Out & About
April 18
Committed: The Musical
The West End Theater, Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, 263 W. 86th St.
6:30 p.m., $15
A dark and beautiful book musical about eight people working through the pain of their mental illnesses in a psychiatric institute. A theatrical experience that brings awareness to mental illness and with compassion and humor, trying to get past the suffering. The hope is to use art and entertainment to de-stigmatize mental illness and get people talking about it.
committedthemusical.com
Heart of the Park Tour
Central Park, Fifth Ave. & 72nd St., in front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue
12 p.m., Free
On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs.
support.centralparknyc.org
April 19
Music @NYPL presents Latin Artist Renato Thomas
St. Agnes Library, 444 Amsterdam Ave.
2 p.m., Free
Join percussionist/vocalist Renato Thomas on an interactive journey through the Caribbean and Latin America with the rhythms of Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Dominican Republic, Panama, Brazil and more. A veteran musician who has performed with such luminaries of Latin music as Ruben Blades, Eddie Palmieri, Paquito D'Rivera and Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez.
nypl.org
The Taming of the Shrew
Riverside Library, 127 Amsterdam
1 p.m., Free
The Instant Shakespeare Company presents a reading of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
nypl.org
April 20
A Status Report On Civilization's Most Challenging Ethical Problem: Climate Change
New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th St. (at Central Park West)
11:15 a.m., Free
This talk will explain why climate change must be understood essentially as a civilization challenging ethical problem, the practical significance for policy of seeing climate change as an ethical issue, the utter failure in the United States and many other parts of the world to discuss climate change as an ethical problem amongst other climate issues. Talk by Donald A. Brown, scholar in residence for sustainability ethics and law at Widener University School of Law.
nysec.org
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Commemoration
Warsaw Ghetto Memorial, Riverside Drive & W. 83rd St.
2 p.m., Free
This moving and solemn ceremony pays tribute to those who fought and those who perished during the Holocaust. On April 19, 1943 a group of about 220 Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto staged a historic, heroic uprising. It marked the largest organized armed rebellion within a Jewish ghetto in Nazi occupied Europe during the Holocaust.
riversideparknyc.org
April 21
Illusions and Realities: Musical Ensemble
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St.
7:30 p.m.
$20/$15 kids
Founded by award-winning composer Margaret Brouwer in 2011, the Blue Streak Ensemble takes its name from the oldest operating roller coaster at Cedar Point, Ohio. plores sounds and colors in which the voice is used as an instrument in the ensemble instead of as a leading solo part. Each instrument, including the voice has solo moments and melodies. But at times, the voice blends with the other instruments to become part of a supporting sonority.
cuttingedgeconcerts.org
Andrew Gross, Everything to Lose: A Novel
Barnes & Noble, 82nd & Broadway
7 p.m., Free
New York best-selling author of 15 Seconds and No Way Back, Andrew Gross reads from his latest work, Everything to Lose: A Novel. Set during the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a determined mother becomes entangled in a murderous conspiracy
barnesandnoble.com
April 22
Mysteries of the Unseen World
American Museum of natural History, Central Park West at 79th
10 a.m. - 5;45 p.m.
suggested donation
The film will reveal phenomena that can't be seen with the naked eye, taking audiences into earthly worlds secreted away in different dimensions of time and scale.
Viewers will experience events that unfold too slowly for human perception;
? They will "see" the beauty, drama, and even humor of phenomena of that occur in the flash of a microsecond;
? They will enter the microscopic world that was once reserved only for scientists, but that Mysteries of the Unseen World makes accessible to the rest of us;
? They will begin to understand that what we actually see is only a fraction of what there is to see on this Earth.
amnh.org
April 23
Swing & Beowulf: Dublin Fringe Double Bill
Irish Arts Center, 553 W. 51 St.
7 p.m., $36+
Two Plays. One Night. Playing a vital role in the fabric of Dublin and Irish cultural life, for 18 days the Dublin Fringe festival transforms Dublin into an exposé of great creative talent from around the globe. Swing is a new show about dancing and music and love and not settling and feeling like an eejit and being brave and having doubts and trying your best and trying new things and thinking outside the box and seeing things clearly and living as well as you can and giving it a lash. Beowulf is A father's final chance to connect with his son. A boy with a film-soaked imagination. A cinematic journey through an ancient tale, brought to vivid life in this one-man stage phenomenon.
irishartscenter.org
St. Agnes Multimedia sale
St. Agnes Library, 444 Amsterdam Ave., btwn 81st and 82nd St.
1 - 5 p.m., Free
Once again a fantastic selection of fiction, non-fiction, children's, young adult, CDs and DVDs will be available at bargain prices. All proceeds go to fund NYPL programs.
nypl.org
April 24
Community Board 7 Youth, Education & Libraries Committee
Bloomingdale Library, 150 West 100th Street
7 p.m.
Free
1. Discussion with the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development on their programs for young people.
2. Discussion with Rebecca Donsky, Bloomingdale Branch Librarian, on programs and services at the Branch.
nyc.gov/html/mancb7
The New York Youth The Festival Evening Concert
Symphony Space 2537 Broadway, at 95th St.
7:30 p.m., $20/$10 students
The Festival Evening Concert is a culmination of the year's achievements by the students of the 2013/2014 Chamber Music program. Please note: different chamber ensembles perform at the April 23 and 24 concerts. Complete program and groups performing will be posted by April 10, 2014.
nyyouthsymphony.org