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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 3, 2014?
89 free events take place on Saturday, May 3 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!
New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out May 3 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of May . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!
Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 3, 2014?
89 free events take place on Saturday, May 3 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!
New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out May 3 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of May . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!
Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
89 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, May 3, 2014
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Park Walk | Brooklyn Bridge Park: Pier 2/Pier 4 Beach Tour
Catch a sneak peak of Pier 2 and the Pier 4 Beach, the newest additions to Brooklyn Bridge Park. Opening later this spring, Pier 2 will feature courts for basketball, handball, shuffleboard and bocce, as well as fitness equipment, picnic tables, play turf and a roller rink. The Pier 4 Beach will provide visitors with a unique waterfront experience and establish new habitats for native species using tidal pools. The tour will highlight the park’s commitment to public access to the waterfront, sustainability and continuity of the industrial heritage of the site.All guests will need to sign a release form.
Please arrive ten minutes prior to the start time. Regina Meyer, President of Brooklyn Bridge Park, will lead the walk.
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9:00 am
Free
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Tour | Murray Hill Tour
Visit many of the Murray Hill blocks Madison to Third Avenue, East 34th to East 40th St., noting former mansions, brownstones and former carriage houses, as in the photo of Sniffen Court.
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
Free
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Tour | Roosevelt House Tour
Designed by Charles A. Platt, the Colonial Revival double townhouse was home to Franklin, Eleanor and Sara Delano Roosevelt from 1908-1941, and was acquired by Hunter College in 1942. Recent renovations by Ennead Architects preserved the building's interior and added classrooms and an auditorium for public programs. Hear about the Roosevelts’ family lives, civic activities and governmental positions as they transformed the nation and the world with FDR’s Four Freedoms and Eleanor’s work at the United Nations. The house tour will be followed by a walk through the neighborhood to the Roosevelt Island tram station at 59th Street and Second Avenue.
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9:00 am
Free
Free
City Walk | Six Faces in Tribeca Walk
The walk is a 2.75-mile jaunt along Greenwich Street from Tribeca to the Meatpacking District. Along the way, visit six small facade projects. As a group, these facades represent some of the more unusual and daring small scale interventions into the historic fabric of the city. The buildings are a mix of new construction and renovated structures dating from just after the Civil War to the present day. The full range of architectural materials from sand molded bricks to a massive slab of cor-ten steel is on display.
The purpose of the walk is to illustrate that a variety of voices contributes to the conversation that we call a city. Each building faces the same choices about how to approach their neighbors. Some choose to slip in almost unnoticed while others announce their arrival with gusto. Whether whispering or shouting, these six citizens deserve to be heard.
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
Free
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Tour | Talkin' about TriBeCa Tour
This tour will explore TriBeCa's history dating back to its the 1860s, when it was a hub for the wholesale of dry goods, textiles, hardwares and other local businesses. Explore the area's building typologies, as well as one of TriBeca's historic curiosities like the Staple Street Bridge. Pass through some of the neighborhood's shops and businesses which reveal its historically mixed-used character.
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9:00 am
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Tour | Tour: The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
This walk is based on the Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, a book and movie by William H. Whyte analyzing what makes some plazas enjoyable and teeming with life, while other plazas lay empty and windswept. This is a group walk, not a guided tour. The walk will visit half of the plazas evaluated by Whyte in Midtown, including the Seagram's Building, Rockefeller Plaza, Greenacre Park, and Paley Park.
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9:00 am
Free
Free
Workshop | Health and Race Walking
Enjoy views of the Park's landscapes as you get fit. Coach Lon Wilson of the New York Walkers Club leads walks at a moderate to brisk pace over mostly flat surfaces. Wear comfortable sneakers! Ages 18+.
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9:30 am
Free
Free
Tour | Alternative New York Tour
Time to learn about the other New York City; the city that nurtured political, cultural and intellectual revolutions. The city that gave birth to punk rock, the beat poets and graffiti. The city that has survived two centuries of mass riots, crime and corruption, murder and mayhem. The city that has flourished in spite of economic and social hardship.
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Workshop | Drawing in the Park
Sketch and paint the Hudson River and neighboring parks with an artist/educator. Materials provided.
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10:00 am
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Free
Park Walk | Financial District, Little Italy, Chinatown and SoHo Tour
A multi-neighborhood tour of the Lower Manhattan area. The tour begins on Wall Street, where you will see the New York Stock Exchange and Trinity Church before moving on the the World Trade Center and City Hall. We then move on by subway to visit the largest Chinatown in the United States. Following Chinatown, the tour will continue on through Little Italy and on to SoHo.
