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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 7, 2014?
52 free events take place on Wednesday, May 7 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 7 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 7, 2014?
52 free events take place on Wednesday, May 7 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 7 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!
52 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, May 7, 2014
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
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
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Workshop | Early Bird Game Social
Join to meet up with like-minded players interested in the same games as you. The Early Bird Game Social gives you a chance to start the day in the park, and warm up your mind with games that get you thinking like dominoes, Scrabble, cards or Boggle.
New York City, NY; NYC
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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 | 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.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6...
$6...
Workshop | Elements of Nature Drawing
Enjoy drawing nature in the parks and gardens with an artist/educator. Materials provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free
Free
Talk | Books at Noon with Vagina Monologues Playwright Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler is an author and award-winning playwright. Her theatrical works include The Vagina Monologues, The Good Body, and Necessary Targets. She’s also written a political memoir, Insecure at Last, and I Am An Emotional Creature which she has adapted for the stage. Ensler is the founder of V-day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
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!
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Bach at Noon
The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
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12:20 pm
Free
Free
Book Signing | Baseball great Nolan Ryan signs copies of his book The Nolan Ryan Beef and Barbecue Cookbook
Books are to be picked up at the host bookstore. The event line will form outside the front entrance of the store. No memorabilia please. No posed photography.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
Free
Free
Talk | The Penn Central Bankruptcy and Certificate Horde
A lunchtime event with Museum founder John Herzog on the trading of securities, liquidation of paper assets and notable certificates of the historic Penn Central bankruptcy.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$5
$5
Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour
A Museum Ambassador gives a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
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.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6...
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour
Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional"
Tour times: 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Poetry Reading | Joshua Beckman reads from his poetry
Joshua Beckman reads poems as a precursor to his May 8th lecture, "The Lives of the Poems."
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Juilliard musicians perform early music
Juilliard students share their talent with the community in these free hour-long lunchtime concerts on Wednesday afternoons throughout the season
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Jazz | Midtown Jazz
A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
$10 suggested donation
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
Free
Free
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
Free
Free
Workshop | Figure Al Fresco: Drawing Outdoors
Learn figure drawing outdoors with a clothed model and an artist/educator. Materials provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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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4:00 pm
Free
Free
Discussion | How Do We Define Feminist Liberation? Listening to Black Female Voices
Join bell hooks in conversation with R&B singer Lisa Fischer (20 Feet from Stardom) and actress Kim Sykes (Pariah) about celebrating black female power.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
Free
Free
Performance | Yoga Class
Yoga is back on Wednesday evenings for open-level classes. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat or beach towel. All new participants will be required to sign a waiver.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:45 pm
Free
Free
Poetry Reading | 5 Poets: Karen Brennan / Joy Katz / David J. Daniels / Kevin Prufer / Daniel Tobin
Karen Brennan is the author of six books of varying genres, most recently little dark (Four Way Books). Joy Katz is the author of three poetry collections, most recently All You Is Perceive (Four Way Books). David J. Daniels is the author of two chapbooks and the full-length collection, Clean, winner of the Four Way Books Intro Prize in Poetry. Kevin Prufer is the author of six poetry collections, mostly recently Churches (Four Way Books). Daniel Tobin is the author of six books of poetry, including his newest book, The Net (Four Way Books), and is the editor of The Book of Irish American Poetry from the Eighteenth Century to the Present, The Selected Poems and Lola Ridge, and (with Pimone Triplett) Poet’s Work, Poet’s Play: Essays on the Practice and the Art.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | Brazilian Artist Anna Maria Maiolino's Between Senses
On view will be a selection of drawings, works on canvas, sculptures, photographs, and videos, as well the sound installation 'Two Beats' (2012), which features the artist's poem 'Eu so Eu (I am I)' that was presented at dOCUMENTA 13.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | Conceptual Art: Liu Chuang's Love Story
The first US solo exhibition of conceptual Chinese artist Liu Chuang. Known for his critical projects that engage the social, economic, and political realities of contemporary China, his practice is made up of quiet interventions and accumulations into the public sphere. Often Chuang sites and gathers specific personal details in order to reveal voices and inner secrets, dreams and daily routines.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | Cynthia Daignault's Das Tauschregal: Objects and Their Painted Representations
Das Tauschregal is an experiment in participatory economics. Daignault sent an open call asking viewers to trade "objects of value" for paintings. Thirty-one participants were chosen anonymously and each agreed to trade one object for its painted representation.
