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SUMMARY:Epicenter x Art Retail Therapy: Peter Stankiewicz
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, September 26th\, Join us for a walkthrough and opening reception featuring work by artist Peter Stankiewicz from 7:00-9:00pm. Enjoy refreshments and a live DJ. \n\n\n\nEpicenter NYC features the work of a New York area artist every week\, sharing examples of their work\, accomplishments\, and helping generate buzz for upcoming projects. The feature is circulated through Epicenter’s weekly newsletter\, social feeds\, and is archived on our website.The archive also serves as a virtual flat file for inclusions in future exhibitions and events. \n\n\n\nWe believe artists are essential to the well being of our community\, society\, and democracy. In addition\, artists chosen through our simple and free submission process receive a $100 honorarium. Artists can submit here.
URL:https://epicenter-nyc.com/event/epicenter-x-art-retail-therapy-peter-stankiewicz/
LOCATION:Art Retail Therapy\, 84-26 37th Ave\, Jackson Heights\, New York\, 11372\, United States
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SUMMARY:What is the Language of Taste? (Sponsored)
DESCRIPTION:Third Program of the Four-Part Series “What Can Become of Us?” \n\n\n\nCo-presented by Stanford Institute for Advancing Just Societies (IAJS)\, Zócalo Public Square\, and BRIC\, with support from our community media sponsor\, Epicenter NYC \n\n\n\nNew York City has always been a center for Americans on the move; a magnet for newcomers\, who carry with them languages and flavors from home that take root anew. Kreplach and pierogi in the East Village. Xiao long bao in Flushing. Manti in Sheepshead Bay. Unsettled in the movement of peoples and cuisines is whose palate determines quality\, and whose tongue sings history. How does taste evolve in a multicultural society? Can we keep native words and ways\, even as we relish the language of the times? Who plays host\, who guest\, and who gets a seat at the table?  \n\n\n\nThis program is inspired by Speak Sing Shout: We\, Too\, Sing America (2025) by Pakistani American artist Sarah K. Khan. The piece\, eight blue and white porcelain serving vessels featuring images of spices\, delicate flowers\, and incense as depicted in the 16th-century Sultanate period recipe book The Book of Delights\, is commissioned by IAJS and will be on view at BRIC in Brooklyn from October 7 to December 23\, 2025. \n\n\n\nJoin IAJS and Zócalo Public Square at BRIC to view the artwork and experience a performance by Khan. A panel moderated by Stanford IAJS faculty co-director Brian Lowery and featuring James Beard Award-winning cookbook author and Jewish cuisine expert Joan Nathan\, community organizer and immigration activist Power Malu\, and food studies scholar Krishnendu Ray will follow\, exploring how what we eat\, and where it’s from\, shape our sense of identity. \n\n\n\nWe invite our in-person audience to continue the conversation with the artist\, speakers\, and each other at a post-event reception with complimentary drinks\, small bites by street vendors from the Street Vendor Project and EatOffBeat\, art-viewing\, and music by DJ Kofta. Get more details and RSVP here. \n\n\n\nEpicenter is a proud community media sponsor \n\n\n\nAgenda:6:30 pm ET – Doors open6:30-7:15 pm ET – Check in and art viewing7:15-8:05 pm ET – Panel conversation (in-person & livestreamed)8:10-8:30 pm ET – Artist performance (in-person & livestreamed)8:30-9:30 pm ET – Reception
URL:https://epicenter-nyc.com/event/what-is-the-language-of-taste-sponsored-2/
LOCATION:BRIC House & Virtual\, 647 Fulton St\,\, Brooklyn\, New Mexico\, 11217\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T180000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Music of Many Colours
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together artists exploring the enduring relationship between music and cultural identity. Across traditions and generations\, music serves as both archive and amplifier—carrying ancestral memory\, voicing resistance\, and shaping collective belonging. The works presented here have a broad range of references connected to personal experience\, memories\, specific albums\, songs\, genres\, subcultures and performances through which identities are shaped\, contested\, celebrated\, and reimagined. \n\n\n\nThe title Music of Many Colours takes its name from a collaborative album by Nigerian musician and political activist Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì and American jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayers. Fela stands out globally as the influential innovator of Afro-beat who used his music to speak truth to power. \n\n\n\nBy exploring the intersections of auditory and visual form\, the artists foreground the ways music transcends language and borders while remaining rooted in lived experience. From references to folk traditions and diasporic soundscapes to reinterpretations of contemporary popular culture\, these works invite viewers to consider how music shapes personal and communal narratives.
URL:https://epicenter-nyc.com/event/opening-reception-music-of-many-colours/
LOCATION:The Local NY\, 13-02 44th Avenue\, Queens\, New York\, 11101\, United States
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SUMMARY:Eastern Fire: An Underground Hip-Hop Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Join Epicenter NYC to usher in Spring and bring the heat to LIC with a night of choice underground hip hop.
