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Strange Bedfellows: Real Estate, The Arts, and the Value of Space

Van Alen Institute 30 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, United States

As government funding for the arts vacillates with the ping-pong of dual-party politics, and as periodic recessions strip many wealthy donors of their giving capacity, the precarity of the creative community has become the norm. Join us for a discussion as we devise new ways to fortify the arts through New York City’s one true constant: the ever-rising value of space.

$7

2016 BF+DA Positive Impact Awards

Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator 630 Flushing Avenue, Suite 704, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Join the Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator for their 2nd Annual Positive Impact Awards! The gala will serve as a who’s who of ethical fashion and honor pioneers in the sustainable fashion industry including ethical powerhouses Patagonia, EILEEN FISHER and Canopy Planet as well as rock star collaborator, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition.

Free

Van Alen Variety Show

WeWork FiDi 85 Broad Street, Manhattan, NY, United States

Join us for a post-Election Day celebration of the mandate of everyday city dwellers to improve one another’s lives. We’ll apply performance, satire, and rapid presentations to mix policy and play and proclaim the power of participation.

$7.00

SWALE: A floating edible forest docked at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Swale, a floating food forest built on a 130-foot by 40-foot barge made from repurposed shipping containers by artist Mary Matting, will be docked for just…

Free

Floral Design Workshop: Holiday Centerpiece

Queens Botanical Garden 43-50 Main Street, Flushing, NY, United States

Try your hand at creating your own holiday centerpiece! Participants will be introduced to tips and techniques used by pros, and take home their own centerpiece. Fee includes Garden admission.

$27.24

The End of the Line Film Screening

Repair the World NYC 808 Nostrand Avenue , Brooklyn, NY, United States

Are you passionate about social justice? Are environmental issues important to you? Repair The World NYC is hosting a film screening of The End of the Line, a feature-length documentary about a diverse coalition that recently rose up to defeat the controversial Bluegrass Pipeline in Kentucky.

Free

Fair Trade Holiday Pop-Up

Wix Lounge 10 West 18th St., 2nd Floor, Manhattan, United States

Join the NYC Fair Trade Coalition for an evening of Fair Trade learning, shopping and celebrating!

Free

ANTARCTICA: ICE AND SKY

Cinema Village 22 East 12th Street, New York, NY, United States

From Oscar-winning director Luc Jacquet (March of the Penguins) comes a stirring portrait of French glaciologist, Claude Lorius, whose groundbreaking research in Antarctica gave us the first clear evidence of man-made global climate change. Film opens on 1/20 at Cinema Village.

$8 – $12

esa Fashion Week DIY Party

Not For Them Art Gallery 22-15 43rd Avenue, Queens, NY, United States

In partnership with the NYC Fair Trade Coalition, esa invites you to come celebrate Fashion Week at its DIY party! Bring all your unwanted (doomed…

$15

Book Launch: Thirtyfour Campgrounds by Martin Hogue

Van Alen Institute 30 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, United States

Join us for the launch of Martin Hogue’s Thirtyfour Campgrounds, published by MIT Press. Hogue will be discussing the book and its connections to his…

Free

10th Annual Panorama Challenge

Queens Museum Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY, United States

Doors open at 5pm, the game starts at 6. General Admission: $15 online, $20 at the door The City Reliquary and Queens Museum Members/Adopt A…

$15

Portia Munson: Earth Rites

NYU Langone Medical Center Art Gallery 550 First Avenue , New York City, NY, United States

This exhibition features works by artist Portia Munson which serve as a reminder of the profound impact we have on our environment and a call…

Free