Out & About

| 01 Nov 2016 | 04:51

    Thu 3

    ‘Daughters of the Samurai’Muhlenberg Library, 209 West 23rd St.

    5:15-6:45 p.m.

    Muhlenberg’s Book Discussion Group discuss a Janice P. Nimura’s book, subtitled “Journey from East to West and Back.”

    212-924-1585. www.nypl.org/events/calendar

    Release of the FishesPier 40, West Houston St. between Leroy and Prince Streets

    4 p.m. Free

    The River Project and Washington Market School thank our fishes for their services as educational ambassadors and release them.

    212-757-0981. www.hudsonriverpark.org/events/upcoming

    Fri 4

    FIT Designers & BooksKatie Murphy Amphitheatre, Seventh Avenue at 27th Street

    Through Nov. 6 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

    A designers and books conference with art publications and discussions.

    212-217-7999. www.fitnyc.edu/events-calendar/

    ‘Forgetting Vietnam: Force of Stillness’Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St.

    7-9 p.m. $18-$20

    This film invites the viewers to expand their minds and understand the many dimensions of the “land of ten thousand springs.”

    212-620-5000. rubinmuseum.org/events/events

    Sat 5

    ‘M. Lamar: The Demon Rising’The Kitchen, 512 West 19th St.

    8 p.m. $15

    The Demon Rising embraces and incarnates white fantasies of blackness as oversized, superhuman, a supernatural menace.

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

    Open Studio: Oskar SchlemmerWhitney Museum, 99 Gansevoort St.

    10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free with museum admission

    Get creative in the Whitney’s Hearst Artspace and join us for a special Open Studio to celebrate the opening of the exhibition “Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016.”

    212-570-3600. whitney.org/Events

    Sun 6

    ‘ROBERT MOSES: THE MASTER BUILDER OF NEW YORK CITY’ Van Alen Institute, 30 West 22nd St.

    7 p.m.

    A discussion of how Moses’ decades-long mandate allowed him to negotiate all levels of local state, and federal control to reshape New York City.

    212-924-7000. vanalen.org/events/

    Student Recital — Zachary Goodman, ConductorErnst C. Stiefel Concert Hall, 55 West 13th St.

    4-6 p.m. Free

    A solo recital by a gifted young artist at one of the world’s leading conservatories.

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

    Mon 7

    Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death FraudThe Half King, 505 West 23rd St.

    7 p.m.

    A reading series on Elizabeth Greenwood’s foray into the world of death fraud.

    212-462-4300

    www.thehalfking.com/

    New York City KidsMulberry Street Library, 10 Jersey St.

    11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. For children ages 0-5 years with a caregiver

    A music program series based on original songs by Music for Aardvarks that celebrate the lives of children growing up in the city.

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

    Tue 8

    Fountain of Judaism: JDC Aid to Traditionalist Jews in PolandCenter for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St.

    2 p.m. Free

    Glenn Dynner will describe how religious freedoms in interwar Poland resulted in an influx of Jewish traditionalists from the Soviet Union and Germany who were assisted by JDC.

    212-294-8301. www.cjh.org/p/40

    Election Night ExtravaganzaNYU Kimmel Center for University Life, 60 Washington Square South

    6-11 p.m. Free

    Watch the election results among friends, peers, faculty and administrators with live music, food and fun.

    tm71@nyu.edu. events.nyu.edu/

    Wed 9

    Manhattan Camerata Tango Fado ProjectLe Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St.

    9:30 p.m. $15-$25

    Concert with legendary bandoneonist Daniel Binelli, pianists Polly Ferman & Lucia Caruso, guitarist Pedro H. da Silva & fado singer Nathalie Pires.

    info@lprnyc.com

    lpr.com/

    Crafternoon: Pumpkins!Battery Park City Library Community Room, 175 North End Ave.

    4 p.m. For ages 4 and older

    Come make your own pumpkin craft.

    212-790-3499. www.nypl.org/events/calendar