URL:https://epicenter-nyc.com/event/eastern-fire-an-underground-hip-hop-showcase/
LOCATION:The Local NY\, 13-02 44th Avenue\, Queens\, NY\, 11101\, United States
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SUMMARY:Vibe Coding for Journalists
DESCRIPTION:This special gathering is sponsored by The AI Education Project (aiEDU.org) and Epicenter NYC and is designed for journalists who want a practical\, accessible introduction to vibe coding and how AI tools are reshaping the craft\, workflow\, and possibilities of reporting and storytelling and community engagement. We’ll also explore how journalists are navigating the question of when—not just how—to use AI in a way that preserves human agency and authorship.
URL:https://epicenter-nyc.com/event/vibe-coding-for-journalists/
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SUMMARY:Meet the Candidates
DESCRIPTION:Sunnyside Community Services invites you to meet the candidates running in New York’s 7th Congressional District Democratic Primary! This event is free but registration is required to attend. No campaign materials or signage will be permitted at the event. This event will also be livestreamed. \n\n\n\n\n\nModerators:Judy Zangwill\, SCS Executive DirectorS. Mitra Kalita\, CEO of URL Media & Publisher of Epicenter NYC
URL:https://epicenter-nyc.com/event/meet-the-candidates/
LOCATION:Sunnyside Community Services Main Site\, 43-31 39th Street\, Sunnyside\, New York\, 11104\, United States
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SUMMARY:AI for the People
DESCRIPTION:AI For the People is a community-centered AI summit hosted by Epicenter NYC at the Museum of the Moving Image\, bringing together civic innovators\, community leaders\, journalists\, and technologists to explore how artificial intelligence can better serve our communities. \n\n\n\nThrough live demos\, interactive conversations\, and hands-on learning\, attendees will gain practical tools to understand AI\, navigate emerging technologies\, and shape a more equitable digital future. \n\n\n\nWhether you’re AI-curious\, community-minded\, or already experimenting with new tools\, this summit is designed to make AI accessible\, useful\, and grounded in real-world impact. \n\n\n\nWhat to expect\n\n\n\nAI for Good: Civic Innovation ShowcaseSee how organizations are using AI to strengthen civic engagement\, local storytelling\, and public participation. \n\n\n\nCommunity Conversation: AI for the People A dynamic discussion with leaders in civic tech\, community and local government that digs into what it means for how our communities are represented\, how we protect access to information\, and how we turn technology into a tool for equity rather than a gap that widens it. \n\n\n\nAI Terms + Ask an ExpertEvery buzzword you’ve heard but were afraid to ask about — finally explained\, together\, with expert guidance and a prize. \n\n\n\nReport Spam: Protect Yourself – Your Elders and Kids\, TooAI scams\, deepfakes\, and data privacy: the practical stuff your community needs to know right now. \n\n\n\nAsk an AI InsiderBring your questions and connect directly with experts during interactive office hours.
URL:https://epicenter-nyc.com/event/ai-for-the-people/
LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image\, 36-01 35th Avenue\, Queens\, New York\, 11106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Art talk
DESCRIPTION:Epicenter NYC is partnering with JH Art Talks for captivating evening featuring the site-specific installations\, textiles and social practice work of artists Winnie Sidharta and Natalia Nakazawa. Arrive at 7 p.m. to grab a seat and enjoy happy hour specials before the 8 p.m. talk begins. The event is free\, but supporting the venue partner with a food or drink purchase is strongly encouraged. \n\n\n\nMore information on the artists here.
URL:https://epicenter-nyc.com/event/art-talk/
LOCATION:Espresso 77\, 35-57 77th Street\, Queens\, New York\, 11372\, United States
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SUMMARY:Citizenship: A Book Reading with Daisy Hernandez
DESCRIPTION:Meet author Daisy Hernandez and learn more about her book “Citizenship\,” which explores who gets to be American.
URL:https://epicenter-nyc.com/event/citizenship-a-book-reading-with-daisy-hernandez/
LOCATION:The World’s Borough Bookshop\, 3406 73rd Street\, Queens\, NY\, 11372\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Club: A Guardian and a Thief
DESCRIPTION:Join Epicenter in our first joint book club with World’s Borough Bookshop! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nIn a near-future Kolkata\, Ma\, her two-year-old daughter\, and her elderly father are just days from leaving the collapsing city behind to join Ma’s husband in Ann Arbor\, Michigan. After procuring long-awaited visas from the consulate\, they pack their bags for the flight to America. But in the morning they awaken to discover that Ma’s purse\, containing their treasured immigration documents\, has been stolen. \n\n\n\nSet over the course of one week\, A Guardian and a Thief tells two stories: the story of Ma’s frantic search for the thief while keeping hunger at bay during a worsening food shortage; and the story of Boomba\, the thief\, whose desperation to care for his family drives him to commit a series of escalating crimes whose consequences he cannot fathom. With stunning control and command\, Megha Majumdar paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of two families\, each operating from a place of ferocious love and undefeated hope\, each discovering how far they will go to secure their children’s future as they stave off encroaching catastrophe. \n\n\n\nA masterful new work from one of the most exciting voices of her generation.
URL:https://epicenter-nyc.com/event/book-club-a-guardian-and-a-thief/
LOCATION:The World’s Borough Bookshop\, 3406 73rd Street\, Queens\, NY\, 11372\, United States
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