Out & About

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