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Where else but in New York City can you listen to a world-class musician, discuss a book with a famous author, take a part in poetry reading, have a glass of wine at an art exhibition opening, and all that on the same day, and all that free of charge, and all of that on any day of the year, whether it's December or July, April or November!
The trick is to know about those free events, free things to do BEFORE they happen, not after the fact. That's where Club Free Time comes in handy! Become a Club Free Time member and start using these unique New York City (NYC) opportunities today, March 4, 2026!
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In addition to providing information about free events, free things to do in New York, Club Free Time offers its members complimentary tickets to classical music concerts, dance performances and theater: when a producer wants that special buzz of the 'full house' - Club Free Time members are welcomed for their enthusiasm and sophistication!
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Experience an entirely new perspective on New York. 'Open up a whole new cultural world... in one of the most vibrant capital cities in the world, sampling cultural delights beyond anyone's wildest dream.' Rupert Parker, journalist, photographer, cameraman, and TV producer
March 4, 2026. Free shows, concerts, movies, tours are New York (NYC) best kept secret! New York City never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment whether it's day or night, weekday or weekend, summer or winter, spring or fall, January or June, May or September. If you are looking for inexpensive things to do and where to go in Manhattan today, tonight, tomorrow, or any other time, or any other day of any week - you came to the right place: just click on any day on the calendar dispayed on the every page of our site and you will see how many events you can attend in Manhattan free of charge on that very day.
New York's cultural scene is at its busiest in October and March (and the same goes for free events, free things to do), but other months of the year still offer incredible amount of high quality, off the beaten path, unique free events, free things to do which will take your breath away! So if you looking for something to do in April or November, December or February, you will find tons of free things to do, free events to go to. (In June, July and August lots of those free events take place outdoors, of course).
So do not wot till tomorrow, start using these unique New York City opportunities today, March 4, 2026!
Where else but in New York City can you listen to a world-class musician, discuss a book with a famous author, take a part in poetry reading, have a glass of wine at an art exhibition opening, and all that on the same day, and all that free of charge, and all of that on any day of the year, whether it's December or July, April or November!
The trick is to know about those free events, free things to do BEFORE they happen, not after the fact. That's where Club Free Time comes in handy! Become a Club Free Time member and start using these unique New York City (NYC) opportunities today, March 4, 2026!
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Club Free Time is your perfect guide to Free Entertainment and Free Culture in the City That Never Sleeps.
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Free things to do, free events that take place in the City every day of the year are truly amazing. So if you're looking for something interesting to do today (March 4, 2026) or on any other day of the year don't miss those free-of-charge opportunities that only New York provides! You can find lots of high quality, off the beaten path, unique free events, free things to do which will take your breath away!
In addition to providing information about free events, free things to do in New York, Club Free Time offers its members complimentary tickets to classical music concerts, dance performances and theater: when a producer wants that special buzz of the 'full house' - Club Free Time members are welcomed for their enthusiasm and sophistication!
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Get a taste of free culture and free entertainment in New York City (NYC)!
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Experience an entirely new perspective on New York. 'Open up a whole new cultural world... in one of the most vibrant capital cities in the world, sampling cultural delights beyond anyone's wildest dream.' Rupert Parker, journalist, photographer, cameraman, and TV producer
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The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
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Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides:
- free concerts in NYC
- free movies in NYC
- free jazz in NYC
- free poetry readings in NYC
- free tours/hikes in NYC
- free city walks in NYC
- free Yoga /Tai Chi in NYC
- fairs and parades in NYC
- free theater in NYC
- free tickets to concerts, theater and dance performances in NYC
'New York is abuzz with so much culture that they're giving it away.' (The New York Times article about Club Free Time).
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35 free things to do in New York City (NYC) today:
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
All events are free unless otherwise noted.Workshop | Central Park Running Session (All Levels Welcome)
If you prefer not to run alone or are looking to improve your running performance, you can run with a club! Open to runners of all levels. Weekly changed routes through the park. Coaches, training, running company and inspiration!
