FEBRUARY 7-13,2019
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SING-ALONG: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Symphony Space 2537 Broadway 11:00 a.m. $13 Join Toot Sweet Dick Van Dyke as a down-on-his-luck inventor as he turns his run down car into the magical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and takes his kids on a Truly Scrumptious adventure. Screenplay by Roald Dahl (Matilda, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory) based on the book by Ian Fleming. symphonyspace.org 212-864-5400
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Our Town|Eastsider ourtownny.com
BASEBALL DYNASTIES 92y 1395 Lexington Ave Noon $29 Join Peter Laskowich in an exploration of how both the Giants and the Yankees used New York City to make themselves champions by exploring how the politics, ballparks, rules of the game, and the city itself was instrumental to the pennants the Giants won before their move to San Francisco and the championships the Yankees continue to bring home. 92y.org 212-415-5500
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ANNUAL ROBERT ROSENBLUM LECTURE: ALBERT RENGER-PATZSCH AND THE SHAPE OF TIME BY MEGAN R. LUKE 1071 Fifth Ave 6:30 p.m. $15 In this year’s annual Robert Rosenblum Lecture, Megan R. Luke (University of Southern California) will discuss the life and work of German photographer Albert RengerPatzsch (1897–1966). guggenheim.org 212-423-3500
ACTIVITIES FOR THE FERTILE MIND
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Aroma Space Design: The World of Japanese Scents
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 6:30PM Japan Society | 333 E. 47th St. | 212-832-1155 | japansociety.org
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The art of scent has a long history in Japan, going back to the classical Japanese art of kodo, the incense ceremony. Aroma space designer Megumi Futatsu explores aromatherapy, interior design, and the traditional scents of Japan in a talk followed by a scent-sampling reception ($15).
Bernard-Henri Lévy in Conversation with Simon Schama
▲ TIME TRAVELERS: EGYPTOLOGY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 7PM
The New York Society Library 53 East 79th St Whitridge Room 4:00 PM Grades K - 3 For Members Only Free Take a trip in our time machine. This month, we’re going to learn how to talk and walk like Egyptians. nysoclib.com 212-288-6900 53 East 79th St
French “rock star Intellectual” BHL speaks with historian and author Simon Schama about current shifts in world power and the U.S. retreat, as outlined in his new book, The Empire and the Five Kings: America’s Abdication and the Fate of the World ($40).
92nd Street Y | 1395 Lexington Ave. | 212-415-5500 | 92y.org
Just Announced | Wrongfully Accused—Mindhunters
SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD, 4PM The Town Hall | 123 W. 43rd St. | 212-997-1003 | thetownhall.org Former FBI agent John E. Douglas, who pioneered criminal profiling (he’s been called the “serial killer whisperer”), spends an evening with Amanda Knox, who served nearly four years in jail in Italy, and Damien Echols, who did 18 years as one of the West Memphis Three ($47).
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