society? Is there a moral case to welcome immigrants?


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BATTLE OF IDEAS 2010

BATTLE OF IDEAS 2010

The NY Salon will be sponsoring and speaking at debates in Stockholm, London, and New York as part of the Battle of Ideas 2010 festival www.battleofideas.org.uk

 

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Saturday, October 16th, 2pm
Folkoperan, Hornsgatan 72, 118 21 Stockholm, Sweden

Opera, dead or alive? Relevance and value in the arts today

 

LONDON, U.K. Saturday, October 30th
Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2EU

Obama’s America: is racism history?, 10.30am

Economists behaving badly?, 12.15pm

Instrumental music: should music be a tool of social policy?, 3.30pm

Political graffiti or self-important art?, 5.15pm

 

MANHATTAN

Monday, November 8th, 7:30pm, The Wollman Hall, The New School, 65 West 11th St, New York

Ground Zero tolerance: religious freedom and America’s culture war

 

Wednesday, November 17th, 7pm, Barnes & Noble, 86th & Lexington Avenue Branch, 150 East 86th Street, New York, NY 10028

Is America still an immigration nation?

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