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The Paley Center for Media, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, leads the discussion about the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms for the professional community and media-interested public.  

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PAST EVENTS:

  • IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION (IDA)
    DocuDay New York 2011
    Saturday, February 26, 2011
    to Sunday, February 27, 2011
    New York Screening Saturday and Sunday
    FREE for Paley Center Members and IDA Members. Members may make reservations now:
    Members reserve for Saturday, Feb. 26
    Members reserve for Sunday, Feb. 27
    Included with admission for the general public.
    The Paley Center and the International Documentary Association (IDA) are pleased to screen the documentaries (features and short subjects), which are nominated for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. These weekend screenings give the Paley Center community and IDA Members a unique chance to see all the documentary films before the Oscar telecast on Sunday evening, February 27. We thank the nominated directors for making their programs available to us.

  • SAVE THE DATE
    Academy Awards Viewing & Voting Party
    Sunday, February 27, 2011; 7:00 pm



    Don't stay home on Awards night! Come watch the Academy Awards in our theater on the big screen with 200 other film fans. There'll be Oscar trivia and history, drinks and snacks, and more! Read More
    Members: $20
    General Public: $25

  • Shooting Poverty
    Short Docs Screening and Reception
    Wednesday, March 2, 2011; 7:00 pm

    The Paley Center is proud to present the winning short documentary of the Shooting Poverty competition exposing the true cost of armed violence on people living in poverty around the world. Read More
    Members: $15
    General Public: $20

  • New York Premiere
    Animals Distract Me
    With Isabella Rossellini & Mario Batali
    Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 6:30 pm
    Tickets still available.
    To attend a private reception with Ms. Rossellini and Mr. Batali, join them for PALEYAFTERDARK/PALEY100. Call 212.621.6780 or email membership@paleycenter.org

  • Members-Only Event
    Gasland
    Friday, April 29, 2011 at 5:30 pm
    Please join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, a screening of the documentary Gasland, and a brief discussion with the filmmaker.
    FREE for Paley Center Members. You must be a Member to attend. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. RSVP Required: email membership@paleycenter.org or call 212.621. 6780

  • The Paley Center's Royal Wedding Viewing Party
    Friday, April 29, 2011
    5:30 am
    New York

    Doors open at 5:30 am
    Note: This is a Free YET ticketed item. Also visit the official page link above to learn of the proper required attire if any.

    See the wedding of this century LIVE from London as HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton tie the knot on Friday, April 29. It will be worth getting to the Paley Center at 5:30 in the morning to gather with other Royal watchers and see the festivities in HD on a theater screen. Tea and scones will be served along with some serious TV wedding trivia, with classic real and fictional weddings playing on the monitors.

  • Christy Turlington Burns'
    No Woman, No Cry
    Monday, May 2, 2011 at 6:30 pm
    In her directorial debut, fashion icon turned maternal health advocate Christy Turlington Burns illuminates the global tragedy of women dying needlessly in pregnancy and childbirth.

  • Women's Voices from the Muslim World
    Monday, May 9, 2011 at 6:30 pm
    The Paley Center, in partnership with Women's Voices Now and the Rubin Museum, will examine how women in the Muslim world are using media to illuminate their personal and cultural environments.

  • Women's Voices from the Muslim World: A Short-Film Festival
    May 14 and 15, 2011
    Women's Voices Now solicited films from women of all faiths living in Muslim-majority countries and Muslim women living as minorities around the world.
    FREE for Members; Included with general admission.

  • Show and Sell: Jerry Della Femina on
    TV's Take on the Ad Game
    Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 6:30 pm
    Advertising legend Jerry Della Femina, one of the real Mad Men, will show and discuss a selection of TV programs dramatizing the advertising game.

  • Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 6:00 pm; Book signing at 5:00 pm
    Filmmaker Mary Murphy’s doc explores the story behind the book and reflects on the significance of its enduring appeal, featuring interviews with Harper Lee’s sister, friends, and admirers. Panel includes: James McBride, Author, The Color of Water; Adriana Trigiani, Author, Big Stone Gap; and Tom Brokaw, NBC News/Author, The Greatest Generation.

    To attend a private reception with the panel, join them for PALEYAFTERDARK/PALEY100. Call 212.621.6780 or email membership@paleycenter.org.

  • Screening and Conversation
    Maria Golovin
    Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 2:00 pm
    Join us for a screening of this rarely performed opera and a conversation with one of the stars, Richard Cross.
    FREE for Members. Included with general admission.

