VAN DER PLAS GALLERY presents THE RIVINGTON SCHOOL 57 Stanton Street, April 5-April 30, 2018 The Rivington scene centers around a group of artists who creatively thrived around Rivington and Forsyth Streets on New York’s Lower East Side during the 1980s and was centered around three tiny galleries, Nada (helmed by artist Jim C.), Freddy...
At Fraunces Tavern Museum: General Denis Mercier NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation For an evening discussion on: The Changing Nature of Defense and Warfare in the Modern World Tuesday, April 17th 6:00pm Fraunces Tavern Museum No. 54 Pearl Street Following a reception will be held with light fare, beer, and wine. A “Dutch treat” dinner will...
1713 – Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain – English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese & French peace treaty 1775 – The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place. 1865 – Abraham Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction 1868 – The Shogunate is abolished in Japan. 1890 – Ellis Island...
Law enforcement sources confirm that both Federal and State prosecutors have begun probes into the financial irregularities that brought construction of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, within the World Trade Center complex, to a halt in December. As first reported in a story that appeared in the National Herald, a newspaper that focuses on...
1667 – First public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris) 1682 – Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France 1833 -First tax-supported public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee 1865 – General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia to US General Ulysses S....
Two City agencies that have separate jurisdiction over adjacent halves of the same plot of land in Tribeca have allowed a potentially unsafe condition to fester for several years, according to a recent discussion at Community Board 1 (CB1). “The Parks Department called me back after a year,” Bob Townley said at the March 20...