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  • Orgullo in Organizing: New York Latino Workers History and Legacy, 1930’s-2010’s

    Bronx Library Center
    April 26, 2013 (All day) - June 30, 2013 (All day)

    This exhibition traces "orgullo" or "pride" - the participation of Latinos in organized labor movements in New York, drawing on the collections of the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora and donated materials from 

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  • Play Button - Art in the Windows Exhibition Series - Brian Belott, Pam Butler, Tamara Gonzales, Maggie Lee, Craig Olson, Elisa Soliven

    Mid-Manhattan Library
    May 1, 2013 (All day) - June 30, 2013 (All day)

    On view day and night

    The Art and Picture Collections present Play Button an exhibition of artists’ books and zines featuring the work of Brian Belott, Pam Butler, Tamara Gonzales, Maggie Lee, Craig Olson, and Elisa Soliven.

    Please 

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  • "Forever" An exhibit of modern reprints of ancient Sri Lankan art by Dona Kiriella

    St. George Library Center
    May 1, 2013 (All day) - June 30, 2013 (All day)

    The customs and rituals of Sri Lanka have been handed down from generation to generation. Ancient temple paintings and wall paintings were based on many customs and rituals connected with the day-to-day lives of people in both social and religious spheres. Sri Lankan culture today is a pleasant 

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  • TWA : 50 Years Later

    Morningside Heights
    May 6, 2013 (All day) - June 30, 2013 (All day)

    The air terminal TWA at JFK airport is a New York protected architectural treasure. In 2005 Jet Blue started to build a new terminal around the old Eero Saarinen designed building as it was too small to handle todays’ traffic volume.
    In 2004 I was assigned to 

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  • RIPPED FROM THE ( SKETCH BOOK) PAGES......

    St. Agnes Library
    June 26, 2013 (All day) - June 30, 2013 (All day)

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  • Loïs Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color

    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
    April 19, 2013 (All day) - June 29, 2013 (All day)

    Born in Boston in 1905 and trained at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Loïs Mailou Jones began her career at a time when racial prejudices and gender discrimination were strong in American culture. This exhibition surveys the vast sweep of Jones’s seventy-five 

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  • What A Neighborhood!

    Bloomingdale Library
    June 1, 2013 (All day) - June 29, 2013 (All day)

    Artist susan c. dessel presents WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD!, a series of tin drawings – among them one of the
    Bloomingdale Branch Library -- that celebrates NYC’s Upper West Side (UWS). This series of whimsical drawings
    was created in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Orfeo 

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  • Pinocchio's Journey from Italy

    Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural Center
    June 8, 2013 (All day) - June 29, 2013 (All day)

    The Enrico Fermi Cultural Committee has created a colorful display of puppets, marionettes, dolls, puzzles, games, books, and images to illustrate "Pinocchio's Journey from Italy." The centerpiece is a five-foot wooden doll of Pinocchio that was handcrafted in Italy.

    Pinocchio 

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  • The Baychester Visual Art Exhibition

    Baychester Library
    June 3, 2013 (All day) - June 28, 2013 (All day)

    In Celebration of Bronx Month, come out and view some spectacular paintings created by the Baychester Visual Arts Association.  Many of the Artists are local residents of Co-op City.

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  • The Return of "Mad Men"

    Mid-Manhattan Library
    March 29, 2013 (All day) - June 27, 2013 (All day)

    The wait between seasons 5 and 6 was not nearly as long as the wait between season 4 and 5.  To celebrate the return of Mad Men the Picture Collection at the Mid-Manhattan Library presents an exhibition of materials depicting the style and design of the 

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