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Events Calendar / Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Passport Art

In the People�s Democratic Republic of Brooklyn, artist Youme Landowne has created 111 colorful passports to examine the meaning of citizenship and common experience in a diverse urban environment. Each passport in the exhibition now on display at the Brooklyn Public Library features photographs of the borough throughout different periods of history. Although none of the passports yet has an owner, blank pages are provided to encourage their eventual owners to tell their own stories.

Landowne has written and illustrated children�s books and led community mural projects throughout the world. While the People�s Democratic Republic of Brooklyn is not overtly political, it uses the heated conversation about immigration to challenge notions of identity.

The People�s Democratic Republic of Brooklyn will be on display at the Brooklyn Public Library�s Central Branch at Grand Army Plaza until June 16. Admission is free.

The library is open seven days a week. For questions, directions, or more information about this and other exhibits, visit the at library�s web site or call 718 230-2767.

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May 22, 2007

Brooklyn Broadband Hearing
The New York City Broadband Advisory Committee will convene its second public hearing, this time to hear testimony from Brooklyn residents, nonprofit organizations and businesses. The committtee would like to get feedback on such issues as why a fast affordable Internet connection is important to you; what you would consider a rasonable fee to pay for it; how you use broadband or, if you don't have it, what you would use it for.

People wanting to testify can contact Jeff Baker at jeffrey.baker@council.nyc.ny.us or at 212788-9193. Brooklyn parents of schoolchildren, schoolchildren, nonprofit leaders, small business owners and senior citizens are encouraged to testify. Anyone who attends the hearing can testify with no advance notice required.

Courtroom hearing room, second floor, Brooklyn Borough Hall
12:00PM - 3:00PM
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Immigration Update: What is Washington up to?
Panelists include: Chung-Wha Hong, executive director, NY Immigration Coalition; Tamar Jacoby, senior fellow, Manhattan Institute; John Mollenkopf, Center for Urban Research, CUNY Graduate Center; Cesar Perales, president, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund; and Allan Wernick, diirector, CUNY Citizenship and Immigration Project

Baruch College, Newman Vertical Campus, 55 Lexington Avenue (@ 24th Street), 14th Floor
5:00PM - 7:00PM
Cost: Free
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Recycle a Bicycle Student Art Show
The exhibition features recycled and bicycle-related artwork made by youth artists from throughout
NYC, curated by artist Pasqualina Azzarello. The drawings and sculpture were produced by students from the Lower East Side Girls Club, Urban Assembly School for the Urban Environment, Children's Aid Society / Mirabal Sisters School, and JHS 318 / EugenioMaria de Hostos.
The exhbition is on display from May10 to June 9.

Retreat, 147 Front Street, DUMBO

Cost: Free
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May 23, 2007

Food Stamps
Food Stamp rules are often misunderstood, resulting in households losing out on benefits. This workshop will focus on determining eligibility for Food Stamps and doing an actual Food Stamp budget. We will review Food Stamps� gross and net income tests to determine eligibility, including special deductions and budgeting considerations for the elderly and disabled. Also covered are Food Stamps� complex and changing immigrant eligibility rules, time limits, and work requirements.

Registration required, call Migdalia Molina at 212-614-5497

CSS/Public Benefits Resource Center, 105 East 22nd St. 4th Floor
9:30AM - 12:30PM
Cost: $40.00
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Meet the Grantmakers: Borough Arts Councils
The Foundation Center and The Field are pleased to present a Meet the Grantmakers event for arts organizations. Meet representatives of the different New York City arts councils and learn about their services for artists and current grant opportunities.

This event is free, but preregistration is required. Call 212 691-6969 or visit Meet the Funders to register.

79 5th Avenue, 2nd Floor
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Cost: Free
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Careers in Corporate Law
This panel discussion led by practicing corporate attorneys is intended for people thinking about a career in corporate law.

Light refreshments will be served. Space is limited. RSVP by Friday, May 18 to maritza_maldonado@prldef.org or 212 739-7517.

PRLDEF Classroom, 99 Hudson Street, 14 floor
6:30PM -
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May 24, 2007

NYC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Business Luncheon
Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the New York City Partnership will deliver the keynote speech.

Call 212 686-7220 or visit the chamber.

