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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T103000
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220122T200000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220123T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220123T190000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T180000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220126T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220126T120000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T100000
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CREATED:20220103T181043Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T120000
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220202T120000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
CREATED:20220131T192722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T192722Z
UID:42886-1643803200-1643803200@downtownny.com
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220203T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220203T000000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
CREATED:20220131T192723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T192723Z
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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
DTEND;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
DTEND;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
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220203T183000
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LAST-MODIFIED: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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220205T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220205T103000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
CREATED:20220131T192735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T192735Z
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SUMMARY:Valentines in the Sky
DESCRIPTION:In person or online program. Let’s make a special gift for Valentine’s Day or an ornament to celebrate our love of skyscrapers!  After a tour exploring the exhibition Supertall\, kids will create Skyscraper Heart Suncatchers\, inspired by the newest and tallest structures from around the world!  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/valentines-in-the-sky/
LOCATION:Skyscraper Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220205T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
CREATED:20220131T192932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T192932Z
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SUMMARY:South Street Seaport Museum Ships and Exhibits
DESCRIPTION:On Saturdays and Sundays\, visit the exhibitions and the ships of the South Street Seaport Museum for free. At 12 Fulton Street\, see “South Street and the Rise of New York” and “Millions: Migrants and Millionaires aboard the Great Liners\, 1900-1914\,” and at Pier 16\, explore the tall ship Wavertree and lightship Ambrose.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/south-street-seaport-museum-ships-and-exhibits/
LOCATION:South Street Seaport Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T160000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
CREATED:20220131T192932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T192932Z
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SUMMARY:Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music Live Sing-Along
DESCRIPTION:From our living rooms and kitchens\, join a round-robin of shared songs featuring members of The New York Packet and friends. Listen in\, lead a song\, and belt out the choruses for your neighbors to hear on the first Sunday of every month.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/sea-chanteys-and-maritime-music-live-sing-along-6/
LOCATION:South Street Seaport Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T120000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
CREATED:20220131T192933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T192933Z
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SUMMARY:Why Modern Portfolio Theory Fails Investors
DESCRIPTION:We are in a time of enormous risk. Economic growth is anemic\, and political risk to the capital markets is on the rise. In the United States\, a generation of white-collar baby boomers is heading into retirement with insufficient assets in their 401(k) programs\, and industrial workers are stuck with materially underfunded pension plans. Against that backdrop\, the investing industry’s current set of practices and assumptions―modern portfolio theory (MPT)―is based on a half-century-old formula that is supposed to deliver the maximum amount of return for a given amount of risk. The trouble is that it doesn’t work very well. In Getting Back to Business: Why Modern Portfolio Theory Fails Investors and How You Can Bring Common Sense to Your Portfolio\, dividend-investing guru Daniel Peris proposes a radical new approach―radical in that it does away with MPT in favor of a more intuitive\, common-sense approach practiced by business people in their own affairs every day: cash returns on cash investments. Peris will also discuss being a historian in a profession with a notably low historical sensibility.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/why-modern-portfolio-theory-fails-investors/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T140000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
CREATED:20220131T193001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T193001Z
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SUMMARY:Drawing It Out: Graphic Novels\, Teenagers\, And The Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:Graphic novels have long been emerging as a way to tell difficult and often traumatic stories. Since the late 1970s\, they have also been a medium for telling stories about the Holocaust. From true stories to fictional ones\, graphic novels are used to tell all kinds of stories about this time. Recently\, authors and illustrators have been turning to stories about teenagers during the Holocaust. Join the Museum for a program exploring the depiction of teenagers in Holocaust graphic novels. The program will consist of a conversation between David Polonsky\, illustrator of Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation; Ken Krimstein\, author of When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teens\, and R.J. Palacio\, author of White Bird: A Wonder Story.  The conversation will be moderated by AJ Frost\, Newsletter Editor and Staff Writer for the Comics Beat.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/drawing-it-out-graphic-novels-teenagers-and-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T183000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
CREATED:20220131T193002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T193002Z
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SUMMARY:Tavern Tastings: Medicinal Foods
DESCRIPTION:In this installment of Tavern Tastings\, Jeanne E. Abrams\, author of Revolutionary Medicine: The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health\, will join Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center’s Catherine Prescott and Fraunces Tavern Museum’s Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli in exploring the history of public health in colonial North America and the role a handful of Founding Fathers and Mothers played in its evolution.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/tavern-tastings-medicinal-foods/
LOCATION:Fraunces Tavern Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T193000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
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UID:42902-1644348600-1644348600@downtownny.com
SUMMARY:Chinese New Year Online Variety Show
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate with music\, drums\, and a Year of the Tiger talk at China Institute’s free virtual variety show! Marvel at the sights and sounds of festival fireworks and the famed Refiner Drums\, alongside Chinese dance and music performances and a conversation on Chinese New Year traditions and the meaning of the Year of the Tiger. Join China Institute for our immersive and colorful digital program to welcome Chinese New Year and discover China like never before!