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Workshop | Fly Fishing in the Park
Learn the basics of fly fishing for free. Join expert instructors from Orvis for lessons on fly casting and outfit rigging.
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood Tour
Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Tour | Harlem Tour
Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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10:00 am
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Tour | Williamsburg, Brooklyn Tour
It’s once abandoned waterfront is now is now filled with newly constructed condo towers and magnificent parks and stunning views of Manhattan. Known today as the hipster capital of the United States, Williamsburg is so much more than that, containing enclaves of Puerto Ricans, Polish, Italians, Dominicans and Hasidic Jews.
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Other | Comic Book Day 2014 Give Away!
Free Comic Book Day is a single day - the first Saturday in May each year - when participating comic shops and libraries across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free. Comics will be available on a first come, first serve basis. Limit of one single comic book per customer.
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10:30 am
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Tour | Historic Little Italy Tour: One Family's Story
Author Laurie Fabiano takes you on an neighborhood walk based on her own family narratives and captured in the bestseller Elizabeth Street. In her novel she tells a remarkable, and previously unheard, story of the Italian immigrant experience at the start of the twentieth century and paints a vivid portrait, not only of immigrants making a new life in a new world, but also of the vicious criminals who preyed on them.
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10:30 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
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11:00 am
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Tour | FDR Four Freedoms Park Tour
President Roosevelt envisioned a world in which all people everywhere would live with four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Consider the meaning of these freedoms today, as you explore Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island. An unparalleled public space appealing to design lovers, history buffs, and anyone who appreciates a beautiful view, Four Freedoms Park is truly worth visiting. You'll learn about the Park's origin-which is deeply tied to NYC history-Louis Kahn's design, and the reason it took 40 years to build the only memorial dedicated to FDR and his legacy in his home state.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free
Free
Park Walk | Garden Tour
Learn about the thousands of trees, flowers, shrubs, and perennials that decorate the Garden from horticulturalists who take care of this special place within the Park. Route involves a few stairs. 75 minutes.
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11:00 am
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Tour | Hudson River Waterfron Tourt: Transformation from Ocean Liners to Recreation
Explore the Hudson River waterfront, recalling past shipping activities such as the ocean liner trade, import/export cargo handling, and railroad-owned fleets of barges, car floats, tugs and ferries. With the leader's experience working on Pier 40 beginning in the 1960s, hear about the revolutionary changes that hit the passenger and cargo shipping industries and the swift decline of the waterfront for maritime uses and the painfully slow transformation to what recreation uses we see today. Historic remnants of the ocean liner trade will be revealed; see where the Titanic should have docked and where the Carpathia brought back the survivors, where immigrants arrived and from where passengers sailed to all parts of the world or commuted daily across the river on fleets of railroad ferries.
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11:00 am
Free
Free
Workshop | Shape Up Zumba
Shape Up NYC (an NYC Parks program run in partnership with Equinox, NYC Service, and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield) offers free fitness classes to help New Yorkers get and stay fit.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Manhattan’s favorite artisan market is back for a fifth season of amazing vintage finds, artisan creations and delicious local food.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | DUMBO Public Art Tour
Art in public space can be vibrant additions to your daily walk or fade away into the visual noise of the cityscape. Join this tour to learn about the process and private-public partnerships that made these works possible. Consider where, why and who programs the art in your community. What does the presence of art do for the local community? What value do we we place on these free open air exhibits?
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11:30 am
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Tour | Gateway to Greenwich Village Tour
Discover the known (and not-so-known) bohemian past of St. Marks Place, Astor Place and Eighth Street as you traverse one of the city's most historic commercial thoroughfares. Where else would Jack Kerouac, Barbra Streisand, Jimi Hendrix, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Jackson Pollack and Abraham Lincoln cross spiritual paths? Only in Greenwich Village.
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12:00 pm
Free
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Festival | Holi Hai, the Indian Festival of Colors
Celebrate the 5th anniversary of NYC Bhangra’s Holi Hai. Come enjoy the music, culture, colors, dance, food, and much more. This is truly an immersive experience for all ages that’s open to everyone both young and old. You’re guaranteed to leave with a beautiful smile on your face, new friends, and tons of colorful pictures of you smothered in vibrant colors.
