Shared Dialogue, Shared Space: An Alternative Manhattan Project (SDSS: AMP)

The Peninsula W 218th St and Indian Road, New York, NY, United States

The Shared Dialogue, Shared Space: An Alternative Manhattan Project (SDSS: AMP) invites nine artists/teams to present their community-oriented and thought-provoking participatory art, engaging the community in conversations on peace-building. The participating artists/teams include Stephanie Alvarado with Nancy Paredes, Eugenie Chao, Yeon Jin Kim, brandon king, Moses Ros, Minshik Shin, The Square Theater, and V Tineo. This outdoor participatory art project will be held at the peninsula and front side of Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan, on October 21st (PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE, due to rain) from 12–4 p.m.

Free

Picturing the Constitution: Penumbra

Old Stone House 336 3rd St., Brooklyn, NY, United States

Penumbra is a conceptual art installation at the Old Stone House in Park Slope Brooklyn that draws attention to the millennia-long legacy of women using herbs for abortion and contraception, a ‘birthright’ that is part of a deeply hidden, repressed, and often destroyed global practice. As part of Picturing the Constitution Exhibit, Penumbra will be on view October 20, 2023-January 14, 2024. The opening reception is October 22, 4-6pm.

Penumbra Kit: A Workshop on Reproductive Rights and the Constitution

Old Stone House 336 3rd St., Brooklyn, NY, United States

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to a women’s history of abortion; confront unexamined assumptions about rights, justice, and privacy; and engage in dialogue around what we want our constitution to mean. This workshop and related Penumbra kit and installation is a part of the exhibition Picturing the Constitution. Picturing the Constitution features artists’ responses to the origins, contents, and interpretations of the United States Constitution.

A ProtoScore

National Museum of Kenya Kipande Road, Nairobi, Kenya

A ProtoScore is a durational gathering of artists, scientists and members of the public in Nairobi. This is a mutually generative and creative process that fosters curiosity and connection. It is an experiment for scientists and artists to explore collaborations. It builds relational connections between artists and scientists through a non-hierarchical form of conversation, where each person in the conversation has an equal voice. The conversation format was created together in Kenya between artists and scientists.

Opening Reception and Screening of Uneven Growth

Hudson Guild 441 W. 26th St., New York, NY, United States

Opening Reception: Keynote Speaker, Clyde Kuemmerle
Screening: Uneven Growth
Panel Discussion: Miguel Robles-Durán, Shaindy Weichman, Robert Robinson

Midtown South Community Coalition: Health Before Profits

The People's Forum 320 W 37th St, New York, NY, United States

Tue. Feb. 13 – 6 PM Midtown South Community Coalition: Health Before Profits Location: The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018 Accessibility protocols: Masks available

Screening of ‘Julio of Jackson Heights’

Queensborough Performing Arts Center (QPAC) 222-05 56th Ave, Queens, NY, United States

Richard Shpuntoff will introduce his 2016 documentary prior to the screening at Queensborough Performing Arts Center (QPAC).

Performances of ‘Julio Ain’t Goin’ Down Like That’ at QPAC

Queensborough Performing Arts Center (QPAC) 222-05 56th Ave, Queens, NY, United States

Four FREE Live Professional Performances of a Radio Play version of Julio Ain’t Goin’ Down Like That by C. Julian Jiménez: It is the morning after the brutal murder of Julio Rivera, a gay Puerto Rican man in Jackson Heights, Queens. The murder became the first gay hate crime tried in New York State during the 1990s. In ‘Julio Ain’t Goin’ Down Like That,’ the community reacts and is taken on a journey of self-discovery by a fabulously unapologetic queen personifying the beauty and brutality of Jackson Heights.

Panel Discussion with Michael Kliën and Social Practice CUNY

The Segal Theatre The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Choreographer and artist Michael Kliën will speak about Parliament and his practice of social choreography that he has developed at the Laboratory for Social Choreography at Duke University. He will be joined by SPCUNY Faculty Fellow Emily Raboteau and Cory Tamler, author of A Permanent Parliament: Notes on Social Choreography (2022). Co-presented with the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center. Open to the public, no RSVP required.

Free

LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL Book Launch

The Center for Fiction 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Book launch for SPCUNY Faculty Fellow Emily Raboteau's highly-anticipated collection of essays, LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL: Mothering Against "the Apocalypse" at the Center for Fiction.