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/chinese-new-year-online-variety-show/
LOCATION:China Institute
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T190000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
CREATED:20220131T193003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T193003Z
UID:42903-1644433200-1644433200@downtownny.com
SUMMARY:The World According to China
DESCRIPTION:With the 2022 Winter Olympics coming up\, China is very much in the global spotlight. What image does the rising power want to project to the world? In her compelling new book\, The World According to China\, Elizabeth Economy argues that Chinese President Xi Jinping has bold ambitions to transform the international system. Join us for a virtual conversation moderated by Professor Minxin Pei as she explains what that tells us about China—and what it means for the rest of the world.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/the-world-according-to-china/
LOCATION:China Institute
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T150000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
CREATED:20220131T193004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T193004Z
UID:42904-1644505200-1644505200@downtownny.com
SUMMARY:Curator’s Tour of SUPERTALL!
DESCRIPTION:The Museum’s director\, Carol Willis\, will offer a gallery tour of SUPERTALL 2021 that surveys 58 supertalls worldwide and highlights a dozen recently completed towers that represent some of the most stunning new forms and innovative approaches to structural engineering around the world today.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/curators-tour-of-supertall/
LOCATION:Skyscraper Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T190000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
CREATED:20220131T193016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T193016Z
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SUMMARY:Legacies: Abe Foxman
DESCRIPTION:Abraham H. Foxman is one of the nation’s preeminent voices against antisemitism and hate. Join the Museum for a conversation with Foxman about his personal background\, his life’s work\, and his outlook on antisemitism today\, moderated by Newsweek Deputy Opinion Editor Batya Ungar-Sargon. Born in Poland in 1940\, Foxman survived the Holocaust when his parents entrusted him to their Catholic nursemaid\, who baptized him and raised him as her own son. He went on to become a pioneering National Director of ADL from 1987 to 2015\, elevating the organization’s national profile and forging connections far beyond the Jewish community. Foxman’s relationships with presidents\, popes\, and prime ministers brought antisemitism into the public eye. He also authored four books\, served on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council\, and served as Vice Chair of the Museum’s Board of Trustees.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/legacies-abe-foxman/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
CREATED:20220131T193017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T193017Z
UID:42906-1644606000-1644613200@downtownny.com
SUMMARY:Golden Blossoms: Looking into China’s Exclusive Poetic Couplets
DESCRIPTION:Led by Ben Wang\, CI’s Senior Lecturer in Language and Humanities\, this free virtual workshop is designed for K-12 educators (though we welcome all to attend) to help advance a deeper understanding of the uniqueness of Chinese classical poetry. In addition\, by sharing his personal collection of the rare original couplet in calligraphy\, Mr. Wang will showcase how the calligraphic art form expresses meaning and personal style\, while capturing the moments of a feeling.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/golden-blossoms-looking-into-chinas-exclusive-poetic-couplets/
LOCATION:China Institute
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220212T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T133208
CREATED:20220131T193018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T193018Z
UID:42908-1644663600-1644771600@downtownny.com
SUMMARY:South Street Seaport Museum Ships and Exhibits
DESCRIPTION:On Saturdays and Sundays\, visit the exhibitions and the ships of the South Street Seaport Museum for free. At 12 Fulton Street\, see “South Street and the Rise of New York” and “Millions: Migrants and Millionaires aboard the Great Liners\, 1900-1914\,” and at Pier 16\, explore the tall ship Wavertree and lightship Ambrose.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/south-street-seaport-museum-ships-and-exhibits-2/
LOCATION:South Street Seaport Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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