All thirty-one objects will be displayed on a shelf beginning on the first day of May. Each subsequent day, one painting will replace the object it depicts. At the end of the month, the shelf will hold only paintings, exchanging concrete commodity for abstract representation, as in currency. Das Tauschregal suggests an alternative art market, exploring the notions of value independent of price (meaning, sentiment, aesthetics, formalism, power, influence and beauty).
Cynthia Daignault was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and currently lives in New York. Her work was featured in a solo show at White Columns in 2011.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Dance Lesson | Dancing in the Park: Salsa
A social dance party after work — featuring popular dance instructors plus an incredible band each week — hosted and produced by Talia Castro-Pozo. From novices to experts, all are welcome.
Lesson: 6:00pm – 7:00pm - Talia Castro-Pozo and Sekou McMiller
Dancing with live music: 7:00pm – 8:30pm - Mitch Frohman and The Bronx Horns Mambo Orchestra
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
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Film | French Cinema: Diane Kurys' Peppermint Soda (1977)
Acclaimed French filmmaker Diane Kurys discusses this autobiographical film, her directorial debut, about two very different Jewish sisters on the threshold of adolescence whose parents have separated.
97 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Discussion | Gender and Identity in Jazz Music
The Jazz Shrines Dialogues series celebrates The Ubangi Club, Connie’s Inn and Clam House with this discussion.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Screening | Harry Gantz and Joe Gantz's American Winter (2013): A Documentary on the Great Recession
Documentary feature film that follows the personal stories of families struggling in the aftermath of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Filmed over the course of one winter in one American city, the film presents an intimate snapshot of the state of the nation's economy as it is playing out in millions of American families, and highlights the human consequences of the decline of the middle class and the fracturing of the American Dream.
90 min.
Panel discussion with the filmmakers and other leaders in anti-poverty policy, research, and advocacy to follow.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | Paintings: Jayson Musson's Exhibit of Abstract Art
A new body of work from Jayson Musson. In his second solo show with the gallery, Musson was inspired by Modern Art set-pieces from the comic strip Nancy, created by the popular American comic illustrator Ernie Bushmiller who worked on the strip from the 1930ʼs-80ʼs. Nancy was titled for the star of the comic strip, an inventive and rambunctious 8 year old girl whose iconic face is almost synonymous with the phrase ʻcartoon stripʼ itself.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Akhil Sharma reads from his book Family Life
Akhil Sharma's much-anticipated second novel centers around a family who immigrates from Delhi, India to Queens, New York. Theirs is a story of facing expectations of life in a new country while coping with tragedy. Sharma will be in conversation wtih Parul Sehgal, an editor of the New York Times Book Review.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
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Reading | Fiction Forum: Dinaw Mengestu
Dinaw Mengestu is the author most recently of All Our Names. In addition to two novels, he has written for Rolling Stone on the war in Darfur and for Jane Magazine on the conflict in northern Uganda. His writing has also appeared in Harper’s, The Wall Street Journal, and numerous other publications. He is Lannan Chair of Poetics at Georgetown University. Since his first book, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, was published in 2007, he has received numerous literary awards, and was selected as a MacArthur Fellow in 2012.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
$5
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Lecture | Michael Gross discusses his book House of Outrageous Fortune: Fifteen Central Park West, the World's Most Powerful Address
15CPW represents a massive paradigm shift in the lifestyle of New York’s rich and famous and is a bellwether of the city’s changing social and financial landscape. In this lecture, one of America's most provocative nonfiction writers explores the sweeping history of those changes, and pulls open wide the gilded walls of Fifteen to reveal the private lives of that .01 percent.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Tour | The Brooklyn Bridge Tour
Discover the epic story of this engineering marvel and New York icon as well as the men and women who built it. Guide: David Frieder, The Roebling Museum.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
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Discussion | By the Waters of Babylon: The Modern Iraqi Jewish Experience
With curator Gabriel Goldstein, Maurice Shohet and Cynthia Shamash, World Organization of Jews from Iraq. A panel of Iraqi émigrés discusses the vibrant community they left behind that has since almost disappeared.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5
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Concert | Contemporary Cello Music from Italy and the U.S.
