Talks
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BREAKABLE ART Glasswork artist Jerome Harrington offers a lecture at the close of his current exhibition, “The End Is Nigh,” which features a piece called “Thermometers for Mass Hysteria,” a thermometer that calculates the temperature of groups. Tonight, 6-7 p.m., Ur banGlass, 57 Rockwell Pl., between DeKalb Avenue and Fulton Street, Brooklyn, 718-625-3685.
EARTH-SHATTERING A seismology expert, Michael Wysession,gives a lecture on earthquakes and tsunamis. He also gives a virtual tour of the Earth’s layers, from crust to core. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., American Museum of Natural History, Kaufman Theater, 79th Street and Central Park West, 212-769-5200, free.
ENLIGHTENMENT, ETC. Historian Darren Staloff discusses the connection between Enlightenment philosophy and the ideas of America’s founding fathers. The talk is based on his new book “Hamilton, Jefferson Adams: The Politics of Enlightenment and the American Founding” (Hill and Wang). Tonight, 7 p.m., South Street Seaport Museum, Melville Gallery, 213 Water St., between Fulton and Beekman streets, 212-748-8735, $5 suggested donation.
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