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Free Events for Thursday, April 12, 2012

All events are free unless otherwise noted. Click on an event to see more details.

10:00am to 7:30pm	Conference Free; reservations required	Egypt in Transition New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Film free	Fritz Lang's Scarlet Street (1945): Pretending to Be Rich New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour New York City, NY; NYC
11:15am to 4:45pm	Tour Free; reservations required a week in advance	Federal Reserve Bank Tour New York City, NY; NYC
11:30am	Workshop free	Knitting and Crochet Group New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Talk free	A Social Neuroscience Perspective on Adolescent Risk-Taking New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Workshop free	Stay Well Exercise New York City, NY; NYC
12:20pm to 12:50pm	Concert free	Bach at Noon New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Park Walk free	The Art of the Park Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Other Free; registration required	Scrabble Mania New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Gallery Talk free	Infinity of Nations Guided Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Concert free	Violin and Electronics Works by Boulez and Others New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Book Discussion Free; registration required starting 3/29	Book Club: To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Workshop Free; pre-registration required	Quiltmaking Workshop New York City, NY; NYC
2:30pm	Workshop Free; pre-registration required	Stay Well Exercise New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Workshop free	Old Books, Rare Books: Learning About the Value of Your Books New York City, NY; NYC
3:15pm	Workshop free	Searching for Your Ancestors in the 1940 Federal Census New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Lecture free	Macroeconomics and Human Development New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Concert free	College Double Bass Recital New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Concert free	College Violin Recital New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Film free	Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar (2011): National Secrets and Bad Makeup New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Book Reading free	Alice Kaplan discusses her book Dreaming in French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Birdwatching free	Birding Tour of the Park New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Talk free	Beaded Moccasin-Making Demonstration New York City, NY; NYC
5:30pm	Discussion Free; RSVP requested	Diplomatic History: The Turkey-Armenia Protocols New York City, NY; NYC
5:30pm	Book Discussion free	Book Club: Agent Zigzag by Ben MacIntyre New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Lecture free	Defaced Statues: Iconoclasm and Erasure in Hegel's Aesthetics New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	College French Horn Recital New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	College Cello Recital New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	College Piano Recital New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Workshop free	Power Interviewing: How to Get the Job You Really Want New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Lecture free	150th Birthday Celebration of Loïe Fuller, Modern Dance Pioneer New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Workshop free	Adult Yoga New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Film free	Oscar-Nominated Italian Cinema: Mario Monicelli's The Organizer (1963) New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Lecture free	Spectacular Subversion or Unique Urbanism New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 7:30pm	Opening Reception free	SVAID Thesis Exhibition 2012 New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	2 Arts Shows: Chip Simone / Vivian Maier New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Lillian Bassman's Lingerie, a Show of Fashion Illustration New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Photographs: Denis Darzacq's Act: Meditations on the Disabled Body New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Book Reading Free; reservations required	Sarah Schulman reads from her book Gentrification of the Mind New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Slide Lecture free	Kevin Gutzman discusses his book James Madison and the Making of America New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Screening free	Disappearing Act IV European Film Festival New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Art Show: Shannon Ebner's Y|N New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Lecture free	Into the Cosmic Weather: Imagination as Value New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Jazz free	Listening Party: Jimmy Owens, Jazz Trumpeter New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Talk $5/$3 students	Photographer Jeanne Hilary talks about her work New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Theater $10 suggested donation	Matthew Paul Olmos' Death of the Slow Dying Scuba Diver, a New Play New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Reading free	Contributors read from Fence Magazine New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Discussion Free; RSVP required	A Look at Uncle Tom's Cabin with Pulitzer Prize Winner Jane Smiley New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Discussion Free; RSVP required	An Evening with the Kleiers of HGTV New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Poetry Reading free	Linda Gergerson reads her poetry New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Opening Reception $5 suggested donation; RSVP recommended	Goddess on Earth: Photographic Portraits Of Contemporary Women New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Reading free	Bill Clegg reads from his book Ninety Days New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Reading free	Eloisa James reads from her book Paris in Love New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Reading free	The Inner Circle: A Live Libretto Reading New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Jazz free	Cafe Jazz New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Concert free	Student Composers' Concert New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Concert free	Student Harpsichord Recital New York City, NY; NYC
7:45pm	Master Class free	Piano Master Class New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Workshop $10 suggested donation; registration required	Thursday Night Meditation New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert Free; limited tickets available at box office starting 3/29	Ensemble Works by Bach, Telemann and Others New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert free	College Voice Recital New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert Free; tickets available at Juilliard box office starting 3/29	New Juilliard Ensemble performs works by Julliard composers New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert free	College Piano Recital New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Jazz free	College Jazz Bass Recital New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Performance Free; reservations recommended	The Actors Studio Drama School presents scenes from: Topdog/Underdog / Brilliant Traces / Raised in Captivity New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm to 9:15pm	Performance Members $0 Regular $25	Highlight of the 2011 New York International Fringe Festival! New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm to 9:20pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $25	What happens when you open up your marriage... New York City, NY; NYC
8:30pm	Performance free	Performance: Duncan McCargo & Stephanie Winters' Titanic Tales: Stories of Courage and Cowardice New York City, NY; NYC
9:00pm	Performance No cover	Comedy Show: Comics Must Wash Hands New York City, NY; NYC
9:30pm	Performance $5	Comedy: The Scene New York City, NY; NYC
9:30pm	Performance $5	Comedy: Backlash New York City, NY; NYC
11:00pm	Jazz $5 cover, $5 menu, $5 cocktails, draft beer and wine	5/5/5 After Hours Set New York City, NY; NYC
11:00pm	Performance free	New Team Lunacy Comedy Show New York City, NY; NYC