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All the Single Ladies: “Women’s Only” Buildings in Early 20th Century NYC

National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United States

Historian Nina Harkrader leads a discussion of "all the single ladies" who bravely forged new paths for women in early-20th-century New York City. We'll explore the women's only homes designed to offer "good moral surroundings" for young ladies, the hotels that provided independence and lady-like comforts for “business women,” and get a taste of what […]

An Evening with The Opera House Filmmaker Susan Froemke

Macaulay Honors College 35 W 67th St., New York, NY, United States

Tuesday, August 21st 6:30-7:45pm Macaulay Honors College 35 W. 67th Street Award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke and producer Muffie Meyer take us deep behind the history of their acclaimed documentary, The Opera House. The film, which chronicles the complex 50+ year saga of the creation of the Metropolitan Opera’s home at Lincoln Center, surveys a remarkable […]

LW! Author’s Talk: “We Are Staying” by Jen Rubin in conversation with Amy Harmon of the New York Times

Macaulay Honors College 35 W 67th St., New York, NY, United States

“We Are Staying”: Author Jen Rubin in conversation with Amy Harmon of the New York Times Monday, October 15th 6:30pm-7:45pm For eighty years, Radio Clinic (R.C.I.), a family-owned and run appliance and electronics shop, was a fixture on the corner of 98th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side. When the 1977 blackout hit […]

“Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles”: LW! Author’s Talk with Fran Leadon

Macaulay Honors College 35 W 67th St., New York, NY, United States

“Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles” A LW! Author’s Talk with Fran Leadon Wednesday, October 24th, 6:30-7:45pm  35 W. 67th Street   Partner-level Members Get 2-for-1 Tickets! Broadway, as locals all know, is much more than just the few blinding blocks of Times Square. On the Upper West Side, it is the […]

Gold Digger: The Outrageous Life and Times of Peggy Hopkins Joyce

Macaulay Honors College 35 W 67th St., New York, NY, United States

Tuesday, February 12th 6:30-7:45pm  35 W. 67th Street 2-for-1 Tickets for Partner-level Members! Author Constance Rosenblum introduces us to one of America’s most talked-about personalities, Peggy Hopkins Joyce. Although little remembered today, Peggy was the quintessential gold digger: think Anna Nicole Smith meets Kim Kardashian in the 1920’s. A Ziegfeld Girl and occasional stage and film […]

Candela on the Upper West Side

Macaulay Honors College 35 W 67th St., New York, NY, United States

Anthony Bellov (a LW! fan favorite) explores Rosario Candela’s Upper West Side architectural roots. We’ll enjoy gorgeous photos of our own local Candela treasures - many landmarked - and discuss the signature design features that typify Candela's work, all told in Mr. Bellov's inimitable style, bringing people, periods, and buildings to life as few can. […]

Home Sweet Mansion

Macaulay Honors College 35 W 67th St., New York, NY, United States

Home Sweet Mansion: A Peek into the Domestic Lives of Gilded Age New Yorkers  Tuesday, March 5th 6:30-7:45pm  35 W. 67th Street 2-for-1 Tickets for Partner-level Members! It was good to be a prosperous New Yorker in the late 19th century: beautiful clothing, expensive furnishings, well-kept parlors, and tables laden with food. But someone had to do […]

Honeybee Hotel

Macaulay Honors College 35 W 67th St., New York, NY, United States

Honeybee Hotel Tuesday, March 12th 6:30-7:45pm  35 W. 67th Street 2-for-1 Tickets for Partner-level Members! Spring is just around the corner! Think rooftop gardens, urban apiaries, and millions of bees traversing the city in search of new blooms. Leslie Day, author of Honeybee Hotel: The Waldorf Astoria’s Rooftop Garden and the Heart of NYC,  is our guide […]

UWS – Save Our Stores (SOS) General Meeting

St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church 263 West 86th Street, New York, NY, United States

JOIN the UWS SOS for their first GENERAL MEETING to discuss advocacy efforts to save UWS small businesses and local stores. If you plan to attend, PLEASE RSVP to uwssos@gmail.com; seating is LIMITED. (Based on the enthusiasm shown at the Town Hall, we have reserved a space that we hope is adequate for regular meetings.) […]

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The Many Lives of Riverside Park via Zoom

Online via Zoom

Upper West Siders love their Riverside Park and appreciate it even more these days. But before the gardens and ballfields, there were forests and rocky bluffs roamed by the likes of Poe. But soon came the trains and the noise…and the politics. Hear how industry and privilege collided on the banks of the Hudson. From […]