This Week at CUNY – April 29, 2013
Best of the Week
Pathways Ahead
Planning your course schedule? If you are considering a transfer this fall to another college within the University, Pathways can help with your transfer and your degree completion. More »
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Vote for the Scholarships Winners
Over the past two months, CUNY students from all over NYC have been submitting videos, photo essays and comics in the hope of winning a $500 scholarship. The finalists have been chosen and now it's up to you to pick the winners. Click here to vote now! Also, don't forget to opt in to our mailing list to hear about more opportunities to win scholarships and other prizes and find resources to help you graduate from college. More »
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Help Clean Up Orchard Beach
Recycling is the solution to ocean pollution, so come out to the Orchard Beach Cleanup! GrowNYC is looking for volunteers to help with general cleanup, provide recycling tips for beachcombers and assist with weighing and consolidating recyclables. More »
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Spotlight
International Jazz Day Celebrates Louis Armstrong
April 30 | Queens College
Celebrate International Jazz Day with the public premiere of "Louis Armstrong at Freedomland," a newly discovered selection of recordings by the jazz master Louis Armstrong. More »
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An Evening of Poetry
April 29 | City College
Readings by City College poets, including Laurel Kallen, David Groff, Pamela Laskin, Estha Weiner, Gregory Crosby and Salita Bryant. Sponsored by the Simon H. Rifkind Center. More »
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Beyond Watergate With Carl Bernstein
April 29 | John Jay College
Author Carl Bernstein will deliver, "Beyond Watergate: Nixon and Ford, the Last Liberals?" as part of the series, Conflicting Conceptions of Justice in the 1970s. More »
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PEN World Voices
April 29 | CUNY Graduate Center
The Segal Center welcomes PEN World Voices: New Plays from Spain, featuring the country's most respected dramatists to preside over readings of their works, in English, for the annual PEN World Voices Festival. More »
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Performance of Play on Dylan Thomas
April 29 | New York City College of Technology
City Tech Theatreworks and Do Not Go Gentle Productions present a full production of "Dylan," a play focusing on the last two years of poet Dylan Thomas' life. More »
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Conservatory Jazz Ensemble
April 30 | Brooklyn College
Arturo O'Farrill, director of the Conservatory Jazz Ensemble, presents classic and contemporary works by jazz masters, new and old. More »
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'Attempts On Her Life'
April 30 | Baruch College
"Attempts On Her Life," by Martin Crimp and directed by Brian Rhinehart, is performed at the Baruch Performing Arts Center. More »
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After Lorca: A Day of Poetry and Performance
May 1 | CUNY Graduate Center
This daylong festival of performance and poetry responds to traditional and radical receptions of Federico Garcia Lorca in the United States. Featured artists will explore the tensions between urban and pastoral, foreign and American. More »
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'Road to Freedom' Screening
May 1 | New York City College of Technology
Screening of "Stories from the Road to Freedom," created for the History Channel for Black History Month 2013 featuring compelling stories of the lives of African-Americans from Emancipation to the start of the modern Civil Rights movement. More »
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'Wonder Women!' Screening and Discussion
May 1 | Macaulay Honors College
"Wonder Women! The Untold Story Of American Superheroines," is a screening and panel discussion that traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman from the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today. More »
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A Conversation with Marilynne Robinson
May 1 | CUNY Graduate Center
Extraordinary Lives: Marilynne Robinson in Conversation with Bill Kelly. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist and longtime faculty member at the Iowa Writers' Workshop makes a rare public appearance. More »
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Music in Midtown
May 2 | CUNY Graduate Center
Music in Midtown series features string quintets of Mozart and Brahms featuring Daniel Phillips, violin; John Dalley, violin; Toby Appel, viola; William Frampton, viola; Marcy Rosen, cello. More »
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Art History Education in the Digital Age
May 2 | CUNY Graduate Center
A discussion on "Art History Education Goes Digital: The Problem and Promise of the Digital Image." More »
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MFA Creative Writing Program Reading
May 2 | CUNY Graduate Center
Writers and graduating students from the four City University of New York MFA Programs in Creative Writing — City College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College and Queens College — come together for readings of poetry, fiction and nonfiction at the Graduate Center. More »
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Annual Chapbook Festival
May 3 | CUNY Graduate Center
Now in its fifth year, the 2013 Chapbook Festival celebrates the chapbook as a work of art and as a medium for alternative and emerging writers and publishers. More »
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Performance of 'Dreamgirls'
May 3 | York College
Production of "Dreamgirls," the iconic Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. More »
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Run the Bronx
May 4 | Bronx Community College
Bring your family, neighbors and friends to BCC's 35th Annual Hall of Fame 10K Run, 5K Run, and 2-Mile Fitness Walk. Rain or Shine! Free T-shirts and post-race refreshments for all participants. More »
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Indian Dance and Music Festival
May 4 | Baruch College
The India Center presents the Sixth Annual Indian Classical Dance and Music Festival. More »
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An Evening with Michael Feinstein
May 4 | Queens College
The Kupferberg Center for the Arts is excited to present the world-class performer Michael Feinstein for one spectacular show. More »
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'Tommy Tune's Steps in Time'
May 4 | Kingsborough Community College
On Stage at Kingsborough presents, "Tommy Tune's Steps In Time," with nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune's Broadway biography in song and dance, featuring the Manhattan Rhythm Kings. More »
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