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Hudson Square is Now Tour
The buildings in Hudson Square were built in the 1930s for manufacturing. At that time, some 12,000 people worked in the district. Around the same time the Holland Tunnel was built to accommodate 15 million vehicles per year. Today, Hudson Square is a hub of creative industries with a daytime population of 60,000 and the tunnel now moves 35 million. In spite of this more than doubling of cars and tripling of population, streets continue to be treated as a staging area for tunnel traffic. How do we balance the needs of a regional transportation facility with those of a local community? How do we make Hudson Square a place for people, make the streets safer and greener and the neighborhood more resilient?
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Inwood Tour: Manhattan's North Coast
This walk explores the north coast of "Upstate Manhattan." See industrial architecture east of Broadway. Then over to Spuyten Duyvil, the waterway that has been rerouted several times in its history. Next see the exterior of a new Steven Holl building at Columbia's Baker Field and walk to the new public waterfront park to see a spectacular view of the Palisades at the confluence of Spuyten Duyvil with the Hudson. See the glacial stone caves that were used by Native Americans as shelters.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Author Reading | Jennifer Davis Carey reads from her book Near the Hope
Near the Hope moves from the lush world of Barbados to the hazy glow of New York at the turn of the 20th century to follow a young emigrant woman who leaves her beloved island to navigate uncharted challenges.
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Murray Hill Tour
Visit many of the Murray Hill blocks Madison to Third Avenue, East 34th to East 40th St., noting former mansions, brownstones and former carriage houses, as in the photo of Sniffen Court.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | NoHo Tour: New York's Architectural History 1800 through 2014 in One Small Neighborhood
NoHo is unique in retaining architectural examples of its 200-year evolution as a Manhattan neighborhood – phase by amazing phase. Starting with its bucolic Vauxhall beer garden in 1805, all the way to the 2014 Pritzker-prize-winning architect’s new building highlighting Jeff Koon’s balloon rabbit sculpture in the lobby at Astor Place.
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12:00 pm
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Talk | On A Wing: Bee Is for Biodiversity
Bees do a lot more than make honey to sweeten our tea. Learn why they are vital to the health of the planet and Park in this program of theatrical storytelling, crafts, and a photo scavenger hunt in the Shakespeare Garden with Conservancy staff. All ages welcome.
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Roosevelt House Tour
Designed by Charles A. Platt, the Colonial Revival double townhouse was home to Franklin, Eleanor and Sara Delano Roosevelt from 1908-1941, and was acquired by Hunter College in 1942. Recent renovations by Ennead Architects preserved the building's interior and added classrooms and an auditorium for public programs. Hear about the Roosevelts’ family lives, civic activities and governmental positions as they transformed the nation and the world with FDR’s Four Freedoms and Eleanor’s work at the United Nations. The house tour will be followed by a walk through the neighborhood to the Roosevelt Island tram station at 59th Street and Second Avenue.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Tour | The History of the Lower East Side Tour: Immigration, Religion and Culture
Starting on East Broadway, and continuing on to the Henry Street Settlement, the “Little Fuzhou” Chinatown under the Manhattan Bridge, and ending at Foley Square, site of the old Five Points, this walk revolves around the cultural history of Lower Manhattan. Exploring 18th and 19th century history, learn of early Christian churches near the great seaport, Jewish immigration of the 19th-20th centuries, the public housing movements of the 1930's, modern Buddhist temples, and sites of Puerto Rican influx in the 1960s and 70s.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Tour: 116th Street, River to River
Join Harlem-based artist, creative thinker and lifelong New Yorker Sonia Louise Davis on an artistic exploration of 116th Street, from the Hudson River to the East River (and back again). Walkers will journey across the full width of the borough of Manhattan at one of its widest points, stopping along the way to consider the past, present and future of the 116th Street as well as the communities, narratives, neighborhoods and histories it intersects. We will examine images from the New York Public Library’s digital gallery, draw our own maps (fictional, habitual, futuristic) of 116th Street, and celebrate the vibrancy of this significant thoroughfare.
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Tour: Around the Block from El Museo
A walking tour of the neighborhood around El Museo. Explore El Barrio’s vibrant public art, beautiful community gardens, rich cultural organizations, and diverse store fronts that have shaped East Harlem into the unique neighborhood it is today. The tour begins with El Museo del Barrio and its history and will continue on to include the Modesto Flores Community Garden, the Spirit of East Harlem mural, Justo Botanica, Graffiti Hall of Fame, and much more.
