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Winnie The Pooh and Friends (Family)
Location: New York Public Library, 5th Avenue at 42nd Street NYC

New York Public Library - Children's CenterTuesday – Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.Monday, Thursday – Saturday, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.Closed Sundays and public holidays For exhibition information, call 212.592.7730. Free admission.The REAL Winnie-the-Pooh won't be found on a video, in a movie, on a T-shirt or a lunchbox. Since 1987, the REAL Pooh and four of his best friends--Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga, and Tigger--have been living at The New York Public Library. Anyone can visit the real Winnie-the-Pooh and his pals. Every year thousands of children and their parents have come to see them. They have recently moved from their previous home in the Central Children's Room to grand new quarters in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Pooh and his friends are as happy as when they lived in the 100 Acre Wood.

"Lenape: Ellis Island's First Inhabitants", Opening Ceremony (Museum Exhibit)
Time: 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Ellis Island Immigration Museum

On November 2, New York First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson will present a proclamation from Governor David A. Paterson to honor the native people of New York during the opening ceremony of Lenape: Ellis Island’s First Inhabitants at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. The includes six galleries housing a stunning collection of prehistoric artifacts, traditional crafts, ceremonial objects, antique books, maps, archival photographs, dioramas, and sculptures. This collection is brought to life with the oral histories of Lenape tribal members, both past and present. The November 2 opening ceremony will commence at 11 AM in the Ellis Island Immigration Museum Conference Room and will be open to the public.

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Last Day of the Myrtle Avenue El: Photographs by Theresa King (Museum Exhibit)
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location: New York Transit Museum

At midnight on October 3rd, 1969 the last train on the Myrtle Avenue El departed Borough Hall. After eighty years of service the line would be demolished. Photographer Theresa King, who rode the train daily in her childhood, spent the day documenting the trains, stations, passengers and views from the elevated platform. Forty years later this photo essay, shot in a single day, provides a glimpse into the past and preserves a memory of growing up in Brooklyn.

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The Library of JTS Book Talk (Literature & Poetry / Book Talks)
Time: 7:30 PMLocation: The Jewish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway (at 122nd St) New York City

Rabbi Michael B. Greenbaum, vice chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary, will discuss his book, Louis Finkelstein and the Conservative Movement: Conflict and Growth, a must-read for anyone wishing to understand how and why the Conservative Movement arrived at the crossroads at which it finds itself today.Admission: Free. Reservations and photo ID required.Reservations: (212) 678-8075 or heguzman@jtsa.edu