Art & Design Events, New York, Monday, 16 November 2015

Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House 1 Bowling Green Performa presents: Oscar Murillo Lucky dip noon-5 free

Performa Hub 47 Walker St Artist Class: Laura Lima 1 free; screening followed by conversation with Juliana Huxtable and Ricardo Montez Archives Fever

Nelson Sullivan’s Pretty Interesting Types in collaboration with the Nelson Sullivan Video Collection and NYU’s Fales Library & Special Collections, curated by Adrienne Edwards and Joshua Lubin-Levy 3 free; Justene Williams The Curtain Breathed Deeply 6 free

Karma 39 Great Jones St publication launch and conversation: Shannon Ebner Auto Body Collision 6-8

Cooper Union 41 Cooper Square Type@Cooper presents lecture: John Stevens Expression In Form, Rhythm, & Movement 6:30-8:30

Cooper Union 7 E 7 7th Fl Visualizing Climate Change 7-8:30

The New School Vera List Center for Art and Politics 66 W 12 Malcolm Klein Room 5th fl  Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros itinerant initiative presents: Viewing Room IV: Secrets of the Amazon—Tomo River Gilda Mantilla and Raimond Chaves viewing 4-6:30; lecture: Paulo Tavares The 'Disappeared Cities' of Amazonia: the Forest as Architecture 6:30–8:30

Rizzoli 1133 Broadway book launch: Harvey Stein Briefly Seen: New York Street Life introduction by Marilyn Kushner; Stein and Kushner in conversation 5:30

Prince George Ballroom 15 E 27 Heart Gallery NYC with the NYC Department of Homeless Services presents: Through the Eyes of the Homeless curated by Jody Britt, Courtney Cook, Chelsea Cooksey, and Anne-Laure Lemaitre 6-8 rsvp http://www.eyesofthehomelessnyc.org/event

Drama Book Shop 250 W 40 book launch and reception: Annie Chadwick On Stage: The NYC Theatre Sourcebook; Chadwick in conversation with Susan L. Schulman 5-6:30

NYU Institute of Fine Arts 1 E 78 lecture: Cathleen Baker Revealing the Splendor of Audubon's The Birds of America: The Materials, Techniques, and Conservation of a Masterpiece 6 free, registration required

Half 43 E 78 Aurel Schmidt Blast Furnace of Civilization 6-8

Albertine 972 Fifth Ave talk and book release: Luc Sante The Other Paris (Farrar Strauss and Giroux) 7 free

Microscope 1329 Willoughby Ave Bushwick moving image and performance works: Sarah Halpern Film, Paper, Sound 7:30 $7
Pratt 200 Willoughby Ave Clinton Hill talk: Sam Moyer 7:30 free