California’s junior US senator, Barbara Boxer, a Brooklyn native and lifelong Democrat, is leaving office at the end of the year after 24 years in the Senate and 10 in the House before that. In an appearance with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, she’s in New York to discuss her new memoir, “The Art of the Tough,” the current state of American politics, and the fact that next January 20 the nation will inaugurate either the first woman president or Donald Trump. 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave., Buttenwieser Hall. Jun. 1, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $36, $15 for those 35 and younger at 92y.org.