  • Hosted by TV Guide Magazine Editor in Chief, Debra Birnbaum
    Tuesday, May 24, 2011
    American Idol (The Two Finalists Compete) @ 8:00 pm
    Glee @ 9:00 pm
    -Doors open at 7:15 with live performance by the Wilton High School Madrigals
    -Audience karaoke performances during the commercials
    -Light snacks will be served

    What good is sitting, alone in your room? Come, hear the music play! The Paley Center is happy to be the communal living room for fans of American Idol and Glee for their big season finales: Idol is closing out its tenth season as one of the most successful juggernauts in TV history; Glee has redefined the idea of the musical on television in just two years.

    Come watch them both on May 24 on a huge theater screen, in HD. There will be audience karaoke during the commercials, and a live performance by the award-winning Wilton High School Madrigals, under the direction of Betsey DeGroff, from Wilton, CT.

    Can't make it to our "living room"? Follow our live tweets @paleycenter with #PaleyLiveNY #Idol #Glee, and join the conversation from wherever you are.
    Tickets for Paley Members on sale now: $15
    To General Public on May 13 at noon: $20

  • The Onion: Celebrating 1,000 Issues of Prize-Worthy Journalism
    Tuesday, June 21, 7:00 pm
    In Person: Joe Garden, Features Editor; John Krewson, Sports Editor; Kate Palmer, Editorial Manager; Seth Reiss, Head Writer; Will Tracy, Associate Editor
    Moderator: Anderson Cooper
    Members: $10
    General Public: $15

  • Syfy Tweet-Up
    Thursday, July 7, 6:30 pm
    In Person: Thomas Vitale, EVP, Programming and Original Movies
    Craig Engler, SVP and General Manager, Syfy Digital
    Come to the Paley Center via a Twitter invite to get answers about Syfy programming from top execs.
    General Public: To receive soon to be Tweeted official invite with RSVP details, follow Syfy on Twitter @syfy.
    Members: Email Membership@paleycenter.org to make reservations.

  • Preview Screening
    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
    Tuesday, July 12, 6:30 pm
    In Person: Wayne Wang, Director; Wendi Murdoch, Producer; Florence Sloan, Producer; Lisa See, Book Author
    Join us for an advance screening of the film based on the best-selling book by Lisa See.
    FREE for Members
    General Public: Tickets are on sale on Saturday, June 11 at noon.

  • Writing Movies for Fun and Profit
    Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant
    Wednesday, July 13, 6:30 pm
    In Person: Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant
    The writers of MTV's beloved cult sketch show The State and Comedy Central's Reno 911 will hold forth on the process of selling out while cashing huge checks...otherwise known as mainstream Hollywood screenwriting.
    Members: Tickets on sale now.
    General Public: Tickets are on sale on Saturday, June 11 at noon. 

  • Ground Zero Ceremonies
    September 11, 2011
    Watch the tenth anniversary commemoration activities at Ground Zero live in HDTV on the giant screen in our Bennack Theater.
    Members: FREE
    General Public: FREE
    Make Reservations

  • Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop & the Crack Generation
    September 12, 2011
    7:00 pm ET
    New York
    IN PERSON
    Ice-T
    Azie Faison, Former Cocaine Kingpin
    Freeway Rick Ross, Former Crack Kingpin
    Nelson George, Journalist
    Martin Torgoff, Producer, Planet Rock
    Richard Lowe, Producer, Planet Rock 
    Moderator: Barry Michael Cooper, Journalist/Author, New Jack City
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  • Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film!
    September 22, 2011
    The Paley Center is proud to present a screening of Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film!, a look at the burgeoning alternative comedy scene in the tradition of great rock documentaries including The Last Waltz and Woodstock. A festival favorite, Tell Your Friends! features such alt comedy luminaries as Reggie Watts, Kristen Schaal, Janeane Garofalo, and Marc Maron, among others. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers and a selection of the iconoclastic comics seen in the film.
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  • Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
    September 24, 2011
    IN PERSON
    Mark York, Executive Producer, The Ziegfeld Society
    Loria Parker, "Fanny Brice," Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
    Walter Willison, "Frank Carter," Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
    FREE for Paley Center Members 
    Included with general admission 

  • We Love Lucy: Screenings @ the Paley Center
    September 28, 2011 - October 30, 2011
    FREE for Paley Center Members 
    Included with general admission 
    2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of "The First Lady of Television," Lucille Ball, on August 6 and the 60th anniversary of the debut of I Love Lucy on October 15. The Paley Center is offering screenings of four compilation packages of programming from the collection to celebrate these milestones, including many programs not seen since their original airing.

  • Musicals on Television: Twice-Told Tales
    October 1-2, 2011
    Saturday, October 1, 2011
    to Sunday, October 2, 2011
    FREE for Paley Center Members
    Included with general admission 
    As part of the annual New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), the Paley Center will screen different musical “takes” on Cinderella and Peter Pan. Two of these programs made television history; the other two are rarities that have not been seen since their broadcasts in the 1970s. The Paley Center has partnered with NYMF each season since the festival began in 2004.

