Winter Talks: 9/11 Tribute Center
An Inside Look at the Design of the New 9/11 Tribute Center
Tuesday, January 31
1pm
6 River Terrace
The 9/11 Tribute Center, initiated by the September 11th Families’ Association, conveys the stories of 9/11, from its aftermath to recovery as told by survivors, family members and first responders. Hear how the new Center integrates these stories into the original design, and why its expanded mission is to encourage visitors to take action through altruistic service.
Free of charge. Click here for additional information
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Winter Talks: CultureNOW
Marking Time, Marking Place: Lower Manhattan THEN & NOW
Tuesday, February 7th
1pm
6 River TerracePresident of cultureNOW, Abby Suckle, presents an illustrated talk on their urban archeology project and the creation of a map showing New York City over time. Learn about the process of surveying our local geographic history and raising questions that need to be considered as we plan a more resilient city in our future.
Free of charge.
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MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE |
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GALLERY TALK – After 9/11
Wednesday, January 25
3 P.M.
36 Battery PlaceMuseum President & CEO Michael S. Glickman in conversation with Alice Greenwald, Director of the National September 11 Memorial Museum. Two lower Manhattan museum directors discuss the impact of 9/11 on the downtown community and the rebirth that has happened in the years since.Free – Advance Registration Recommended. Click here for additional information. |
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BOOK TALK – A World Erased
Wednesday, February 1
7 P.M.
36 Battery PlaceAuthor Noah Lederman in conversation with Professor Jessica Restaino, Montclair State University In this poignant memoir, Lederman, the grandson of Holocaust survivors, transports readers from his grandparents’ kitchen table in Brooklyn to World War II Poland.Free – Advance Registration Recommended. Click here for additional information. |
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An International Tribute to Elie Wiesel:
A Community Reading of NightSunday, January 29
3 P.M. – 8 P.M.
36 Battery PlaceProduced by the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust and National Yiddish Theatre FolksbieneFeaturing Elisha Wiesel, Andre Aciman, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Ambassador Dani Dayan – Consul General of Israel in New York, French Ambassador François Delattre, Tovah Feldshuh, Joel Grey, Sheldon Harnick, Jessica Hecht, Fanya Gottesfeld Heller, David Hyde Pierce, Bill T. Jones, Daniel and Nina Libeskind, Senator Joseph and Hadassah Lieberman, Sheila Nevins, Itzhak Perlman, Ron Rifkin, Geraldo Rivera, Daryl Roth, Consul General of Germany Brita Wagener, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, and many othersLuminaries, friends, and community leaders pay tribute to Elie Wiesel in a community reading of Wiesel’s seminal work, Night.Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage for this very special free event honoring the life and work of Elie Wiesel. The live reading will be from 3 P.M. to 8 P.M in the Museum’s Edmond J. Safra Hall and throughout the building via live simulcast with comfortable seating spaces so all visitors can join together as a community and share this moving experience. The event will be viewed across the country and around the world via livestream.
You may arrive at any time throughout the program. There will be two intermissions at approximately 5 P.M. and 6:30 P.M.
The Museum opens at 10 A.M. and is FREE all day. Hear Holocaust survivors share their testimonies in the Museum’s Core Exhibition prior to the Tribute from 12 P.M. to 2 P.M.
TICKETED EVENT. Add your name to the waitlist and the museum will email you as tickets become available. Up to four tickets may be requested. Waitlist request link here. |
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HEARTS & TOWERS: VALENTINE’S DAY CARD CREATIONS
Saturday, February 11, 2017
10:30 – 11:45 AM
39 Battery PlaceGive your parents or your playground crush a one of a kind card with a homemade skyscraper. The only thing taller than a skyscraper is your love for that super someone! Form follows function and my heart follows you! All Ages.
Cost: $5 per child; members free. Registration is requested by Friday at 5 PM. To sign up for the Family Program newsletter, or for more information and to RSVP, email education@skyscraper.org
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Seeing our Stanzas: Ekphrasis & Identity with Rachel Eliza Griffiths |
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Ekphrasis & Identity with Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Saturday, January 28, 2017
2:00PM to 5:00PM
10 River Terrace, Conference RoomIn this one-day workshop Poets House will write towards both personal and national identity and imaginations through the space of visual art. Using American Stanzas: 2006 – 2016 as a three-dimensional text, Rachel Eliza Griffiths will lead a detailed writing workshop that will include close readings of Cave Canem poetry that inspired her exhibit, generative writing prompts, and interactive discussions with participants about their own writing practices. This workshop will focus its energy on the richly, complex act and art of bridging language and imagery.Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a poet and photographer. She is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Lighting the Shadow. She teaches creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and the Institute of American Indian Arts.
ADMISSION: $75. Click here to register |
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