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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on November 12, 2015?

47 free events take place on Thursday, November 12 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 November 12 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 November . 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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47 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, November 12, 2015

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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free events nyc Double Your Pleasure: Virtuoso Flute Duos of the 18th Century
free events nyc Conversation with Frank Gehry, Pioneering Genius of Architecture
free events nyc Workshop Theater: The Life of the Mind / That Awkward Issue
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Conference | Journalism and Silicon Valley


Journalism is increasingly dependent on and influenced by the companies that dominate the social web. Social networks and search companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google are no longer “just platforms” and are now actively shaping how journalism is practiced and funded. Speakers and topics will include: A keynote conversation about the relationship between news organizations and social networks: Emily Bell and Mark Thompson, CEO of The New York Times; The rights and responsibilities of platforms and publishers; Improving quality and depth in the technology journalism beat; How newsrooms have adapted to storytelling through platforms to reach new audiences; The benefits and drawbacks of news organizations tackling their own platforms and distribution mechanism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free

City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing. This tour takes place every day at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Lecture | Radical Healing in Schools and Communities


Dr. Shawn Ginwright's presentation will emphasize the need to place healing and hope at the center of our education and political strategies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and 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. This tour takes place every day at 10am, and Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs. 90 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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. This workshop occurs every day through December 31.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Film | Adam Zucker's The Return: A Documentary About Being Young and Jewish in Today’s Poland


Followed by a discussion with director Adam Zucker.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Retro Board Gaming for Adults


Share your passion for checkers, chess, mahjong, Monopoly, or Scrabble. All levels of play welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Thomas Bergeron Ensemble: Sacred Feast


Trumpet master Thomas Bergeron's genre-bending creativity impressed critics with his new album "Sacred Feast," which reimagines the music of Olivier Messiaen. For this performance he brings a nine-piece ensemble, combining a jazz quintet with a classical string quartet.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Tour of the Exhibition: Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet


A tour led by the museum’s gallery guides. This tour repeats Thursday October 22, Thursday October 29, Saturday October 31, Thursday November 5, Thursday November 12, Saturday November 14, Thursday November 19, Saturday November 21, Thursday December 10, Saturday December 12, Thursday December 17, Saturday December 19, and Saturday December 26.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Double Your Pleasure: Virtuoso Flute Duos of the 18th Century


Flutists David Ross and Immanuel Davis present a program that traces the development of the baroque flute beginning with its emergence in Paris. Featuring a six movement suite by Jacques-Martin Hotteterre that was published in 1712. Next to Hamburg in 1727 for a duo by Georg Philipp Telemann. Concluding with Wilhelm Friedemann Bach’s most virtuosic flute duet composed around 1774 in Berlin. Performers: David Ross, baroque flute
 Immanuel Davis, baroque flute
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
$10 suggested donation

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. This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 2pm, Wednesdays at 4pm, and Saturdays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | New York 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. This tour takes place Thursdays through Sundays at 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Vegetarian Holidays


Looking for more vitality, better health and an enhanced sense of well-being? Learn the many benefits of the vegetarian lifestyle and how easy it is to make it work for you. Join Sue Rose, vegetarian lifestyle coach, and long time meditator. Learn delicious vegetarian recipes for the holiday season that your friends and family can enjoy. We'll explore nutrition, how the vegetarian diet is gentle to the planet and how it can enhance our spiritual development. There will even be a little meditation sitting at the end.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Conference | 20th Anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords: Bosnia’s Uncharted Future and Balkan Lessons for Global Application


This conference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners who will assess the current political, economic and social development in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Western Balkans and review events that have taken place during the past twenty years. Additionally, participants will discuss lessons learned from the 1995 peace agreement than can be applied to other war-stricken states around the world. The conference takes place on Thursday November 12 and Friday November 13.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance: FIYAH! by Jessica Phoenix


This performance is an energetic vibrant cultural dance experience specific to the African Caribbean Diaspora. FIYAH! will bring dynamic song and dance to Times Square. Part staged and part organically formed as many African and Caribbean dance forms are community dances. The performance will include live drum, call and response, freestyle soloists and more, such as a Bob Marley/Reggae Dancehall tribute; hoping to get the crowd moving, singing, smiling and full of joy. This performance occurs November 11-13.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Discussion Group: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd


From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees, a #1 New York Times bestselling novel about two unforgettable American women.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Talk | Conversation with Frank Gehry, Pioneering Genius of Architecture


Frank Gehry is one of the most inventive and pioneering architects working today. His buildings have become world-renowned attractions in their own right and include The Disney Concert Hall, home of the Los Angeles philharmonic, 8 Spruce Street in New York City, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Louis Vuitton Foundation building in Paris. Recently, Gehry has agreed to design the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington D.C. and to undertake the redesign of the LA River. In this intimate, one-on-one conversation, Paul Goldberger, Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic, will engage Gehry on his life and work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Group Show: Open Sessions 6


