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Free Events for Saturday, May 5, 2012

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

8:20am	Hike $3 plus train fare ($16.50)	Briarcliff-Peekskill Trail and Old Croton Aqueduct Hike New York City, NY; NYC
9:30am to 11:00am	Workshop free	Health and Race Walking Clinic New York City, NY; NYC
9:30am	Conference Free; RSVP requested	3rd Annual Women in Archaeology Conference New York City, NY; NYC
10:00am	Workshop free	Tandem Biking for Adults New York City, NY; NYC
10:00am	Workshop Free; reservations recommended	Learn Fly Fishing in the Park New York City, NY; NYC
10:00am to 6:30pm	Symposium free	Within & Against Modernity: Spinoza on Imagination & Revolution New York City, NY; NYC
10:00am to 7:15pm	Concert free	12th Annual Special Music School Play-a-thon New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Concert free	Wall to Wall Concert: Gertrude's Paris New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Park Walk free	Garden Tour New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Concert free	Grammy-Nominated DEORO presents MusiKitchen (Open Rehearsal) New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am to 5:00pm	Fair free	Street Fair New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am to 6:00pm	Concert free	Pre-College Student Recitals New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am to 6:00pm	Fair free	Street Fair New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am to 6:00pm	Fair free	Street Fair New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Other free	Urban Wildlife Appreciation Day New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm to 7:00pm	Other Free; RSVP required	Open Studio Weekend New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm to 9:00pm	Festival Free; registration required	Bike Expo New York New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Tour free	“The Castle and its Kingdom” Tour New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Park Walk free	West Side Stories Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Reading free	PEN World Voices Festival: Best European Fiction New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	City Walk $15; $5 for CfT members (see below)	Metropolitan Museum of Art-Historic District Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Concert free	Student Spring Chamber Bash New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Other free	Free Comic Book Day New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Opera free	New York Opera Forum performs works by Donizetti and Mozart New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Film free	Tim Burton's Oscar-Winning Beetlejuice (1988): Spooked by the Living New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Film free	Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk (2008): Don't Get Him Mad New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm to 5:00pm	Symposium free	Two-Part Harmony: Fashion & Music New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Jazz free	Student Jazz Saxophone Recital New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $75	A play by a great American playwright New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $35	Italian-American family: past and present New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Discussion free	Books for Children Around the World - A Global Conversation New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Workshop free	I Meditate NY Workshop New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Concert Members $0 Regular $90	VIVALDI Gloria, MOZART Requiem, and more New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm to 3:30pm	Tour free	Union Square: Crossroads of New York New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm to 6:00pm	Concert free	Pre-College Student Recitals New York City, NY; NYC
2:30pm	Concert free	Remembering the Era, the Music, and the Musicians of The Titanic New York City, NY; NYC
2:30pm	Tour free	“Seneca Village” Tour New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Reading free	PEN World Voices Festival: Writings from the Domestic Workers United New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Workshop free	Tae Kwon Do Workshop New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $39.50	off-Broadway musical New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm to 5:00pm	Opening Reception free	Performance Art: Hunter Reynolds' Butur Mummification New York City, NY; NYC
3:30pm	Screening $10 suggested admission	Spanish Documentary: Samaki Wanne's Africa the Beat (2011) New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Jazz free	Student Jazz Voice Recital New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Concert free	Saturday Afternoon Organ Meditation New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm to 6:00pm	Opening Reception free	Solo Show: Sheila Hecht's Split Second Decisions New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Screening $10 suggested admission	South African Documentary: Ingrid Martens' Africa Shafted: Under One Roof (2011) New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Discussion free	Children's Rights New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Concert free	String Enemble Works by Williams, Bach, Webern and Mozart New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Performance free	Performance Art: Keren Cytter’s Show Real Drama New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Staged Reading free	Play Reading: Daughters of the Sexual Revolution by Dana Leslie Goldstein New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Screening free	Czech Documentary: Pavel Koutecky & Miroslav Janek's Citizen Havel (2007) New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Art Show: Brandon Ballengée's Collapse: The Cry of Silent Forms New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Multimedia Works by Kenji Nakayama New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Screening $10 suggested admission	Documentary: Kurt Orderson's The Prodigal Son (2009) New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Concert free	Piano Students of Irina Edelman New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Concert free	College Senior Cello Recital New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Concert free	College Piano Recital New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Jazz free	College Jazz Voice Recital New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Poetry Reading free	Ruth Stone Memorial Tribute Reading New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Dance Performance $5	Spring 2012 Student Dance Production 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	College Piano Recital New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Concert free	Kammerraku: Chamber Music Meets Japanese Instruments New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $20	Glitz of Havana nightlife; courageous escape! New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert free	String Chamber Music Concerts New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Screening free	The Black Nexxus Film Festival New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert Donations asked	The Art Mob, A Cappella Singers New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert free	CoMotion Percussion Ensemble 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
8:00pm	Concert $5 suggested donation; no food or drink minimum; reservations requested	Acoustic Saturday New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert No cover	5 bands play Indie Rock, Blues Rock and Folk Rock New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Dance Performance Members $0 Regular $30	Major American Dance Company 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	Concert $20 suggested donation	The Chelsea Symphony — Rediscovering America: Celebrating the American Symphony New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm to 9:30pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $32.5	Remarkable confluence of talent New York City, NY; NYC
8:30pm	Concert free	College Violin Recital New York City, NY; NYC
8:30pm	Concert Members $0 Regular $90	Choral works by Brahms and more... New York City, NY; NYC
9:00pm	Concert free	College Trombone Recital New York City, NY; NYC
9:00pm	Jazz free	College Jazz Voice Recital New York City, NY; NYC
9:00pm	Concert free	College Piano Recital New York City, NY; NYC
9:00pm	Concert free	College Voice Recital New York City, NY; NYC
9:30pm	Performance $5	Comedy: The Taxi Tapes New York City, NY; NYC