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  • MJM Virtual Parlor Chat: Food, Hunger, Scarcity and General Washington’s Continental Army

    Virtual via Zoom

    Morris-Jumel Mansion Virtual Parlor Chat: Food, Hunger, Scarcity and General Washington’s Continental Army. What did the soldiers of the Continental Army eat to fuel their fight for independence? What about the officers or General George Washington? Food insecurity was a monumental challenge faced by all those involved in the American Revolution. rom soldier's rations to George Washington's war time birthday celebrations, learn about the culinary history of the American Revolution.

    $5

  • Recirculation Word Up: Collage Night

    Word Up Recirculation 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.), New York, NY, United States

    Monthly collage night at Recirculation! Word Up Community Bookshop’s second location is full of used books & journals that need help finding a new purpose. Join us to repurpose old book materials and create some art

    $5

  • Sherman Creek: Educational Tour

    Sherman Creek Waterfront Park 3703 10th Ave. (@ Dyckman St.), New York, NY, United States

    Sherman Creek Educational Tour. In preparation for City Nature Challenge (4/24-4/27), join NYC Parks staff on a hike around Sherman Creek to explore the diversity of spring wildflowers. Volunteers will learn how to identify these plants and how to make iNaturalist observations of any other signs of nature you find along the way.

    FREE with registration

  • The Met Cloisters: Heroes Tapestries Expert Talk

    Met Cloisters 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, New York, NY, United States

    Celebrate the recent conservation treatment of the Julius Caesar tapestry from the Nine Heroes Tapestries at The Met Cloisters by joining a talk to learn about the history and conservation of these unique textile works.

    FREE with Admission

  • Highbridge Park: Trash to Treasure

    Highbridge Park Lawn 172nd Street and Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY, United States

    Trash to Treasure. Join us for a vibrant, hands-on Earth Week event full of creativity, useful resources, and good energy. ​Come celebrate Earth Week with us—learn something new, connect with your community, and take action for a healthier planet. Clothing swap, classes, art, more.

    FREE

  • Word Up: Book Signing with Jonnie Park: SPIT

    Word Up Community Bookshop 2113 Amsterdam Ave at 165th St., New York, NY, United States

    Word Up welcomes Jonnie Park--better known by his rap moniker, Dumbfoundead-- for a signing for his raw and electrifying memoir, SPIT. Jonnie Park rose from an unruly childhood in Los Angeles's iconic Koreatown to international rap stardom is as unlikely as it is exhilarating, and tells it all in his memoir. Attendees must preorder the featured book ahead of the signing at WordUpBooks.com.