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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
City Harvest Food Donation (Food Drive / Food Donation)
Location: Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills NY
Year-round, the FHJC collects non-perishable food which is contributed to City Harvest for distribution to the needy in the community. City Harvest has a kosher food division and all contributed kosher food is earmarked for the Jewish Community. Non-perishable food items can be dropped off at the FHJC Office. For further information, please call 718 - 263 - 7000. Note: Perishable food (leftovers from catered affairs, parties, etc. is brought to the Salvation Army Men's Shelter on Borden Avenue in Queens).
The Gutenberg Bible (Library Event / Exhibit)
Location: Humanities & Social Sciences Library, 5th Ave & 42nd Street, NYC
Special Display: The first substantial printed book in the West is the royal-folio two-volume Bible on display, comprising nearly 1,300 pages and printed in Mainz on the central Rhine by Johann Gutenberg (ca. 1390s–1468) in the 1450s. Probably completed between March and November 1455, when Gutenberg’s bankruptcy deprived him of his printing establishment, the Bible epitomizes Gutenberg’s triumph, arguably the greatest achievement of the second millennium. Over possibly twenty or more years, at Mainz and perhaps at Strasbourg, he succeeded in developing printing from movable type in the West. Perhaps some 180 copies of the Gutenberg Bible were originally produced, including about 45 on vellum. Of these, 48 integral copies survive, including eleven on vellum. The Lenox copy on display, printed on paper, is the first Gutenberg Bible to come to the United States, in 1847. Its arrival is the stuff of romantic national folklore. James Lenox’s European agent issued instructions for New York that the officers at the Customs House were to remove their hats on seeing it: the privilege of viewing a Gutenberg Bible is vouchsafed to few.Exhibit runs through August 31, 2009For more information and other exhibits, visit www.nypl.org/research/calendar/excal.cfm
16 Week Workshop: How to Build a Growing Profitable Business (Job Training)
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: New York City
Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO) is offering the 16-week workshop, How to Build a Growing Profitable Business. Workshops meet once a week in the evening and are held in Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, and Yonkers. About the Workshop: Develop a comprehensive business plan; Gain knowledge of critical business techniques by working with a successful business owner; Discussion based, guided by a skilled workgroup leader ENROLL NOW!!!! Workshops begin in September!! For more information and an application contact Victoria Rodriguez (212-684-0854 x0540; vrodriguez@wibo.org) or visit www.wibo.org
