Events:
March 16, 6:30-8pm
Skyscrapers: Boon or Blight?
Jason M. Barr, Lynn Ellsworth, Alex Marshall
Skylight Room (9th Floor)
CUNY’s Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave
Free and Open to Public, no registration required
http://www.gothamcenter.org/current-events.html
March 22, 6:30-8pm
The History and Future of Criminal Justice Reform in NYC
Shannon King, Alex Vitale, gabriel sayegh, Alice Speri
Elebash Recital Hall (Ground Floor)
CUNY’s Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave
Free and Open to Public, no registration required
http://www.gothamcenter.org/current-events.html
April 5, 6:30-8:30 pm
Fixing Elections: The Politics of Electoral Reform in NYC, Then and Now
Gerald Benjamin, Daniel O. Prosterman, Susan Lerner, Rob Richie, Brigid Bergin
Skylight Room, (9th Floor)
CUNY’s Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave
Free and Open to Public, no registration required
http://www.gothamcenter.org/current-events.html
April 6, 6-8pm
Conversation in Black Freedom Studies: Black Athletes and the Freedom Struggle, John Smith and Jennifer Lansbury
http://www.blackfreedomstudies.org/events/spring-2017/black-athletes-and-the-freedom-struggle
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY, 10037
Free and open to public, online registration encouraged
April 19, 6:30-8pm
Is New York’s Future Sustainable?
Ted Steinberg, Michael Sorkin, Nilda Mesa, Janet Babin
Elebash Recital Hall (Ground Floor)
CUNY’s Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave
Free and Open to Public, no registration required
http://www.gothamcenter.org/current-events.html
May 4, 6-8pm
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: The Long History of Police Brutality and the Fight Against it,
Clarence Taylor, Cathy Schneider, and Michael Flamm
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY, 10037
(917) 275-6975
Free and open to public, online registration encouraged
May 8th 6:30-8pm
NYC’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
Kimberly Phillips-Fein, Joshua B. Freeman, Frances Fox Piven
Skylight Room (9th Floor)
CUNY’s Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave
Free and Open to Public, no registration required
http://www.gothamcenter.org/current-events.html
Exhibits:
El Museo del Barrio
Dedicated to Caribbean, Latino, and Latin American Art, focus on 1950-today and on New York-based Latino artists
1230 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10029 | 212.831.7272 | OPEN WEDS – SAT FROM 11AM TO 6PM & SUN 12PM – 5PM
Free with CUNY ID
The Jewish Museum
Dedicated to Jewish art and Culture
1109 5th Ave at 92nd St
New York, NY 10128
Hours: Sun-Tues 11 am -5:45 pm, Closed Weds, Friday, Saturday 11am -4pm
Free with CUNY ID
http://thejewishmuseum.org/
Museum of the City of New York
Current exhibitions include “Muslim in NYC” and “Activist New York”
1220 5th Ave (at 103rd St), New York, NY 1002
Monday-Sunday: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Free with CUNY ID
http://mcny.org/
The Whitney
Dedicated to 20th and 21st Century American Art
Dedicated to modern art, current exhibits include “Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s” and “Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection”
99 Gansevoort Street
New York, NY 10014
(212) 570-3600
Free with CUNY ID
Hours: 10:30 am- 6pm Weds-Monday
http://whitney.org/