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22 free events take place on Monday, February 2 in New York City.
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22 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, February 2, 2015

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


For nearly 100 years, the Beaux-Arts beauty known as Grand Central Terminal (a.k.a Station) has been a testament to the ingenuity and ambition of a great city, impressing both travelers and visitors with it's wonderful architecture and pulsating vibe. It's history is a story of immense wealth, great engineering, a few accidents, a planned sabotage and one terrific ceiling, but most importantly a story of survival and rebirth.
   Midtown East,
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10:00 am
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Master Class | Master Class: Paul Watkins, cello


Featuring cellist Paul Watkins, this special event provides music lovers with a rare opportunity to witness the interaction between gifted students and great artists as they examine and explore the arts of performance on the highest level.
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required

Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   Lower Manhattan,
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting.
   Midtown,
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour


Travel from Grand Army Plaza, past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and stop at the Dairy on this trip through the southern Park highlights. Route involves moderate inclines and some stairs. 45 minutes.
   Upper East Side, New York, NY
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12:00 pm
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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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
   Lower Manhattan,
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   Lower Manhattan,
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Legal Resources Workshop


A tour of consumer related print and non-print resources, including databases and websites, to get you started when looking for a legal professional, local government and other related information.
   Midtown,
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2:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Mystery Mondays Book Discussion Group


Book discussion group for fans of mystery/suspense novels set in different countries and, often, different time periods. Today: Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healy.
   Upper East Side, New York, NY
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Italy Early and Late: Paintings by Peter Ruta


Peter Ruta is known in the US for his mature work: New York cityscapes and rugged western landscapes. But from 1947 to 1962, moving between Rome Venice Naples and Positano, he produced a steady stream of small, intimate paintings - buttoned up portraits, frugal still life, sideways street views – that powerfully evoke the long gone life of postwar Italy.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Seymour Lipkin, Laurie Smukler, Joel Krosnick


With: Joel Krosnick, Cello, is an American soloist, cellist, recitalist, and chamber musician who has performed all over the world for over thirty-five years. As a member of the Juilliard String Quartet since 1974, he has performed the great quartet literature throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Laurie Smukler, Violin, as the founding first violinist of the Mendelssohn String Quartet, spent eight years traveling and performing internationally with them. She has performed and toured with the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society. With her husband, violist Ira Weller, she directed and performed in the Collection in Concert series at the Pierpont Morgan Library. Seymour Lipkin, Piano, is on the piano and chamber music faculties of The Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School. He is Artistic Director of The Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival and School in Blue Hill, Maine.
   Lincoln Square, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Shakespeare at Work: An Introduction to the Plays in Nine Talks


With William Germano, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Shakespeare’s plays exert their power over us through the beauty of language, the craft of drama, and something else we can’t easily name. Or maybe we can. These talks are designed as an introduction – or reintroduction – to Shakespeare the poet-playwright-player and to the world of his plays. Tonight: The plays as craft: Shakespeare in his poetic time
   East Village, New York, NY
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Talk | Stockard Channing, Tony- and Emmy-Winning Actress, in Conversation


The actress is known for her portrayal of First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing; for playing Betty Rizzo in the film Grease; and for her role as Ouisa Kittredge in the play Six Degrees of Separation and its later film version. With Patrick Pacheco.
   Lincoln Square,
6:00 pm
Free tickets required

Discussion | Black Swan: Solidarity Beyond Colored Pointe Shoes


Dance Iquail, in partnership with Dance/NYC and the Harlem Arts Alliance, presents a panel discussion titled Black Swan: Solidarity Beyond Colored Pointe Shoes, which will examine the importance of resilience as seen in the stresses on black artists, communities and institutions. A panel of distinguished women of color in the ballet world will gather for what promises to be a lively and stimulating discussion on how dance as an art form can help organizations and individuals adapt and recover from the stress of racial segregation, diminished resources, and social disenfranchisement. Scheduled to appear are: Baraka Sele (Moderator), Independent arts consultant, former VP of Programming at NJPAC Zita Allen, dance historian Delores Brown, former ballet dancer and teacher, member of NY Negro Ballet in 1957 Karen "KB" Brown, former Artistic Director Oakland Ballet Andrea Long-Naidu, former NYCB and DTH dancer Iqail Shaheed, Artistic Director, Dance Iquail
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Meryl Gordon reads from her book The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark


This lecture reveals new details about the mysterious life and death of the reclusive heiress who passed away in 2011.
   Midtown,
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6:30 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: The People of Clarendon County by Ossie Davis


Clarendon County, a rural community in South Carolina, was the battleground of black sharecroppers, domestic workers, laborers and clergymen who joined with the NAACP to fight for better schools for Black children. This small but mighty group of brave visionaries filed their lawsuit, Briggs v Elliott, in 1951. This was the first of five cases that led to the breakthrough 1954 Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education
   New York, NY
6:30 pm
Free

Book Signing | Menachem Rosensaft signs copies of his book God, Faith and Identity from the Ashes


In Menachem Rosensaft's profound new book, almost 90 children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors reflect on how the memories transmitted to them have affected and informed their lives.
   Upper East Side,
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Concert | College Piano Recital


Minhee Kang, piano
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:30 pm
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Concert | College French Horn Recital


Philip Brindise, French Horn
   Lincoln Square, New York, NY
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Music of Franz Schubert


Program: Franz Schubert: Fantasie in F minor, D. 940 Victor Rosenbaum, piano; Mana Tokuno, piano Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock), D 965/op. 129 Junko Watanabe, soprano; Charles Neidich, clarinet; Victor Rosenbaum, piano Sonata for Piano in B-flat major, D 960
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Nat Towsen’s Downtown Variety Hour, with Janeane Garofalo


With: - A live comics reading from Dean Haspiel (Emmy winner, Bored To Death) - Standup from Tim Dillon (New York Comedy Festival) - Music/video/comedy from Daniel Koren (Emmy nominee) - Downtown History - NYC Trivia
   Alphabet City, New York, NY
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8:00 pm
$5

Concert | Singers Space


Hosted by D'Ambrose Boyd with David Pearl at the piano. Where New York's finest professional and aspiring singers come to sing their favorites and hear their peers perform before an intimate audience.
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
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9:00 pm
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