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March 20, 2010

Junior Science Club: Wind Power
Children can earn about wind power then design and build their own wind driven device. Parents may observe for free.

For more information call Seth Wollney at 718 483-7105.

Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place
10:00AM - 12:00AM
Cost: $8; members, $5
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March 21, 2010

Free Historic Flatiron Walking Tour
The Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership is sponsoring free weekly walking tours of the historic Flatiron district. Guides lead a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood viewing landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance building, the MetLife tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building.

Tours meet at 11 a.m. every Sunday year-round. For more information, please call 212 741-2323, or visit Historic Flatiron. No reservations necessary.

Southwest corner of Madison Square Park, at 23rd Street and Broadway in front of the William Seward statue
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Cost: Free
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March 22, 2010

Byzantine Archaeology: New Approaches, New Discoveries
Joachim Henning, professor at Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt will speak on "Excavations at Pliska, Capital of the First Bulgarian Empire."

This is part of a lecture series tht aims to introduce some of the most important projects currently underway in Byzantine archaeology, a rapidly developing field of interdisciplinary studies dedicated to the interpretation of the material remains of the former Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire. The speakers are paired with respondents from the CUNY faculty from a variety of disciplines. All events will be moderated by Eric Ivison, professor of history at the Graduate Center and the College of Staten Island, CUNY.

Graduate Center, CUNY, Room 9205, 365 Fifth Ave. (at 34th Street)
4:00PM - 5:30PM
Cost: Free
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New Visions, New Activism, New American Poetry: Margaret Randall in Conversation
The poet, political activist and publisher Margaret Randall helped shift the frame of New American Poetry beyond the U.S. with her own political activism and by publishing El Corno Emplumado / The Plumed Horn (1962-1969), a forum for innovative writing from all parts of the Americas featuring the work of major poets. Randall and the Graduate Center’s Ammiel Alcalay, professor of English and comparative literature wil discuss Randall's work and El Corno Emplumado,

Graduate Center, CUNY, The Skylight Room (9100), 364 Fifth Ave. (at 34th Street)
6:30PM - 8:00PM
Cost: Free
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March 25, 2010

What's Next for the New York City Economy
This panel discussion will feature the Drum Major Institute's Mark Winston Griffith and others.

Mary Pinkett Lecture Hall, S-122, 1637 Bedford Ave. (near Crown Street, Crown Heights
6:30PM - 8:00PM
Cost: Free
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