He is chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, assuming America still has public health despite the Trump/Musk predations, or for that matter, still has Columbia University. Music: Caitlan Warbelow. Wednesday, March 26, 2:00 Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W 168 StreetThis is a … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: March 2025
525: Zalmen Mlotek, Steven Skybell
“Isaac Bashevis Singer called my mother the Sherlock Holmes of Yiddish songs,” says Zalmen. His family heritage and Steven’s splendid singing were big factors in the triumph of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. Presented by the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Continue reading »
524: Charles Busch
“My life was a bit like the plot of Auntie Mame,” says this actor, writer, and drag legend. He’s got stories about Linda Lavin, Christopher Isherwood, Lily Tomlin, Angela Landsbury, Vivien Leigh, Marlene Dietrich. Plus, he sings. Accompanist: Jono Mainelli. Produced with 54 Below. Continue reading »
523: Peter Fong
He led an expedition down Mongolia’s Selenge River, described in his book Rowing to Baikal. “To me the river is like a god, a god that I can be in conversation with. I feel like it’s alive. I don’t always understand it, but I don’t understand God either.” A conversation at the Explorers Club. Continue reading »