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SUMMARY:Downtown Moderns
DESCRIPTION:[In-person tour] Aficionados of mid-20th century Modernism often overlook Lower Manhattan. Discover the area’s modern treasures with architectural historian Matt Postal viewing major works of architecture and sculpture. Heading north from Wall Street\, we’ll view several freestanding office towers by Skidmore\, Owings & Merrill\, important sculptures by Isamu Noguchi and Jean Dubuffet\, as well as memorable works by I. M. Pei and Kelly & Gruzen\, who transformed the civic center in 1960s and 1970s\, including two distinguished apartment complexes\, each in different ways\, inspired by Le Corbusier.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/downtown-moderns/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220403T110000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Walking Tour: Jewish Florence
DESCRIPTION:Florence is an incredible kaleidoscope of cultures\, faiths\, and languages. It’s believed that Jews lived in Florence since the 13th century\, however\, they were first officially documented there in 1437\, when the Republic called upon a group of resident Jews to restructure their “banchi” (banks)\, as Jews often were at that time offered certain communal benefits in exchange for serving as interfaith money lenders given the Christian ban on usury. Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Our Travel Circle on a tour of Jewish Florence. Our walk begins in Roman times\, when Jews and Christians were both viewed as foreigners and strangers to the pagan Roman Empire. See the original site of the very first Jewish Temple on our way to the Piazza della Repubblica\, the site of the now-destroyed Ghetto\, and Signoria Square\, which is famous for its statues. With a special cameo by the David and more\, this tour is bound to dazzle.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/virtual-walking-tour-jewish-florence/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220403T140000
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SUMMARY:“The Murders of Moisés Ville” Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:Moisés Ville was the epicenter of Argentine Jewish life during the 20th century. It was the first of many agricultural colonies founded by Jews who fled the Russian Empire’s persecution especially. When Javier Sinay discovered an article recounting twenty-two murders in Moisés Ville\, written by his great-grandfather\, a book was born. The discovery sent Sinay on a journey to discover the town’s turbulent past and his family’s history within it. Join the Museum for a discussion with Sinay about his book\, The Murders of Moisés Ville: The Rise and Fall of the Jerusalem of South America\, where he will talk with cultural anthropologist Dr. Natasha Zaretsky.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/the-murders-of-moises-ville-book-talk/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220403T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220403T160000
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SUMMARY:Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music Live Sing-Along
DESCRIPTION:From our living rooms and kitchens\, join a round-robin of shared songs featuring members of The New York Packet and friends. Listen in\, lead a song\, and belt out the choruses for your neighbors to hear on the first Sunday of every month.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/sea-chanteys-and-maritime-music-live-sing-along-8/
LOCATION:South Street Seaport Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220405T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220405T113000
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SUMMARY:Adult Zumba
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/adult-zumba-13/
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220405T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220405T193000
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SUMMARY:Stories Survive: Ann Kliger Axelrod
DESCRIPTION:April’s Stories Survive program features Ann Kliger Axelrod. Ann was born Elizabeth Benedikt on August 25\, 1929 in Budapest\, Hungary. On March 18\, 1944\, when Ann was 14 years old\, the Nazis invaded Hungary and forced Jews to obey the degrading laws that were already in place in Germany. On April 5\, the photo of Ann above was taken by Hungarians at German headquarters in Budapest for her identification. April 5 was also the date when the Jewish Hungarian labor battalions\, including Ann’s brother Lazlo\, were sent to the Russian front. It was the last day that Ann saw her brother. Ann became one of a number of teenage Jewish girls issued a “schutzpasse” by Raoul Wallenberg and put up in a Swedish safe house. After escaping from a transport to Bergen-Belsen with other children\, Ann went to the Budapest ghetto\, where she received false papers from a family friend. Using these papers\, Ann was able to leave the ghetto on November 1944\, and hid with her mother in a bombed-out hotel until Budapest was liberated by the Russians. After the war\, Ann met her husband Shaja Kliger in a bread line in Budapest. They moved to Italy\, where her son Jack\, who is now President of the Museum\, and her daughter Lea were born. In 1948 the family moved to the United States. Here the family lived in Brooklyn\, New York\, where she had her third child\, Stella. Ann now has four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Ann will be interviewed by Rick Salomon\, a co-founder of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/stories-survive-ann-kliger-axelrod/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220406T183000
