Workshop | Park FitClub: Boot Camp with The Rise NYC

Energize your day with a workout before work. Join The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness group, for a Boot Camp. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back - and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high-fives encouraged. Rain or shine.

Midtown,

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6:30 am
free, no reservation required

Tour | Harlem Tour

Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.

Upper Manhattan,

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10:00 am
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Workshop | MS PowerPoint 2011 for Mac for Beginners

Learn how to create a slideshow presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. Topics include creating and editing slides, inserting images and clipart, and running your slideshow.

Midtown,

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10:00 am
Free

Workshop | MS Excel 2010 for Beginners Workshop

Learn the basics of working with spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel 2010. Topics include entering data and formulas, moving and copying data, formatting & print previewing worksheets.

Midtown,

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10:30 am
Free

Concert | Bach at Noon

The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.

Lower Manhattan,

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12:00 pm
free, no reservation required

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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Lecture | Love and Flames: Legacies of Black Queer and Prison Abolitionist Solidarity with Palestinian Struggle

Community archivist and student coordinator Che Gossett examines the legacies of black queer solidarity with the Palestinian struggle by excavating the archives of June Jordan and James Baldwin for what Jose Muñoz called the performative force of the past and its import for current prison abolitionist, Palestinian solidarity, and anti-pinkwashing movements.

Upper Manhattan, 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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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey

In 1977, Romare Bearden (1911-1988) created a cycle of 20 collages and watercolors (miniature variations of his collages) based on Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. Rich in symbolism and allegorical content, Bearden’s “Odysseus Series” created an artistic bridge between classical mythology and African-American culture. The works conveyed a sense of timelessness and the universality of the human condition, but their brilliance was displayed for only two months in New York City before being scattered to private collections and public art museums.

Upper Manhattan, New York, NY

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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Midday Jazz

A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.

Midtown East,

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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Jazz | Bill Wurtzel, Jazz Guitarist

Enjoy free live music performed by jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guest musicians.

Lincoln Square,

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2:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Master Class | Master Class: Joy In Singing

Art song master class with Paul Sperry.

Lincoln Square,

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2:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals

Piano Performance Forum Recital 4 p.m. Juliette Herlin, Cello 8 p.m.

Lincoln Square, New York, NY

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4:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: Todd Phillips, Violin

A member of Orpheus since 1983 and a member of the highly acclaimed Orion String Quartet, Todd Phillips made his solo debut at age 13 with the Pittsburgh Symphony, and has since performed as guest artist with leading orchestras throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. Mr. Phillips has appeared at the Mostly Mozart, Ravinia, Santa Fe, and Spoleto music festivals, and with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York Philomusica, and the New York String Orchestra. He has collaborated with such renowned artists as Rudolf Serkin, Jaime Laredo, Richard Stolzman, Peter Serkin, and Pinchas Zukerman, and has participated in eighteen "Musicians from Marlboro" tours.

Upper Manhattan, New York, NY

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4:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Discussion Group

Discuss the book THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING by Milan Kundera.

Midtown East, New York, NY

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5:30 pm
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Concert | Himilayayn Happy Hour: Sprial Music

A free concert with artists specializing in music from the Himalayas and South Asia.

Midtown, New York, NY

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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Marisa Scheinfeld discusses her exhibition Echoes of the Borscht Belt: Contemporary Photographs

In this series of beautiful, richly textured, large‐scale photographs, Marisa Scheinfeld documents the dramatic degradation of some of the most famous Borscht Belt hotels.

