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February 9, 2010

*Horticultural Society of New York
The New Taste of Chocolate
6:00 PM
148 West 37th Street, Manhattan
Maricel Presilla, chef and culinary historian, discusses the latest trends in chocolate and cacao research through images and offers a tasting of some of the country’s best artisanal new chocolates as well as her new collection of Latin American-inspired chocolate truffles.
Admission: $20; $10 for members. For more information, please call
(212) 757-0915 or visit
www.HSNY.org

*Brooklyn Public Library
Classic Films from Africa: “The Gods Must be Crazy”
6:30 PM
Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
Set in South Africa, Xi and his tribe are living well until he finds a cola bottle in the brush, inspiring jealousy among his followers. He sets off on a journey to throw the evil bottle off the end of the earth and encounters more undesirable aspects of Western civilization along the way.
FREE For more information, please call
(718) 230-2100 or visit
www.BrooklynPublicLibrary.org

The Center for Humanities
Turnstyle Reading Series
6:30 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre, 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan
Writers and graduating students from the four MFA Programs in Creative Writing (City College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, and Queens College) come together for readings of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction at the Graduate Center. Join Jan Heller Levi, John Weir, and others for an evening of cross-campus, cross-genre readings.
FREE For more information, please call
(212) 817-2005 or visit
www.CenterForTheHumanitiesGC.org

*Chosen for 'This Week in the Community,'
appearing every Monday in The Times Metro section.

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