MOVIES ON OCULUS PLAZA
The World Trade Center will host free, outdoor movie screenings on Saturdays July 29, August 12 and August 26, with two screenings per day: a kids movie in the afternoon and a classic comedy in the evening on the Oculus Plaza. BYO chairs or blankets. Limited seating will be provided on a first come, first serve basis, with or without a ticket. Afternoon films will begin at 2pm, doors open at 1pm. Evening films will begin at 7pm, doors open at 6pm. Walkups are welcome, but RSVP is recommended. See the lineup and RSVP here.

ARLAN HUANG COLLECTION AT PEARL RIVER MART
Pearl River Mart’s gallery is hosting a show titled “Just Between Us: From the Archives of Arlan Huang,” pieces taken from the personal collection of Huang, who as a practicing artist for six decades, also collected the work of fellow artists, including Tomie Arai, Ken Chu, Corky Lee, Alex Paik, Hoyt Soohoo, Bob Hsiang and Martin Wong. As the owner of the frame shop Squid Frames, Huang kept a longtime correspondence with conceptual artist Sol Lewitt. Curated by Howie Chen and Danielle Wu, interviewed on WNYC here. On view through August 27 at 452 Broadway, every day 11a to 7p.

A WALKING TOUR OF AMERICAN JUDAISM
The Museum of Jewish Heritage will host a walking tour of Lower Manhattan on Sunday, July 23, at 11a, that will explain how Jews from around the world converged in New York and forged a uniquely American Judaism. The first Jewish immigrants who arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654 were part of a mercantile community that stretched across the Atlantic. The tour will begin in Battery Park and trace the Jewish experience in Colonial and post-Revolutionary New York, viewing familiar landmarks through a Jewish lens. $25 for non-members. More info here.

GAVIN SNIDER CAPTURES THE SMOG
I always love when Gavin Snider captures the neighborhood in watercolor, and this time he rendered the Brooklyn Bridge during those crazy smoggy days during the Canada wildfires.

 

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