Events for $20 or Less Wednesday

March 3, 2010

SciCafe: Energy Through Chemistry
Our energy future—from powering cell phones, laptops, and cars to harnessing alternative sources like solar andwind—depends on more efficient, high-performance batteries and fuel cells. Héctor Abruña, director of the Energy Materials Center at Cornell, will discuss exciting new technologies and materials that have the potential to revolutionize the energy landscape. At the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, in the Museum of Natural History’s Rose Center, on 81st Street just off of Central Park West. 7 p.m. FREE. (21 and over, cash bar)

Joy in Singing
Art song master class with commentary by Paul Sperry. At the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. 2:30 p.m. FREE.

Any Wednesday: Cynthia Crane
The irrepressible Cynthia Crane returns to us with a new mix of music reflecting her thoughts, experiences, philosophy and her unstoppable sense of humor: I’m Confused, Therefore I Am. At Lincoln Square Barnes and Noble. 6 p.m. FREE.

Kelly Corrigan Reading
Kelly Corrigan dazzled us with her memoir The Middle Place. She continues her success with Lift, which is a letter to her children. It is also a message of love, risk and the joys of family. Mike Errico joins her in a musical performance. At Lincoln Square Barnes and Noble. 7:30 p.m. FREE.

Housing Clinic
Council Member Gale A. Brewer, Urban Justice Center and Goddard Riverside’s SRO Law Project sponsor Free 2009-2010 Monthly Housing Clinics. This month: . City-wide housing related campaigns. At Goddard Riverside Community Center, 647 Columbus Avenue (between 91 and 92 Streets).  6-8 p.m. FREE.

International Black Film Festival
The Greatest Silence (Rape in the Congo). Since 1998 a brutal war has raged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 4 million people have been killed and tens of thousands of women have been raped by foreign militias and the Congolese Army. The Greatest Silence is told by the victims themselves. This is their story! At the Society for Ethical Culture, 64th Street and Central Park West. 7 p.m. FREE. (donations welcome)

Views from the Past Tour
As you promenade through the heart of Central Park, imagine yourself living in 19th-century New York City. Learn about the Park’s history and hear how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to make their vision our reality. Meet outside the Central Park Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street. 11 a.m. FREE.

All prices quoted are for non-member adults.