Frank Gehry, renowned architect who began life as Frank Goldberg, dies at 96
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Join us for a virtual showing of four short films, "No Harm Done," "The Sacred Society," "Women of Virtue" and "The Father, The Son and The Rav." Rochel Chein, co-director of education at Chabad of Binghamton will moderate a Zoom discussion December 7 at 7 pm. Deadline to register is December 3.
A Hannukah program for young families at The Discovery Center.
Join us for a virtual showing of "The Match Maker." Matthew Johnson, professor of psychology and director of clinical training at Binghamton University, will moderate a Zoom discussion of the film on Sunday, December 28, at 7 pm. Registration is due by Wednesday, December 24.
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