Pinkster Celebration
Pinkster is a religious holiday associated with the change of season to spring. Today, Pinkster is recognized as the oldest African-American holiday of the United States, celebrated since the colonial […]
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Events
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Eleanor Dubinsky
Charismatic USA-Argentine duo Eleanor Dubinsky and Dario Acosta Teich perform joyful concerts of jazz, Latin, French and original songs.
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Malou Beauvoir
Malou Beauvoir is a Haitian-American artist whose music and social activism are deeply rooted in Haitian culture and spirituality. Her most recent album, SPIRITWALKER, blends traditional folk songs with original […]
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Playscape Performs
Family-oriented shows at the ShowBox, the first improv theater in a New York City playground. Show is repeated at 12:30pm.
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“Surviving the Survivor” Book Talk
Karmela Waldman is an eighty-something psychotherapist and Holocaust survivor. Her son, Joel Waldman, is a successful broadcast journalist. After a discontented Joel chooses to leave his network news job, he […]
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Witness Theater: WE ARE HERE
Museum of Jewish HeritageThis unique performance is the culmination of seven months of heartfelt collaboration between five Holocaust survivors and sixteen students. It honors and shares the survivors’ stories, celebrates these extraordinary individuals, […]
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Simple Gifts
Trinity ChurchTrinity Youth Chorus; Melissa Attebury and Peyton Marion, conductors.
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Creative Writing
Walk & writing session led by poet Jon Curley. Participants will be encouraged to use observations as a way to enhance their writing styles in any preferred mode. Registration required, […]
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Cancer and Aging – The Inflammaging Connection
In considering why humans get cancer, it is useful to ask an alternative question, “Why have humans been so good at not getting cancer in the first 4-5 decades of […]
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When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
Award-winning author of The Plaza, Julie Satow looks south on Fifth Avenue and back through the 20th century to examine the golden age of American department stores and of three […]
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“Jewish Sunday Schools” Book Talk
The earliest Jewish Sunday schools were female-led, growing from one school in Philadelphia established by Rebecca Gratz in 1838 to an entire system that educated vast numbers of Jewish youth […]
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