Arts in the Armed Forces holds their 11th Annual Broadway Show on November 11. Enjoy a staged reading of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. 

Free reception begins at 5:30pm. Performance begins at 7pm, with a Q&A with the cast and creative team following at 9pm.

The entire event is free for veterans, current servicemen and women, military families and caregivers (proof of service required).

Tickets are available here.

Each military guest may bring a plus one, who does not have to be military. There will not be any civilian tickets available at this year's performance. 

Sierra Club Military Outdoors offers a family-friendly Walk Over the Hudson on October 16, 10am-12pm. 

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Spectrum, Smithsonian Channel, and the CBS Veterans Network present a screening of The Memphis Belle on October 30. Doors open for a reception at 6:15pm, and the screening begins at 7pm, with a panel to follow.

RSVP here.

Attend the Queens Veterans Day Parade on November 3, 12pm. The parade route begins at 80th St & Metropolitan Ave and concludes with a commemorative ceremony at Christ the King Regional High School.

NYC Veterans Committee, NYC Community Board 3 and NYC Community Board 16 announces its first ever Veterans Appreciation Parade on November 2, 12-4pm. The parade route will run from Robert Fulton Park on Stuyvesant Ave to IS 271 on Saratoga Ave. 

Volunteers and participants are needed. Call CB16 District Manager Viola Green-Walker at 718-385-0323 for information and applications.

Fort Hamilton will host their annual Military Retiree Appreciation Day on October 26, 8am-3:15pm. 

The day begins with a registration breakfast at 8am in the Post Theater, followed by a Commander's Briefing and Ceremony at 9am.

Then attend the MWR Wellness Fair at the Sports and Fitness Center 10:30am-2pm, or pick up a new ID card at Bldg 114, also 10:30am-2pm. 

Then enjoy a MWR RAD Barbecue Luncheon at the Community Club 12:30-3pm.

Upstairs at the Community Club, hear from the RADedu Panel and Q&A, 2:15-3:15pm.

Get benefits updates (bring your DD-214), enjoy a patriotic performance from the American Bombshells, hear from over 40 wellness and information exhibitors, and a lot more.

RSVP by contacting the Retirement Services Office: 718-630-4552.

Words After War is pleased to offer another semester of their NYC writing workshop in partnership with the NYU Cultures of War, October 16 - December 11, 7:30-9:30pm. 

Dorie Miller Post 213 holds its annual fundraiser Blast to the Past Dinner on November 2, 3pm. Tickets are $25 each. Call Eileen for more information.

Operation Code NYC offers a Foliage Hiking Trip to Harriman State Park on October 19, 8:45am-5:45pm. Take a break from hectic city life and stroll through the woods for a day. This hike will follow the Tuxedo-Mt Ivy trail to Triangle trail to Black Ash Mountain. They will be moving at a leisurely pace of 1.5 mph or less and expect about 6 hours to complete with long breaks.

Meet at 8:45 am at Penn Station to purchase the tickets for the Port Jervis train to Tuxedo. You will be responsible for paying for your transportation, gear, and food. The round-trip train ticket costs $22.50. 

Lunch break will at Lake Sebago. Lunch will not be provided, so please pack any food that does not perish fast.

* Comfortable hiking shoes
* Extra layers (fleece and/or windbreaker)
* Trail snacks (nuts and fruit mixes and beef jerky are great)
* Water (at least 3 liters)
* Small hiking pack

RSVP here.

The Columbia Veterans Creative Writing Workshop is a free course open to all Columbia affiliates (Current Undergraduate, Graduates and Alumni Staff, Faculty) who are veterans or military family members.