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 am
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Tour | New York City Hall Guided Tour
One of the oldest continuously used city halls in the nation that still houses its original governmental functions, New York's City Hall is considered one of the finest architectural achievements of its period. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, the building was an early expression of the City's cosmopolitanism. City Hall is a designated New York City landmark, and its rotunda is also a designated interior landmark. Note: When registering, choose the "Individual Tour" option.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
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Classical Music | Afternoon Bach
Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Workshop | Adult Chorus Session Open to All
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the Downtown Beats adult chorus is open to all who love to sing! Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events throughout the year.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
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Concert | Weekly Outdoor Bagpipe Tribute: Honoring 9/11 Lives and Legacies
A moving weekly bagpipe tribute honors those who lost their lives on 9/11, as well as individuals affected by the lasting health impacts of that day. The tribute begins with a performance near a symbolic column preserved from the site, followed by a second performance in a nearby outdoor space.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
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Classical Music | Choral Works Performed in a Beautiful Cathedral
West High School Singers and Chorale, directed by Mitchell Moore, performs a series of pieces by composers from various musical periods. Program: Michael John Trotta (1978-) Jubilate Deo Karen Marrolli Until Love is Spoken Ben Allaway (1958-) My Soul is a River Felice Anerio (c. 1560-1614) Christus factus est Andrea Ramsey (1977-) Stomp on the Fire Amilia Ouverson A Departing Blessing West High School Alma Mater
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1:45 pm
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Film | Morocco (1930): Classic Romantic Drama Film with Marlene Dietrich
A cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself. Director: Josef von Sternberg Cast: Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Adolphe Menjou Marie Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer whose career spanned nearly seven decades. In 1920s Berlin, she performed on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola Lola in Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel (1930) brought her international acclaim and a contract with Paramount Pictures. Dietrich starred in many Hollywood films. Throughout World War II, she was a high-profile entertainer in the United States. Although she delivered notable performances in several post-war films, she spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a marquee live-show performer.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
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Workshop | Draw the Human Figure
Challenge your artistic skills by drawing the human figure. Each week a model will strike short and long poses for participants to draw. Artists/ educators will offer constructive suggestions and critique. Materials provided, and artists are encouraged to bring their own favorite media.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
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Opening Reception | George Orwell's Work & Legacy (opening reception)
Attend the opening reception of Orwell & Truth: The Legacy of Author George Orwell, a major biographical exhibition featuring rare archival materials from University College London's George Orwell Archive--the world's most comprehensive body of research material relating to the author. The reception will feature keynote remarks from Dr. Michael Spence, Provost and President of University College London, as well as Orwell's son Richard Blair, who was raised in a farmhouse on a remote Scottish island, where his father battled Tuberculosis while finishing his masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four. This comprehensive exhibition traces George Orwell's transformation from Eric Blair--colonial police officer in Burma--into one of the twentieth century's most influential truth-tellers. Through thirteen outdoor windows, the exhibition features extraordinary archival materials, including wartime diaries, personal letters, research notes for The Road to Wigan Pier, and the unpublished preface to Animal Farm that exposed British censorship, alongside items from the personal collections of Richard Blair and Ariane Bankes.
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3:00 pm
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Park Walk | Winter Photo Walk through Central Park
Photographer and producer Sam Fuller leads a winter photo walk through Central Park. Sam will guide the group from Turtle Pond to the Bow Bridge and is available to offer landscape photography tips along the way. All skill levels are welcome. Please dress warmly and bring your camera, phone, or just yourself!
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Lecture | A Violinist, Vocalist, & Dancer-Poet Celebrate Holocaust-Survivor Artist Boris Lurie
World-renowned violinist Ilana Zaks Nederlander honors the legacy of Holocaust survivor and artist Boris Lurie (1924-2008) and his NO!art movement through a program of works by Jewish composers whose lives were shaped by the Holocaust. Vocalist Beth Griffen, joined by dancer and poet Yehuda Hyman, performs an English rendition of Marieluise. A Report by Kerstin Specht, drawing connections between these artists' experiences and their enduring creative resilience.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
Free
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Screening | TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing (2025): Activist Documentary (+ Discussion)
Enjoy a screening of TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing—a new feature film directed by Louis Massiah and Monica Henriquez—that chronicles the incendiary life a groundbraking feminist. The film highlights how we can learn from Bambara in a time of renewed questions around Black feminist internationalism, coalitions, and institutions-building, multi-media interventions, and partisan public studies. Afterwards, stay for a dialogue with Bambara scholars and GC alums Makeba Lavan and Conor Tomás Reed.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
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Classical Music | Ensemble Works by Mozart & More
Zi Fang, Guqin, Yixin Wang, Guzheng, Shujun Xiong, Erhu, Chen Yu, Dizi, Bowie Ma, Baroque Violin, Ziwei Zhou, Harpsichord, Josh Liu, Baroque Violin, Charles Weaver, Theorbo, Yi-Heng Yang, Clavichord, Wang Amao, Composer, Lydia Becker, Baroque Violin, Maya Ridenour, Baroque Cello, Marco Jiminez, Harpsichord. Program: Marco Jiminez Fantasie for Chinese and Baroque Instruments Amao Wang Duo for Clavichord and Guqin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)/Mark Landson Rondo in A Minor, K. 511 Marco Jiminez Farewell Chenghao Michalis LI Preludes for Colors
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | Live Podcast Recording: Fashion and Fine Art in Conversation
Randy Cohen and Dr. Elizabeth Way, curator of costume and accessories, record an episode of Person Place Thing focused on the current exhibition. The conversation highlights three objects from the show and explores how they reveal the complex relationship between fashion and fine art.
