Talks
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HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS The Municipal Art Society hosts a panel discussion on First Step housing, lodging houses that offer clean and affordable short-term homes for homeless and transient individuals. Panelists include Michael Bell of Columbia University, Rosanne Haggerty of Common Ground Community, and Rosalie Genevro of the Architectural League of New York. Tonight, 6:30-8 p.m., Municipal Art Society Urban Center, 457 Madison Ave. at 51st Street, 212-935-3960, free.
FEMALE DETECTIVES The author of “Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her” (Harcourt), Melanie Rehak, joins the author of the Tess Monaghan mysteries, Laura Lippman, in a discussion on “Women of Mystery,” moderated by David Ferriero of the New York Public Library. Tonight, 7 p.m., New York Public Library, South Court Auditorium, Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd streets, 212-930-0855, $15 general, $10 donors, seniors, and students.
POLICY PERSPECTIVES Christopher Hitchens debates an anti-war member of the British Parliament, George Galloway, on American and British foreign policy in Iraq. WBAI radio host Amy Goodman moderates. Tonight, 7 p.m., Baruch College Performing Arts Center, 17 Lexington Ave. at 23rd Street, 212-279-4200, $12 general.
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