Art & Design Events, New York, Sunday, 16 Otober 2016

Open House New York tours of various sites throughout the city that are normally closed, for information see ohny.org

Archtober architecture events throughout the city over the next four weeks, for details see http://archtober.org/calendar/

Lesley Heller Workspace 54 Orchard St talk: Elisabeth Condon 2:30 free

11R 195 Chrystie St Douglas Melini You Have to Peer into the Sky to See the Stars 6-8

Kristen Lorello 195 Chrystie St  exhibition walk-through: Bayne Peterson 5

Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects 208 Forsyth St book talk and conversation: Tim Lawrence Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-83 (Duke University Press); discussion: Steven Harvey and Tim Lawrence 3

Pierogi 155 Suffolk St John O'Connor Thin, Dark Crash (how I dread that blue jay) 6-8

Gallery 456 456 Broadway video screenings and talk: Cheng Ran 7 free, donations appreciated

Maccarone 630 Greenwich St performance: Niv Acosta 4

Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort St film and panel: Carmen Herrera and The 100 Years Show; screening: The 100 Years Show (30 mins, 2015, directed by Alison Klayman); discussion: Sarah Crowner, Alison Klayman, Abigail McEwen, moderated by Edward J. Sullivan 4-5:30 $10

High Line Open Studios 526 W 26 noon-6

Queens Museum Flushing Meadows Corona Park Open A.I.R. Artist Services Talk and Workshop: Rivers as ‘Quiet Dialogues’ and Other Environmental Perspectives of Ala Plástica with lecture by Alejandro Meitin; simultaneous interpretation for Spanish and English speakers 2-5 reservation required preddy@queensmuseum.org

RBA - Racine Berkow Associates 34-24 Hunters Point Ave Long Island City John F. Simon, Jr., presented by Sandra Gering noon-3 (#7 train to 33rd St)

Bell House 149 7th St Gowanus Morbid Anatomy Halloween Flea Market noon-6 $1

Gowanus Open Studios http://artsgowanus.org/gowanus-open-studios-2016 noon-6 includes 280 Nevins St, 168 7th St

Pioneer Works 159 Pioneer St Red Hook Book Launch and Time Capsule Sealing Ceremony: The Present Is the Form of All Life: The Time Capsules of Ant Farm and LST Time Capsule Closing Ceremony and a panel discussion with LST and Felicity Scott  

chashama  at the Brooklyn Army Terminal 140 58th St Sunset Park Open Studios noon-5

Upstream 8 Main St Hastings-on-Hudson Louise Cadoux Witness; Madeline Wilson Broken Threads 2-5

FotoFoto 14 West Carver St Huntington gallery talk and book signing: Susan Kravitz Mascara, Mirth & Mayhem 1-3

FORTHCOMING BENEFIT of SPECIAL INTEREST Sunday 23 October

Five Myles 558 St Johns Place benefit 4-7; reception and showings of Hanne Tierney’s ‘Baby, Said Alice B. Toklas’ 4; Basil Twist performance 5; raffle with guaranteed artwork for each ticket purchaser 5:30 for full list of donating artists and ticketing information, see http://www.fivemyles.org/fivemyles-benefit