Mon May 10th, 2:00 PM EST: Venice, The Most Improbable of Cities A thought-provoking exploration of this timeless jewel of a city and magical place of beauty, mystery, luxury, intrigue, contradiction, audacity, cunning, and might. From its inauspicious beginnings at the end of the Roman empire as a lagoon-based refugee encampment to its apex as a commercial, naval and financial juggernaut and a Xanadu of architecture and cultural cross-currents. New City Library, New City, NY