Thirty-one scholars from the U.S. and other countries will present new research on abolition, Civil War ... more >> and Reconstruction, gender and sexuality, archives, memory and identity, photography, the search for freedom, and public history.
This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for ... more >> over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World ... more >> Trade Center, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. These are neighborhoods that simply can’t be fully appreciated from a bus. There will be one or two opportunities to sample tasty treats.
Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, ... more >> however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, ... more >> food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
Join a Manhattan Street Art Tour and experience the Lower East Side - SoHo, NoHo, Nolita and Little Italy. ... more >> The Lower East Side of Manhattan is a playground for street artists, Soho is known to be one of NYC first permit Joint Live-Work Quarters for artists and the area received landmark designation in 1973. Noho and Nolita’s street art is either hidden in courtyards or on the more prominent street art facades. Learn about the history of the art of many famous and unknown artist.
You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central ... more >> Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
Nicholas Hlobo’s performance feature dress-clad men. Hlobo’s interest in engaging with historical ... more >> objects from domestic interiors contribute to each work’s conceptual and material multiplicity. He adopts the Singer sewing machines, workstation and other apparatus that symbolize industrial self-sufficiency whilst critically observing prescribed gender roles that shape domesticity, labor, and globalization.
A daylong international summit on curatorial activism featuring speakers including Hans Ulrich Obrist, ... more >> Ute Meta Bauer, Hou Hanru, and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev plans to address issues including civil rights, environmental protections, scientific research, and free speech.
A multi-neighborhood tour of the Lower Manhattan area. The tour begins on Wall Street, where you will ... more >> see the New York Stock Exchange and Trinity Church before moving on the the World Trade Center and City Hall. We then move on by subway to visit the largest Chinatown in the United States. Following Chinatown, the tour will continue on through Little Italy and on to SoHo.
The Book of Unknown Americans by Christina Henriquez - When fifteen year old maribel Rivera sustains ... more >> a terrible injury, the Riveras leave behind a comfortable life in Mexico and risk everything to come to the United States so that Maribel can have the care she needs.
About 8 miles, 4 to 5 hours. Meet at Broadway and 168 Street and travel east to Highbridge Park where ... more >> they will view the Highbridge over the Harlem River. From Highbridge Park travel south past Jackie Robinson Park to City College. If desired take detour to visit the colonial Morris-Jumel Mansion. From City College walk to Saint Nicholas Park, Morningside Park and over to Central Park. In Central Park stop at the Dana Discovery Center and the Conservatory Garden. The hike will end at the Museum of the City of New York, which has an exhibit about the Croton Aqueduct system. Suggested admission $18.00, but pay what you wish.
Bob Dylan, Richard Pryor, Edgar Allen Poe, Jane Jacobs, James Baldwin, Jack Kerouac, Dave Attell, Patti ... more >> Smith, Joan Baez, and Truman Capote are just a few of the thousands of accomplished artists, writers, radicals, and performers who made their way through Greenwich Village. This tour, primarily focusing on the 1950s onward, visits the hangouts that have defined legendary people and the spirit of this iconic neighborhood.
OMG NYC is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - the ancient ... more >> art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws.
Program: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550 "Great" (1788). Johannes Brahms ... more >> Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (1854-1876). An astonishing 23,000 people requested tickets for the live-taping of Arturo Toscanini’s inaugural radio concert conducting the newly founded NBC Symphony Orchestra. On December 25, 1937, performances of Mozart’s Great G Minor Symphony and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 were broadcast live from studio 8H into millions of households, uplifting a nation still struggling through the Great Depression. The library draws a sonic portrait of Christmas Day, 1937, with a presentation of Toscanini’s first NBC broadcast and other radio recordings from the time.
Program: Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54, No. 2 Claude Debussy String Quartet in G minor ... more >> A performance by the Diller-Quaile String Quartet.
Be Calm Camilla is an airy, witty, romantic fairy tale of Broadway ran for months in 1918. It is smart, ... more >> snappy, up-to-date, This adroit, epigrammatic writer knows Broadway life to its core. Her humorous fancy finds wide swing in the droll story of the artless Wisconsin girl who went to the big cynical city to challenge fame and fortune as a pianist. Written by Claire Kummer.
