Perspectives on Performance with Naomi Fry

Headshot for Naomi Fry

Date and Time

November 17, 2026
06:30PM - 08:00PM EST

Location

12 Holyoke Street (Room 203)

Theater, Dance & Media's Perspectives on Performance welcomes cultural critic and New Yorker staff writer Naomi Fry! Join us and Fry for her talk entitled "Hot, Sexy, Dead" and discussion on culture, art, artists, various media apparatus, and the zeitgeist as a whole. Free and open to all!

Poster for the Perspectives on Performance talk "Hot, Sexy, Dead" with Naomi Fry on November 17 from 6:30 to 8 pm

Hot, Sexy, Dead

Fry will read an essay from her book-in-progress, in which she'll discuss the Reagan 80s, teen sexual longing, and Jim Morrison.

More about Naomi Fry

Naomi Fry, a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2018, covers books, art, and popular culture. She is a regular contributor to the weekly column Critic's Notebook, a co-host of the magazine's culture podcast, Critics at Large, and is currently working on a book of essays for Viking. Fry has taught at New York University and the Rhode Island School of Design. She grew up in Israel and Seattle, and now lives in Brooklyn.  

This Perspectives on Performance event is supported by the Provostial Fund for Arts and Humanities.

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