The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City offers a new look at over a century of New York’s history of Yiddish popular culture. Henry H. Sapoznik – a Peabody Award-winning co-producer of NPR’s Yiddish Radio Project – tells the story in over a baker’s dozen chapters on theater, music, architecture, crime, Black Americans […]
Join this group of fiber art crafters for a fun afternoon of creativity and camaraderie. Bring your projects, which can include—but are not limited to—knitting, crocheting, embroidery and small-loom weaving.
Girls Write Now is a nationally award-winning nonprofit, media incubator, and multi-generational community.
This open house will feature a breadth of printing equipment that you will be invited to use. You’ll get to see how the designers at Bowne lock up limited edition designs that showcase some of the more eccentric parts from the Seaport Museum’s printing and graphic arts collection. Established in 1775, the original Bowne & […]
Book reading and signing by Lev AC Rosen, author of Mirage City.
Screening of Wild Hope: Mission Impossible, a film that highlights the late-career epiphany of renowned scientist Pat Brown, who abandoned his academic career to fight global warming and biodiversity collapse. Against all odds, he developed the revolutionary and delicious plant-based Impossible Burger, which has had a profound impact on the global food industry. Followed by […]
An evening of storytelling in collaboration with The Moth, featuring the personal stories of veterans whose experiences reflect the many dimensions of military service. Crafted during a Moth storytelling workshop held earlier this fall in partnership with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, these stories will offer authentic accounts of sacrifice, heroism, and compassion from those […]
Dance, film and storytelling that honors Indigenous voices and traditions from around the world.
Each November, movie fans celebrate the hallmark antiheroes, femme fatales, moral complexities, and the stunning black & white cinematography of film noir. Free popcorn will be served, and a discussion will follow each screening. In The Narrow Margin (Richard Fleischer, 1952, 72 minutes) a tough cop (Charles McGraw) meets his match when he has to […]
Nerdy Thursdays are the Black Gotham Experience take on the Harlem Renaissance salon. A familiar place to meet new ideas. Tonight's theme: Legacy.
“Heroism is presented less as a feat of preternatural bravery than a series of choices made by someone who simply refused to give up his humanity.” – Beatrice Loayza, The New York Times. The Last Twins is the never-before-told story of an unsung hero of the Holocaust, Erno “Zvi” Spiegel, who risked everything to save […]
Find hidden gems deaccessioned from the Municipal Archives and Library. Whether you like history, politics, culture, theater, art, food, or iconic landmarks, there are books for everyone who loves New York City. Hundreds of books, all at great prices. Don’t miss your chance to stock up on some unique finds ahead of the holiday season.