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SUMMARY:How Language Helped Shape China’s Rise
DESCRIPTION:What was the biggest obstacle to China’s modernization as the Qing Dynasty collapsed? The Chinese language\, according to Yale University Professor Jing Tsu. Back then\, literacy was reserved for the elite few\, and the system of calligraphy was far too complicated for the technological revolution that was sweeping the world. Join Professor Tsu as she explores the century-long fight to make the Chinese language accessible to the modern world of global trade and digital technology. Drawing on her new book\, Kingdom of Characters\, Tsu will share her perspective on the linguistic advances that helped fuel China’s meteoric rise.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/how-language-helped-shape-chinas-rise/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T180000
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SUMMARY:9/11 and America’s Standing in the World
DESCRIPTION:The events of 9/11 profoundly transformed how the United States engages with the rest of the world. Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton was at the forefront of that transformation\, first as a senator from New York (2001-2009) and then as secretary of state (2009-2013) in the Obama administration. In this conversation with 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s Executive Vice President and Deputy Director for Museum Programs Clifford Chanin\, Secretary Clinton reflects upon the attacks\, the power and limitations of diplomacy in the ensuing two decades\, and what the future might hold for American foreign policy. The program is at capacity and tickets are no longer available. For those unable to attend\, the event will be broadcast live\, with captioning\, at 911memorial.org/watch.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/9-11-and-americas-standing-in-the-world-2/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T180000
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SUMMARY:Seaport Fit
DESCRIPTION:Today: Iron Buddha. Reservations are released at 10AM every Monday the week before class.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/seaport-fit-17/
CATEGORIES:Wellness
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T183000
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SUMMARY:Noble Volunteers: British Soldiers Who Fought in the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Military histories often focus on battles campaigns\, overlooking the soldiers who fought them. Who were the red-coated soldiers who formed the ranks of the British army in the 1770s? In this talk\, Don N. Hagist will investigate where British soldiers were from\, what they did before joining the army\, what motivated them to enlist\, how they were trained\, how they lived in America on campaign and in garrison\, and what became of them after the war.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/noble-volunteers-british-soldiers-who-fought-in-the-american-revolution/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T190000
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SUMMARY:Here & Away: Audrey Schulman and Samantha Hunt Present The Dolphin House and The Unwritten Book
DESCRIPTION:Audrey Schulman\, author of Theory of Bastards\, and Samantha Hunt\, author of The Seas\, will come together to discuss their new genre-bending works of literature as part of McNally Jackson and Europa Editions’ series of conversations on literature from around the globe\, Here & Away.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/here-away-audrey-schulman-and-samantha-hunt-present-the-dolphin-house-and-the-unwritten-book/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T203000
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SUMMARY:70's Cinema: Wake in Fright
DESCRIPTION:Online film streaming. Wake in Fright (1971\,Ted Kotcheff) tells the story of a British schoolteacher’s descent into personal demoralization at the hands of drunken\, deranged derelicts while stranded in a small town in outback Australia. Registration required.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/70s-cinema-wake-in-fright/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220409T000000
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SUMMARY:Gibney Presents: zavé martohardjono
