Daytime: New York Diaries: 1609 - 2009 with Teresa Carpenter. Take a fresh look at the history of NYC over the past four hundred years through the writing of the extraordinary people who’ve lived in or visited Manhattan.
Tue, Jan 24
Daytime: Sister Act Songs and Talk-Back with the cast. Members of the cast of Sister Act (Jerry Zaks, Carolee Carmello and Patina Miller with Adam Feldman), the high-energy Broadway musical comedy, sing favorite songs and talk about what it’s like to bring to life this inspiring story of sisterhood and friendship.
Classes: Developing An Illustrated Children’s Book: Getting Started with Ted Enik. Learn how to begin, develop, polish and pitch a successful children’s book from an industry insider.
Film: The Telephone Book with producer Merv Bloch in person for post-screening Q&A with Janus Films Brian Belovarc. This is a super rare 35mm film screening of a forgotten classic from the New York Underground!
92YU: Examined Lives: Socrates to Nietzsche with James Miller. This program includes a round-table lunch discussion with the speaker immediately following the talk.
Comedy: Story Pirates After Dark. Story Pirates don’t dress as pirates or make anybody walk the plank, but they do steal: they take their inspiration from kids themselves, creating an entire show adapted from stories penned by authors under the age of twelve.
Film: VHS Trailer Show 3: Another round of trailers directly off of VHS tapes!
Do the cold, dark days of NYC in the winter bring you down? Beat those Winter Blues on January 28 at the Winter Vintage Ball. Dance your way into a different century and feel history come alive in our unique 1929 Buttenwieser Hall ballroom as you learn and enjoy social dances and music from the Victorian era.
Refreshments will be served. Period or formal attire encouraged. See you there.
