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Urban Food Policy Forum: Food Systems and Regional Planning
CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Ave btwn 34th & 35th, New York, NY, United StatesFood related issues touch nearly every aspect of our society including the economy, health, transportation, and land and water use. Urban planners analyze these sectors in order to achieve strategic, policy, and sustainability goals with the intent of making cities work more effectively. With food playing such a pivotal role in the life of cities, planners are increasingly looked upon to take more of a central and active part in shaping the urban food environment. This forum looks at ways this is happening in New York City as illustrated by the recently released Five Borough Food Flow report and the upcoming Fourth Regional Plan.
Free
Electronic Waste Recycling
Prospect Park West and 3rd 70 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin the Prospect Alliance and Lower East Side Ecology Center, which is bringing its annual "After the Holidays" E-waste event to Prospect Park to help…
Free
From Mannahatta to Manhattan
Mid-Manhattan Library 455 fifth Ave., New York, NY, United StatesFrom Mannahatta to Manhattan: Four Centuries In the Life of An Island City, with moderator Sam Roberts and panelists Eric Sanderson, Gerard Koeppel, and Jason…
Free
Central Park, Manhattan Bandshell Area
Robin Williams Center 247 West 54th Street, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for a lively discussion about the future of regional transit, why Madison Square Garden needs to be moved, how it can happen, and what a new, world-class Penn Station would mean for New York.
Free
ANTARCTICA: ICE AND SKY
Cinema Village 22 East 12th Street, New York, NY, United StatesFrom 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
The New School, John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center 63 Fifth Avenue, Room U100, New York, NY, United States
Building on the strengths of the “teach-in” model, " Not Going Back" is organized around four types of interventions: Historical & Cultural Context/Learning As We Build; Practical Knowledge and Skill-Building; Strategic Advocacy; and Self-care and healing spaces.
Free
Queens Memory: 50 Years of Integration
Queens Library at Flushing 4117 Main Street, Flushing, NY, United StatesQueens Library in partnership with Queens Borough President, Melinda Katz presents the 50 Years of Integration program series with generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Starr Foundation.
Join a panel of Flushing experts to share stories and memories about Flushing, and engage in discussion about our neighborhood’s past, present, and future.
Free
Volunteer with TAC and City Harvest
454 West 155th Street, New York, NY, United StatesOn January 28th, The Active Citizen is partnering with City Harvest to address hunger in New York City by volunteering at a mobile market. Please sign up to secure your spot and dress appropriately as we will be working outside.
Free
E-Waste Mobile Craft Session
Gowanus E-Waste Warehouse 469 President Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesMake a one-of-a-kind e-waste mobile sculpture. By participating in this session, you will have a wide variety of materials at your disposal such as CDs,…
Free
Fireside Chats: What is Home?
Lefferts Historic House Prospect Park West, Parkside between Flatbush Ave., Ocean Ave. and Prospect Park SW, Brooklyn, United StatesAs part of A Night of Philosophy & Ideas, BPL and Prospect Park Alliance present this first in a series of monthly community conversations set…
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A Night of Philosophy and Ideas
Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesA Night of Philosophy and Ideas is an all-night marathon of philosophical debate, performances, screenings, readings, and music. Join us and be a part of…
Free