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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 4, 2012?

76 free events take place on Thursday, October 4 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 October 4 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 October . 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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76 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, October 4, 2012

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Birdwatching | Birding Tour of the Park


Discover the varieties of birds that call the Park home during the migratory season with guided tours.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Master Class | Oboe Master Class: Eugene Izotov


Described as "one of the top players of his time" (Chicago Sun Times), Russian-born oboist Eugene Izotov combines a multi-faceted career of orchestral, solo, teaching, and chamber music engagements. Appointed by Daniel Barenboim in 2005, Eugene Izotov is the principal oboist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and over the past twenty years has enjoyed numerous affiliations and guest appearances with leading orchestras such as the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (New York), Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and Los Angeles Philharmonic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
Free

Other | Tatzu Nishi: Discovering Columbus: Visit the Famous Statue Up Close and 70 Feet in the Air


This major new artwork has been created by the Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi. The work places the 13-foot-tall statue of Columbus in the center of an American living room six stories above the city streets, recontextualizing the historical monument and temporarily transforming it into a contemporary artwork. The room will feature many of the trappings of a domestic living room—lamps, a couch, a coffee table, a television, and more—as well as custom wallpaper by the artist. Through large, loft-style windows, visitors will have dramatic views of Central Park and Midtown Manhattan that will be seen from Columbus’s perspective for the first time. Pass holders are asked to climb six flights of stairs to a height of 70 feet above street level and to descend by a second set of stairs. Flat, rubber-soled shoes are strongly recommended. This exhibition is ADA accessible. If a visitor requires the use of a mobility device (e.g. wheelchair, crutches, or a cane) or has a condition that prevents him or her from using the stairs, a hoist is available. Visitors under 13 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Those between the ages of 13 and 18 may visit without an adult, however a parent or guardian must obtain a pass for them. Given the physical demands of visiting the exhibition, it is not recommended for children under the age of 5. Strollers are not permitted.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Tour | City Island Stroll


Start at the Pelham Bay Park Station on the IRT #6 Line,(the last stop). From the station take the BX-29 bus to the last stop. We'll walk the length of City Island (1.5 mi) with some detours along certain side streets. Tier St, Horton St, Fordham St and King St to name a few. Great water views and a pleasant day in a New England-like village right in the Bronx. Bring lunch for al fresco dining or buy something along the way. Rain cancels. Flat terrain for about a 4-4.5-mile walk.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$3

Film | Stanley Donen's Oscar Nominee Funny Face (1957): The Girl in the Background


Stars Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire and Kay Thompson. Fashion photographer Dick Avery, in search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model, expropriates a Greenwich Village bookstore. When the photo session is over the store is left in a shambles, much to salesgirl Jo Stockton's dismay. Avery stays behind to help her clean up. Later, he examines the photos taken there and sees Jo in the background of one shot. 103 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Concert | Bach at Noon


This Organ Meditations Series features the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Jazz | Ayako Shirasaki, Virtuoso Jazz Pianist


Ayako Shirasaki is a virtuoso pianist who performs in and around the New York City area. Her techniques range from a "tender touch" (like the late Tommy Flanagan) to "brisk runs" (like Bud Powell) - which can be heard on her recent solo CD Falling Leaves - Live in Hamburg.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Park Walk | The Art of the Park Tour


Walk and learn about the intricate design of the Park's web of pastoral landscapes and formal romantic vistas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Control Dominion, Choreography by Teresa Fellion


In Control Dominion, dancers in this cyborg society struggle between individual will and governing control. They explore opposing forces of surrender and domination, revealing harrowing pitfalls of the proselytizing hive mind. Frenetic, alert movement and intricate phrases in distorted style are programmed rather than organic. Inward rotations, tensile contractions, and reverberations pierce and manipulate bodies and space. Dynamic progressions of activity become chock full of manic activity as dancers fling, throw, jerk, jump, stiffen, fall, roll, lift, and engage sometimes beyond their capacity to control. Complex rhythmic sequences create gradations of synchronicity vs. presumed anarchy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6

