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Get better, baster, more precise internet search results. That’s what this FREE program will show you how to do, plus sharing tips on some of the new features Google has implemented recently. This two hour hands-on lecture is at the New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Branch, beginning at 2:30, on Saturday, March 26th. It’s [...]
Friday, March 18th: If you are looking for a job now, or expect to be looking soon, learn how to improve the look of your resume in this FREE hands-on using workshop at the New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan branch. You’ll be supervised to create and save a resume in Microsoft Word, including formatting [...]
New York City gets greener by the day, and we’re not just talking about St. Patrick’s Day, when everybody is Irish for the day. Learn how to go green in your everyday life and help the environment at a FREE lecture at the New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Branch, on green day, Thursday, March [...]
Here’s how to save $45,000 in college tuition — attend the One Day University on Sunday, March 13th, and learn from top professors from top colleges and universities including Cornell, Harvard, UCLA and Columbia. Subjects include history, art, philosophy, and include such timely and thought-provoking topics as whether the First Amendment should protect everyone, [...]
Grey is the new black. Grey hair, that is. Learn how the sheer numbers of boomers, seniors and retirees is affecting advertising, marketing, and ‘nuts and bolts’ issues including Social Security and Medicare, in a free lecture at the New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan branch. The lecturer is author Susan Jacoby. The date is [...]
Go back to college for a day for just $99. It’s the annual One Day University, featuring 22 lectures and classes by professors from top colleges and universities including Harvard, Yale, Cornell and Columbia. Plus, there’s a special lecture by former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, on the Future of New York. Subjects [...]
The Gotham Writers Workshop is offering 36 FREE introductory writing classes this week in Manhattan. If you want to learn about comedy writing, children’s book writing, article writing, fiction or memoir writing, this is your chance to get a basic lesson, for free. The classes are Tuesday and Wednesday, January 11 and 12, in [...]
In 1961, 400 Americans risked their lives to travel to the South to challenge segregated facilities in restaurants, schools, even the bus stations these Freedom Riders arrived in. An exhibit of photographs and other news coverage is on display through Wednesday, December 15th, at Lehman College. It’s a travelling exhibit celebrating the 50th Anniversary [...]
This CUNY college fair is tailored specifically for U. S. military veterans, to learn how CUNY can help you transition from military life to academic life. The college fair is Tuesday, November 30, 2010, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at CUNY’s Manahttan Community College, 199 Chambers St. Admission officers from all 23 CUNY [...]
Idlewild Books is a wonderful, independent bookstore in Chelsea that specializes in travel guidebooks and travel-themed fiction, so it’s not surprising that they want to help us speak the language of the countries we travel to. Ten-week courses to learn French, Spanish and Italian begin in January, and if you register before November 30th, [...]
Parents and educators know that the best time to learn a language is when you are young. So here’s the deal — get half off the highly regarded children’s language programs at the Tribeca Language School. Growing up with a second language enriches your child’s mental development, builds creativity, improves literacy skills, provides appreciation [...]
The top gourmet food show of the season is this weekend, at the Westchester County Center in White Plains. Chocolate World Expo is a marathon exhibition of focused around chocolate, wine and other delicious edibles and drinkables, nearly all of it produced or sold in and around New York City, Hudson Valley and Long [...]
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