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February 23–March 1, 2014

1/ 5 Star User Experience: What Going Out to Eat Teaches Us About UX Design
Are you hungry for a fresh perspective on UX design? In this fun and interactive presentation, we will step outside the confines of our digital devices, and explore how great restaurants meet their customers needs (and how other restaurants fail to do so)
When: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 6pm–8:30pm
Where: MRY, 11 West 19th Street, 3rd Floor, NYC
Price: $10 UXPA members, $5 students, $20 general public

2/ What Can I Use and How Can I Use It? Copying and Reposting Online Content
Learn the legal DOs and DON’Ts of borrowing and sharing copyrighted online videos and images.
When: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 6:30pm
Where: Magnet Media, 122 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor, NYC
Price: Free NYTECH members, $20 general public

3/ The Rebirth of the American Comic Book with Mike Cavallaro
Comics fan, cartoonist, self-publisher, web comicker, and retailer, Mike Cavallaro serves up his “eyewitness report” on the creative resurgence of the American comic book and graphic novel.
When: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Where: Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, NYC
Price: $15 SI members, $10 students, $20 general public

4/ Robert Krulwich, “Hard Stories Told Easily”
Radiolab co-host Robert Krulwich will share his techniques used on the show and how they steal from the most adventurous, daring explainers to show how voice, movement, music, dance, design, writing, drawing, and animation can attract lots of ordinary, curious people to difficult subjects and get them thinking.
When: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Where: School of Visual Arts, MFA Design Criticism, 136 W 21st Street, Second Floor, NYC
Price: Free and open to the public

5/ “Who Reads This Stuff?” Writing Design Criticism Today
Exploring how the changing nature of the printed word has or has not affected design criticism, this roundtable discusses writing design criticism in America today.
When: Thursday, February 27, 2014, 7pm
Where: Museum of Arts an Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NYC
Price: Free with museum admission