City Walk | Lower East Side Food Tour


Where can you find a historic Synagogue next to a storefront Buddhist Temple, trendy boutiques that sit comfortably beside decades-old "Mom and Pop" shops, or tenament apartments interspersed between luxury high rise condos? Look no further than the Lower East Side to discover America's great Melting Pot. Once an insular slum with the one of the world's highest population densities and lowest life expectancies, its streets tell the tales of immigrant struggles and rags to riches stories. Known for a time as Kleindeutschland (Little Germany), this neighboorhood was also the Jewish ward, home today to a mix of foreign-born Latinos and Asians as well as students and hipsters. The result is one of New York City's most dynamic and interesting neighborhoods and a food lover's paradise.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | North Sky Cello Ensemble


Program: Brooklyn: New York Songs for Cello A Song Cycle by local composers written for North Sky Cello Ensemble John Coltrane - Naima (arr Meg Okura) Colin Jacobsen - A Walking Fire David Cieri - The Trees are even higher in Childhood Rubin Kodheli - Song for a Nightingale Daniel Cords - Churn Tim Kiah - Shadows Jesse Mills - Walden Boris Skalsky - Music for Four Cellos Rubin Kodheli - Snappy Through its original compositions and arrangements, innovative programming, and remarkable collaborations, North Sky Cello Ensemble creates a landscape in which the cello can transcend its typical role as a "classical" instrument and claims its rightful place in the music of now. North Sky Cello Ensemble is Rubin Kodheli, Eleanor Norton, Jane Cords-O’Hara, and Robert Burkhart.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Other | Scrabble Mania


All levels of play welcome. Please bring with you...your Scrabble set (be sure it has all 100 tiles!), a Scrabble dictionary and, of course, a love of the game!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | The Quentin Angus Quintet, Award-Winning Ensemble


Angus has received much international and national recognition, including; three 'International Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards' in the categories of 'Jazz Soloist' (2012), and 'Jazz Composition' (2011/ 2012), an 'ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award' (2012), was one of 20 musicians from around the globe selected for the 2011 'Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Residency' , and was the inaugural winner of the 'Award for Excellence in Jazz' at the '2012 APRA Art Music Awards'.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Lecture | Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas: Celebrating Banned Book Week and the Freedom to Read Freely


Author Mike Edison, a self-described “free speech zealot” who has worked for some of the world’s most notorious magazines, will celebrate, with Gary Lucas, the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week with a spirited presentation - part lecture & part performance, guaranteed to be as informational & inspirational as it is entertaining.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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City Walk | 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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Gallery Talk | Reimagining the Waterfront Gallery Tour


Join CIVITAS Executive Director Hunter Armstrong for a tour of the exhibition of eight winning designs for revitalizing the East River Esplanade as it snakes its way from the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge at 60th Street to the RFK-Triborough Bridge at 125th Street. The tour will reexamine historic photographs of this often-underutilized waterfront site and highlight imaginative visions for its future that include canals and wetlands.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Performance | Prelude.12 Theater and Dance Festival


The highly anticipated PRELUDE.12 is the ninth annual PRELUDE festival dedicated to artists at the forefront of contemporary New York City theatre, dance, interdisciplinary and mediatized performance. In its largest lineup ever, PRELUDE.12 will present over 40 short performances, readings, and screenings —as well as panel discussions with artists, scholars and performers. PRELUDE.12 is a place to discover what voices are shaping the future of theatre and performance in NYC, to observe, engage, commune, and critique. 4-10PM VIDEO KILLED THE THEATER STAR. ANONYMOUS ENSEMBLE, LIEBE LOVE AMOUR!, HANNAH BOS / TIMELESS SEASONS, JEFF LARSON, DJ MENDEL, TINA SATTER / HALF STRADDLE 4-5PM LUCAS HNATH and SARAH BENSON, A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney 4-5PM DISCUSSION: Imitation of Participation 5:15-5:45PM WILLIAM BURKE, Furry 6-6:45 NELLIE TINDER, Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint 5:30-6PM HEIDI SCHRECK and KEN RUS SCHMOLL, What the Constitution Means to Me 6:30-7:30PM ANNIE DORSEN, Spoken Karaoke 7-8PM JACK FERVER, All of a Sudden 8-9PM ANDREW ONDREJCAK and SHARA WORDEN, Kings of Macedonia 9-10PM PLAYING WITH THE CAMERA 9:30-10PM CULTUREBOT, Everyone’s a Critic
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Volleyball Clinic with Metro Beach Sports


