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Highlights the 11th International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies forum organized by the William Alanson White Institute in Brooklyn in New York, New York in May 2000. Topics discussed in the congress; Schedule of activities; List of speakers and participants.

The article discusses the highlights of the "Obama Meets the World: Realities and Recommendations for a New Administration" symposium held at the March 2009 Dialogue Left Forum at Pace University in New York City. The symposium features four presenters and discussed issues related to U.S. President Barack Obama's capacity to change, including educational reform, peace in the Middle east and foreign policy. The limitations of the symposium are cited. Overview of the papers presented at the symposium are also provided.

The article discusses Soviet composer Dimitri Shostakovich's trip to the U.S. in 1949 and his participation in the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace, held at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City. It examines the purposes of Shostakovich's trip, his anxiety concerning the trip, and the attitude of creative artists from Communist countries during the Cold War. The article attempts to utilize Shostakovich's experiences to examine the contradictions between his official role at the conference and his private thoughts about the conference and relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

Considers the exhibition "The Street" by Claes Oldenburg as a means of thinking about the possibilities for and limitations of New York City, in view of the giant, highly controversial, program of modernist urban renewal then reshaping much of the city. Significance of the book "The Steadyflow Traffic System," by Fritz Marcher to U. S. urban traffic engineering; Description of the show; Information on a symposium attended by Oldenburg.