BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Downtown Alliance - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Downtown Alliance X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://downtownny.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Downtown Alliance REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T171909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T171909Z UID:37788-1620759600-1620759600@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Growing Up Jewish: Art And Storytelling DESCRIPTION:Jacqueline Kott-Wolle is a contemporary artist in Highland Park\, Illinois whose paintings explore the people and experiences that have shaped her distinctly North American brand of Jewish identity. These people include Holocaust survivors like Kott-Wolle’s parents and others in her community growing up. “They existed in living color for me – in their printed sundresses\, socks and sandals\, with numbers tattooed on their arms\,” she writes. “Some of them had haunted looks in their eyes and seemed burdened with a profound sadness that kept them at the edge of anger while others were brimming with gratitude and optimism as they rebuilt their lives in Canada. All of them viewed my generation as walking miracles on earth.” Join Kott-Wolle for a presentation and discussion of “Growing Up Jewish – Art & Storytelling\,” a series of 35 oil paintings and stories about Jewish identity in North America and how it transmits from one generation to the next. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/growing-up-jewish-art-and-storytelling/ LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T171910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T171910Z UID:37789-1620759600-1620759600@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Pen Parentis May Salon DESCRIPTION:Season finale of the Pen Parentis literary salon features readings and a roundtable with the writers Alice Elliott Dark\, Sergio Troncoso\, and Joshua Henkin. Interactive Q&A with audience participation. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/pen-parentis-may-salon/ LOCATION:Pen Parentis CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/christina-and-MM-De-Voe-ox2qcE.tmp_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210512T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210512T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T171926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T171926Z UID:37796-1620838800-1620838800@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen: Featuring Patricia Spears Jones DESCRIPTION:Person Place Thing is an interview show based on this idea: people are particularly engaging when they speak not directly about themselves but about something they care about. Guests talk about one person\, one place\, and one thing that are important to them. The result? Surprising stories from great speakers. Host Randy Cohen will be interviewing poet Patricia Spears Jones. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/person-place-thing-with-randy-cohen-featuring-patricia-spears-jones/ CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Patricia-Spears-Jones-Photo-Credit-Rachel-Eliza-Griffiths-ZcOpy2.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210513T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210530T000000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T171938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T171938Z UID:37799-1620864000-1622332800@downtownny.com SUMMARY:En Garde Arts' A Dozen Dreams DESCRIPTION:At the start of the global pandemic\, En Garde Arts asked a dozen NYC-based women playwrights\, “What are you dreaming about right now?” They shared their stories of resilience and imagining a better future – dreams of flying\, traveling\, and grappling with what it means to be an artist right now. We are bringing their dreams to life in an immersive installation of sets\, lights\, video\, and sound. Audience members will be socially-distanced as they move through the installation\, where they will see some of the most powerful articulators of our time reflect upon our world today. A Dozen Dreams is not appropriate for small children. There is adult language and some references to violence. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/en-garde-arts-a-dozen-dreams/ LOCATION:Brookfield Place CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Winter-Garden-with-stars-blue-eq1TlK.tmp_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210210T155427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210311T200910Z UID:33639-1621000800-1621000800@downtownny.com SUMMARY:“Citizen 865: The Hunt For Hitler’s Hidden Soldiers In America” Book Talk DESCRIPTION:Join former Museum Director Dr. David G. Marwell (Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death) for a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Debbie Cenziper about her new book Citizen 865: The Hunt for Hitler’s Hidden Soldiers in America. This powerful\, character-driven story recounts the search for the SS trainees who helped murder 1.7 million Polish Jews and later hid in plain sight in cities and suburbs across America. It was at a dinner party in Washington D.C. when Cenziper first learned of the Office of Special Investigations (OSI)\, a small unit in a far- flung office inside the Department of Justice\, tasked with prosecuting Nazi war criminals who fled to the United States after World War II. And she found that the story of one crucial investigation – spanning more than two decades and among the department’s greatest achievements – had never been told. The conversation will follow with audience Q&A. