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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 24, 2013?

64 free events take place on Thursday, October 24 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 24 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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64 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, October 24, 2013

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free events nyc Chamber Works by Mozart and Schumann
free events nyc The cast of Broadway's Matilda performs
free events nyc The Campbell Brothers: African-American Gospel with Steel Guitar
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Birdwatching | Fall Birding Tour


Discover the birds that call the Park home, as well as those that may stop by during migration. A surprising diversity of avian visitors drop in, even in the heart of midtown. Sightings could include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, even an American Woodcock.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | 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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Other | Attend a Taping of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, with Cedric “The Entertainer”


Attend a live taping of Who Wants to be a Millionaire with new host Cedric "The Entertainer." You are guaranteed to laugh yourself silly. Studio audience members will also have the opportunity to audition to be on the show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Film | H.C. Potter's Mr. Lucky (1943): Gambler's Biggest Bet


Starring: Cary Grant, Lorraine Day. Charles Bickford. Spirited comedy of a professional gambler trying to raise a new bankroll by fleecing a wealthy young woman. 100 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Park Pétanque


Learn to play pétanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie from members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC’s championship-winning club.
   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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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
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Master Class | Vocal Master Class: Yelena Kurdina


Featuring Yelena Kurdina, voice, this special event provides music lovers with a rare opportunity to witness the interaction between gifted students and great artists as they examine and explore the arts of performance on the highest level.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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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
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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
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Concert | Chamber Works by Mozart and Schumann


Program: Mozart’s Piano Trio in E Major, K 542 Schumann's Quintet for Piano and Strings in E-flat Major The Prometheus Ensemble brings together some of New York's most exciting chamber musicians. Prometheus is a mixed ensemble of piano and strings that embodies a unique approach to programming and performing. Comprised of violinists Eric Lewis and Roy Lewis, violist Ronald Gorevic, cellist Stephen Stalker, and pianist Norman Carey, the Prometheus Ensemble enlightens with the fire of its artistry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Retro Gaming for Adults


Share your passion for Checkers, Chess, Monopoly, Scrabble, Boggle, or your favorite board game. There will be a demonstration of Boggle. Please feel free to bring your own game set, and join us for some lively board time. All levels of play welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Lecture | Francisco Vicente Aguilera: The Diary and Death of a Cuban General in New York


The first war for Cuba’s independence broke out in October 1868, creating a flow of refugees that came primarily to New York. By 1870, Cuban New York had become the largest community of Latin Americans east of the Mississippi. As the war raged on and resources dwindled, the financial backing from the expatriate community for the Cuban rebels became even more critical. Yet, New York’s Cubans were sharply divided and incapable of uniting to effectively support the insurgents. In August of 1871, in a last-ditch effort to organize the émigrés, General Francisco Vicente Aguilera, the highly respected patrician and Vice President of the Cuban Republic in Arms, arrived in New York, where he struggled valiantly and unsuccessfully for nearly six years to bring the fractious exile community together before dying of throat cancer in his Manhattan home. The recent publication in Cuba of his New York diary throws a new light on the dynamics of Cuban New York and the forces that led to the failure of the 1868 conflict. Lecturer Lisandro Pérez is Professor and Chair of the Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Concert | Music for Jean Louise Duport


Duport was fortunate enough to have a piece of music dedicated to him by Viotti and a song written for him by Beethoven. John Moran and Dongsok Shin perform these pieces on cello and period fortepiano.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Film | Andrew Davis' Holes (2003): Digging Deep


Starring Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight. A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason. 117 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Erle C. Kenton's Island of Lost Souls (1932): Making Monsters


With Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen. An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations. 70 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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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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2:00 pm
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy & Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Subway Art Tour


Many people think of the New York City subway as one of the largest, most efficient, if not the cleanest mass transit systems in the world. Few, however, think of it as the largest and longest art gallery on the planet. Well, they don't know what they are missing. This lively walking AND subway riding tour visits over a dozen subway stations to experience a selection of these striking often whimsical works that go largely unnoticed by the general public. Join this climate controlled subway and walking art tour. Along the way you'll learn about and become expert at navigating the (in)famous NYC subway system. There's also the invaluable opportunity to confer about your other sightseeing plans with the acclaimed Bronx born, vastly experienced licensed NYC tour guide, Darryl Reilly.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Other | Attend a Taping of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, with Cedric “The Entertainer”


Attend a live taping of Who Wants to be a Millionaire with new host Cedric "The Entertainer." You are guaranteed to laugh yourself silly. Studio audience members will also have the opportunity to audition to be on the show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Digital Photo Editing


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn how to download photos from your digital camera to a computer and edit them with Google Picasa.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Concert | The cast of Broadway's Matilda performs


