Dao De Jing by Laozi: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times
Written by the Chinese sage Lao Zi around 400 BC, Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) is the most important scripture in Chinese culture. All the major schools of thoughts […]
Events
23 events found.
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China Institute
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Hot Shots
Brookfield PlaceCelebrate college hoops at Brookfield Place! Show off your skills in the Winter Garden with the interactive Pop-A-Shot for a chance to win a Brookfield Place gift card. Starting March […]
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Adult Zumba
Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training and a lot of fun. Participants are encouraged to bring their own equipment: weights, water bottle, hand towel etc. Proof of vaccination required.
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Optimize Your LinkedIn Branding
Join Erin Andersen, Career Transition Coach & LinkedIn Marketing Strategist to learn how to optimize your LinkedIn profile and increase your visibility on the platform. Erin has helped 200+ clients take their LinkedIn presence to the next level. Not only will you create your most eye-catching profile yet, you’ll also learn all of the new […]
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Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed The World
Museum of Jewish HeritageIn the century between 1847 and 1947, a handful of men and women changed the world. Many of them are well known—Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Kafka. Others have vanished from […]
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Seeing China Through Film: An Elephant Sitting Still
China InstituteWatch the film at home, then enjoy a free virtual talkback with Columbia University Film Professor Richard Peña, former Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Sure to […]
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In Person: Company Created
Seven new works choreographed by Gibney Company Artistic Associates: Alexander Anderson, Zui Gomez, Jesse Obremski, Kevin Pajarillaga, Marla Phelan, Jie-Hung Connie Shiau, and Jake Tribus. Also at 2pm on March […]
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Seaport Fit
Today: Iron Buddha. Reservations are released at 10AM every Monday the week before class.
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The Bond King by Mary Childs
Book launch.From the host of NPR’s Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged investor changed American finance forever. Before Bill Gross was known among investors as the […]
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Skyscraper Monopoly
Skyscraper MuseumThe sky’s the limit in our board game, Skyscraper Monopoly! We'll use the space of the gallery as a big board game where kids can test their knowledge about big buildings and win points to climb their way to Monopoly mogul! As in the old-time game, kids will traveling around the board and answer questions […]
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Seaport Fit
Today: HIIT the Deck. Reservations are released at 10AM every Monday the week before class.
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South Street Seaport Museum Ships and Exhibits
South Street Seaport MuseumOn 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.
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Adult Zumba
Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training and a lot of fun. Participants are encouraged to bring their own equipment: weights, water bottle, hand towel etc. Proof of vaccination required.
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FOUNDATIONS: Construction History in New York and Chicago
Skyscraper MuseumChicago and New York offered a handful of very different preconditions that influenced the way skyscrapers were designed and built in the two cities. Chicago’s murky soil forced engineers to carefully parse their structures into point supports and broad, snowshoe-like pads, which suggested structures above could be thought of as more skeletal frames than continuous […]
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Innovation, Chaos, and Luxury: Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 -256 BCE)
China InstituteLed 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 […]
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Tavern Trivia Night
Fraunces Tavern MuseumRound up your friends and test your knowledge of the American Revolution! Brush up on your revolutionary history and complete to win some great prizes!
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BPC Cooperstown Camp
Rockefeller ParkNew York Empire Baseball is changing the world of hardball instruction and coaching by teaching confident play through advanced preparation. Learn technical skills and drills focusing on increasing player performance. It’s bound to be a home run! For ages 6-10. Space is limited, registration required at: [email protected]
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Seaport Fit
Today: HIIT the Deck. Reservations are released at 10AM every Monday the week before class.
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South Street Seaport Museum Ships and Exhibits
South Street Seaport MuseumOn 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.
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From Chengdu: Stories of the Legendary Zhuge Liang
China InstituteA legendary historical figure in the Three Kingdom period (220-280), Zhuge Liang (181-234) is recognized as the most accomplished and admired military strategist of his era, first as the chancellor to Emperor Liu Bei of the state of Shu and later as the regent of the Kingdom. As a recognition of his contributions to Shu, […]
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April Women’s Breakfast: In Conversation with Kathryn Garcia
2020 and 2021 were big years for women in U.S. politics, with more women running for national and local office than ever before. Here in New York, we had a contentious mayoral election with multiple women candidates leading on the ballot, and we finally got our first woman governor. So what's it like to be […]
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Adult Zumba
Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training and a lot of fun. Participants are encouraged to bring their own equipment: weights, water bottle, hand towel etc. Proof of vaccination required.
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FRAMES: Construction History in New York and Chicago
Skyscraper MuseumThe second session of the Construction History series concentrates on Frames and the evolution of metal-cage construction in each city. Chicago has claimed the “invention” of steel-skeleton construction, which historians often call “the Chicago frame.” In New York, building codes and concerns about fire discouraged the use of skeleton frames until after 1892, so alternative, […]
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