DESCRIPTION:zavé martohardjono and collaborators present TERRITORY: The Island Remembers\, an examination of colonial history through a parable of an island\, which\, divided by a border\, grapples with reconciliation. The co-creators of the work perform as archetypal deities who guide visitors through the island’s complex history. The work envisions a reparative future beyond climate disaster and human destruction and asks audiences to remember histories\, cultures\, and legacies of revolution and land stewardship. TERRITORY: The Island Remembers will premiere as a week-long multimedia installation that will take over Gibney’s Studio Y. From April 7-9\, the installation will be activated with three nights of rituals\, performance\, and audience-interactive actions. Prior to activations\, visitors are invited to the installation at no cost on April 5-9 from 12-3pm EDT. With guided instruction\, installation visitors can give offerings to altars within the space to acknowledge the land and prepare it for evening activations.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/gibney-presents-zave-martohardjono/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220408T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T002204
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SUMMARY:South Street Seaport Museum Ships and Exhibits
DESCRIPTION:On 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.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/south-street-seaport-museum-ships-and-exhibits-10/
LOCATION:South Street Seaport Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220408T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220408T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T002204
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T171724Z
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SUMMARY:Jeff Deutsch presents In Praise of Good Bookstores\, in conversation with Sarah McNally
DESCRIPTION:Do we need bookstores in the twenty-first century? If so\, what makes a good one? In this beautifully written book\, Jeff Deutsch–the director of Chicago’s Seminary Co-op Bookstores\, one of the finest bookstores in the world–pays loving tribute to one of our most important and endangered civic institutions. He considers how qualities like space\, time\, abundance\, and community find expression in a good bookstore. Along the way\, he also predicts–perhaps audaciously–a future in which the bookstore not only endures\, but realizes its highest aspirations.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/jeff-deutsch-presents-in-praise-of-good-bookstores-in-conversation-with-sarah-mcnally/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220409T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220409T110000
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SUMMARY:Seaport Fit
DESCRIPTION:Today: HIIT the Deck. Reservations are released at 10AM every Monday the week before class.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/seaport-fit-18/
CATEGORIES:Wellness
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220409T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220409T200000
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CREATED:20220328T171725Z
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SUMMARY:Ling Shuhua: Her life and Place in the World Literature
DESCRIPTION:A prominent writer of the 20th-century China\, Ling Shuhua was active between the 1920s and the 1950s with a host of influential publications of short stories\, essays\, translations\, and a memoir that firmly established her foremost position in modern Chinese literature. Since most of her short stories were first published in Western journals\, her fame as a diaspora female writer also extended beyond China. Through a transnational literary friendship with Virginia Woolf\, Ling Shuhua entered the Bloomsbury circle\, a constellation of writers\, intellectuals\, philosophers and artists based in London. Woolf held Ling in high regard for her brilliance and originality and labeled her as “the Chinese Katherine Mansfield”. The Renwen Society presents a lecture on Ling Shuhua on April 9 by Prof. Lin Xiaoxia\, a scholar who specializes in the study of the famous Chinese writer. With an introduction to Ling Shuhua’s extraordinary life during the turbulent and transitional era in the first half of the 20th-century China\, Prof. Lin will explore Ling Shuhua’s significant and pioneering contribution to the construction of a world literary theory from a Chinese lens.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/ling-shuhua-her-life-and-place-in-the-world-literature/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T110000
DTSTAMP:20260406T002204
CREATED:20220328T171939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T171939Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Walking Tour: Revisiting Budapest
DESCRIPTION:Through the eyes and camera of our guide Adam\, explore off-the-beaten path parts of the Jewish quarter of Pest\, one of the most interesting parts of Budapest’s city center. Learn the in-depth stories of the historical area including Stolpersteine\, the former children’s republic of Gaudiopolis\, and some micro-stories from everyday life of middle-class Jewish families. We will also have special access to the Ghetto Wall Memorial\, where we will see the last remaining section of the WWII ghetto’s wall hiding in the courtyard of an abandoned residential building. Only licensed guides have access\, and no groups are permitted in this hidden courtyard. Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Our Travel Circle for a deeper look into the rich culture of the Hungarian Jewish community. This tour will build upon September’s Budapest tour\, but it is not required to have attended the previous tour.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/virtual-walking-tour-revisiting-budapest/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T002204
