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SUMMARY:“Yentl” Christmas Day Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the timeless Jewish tradition of going to the movies on Christmas Day. This year\, we’ll screen Yentl\, the iconic 1983 musical based on Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story “Yentl the Yeshiva Boy.” The film stars Barbra Streisand as a young Jewish woman in eastern Europe who disguises herself as a boy in order to pursue her passion for studying the Torah. The film will be available to stream from Friday\, December 24 through Sunday\, December 26. Only viewers in the United States will be able to access the streaming platform. The film will be accompanied by an exclusive talkback with Neal Gabler\, author of Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty\, Femininity\, and Power\, and Mattie Kahn\, Culture Director at Glamour.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/yentl-christmas-day-screening/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220104T140000
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SUMMARY:Rewriting History: The Politics Of Memory In Poland
DESCRIPTION:In 2018\, Poland’s nationalist government enacted a law which criminalized speech that holds Poland responsible for Nazi crimes. Forced by international pressure to withdraw the criminal provisions\, nationalists promised instead to use civil litigation to achieve their aims. In 2021\, for the first time\, the law was used to target Holocaust scholars in civil court. As Poles wrestle with their ancestors’ roles during the Holocaust\, observers inside the country and across Europe are sounding alarms over the whitewashing of history. Join the Museum for a conversation about the politics of memory with leaders in Polish civil society\, including Dr. Jan Grabowski\, one of the historians sued for his research; Dr. Dariusz Stola\, the former director of POLIN: Museum of the History of Polish Jews; and Konstanty Gebert\, a journalist and founder of the Polish Jewish monthly Midrasz. The discussion will be co-presented by Descendants of Holocaust Survivors (2G Greater New York) and moderated by Rachel Donadio\, a contributing writer for The Atlantic.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/rewriting-history-the-politics-of-memory-in-poland/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220106T193000
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SUMMARY:Is There Room for the U.S. in Asia’s Development?
DESCRIPTION:What is China’s goal in making global development investments? Despite the fact that the U.S. declined to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank\, are U.S. investors still welcome in AIIB projects? Is there room for U.S.-China collaboration around global development and governance in the financial arena? Jin Liqun\, President of the AIIB and one of China’s top development experts\, will share his insights in an exclusive\, virtual conversation with James Heimowitz\, President of China Institute.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/is-there-room-for-the-u-s-in-asias-development/
LOCATION:China Institute
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220108T103000
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SUMMARY:Be Like Iggy Peck\, Become Your Own Architect!
DESCRIPTION:In person or online program. Young learners will be introduced to the basics of architecture through a group reading of Andrea Beaty’s popular picture book Iggy Peck\, Architect. After the story\, the young architects will use different materials and existing skyscraper parts to design their very own building. All ages. RSVP required. This indoor program meets at the Skyscraper Museum\, 39 Battery Pl. Masks are required for indoor programs. For those who prefer the Zoom option for this in-person program\, please email programs@skyscraper.org with the date of your event and we will send you the Zoom link.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/be-like-iggy-peck-become-your-own-architect/
LOCATION:Skyscraper Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220108T200000
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SUMMARY:1912: Birth of a New Era
DESCRIPTION:1912 marked an important turning point in Chinese history\, when the imperial period that lasted for more than 2000 years uninterrupted came to a crashing end and a new republic\, the first of its kind in China\, came into being. On January 1\, 1912\, a band-new provisional government was established and seated in Nanjing with Dr. Sun Yat-sen as the President\, ushering a new modern era for the Middle Kingdom without a monarch. However\, the year of 1912 was rife with twists and turns\, with Sun Yat-sen giving up his presidency to Yuan Shikai and the capital moved to Beijing four months later. To look back at the epoch-making but also tumultuous time period 110 years ago\, the Renwen Society presents a lecture by Prof. Jiang Liangqin\, a renowned scholar at Nanjing University specializing in the Republican era on January 8\, to discuss events that unfolded prior\, during and following 1912.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/1912-birth-of-a-new-era/
LOCATION:China Institute
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220111T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220111T140000
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SUMMARY:Stories Survive: Nate Leipciger
DESCRIPTION:Nate Leipciger was born to a Jewish family in Chorzów\, Poland in 1928. When he was eleven years old\, the Nazis invaded\, and Nate and his family spent the next three years living in ghettos. The family was later deported to Auschwitz\, where Nate was separated from his mother and sister. He would never see them again. By the time he was liberated in 1945\, Nate had survived seven different concentration camps. Nate and his father\, the only remaining survivors of their family\, moved to Canada in 1948. He became a successful engineer\, married\, and had three daughters. Join the Museum for a program exploring Nate’s experiences during the Holocaust.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/stories-survive-nate-leipciger/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220111T183000
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SUMMARY:Tavern Tastings: Dessert
