Good Thought: Six Smart Events in NYC This Weekend

From history to film to rogue taxidermy, New York will give you plenty of reasons to brave the cold this weekend.

Friday, November 21st

Astrophysics educator Christina Pease talks about how among the many patterns of stars we ended up with the constellations we have, followed by some stargazing at Columbia’s Rutherfurd Observatory.

The New School celebrates the 10th anniversary of Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove’s Voices of a People’s History of the United States. Wallace Shawn, Allison Moorer, Viggo Mortensen and Peter Sarsgaard will be among the luminaries taking the stage.

Saturday, November 22nd

The life, times and work of photographer Horace Poolaw (1906–1984), whose pictures provided a unique glimpse into the day-to-day experiences of his fellow Native Americans from the Plains tribes, are described by one who knew him best: his daughter Linda Poolaw. At the National Museum of the American Indian.

A panel of experts at the New York Public Library – Stephen A. Schwarzman Building celebrates the centennial of Polish resistance hero Jan Karski and the recent republication of his riveting wartime memoirs.

Tom Shone comes to Barnes & Noble in Tribeca to discuss his new book, Martin Scorsese: A Retrospective.

Sunday, November 23rd

Edward Blake — Flickr

Lectures on math, the anatomy of roadkill, and rogue taxidermy are just some of the enticements at the Morbid Anatomy Museum’s all-day Free End-of-Exhibition Open House and Party.