500 Years of Struggle and Resistance in Mexico: A Discussion
In 1994, with the signing of NAFTA, the Zapatistas—a revolutionary leftist group—emerged in Chiapas, under the aegis of Subcomandante Marcos. Chiapas is an impoverished agrarian…
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The Base 1302 Myrtle Ave, NY, United States
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6×6 #30 Release Party and Poetry Reading from Ugly Duckling Presse
Trans-Pecos 915 Wyckoff Ave, NY, United StatesThe Ugly Duckling Presse is a Gowanus-based non-profit publisher of poetry, translations, experimental fiction and artistic books of all sorts, and this Saturday they’re celebrating…
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Making Money: The Philosophy of Crisis Capitalism
Institute for Public Knowledge 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor, NY, United StatesDo you know what money is? You might think you do, but you probably don’t. You’ve actually probably never thought about it properly before. So…
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Chuck Klosterman at B&N
Barnes & Noble Union Square 33 East 17th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe music and pop culture guru presents his new book, I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined), which “offers up great…
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Brazil’s Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics and the Fight for Democracy with Dave Zirin
Bluestockings 172 Allen Street, New York CityDear reader, no longer will you spend happy, unreflective, de-politicized hours watching the drama unfold at the football World Cup. Dave Zirin, sports editor for The…
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Alas, Naughty Droid: A Night of Shakespeare and Star Wars
WORD Bookstore 126 Franklin St, Greenpoint, New York, United StatesGet thy lightsabers ready and prithee get thee to the bookstore—where a performance of choice moments from the William Shakespeare’s Star Wars series will take place. If…
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Sweet Work: Shorts of Labor at the Domino Brooklyn Refinery
Union Docs 322 Union Ave, NY, United StatesIf you’ve stopped by the Domino sugar refinery in the past couple weeks, Kara Walker’s magnificent installation may have given you food for thought regarding the building’s…
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Slideshow/Book Launch with Christopher Merrit and Domenic Priore
Spoonbill & Sugartown Books 218 Bedford Ave, NY, United StatesJoin authors Merritt and Priore for a discussion of their new book.Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles’ Space-Age Nautical Pleasure Pier collates…
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Nicole C. Kear & Emily Raboteau in Conversation
The Strand New YorkWhen she was nineteen, Nicole C. Kear was told she was going blind. Advised that she had only ten more years of sight left, Kear…
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At the Inkwell: Playwright Night
KGB Bar 85 E 4th St, New York, NY, United StatesAt the Inkwell, an NYC organisation dedicated to promoting authors and their work, brings you Playwright Night at KGB Bar. The writers appearing on Wednesday are…