Midtown, New York, NY

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6:00 pm
Free

Lecture | Southern Italian Peasant Music in a Postmodern World: From Lomax to Today

In 1954, Alan Lomax made a historic year long trip through Italy making ethnographic field recordings of the music that defined every day Italians' identity and way of life. These documentations were the first of their kind for Italy, and stand as a valuable testimony of an extremely rich diversity of expression that was already beginning to give way to modernization and social change. Inspired by the field work of Lomax, David Marker, a young field recorder, Italian American and student, has made a significant effort to document what remains of this music today. In comparing the recordings of Lomax to contemporary recordings, a picture of changing cultural identity and values becomes apparent. This presentation will showcase a handful of select recordings from Lomax's 1954 trip as well as a number of recordings from Marker's contemporary work. Additionally Marker and another Italian American musician, Dominc Porco, will perform live music rarely heard in the US. Alan Lomax's daughter, Anna Lomax Wood, director of the Association for Cultural Equity, and who was in Italy in 1954 with her father, will be part of the discussion.

Lower Manhattan, New York, NY

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6:00 pm
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**Film | Dance and the Documentary: Chantal Akerman’s One Day Pina Asked... (1983)**

Akerman’s film follows German choreographer Pina Bausch with her company Tanzteater Wuppertal on a five-week tour in Europe. Close-ups and static shots present an intimate journey through Bausch’s world, as Akerman withholds voice-over narration and lets the images speak for themselves. 57 min. Followed by a discussion with panelists: - Allyson Green, Dean of Tisch School of the Arts - Antonia Lant, Chair of the Department of Cinema Studies - Paul Galando, Director of Dance and New Media - Brighid Greene, Programmer at Dance Films Association - Programmer and Moderator: Sylvie Vitaglione.

Lower Manhattan, New York, NY

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6:15 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | A Conversation on the Exhibit The Left Front

Gallery conversation with Lou Di Gennaro, Special Collections Conservator, and Laura McCann, Conservation Librarian, Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department, who will discuss their work in conserving photographs, books, and a poster in The Left Front and preparing them for display. The Left Front highlights the work of American artists who took to their brushes amid the economic and social devastation brought on by the Great Depression. Joining forces in the John Reed Club and its successor, the American Artists’ Congress, a group of intellectuals and artists—among them Isabel Bishop, Louis Lozowick, John Sloan, and Raphael Soyer—tackled themes ranging from class struggle, labor organizing, unemployment, civil and workers’ rights, immigration, socialist mysticism, and utopian communities to the Spanish Civil War.

Lower Manhattan, New York, NY

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6:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | A Tribute to Poet Paul Violi (1944-2011)

A book launch and reading of Paul Violi’s Selected Poems: 1970-2007 (Gingko Press), edited by Charles North and Tony Towle. With David Lehman, faculty, MFA Program, and the winners of the annual Paul Violi Poetry Prize established in Paul’s honor in 2011. Lehman will join Charles North, and Tony Towle, editors of the Selected Poems, in reading from the new book. The winners of the first four Paul Violi poetry competitions -- Alex Crowley, Justin Sherwood, Alexandra Bennett, and Carson Donnelly – will also read. The award is given annually to a second-year poetry student in the New School’s graduate writing program.

Lower Manhattan, New York, NY

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6:30 pm
free, no reservation required

Workshop | Facebook Basics

Learn about the online social network Facebook.

Midtown,

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6:30 pm
Free

Discussion | Latinos in the Media

A panel marking the release of the edited volume “Contemporary Latin@ Media: Production, Circulation, and Media“ with co-authors Arlene Davila and Yeidy Rivero. The lively discussion, followed by a reception, will address key issues including media activism and politics with special guests Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now; Jillian Baez, Staten Island University; and D. Ines Casillas, University of California Santa Barbara.

East Harlem, New York, NY

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6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Walter Frank discusses his book Law and the Gay Rights Story: The Long Search for Equal Justice in a Divided Democracy

This illuminating lecture offers an in-depth look at the court cases that were pivotal in establishing gay rights, and tells the story of those individuals who were willing to make waves by fighting for those rights, taking enormous personal risks at a time when the tide of public opinion was against them.

Midtown,

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6:30 pm
Free

**Opening Reception | The Chinese Photobook: A Survey of Undiscovered and Well-Known Books**

A survey of undiscovered and well-known books, revealing an overlooked thread in the history of photography. This traveling exhibition is the first and most complete examination of the subject.

Midtown, New York, NY

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