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Cinco de Mayo: Calpulli Mexican Performance
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Join us for a special family performance with interactive narration in celebration of the rich diversity of Mexican and Mexican-American cultural heritage presented by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company. Listen to traditional Mexican music while you decorate your own New York-inspired picado banner to take home with you. Enjoy a taste of Mexican cuisine with a free snack! Please Note: The performance will take place promptly from 3:00-4:00pm. ...
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FDR, Al Smith, and the Golden Age of NY Politics
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Ahead of the 2018 gubernatorial election, historians Terry Golway and Peter Quinn take a look back at two iconic New York governors, Al Smith and Franklin Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt and Al Smith were two of New York's greatest governors. Their careers were intertwined throughout the 1920s as they created a new coalition that would dominate U.S. politics for decades. They ran against each other for the Democratic presidential nomination...
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Sketch & Sip: A City Seen
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
From portraits to fire hydrants, street scenes to skylines, Todd Webb used his camera to capture the many contrasts of New York City in the years following World War II. Enjoy a tour of his photographs in A City Seen: Todd Webb’s Postwar New York, 1945-1960 and then choose one to sketch under the guidance of fine artist and educator Simon Levenson.
$25
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Mother’s Day Card-Making
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Mother’s Day is a time to appreciate mothers and mother figures. Explore the digital interactive in Port City, 1609-1898 to learn about Abigail Franks and Mary Alexander, whose independence, intelligence, and identity enriched the lives of their families. Create a card to express your gratitude and love for all that your mother does for you! Please Note: This class is free with Museum admission, geared to families with children...
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Campaign for a Clean City
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
New Yorkers have been exploring ways to achieve a cleaner planet since the 1970s. Visit the exhibition Activist New York to discover the rise of environmentalism and the ways that New Yorkers actively worked to make their city cleaner and healthier. Create a poster to campaign for a cleaner city and inspire change! Please Note: This class is free with Museum admission, geared to families with children ages 6-12 years old, and include...
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Nature-Inspired Wearable Art
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
New York became a city known for its creativity and aspirations in the arts between the mid-1870s and the early 20th century. Visit the exhibition Gilded New York to explore how the city’s elite class expressed their status through extravagant, nature-inspired jewelry and decorative arts. Then, use gems and beads to create your own piece of wearable art inspired by the flowers, plants, and insects of the city. Please Note: This class is free...
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International Family Equality Day
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Celebrate Pride month at the Museum of the City of New York! Join us for a family day of gender non-binary play and celebration. Explore the exhibition Activist New York, which reveals how New Yorkers have worked towards equality from the Stonewall Riots of 1969 through today. Enjoy prideful stories, hands-on art activities, and tasty snacks.
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Father's Day Card Making
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Father’s Day is a time to appreciate fathers and father figures. Explore the digital interactive in Port City, 1609-1898, to learn about New York’s founding father Alexander Hamilton, the “Father of New York Finance,” and Andrew Haswell Green, the “Father of Greater New York.” Create a card to express your gratitude and love for all that your father does for you! Family programs are free with Museum admission and for members, geared...
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Ponder a Poem for the City
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Known today as “America’s poet,” Walt Whitman was entranced by the density, diversity, and disorder of New York in the mid-1800s. Discover the origins of this celebrated poet in the digital interactive in Port City, 1609-1898, and read Whitman’s poems celebrating the spirit of the city. Write your own poem inspired by the sounds, sights, and sensations of the city, and illustrate your words to bring the poem to life! Family programs...
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Uptown Bounce: Rhythm & Power
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Free! In the spirit of our new exhibition, Rhythm & Power: Salsa in New York, celebrate the powerful cultural fusion that is New York salsa. DJs will spin a fiery mashup of Latin-infused beats from salsa, boogaloo, and Pechanga to Cuban salsa and Latin disco. Participate in art-making activities inspired by salsa’s often overlooked ties to social activism. Join the Museum of the City of New York and El Museo Del Barrio for...