DESCRIPTION:Pick out your favorite dessert and join Fraunces Tavern Museum and Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center in exploring different varieties of desserts from colonial North America\, including those created by Samuel Fraunces himself. This program will take place via Zoom\, and advance registration is required.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/tavern-tastings-dessert/
LOCATION:Fraunces Tavern Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220113T120000
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CREATED:20220103T180116Z
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SUMMARY:Pieces of China: Ambassador Nicholas Platt on the Philadelphia Orchestra’s 1973 China Trip
DESCRIPTION:Join China expert and diplomat Nicholas Platt\, who will share the story of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s 1973 trip to China at Richard Nixon’s behest. Platt\, who was the Foreign Service Control Officer for that historic visit\, handled the negotiations—with plenty of challenges on both the American and the Chinese sides.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/pieces-of-china-ambassador-nicholas-platt-on-the-philadelphia-orchestras-1973-china-trip/
LOCATION:China Institute
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220113T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220113T183000
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CREATED:20220103T180314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220103T180314Z
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SUMMARY:Reevaluating Our French Allies
DESCRIPTION:In this lecture\, Desmarais will discuss recent discoveries about the Count de Rochambeau’s army that counter popular assumptions—focusing primarily on the recently published diary of the Count de Lauberdière\, which includes details that are not covered in any other French diaries. Serving as an aide-de-camp on General Rochambeau’s staff\, the young and well-educated Lauberdière provided a unique perspective of the war\, including descriptions of the French army’s camp in Newport\, the long march to Yorktown\, the siege and capture\, and a fascinating examination of the people and their distinctive colonial culture. This lecture will take place via Zoom.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/reevaluating-our-french-allies/
LOCATION:Fraunces Tavern Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220113T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220113T194500
DTSTAMP:20260405T214138
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220103T180315Z
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SUMMARY:Trinity Talks: Violence as a Public Health Issue
DESCRIPTION:Online discussion. The pandemic has highlighted health inequities that disproportionately impact vulnerable populations by creating and exacerbating poverty and leading to decreased life expectancy throughout the world. Join the Rev. Phillip Jackson as he speaks to leaders and experts\, exploring how people of faith can advocate for those most affected by these inequities.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/trinity-talks-violence-as-a-public-health-issue/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220113T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T214138
CREATED:20220103T180316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220103T180316Z
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SUMMARY:RBG’s Brave And Brilliant Jewish Women
DESCRIPTION:During the last year of her life\, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sat down with Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein to discuss the Jewish women she found inspiring. In Epstein’s new intergenerational book RBG’s Brave and Brilliant Women: 33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone\, she profiles the women Ginsburg identified and reflects on each of their stories. The trailblazers in the book\, like Ginsburg herself\, each fought to forge a better world rather than accepting it as it was. Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Moment for a program celebrating RBG’s Brave and Brilliant Women\, featuring Epstein in conversation with author and journalist Abigail Pogrebin.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/rbgs-brave-and-brilliant-jewish-women/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220116T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220116T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T214138
CREATED:20220103T180515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220103T180515Z
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SUMMARY:The Jewish Diaspora: Latin American Stories
DESCRIPTION:Between 1880 and 1930\, Latin America experienced its largest influx of Jewish immigration. These immigrants were fleeing the poverty and persecution that affected them in Europe. During the lead up to WWII\, more Jewish immigrants arrived to escape the rise of the Nazi regime. This wave of immigrants often came to the region on tourist visas or by pretending they were Catholic. These immigrants arrived in a region that had Jewish communities living in a variety of contexts Some had been established three hundred years before\, while some had only been there for twenty. Nevertheless\, each community was vibrant\, and many are still thriving today. Join the Museum for a program exploring Jews in Latin America. This program will include a conversation between Dr. Marion Kaplan\, the Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History at New York University; Dr. Yael Siman\, Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the Iberoamericana University\, Mexico; Dr. Leo Spitzer\, the Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor of History Emeritus at Dartmouth College; and Dr. Adriana Brodsky\, Professor of History at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. The conversation will be moderated by Simon Romero\, National Correspondent for The New York Times.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/the-jewish-diaspora-latin-american-stories/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220118T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220118T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T214138
