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  • Tour the Tall Ship Wavertree

    South Street Seaport Museum

    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 […]

    Free
  • Tribute in Light

    Two beams of light shine upward in this annual tribute to the fallen towers of the World Trade Center. From dusk on 9/11 to dawn on 9/12.

    Free
  • Jazz by the Water

    Governors Island

    Featuring Patience Higgins with Cyrus Chestnut, Curtis Lundy, Ronnie Burrage; Charles Butler & The Blues Bandits; Return of the Frozen Earth featuring Paul Brown; Eddie Allen & Friends and other […]

    Free
  • Remembrance, Reflection, Resilience: A 9/11 Tribute Concert

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    The Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra present a special concert to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001. Interspersed with readings of […]

    $20
  • “Into The Forest” Book Launch

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    From a little-known chapter of Holocaust history, Rebecca Frankel’s Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love (which will be published on September 7, 2021) is one […]

    $10
  • Stories Survive: Dr. Rene David Alkalay

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Dr. Rene David Alkalay was born in March 1941 in Zagreb, the capital of the former Yugoslavia (now Croatia). When Dr. Alkalay was just a few weeks old, Croatia became […]

    $10
  • Pen Parentis

    Authors Jennifer J. Chow, Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan, Jennie Englund, and Peter Lerangis discuss their incredible successes writing for middle-grade audiences and how this career choice interacted with their personal lives and […]

    Free
  • In Search of China’s Soul: Why Confucius Matters Today

    China Institute

    China Institute welcomes Confucianism expert Zu-yan Chen, who will introduce Confucius, China’s greatest sage, and the philosophy that has shaped Chinese governance, values, and ideas for thousands of years. Following […]

    Free
  • Science Fiction and the Future of AI in China

    China Institute

    How will artificial intelligence change our world? On September 16, join Kai-Fu Lee, former president of Google China and bestselling author of AI Superpowers, and celebrated novelist Chen Qiufan, author […]

    Free
  • Mid-Autumn Family Festival

    China Institute

    Next to Chinese New Year, the Mid-Autumn festival is the most important Chinese holiday, commemorating the fall harvest with wishes for prosperity and time spent with family. This is an nteractive celebration featuring Chinese theater, music, art, and more.

    Free
  • Take a Time Machine in BPC: From Landfill to Waterfront Community

    Skyscraper Museum

    If the Skyscraper Museum gallery was a time machine and we traveled back 50 years, we’d be standing on sand! The neighborhood that is now Battery Park City was created as new land in the Hudson River, beginning with some excavations from the foundations for the original World Trade Center. In this program, we’ll time […]

    Free