Mar. 3, The New School, 55 W. 13th St., 2nd floor (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), www.newschool.edu; 6:30, Free.
In stories as in banking, derivatives are often fruitful. In this case, sociologist Aleksandra Wagner’s retelling by memory of a Serbian translation of A Thousand and One Nights is a thousand and one steps away from the original and thus, completely new.The blend of talk and performance isn’t quite spoken word and it isn’t quite speechifying. It is storytelling. Bottom Line: Cliff’s Notes for smart people who like lectures.