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/citizen-865-the-hunt-for-hitlers-hidden-soldiers-in-america-book-talk/ CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T183000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T171940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T171940Z UID:37802-1621011600-1621017000@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Mother Tongue Film Festival 2021: The Healing Power of Storytelling Roundtable DESCRIPTION:Exploring the 2021 theme\, the healing power of storytelling\, this panel will highlight the unique ability of film to project stories to places they might have never traveled before—bringing connection\, understanding\, and healing. Moderated by festival co-director Joshua Bell and Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center curator Kālewa Correa\, a variety of directors will discuss the role of storytelling in their films (participants to be announced soon). URL:https://downtownny.com/event/mother-tongue-film-festival-2021-the-healing-power-of-storytelling-roundtable/ CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DgCz8Wq8bHSALBOoVNEKd660-OupqQl.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T171953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T171953Z UID:37807-1621018800-1621018800@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Living Gallery: Jen Abrams DESCRIPTION:Living Gallery\, curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa and normally produced in the Gibney Gallery\, presents live performance of storytelling\, monologues\, spoken word\, stand-up\, or creative talks. Each performance – free and open to the public – runs 30-45 minutes\, traditionally scheduled within the hour before a dance concert presented in Gibney’s Theater. Due to COVID-19\, Living Galleries for the fall season will happen on Zoom. Today\, see “Tiny Hurricane” by Jen Abrams\, who has been making body-based multi-disciplinary performance since 1994. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/living-gallery-jen-abrams/ LOCATION:Gibney Dance CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/JenAbramsForWeb-467x675-u7HJLC.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210515T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210516T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T171954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T171954Z UID:37809-1621080000-1621191600@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Swamp in the City DESCRIPTION:This weekend-long open air festival will feature world class Cajun & Creole bands on two different stages\, jam sessions\, picnic concerts\, pod partner dancing and ample breathing room on New York City’s picturesque island. Swamp in the City will feature performances from Jesse Lége\, Cedric Watson\, Joel Savoy\, Joe Hall\, Kelli Jones\, Wilson Savoy\, Jourdan Thibodeaux\, Chas Justus\, Jo Vidrine\, Rose & the Bros\, Bayou Brew… and maybe more! Bring your instruments! Swamp in the City will host a jam each day and\, if enough visitors are interested\, they’ll offer a few group lessons in playing Cajun & Creole music. A Swamp in the City HQ tent will let registrants stash their instruments safely when not in use. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/swamp-in-the-city/ LOCATION:Governors Island CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/swamp-in-the-city-flyer-gov-island-ylR4Gu.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210517T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210521T000000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172007Z UID:37813-1621256400-1621555200@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Comfort at One DESCRIPTION:Online concert. During trying times\, music stills our souls and provides a healing grace. Throughout the season of Lent\, Comfort at One will present performances that are inspired by the Gandhi quote: “In the midst of darkness\, light persists.” These concerts include improvisations by Julian Wachner\, light-inspired Bach cantatas\, our 2014 Lenten “Lamentatio” series featuring NOVUS NY and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street\, new performances from the Trinity Youth Chorus and St. Paul’s Chapel Choir\, and new virtual content on Fridays from our extended family of artists. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/comfort-at-one-8/ LOCATION:Trinity Church CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/comfort-at-one-sandbox-percussion-hero-2880-640-nPD4wz.tmp_-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T120000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172008Z UID:37815-1621339200-1621339200@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Dr. Henry Kaufman on "The Day the Markets Roared" DESCRIPTION:Webinar. How have women succeeded in investment management? Katrina Dudley\, co-author of Undiversified: The Big Gender Short in Investment Management\, will moderate a panel of successful female portfolio managers to highlight some of the brightest stars of the “constellation” of women investors profiled in the book. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/dr-henry-kaufman-on-the-day-the-markets-roared/ CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T180000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172009Z UID:37816-1621360800-1621360800@downtownny.com SUMMARY:The Black Skyscraper: Architecture and the Perception of Race DESCRIPTION:Skyscraper Museum webinar. In her book The Black Skyscraper: Architecture and the Perception of Race (JHUP\, 2019)\, Adrienne Brown examines works produced by writers\, painters\, architects\, and laborers who grappled with the early skyscraper’s outsized and disorienting dimensions. She explores its effects on how race was seen\, read\, and sensed at the turn of the twentieth century. A highly interdisciplinary work\, The Black Skyscraper breaks new ground in analyzing the influence of race on modern architectural design\, as well as considering the effects of these designs on the experience and perception of race. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/the-black-skyscraper-architecture-and-the-perception-of-race/ LOCATION:Skyscraper Museum CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/The-Black-Skyscraper_Architecture-and-Perception-of-Race-600x900-Gz7ad2.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210519T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210519T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172024Z UID:37824-1621432800-1621432800@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Historical Trauma And Cultural Healing In 2021 DESCRIPTION:Genocide\, slavery\, and displacement have affected far too many communities of people. While each community’s experience is different\, massive collective trauma often results in cumulative emotional and psychological wounds that are carried across generations and remain potent in 2021. Dr. Irit Felsen is a clinical psychologist trained at Yale University and in Germany and Israel. She has seen these types of cumulative wounds firsthand\, as a researcher focused on the long-term effects of intergenerational trauma and a clinician with extensive experience working with Holocaust survivors and their families. Join Dr. Felsen for a program exploring historical trauma and cultural healing with experts from Jewish\, American Indian\, and African American communities. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/historical-trauma-and-cultural-healing-in-2021/ LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210519T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210519T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172024Z UID:37825-1621432800-1621432800@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Native American Code Talkers: A Lasting Legacy DESCRIPTION:During World War I and World War II\, American Indians made a unique contribution to the U.S. Armed Forces by using their tribal languages in secret battle communications. Join us via zoom as author and anthropologist/historian William C. Meadows of Missouri State University reveals how these Native American “code talkers” played a key role in important battles and campaigns—and helped save many American and allied lives. Following Meadows’s talk\, Alexandra Harris\, senior editor at the museum and co-author of Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces\, will host a Q&A with attendees. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/native-american-code-talkers-a-lasting-legacy/ CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DgAm3yHyVVVEJDHUmT-buutm-NRBUBC.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210520T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210520T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172039Z UID:37834-1621519200-1621519200@downtownny.com SUMMARY:“Love It Was Not” Screening And Discussion DESCRIPTION:Flamboyant and full of life\, Jewish prisoner Helena Citron found herself the subject of an unlikely affection at Auschwitz: Franz Wunsch\, a high-ranking SS officer who fell in love with Helena and her magnetic singing voice. Their forbidden relationship lasted until her miraculous liberation. Thirty years later\, a letter arrived from Wunsch’s wife begging Helena to testify on Wunsch’s behalf in an Austrian court. She was faced with an impossible decision: should she help the man who brutalized so many lives\, but saved hers\, along with some of the people closest to her? Follow her journey in Love It Was Not\, a new film from Israeli director Maya Sarfaty and Austrian-Israeli producing team Nir Sa’ar and Kurt Langbein (distributed by Greenwich Entertainment). The film premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in 2020 and won best feature film at Docaviv. This exclusive program will feature a panel discussion with Sarfaty and Langbein\, moderated by Columbia University film professor Annette Insdorf. Attendees will also receive a private link to screen the film during the week before the discussion. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/love-it-was-not-screening-and-discussion/ LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210520T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210520T183000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172040Z UID:37835-1621535400-1621535400@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Washington’s End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle DESCRIPTION:After eight years of holding office\, George Washington stepped down from the presidency. Embittered by partisan criticism and eager to return to his farm\, Washington assumed a role for which there was no precedent at a time when the kings across the ocean often yielded their crowns only upon losing their heads. Horn discusses the astonishing true story of George Washington’s forgotten last years—the personalities\, plotting\, and private torment that unraveled America’s first post-presidency. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/washingtons-end-the-final-years-and-forgotten-struggle/ LOCATION:Fraunces Tavern Museum CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/may20-qtuBr6.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210521T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210521T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172053Z UID:37839-1621623600-1621623600@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Writers-in-Performance Presents “Hold On” DESCRIPTION:The Writers in Performance workshop is designed to give writers the opportunity to explore performing their written pieces. Whether they are playwrights\, poets\, monologists\, writers of prose\, or spoken word artists\, this workshop gives the writers an opportunity to create a performance piece out of their writings. Workshop participants are chosen on the strength of their writing plus either performance ability\, or willingness to explore that aspect of creativity. The workshop mixes professionals with students. The workshops were conducted during the fall 2020 via Zoom. The pieces were videotaped on stage\, camera\, people’s phones\, Zoom\, and an animation. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/writers-in-performance-presents-hold-on/ CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WIP-Zoom-Screen-Shot-1-1bP6Mn.tmp_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210522T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210523T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172055Z UID:37843-1621688400-1621789200@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Dance\, Music & Kimono DESCRIPTION:Performances\, lectures and workshops that introduce participants to Japanese culture. Governors Island. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/dance-music-kimono/ LOCATION:Governors Island CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Final-Flyer-Image-of-JPA-event-on-GI-2021-1-jUWK4C.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210522T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210522T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172107Z UID:37846-1621692000-1621692000@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music DESCRIPTION:From our living rooms and kitchens\, and even from the deck of Wavertree\, join us for our round-robin of shared sea songs\, featuring members of The New York Packet and friends. Listen in\, lead or request a song\, and belt out the choruses for your neighbors to hear. Hosted by singers from the New York Packet. Please register to be sent the Zoom link and password (to be received 12 – 24 hours before the event). If you’d like to lead a song\, let us know when you register. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/sea-chanteys-and-maritime-music-3/ LOCATION:South Street Seaport Museum CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/34bf8ec5-6dbb-4055-bcdc-98d4d9a3f25d-FMniOI.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210522T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210522T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172108Z UID:37847-1621713600-1621713600@downtownny.com SUMMARY:The Imperial Examination System in China and the Imperial Examination Museum of China in Nanjing DESCRIPTION:Sometimes referred to as “the 5th invention of China”\, the civil service examination system in imperial China was designed to select candidates for the state bureaucracy. This system was in place between 650 CE and 1905\, making it the world’s longest-lasting meritocracy. In the course of over 1200 years\, the examination system helped shape China’s intellectual\, cultural\, political\, and religious life\, giving rise to a unique gentry class of scholar-bureaucrats. The Chinese civil examination system was adopted by a number of neighboring Asian countries\, such as Vietnam\, Korea and Japan\, in one form or another. To help understand this important institution in traditional China\, the Renwen Society presents a lecture on May 22 by Ms. Feng Jiahong\, President of the Imperial Examination Museum of China in Nanjing\, on the history\, process and significance of the imperial examinations. The Imperial Examination Museum of China in Nanjing was built on the former site of the largest imperial examination center in China. The rare archives\, records\, actual examination papers as well as the breathtaking architecture of the museum will also be introduced in the lecture. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/the-imperial-examination-system-in-china-and-the-imperial-examination-museum-of-china-in-nanjing/ LOCATION:China Institute CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/renwen-2021.5.22-1-jI3pQA.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210524T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210528T000000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172109Z UID:37849-1621861200-1622160000@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Comfort at One DESCRIPTION:Online concert. During trying times\, music stills our souls and provides a healing grace. Throughout the season of Lent\, Comfort at One will present performances that are inspired by the Gandhi quote: “In the midst of darkness\, light persists.” These concerts include improvisations by Julian Wachner\, light-inspired Bach cantatas\, our 2014 Lenten “Lamentatio” series featuring NOVUS NY and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street\, new performances from the Trinity Youth Chorus and St. Paul’s Chapel Choir\, and new virtual content on Fridays from our extended family of artists. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/comfort-at-one-9/ LOCATION:Trinity Church CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/comfort-at-one-sandbox-percussion-hero-2880-640-nPD4wz.tmp_-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210524T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210524T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172110Z UID:37850-1621864800-1621864800@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Unpacking “The Archive Thief” DESCRIPTION:In the aftermath of the Holocaust\, Jewish historian Zosa Szajkowski gathered up tens of thousands of documents from Nazi buildings in Berlin\, and later\, public archives and private synagogues in France\, and moved them all\, illicitly\, to New York. Dr. Lisa Leff reconstructed Szajkowski’s story in all its ambiguity in her 2015 book The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust. Join Leff and Dr. Jonathan Brent\, Executive Director and CEO of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research\, for a discussion about Szajkowski’s story\, the documents he stole\, and what it all means for those interested in preserving the past today. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/unpacking-the-archive-thief/ LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172123Z UID:37856-1621951200-1621951200@downtownny.com SUMMARY:“X Troop” Book Talk DESCRIPTION:In June 1942\, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff devised an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees in the United Kingdom. Called “X Troop\,” the unit included a motley group of intellectuals\, artists\, and athletes from Germany and Austria. Many had lost their families and homes\, and would stop at nothing to defeat the Nazis. The top-secret unit is the subject of Dr. Leah Garrett’s new book X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II\, scheduled for release on May 25\, 2021. Drawing on extensive original research\, including interviews with the last surviving members\, Garrett follows this unique band of brothers from Germany to England and back again\, with stops at British internment camps\, the beaches of Normandy\, the battlefields of Italy and Holland\, and the hellscape of Terezin concentration camp—the scene of one of the most dramatic\, untold rescues of the war. Join the Museum for a book launch program with Garrett. She’ll be in conversation with Kim Masters\, veteran entertainment journalist\, editor-at-large of The Hollywood Reporter\, and host of KCRW’s The Business whose father Peter Masters was a member of the X Troop. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/x-troop-book-talk/ LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210526T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210526T183000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172138Z UID:37863-1622053800-1622053800@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Sorry I Missed Your Show: Christopher Rudd DESCRIPTION:A screening and discussion series\, Sorry I Missed Your Show highlights dance works from the recent past to explore their relationship to the dance canon and contemporary practice. For May’s Sorry I Missed Your Show\, Christopher Rudd will share insights into his Witness: Part I – Yesterday. Witness is a three-act contemporary ballet at the intersection of art and activism that serves as a mechanism to open a dialogue on the challenging issue of race. Witness mixes different genres of dance with contemporary circus\, film\, & theatricality to put America’s racial landscape into historical context\, combat systematically taught racial biases\, & imagine hope for a more equitable future. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/sorry-i-missed-your-show-christopher-rudd/ LOCATION:Gibney Dance CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ChrissRuddForWeb-OQVoMo.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210527T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210527T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172140Z UID:37865-1622124000-1622124000@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Stories Survive: Henry And Bernard Schanzer DESCRIPTION:Twin brothers Henry and Bernard Schanzer were born in Belgium in 1935. When the Nazis invaded Belgium in 1940\, the Schanzer family escaped to Saint-Étienne in the south of France\, which shortly fell under Vichy rule. After living openly as Jews in Saint-Étienne for almost two years\, the seven-year-old brothers went into hiding in 1942 on a farm in Saint-Pal-de-Mons. With the assistance of several righteous Catholics—including a local dressmaker and a Count and Countess who were part of the French resistance—the brothers\, their sister\, and their mother survived until the end of the war. Their father\, who wasn’t able to hide with his family in the countryside\, was sent to Auschwitz. After emigrating to the United States in 1946\, Henry Schanzer became an attorney and Bernard Schanzer became a doctor. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/stories-survive-henry-and-bernard-schanzer/ LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210529T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210531T000000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172153Z UID:37870-1622246400-1622419200@downtownny.com SUMMARY:At the Movies 2021: Navajo Code Talkers: A Journey of Remembrance DESCRIPTION:Follow the return of six Navajo Code Talkers to the five Pacific Island sites where their unbreakable secret code\, based on the unwritten Navajo language\, helped U.S. forces overcome Japanese expansion in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The code was never broken. The highly personal reflections of the Navajo Code Talkers dominate the film’s storyline where they share personal accounts\, memories and insights into their war experience. Interviews were conducted on Guam\, Saipan\, Tinian\, Iwo Jima and Okinawa and USMC Camp Pendleton\, north of San Diego\, where they trained\, learned and enhanced the original code. