CITY OF COMPLAINT: 2 CENTURIES OF NEW YORKERS’ GRIEVANCES— 12/1
Artist and editor of the new book The New York City Museum of Complaint Matthew Bakkom and Tamara Coombs of MAS take us on a nostalgic, yet grumpy, journey through New York City’s archives looking at letters of complaint to the Mayor from 1751 to 1969.
Ranging in subject from the removal of dead animals to lost baseballs to accusations of corruption, the book’s 132 letters not only chronicle issues affecting New Yorkers through the ages but also the development of their voice as citizens.
Join us on Tuesday, December 1, at 7:00 p.m. when Bakkom will be joined by director of the NYC Municipal Archives Kenneth Cobb and celebrated writer, poet and native New Yorker Philip Lopate who will read from selected letters from the book.
Matthew Bakkom, speaker
Kenneth Cobb, director of the Municipal Archives, speaker
Philip Lopate, reader
Tuesday, December 1, 7 – 8:30 PM
457 Madison Avenue, at East 51st Street,
New York, NY 10022
$15, $10 MAS members.
Reservations and pre-payment required. Purchase tickets online or call 212 935 2075. MAP.
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