Events
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Mah Jongg & More
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up with neighbors. Sets, cards, and games provided, or bring your own.
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Rosie Revere, Engineer
Read-aloud of Andrea Beaty’s Rosie Revere, Engineer to hear how the kid- engineer Rosie uses household objects to invent her gadgets and gizmos. Can you do the same for skyscrapers? We’ll learn about the role of engineers and then use our own creative minds to use everyday materials to build tall structures! Ages 5+.
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Neptune’s Fortune
The latest book by acclaimed author and journalist Julian Sancton hits shelves on January 27, 2026—and you’re invited to its New York launch at the South Street Seaport Museum! Sancton’s new work, Neptune's Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire, tells the riveting true story of the San José, a legendary […]
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Battery Park City Art Exhibition Opening Day
See the work created by participants at BPCA’s art programs. Meet fellow artists and the artists/educators who lead these programs, and learn about upcoming art events in Battery Park City. Refreshments will be served.
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Anna Sokolow and the Roots of Anti-Fascist Modern Dance
Dancer/Choreographer Anna Sokolow and Composer Alex North connected as young artists in the midst of the 1930’s Great Depression. Both came from Russian Jewish immigrant families and were committed to the social justice issues of the time, including workers rights and anti-fascism. Their art focused on lifting the spirit of the masses and improving the […]
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Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music
Singers of all levels, as well as listeners, are welcome to join in the choruses throughout the free Chantey Sing, lead or request a song in the round-robin, or just listen.
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Jazz Icons: Jon Faddis
Trinity ChurchTrumpeter, conductor, composer, and educator Jon Faddis has shaped both jazz performance and music education with a depth of influence few can match. Following in the footsteps of his mentor Dizzy Gillespie, he launched his career at just 17 with Lionel Hampton’s band, later rising to prominence as lead trumpet in the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis […]
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Alchemy, AI and Snow’s Two Cultures in Historical Perspective
Farzad Mahootian will explore the imaginal space between four themes: alchemy, Jung, the history of science, and AI. He will consider chemists and historians of chemistry. Chemists have benefited greatly by integrating computational tools to exponentially expand chemical space. By contrast, historians of chemistry and alchemy have been somewhat less enthusiastic about applying computational methods […]
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Israel and the Holocaust – A Close Reading and Discussion
Professional development program centered around the legacy of the Holocaust in the creation of the State of Israel. The first part is an hour-long virtual lecture given by NYU Professor Avinoam Patt, building on key themes that are explored in his book Israel and the Holocaust. In this in-depth lecture, Professor Patt will focus on […]
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Mah Jongg & More
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up with neighbors. Sets, cards, and games provided, or bring your own.
Free