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/at-the-movies-2021-navajo-code-talkers-a-journey-of-remembrance/ CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DgAJ7ZaCZsTZ9BkMqpRQFHJ2-LVpauU.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210529T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210530T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210602T164553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T164553Z UID:38475-1622286000-1622394000@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Tour the Tall Ship Wavertree DESCRIPTION:The tall ship Wavertree is open to the public. Visits will be self-guided along a set route and will include access to the main deck and quarter deck. Learn how people worked and lived aboard a 19th century cargo sailing vessel\, from the captain to the ship’s officers\, cooks\, and crew. Then visit the cargo hold and stand atop the viewing platform where you can take in the massive main cargo area. The Museum will allow no more than 150 guests on board the ship at any time to encourage social distancing from different households. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/tour-the-tall-ship-wavertree/ LOCATION:South Street Seaport Museum CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ShantyBackgrounds4-e1598029099464-wpbXca.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210529T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210530T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172154Z UID:37872-1622293200-1622394000@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Dance\, Music & Kimono DESCRIPTION:Performances\, lectures and workshops that introduce participants to Japanese culture. Governors Island. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/dance-music-kimono-2/ LOCATION:Governors Island CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Final-Flyer-Image-of-JPA-event-on-GI-2021-1-jUWK4C.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210531T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210531T150000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210504T172155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T172155Z UID:37873-1622458800-1622473200@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Dance\, Music & Kimono DESCRIPTION:Performances\, lectures and workshops that introduce participants to Japanese culture. Governors Island. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/dance-music-kimono-3/ LOCATION:Governors Island CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Final-Flyer-Image-of-JPA-event-on-GI-2021-1-jUWK4C.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210604T000000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210602T164554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T164554Z UID:38477-1622552400-1622764800@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Comfort at One DESCRIPTION:Online concert. During trying times\, music stills our souls and provides a healing grace. Throughout the season of Lent\, Comfort at One will present performances that are inspired by the Gandhi quote: “In the midst of darkness\, light persists.” These concerts include improvisations by Julian Wachner\, light-inspired Bach cantatas\, our 2014 Lenten “Lamentatio” series featuring NOVUS NY and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street\, new performances from the Trinity Youth Chorus and St. Paul’s Chapel Choir\, and new virtual content on Fridays from our extended family of artists. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/comfort-at-one-10/ LOCATION:Trinity Church CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/comfort-at-one-sandbox-percussion-hero-2880-640-nPD4wz.tmp_-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T180000 DTSTAMP:20260419T025750 CREATED:20210602T164555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T164555Z UID:38478-1622570400-1622570400@downtownny.com SUMMARY:Antiquity in Gotham: The Ancient Architecture of New York City DESCRIPTION:Skyscraper Museum webinar. In her new book\, Prof. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis applies an archeological lens to the study of the New York buildings. Antiquity in Gotham explores how the language of ancient architecture communicated the political ideals of the young Republic through the adaptation of Greek and Roman architecture; how Egyptian temples conveyed the city’s new technological achievements; and how the ancient Near East served many artistic masters\, decorating the interiors of glitzy Gilded Age restaurants and the tops of skyscrapers. Rather than emphasizing a battle of styles\, the Neo-Antique framework considers the similarities and differences—intellectually\, conceptually\, and chronologically—amongst the reception of these architectural traditions. URL:https://downtownny.com/event/antiquity-in-gotham-the-ancient-architecture-of-new-york-city/ LOCATION:Skyscraper Museum CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/4152-250x375-gCf88b.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR