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Discover a world of history classes in NYC that will transport you back in time and deepen your understanding of the past. From ancient civilizations to modern events, explore fascinating topics and gain valuable insights to enrich your knowledge and perspective.
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Fast l Reimagining Traffic in New York City
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
While no one has ever used the word “fast” to describe New York City’s traffic, an urban transformation is now underway that promises to roll back years of congestion and smog. Join leading transportation engineer and former NYC Traffic Commissioner Samuel Schwartz, aka “Gridlock Sam,” who will share his insights on how we can speed traffic, improve our transit system, and make the city safer and healthier for all. He’ll delve into the...
Free
Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Queer people have always flocked to New York City seeking freedom and forging close-knit groups for mutual support and inspiration. Our new exhibition Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York brings to life the LGBT artistic communities that sprang up over the last hundred years, a creative class whose radical ideas would greatly influence the definition and evolution of "modern" culture in New York City. To celebrate the exhibition’s...
$25
FDR, Al Smith, and the Golden Age of NY Politics
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Ahead of the 2018 gubernatorial election, historians Terry Golway and Peter Quinn take a look back at two iconic New York governors, Al Smith and Franklin Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt and Al Smith were two of New York's greatest governors. Their careers were intertwined throughout the 1920s as they created a new coalition that would dominate U.S. politics for decades. They ran against each other for the Democratic presidential nomination...
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No Vietnamese Ever Called Me N****r
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
The unflinching 1968 documentary No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger (1968, 86 min, David L. Weiss) follows 400,000 protesters as they march from Harlem to the United Nations building to decry the United States' continued involvement in the Vietnam War. An electrifying portrait of the righteous anger of black anti-war protesters and veterans, director David L. Weiss captures the ways in which black liberation and the anti-Vietnam...
$15
New Labor in New York and the Fight for Workers' Rights
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
New York City has long been known as a Union Town. While nationwide 10.5% of American workers are union members, here in New York State membership tops 22%. In addition to the ongoing work of New York’s unions, a host of alternative organizations, known as "new" or "alt" labor groups have grown dramatically in number and size over the last few years. New labor organizations share the aim of improving workers’ lives and often work...
$15
New York's Magic Mirror: Writers & The Voice
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
During its heyday in the 1960s and '70s and into the decades beyond, the writers of The Village Voice both chronicled and helped define the city's ever-evolving downtown scene. In this lively, wide-ranging conversation, acclaimed former Voice journalists Susan Brownmiller, Richard Goldstein, Greg Tate, and Guy Trebay share their experiences covering politics, culture, and counterculture at the feisty alternative weekly. Moderated by journalist Ada...
$18
Getting Out the Census: Counting New Yorkers in 2020
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
It’s almost time to “Get Out the Census” and the stakes could not be higher for New York City in terms of federal funding and electoral representation. What are government, community and civic leaders doing to ensure that every single resident of New York City is properly counted in April 2020? Despite the political controversies that have threatened the prospects of a full and accurate count of all New Yorkers to date, a massive...
$12
The Data We Don't See
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Today, data are everywhere. But what do data really mean, and how can we extract real value from them in our daily lives? In this illustrated talk, information designer Giorgia Lupi will discuss our new data reality and “data humanism,” her unique philosophy for understanding and working with data. Surveying her diverse work over the last decade, Lupi will introduce her distinctive approach to data visualization and discuss the development...
$18
Digging Who We Are: Archaeology of Everyday New Yorkers
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
What do a light bulb in the Bronx, bon bon tongs in Brooklyn, and an ancient ceramic pot in Queens have in common? They are all artifacts that have been uncovered in archaeological excavations and that can tell us more about people who have shaped our city but who are barely, if at all, visible in written documents. Inspired by our exhibition, Who We Are: Visualizing NYC by the Numbers five archaeologists will present five objects, one from...
$12
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