  • World Pulse Live
    October 18, 2011
    IN PERSON
    Martha Llano, Colombia 
    Shekina, Cameroon 
    Sarvina Kang, Cambodia
    Join us in welcoming three amazing women representing the energy and optimism of the World Pulse community to the U.S. for the first time to lift their voices. These grassroots leaders will reveal how they are using the power of new media and technology to change lives and create solutions on the frontlines of today's most pressing issues.
    General Public: $15
    Buy Tickets

  • International Documentary Association Event
    February 16, 2012
    Screening of an Academy Award-nominated documentary and discussion.
    See the Nominated Docs
    Saturday, February 25 and Sunday, February 26, 2012
    The Paley Center and the International Documentary Association (IDA) are pleased to screen the documentaries (features and short subjects), which are nominated for the 84th Academy Awards. These weekend screenings give the Paley Center community and IDA Members a unique chance to see all the documentary films before the Oscar telecast on Sunday evening, February 26. We thank the nominated directors for making their programs available to us.
    FREE for Paley Center Members
    Included with General Admissio

  • Who Do You Think You Are? With Lisa Kudrow
    Wednesday, February 22, 2012; 6:30 pm

    Join us for an exciting program with the original creator of NBC's Who Do You Think You Are?, Alex Graham, along with executive producers Lisa Kudrow, Dan Bucatinsky, and Jennifer O'Connell, and Josh Hanna of Ancestry.com. We will also be joined by special guests featured in the upcoming season.
    Tickets On Sale Now.

  • Project Runway All Stars: The Dresses!
    On Display in the New York Paley Center for 10 Days Only
    January 20 to February 2, 2012

    Courtesy of Lifetime, the actual, fabulous creations from eleven of the designers will be on display for fans to see the artistry of the designs for themselves. The designers represented are Kenley Collins, Michael Costello, Gordana Gehlausen, Mondo Guerra, Mila Hermanovski, Kara Janx, April Johnston, Rami Kashou, Austin Scarlett, Jerell Scott, and Anthony Williams.

    Do you know who won?
    FREE for Paley Center Members
    Included with General Admission.
    Become a Member Today.

  • The Paley Center for Media's Academy Awards Viewing Party
    Featuring Live Commentary By
    A.O. Scott and David Carr of The New York Times
    Sunday, February 26, 2012; 6:30 pm

    Come walk the red carpet and join them for a great party experience watching the 84th Academy Awards at The Paley Center for Media. This year, the New York Times will originate its live video coverage from the Paley Center, with chief film critic A.O. Scott and Media Equation columnist David Carr offering analysis and engaging with the audience in our Bennack Theater during the commercial breaks. There will be trivia questions with prizes, voting from your seat, food and drink, and all the fashion triumphs and disasters on a theater-sized screen in HD.
    Tickets
    $25 for Paley Members, on sale now.
    $40 for General Public on Sat., January 28
    Become a Member now to get the early sale date & ticket discount.
    Beer has been lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery.
  • Screenings to Salute
    50 Years of Comedy
    Hey, Hey, Hey...
    It's Bill Cosby
    January 11 to March 4, 2012; 12:30 pm

    FREE for Paley Center Members
    Included with general admission

    See Cosby's rare early TV work:
    1/25 to 2/5: Cosby's 1970 special featuring Roberta Flack & his '71 special with Burgess Meredith, Nancy Wilson, and Dizzy Gillespie
    2/8 to 2/19: The Cos's early '70s variety series that had guest stars like Harry Belafonte, Lily Tomlin, Peter Sellers, and (a rare appearance by) Sidney Poitier
    2/22 to 3/4: See other rarities from the Cos-mology, such as the first Fat Albert special, which has been out of circulation for years, and Bill's appearances on many talk/variety shows
  • Luminance
    An Exhibit of New Media Video Work
    February 8 to April 1, 2012

    This exhibit examines the new ways we can physically experience television and video through a series of interactive installations that move, emote, and react to the presence of a viewer.

    Curated by Gabriel Barcia-Colombo in collaboration with commentary by Paley Center curator Ron Simon, featuring the work of students and alumni from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University.
    FREE for Paley Center Members
    Included with General Admission
  • An Evening with Christopher Plummer
    Monday, May 7, 2012; 6:00 pm

    The Paley Center is happy to celebrate stage and screen artist Christopher Plummer's television work (including Hamlet at Elsinore, Little Moon of Alban, and The Thornbirds).
    Tickets On Sale Now.

 

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