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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, April 17, 2024!
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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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In addition to providing information about free events, free things to do in New York City (NYC), 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
Wed, 04/17/2024 - and on... New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment whether it's summer or winter, spring or fall, January or June, May or September.
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 start using these unique New York City opportunities today, April 17, 2024!
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, April 17, 2024!
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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 New York City every day of the year are truly amazing. So if you're looking for something interesting to do today (April 17, 2024) 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 City (NYC), 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)!
Join the Club!
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
Join the Club!
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!
982 Free Events, Free Things to Do in New York City (NYC) on Wed, 04/17/2024 - and on...
All events, things to do are free unless otherwise noted.Workshop | Boot Camp Workout
An early-morning core body 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 welcome.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
7:00 am
Free
7:00 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Lecture | Freedom Fighting Under Oppression: Non-Violent Struggle Under Dictatorship in Belarus
A lecture by Ambassador Andrei Sannikov, a Belarusian politician, diplomat, and activist with decades of experience in international relations, diplomacy, and human rights advocacy. He is also the former Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus and 2010 presidential candidate.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Ribbon Dancing
Combine cardio with artistry as you wave long ribbons in the air to create rainbows, waterfalls, dragons and ocean waves. Ribbon Dancing is as visually stunning as it is fun and easy to learn. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Ribbons will be available to borrow, but participants may also bring their own.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Conference | Understanding Antisemitism in Global and Local Contexts
Antisemitism, the oldest hatred, has shape-shifted through millennia. This conference will bring together nationally and internationally renowned scholars and experts to examine antisemitism and its various manifestations in the 20th and 21st century from historical, sociological, and political perspectives.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Tour | Tour of New York City Hall
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 a designated interior landmark as well.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
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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Wed, Apr 17
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
Free
Jazz | Jazz Hour
Take a moment out of your busy day to enjoy a captivating showcase of jazz music by some of NYC’s most talented musicians. Curated by The Jazz Gallery, whose mission is to “provide a platform for emerging artists to discover their unique voice, and a home for established musicians to continue to experiment and grow,” the concert will bring the intimate, vibrant atmosphere of a jazz club into the lobby of One Manhattan West. Featuring: Franklin Rankin Duo (guitar and bass)
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Adult Chorus
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the 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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Wed, Apr 17
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Vocal and Orchestral Works by J.S. Bach and More (In Person AND Online)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, organ. Program J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697), Paratum cor meum and Prelude in G Major
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Wednesdays at One: Chamber Music
Artists share their talents with the community in these free, hour-long lunchtime concerts throughout the season.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Film | The Hours (2002) with Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman
The Hours is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition. Director: Stephen Daldry Cast: Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman Meryl Streep is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation," Streep is known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including a record 21 Academy Award nominations, winning three, and a record 33 Golden Globe Award nominations, winning eight. Julianne Moore is an American actress. Prolific in film since the early 1990s, she is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in independent films, as well as for her roles in blockbusters. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Emmy Awards. Nicole Kidman is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Concert | Cello Works by Poulenc and More (In Person AND Online!)
Ian Maloney, Cello. Program Ian Maloney, Nighttime Road Grass David Baker (1931-2016), Sonata for Solo Cello Poulenc (1899-1963), Cello Sonata, FP 143
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Managing Climate Risks: Financial Alternatives and Infrastructure (in-person and online)
Much of the current discussion of climate risk focuses on large-scale strategic change and public policy. However, the effects of climate change are already being seen today in essential sectors of the financial markets. Insurance and reinsurance companies are at the forefront of managing these risks, and if the insurance markets break down, it will have significant consequences for real estate and municipal financing. Insurance companies don’t only protect against catastrophic events. They also provide income-smoothing products to enable companies to mitigate exposures to increasingly volatile seasonal weather events. The panel, from two of the world’s largest reinsurance companies and a prominent independent think tank, will talk about the impact of climate change on the insurance markets and its knock-on effects in the financial markets, how communities can make themselves more resilient and better able to finance themselves, and how insurance derivatives can be used to measure non-catastrophic events such as extreme heat waves and deep freezes. Moderator: Adam Litke, Lecturer, Enterprise Risk Management; Chief Operating Officer, Pillar Life Insurance Panelists: Edward Boyanoski, Head of Property Underwriting - Global Specialty Insurance, Munich Re Rachel Halfaker, Associate Director, Milken Institute Rishu Ranjan, Global Head Weather & ECM, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Turkey's Troubled Constitutional Experiment
Speaker: Aslı Ü. Balı, Professor at Yale University.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Banking on Slavery: Financing Southern Expansion in the Antebellum United States
Professor Sharon Murphy's book is the winner of the Ralph Gomory Prize of the Business History Conference, the Williams Prize in Louisiana History, and is a finalist for the Hagley Prize for the best book in business history.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Book Club | Foster by Claire Keegan
A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when she will return home. In the strangers' house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. And then a secret is revealed and suddenly, she realizes how fragile her idyll is. An international bestseller and one of The Times's "Top 50 Novels Published in the 21st Century," Claire Keegan's piercing contemporary classic Foster is a story of childhood, loss, and love.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Black Writers of the Founding Era: A New Anthology
A discussion of the new Library of America anthology Black Writers of the Founding Era featuring the historian, author, and editor of the volume James G. Basker in conversation with television writer and author Susan Fales-Hill. The richest and most expansive anthology of its kind ever assembled, Black Writers of the Founding Era offers a vital and radical new vision of the turbulent decades surrounding the birth of the nation. A major act of historical recovery, this groundbreaking anthology features more than 120 writers who, together, reveal the complexity and dynamism of African American life and culture in the period. Including more than 200 poems, letters, sermons, newspaper advertisements, slave narratives, testimonies of faith and religious conversion, criminal confessions, court transcripts, travel accounts, private journals, wills, petitions for freedom, even dreams, this collection delivers an unprecedented archive of historical sources.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
City Walk | Bloomingdale Neighborhood Tour
Jim Mackin leads a mixed group of visitors to the city and resident New Yorkers on a one-of-a-kind, always interesting, walk around the historic Bloomingdale neighborhood.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Haiti and the Fictions of History
A broad comparative meditation on modes of storytelling Haiti's past, specifically in the wake of increased and sudden mainstream attention to that history on such platforms as The New York Times ("Haiti: The Ransom Project") and HBO (Raoul Peck's Exterminate All the Brutes). Thinking through both Edouard Glissant's engagement with History/histories/stories from an Antillean perspective and Saidiya Hartman's fraught encounters with The Archive, Professor Kaiama Glover considers the prose fiction works of three contemporary Haitian women writers – Evelyne Trouillot, Edwidge Danticat, and Myriam Chancy – as historiographic interventions of a particular order.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Interpreters Wanted: A Story of Escape from Afghanistan
On August 30, 2021, the U.S. withdrew its final troops from Afghanistan, bringing the nearly 20-year war to a close. As the Taliban took hold of the country, civilians and U.S. allies desperately worked to escape safely. "Interpreters Wanted" tells the story of Saifullah and Ismail Haqmal, two brothers who served as interpreters alongside Army Combat Veteran and Director of the film, Robert Ham. In conversation with Museum Director Clifford Chanin, Robert, Ismail and Saifullah discuss their friendship and service together in Afghanistan and the brothers' plight as they fought to gain entry to the U.S. In addition, John Paluska, Visionary Network Co-Founder and US Army veteran, will share his own experience helping others flee the Taliban regime.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Symposium | Welcoming New Migrant Neighbors: Can NYC Live Its Ideals?
Sspeakers will be addressing all aspects of the recent increase of migrants and asylum seekers to NYC--speaking about topics such as shelter, work permits, and funding. This is a dialogue about the realities that migrants to New York City are facing and about our legal, practical, and ethical responsibilities in supporting our new neighbors. Panelists: Alexandra D?lano Alonso, Professor of Global Studies, The New School Arnel Lanoy, Henry Street Settlement program participant Henry Love, Vice President of Public Policy and Strategy at Women In Need, Inc. Edafe Okporo, Author and founder of Refuge America Jodi Ziesemer, Co-Director Immigrant Protection Unit, New York Legal Assistance Group
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write
In the industrial age, automation came for the shoemaker and the seamstress. Today, it has come for the writer, physician, programmer, and attorney. Author Dennis Yi Tenen reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, taking readers on a spellbinding journey from medieval Arabic philosophy to visions of a universal language, past Hollywood fiction factories and missile defense systems trained on Russian folktales. In this provocative reflection on the shared pasts of literature and computer science, former Microsoft engineer and professor of comparative literature Dennis Yi Tenen provides crucial context for recent developments in AI, which holds important lessons for the future of humans living with smart technology.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
6:15 pm
Free
6:15 pm
Free
Gallery Talk | Francesca Woodman: Exhibition Discussion
A conversation inside the exhibition Francesca Woodman between Brooke Holmes, professor of Classics at Princeton University, and Lissa McClure and Katarina Jerinic, executive director and collections curator, respectively, at the Woodman Family Foundation. The trio will discuss Woodman’s preoccupation with classical themes and archetypes, her exploration of the body as sculpture, and her development of photography’s capacity to invest representation with allegory and metaphor. The exhibition features more than fifty lifetime prints.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls - And How We Can Take It Back (in-person and online)
Author Kara Alaimo reveals how social media is affecting every aspect of the lives of women, girls, and nonbinary people. Alaimo discusses why women experts who use social media to bolster their professional profiles often end up with fewer followers, reposts, and opportunities than men in their fields. She shows how what's happening on social media is making the offline world less safe for women, and how the feminist movement has been co-opted by brands on social media, ushering in a wave of backlash. Alaimo speaks these issues and her book with Madison Malone Kircher, a reporter covering internet culture for The New York Times.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Film | Papa & Dada (2021): A Documentary About Families and Love
The modern idea of family is fundamentally changing. More and more same-sex couples are fulfilling their dreams of having children. This heartwarming documentary shows what it's like raising kids with two male parents. papa & dada was shot over a period of seven years in Italy, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. Four couples discuss their desires for family, while sharing moments of their everyday lives. These families experience joys and challenges like any family might. The unconditional love they all share provides the pulse of the picture. An excerpt sums things up well: "Sexual orientation has nothing to do with raising a child. Being a parent simply means giving love. Period." Featuring performances by Boston Ballet dancer John Lam and music by Josh Knowles. Directed by Daniela Ambrosoli 91 min. In English, German, and Italian with English subtitles
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: Award-Winning Novel
James McBride discusses his internationally acclaimed bestselling novel, named the 2023 Barnes & Noble Book of the Year. His landmark memoir, The Color of Water, published in 1996, is considered an American classic and read in schools and universities across the United States.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Discussion | A Conversation with Austrian-Slovenian Writer Ana Marwan
A reading and conversation with Austrian-Slovenian writer Ana Marwan. This event features a real premiere, as the writer will read the English translation of her short text "Wechselkröte", for which she was awarded the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Literary Prize in 2022, for the very first time! In a conversation with Deputy Director Melina Tsiamos, Ana Marwan will provide insight into her literary work, and her very special personal connection to New York. Born and raised in Slovenia, Ana Marwan moved to Vienna, where she now continues to live, at the age of 25 to study literature and write prose as well as poetry in both German and Slovenian. Marwan works as a freelance author, and is currently the editor of the Austrian literary magazine "Literatur & Kritik". She was awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2022 for her text "Wechselkröte" (Otto-Müller-Verlag, 2022), and is also a contributing author to schreibART, a literature program of the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Concert | Surrealist Blues Performance
Experience the musical artistry of Brooklyn-born surrealist blues poet, vocalist, and composer aja monet. Critically acclaimed for her powerful linguistic gifts, celebrated for her community organizing and insight, and a frequent collaborator with many of today’s leading voices in jazz and soul music, aja monet offers multi-disciplinary performances of urgency and honesty.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Performance | The Perspective Project: Short Theater Works
The Outside/In ensemble creates community, connection and supports self-expression, providing rituals for success in the form of twice annual performances. Please come out and support the incredible ensemble as they present The Perspective Project. What is Outside/In? Stella Adler Arts Justice Division, created in 2001, identified a new strategic goal in 2013: to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Arts Justice soon became the leading arts program provider at Rikers Island Correctional Facility. As students were released from jail, we wanted the program to support them during their re-entry transition. Outside/In was created to allow students to continue the vital work that began inside rehabilitation and to support their transition to daily civilian life. Today Outside/In is a transitional company of 100 members who create new, short works inspired by their personal experiences and current social issues. Returning citizens who have previously been incarcerated and people in residential addiction recovery programs are eligible for Outside/In. Conservatory students and alumni who have a deeply vested interest in art, theater and social good may volunteer to support the ensemble.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Concert | Klezmer Music Ensemble
Klezmer is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for listening; these would have been played at weddings and other social functions. The musical genre incorporated elements of many other musical genres including Ottoman (especially Greek and Romanian) music, Baroque music, German and Slavic folk dances, and religious Jewish music. As the music arrived in the United States, it lost some of its traditional ritual elements and adopted elements of American big band and popular music.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Discussion | Moving Moments: A Dance Podcast
This program spotlights Moving Moments, with host Alicia Graf Mack, Dean and Director of Dance at The Juilliard School and an alum of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theater of Harlem, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Mack will be conducting a live interview with the President of The Juilliard School and retired principal dancer with New York City Ballet, Damian Woetzel. As an independent director, choreographer, and producer, Woetzel's recent projects include DEMO at The Kennedy Center; Spaces by Wynton Marsalis for Jazz at Lincoln Center; and Kennedy Center Honors tributes to Natalia Makarova, Patricia McBride, and Carmen de Lavallade. Together, Woetzel and Mack will explore the machinations of realizing the creative process at the highest levels and the lessons they've learned living a purposeful life in dance.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Opera | Opera & Democracy: Songs from Exile
The concert introduces two German-Jewish composers in American exile: Paul Aron and Rosy Geiger-Kullmann. Aron, a protagonist of the German interwar avant-garde, founded an opera company in New York in the 1950s to popularize the works of ?migr?s such as Darius Milhaud, Kurt Weill, Tadeusz Kassern, and Ernst Toch through piano arrangements and English translations. One of these - his English version of Toch's short opera Egon & Emilie - will be presented alongside exile songs by Aron. Geiger-Kullmann, a successful opera composer of the Weimar Republic, was born in Frankfurt and fled from the Nazis to New York and later to Monterey. Excerpts from her opera Columbus, written after her arrival in New York, and two stage works from her years in Germany have been reconstructed and will be performed in excerpts - a world premiere.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Apr 17
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 18
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Tour | Tour of New York City Hall
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 a designated interior landmark as well.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 18
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Master Class | Vocal Master Class
Vocal Master Class with Eva Hess Thaysen.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 18
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Film | Lilies of the Field (1963) with Sidney Poitier
When traveling African-American handyman Homer Smith stops by a farm in rural Arizona, he is welcomed by a group of Roman Catholic nuns who have emigrated from Germany. Realizing that the farm needs a lot of work, Homer takes on a number of repair projects for the women, who are led by the headstrong Mother Maria. Impressed by Homer's kindness and strong work ethic, the nuns come to believe that he has been sent by God to help build them a chapel. Director: Ralph Nelson Cast: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Stanley Adams Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 18
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 18
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Reading | Literary Lunch
Richard Deming and John Yau reading and in conversation with Claudia Rankine, including an informal lunch buffet and a book signing.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 18
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Master Class | Piano Master Class
Piano Master Class with Eteri Andjaparidze. Pianist Eteri Andjaparidze has has performed on concert stages around the globe in solo and collaborative recitals and as guest soloist with major orchestras including London Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Beijing and Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestras, Russian State Symphony, Moscow State Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, and more
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 18
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Park Walk | Wildlife Outing in the Park
A wildlife outing to discover the flora and fauna that make the park ecologically rich.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Apr 18
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Somewhere to Roost: Curator's Tour
A tour of the exhibition with Luce Assistant Curator Brooke Wyatt. Featuring over 60 works from the collection including paintings, textiles, photographs, and sculptures, Somewhere to Roost explores the ways that artists evoke and construct ideas of “home.”
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Thu, Apr 18
1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Baroque Works for Violin, Viola da Gamba, and Harpischord (In Person AND Online!)
Nuova Pratica (Rafa Prendergast, violin; Charlie Reed, viola da gamba; Nicola Canzano, harpsichord) performs Baroque chamber music carefully composed by its members.
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Thu, Apr 18
1:15 pm
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1:15 pm
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Film | A Haunting in Venice (2023) with Tina Fey and Michelle Yeoh
Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a seance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. He soons gets thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets when one of the guests is murdered. Director: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Kyle Allen, Kenneth Branagh, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio, Michelle Yeoh Tina Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Fey was a cast member and head writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1997 to 2006. After her departure from SNL, she created the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2006-2013, 2020) and the Netflix sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015-2020), the former of which she also starred in. Fey is also known for her work in film, including Mean Girls (2004), Baby Mama (2008), Date Night (2010), and more. Michelle Yeoh is a Malaysian actress. Yeoh played supporting roles in the romantic comedies Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Last Christmas (2019), as well as in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) and the television series Star Trek: Discovery (2017-2020). For her starring role as an overwhelmed mother navigating the multiverse in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Asian to win the category, and the first Malaysian to win an Academy Award. She has since starred in the action comedy series The Brothers Sun (2024).
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Book Discussion | Indian Burial Ground: Mythological Horror (online)
In Nick Medina's new spine-chilling mythological horror, a man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems...
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Thu, Apr 18
3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Classical Music | Cello Works by Beethoven and Chopin (In Person AND Online!)
Mingchen Ma, Cello. Program Beethoven (1770-1827), Cello Sonata No. 5, Op. 102 No. 2 Chopin (1810-1849), Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65
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Thu, Apr 18
3:00 pm
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Hike | Spring Wildflower Hike
Explore which plants are in bloom in our parks! Learn how to identify different species of flowers and pick up some botany basics on this engaging and educational hike.
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Thu, Apr 18
3:00 pm
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Classical Music | Violin Works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and More (In Person AND Online!)
Ziming-Jimmy Wang, Violin. Program Mozart (1756-1791), Sonata No. 32 for Violin and Piano in B-flat Major, K 454 Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Valse-Scherzo in C Major, Op. 34 Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), Suite de Pieces, Op. 3 Saint-Saens (1835-1921), Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75
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Thu, Apr 18
3:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Fernando Botero: Maestro
A captivating exploration into the world of Fernando Botero. Experience a stunning collection featuring his iconic paintings, intricate works on paper, and mesmerizing sculptures, all showcasing Botero's unique style and creative flair. Embark on an unforgettable journey through the artist's masterpieces as we delve into themes of volume, proportion, and symbolism.
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Thu, Apr 18
4:00 pm
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Talk | Antisemitism in the Aftermath of the Holocaust (online)
Speaker Christina Wirth, a Ph.D. student at the Leibniz Institute for European History in Mainz, Germany, is the USC Shoah Foundation's first Robert J. Katz Research Fellow in Antisemitism Studies. She will be in residence at the Institute in April 2024. As part of the fellowship, Wirth will conduct research on Jewish survivors' experiences of antisemitism in the immediate years after the Holocaust. This research is part of her broader dissertation project, entitled From 'Displaced Persons' to 'Refugee': Categorizing and Representing People in Transit (1944-1951).
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Thu, Apr 18
4:00 pm
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Workshop | Cardio Dance
This creative and fun workout fuses dance and aerobics to improve cardio fitness and tone the body. Instructor: Masayo Kado
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Thu, Apr 18
4:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Pyramid Pioneers: Group Show
An exhibition showcasing early Pyramid Polaroids and posters by Trey Speegle; video, graphics and memorabilia from Mark Oates; photographs by Lynn M. Grabowski (Pyramid name: Baronessa); Julie Hair and Jody Kurilla’s musical memorabilia from their Pyramid series, Tuesday Night Fever; clips from the documentary Pyramid Club–The Movie directed by Elizabeth Bouiss; and flyers and photos featured in the book from Howl! Archives’ Brian Butterick Collection.
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Thu, Apr 18
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Lecture | Clock, Fall: Choreorobotics and Near Futures of Choreographic Practice (online)
Speaker Sydney Skybetter is an expert in choreorobotics, a portmanteau of choreography and robotics, and a field which he has pioneered at the interdisciplinary intersection of choreographic theory and robotic motion planning. Choreorobotics offers a rich, critical aperture to consider how bodies in motion - human or otherwise - move through space and time to generate meaning. In Clock, Fall, Skybetter dives into the origin of choreorobotics, recent advancements in the field, and how emerging technologies can be informed or disrupted by collective action and coalition building, drawing from his work as the founder of the Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces.
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Film | Punking Out (1979): documentary
This film documents the beginning of the punk rock movement in New York City at CBGB's, a punk night club, and the lifestyle that revolves around this scene. It looks at the attitudes and motivations behind the movement through interviews with outspoken club-goers and band members of the Ramones, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and the Dead Boys. Directed by Maggie Carson, Juliusz Kossakowski, and Frederic A. Shore
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Book Discussion | The Ends of Paradise: Race, Extraction, and the Struggle for Black Life in Honduras
The future of Honduras begins and ends on the white sand beaches of Tela Bay on the country’s northeastern coast where Garifuna, a Black Indigenous people, have resided for over two hundred years. Author Christopher A. Loperena examines the Garifuna struggle for life and collective autonomy, and demonstrates how this struggle challenges concerted efforts by the state and multilateral institutions, such as the World Bank, to render both their lands and their culture into fungible tourism products. Using a combination of participant observation, courtroom ethnography, and archival research, Loperena reveals how purportedly inclusive tourism projects form part of a larger neoliberal, extractivist development regime, which remakes Black and Indigenous territories into frontiers of progress for the mestizo majority. The book offers a trenchant analysis of the ways Black dispossession and displacement are carried forth through the conferral of individual rights and freedoms, a prerequisite for resource exploitation under contemporary capitalism.
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Discussion | Living in a Quantum World
Quantum technologies, rooted in the principles of quantum mechanics, have the potential to revolutionize various aspects of our lives, offering groundbreaking advances in computing, communication, and sensing. This roundtable event addresses the evolving quantum landscape that represents a paradigm shift, unlocking new frontiers in scientific discovery and practical applications. Speakers: David Albert, Columbia Katiuscia Cassemiro, PRX Quantum Anna Grassellino, Fermilab Philip Kim, Harvard Robert Konik, Brookhaven Moderator: Robert Henderson, Wall Street Journal
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Classical Music | Viola Works by Debussy and More (In Person AND Online!)
Leslie Ashworth, Viola. Program Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979), Sonata for Viola and Piano Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981), Rhapsody No. 1 for Solo Viola Debussy (1862-1918), Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
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Film | Gate of Hell (1953): Japanese drama
In this lauded Japanese drama, the samurai Moritoh Enda performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Lady Kesa from a violent uprising. The warrior falls in love with Kesa, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is already married to a man named Wataru Watanabe. Unable to shake his obsession with Kesa, Moritoh grows increasingly unstable and will not stop in his pursuit of her, no matter what the consequences. Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyo
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Book Discussion | Goodnight Night Sweats: A Parody for the Menopausal (and Their Perimenopausal Friends)
Brenda Bowen (Haut Flasch) and Jessie Hartland's (Mina Pauze) present their book. Tackling the realities of aging (e.g. too much hair in some places, too little in others) while also embracing the joys (hard-won wisdom and the end of periods), Goodnight Night Sweats puts the underrepresented but widely-shared experience of menopause on the page with warmth and good humor. Riffing on the classic children's book Goodnight Moon, Goodnight Night Sweats takes on "the change" with big heart and humor. Through playful prose and witty illustrations, Haut Flasch and Mina Pauze explore the trials of menopause (and perimenopause)--hot flashes, mood swings, too much hair some places, too little others. At the same time, they cheer for the freedom that comes with getting older--goodbye, cramps! hello hard-won wisdom!--as they celebrate the fabulousness of women of a certain age.
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Thu, Apr 18
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Book Discussion | India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today
A facilitated discussion with Indian-American economist Ashoka Mody and Professor of Economics Karna Basu, as they discuss Mody’s book.
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Thu, Apr 18
6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | John Bradford: All the World's a Stage
For Bradford, the stage is a completely man-made world of rules that can inspire us to suspend our dis-belief and willingly submit to the legitimate authority of art. In such a world, the Puritans weren’t wrong to try to close down the Globe Theater where every performance was a celebration of the art of the agnostic; always shifting and moving, skeptical, self-governing, nuanced, with checks and balances, contradictions, full of gorgeous grays, chroma that sings, and the push and pull and flow of life freely lived. The exhibition is organized as a performance in 2 acts, with an overture and a final ensemble.
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Book Discussion | Never Been Better: Offbeat Comic Novel
Author Leanne Toshiko Simpson will be present at the U.S. launch of her novel, a hilariously offbeat and tender comedy about one bipolar woman’s messy search for love at a seaside wedding where no one can stay afloat.
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Book Discussion | Totalitarianism: A Borderline Concept in Political Philosophy
Over the past two decades we have witnessed the return of one of the last century’s most controversial concepts onto the philosophical-political scene: totalitarianism. What use are we making of it? What meaning — beyond the so-called ‘totalitarian characteristics’ upon which political science has constructed its typologies -- can it have for us today? Does it help us understand contemporary power dynamics or, instead, does it confuse us? Discussing Simona Forti's book, speakers will engage these questions.
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Discussion | A Conversation with Poet Judy Grahn
Judy Grahn has published thirteen books with several more in process; publications include two book length poems, several poetry collections, a reader, an ecotopian novel, and five non-fiction books. Among them are Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds; Blood, Bread, and Roses: How Menstruation Created the World; and her memoir, A Simple Revolution: the Making of an Activist Poet.
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Thu, Apr 18
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Discussion | All Possible Forests: Conceptualizing Collective Movements
Visiting Scholar Maria José Arjona and Professor André Lepecki will engage in an exploration of possibilities, contemplating the forest as both a metaphorical construct and a tangible locus for nuanced and innovative expressions. Our inquiry delves into the intricacies of planning and conceptualization of collective movements, conceived as dynamic sonic-social spaces, with a predominant focus on the transformative agency of attentive listening. The works disseminated throughout this dialogue serve as strategic instruments, systematically probing the essential role of transitioning -as an action- but also as technology for political resistance. These collective or soft structures, resembling microcosmic reflections of the Amazonian forest, function as active and open archives working within and throughout my work. They manifest, unfurl, and guide us toward the establishment of transient spaces and methodologies adept at reforesting not only corporeal entities but also the rigid structures permeated by institutional violence and normative paradigms.
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Performance | Kinstillatory Mappings in Light and Dark Matter: Music, Dance, Poetry
A monthly ceremonial fire centering Indigenous protocol and knowledge, with guest artists and activists engaging through music, dance, poetry, and more.
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Thu, Apr 18
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Lecture | Rhapsody & Ruin: Porgy & Bess, Cultural Domination, and the Story of America
Speaker Daphne A. Brooks is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of African American Studies, American Studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Music at Yale University. She is the author of Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910.