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Tour: Freewheelin' Through Dylan's Greenwich Village
Historically, Greenwich Village has been a magnet for writers, activists, musicians, artists, and outcasts. Its allure attracted creative souls from all parts of this country, including Minnesota. Bob Dylan "landed up on the downtown side" in 1961 on the heels of the Beats and the revival of the folkies. This walk will follow the footsteps of Dylan, visiting places he gathered, lived, and performed. Transversing the Village streets, relive the forces that influenced his formative years. The ghosts of Village past including Poe, Whitman & Kerouac, and the presence of Guthrie, Ginsberg & Van Ronk nourished Dylan and fueled his work. This synergy between place and genius will be the focus of the journey.
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Tour: Gilded-Age Splendor on the Upper East Side
Residential architecture of the Gilded Age is probably better represented in the area covered on this tour - Fifth Avenue to Park Avenue, 72nd Street to 65th Street (or 59th Street if people are willing!) - than anywhere else in New York. Join Alan M. Engler, one of MAS's Grand Central Terminal docents, and the author of Walking in Time, for this informative and entertaining walk focusing on the history and architecture of New York in the Gilded Age. See how names like Frick, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Richard Morris Hunt and McKim, Mead and White are represented in this neighborhood.
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Turtle Bay Tour: From Quiet Farmland to the International Stage
The walk will explore East Midtown’s history, from colonial days when the area was wealthy farmland surrounding a cove called Turtle Bay; the mid-1800s when it was a pleasant neighborhood of brownstones (many still standing); a period of decay late in the 19th century when the Bay was filled in to become the site of dirty stockyards and breweries; a rebirth in the 1920s when a socialite created the Turtle Bay Gardens residences; the 1940s, when the stockyard site was cleared for the United Nations' headquarters; and the 1950s, when the Third Avenue El was dismantled, replaced by an avenue of office towers.
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Wonder and Oddity Tour: Building Ornament Near Bowling Green
Discover the incredibly rich features of buildings in a swath around Lower Manhattan’s Bowling Green. From the shields in Venetian mosaic at 1 Broadway showing some of the world’s great ports to the Art Deco geometry of 29 Broadway, this walk will explore the ubiquitous, beautiful, and sometimes-comical decorative elements of various buildings.
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12:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals: Percussion, Oboe, Flute
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Bryn Holdsworth, Voice
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Mark Sophia, Oboe
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Sam Nester, trumpet
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Patrik Samuelson, percussion
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Megan Samarin, Voice
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Saiyid Sharik Hasan, jazz piano
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Zuoliang Liu, Flute
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Caroline Dunigan, voice
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Mikayla Sager, soprano
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Minghao Li, Violin
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Kim Johansen, baritone
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Fangyue He, violin
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Jane Yu, piano
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Maxwell Calkin, jazz double bass
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Manhattan Civic Center Tour
Tour the Civic Center with Linda Fisher, licensed tour guide, New York City native and 40-year court insider. From the Dutch Stadt Huys to the Daniel Moynihan courthouse, New York's civic institutions have shaped law and public policy in the city and nation.
In this tour of the Civic Center, travel through four centuries of "Law and Order." Through architecture, public art, and jurisprudence we will see how the Civic Center evolved from a stagnant pond to the complex web of "the due administration of justice" it is today. Note: You will be going through security checkpoints.
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1:00 pm
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Other | Open Studios
Meet the artists who have been developing work in their studios since September.
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1:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: The Life and Death of King John by Shakespeare
Presented by performers from the Instant Shakespeare Company.
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Brooklyn Heights Tour
Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
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2:00 pm
Free
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Tour | Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art Tour
New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick.
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour
Stroll through the park and tell the epic story of New York's green oasis. Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today amongst the world's most famous and beloved public parks. Originally intended to bring people of all walks of life together -- a people's park -- Central Park lives up to it's original designs. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find
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2:00 pm
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Jazz | College Jazz Bass Recital
Student Kyoung Sun Park will be performing his senior recital.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Documentary: Hannah Jayanti's The Phantom Tollbooth: Beyond Expectations (2012)
Through interviews, animation and archival materials, the documentary traces the friendship between author Norton Juster and Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Jules Feiffer, and the wit and wisdom of the novel over half a century. Presented by editor and director Hannah Jayanti.
