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Celluloid Skyline: NY and The Movies
Wednesday, April 3, 6-8 p.m. - Recital Hall
Writer James Sanders will discuss his recent publication,
Celluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies. His journey
through "movie New York," the extraordinary dream city created
in Hollywood studios and on the streets of the city itself,
will be accompanied by film clips. Book signing to follow.
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Jacob Riis' New York
Tuesday, May 7, 6-8 p.m. - Segal Theater
Historians Bonnie Yochelson and Dan Czitrom
discuss Jacob Riis' photographs, his influences, and his larger
relationship to the New York City. The discussions will be
supplemented with slides.
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Fiction and the City
Tuesday, February 26, 6-8 p.m. - Auditorium
Co-sponsored with the American Social History Project/Center for
Media and Learning, CUNY.
Writers Kevin Baker, Pete Hamill, Peter Quinn,
Beverly Swerling, Meredith Tax, Louis Auchincloss
and others (to be announced) will discuss the role of New York City
history in their works of fiction.
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The Slocum Burns!
Thursday, February 14, 6-8 p.m Segal Theater
In 1904, an excursion boat, the General Slocum, caught fire on
the East River. 1100 people, mostly immigrant women and children
perished, in the greatest loss of life in NYC before the World Trade
Center disaster. The U.S. premiere of Christian Baudissin's
1999 documentary film The Slocum Burns! is followed by a
discussion with historian Ed O'Donnell.
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