Events at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (next 30 days, Lectures and Panels)en-USArts & Entertainment, Museumshttp://metmuseum.org/feeds/images/met_podcast_logo.jpgEvents at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (next 30 days, Lectures and Panels)http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/ticketed-talks/glittering-images?eid=4029http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/ticketed-talks/glittering-images?eid=4029Glittering Images: An Evening with Camille Paglia in Conversation with Carrie Rebora Barratt<p class="small-text date-text">Ticketed Talk</p>​<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Wednesday, May 22, 6:00 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">$30.00</p>​</p>http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/world-science-festival-2013?eid=A001_%7bBCDA3497-409B-48A8-B672-76062113D6A6%7d_20130403131657http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/world-science-festival-2013?eid=A001_%7bBCDA3497-409B-48A8-B672-76062113D6A6%7d_20130403131657World Science Festival: Art and the Mind<p class="small-text date-text">Free Lecture</p>​Scientists in the relatively new field of neuroaesthetics are probing what it is about art that moves us, using technologies that allow us to study the brain's response in greater detail than ever before.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Sunday, June 2, 3:00&ndash;4:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/origins-of-punk?eid=A001_%7b45E361A9-8263-4149-B3D2-DA3DD35CC283%7d_20130329135147http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/origins-of-punk?eid=A001_%7b45E361A9-8263-4149-B3D2-DA3DD35CC283%7d_20130329135147Origins of Punk<p class="small-text date-text">Free Lecture</p>​Explore the punk evolution in New York and London in a conversation with Jon Savage and Roberta Bayley, moderated by Glenn O'Brien.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Sunday, June 16, 3:00&ndash;4:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/the-cyrus-cylinder-from-ancient-babylon-and-the-beginning-of-the-persian-empire?eid=A001_%7b79E29A9A-98C8-4DDA-A33C-A1679E731664%7d_20130327101743http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/the-cyrus-cylinder-from-ancient-babylon-and-the-beginning-of-the-persian-empire?eid=A001_%7b79E29A9A-98C8-4DDA-A33C-A1679E731664%7d_20130327101743The Cyrus Cylinder from Ancient Babylon and the Beginning of the Persian Empire<p class="small-text date-text">Free Lecture</p>​This program is presented with the exhibition <em>The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting a New Empire</em>.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Thursday, June 20, 5:30&ndash;6:30 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free; Museum admission not required</p>​</p>http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/african-art?eid=A001_%7bA1FB2E0C-14E0-4F8A-8F5C-7C47654935D8%7d_20130314113530http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/lectures-and-panels/free-lectures/african-art?eid=A001_%7bA1FB2E0C-14E0-4F8A-8F5C-7C47654935D8%7d_20130314113530How, When, and Why African Art Came to New York: A Conversation<p class="small-text date-text">Free Lecture</p>​Explore the complex circumstances surrounding the reception of African art by writers, intellectuals, and artists in New York during the 1910s and 1920s.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Friday, June 21, 6:00&ndash;7:00 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>