Free Event
Kitchen Liberation: Immigrant Home Cooking and Women’s Rights
Tenement Museum 103 Orchard Street, New York, NY, United StatesWhat happens when immigrant women teach strangers their most trusted recipes? The League of Kitchens, an organization that partners with immigrant women who teach cooking classes in their own homes, is on a mission to change how we see home cooking. In this event, Charlotte Druckman, author of Women on Food, joins in conversation with League of […]
Author André Aciman Presents Find Me
The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United StatesElio and Oliver are two of contemporary literature’s favorite characters—made famous by novelist André Aciman in Call Me by Your Name, which became both a bestselling book and an Academy Award-winning 2017 movie. Now he reintroduces this beloved pair in the much-anticipated sequel, the bestselling Find Me. Aciman reads from his “deeply romantic” new book and talks […]
Documentary and Discussion – The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, United StatesIn the 1930s, a black postal carrier from Harlem named Victor Green published a book that was part travel guide and part survival guide. It was called The Negro Motorist Green Book, and it helped African-Americans navigate safe passage across America well into the 1960s. Explore some of the segregated nation’s safe havens and notorious […]
34th Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY, United StatesNew York City’s largest public celebration in honor of iconic civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., returns to BAM for the 34th year. BAM welcomes all members of the community for this beloved annual tradition, which brings together world-renowned activists, public figures, and civic leaders alongside musicians and other performers. Join us in […]
Martin Luther King and Mary Shelley
Federal Hall 26 Wall St., New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for a special Martin Luther King Jr. day Olio, free and open to the public. Patricia Kim will use Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as a lens to understand MLK's reflections on our society which is often TOO well adjusted. This is a free event but participants should RSVP to reserve a seat. We will […]