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Free Events for Thursday, May 3, 2012

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

7:30am	Workshop free	Park Tai Chi New York City, NY; NYC
8:30am	Discussion Free; reservations required	No Way to Pay: What’s Next for Homeless Families in NYC? 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
12:00pm to 2:00pm	Other free	Cinco de Mayo “Party in a Bag” with The Bachelorette Star New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Talk free	Three Steps to a WOW Job Search New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm to 9:00pm	Festival Free; registration required	Bike Expo New York New York City, NY; NYC
12:20pm to 12:50pm	Concert free	Bach at Noon New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Tour free	“Manhattan Adirondacks” Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Concert free	Chamber Music Department 2011-2012, Afternoon Recital 5 New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Discussion Free; RSVP requested	PEN World Voices Festival: Fame and the Writer New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Other free	Scrabble Mania New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Concert free	Ensemble ACJW performs works by Mozart and more New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Reading free	Karl Ove Knausgaard reads from his book My Struggle: Book One New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Film free	Martin Scorsese's Oscar Winner The Age of Innocence (1993): Edith Wharton's Novel New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Concert free	Oakland University Chorale New York City, NY; NYC
2:30pm	Forum free	Resonances: Contemporary Writers on the Classics New York City, NY; NYC
2:30pm	Workshop Free; registration required starting 4/26 at 1pm	Digital Camera Buying Guide New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Talk Free; RSVP requested	PEN World Voices Festival: Nobel Prize Winner Herta Müller on Her Poetic Origins New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Concert free	College Violin Recital New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Concert free	College Violin Recital New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Lecture free	Citizenship, Public Space and Food: Jews in France and in the United States New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Film free	Ben Stiller's Oscar-Nominated Tropic Thunder (2008): The Dude Who's Playing Another Dude New York City, NY; NYC
5:30pm	Workshop free	Got Clutter? Join the Clutter Support Group New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Lecture free	In the Urban Crisis New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Discussion free	PEN World Voices Festival: Reviewing Translations New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	College Piano Recital New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	College Voice Recital New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Lecture free	Rape after Foucault New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert Free; RSVP required	German Interharmony Showcase Featuring Works by Martinu, Tchaikovsky and Gershwin New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Workshop free	Adult Yoga New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Performance free	Xoregos Performing Company presents One-Act Gems New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Workshop free	Park Yoga New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Dance Performance Free; reservations required	La Rumba Cubana and Flamenco After 150 Years: An Open Rehearsal New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Ruth Gruber's Photographs as Witness, 1944-47 New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Student Exhibition: MFA Illustration as Visual Essay 2012 Thesis Show New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	A Camera Darkly, Photos by Phillip Stearns and Christian de Vietri New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Paintings: Jason Bard Yarmosky’s Elder Kinder New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Sculpture: Irene Gennaro's Home Coming New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Ryan McGinness' Women: Sketches & Solutions New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Digital Art: Tim Roseborough's A Puzzling Display New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Group Show: Mix/Remix New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	2 Art Shows: Kimberley Hart / Jenna Spevack New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:30pm	Opening Reception free	PhotoGlobal: New Releases 2012 New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Performance free	Performance Art: What We Have in Our Pockets New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Discussion free	Who Builds Your Architecture? New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Book Reading free	David W. Blight discusses his book American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Discussion Free; RSVP required	More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York's Year of Anarchy New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $25	Finally, someone said what we were thinking! New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Talk free	The Innocents Abroad Premiere New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Jazz free	Music of Ornette Coleman New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Reading Free; RSVP required	Hugo Hamilton reads and discusses his writing New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Reading free	Writers Heidi Julavits and Jesmyn Ward read their work New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Talk Free; RSVP required	Great Thinkers of Our Time: Lisa Randall New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Reading free	Pulitzer winner Anna Quindlen discusses her book Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Signing free	Oscar-winning actress Sissy Spacek talks with The Help author Kathryn Stockett New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Theater $5	The Judith of Shimoda by Bertolt Brecht, a Student Production New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Concert free	Chamber Music Workshop New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Screening $10 suggested admission	Israeli Documentary: Avner Faingulernt & Macabit Abramson's War Matador (2011) New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm to 8:30pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $20	Tiny tornado of a play! 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	Performance free	Woodwinds Chamber Music New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert Free; limited tickets available at the Juilliard box office starting 4/16	The Juilliard Orchestra performs works by Bartok and Sibelius New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert Members $0 Regular $25	Orchestral works by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak 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	College Double Bass Recital New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert free	College Voice Recital New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert free	Student Cello Recital New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert free	Student Vocal Performance Chorale 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	Theater Members $0 Regular $39.50	off-Broadway musical New York City, NY; NYC
8:30pm	Concert free	Lindigo, Reunion Island Band New York City, NY; NYC
9:00pm	Jazz free	Music of Sun Ra New York City, NY; NYC
9:30pm	Performance $5	Comedy: The Scene 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