Out & About

| 09 Sep 2016 | 04:32

    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