About 4 miles, moderately paced. See a shrine on the Grand Concourse, visit Lehman College (CUNY) and ... more >> its Marcel Breuer-designed art gallery, and explore the nearby neighborhoods of Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village. There'll also be the site of a mysterious apparition; the revelation of history-making at Lehman; exemplary worker housing; a reservoir and its parks; and Revolutionary era fortifications. End at Broadway and 231st Street. Steady rain cancels. Bring lunch and water. Must call to confirm that walk is on.
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt. While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist ... more >> and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future. 128 min.
If you collect, read, or are just interested in classic pulp magazines, you want to know about the Gotham ... more >> Pulp Collectors Club. They are pulp readers and collectors who meet once a month to talk about their favorite subject: popular fiction magazines from the first half of the 20th century. They discuss what they've been reading along with new developments in the fields of reprints, movies, TV, auctions, conventions, "new pulp" fiction, and more.
A one-day scholarly seminar celebrating current scholarship on American understandings of the Russian ... more >> Revolution at its centenary. "How to Teach a Revolution: Americans in 1917, Historians Today," Susan Smith-Peter, Associate Professor of History, College of Staten Island/ CUNY “The Demise of a Historic Friendship and the Rise of an American Crusade for a Free Russia: American-Russian Relations, 1881-1917,” David Fogelsong, Professor of History, Rutgers University “Russia's Revolution: Varying American Eyewitness Perspectives,” Ben Whisenhunt, Professor of History, College of DuPage “The Russian Journey of an American Newspaperwoman: A Revolution in the Making in Bessie Beatty’s Bulletin Dispatches,” Dr. Lyubov Ginzburg, Independent Scholar “’The Bolshevik of Wall Street’: William Boyce Thompson and the American Red Cross Mission to Russia, 1917-1918,” Peter Scasny, Graduate Student, College of Staten Island/ CUNY
Nicholas Hlobo’s performance feature dress-clad men. Hlobo’s interest in engaging with historical ... more >> objects from domestic interiors contribute to each work’s conceptual and material multiplicity. He adopts the Singer sewing machines, workstation and other apparatus that symbolize industrial self-sufficiency whilst critically observing prescribed gender roles that shape domesticity, labor, and globalization.
New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists ... more >> from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick.
The tour explores the social and political history of the one of the most active and most famous squares ... more >> in NYC through discussions about the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped its surroundings. You’ll hear how the square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on the famous sculpture and so much more! The tour takes place every Saturday.
Stars: Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm. After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young ... more >> getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail. 112 min.
Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara. Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers ... more >> Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home cause confusion. 76 min.
Stars: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter. A Pakistan-born comedian and grad student fall in love ... more >> but struggle as their cultures clash. 120 min.
You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central ... more >> Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
Speaker, trainer, and certified professional coach, Barbara Phillips, will identify practical tools for ... more >> getting greater control over how you manage your time and life in a world of increasing “overwhelm and distraction.”
Winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, Dogtooth is a darkly funny look ... more >> at three teenagers confined to their parents' isolated country estate and living in an absurd, nightmarish experiment of manipulation and oppression. 98 min. In Greek with English subtitles.
Bill Lewis returns for another concert/cabaret offering. His unique arrangements will include the music ... more >> of Purcell/Bucchino, Scheer/Morricone, Strauss and Chopin among others.
Staged reading of a new play written by Cesi Davidson. Blacks move near Clayton and Naomi's country ... more >> home. They find themselves confronting issues about race, politics, gender, and entitlement in a personal way. Gretchen, one of the new neighbors, considers if it is possible to coexist. If not, what can be done? This play is ripe for intelligent discussion. All adults are welcome. Please bring your authentic self.
Curated by Ishmael Houston-Jones, the DraftWork series hosts informal, free Saturday afternoon performances ... more >> that offer choreographers an opportunity to show their work in various stages of development. Performances are followed by discussion and a reception with the artists and curator. With: Meredith Glisson / Kristopher Pourzal
1891. Wilhelm, Germany. A group of children struggle against the ebb and flow of their sexual awakening. ... more >> Led by their burgeoning curiosity out of the jaws of a restrictive society, the unfettered choices they make will lead them either to adulthood – or extinction. Written by Frank Wedekind.
