Arctic Architecture
How do people living in the Arctic stay warm? They have to make special houses! From the Russian izba to the Alaskan Inuit igloos, we will learn about how Arctic […]
How do people living in the Arctic stay warm? They have to make special houses! From the Russian izba to the Alaskan Inuit igloos, we will learn about how Arctic […]
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 […]
Drop by the Community Room for a discussion of well-regarded contemporary works. Each session will feature questions and talking points to help readers further connect to the story. Tonight, discuss […]
Play the popular strategy game while getting pointers and advice from an expert. Chess improves concentration, problem solving, and strategic planning — plus it’s fun! For ages 5 and up.
At 3pm tour the African Burial Ground National Monument, 290 Broadway. At 5pm, attend a symposium at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square. Much of Black history […]
Book reading and signing by William Boyle, author of Saint of the Narrows Street.
In Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill, Davida Siwisa James leads readers through four centuries of the storied New York neighborhood where George Washington headquartered in 1776, Alexander Hamilton built his […]
Celebrate the inimitable Audre Lorde (1934 – 1992), a self-described “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” on February 18, her birthday. Poets JP Howard, I.S. Jones, Zora Satchell, and Brad Walrond […]
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the Downtown Beats adult chorus is open to all who love to sing! Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events […]
Challenge your artistic skills by drawing the human figure. Each week a model will strike short and long poses for participants to draw. Artists/ educators will offer constructive suggestions and […]
Borough of Manhattan Community College presents free performances from their music, speech, communication, and theater arts departments.
Book reading. Eric Puchner presents Dream State, in conversation with Dinaw Mengestu. Written with humor, precision, and enormous heart, both a love letter and an elegy to the American West, […]