56 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | FDR Four Freedoms Park Tour
President Roosevelt envisioned a world in which all people everywhere would live with four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Consider the meaning of these freedoms today, as you explore Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island. An unparalleled public space appealing to design lovers, history buffs, and anyone who appreciates a beautiful view, Four Freedoms Park is truly worth visiting. You'll learn about the Park's origin-which is deeply tied to NYC history-Louis Kahn's design, and the reason it took 40 years to build the only memorial dedicated to FDR and his legacy in his home state.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Get Your German On: Tour Yorkville
It’s been home to many New York City mayors, boasts one of Manhattan’s most scenic parks, and retains remnants of it past as one of the city’s largest German enclaves. It’s Yorkville. You'll visit some of Yorkville’s landmarks and worthy historic buildings, and get a sense of the neighborhood’s fading German heritage. Specific attention will be paid to Gracie Mansion, Carl Schurz Park and Henderson Place.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Hudson River Waterfron Tourt: Transformation from Ocean Liners to Recreation
Explore the Hudson River waterfront, recalling past shipping activities such as the ocean liner trade, import/export cargo handling, and railroad-owned fleets of barges, car floats, tugs and ferries. With the leader's experience working on Pier 40 beginning in the 1960s, hear about the revolutionary changes that hit the passenger and cargo shipping industries and the swift decline of the waterfront for maritime uses and the painfully slow transformation to what recreation uses we see today. Historic remnants of the ocean liner trade will be revealed; see where the Titanic should have docked and where the Carpathia brought back the survivors, where immigrants arrived and from where passengers sailed to all parts of the world or commuted daily across the river on fleets of railroad ferries.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Jazz | Los Mas Valientes: Cutting-Edge Latin Jazz
Performing together since 1995, Los Mas Valientes plays cutting-edge Latin jazz, classic Nuyorican salsa, and much more. They perform rootsy, pulsating music from every corner of Latin America and the Caribbean – from Cuba and Puerto Rico to Haiti and Jamaica, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and the Dominican Republic. With four critically acclaimed full-length CDs under their belt, this beloved band of NYC Latin music veterans will treat the audience to an assortment of their innovative, pan-Latino originals as well as their creative twists on time-honored classics.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour
It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy & Chinatown Tour
You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour
Travel from Grand Army Plaza, past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and stop at the Dairy on this trip through the southern Park highlights. Route involves moderate inclines and some stairs. 45-minutes.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Tour: A People's History of Wall Street
This 1.5 hour tour tells the story of American capitalism from the people's point of view, from the mouths of Occupy Wall Street activists, workers, and scholars of finance. This tour will undo the mystique of this infamous street, allowing us to see past the grand institutional facades of this neighborhood and lay bare the lies, injustice, and fraud committed everyday.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Union Square-Crossroads of New York Tour
The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more!
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Performance | Write / Code / Speak, an Interactive Media Showcase
WRITE / CODE / SPEAK features high school girls’ dynamic multimedia stories told through new platforms for writing. Using a variety of mixed media, including traditional writing, audio, GIFs, and HTML coding, the interactive installations of WRITE / CODE / SPEAK showcase the writers’ unique voices, backgrounds, and experiences as high school students in New York City.
Youth writers present their media pieces with performances, encouraging the audience to experience their creative processes and stories. This showcase represents the culmination of the Girls Write Now Digital Media Mentoring Program for 2013-14.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Piano Works by Schumann, Debussy, Chopin, Liszt, and Beethoven
Program:
Schumann's Papillons
Debussy's Clair de Lune
Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu
Liszt's Consolation No. 3
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
plus other works by Mozart, Brahms, and Rachmaninov
Pianist Phillip Dyson will perform.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Tour | Amsterdam Avenue Tour: Grit, Greed and Glamour
The blocks along Amsterdam Avenue from 96th to 110th Street, site of the pre-grid village of Bloomingdale, provide a rich cross-section of Manhattan’s history, from traces of colonial roads to a former residence of Barack Obama. Along the way they'll discuss topics such as the evolution of building controls, the urban renewal scandals of the mid-20th Century, space needs of charitable and health-care institutions, and Manhattan's dwindling stock of affordable housing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Concert on Water
The concert is at the coolest classical music concerts location in New York City. Program and musicians TBA.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Film | Fred M. Wilcox's Oscar-Nominated Forbidden Planet (1956): Fan-Favorite Sci-Fi
Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen.
