12 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, November 15, 2021
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Meet the scientists seeking new insights on COVID-19. This event brings together a group of researchers ...
more >> studying wide-ranging aspects of the current pandemic, to share their research and answer questions from our community. Learn more about their ongoing efforts in the fight against COVID-19, including opportunities for collaboration.
Sammus is a rap artist and producer from Ithaca, NY with a PhD in science and technology studies from ...
more >> Cornell University. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Brown in the music department. Since 2010 Sammus has written, produced, and recorded three full-length albums (one of which has charted in Billboard), three EPs, a collaborative video-game themed concept album with the MC Mega Ran, a critically acclaimed beat tape, and countless one-off collaborations with artists from a variety of genres as well as video game developers, podcasters, and filmmakers. Her story as an artist at the intersections of academia and Afrofuturism has led to performances and speaking engagements at a range of conferences, conventions, festivals and campus events. Her live shows, characterized by her explosive energy and the inclusion of elements of cosplay, bring together a diverse array of activists, hip hop heads, punks, and self-identified nerds and geeks, among others.
Explore the music of Niccolo Paganini, discovering how he fashioned devilish virtuosity out of bel canto ...
more >> melody. Puccini would have applauded the simplicity of the tunes he composed. This is a music listening and discussion group.
A lecture by Brigitte Shim, a professor at the University of Toronto and a principal at Shim-Sutcliffe ...
more >> Architects. She has overseen core design studios, advanced design studios, thesis studios, and courses in the history and theory of landscape architecture. Shim, along with her partner A. Howard Sutcliffe, formed the architectural design practice Shim-Sutcliffe Architects in 1994. Their critical design practice reflects their shared interest in and passion for the integration and interrelated scales of architecture, landscape, and interior and industrial design.
Inspired by the current exhibition You Won’t Bleed Me: How Blaxploitation Posters Defined Cool & Delivered ...
more >> Profits, welcome Dr. Robin Boylorn for an engaging conversation on representations of Black women in blaxploitation films and contemporary popular culture. In this wide ranging talk, Dr. Boylorn will examine hypersexualized portrayals of Black women from the height of the blaxploitation era. She’ll juxtapose these depictions with contemporary representations of Black women in hip hop, scrutinizing the role of agency and authorship in these issues. Questions strongly encouraged!
Many new people are thinking together about what their lives and communities might look like without ...
more >> the violent apparatuses of their governments caging, deporting, and deploying people. Among abolitionists an important question lurks: are we trying to take over our governments, or get rid of them? When we imagine a world without cops, soldiers and cages, do we still imagine having nation states? Is this question different for people who are living under settler colonial governments, such as those in the US and Canada, versus for others? Some people imagine that the state can become a source of care-taking (distributing healthcare, education, housing), and worry that the state is the only thing that can do such care-taking "to scale." Others argue that state care-taking programs are racialized and gendered, structured to stabilize extractive systems, and should be replaced with decentralized mutual aid networks. This event gathers three leading thinkers whose work questions the desire to take over the state, to discuss the stakes of this question for abolitionist work right no
ARTS.BLACK editors Jessica Lynne and Taylor Renee Aldridge talk with organizer, author, mother, and poet ...
more >> Tawana Petty. Petty's words accompany Horace Pippin's painting, "John Brown Going to His Hanging" (1942) at the Artist's Institute. Petty will speak about her organizing work with Petty Propolis and poetry as a form of resistance.
A presentation celebrating PEN International’s launch of its centenary book, PEN International: An ...
more >> Illustrated History. Co-author and President of PEN international Jennifer Clement will be joined by Executive Director Carles Torner discussing the struggle to preserve Tibetan language rights.
Speaker Eva Reign is a Black trans actor and writer originally from St. Louis. Most known as a host for ...
more >> Vice News' Transnational, Reign is also known for her writing which has appeared in publications such as Vogue, The Cut and Highsnobiety. She had a column with Them. entitled "In Bloom" where she wrote about the beauty and strength of Black trans life. She is also a film fellow with Queer|Art, and recently made her feature film debut starring in Billy Porter's What If premiering later next year.
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When a sweet-faced couple shows up on a suburban doorstep, an unsuspecting homeowner finds himself the ...
more >> victim of a surreal home invasion. Using wit and wordplay to mask a more sinister threat, the couple wages a battle over indigenous rights from the living room. An offbeat look at the cycle of violence that fuels our system of private property -- with jokes. Written by Brenda Withers. Must be fully vaccinated.
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The Temple of the Emerald Buddha and the adjoining Grand Palace form the greatest spectacle for the visitor ...
more >> to Bangkok. It consists of over 100 brightly colored buildings, golden spires and glittering mosaics, and dates back to 1782, when Bangkok was founded. When you enter the compound, you first of all see the Emerald Buddha Temple and the nearby attractions, and then move on to the Grand Palace. Get ready to be wowed!
10:00 pm
free, tip supported,...