The cast from the current Broadway hit musical Matilda perform and sign copies of the official Broadway cast recording.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Forum | Harnessing the Spatial Data Explosion


We live in a world where vast troves of new information are being captured every day: smartphones double as data collection devices; social media applications aggregate geographically encoded mood swings; collectively tagged photos lead to new spatial data; global volunteers charting unmapped cities in the face of disasters or create new historical climate models from old ship logs; and cheap hardware is hacked to monitor trees, air quality or collect new aerial photography sets. This information is increasingly being put to the test in disaster relief, scientific analysis, historical research, government and private sector planning and operations support as well as environmental and social advocacy. But can we conceive a situation where all of this data is vetted and validated for accuracy, flows freely and transparently among volunteers, expert users, government agency staff, and private sector servers? What would that take? Is it even possible or desirable? This conversation features speakers representing four different corners of the crowdsourcing geo data world including crisis responders, social media data crunchers, hardware hackers and sensor data collectors and citizen science enablers. They will talk about some of their experiences with collecting data, extolling lessons learned, warnings, upshots, pitfalls in their processes and how their data can be better operationalized by more and more users in both known and unanticipated ways. Program Speakers: *Colin Reilly, Director of GIS/Mapping for NYC's Department of Information and Telecommunications Technology, will talk about NYC's new relationship with Openstreetmap. *Joe Saavedra, of Parsons School of Design, will talk about citizen science hardware hacks and environmental sensor data collection. *Aaron Straup Cope, web designer and internet typist at Cooper Hewitt Museum (formerly of Flickr & Stamen Design) will talk about generating geodata (alphashapes) from Flickr tags. *Georgia Bullen, Field Technologist at the Open Technology Institute (OTI) of the New America Foundation, will talk about civic hacking and citizen science in Red Hook.
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4:00 pm
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Film | Justin Zackman's The Big Wedding (2013): Raunchy Comedy


With Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton. A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding. 89 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Bach Suites in the Dark, a unique approach to Bach’s Cello Suites


Cellist Augustin Maurs's Bach Suites in the Dark offers a unique approach to Bach’s Cello Suites. After of years of investigation, the Suites are removed from the concert hall and placed in an unilluminated space, in which the cellist repeatedly plays them over a period of ten days. Through the extended time frame and the elimination of any visual input, the listener and the playing musician are unified within the same visual and musical space. Originally conceived as studies, Bach’s Cello Suites are a series of dances written around 1720. Although unaccompanied, they are expansive polyphonic musical masterpieces, considered both the beginning and culmination of the cello repertoire. Uncertainty about the original creative intentions of the Suites invites perpetual debate and allows imaginative free reign for redefining the environment in which they are played. Bach Suites in the Dark removes the Suites from the concert hall explores their malleability and the notion of practice in which they are rooted.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
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Conference | The Lateran Pacts: The Rights of the Jews and Other Religious Minorities


In light of the upcoming 85th anniversary of the Lateran Pacts and current debates on the position of the Catholic Church on the Jews during World War II, Centro Primo Levi has invited an interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore and discuss the legal, social, political and economic aspects of the relations between Church and State in the fascist era. The conference will offer an overview of the Lateran Pacts, background on the negotiations between Mussolini and Pius XI and an analysis of the ways in which the Pacts affected Italian society and the rights of minorities with particular focus on the subsequent re-organization of the Jewish communities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Talk | Artist Talk: Keith Edmier


Edmier's sculptures are in the collections of many museums of modern art, including the Tate Modern.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Master Class | Piano Master Class: Richard Cionco


Richard Cionco is Professor of Piano at Sacramento State University and Steinway Artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Timber in the City, a Group Exhibition


An exhibition of the winning proposals of the Timber in the City: Urban Habitats Competition, which challenged participants to design a midrise, mixed use complex with affordable housing units, a job training/educational facility, a center for innovative manufacturing of wood technology and a distribution center in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Vietnam: The Real War: A Photographic History from the Associated Press


Included will be over one hundred photographs in black and white and color, as well as posters, periodicals, and other documents from the era. The exhibition includes work by over 25 photographers. This will also be a book signing with Pete Hamill and Nick Ut.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Adult Yoga


Open-level yoga with a certified instructor. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring your yoga mat (or use one of theirs). All participants must sign a waiver form before they join in. For adults 18+.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Signing | Becky Conekin signs copies of her book Lee Miller in Fashion


Includes a cocktail reception.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Forum | Food & Climate Change: Growing a Cultural Movement