Early in the 23rd century, the United Planets Cruiser C57-D travels to the planet Altair IV, 16 light-years from Earth, to discover the fate of an expedition sent 20 years earlier. The starship crew investigates what remains of the planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret.
98 mins.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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City Walk | Freedom Walk in the City
Walk starts near Summit Rock at 83rd Street and Central Park West where the first integrated African American community was established in New York City. Seneca Village was a working, middle class community of African American and later joined by Irish and German immigrants. Move through Manhattan Valley where the New York Cancer Hosptial was once a center of palliative care, stop at Frederick Douglass Memorial Plaza and end in a revitalized Harlem neighbhorhood at the Harriet Tubman Memorial Plaza.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Theater | Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, an Adaptation by Arthur Miller
When Dr. Thomas Stockmann discovers toxic contamination in the water used at the local baths, he expects to be hailed as a hero. But since the baths are the town’s main source of revenue, the community fights to silence him – and he learns that there are forces more powerful than truth.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Performance | Theatre Thesis Festival 2014
Senior playwrights present
new plays in staged readings
for the thesis in playwriting, advised by theatre department faculty member Annie Baker; senior theatre majors perform original solo works for the thesis in solo performance under the advisement of theatre department faculty member Kyle deCamp.
Start times: 3pm, 4pm, 6pm.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Tour | Tour: Daily Life in the Lower East Side: Past, Present & Future
Start on the Bowery and tour in and around the Lower East Side to learn about how the generations of immigrants that came through the area used to live, eat and work. Stop by some of the oldest eateries for a taste of old world food that you can still enjoy today. Walk past the sites that will be part of the future Essex Crossing which will bring 1.9 million square feet of residential and commercial space to the neighborhood.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Film | Bolivian Film: Juan Carlos Valdivia's Yvy Maraey - Land Without Evil (2013)
A well-off metropolitan filmmaker hoping to retrace the trail of an early Swedish documentarian travels to the Bolivian highlands in search of savages. Once there, however, he finds his privileged cultural position met with ire more often than awe.
107 min.
- 6:00 p.m.: Coffee
- 6:30 p.m.: Roundtable discussion, with opening remarks from Jytte Jensen:
- Juan Carlos Valdivia (Filmmaker)
- Mercedes Moncada Rodríguez (Filmmaker)
- Dylon Robbins (NYU)
- Elena Vilardell (Ibermedia)
- Manoel Rangel (Head of Ibermedia Board)
- Carlos Gutiérrez, Moderator (Cinema Tropical)
- 7:30 p.m.: Wine & cheese reception
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Performance | OnebyOne, 'a Live Cartographic Performance'
A live cartographic performance that maps the pathways of the self through a symbiotic relationship. Unfurling the meaning of support, the performers acknowledge the embodied histories that lay dormant - uplifting imprinted archetypes in the psyche, bones, cells - and update past codes of behavior into the present, seeking to understand the nature of growth by accumulating and then shedding layers of experience, like a tree peels away bark or a snake sheds skin. Created and performed by Eva Perrotta and Corinne Cappelletti. Music Composer: Reba Hasko.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Saturday Afternoon Organ Meditation
The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Festival | First Saturdays: Free Programs of Art and Entertainment
At the monthly First Saturdays, thousands of visitors enjoy free programs of art and entertainment, including dynamic performances and participatory experiences.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Discussion | Tuberculosis: Global Health and Grass Roots Action
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that is usually associated with those that live on the margins of society: the impoverished, the elderly, the homeless. More recently, cases have been associated with immigration and human right movements, highlighting the ways in which TB silently moves across artificial boundaries of class, gender, ability, and geography. With co-morbidity occurring in those that live with HIV/AIDS and food scarcity, the situation warrants immediate action.
Please join a distinguished panel of health providers, researchers, and health advocates to discuss the premiere of "TB The Silent Killer" and discuss how grass roots advocacy can shift the tide to more appropriate wellness, treatment, and prevention programs.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Wall to Wall Cabaret
This joyous romp through the world of cabaret, from Kurt Weill and Edith Piaf to Cole Porter and Cy Coleman, celebrates the speakeasies and nightclubs of Prohibition, the elegant hotel cabarets and jazz clubs that introduced Sarah Vaughan and Eartha Kitt, and the cabaret renaissance taking place right now with new artists reinventing beloved songs. Hosted by James Naughton and featuring an impressive roster of surprise guests.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Jazz | College Jazz Voice Recital
Student Molly Pease will be performing her senior recital.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals: Double Bass, Clarinet, Trombone
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Hyunjoon Shin, Violin
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Yajie Chen, Voice
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Holly Jenkins, violin
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Stephenie Lai Man Ng, clarinet
9:00 PM - 10:30 PM David Whitwell, tenor trombone
9:00 PM - 10:30 PM Luke Stence, Double Bass
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Choreographers, Composers and Designers Concert
The Choreographers, Composers and Designers Concert is a culmination of a year-long course taken by second year Bachelor's and first year Master's students in the dance department. The result is an adventurous combination of original choreography, music, and sets, and one of the most exciting concerts of the year.
