Today’s Calendar of Events in Lower Manhattan ~ 11/7/19

Poets House
Security-it’s something we all seek. But we also know that finding true safety requires taking risks along the way. How does it feel to live this paradox? These poems offer some clues, as does the format of my readings. I invite audience members to perform my work, standing up and reading unknown words out loud to strangers. Will taking the risk bring its own reward? So far, at readings in other cities, audiences have created sturdy sanctuaries using those most powerful of tools: rhythmic words bravely spoken.

Community Board 1 – Conference Room 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
AGENDA
1) Stop Sign Request – Beekman & Water St – Resolution
2) Rector Street Bridge – Report by
a. Douglas Adams, Mayor’s Office of Capital Project Development
b. Len Greco, Economic Development Corporation
c. Matt Krenek, Skanska
d. Shilpan Patel, New York State Department of Transportation
e. Nick Sbordone, Battery Park City Authority
f. Dan Cinello, LMDC (Invited)
3) City Hall to Battery Park Bicycle Connection; Broadway, White Hall Street – Resolution
4) 5 Points Co-Naming Application – Resolution

Museum of Jewish Heritage
In 1986, during a tour of Auschwitz, Ann Weiss discovered a storage facility and came across an archive of 2,400 personal photographs, which had been confiscated from Jewish deportees. In this lecture and presentation, Dr. Weiss, author of The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau, will share 200 of these unforgettable images. FREE 36 Battery Place.

Tribeca Performing Arts Center
A podcast from the QI offices in which the writers of the hit BBC show huddle around a microphone and discuss the best things they’ve found out this week. $33 199 Chambers Street.