Tour: Exploring Lower Manhattan
The Municipal Art Society of NY 488 Madison Ave Suite 1900, New York, NY, United StatesWherever possible, guide Joe Svehlak will keep us off the streets as we learn about the continuing struggle to keep Downtown Manhattan connected to its multi-layered history during this time of much redevelopment. Above ground we’ll view sites connected with preservation gains and losses, including the nation’s first memorial, and New York’s first Roman Catholic […]
Simultaneous Chess Exhibition with Grandmaster Gennady Sagalchik
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY, United StatesAfter a sold-out simultaneous exhibition last year, Gennady Sagalchik returns to the JCC to give new aspirants a chance to play a game against a Grandmaster chess champion. Players from last year's event are also welcome to try their hand again. An award-winning high school chess coach who has brought many teams to state championships, […]
The Politics of Preservation
MoMA PS1 22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY, United StatesMoMA PS1 presents an afternoon of programming that examines the destruction of Iraqi heritage by the allied forces during the Gulf wars. Scholarship and mainstream attention surrounding the destruction and preservation of cultural heritage in Iraq have tended to focus largely on antiquity. This critical conversation expands this scope to not only address archeological sites […]
Aperture Conversations: Garth Greenwell and Mark McKnight
Aperture Gallery and Bookstore 547 W. 27th St., 4th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesAperture Foundation, in collaboration with Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, is pleased to present a conversation between acclaimed writer Garth Greenwell and photographer Mark McKnight, winner of the 2019 Aperture Portfolio Prize. Join us in celebrating Greenwell’s newest book, Cleanness, and McKnight’s exhibition at Aperture Gallery, on view through January 18, 2020—coinciding with his […]
Roz Chast and Patricia Marx Present: You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time
Greenlight Bookstore 686 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY, United StatesNYC Book Launch: Roz Chast and Patricia Marx present You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples From the authors of Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It comes the perfect Valentine’s or anniversary gift: an illustrated collection of love and relationship advice (containing such nuggets […]