Out & About
Thu 15
Midtown South Precinct Meeting New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Avenue, at 34th St.
7 p.m.
The precinct community council meets on the third Thursday of the month.
212-239-9846
Berlin Films: Grand HotelCenter for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St.
6:30 p.m. Free
Enjoy a lavish adaptation of the Austrian-Jewish writer Vicki Baum’s genre-defining 1929 novel, “Menschen im Hotel.”
212.294.8301.
www.cjh.org/p/40
Fri 16
Emily Sundblad: Dichterliebe/Divine Bitches The Kitchen, 512 West 19th St.
Sept 16 and Sept 17 at 8 p.m. $20
Emily Sundblad and Juliana Huxtable present an erotic and elegiac collage operetta punctuated by original songs.
212-255-5793. www.thekitchen.org/events
Chasing Concussions The Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St.
5-6 p.m. Free
Project Y-0 gives a series of free talks and dialogues that explore the concept of consciousness and its role in our lives.
212-620-5000. rubinmuseum.org/events/events
Sat 17
Puerto Rican Light (Cueva Vientos) Book Launch Dia:Chelsea, 535 West 22nd St., Fifth Floor
4:30 p.m. Free, reservations encouraged
Join artists, Molly Nesbit and Yasmil Raymond, in a conversation about their work with Allora & Calzadilla: Puerto Rican Light (Cueva Vientos). Signed books will be available for purchase.
212-989-5566. www.diaart.org/sites/main/chelsea
La Dolce Festa and The Feast of San GenarroMulberry Street Library, 20 Jersey St.
2-3:30 p.m.
Celebrate the Feast of San Genarro by watching two great Italian films.
212-966-3424. www.nypl.org/events/calendar
Sun 18
Big City Fishing Sunday on Pier Pier 25 at North Moore Street
Noon-4 p.m. Free
A free fishing program for those eager to learn about the Hudson River environment. This will be the last gathering of the summer season.
212-627-2020. www.hudsonriverpark.org/events
Flatiron Walking Tour Southwest corner of Madison Square Park
11 a.m. Free
Led by historian Miriam Berman, the tour celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Flatiron Building’s landmarking with a walk around the buildind and district, wiht Berman discussing the building’s history and impact on the evolution of the neighborhood.
www.FlatironDistrict.nyc
Mon 19
Chelsea Land Use Committee PresentationCommunity Room, 353 West 30th St.
6:30 p.m.
Presentation for Parking Special Permit for a 10-space accessory garage at 532 West 20th St.
212-736-4536. www.nyc.gov/html/mancb4
Preschool Read, Make, & Take Muhlenberg Library Community Room, 209 West 23rd St.
Sept 19 and Sept 26 at 4
Pre-schoolers can enjoy classic fairy tales, folk tales, and new picture books every Monday.
212-924-1585. www.nypl.org/events/calendar
Tue 20
Dan Slater in conversation with David Samuels The Half King, 505 West 23rd St.
7 p.m.
Dan Slater talks about his new book, “Wolf Boys: Two American Teenagers and Mexico’s Most Dangerous Drug Cartel.”
212-462-4300. www.thehalfking.com/
Roving Grasslands Class: The Human Experience of Grasslands Tour location provided with RSVP
9 a.m.-10 a.m. and 6 p.m.-7 p.m. RSVP required
Delve into the history of our relationship with the prairie and the recreation of it in gardens like the Chelsea Grasslands.
212-206-9922. www.thehighline.org/activities
Wed 21
City and CityArnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Ave.
Sept. 21 through Oct., noon-6 p.m. Free
An exhibition about two imaginary cities that are intertwined.
212-229-5600
events.newschool.edu/
SPANISH FEVER: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince St.
7 p.m.
An introduction to the latest generation of Spanish cartoonists.
212-274-1160. www.mcnallyjackson.com/event