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SUMMARY:Stories Survive: Solomon Kofinas
DESCRIPTION:More than 80% of Greek Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. Among them were the father\, sister\, mother\, and baby brother of Solomon Kofinas\, a survivor from Athens and a leader of Kehilah Kedosha Janina (KKJ)\, New York’s Greek synagogue. Kofinas was born in 1936 in Athens. After the Nazi invasion of Greece in 1941\, Kofinas and his older brother fled to the outskirts of the city\, where they hid with the help of Greek Orthodox Christians and later with distant family members. They never saw their immediate family again. In 1955\, Kofinas emigrated to New York\, where he married another Holocaust survivor and started a family of his own. Now a grandfather and great-grandfather\, he has served as a gabbai and lay leader at KKJ for more than 50 years. Join the Museum and KKJ for a program with Kofinas exploring his story of loss\, survival\, and rescue in Greece.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/stories-survive-solomon-kofinas/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T002204
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T171939Z
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SUMMARY:Adult Zumba
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/adult-zumba-14/
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T120000
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SUMMARY:Stephen Foerster on "In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio"
DESCRIPTION:Webinar. Is there an ideal portfolio of investment assets\, one that perfectly balances risk and reward? In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio examines this question by profiling and interviewing ten of the most prominent figures in the finance world―Jack Bogle\, Charley Ellis\, Gene Fama\, Marty Leibowitz\, Harry Markowitz\, Bob Merton\, Myron Scholes\, Bill Sharpe\, Bob Shiller and Jeremy Siegel. We learn about the personal and intellectual journeys of these luminaries―which include six Nobel Laureates and a trailblazer in mutual funds―and their most innovative contributions. In the process\, we come to understand how the science of modern investing came to be. Each of these finance greats discusses their idea of a perfect portfolio\, offering invaluable insights to today’s investors. Talk followed by audience Q&A. Advance registration is required. Registered guests will receive the link prior to the program.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/stephen-foerster-on-in-pursuit-of-the-perfect-portfolio/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T173000
DTSTAMP:20260406T002204
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T171940Z
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SUMMARY:FAÇADES: Construction History in New York and Chicago
DESCRIPTION:The third session of the Construction History series focuses on Facades. Steel frames freed exterior walls from structural duties\, allowing architects new freedom to develop facades that could respond to changing functional and aesthetic criteria. Developers’ desire for efficiency and natural daylight led to thinner\, lighter walls – “veneers” in the dismissive language of early critics and “curtain walls” in the parlance of more enthusiastic designers. Electric lighting\, building materials\, and environmental controls all played roles in changing skyscraper skins in both New York and Chicago. However\, each city’s proximity to varying sources of stone\, glass\, and terra cotta – coupled with differing approaches to fire codes and the politics of local labor unions – created subtly different approaches to skyscraper facades.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/facades-construction-history-in-new-york-and-chicago/
LOCATION:Skyscraper Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T002204
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Daniel Mendelsohn Presents Three Rings: A Tale of Exile\, Narrative\, and Fate
DESCRIPTION:In a genre-defying book hailed as “exquisite” (The New York Times) and “spectacular” (The Times Literary Supplement)\, the best-selling memoirist and critic Daniel Mendelsohn explores the mysterious links between the randomness of the lives we lead and the artfulness of the stories we tell. Combining memoir\, biography\, history\, and literary criticism\, Three Rings weaves together the stories of three exiled writers who turned to the classics of the past to create masterpieces of their own—works that pondered the nature of narrative itself: Erich Auerbach\, the Jewish philologist who fled Hitler’s Germany and wrote his classic study of Western literature\, Mimesis\, in Istanbul; François Fénelon\, the seventeenth-century French archbishop whose ingenious sequel to the Odyssey\, The Adventures of Telemachus—a veiled critique of the Sun King and the best-selling book in Europe for a hundred years—resulted in his banishment; and the German novelist W.G. Sebald\, self-exiled to England\, whose distinctively meandering narratives explore Odyssean themes of displacement\, nostalgia\, and separation from home.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/book-launch-daniel-mendelsohn-presents-three-rings-a-tale-of-exile-narrative-and-fate/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220414T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220416T000000