Open Sessions 6 will feature the work of Amadeo Azar, Daniel Barroca, Youmna Chlala, Lea Cetera, Onyedika Chuke, Alexandra Lerman, Harold Mendez, Marcelo Moscheta, and Ronny Quevedo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Re(Set)


With: Hans-Peter Feldmann, Niklas Goldbach, Nina Hoffmann/Kathrin Sonntag, Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller, Elaine Stocki. Working with photography and video, these artists employ various strategies to explore, reevaluate, and reorganize troves of images. Sensitively attuned to the contemporary condition of accelerated image production, consumption, and obsolescence, the presented works embrace this condition and use it as a source to generate meaning.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: When Artists Speak Truth...


An exhibition conceived as a multi-vocal dialogue about how artists contribute to specific political transformation – from Soviet Russia to U.S. presidential elections – and have helped shape an expanded and more nuanced understanding of human rights and social justice over several decades.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Kamel Daoud discusses his book The Meursault Investigation


Algerian author Kamel Daoud’s novel, first published in Algeria in 2013, and translated into English in 2015 by Other Press, turns Albert Camus’s classic work, The Stranger, on its head. Told from the point of view of the brother of the nameless Arab who was killed by Meursault on the beach, this book is based on the premise that the murder committed by Meursault in 1942 was a true crime. Discussion in French, with simultaneous translation into English.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Karen Finley discusses her book Shock Treatment


Karen Finley’s raw and transgressive performances have long provoked controversy and debate. She has appeared and exhibited her visual art, performances, and plays internationally.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Conference | Little Magazines and the Conversation of Culture in America


This two-day conference ignites the conversation between contemporary journalisms and politics for a celebration of NSSR's newly launched M.A. in Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism, concurrent with the 50th anniversary of the legendary Salmagundi Magazine. This conference occurs on Thursday November 12 and Friday November 13.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | My Archives, My Archivists: Researching Women in the Reading Room of the British Museum, 1857-1997


A lecture by Susan Bernstein, Professor of English, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Sonatenabend Recital


Artists from the collaborative piano department perform sonata repertoire with instrumentalists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | This Muslim American Life


To be a Muslim American today often means to exist in an absurd space between exotic and dangerous, victim and villain, simply because of the assumptions people carry about you. Join Moustafa Bayoumi, who has been interviewing and listening closely to Muslim Americans, in a wide-ranging conversation about what the War on Terror looks like from the vantage point of Muslim Americans.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Tonality Listens to Itself


In this lecture-recital, Dr. Daniel Beliavsky, pianist, explores the development of the tonal system in the 18th and 19th centuries, and its dissolution and revitalization in the 20th and 21st centuries through performances of works by Bach, Schubert, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Harris, Foss, and Del Tredici.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | BollyX Workout Demo Tour


BollyX is a Bollywood-inspired dance fitness class that will get you moving, sweating and performing to the best music of India. This class is open to all fitness levels. All you need to bring is water, sneakers and your swag!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Film | Italian Cinema: Alice Rohrwacher's The Wonders (2014)


This awarded-winning Cannes film presents a coming-of-age story that takes place in the countryside between Umbria-Lazio and Tuscany, where a family lives out of their apiary. The Wonders offers tender praise for a kind of life that western societies have left behind.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Margaret A. Oppenheimer discusses her book The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel: A Story of Marriage and Money in the Early Republic


This illustrated lecture features the amazing Eliza Jumel, who was raised in a brothel, indentured as a servant, confined to a workhouse while her mother was in jail, yet rose to become one of the richest women in New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio Show


Desert Island Discs is a talk show radio programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Home Service on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest, called a "castaway" during the program, is asked to choose eight recordings (usually, but not always, music) a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island, whilst discussing their lives and the reasons for their choices. It was devised and originally presented by Roy Plomley. Since 2006, the show has been presented by Kirsty Young. Most record companies discard and/or ignore the music they never issued, but Blue Note Records retained a large catalog of absolutely first-class sessions that for one reason or another never saw the light of day. Learn how Blue Note's leading discographer, Michael Cuscuna, gained access to this treasure trove of classic jazz, and how that discovery led to the creation of Mosaic Records. There will be many fascinating musical examples shared as the story unfolds.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Contributors read from Tales of Two Cities: The Best and Worst of Times in Today's New York


With: Garnette Cadogan, Rosie Schaap, and Hannah Tinti. Hosted by anthology editor John Freeman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | John McManus reads from his book Fox Tooth Heart


