November 6, 2009

Young Nonprofit Professionals Network NYC

Professional Development Fair

5:00 PM

273 Bowery Street, Manhattan

Graduate school isn’t always the next step in professional advancement. Come and learn about the fellowships, certificate programs and networking organizations that can help further your career! Meet representatives in areas ranging from public policy to social entrepreneurship and everywhere in between.

Admission: $5 for general public, Free for paid YNPN members. For more information, please visit

ynpnnycpdfair.eventbrite.com

Cooper Union

Lubalin Now

6:00 PM

The Cooper Union School of Art, 41 Cooper Gallery, Lower Level 1, Third Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets, Manhattan

Lubalin Now, a free exhibition at The Cooper Union, will showcase contemporary graphic design that reflects the formal and conceptual approach of pioneering designer Herb Lubalin’s work and legacy. Many of today’s top graphic artists are inspired by Herb Lubalin and reference his typefaces or visual style in their work.

FREE For more information, please call

(212) 353-4200 or visit

www.cooper.edu

*Bronx Museum

Bronx Talks: Boulevard of Dreams

6:00 PM

North Building Gallery, 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx

Join author Constance Rosenblum for a gallery talk on her book “Boulevard of Dreams,” a thoroughly researched work about the Bronx’s most famous boulevard. Introduction by Manny Fernandez.

FREE For more information, please call

(718) 681-6000 or visit

www.BronxMuseum.org

The Village Temple

Shabbat Italiano: Speciale e Delicioso

6:30 PM

33 East 12th Street, Manhattan

Learn about the unique contributions of the Jewish community to Italy's art, culture and cuisine at a special worship service. Professor Stanislao Pugliese will describe the 2,000 year-tradition of Italian Jewry.

FREE For more information, please call

(212) 674-2340 or visit

www.villagetemple.org

New York Society for Ethical Culture

Ethics in Film: Classic Science Fiction - The Time Machine

7:00 PM

2 West 64th Street, Manhattan

In this film, a scientist (Rod Taylor) invents a time machine that allows him to explore the earth's distant future - a place of idyllic beauty that also harbors a sinister evil. "The Time Machine" won an Oscar for its trippy special effects. Beware the Morlocks! Followed by lively discussion.

Admission: $5 suggested donation. For more information, please call

(212) 874-5210, ext. 113 or visit

www.nysec.org/2009/11/06/ethics-in-film-november-6

*Asia Society

Women of Iran Film Series: Border Cafe

7:00 PM

725 Park Avenue, Manhattan

This film follows a young widowed mother as she takes a defiant stand and runs her late husband’s restaurant against the threat of men in her community to shut down the business. Directed by Kambozia Partovi.

Admission: $11 For more information, please call

(212) 288-6400 or visit

www.AsiaSociety.org

Jeffrey James Arts Consulting

Grammy-Nominated Violinist Anastasia Khitruk in Concert

7:30 PM

Workshop for Music Performance Concert Hall, 31-33 East 28th Street, Between Broadway and Park Avenue, Manhattan

Violinist Anastasia Khitruk will be joined by violist Victoria Voronyansky and pianist Sergei Babayan for a program of trios and other masterworks by Beethoven, Schubert and Bach.

Tickets: $20 general, $10 students. For more information, please call

(212) 582-7536

www.wmpconcerthall.com

art.party.theater.company

Duchess in the Dark

7:30 PM

CSV Flamboyan Theater, 107 Suffolk Street, Manhattan

As unexpectedly horrifying as submerging your hands in a bowl of peeled grapes at a Halloween party, Duchess in the Dark is our take on John Webster's Jacobean tragedy The Duchess of Malfi. art.party.theater.company will give the audience flashlights with which to get in on the action, exploding Webster's themes of light and the nature of perception.

Tickets: $18. For more information, please visit

www.artpartytheatercompany.com

Empire Viols

Mostly Marais: French Baroque Music

8:00 PM

Second Presbyterian Church, 6 West 96th Street, Manhattan

The Empire Viols perform Marin Marais, the great French viol virtuoso and composer at the court of the Sun King, Louis XIV. Second Presbyterian Church provides an intimate and warm setting for the trio of harpsichord and viols.

Admission: $10 suggested donation. For more information, please visit

www.grenser.org/empire

American Bolero Dance Company

Tablao Flamenco

8:30 PM

Auditorium Centro Espanol, 2nd Floor, 41-01 Broadway, At 41st Street, Queens

American Bolero Dance Company’s popular series of monthly, nightclub-style performances of Flamenco and other Spanish dance styles by local and international artists. Featuring Gabriela Granados, Nelida Tirado La Conja, Alfonso Cid, Aurora Reyes, Basilio Georges, Raphael Brunn.

Tickets: $22 for adults; $18 for seniors; $15 for children under 12. To reserve tickets and for more information, please call

(718) 392-8888 or visit

www.ambolero.com/flamenco_blog.html