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Fri, Nov 20 10:00AM to 5:00PM	Symposium Free; RSVP required	Hungary and the Bauhaus New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Nov 20 2:15PM	Lecture free	Out of the Blacking Factory: Charles Dickens at the Library New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Nov 20 4:00PM to 6:00PM	Colloquium free	Congregati sunt inimici nostri: A Survey, a Codex, and The Holy War New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Nov 20 6:00PM	Discussion free	Italy Today: Politics, Economy, Society New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Nov 20 6:30PM	Book Discussion free	New York Times' Connie Rosenblum discusses her book Boulevard of Dreams New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Nov 20 7:00PM	Colloquium free	Ten Days for Oppositional Architecture: Towards Post-Capitalist Spaces New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Nov 20 7:00PM	Book Discussion free	Colum McCann's Zoli New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Nov 21 12:00PM	Discussion free	Not for Sale: An Panel on Experiemental Music New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Nov 21 12:00PM to 10:00PM	Colloquium free	Ten Days for Oppositional Architecture: Towards Post-Capitalist Spaces New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Nov 21 1:00PM to 4:30PM	Lecture free	Art for a Horse Nation: Demonstrations and Lectures New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Nov 21 2:00PM	Discussion free	Artists' Parents Meeting New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Nov 21 4:00PM	Discussion free	Paul Elliman's “Sirens Taken from Wonders” New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Nov 21 6:00PM	Talk free	Mexican Artist Artemio discusses his work New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Nov 21 7:00PM	Discussion free	Cities Real and Unreal New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Nov 22 11:00AM	Discussion free	Not For Sale: Ideal Performance Space New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Nov 22 2:00PM	Lecture free	Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman's American Splendor (2003) New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Nov 23 6:00PM	Lecture free	NY Thru an Immigrant I or (r)evolution New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Nov 23 6:30PM	Lecture free	From the Garden to the Garrison: Sustainability and Insecurity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Nov 23 7:00PM	Discussion free	The Chicago Conspiracy Trial New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Nov 24 3:00PM	Lecture free	Chopin's Mazurka, op. 59 no. 2: A Tribute to Mendelssohn?“ New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Nov 24 6:00PM	Book Discussion free	Lloyd Jones's Mister Pip New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Nov 24 6:30PM	Talk $5	On Works by Liszt, Elgar and Prokofiev New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Nov 24 6:30PM	Discussion free	Cultures on Parade: Film Screenings and Discussion New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Nov 24 6:30PM	Talk free	Getting Organized for an Uncluttered, Meaningful and Happy Holiday Season and New Year New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Nov 24 7:00PM	Discussion free	An Evening with Cabinet: Picturing Objectivity New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Nov 27 7:00PM	Talk $5	On Works by Honegger and Beethoven New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Nov 28 1:00PM	Talk $5	On Works by Schoenberg and Beethoven New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Nov 28 7:00PM	Talk $5	On Works by Honegger and Beethoven New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Nov 30 6:30PM	Book Discussion free	Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Nov 30 6:30PM	Discussion free	Knut Hamsun and the Birth of the Modern Novel New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Dec 1 5:00PM	Discussion free	Bolivia--The Elections and Democracy in Historical Context New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Dec 1 5:45PM to 7:15PM	Lecture Free; call to RSVP	Everyone Knows Something: Design of Participation New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Dec 1 6:00PM	Lecture Free; call to RSVP	The Goldstone Report: Armed Conflict and the Duty to Investigate New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Dec 1 6:00PM to 8:30PM	Symposium free	Provost's Inaugural Symposium on Disciplinarity New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Dec 1 7:00PM	Discussion free	“Modernism & the Global Diaspora” New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Dec 2 12:30PM to 2:00PM	Lecture free	Targeting the Symbols of the Baathist Era: Implications for Social Cohesion and National Identity in Iraq New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Dec 2 3:15PM	Lecture free	Artist Marina Rosenfeld talks about her work New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Dec 2 6:00PM to 7:15PM	Lecture free	Candide in the Preserving Machine New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Dec 2 6:00PM to 8:00PM	Lecture Free; call to RSVP	Designing is Easy; Delivering it is Hard New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Dec 