Bird Walk at The Battery with NYC Audubon
The Battery
Explore the diversity of migrating birds that find food and habitat in The Battery. The walk will be led by Gabriel Willow, an educator from NYC Audubon. Gabriel is an experienced birder and naturalist, and is well-versed in the ecology and history of New York City. Meet at the Netherland Memorial Flagpole, at the intersection of Broadway, Battery Place, and State Street. FREE The Battery Conservancy
10:30AM
Zumba Jumpstart
6 River Terrace
Join a fitness dance party with upbeat Latin music of salsa, merengue, hip-hop, and more! Enthusiastic instruction creates a fun community of dancers who learn new steps each week. Bring your friends and share in this fit and fun dancing community. FREE Battery Park City Authority
6PM
Community Board 1 Monthly Meeting
Gibney Dance 53 Chambers Street Studio C
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The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
Fraunces Tavern Museum
Taking place during the most critical period of our nation’s birth, The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington’s character, but also illuminates the origins of America’s counterintelligence movement that led to the founding of the modern day CIA. In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington’s bodyguards. In the months leading up to the Revolutionary War, these trusted soldiers took part in a deadly plot against the most important member of the military: Washington himself.
Drawing on extensive research, Mensch will discuss how Washington not only defeated the most powerful military force in the world, but also uncovered the secret plot against him. 54 Pearl Street. Members $5 Public Ticket $10
6:30PM
Design for the Crowd: Patriotism and Protest in Union Square
Skyscraper Museum
Manhattan’s Union Square occupies a central place in both the geography and the history of New York City. Since it was laid out in the mid-19th century, Union Square has served as a microcosm for the ongoing debates about the proper usage of urban public space. In Design for the Crowd: Patriotism and Protest in Union Square, Joanna Merwood-Salisbury explores two centuries of urban planning to weave the narrative of how the formal design of the square evolved in tandem with its changing public uses, from neighborhood beautification to Communist activism to the city’s best-known Greenmarket. FREE Reservations are required.39 Battery Place.
