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  • NER BECK: A Photographic Exhibition of Lost and Found New York City Street Art

    Riverside Library
    December 1, 2012 (All day) - January 28, 2013 (All day)

     Ner Beck, a long time Upper West Sider, is exhibiting over 50 photographs at the Riverside Branch of the New York Public Library in the Lincoln Center area. As a graphic artist and designer, he has had a lifelong interest in photographing 

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  • Charles Dickens: The Key to Character

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    September 14, 2012 (All day) - January 27, 2013 (All day)

    Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was the best-loved English novelist at a time when recreational reading was at a zenith. His fictional creations represent a cross-section of society—from law-clerk to crossing-sweeper, miser to midwife—and are united by the vividness with which they 

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  • Martha Swope: In Rehearsal

    New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
    September 27, 2012 (All day) - January 26, 2013 (All day)

    Martha Swope, who started out as a dance student with a Brownie camera, developed into the premier photographic documenter of performance in New York. The free exhibition focuses on Swope's photographs of the rehearsal process, highlighting her understanding of movement while illuminating how 

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  • What’s Mine is Yours

    Riverdale Library
    November 17, 2012 (All day) - January 26, 2013 (All day)

    The exhibit titled “What’s Mine is Yours” was born out of the artist’s mission to make high art accessible to the general public. Nina Seigenfeld -Velazquez  is a visual artist, curator and mother of 6 children. For the past two years 

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  • From Cover to Cover: 20 Years of African Voices

    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
    December 8, 2012 (All day) - January 19, 2013 (All day)

    Danny Simmons, the founder of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, is the curator for the exhibition, 20 Years of African Voices. Artwork from the magazine’s front and back covers will anchor the exhibition. Photo essays and other archival  

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  • "Presepio Italiano"

    Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural Center
    December 13, 2012 (All day) - January 19, 2013 (All day)

    The presepio, or nativity scene, is an important part of Christmas in Italy.  It is an old tradition that is said to date back to Saint Francis of Assisi, who created the first living nativity scene in the 13th century.  The presepio, is a miniature replica of the traditional nativity 

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  • Rainbow Snowflakes by Chelsea Hrynick Browne

    Grand Central Library
    December 12, 2012 (All day) - January 18, 2013 (All day)

    My pieces are inspired by natural growth, urban architecture, technology, and music. They are a form of meditation for me; they allow me to think in a calm way while being creative. My work tries to illuminate the balance between the natural and manufactured. They aspire to blend the innate 

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  • Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen

    New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
    October 18, 2012 (All day) - January 12, 2013 (All day)

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  • BOBBI BECK’s New York City Daydreams: Exhibition of Autobiographical Drawings

    96th Street Library
    November 17, 2012 (All day) - January 12, 2013 (All day)

    Bobbi Beck has spent her years living in New York City keeping a visual diary. In chronicling her experiences in her urban surroundings she blurs daily realities into exotic visual fantasies. Her imaginary world is based on her daily realities as she transfers observations, emotions and 

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  • A Literary Christmas Miscellany from the Berg Collection

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    November 21, 2012 (All day) - January 6, 2013 (All day)

    Special Display: This holiday display features Charles Dickens's prompt copy of A Christmas Carol, from which he gave his public readings; a book with a Christmas theme by T.S. Eliot; Christmas greetings by James Joyce, Sean O'Casey, E.E. Cummings, and Maurice Sendak; and a 

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