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Classical Music | Vocal and Orchestral Works by J.S. Bach and More (In Person AND Online)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; led by Avi Stein, organ. Program J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697), Paratum cor meum and Prelude in G Major
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Book Discussion | Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Premilla Nadasen discusses her new book, a powerful critique of capitalist care relations and the economic profit extracted from care. Care traces the rise of the care economy, from its roots in slavery, where there was no clear division between production and social reproduction, to the present care crisis, experienced acutely by more and more Americans. Today’s care economy, Nadasen shows, is an institutionalized, hierarchical system in which some people’s pain translates into other people’s profit. Yet this is also a story of resistance. Low-wage workers, immigrants, and women of color in movements from Wages for Housework and Welfare Rights to the Movement for Black Lives have continued to fight for and practice collective care. These groups help us envision how, given the challenges before us, we can create a caring world as part of a radical future.
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Book Discussion | Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner (in-person and online)
Isabella Stewart Gardner's singular art museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian palazzo, rose from Boston's Fens at the turn of the twentieth century. Natalie Dykstra's book is a biography of the extraordinary Gilded Age socialite who founded the Gardner museum. Eccentric, intelligent, and original, she was misunderstood by Boston's insular society and suffered the death of her only child. But in time came friendships, glittering and bohemian; world travels to Egypt and Syria; and collecting beautiful things. Henry James and John Singer Sargent--whose 1888 portrait of Gardner was a scandalous masterpiece--prized her friendship.
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Book Discussion | Histories of Ecological Design: An Unfinished Cyclopedia (in-person and online)
Lydia Kallipoliti's book presents conflicting definitions and concepts of architects and designers and the parallel histories of their intellectual positions toward environmental thought from the 19th century to today. To survey the formation of this field, the context is not exclusively examined chronologically, but also in connected worldviews, each rendering evolving perceptions of nature, its relation to culture, and the occupation of the planet by human and non-human subjects. The book showcases that ecological design starts with the reconceptualization of the world as a complex system of flows rather than a discrete compilation of objects, which visual artist and theorist György Kepes has described as one of the fundamental reorientations of the 20th century.
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Workshop | Nature Poetry
This event will bring you into inspiring locations in the Park. Participants have the opportunity to reflect on the interconnectedness between the natural and human worlds with the Hudson River as your muse. From field notes to free-flowing free writes to full-fledged poems, participants will discover new, refreshing ways of appreciating, engaging with and acting as a steward of the natural world of New York City. Whether you’re an experienced writer or have never written before, Nature Poetry will give you an opportunity to reimagine your relationship to that magnificent river that shapes our city.
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Opera | Opera & Democracy: Listening in Exile
Ruth Schonthal and Erich Zeisl will be presented in a concert. Schonthal, who would have celebrated her 100th birthday in 2024, became an important figure in the New York music scene during her American exile. She composed several operas, including Princess Maleen, which will be heard in part. Zeisl, on the other hand, lived mainly on the West Coast, where he worked for the film and various educational institutions. Excerpts from his opera fragment Hiob, based on the famous novel by Joseph Roth and perhaps one of the most fascinating exile operas, will be performed next to Schonthal. Both works are largely unknown today, as are the biographies of their authors. Ruth Schonthal: Princess Maleen (Excerpts) Erich Zeisl: Hiob (Excerpts) Musicians: Manhattan School of Music
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Classical Music | Language City by Ross Perlin (In Person AND Online!)
In Language City, Ross Perlin, co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, follows six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages deep into their communities to learn how they are maintaining and reviving their languages against overwhelming odds. He also warns of the growing political threats and the onslaught of “killer languages” like English and Spanish. Most importantly, he shows how New York today is nothing less than a sanctuary of endangered languages. Perlin speaks with author Suketu Mehta about his race against time to map the little-known languages across the most linguistically diverse city in history.
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Thu, Apr 18
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Poetry Reading | Of Tyrant: Poems of Fury and Tenderness
Leah Umansky's lyric examination of fury and tenderness of self in the world asks how it is that we go on living in this, “our riddle,” our crisis: “in the city of anarchy, in the veil,” when all else fails and the proverbial—and not so proverbial—tyrant of each moment takes all the airspace. When “courage is vulnerability,” and when “everyone else in the room seems to be “thumbing their anger, and carelessly flipping off the quiet,”
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Book Discussion | The Secret Life of Data: Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance
How data surveillance, digital forensics, and generative AI pose new long-term threats and opportunities—and how we can use them to make better decisions in the face of technological uncertainty. With authors Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert.
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Performance | The Perspective Project: Short Theater Works
The Outside/In ensemble creates community, connection and supports self-expression, providing rituals for success in the form of twice annual performances. Please come out and support the incredible ensemble as they present The Perspective Project. What is Outside/In? Stella Adler Arts Justice Division, created in 2001, identified a new strategic goal in 2013: to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Arts Justice soon became the leading arts program provider at Rikers Island Correctional Facility. As students were released from jail, we wanted the program to support them during their re-entry transition. Outside/In was created to allow students to continue the vital work that began inside rehabilitation and to support their transition to daily civilian life. Today Outside/In is a transitional company of 100 members who create new, short works inspired by their personal experiences and current social issues. Returning citizens who have previously been incarcerated and people in residential addiction recovery programs are eligible for Outside/In. Conservatory students and alumni who have a deeply vested interest in art, theater and social good may volunteer to support the ensemble.
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Classical Music | Works by Cuban Composers for String Quintet
Toomai String Quintet. Program Yosvany Terry (b. 1972), New Work Keyla Orozco (b. 1969) El Canto de la Cigarra Adonis Gonzalez-Matos, Conga santiaguera Adonis Gonzalez-Matos, Interlude
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Performance | Earth Day Expo 2024 Featuring 6 New Short Plays
Dr. Veeshan Narinesingh of Princeton University will speak. Performances: Before We Burn by Allie Costa Synopsis: In this time-bending tale, two women learn the fate of the land is in their hands. Dirt Farm by Scott Carter Cooper Synopsis: The southeastern part of Nebraska has been discovered as the United States’ richest area for niobium, a mineral that will aid in the battle against climate change. However, the mining of this mineral will destroy the way of life of the area residents. The possibility of imminent wealth puts life-long friends at odds. It’s Elemental by Arianna Rose Synopsis: The gods of earth, air, water and fire gather to determine the earth’s fate. Everyone must confront their passions and prejudices as they prepare to vote. New York, 2098 by Kaley Mamo Synopsis: Polar opposite classmates Antoinette and Beth are stuck in a classroom as their school sinks. While Beth searches for a way out, Antoinette searches for a way to die with dignity, and their two perspectives inevitably come to a head. Kaley Mamo is a playwright and screenwriter from Katonah, New York. She earned her BA in Film and Media Studies from Columbia University. She is a current MFA candidate in Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she writes futuristic stories for the present moment. She lives in Brooklyn. Splish Splash by Charles Leipart Synopsis: A couple sit on their high-rise balcony in their galoshes observing the effects of a rising sea level and climate change. The Kvetching Tree by Helen Cheng Mao Synopsis: Inspired by Shel Silverstein’s classic The Giving Tree,“The Kvetching Tree” explores the lifelong friendship between a tree and a child. Over many years, they spend time together while the tree offers advice, sets limits, and engages the person in an ongoing discussion about the environment.
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Play | Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest: A "Trivial Comedy for Serious People"
Two upper class aristocrats fake identities in pursuit of love, or something like it, resulting in misadventure, misbehavior, and the most mild-mannered smackdowns. A student production.
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Master Class | Piano Master Class
Piano Master Class with Carlo Guaitoli.
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Concert | Singer and Filmmaker Explore Identity, Displacement and Belonging
Multidimensional singer, artist, and music producer Alanna Stuart and award-winning interdisciplinary artist A.S.M. Kobayashi each create distinct and symbiotic works that explore identity, displacement, and belonging, drawing from their wide-ranging experiences and constantly evolving approaches. Stuart’s new piece explores the breadth of electronic-based sonic expression emerging from Canada's queer and femme dancehall diaspora and features the full repertoire of To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before, her debut solo record of femmehall works—Jamaican-inspired reimaginings of songs by female musicians. Kobayashi shares an excerpt of her live documentary Electric Neon Clock which incorporates the case files of her Canadian relatives of Japanese heritage forcibly relocated and dispossessed during WWII. Using video, sound, interviews, performance and a substantial photo archive, she welcomes audiences to assess the custodial file and interpret and humanize its contents.
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Classical Music | Viola Works by Enescu, Hindemith, and More (In Person AND Online!)
Laura Liu, Viola. Program Enescu (1881-1955), Concertstuck Hindemith (1895-1963), Sonata for Solo Viola, Op. 11 No. 5 George Rochberg (1918-2005), Viola Sonata
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Workshop | Tai Chi
Improve balance, strength and focus through gentle exercises. The sights and sounds of the river provide a serene background for the ancient flowing postures.
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Fri, Apr 19
8:30 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Fri, Apr 19
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Workshop | Adult Zumba
Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Bring your friends and come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training and a lot of fun.
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Fri, Apr 19
10:30 am
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Workshop | 2 Earth Month Events
Rock Your Love for the Earth A rock painting event to transform ordinary rocks into beautiful works of art with environmentally friendly paint. Materials will be provided and participants can keep their rocks or donate them for display on campus for a few weeks. Bee Conservancy Comic Book Tabling Stop by to learn more about bees and the importance of their ecosystem to our environment with the Bee Conservancy. There will be a comic book giveaway of Bee a Buddy for those who stop by the table.
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Fri, Apr 19
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
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Book Discussion | A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Mobility and Security Across the Bangladesh-India Borderlands (online)
Dr. Sahana Ghosh discusses her book which chronicles the slow transformation of a connected region into national borderlands and shows the foundational place of gender and sexuality in the meaning and management of threat and security in relation to mobility. This book recasts a singular focus on border fences and migrants as border-crossers and shows, instead, that postcolonial bordering materializes through multiple forms of violence and devaluation in agrarian, borderland lives.
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Fri, Apr 19
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Master Class | Adult Community Choir
Come and experience the joy of singing! This beginner, non-auditioned group welcomes all who love to sing. You will learn healthy singing habits, warmups, and how to find your own voice as you sing with a group. The class will sing and study music of many styles and genres like jazz, Latin, soul, choral, gospel, folk, and music from around the world. Everyone is welcome; no experience necessary! The class will culminate with a final public performance. Classes will meet Fridays, March 1st - May 10th from 12pm-1:15pm. The final performance date is May 17th at 12pm. Registration is required, and class size is limited. Participants should plan to attend all sessions.
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Fri, Apr 19
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Beekeeping Class
Beekeeping classes presented by New York City Beekeepers Association. In these instructional classes, you’ll learn about honey bee colonies and the vital role they play in the natural environment. The classes welcome gardeners, prospective beekeepers, and anyone interested in learning more about bees and beekeeping!
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Fri, Apr 19
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
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Fri, Apr 19
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Discussion | The Oscars Past and Present: Who Should Have Won
The annual Academy Awards are a perfect excuse to take stock of the movies. So movie mavens Sara Lukinson and Harry Chotiner are going to have a conversation about all of it over lunch. What did the Oscars get right and wrong about the nominations and the winners? Let's look at past Oscar choices to see where they seem vindicated by time....or are more embarrassing than ever. Beyond the Oscars - what were the best and most interesting movies of the last year and what were the big disappointments? What are we to make of the Barbie phenomenon? How did a serious political-intellectual film like Oppenheimer do a billion dollars at the box office? Was Scoresese's Killers of the Flower Moon, or Bradley Cooper's Maestro as good as some critics say? What about intriguing films like May December and American Fiction or foreign films Past Lives and Zone of Interest? Are movies in movie theaters really reviving or are they actually on life support?
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Fri, Apr 19
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation (in-person and online)
The session is non-denominational and will focus on the basics: meditation to quiet the mind, to focus the quiet mind, using the focused mind for analysis, and using the focused mind to create and uphold a positive vision of and outlook on the world. Other more specific uses of meditation may be discussed however the class is meant for all, beginners and those with a regular practice.
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Fri, Apr 19
12:15 pm
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12:15 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
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Fri, Apr 19
12:20 pm
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12:20 pm
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Book Discussion | Mass Atrocities and the Police: A New History of Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia and Herzegovina (online)
Between April 1992 and December 1995, more than 100,000 people were killed in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The terrible atrocities committed in this period have been much discussed and studied and many prosecuted as acts of genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity. But so far, the academic scholarship has focused on the role of the military in these events. This has come at the expense of considering the police's role, which author Christian Axboe Nielsen here demonstrates as crucial. Nielsen traces the origins of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina to the police and associated paramilitary groups. Nielsen makes this ground-breaking case by drawing on a host of confidential archival sources, academic research and practical experience as a widely cited expert witness in the most notorious of the war crimes tribunals. His innovative new history sheds light on wider issues regarding the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the Balkan wars and the region today.
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Fri, Apr 19
12:30 pm
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12:30 pm
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Film | Gran Turismo (2023) with Orlando Bloom
The true story of a team of unlikely underdogs -- a working-class gamer, a former race-car driver, and an idealistic motorsport executive -- who risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world. Director: Neill Blomkamp Cast: David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Archie Madekwe, Darren Barnet, Geri Halliwell Horner, Djimon Hounsou Orlando Bloom is an English actor. He made his breakthrough as the character Legolas in The Lord of the Rings film series. He reprised his role in The Hobbit film series. Considered by some to be the Errol Flynn of his time, he gained further notice appearing in epic fantasy, historical, and adventure films, notably as Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Paris in Troy (2004), Balian de Ibelin in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), and the Duke of Buckingham in The Three Musketeers (2011).
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Fri, Apr 19
1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Faure, Brahms, and More for Violin, Viola, and Piano
Yezu Woo, violin; Matthew Cohen, viola; Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano. Program Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979), Dumka Steven Gerber (1948-2015), Norma's Variations Faure (1845-1924), Elegy for Cello and Piano Brahms (1833-1897), Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60
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Workshop | Enjoy an afternoon of crafting and conversation
Bring your own project or choose something from a provided collection to work on during this freeform crafting workshop. The workshop will include materials for sewing, knitting, crochet, coloring, paper crafts, and puzzles.
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Fri, Apr 19
1:30 pm
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1:30 pm
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Play | The World's Most Boring Murder: A Farcical Murder Mystery
A farcical murder mystery that draws from Commedia and Brazilian Clown traditions. In this playful comedy, an inexperienced police inspector needs to solve his small town’s very first crime, which happens to be a violent murder. Along with two less than capable assistants, they will have to investigate a dozen of the towns' most colorful characters to find out who the killer is, before they become a serial killer. Written by Fernado Segall. A student production.
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Fri, Apr 19
3:30 pm
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3:30 pm
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Lecture | Learning Curves: Machine and Human Learning
Recent advances in machine learning have revitalised the empiricist program by providing direct demonstrations of learning through experience. Vast neural networks that start out with random configurations develop impressive skills in domains like perception, strategic play, and conversation by gradually learning from experience. Despite these successes, there are reasons to think that AI systems today learn in a different, and, in some respects, slower way than humans do. In this talk, Daniel Rothschild explores this potential weakness in machine learning, bringing out different senses in which learning by AI today may be less powerful than human learning.
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Fri, Apr 19
3:30 pm
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3:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Peasant Politics of the Twenty-First Century: Transnational Social Movements and Agrarian Change
Dr. Marc Edelman launches his new book.
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Fri, Apr 19
4:15 pm
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4:15 pm
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Reading | Alumni Fiction & Poetry Reading
With: Matthew Broaddus, Kate Doyle, Alisha Kaplan, and Alexandrine Ogundimu, Hosted by Darin Strauss
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Fri, Apr 19
5:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Open Mike | Poetry Open Mic
Participants can share their original work for up to five minutes. Space is limited to 15 readers; show up on time to get a slot!
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Fri, Apr 19
5:30 pm
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Elizabeth Flood: Lookout
Taking place outdoors in the elements, Flood’s practice is physical and watchful. She excavates strata of emotion, history, and movement embedded in the landscape in her responsive, gestural approach. As an artist, Flood feels and processes the world around her, looking to cycles of trauma and endurance in the American Landscape through depictions of the Atlantic Ocean and dunes in Provincetown, Massachusetts; The Hudson River; Civil War Battlefields in Chancellorsville, Virginia and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; and the Mojave Desert. These works span four years—a national election cycle—recording changes of weather, light, and topography through physical endurance and expression of painting. Elizabeth Flood lives and works in Beacon, NY and is originally from Virginia. She earned her MFA in Painting from Boston University, her BA in History and Religious Studies from the University of Virginia, and studied at the Mt. Gretna School Of Art. In 2019, Flood was a participant at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and was an artist-in-residence at the Studios at MASS MoCA. She was awarded two Visual Arts Fellowships at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown in 2021 and 2022. Flood is the recipient of several grants and awards including the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant which helped fund this exhibition, the Real Art Award, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Graduate Fellowship, and the Boston University John Walker Alumni Award. Flood currently teaches painting at Purchase College.
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Fri, Apr 19
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Hitoshi Fugo: Kami
Japanese photographer Hitoshi Fugo (b. 1947)'s still-life studies explore a single subject's nuanced multi-faceted expressions until the subject becomes detached from its category, meaning, or identity. He commits to an ongoing experimentation in dismantling these boundaries. This exhibition features one of his most ambitious yet long-silenced projects. In 2001, Fugo began photographing the large burnt paper roll that had been sitting in the corner of his studio for six or seven years. One day, around 1993, he walked past a printing factory destroyed by fire and saw cleaning workers leaving half-burnt paper rolls on the ground. Fugo asked them not to throw them away and later brought them to his studio. The salvaged objects, destroyed by violence (fire) and too chaotic for human control, inspired the artist, particularly after witnessing and photographing the aftermath of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995.
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Fri, Apr 19
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Interconnecting Lines: Group Show
Toronto-based Artio Gallery is delighted to present its inaugural international group exhibition which spotlights an eclectic assembly of artists, each weaving their unique narratives. Through visual abstraction and profound emotional resonance, these artists delve into themes such as mortality, beliefs, and the essence of love. Their creations transcend cultural and background disparities, employing a diverse array of media, tools, and wisdom to craft enthralling and impactful masterpieces.
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Fri, Apr 19
6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Sam Roeck: Boyfriend
Sam Roeck painted portraits of his ex-boyfriends and paired each one with a likeness of himself. These four portrait-diptychs stand within the long practice of the artist’s self-investigation, mostly using pencil and paper, photography, and, as of late, oil on board or canvas. The fraught coupling of self and ex-lover adds a surprising charge to the traditional dynamics of portraiture. How to work with a sitter who is intimately familiar, unfastened from earlier frames, who needs to be engaged with afresh? Roeck reflects on the aftermath of these relationships, the friendships that remain, and the idea of “letting go.”
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Fri, Apr 19
6:00 pm
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Film | Slacker (1990): A Comedic Look at Austin, Texas
A day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs. Director: Richard Linklater Stars: Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine 97 min.
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Fri, Apr 19
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Book Discussion | Workstead: Interiors of Belonging
Acclaimed design studio Workstead celebrate their new monograph, collecting trendsetting commercial projects marked by craftsmanship, detail, and materiality. Principals Robert Highsmith, Stefanie Brechbuehler, and Ryan Mahoney will be in conversation with David Sokol, followed by a signing. Over the past decade, Brooklyn-based Workstead has earned wide acclaim for its signature residential projects, as well as larger-scale projects such as the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn and the Rivertown Lodge in Hudson, New York. As their projects expand, Workstead's design approach continues to feel very of the moment, rooted in an appreciation of craftsmanship, detail, and materiality. Known for their thoughtful approach to design, Workstead works with a network of skilled fabricators, collaborating with craftspeople and artists across all mediums to create customized interior design, lighting, and furniture. The resulting interiors feel homey and welcoming, spaces where we want to spend time, whether they're a wine bar, a restaurant, or a great room of a hotel.
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Fri, Apr 19
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Black Lands and the Poetics of Citizenship
The story of land in what we refer to as the United States of America, is complex. We investigate land through many frames, including theft, domination, or stewardship, and still have an incomplete understanding of what the layers of fraught meaning and history associated with it. In this event, we shine a light on one slice of that story through the portal of Black history and practice. This is a multimedia panel discussion about the contradictions and revelations of Black land ownership in rural America. The event will feature excerpts from the works of Amy Godine (The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier), Paul A. Miller (Searching for Timbuctoo), and Dr. Gail Myers (Rhythms of the Land).
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Fri, Apr 19
6:00 pm
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Lecture | Drawing Connoisseurship from the Art Market to the British Museum: Mistakes, Fakes, and Second Takes
Hugo Chapman of The British Museum discusses how he fell under the spell of Raphael's drawings as a student, the ups and downs of working in an auction house, and the challenges of putting a name to every Italian drawing in the British Museum when the collection was digitized. Learn how connoisseurship has become a more collaborative exercise and how close looking can still yield surprising discoveries.
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Fri, Apr 19
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Classical Music | Piano Works by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, and More
Dmitry Yudin, piano, performs works by J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Beethoven (1770-1827), Debussy (1862-1918), and Brahms (1833-1897).
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Fri, Apr 19
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Secret Sixteen Screening
This event pairs 16mm films from the Cinema Studies Archive with lo-fi gems, oddball curiosities, and pre-internet obscurities. There's a surprise here for everyone.
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Fri, Apr 19
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Genius on Display (in-person and online)
Genius on Display is thrilled to welcome illustrator, graphic designer, and educator Jason Raish. During this artist’s talk, Jason will discuss his expansive career that includes familiar clients such as The New York Times, the MTA, and Lucas Films. Join us in person as we spotlight this incredible designer. Questions strongly encouraged! Jason Raish is a Brooklyn-based freelance illustrator and educator at The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). Jason has worked with clients around the globe, including those based in Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul, Barcelona, London, and Paris. He lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where you can find him jogging the park loop with his rescue husky, Dubu, tending to his rooftop vegetable garden, or mostly, illustrating in his home office with the shades down (the digital coal mine).
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Fri, Apr 19
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Film | All Is One. Except 0. (2020): German Documentary on Computer Hackers' Club
Using lots of archival material, this documentary tells the story of the legendary Computer Chaos Club and it's founder Wau Holland, computer nerd and data artist, subversive hacker and advocate of democracy. Directors: Klaus Maeck, Tanja Schwerdorf 94 min. In German with English subtitles Followed by a conversation between the director and NYU's Sukhdev Sandhu
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Fri, Apr 19
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Saṃbhūya: Understanding the Brain Through Dance
Sloka Iyengar, a Bharatanatyam artist and neuroscientist, brings together her two passions in Saṃbhūya. A Sanskrit word that means “through joint effort,” Saṃbhūya is both a performance and a demonstration that articulates how the sciences and the arts are complementary ways of appreciating the world around us.
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Classical Music | Works by Medtner for Piano and Voice
Roberto Hidalgo, piano; Luisa Hidalgo, soprano. All Medtner (1880-1951) Program Sonata-Reminiscenza, Op. 38, No. 1 / 1918-20 Canzona matinata, Op. 39, No. 4 Sonata tragica, Op. 39, No. 5 Sonata-Vocalise, Op. 41, No. 1
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Fri, Apr 19
7:10 pm
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Concert | American Songbook Cabaret
MSM Opera Theatre perform the American Songbook Cabaret.
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Fri, Apr 19
7:30 pm
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7:30 pm
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Performance | Earth Day Expo 2024 Featuring 6 New Short Plays
Bryan Norcross, hurricane specialist, will speak. Performances: Before We Burn by Allie Costa Synopsis: In this time-bending tale, two women learn the fate of the land is in their hands. Dirt Farm by Scott Carter Cooper Synopsis: The southeastern part of Nebraska has been discovered as the United States’ richest area for niobium, a mineral that will aid in the battle against climate change. However, the mining of this mineral will destroy the way of life of the area residents. The possibility of imminent wealth puts life-long friends at odds. It’s Elemental by Arianna Rose Synopsis: The gods of earth, air, water and fire gather to determine the earth’s fate. Everyone must confront their passions and prejudices as they prepare to vote. New York, 2098 by Kaley Mamo Synopsis: Polar opposite classmates Antoinette and Beth are stuck in a classroom as their school sinks. While Beth searches for a way out, Antoinette searches for a way to die with dignity, and their two perspectives inevitably come to a head. Kaley Mamo is a playwright and screenwriter from Katonah, New York. She earned her BA in Film and Media Studies from Columbia University. She is a current MFA candidate in Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she writes futuristic stories for the present moment. She lives in Brooklyn. Splish Splash by Charles Leipart Synopsis: A couple sit on their high-rise balcony in their galoshes observing the effects of a rising sea level and climate change. The Kvetching Tree by Helen Cheng Mao Synopsis: Inspired by Shel Silverstein’s classic The Giving Tree,“The Kvetching Tree” explores the lifelong friendship between a tree and a child. Over many years, they spend time together while the tree offers advice, sets limits, and engages the person in an ongoing discussion about the environment.
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Fri, Apr 19
7:30 pm
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Flutist Who's a Legend of the New York Latin Music Scene
Flutist Karen Joseph is a legend on the New York Latin music scene, having performed with Eddie Palmieri, Johnny Pacheco, Israel 'Cachao' Lopez, Johnny Almendra y Los Jovenes del Barrio, Charanga 76 and Charlie Rodriguez Y Su Conjunto. She can be heard on studio albums alongside Eddie Palmieri with his renowned La Perfecta II Salsa Orchestra (with whom she toured internationally), the FANIA All-Stars, Johnny Almendra y Los Jovenes del Barrio, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, and Cornell Dupree. In recognition of her contributions to the industry, Ms. Joseph has been the recipient of the NY Latin Music Pionero Award, the Salsa Superior Award, and the Caribe Latino Show Award. Joseph will electrify with her band MamboCha, a conjunto and charanga combo that will keep you dancing all night.
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Fri, Apr 19
7:30 pm
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7:30 pm
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Classical Music | Orchestral Works by Bartok and More
Columbia University Orchestra; Anthony Lee, flute. Program John Adams (b. 1947), Doctor Atomic Symphony Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), Sonatine for Flute and Orchestra Bartok (1881-1945), Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
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Fri, Apr 19
7:30 pm
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Play | Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest: A “Trivial Comedy for Serious People”
Two upper class aristocrats fake identities in pursuit of love, or something like it, resulting in misadventure, misbehavior, and the most mild-mannered smackdowns. A student production.
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Fri, Apr 19
7:30 pm
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Play | The World's Most Boring Murder: A Farcical Murder Mystery
A farcical murder mystery that draws from Commedia and Brazilian Clown traditions. In this playful comedy, an inexperienced police inspector needs to solve his small town’s very first crime, which happens to be a violent murder. Along with two less than capable assistants, they will have to investigate a dozen of the towns' most colorful characters to find out who the killer is, before they become a serial killer. Written by Fernado Segall. A student production.
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Fri, Apr 19
8:00 pm
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Fri, Apr 19
9:20 pm
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Sat, Apr 20
10:00 am
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Festival | Earth Day Celebration
Celebrate the power of native plants through free educational activities and workshops for all ages, guided tours through the Island’s open space, a participatory mural inspired by the relationship between milkweed and Monarch butterflies, nature activities, and volunteer stewardship projects.