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SUMMARY:Genocide In China: “In Search Of My Sister” Screening And Discussion
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, the Chinese Communist Party has sought to forcibly assimilate the Uyghur Muslim community in Xinjiang (East Turkistan)\, an autonomous territory in northwest China. The CCP’s violent campaign has involved forced sterilization\, sexual violence\, enslavement\, torture\, and the establishment of vast concentration camps that call to mind Nazi camps a generation earlier. Join the Museum for a program exploring the modern-day genocide occurring in northwest China shortly before China is set to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The program will feature an exclusive\, private screening of In Search of My Sister (2021\, 80 minutes\, English)\, a new film that tells the story of American Uyghur activist Rushan Abbas. Due to Rushan’s public criticism of the CCP\, her sister\, Dr. Gulshan Abbas\, was detained in Chinese camps along with two to three million other Uyghurs. The film chronicles Rushan’s journey as she searches for proof that her sister is alive. Following the film\, the program will feature a panel discussion with Rushan Abbas; Jawad Mir\, the film’s director; and Ruth Messinger\, Global Ambassador and former President of American Jewish World Service.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/genocide-in-china-in-search-of-my-sister-screening-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220118T180000
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SUMMARY:Constructing Merdeka 118: World’s Second-Tallest Building
DESCRIPTION:The Skyscraper Museum returns to its WORLD VIEW lecture series with a coda on the construction of the Merdeka 118 Tower in Kuala Lumpur. In December 2021\, Merdeka 118 lifted its symbolic spire into place and topped out at its full height of 2\,227 ft. or 679 meters to surpass the 632-meter Shanghai Tower and become the second-tallest building in the world. Ahmad Abdelrazaq\, who led the Samsung C & T team as the tower’s contractor\, will present an overview of the structural engineering\, planning\, and construction innovations of the supertall and the key challenges in its design and construction. He will describe the structural system optimization; the construction planning and sequencing; the application and delivery of high-performance concrete; and the application of real-time structural health monitoring\, among other issues
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/constructing-merdeka-118-worlds-second-tallest-building/
LOCATION:Skyscraper Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T214138
CREATED:20220103T180718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220103T180718Z
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SUMMARY:Retirement A to Z: Financial Education Series for Adults
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday Webinar. Eight-part series on retirement planning. These programs are designed to introduce you to the many possible sources of retirement income and resources\, including social security\, medicare\, pension options including 401(k)s\, individual retirement accounts and annuities\, as well as the complex issues faced when planning for loved ones with wills and/or trusts. Today: The Importance of Retirement Planning. Gerri Walsh reviews the importance of compound interest and the many tax-deferred opportunities that help individuals plan for a comfortable and stress-free retirement.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/retirement-a-to-z-financial-education-series-for-adults/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220120T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220120T060000
DTSTAMP:20260405T214138
CREATED:20220103T180719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220103T180719Z
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SUMMARY:Daybreaker
DESCRIPTION:DAYBREAKER is a morning dance movement and wellness community of 500K+ members in 28 cities around the world that inspires humans to start their day unlike any other — by waking up and dancing with reckless abandon\, sober\, first thing in the morning. DAYBREAKER began in New York City as a social experiment\, meeting at the crossroads of wellness and nightlife\, centered around creating a community that inspires connection\, belonging and self expression on a judgement-free\, intergenerational\, mischief-packed dance floor.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/daybreaker/
LOCATION:Brookfield Place
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220120T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220120T140000
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SUMMARY:Nazis On Long Island: The Story Of Camp Siegfried
DESCRIPTION:In 1936\, the German-American Bund\, a pro-Nazi group\, was formed in the United States to advocate for policies beneficial to Germany. The Bund was very active throughout the latter half of the 1930s\, organizing rallies and marches\, including a rally at Madison Square Garden in 1939. One of the Bund’s most notable activities was running summer camps across the nation that were similar to Hitler Youth Camps. Camp Siegfried was located in Yaphank\, New York and attracted numerous visitors. The camp even had its own train on the Long Island Railroad\, the “Siegfried Special.” Join the Museum for a program exploring Camp Siegfried and Nazis in the United States. The program will feature a panel discussion between Bess Wohl\, playwright of Camp Siegfried; Bradley W. Hart\, author of Hitler’s American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States; and Arnie Bernstein\, author of Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn & the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund. The conversation will be moderated by Randi F. Marshall\, Editorial Writer at Newsday.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/nazis-on-long-island-the-story-of-camp-siegfried/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T103000
DTSTAMP:20260405T214138
CREATED:20220103T180720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220103T180720Z
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SUMMARY:Planning With Personality!
