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"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 Future of Catholic—Jewish Dialogue (Religious / Spiritual)
Time: 6:00 PMLocation: McNally Amphitheatre at Fordham University Law School, 140 West 62nd Street, New York City

Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York, the most influential archdiocese in the country, and Professor Arnold Eisen, chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary and one of the world’s foremost experts on American Judaism, will discuss "The Future of Catholic-Jewish Dialogue” at Fordham’s seventeenth annual Nostra Aetate Dialogue. Dr. Edward Bristow, professor of History at Fordham University, will moderate. Admission: FreeReservations/Information: (718) 817-3185