In the Garden of the Righteous
In his stirring book In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust, Richard Hurowitz pays tribute to ten individuals who […]
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Museum of Jewish Heritage
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Playing It Forward: School as Refuge
Featuring internationally acclaimed artists who have made educating the next generation of musicians an integral part of their artistic practice. Grammy, Emmy and Academy Award-winning rapper, actor, and activist Common […]
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Relatively Speaking: Family as Refuge
Relatively Speaking gathers artists from around the globe who have built their careers making music with their family members. A band of brothers whose music fuses Mexican folk and jazz. […]
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Hard Hat Area! Introduction to Construction!
How do skyscrapers get built? How do we know what pieces go where? Kids will learn about the construction process in a reading of Susan L. Roth’s “Hard Hat Area.” […]
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Meet the New York Climate Exchange
Governors IslandThe New York Climate Exchange is hosting tours and informal informational sessions on Governors Island in August and September. Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about The Exchange’s mission, […]
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China Institute Mid Autumn Family Festival
This year, celebrate the fall harvest by participating in unique mid-autumn festivities, flavors, and activities for the entire family! Mid-autumn is one of the most celebrated holidays in China – […]
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Literary Voyages and Shores
On March 24, 1902, Zhou Shuren (Lu Xun) embarked on the steamship “Dazhen Maru” from Nanjing to study in Japan. His fellow passenger, Chen Hengke, would later influence Lu Xun’s […]
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Special Compline: Downtown Voices
Trinity ChurchCompline by Candlelight, an ancient rite of prayers to end the day. Featuring improvisations on Arnold Schoenberg's Friede auf Erden, Op. 13.
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Seaport Museum Book Club
In partnership with McNally Jackson Books—located at 4 Fulton Street, just a few doors down from the Museum entrance—Seaport Museum staff and special guests will stir up lively discussions informed by our shared love of literature, history, and preservation.
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The AT&T Building: Philip Johnson and The Postmodern Skyscraper
The unveiling of the design for the new headquarters for AT&T, then the largest company in the world, appeared on the front page of The New York Times on March 31, 1978 and was quickly dubbed “the first Postmodern skyscraper." The tower's architect was Philip Johnson, who had championed the minimalist and functionalist aesthetics of […]
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Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington in conversation with Radhika Jones