DTSTAMP:20260406T002204
CREATED:20220328T172140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T172140Z
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SUMMARY:Spotlight: MICHIYAYA Dance
DESCRIPTION:Dance performance.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/spotlight-michiyaya-dance/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220415T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220417T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T002204
CREATED:20220328T172140Z
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SUMMARY:South Street Seaport Museum Ships and Exhibits
DESCRIPTION:On 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.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/south-street-seaport-museum-ships-and-exhibits-11/
LOCATION:South Street Seaport Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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UID:44088-1650105000-1650105000@downtownny.com
SUMMARY:Supertall Forms: Inspired by Nature
DESCRIPTION:Let’s get ready for Earth Day! Did you know that architects often design buildings inspired by nature? The China Resources Tower in Shenzhen\, China is nicknamed “Spring Bamboo\,” because it looks like a new shoot emerging from the ground. After a tour of the SUPERTALL exhibition\, young architects will create their own skyscrapers designs using recycled materials. Ages 6+. RSVP required.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/supertall-forms-inspired-by-nature/
LOCATION:Skyscraper Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220416T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220416T110000
DTSTAMP:20260406T002204
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UID:44089-1650106800-1650106800@downtownny.com
SUMMARY:Seaport Fit
DESCRIPTION:Today: HIIT the Deck. Reservations are released at 10AM every Monday the week before class.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/seaport-fit-19/
CATEGORIES:Wellness
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220416T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220416T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T002204
CREATED:20220328T172342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T172342Z
UID:44090-1650124800-1650132000@downtownny.com
SUMMARY:Artist Talk and Closing Celebration: Mildred Howard's The House That Will Not Pass For Any Color Than Its Own
DESCRIPTION:Bid farewell to the sculpture installation The House That Will Not Pass For Any Color Than Its Own as it returns from Battery Park City to its home in Sacramento. The closing party will feature an artist talk by Mildred Howard\, live music\, and poetry readings and book signing by Quincy Troupe from his newest book\, Duende: Poems\, 1966 – now.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/artist-talk-and-closing-celebration-mildred-howards-the-house-that-will-not-pass-for-any-color-than-its-own/
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220419T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220419T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T002204
CREATED:20220328T172343Z
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UID:44091-1650364200-1650367800@downtownny.com
SUMMARY:Adult Zumba
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/adult-zumba-15/
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220419T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220419T173000
DTSTAMP:20260406T002204
CREATED:20220328T172343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T172343Z
UID:44092-1650389400-1650389400@downtownny.com
SUMMARY:FIRE: Construction History in New York and Chicago
DESCRIPTION:The fourth session of the Construction History series will examine the various dimensions in which the threat of fire affected skyscraper development. Claims of “fireproof building” were regularly disproved\, often in cataclysmic fashion. Iron promised improvements over timber\, but Chicago’s Great Fire in 1871 revealed its vulnerability to collapse. Brick remained the only truly fireproof material\, but owners and designers remained frustrated by its weight and inefficiency. The advent of lightweight terra cotta allowed architects to combine ceramic’s resistance to fire with iron’s efficient strength\, leading to hybrid structures that allowed the safe exploitation of the skeletal frame. Fire also reshaped building codes\, but new regulations reflected the competing desires of owners\, tenants\, architects\, and skilled tradespersons that\, in turn\, influenced skyscraper massing and composition. Differing approaches in New York and Chicago forged subtly different solutions.
URL:https://downtownny.com/event/fire-construction-history-in-new-york-and-chicago/
LOCATION:Skyscraper Museum
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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