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Sat, Apr 20
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Sat, Apr 20
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Sat, Apr 20
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Workshop | Hydrox Fitness Racing
A pop-up training event -- a High Intensity workout. Hydrox has taken the fitness industry by storm creating a functional strength and running race, which is currently held at multiple cities across the globe. In short, this is a sport that truly everyone can get involved in! Use this opportunity to learn more. Challenge yourself by taking part in our unparalleled experience, but most importantly connect with like-minded individuals who share the same passion for pushing and exceeding their limits. You will be using dumbbells and functional equipment to bring you a 60-minute workout experience. This experience is open to all skill levels as they believe there should be no prerequisite to take part.
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Sat, Apr 20
11:00 am
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
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Sat, Apr 20
11:00 am
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11:00 am
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Hike | Spring Blooming Hike
Spring has sprung. Flowers and trees are in full bloom this season. Learn some ways to identify these spring beauties and the important roles they play in our ecosystem.
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Sat, Apr 20
11:00 am
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Workshop | Origami Meetup
OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws.
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11:30 am
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Festival | Earth Day Festival
The Earth Day Festival welcomes the warmer months, celebrates the planet we all share, and highlights the park’s spring beauty. Explore vibrant seasonal blooms, enchanting cherry blossoms, and embrace the spirit of sustainability. Live music Arts, crafts, and educational activities Cooking demonstrations Free treats And more!
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Sat, Apr 20
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
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Sat, Apr 20
12:00 pm
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Sat, Apr 20
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Tour | Guided Island Tour
Look into the past of the island and learn about its excit-ing trans-for-ma-tion and future. In this walk-ing tour, you'll exam-ine how his-toric preser-va-tion, inno-v-a-tive design, and envi-ron-men-tal stew-ard-ship make the Island what it is today: one of the most unique pub-lic places in New York City.
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Sat, Apr 20
12:45 pm
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12:45 pm
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Film | The Holdovers (2023) with Paul Giamatti
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school remains on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War. Director: Alexander Payne Cast: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa Paul Giamatti is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globes, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
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Film | The Hours (2002) with Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman
The Hours is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition. Director: Stephen Daldry Cast: Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman Meryl Streep is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation," Streep is known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including a record 21 Academy Award nominations, winning three, and a record 33 Golden Globe Award nominations, winning eight. Julianne Moore is an American actress. Prolific in film since the early 1990s, she is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in independent films, as well as for her roles in blockbusters. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Emmy Awards. Nicole Kidman is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards.
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Discussion | A Conversation with the Bestselling Author Elliot Ackerman
Elliot Ackerman is the bestselling author of the novels Halcyon, 2034, Red Dress In Black and White, Waiting for Eden, Dark at the Crossing, and Green on Blue, as well as the memoir The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan, and Places and Names: On War, Revolution and Returning. His books have been nominated for the National Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal in both fiction and nonfiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize among others.
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City Walk | A Sense of Permanence: An Architectural Walking Tour
In conjunction with the exhibition Sites of Impermanence, Richard Gluckman leads an architectural walking tour of his Chelsea projects that transformed 19th and early-twentieth century warehouses and industrial buildings into some of the most iconic "white cube" galleries, helping to define a typology that continues to have global influence on the art world today. The 1987 renovation and conversion of a Chelsea warehouse at 548 West 22nd Street--into a 40,000-square-foot, four-story exhibition facility for the Dia Center for the Arts--became a model for exhibition facilities of this type. Guided by a sensitive and thoughtful approach to adaptive reuse, Gluckman created spaces and structures that emphasized the sympathetic presentation of contemporary art: column-free interiors and diffused natural light that preserved details from a building's industrial past, like exposed ceilings that celebrated the original structures. This rigorous design approach soon drew others to a then-desolate Chelsea neighborhood, including Paula Cooper Gallery, Mary Boone Gallery, and Gagosian, to solidify the neighborhood as the center of activity for the global art world.
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Concert | Chamber Music on the Water
A one hour performance (no intermission), including a Q & A session with the musicians. The program is announced at the performance.
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Tour | Guided Island Tour
Look into the past of the island and learn about its exciting transformation and future. In this walking tour, you’ll examine how historic preservation, innovative design, and environmental stewardship make the Island what it is today: one of the most unique public places in New York City.
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Sat, Apr 20
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Play | The World's Most Boring Murder: A Farcical Murder Mystery
A farcical murder mystery that draws from Commedia and Brazilian Clown traditions. In this playful comedy, an inexperienced police inspector needs to solve his small town’s very first crime, which happens to be a violent murder. Along with two less than capable assistants, they will have to investigate a dozen of the towns' most colorful characters to find out who the killer is, before they become a serial killer. Written by Fernado Segall. A student production.
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Sat, Apr 20
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Jazz | Now's the Time for Jazz Diplomacy
Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam is proud to present the Ari Roland Quartet with Ari Roland, bass, Zaid Nasser, saxophone, Chris Byars, saxophone, and Keith Balla, drums. Ari Roland is a born and raised New Yorker, Juilliard alumni, who was mentored by legends such as Lou Donaldson, Barry Harris and Betty Carter. He has traveled around the world to Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East, on 150 tours, spreading his message of unity through jazz music. He presents his program, "Now's the Time for Jazz Diplomacy." Ari Roland Quartet Ari Roland, bass Chris Byars, saxophone Zaid Nasser, saxophone Keith Balla, drums
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Classical Music | Serene organ meditations in an intimate venue (In Person AND Online)
Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
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Sat, Apr 20
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Gallery Talk | Afternoon with the Artists
An afternoon with artists Barbara Takenaga and Robert Kushner on the occasion of the concurrent exhibitions Barbara Takenaga: Whatsis and Robert Kushner: Antella Curtains and Windows.
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Sat, Apr 20
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Jazz | Influential Jazz Artist from Argentina
Argentinean-born artist Sol Liebeskind started her musical journey in 2009. She remains one of the most influential artists in the Jazz/ Soul scene in Buenos Aires and has participated multiple times in the Buenos Aires International Jazz Festival (2011, 2014, 2015). In 2015, she moved to New York City where she recorded her latest album and has performed at prestigious venues such as: Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Bowl, National Sawdust, Trinity Hip Hop Festival, Arthur's Tavern to name a few.
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Sat, Apr 20
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Dance Performance | Military Connected: Performance Salon
Exit12 and Women Veterans Empowered & Thriving are co-hosting a Military Connected Performance Salon & Social. Come see incredible dance, listen to powerful spoken word, and socialize with the veteran arts community in NYC.
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Sat, Apr 20
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Concert | Opera Arias and Broadway Songs by Puccini, Verdi, Gershwin, and More
The Opera Collective NYC, featuring Alexis Cregger, Soprano; Rachel Hippert, Soprano; Anna Viemeister, Mezzo; Jose Heredia, Tenor; Jonathan Green, Baritone; and Jeremy Griffin, Baritone, perform works by Puccini, Verdi, Massanet, Porter, Gershwin and more!
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Classical Music | Chamber Choir
MSM Chamber Choir; Malcolm J. Merriweather, Director.
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Play | Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest: A "Trivial Comedy for Serious People"
Two upper class aristocrats fake identities in pursuit of love, or something like it, resulting in misadventure, misbehavior, and the most mild-mannered smackdowns. A student production.
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Play | Hermione: Shakespeare-Inspired Comedy
Revenge, absolution, and racism are all front and center in this Shakespeare-inspired comedy that combines and reimagines the Bard’s The Winter’s Tale and Othello. The story follows Emilia, a woman seeking vengeance on her husband, the King of Sicilia, after he falsely accuses her of adultery and sentences her to death. In her quest for retribution, she joins forces with a man named Iago, who has a revenge scheme of his own Written by Oded Gross. A student production.
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Sun, Apr 21
10:00 am
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Birdwatching | Birding in the Greenway
Discover the newly opened East Midtown Greenway! This green corridor spans from 53rd to 61st Street. Guide: NYC Audubon's Russell Jacobs. Expect to see many water birds swimming in and flying over the East River.
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Sun, Apr 21
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Sun, Apr 21
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Tour | Historic Flatiron-Nomad District Walking Tour
Join a professional guide on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the City's most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse, and the famous Flatiron Building. Rain or shine. Every Sunday at 11 am.
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Sun, Apr 21
11:00 am
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Workshop | Over, Under, Through: Basics of Parkour
The Movement Creative leads a 6-week series to learn the basics of parkour. Build your strength, agility, coordination, and mobility with fun drills, partner exercises, and games to learn jumping, vaulting, swinging, and how to put it all together. Have a blast while getting strong!
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Sun, Apr 21
11:00 am
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Tour | Guided Island Tour
Look into the past of the island and learn about its exciting transformation and future. In this walking tour, you’ll examine how historic preservation, innovative design, and environmental stewardship make the Island what it is today: one of the most unique public places in New York City.
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Sun, Apr 21
12:45 pm
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12:45 pm
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Festival | A Celebration of the Arts and Culture of Yemen
Celebrate Yemen's cultural heritage and commemorate the recent repatriation of artifacts now on temporary loan from the Republic of Yemen. Get to know more about Yemen's rich culture alongside members of the vibrant Yemeni diaspora in New York. For visitors of all ages. Drop-in Art Making 1-4 pm Engage in family-friendly art-making activities inspired by Yemeni art and cultural traditions. Pop-up Dance Performances 1-2 pm and 3-4 pm Enjoy traditional dances from Yemen. Art Viewing 1-2 pm and 3-4 pm Experience a special display of Yemeni antiquities.
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Sun, Apr 21
1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music on the Water
A one hour performance (no intermission), including a Q & A session with the musicians. The program is announced at the performance.
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Sun, Apr 21
2:00 pm
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Play | Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest: A “Trivial Comedy for Serious People”
Two upper class aristocrats fake identities in pursuit of love, or something like it, resulting in misadventure, misbehavior, and the most mild-mannered smackdowns. A student production.
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Sun, Apr 21
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Tour | Guided Island Tour
Look into the past of the island and learn about its exciting transformation and future. In this walking tour, you’ll examine how historic preservation, innovative design, and environmental stewardship make the Island what it is today: one of the most unique public places in New York City.
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Play | Hermione: Shakespeare-Inspired Comedy
Revenge, absolution, and racism are all front and center in this Shakespeare-inspired comedy that combines and reimagines the Bard's The Winter's Tale and Othello. The story follows Emilia, a woman seeking vengeance on her husband, the King of Sicilia, after he falsely accuses her of adultery and sentences her to death. In her quest for retribution, she joins forces with a man named Iago, who has a revenge scheme of his own Written by Oded Gross. A student production.
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Sun, Apr 21
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Classical Music | Serene organ meditations in an intimate venue (In Person AND Online)
Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
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Sun, Apr 21
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Sun, Apr 21
4:50 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Piazzolla and More for Harp, Percussion, and Clarinet
Bridget Kibbey, Harp; Latin Grammy winner Samuel Torres, Percussion; and Louis Arques, Clarinet, perform works by Jose Barros (1915-2007), Paquito D'Rivera (b. 1948), and Piazzolla (1921-1992), original works by Torres, and more.
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Sun, Apr 21
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Sun, Apr 21
5:20 pm
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Jazz | Saxophone Ensemble
MSM Saxophone Ensemble; Paul Cohen, Director.
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Sun, Apr 21
7:30 pm
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Play | Hermione: Shakespeare-Inspired Comedy
Revenge, absolution, and racism are all front and center in this Shakespeare-inspired comedy that combines and reimagines the Bard's The Winter's Tale and Othello. The story follows Emilia, a woman seeking vengeance on her husband, the King of Sicilia, after he falsely accuses her of adultery and sentences her to death. In her quest for retribution, she joins forces with a man named Iago, who has a revenge scheme of his own Written by Oded Gross. A student production.
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Sun, Apr 21
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Workshop | Morning Meditation
Start your day by balancing your mind, body, and spirit during instructor guided meditation. This renowned practice lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and strengthens the immune system.
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Mon, Apr 22
9:45 am
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9:45 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Mon, Apr 22
10:00 am
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Master Class | Cello Master Class
Cello Master Class with Philippe Muller.
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Mon, Apr 22
10:00 am
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Birdwatching | Earth Day: Family Birding
What birds live in your backyard? Learn the basics of birdwatching in this fun outing for beginners, hobbyists, and lifelong birders alike. Together, you will explore the park and see what makes this spot a hang-out for resident urban birds and marvelous migrators! Binoculars and field guides provided, or bring your own.
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Mon, Apr 22
11:00 am
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Lecture | Dalit History is Poster History (online)
Shrujana N. Shridhar, a Mumbai-based artist and illustrator, and Christina Dhanuja, the co-founder of Dalit History Month, lead a presentation on the literary and political movements led by the Dalit Panthers. This conversation will delve into the Dalit Panther Archive’s digitized treasures—posters, magazines, and revolutionary poetry—and their transformative impact on Marathi literature. The Dalit Panthers and the Little Magazine movement challenged the entrenched norms of Marathi literary circles in the 1970s, by bravely confronting dominant caste perspectives that had long dictated the aesthetics, linguistics, and thematic directions of prose and poetry. They explored the radical reimagining of expression by dismantling oppressive gazes and ushering in an era of authentic voices and diverse narratives. This presentation will uncover the struggles and triumphs of visionary leaders, and the communities that enabled them to navigate India’s changing political and cultural landscape, leaving an indelible mark on the trajectory of anti-caste literature and creative expression. It offers a journey through time and ideology, with insights into the power of literature that challenges, provokes, and inspires change. It presents an opportunity to celebrate the legacy of those who dared to disrupt literary fiefdoms.
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Mon, Apr 22
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
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Mon, Apr 22
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | An Afternoon of Jazz (In Person AND Online)
Billy Hart Quartet.
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Mon, Apr 22
1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Discussion | Is This Me?: Films by Maryam Tafakory
A Q+A with filmmaker Maryam Tafakory to discuss her films Mast-del, Irani Bag, Nazarbazi, and Chaste/UnChaste. Through collages of original and found footage, Tafakory's films reflect on identity and the censorship of intimacy and sexuality in post-Revolution Iran. Mast-del explores queer identity inside and outside of post-Revolution Iran through altered visuals, new and archival. Irani Bag is a video essay, focusing on the restriction of physical intimacy and demonstrating to its viewers "how to touch without touching." Nazarbazi tells a story of desire, control, and love in Iran through a collage of found footage. Chaste/UnChaste examines the limitations of labeling women's bodies as chaste/unchaste through depiction of Iranian women in film.
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Mon, Apr 22
1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Tall Timber: The Future of Cities in Wood: Curator's Tour
Nature meets technology where we live and work. The exhibition introduces Mass Timber to the general public through architectural models, material samples, videos, and drawings that present some of the most interesting, innovative, and beautiful examples of buildings conceived in this new system of design and construction. World Architects finds our exhibition "timely and impactful" and Architectural Record calls the show "an essential overview of the still-emerging construction system and its possibilities." The Museum's director and curator, Carol Willis, will offer a tour of the exhibition.
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Mon, Apr 22
3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Lecture | Impact of Discrimination on Integration of Emigrants from an Aggressor Country: Evidence from a Panel Survey of Russian Migrants (in-person and online)
Following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, up to one million Russians fled their homeland, marking the most significant brain drain since the Soviet Union’s collapse. While some host countries view the highly educated and politically active migrants as an asset, integrating nationals of the aggressor state has presented challenges. Many migrants face institutional restrictions aimed at sanctioning Russia, alongside varied experiences of discrimination from local populations. This study delves into the effect of discrimination on the assimilation intentions of Russian migrants, focusing on language learning as a key indicator. Laitin’s model of identity building suggests that migrants’ willingness to assimilate depends on the perceived benefits, including acceptance by the host society. Following the model, Sergeeva assumes that discrimination signals to migrants that the host country’s society does not accept them, making learning the local language a less rational choice. Utilizing a cross-sectional panel survey, the study establishes a link between discrimination and integration, differentiating between the effects of discrimination experienced from local citizens and local institutions on language acquisition. Findings reveal that societal discrimination significantly dampens migrants’ willingness to learn local languages and diminishes their trust in and attachment to host societies, unlike institutional discrimination, which shows no such effect on language learning. These insights contribute to an understanding of the impact of nationality-based discrimination, highlighting the role of societal acceptance in the successful integration of political migrants. Speaker Ivetta Sergeeva is a PhD candidate at the European University Institute in Florence.
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Mon, Apr 22
4:00 pm
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4:00 pm
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Talk | Eduardo De Filippo's Theater (online)
On the 40th anniversary of Eduardo De Filippo's death, the life and career of one of the most important actors and playwrights in Italy is told in two parts. The second part focuses on Eduardo's solo career as a playwright, actor, head of a theater company, as well as on the legacy he left behind.
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Mon, Apr 22
5:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Birdwatching | Evening Drop-in Birding
Witness the spectacle of spring migration with Gabriel Willow as songbirds follow the Atlantic Flyway northwards. Look for orioles, tanagers, warblers, vireos, and other migrants in the wilds of the park, and learn about the finer points of their identification and ecology.
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Mon, Apr 22
5:30 pm
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Film | Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) with Rosanna Arquette and Madonna
New Jersey housewife Roberta Glass spices up her boring life by reading personal ads, especially a series of them being placed by a mysterious denizen of New York City named Susan. When one of Susan's ads proposes a rendezvous with her suitor at Battery Park, Roberta secretly tags along. But when her voyeuristic plan ends in permanent memory loss and a new jacket, Roberta begins to gather a lot of unwanted attention from some unsavory characters. Director: Susan Seidelman Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn, Madonna, Robert Joy Rosanna Arquette is an American actress who was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film The Executioner's Song (1982) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). Her other film roles include After Hours (1985), The Big Blue (1988), Pulp Fiction (1994), and Crash (1996). She also directed the documentary Searching for Debra Winger (2002) and starred in the ABC sitcom What About Brian? from 2006 to 2007. Madonna is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen of Pop," Madonna has been widely recognized for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, and visual presentation. She has pushed the boundaries of artistic expression in mainstream music, while continuing to maintain control over every aspect of her career. Her works, which incorporate social, political, sexual, and religious themes, have generated both controversy and critical acclaim. A prominent cultural figure of the 20th and 21st centuries, Madonna remains one of the most "well-documented figures of the modern age."
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Mon, Apr 22
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Screening | From the Horse's Mouth: 25 Years of Dancing and Telling Tales
From the Horse's Mouth combines dance and theater to tell stories of dancers and dancing. This series of productions is a celebratory multi-disciplinary dance and theater production in which 20-25 performers ranging from dancers, choreographers, and dance professionals of all ages and dance traditions share memories and perform their own movement within an environment of projected images and video segments. For its 25th year celebrating the "Heart and History of Dance," From the Horse's Mouth presents a screening of selections from the documentary made during the 1998 premiere performances of From the Horse's Mouth at Joyce Soho in New York City. The film offers a microcosm of the New York dance scene of the 1990s. The program will also feature a panel discussion of dance artists who have played a major role in productions over the past 25 years. Registration required.
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Mon, Apr 22
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Festival | Earth Day Celebration in the Garden
Celebrate Mother Earth in the garden with a seed giveaway, earthly words to be read, and music by Jesse Paris Smith & Rebecca Foon.
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Mon, Apr 22
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Discussion | New Perspectives on Land, Territory and Agrarian Reforms in Bolivia, Peru and Mexico
A panel discussion with Carmen Soliz( University of North Carolina at Charlotte), Anna Cant (London School of Economics and Political Science), Emilio Kouri (University of Chicago) and Sinclair Thompson (New York University).
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Mon, Apr 22
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Festival | The New Black Fest
A festival curated by Keith Josef Adkins on Unapologetic Humanity and Unapologetic Accountability untability as curated by Keith Josef Adkins. The heart and mind provoking day will include a play excerpt from playwright Winter Miller; a reading of an essay excerpt from memoir writer Said Sayrafiezadeh; a song from singer-songrwriter Tai Allen; a short film from filmmaker Nathalie Alvarez Mesen; a poetic monologue from playwright/actress Liza Jessie Peterson; a short film from filmmaker/artist/artistic director Jonathon McCroy; plus more.
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Mon, Apr 22
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Lecture | Ideological and Issue Voting in Polarized Societies: Turkish Elections in the Last Decade
A lecture by Mert Moral, Sabancı University
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Mon, Apr 22
6:10 pm
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6:10 pm
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Book Discussion | The Caravaggio Syndrome: A Fusion of Historical, Queer, and Speculative Fiction (in-person and online)
In Alessandro Giardino's novel, Leyla is a headstrong Brooklyn-born art historian at a prestigious upstate New York college. When she meets feckless young computer technician Pablo at a party, she quickly becomes pregnant with his child. There's only one problem: she can't stand him. And one more problem: her student Michael wants Pablo for himself. Amid this love triangle, the objects of Leyla and Michael's study take on a life of their own. Trying to learn more about Caravaggio's masterpiece "The Seven Works of Mercy," they pore over the journal and prison writings of maverick 17th-century utopian philosopher Tommaso Campanella, which, as if by enchantment, transport them back four centuries to Naples. And while the past and present miraculously converge, Leyla, Michael, and Tommaso embark on a voyage of self-discovery in search of a new life. In this fusion of historical, queer, and speculative fiction, Alessandro Giardino combines the intellectual playfulness of Umberto Eco with the psychological finesse of Michael Cunningham. Alessandro Giardino is Chair & Associate Professor of Italian and Francophone Literature at Saint Lawrence University. Born in Naples, he studied at the University of Bologna, UC Berkeley, and McGill University. He has written extensively about Caravaggio's cultural circles, as well as Italian and French literature.
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Mon, Apr 22
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Workshop | Cardio Dance
This creative and fun workout fuses dance and aerobics to improve cardio fitness and tone the body. Instructor: Masayo Kado
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Mon, Apr 22
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Mon, Apr 22
7:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress
A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas, and works-in-progress held in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists. With: Earthworks, ms. z tye, Cara Hagan
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Mon, Apr 22
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Screening | Where Nature Meets City: Three Short Films and Discussions
Celebrate Earth Day with an eye-opening event about the crucial role of nature in crafting cities that overcome climate change. This evening will feature three short films: "Garden Ministry" featuring Rev. Dallas Conyers, directed by Kerri Pang "Sustainable Cities: Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Design" by The Nature Conservancy's Nature Lab "Floating Gardens of Bangladesh" by Aliz? Carr?re After each film, members of the Urban Systems Lab will share insights on how integrating nature into cities can help make them more resilient. See how innovative approaches like green spaces, rain and community gardens, and floating farms protect against climate impacts while benefiting people and the environment. Discuss what role technology can play in fostering environmental justice.
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Mon, Apr 22
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Concert | Juilliard Performers Highlight Climate Change
Performers from the Juilliard Green Club are thrilled to take the stage to present a multi-genre, immersive experience. They ask the audience to consider our collective futures, including differences of background, class, and geographical location, in the face of climate change. Artists have always looked either to the past or forward to an unknown future, often attempting to predict what awaits all of us with the knowledge that they have in their times. This need to consider our place and agency within the larger context we live in is one artists always struggle with; but today, it is something we all struggle with, as the choices necessary to guarantee a safe future are not in our hands. They will consider art that seeks out the past, present, and future of our Earth and its life so we can answer: how have artists considered their futures in the past, and what can we learn from them?
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Mon, Apr 22
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
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Birdwatching | Morning Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Tue, Apr 23
8:00 am
Free
8:00 am
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Workshop | Spring Yoga
A yoga instructor leads a morning practice. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
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Tue, Apr 23
9:30 am
Free
9:30 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Tue, Apr 23
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
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Workshop | Adult Zumba
Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Bring your friends and come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training and a lot of fun.
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Tue, Apr 23
10:30 am
Free
10:30 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
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Tue, Apr 23
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
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Tue, Apr 23
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
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Classical Music | Organ Works by Saint-Saens and More
Claudia Dumschat, organ, performs works by Saint-Saens (1835-1921) and Cesar Franck (1822-1890).
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Tue, Apr 23
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Pink Gold: Shrimp, Women and Work in Mexico
An ethnography of women seafood traders in Mexico with the author, María L. Cruz-Torres. The “shrimp ladies,” locally known as changueras in southern Sinaloa, Mexico, sell seafood in open-air markets, forming an extralegal but key part of the economy built around this “pink gold.” Over time, they struggled to evolve from marginalized peddlers to local icons depicted in popular culture, even as they continue to work at an open-air street market. Pink Gold documents the shrimp traders’ resilience and resourcefulness, from their early conflicts with the city, state, and federal authorities and forming a union, to carving out a physical space for a seafood market, and even engaging in conflicts with the Mexican military. Drawing from her two decades of fieldwork, Cruz-Torres explores the inspiring narrative of this overlooked group of women involving grassroots politics, trans-border and familial networking, debt and informal economic practices, personal sacrifices, and simple courage. She argues that, amid intense economic competition, their success relies on group solidarity that creates interlocking networks of mutual trust, or confianza, that in turn enable them to cross social and political boundaries that would typically be closed to them. Ultimately, Pink Gold offers fresh insights into issues of gender and labor, urban public space, the street economy, commodities, and globalization.
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Tue, Apr 23
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
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Film | Three Amigos (1986) with Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short
Three cowboy movie stars from the silent era -- Dusty Bottoms, Lucky Day, and Ned Nederlander -- are fired when one of their movies bombs. In what seems to be a career-saving offer, young Mexican woman Carmen offers them a high-paying gig in her village. The three jump at the opportunity, expecting to do their typical act, but Carmen believes they are really heroes and asks them to rid her village of bad guy El Guapo. Director: John Landis Cast: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau, Tony Plana, Patrice Martinez Steve Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. He has won five Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 2013. Additionally, he was nominated for two Tony Awards for his musical Bright Star in 2016. The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. Chevy Chase is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He became the breakout cast member in the first season of Saturday Night Live (1975-1976), where his recurring Weekend Update segment became a staple of the show. As both a performer and a writer on the series, he earned two Primetime Emmy Awards out of four nominations. Martin Hayter Short is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, and writer. Short is known as an energetic comedian who gained prominence for his roles in sketch comedy. He has also acted in numerous films and television shows. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.
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Tue, Apr 23
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Organ Works (In Person AND Online)
Meg Cutting, organ.
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Tue, Apr 23
1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Film | Grapes of Wrath (1940) with Henry Fonda
The Joad clan, introduced to the world in John Steinbeck's iconic novel, is looking for a better life in California. After their drought-ridden farm is seized by the bank, the family -- led by just-paroled son Tom -- loads up a truck and heads West. On the road, beset by hardships, the Joads meet dozens of other families making the same trek and holding onto the same dream. Once in California, however, the Joads soon realize that the promised land isn't quite what they hoped. Director: John Ford Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Shirley Mills, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan Henry Fonda was an American actor whose career spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. On screen and stage, he often portrayed characters that embodied an everyman image. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940). Fonda won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 54th Academy Awards for his final film role in On Golden Pond (1981), which co-starred Katharine Hepburn and his daughter Jane Fonda. He was too ill to attend the ceremony and died from heart disease five months later.
