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NO STONE-THROWING ALLOWED The New York Botanical Garden examines the evolution of glasshouses, structures that allow tropical flora to grow in northern climates. The show includes woodcuts and engravings of European glasshouses, 19th-century horticultural manuals, historic advertisements for residential-glasshouse company Lord and Burnham, and a section on the architectural history of the New York Botanical Garden itself. Through Sunday, August 14, Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library, Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road, Bronx, 718-817-8700, $13 general, $11 seniors and students, $5 children ages 2 to 12, free for children under 2.
LADIES OF LIFE Alan Klotz Gallery displays photographs taken for LIFE magazine by female photographers in “Women for LIFE.” The show includes selections from Margaret Bourke-White’s Depression-era photo essay “You Have Seen Their Faces,” Martha Holmes’s candid shots of Frank Sinatra and Humphrey Bogart, and Nina Leen’s fashion photography. Through Friday, August 12, Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Alan Klotz Gallery, 511 W. 25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, suite 701, 212-741-4764, free.
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