Food has powerful cultural meaning, and has increasingly become part of the growing ideological and political discussions around the planet’s changing climate. Food can help communities develop, sustain, and increase their viability while helping mitigate negative impacts of climate change. This cross-disciplinary brainstorming and dialogue will examine how sustainable, locally designed and developed solutions can help communities respond to the challenges of climate change. The discussion will focus on design and cultural interventions that reconnect people to food production while transforming the environment. This forum aims to spur discussion and action among farmers, urban community leaders and innovators, designers, artists, policymakers, scholars and others who are engaged in developing effective and imaginative responses to climate change. A conversation with: -Linda Goode Bryant, founding director, Project EATS -Nevin Cohen, assistant professor, Environmental Studies and Sustainability Management Program -Molly O'Neill, food writer; former New York Times food columnist -Fabio Parasecoli, coordinator, Food Studies Program; author of Bite Me: Food in Popular Culture -Radhika Subramaniam, director + chief curator, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center -Joel Towers, executive dean -Moderated by John Rudolph, executive producer, Feet in 2 Worlds
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Talk | Light and Line: Depicting Performing


Barbara Cohen-Stratyner and David Leopold, curators of the current exhibitions Pioneering Poet of Light and The Line King's Library, respectively, discuss the illustrators and photographers who covered Broadway and popular entertainment in the 20th century and how they used black and white to create our memories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Open Studios 2013


Meet the artists. Witness the process. See where art is created. Open Studios is an annual event that invites the public to come explore and interact with our vibrant and diverse community of 75 contemporary artists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Paintings: Benjamin Degen's Shadow, Ripple and Reflection


On the surface, Benjamin Degen is a classic genre painter whose surfaces belie the heart of an Abstract Expressionist. His work is built from discrete strokes that resolve into recognizable forms. The layering process Degen employs creates a version of abstraction grounded in both everyday and formal concerns. Benjamin Degen was born in 1976 in Brooklyn, New York. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Cooper Union in 1998. Degen has appeared in museum and gallery exhibitions in Belgium, Italy, Malaysia and Switzerland. Select exhibitions include Painting as a Radical Form, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy and Greater New York, PS1 MOMA, Long Island City, NY.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Signing | Photographer Tod Seelie signs copies of his book Bright Nights


Tod Seelie has photographed in over twenty-five countries on five different continents. Originally from Cleveland, he relocated to Brooklyn in 1997. He was a founding member of The Miss Rockaway Armada, and continued on to travel with both manifestations of the Swimming Cities. His images also appear in the feature films Perfect Sense (2011) and Empire Me (2011).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Photography: Diggs & Hillel's 125th: Time in Harlem


125th: Time in Harlem was conceived not as a political statement but as vehicle to invite discussion and investigate the role of Community in America today. Diggs and Hillel have trained their camera on Harlem's “paradox of place” during a time of profound transition; Harlem is confronting challenges of urban flux, gentrification, the loss of cultural memory and the preservation of community.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Photography: Emi Anrakuji's O Mapa


Known for her voyeuristic recording of dream-states in everyday life, Emi Anrakuji ultimately creates a compelling parallel world that is both intimate and remote. In Anrakuji's new series, 25 photographs, mostly black and white, feature a vulnerable and sensual female persona as the artist's alter ego, who appears in an array of mysterious urban and rural settings.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Reading | Poetry Circle


Poetry aficionados! Please join the first meeting of the 67th St. Poetry Circle. Bring your favorite published poem (No more than two pages) to share and discuss. This is NOT a poetry writing workshop, this is simply a gathering of poetry enthusiasts who wish to share their favorite poems and thoughts on poetry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Workspace Program Exhibition


Part 1: Firelei Báez & Fabienne Lasserre. New work in handmade paper by emerging artists in residence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Adventures in Italian Opera: A Conversation with James Conlon


The second Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season will feature James Conlon. The New York-born maestro has been the music director of the opera companies of Cologne, Paris and Los Angeles. He is one of the world's most versatile and admired conductors. Italian opera is a central part of his repertory and he is a wonderful communicator about the art form. In ENGLISH.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Forum | Arts Criticism Forum: Daniel Mendelsohn


Daniel Mendelsohn is a critic and translator whose essays, reviews, and articles have appeared in many publications both in the US and abroad, most frequently in The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. He has been the weekly book critic for New York magazine and a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review, and is presently a contributing editor at Travel + Leisure.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Robin Nagle discusses her book Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City


This illustrated lecture introduces the audience to the men and women of New York City’s Department of Sanitation and makes clear why this small army of uniformed workers is the most important labor force on the streets. The author chronicles New York City’s four-hundred-year struggle with trash, and traces the city’s waste-management efforts from a time when filth overwhelmed the streets to the far more rigorous practices of today, when the Big Apple is as clean as it’s ever been.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | African Women Pioneers the World of Contemporary Dance: Performance and Conversation