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Tue, Apr 23
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
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Book Club | Poetry Discussion Circle: Poems with Humor
Join fellow poetry enthusiasts in unpacking the layered meanings of poetry through an informal group discussion. Each session focuses around a theme that celebrates the diversity and range of the poetic form and contemporary poetry culture. Tease your mind with poems that make you laugh during April, aka National Poetry Month! Readings are selected from Poetry Magazine, Poetry Foundation, and poets.org. Please note that contemporary poetry deals frankly with contemporary issues and all works discussed are artistic expressions selected for an adult audience.
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Tue, Apr 23
2:30 pm
Free
2:30 pm
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Film | Dumb Money (2023) with Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, America Ferrera, Seth Rogen, and More
Everyday people flip the script on Wall Street and get rich by turning GameStop into one of the world's hottest companies. In the middle of everything is Keith Gill, a regular guy who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock. When his social media posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets wealthy — until the billionaires fight back and both sides find their worlds turned upside down. Director: Craig Gillespie Cast: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan. Shailene Woodley, Seth Rogen Paul Dano is an American actor. He gained wider recognition for playing a troubled teenager in Little Miss Sunshine (2006). For his portrayal of Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy (2014), he earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 2018, he starred as a convicted murderer in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor. Pete Davidson is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He started doing standup in 2013 before being hired as cast member on the NBC late-night sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for eight seasons from 2014 to 2022. America Ferrera is an American actress, director and television producer. She has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2007, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world and in 2023, she was named in BBC's 100 Women list. Seth Rogen is a Canadian actor, comedian and filmmaker. He had leading roles in Judd Apatow's comedies Knocked Up (2007) and Funny People (2009). Rogen and his writing partner, Evan Goldberg, co-wrote the films Superbad (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), The Green Hornet (2011) and This Is the End (2013), and directed This Is the End and The Interview (2014), all of which starred Rogen. He also starred in the FX on Hulu miniseries Pam & Tommy (2022) for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Tue, Apr 23
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Dive Deeper into The Whitney Biennial (online)
Explore themes in the Whitney Biennial—from the fluidity of form, perception, and experience to historical and current land stewardship to concepts of selfhood.
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Tue, Apr 23
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
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Film | Wonka (2023) with Timothee Chalamet and Hugh Grant
With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers. Director: Paul King Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Grant, Olivia Colman Timothee Chalamet is an American and French actor. He has received various accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and three BAFTA Film Awards. Hugh Grant is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as a charming and vulnerable romantic leading man, and has since transitioned into a more dramatic character actor. Among his accolades, he has received a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award.
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Tue, Apr 23
4:45 pm
Free
4:45 pm
Free
Talk | Stargazing in the Park
A walk along the park and a chance to take a closer look at the stars. Peer through high-powered telescopes provided by the knowledgeable members of the Amateur Astronomers Association to see rare celestial sights. No experience is necessary and telescopes will be provided between sunset and park closure.
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Tue, Apr 23
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
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Tue, Apr 23
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Koreaworld: A Cookbook
Deuki Hong and Matt Rodbard celebrate the launch of their new cookbook, a vibrant exploration of Korean cuisine.
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Tue, Apr 23
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Film | Wild Life (2023): Conservationists on a Mission
A sweeping portrait of conservationists Kris and Doug Tompkins chronicling their fight to preserve one of the last truly wild places on earth. Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi 93 min. Followed by a discussion with Chai Vasarhelyi
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Tue, Apr 23
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Braving a New World: Audio Theater & the Climate Crisis
Every artform can open us up to our own ability to take meaningful action on the climate crisis. The New School and the Climate Museum are delighted to co-present a program examining and presenting audio theater dedicated to this end. Storytelling holds great power across human cultures, and so does the oral tradition. The increasing variety and availability of contemporary audio culture, including podcasts and audiobooks, has generated renewed interest in audio theater--not widely heard since the radio dramas of the early twentieth century. This event will share work from artists focused on climate justice who are redefining ‘sound art’ forms. The panel will be moderated by Cecilia Rubino and Sarah Montague (The New School) and include Darian Dauchan (Poet/Musician), Chantal Bilodeau (Arts & Climate Initiative), Lanxing Fu (Superhero Club/Big Green Theater), and Ben Williams (Elevator Repair Service).
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Tue, Apr 23
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Screening | Francophone Short Film Festival
The film festival series is curated by Pascale Cr?pon and Lucie Chabrol-Nyssens.
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Tue, Apr 23
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Workshop | Play bridge in a stress-free environment
One of the most popular card games of the last century, bridge is still enjoyed by professional and amateur players alike today - and now you can stop by and enjoy it too! Bring your bridge partner, or you will be matched up with someone to play as a pair. There will be instructions and the chance to observe players, making this a perfect event for beginners looking to learn how to play bridge.
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Tue, Apr 23
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Film | Citizens (1986): Poland’s Solidarity Movement
This film portrays human dimensions of Poland’s Solidarity movement in 1980-81 that were obscured by Cold-War rhetoric: the efforts of workers, artists and intellectuals who joined together to create a thriving civil society within a totalitarian state. Solidarity activists describe how they learned that to protect their own interests they had to fight for the interests of Polish society as a whole. Their self-governing trade union won the trust and support of virtually all segments of society by providing the only available channel for the local grass-roots initiatives, open debate, and democratic action that ultimately led to non-violent systemic change in Poland and beyond. Director: Richard W. Adams Followed by a discussion with the director
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Tue, Apr 23
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
Suzanne Scanlon's raw and masterful memoir about becoming a woman and going mad—and doing both at once. When Suzanne Scanlon was a student at Barnard in the 90s, grieving the loss of her mother—feeling untethered and swimming through inarticulable pain—she made a suicide attempt that landed her in the New York State Psychiatric Institute. After nearly three years and countless experimental treatments, Suzanne left the ward on shaky legs. In the decades it took her to recover from the experience, Suzanne came to understand her suffering as part of something larger: a long tradition of women whose complicated and compromised stories of self-actualization are reduced to “crazy chick” and “madwoman” narratives. It was a thrilling discovery, and she searched for more books, more woman writers, as the journey of her life converged with her journey through the literature that shaped her. Transporting, honest, and graceful, Committed is a story of discovery and recovery, reclaiming the idea of the madwoman as a template for insight and transcendence through the works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Janet Frame, Audre Lorde, Shulamith Firestone, and others.
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Tue, Apr 23
6:30 pm
$5
6:30 pm
$5
Workshop | Origami Meetup
OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. Ages Adult 18+
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Tue, Apr 23
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Poetry Reading | The Poetry of Grace Schulman
A birthday celebration for Grace Schulman, the recipient of the Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the Arts, and a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters, which is considered “the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in this country.” Her ninth and latest book of poems is Again, the Dawn: New and Selected Poems, 1976-2022.
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Tue, Apr 23
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Tue, Apr 23
7:00 pm
Regular: $32
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Tue, Apr 23
7:30 pm
Regular: $28
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Discussion | US Climate Leadership: Equity and Justice in the Green Transition
Communities across the U.S. are taking community-driven climate action by updating their infrastructure to reduce emissions and make urban life safer, healthier, and greener for everyone. But equity advocates want to make sure that the process of “greening” America’s infrastructure prioritizes those who are most impacted by climate change and pollution. From updating electrical systems in dense residential areas, to ensuring that communities of color are prepared for the boom in climate-related careers, advocates are working toward building cities in which everyone can thrive. This is a discussion about equity, infrastructure, jobs, and the urban energy transition. Featuring the “father of environmental justice,” Dr. Robert Bullard (Texas Southern University, Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice), Jade Begay (Indigenous Rights Advocate and Climate Researcher) and Leah Thomas (Intersectional Environmentalist), we’ll dig into the issues, opportunities, and solutions driving an equitable transformation for America.
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Tue, Apr 23
7:30 pm
$5
7:30 pm
$5
Workshop | Boot Camp Workout
An early-morning core body 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 welcome.
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Wed, Apr 24
7:00 am
Free
7:00 am
Free
Discussion | Curatorial Roundtable (online)
A talk with Defne Ayas on how to navigate the times and contexts we operate in. Drawing from several case studies across the globe, Ayas will reflect on her practice with a focus on artists and curators as ultimate collaborators for the (co-)creation of possible future vectors of politics, institutions and their representation.
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Wed, Apr 24
9:00 am
Free
9:00 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Wed, Apr 24
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
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Wed, Apr 24
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
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Workshop | Ribbon Dancing
Combine cardio with artistry as you wave long ribbons in the air to create rainbows, waterfalls, dragons and ocean waves. Ribbon Dancing is as visually stunning as it is fun and easy to learn. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Ribbons will be available to borrow, but participants may also bring their own.
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Wed, Apr 24
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
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Wed, Apr 24
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
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Tour | Tour of New York City Hall
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 a designated interior landmark as well.
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Wed, Apr 24
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
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Wed, Apr 24
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
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Book Discussion | The New Minority: People Without a Migration Background in the Superdiverse City (online)
After more than forty years of discussion, research and policies aimed at migrants, their children and their grandchildren, it is high time for a book focusing on a group that has been overlooked in the integration debate: people without a migration background. In many major European cities, this group has become a numerical minority. How do they experience today’s superdiverse cities? With author Maurice Crul.
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Wed, Apr 24
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Jazz | Jazz Hour
Take a moment out of your busy day to enjoy a captivating showcase of jazz music by some of NYC’s most talented musicians. Curated by The Jazz Gallery, whose mission is to “provide a platform for emerging artists to discover their unique voice, and a home for established musicians to continue to experiment and grow,” the concert will bring the intimate, vibrant atmosphere of a jazz club into the lobby of One Manhattan West. Featuring: Yuhan Su Duo (vibraphone and bass)
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Wed, Apr 24
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
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Discussion | A Talk About Alexei Ratmansky -- One of the Most Important Ballet Choreographers Working Today
Alexei Ratmansky, former director of the Bolshoi, recently choreographer in residence at American Ballet Theatre, and current choreographer in residence at New York City Ballet, is one of the most important ballet choreographers working today. In her recent book The Boy from Kyiv, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Marina Harss traces his trajectory from his early days in Kyiv to his peripatetic dancing career, through his international breakthrough with The Bright Stream to the present. Harss will discuss and show video footage from Ratmansky's days as a dancer in Ukraine, Canada, Denmark, and Russia, as well as footage of some of his first works for the stage. Registration required.
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Wed, Apr 24
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Chorus
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the chorus is open to all who love to sing. Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events throughout the year.
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Wed, Apr 24
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
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Talk | TrUDL: A Path to Anti-Racist, Anti-Ableist Inclusion (online)
Speaker María Cioè-Peña (Penn Graduate School of Education) is a bilingual/biliterate education researcher and educator who examines the intersections of disability, language, school–parent partnerships, and education policy. Taking a sociolinguistic approach and stance, she pushes and reimagines the boundaries of inclusive spaces for minoritized children.
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Wed, Apr 24
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Vocal and Orchestral Works by J.S. Bach (In Person AND Online)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, conductor. All J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Program Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, BWV 156 Sehet, wir geh'n hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159
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Wed, Apr 24
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
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Film | Cyrano (2021) with Peter Dinklage
Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles everyone with his ferocious wordplay and brilliant swordplay. However, he's convinced his appearance renders him unworthy of the affections of the luminous Roxanne, a devoted friend who's in love with someone else. Director: Joe Wright Cast: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn Peter Dinklage is an American actor best known for portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times. He also received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for the role.
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Wed, Apr 24
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946-1962: Exhibition Walkthrough
With JaBrea Patterson-West, Graduate Curatorial Assistant
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Wed, Apr 24
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled
A major monograph of the American realist artist, descendant of one of America’s most revered artistic families, and painter of dark and uneasy subjects. This book traces a persistent vein of intriguing, often disconcerting, imagery over the career of renowned artist Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946), famous for his hyperrealist paintings of farm animals and Maine lighthouses. The focus in this volume is on the chilling thread that runs through his work, present but not overwhelming, and ever-evolving with his style and subjects. Whether he is introducing curious characters or surveying strange landscapes, Wyeth is at home with uneasy subjects and a master of the unsettled mood.
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Book Discussion | Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York
Beneath the surface of Manhattan’s Riverside Park run railroad tunnels, disused for decades, where over the years unhoused people have taken shelter. The sociologist Terry Williams ventured into the tunnel residents’ world, seeking to understand life on the margins and out of sight. He visited the tunnels between West Seventy- Second and West Ninety-Sixth Streets hundreds of times from 1991 to 1996, when authorities cleared them out to make way for Amtrak passenger service, and again between 2000 and 2020. Williams' lastest book charts a dispossessed space of New York City. The story he tells is not only about the specific people living in this underground but about those living a shelterless life in the city. Every person underground is linked within a web of overlapping social worlds, above and below the ground. By delineating these social networks, Life Underground, through distinctive ethnographic eye and deep empathy, Williams provides an understanding of what life under below the surface entails.
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Wed, Apr 24
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Book Discussion | The Sociology of Literature: The World Surrounding the Words
Gisèle Sapiro, the leading theorist of the sociology of literature, will present her book on the history, methods, and potential futures of this growing field of study, which finds its origins in the French Enlightenment, and its most salient expression as a sociological pursuit in the work of Pierre Bourdieu. Sapiro refutes the common criticism that the sociology of literature does not take the text to be the central object of study. Sapiro describes methods for analyzing the roles and behaviors of agents and institutions (publishing houses, prize committees, etc.) in the circulation and reception of texts. The book emphasizes the rich interdisciplinary nature of the approach, which draws on literary history, sociology, postcolonial studies, book history, gender studies, and media studies, while also defending the sociology of literature as a discipline in its own right.
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Discussion | Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Margo Jefferson in Conversation
An evening with celebrated author, Margo Jefferson, as she sits down with Honor Moore to discuss her work. Jefferson's unique work fuses cultural criticism and memoir. She will be reading from and talking about her most recent book, Constructing a Nervous System. Jefferson is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, the National Book Critics Circle Award for her memoir Negroland, and most recently the Wyndam Campbell Prize.
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Discussion | Tall Timber: Bicoastal Beginnings and Where are We Now? (in-person and online)
The program features architects Thomas Robinson of Portland, Oregon-based LEVER Architecture and Chris Sharples of SHoP in New York City to discuss their first Mass Timber high-rise designs and to link those beginnings to their current work. In 2015, Robinson and SHoP were the co-winners of the U.S. Tall Wood Building Prize, a government-sponsored competition directed at stimulating innovation in high-rise applications in Mass Timber construction. While neither Framework – LEVER’s proposal for a 12-story, mixed-use building – nor 475 W. 18 St., SHoP’s design for a 10-story Manhattan apartment building near the High Line, were ultimately built, the projects advanced the goals of establishing fire, seismic, and other testing to apply to later projects. Over the past decade, LEVER and SHoP have continued to explore Mass Timber. On the West Coast, LEVER is completing several large-scale commissions, including the Adidas Headquarters Expansion in Portland, Oregon, and a creative office complex in L.A., 843 N Spring Street, as well as the addition to the Portland (Maine) Museum of Art. SHoP’s portfolio in wood includes two tech headquarters across continents, the new headquarters for YouTube in San Bruno, California and the award-winning Atlassian Central in Sydney, Australia. A 42-story Mass Timber, steel, and concrete tower, Atlassian Central will become the world’s tallest hybrid Mass Timber building upon completion in 2027.
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Discussion | Translationship: Examining the Creative Process Between Authors & Translators (In Person AND Online!)
Relationships between authors and their translators are each unique in their own way, moving across time and over many miles in a special conversation that invokes a sharing of feeling and culture. As our global connectivity expands, translated works are becoming highly sought after by both independent and mainstream publishers in many countries, and even more so in places where censorship and restrictions on speech and expression exist. Please join Annelise Finegan, Director of Graduate Studies in Translation and Interpreting at NYU; Antonina W. Bouis, award-winning translator and cultural strategy advisor; and Ernesto Mestre-Reed, Guggenheim Fiction Fellow in conversation with Karen Phillips, the Executive Director of Words Without Borders, as they discuss their creative process and how translation promotes greater cultural awareness and representation.
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Book Discussion | The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon
Author Adam Shatz is the US editor of The London Review of Books and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and other publications.
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Book Discussion | 2 New Books on Biology
Two brilliant writers have a conversation on scientific history and the origins of life. Janina Wellmann's Biological Motion: A History of Life is a captivating exploration of the changing definitions of life in biology, studying the foundational relationship between motion and life. To answer the question "what is life?", prize-winning historian of science Janina Wellmann engages in a transdisciplinary investigation of motion as the most profound definition of living existence. Caroline Arni's Of Human Born: Fetal Lives, 1800-1950 is a new history of the concept of fetal life in the human sciences. At a time when the becoming of a human being in a woman's body has, once again, become a fraught issue--from abortion debates and surrogacy controversies to prenatal diagnoses and assessments of fetal risk--Of Human Born presents the largely unknown history of how the human sciences came to imagine the unborn in terms of "life before birth."
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Screening | Searching for Augusta Savage: PBS Documentary on Harlem Renaissance Figure
A new documentary about the acclaimed Harlem Renaissance sculptor. Following the screening, the film’s creators, Charlotte Mangin and Sandra Rattley of Audacious Women Productions, are joined by curators Jeffreen M. Hayes, Ph.D., and Tammi Lawson for a conversation about Savage’s life and work, including why many of her works of art have been lost or destroyed and why evidence of her accomplishments appears to have been erased.
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Gallery Talk | Artists on Artists Lecture
Artist Cheyney Thompson lectures on artist Robert Irwin.
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Wed, Apr 24
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Slide Lecture | Robert Nickelsberg: Residents of Greenpoint
Since the middle of the 19th century, Greenpoint has been a migration hub of New York City. Then, in the 1970's, the neighborhood saw a big influx of Polish migrants seeking a better life in America. The immigration to Greenpoint resulted in the creation of Little Poland, with Polish shops, cultural centers, and financial institutions. Despite demographic changes, until now, Greenpoint remains a symbol of Polish immigration to the United States. Currently, there are 170,000 residents of Polish heritage engaged in all spheres of New York's daily life -- they are your neighbors, policemen physicians, or your child colleagues. The residents still living in Greenpoint were photographed by Robert Nickelsberg between 2020 and 2023. Robert Nickelsberg worked as a Time Magazine contract photographer for nearly thirty years, specializing in political and cultural change in developing countries. He was named the 2013 Winner of the Overseas Press Club's Olivier Rebbot Award. His photographs have been exhibited in various cities around the USA and the world. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Wed, Apr 24
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Performance | A Jazz Conversation Reimagined
Harmony Holiday, Ben Ratliff, Raoul Roach, and Melanie Charles in a reimagining of the groundbreaking 1964 panel discussion in Playboy Magazine, "The Playboy Panel: Jazz--Today and Tomorrow," in its then annual "Jazz and Hi-Fi Issue." The roundtable brought together Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, George Russell, Ralph Gleason, Stan Kenton, and other significant contributors to the tradition of jazz to reflect on the future of the genre at that moment, asking questions like, "How does an expanding and ever more technically proficient musician pool grapple with unfavorable economics and insufficient exposure?" and "Does the term "jazz" even apply to the many styles that it is used to describe?"
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Discussion | Six Futures of Russia—Why We Need History (In Person AND Online!)
Several weeks after Vladimir Putin turned 71, the Russian Federation president announced his intention to stand for a fifth term in elections that took place in March of this year. Putin’s predetermined victory will keep him in office until 2030, when he will be 78. But “self-styled tsars,” as historian Stephen Kotkin writes, face an acute succession crisis. Unable to rely on heirs through blood and compelled to simulate elections, Putin’s personalistic autocracy and, more broadly, Russia, face serious questions about the future. Stephen Kotkin examines the uncertain times ahead, and the ways in which our understandings of the past can help us see potential paths forward. The program will open with a short talk by Bogdan Horbal, the curator for Slavic and East European collections.
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Discussion | Speaking Soundly: An Interview with Met Mezzo-Soprano Joyce DiDonato
This program spotlights Speaking Soundly, a weekly podcast that's your ticket to back-stage discussions with world-renowned musicians. The show offers candid and compelling conversations with today's top performers as they speak about their creative process and lives as artists. Your host, Metropolitan Opera Principal Trumpet David Krauss, leads a live interview with American mezzo-soprano and three-time Grammy Award winner Joyce DiDonato. Over her nearly 30 year career, DiDonato has performed with most of the world's leading opera companies and orchestras, most recently at The Metropolitan Opera in the role of Virginia Woolf for their smash-hit The Hours.
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Open Mike | Work of Art Wednesdays Open Mic (online)
An online multidisciplinary artistic open mic for non-traditional artists in disadvantaged communities. They welcome all art forms, artists and audiences for a night of artistic exchange.
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Wed, Apr 24
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Lecture | The Diversification of China's International Development Instruments (online)
Explore the evolution and diversification of instruments in China's international development practices, including its deployment of foreign aid and development finance, as well as its evolving role in international security arrangements and global economic governance institutions. Prof. Xiaoyang Tang will draw from her decades of research to offer an overview of Chinese development finance and its changing characteristics. Prof. Min Ye will discuss the motivations behind China’s Belt and Road Initiative from the perspective of Chinese domestic politics and trace its evolution over time.
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Thu, Apr 25
9:00 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Thu, Apr 25
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Thu, Apr 25
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Tour | Garment District Tour: Factories, Gangsters, Labor Unions and More
Hear an unusual perspective from somebody who spent the greater portion of his life working in the GARMENT industry. You will learn how the apparel industry developed in NYC through the years, and how it came to be located in its current District. Watch the development of the industry from sweatshops in the old tenement buildings on the Lower East Side, to giant factories in China and Bangladesh. See how immigrants were the backbone of the industry and in NYC, still are. Five minute flow chart "From Fibers To Garment". Learn about Calvin, Ralph and Oscar, as well as Labor Unions and Gangsters. A Factory Visit When Available. See "The Garment Worker'' by Judith Weller, The Fashion Walk of Fame. The Giant Button and Needle artwork on Seventh Ave. And much more. Rain or shine.
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Thu, Apr 25
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Film | To Sir, With Love (1967) with Sidney Poitier
Engineer Mark Thackeray arrives to teach a totally undisciplined class of white high school students at an East End school. Still hoping for a good engineering job, he's hopeful that he won't be there long. He starts implementing his own brand of classroom discipline: forcing the pupils to treat each other with respect. Inevitably he begins getting involved in the students' personal lives, and must avoid the advances of an amorous student while winning over the class tough. What will he decide when the engineering job comes through? Director: James Clavell Cast: Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts, Suzy Kendall, Faith Brook Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
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Thu, Apr 25
11:00 am
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Park Walk | Island Nature Walk
A special guided tour to discover and connect with the wildlife that calls this place home. Led by CCNY Insect Ecology Professor Amy Berkov, this tour will take participants on a journey through the young urban forest of Hammock Grove and the immersive spaces at Outlook Hill and Discovery Hill. You’ll get to learn about these resilient, built landscapes directly from the people who know them best, and get the chance to participate in different community science projects.
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Thu, Apr 25
12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
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Thu, Apr 25
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Lecture | The Smartness Mandate: Neo-liberalism, AI, & Politics
This talk interrogates the history of models of decision-making and agency in machine learning, neo-liberal economic thought, and finance in order to understand how reactionary politics , civil rights, and technology are being reformulated in our present. While the relationship between the Right, post-truth, suggestion algorithms, and social media has long been documented, rarely there has been extensive investigation of how ideas of choice and freedom become recast in a manner amenable to machine automation, financialization, and to particular brands of post-1970s alt-right discourses. An analysis of this history demonstrates a new logic within algorithmic and artificial intelligent rationalities that intersects with, but is also not merely a repetition of, earlier histories of reason, eugenics, sexism, and racism. This situation provokes serious challenges to political action, but also to our theorization of democracy, collectivity, and diversity. Speaker Orit Halpern is Full Professor and Chair of Digital Cultures at Technische Universität Dresden.
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Thu, Apr 25
12:15 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
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Thu, Apr 25
12:20 pm
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Conference | No End of History: Crooked Circle of Democracy and Authoritarianism
On April 25th 1974, after years of a brutal decolonization war, a group of left-wing officials of the Portuguese Army started a rebellion that caused the downfall of the Portuguese colonial and authoritarian regime. The Carnation revolution, as this rebellion is known today, inaugurated what has been described as the third democratization wave. This was followed by the collapse of military juntas, the end of authoritarian governments, and the fall of communist and apartheid regimes across Southern and Eastern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Southern Africa. This third wave, between 1974 and 2000, further cemented the idea of liberal democracies and multiculturalism as a predetermined destination for all modern societies. However, the last 25 years of resurgence of populist leaders, far right movements, ethno-nationalist parties, and anti-minority violence, challenged the wishful thinking of those that considered the democratizing effects of the wave permanent. The conference will engage with the legacies of the third democratization wave and the new authoritarian turn across the globe.
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Thu, Apr 25
12:30 pm
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Park Walk | Park Walk with an Urban Naturalist
Explore the park through a naturalist’s lens. Learn about the animals and plants that call the park home, and how climate change impacts all of us, and how we can build a sustainable future together.
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Thu, Apr 25
1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Late Medieval to Early Baroque Works for Voice, Viola da Gamba, and More (In Person AND Online!)
Adrienne Lotto, soprano; Rhianna Cockrell, mezzo soprano; Corey Shotwell, tenor; Christopher Talbot, baritone; Jonathan Luik, viola da gamba; Adam Cockerham, lute and theorbo, perform courtly and pastoral music in France, Italy, and England from the late Medieval to the early Baroque.
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Film | Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom (2023) with Jason Momoa, Martin Short, Nicole Kidman, and More
After failing to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta wields the power of the mythic Black Trident to unleash an ancient and malevolent force. Hoping to end his reign of terror, Aquaman forges an unlikely alliance with his brother, Orm, the former king of Atlantis. Setting aside their differences, they join forces to protect their kingdom and save the world from irreversible destruction. Director: James Wan Cast: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Randall Park, Dolph Lundgren, Temuera Morrison, Martin Short, Nicole Kidman Jason Momoa is an American actor. He made his acting debut as Jason Ioane on the syndicated action drama series Baywatch: Hawaii (1999–2001), which was followed by portrayals of Ronon Dex on the Syfy science fiction series Stargate Atlantis (2005–2009), and Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2011–2012). From 2016 to 2023, Momoa portrayed Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), including the films Justice League (2017), Aquaman (2018), and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023). Momoa has also played Duncan Idaho in the science fiction film Dune (2021). Martin Hayter Short is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, and writer. Short is known as an energetic comedian who gained prominence for his roles in sketch comedy. He has also acted in numerous films and television shows. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. Nicole Kidman is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards.
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Film | The Cobweb (1955) with Lauren Bacall
At a psychiatric clinic for the elite, Dr. Stewart McIver wants to institute a policy of self-governance among his patients. To further his goals, Dr. McIver proposes that residents collaborate to design and make new drapes for the clinic library. Though it seems inconsequential, trouble ensues when the clinic patients become locked in a power struggle with the equally unbalanced staff, including activities director Meg Rinehart. Director: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Gloria Grahame Lauren Bacall was an American actress named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute. She received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009 in recognition of her contribution to the Golden Age of motion pictures.
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Thu, Apr 25
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Dance Performance | Black Dancers in Ballet: A Livestream
This special program highlights the little-known but extensive history of Black dancers in ballet in the UK and US and features performances by The Royal Ballet and Dance Theatre of Harlem. The live event by Dance Theatre of Harlem will take place in London with the Royal Ballet, and be livestreamed, with a live host taking questions from the audience. Registration required.
