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Global Cities at the Crossroads

Studio 450 450 West 31st Street, New York, NY, United States

A symposium exploring the impacts of arts and culture investments by the corporate real estate sector.

Free

Teddy Bears for Teddy Roosevelt

Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York

Celebrate President's Day by making your own teddy bear and learn about President Roosevelt's impact on NYC as Police Commissioner.

Free

TEDxFultonStreet

Barleycorn 23 Park Place , New York, NY, United States

Tickets to TED cost $8,500-$30,000, but come experience one day of it for free! We will present the realtime proceedings of one day of the TED 2016 Conference, screened on a large projector via Livestream, and will take place in a private room of a restaurant.

Free

Sketching New York Lives

Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York

Learn about notable New Yorkers through their portraits , explore the art of silhouette portraits, and make a silhouette portrait of yourself!

Free

Protecting New York’’s Water

Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Hamilton Hall, Room 717 116th St & Broadway, New York, NY, United States

This class session will consider the use of advocacy, science, the law, and sustainable infrastructure design in safeguarding or restoring watersheds and estuaries.

Free

The Invasive Other

The New School Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall 55 West 13th Street, New York, NY, United States

Join us for a 2-day Social Research conference series on the effects of people, technology and pathogens in our environment !

Free

The Irresistible Resistance: Earth Week 2016

The Auditorium at The New School 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY, United States

In celebration of Earth Week at The New School, the Tishman Environment and Design Center is drawing inspiration from the growing unification of movements for climate justice, the deepening of transnational solidarity movements across the globe and the creative expressions of people and communities determined to achieve solutions to the climate crisis on their own terms.

Free

Afrofuturism Conference 2016: #BLACKISVIRAL

THE NEW SCHOOL

A student-led conference on Afrofuturism as a cultural and aesthetic movement for the radical emancipation of people of color. Join us for a weekend filled with art, performances, lectures, panels, workshops, theater pieces, film music, scholarly works, and community events !

Free

Sunset Park Walking Tour: Diverse, Complex, Contested

Sunset Park High School 153 35th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Join veteran Brooklyn tour guide (and City Limits contributor) Norman Oder, along with neighborhood activist Maria Roca, on a wide-ranging tour of the Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn !

Free – $20

Streams Beneath New York City

Jewish Center of Jackson Heights 3706 77th Street, Flushing, NY, United States

 “Urban streams serve a vital role in promoting sustainability by filtering and containing runoff, serving as linear park corridors and reminding us of nature’s presence…

Free

Deciphering Manhattan

Unnamed Venue Northwest corner of 40th Street and 5th Ave., New York, NY, United States

In Manhattan, habits of behavior and development go a long way in explaining New York’s place in the U.S. and the world. This simple walk through midtown tells what is where and why.

Free