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Free Events for Wednesday, May 2, 2012

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

6:30am	Workshop free	Sunrise Tai Chi New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am to 2:00pm	Other Free; samples are $1-$5	Noodlepalooza New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Lecture free	Doubting Sex: How Bodies Changed and Selves Appeared in Nineteenth Century Hermaphrodite Case Histories New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour New York City, NY; NYC
11:15am	Film Free; registration required	Randall Wallace's Secretariat (2010): Run, Horse, Run 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	Lecture free	Mind, Money and Management: What Have I Learned from Immanuel Kant on Critical Thinking, Purposiveness and Design New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Lecture free	Listing the Global: On a Sociology of the List 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	Tour free	“The Castle and its Kingdom” Tour New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm to 7:00pm	Conference Free; registration required	Eventually Everything: The 2012 D-Crit Conference New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Concert free	Symphonic Works by Cage, Schubert and Mendelssohn New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Concert free	Juilliard Chamber Ensembles New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Reading free	Mixed Bag: Story Time for Grown-Ups New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Jazz $10 suggested donation	Midtown Jazz New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:15pm	Concert free	Duo Songs from 17th-Century Spain New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Other free	Renaming of Garden Honoring 9/11 Victims New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Lecture free	Sex Talk, Race Talk, Empire Talk 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
3:00pm	Workshop Free; pre-registration required	Stay Well Exercise New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Workshop Free; in-person registration required	Origami Club New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Film free	Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls (2007): Custody Fight New York City, NY; NYC
5:30pm	Workshop free	Resources for Locating Caribbean Ancestors in New York City New York City, NY; NYC
5:30pm	Concert free	Nylon Wound, a Guitar Duo New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	Quo Vadis Brass Quintet New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	Robert White's Recitalist Seminar Concert New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	College Composition Recital New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	Music of the Revue Era New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Discussion free	Debating Immigration in the American and French 2012 Presidential Elections New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Talk free	Use LinkedIn to Get and Ace Interviews New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Book Reading free	Joe Bastianich reads from his book Restaurant Man New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Art Show: Liam Gillick's Scorpion and Und et Felix New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 9:00pm	Opening Reception free	Installation: Veronica Flores' We The People New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 11:30pm	Performance free	Free Wednesday Comedy Shows New York City, NY; NYC
6:15pm	Screening free	Documentary: Jane Levy Reed's Pirkle Jones: Seven Decades Photographed (2008) New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Dance Performance Donations suggested; RSVP requested	World Dance Celebration New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Gallery Talk $3 suggested admission	A Talk on the Exhibition Storied Past New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Book Reading free	J. S. Picariello discusses her book Jessica Lost: A Story of Birth, Adoption & The Meaning of Motherhood New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Screening Free; registration required	A Screening of HBO's East of Main Street: Small Talk New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Discussion free	Live Radio Hour: Coney Island New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Discussion free	Modern Romantics and Romantic Moderns: Piano Works by Chopin, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Concert free	Indian Music Ensemble New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Lecture Free; must be 21+; RSVP required	SciCafe: The Evolution of Skin New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Film free	Polish Cinema: Krzysztof Kieslowski's A Short Film About Love (1988) New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Reading free	Dan Rather discusses his book Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Other No cover	The Big Apple Cogers Debate New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Concert Free; reservations required	Kmet, Austrian Singer-Songwriter New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Screening $10 suggested admission	New Israeli Cinema: 2 Films New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Video free	Video Trilogy: Harry Dodge’s Frowntown New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert free	College Piano Recital New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert free	College Cello Recital New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Party Members $0 Regular $10	Sing-Along Party New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $35	Italian-American family: past and present 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	Concert Members $0 Regular $20	Winners of a Composer’s Competition New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $39.50	off-Broadway musical New York City, NY; NYC
8:30pm	Concert $10 suggested donation	Kirtan Music New York City, NY; NYC
9:00pm	Performance $5	Comedy Expo New York City, NY; NYC
9:00pm	Jazz free	Music of Thelonious Monk 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
11:00pm	Jazz $5 cover, $5 menu, $5 cocktails, draft beer and wine	5/5/5 After Hours Set New York City, NY; NYC