DESCRIPTION:Young city planners will learn how architects consider the personality of a neighborhood – what designers call the “sense of place.” In small groups we’ll discuss and design a street plan detailing where parks\, places to eat\, shop\, play\, and work areas belong\, as well as what features their ideal city would have. Then young planners will build their own skyscrapers to place in their model city. Ages 6+. RSVP required. This indoor program meets at the Skyscraper Museum\, 39 Battery Pl. Masks are required for indoor programs. For those who prefer the Zoom option for this in-person program\, please email programs@skyscraper.org with the date of your event and we will send you the Zoom link.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/planning-with-personality/
LOCATION:Skyscraper Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T214138
CREATED:20220103T180919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220103T180919Z
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SUMMARY:Burda Olan Burda Kalir
DESCRIPTION:Comedians at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/burda-olan-burda-kalir/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T214138
CREATED:20220103T180919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220103T180919Z
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SUMMARY:Translating China: Stories of the Pathbreakers
DESCRIPTION:China boasts of a 5000-year civilization\, but for much of the past few millenniums\, the country had been shrouded in mystery due in large part to its lack of communication with the rest of the world. The scarcity of translations of Chinese books\, classic or otherwise\, was a contributing factor to the impasse as well. Mysteries and misunderstandings about China and its culture with its values\, customs and institutions began to be unveiled and corrected in modern times thanks to the masterful translation of Chinese novels and other classics by a group of Westerners who were steeped in the Chinese language and culture. In a recent book on noteworthy Western translators of Chinese literature\, the author Prof. Zhu Zhenwu of Shanghai Normal University\, a renowned translator himself\, provided insights into 20 or so master translators in modern times from the U.S.\, the UK\, Australia and Canada who translated over 300 Chinese literary works\, both classic and modern and brought a side of China rarely known to the English-speaking World.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/translating-china-stories-of-the-pathbreakers/
LOCATION:China Institute
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220123T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220123T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T214138
CREATED:20220103T180920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220103T180920Z
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SUMMARY:Sweet Tea And The Southern Jew
DESCRIPTION:Growing up or living in the American South\, one finds oneself in a legacy of hospitality\, good food\, and sometimes not quite fitting in with the neighbors. Join the Museum for a virtual performance of Sweet Tea & the Southern Jew to hear stories of struggle\, humor\, and exploring what it means to be Jewish in the South. This live virtual theatrical production is produced by The Braid\, formerly Jewish Women’s Theatre.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/sweet-tea-and-the-southern-jew/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T214138
CREATED:20220103T180920Z
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SUMMARY:Architecture Unbound: A Century of the Disruptive Avant-Garde
DESCRIPTION:In Architecture Unbound noted architecture critic JOSEPH GIOVANNINI traces our current architecture landscape to the disruptive scientific advances and transgressive and progressive art movements that roiled Europe before and after World War I\, and then to the social unrest and cultural disruptions of the 1960s. Cumulative shifts across disciplines and social systems established fertile new ground for the rise of an inventive\, antiauthoritarian architecture that\, in the 1970s\, challenged the status quo. Built manifestoes in the 1980s led to digital inventions of the 1990s\, and after the turn of the millennium to climax structures that now populate world capitals competing for cultural stature on the international stage.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/architecture-unbound-a-century-of-the-disruptive-avant-garde/
LOCATION:Skyscraper Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220126T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220126T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T214138
CREATED:20220103T181043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220103T181043Z
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SUMMARY:Retirement A to Z: Financial Education Series for Adults
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday Webinar. Eight-part series on retirement planning. These programs are designed to introduce you to the many possible sources of retirement income and resources\, including social security\, medicare\, pension options including 401(k)s\, individual retirement accounts and annuities\, as well as the complex issues faced when planning for loved ones with wills and/or trusts. Today: Understanding Your Social Security Benefits Vincent Scocozza reviews when you are eligible to receive retirement benefits\, how early retirement affects your benefits\, the requirements for spousal benefits\, survivors benefits\, and when you should file for Medicare.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/retirement-a-to-z-financial-education-series-for-adults-2/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T100000
