John Reed, associate professor of writing across media at The New School, joins us to discuss his new book, A Drama in Time: The New School Century. John will be joined by David Van Zandt, president of The New School, to talk about hosting The Festival of New, which runs through October 6.

Events:

Friday, October 4 at 6pm: Alumna Anna Sui "At the Parsons Table” with New School faculty member and former New York Times critic, Paul Goldberger
Friday, October 4 at 8pm: Moth StorySLAM, an open-mic storytelling competition hosted by the acclaimed non-profit group

Saturday, October 5 at 2:30: Screening of Alumna Dr. Ruth Westheimer's new movie "Ask Dr. Ruth" followed by a conversation with alumni Bill Ritter

Saturday, October 5 at 8pm: A Performance of faculty member John Cage’s historically significant work, MUSICIRCUS

Sunday, October 6 at 3pm: A performance by John Zorn and Laurie Anderson at The Stone

Sunday, October 6 at 6pm: A conversation with Aasif Mandvi, New School faculty member Alex Aleinikoff and Kwame Anthony Appiah moderated by NPR's Deborah Amos titled "New Narratives: Immigration and the Peopling of America"

Sunday, October 6 at 6pm: Comedy Special with alumni and SNL writer Julio Torres and alum Spike Einbinder 
and Reed will give a reading at Printed Matter at the Swiss Institute on October 25.