Choreographers:
Lorena Delgado, Caitlin Sikora, Leslie Miller, Tyra Jackson, Frances Baca, Melanie Gonzalez, Stephanie Troyak, Alison DeFranco, Mariel Harris, Dimitri Kalaitzidis, Hannah Cullen, Kyle Filley, Nick Grubbs, Jane Anthony, Nico Gonzales, Naomi Davis, Mat Talaugon.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Tour | Ghosts of Greenwich Village Tour
New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native tribes, lost opportunities and political intrigue. With almost every step one takes through the West Village, one encounters the ghosts and spirits of New York City’s past. Every corner has its stories, every building has its haunted spirits.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Theater | New Play: Sybil Lines' Bastard Blood
If you are a fan of HBO's Game of Thrones why not experience live theatre with a play that debuts this week? The play follows the fortunes and antics of two families - the Yorks and Lancasters - as they conspire and murder their way to the British throne.
Bastard Blood is two plays run simultaneously in an immersive, promenade theatrical performances that draws on familiar names in history - Richard III, Henry V, and Henry VI and introduces some lesser known characters - Alice Chaucer, Edmund Beaufort and saucy Jane Shore with climatic results.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Steel Pan Concert
With special guest Kyle Dunleavy and the Crossfire Steelband. Featuring the traditional music of Trinidad and Tobago, as well as contemporary works for steel pan.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Performance | The Andrea Dworkin Theater Project
A new one-woman theater piece based on an unpublished work by Andrea Dworkin, author of Woman Hating, Pornography, Intercourse, and other powerful feminist classics. The text by Dworkin contains all the hallmarks of her searing prose: fierce and irreverent, bold and tender, mordantly witty and emotionally raw.
Please note that because of the intimate nature of this reading, latecomers cannot be seated. Contains strong language and graphic sexual situations.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | College Recitals: Percussion, Piano, Viola
8pm Nick Taylor, Percussion
8:30pm Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, Piano
8:30pm Marcus Ryan Pyle, Viola
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, an Adaptation by Arthur Miller
When Dr. Thomas Stockmann discovers toxic contamination in the water used at the local baths, he expects to be hailed as a hero. But since the baths are the town’s main source of revenue, the community fights to silence him – and he learns that there are forces more powerful than truth.
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Tour | Manhattan Night Tour
New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline.
NOTE: THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Conference | Crossing Worlds: Translation, Eventfulness and the Political
Translation has long been approached in terms of linguistic reciprocity, equivalences, commensurability or incommensurability, as well as the promise or withdrawal of meaning among languages. But can the eventfulness of translation itself be thought?
This conference hopes to collectively develop some new thinking and speculations around the problem of translation, eventfulness, and the political.
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Jazz | Juancho Herrera, Latin Jazz Guitarist and Singer
Juancho Herrera offers a vibrant, refreshingly original take on Latin jazz, fusing South American rhythms with unexpected dashes of electronica and rock. Known for his collaborations with world music superstars like Claudia Acuña, Marta Gomez, and Lila Downs, Herrera and his veteran trio mix traditional instruments like the Peruvian cajon and Venezuelan cuatro with electric guitar and bass to produce an exciting, eclectic sound that exudes passion.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 pm
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Theater | New Play: Sybil Lines' Bastard Blood
If you are a fan of HBO's Game of Thrones why not experience live theatre with a play that debuts this week? The play follows the fortunes and antics of two families - the Yorks and Lancasters - as they conspire and murder their way to the British throne.
Bastard Blood is two plays run simultaneously in an immersive, promenade theatrical performances that draws on familiar names in history - Richard III, Henry V, and Henry VI and introduces some lesser known characters - Alice Chaucer, Edmund Beaufort and saucy Jane Shore with climatic results.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 pm
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