1891. Wilhelm, Germany. A group of children struggle against the ebb and flow of their sexual awakening. ... more >> Led by their burgeoning curiosity out of the jaws of a restrictive society, the unfettered choices they make will lead them either to adulthood – or extinction. Written by Frank Wedekind.
Forty-five minute organ meditations celebrating the diverse repertoire of the pipe organ. The program ... more >> features the great repertoire of the organ on the 101-rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor and Boody Organ Builders. Takes place every Saturday from Sept. 9, 2017 to May 27, 2018.
This two-day conference aims to foster discussion about the relationship between art and power, including ... more >> reflections on the appropriation of visual and print culture by political regimes; the intersections of **so-called high culture and popular culture in dictatorships or periods of political crisis**; and the constructions of history in light of current events.
Gregory Forstner and Alun Williams discuss Forstner’s first ever monograph covering over 15 years of ... more >> work, which includes texts by Gilles Fuchs, Henry-Claude Cousseau, and Caroline Hancock.
Tenor Joshua Blue does double duty on the concert stage and in the opera house. The first-place winner ... more >> of the 2017 Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition, Blue is also a Gerdine Young Artist with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. His concert performances include Bach’s Mass in B-Minor and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. He has sung tenor roles in operas by Mozart, Donizetti, Puccini, Britten, and others. Pianist Chris Reynolds is a prizewinning recitalist and a staff member of The Juilliard School, where he specializes in vocal work. Performers: Joshua Blue, Tenor Chris Reynolds, Piano
Earlier this year, Jan Wagner won the prestigious Georg Büchner Prize of the German Academy for Language ... more >> and Literature. The jury praised his poems for the way they “combine playful use of words and masterful command of form, musical sensuality and intellectual concision.” English-speaking readers now have the opportunity to experience his poetry in translation in a new volume of his poems,The Art of Topiary (Milkweed Press, 2017). On the occasion of this publication, Wagner and his translator David Keplinger join renowned American poet Yusef Komunyakaa for a reading of their poetry in German and in English, followed by a brief discussion.
Founded in 1984 under the guidance and inspiration of the late conductor and tenor Chongmao Zhu, Chinese ... more >> Musical Arts, Inc., doing business as Haiyun Chorus, has been a New York State-registered not-for-profit organization for the past 30 years, Its goal is to introduce the Chinese vocal music to the audience of New York metropolitan areas and, through various performances and vocal renditions, to create a better understanding of the Chinese culture, arts, and tradition.
Tangos, Sambas, Jongos performed by Katty Mayorga and Rob Adler on classical guitar, with flutist Jamie ... more >> Lee from JKLM duo. Brizzo, a Latin Rock band, follows the trio.
Program: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Fantasia in A Minor Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) Sonata (1927) ... more >> Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) Madrigal In Memoriam Oleg Kagan (1990) J.S. Bach (1685 -1750) Partita in D Minor BWV 1004 Violinist Natasha Lipkina plays a concert showcasing solo violin works from Baroque and 20th century.
New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native ... more >> tribes, lost opportunities and political intrigue. With almost every step one takes through the West Village, one encounters the ghosts and spirits of New York City’s past. Every corner has its stories, every building has its haunted spirits.
The CSI Chamber Players (College of Staten Island) perform. The Society for Jewish Folk Music was founded ... more >> in 1908 by composition students in St. Petersburg who, during the late-19th-century wave of nationalist composition (exemplified by Sibelius, Grieg, and Dvorak), wished to promote expressly the flourishing of Jewish music. The Society, which remained in existence until the advent of World War II, fostered the creation of a large repertoire of beautiful compositions in many genres.
New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the ... more >> sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline. NOTE** THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS. Please note they do utilize the subway on this tour so you will need $5 for subway.
Spectrum Stage Works is a new all-university theatre organization dedicated to diversity and equity in ... more >> the performing arts. In their debut production, Admissions by Tony Vellela, “racism and hidden prejudices surface when seven college students lock themselves in the president’s office to protest tuition hikes. As outside pressures mount, they must confront feelings which tear apart the personal relationships within the group, and threaten the success of their action.”