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“Lightning Bugs” 2012 by Donald R. Pettit, NASA astronaut The spectacular image, above, was produced by Donald R. Pettit, a NASA astronaut, from multiple photographs captured during Expedition XXXI of the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting 240 miles above Earth.”It is a star trail and Earth image showing massive thunderstorms. The white flashes are lightning...

This freight car, used to transport victims of the Holocaust, is outside the Museum of Jewish Heritage, as part of its upcoming exhibit, “Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.” 12NOON Oasis Brookfield Place New York/Winter Garden Arts Brookfield has commissioned Third Rail Projects to create a new series of site-specific, multidisciplinary, pop-up performances. The...

Battery Park City resident Marijo Russell-O’Grady has co-authored a new book that is timely and topical, albeit in a troubling way. With her colleague, Katie Treadwell, Dr. Russell-O’Grady (who holds a PhD in higher education administration) has written, “Crisis, Compassion, and Resiliency in Student Affairs: Using Triage Practices to Foster Well-Being,” a research-driven analysis of...

Batting practice Downtown Little League   OPENING DAY is April 6th 12NOON Battery Park City Health Workshop  VISION HEALTH 6 River Terrace Technique in Brow Lifting Lunch presentation Q&A 12:30 – 2pm All Seminars are free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. Lunch will be served. bpcseniors@gmail.com  212-312...

This schematic details the design and allocation of space that prison-reform advocates hope will make a new jail a more humane detention facility. On Monday, the clock began ticking on the approval process under which a plan by Mayor Bill de Blasio to build a new, high-rise jail in Lower Manhattan may move ahead, or...

Batting practice Downtown Little League   OPENING DAY is April 6 2-3:30PM After Poland  with Author Cheryl Chaffin Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust As a student in Italy in the 1980s, Cheryl Chaffin first discovered the writing of Primo Levi, the eminent Italian-Jewish chemist, poet, and writer of Holocaust testimony....