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Free Events for Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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

10:00am	Talk free	Learn About the Peoples of the Plains New York City, NY; NYC
10:00am	Workshop free	Numbers for Mac Workshop New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Workshop free	Pages for Mac Workshop 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
12:00pm	Discussion free	How Technology and Mis-incentives Can Sour the Mother's Milk of Politics New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Park Walk free	Garden Tour New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Discussion free	The Future of Film New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Workshop free	Keynote for Mac Workshop New York City, NY; NYC
12:20pm to 12:50pm	Concert free	Bach at Noon New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm to 2:00pm	Tour $10 suggested donation	Grand Central Terminal Tour New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Park Walk free	“Views from the Past” Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Concert free	Juilliard Brass Players New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Jazz free	Crossover Jazz New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Jazz $10 suggested donation	Midtown Jazz New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Gallery Talk free	Infinity of Nations Guided Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Screening free	Native American Films New York City, NY; NYC
1:15pm	Concert free	Music of Restoration England by Purcell and Others New York City, NY; NYC
1:15pm	Lecture free	Memorializing the Dead in Romeo and Juliet, Othello and The Winter’s Tale New York City, NY; NYC
1:30pm	Concert free	Calgary Youth Chorus New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm to 3:00pm	Jazz free	Bill Wurtzel, Jazz Guitarist New York City, NY; NYC
2:30pm	Discussion free	Illicit Networks: Portrayal Through Film New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Workshop Free; pre-registration required	Stay Well Exercise New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Screening free	Focus Forward: Short Films/Big Ideas New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm to 5:00pm	Workshop Free; registration required	Intro to Adobe InDesign New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Master Class free	Cello Master Class with Gary Hoffman New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Concert free	The 21st Century Pianist Showcase New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Concert free	College Piano Recital New York City, NY; NYC
5:15pm	Workshop Free; registration required starting 4/18 at 1pm	Featured Library Database: Mango Language Lab New York City, NY; NYC
5:45pm	Poetry Reading free	Mara Levine reads from her book Water the Roots New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Opera free	Opera Preview New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	College Trumpet Recital New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	College Collaborative Piano Recital New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Screening free	Mumbai Stories: Music, Migration and Mobile Phones New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Discussion free	Being Diana Vreeland New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Workshop free	Speak with Poise, Passion, and Persuasive Power New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Discussion free	Poets Don Share and Scott Zieher in Conversation New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Book Discussion free	Book Club: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Workshop Free; registration required	Intro to Adobe InDesign New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Discussion free	Director Andrew Semans discusses his film Nancy, Please New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Talk free	What’s New in Filmmaking: Lighting Your Film with Daniel Choy Boyar New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Sydney Drum Digital Painting New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Paintings & Process, Works by Roz Jacobs New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 11:30pm	Performance free	Free Wednesday Comedy Shows New York City, NY; NYC
6:15pm	Lecture free	Artist Lecture: Janine Antoni New York City, NY; NYC
6:15pm	Lecture free	Cradle to Cradle: Beyond Sustainability New York City, NY; NYC
6:15pm	Lecture free	The Hue and the Cry New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Forum $5	Fiction Forum: Victor LaValle New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Slide Lecture free	Peter C. Engelman discusses his book A History of the Birth Control Movement in America New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Talk free	James McGrath Morris discusses his book Pulitzer New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Talk Free; reservations required	Portrait of the Artist: Lorraine O’Grady New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Discussion free	Brain and the Bedroom: The Effects of Pornography New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm to 10:00pm	Festival Free; registration required	Israel Independence Day Celebration New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Reading free	Contributors read from Best Sex Writing 2011 New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Film free	Polish Cinema: Krzysztof Kieslowski's A Short Film About Killing (1988) New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Reading free	2 Authors: Daniel Allen Cox / David Pratt New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Reading free	3 Writers: Kate Zambreno / Trinie Dalton / Masha Tupitsyn New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Workshop Free; registration required	Wellness: Ayurveda & Lifestyle Consultation New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Reading Free; RSVP required	Writers Jo Ann Beard and Ralph Sassone in Conversation New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm to 9:00pm	Symposium free	Love, Loss & Laughter: Seeing Alzheimer's Differently New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Concert free	College Piano Recital New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Concert free	Japanese Gagaku Ensemble New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Screening $10 suggested admission	Austrian Film: Nikolaus Geyrhalter's Abendland (2011) New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Screening free	PeruFest 2012: Festival of New Peruvian Films New York City, NY; NYC
7:45pm	Workshop Free; registration required	Reiki System of Natural Healing New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert free	Contemporary Music Festival 2012: CIRCE, Composer-in-Residence Chamber Ensemble New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert free	College Voice Recital New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert free	College Voice Recital New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert free	College Flute Recital New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Performance free	Woodwinds Chamber Music New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Performance Free; reservations recommended	The Actors Studio Drama School presents scenes from: Fallen Angels / All An Act / The Producers New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Staged Reading Free; reservations required	Will-A-Thon 2012 New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Reading No cover	How I Learned It's a Living! Stories from the Unemployed, the Underemployed & the Working Stiffs New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $39.50	off-Broadway musical New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $75	A play by a great American playwright New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $18	A new musical; off-off-Broadway New York City, NY; NYC
8:30pm	Concert $15 suggested donation	Kirtan Music with Neem Karoli Baba Satsang New York City, NY; NYC
9:00pm	Performance free, no food/drink minimum, free pizza	Gandhi, Is That You? Comedy Show New York City, NY; NYC