All Gotham Center History Forums take place from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. For a current listing of programs and descriptions please go to: www.gothamcenter.org , or www.gc.cuny.edu/events, or call 212 817-8474

- Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth -Century New York Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature, Tuesday, October 7

-Italian-Americans, Hell's Kitchen and Mario Puzo's The Fortunate Pilgrim, Wednesday, October 29

-The City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and Premonitions of New York's Destruction, Monday, November 24

- Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War, Tuesday, December 2

-Our Corner-34th and Fifth, Wednesday, December 10

Old York Readings and Reflections

-Reading Old York, Thursday, November 6

-Viewing Old York, Tuesday, November 18