Cellist Jay Campbell, First Prize Winner of the 2012 Concert Artist’s Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, will present a program of new music from Italy and the United States.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
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Reading | Dish: A Sumptuous Multi-Course Feast of Readings
A sumptuous multi-course feast of readings and stories featuring Melissa and Emily Elsen (The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book), Kate Lebo (A Commonplace Book of Pie) and local whiskey experts. Panelists include Allison Patel (Brenne Whisky),Heather Greene (The Flatiron Room) Stephanie Ridgeway (Highland Park US) and more to be announced! Tasting run by Emily Ross-Johnson (The Astoria Whiskey Society).
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Talk | Presentation on Le Conversazioni Literary Festival
Le Conversazioni is a literary festival created by Antonio Monda and Davide Azzolini that takes place annually on the Isle of Capri with the participation of some of the leading lights in contemporary English literature. In the last few years some of today's great writers have come together to discuss the chosen theme for each year: identity, the relationship between the word and the image, memory, deadly sins, human rights, eros, winners & losers.
Followed by a screening of the documentary about the previous edition ("Winners and Losers") directed by Carlotta Corradi featuring Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, Stephen Sondheim, Alessandro Baricco, Jhumpa Lahiri, Adam Johnson, Elizabeth Strout, Claudio Magris, and Michael Ondaatje.
In ENGLISH.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Author Reading | Richard Williams reads from his book Black and White: The Way I See It
Richard Williams, American tennis coach and father of famed tennis players Venus and Serena, discusses his vision and his methods.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Rivka Galchen reads from her book American Innovations
The stories in this intensely imaginative collection have secret lives in conversation with earlier stories. In the tradition of considering Wallace Stevens's "Anecdote of the Jar" as a response to John Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn," Galchen's "The Lost Order" covertly recapitulates James Thurber's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," while "The Region of Unlikeness" is a smoky and playful mirror to Jorge Luis Borges's "The Aleph." The title story, "American Innovations," reimagines Nikolai Gogol's "The Nose."
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Ruth Reichl reads from her book Delicious!
Through her restaurant reviews, where she celebrated the pleasures of a well-made meal, and her bestselling memoirs that address our universal feelings of love and loss, Reichl has achieved a special place in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of readers. Now, with this magical debut novel, she has created a sumptuous, wholly realized world that will enchant you.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | SciCafe: Collective Behavior in Ant Colonies and Beyond
Enjoy cocktails, cutting-edge science, and conversation at this popular after-hours series, which takes place on the first Wednesday of every month.
Collective behavior takes many forms, such as emergence, self-organization, superorganism, quorum sensing, artificial intelligence, and dynamical networks. Stanford University biologist Deborah Gordon will discuss her research on ant colonies to investigate systems that operate without central control.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Story Time for Grown-Ups
Love a good story? Sit back and relax as they read you a story or two.
Featuring stories about cowboys and outlaws.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
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Jazz | The Chick Corea Ensemble
The Chick Corea Ensemble play, listen to, and study the music of Chick Corea, one of the most prolific, influential, and multi-directional pianist/composers in jazz. Special attention is paid to developing students’ improvisational originality, melodic and harmonic clarity, sensitivity to dynamics and timbral nuances, propulsive and relaxed sense of time and rhythm, and interplay within the rhythm section. Works including “Steps,” “What Was,” “Tones for Joan’s Bones,” “Windows,” “Litha,” “Captain Marvel,” “Like This,” and “Morning Sprite” are played.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 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
Free
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Concert | College Flute Recital
Seung Jae Yoo, flute. Experience the freshness and excitement of a solo performance by a gifted young artist - a uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers. The program for this event is TBA.
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | College Voice Recital
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Amelia Berry, soprano, with Mario Marra, accompanying
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | The NYU Community Orchestra
Roger Mahadeen, Music Director.
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | The NYU Composers Ensemble
Premieres of works by student composer-performers.
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Gandhi, Is That You? Comedy Show
Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza!
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Jazz | The M-BASE Ensemble
The M-BASE Ensemble uses oral dictation technique to improve musician’s melodic ear training abilities and their ability to distinguish new and unfamiliar rhythms and melodic passages. The music is based primarily on the compositions of Ralph Alessi, David Gilmore, Steve Coleman, and Andy Milne, where the students face very specific rhythmic challenges not normally found in standard jazz repertoire. Although much of this music doesn’t “sound like” traditional jazz standards, it draws heavily on the lexicon of that music. Therefore much attention is given to making a connection between the melodic and harmonic content of M-BASE and the more familiar jazz standards.
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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