NEW YORK
EVENTS
Family Science Favorite
Things Series
Staten Island Museum. Until June 3, 2006
75 Stuyvesant Place (2 blocks from the Ferry) | 718-727-1135
Saturday May 6, 13, 20th, 27, and June 3 from 10am to 11:30, free for 8-12
yr olds and parents. Guest instructors will bring favorite lessons and
demo's including bugs, birds, & physics. Call ext. 105 to register.
POETRY, READING AND
CULTURE
Spring
Poetry Workshop
Noble Maritime Collection. Until June 10, 2006
1000 Richmond Terrace Building D, Staten Island, NY 10301 |
718-447-6490 Writing poetry is a tradition at the museum. The
workshop has six sessions meeting on Saturdays at 1:30-3:30pm. The final
session will be a public reading. For more info, visit
www.noblemaritime.org.
Memoir
Reading Group
Noble Maritime Collection. Until September 16,
2006
1000 Richmond Terrace Building D, Staten Island, NY 10301 |
718-447-6490 Our monthly reading group provides a forum for writers
to listen to one another's work and receive valuable feedback.
Pre-requisite: completion of a fall or mid-winter Memoir Writing class.
For more info, visit
www.noblemaritime.org.
Weekend Ecology Walks
Staten Island Museum. Until June 11, 2006
75 Stuyvesant Place (2 blocks from the Ferry) | 718-727-1135
To register and confirm meeting places call 718-727-1135, ex 105 Sunday,
April 9, 8am Conference House–Hylan Blvd. Sunday, May 7, 7am Jamaica Bay–
car pools meet at museum. Saturday, May 13, Big Day Bird Count. Sunday,
June 11, 9am, Blue Belt Tour.
Stump the Science Curator
Staten Island Museum. Until June 30, 2006
75 Stuyvesant Place (2 blocks from the Ferry) | 718-727-1135
Join us every third Wednesday of the month from 4–5pm, FREE. Call ext. 109
to make an appointment. Collect a natural object in your Staten Island
backyard, park or beach area and want to know what it is? Try to stump our
experts!
Spanish Classes with Poetry, Music and Friends
El Taller Latino Americano. Until December 31,
2006
2710 Broadway, 3rd Floor, NY, NY 10025 | 212-665-9460
Small classes with a focus on Latin America will get you speaking faster
then you ever thought possible. Full schedule of day-time, evening and
weekend conversational language start every month. Check out our current
schedule or have us design a private or onsite class to your needs. For
info, visit www.tallerlatino.org.
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French Book Art/Livres
d'Artistes: Artists and Poets in Dialogue
The New York Public Library. Until June 10, 2006
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018 | 212-642-0145
Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries witnessed a vivid collaboration between
artists and writers, and they regularly produced spectacular results of
their personal and professional friendships. This show, conceived by Yves
Peyré of the Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet, will provide an
enthralling assemblage of many of the finest results.
Tai Chi in the Garden
Staten Island Botanical Garden. Until October 2,
2006
1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10301 | 718-273-8200
Tai Chi classes every Monday from May to October except for holidays. 10:30
in the NY Chinese Scholar's Garden. Pre-registration required. $65/$60
members for for 6 sessions. Call 718-273-8200 x 1007 to register.
Junior Science Club
Staten Island Museum. Until June 30, 2006
75 Stuyvesant Place (2 blocks from the Ferry) | 718-727-1135
Join us on selected Saturdays of each month from 10am–12pm. $8/5 members,
for children ages 8–13. Hands-on science led by Clay Wollney. Call ext 105
to register. The schedule includes: April 15 Animal Behavior–Instinct and
learning, May 20 Flight–Getting off the Ground, and June 10 Polymer
Chemistry–Plastics!
"Embracing Freedom"
Ellis Island Immigration Museum. Until November 5,
2006
Living Theater, Ellis Island | 212-561-4500 The immigrant
experience comes to life in this 30-minute theatrical production that
dramatizes the challenges of immigration, both past and present. The play
features professional actors who play a variety of roles that highlight the
immigrant experience of the millions who made their way through Ellis
Island. Admission is $5. Show times differ.
HISTORY AND CORRESPONDENCE
Letters to Sala
The New York Public Library. Until June 17, 2006
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018 | 212-642-0145
At age sixteen, Sala Garncarz entered the Nazi labor camp system, where she
would be imprisoned from 1940 to 1945. During that time she was able to
collect and preserve a collection of 300 letters sent to her by friends and
family from outside and within the camps. The letters were recently donated
to the Library's Dorot Jewish Division.
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The New York Tolerance Center
The Simon Wiesenthal Center. Until December 18, 2006
226 East 42nd Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues |
212-697-1180 Program offers guided tours to the public every Monday
from 9AM-5PM. Modeled after the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance, this
educational arm of the Wiesenthal Center focuses on the dynamics of racism,
prejudice, human rights, and the history of the Holocaust through powerful
interactive exhibits. Costs $14 for adults/$10 for students and seniors.
Tolerance Day
The Simon Wiesenthal Center. Until December 31, 2006
226 East 42nd Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues |
212-843-9343 The Simon Wiesenthal Center's New York Tolerance Center
has launched its Public Days program. The program will allow the general
public to visit the Center every Monday from 9AM–5PM on a reservation basis
and will focus on exploring the dynamics of racism and prejudice in America,
international human rights and the history of the Holocaust.
Staten Island Ferry: The First 100 Years
of Municipal Service
Staten Island Museum (of the Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences).
Until December 31, 2007
75 Stuyvesant Place (2 blocks from SI Ferry Terminal, across the
Ballpark) | 718-727-1135 A must see for anyone traveling the
Staten Island Ferry. Reaffirming the Museum's long standing commitment to
the world famous "boat," we are presenting the new permanent exhibition
Staten Island Ferry: The First 100 Years of Municipal Service, which
features a wealth of photographs, art works, ship models and artifacts from
past ferries.
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