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Thu, Apr 25
2:00 pm
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Discussion | The Geopolitics of the Greater Middle East after October 7 (online)
AJU President Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Treverton discuss Israel's security and American foreign policy following October 7. The Hamas attacks on October 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza upended political relations across the Middle East, with important implications for Israel's security and American foreign policy.
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Thu, Apr 25
3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Birdwatching | Evening Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 3 Art Openings
Marilyn Banner CONNECTIONS / Lost and Found Banner's modestly scaled, delicately drawn images and small-scale objects evoke a range of possible and imagined connections. Diaristic drawings and objects hint at presence and connections, aloneness and relationships, things and people, experiences lost and found. Banner’s materials are modest: for the drawings, raw canvas, drawing pens and markers, inks, wax and conte crayons; for the objects, wood chips, bones, and teeth covered with encaustic. Their diminutive size requires close inspection. Mysterious and suggestive, Marilyn Banner’s work evokes closeness, a solitary stance, a distant memory, or a threat. Intimate in nature, her pieces invite the viewer into a quiet world. Elizabeth Myers Castonguay Tapestry of Nature III / Endangered Castonguay has spent a lifetime observing, researching, and making artwork about her passions: human diversity and the preservation of Mother Nature. Something as small as a fruit fly, a human head, or a magnificent winter landscape seen from the train as she travels between her studios in Pittsburgh and NYC can inspire a large painting. She finds joy in learning that the tiny eyelashes on some birds are modified feathers, the fruit fly has many body parts like our own, the bird’s nest in her yard holds fast in winds though porch furniture is in flight, and the shape of the human nose provides climate control and has adapted over generations. Tania Kravath CONNECTION and LOSS The ceramic sculptures by Tania Kravath, slab built forms, are moving, full of heart and spirit and speak for the voices of women and children throughout history. Kravath’s work is tied to political and social narratives. The marks and patterns of her surfaces suggest the arbitrary events that affect and mark each being. The surface treatments evoke a feeling of ancient artifacts unearthed yet they resonate with life and are alive with feeling.
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Book Discussion | Feminism, Capitalism, and Ecology: Approaches to Global Crises
Johanna Oksala’s book is a philosophical response that brings together feminist and ecological approaches to solving the global environmental crisis that the capitalist economic system has created.
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Thu, Apr 25
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Film | Merchant of Four Seasons (1972): German drama directed by Rainer Fassbinder
Hans is a lifelong member of the middle-class. His family, especially his wife, Irmgard, derides him for his lack of ambition and his chosen profession: running a fruit stand. Eventually, the constant ridicule drives him to alcoholism, and his bout with the bottle lands him in the hospital. While recovering, he hires extra help and watches his business boom. However, his success doesn't alleviate his pain, and his anger and drinking slowly destroy him. Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Hans Hirschmuller, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Lowitsch Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a German filmmaker, actor, and dramatist. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. Versatile and prolific, his over 40 films span a variety of genres, most frequently blending elements of Hollywood melodrama with social criticism and avant-garde techniques. His films, according to him, explored "the exploitability of feelings." His work was deeply rooted in post-war German culture: the aftermath of Nazism, the German economic miracle, and the terror of the Red Army Faction. He worked with a company of actors and technicians who frequently appeared in his projects.
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Book Discussion | Pizza Night: Deliciously Doable Recipes for Pizza and Salad
Make pizza night a weekly tradition with these 52 seasonal pizzas paired with salads for a complete meal—from the award-winning author and creator of the popular blog Alexandra’s Kitchen. Making great pizza isn’t complicated. Whether you’re using a kitchen oven, a grill, or an outdoor pizza oven, it all starts with the dough. Alexandra Stafford presents four simple doughs—thin-crust, pan, Neapolitan-style, and gluten-free (plus sourdough variations)—and easy techniques for perfecting your crust. From there, you can create a variety of delicious pizzas, including Detroit-Style Pizza for a Crowd, Classic Margherita Pizza, and Winter White Pizza with Garlic and Herbs. You can make it the same day or ahead; make it extra cheesy and decadent or go the healthy road—pizza-making easily adapts to busy schedules and tastes and requires little in special equipment.
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Book Discussion | The Paris Novel: Heartfelt European Adventure
A dazzling, heartfelt adventure through the food, art, and fashion scenes of 1980s Paris—from the bestselling author Ruth Reichl.
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Thu, Apr 25
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Opening Reception | Tiptoeing Through the Kitchen, Recent Photography
An exhibition of new and recent work by seven artists: William Eric Brown, Sophia Chai, Kevin Landers, Brittany Nelson, Shaun Pierson, Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez, and Sheida Soleimani. Materialized in varying ways, kinship and cultural inheritance are frequent touchstones for many of these artists. William Eric Brown’s works — the source images for which were taken in Antarctica in the 1960s by the artist’s father while serving in the US Navy and stationed on an icebreaker — are instilled with new significance through his manipulation and reconceptualization, which address the current reality of climate change and its effects on the arctic. Sophia Chai explores her memory of learning the Korean alphabet as a child through her work. By drawing and painting the shapes and lines of the characters on the walls and floor of her studio, Chai reimagines them in space, thereby abstracting written communication into an embodiment of the sensation of each word being formed inside the mouth.
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Thu, Apr 25
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Discussion | Art Tracks: On the Potentials of Railway Spaces in NYC
A panel exploring art interventions along railway tracks All aboard as they delve into the artistic possibilities of New York City's railway system! The tradition of art in train stations runs deep in the city. This panel will focus on new formats of art in train stations and along railroad tracks and explore emerging opportunities for independent artists. They will begin with a historical journey led by Wendy Feuer, who will provide insights into the inception of the MTA Arts program and its evolution into a cornerstone of today's cityscape. The focus then shifts to contemporary initiatives. Kanya Rhedrick will give an overview of the current landscape of Art at Amtrak, while Curtis Springstead will lead you through the story of the disused Waldwick interlocking tower, a historic gem, poised for a transformative role as an art space for train passengers.
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Thu, Apr 25
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Classical Music | Chamber Works by Shostakovitch and More
New York Classical Players. Program Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), String Quartet No. 1 Recitations of poetry and correspondence from the New York Public Library's W. H. Auden archive Shostakovitch (1906-1975), String Quartet No. 8 Registration required.
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Discussion | Climate & Environmental Justice in Harlem
Exploring the reality of how the growing risks of rising heat, more intense storms, and a history of environmental injustice continue to generate disproportionate climate impacts in communities like Harlem as well as the community leadership working to overcome this history. What is government doing to address these risks and get at the root causes of our climate crisis? How can community organizations and residents partner with local businesses, academic organizations, and government to cause real change in policy and outcomes?
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Thu, Apr 25
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Latin Voters and the 2024 Presidential Election
A panel with Latin politics experts to discuss the importance of the 2024 presidential election for Latin communities and the role of Latin voters in the election. Presenters include Yalidy Matos (Rutgers University), Yamil Velez (Columbia University), and Cristina Beltr?n (NYU) organized and moderated by Domingo Morel (NYU Wagner).
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Thu, Apr 25
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Speaking with Queer Ancestors: A Poetry Night
This evening of poetry features Yamilett Vizcaino Rivera, Sarah Bridgins, Gabrielle Randall, Ty Little, Alexander Cavaluzzo, Mia Arias Tsung, & Sarah Drepaul (Video projection).
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Thu, Apr 25
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Discussion | Syncretism and Sustainability
Sites of Impermanence artists Sanford Biggers, Willie Cole, and Mel Kendrick will participate in a moderated discussion about formal innovation through the use and reuse of materials, hybridity, and the melding of different traditions of making. The discussion is presented in partnership with the Brooklyn Rail, and moderated by William Corwin. In ancient Greek, the term synkrētismos meant a “union of communities,” specifically to oppose a common enemy. Only in the seventeenth century was the word Anglicized to mean “the union of different religious beliefs.” This term now filled an emerging descriptive need for a process of cultural diffusion and hybridity that emerged through colonization. The artists will discuss how syncretism, with its fraught history, relates to their sculptural practices, and how looking back to move forward informs their work.
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Thu, Apr 25
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Artist Talk: Shorter Than This Day
This exchange between artist Sarah Sze and writer Teju Cole will celebrate Sze’s ambitious site-specific Public Art Fund sculpture Shorter Than The Day, now permanently on view at LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B. Commissioned in 2020 with LaGuardia Gateway Partners, Sze’s work evokes the passage of time through an intricate constellation of photographs. Hundreds of images form a mirage-like sphere that appears to float in midair. Each photograph is a snapshot of the sky above New York City taken over the course of one day. In her conversation, Sze will discuss the process behind this project and, alongside Cole, explore how their artistic practices capture non-linear experiences of time and the urban environment.
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Thu, Apr 25
6:30 pm
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Conference | Digital Platform Economies – Value from Data?
A host of studies demonstrate the perils of digital platforms and automated systems: algorithmic bias, algorithmic harm, data privacy, and deep fakes. What is less clear are the myriad ways that digital platforms structure economic/financial relations and transactions in the first place. Understanding processes of data valuation is a crucial aspect of broader inquiries into the promises and perils of digital platforms. This 2-day conference showcases programmatic research on data valuation. Each session considers the question: How do platforms produce value and monetize those value forms? The sessions are designed to stimulate discussion about value forms and valuation processes through particular lenses: digital assets, Web3 tokenization, digital twins, automated optimization, and generative AI. The discussions will consider the extent to which standard concepts (rent, commodity, property, accumulation) are relevant to these cases and examine continuities and discontinuities across different modes of digital value production.
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Thu, Apr 25
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Nature Poetry
This event will bring you into inspiring locations in the Park. Participants have the opportunity to reflect on the interconnectedness between the natural and human worlds with the Hudson River as your muse. From field notes to free-flowing free writes to full-fledged poems, participants will discover new, refreshing ways of appreciating, engaging with and acting as a steward of the natural world of New York City. Whether you’re an experienced writer or have never written before, Nature Poetry will give you an opportunity to reimagine your relationship to that magnificent river that shapes our city.
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Thu, Apr 25
6:30 pm
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Talk | Tenement Tour: Life & Death in 1918 (online)
A specialized virtual program examining what made the influenza pandemic of 1918 so devastating and how New York City’s government and residents responded to the global health crisis. Through the story of Sarah and Jacob Burinescu, immigrants from Russia and Romania, and their children, they’ll examine parallels between the 1918 influenza pandemic and our own recent experiences with COVID-19 and consider how we might remember these events in the years to come.
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Thu, Apr 25
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | The Role of the Modern Tibetan Intellectual (in-person and online)
A wide-ranging conversation between pioneering Tibetan sociologist Dr. Gyal Lo and Professor Robert Thurman, moderated by acclaimed activist Lhadon Tethong. The event will launch Dr. Gyal Lo's groundbreaking book on the life of the Sixth Gung Thang Rinpoche, and conversations will revolve around Rinpoche's monumental contributions to Tibetan culture, literature, and identity. Gung Thang Rinpoche was one of the most influential Tibetan scholars of the last century, and Dr. Gyal Lo had a front row view of how Rinpoche survived the tumultuous events of the Cultural Revolution and played a pivotal role in reviving Tibetan language and culture in the 1980s.
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Thu, Apr 25
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | The End of Family Court: How Abolishing the Court Brings Justice to Children and Families
At the turn of the twentieth century, American social reformers created the first juvenile court. They imagined a therapeutic court where informality, specially trained public servants, and a kindly, all-knowing judge would assist children and families. But the dream of a benevolent means of judicial problem-solving was never realized. A century later, children and families continue to be failed by this deeply flawed court. The End of Family Court rejects the foundational premise that family court can do good when intervening in family life and challenges its endless reinvention to survive. Jane M. Spinak illustrates how the procedures and policies of modern family court are deeply entwined in a heritage of racism, a profound disdain for poverty, and assimilationist norms intent on fixing children and families who are different. And the court’s interventionist goals remain steeped in an approach to equity and well-being that demands individual rather than collective responsibility for the security and welfare of families.
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Thu, Apr 25
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Music on the Brain: Jazz and Dialogue
Jazz pianist and composer Helen Sung and Zuckerman Institute Principal Investigator Sarah Woolley in a jazz concert and dialogue exploring the fascinating parallels between neuroscience and jazz improvisation.
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Thu, Apr 25
7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | New Poetry: Guillotine / Thrown in the Throat
Guggenheim fellow Eduardo C. Corral, author of Guillotine and award-winning debut poet Benjamin Garcia, author of Thrown in the Throat come together to read and discuss the work they published during the pandemic.
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Thu, Apr 25
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Thu, Apr 25
7:30 pm
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Thu, Apr 25
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Other | Hip-Hop Trivia Battle
What two train lines famously stop at Brooklyn’s Marcy Avenue station? Which side of his face does Slick Rick wear an eyepatch over? What’s the name of Salt-N-Pepa’s DJ? According to Pete Rock, what do the letters T.R.O.Y. stand for? Who took the Wock to Poland? If you know the answers to these questions, you owe it to yourself to show and prove at the Hip-Hop Trivia Battle. Hosted by DJ, Xavier “X” Jernigan, this celebration of the culture will test the depths of even the most serious fan’s memory of famous MCs, immortal turntablists, internationally respected crews, and the art of the game. If bragging rights aren’t enough for you, they’ll be giving out prizes to the night’s top scholars. Bring your own squad or roll up solo and we’ll add you to a team for a trivia night face-off where, to paraphrase Kool Moe Dee, Knowledge is truly King.
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Thu, Apr 25
7:30 pm
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Thu, Apr 25
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Concert | Wind Ensemble
Wind Ensemble of Camerata Nova; Erika Svanoe, Conductor. Program Erika Svanoe, Steampunk Scenes Shuhei Tamura (b. 1986), City Girl Sentimentalism Robert Kurka (1921-1957), The Good Soldier Schweik Suite With a new work by student composer Cengxing Shi
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Thu, Apr 25
8:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Mudpit: A Devised Dance-Theatre Piece
Mudpit is the peat bog from which we emerged, into which we will return. Decomposing, regenerating, molting - what happens in the space between the fluorescent buzz of our hypermodern world and the ancient wisdom of bugs, blood, fire, and seeds? Everything we make is part of nature, whether we like it or not. Directed & Choreographed by Celia Krefter Dramaturgy by Kate Purdum Production Design by Maya T. Weed, Celia Krefter & Kate Purdum Performed by: Zo? Benavidez Ava Blum Bonnie Cai Thaleia Dasberg Sydney Gerlach
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Thu, Apr 25
8:00 pm
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Thu, Apr 25
9:00 pm
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Workshop | Tai Chi
Improve balance, strength and focus through gentle exercises. The sights and sounds of the river provide a serene background for the ancient flowing postures.
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Fri, Apr 26
8:30 am
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8:30 am
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Lecture | China's Role in the Global Debt Landscape (online)
Delve into the composition of Chinese development finance, comparing it to the World Bank, and examine how the Global South perceives its local impact. Prof. Yan Wang will situate Chinese development finance in the global debt landscape by comparing it with World Bank loans. Dr. Ammar Malik will draw on large datasets to discuss the impact of China’s overseas development finance on the Global South at large. Mr. Mustafa Sayed will offer a local interpretation of the nature of Chinese loans to Pakistan and their role in the development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the first and flagship economic corridor in China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
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Fri, Apr 26
9:00 am
Free
9:00 am
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Conference | Digital Platform Economies – Value from Data?
A host of studies demonstrate the perils of digital platforms and automated systems: algorithmic bias, algorithmic harm, data privacy, and deep fakes. What is less clear are the myriad ways that digital platforms structure economic/financial relations and transactions in the first place. Understanding processes of data valuation is a crucial aspect of broader inquiries into the promises and perils of digital platforms. This 2-day conference showcases programmatic research on data valuation. Each session considers the question: How do platforms produce value and monetize those value forms? The sessions are designed to stimulate discussion about value forms and valuation processes through particular lenses: digital assets, Web3 tokenization, digital twins, automated optimization, and generative AI. The discussions will consider the extent to which standard concepts (rent, commodity, property, accumulation) are relevant to these cases and examine continuities and discontinuities across different modes of digital value production.
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Fri, Apr 26
9:00 am
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9:00 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Fri, Apr 26
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Gallery Talk | Francesca Woodman: Exhibition Tour
The exhibition presents key prints from approximately 1975 through 1980. Photographing in Providence, Rhode Island; Rome; Ravenna, Italy; and New York, Woodman situated herself and others within dilapidated interiors and ancient architecture to compose her tableaux. Using objects such as chairs and plinths along with architectural elements including doorways, walls, and windows, she staged contrasts with the performative presence of the figures, presenting the body itself as sculpture. In the Self-Deceit series (1978), she photographed herself nude in a room with crumbling walls, standing, crawling, or crouching with a frameless mirror. Through compositional fragmentation and blurring, Woodman throws into question the conceit that photography offers a revelation of the self.
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Fri, Apr 26
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Festival | Black Comic Book Festival
The 2024 Black Comic Book Festival marks 12 years of bringing together animators, Blerds, bloggers, cosplay lovers, fans, families, illustrators, independent publishers, and writers to celebrate Black comic books and graphic novels and provides a platform to get the works directly to readers. This annual event features panel discussions, workshops, and cosplay showcases, and highlights the work of creators from across the country. The 12th annual festival from April 26-27, 2024, will include a mix of in-person and virtual events. Keep checking the Eventbrite page for updates as more events are added.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 26
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
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Workshop | Adult Zumba
Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Bring your friends and come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training and a lot of fun.
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Fri, Apr 26
10:30 am
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10:30 am
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Lecture | The Birth of a Pleasurescape: Montevideo in the 1910s-1920s
A lecture by Adrián Márquez, PhD Candidate at Stony Brook University in the Department of History.
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Fri, Apr 26
11:00 am
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11:00 am
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Master Class | Adult Community Choir
Come and experience the joy of singing! This beginner, non-auditioned group welcomes all who love to sing. You will learn healthy singing habits, warmups, and how to find your own voice as you sing with a group. The class will sing and study music of many styles and genres like jazz, Latin, soul, choral, gospel, folk, and music from around the world. Everyone is welcome; no experience necessary! The class will culminate with a final public performance. Classes will meet Fridays, March 1st - May 10th from 12pm-1:15pm. The final performance date is May 17th at 12pm. Registration is required, and class size is limited. Participants should plan to attend all sessions.
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Fri, Apr 26
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
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Fri, Apr 26
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
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Fri, Apr 26
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
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Film | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) with Chris Pine and Hugh Grant
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a long lost relic, but their charming adventure goes dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Directors: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley Cast: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Rege-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant Chris Pine is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as James T. Kirk in the Star Trek reboot film series (2009-present); Steve Trevor in the DC Extended Universe films Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020); Will Colson in Unstoppable (2010); Toby Howard in Hell or High Water (2016); and Edgin Darvis in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023). Hugh Grant is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as a charming and vulnerable romantic leading man, and has since transitioned into a more dramatic character actor. Among his accolades, he has received a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Honorary Cesar.
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Fri, Apr 26
1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Film | The Rum Diary (2011) with Johnny Depp
As the Eisenhower era draws to a close, journalist Paul Kemp decides he's had enough of New York and takes a job in Puerto Rico. There, he becomes obsessed with Chenault, the fiancee of a shady businessman named Sanderson, who wants to turn the pristine island into a capitalist's paradise. Recruited by Sanderson to write an article that praises an unsavory deal, Paul must decide if he will use his talents to help Sanderson, or bring him down. Director: Bruce Robinson Cast: Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi Johnny Depp is an American actor and musician. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA awards. His films, in which he has often played eccentric characters, have grossed over $8 billion worldwide, making him one of Hollywood's most bankable stars.
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Fri, Apr 26
1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Enjoy an afternoon of crafting and conversation
Bring your own project or choose something from a provided collection to work on during this freeform crafting workshop. The workshop will include materials for sewing, knitting, crochet, coloring, paper crafts, and puzzles.
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Fri, Apr 26
1:30 pm
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1:30 pm
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Play | Ivera: Meditations from a Coma
A love letter to Puerto Rican womanhood and a condemnation of medical racism. After Ivera falls into a coma due to doctors’ negligence during the birth of her first child, she grapples with not only the impending loss of herself, but the decay of everyone around her. From her hospital room, she relives her happiest moments, and comes face-to-face with her saddest ones. As the veil between worlds begins to lift, Ivera, caught somewhere in-between, soon realizes her perfect, vibrant, passionate life wasn’t as beautiful as she always thought it was. Written by Antonia Cruz-Kent. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 26
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
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Lecture | American (Slavery) Caste, not Race
Lionel McPherson argues that the permanent, stark social disadvantage of Black America is best understood as a caste phenomenon, as in a fixed, color-conscious, social status hierarchy. Caste analysis of American color consciousness calls attention to the intergenerational nature and national specificity of the Black American situation, rooted in American inherited slavery and enforced segregation. Race analysis, by contrast, traffics in flat blackness, turning Africa-identified descendants of American slavery (capital “B” Black Americans) from a distinctive national people, neither native nor immigrant, into a vague racially “black” people. What McPherson calls “race intrigue” principally functions as a distraction—from the subjugation, exploitation, and nonrepair of the historical American “Slaves”/“black” caste—by (mis)directing focus from Black (American) equality politics to some tepid antiracism, or general anti-antiblack racism, agenda.
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Fri, Apr 26
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
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Screening | Global Climate Change Film Festival
The second annual Global Climate Change Film Festival and a discussion on how climate change impacts our health.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Apr 26
4:00 pm
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4:00 pm
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Birdwatching | Evening Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Fri, Apr 26
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Calvin Kim: Soft Pangs
Through enigmatic paintings, Calvin Kim seeks to preserve and prolong the unfolding of dreamlike, intimate moments. Alone or in pairs, Kim’s subjects are depicted amid contemplative, emotional states. Birds huddle close together while perched on a branch, blue figures chain smoke as the silhouette of a house burns in the distance, or a cat struggles with a foe– that might be just a shadow of itself. Absurdity, humor, and lightness reappear throughout Kim’s works, offsetting themes of melancholy and vulnerability– as in one portrait of a moth, shown with its mouth agape and eyes watering as it is about to be “raptured” by a pair of rapidly approaching headlights. Despite the impending danger, an atmosphere of magic suffuses the scene–from the warm, shimmering glow of the headlamps, to a cluster of wildflowers blooming from the darkness– indicative of nature’s continuous cycles of birth, death, and renewal. Like peering through a window to catch a glimpse of someone else’s dream, the works transmit psychological undercurrents through form, color, light, and texture, conveying the mood of an experience rather than mere description. Ghostly traces of pentimenti heighten this effect, while scumbling lighter or brighter colors over contrasting tones adds tooth and dimensionality to the canvases, building a layered, dynamic surface that reflects the complex nature of memory itself. Light is reflected through clouds, mist, fog, and exhaled breath, ephemeral phenomena that underscore the precarity of life. Inhabiting the slippery boundary between slumber and waking, tragedy and humor, sorrow and hope, these pictures speak to the intrinsic poetry of fleeting moments.
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Fri, Apr 26
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | How Do I Draw These Memories?: An Illustrated Memoir
Jonell Joshua spent her childhood shuttling back and forth between Savannah and New Jersey - living in grandparents' homes during the times her mother, struggling with mental illness, needed support to raise her and her brothers. Together the family found a way to keep going even in the darkest of times. This is an illustrated memoir about nostalgia, faith, the preciousness of life, and unconditional love.
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Fri, Apr 26
6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Trish Tillman: Grooming Kit
Tillman continues her interest in the intersection of the body, design, and furnishings, with her meticulously crafted modular wall sculptures. Using digital and industrial sewing and upholstery techniques, and hand-drawn patterns printed on leather, she expands her exploration of commercial materials and adds more personal references prevalent during her youth, from cartoons to toys and keychains. In Tillman’s latest series, disjointed body parts that could easily switch from breast to bum merge with iconic symbols of sweet innocence - from strawberries to unicorns - in a shorthand symbolic language akin to emoji or stickers.
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Fri, Apr 26
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Classical Music | Piano Works by Chopin, Ravel, Liszt, and More
Victoria Wong, piano, performs works by Chopin (1810-1849), Szymanowski (1882-1937), Ravel (1875-1937), Ligeti (1923-2006), and Liszt (1811-1886).
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Fri, Apr 26
6:00 pm
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Talk | Artist Talk: Poster Cult (in-person and online)
As one of Switzerland’s foremost poster designers, Dafi Kühne produces diverse work that plays with the contrast between old production tools and modern layouts. While printed on traditional presses from the 1960s, his posters do not look like typical letterpress prints. Instead, they connect to the history of letterpress production while pushing the boundaries through modern tools of what is possible. Through the use of of analog printing presses, computers, lasercutters, and freshly cast hot-metal-type, he creates wildly creative, large-format posters. From his vast letterpress studio in the Swiss Alps, Dafi Kühne simultaneously drives poster culture and upholds the cult of the poster. In this talk, Dafi will give insight into his processes and his approach to Swiss typographic poster design.
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Fri, Apr 26
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Microphone Masters: DJ and Rappers
Brooklyn DJ and producer J.PERIOD is renowned for his "audio-biographical" mixtape series -- featuring icons like Nas, Q-Tip, Lauryn Hill, and The Roots -- which have solidified his reputation as a top-tier producer, a trusted collaborator, and a groundbreaking musical historian. His long-running performance series J.PERIOD Live Mixtape transforms the traditional Hip-Hop stage show into a high-energy moment of record, captured live onstage in one take. For The Art of the MC, J.PERIOD premieres an original set, taking the audience on a tour through the world's most classic beats and freshest new sounds. He'll be joined by a constantly rotating lineup of rappers... including a few surprise emcees that you'll absolutely be bragging you were here for.
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Fri, Apr 26
7:30 pm
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Fri, Apr 26
7:30 pm
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Play | Ivera: Meditations from a Coma
A love letter to Puerto Rican womanhood and a condemnation of medical racism. After Ivera falls into a coma due to doctors’ negligence during the birth of her first child, she grapples with not only the impending loss of herself, but the decay of everyone around her. From her hospital room, she relives her happiest moments, and comes face-to-face with her saddest ones. As the veil between worlds begins to lift, Ivera, caught somewhere in-between, soon realizes her perfect, vibrant, passionate life wasn’t as beautiful as she always thought it was. Written by Antonia Cruz-Kent. A student production.
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Fri, Apr 26
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Fri, Apr 26
8:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Mudpit: A Devised Dance-Theatre Piece
Mudpit is the peat bog from which we emerged, into which we will return. Decomposing, regenerating, molting – what happens in the space between the fluorescent buzz of our hypermodern world and the ancient wisdom of bugs, blood, fire, and seeds? Everything we make is part of nature, whether we like it or not. Directed & Choreographed by Celia Krefter Dramaturgy by Kate Purdum Production Design by Maya T. Weed, Celia Krefter & Kate Purdum Performed by: Zoë Benavidez Ava Blum Bonnie Cai Thaleia Dasberg Sydney Gerlach
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Fri, Apr 26
8:00 pm
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8:00 pm
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Fri, Apr 26
8:30 pm
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Birdwatching | Birding Tour
A walk through birding hotspots in the park, led by Field Staff. Learn and build a birding community! Open to birders of all ages and experience.