Montreal-based Congolese artist Zab Maboungou and New York-based Zimbabwean choreographer/performer Nora Chipaumire present an evening of performance and conversation on African women who have made pioneering contributions to the world of contemporary dance. The evening culminates a weeklong residency during which the women will develop a work to be performed by Chipaumire, followed by a conversation with the artists about Maboungou’s body of work and influence on the world of performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Charles Farkas discusses his book Vanished by the Danube: Peace, War, Revolution, and Flight to the West


Germany's invasion of Hungary in 1944 marked the end of a culture that had dominated Central Europe from the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. In this poignant memoir, Charles Farkas offers a testament to this vanished way of life--its society, morality, personal integrity, wealth, traditions, and chivalry--as well as an eyewitness account of its destruction, begun at the hands of the Nazis and then completed under the heel of Soviet Communism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Climate Change: A Dialogue


With artists Lucy Hodgson, Wopo Holup, and Isabella Jacobs.
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Theater | Eric Dufault's Year of the Rooster, a Dark Comedy about Cockfighting


A wildly dark comedy about the legends of cockfighting. Everyone mocks Gil Pepper: his clinging mother, his nubile young boss at McDonald's, and most of all, his great nemesis, rival cocker and local tycoon Dickie Thimble. But now with his new rooster, Odysseus Rex, a fearsome killing machine, Gil is experiencing things he's never felt in his life: hope, victory, revenge.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | NY’s top writers, comedians, and storytellers to share true, bizarre tales about their lives.


Award-winning storyteller Leslie Goshko (Huffington Post, SiriusXM Radio, WNYC) invites some of NY’s top writers, comedians, and storytellers to share true, bizarre tales about their lives. There’s live accordion music, a challenging trivia game, and a free wine giveaway where one lucky audience member will walk away with their very own bottle of Sideshow Sauce.,/br> Tonight's lineup includes: Kerri Doherty (host/creator "Geeking Out") Andy Ross (Onion News Network, Comedy Central, MAD Magazine) Amber Drea (Honey & Poison, Spin.com) Music by Dr. Leona Godin (NYC Frigid Festival)
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Book Signing | Rachael Ray signs copies of her book Week in a Day


Relax with a tasty meal after a busy day. Enjoy your evenings around the dinner table with your friends and family. Sound too good to be true? Not if you plan your Week in a Day.
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Book Signing | TV actor Gavin MacLeod signs copies of his book This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life


Murray Slaughter, Capt. Merrill Stubing and Happy Haines appear in the form of actor Gavin MacLeod, reminiscing on his 60 years in television and film in his memoir.
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Film | Congolese Documentary: Mweze Ngangura's Pieces of Identity (1998)


A Congolese king arrives Brussels in search of his long-lost daughter. What masquerades as a simple fable raises some of the most troubling issues of identity facing people of African descent in the ever-widening Diaspora of the late 20th century. 93 min. In French w/ English subtitles. Followed by post-screening discussion with director Mweze Ngangura.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested admission

Concert | Lives of the Piano: Wagner and Verdi


VERDI AND WAGNER AT 200: A CELEBRATION. Featuring students, faculty and friends. Each work will be prefaced with commentary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | Romantic Drama: The Old Settler by John Henry Redwood


A romantic drama about two middle-aged sisters in 1943 Harlem whose world is uprooted by the arrival of a handsome young boarder from the south. Directed by AUDELCO Award-winning Ajene D. Washington.
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Concert | The Campbell Brothers: African-American Gospel with Steel Guitar


The Campbell Brothers, leading exponents of the sacred steel tradition that has sprung from the sanctuary to the concert stage, present a program of African American gospel with a twist: the growling, wailing, singing, and swinging voice of the steel guitar transformed into a devotional instrument. Pedal steel guitarist Chuck Campbell, a National Heritage Fellow, is joined by brothers Darick on lap steel and Phil on electric guitar in an evening that will move sinners and saints alike to jump for joy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Concert | College Bassoon Recital


Midori Samson, Bassoon
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Violin Recital with Miranda Cuckson


A stellar musical event. A concert showcasing the artistry of internationally acclaimed performers and distinguished faculty members at a leading New York conservatory.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tour | Manhattan Night Tour


New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | The Weilerstein Duo performs works by Elgar and Bartók


Program: Béla Bartók’s Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano, Sz. 76 Edward Elgar’s Sonata in E Minor, Op. 82 George Enescu’s Impressions d’enfance With: Don Weilerstein, violin; and Vivian Weilerstein, piano.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
Free
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Classical Music | Choral Work by Haydn and More at a Landmark Venue

Regular Price: $59
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Play | A Play About a Famous Artist

Regular Price: $35
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