Acclaimed fiction writer John McManus launches his book with novelist Porochista Khakpour. With refreshments provided by Sarabande Books.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | On Elena Ferrante: Jhumpa Lahiri and Ann Goldstein


Elena Ferrante has long been considered one of the best writers of her generation in Italy, but now her novels and acclaim have spread across the United States and around the world. ​Her Neapolitan Novels are ​beautifully and expertly translated by Ann Goldstein, and ​Ferrante's ardent ​fans range from everyone from James Wood to Gwyneth Paltrow. And to Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri. This very special evening with Ann Goldstein and Jhumpa Lahiri is a conversation about the power, beauty and ferocity of Ferrante's writing, with a special focus on the final novel of the series, The Story of the Lost Child.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | One-Woman Show: Donna Barkman's Hand-Me-Downs


Donna Barkman portrays a natural-born rebel, who recalls her playful beginnings and proceeds to dramatize the constrictive gender roles and motherhood prescriptions that caused her (and Antigone) to search for a happiness that may always elude them. This show takes place on Thursday November 12 and Saturday November 14.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Owen Sheers discusses his book I Saw A Man


Owen Sheers talks with Belinda McKeon about his new novel, a literary thriller about, among other things, love, loss, secrets, and the transformative power of words.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Seis del sur \ˈbär-ē-ˌōz\ Photo Collective


Featuring: David González, Ángel Franco, Francisco Molina Reyes II, Joe Conzo, Ricky Flores, and Edwin Pagán. Seis del Sur: is a photographic group exhibition featuring both the vintage and contemporary photojournalistic and social documentary work of the six members Seis del Sur photo collective. The central theme of the work featured in the exhibit is “Barrios” as a direct metaphor for community, as an integral part of the Hispanic/Latino diaspora in the Americas and abroad, and how were are perceived both within and without the extended forms of community.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested donation

Author Reading | Tracey Goessel discusses her book The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks


Tracey Goessel illuminates how silent film star Douglas Fairbanks conquered not just the entertainment world but the heart of perhaps the most famous woman in the world at the time.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Workshop Theater: The Life of the Mind / That Awkward Issue


The Life of the Mind and its sequel That Awkward Issue will be presented with an Equity cast of actors for a limited two-week engagement. The evening includes two interrelated one act plays with a tale spanning three generations. In the first play, The Life of the Mind, a mother and daughter attempt to reconcile after nearly a decade of separation while the daughter’s ex-husband interferes. In the second play, That Awkward Issue, the daughter’s own fifteen year old daughter confronts the man who divorced her mother before she was born and who she believes is her biological father. Refreshments will be provided. This production occurs November 5-7 and November 12-14.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Festival | The Home Show, an All-Veteran Arts Showcase


An all-veteran arts showcase featuring readings, screenings, and performances by an all-star lineup of professional, military veteran artists in music, theater, film, dance, poetry, and prose. The evening will be hosted by James P. Connolly (Comedy Central, HBO, XM Radio, VH1) with an all-veteran house band led by Emmy Award-winning commercial producer Tom Mooney, who has headlined at legendary NYC venues, including CBGB, The Ritz, and The Bottom Line, and opened for Blondie as the lead singer for The NYC August Rock Band. The event will feature readings from LP/OP by TJ Brady (Army Wives, Narcos) and Dijla Wal Furat: Between the Tigris and the Euphrates by Maurice Decaul (Holdin’ It Down with MacArthur Fellow Vijay Iyer), performed by professional veteran actors alongside some of New York’s hottest young talents. Further acts include an excerpt from the Shakespeare-infused one-man show Cry Havoc! by Stephan Wolfert (member of the critically acclaimed theater company Bedlam and military sequence director for Movin’ Out on Broadway), readings from new novels by the New York Times published authors Elliot Ackerman (Green on Blue), Brandon Caro (Old Silk Road), and Roy Scranton (Learning to Die in the Anthropocene), a dance performance created by 2015 New York State Veterans Hall of Fame Inductee Roman Baca, and a screening of excerpts from the new comedy series Vetted written and directed by Paul D. Mooney.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Tactus Ensemble


Program: ANDRIESSEN Workers Union BROWN Windsor Jambs DRUCKMAN Come Round Jeffrey Milarsky, Conductor
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Master Class | Piano Master Class with André Laplante


André Laplante is with the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. Piano master classes take place every Thursday from September 10 to December 10.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:45 pm
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Concert | Student Flute Recital


Cherokee Bunn, flute
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Workshop | Get Photoshopped! Brush Basics


Learn to use Photoshop's powerful brush tools to enhance your digital painting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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Classical Music | Choral Work by Haydn and More at a Landmark Venue

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Play | A Play About a Famous Artist

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