Today’s Calendar
October 15, 2019
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8AM
Bird Walk at The Battery with NYC Audubon
The Battery
Explore the diversity of migrating birds that find food and habitat in The Battery. The walk will be led by Gabriel Willow, an educator from NYC Audubon. Gabriel is an experienced birder and naturalist, and is well-versed in the ecology and history of New York City. Meet at the Netherland Memorial Flagpole, at the intersection of Broadway, Battery Place, and State Street.
10:30AM
Zumba Jumpstart
6 River Terrace
Join a fitness dance party with upbeat Latin music of salsa, merengue, hip-hop, and more! Enthusiastic instruction creates a fun community of dancers who learn new steps each week. Bring your friends and share in this fit and fun dancing community. 6 River Terrace. Battery Park City Authority
6PM
CB1 Licensing & Permits Committee
AGENDA
1) Legislative Updates – Presentation by Lucian Reynolds, District Manager CB1
2) Review Status of Sidewalk Café Rule Change – Discussion
6:30PM
What Makes China Laugh?
China Institute
China Institute and Kung Fu Komedy present an uproarious conversation about humor and standup comedy in China. The event will feature stand-up comedians Jesse Appell, Joe Schaefer, and Norah Yang, and Christopher Rea, author of The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China. $5, $10 40 Rector Street.
7PM
A Beginner’s Guide to Japan: Pico Iyer
McNally Jackson
Book reading. After thirty-two years in Japan, Pico Iyer can use everything from anime to Oscar Wilde to show how his adopted home is both hauntingly familiar and the strangest place on earth. A Beginner’s Guide to Japan is a playful and profound guidebook full of surprising, brief, incisive glimpses into Japanese culture. Iyer’s adventures and observations as he travels from a meditation-hall to a love-hotel, from West Point to Kyoto Station, make for a constantly surprising series of provocations guaranteed to pique the interest and curiosity of those who don’t know Japan, and to remind those who do of the wide range of fascinations the country and culture contain. 4 Fulton Street.