Legendary talk-show host Dick Cavett will be our special guest at Socrates in the City on June 23rd! Eric will interview him on “Celebrity, Fame, and other small topics,” followed by our traditional Q&A with the SITC audience. By Groucho’s mustache — that could be you!!! For more info, click here!
If you missed the April 9th event commemorating the 65th anniversary of Bonhoeffer’s death at the hands of the Nazis, click here to watch the video. The first twelve minutes are me introducing myself. The next part is the talk, followed by the lively Q&A. We’re thrilled to finally have captured an SITC event on video for all to see! Enjoy it and please share it with your friends! To buy this book at B&N, click here! To buy it at Amazon.com, click here! To buy it at CBD, click here!
The next SITC event is Feb. 9th! Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse will speak on “Can We Talk? Why the Same-Sex Marriage Issue Has Become So Toxic.” Register by clicking here.
Last spring some folks at Redeemer Presbyterian here in Manhattan asked me to participate in their “New Birth Portrait Series.” These are short videos that tell the story of one’s “faith journey”. One of the directors, David Plant, sent me the first “New Birth Portrait” they had completed. The subject was my good friend Alan Kleinberg (pictured above), and it was simply spectacular. My own “New Birth Portrait” will be out this month. In the meantime, watch this one — and watch the ones about Lolita Jackson and Ellie Ellsworth, both also dear friends.
Have you registered yet?? Our 2nd Annual SITC Christmas Gala will be on Dec. 8th at the University Club (54th & Fifth Ave.). If you were there last year you know it’s not to be missed! Our special Gala speaker is Dinesh D’Souza, speaking on the subject of his killer new book, Life After Death: The Evidence. For more info, click here — and to see the photos from last year’s event, click here. Celebrities ‘n’ fun surprises galore! See you and Santa on the 8th!
The extraordinary Harvard Astronomer Dr. Owen Gingerich will be our guest speaker at Socrates in the City on Nov. 17th. His accomplishments are staggering. He was famous at Harvard for using an unorthodox teaching style, including propelling himself out of the classroom with a fire extinguisher, and coming to class dressed in the garb of a 16th century Latin scholar. He’s also successfully observed twelve total solar eclipses and has had an asteroid named after him. NOW how much would you pay?? To register for this fab event, click here.
For more on the amazing Dr. Gingerich, click here. We hope you can join us on Nov. 17th!
Just go to www.socratesinthecity.com and register for our emails and you’re in! Because according to GOD IS BACK: How the Global Rise of Faith Will Change the World, an acclaimed new book by two Economist magazine journalists, “Socrates in the City holds discussions on ‘the examined life’ for Manhattan’s smart set.” SITC is mentioned alongside the Trinity Forum and the C.S. Lewis Institute as examples of faith-friendly efforts among the high-brow circuit. Of course.
For a fab article on the subject of whether God really is back — or ever left — in the current issue of World magazine, click here. It’s by my friend Marvin Olasky, Provost at Manhattan’s King’s College. Must reading.
If you are already receiving Socrates emails, you are — of course — already part of “Manhattan’s smart set”. And congrats to you! But if you aren’t receiving them — good grief, by all means click here and sign up before anyone knows you haven’t already done so! And register for our Juen 20th, with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, which is selling extremely briskly, so hurry!
If you or anyone you know will be in the New York City area on May 18th, please join us for a spectacular Socrates in the City evening with the Chief Rabbi of the UK, Sir Jonathan Sacks. Former Prime MInister Tony Blair has called him “truly a towering figure in the intellectual life of Britain today.” For details and to register, please click here.
Can you imagine a four-time-Tony-nominated actress like Tovah Feldshuh (Golda’s Balcony) starring in a well-reviewed Broadway production that is essentially pro-God and pro-life?? Don’t even try. Just go and see Irena’s Vow at the Walter Kerr Theatre. I saw it two nights ago and was stunned that this true story about a Catholic Polish woman who hides twelve Jews from the Nazis had been had been allowed to retain its pro-God and pro-life point of view. My Bonhoeffer book — due out in October! — obviously deals with the subject of Jews in Nazi Germany, so seeing it dealt with as artfully and truthfully as it was in this play was hugely encouraging, not to say very inspiring. At the end of the play, Irena’s daughter came out and answered audience questions. Amazing. Treat yourself to a night at the theater and go see Irena’s Vow.
On Lincoln’s birthday (Feb. 12th), I had the honor of meeting Martin Luther King III (see below), and on February 4th — the birthday of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (who was very involved in the Harlem Black community during his year at Union) — I was the emcee for an AID for the World Gala at the Museum of Natural History. It was “An Evening with the Honorable Colin Powell”, who was very personable and humble — and best of all, laughed at my dumb jokes. The Chief of Staff to the President of Burundi was also there. His remarks were in French. I wasn’t sure what he said, but translated it as: “That was the best salad I’ve ever had in my life.” It was a great salad. But seriously, folks, AID for the World is an extraordinary organization, ever better than the salad. It’s led by my friend, Carl Keyes. Please check it out and, if you feel led to do so, write them a check. They are doing God’s work around the world. Here’s their website.