2 6:30PM	Lecture free	Fantasies and Fears: Reading Eco-City Development in Shanghai New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Dec 2 6:30PM	Discussion Free; reservations required	The Lower East Side Remembered and Revisited New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Dec 2 6:30PM	Lecture free	Blogger/designer Tina Roth Eisenberg speaks on her work New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Dec 2 6:30PM	Discussion $5	David Thomas, lead singer of legendary band Pere Ubu, talks about his work New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Dec 2 6:30PM to 8:00PM	Discussion free	Covering Conflict with The New York Times' David Shipley New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Dec 2 7:00PM	Discussion free	Naughty vs. Nice: The Biological Basis of Greed and Altruism New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Dec 2 8:00PM to 10:00PM	Lecture free	Alex Lipowski, percussionist New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Dec 3 12:00PM to 1:30PM	Lecture free	Japan's Economy and Politics after its Historic Election New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Dec 3 12:00PM	Lecture free	The Potential for Energy Cooperation with Russia New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Dec 3 1:00PM	Discussion Free; reservations required	Music in Midtown: Clarinetist Charles Neidich New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Dec 3 6:15PM to 8:15PM	Lecture free	Noam Chomsky on The Unipolar Moment and the Culture of Imperialism New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Dec 3 6:30PM	Discussion free	Irish Catholic Precincts New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Dec 3 7:00PM	Discussion free	“On the Teaching of Meyer Schapiro” New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Dec 3 7:00PM	Discussion free	“Confounding Expectations - Photography in Context: The Projected Photograph” New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Dec 4 8:30AM to 5:30PM	Conference free	The International Conference on Lysenkoism New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Dec 5 8:30AM to 6:30PM	Conference free	The International Conference on Lysenkoism New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Dec 5 8:30AM to 7:00PM	Conference Free; registration required	Iran after the Election New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Dec 5 10:00AM to 5:30PM	Conference free	Eastern and Western Philosophical Themes New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Dec 7 12:00PM to 1:30PM	Lecture free	Insights into High Politics–The Secret Journal of Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Dec 7 5:45PM to 7:00PM	Talk Free; registration required	William C. Dudley, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Dec 7 6:00PM	Lecture free	Art in Indonesia: Continuities and Change New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Dec 7 7:00PM	Forum Free; reservations required	The Varieties of Nonbelief New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Dec 8 6:00PM	Lecture free	“Two Brothers, One North, One South” New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Dec 8 6:00PM to 7:30PM	Lecture Free; call to RSVP	Writing Design History: Problems and Provocation New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Dec 8 6:00PM to 8:00PM	Lecture free	“Discourses of Global Environmental Justice” New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Dec 8 6:15PM	Lecture free	American Exceptionalism and the Question of Style New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Dec 8 6:30PM	Discussion Free; call to RSVP	The Art of Stuart Sherman, Featuring Playwright Richard Foreman New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Dec 8 6:30PM	Discussion $5	Children's writer Pat Cummings discusses her work New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Dec 9 7:00PM	Discussion $5	Archiving 60 Years of Asian-American Artists New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Dec 10 4:00PM to 6:00PM	Talk free	Truffaut and Bazin, Errancy and Correction New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Dec 10 6:00PM	Lecture free	The Sound of Movement: Gamelan and Vocal Accompaniment to Javanese Dance New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Dec 10 6:30PM	Discussion Free; reservations required	Irish New York: A New Look at Tammany Hall and Its Legacy New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Dec 10 7:30PM	Gallery Talk free	Photographer R. Wayne Parsons discusses his exhibition Nocturnes New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Dec 11 6:30PM	Discussion free	Grace Paley: Speaking Truth to Power New York City, NY; NYC
Mon, Dec 14 6:30PM	Discussion free	Celebrating the Life and Work of Choreographer Pina Bausch New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Dec 15 6:00PM to 7:30PM	Lecture Free; call to RSVP	Design for Activation New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Dec 15 7:00PM	Discussion free	“Paintings/Photographs/Problems/Possibilities” New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Dec 18 9:00AM to 5:00PM	Colloquium free	“A New Era for Politics: Thomas Paine and the Rise of Modern Liberalism” New York City, NY; NYC