Can't Miss It: Monday
FILM: If you see only one documentary about fonts this year, make it Helvetica.
New York taxi numbers are also in Helvetica. The font is on IRS tax forms, U.S. mailboxes, and ConEd trucks. The 50-year-old sans serif font spells out countless logos: Sears. Bloomingdale’s. JCPenney. Crate & Barrel. Target. Fendi. Jeep. Toyota. Energizer. Oral-B. MetLife. Nestlé. Once you realize Helvetica is everywhere, says Hustwit, "you just can’t stop thinking about it."
BOOKS: At Town Hall, journalist E.J. Dionne argues in his book Souled Out that the era of the religious right is over. He claims that the great religious traditions have always refused to be mere props for the powers that be, and that atheist writers such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens are hyper-literate, abrasive gifts to believers, because they demand that believers live up to their proclaimed values and embrace scientific and philosophical inquiry. Did we mention he's been on NPR?
7:30pm // Town Hall, // Tickets: $5 at the door
CONVERSATION: John Boylan sets up shop on the lower level of CHAC for a moderated discussion about dance: "the urge to dance, the state of dance, the power of dance, remembrance of dance." Formerly an editor of the visual arts magazine Reflex, John Boylan is a writer, editor, activist, and member of the Arts Corps board of directors.
7:30pm // CHAC, 1621 12th Ave // FREE
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