Talks
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TROMBONE TALES Longtime booking agent Peter Levinson discusses the music and personal life of big band trombonist Tommy Dorsey. Mr. Levinson is the author of “Tommy Dorsey: Livin’ in a Great Big Way” (Da Capo Press). Today, noon-1 p.m., Makor, 35 W. 67th St., between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, 212-415-5500, $16.
LAST THINGS Christine Sciacca gives a lecture titled “The Last Things: Apocalypic Imagery at the Cloisters” as part of a Saturday series of discussions of works on view at the museum. Saturday, noon, the Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park, 212-650-2280, free with museum admission, $15 general, $10 seniors, $7 students.
WHO’S WHO Director and film historian Peter Bogdanovich discusses the life and work of the actors he worked with, including Marlon Brando, John Wayne, and Marilyn Monroe. He is the author of “Who the Hell’s in It: Portraits and Conversations” (Knopf), a collection of his essays about 20th-century actors. Tuesday, noon-1 p.m., Makor, 35 W. 67th St., between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, 212-415-5500, $16.
ITALIANS ON STATEN ISLAND The director of Staten Island’s Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, Emily Gear, conducts a guided tour of the museum with a focus on the roles Italian-Americans have played in the development of Staten Island. The tour is followed by a discussion conducted by borough historian Dick Dickenson. The event is part of the Historian’s Roundtable series sponsored by the Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences. Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, 420 Tompkins Ave. at Chestnut Avenue, Clifton, Staten Island, 718- 727-6278, free.
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