Sharpen your skills with knowledgeable instructors who will cover the fundamentals of beach volleyball in this series of free, public clinics. More advanced techniques including serving, setting, spiking, passing and ball control, and diving and rolling drills will also be reviewed. This class is best suited for adults.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Tour | Brooklyn Heights/Brooklyn Bridge Sunset 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Got Clutter? Join the Clutter Support Group


Do you feel overwhelmed by the possessions, papers and piles that have taken over your life and space? Don't know how or where to start to make changes? You're not alone. Join the Clutter Support Group, an educational support group for individuals who are struggling with clutter and disorganization. Open to people of all ages with any degree of disorganization.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Colors of Change


Opening reception for the exhibition and the annual Arts and Culture Award Ceremony – features the works of Danny Simmons, Leopold Fuentes and Ghariokwu Lemi. Invited honorees include Stephen and Ruth Hendel and Russell Simmons.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Forum | Harlem Is... Children’s Literature: A Community Dialogue


This event explores Harlem’s tradition of literature that enriches the way children see themselves and the world. A select group of educators, librarians, parents, students, writers, technology specialists, and others share their ideas for carrying on this important Harlem tradition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Talk | The History of Pizza


By far pizza has become America's favorite food over the past 50 years. Million of pizza pies are eaten daily, but how often do the people eating the food stop to consider the history. Explore the history of pizza, as well as pizza places in the city, and the logistics of making a great tasting slice.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Screening | **POSTPONED!** Documentary: C.S. Leigh's A Quiet American: Ralph Rucci & Paris (2012) **POSTPONED!**


A Quiet American: Ralph Rucci & Paris follows this great American designer for four years while he works on seven different collections, collaborating with some of the great haute couture artisans and technicians of Paris to create clothing that pushes the boundaries of what couture can be. 125 min. Writer and filmmaker C.S. Leigh will be on hand to introduce the film and to answer questions afterward.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 3 Art Shows: Eleonora Tammes / Kathy Stark / Francine LeClercq


Tammes presents works on paper. Stark shows mixed media paintings. LeClercq's show is "Narcissus."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Control Dominion, Choreography by Teresa Fellion


In Control Dominion, dancers in this cyborg society struggle between individual will and governing control. They explore opposing forces of surrender and domination, revealing harrowing pitfalls of the proselytizing hive mind. Frenetic, alert movement and intricate phrases in distorted style are programmed rather than organic. Inward rotations, tensile contractions, and reverberations pierce and manipulate bodies and space. Dynamic progressions of activity become chock full of manic activity as dancers fling, throw, jerk, jump, stiffen, fall, roll, lift, and engage sometimes beyond their capacity to control. Complex rhythmic sequences create gradations of synchronicity vs. presumed anarchy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | The Body and Beyond: Bianchi & Bianchi


Robert Bianchi and Lynn Bianchi are internationally renowned artists based in New York. They make highly original bodies of work that are photography based, but that push the boundaries of the medium and the representation of the body and the nude in art. They also share in common a passion for mythology and the connection between the physical form and the metaphysical. The Bianchis will have a joint show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Lecture | Alienation, Human Nature and Freedom


With Nancy Holmstrom. This paper will address the interconnections of alienation, human nature, and freedom. It rests on an understanding of alienation that is consistent with both Marx’s early and later writings, according to which alienation is an objective phenomenon, but with subjective aspects, and is rooted in capitalist social relations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Antonio Monda discusses his book America Doesn't Exist


