Community Affairs
 
August 20, 2008
 
Bryant Park Reading Room
Word for Word: Samantha Hunt
12:30 PM
42nd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, Manhattan
Samantha Hunt takes us back in time with a magical historical-novel bridging history, electromagnetism, and a special pigeon in Bryant Park. "The Invention of Everything Else" luminously resurrects one of the greatest scientists of all time, Nikola Tesla, while magically transporting us to an early twentieth-century New York City.
FREE
212-768-4242
www.bryantpark.org/calendar/wordforword.php
 
*City University of New York
Learning About Infants: Promoting Health and Development
1:00 PM
Hunter College, North Building, 695 Park Avenue, Manhattan
A lecture presenting associate professor of psychology Tricia Striano, who will discuss the essential needs that young developing infants require to live a healthy life. A question and answer session will follow Dr. Striano’s presentation.
FREE
For more information, please call
(212) 650-3878 or visit
www.CUNY.edu/Events
 
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Sir! No Sir! – A Film by David Zeiger
7:00 PM
2 West 64th Street at Central Park West, Manhattan
The Public Issues Committee (PIC) invites you to a cabaret-style showing of Sir! No Sir! The film tells the long suppressed story of the GI movement to end the war in Vietnam. This is the story of one of the most vibrant and widespread upheavals of the 1960’s. The film will be followed by a discussion.
Admission is a $10 contribution PIC and includes popcorn and two beverages.
212-874-5210x144
www.nysec.org
 
The Jewish Week
Family Secrets Unveiled: Literary Journeys to India and Iraq
7:00 PM
Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 West 83rd Street, Manhattan
a conversation with Ariel Sabar, author of My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq, and Sadia Shepard, author of The Girl from Foreign: A Search for Shipwrecked Ancestors, Forgotten Histories, and a Sense of Home. Moderated by Sandee Brawarsky, book critic for The Jewish Week.
FREE
Reception and book signing to follow.
Reservations strongly suggested.
Email events@jewishweek.org.
212-362-8800
 
*Socrates Sculpture Park
10th Annual Outdoor International Film Festival
7:00 PM
32-01 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens
Each evening of the festival focuses on a different country or culture, and visitors are invited to sample regional cuisine from neighborhood restaurants, picnic on the grass, listen to performances by local musicians, and watch international films on an outdoor screen. Tonight’s pre-screening performance features live music by Mexican quintet, Bachelor Sound Machín. Screenings include “Duck Season” (2006, Mexico). Sample Mexican cuisine by Mojave restaurant in Astoria.
FREE
For more information, please visit
www.socratessculpturepark.org
 
*Chosen for 'This Week in the Community,'
appearing every Monday in The Times Metro section.
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