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FEBRUARY 6-12,2020
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EDITOR’S PICK
Fri 7 - Mon 10 ANIMATION FIRST FESTIVAL FIAF 22 East 60th St 7:00 p.m. Fri - 7:00 p.m. Mon $10-120 fiaf,org 212-355-6100 The third edition of FIAF’s wildly successful festival of French animation features 18 US and New York premieres, including provoking films, exciting shorts, immersive exhibits, video games, panels with leading animators, and much more.
ACTIVITIES FOR THE FERTILE MIND
thoughtgallery.org NEW YORK CITY
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origin of Western Civilization
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 7PM The Explorers Club | 46 E. 70th St. | 212-628-8383 | explorers.org Dr. Adolfo D. Roitman has served as the head of the Shrine of the Book and the Lizbeth and George Krupp Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Israel Museum for more than 25 years. He’ll look at their discovery and excavations in Khirbet Qumran as well as the latest research ($30).
Art Deco Ocean Liners: From the High Seas to the Silver Screen
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 7PM skytop-lounge/Plaza 400 | 400 E. 56th St. | artdeco.org Howard Mandelbaum and Eric Myers, authors of Screen Deco: A Celebration of High Style in Hollywood and Forties Screen Style: A Celebration of High Pastiche in Hollywood, celebrate the romance of Valentine’s Day with an illustrated talk on ocean liners and 1930s film ($50).
LIVE from the NYPL | Stacy Schiff with Tim Gunn: Cleopatra
MONDAY, MAY 4TH, 7PM NYPL Schwarzman Building | 476 Fifth Ave. | 917-275-6975 | nypl.org Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff revisits Cleopatra: A Life, which corrects the record on the last queen of Egypt. She’ll discuss the ongoing vitality of history with fashion ace (and history buff) Tim Gunn ($30).
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▲WOMEN’S WRITING GROUP
THE LAYERHYTHM EXPERIMENT
67th Street Library 328 East 67th St 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Free Hannelore Hahn, who directed the International Women’s Writing Guild for 37 years, hosts a monthly informal women’s writing and discussion group. nypl.org/locations/67thstreet 212-734-1717
92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Ave 12:00 p.m. $15 Comprised of street dancers, musicians and an emcee, The LayeRhythm Experiment will present an excerpt of “It Takes Two,” a new interactive production where audience ideas are transformed into the performers’ movements, sounds and lyrics. 92y.org 212-415-5500
SHARE THE LOVE WITH CHALLAH BREAD PUDDING Bloomingdale’s 59th St 1000 Third Ave 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Free In honor of Valentine’s Day, Le Creuset, Breads Bakery, and artist, writer and producer Patti Grabel will prepare Challah Bread Pudding while invoking her mantra of “give, receive, create, accept, love.” bloomingdales.com 212-705-2000
