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Architecture and Design Learning on Both Sides of the Atlantic

Online

Join us for a panel discussion on the current prospects of architecture and design learning in K-12 education and hear compelling case examples from Finland and the U.S. How do you build a better world? How can your creativity improve your community? What does it take to bring bold ideas to life? These are just a few of the questions…

Jewish Brick and Mortar in the Russian Capital: The Architectural Dialogue between the St. Petersburg Jewish Community and the Tsarist Metropolis

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City

The Professor Bernard Choseed Memorial Fellowship and the Natalie and Mendel Racolin Memorial Fellowship In this lecture, Dr. Vladimir Levin will consider the uneasy relationship between the architectural oeuvre of the Jewish community and the capital city of the Russian Empire. Although concentrating on St. Petersburg, the talk will address questions and problems that many Jewish communities in European and American cities…

A Surrealist Soirée at the Morgan

The Morgan Library 225 Madison Avenue, New York

An evening exploring the unconventional, imaginary worlds of Parisians Jean-Jacques Lequeu and Alfred Jarry. Curators will delve into a selection of fantastic and humorous works in Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect and Alfred Jarry: The Carnival of Being during a series of brief gallery talks. Participate in the surrealist drawing game Exquisite Corpse and relax with a prix fixe French wine and cheese tasting. Enjoy French inspired music…