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Sat, Apr 27
8:00 am
Free
8:00 am
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Conference | Language: What Is It Good For?
Successful communication can result in human flourishing and cooperation, while misunderstanding proliferates suffering. Words do not have stable, precise definitions, but “have those meanings which we have given them,” as Wittgenstein notes—new with each interpretational circumstance. Subjective and cultural forces shape the way we interpret signs, which makes our daily connection through language profound. Yet the human capacity to animate signs, by imbuing sound (and movement) with sense, remains beyond scientific understanding. Language is both one of the most fundamental elements of the human experience and one of the least understood, illustrating the need for a creative reexamination of the human language faculty. This interdisciplinary conference will share innovative thoughts about language use and linguistic communication. This one-day conference is inspired by the twin observations that opportunities designed specifically to initiate cross-disciplinary collaborations are rare, and that graduate students are ideally poised to take advantage of such opportunities to generate influential new insights and frameworks. The conference will feature talks and poster presentations in the morning and early afternoon. In the late afternoon, speakers will participate in identifying persistent questions and themes emerging from the presentations, as well as potentials for targeted collaborations.
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Sat, Apr 27
9:00 am
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9:00 am
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Conference | (Anti-)Colonialisms and its Afterlives: Renewing and Rethinking the Debate
According to some scholars, the various traditions of criticizing colonial modernity in the human sciences (rather than literary criticism)—postcolonial, decolonial, settler colonial, and anti-imperial, are now spent. Some disagree. Certain approaches and themes associated with these fields, to be sure, have been rendered anachronistic by ongoing socio-political transformations that have taken place within and across the countries of the peripheral fringe and the metropolitan core (including neoliberal globalization, mass migration, the proliferation of ethno-racial enclaves and camps for stateless peoples, the spread of populism) have blurred the boundaries between them; others have been ossified by intra-disciplinary academic debates and still others by ideologically monistic perspectives. Without ignoring or belittling the criticisms that have been leveled against these counter-colonial traditions by critics and sympathizers alike, this conference seeks to rethink and renew them by having them engage with and transform each other’s understanding of the current and untimely aspects of the receding present.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
9:30 am
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9:30 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Festival | Black Comic Book Festival
The 2024 Black Comic Book Festival marks 12 years of bringing together animators, Blerds, bloggers, cosplay lovers, fans, families, illustrators, independent publishers, and writers to celebrate Black comic books and graphic novels and provides a platform to get the works directly to readers. This annual event features panel discussions, workshops, and cosplay showcases, and highlights the work of creators from across the country. The 12th annual festival from April 26-27, 2024, will include a mix of in-person and virtual events. Keep checking the Eventbrite page for updates as more events are added.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
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Festival | Harlem Earth Day: Vision 2050
Enjoy kid's activities, panels, and film screenings!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
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Birdwatching | Accessible Birding
The park is a picturesque green space, with promenades, lawns, and peaceful sitting areas. Located right on the coast of the East River, this park offers beautiful sights and sounds of waterbirds. Warblers, sparrows, raptors, and more also use this park as a stopover during migration.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park
Learn and practice this Chinese martial art
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
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Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
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Tour | Guided Island Tour
Look into the past of the island and learn about its exciting transformation and future. In this walking tour, you’ll examine how historic preservation, innovative design, and environmental stewardship make the Island what it is today: one of the most unique public places in New York City.
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Sat, Apr 27
12:45 pm
Free
12:45 pm
Free
Film | For Heaven's Sake (1926): Silent Comedy with Live Musical Accompaniment
One of the great silent comedies, For Heaven's Sake stars Harold Lloyd as a wealthy playboy who unintentionally funds a mission and falls for the preacher's daughter. The film ends with a madcap chase in which Harold struggles to get to his wedding on time. The screening will feature live piano accompaniment from Ben Model. Director: Sam Taylor 58 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Dance Lesson | Around the Way Gurl: The Block Party
Artist Cheri L. Stokes engages autoethnography and personal narrative to inspire movement and text. Her new work-in-progress, “Around the Way Gurl” explores the intersections of gender, intergenerational movement aesthetics, innate movement patterns, generational and community values, and Hip-Hop culture influence the artist's identity and the women from Bed-Stuy in the 1980s and 90s. “The Block Party” serves as a means of research in the development of Cheri’s work, “Around the Way Gurl.” For The Block Party, Cheri will lead audiences in a multigenerational community dance workshop. Like the block parties of the 80s and 90s, participants can expect dance, music and fellowship in a casual but upbeat atmosphere. Take a trip down memory lane, wear your best styles from the decades, and come ready to move and have a good time. ALL generations and families are welcome. No dance experience needed.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Atomic Terrain
Atomic Terrain will talk about the show How to Make a Bomb, a geopolitical gardening project that uses a rare species of rose—the Rosa floribunda “Atom Bomb” rose—to examine the structural connections between horticulture, state power, and nuclear colonialism.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
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Film | Cyrano (2021) with Peter Dinklage
Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles everyone with his ferocious wordplay and brilliant swordplay. However, he's convinced his appearance renders him unworthy of the affections of the luminous Roxanne, a devoted friend who's in love with someone else. Director: Joe Wright Cast: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn Peter Dinklage is an American actor best known for portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times. He also received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for the role.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
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Screening | The Automat (2021): Documentary Screening and Q&A
The Automat is a documentary that tells the 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. (Not Rated, 79 mins) After the screening, there will be a Q&A session with the Director/Producer of The Automat, Lisa Hurwitz.
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Sat, Apr 27
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Chamber Works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and More (In Person AND Online!)
Columbia University Bach Society; Sofia Ouyang, Director; Nitya Nigam, Director. Program J.S. Bach (1685-1750), St. Matthew Passion, "Erbarme dich, mein Gott" Mozart (1756-1791), Requiem, Lacrimosa Schubert (1797-1828), Mass in G, Agnus Dei Sofia Ouyang, Viola Concerto Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 2 Christian-Frederic Bloquert, Solstice Stravinsky (1882-1971), Pulcinella Suite, Mvt. 1 & 4 Henrik Gorecki (1933-2010), Miserere, Mvt. 9 & 11 Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), Chichester Psalms, Mvt. 3 Nitya Nigam, And what if the sky here is no different?
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Sat, Apr 27
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
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Classical Music | Young Opera Performers
The Marshall Opera Oral History Project's mission is to collect, preserve, and disseminate the stories of seasoned and distinguished living composers as well as introduce these composers to a new generation of performers. For this program, ten young artists interviewed ten participating composers, and the young artists will perform a selection from an opera. Registration required.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Tour | Guided Island Tour
Look into the past of the island and learn about its exciting transformation and future. In this walking tour, you’ll examine how historic preservation, innovative design, and environmental stewardship make the Island what it is today: one of the most unique public places in New York City.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
2:45 pm
Free
2:45 pm
Free
Concert | Music from Harlem Renaissance Composers
Featuring the Harlem Chamber Players who will be performing music from Harlem Renaissance composers. This is an American Dreams pop-up concert. Bring some chairs or a picnic blanket as this concert will be outdoors. Please note that this concert does not include museum entry.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Play | Ivera: Meditations from a Coma
A love letter to Puerto Rican womanhood and a condemnation of medical racism. After Ivera falls into a coma due to doctors’ negligence during the birth of her first child, she grapples with not only the impending loss of herself, but the decay of everyone around her. From her hospital room, she relives her happiest moments, and comes face-to-face with her saddest ones. As the veil between worlds begins to lift, Ivera, caught somewhere in-between, soon realizes her perfect, vibrant, passionate life wasn’t as beautiful as she always thought it was. Written by Antonia Cruz-Kent. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
Free
Classical Music | Serene organ meditations in an intimate venue (In Person AND Online)
Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Concert | Musical Storytelling Across the Continents
Raised in Senegal, France, and the United States, LMNE developed a rare perspective on what life’s journey entails in different parts of the world. He also developed a rare set of musical ears, privy to the most magical sounds of each continent. LMNE’s first instrument was his voice, but it wasn’t long before the piano and guitar followed. He doesn’t classify himself as a singer but more so a storyteller, using his music to share poignant moments, feelings, and experiences.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Sat, Apr 27
7:30 pm
Regular: $34
CFT Price: $5
(85% discount)
7:30 pm
Regular: $34
CFT Price: $5
(85% discount)
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Sat, Apr 27
7:30 pm
Regular: $35
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Jazz | Legendary Jazz Saxophonist
An incredible evening of jazz music. Experience the legendary Bob Mintzer performing alongside the talented ensembles from the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program. Get ready for a night filled with soulful melodies and unforgettable performances. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to witness jazz greatness live on stage! Bob Mintzer is a New York-born saxophonist, woodwind specialist, composer/arranger, and educator. He formed a connection to music at a very early age, primarily through playing piano by ear, and later moving on to guitar, clarinet, drums, and eventually saxophone. Bob attended the Hartt School of music and the Manhattan School of Music, where he was a longtime faculty member. After school, Bob joined the Tito Puente Orchestra and toured with Eumir Deodato as well as the Buddy Rich band and the Jaco Pastorius Word of Mouth band.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
7:30 pm
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7:30 pm
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Jazz | Multi-Grammy Nominated Jazz Musician
Multi-instrumentalist Bob Mintzer live in concert with ensembles from Columbia University's Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program. Bob Mintzer is a New York-born saxophonist, woodwind specialist, composer/arranger, and educator. He formed a connection to music at a very early age, primarily through playing piano by ear, and later moving on to guitar, clarinet, drums, and eventually saxophone. In 1983 Bob started his big band in NYC. The band performed in clubs around the city and recorded a number of albums, which led to 4 Grammy nominations including one win. In 1990 Bob joined the Yellowjackets in Los Angeles to record a project for the GRP label called Greenhouse. This encounter started a 30 year relationship that continues to this day. The band has recorded some 16 projects in this time period with 12 Grammy nominations.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
7:30 pm
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7:30 pm
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Performance | Myths: The People Who Carry The Sky
An interactive, multidisciplinary, one-night event celebrating descendants from Haiti, telling a new story of their beloved country. The evening’s event is curated by National Black Theatre’s Artist-in-Residence Fedna Jacquet and is presented by NBT’s Alternative Learning and Social Impact department, with original commissions and contributions from France-Luce Benson, Julio Jean, Qween Jean, Val Jeanty, Lenelle Moïse, Dominique Morisseau and Atibon Nazaire. These newly commissioned works traverse music, poetry, dance, and fashion using Haitian mythology and folklore. The show untangles Haiti's story from the Western gaze and uplifts a new narrative that centers on its people's liberation. Celebrate the resilient spirit of Haitian artists, people, and culture. It is time to embrace a new narrative shaped by the perceptions of its people, guiding us to understand and demystify Haiti's rich heritage at this critical moment.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
7:30 pm
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7:30 pm
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Sat, Apr 27
7:30 pm
Regular: $30
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Regular: $30
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Play | Koi-Coy: A Surreal Los Angeles
Em returns home wearing an eyepatch to find her stepsister has joined a cult. Wylie’s been skinning wild animals in the California high desert, and a mysterious figure is on the loose again. In a surreal version of Los Angeles in late spring, a group of young people are forced to contend with their inability to tell the truth while embracing their nostalgic obsession with the LA literary arts scene of the 90s. Written by by Lillian Mottern. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
8:00 pm
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8:00 pm
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Sat, Apr 27
8:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Mudpit: A Devised Dance-Theatre Piece
Mudpit is the peat bog from which we emerged, into which we will return. Decomposing, regenerating, molting – what happens in the space between the fluorescent buzz of our hypermodern world and the ancient wisdom of bugs, blood, fire, and seeds? Everything we make is part of nature, whether we like it or not. Directed & Choreographed by Celia Krefter Dramaturgy by Kate Purdum Production Design by Maya T. Weed, Celia Krefter & Kate Purdum Performed by: Zoë Benavidez Ava Blum Bonnie Cai Thaleia Dasberg Sydney Gerlach
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Apr 27
8:00 pm
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8:00 pm
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Sat, Apr 27
10:30 pm
Regular: $25
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10:30 pm
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Conference | (Anti-)Colonialisms and its Afterlives: Renewing and Rethinking the Debate
According to some scholars, the various traditions of criticizing colonial modernity in the human sciences (rather than literary criticism)—postcolonial, decolonial, settler colonial, and anti-imperial, are now spent. Some disagree. Certain approaches and themes associated with these fields, to be sure, have been rendered anachronistic by ongoing socio-political transformations that have taken place within and across the countries of the peripheral fringe and the metropolitan core (including neoliberal globalization, mass migration, the proliferation of ethno-racial enclaves and camps for stateless peoples, the spread of populism) have blurred the boundaries between them; others have been ossified by intra-disciplinary academic debates and still others by ideologically monistic perspectives. Without ignoring or belittling the criticisms that have been leveled against these counter-colonial traditions by critics and sympathizers alike, this conference seeks to rethink and renew them by having them engage with and transform each other’s understanding of the current and untimely aspects of the receding present.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Tour | Historic Flatiron-Nomad District Walking Tour
Join a professional guide on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the City's most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse, and the famous Flatiron Building. Rain or shine. Every Sunday at 11 am.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
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Workshop | Over, Under, Through: Basics of Parkour
The Movement Creative leads a 6-week series to learn the basics of parkour. Build your strength, agility, coordination, and mobility with fun drills, partner exercises, and games to learn jumping, vaulting, swinging, and how to put it all together. Have a blast while getting strong!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
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Tour | Guided Island Tour
Look into the past of the island and learn about its excit-ing trans-for-ma-tion and future. In this walk-ing tour, you'll exam-ine how his-toric preser-va-tion, inno-v-a-tive design, and envi-ron-men-tal stew-ard-ship make the Island what it is today: one of the most unique pub-lic places in New York City.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
12:45 pm
Free
12:45 pm
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Concert | Brass Ensemble in the Park
A brass ensemble from Manhattan School of Music. A glorious sound floats over the park as these student musicians play traditional and contemporary music.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
2:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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Sun, Apr 28
2:00 pm
Regular: $49
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Regular: $49
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Sun, Apr 28
2:00 pm
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Talk | How to Break into Comedy
The Manhattan Comedy School, New York City’s premier comedy training ground, is celebrating National Humor Month by offering a free seminar, “Breaking into Comedy”. This engaging and informative session will provide aspiring comedians with the tools and knowledge they need to launch a successful career in the world of laughter. The seminar will offer an ideal learning environment for everyone from total beginners to more advanced comedy enthusiasts. It will explore a wide array of essential topics, such as: · Learn Basic Skills: Learn the secrets of joke writing and finding humor in everyday life. 5 ways to get stage time in NYC, 6 beginner mistakes to avoid, 5 things all new comics need to do, when to audition, and much, much more. · Stage Presence and Performance: Overcoming performance anxiety and finding your on-stage persona and hook. · Navigating the Comedy Landscape: Discover the various avenues available to comedians today, from stand-up routines to the ever-growing realm of online platforms like YouTube and TikTok.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
2:30 pm
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2:30 pm
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Play | Koi-Coy: A Surreal Los Angeles
Em returns home wearing an eyepatch to find her stepsister has joined a cult. Wylie’s been skinning wild animals in the California high desert, and a mysterious figure is on the loose again. In a surreal version of Los Angeles in late spring, a group of young people are forced to contend with their inability to tell the truth while embracing their nostalgic obsession with the LA literary arts scene of the 90s. Written by by Lillian Mottern. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
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Classical Music | Serene organ meditations in an intimate venue (In Person AND Online)
Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach Vespers: Choir and Period Instrument Musicians
After 55 years, hundreds of performances, and two Grammy nominations, Bach Vespers continues to present Bach's cantatas and other great Baroque and early music masterworks every month.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
5:00 pm
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5:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Organ Music at a Beautiful Church
Jon Bolena, organ.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
5:15 pm
Free
5:15 pm
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Play | Koi-Coy: A Surreal Los Angeles
Em returns home wearing an eyepatch to find her stepsister has joined a cult. Wylie’s been skinning wild animals in the California high desert, and a mysterious figure is on the loose again. In a surreal version of Los Angeles in late spring, a group of young people are forced to contend with their inability to tell the truth while embracing their nostalgic obsession with the LA literary arts scene of the 90s. Written by by Lillian Mottern. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Apr 28
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Master Class | Harp Master Class
Harp Master Class with Alexander Boldachev.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 29
9:00 am
Free
9:00 am
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Workshop | Morning Meditation
Start your day by balancing your mind, body, and spirit during instructor guided meditation. This renowned practice lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and strengthens the immune system.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 29
9:45 am
Free
9:45 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 29
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 29
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Jazz | An Afternoon of Jazz (In Person AND Online)
JAZZ HOUSE All-Stars.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 29
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
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Other | Community Plant Exchange
Meet other plant enthusiasts for a free plant swap. Share tips, advice, and plants in this community event. Tips for success: Please bring only pest-free plants. If your plants are in containers, please be sure they are in containers that you are ready to give away or exchange. Rooted cuttings may be brought in a sealed plastic bag wrapped in a moist paper towel.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 29
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
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Birdwatching | Evening Drop-in Birding
Witness the spectacle of spring migration with Gabriel Willow as songbirds follow the Atlantic Flyway northwards. Look for orioles, tanagers, warblers, vireos, and other migrants in the wilds of the park, and learn about the finer points of their identification and ecology.
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Mon, Apr 29
5:30 pm
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5:30 pm
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Film | Mama Irene - Healer of the Andes (2022): Documentary on Local Medicine Woman
The documentary follows Mama Irene in her everyday life, highlighting her healing methods and passion to serve each patient who knocks on her door: from local women who travel hours or days by foot through the Andes to a medical doctor from India seeking a cure for the illness that Western Medicine had failed to help. Directors: Bettina Ehrhardt, Elisabeth Mohlmann 71 min.
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Mon, Apr 29
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (In Person AND Online!)
Join WNYC's Alison Stewart and Stephen Graham Jones for a live conversation about his book, My Heart is a Chainsaw, an homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre. On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart: a biting critique of American colonialism, Indigenous displacement, and gentrification, and a heartbreaking portrait of a broken young girl who uses horror movies to cope with the horror of her own life. Jade Daniels is an angry, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her. She lives in her own world, a world in which protection comes from an unusual source: horror movies; especially the ones where a masked killer seeks revenge on a world that wronged them. And Jade narrates the quirky history of Proofrock as if it is one of those movies. But when blood actually starts to spill into the waters of Indian Lake, she pulls us into her dizzying, encyclopedic mind of blood and masked murderers, and predicts exactly how the plot will unfold.
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Mon, Apr 29
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | The Northeast Corridor: The Trains, the People, the History, the Region
David Alff launches his new book, the first comprehensive history of perhaps the most famous American railway. In conversation with Ann Kjellberg. Traversed by thousands of trains and millions of riders, the Northeast Corridor might be America’s most famous railway, but its influence goes far beyond the right-of-way. David Alff welcomes readers aboard to see how nineteenth-century train tracks did more than connect Boston to Washington, DC. They transformed hundreds of miles of Atlantic shoreline into a political capital, a global financial hub, and home to fifty million people. The Northeast Corridor reveals how freight trains, commuter rail, and Amtrak influenced—and in turn were shaped by—centuries of American industrial expansion, metropolitan growth, downtown decline, and revitalization.
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Mon, Apr 29
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Film | Topkapi (1964): heist film
Beautiful thief Elizabeth Lipp and criminal genius Walter Harper put together a plan to steal an emerald-encrusted dagger from Istanbul's Topkapi Palace. As part of their crew, they hire small-time hustler Arthur Simon Simpson to act as their fall guy. When the Turkish secret police capture Simpson at the border, they persuade him to spy on his partners in crime, mistakenly believing that they're Communist agents plotting an assassination. Director: Jules Dassin Cast: Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley
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Mon, Apr 29
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Club | Graphic Novel Book Club: Y: The Last Man Vol. One: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
Y: The Last Man, one of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling comic books series of the last decade, is that rare example of a page-turner that is at once humorous, socially relevant and endlessly surprising. Written by Brian K. Vaughan (Lost, Pride Of Baghdad, Ex Machina) and with art by Pia Guerra, this is the saga of Yorick Brown-the only human survivor of a planet-wide plague that instantly kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome. Accompanied by a mysterious government agent, a brilliant young geneticist and his pet monkey, Ampersand, Yorick travels the world in search of his lost love and the answer to why he's the last man on earth.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 29
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Lecture | The “New Architecture:” Hungarian Modernism in the 1930s
The 1920s were decisive for modern European architecture, although its impact was delayed in Hungary. The period between 1928 and 1932 is considered the beginning of modern architecture in Hungary, although architects understood modern architecture quite differently: they saw modernity in the adaptation of technical and technological innovations. Speaker Eva Lovra Ph. D. in Architectural Sciences is senior lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Debrecen.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Apr 29
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Mon, Apr 29
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park
Practice this traditional system of health and self-defense. Derived from the philosphy of Taoism, Tai Chi was designed to develop the optimum degree of harmony between body and mind, as well as between the individual and the natural order of the universe. Classes are led by teachers and students who train nearby at CK Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Master Hyland Harris.
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Tue, Apr 30
7:30 am
Free
7:30 am
Free
Birdwatching | Morning Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Tue, Apr 30
8:00 am
Free
8:00 am
Free
Workshop | Spring Yoga
A yoga instructor leads a morning practice. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
9:30 am
Free
9:30 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Adult Zumba
Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Bring your friends and come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training and a lot of fun.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
10:30 am
Free
10:30 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
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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Tue, Apr 30
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
Free
Master Class | Horn and Trumpet Master Class
Horn and Trumpet Master Class with Jennifer Montone.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Classical Music | Works by Richard Strauss and More for Voice and Piano
Bugs Kelley, baritone; and Emily White, piano, perform works by Fauré (1845-1924), Henri Duparc (1848-1933), Clara Schumann (1819-1896), Richard Strauss (1864-1949), John Adams (b. 1947), and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958).
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Tue, Apr 30
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Film | Date Night (2010) with Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Common, and Mark Wahlberg
Worried that the spark has gone from their marriage, Phil and Claire Foster plan a romantic night out at a hip Manhattan eatery. When they arrive, however, the restaurant is heaving, and, without a reservation, Phil impulsively claims they are absent diners the Tripplehorns. The ploy seems to have worked, until two heavies interrupt their meal demanding the return of a stolen flash drive. Director: Shawn Levy Cast: Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Taraji P. Henson, Common, Mark Wahlberg Steven Carell is an American actor and comedian. He played Michael Scott in the sitcom The Office (2005–2011, 2013), in which he also worked at several points as a producer, executive producer, writer, and director. Carell has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award for The Office. He was recognized as "America's Funniest Man" by Life. Tina Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Fey was a cast member and head writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1997 to 2006. After her departure from SNL, she created the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2006-2013, 2020) and the Netflix sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015-2020), the former of which she also starred in. Fey is also known for her work in film, including Mean Girls (2004), Baby Mama (2008), Date Night (2010), and more. Lonnie Rashid Lynn, known by his stage name Common, is an American rapper and actor. He is the recipient of three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Mark Wahlberg is an American actor. His work as a leading man spans the comedy, drama, and action genres. He has received multiple accolades, including a BAFTA Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, nine Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Tue, Apr 30
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Talk | Artist Talk: A Cosmology of Inclusions (online)
Mixed-media artist Jaz Graf explores how materials collide and synthesize to convey embodied and metaphorical stories. Her love of inclusions in the papermaking process has been essential in the development of her ongoing personal mythology. Graf plays with materials and their inherent and potential meanings. She considers Thai mulberry as plantcestor, offering remedy, rumination, and reverence. Graf will talk about a new body of work created at Dieu Donné’s paper studios during her West Bay View Foundation Fellowship in 2022-23. She delves into her iterative projects inspired by textiles, ancient manuscripts, and design motifs of her cultural heritage.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Organ Works (In Person AND Online)
John Walthausen, organ.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Talk | Tree Canopy and Biodiversity in the Park
Llandscape consultants SCAPE help you learn about Battery Park City’s recently completed tree and biodiversity inventory. Explore the results of the tree canopy assessment – including street trees and those in the parks – as well as the inventory of plants growing in the gardens throughout the neighborhood. The results highlight the overall biodiversity, habitat value, and resiliency of Battery Park City’s urban tree canopy and planted areas.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Film | Chinatown (1974) Directed by Roman Polanski, Starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway
When Los Angeles private eye J.J. "Jake" Gittes is hired by Evelyn Mulwray to investigate her husband's activities, he believes it's a routine infidelity case. Jake's investigation soon becomes anything but routine when he meets the real Mrs. Mulwray and realizes he was hired by an imposter. Mr. Mulwray's sudden death sets Gittes on a tangled trail of corruption, deceit and sinister family secrets as Evelyn's father becomes a suspect in the case. Director: Roman Polanski Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, John Huston Roman Polanski is a French and Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and more. In 1977, Polanski was arrested, and he remains a fugitive from the U.S. justice system. Jack Nicholson is an American retired actor and filmmaker. Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century. Throughout his five-decade career he received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award. He also received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award in 1994 and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. Faye Dunaway is an American actress. She is the recipient of many accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA Award.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Poetry Reading | The God of Freedom: Ukrainian Poetry (in-person and online)
Yuliya Musakovska celebrates the upcoming release of her poetry collection in English translation from Arrowsmith Press. The event will feature a reading in both Ukrainian and English and a talk about the wartime reality of Ukraine under the Russian invasion and the role of cultural activism in the Ukrainian resistance. Yuliya and Olena will also speak about their translation process.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Film | Next Goal Wins (2023) Directed by Taika Waititi
Due to a change in his employment status, Dutch-American football coach Thomas Rongen was forced to undertake a coaching role he had difficulty accepting. He flew to American Samoa to coach their national football team to become eligible for the 2001 FIFA World Cup. The main challenge, though, is that the team is touted as one of the weakest in the world. Based on the 2014 documentary with the same title, this sports comedy-drama features the real-life travails of Thomas Rongen. Director: Taika Waititi Cast: Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Kaimana, Rachel House, David Fane Taika Waititi is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian. He is known for directing quirky comedy films and has expanded his career as a voice actor and producer on numerous projects. He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, as well as two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Dance Performance | Die No Die: Dance in the Park
Matty Davis is an artist and choreographer engaged in collaborative explorations of risk, trust, responsibility, and empathy. His work predominantly manifests in performance and dance. Davis foregrounds the body as a means to enliven tensions inherent in our being—between fragility and strength, the individual and the collective, and life and death. His performances are characterized by their intense physicality and inventive choreography, often orchestrated to be directly responsive to and engaged with his audience. Die No Die is a site-responsive work undertaken by Davis and five collaborators—Nile Harris, Chloé Cooper Jones, Anna Thompson, Taylor Knight, and Bryan Saner. The performers and the audience traverse the park together. Each performer navigates the work’s choreographic structure in four parts: ‘The Critical Gesture of Arrival,’ ‘The Gem,’ ‘Send the Heart Deeper,’ and ‘Oppositional States.’ This happens one performer at a time, in linear succession, at six pre-determined stops along the High Line. Each performer signals to the next through the felt beat of their hearts—the heart signifying a baton in the relay of life—and in the forward motion of performance itself.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Talk | Stargazing in the Park
A walk along the park and a chance to take a closer look at the stars. Peer through high-powered telescopes provided by the knowledgeable members of the Amateur Astronomers Association to see rare celestial sights. No experience is necessary and telescopes will be provided between sunset and park closure.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Living In Music: A Discussion, Wisdom Worth Sharing from Music Makers
Embark on an illuminating exploration into the heart of the music industry with Living In Music: A Discussion, Wisdom Worth Sharing. This panel, comprised of esteemed luminaries Monika Ryan, John Doelp, Mia Moravis, Rene Hart, Denise Barbarita, and Jeff Lipton, promises an enriching discourse on their extensive expertise and profound insights. Experts from all sides of the music business come together to share and inspire, each member bringing a wealth of experience and knowledge to the table. Whether you're a burgeoning artist embarking on a career in music or a seasoned pro, seize the opportunity to engage with these industry leaders and delve into the inner workings of the music world.
