Live Stream Kara Walker & Jad Abumrad’s NYPL Talk

May 20th, 2014

Brown sugar, white sugar, molasses, rum, sugar baby, sugar cookie, sugar daddy—seems we all need a little sugar! But wait! There’s more to sugar than meets the eye or the tongue.

As part of the New York Public Library’s “LIVE from the NYPL” series, tonight at 7 pm Kara Walker will speak with Jad Abumrad (of Radiolab) about the history and meaning of sugar. Their conversation will follow the route of the triangle trade, from Africa to America, from ancient monuments to modern appetites, from behemoth, crumbling temples of industry to the laborers and slaves often unseen in those histories.

The event has long been sold out, but watch the live stream here!