As part of a series sponsored by Cave Canem, a program committed to the cultivation of new voices in African American poetry, the poet Elizabeth Alexander and her teacher and mentor, the Nobel Laureate Derrick Walco read and discuss their work.

New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff interviews architect Frank Gehry for an audience at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York as part of the Fifth Annual Arts and Leisure Weekend in New York City.

ARTonAIR.org Living History presents Jennifer Jason Leigh, A Life at Work, on Stage and Screen. The actress has returned to the New York stage, starring in the new production of Mike Leigh's 1977 satire Abigail's Party, at the New Group.

Who creates food policies? Who produces our food? Is trade fair? For the 23rd event in the series 70 x 7 The Meal, an ongoing project by Lucy and Jorge Orta, policy makers, food producers, artists and scientists have been invited to discuss food.