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What They Wanted Us to Know: Disinformation, Rumors, and Ignorance in the Holocaust

What They Wanted Us to Know: Disinformation, Rumors, and Ignorance in the Holocaust

Antisemitic disinformation was a hallmark of the Nazi regime, from its early rise in 1933. Access to information can make the difference between life...

Creative Writing

Creative Writing

Walk & writing session led by Author and Poet Jon Curley. Participants will be encouraged to use observations as a way to enhance their writing...

Some People Need Killing

Some People Need Killing

Book reading and conversation. A fearless, powerfully written on-the-ground account of a nation careening into violent autocracy—told through...

Tove Bamberger’s Danish Rescue

Tove Bamberger’s Danish Rescue

Tove Bamberger (née Schonbaum) was born in Copenhagen in 1934 and raised as a secular Jew. When the Germans invaded Denmark in April 1940, life in...

New York Bars at Dawn

New York Bars at Dawn

Book reading and conversation. Join us for a drink to celebrate this one-of-a-kind photo book, which offers evocative portraits of New York bars...

Huzzah! Drinking with John Hancock during the American Revolution

Huzzah! Drinking with John Hancock during the American Revolution

When John Hancock needed to win people over, he didn’t talk about resisting taxes or policy improvements; instead, he served alcohol. He offered...

Times Square Remade: The Dynamics of Urban Change

Times Square Remade: The Dynamics of Urban Change

What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a century? In her new book, Times Square Remade: The Dynamics of Urban...

BPC Book Club

BPC Book Club

Book club discussion.

Creative Writing

Creative Writing

Walk & writing session led by Author and Poet Jon Curley. Participants will be encouraged to use observations as a way to enhance their writing...

Seaport Museum Book Club

Seaport Museum Book Club

In partnership with McNally Jackson Books—located at 4 Fulton Street, just a few doors down from the Museum entrance—Seaport Museum staff and...

Girlfriends

Girlfriends

Book reading and conversation. Emily Zhou presents Girlfriends, in conversation with Grace Byron. Seven heartstoppingly gorgeous stories about young...

Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith’s new unconventional memoir Worthy is an invitation to join her adventure in search of love and self-worth. During this special...