With The Mega Lab's Crispin Nakoa

May 10, 2023

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With Billion Oyster Project's Danielle Bissett

March 23, 2023

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An evening featuring two NationalSawdust+ regulars

February 2, 2023

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Featuring Princeton Atelier artists

February 22, 2020

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An evening with countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim and baritone Lucia Lucas

January 24, 2020

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Featuring Sean Gandini with Caroline Shaw & Mark Stewart with performances by Anthony Roth Costanzo & Gandini Juggling

December 3, 2019

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In association with London Review of Books

November 21, 2019

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MacArthur Award-winning radio host and composer Jad Abumrad (Radiolab, More Perfect) takes part in his fourth NationalSawdust+ program: Covering Home, a playful evening of storytelling and song that explores ideas of home, loss, and migration.

October 1, 2019

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In association with London Review of Books

May 23, 2019

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What do you do when you realize you have everything you think you’ve ever wanted but still feel completely empty? What do you do when it all starts to fall apart?

May 14, 2019

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On April 18, NationalSawdust+ presents an evening of music, spoken word, and conversation linked to the writings of James Baldwin and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

April 18, 2019

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Director Q&A with Jacqueline Woodson

March 31, 2019

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NationalSawdust+ presents the first installment of Paul Muldoon‘s Against the Grain, featuring literary luminaries Jennifer Egan and Kevin Young and the pioneering electronic duo Matmos.

November 15, 2018

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On October 29, NationalSawdust+ and ARRAY present a special screening of Vaya, the stirring new film directed by filmmaker Akin Omotoso.

October 29, 2018

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NS+’s 2018-19 season continues with Gatekeepers, featuring influential figures who spy and cultivate talent across different fields.

September 30, 2018

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In association with Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) and PEN America

September 11, 2018

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As waves of 90s rediscovery and revisionism ebb and flow around her, we still don’t know quite what to say about Whitney Houston, how to situate the woman and her music in the stories we tell ourselves about culture and race, superstardom and tragedy.

June 13, 2018

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How do we perceive beauty? Perception is a foundation of human experience, but how does it actually work? Why do we embrace one piece of music or style but dislike another? How do time and context affect our likes and aversions?

May 24, 2018

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National Sawdust+ presents these two extraordinary thinkers in a rare conversation.

May 18, 2018

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Renowned astrophysicist Mario Livio, Chilean primatologist Isabel Behncke, and composer Paola Prestini take part in an expansive conversation about curiosity, play, evolution, and creativity, moderated by NS+ curator Elena Park.

September 24, 2017

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This program explored Mamie Till’s searing quote, “Let the World See What I Have Seen,” and featured conversations and performances as a range of artists explore the idea of who has the ownership – or the right – to tell which/what stories.

June 11, 2017

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The art of singular American artist Carrie Mae Weems has investigated topics from cultural identity to politics to the consequences of power.

June 2, 2017

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Pussy Riot presents its new music-theater project, PUSSY RIOT THEATRE.

March 17, 2017

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In this National Sawdust+ evening, Maria Popova curates a celebration of cultural and personal heroes.

January 27, 2017

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Two bold voices come together for a provocative National Sawdust+ conversation.

January 15, 2017

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‍On the heels of her acclaimed novel, Another Brooklyn, award-winning writer Jacqueline Woodson (Brown Girl Dreaming, Miracle’s Boys) hosts a National Sawdust+ program showcasing two powerful voices from her borough: Carl Hancock Rux and Toshi Reagon.

December 14, 2016

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After a rousing run at the Newport Jazz Festival, Israeli clarinet virtuoso Anat Cohen brings her Tentet to her home borough of Brooklyn.

October 30, 2016

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This NS+ Talk brings together two mavericks in the world of music and art.

May 8, 2016

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Merely mention their names, and indelible images, sounds, and experiences spring forth.

May 1, 2016

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The music of Laura Nyro has been a touchstone for a generation of artists whose work fills our world, including director Michael Mayer, who fell hard for the singer-songwriter when he first heard her in college. The Tony-award winning director of stage, screen, and opera curates and hosts a National Sawdust+ evening that explores her influence. Mayer will be joined by a handful of his close collaborators: acclaimed composers Jeanine Tesori

April 22, 2016

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For National Sawdust+, Gopnik hosts a program featuring Broadway star and close collaborator Melissa Errico (My Fair Lady, Amour), who will perform songs, new and old, that he has hand-picked.

March 18, 2016

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