The author in conversation with: Daniel Mendelsohn, writer and critic; David Leavitt, writer; Riccardo Cavallero, Mondadori General Manager of Trade Books Division. Two young Italians discover America during the early '50s and live two passionate love stories. It is the time in which New York becomes capital of the world and it seems that everything in art, literature, theater, music and film is happening there. But these are also the years of the McCarthy era. It is a novel about America, its myth and its shades, its dream and its reality.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: pitch


Join hosts Lorraine Cink, Oscar Montoya and Ryan Dunkin of 10 Pound Ally as they help first-time musical improvisers rock out with members of the musical house teams. STOMP into scenes, TICK TICK BOOM with a trio or GREASE into a dazzling group number! pitch is the perfect place to give musical improv a try or to sharpen your show-stopping skills. Sign-up starts at 5:30PM and warm-up for participants is at 5:50PM.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Documentary: Julian Schlossberg's Witnesses to the 20th Century


Julian Schlossberg, veteran film and Broadway theater producer had an idea. He would videotape all the influential figures who had shaped the Twentieth Century and weave these accounts into a decade by decade chronology as told by the history makers themselves. To a person, they were candid and brought unexpected insight into the events that shaped the world that we live in today. The award winning writer, Elaine May (Birdcage, Primary Colors) has written the commentary. Among the completed interviews are: Sec. Madeline Albright, Buzz Aldrin, Robert Altman, Sec. General Kofi Annan, Lauren Bacall, Joan Baez, F. Lee Bailey, Sec. James Baker, Ben Bradlee, Tom Brokaw, Helen Gurley Brown, Pat Buchanan, Art Buchwald, William F. Buckley, Jr., Pres. George H.W Bush.... and that is just the start of the alphabet. Followed by a talkback with the filmmaker.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Group Exhibition: Lights and Shad­ows


Lights and Shad­ows is a show­case for emerg­ing, mid-career and lead­ing artists around the world. It features three Japan­ese artists who each work in dif­fer­ent media to cre­ate monotone-colored pieces. Through pen draw­ing, instal­la­tion, and pho­tog­ra­phy, these artists present images that play with the shad­ows of their cre­ations. The dance between light and shadow that each of these artists explores raises ques­tions about and beyond the search for beauty in dark­ness; they probe notions of abun­dance and empti­ness, per­ma­nence and tem­po­rari­ness, and the weight of mate­r­ial cre­ation and its last­ing impression.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Thank You Andy Warhol


Including: Billy Name, Anthony Haden-Guest, Blake Boyd, Bob Colacello, Brigid Berlin, Christophe Von Hohenberg, Michael Halsband, David Gamble, Gretchen Berg, Jerry Schatzberg, Jonas Mekas, Marcia Resnick, Richard Prince, Roberta Bayley, Roxanne Lowit, Ryan McGinness, Vik Muniz, Taylor Mead & Trey Speegle.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Performance | Jerry Lewis: He Makes Me Laugh


A special tribute to the legendary film comedian written and produced by Ron MacCloskey. As a performer, writer, producer, and director, Jerry Lewis has been involved in films, radio, television, nightclubs, and Broadway. Jerry Lewis: He Makes Me Laugh tells this story through live actors and audio and video clips that include commentary from friends, co-stars, filmmakers, and critics. A biographical thread highlighting Lewis’ work will show how he started in the entertainment business with a "record act;” met and partnered with Dean Martin; and launched a career as a solo artist. It also shows him as a renowned humanitarian who has raised billions for The Muscular Dystrophy Association.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Kimberly Marten discusses her book Warlords: Strong-Arm Brokers and Weak States


Professor Kimberly Marten will make a short presentation of her new book to be followed by a question-and-answer session. Drawing on interviews, documents, local press reports, and in-depth historical analysis, Marten examines warlordism in the Pakistani tribal areas during the twentieth century, in post-Soviet Georgia and the Russian republic of Chechnya, and among Sunni militias in the U.S.-supported Anbar Awakening and Sons of Iraq programs. In each case state leaders (some domestic and others foreign) created, tolerated, actively supported, undermined, or overthrew warlords and their militias. Marten draws lessons from these experiences to generate new arguments about the relationship between states, sovereignty, "local power brokers," and stability and security in the modern world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Signing | Laura Owens signs copies of her book Clocks and Clock Paintings