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Tue, Apr 30
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | How to Make Your Mother Cry: Searching for Home
Linked genre-queer short stories by Sejal Shah braided with images and ephemera explore the experiences of growing up and living as a diasporic Gujarati woman searching for home.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
6:00 pm
$5
6:00 pm
$5
Book Discussion | Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade: Time-Spanning Drama
Based on the extraordinary little-known history of the women who received the Croix de Guerre medal for courage under fire, Janet Skeslien Charles's book is a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, the power of literature, and ultimately the courage it takes to make a change.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Roger A. Deakins: Byways
Portraits and landscapes from the cinematographer Roger A. Deakins famed for his work with Sam Mendes and the Coen brothers.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Play bridge in a stress-free environment
One of the most popular card games of the last century, bridge is still enjoyed by professional and amateur players alike today - and now you can stop by and enjoy it too! Bring your bridge partner, or you will be matched up with someone to play as a pair. There will be instructions and the chance to observe players, making this a perfect event for beginners looking to learn how to play bridge.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Talk | The Phenomenology of Surprise (online)
What differentiates surprise from the weird, the interesting or the startling? Artist Jeanette Andrews’ unique practice as a magician and artist have afforded her unique insights into this topic which inspired her installation and performance work “Taken by Artificial Surprise” and recent talk on this topic for the British Society of Aesthetics.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Discussion | What Makes a Cultural Landmark? Perspectives from Mexico
Leading experts explore cultural heritage sites in Mexico, including the region of Oaxaca and the unique relationship between its local communities, their daily lived traditions, and natural landscapes. Learn how the new galleries will foreground the significant role that landscape plays in Mesoamerican art.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Racialized Geographies in México: Violence, Disappearance and Militarization in Indigenous Territories
In the presentation, speaker Rosalba Aida Hernandez Castillo will reflect on the impact of the “war on drugs” on the bodies and territories of the indigenous peoples of Mexico. Taking as an analytical window the life histories of women victims of sexual violence in militarized and paramilitarized regions, and the experience of relatives of disappeared persons, this presentation will establish connections between occupation through the violation and control of indigenous women’s bodies, the disappearance of racialized youth and the occupation of their territories and dispossession of their natural resources. These processes take place simultaneously and respond to the neocolonial logic of capitalism, within which gender and race inequalities are essential for their reproduction.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
6:15 pm
Free
6:15 pm
Free
Discussion | Adventures in Italian Opera with TV Chef Lidia Bastianich (in-person and online)
The seventh and final Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season features food diva Lidia Bastianich, Emmy award-winning television host, best-selling cookbook author, and a great lover of Italian opera.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Origami Meetup
OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. Ages Adult 18+
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Tue, Apr 30
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Shakespeare Was a Woman & Other Heresies by Elizabeth Winkler in Conversation with Academy Award Winner
Presenting her book, Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, Elizabeth Winkler will explore with Academy Award-winning actor Mark Rylance the theory that Shakespeare may not have written the works that bear his name. Scholars admit that the Bard's biography is a "black hole," yet to publicly question the identity of the god of English literature is unacceptable, even (some say) "immoral." Winkler sets out to probe the origins of this literary taboo, the conflicting views, and the evidence concerning the authorship of the plays and poems traditionally credited to William Shakespeare.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | The Constitution of the War on Drugs: A New Argument
The U.S. government's decades-long "war on drugs" is increasingly recognized as a moral travesty as well as a policy failure. The criminalization of substances such as marijuana and magic mushrooms offends core tenets of liberalism, from the right to self-rule to protection of privacy to freedom of religion. It contributes to mass incarceration and racial subordination. And it costs billions of dollars per year--all without advancing public health. Yet, in hundreds upon hundreds of cases, courts have allowed the war to proceed virtually unchecked. How could a set of policies so draconian, destructive, and discriminatory escape constitutional curtailment? Author David Pozen provides an authoritative, critical constitutional history of the drug war, casting new light on both drug prohibition and U.S. constitutional development.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Reading The Iliad (In Person AND Online!)
Emily Wilson spent nearly a decade wrestling with her translation of the great Homeric epic, The Iliad, which she calls, "the most gripping and heartbreaking work of literature I know." The poem, she writes, "evokes human greatness and human vulnerability...even now, when I turn back to lines I have read hundreds of times already, I find that the raw power of the Greek still startles me." Wilson reads from her translation (and perhaps some in the original Greek as well!), and discusses the clamor of arms, the bellowing boasts, the fury, and grief that define the thrilling, magical, and emotionally complex poem.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Concert | Vocal Ensemble
MSM Contemporary Vocal Ensemble; Tammy Huynh, Director.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Apr 30
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Boot Camp Workout
An early-morning core body 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 welcome.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
7:00 am
Free
7:00 am
Free
Birdwatching | Birding at the Battery
Gabriel Willow explores the diversity of migrating birds that find food and habitat in The Battery.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
8:00 am
Free
8:00 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Ribbon Dancing
Combine cardio with artistry as you wave long ribbons in the air to create rainbows, waterfalls, dragons and ocean waves. Ribbon Dancing is as visually stunning as it is fun and easy to learn. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Ribbons will be available to borrow, but participants may also bring their own.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
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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Wed, May 1
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
Ava Chin—author, performer, and professor—performs and talks about her new in paperback book about the impact of the country’s first immigration restrictions on four generations of her family in NYC’s Chinatown.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Jazz | Jazz Hour
Take a moment out of your busy day to enjoy a captivating showcase of jazz music by some of NYC’s most talented musicians. Curated by The Jazz Gallery, whose mission is to “provide a platform for emerging artists to discover their unique voice, and a home for established musicians to continue to experiment and grow,” the concert will bring the intimate, vibrant atmosphere of a jazz club into the lobby of One Manhattan West. Featuring: Emmanuel Michael Duo (guitar and bass)
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Adult Chorus
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the 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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Wed, May 1
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Vocal and Orchestral Works by Monteverdi (In Person AND Online)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, conductor, perform Monteverdi's (1567-1643) Vespers of 1610, SV 206.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Film | The Joy Luck Club (1993): drama
Adaptation of Amy Tan's bestseller about four immigrant Chinese women and their American-born daughters. The story begins in San Francisco, where three of the women have gathered to bid farewell to their deceased friend's daughter, who's departing for China to meet her long-lost half sisters. Director: Wayne Wang Cast: Tsai Chin, Kieu Chinh, Lisa Lu, France Nuyen, Rosalind Chao, Lauren Tom, Tamlyn Tomita, Ming-Na Wen, Michael Paul Chan, Andrew McCarthy, Christopher Rich, Russell Wong, Vivian Wu
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History
During the first half of the twentieth century, a group of collectors and creators dedicated themselves to documenting the history of African American life. At a time when dominant institutions cast doubt on the value or even the idea of Black history, these bibliophiles, scrapbookers, and librarians created an enduring set of African diasporic archives. In building these institutions and amassing abundant archival material, they also reshaped Black public culture, animating inquiry into the nature and meaning of Black history. Scattered and Fugitive Things tells the stories of these Black collectors, traveling from the parlors of the urban north to HBCU reading rooms and branch libraries in the Jim Crow south. Laura E. Helton chronicles the work of six key figures: bibliophile Arturo Schomburg, scrapbook maker Alexander Gumby, librarians Virginia Lee and Vivian Harsh, curator Dorothy Porter, and historian L. D. Reddick. Drawing on overlooked sources such as book lists and card catalogs, she reveals the risks collectors took to create Black archives.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Carnivalesque Classics: The Case of 19th-Century Afro-Latin American Poet Luiz Gama (in-person and online)
As a singular example of Latin America’s literary production, the Brazilian poet, abolitionist, newspaper man, and lawyer Luiz Gama (1830–1882) enlisted satire and the carnivalesque as aesthetic choices, prefiguring the cultural cannibalism of the modernist movement in the first half of 20th century. The carnivalesque element and cannibalism manifest themselves in Gama’s poetic collection Trovas Burlescas through social and racial critique. Gama incorporates the plurality and contradictions of ancient myth to present the absurdities that attended empire, church, and slavery in Brazilian society of the second half of the 19th century. Unlike Parnassian poets, Luiz Gama used classicisms to heighten the comic effect of his satires while foregrounding his own position as a Black author. Readers of Gama learned various curiosities from the ancient world, and they did not need to be formally educated to understand the satirical intersection between ancient Mediterranean myths and Latin American colonial mythologies. Speaker: Andrea Koukanakis, Hunter College
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Dance Performance | Die No Die: Dance in the Park
Matty Davis is an artist and choreographer engaged in collaborative explorations of risk, trust, responsibility, and empathy. His work predominantly manifests in performance and dance. Davis foregrounds the body as a means to enliven tensions inherent in our being—between fragility and strength, the individual and the collective, and life and death. His performances are characterized by their intense physicality and inventive choreography, often orchestrated to be directly responsive to and engaged with his audience. Die No Die is a site-responsive work undertaken by Davis and five collaborators—Nile Harris, Chloé Cooper Jones, Anna Thompson, Taylor Knight, and Bryan Saner. The performers and the audience traverse the park together. Each performer navigates the work’s choreographic structure in four parts: ‘The Critical Gesture of Arrival,’ ‘The Gem,’ ‘Send the Heart Deeper,’ and ‘Oppositional States.’ This happens one performer at a time, in linear succession, at six pre-determined stops along the High Line. Each performer signals to the next through the felt beat of their hearts—the heart signifying a baton in the relay of life—and in the forward motion of performance itself.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Delfi: Literature as a Social Event
A reading and conversation with contributors Fatma Aydemir, Eileen Myles, and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | New Narratives on the Peopling of America: Immigration, Race, and Dispossession
Editors T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Alexandra D?lano Alonso present an extraordinary collection of original essays that reshape our understanding of the peopling of the United States. This thought-provoking volume goes beyond conventional accounts of immigration by reexamining narratives about foreign-born populations in the United States. It situates them as part of a larger story of forced displacement and dispossession that needs to include indigenous people, enslaved persons, deported and returned migrants, and those residing in territories and foreign nations acquired by the United States.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 1
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Now You See Me!: An Introduction to 100 Years of Black Design
Charlene Prempeh celebrate hers debut, which documents a century of Black design history. In conversation with Tavares Strachan. Now You See Me! celebrates dozens of innovative yet little-known Black graphic artists, architects, and fashion designers. Strachan’s artistic practice has long elevated overlooked Black figures who have shaped our culture. Together, Prempeh and Strachan will examine how Black pioneers can be given their due in real time.
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Wed, May 1
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Opening Reception | Shuang Li: I'm Not
The first institutional solo exhibition by artist Shuang Li, featuring newly commissioned sculpture and video installations. Li’s work explores how language, relationships and identities are formed and mediated through screens and the internet. Li delves into her own life as a fan to ruminate on how these technologies inform the social bonds and materiality of fandom, and the complexities of building a world predicated on a fervent love of something distant. Growing up in a small town in Southeast China, Li became (and remains) an ardent fan of My Chemical Romance, a band that introduced the possibility of subcultural belonging as well as the English language into the artist’s life. MCR fandom unfolds as a case study in the exhibition for an examination of distant bodies and displaced desires.
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Wed, May 1
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Opening Reception | Teresita Fernández: Soil Horizon
Over the course of her decades-long career, Fernández’s practice has been characterized by an expansive reimagining of what constitutes a landscape: from the subterranean to the cosmic, to contentious borderlines and borderlands. In Soil Horizon, the artist turns inward, to the elusive and numinous landscapes we carry within. Returning repeatedly to the question “Where am I?” as an emotive and conceptual point of origin, Fernández unravels the intimacies between matter, human beings, and places. The artist’s subtle conceptual practice and material processes have positioned her at the forefront of contemporary art, cementing her place in the canon and contextualizing her work within art historical discourse on art and land. Following Soil Horizon at Lehmann Maupin, SITE Santa Fe will present Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson. Opening in July 2024, this two-artist exhibition will feature over 30 works by Fernández and mark the first time Robert Smithson’s oeuvre has been placed in conversation with an artist working today.
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Wed, May 1
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Discussion | A Conversation with Writer Honor Moore
A conversation with Honor Moore, faculty member and author of A Termination and Brigid Hughes, Editor at A Public Space. Robert Polito, distinguished faculty member, will moderate the evening.
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Wed, May 1
6:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | An Evening of Poetry and Music
Barry Wallenstein, poet, is the author of eleven collections of poetry, the most recent being It’s About Time [New York Quarterly Books, 2022]. A special interest is his presentation of poetry readings in collaboration with jazz. He has made twelve recordings of his poetry with jazz, the most recent being Lisbon Sunset (2018) and Lisbon Sunrise (2022). He is Emeritus Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the City University of New York, an editor of the journal, American Book Review, and advisory editor of BigCityLit. Ken Filiano, bass, performs throughout the world, playing and recording with leading artists in jazz, spontaneous improvisation, classical, world/ethnic, and interdisciplinary performance, fusing the rich traditions of the double bass with his own inventiveness. Alicia Ostriker's most recent poetry collection is The Volcano Sequence and After: Selected and New Poems 2002-2019 (University of Pittsburgh Press). She was New York State Poet 2018-2021, and Joyce Carol Oates noted: “Alicia Ostriker has become one of those brilliantly provocative and imaginatively gifted contemporaries whose iconoclastic expression, whether in prose or poetry, is essential to our understanding of our American selves.” Ostriker’s books of criticism include For the Love of God: The Bible as an Open Book (2009), Dancing at the Devil’s Party: Essays on Poetry, Politics, and the Erotic (2000), and Stealing the Language: The Emergence of Women’s Poetry in America (1983). Jeffrey Cyphers Wright is a New Romantic poet, publisher, art and literary critic, eco-activist, impresario, filmmaker, and artist. He is author of 19 books of verse, including Blue Lyre and Party Everywhere. His latest work, a book of sonnets and artwork called Doppelgangster, Self Portraits in a Funhouse Mirror is from MadHat Press. Other work appears in the anthologies Best American Poetry; NYC Insiders; and Contemporary Surrealist and Magical Realist Poetry. He has received a James Tate Award and a Kathy Acker Award for publishing and writing. He is the publisher of Live Mag! and you can see his puppet shows on Youtube.
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Wed, May 1
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Dancing | Dance Party: Salsa Soul Sizzle
Superb bands and expert dance instruction 6pm: Salsa Instruction 7pm: Live Dance Music with Uptown Royalty Uptown Royalty NYC is truly a new musical phenomenon, created by the sensational, seasoned stage veteran husband-and-wife dynamic duo Jodi Music and Ron Renaissance. URNYC features an array of originals and classic cover dance songs spanning a wide variety of genres to create their unique sound, called Electro Latin Soul. This fresh, new, exhilarating sound fusion combines the best attributes of each genre, creating a sonic landscape that will keep you dancing all night long!
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Discussion | Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and China’s Ambitions
A public conversation by Professor Ahmet Evin. Moderated by Alexander Cooley.
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Wed, May 1
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Eyeliner: A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir
Author and journalist Zahra Hankir discusses her new book, Eyeliner: A Cultural History. From the distant past to the present, with fingers and felt-tipped pens, metallic powders and gel pots, humans have been drawn to lining their eyes. The aesthetic trademark of figures ranging from Nefertiti to Amy Winehouse, eyeliner is one of our most enduring cosmetic tools; ancient royals and Gen Z beauty influencers alike would attest to its uniquely transformative power. It is undeniably fun—yet it is also far from frivolous. Seen through Zahra Hankir’s (kohl-lined) eyes, this ubiquitous but seldom-examined product becomes a portal to history, proof both of the stunning variety among cultures across time and space and of our shared humanity. Through intimate reporting and conversations—with nomads in Chad, geishas in Japan, dancers in India, drag queens in New York, and more—Eyeliner embraces the rich history and significance of its namesake, especially among communities of color. What emerges is an unexpectedly moving portrait of a tool that, in various corners of the globe, can signal religious devotion, attract potential partners, ward off evil forces, shield eyes from the sun, transform faces into fantasies, and communicate volumes without saying a word.
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Wed, May 1
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Who Are We Now?: The Dynamic "Us"
From leading AI researcher Blaise Agüera y Arcas comes an exploration of how biology, ecology, sexuality, history, and culture have intertwined to create a dynamic "us" that can neither be called natural nor artificial. Identity politics occupies the front line in today's culture wars, pitting generations against each other, and progressive cities against the rural traditions of our past. Rich in data and detail, Who Are We Now? goes beyond today's headlines to connect our current reality to a larger more-than-human story.
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Wed, May 1
6:30 pm
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Workshop | Bodyroll Workout
Joyful and cathartic dance aerobics with VIVA! Low stakes, all fun, and open to all levels.
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Wed, May 1
6:30 pm
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Lecture | From Private and Insular to Public and Engaged
Upon the German invasion of Belgium in 1914, George Sarton, a historian of science, the owner/editor of Isis, and an evangel of the field, fled his house near Ghent, eventually arriving in the United States. He found a place at Harvard and, together with friends, an institutional home for the journal by establishing the History of Science Society, in 1924. Running Isis largely alone, he made it an outlet for the (often unrefereed) work of scholars of reputation, including himself. Sarton’s journal recognized the contributions of the Middle East and Asia to the creation of modern science, but during his editorship, Isis published little that bore on the science-related social, economic, and political upheavals in the first half of the twentieth century. Shortly after World War II, with the encouragement of John Fulton, a Yale physiologist and admired historian, the historians of science Conway Zirkle and Henry Guerlac initiated various reforms, including transfer of ownership and substantive oversight of the journal to the Society, and the installation of a managing editor. He was I. Bernard Cohen, a young Harvard physicist and budding historian, who succeeded Sarton as editor, in 1952. Cohen instituted additional changes, notably the regular refereeing of submitted articles, and he encouraged contributions from scholars in the history of biology and of American science. Since the 1960s, the content of both the Society’s journal and meetings has expanded and diversified. The transformation has been marked by much less attention to the content and methods of science, far more to its social, economic, and political engagements. The transformation has gained history of science a large audience, but without adequate attention to the truth-content of science, it is handicapped in resisting, for example, racist biology, denials of vaccine effectiveness, or the devastations of anthropogenic global warming. Speaker: Daniel J. Kevles, Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University
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Wed, May 1
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Performance | Sciara - Prima C'Agghiorna: Italian Mafia Drama
The compelling human and judicial story of Francesca Serio, the first woman to denounce the mafia and mother of Salvatore Carnevale, the trade unionist barbarously killed by the mafia on May 16 1955. Directed by Giovanni Carta 73 min. In Italian with English supertitles
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Lecture | Comparing the Jewish and Islamic Legal Traditions (online)
Professor Rabea Benhalim will present on the comparative features of Jewish and Islamic law. She will discuss the historical relationship of Jewish and Islamic legal scholars, the shared features of each religious legal system, and the continued development of each within the modern, American context. Rabea Benhalim is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Law School.
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Wed, May 1
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Discussion | A Converation with Actress and SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher
This program spotlights Fran Drescher for a live taping of She Pivots, an iHeart podcast which delves into the stories of remarkable women who have proved that success is not defined by a one-size-fits-all formula. For this one-night-only live taping, Emily Tisch Sussman will sit down with Drescher to discuss how her personal journey has impacted her impressive career.
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Wed, May 1
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Wed, May 1
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Discussion | Chinese Global Infrastructure (online)
This panel discusses China’s diversifying role in global infrastructure development. Prof. Austin Strange will provide an overview of the scale and scope of China’s overseas infrastructure using large datasets he developed. Prof. Wendy Leutert and Dr Isaac Kardon will discuss China’s global port development involvement and its economic and security implications. Prof. Oscar Otele will introduce China’s involvement in railway development. He will delve into local elite collusion and contestation in the largest infrastructure investment in Kenya since its independence, financed by China. Dr. Andrea Pollio will use years of fieldwork in Kenya and South Africa to outline China’s growing involvement in digital infrastructure in Africa and its implications for urban growth and entrepreneurship development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Thu, May 2
9:00 am
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9:00 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Thu, May 2
10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Thu, May 2
10:00 am
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Symposium | Institutional Psychotherapy: Legacy and Constellations of Francesc Tosquelles (online)
Situated at the intersection of art and psychiatry, the exhibition Francesc Tosquelles: Avant-Garde Psychiatry and the Birth of Art Brut explores for the first time in the United States the legacy of Catalan psychiatrist Francesc Tosquelles. After fleeing the Nationalist government of Franco amidst the Spanish Civil War, Tosquelles arrived in 1940 at the Saint-Alban psychiatric hospital in Southern France, where he devised a series of revolutionary psychiatric practices. This symposium will draw from the themes and contributions featured in the multi-author English accompanying publication (edited by AFAM’s exhibition co-curators Carles Guerra, Joana Masó, Valérie Rousseau and Edward Dioguardi), as well as by Joana Masó’s English anthology on Tosquelles. Conceived as an interdisciplinary dialogue, this online symposium will chart the history of the Saint-Alban “asylum-village,” while studying past and present significance of “institutional psychotherapy”. Akin to Tosquelles’ methodologies and epistemologies, the symposium will not offer a doctrinal survey about pioneering psychiatry and occupational therapy. Instead, the presentations will guide us through experiences, artworks and archival materials to reexamine mental health history and reconsider it in a larger political, social, and cultural context.
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Thu, May 2
11:00 am
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
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Thu, May 2
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | Violent Backlash to Political Reform: Evidence from Anti-Jewish Pogroms in the 1905 Russian Revolution
Local violence often accompanies moments of momentous political change, as feelings of political threat intersect with preexisting prejudice to endanger groups popularly associated with reform. This talk examines the relationship between such violence and demographics in the context of the 1905 Russian Revolution, which triggered numerous anti-Jewish pogroms. Counter to an extensive literature that emphasizes the contribution to conflict of ethnoreligious polarization, we show that the sharp increase in pogroms after October 1905, when publication of the October Manifesto and accompanying anti-Semitic propaganda increased feelings of political threat among many non-Jews, was smaller in settlements with relatively large Jewish populations. The talk demonstrates that this empirical pattern can be rationalized with the Esteban-Ray (2008) model of conflict when, as with the October Manifesto, political reform systematically alters the distribution of benefits across groups. Speaker Scott Gehlbach is the Elise and Jack Lipsey Professor in the Department of Political Science, the Harris School of Public Policy, and the College at the University of Chicago.
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Thu, May 2
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
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Thu, May 2
12:20 pm
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12:20 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Monteverdi and More for Voice, Harpischord, and Lute (In Person AND Online!
Madeline Apple Healey, soprano; Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano; Elisa Sutherland, mezzo-soprano; Nicolas Haigh, harpsichord; Adam Cockerham, lute, perform works by Francesca Caccini (1587-1640), Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545-1607), Monteverdi (1567-1643), and Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677).
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Thu, May 2
1:15 pm
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1:15 pm
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Hike | Spring Wildflower Hike
Explore which plants are in bloom in our parks! Learn how to identify different species of flowers and pick up some botany basics on this engaging and educational hike.
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Thu, May 2
3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Die No Die: Dance in the Park
Matty Davis is an artist and choreographer engaged in collaborative explorations of risk, trust, responsibility, and empathy. His work predominantly manifests in performance and dance. Davis foregrounds the body as a means to enliven tensions inherent in our being—between fragility and strength, the individual and the collective, and life and death. His performances are characterized by their intense physicality and inventive choreography, often orchestrated to be directly responsive to and engaged with his audience. Die No Die is a site-responsive work undertaken by Davis and five collaborators—Nile Harris, Chloé Cooper Jones, Anna Thompson, Taylor Knight, and Bryan Saner. The performers and the audience traverse the park together. Each performer navigates the work’s choreographic structure in four parts: ‘The Critical Gesture of Arrival,’ ‘The Gem,’ ‘Send the Heart Deeper,’ and ‘Oppositional States.’ This happens one performer at a time, in linear succession, at six pre-determined stops along the High Line. Each performer signals to the next through the felt beat of their hearts—the heart signifying a baton in the relay of life—and in the forward motion of performance itself.
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Thu, May 2
5:00 pm
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Birdwatching | Evening Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Talk | On Getting The Life You Want: Psychoanalysis With Pragmatism
British psychoanalyst Adam Phillips aims to show the compatibility of psychoanalysis and American pragmatism. Pragmatism without psychoanalysis can seem naive, psychoanalysis without pragmatism can seem unduly coercive and essentialist.
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Thu, May 2
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Film | CANCELLED: The Way It Is or Eurydice in the Avenues (1985) with Steve Buscemi
This film features the screen debut of Steve Buscemi as well as appearances by Vincent Gallo, Mark Boone Junior and Rockets Redglare. It tells the story of a group of actors who have been rehearsing Jean Cocteau's Orpheus in New York City's East Village when the body of a young woman is found on a grassy knoll in Tompkins Square Park. Eurydice, the lead actress, is dead. The actors examine their relationships with her in order to unravel the mystery of her demise. Each actor is also a suspect. The actors' memories, the underworld of Cocteau's play and the East Village milieu become inextricably entwined. Play becomes life: seduction, betrayal, death. Final scenes underline the tragedy of Eurydice, as well as the end of an era in the East Village: scorched tenements, the Mudd Club, and "new wave" punk. Director: Eric Mitchell Cast: Steve Buscemi, Vincent Gallo, Mark Boone Junior, Rockets Redglare Steve Buscemi is known for his work as an acclaimed character actor. His early credits consist of major roles in independent film productions such as the AIDS drama Parting Glances (1986), Mystery Train (1989), In the Soup (1992), and his breakout role as Mr. Pink in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992). Buscemi has received numerous awards and nominations for his performances in film and television. He won both a Golden Glob Award and a Primtime Emmy Award and has been nominated for both numerous times.
