This fall 92Y in NYC is offering New Yorkers a break from the daily grind with top-notch artists, entertainers and celebrities.
Their schedule includes TV mom Florence Henderson, musicians Suzanne Vega, Marc Cohn, Harry Belafonte, Jimmy Webb and Cyndi Lauper, celebrity chefs Paula Deen, Nigella Lawson, Jacques Pépin, and Padma Lakshmi, and comedians Andy Borowitz, Gilbert Gottfried, and Ricky Gervais. Legends Barbara Walters, Caroline Kennedy, Julianne Moore and Annie Leibovitz will also make appearances.
Check out the full schedule below and for more information about 92Y, visit 92Y.org.
Tue, Sep 13, 8 pm, $29 – BARBARA WALTERS | Strength of Mind with Dr. Gail Saltz
It’s hard to imagine television without Barbara Walters. She’s interviewed statesmen and stars, co-hosted one of daytime’s most popular talk shows and was the first woman ever to co-host a network news show.
Thu, Sep 15, 8:15 pm, $29 – NORMA KAMALI
The fashion icon talks about the sleeping bag coat, a collection created from actual parachutes, swimwear, eyeglasses, costumes and her continuing support for education and the arts.
Thu, Sep 22, 8:15 pm, $29 – FLORENCE HENDERSON | Strength of Mind with Dr. Gail Saltz
She kept her “Wessonality” despite overcoming childhood deprivation and poverty, and adult struggles with stage fright, depression, extramarital affairs and divorce, as chronicled in new memoir, Life Is Not a Stage: From Broadway Baby to a Lovely Lady and Beyond.
Sun, Sep 25, 7:30 pm, $29 – SUZANNE VEGA and MARC COHN with Budd Mishkin
The artists behind “Luka,” “Tom’s Diner” and “Walking in Memphis” share stories and musical surprises with NY1’s Budd Mishkin.
Tue, Oct 4, 8:15 pm, $29 – JULIANNE MOORE with Leonard Lopate
Award-winning actress Julianne Moore talks with WNYC’s Leonard Lopate about her concurrent roles as a celebrity, mother, literacy advocate and best-selling author.
Tue, Oct 11, 8 pm, $29 – PAULA DEEN | Strength of Mind with Dr. Gail Saltz
The Emmy Award-winning Food Network television star and author talks about her Georgia upbringing, family traditions and the evolution of her business empire. Deen is the author of many best-selling cookbooks and a new volume, Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible.
Thu, Oct 13, 8 pm, $50/$35 – CAROLINE KENNEDY: AN ORAL HISTORY BY JACQUELINE KENNEDY
In this unique event, Caroline Kennedy discusses her new book, Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy, which features never-
before-heard interviews her mother had with historian Arthur Schlesinger.
Mon, Oct 17, 8 pm, $29 – CALVIN KLEIN
Nothing comes between us and our Calvins tonight.
Wed, Oct 19, 8 pm, $29 – ANDY BOROWITZ PRESENTS THE FUNNIEST AMERICAN WRITERS *** SOLD OUT ***
Any evening that includes Borowitz plus Alec Baldwin and Calvin Trillin promises to be a very funny evening indeed.
Sun, Oct 23, 8 pm, $29 – ANGELA BASSETT
We welcome Tina Turner, Betty Shabazz and Rosa Parks here – all at the same time.
Mon, Nov 7, 8:15 pm, $29 – GILBERT GOTTFRIED with JUDY GOLD
Gilbert Gottfried talks (in that unmistakable voice) about current events, comedic theory, highbrow literature and sexual dysfunction.
Sun, Nov 13, 7:30 pm, $75/$50 – Co-Presented with The New York Comedy Festival RICKY GERVAIS
Who created the most successful British comedy show of all time AND was listed by Time as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World?
Sun, Nov 13, 7:30 pm, $29 – AN EVENING WITH JIMMY WEBB
Jimmy Webb is the only artist to ever receive Grammy Awards for music, lyrics and orchestration, and he is chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. We’re hoping he explains the lyrics to “MacArthur Park” and how Dumbledore came to sing them. He talks to NY1’s Budd Mishkin.
Tue, Nov 15, 8 pm, $35/$29 – ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
If you’ve looked at a magazine cover in the last 25 years, you’ve seen Leibovitz’s work.
Wed, Nov 16, 8 pm, $29 – NIGELLA LAWSON: THE MEANING OF FOOD AND FAMILY | Table Comes First with Adam Gopnik
Nigella Lawson talks to New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik about eating, cooking and being a domestic goddess.
Thu, Dec 1, 8 pm, $29 – CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL AND JACQUES PÉPIN: COOKING FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN | Table Comes First with Adam Gopnik
Two men who could probably make a gourmet meal out of anything talk to New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik. Note to the hungry: this program includes a treat from Kimball’s latest, The Cook’s Illustrated Cookbook.
Sun, Dec 4, 7:30 pm, $29 – PADMA LAKSHMI AND AMANDA HESSER: MEN AND WOMEN IN THE KITCHEN | Table Comes First with Adam Gopnik
Two of the food world’s best-known women talk to New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik about gender roles in the kitchen.
Sun, Dec 4, 8 pm, $29 – HARRY BELAFONTE: MY SONG
The words “Day-o, day-ay-ay-o” are probably going through your head right now. But did you know that Harry Belafonte was the first artist in history to sell more than one million LPs and has won a Tony and an Emmy?
Tue, Dec 13, 8:15 pm, $29 – OUR MOVIES, OURSELVES: JEWS AND FILM
Did you know that Jewish people have been involved in the film business since its inception? It’s true! Daphne Merkin, journalist and former film critic for The New Yorker, lead a panel of producers, filmmakers and critics and look at some of the milestones in this long and complicated relationship between American Jews, the films they made and their influence on American popular culture.
Mon, Dec 19, 8 pm, $29 – CYNDI LAUPER WITH VALERIE SMALDONE
Girls just want to be at 92Y.
