Events
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Note: If you require an auxiliary aid or service in order to attend a DORIS event, please contact the Disability Service Facilitator.
Note: To request language interpretation services, please contact the Language Access Coordinator at least three (3) business days before an event.
Lunch & Learn: Destination City
Online (Zoom)
Tuesday, July 22 - 1:00-2:00pm
Join the NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) each month for our virtual Lunch & Learn Series - an intimate conversation with agency staff and special guests focusing on the collections of the Municipal Archives and Library and the history of New York City.
On July 22, Robert Pigott will share highlights from his recent book, Destination City: A Gallery of New York's Most Surprising Visitors and Residents Throughout History.
From Winston Churchill getting into a car accident on Fifth Ave, Greta Garbo’s outdoor dentist appointments, to Barack Obama spending his first night in Manhattan curled up in an alleyway, Destination City tells the tales of famous historical figures who are not typically associated with New York City and their experiences in New York City.
Discover the stories of New York’s many notable visitors and how their time in NYC impacted their lives.
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Lunch & Learn: Urban Histories, Local Voices - A Conversation on NYC Neighborhoods
Online (Zoom)
Tuesday, August 5 - 1:00-2:00pm
Join the NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) each month for our virtual Lunch & Learn Series - an intimate conversation with agency staff and special guests focusing on the collections of the Municipal Archives and Library and the history of New York City.
On August 5, we welcome Dr. Tarry Hum, Professor Emeritus at CUNY and 2025 Caring Across Generations Fellow, and Marc Kirkeby, historian, writer, and former contributor to our For the Record blog, for a conversation about the evolution of infrastructure, demographics, and community life in two dynamic neighborhoods: Sunset Park, Brooklyn and Flushing, Queens.
Dr. Tarry Hum is the author of Making a Global Immigrant Neighborhood, Brooklyn’s Sunset Park (2014) and lead editor of Immigrant Crossroads: Globalization, Incorporation, and Placemaking in Queens, NY (2021). Her research focuses on immigrant urbanism and growth coalitions, transnational capital, and urban and community planning.
Marc Kirkeby’s work has appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, NY Daily News, and Rolling Stone. Visit Archives.NYC to explore Marc’s 2017 Sunset Park Series.
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