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5:30 pm
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Galleries | In Transit: Multi-Artist Exhibition Exploring Movement & Becoming
In Transit is an exhibition that brings together four artists--Kakyoung Lee, Buhm Hong, Hong Seon Jang, and Sun You--whose practices unfold between movement and becoming. Transit functions as a condition of passage through time, labor, and cultural frameworks, while formation describes processes through which forms and identities take shape without closure. Working across sculpture, installation, animation, and video, the artists operate within these open-ended conditions, occupying a dual state: always en route, and at the same time, becoming something else. These four artists share more than a generational proximity. Based in New York and shaped by contemporary Korean diasporic conditions, they have remained in ongoing dialogue for over a decade--observing one another's practices, exchanging questions, and developing their work independently, yet in close awareness of one another. The exhibition emerges from a sustained familiarity, where distinct practices have evolved over time along parallel trajectories.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Classical Music | Acclaimed Harpsichordist Lillian Gordis Shares Her New J.S. Bach Album (+ Live Performance)
Enjoy the album release tour of the Franco-American harpsichordist Lillian Gordis. Following her critically acclaimed first Bach album, Gordis continues her solo recording journey into the heart of Johann Sebastian Bach’s keyboard works, now for the French label Artalinna. For the New York stop of her album release tour, Lillian Gordis will perform a mini-recital highlighting the Partita 6 – a 40-minute deeply immersive work that has accompanied the musician since childhood and is the centerpiece of the new recording – followed by a discussion with the artist, moderated by renowned harpist, keyboardist, and writer Parker Ramsay. A CD signing will conclude the event.
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Analog Propositions: Paintings & Mixed‑Media Exploration
The exhibition features a striking selection of hand-crafted paintings and mixed-media works that celebrate raw surfaces, vibrant color, and a playful sense of humor. Each piece is approached as a discovery, transforming apparent “mistakes” into deliberate statements. An eclectic lineup of international artists broadens the conversation, creating a lively, analog-era atmosphere. Visitors will receive a complimentary “Be Kind Rewind” sticker and a copy of a personal VHS collection.
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Award-Winning Journalist Discusses Her Psychiatry Takes in The New Yorker
Hear a talk with “Janet Malcolm’s successor,” Rachel Aviv, an award-winning journalist who writes about psychiatry at The New Yorker. She is also the author of Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us. Her recent subjects include Oliver Sacks’ fabrication of patient narratives, the wrongful conviction of an accused rapist, the trauma of children facing deportation, the author Joyce Carol Oates, and a British nurse convicted of murdering seven babies based on questionable evidence.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Party | Board Games Meet-Up
Play a variety of board games, including Scrabble, Chess, Boggle, Bananagrams, Scattergories, and more! Bring a friend or join on your own--all levels are welcome. Studies have shown that playing board games can have positive effects on your mental, emotional, and physical health, including: o Improving memory and focus o Enhancing critical thinking skills o Making connections o Reducing stress (and screen time!)
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | CANCELLED!! Quiet Reading Meet Up
Bring a book or check one out of the library to read to yourself for one hour. After that, spend an hour socializing with those around you!
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Jazz Expert Shares His New Book, Paris Blues: Painting Jazz
Enjoy a conversation with Robert G. O'Meally to celebrate his new book, Paris Blues: Painting Jazz, a series of ingenious oil paintings and collages created by consummate jazz painter Romare Bearden, exploring themes of Black American culture, jazz music, and the relationship between urban spaces and visual art. He will be in conversation with Frank Stewart, followed by a signing.
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Biographer Discusses Her New Book on Artist John Singer Sargent
Biographer Jean Strouse speaks about her book, Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers, In 1897, Asher Wertheimer, a British art dealer, began to commission John Singer Sargent's largest private project: twelve stunning portraits of his socially prominent Jewish family. The result was a significant and distinctive artistic series, as the Times' critic wrote: "more than a group of family portraits, and something besides a little set of great masterpieces of painting". In this incisive account, celebrated biographer Jean Strouse (Morgan: American Financier) portrays the intersection of two outsiders' lives -- Singer Sargent, an expatriate artist, and Wertheimer, a wealthy "Anglo-Jew"-- during England's Edwardian age, amidst "the dazzle and unease of a world in flux". Strouse, a winner of the Bancroft Prize, was the director of the famed Cullman Center at the New York Public Library from 2003 to 2017.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Celebrate the New Tranlsation of Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Experts (writers, photographers, journalists, scholars) discuss the English translation of Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. A celebration of the publication of the Italian translation of Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, edited by Edvige Giunta and Mary Anne Trasciatti, winner of the 2023 Susan Koppelman Award for Best Anthology in Feminist Studies and American Popular Culture. A powerful collection of diverse voices, Talking to the Girls brings together stories from writers, artists, activists, scholars, and family members of the Triangle workers. Nineteen contributors from across the globe speak of a singular event with remarkable impact. The story of the fire is of special relevance in Italy since about one-third of the workers who died in the fire were Italian immigrants, many of them first-generation.
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Learn about the History of Letterforms with Alphabet in Motion Author Kelli Anderson (In Person AND Online!)
Paper engineer and graphic designer Kelli Anderson reveals the technologies and philosophies that have shaped letterforms as captured in her immersive pop-up book, Alphabet in Motion, in this interactive evening also featuring her friend and collaborator Camilo Otero. Type history is often technical and always visual. It is therefore challenging to fully explain in text or in diagrams alone. The book's interactive features provide a sensory inroad for curious general readers to grasp how typography has transformed through history (and how lettering can convey a point of view or philosophical stance). A 128-page companion essay section includes an essay further contextualizing each pop-up. Alphabet in Motion puts the reader's hands, eyes and minds in touch with the meanings behind the typography that surrounds us in our homes, on our screens and on our streets. If you look carefully, you can see the history of the world―from the Bronze Age to the Information Age―in the microcosm of type.
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6:30 pm
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Screening | Zansei (2020): Collaboraitve Animation/Music Project (+ Q&A with Composer Nina Fukuoka)
Enjoy a screening of Zansei, followed by a lecture and a Q&A with composer and co-creator Nina Fukuoka. Nina Fukuoka’s composition, Zansei (2020), serves as a focal point for the collaboration-oriented practice that has defined her artistic output over the past eight years. Central to this journey is her ongoing partnership with filmmaker and animator Izumi Yoshida, with whom she has realized multiple projects. While no formal blueprint exists for such interdisciplinary work, their process is rooted in a unique synthesis of professional expertise, deep-seated friendship, and shared artistic intuition. In this talk, Fukuoka examines the creation of Zansei within a non-hierarchical, non-commercial collaborative structure. She explores how this process not only shapes the work itself but also reflects the intersecting creative identities within the contemporary Polish music and film landscape.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Artists Discuss Art Practices for Political Imagination & Resistance
Enjoy a panel featuring artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme in conversation with Nicholas Mirzoeff (Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU). Together, the speakers will explore a range of multimedia art practices as sites of political imagination and resistance.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Diving Into Ocean Currents & Climate
Join associate scientist Christopher Piecuch for an in-depth look at the Atlantic’s Gulf Stream, its influence on weather from Miami to Manchester, and recent findings suggesting the circulation might be weakening. Discover how decades of observations and recent dataset updates are transforming our understanding of ocean overturning, sea-level rise, and climate “whiplash.” For ages 21+ only.
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Ensemble Contrechamps Performs Contemporary Works
Ensemble Contrechamps gives the U.S. premieres of works by composers from Canada and Colombia. Program: Daniel Zea Autorretrato extendido Nicole Lizée New work
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Talk | MOMA & Guggenheim-Featured Artist Lyle Ashton Harris Discusses His Craft & Career
Hear from Lyle Ashton Harris, who has cultivated a diverse artistic practice, ranging from photography and collage to video installation and performance art, examining the impact of race, gender, and desire on the contemporary social and cultural dynamic globally through intersections of the personal and the political. Harris has been widely exhibited internationally, and a solo exhibition spanning three decades of his work was most recently presented at the Queens Museum in New York in 2024.
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | National Book Critics Circle Prize Finalist Shares Her New Book, City Like Water
Dorothy Tse, in conversation with Elvia Wilk, shares her debut novel, City Like Water. A potent and disorienting new book by the author of Owlish, a National Book Critics Circle prize finalist. Lucid, nightmarish, and indelible, City Like Water is a wondrous and pointed message in a bottle from a city not so different from your own.
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