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Uptown Bounce: I Love the 90s
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Free! Throwback to the 90s with DJ Misbehaviour and Joey Carvello of Mobile Mondays! spinning the anthems you loved when you wore snap bracelets and butterfly clips. Experiment with classic 90s moves in an all-levels dance lesson with Viva Body Roll and revel in the looks that defined the decade with a pop-up installation of 90s-inspired fashions from 5001 FLAVORS, a Harlem-based apparel company....
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Uptown Bounce: Latin Disco
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Free! Celebrate the finale of Uptown Bounce with this sizzling Latin-infused 70s dance party inspired by the Museum’s exhibition, Rhythm & Power: Salsa in New York. Featuring DJ Joey Carvello of Mobile Mondays! and DJ Nego of AI Records (aka Woof) spinning Latin disco and your favorite Fania classics, as well as New Style Hustle dance lessons from legendary instructor Jeff Selby. Join the Museum...
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Get Me Out: Childbirth in Early 20th Century NYC
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1216 5th Ave, New York, NY
Although the development of germ theory in the 1880s shed light on the origins of childbed fever, which often killed women in the days after delivery, not much could be done to save lives until the advent of antibiotics in the 1940s. In the first program in our series, Who Controls Women’s Health?: A Century of Struggle, medical writer Randi Hutter Epstein explores the approaches taken in the interim by doctors, medical charlatans,...
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On the Front Lines of Reproductive Rights
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
As the first African American (and the first woman) to lead the Planned Parenthood Federation of America since Margaret Sanger founded the organization, Faye Wattleton has played a crucial role in defining our national debate over sex education, contraception, and abortion. In the second program in our series Who Controls Women’s Health?: A Century of Struggle, Wattleton sits down with Marcela Micucci, a scholar of women’s...
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The Movement for Black Lives Now
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Nearly five years after the rallying cry #BlackLivesMatter, the Movement for Black Lives has put forth a broad platform connecting systemic racism and criminal justice reform with issues such as gender discrimination, anti-immigrant sentiment, and economic inequality. Join BYP100 NYC organizer Christopher Paul Harris as he leads an evening of discussion exploring the past, present, and future of the Movement for Black Lives and its impact...
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Block by Block: Christopher Gray's New York
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
As the founder and writer of The New York Times “Streetscapes” column, architectural historian Christopher Gray wrote more than 1,450 articles between 1987 and 2014 in which he lovingly highlighted New York City’s everyday buildings with his characteristically wry sense of humor. Gray's passion for exploring the city’s design also prompted him to create the Office for Metropolitan History in 1975, a...
$20
The Legacy of Shirley Chisholm:Screening & Conversation
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
In a whirlwind of historic firsts, Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968 and, in 1972, the first black candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the United States. Join us for a screening of the Peabody Award winning documentary, Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed (2004, 75 min), which tells the extraordinary story of a woman claiming her place in American politics. Following...
$20
Black Is Beautiful: Fashion and Consciousness
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Documentary photographer Kwame Brathwaite and his son Kwame S. Brathwaite join historian Tanisha Ford to reflect on the impact of Brathwaite Sr.’s pioneering “Black Is Beautiful” photographs. Beginning in the late 1950s and early ‘60s, Brathwaite helped to popularize an Afro-centric vision of female beauty featuring unstraightened hair and dark skin, then considered exotic in mainstream American...
$20
Black Gotham Experience
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Join the Black Gotham Experience and the Museum in celebration of Black History to learn about the stories of free and enslaved Africans in early New Amsterdam as well as Black communities including Weeksville and Seneca Village. Learn how their legacies are connected to New York City today. Enjoy a robust schedule of events designed to engage and celebrate this history. 11:00am | Opening Remarks Performance by the American Slavery Project...
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Black Communities of Early New York
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Dating back to the 1600’s, before New York was New York, free and enslaved residents of African descent were integral contributors to the growing metropolis. As we take a look back at early Black communities such as New Amsterdam, Weeksville, and Seneca Village in the 17th through 19th century, join a lively conversation with Dr. Prathibha Kanakamedala, curator of In Pursuit of Freedom, Kamau Ware, Founder of the Black Gotham...
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