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Noxious New York: Race, Class and Garbage

The New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue, at 103rd Street, New York, NY, United States

Historian Julie Sze examines the link between race, class, and garbage and explores how culturally and politically disenfranchised communities re-work long-standing conflations between polluted places and peoples.

The talk will address case studies around NYC garbage politics in the 1980s and 1990s, while also considering at previous historical moments and sites outside the city.

Free

Books Beneath the Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge Park 334 Furman Street, New York, NY, United States

WORD is delighted to be returning to the Books Beneath the Bridge reading series with two wonderful fantasy novelists. Naomi Novik and Peter V. Brett will be reading, answering questions and, of course, signing books.

Free

Rooftop Films: Bikes vs. Cars

Metrotech Commons 5 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States

As evidence of the negative impact of the cars continues to mount, people are looking to the bicycle as the solution. But with poor city planning and road rage contributing to daily cycling casualties, and never-ending gridlocks and global warming at the forefront of the news, what will it take for change to occur? And will the economic powers-that-be allow it?

Free

Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: Macbeth

The Clemente (Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center) 114 Norfolk Street (E. side of Norfolk St. between Delancey and Rivington), New York, NY, United States

Macbeth set in a banana republic.

Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

Meadow Lake Flushing Meadows Corona Park 11101 Corona Ave, Flushing, NY, United States

The 24th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York!

Free

The Brooklyn Music Festival

Governors Island, Colonels Row New York

The Brooklyn Music Festival is designed to celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of New York City’s largest borough.

Free

Formell y Los Van Van

Concert Hall at Lehman College 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West, Bronx, NY, United States

A collection of dance tracks incorporating the contemporary arrangements of Juan Formell’s hit from the past.

$45 – $60

Basic Canoeing

Lasker Rink and Pool, in Central Park 830 5th Ave, New York, United States

Few experiences compare with being on the open water in New York City.  The rhythm of the waves, the sun on your face, and the…

Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park

Heather Garden Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park Cabrini Boulevard and Ft. Washington Ave, New York

Fort Tryon Park towers above the Hudson River and offers commanding views of the Palisades and the lower Hudson Valley. As one of the highest points in Manhattan, it challenges the notion that Manhattan’s best vistas are from its skyscrapers. The Heather Garden – the parks most notable horticultural feature – is a three-acre garden that sits on the park’s Western side along the Hudson River.

Free

Billopp Shores: The Ebb and Flow of Man and Nature

Conference House Park Visitor Center 200-236 Satterlee St, Staten Island, NY

This retrospective exhibition offers a glimpse of man and nature's impact on the development of the waterfront in Conference House Park.

Free

Central Park Conservancy Film Festival

Central Park New York, NY, United States

The free Central Park Conservancy Film Festival screens classics just north of the Sheep Meadow (enter the park at West 72nd Street). Bring a blanket…

Free