Out & About

| 14 Nov 2016 | 11:34

    Thu 17

    Midtown South PrecinctNew Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave.

    7 p.m.

    The Precinct Community Council meets on the third Thursday of the month.

    212-239-9811

    www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_014

    Affordable Housing forumHudson Guild Elliott Center, 441 West 26th St., betw. Ninth & 10th Avenues

    7-9 p.m.

    Chelsea Reform Democratic Club host Victor Bach, a senior housing policy analyst of the Community Service Society and Matthew Dunbar, vice president of government relations & advocacy at Habitat for Humanity, New York City.

    212-929-9188. www.crdcnyc.org/

    Fri 18

    Matt Mullican: That Person and That WorldThe Kitchen, 512 West 19th St.

    Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. $15 for a single performance; $25 for both.

    Matt Mullican presents a two-part “visceral adventure” over two evenings that uses storytelling to twist the sign system of subjectivity from the inside out.

    212-255-5793. www.thekitchen.org/events

    Book Launch and Lecture by Matthew AkesterRubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St.

    7-8:30 p.m. $10-$20

    A book signing of Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo’s “Guide to Central Tibet” will take place after the lecture.

    212-620-5000

    rubinmuseum.org/events/events

    Sat 19

    Bark & Co Meetup at Chelsea Dog ParkChelsea Waterside Dog Park, 185 11th Ave. at 23rd St.

    10 a.m.-12 p.m.

    Bark & Co is hosting a dog-friendly meet-up at the Chelsea Dog Park in Hudson River Park.

    212-757-0981

    www.hudsonriverpark.org/events/upcoming

    Stroller Tour Whitney Museum, 99 Gansevoort St., floor 79:30-10:30 a.m. $25 per adult, plus Museum admission

    Join Whitney Teaching Fellows, PhD candidates in art history, on an engaging tour that highlights works in the exhibition “Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection.”

    familyprograms@whitney.org

    Sun 20

    Music Under Construction Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall, 55 West 13th St.

    8 p.m. Free

    This year’s concert features the work of Thomas Addison, Wendy Griffiths, Carolyn Lord, Faye-Ellen Silverman and David Tcimpidis.

    212-229-5600. events.newschool.edu/

    Urban AnimalsProvincetown Playhouse, 133 Macdougal St.

    9 p.m. Free

    New works by graduate composers.

    212-998-1212. events.nyu.edu/

    Mon 21

    Defenseless Under the NightThe Half King, 505 West 23rd St.

    7 p.m.

    Matthew Dallek reveals the dramatic history behind America’s first federal office of homeland security in his new book, subtitled “The Roosevelt Years and the Origins of Homeland Security.

    212-462-4300. www.thehalfking.com/

    FACTORY DETOUR: REASSEMBLING THE LINE: PROGRAM 1: SUNDAY RESTAnthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave.

    6:30 p.m.

    This evening represents the U.S. premiere of the films of Vicente Vázquez and Usue Arrieta, as well as the works generated under their influence.

    212-505-5181. anthologyfilmarchives.org/

    Tue 22

    Google+New Amsterdam Library, 9 Murray St.

    3:30-5:30 p.m. First come, first served.

    Learn about the online social network Google+.

    212-732-8186. www.nypl.org/events/calendar

    LinkedIn and Networking Workshop199 Chambers St. Rm. N471

    11 a.m.-12 p.m. RSVP

    Learn how to create and use this social media platform to network with others and find job and internship opportunities.

    212-220-8170. events.cuny.edu/

    Wed 23

    Kids’ MovieMulberry Street Library, 10 Jersey St.

    4-5:30 p.m. For children

    Join us for snacks and a showing of The Secret of NIMH.

    212-966-3424. www.nypl.org/events/calendar

    Mindfulness MeditationThe Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St.

    1-1:45 p.m. $15

    With Sharon Salzberg, cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass.

    (212) 620-5000