Tours
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YIDDISH AVENUE Cezar Del Valle conducts a walking tour of the “Yiddish Rialto,” Second Avenue in Manhattan.The road was once an epicenter of Yiddish American culture, home to movie the aters and vaudeville theaters.The stroll proceeds past sites associated with figures including Maurice Schwartz, Molly Picon, Henry Miller, and President James Monroe. This is the last walking tour in the fall season presented by the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment. Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., meet in front of the Sunshine Cinema, 143 E. Houston St., between Eldridge and Forsyth streets, 718-788-8500 ext. 208, $11 general, $9 members, $8 seniors and students.
ISLAND BY CANDLELIGHT The Staten Island Historical Society presents a candlelight tour of the 25-acre Historic Richmond Town. Visitors can experience 300 years of holiday traditions by observing costumed interpreters as they stroll. Tickets include a “Wassail Bowl” reception at the Third County Courthouse. Saturdays, December 10 and December 17, tours leave from 5-8:30 p.m., Historic Richmond Town, 441 Clarke Ave., Staten Island, 718-351-1611, $27.50 general, $22 members, reservations requested.
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