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Late City Final Edition 9 October - 15 October 2008 In Brief: Alejandro Cesarco, Dubravka Ugresic, Wall Street, Death Drive, Descent into Chaos, Radical Urbanism, Carlos Motta, Affordable Housing and Keith Thomas. |
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Thursday, 9 October | |
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Visiting Artist Talk: Alejandro Cesarco NYU Einstein Auditorium - 34 Stuyvesant St 5-6pm, $0. |
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A Conversation with Dubravka Ugresic Columbia University, Int'l Affairs Bldg - 420 W 118 St, Room 1512 6-8pm, $0. |
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Is Gore's 100% Renewable Energy Challenge Achievable for New York City? New York Academy of Sciences - 7 WTC, 250 Greenwich St, 40th Fl 6-8pm, $20/$10. |
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Friday, 10 October | |
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An Offer We Can't Refuse?: Progressives Respond to the Wall Street Crisis Brecht Forum - 451 West St 7pm, $6/$10/$15, STANDING ROOM ONLY |
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Middle Eastern Voices of Change: Artists as Activists School of Visual Arts - 209 E 23 St, 3rd fl amphitheater 7-9pm, $7/$3/$0. |
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Savannah Knoop - Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT Leroy Blue Stockings - 172 Allen St between Rivington and Stanton Sts. 7pm, $0. |
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Intellect or Instinct: Must We Choose? A Contemporary View of the Death Drive New School, Land Center, Arnold Hall - 55 W 13th St, 2nd Fl 8pm, $0. |
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Saturday, 11 October | |
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Signs of Change Screening and Discussion Weekend Exit Art - 475 Tenth Ave 4-10:30pm, $5. |
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Sunday, 12 October | |
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Signs of Change Screening and Discussion Weekend 16 Beaver - 16 Beaver Street, 4th Floor 12-9pm, $5-$10. |
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Monday, 13 October | |
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Signs of Change Screening and Discussion Weekend 16 Beaver - 16 Beaver Street, 4th Floor 12-9pm, $5-$10. |
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Tuesday, 14 October | |
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Radical Urbanism: A Conversation with Mike Davis CUNY Graduate Center, Proshansky Auditorium - 365 5th Ave 6:15-8:15pm, $0. |
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IN PRINT featuring Ahmed Rashid - Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia NYU Center for Global Affairs, Woolworth Building - 15 Barclay St 6:30-7:45pm, RSVP required/212-992-8380, $0. |
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Richard Price: Novel to Screen NYU Kimmel Board Room, #914 - 60 Washington Sq South 6:30-8pm, RSVP required $0. |
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Cutting Realities Panel Discussion: Gender Strategies in Art; VALIE EXPORT, Silvia Eiblmeyer, Karen Finley Austrian Cultural Forum - 11 E 52nd St 6:30pm, $0. |
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Wednesday, 15 October | |
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Affirmative Action in France and in the US: a Comparative Perspective Columbia University, Int'l Affairs Bldg - 420 W 118 St, Room 1510 12:30-2pm, $0. |
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Fine Arts Lecture Series: Carlos Motta Parsons, Kellen Auditorium - 66 Fifth Avenue 3:15-5pm, $0. |
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Demystifying Affordable Housing Fifth Avenue Committee - 621 DeGraw St, Brooklyn 6-9pm, RSVP please $0. |
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Keith Thomas: From Barbarism to Civil Society Columbia University, Heyman Center - W 118th St Between Amsterdam Ave and Morningside Park 6:15-8:15pm, $0. |
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