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SUMMARY:Echoes In Ink: A Liberation Day Reading Of Short Stories From The Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:In the aftermath of the Holocaust\, many Jewish writers turned to pen and paper to reckon with the enormity of their loss. The stories they wrote—both fiction and nonfiction—bring to life the darkest moments of human history at the same time as they remind us of the human capacity for renewal and regeneration. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day\, join the Museum for a reading of three such short stories: “The Road of No Return” by Rachel Häring Korn read by Jackie Hoffman\, “The Shawl” by Cynthia Ozick read by Mili Avital\, and “A Wedding in Brownsville” by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The program will premiere at 10 AM Eastern Time and be available all day.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/echoes-in-ink-a-liberation-day-reading-of-short-stories-from-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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SUMMARY:Pieces of China: Lijia Zhang on the Chinese Missile Factory Where She Began
DESCRIPTION:“Long live Chairman Mao” was the first English language sentence the Lijia Zhang ever learned. “Foreign language is a tool of class struggle” was the second. On January 27\, the author of Socialism is Great and Lotus\, will take us back in time to the missile factory where she worked in the early 1980s\, and discuss how learning English at night helped open her mind and break out into a career as an internationally acclaimed writer and journalist. She’ll share how English has helped millions of Chinese forge important bonds with the world\, and how attitudes toward learning English are changing today.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/pieces-of-china-lijia-zhang-on-the-chinese-missile-factory-where-she-began/
LOCATION:China Institute
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220202T120000
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SUMMARY:Retirement A to Z: Financial Education Series for Adults
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday Webinar. Eight-part series on retirement planning. These programs are designed to introduce you to the many possible sources of retirement income and resources\, including social security\, medicare\, pension options including 401(k)s\, individual retirement accounts and annuities\, as well as the complex issues faced when planning for loved ones with wills and/or trusts. Today: The Importance of Retirement Planning. Gerri Walsh reviews the importance of compound interest and the many tax-deferred opportunities that help individuals plan for a comfortable and stress-free retirement.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/retirement-a-to-z-financial-education-series-for-adults-3/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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SUMMARY:Lunar New Year Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Ring in the Year of the Tiger at Brookfield Place! Experience a multi-day celebration that includes a live ice carving\, kids crafts and more! Discover ice sculptures by New York City-based art collective\, Okamoto Studio\, on the Waterfront Plaza. In celebration of the Lunar New Year there will be a live ice carving and display all weekend long.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/lunar-new-year-celebration/
LOCATION:Brookfield Place
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220203T140000
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SUMMARY:To Dachau And Back To Life
DESCRIPTION:Elly Gotz was born in 1928 in Kovno (Kaunas)\, Lithuania. When he was 13 years old\, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union and Elly and his family were forced into a ghetto. When the ghetto was later liquidated\, Elly was transported to the Dachau concentration camp\, where he labored in an underground factory for a German company named Moll. After being liberated in 1945\, Elly and his family lived in Germany\, desperate to emigrate. In the spring of 1947\, they were accepted to Norway as refugees\, and later that year they were able to immigrate to Zimbabwe to join extended family members. Elly eventually moved to Johannesburg and then Toronto\, where he established several businesses and achieved his lifelong dream of becoming a pilot. In 2017\, at the age of 89\, he fulfilled another dream by going skydiving. Join the Museum for a Stories Survive program with Elly Gotz exploring his remarkable journey of survival and rebuilding.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/to-dachau-and-back-to-life/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220203T183000
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CREATED:20220131T192732Z
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SUMMARY:Designer Han Feng
DESCRIPTION:Is design art? In the hands of Han Feng\, it sure is. The Hangzhou-born clothing designer first brought her fashion work into the performing arts with costumes for Anthony Minghella’s Madame Butterfly at the English National Opera and the Met Opera. Her bespoke couture designs meld Chinese motifs and craftmanship with a bold\, modern sensibility. Her passion for the connections between design and art has now led her to open a gallery in Shanghai and to support emerging artists through a residency in New York. Join us online\, as Han Feng discusses inspiration\, designs and art with her longtime friend\, Nancy Berliner\, Senior Curator of Chinese art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/designer-han-feng/
LOCATION:China Institute
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220203T183000
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CREATED:20220131T192733Z
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SUMMARY:The Church Cracked Open: The Challenge of Beloved Community
DESCRIPTION:Online discussion. Join Dr. Catherine Meeks\, Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing and the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers\, Canon for Evangelism and Reconciliation for the Most Rev. Michael Curry\, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church. This discussion\, part of Trinity’s continuing series on Reconciliation as an agent of change\, will explore how the loss and disruption of the past two years can reveal an opening to a community of greater love and justice.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/the-church-cracked-open-the-challenge-of-beloved-community/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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