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40 free events take place on Friday, April 6 in New York City.
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40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, April 6, 2012

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Other | Bridge Club for Advanced Beginners


Are you a Bridge buff? Put on your game face and show off your best moves. For advanced beginner players only.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Concert | Bach at Noon


This Organ Meditations Series features the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Park Walk | The Art of the Park Tour


Walk and learn about the intricate design of the Park's web of pastoral landscapes and formal romantic vistas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6

Screening | Native American Films


Featuring films by and about Native Americans. At 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Stephen Frears' Oscar Winner The Queen (2006): Life After Diana


With Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen and James Cromwell. An intimate, revealing and sometimes humorous behind-the-scenes glimpse at the interaction between Her Majesty Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair following the death of Princess Diana. The two struggled to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning. 97 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Talk | Learn About Taino Culture


Jorge Estevez discusses Taino culture past and present using traditional handling objects in an interactive informal setting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | William Wyler's Roman Holiday (1953), a 3-Time Academy Award Winner


Starring Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert and Audrey Hepburn. A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome. 118 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction to eReading


Hands on using wireless laptops. Find out what you need to get started reading eBooks. Get an overview of devices, software and formats, and explore the eBook website.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


Emily gives a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Marjorie Welish reads from her book In the Futurity Lounge/Asylum for Indeterminacy


In her new collection, Marjorie Welish gives us two books in one. “In the Futurity Lounge” may be read as that de-centered laboratory of the modern futurity lounge where experimental works are in a constant state of being constructed. Her poems are written across, through and at the expense of urban sites, themselves part architecture, part language, including Roebling’s Aqueduct, Wright’s Fallingwater, Diller Scofido + Renfro’s High Line, Rem Koolhaas’s student center at Illinois Tech. “Asylum for Indeterminacy ” is an extended zone of research devoted to translation constructed freely from a few given words from prior translations. Baudelaire’s “Correspondences” is the provocation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: Percussion in the U.S. Military


From the Percussion Department.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | College Cello Recital


With Meta Weiss.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | College Tuba Recital


With Lee Jarzembak.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Musicircus, featuring Works by John Cage


Program: John Cage, 4’33”, Variations IV, TV Köln, Living Room Music, Where Are We Going? and What Are We Doing?, 49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs New works inspired by Cage A performance event with guest artist Alison Knowles at 4:00 p.m., and a talk entitled "Wanting Not To Say Nothing About Cage" by guest artist Paul Kaiser at 5:30 p.m. This event will include artworks and performances by students from the "John Cage Senior Seminar" at Lang College; Diane Moser’s Composers Forum Ensemble; faculty members from Lang, Jazz, and the New School for Drama; musicians Ann Ellsworth, Jo Williamson, Rachel Drehmann, and Marcie Wolf; and dancers Michelle Ellsworth, Erika Randall, Jessica Meeker, and Lacina Coulibaly.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | College Accompanying Recital


Featuring Hyerim Song.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | College Piano Recital


Featuring Joo Yeon Park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Free Music Fridays


Featuring The Whiskey Spitters.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Concert | College Double Bass Recital


With Alex Jenkins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | College Violin Recital


With Seula Lee.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Swedish Poetry Today


A Reading and Panel Discussion with Anna Hallberg, Jörgen Gassilewski, and Johannes Göransson. Anna Hallberg is a Swedish poet and critic. Her work has been nominated for the prestigious Nordic Council’s Literature Prize. Jörgen Gassilewski is a Swedish translator, cultural journalist, poet and critic. Hallberg and Gassilewski recently edited 32/2011, an anthology of contemporary Swedish poetry. Johannes Görannson is a Swedish-American poet, author most recently of The Entrance Pageant. He edits Action Books, and is a well-known translator of and advocate for Swedish poetry in the U.S.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Art in the Twenty-First Century: Season Six Sneak Preview


In partnership with Art21, the MFA Fine Arts Department at SVA presents a sneak preview of the sixth season of Art in the Twenty-First Century, the only primetime national television series focused exclusively on contemporary art. Through in-depth profiles and interviews, the four-part series reveals the inspiration, vision and techniques behind the creative works of some of today’s most thought-provoking artists. The series is being screened over four consecutive Fridays in advance of the April 13 premiere on PBS. In Episode 4: Balance, artists grapple with equilibrium and disequilibrium as they create highly structured works that challenge conventional notions of perception and representation. Rackstraw Downes, former faculty member Robert Mangold and alumnus Sarah Sze (MFA 2007 Fine Arts) are featured.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Jazz | College Jazz Piano Recital


Featuring Christian Nourijanian.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | College Piano Recital


Featuring Yuko Sato.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Spanish Cinema: Víctor Erice's The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)


A sensitive seven-year-old girl living a small village in 1940 rural Spain is traumatized after viewing James Whale's Frankenstein and drifts into her own fantasy world. 97 min. Introduction and Q&A by Linda Ehrlich.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Concert | College Piano Recital


Featuring Linda Wang.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Open Mic | Open Mic Night with Stu


Come to Open Mic Night with Stu Richards. Bring your works of poetry, music, thoughts and good vibes. Sign-up begins at 7:00 pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Opera Excerpts by Students


Under the direction of Metropolitan Opera conductor Joseph Colaneri and with coaching by Opera Department coaches, students from the Opera program present a concert of opera excerpts featuring the repertoire they studied throughout the semester.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | College Cello Recital


With Colin Stokes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | College Clarinet Recital


Featuring Mark Dover.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | College Violin Recital


With Alexander Link.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Mannes Orchestra performs works by Wagner, Liszt and Tchaikovsky


Program: Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod Liszt: Concerto No. 2 in A major for piano,/br> Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64 Praised by the Times for its “youthful exuberance,” the Mannes Orchestra performs a comprehensive symphonic repertoire each year ranging from classical to modern.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Performance | Pace University's Annual Repertory Season


The Actors Studio Drama School presents its annual Repertory Season at Pace University in five weeks of theater designed to introduce our graduating students to the professional world and the public in fully professional productions of the work they have created during their three years of study. Here you will witness a weekly series of scenes, one-act plays and full-length plays, some of them written by our playwrights, and all of them directed by our directors and acted by our actors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Guitar Recital


With Zaj Williams.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | College Piano Recital


Featuring Qiyan Gong.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Concert | Cornelius Dufallo & Patrick Derivaz perform Bass Violin


Violinist Cornelius Dufallo is the frontman of the vanguard new-music group ETHEL. Patrick Derivaz is a producer, sound engineer, and composer-performer with a devoted following. Together, they’ll perform Bass Violin, a meditative improvisation that pushes variation form and tone color to their musical limits.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 pm
No cover

Performance | Comedy: Smart & Attractive


Liz Wisan and Julie Sharbutt met in the summer of ’04. Julie and Liz wrote a show together. Then Liz and Julie wrote another show together. Julie and Liz have been impressing each other with their wit and super-intelligence for almost 8 years, and now they are unleashing their improv on the world. Join Liz and Julie for their show SMART & ATTRACTIVE, and belt yourself in for some dynamic, girlie, highbrow (mostly) 2-lady improv. It’s gonna be as special as prom.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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