Join Laura Owens for a special ONE NIGHT ONLY exhibit, book release and signing. There will be champagne & snacks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Lisa Zwerling's The Magic Flute, Paintings Inspired by Mozart's Opera


Throughout history, artists have been inspired by music. Now, Lisa Zwerling has created a series of 38 paintings inspired by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's operatic fantasy The Magic Flute. For Zwerling, who usually paints in series, the show is her most extensive and concentrated.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Talk | Optimizing Your Budget and Cashflow


Learn how to analyze what you earn and spend to create and live within a budget.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Painting: Anoka Faruqee's The Sum Is Greater Than Its Parts


Anoka Faruqee's mastery of color, experimentation in pattern, and relentless study of the optic converge in an exhibition of extraordinary paintings rich with dichotomy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Peter M. Wheelwright reads from his novel As It Is On Earth


Peter Matthiessen Wheelwright's first novel is the story of two brothers, haunted by their colorful past while thoroughly engaged in the painful now, as they ramble the earth from New England to Mexico.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Photographs by Brett Weston


The artist's first New York exhibition in 14 years.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Sharon Silverman discusses her book Crochet Scarves: Fabulous Fashions, Various Techniques


Join an evening of fun and style with crochet designer and author Sharon Silverman, who returns to share projects from her latest book. She’ll bring samples of luscious scarves in every shape, color, style, texture, and technique for you to model and be inspired by. This a special designer talk and Q&A.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | The Myths and Magic of Acting in New York


Veteran actors Joseph Kolinski and Julia Motyka will answer questions from audience and discuss getting started in the business as an actor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Aida: One Woman, Two Nations, and Verdi’s Egyptomania


Opera expert Fred Plotkin discusses the hidden meanings of the opera about a princess who struggles with whether a sense of duty to her nation should prevail over private desires. He will reveal Verdi’s Egyptian influences and the opera’s reception in Cairo. Plotkin will also sign copies of his book Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | Beautiful Suffering: Friedrich Schiller and Contemporary German Photography


With Prof. Frauke Berndt. In a series of letters "On the Aesthetic Education of Man" (1795) Friedrich Schiller secured the aesthetic mediation of the ethical ideal anthropologically and framed it within a history-philosophical perspective. Yet, humans not only devote themselves to this ideal, but rather literally engrave these role models which aesthetically convey this ideal in their bodies –at least, that’s how Jens Neumann and Edgar Rodtmann see it. Neumann and Rodtmann have operated a studio for portrait and photojournalism in Berlin-Kreuzberg since 1995. In their photo series "Bodies" created in 2007, they photographed people who had made their bodies the medium of their ideal and glorified themselves as ‘completed individuals’ in the traces of suffering.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Talk | Deborah Feldman discusses her book Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots


The author will speak about her life, travails, and her final escape from Williamsburg's insular Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism -- what she calls "a foreign world right here inside New York City."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Michael Lee reads from his book The Chinese Way to Wealth and Prosperity: 8 Timeless Strategies for Achieving Financial Success


Michael Lee currently teaches at George Mason University and the University of Maryland.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Tennis in Nablus by Ismail Khalidi


This "tragipoliticomedy" was nominated for a Suzi Bass Award for Best New Play and awarded the Quest for Peace Award from the Kennedy Center.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Poetry Reading | Poet Nicole Terez Dutton reads from her book If One of Us Should Fall


With Nicole Terez Dutton, winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, for If One of Us Should Fall, and award judge Patricia Smith, author most recently of Blood Dazzler.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | The Potential and Promise of Feminist Voices in Islam


In the last two decades of the twentieth century, a growing confrontation between political Islam and feminism rendered the links between theology, law, and politics transparent. The Islamist agenda of policing women’s presence in public space has led to the emergence of feminist forms of activism that have challenged patriarchal interpretations of the Shari’a from within the Muslim tradition. Ziba Mir-Hosseini explores Islamic feminism’s potential for changing the terms of debates over Islam and gender, arguing that the real battle is between patriarchy and despotism on the one hand, and gender equality and democracy on the other. A legal anthropologist specializing in Islamic law, gender, and development, Mir-Hosseini is professorial research associate at the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Law, University of London.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | To Have And To Owe, a Research Platform and Event Series


