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1/ MoCCA Arts Festival 2013
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art and the Society of Illustrators present the MoCCA Arts Festival. Event includes your favorite exhibitors, special guests from the comic, cartoon, animation and illustration industry, juried awards and signing table
When: Saturday–Sunday, April 6–7, 2013
Where: The 69th Regimen Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue, NYC
Price: $12 day, $15 weekend, $6 kids under 10

2/ Breakfast Club: Start Me Up II (the Law)
Christopher Travis, Esq, discusses legal aspects of a start up design business. Topics include legal structures, contracts and agreement generation, protection from lawsuits and agreements with employees and independent contractors.
When: Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 8am–9:30am
Where: SVA Branding Studio, 132 West 21st Street, 11 Floor, NYC
Price: $5 AIGA members

3/ Etsy: Rinse & Repeat
Join Etsy Creative Director Randy J. Hunt and members of Etsy’s world class design team as they share their unique principles of product design illustrated with stories from inside Etsy.
When: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Where: Tishman Auditorium, Parsons The New School, 66 West 12 Street, NYC
Price: $10 AIGA members, $30 general public

4/ SPD-U Student Portfolio Review
Get critiques from publishing pros and find out what publication and media art directors are looking for in your book when they’re looking to hire. Doesn’t matter if your book is finished or still in the works, bring what you’ve got and the design superstars will help you figure out what’s working and what’s not.
When: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 7pm–8:30pm
Where: The Wix Lounge, 10 West 18th St, 2nd floor, NYC
Price: Free SPD Student Member, $15 general public

5/ Street Graphics in Zambia
Tablets are opening new horizons and requiring new skills for designers. A group of professionals discuss how tablets have impacted publishing and what  students should know.
When: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Where: Type Directors Club, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 603, NYC
Price: $5 TDC members, $15 students, $20 general public

6/ NYC BigApps Data Visualization Meetup
Civic technology experts who will discuss how they incorporate data visualization in their work. Come learn leading-edge visualization techniques, get expert tips, and meet fellow data movers and shapers.
When: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 6:30pm–9pm
Where: Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, NYC
Price: Free and open to the public

7/ LeanUX NYC
Three-day conference will advance your knowledge and skills on UX with theory-informed practice, principles to guide teams, and hands-on workshops. Get expert insight into the ways Lean, Kanban and Design Thinking practices are being combined to drive the iterative discovery and development of new products for both startups and enterprises.
When: Thursday–Saturday, April 11–13, 2013
Where: 44 West 4th Street, NYC
Price: $249 1-day ticket, $695 full conference ticket