Co-Curated by Peter Catapano of The New York Times, Ai Weiwei's keynote asks What is America? and what it means that it's image fails to match its actions.

Astra Taylor explains why, at the dawn of a new presidency, solidarity is more meaningful than unity.

In which the Brooklyn Night of Ideas Live Stream merges with the Paris one for a concert by the inimitable Patti Smith.

Salecl argues that we must be careful to discern between convenient truths and actual verifiable ones.

When asked for a monolgue offering advice to America, philosopher Agnes Callard warns against the pitfalls of giving advice in the first place.

In this pointed panel in the aftermath of the Capitol Hill attacks and at the dawn of a new presidency, our panelists contend with versions of America that fall flat.

Traveling between experimental, electronic, North-African, Arabic, or cinematic music Emel Mathlouthi delivers a sound that’s as sensitive and non-conformist as herself, far from clichés and easy categories. Mathlouthi, whose protest song "Kelmti Horra" ("My Word is Free"), became an anthem for the Tunisian revolution and the Arab Spring, will give an intimate concert accompanying herself on guitar.

In a talk that is at once personal, historical and political, acclaimed author Suketu Mehta offers a new vision for United States immigration policy.

From the underground punk scene in a repressive Tehran to the creation of an auxiliary human named YONA, the polymath performer and self-described “software humanist” Ash Koosha lives on the front lines of the musical vanguard, both real and virtual. Created in collaboration with Isabella Winthrop using software that creates sentences, melodies, and singing, YONA produces original compositions via a complex text-to-speech process. Ash and YONA will perform “self-generated” love songs, pushing the boundaries of emotion and humanity in machine collaboration.

Jamieson Webster, author and psychoanalyst, compares Freud's speculation about the ice age with what she saw helping family members of Covid victims grieve.

In arguments bookending the last administration, the historian, author and artist Nell Irvin Painter critiques the use of violent, divisive colorization in public discourse.

The Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) is one of the preeminent organizations dedicated to the vast repertoire of poetry set to music. Its mission is to preserve art song’s direct expressiveness and emotional honesty for today’s audience and future generations.

Traveling between experimental, electronic, North-African, Arabic, or cinematic music Emel Mathlouthi delivers a sound that’s as sensitive and non-conformist as herself, far from clichés and easy categories. Mathlouthi, whose protest song "Kelmti Horra" ("My Word is Free"), became an anthem for the Tunisian revolution and the Arab Spring, will give an intimate concert accompanying herself on guitar.

From the underground punk scene in a repressive Tehran to the creation of an auxiliary human named YONA, the polymath performer and self-described “software humanist” Ash Koosha lives on the front lines of the musical vanguard, both real and virtual. Created in collaboration with Isabella Winthrop using software that creates sentences, melodies, and singing, YONA produces original compositions via a complex text-to-speech process. Ash and YONA will perform “self-generated” love songs, pushing the boundaries of emotion and humanity in machine collaboration.

The ACLU's Emerson Syles unpacks government surveillance and hip hop lyrics.

Mickey Factz compares contractions and paradox in his songs.

Panelists tout their region.

Philosopher Kathryn Sophia Bell and artist Rapsody sit down to talk.

A former NYPD officer on targeting hip-hop artists.