The New York City opening of To Have And To Owe, a research platform and event series for thinking about debt. Focused on the social relations that debt engenders, To Have And To Owe has invited a range of artists, theorists, designers and more to offer lectures, workshops, performances, discussions, and visualizations to explore the subject of debt, and open up a space in which its aesthetic and social dimensions may be considered as part of its economic register. Tonight: To Have and To Owe co-organizer Leigh Claire La Berge and theorist Annie McClanahan will share their respective work on cultural representations of debt--from how the language and metaphors of finance impact how we understand the social world around us to how photographic depictions of foreclosure show economics and aesthetics working in tandem and in tension.
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Screening | 9th Annual CortoCircuito Latino Short Film Festival


The 9th annual CortoCircuito Short Film Festival will present more than 60 films. A not-to-miss opportunity to watch samples of today’s best Latino short filmmaking including award winners from Cannes, Guadalajara, Locarno and San Sebastian film festivals; shorts that are rarely screened in U.S.; premieres from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Salvador, Peru, Puerto Rico and Uruguay; as well as a rich selection of short films by Latinos living in the US. Filmmakers will be on hand to introduce their films and participate in panel discussions.
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Theater | Clean by Edwin Sanchez, a Student Production


Growing up in the Bronx, young Gustavito desperately seeks love and affection to ease his pain: his father, Kiko, beats him; his half-brother, Junior, bullies him; and his mother, Esperanza, has abandoned the family. Looking for something to believe in, Gustavito turns to the church to find peace where he meets the Father, a young priest struggling with his own relationship with God. When the Father befriends the boy, the solace takes an unusual turn and what develops are relationships no one can quite define – and some cannot endure. Will the sins of fathers be washed clean in this impossible love story?
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Opening Reception | Richard Dupont: Recent Work


Richard Dupont is an American artist based in New York City; his work includes drawings, installations, sculptures, animations and prints concerning the human body, memory and perception. He received a BA from the Departments of Visual Art and Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. His works are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The New York Public Library Print Collection among others.
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Book Discussion | Book Club: Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner


A lively discussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Comedy: Hot Diner and THEM


Come and see Broadway magic happen right before your very eyes! Based only on a suggestion from the audience, our PIT musical house teams will create a memorable improvised musical that will titillate the senses! Never again spend hours in rush lottery lines for religious based/ superhero centered shows on and near 42nd street. Every week at the PIT, each team presents a brand new musical that’ll make you bust out laughing, tear up crying and/or cheer like soccer hooligan.
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Author Reading | Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany Book Launch and Variety Show


Come celebrate the release of the new collection by the author of True Grit, The Dog of the South and other novels, with humor by Roy Blount Jr. and Calvin Trillin, music by Rhett Miller, a performance of Portis’s only play, and more!
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Author Reading | Ian Reifowitz reads from his book Obama's America: A Transformative Vision of Our National Identity


Associate professor of history at Empire State College, Ian Reifowitz, discusses how the election of President Obama has redefined our national identity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel-Winning Economist, on the Price of Inequality


The impact of inequality on societies is now increasingly well understood - higher crime, health problems and mental illness, lower educational achievements, social cohesion and life expectancy. But what are the causes of inequality, why is it growing so rapidly, and how is it affecting the economy? These are the questions Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, professor at Columbia University, will discuss in a presentation of his latest book, The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future. In this talk, Stiglitz will discuss how, left to their own devices, markets are neither efficient nor stable, and will tend to accumulate money in the hands of the few. The presentation will be followed by a discussion between Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Cohen, director of the Graduate Program in International Affairs and Teresa Ghilarducci, Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Analysis and director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. Moderated by New School president David Van Zandt.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Nonfiction Dialogues Series: Brenda Wineapple


