Out & About

| 07 Oct 2016 | 01:50

Thu 13

Noam Elcott on Artificial DarknessBook Culture, 536 West 112th St.

7 p.m. Free

Elcott gives an in-depth look at how darkness, both artificial and controlled, plays a large part in art and media history.

212-865-1588

‘Polarization Today: Its Causes and Consequences’West Side YMCA, 5 West 63rd St.

7 p.m. Free

John Batchelor and Hoover Institution senior fellow Richard Epstein discuss.

westsiderepublicanclub.org/

Fri 14

Anne Nesbet 450 Columbus Ave.7 p.m. Free

Nesbet discusses her new novel, “Cloud and Wallfish,” an account of growing up in East Berlin during the late 1980s.

212-595-1962

Hallett Nature Sanctuary: Open Hours Central Park, East Side from 60th to 62nd Streets

2-5 p.m. Free

Explore the abundance of wildlife and plants in the normally-closed Hallett Nature Sanctuary.

212-310-6600

Sat 15

It’s My Park!Riverside Park

10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free

Help beautify Riverside Park with other volunteers within the community. Efforts include planting, weeding and spreading woodchips. RSVP for specific park locations.

212-870-3073. grassroots@riversideparknyc.org

Instant Shakespeare CompanyRiverside Library, 127 Amsterdam Ave.

1-3 p.m. Free

Listen as the Instant Shakespeare Company prepares a reading of The Third Part of Henry the Sixth, by William Shakespeare.

212-870-1810. www.nypl.org/locations/riverside

Sun 16

Alan LomaxSymphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at 95th St.

5 p.m. $14; members, $10; senior/student, $12

The first documentary about folk music aficionado Alan Lomax in this series profiling the late activist and filmmaker.

212-864-5400

‘American Heiress’New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West5 p.m. $38; members, $24

Join New Yorker staff writer Jeffrey Toobin and moderator David M. Rubenstein, philanthropist and co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, as they recount the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, heir to the Hearst family fortune.

212-485-9268

Mon 17

Abigail Washburn and Wu FeiSymphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at 95th St.

7:30 p.m. $25; members, $21; 30 and under, $20

Musicians Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei put on a cross-cultural show by performing traditional Chinese and Appalachian music.

212-864-5400

Parks and Environment Committee Meeting250 West 87th St., 2nd Floor

7-8 p.m. Free

The Central Park Conservancy will present improvement plans for landscape and perimeters, as well as path reconstruction at West 86th Street.

212-310-6600. www.nyc.gov/mcb7

Tue 18

Gotham JazzmenNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza

Noon. Free

The Gotham Jazzmen group will perform a concert consisting of of traditional jazz.

917-275-6975

Jade ChangBarnes and Noble, 2289 Broadway, at 82nd St.

7 p.m. Free

Chang discusses her new book, ‘The Wangs vs. The World,’ a tale about an immigrant businessman who struggles in the midst of the financial crisis, despite building a cosmetics empire.

212-362-8835

Wed 19

Election 2016Pulitzer Hall, 1150 Amsterdam Ave.

6-8 p.m. Free

Columbia’s School of Professional Studies hosts a panel discussion, “Political Communication & Mediatization of the 2016 Campaign.” RSVP by Oct. 14

communications@sps.columbia.edu

CB7 Land Use Committee8-10 West 70th St.

8 p.m.

Congregation Shearith Israel will apply for an extension of time to finish construction to the Board of Standards and Appeals.