Dec. 4: James McBride, Hot Cider Walking Tour, Will Ferrell & More

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The Hot Cider Walking Tour examines the Lower East Side’s storied landmarks and introduces food staples that help define the neighborhood. As a Thoughtlectual, you’ll receive exclusive savings on the tour with the area’s history experts, including the Museum at Eldridge Street’s deputy director. Sunday, Dec. 22; Tuesday, Dec. 24; Sunday, Dec. 29, 2 p.m. Tour begins at the Eldridge Street Synagogue

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Talk and Concert: Author-Musician James McBride
Winner of the 2013 National Book Award for fiction, author and musician James McBride will speak about his latest work The Good Lord Bird and will round out the evening with jazz performances with his quintet. When & Where: Friday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m. at the New York Public Library – Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

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Top 10 Upcoming Lectures, Readings & Discussions in NYC

• Pulitzer Prize Winners Art Spiegelman and Tony Kushner discuss current exhibition Co-Mix: A Restrospective. Thursday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m. at The Jewish Museum

• Funnymen Will Ferrell and Adam McKay introduce Anchorman 2 during what’s sure to be a night of laughs. Friday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m. at 92nd Street Y

• Have breakfast then listen as author Rick Atkinson speaks about the eventual triumph of the American-led coalition of Western allies over the Axis powers. Saturday, Dec. 7, 9-11 a.m. at the New-York Historical Society

• Examine new archival material and little-known works of Isamu Noguchi with author Amy Lyford of new book Isamu Noguchi’s Modernism: Negotiating Race, Labor and Nation. Sunday, Dec. 8, 3 p.m. at the Noguchi Museum

• Join Harvard Professor Howard Gardner as he introduces his new book The App Generation and exposes how apps affect creativity and personal connections. Monday, Dec. 9, 8:15 p.m. at 92nd Street Y

• Learn about one of the greatest icons of 20th-century architecture, the Seagram Building, from Phyllis Lambert, the building’s director of planning. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 6:30 p.m. at the Skyscraper Museum

• Get a behind-the-scenes look into exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts and the Louvre with curator Frederick Ilchman who specializes in Renaissance Venice. Wednesday, Dec. 11, 6:30 at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture

• Spend an evening with American designer and humanitarian Kenneth Cole as he chats with fashion industry icon Fern Mallis. Wednesday, Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m. at 92nd Street Y

• Sit down with director of Call Me Kuchu, a documentary film about Uganda’s first openly gay man whose life along with others are threatened by a new bill that makes homosexuality punishable by death. Thursday, Dec. 12, 7 p.m. at the Museum of Tolerance

• Learn to mimic the lavish styles of the Gilded Age at a drawing deluxe workshop after taking a close look at the jewels on display at exhibit Gilded New York. Friday, Dec. 13, 1 p.m. at the Museum of the City of New York

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What to Attend this December: 20 Talks, Readings and Discussions

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