Maestro's Caterers, 1703 Bronxdale Avenue, Bronx
12:00PM - 3:00PM
Cost: $30 minimum
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Concerts at One: Synergy Brass Quintet
Trinity Church presents Synergy Brass Quintet: Bobby Thorp, trumpet; Chris O'Hara, trumpet; Jon Hurrell, horn; Bo Clifton, trombone; Adam Pijanowski, tuba. The will perform works by Rmsky-Korsakov, Fliere, Mussorgsky, Bach, Rossini, Copland, Armstrong and Handy.

Call the concert hotline at 212-602-0747 for further information

Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street
1:00PM -
Cost: Suggested $2 contribution
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Nonprofit Seminar: Mergers and Acquisitions In a Nonprofit Context
In this panel on nonprofit meregers, those who haveactually done it will discuss the practical and legal considerations.

The panel will feature: Stephan Russo,
executive director, Goddard Riverside Community Center; Michael Rochford, executive director, St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation; Linda S. Manley, legal director, Lawyers Alliance for New York

RSVP by email at nonprofit_workshops@baruch.cuny.edu; By phone at 646-660-6743. RSVP Required

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Newman Conference Center; 151 East 25th Street (between Lexington and Third); Room 750
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Cost: Free
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Fundraiser for the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
The New York Fundraiser to Benefit the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti will feature two lawyers on the front lines of the fight for justice in Haiti: Mario Joseph, managing lawyer, Bureau des Avocats Internationaux in Haiti and Brian Concannon, director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti.

Please RSVP to: judyprosper@yahoo.com or 646 942-4559 by May 21st.

For more information about IJDH, or to donate online, visit: the institute

Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Cost: $50 minimum suggested donation
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Race Violence in the Reconstruction Era
Three distinguished speakers will discuss the campaigns of violence aimed at suppressing the newly won rights of African Americans in the post-Civil War era. In 1875, an army of Mississippi whites embarked on a terrorist campaign to suppress the newly won rights of freed slaves and blacks. Campaigns of this nature were not uncommon and were so successful that, a century after Appomattox, black Americans were still fighting for rights that had been in the Constitution since 1870.

Speaking will be: Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and author of Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War; Annette Gordon-Reed, professor of law at New York Law School who earned a place in history with her first book, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy; and Brent Staples, an editorial writer for the New York Times and author of the memoir, "Parallel Time: Growing Up in Black and White."

New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
6:30PM -
Cost: $15; students, educators, seniors $10; members $8
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Same News, Different Views
This, the second Feet in Two Worlds Town Hall Forum sponsored by the Milano School and WNYC, will consider the gap betwen the mainstream and ethnic media. The federal government is debating immigration policy and changes that could affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers while, our city�s immigrant communities face local challenges related to schools, poverty, housing and more. If you read or listen to the mainstream English-language press, what are you missing?

WNYC's Brian Lehrer will m oderate a panel discussion with: Muzaffar Chishti of the Migration Policy Institute; Roberto Lovato, New American Media, Juana Ponce De Leon, IPA-New York; Julia Preston, The New York Times; Elaine Rivera, WNYC; Sree Srinivasen, Columbia University; Alberto Vourvoulias, El Diario/LA PRENSA; Leon Wynter, author of American Skin and others

Refreshments will be served.

Admission is free but seating is limited. Please call 212 229- 5418 or email centernyc@newschool.edu to RSVP.

Teresa Lang Center, 55 West 13th Street (between 5th and 6th avenues), 2nd floor
6:30PM - 9:00PM
Cost: Free
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"The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope"
Newsweek senior editor Jonathan Alter recreates the worst year of the Great Depression, and how Franklin Roosevelt restored hope to Americans.

Seating is limited. To reserve your place, go by the center, call 311 or 212 754-5411 or e-mail erik.axelson@parks.nyc.gov.

East 54 Street Recreation Center, 348 East 54th Street (between First and Second avenues)
7:00PM -
Cost: free
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May 25, 2007

The French Evolution: ace, Politics and the 2005 Riots
This exhbition features approximately 15 multimedia images by Alexis Peskine informed and inspired by the 2005 riots that rocked Peskine�s native Paris. The works explore the social and political climate sustained by the uneasy truce that continues today.

The exhibition will open with a reception on May 25 and be on view through September 9. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art, 80 Hanson Place (at South Portlande)
11:00AM - 6:00PM
Cost: Suggested donation $4
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