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• Mar 31 2020 - [WEBCAST ONLY] Monuments to Impermanence: New Inspirations From Ancient Japanese Stone Circles and Burial Mounds — Simon Kaner - Asia Society and Museum
  
• Mar 31 2020 - Jewhooing the Sixties: Dr. David Kaufman - Temple Emanu-El
  
• Apr 1 2020 - Two Scenes of Brooklyn: 19th Century Life on the Waterfront (Virtual Session) - Brooklyn Historical Society
  
• Apr 1 2020 - George Elliott—Colonial Chymistry: Gershom Bulkeley and the 17th-Century Connecticut Alchemical Laboratory LIVESTREAM - Columbia University
  
• Apr 1 2020 - LIVESTREAM 'The Silver Age of Comics: Rise of the Flawed Superhero' Webinar -
  
• Apr 2 2020 - 'History of Jazz in New York City' Webinar & 78rpm Listening Party -
  
• Apr 9 2020 - Rum and Revolution - The National Arts Club
  
• Apr 11 2020 - Transit Walk–Deep Dive: Redbird Ramble - New York Transit Museum
  
• Apr 11 2020 - Ghosts of the Titanic Walking Tour - Boroughs of the Dead
  
• Apr 12 2020 - A Walking Tour of Historic 19th Century Noho - Merchant's House Museum
  
• Apr 16 2020 - Jerusalem Before King David - The National Arts Club
  
• Apr 17 2020 - “April Is the Cruellest Month” Candlelight Ghost Tour - Merchant's House Museum
  
• Apr 18 2020 - Ghosts of the Titanic Walking Tour - Boroughs of the Dead
  
• Apr 19 2020 - Annual Gathering of Remembrance 2020 - Museum of Jewish Heritage
  
• Apr 21 2020 - New York's Penn Station: A Virtual Book Talk About an American Landmark -
  
• Apr 21 2020 - Movements: A Conversation With Ailbhe Smyth - Irish Arts Center
  
• Apr 22 2020 - Hiro Hirai—Forgery and Early Modern Science: The Case of Pseudo-Paracelsus LIVESTREAM - Columbia University
  
• Apr 25 2020 - Madness and Medicine on Roosevelt Island - Boroughs of the Dead
  
• Apr 29 2020 - Designing Kimono: The Meaning Behind the Imagery - Japan Society
  
• Apr 29 2020 - Illustrated Talk - Aegean Breezes: Greek Revival Architecture in America and New York, 1800-1840 - Merchant's House Museum