Brenda Wineapple's books include the recently published White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson (2008), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award, and a New York Times Notable Book. Nonfiction Dialogues, now in its seventh season, features in-depth conversations with distinguished nonfiction writers about their work and careers, with Professor Lis Harris.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Signing | Ralph Nader signs copies of his book The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas for Our American Future


Civic activist, consumer advocate and former Presidential candidate Ralph Nader discusses his common sense ideas to restore America. Event space opens at 6:00 pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | Theater: Oleanna by David Mamet


Theatrical production with Eiko Kawashima, Austin Pendleton. Directed by Terry Gibson.
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Author Reading | Tori Hogan reads from her book Beyond Good Intentions: A Journey Into the Realities of International Aid


Filmmaker and activist Tori Hogan talks about her new book that takes a hard, balanced look at the problems associated with international aid efforts in Africa.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Colloquium | Urban Colloquium: Vera Tangari


The Colloquium focuses on the creative, radical, and subversive ways in which cities are truly shaped, by whom, and for what purposes. Vera Tangari is a community activist and professor at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
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Discussion | Writers in Conversation: Deborah Eisenberg


Recent MacArthur Fellow Deborah Eisenberg’s "Collected Stories" (Picador, 2010) won the PEN/Faulkner Award. In conversation with Darin Strauss.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Tactus Ensemble


Program: LANG Stick Figure BERIO Sequenza 1 for Solo Flute LAM Another Spring ANDRIESSEN Zilver and Workers Union Jeffrey Milarsky, Director
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Concert | Ne(x)tworks performs John Cage's Variations IV


To celebrate iconoclastic American composer John Cage's centenary, local creative music ensemble Ne(x)tworks (with special guest R. Luke DuBois on video) presents the evening-length work Variations IV (1963), a seminal exploration of simultaneity and site-specificity, and Cage's composerly representation of the Hindu/Buddhist concept samsara or "the world of everyday life." Ne(x)tworks: Joan La Barbara – voice Shelley Burgon - harp & laptop Yves Dharamraj – cello Miguel Frasconi - glass & laptop Stephen Gosling – piano Ariana Kim – violin Christopher McIntyre - trombone, radios Special Guest R. Luke DuBois - video projection David Shively - percussion
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Theater | The Fifth Dentist


What do you do when your father owns a strip club, and your mother works there? BECOME A DENTIST! Mike King's One-Man-Show "The Fifth Dentist" is a hilarious true story by America's funniest dentist, cutting-edge comedy from one of New York's brightest comics...has been seen on Comedy Central and has opened for Ray Romano! See this work-in-progress before it's off-Broadway production. "Exceptional story!" - Eric Hansen, Producer of the Montel Williams and Whoopi Goldberg show.
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Theater | Five Flights by Adam Bock, a Student Production


Siblings Ed and Adele inherit an enormous aviary that their late father built for his deceased wife, whose soul he believed, had transformed into the body of a wren – and now the grown children are faced with the dilemma of what to do with the crumbling structure. Folded into this debate are issues of religious conviction, fear of commitment, the way Russian ballet resembles a hockey game, and the courtship of Ed by Tom, a gay professional hockey player.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Comedy: The Scene


The Scene is a weekly showcase of improvised one act plays. Each week the show features New York’s top improvisers from The PIT, Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Baby Wants Candy, Second City and more. The Scene is produced and hosted by Dan Hodapp and Micah Sherman.
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Performance | Comedy: New Team Lunacy


Bring your team and perform under the bright lights in front of the most packed, most rowdy and most supportive audience you’ll ever have! NTL is open to everyone — first-timers, veterans, students or classes of any school! If you don’t have a team, drop by and we’ll put you on a brand new team that night for your debut performance! Stick around until the end when everyone gets up and performs in a group jam. They’d love to have you be a part of it! Hosted by Allison Dembek.
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Jazz | Late Night Session, Hosted by Michael Mwenso


Hosted by vocalist Michael Mwenso, who successfully ran the internationally acclaimed program at London's Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club, Late Night Session offers a jazz home and community for some of today's most talented, young musicians to showcase and hone their craft. The fun begins every Thursday night until the wee hours. Stop by and hang.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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