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Thu, May 2
5:30 pm
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Performance | Hildegard, Reborn: A Show About a Composer, Writer, Spiritual leader, and the First German Naturalist Scientist
Hildegard, Reborn, a new show by Rocky Duval, is a unique look at the life and work of the extraordinary personality, Hildegard von Bingen. Despite the immense challenges of life in the 12th century, von Bingen made her mark as a musical composer, writer, spiritual leader, the first German naturalist scientist, and is today considered a pioneer of feminism and holistic healing. Using personal and professional correspondence as a primary source of inspiration, Hildegard, Reborn elevates and amplifies the voice of this incredible historical figure. Hildegard has been venerated throughout history, but her day to day life was full of controversy, sorrow, joy, and longing. Like us, Hildegard was deeply human and Reborn spotlights her views on everything from politics and women’s rights to healing and exorcisms. Hildegard is perhaps most famous for her musical compositions, and Rocky Duval has infused her signature cross-genre approach in a show that takes us on a musical journey that includes unique arrangements of Hildegard’s songs, as well as original compositions, based on Hildegard’s compositional style. Hildegard, Reborn allows Hildegard to speak for herself in a light, modern way that connects our common humanity. Registration required.
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Thu, May 2
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Opening Reception | Huong Dodinh: Transcendence
The show, which marks the artist’s first- ever solo presentation in the US, will bring together paintings and works on paper she has created over the course of her career, from the 1960s to the present day. Coinciding with the 2024 edition of Frieze New York, the show will be accompanied by a new catalogue from Pace Publishing, which will be released during the exhibition. Dodinh was born in Soc Trang, Vietnam in 1945. Forced to flee the country, her family sought refuge in Paris in 1953 after the outbreak of the First Indochina War. Dodinh has lived and worked in the French capital ever since, cultivating a solitary life in service of her artistic pursuits. Insulating herself from art market trends, she has maintained a commitment to authenticity, purity, contemplation, and truth in her work since she began painting in the 1960s.
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Opening Reception | Lubaina Himid: Street Sellers
A new series of paintings as well as works on paper and domestic objects. For decades, Himid’s vibrant and incisive artworks have operated in the gaps of the historical record, lending lush visibility to issues of labor, migration, and the human toll of empire. Her latest cycle of paintings affirms the dignity of work through depictions of street vendors who ply their wares, outfitted with the tools of their particular trade and seen on a grand scale. Here the genre of the full-length portrait—long the domain of aristocrats and monarchs—is recast with new protagonists, shown deep in thought yet fully at one with their respective métiers. Asserting the centrality of Black subjects to art historical arenas long denied them, Himid contends that she is “not a painter in the strictest sense,” but rather “a political strategist who uses a visual language to encourage conversation, argument, change.”
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Book Discussion | Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
From Edgar Award–winning novelist, playwright, and story-songwriter Rupert Holmes comes a diabolical thriller with a killer concept: The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, “a fantasy academy laid out like a combination of Hogwarts, Downton Abbey, and a White Lotus–style resort” (Los Angeles Times) dedicated to the art of murder where students study how best to “delete” their most deserving victim.
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Book Discussion | Soul by Soul: The Evangelical Mission to Spread the Gospel to Muslims (in-person and online)
A special conversation to celebrate the publication by Adriana Carranca, a graduate who covers conflicts and human rights. She was awarded the OPC Foundation's Harper’s Magazine Scholarship in Memory of I.F. Stone in 2018. She will be joined by Graciela Mochkofsky, Dean of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, and Sarah Stillman, staff writer at The New Yorker. The conversation will be moderated by Samuel Freedman, Professor of Journalism at Columbia Journalism School with welcome remarks from Patricia Kranz, Executive Director of the Overseas Press Club. Based on over a decade of research and reporting, Soul by Soul is a riveting journey that follows the pilgrimage of a Brazilian family through the underground passages of the global evangelical movement as it clashes with militant Islamic groups in the Middle East and South Asia.
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Book Discussion | The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document that Fails Them
Some Americans today worry that the Federal Constitution is ill-equipped to respond to mounting democratic threats and may even exacerbate the worst features of American politics. Yet for as long as anyone can remember, the Constitution has occupied a quasi-mythical status in American political culture. Author Aziz Rana explores how a flawed document came to be so glorified and how this has impacted American life. The book shows that today’s reverential constitutional culture is a distinctively twentieth-century phenomenon. Rana connects this widespread idolization to another relatively recent development: the rise of US global dominance, and how the constitution unleashed an interventionist national security state abroad while undermining the possibility of deeper change at home. The Constitutional Bind also sheds light on an array of movement activists—in Black, Indigenous, feminist, labor, and immigrant politics—who struggled to imagine different constitutional horizons, and whose voices have been excised to memory.
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Thu, May 2
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Al-Qaeda: A Threat Evolved?
Almost three years after the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, the current state of al-Qaeda looms large. According to a recent United Nations report, key al-Qaeda allies have since consolidated power in Afghanistan, providing the group with favorable conditions to evolve. Defense policy researcher and counterterrorism expert, Sara Harmouch, argues “dispelling myths of its decline, al-Qaeda remains a resilient and evolving force, continually refining its methods.” Together in conversation with Museum Director Clifford Chanin, Harmouch discusses the relationship between al-Qaeda and the Taliban, the current standing of al-Qaeda and its affiliates in the region, and what this all means for the U.S. and the complex threat landscape it currently faces.
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Thu, May 2
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Dancing | Dance Party: Disco
Superb bands and expert dance instruction 6pm: Hustle Instruction 7pm: Live Dance Music with The Disco Nights "Everybody Dance" like it's Studio 54 - from ?the Bee Gees to ?Donna Summer to Chic and so much more, it's ?Saturday Night Fever all over again! The Disco Nights includes incredible vocalists Alessandra Guercio, Jerome Bell and Adam Bastien from American Idol and The Voice. Backed by one of the tightest veteran bands of the New York City music scene, including Musical Director and Billboard-charting superstar JJ Sansaverino on guitar, Stanley Banks on the bass, Etienne Lytle and Patrick Firth on the keys, Damon DueWhite on the drums, and Danny Sadownick on percussion. Join The Disco Nights as they take you on a musical adventure back into the Disco scene!
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Book Discussion | Mean Boys: A Personal History
Author Geoffrey Mak presents a ferocious inquiry into art and desire, style and politics, madness and salvation, and coming of age in our volatile, image-obsessed present. You know them when you see them: mean boys take up space, wielding cruelty to claim their place in the pecking order. Some mean boys make art or music or fashion; others make memes. Mean boys stomp the runways in Milan and Paris; mean boys marched at Charlottesville. And in the eyes of critic and style expert Geoffrey Mak, mean boys are the emblem of our society: an era ravenous for novelty, always thirsting for the next edgy thing, even at our peril. In this pyrotechnic memoir-in-essays, Mak ranges widely over our landscape of paranoia, crisis, and frenetic, clickable consumption. He grants readers an inside pass to the spaces where culture was made and unmade over the past decade, from the antiseptic glare of white-walled galleries to the darkest corners of Berlin techno clubs. As the gay son of an evangelical minister, Mak fled to those spaces, hoping to join a global, influential elite. But when calamity struck, it forced Mak to confront the costs of mistaking status for belonging. Fusing personal essay and cultural critique, Mean Boys investigates exile and return, transgression and forgiveness, and the value of faith, empathy, and friendship in a world designed to make us want what is bad for us.
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Book Discussion | The Cancer Journals: Audre Lord's Devastating Memoir
First published over forty years ago, The Cancer Journals is a startling, powerful account of Audre Lorde's experience with breast cancer and mastectomy. Long before narratives explored the silences around illness and women's pain, Lorde questioned the rules of conformity for women's body images and supported the need to confront physical loss not hidden by prosthesis. Living as a "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," Lorde heals and re-envisions herself on her own terms and offers her voice, grief, resistance, and courage to those dealing with their own diagnosis. Poetic and profoundly feminist, Lorde's testament gives visibility and strength to women with cancer to define themselves, and to transform their silence into language and action.
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Thu, May 2
7:00 pm
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Play | The Great Magic: Illusion and Delusion
On the 40th anniversary of one of the most important Italian playwrights Eduardo De Filippo’s death, Rosario Sparno presents his own adaptation for only three actors of this 1948 play by De Filippo about theatrical illusion and obsessional delusion. In Italian with English supertitles
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7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Adult Chorus in Concert
The Downtown Beats is Church Street School for Music and Art’s free adult chorus in Battery Park City. For over ten years this chorus has welcomed all those that love to sing, regardless of experience, to join in the fun and community. Now around 20 members strong, The Downtown Beats regularly perform in recitals and at local events. This is an evening of music highlighting the hard work of these neighborhood choral volunteers. It is a concert celebrating peace, love and joy through pop and folk music. Directed by Church Street School founder, Dr. Lisa Ecklund-Flores, this collaborative event promises to be enjoyable for all.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 2
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Chamber Works
Manhattan Chamber Players (David Fung, Piano; Siwoo Kim, Violin; Luke Fleming, Viola; Michael Katz, Cello). Program Andrea Casarrubios (b. 1988), …in the age of noise Andrea Casarrubios (b. 1988), La Libertad Se Levantó Llorando Felipe Nieto Piano Quartet, TBD JP Jofre (b. 1988), Manifiesto JP Jofre (b. 1988), Primavera JP Jofre (b. 1988), La Scaloneta JP Jofre (b. 1988), Universe JP Jofre (b. 1988), Tango Movements
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 2
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Debut Authors Showcase (in-person and online)
A conversation between luminous emerging writers Hannah Bae, Jen Lue, Rajat Singh, and Gina Chung.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 2
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Vocal and Orchestral Works by Monteverdi (In Person AND Online)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, conductor, perform Monteverdi's (1567-1643) Vespers of 1610, SV 206.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 2
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Writers in Conversation
Legacy Russell is a curator and writer. Born and raised in New York City, she is the Executive Director & Chief Curator of the experimental arts institution The Kitchen. Formerly she was the Associate Curator of Exhibitions at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Russell holds an MRes with Distinction in Art History from Goldsmiths, University of London with a focus in Visual Culture. Russell’s written work, interviews, and essays have been published internationally. Her first book is Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto (2020). Her second book, BLACK MEME, is forthcoming via Verso Books. Hari Kunzru is the author of six novels, Red Pill, White Tears, Gods Without Men, My Revolutions, Transmission, and The Impressionist. He is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and writes the “Easy Chair” column for Harper’s Magazine. He is an Honorary Fellow of Wadham College Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and has been a Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Fellow of the American Academy in Berlin.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 2
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Concert | A Celebration of African Music, Dance and Photography
Curated and directed by Claude Grunitzky, this celebratory event traces the evolution of Black music through sound, dance, and African photography - from the Kora tradition of West African griots and musicians - to American jazz and funk, all the way to a new generation of hip hop and afrobeats. Performances include a Djassi DaCosta Johnson solo dance set to the sound of the kora, played by Salieu Suso, poetry by Leopold Sedar Senghor, a three-part medley and rhyming performed by The Trace it Back Jazz & Hip-hop Ensemble, a visual montage of African and African diaspora photography from the Isabel S. Wilcox collection created by new media artist Eva Davidova, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 2
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Festival | Illumination Light Art Festival
Immerse yourself in a one-of-a-kind outdoor light festival. See the neighborhood in a whole new light, interact with light-based creations, dance to DJs under the stars, and catch a surprise performance or two.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 2
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Concert | Fearless Prog-Funk-Jazz-Pop-Soul Quintet
Over the past 12 years, the fearless, classically trained, prog-funk-jazz-pop-soul-jam quintet Phony Ppl have elevated beyond their Brooklyn roots to international recognition as a collective that’s as limitless as its music. The warmth of Phony Ppl's lyrics can be mainly credited to lead vocalist Elbee Thrie. Composer Aja Grant provides co-writing, the keys, and much of the band’s arrangements. Strings are manned by guitarist Elijah Rawk and Bari Bass, Phony Ppl’s visual artist and bass player. The crew’s heartbeat is percussionist Matthew Byas, son of DJ Jazzy Jay of the legendary Zulu Nation.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 2
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Symposium | The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News (in-person and online)
An interdisciplinary group of scholars gather for a symposium aimed at identifying and protecting core press functions amid a changing news landscape.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
9:15 am
Free
9:15 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Symposium | Institutional Psychotherapy: Legacy and Constellations of Francesc Tosquelles (online)
Situated at the intersection of art and psychiatry, the exhibition Francesc Tosquelles: Avant-Garde Psychiatry and the Birth of Art Brut explores for the first time in the United States the legacy of Catalan psychiatrist Francesc Tosquelles. After fleeing the Nationalist government of Franco amidst the Spanish Civil War, Tosquelles arrived in 1940 at the Saint-Alban psychiatric hospital in Southern France, where he devised a series of revolutionary psychiatric practices. This symposium will draw from the themes and contributions featured in the multi-author English accompanying publication (edited by AFAM’s exhibition co-curators Carles Guerra, Joana Masó, Valérie Rousseau and Edward Dioguardi), as well as by Joana Masó’s English anthology on Tosquelles. Conceived as an interdisciplinary dialogue, this online symposium will chart the history of the Saint-Alban “asylum-village,” while studying past and present significance of “institutional psychotherapy”. Akin to Tosquelles’ methodologies and epistemologies, the symposium will not offer a doctrinal survey about pioneering psychiatry and occupational therapy. Instead, the presentations will guide us through experiences, artworks and archival materials to reexamine mental health history and reconsider it in a larger political, social, and cultural context.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Master Class | Adult Community Choir
Come and experience the joy of singing! This beginner, non-auditioned group welcomes all who love to sing. You will learn healthy singing habits, warmups, and how to find your own voice as you sing with a group. The class will sing and study music of many styles and genres like jazz, Latin, soul, choral, gospel, folk, and music from around the world. Everyone is welcome; no experience necessary! The class will culminate with a final public performance. Classes will meet Fridays, March 1st - May 10th from 12pm-1:15pm. The final performance date is May 17th at 12pm. Registration is required, and class size is limited. Participants should plan to attend all sessions.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
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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Fri, May 3
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
Free
Gallery Talk | Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature: Exhibition Tour (online)
Explore the fascinating life of Beatrix Potter through a virtual docent-led discussion of Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature. Best known as the author and artist of classic children’s books, Potter’s most beloved characters and settings were inspired by real-life places and animals. This program looks at her accomplishments as an artist, scientist, farmer, and conservationist.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Symposium | The Performance and Politics of Truth (in-person and online)
This half-day symposium puts Foucault into contact with performance and performance theory. As Tony Fisher and Kélina Gotman observe in Foucault’s Theatres (2020), although Foucault's work has been keenly influential for many scholars of performance, direct engagement of his work that starts with performance practice and theory has been surprisingly scant. Participants in this event will take up this challenge, asking: What would it mean to take seriously the art in Foucault’s famous analysis of the “art of government”? What does an analysis of and from performance and the performative bring to our understanding of the contemporary politics of truth-telling? This symposium is part of the World Congress, Foucault: 40 Years After.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Play | Leo's Requiem: The Grief of the Young Black Man
Darius M. Buckley's play follows the story of a young black composer/conductor in residence at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra who's searching for words to set for his next commission. When he rediscovers a notebook of his late childhood friend’s poetry, he unearths a rainstorm of pain, memories and inspiration. This play with music, structured as a requiem mass itself, explores grief in young men of color, and the divine power of music that heals those wounds. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
Free
Lecture | What is Buried in a Mass Grave? Earthen Transmutations and Capitalist Flows in Colombia
Speaker: Dr. Sebastian Ramirez, Princton University
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
4:15 pm
Free
4:15 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Marxism and the Capitalist State: Authors' Roundtable
This event presents a panel of authors from an edited collection that builds on the recent revival of interest in Marx and Marxism, calling for a renewal and refinement of Marxist state theory. It aims to provoke and encourage new debates and critiques that build on the rich tradition of Marxist analyses of the capitalist state. The chapters share a commitment to an understanding of the specifically capitalist character of the modern state and its significance for any serious discussion of the causes of our current age of global catastrophe and the overcoming of capitalist social relations.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Evening Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Lecture | The Burning Beach and the Stumbling Stone: Glissant and Derrida’s Errant Landscapes
This talk stems from a larger project that seeks to offer a dialogical reading between the works of Édouard Glissant and Jacques Derrida. How, at the dawn of the 21st century, did Glissant and Derrida foreshadow the current reflection on what Achille Mbembe calls the conditions of our “planetary habitability.” Speaker Oana Panaïté is Ruth N. Halls Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Indiana University – Bloomington.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Performance | Help Wanted: Single Feminist Mother of a Teenage Boy Looks for Support
Using the stand-up style, the protagonist tells her story and her challenges as a feminist and as a mother of her teenage son. In Italian with English Supertitles
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Film | Past Lives (2023): Reunited After Twenty Years
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny. Director: Celine Song Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro 105 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes
Author Caoilinn Hughes discussed her new novel, The Alternatives, with fellow author Brandon Taylor. The Flattery sisters were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirties—all single, all with PhDs—they are each attempting to do meaningful work in a rapidly foundering world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from classrooms in Connecticut to ritzy catering gigs in London’s Notting Hill, until one day their oldest sister, a geologist haunted by a terrible awareness of the earth’s future, abruptly vanishes from her work and home. Together for the first time in years, the Flatterys descend on the Irish countryside in search of a sister who doesn’t want to be found. Sheltered in a derelict bungalow, they reach into their common past, confronting both old wounds and a desperately uncertain future. Warm, fiercely witty, and unexpectedly hopeful, The Alternatives is an unforgettable portrait of a family perched on our collective precipice, told by one of Ireland’s most gifted storytellers.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | CANCELLED: Works for Horn, Violin, and Piano
Lisa Pike, horn; Claudia Shaer, violin; Judith Olson, piano. All Benjamin Lees (1924-2010) Program Sonata for Horn and Piano Odyssey No. 3 Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Fri, May 3
7:00 pm
Regular: $40
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7:00 pm
Regular: $40
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Comedy Club | 5 Stand-Up Comics Take the Stage
When the photographer and filmmaker Marcus Russell Price is behind the lens, a picture often captures a thousand laughs. As an accomplished director for specials by Nimesh Patel and Seaton Smith, as well as a capturer of candid shots for Hollywood artists like Hannibal Buress, Amy Schumer and John Mulaney, Price's keen eye snaps the split second moments before and after a joke lands with laser precision. His personal relationships with luminaries such as Pete Davidson, Aziz Ansari, and Ronny Chieng have opened the door for him to craft uniquely casual portraits of performers at rest and at their best. Now, Price curates his own superb stand-up series, featuring Gavin Matts (Conan), Joyelle Nicole Johnson (Late Night with Seth Meyers), Jordan Rock (Def Comedy Jam), Joseph Dardano (Wild 'N Out), and Rosebud Baker (SNL). Get ready for an unforgettable evening of wit and wisdom from renowned favorites and rising stars brought to you by the insider's insider of comedy.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Festival | Illumination Light Art Festival
Immerse yourself in a one-of-a-kind outdoor light festival. See the neighborhood in a whole new light, interact with light-based creations, dance to DJs under the stars, and catch a surprise performance or two.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Play | Leo's Requiem: The Grief of the Young Black Man
Darius M. Buckley's play follows the story of a young black composer/conductor in residence at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra who's searching for words to set for his next commission. When he rediscovers a notebook of his late childhood friend’s poetry, he unearths a rainstorm of pain, memories and inspiration. This play with music, structured as a requiem mass itself, explores grief in young men of color, and the divine power of music that heals those wounds. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Performance | Sciara - Prima C'Agghiorna: Italian Mafia Drama
The compelling human and judicial story of Francesca Serio, the first woman to denounce the mafia and mother of Salvatore Carnevale, the trade unionist barbarously killed by the mafia on May 16 1955. Directed by Giovanni Carta 73 min. In Italian with English supertitles
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 3
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Book Discussion | Negotiating Legality: Chinese Companies in the US Legal System
Despite escalating geopolitical rivalry, the US and China continue to be economically intertwined. Numerous Chinese companies have made substantial investments in the US and are reluctant exit this strategically important market. While the global expansion of Chinese companies has ignited intense policy and academic debates, their interactions with complex host-state legal systems have largely escaped systematic examination. To fill this knowledge gap, Negotiating Legality introduces a dual institutional framework and applies it to analyzing extensive interviews and multi-year survey data, thereby shedding light on how Chinese companies develop in-house legal capacities, engage with US legal professionals, and navigate litigation in US courts. As the first comprehensive investigation of these crucial topics, this book is indispensable for anyone interested in China's rise, its global impacts-especially on legal systems of developed nations like the US-and the intricate dynamics of US-China relations. With author Ji Li.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
10:15 am
Free
10:15 am
Free
Tour | Garment District Tour: Factories, Gangsters, Labor Unions and More
Hear an unusual perspective from somebody who spent the greater portion of his life working in the GARMENT industry. You will learn how the apparel industry developed in NYC through the years, and how it came to be located in its current District. Watch the development of the industry from sweatshops in the old tenement buildings on the Lower East Side, to giant factories in China and Bangladesh. See how immigrants were the backbone of the industry and in NYC, still are. Five minute flow chart "From Fibers To Garment". Learn about Calvin, Ralph and Oscar, as well as Labor Unions and Gangsters. A Factory Visit When Available. See "The Garment Worker'' by Judith Weller, The Fashion Walk of Fame. The Giant Button and Needle artwork on Seventh Ave. And much more. Rain or shine.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Workshop | Shape Up NYC Dance Fitness
A fitness class to help New Yorkers get and stay fit.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Print Your Own Mother's Day Card
Looking for a special Mother’s Day gift? Come to the talented designers to create a festive Mother’s Day card using the Museum’s 19th century historical printing equipment.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Park Walk | Shoreline Stroll
Take a tour from salt marsh to tide pools. Gansevoort Peninsula, which opened in 2023, is the largest stand-alone recreational space in the Park with its 5.5 acres of incredible public green space. From a sandy shoreline beach with tide pools to a pine grove, pile field and salt marsh, it is also one of the most fascinating sites to learn about local ecology. You’ll have the chance to learn more about these fascinating ecosystems from the River Project team. Grab your binoculars and try to spot some of the shorebirds seen regularly dabbling in our salt marsh, or see if you can spot some of the resident hawks that use the light poles (and sometimes even on the inspiring Day’s End public art installation, which was donated by the Whitney Museum of American Art) as a perch to find their next meal.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Film | The Joy Luck Club (1993): drama
Adaptation of Amy Tan's bestseller about four immigrant Chinese women and their American-born daughters. The story begins in San Francisco, where three of the women have gathered to bid farewell to their deceased friend's daughter, who's departing for China to meet her long-lost half sisters. Director: Wayne Wang Cast: Tsai Chin, Kieu Chinh, Lisa Lu, France Nuyen, Rosalind Chao, Lauren Tom, Tamlyn Tomita, Ming-Na Wen, Michael Paul Chan, Andrew McCarthy, Christopher Rich, Russell Wong, Vivian Wu
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Island Bird Tour
Nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover all of the birdlife the island has to offer. Binoculars are available to borrow.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Dance Performance | Choices: Bodies Navigating Space
Choreographer Kim Brandt’s new work Choices is a performance for six dancers staged within Tara Donovan’s exhibition Stratagems. It is the culmination of an ongoing dialogue between the two artists over the course of their 12-year friendship. In her practice, Brandt explores collective actions and counter isolations through a vocabulary of minimal movements that are often pedestrian in nature. By employing an incremental, site-specific, process-oriented approach, she draws our attention to individual bodies as they negotiate space and together create kinetically charged, multi-person atmospheres.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Concert | The Spiritual Side of Prince
Troy Anthony & The Fire Ensemble; and Morley in a musical exploration of the spiritual side of Prince. Includes a sing-along, original choreography, and an exclusive conversation with the team bringing Purple Rain to Broadway.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Play | Leo's Requiem: The Grief of the Young Black Man
Darius M. Buckley's play follows the story of a young black composer/conductor in residence at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra who's searching for words to set for his next commission. When he rediscovers a notebook of his late childhood friend’s poetry, he unearths a rainstorm of pain, memories and inspiration. This play with music, structured as a requiem mass itself, explores grief in young men of color, and the divine power of music that heals those wounds. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
Free
Classical Music | Serene organ meditations in an intimate venue (In Person AND Online)
Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Festival | First Saturdays: Free Programs of Art and Entertainment
At the monthly First Saturdays, thousands of visitors enjoy free programs of art and entertainment, including dynamic performances and participatory experiences.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Concert | The Women of Prince
Kendra Foster; Felice Belle; Nia Drummond; and Amma Whatt provide a joyful look at the art and artists who inspired and were/are inspired by Prince, including Prince deep cuts, spoken word, and some of the greatest hits written by Prince for incredible women performers.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Concert | An Evening of Hawaiian Guitar
An evening of ki ho'alu, or Hawaiian slack key guitar, featuring renowned Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) guitarist Keola Beamer and his wife, Moanalani, distinguished Japanese guitarist Yuki 'Alani Yamauchi, and award-winning Kanaka Maoli guitarist Patrick Landeza.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Concert | Prince Reimagined
Jeffery Miller; It's Showtime NYC!; Sun Kim Dance. Prince continues to be a beacon of inspiration. From a brass performance, to soulful cello & dance, and a fresh look at Prince’s early work, this event explores Prince from all angles and with a festive, creative spin.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Festival | Illumination Light Art Festival
Immerse yourself in a one-of-a-kind outdoor light festival. See the neighborhood in a whole new light, interact with light-based creations, dance to DJs under the stars, and catch a surprise performance or two.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Dancing | K-Pop Dance Night
K-Pop music has already influenced every kind of contemporary sound, from the Billboard charts to the Broadway stage. Now, in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Center New York, K-Pop's unstoppable beats and powerful melodies take over for a dance party series designed for all fans of the genre. Daniel Jeong, aka DJ Alter Kilo, drops beat after beat, bringing live mash-ups mixing K-pop and electronic dance music representing his one-of-a-kind style. The evening begins with a short movement tutorial and a dazzling showcase presentation, so bring a friend or meet a new one on the dance floor and prepare to live out all your K-Pop dreams.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Play | The Queen of the Living Room: Long-Held Secrets Exposed
On the day of May’s daughter’s 1st birthday, May’s old friends Ran and Zhuzi come over for what was supposed to be a party. Gathered in the living room, May announces that she is going to have vaginal reconstruction surgery and the group slowly descends into discourse and chaos as each woman reveals secrets that they have been hiding from each other for many years. Written by Mijuan Ye. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Star Gazing
A summer evening in Manhattan is made complete with the stars, planets, and moon in full view. Manhattan provides a great backdrop as we peer heavenward to see celestial wonders with the help of the Amateur Astronomer's Association.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Concert | Prince's Purple Rain and More
The Hawtplates; Joseph Webb; Joe McGinty & The Loser's Lounge. Prince’s later works get a conceptual live vocal twist, a tap dance artist presents percussive Prince, and the full Purple Rain album is performed live, ending the Prince extravaganza with an all-out, soul-fulfilling celebration of the 40th anniversary of one of the album.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 4
9:00 pm
Free
9:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Birding for All
The Feminist Bird Club of NYC leads a beginner-friendly birding walk and workshop. A limited number of binoculars will be available to borrow. Wear comfortable shoes and bring a full water bottle.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 5
9:00 am
Free
9:00 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Sun, May 5
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Sun, May 5
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Sun, May 5
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
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Tour | Historic Flatiron-Nomad District Walking Tour
Join a professional guide on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the City's most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse, and the famous Flatiron Building. Rain or shine. Every Sunday at 11 am.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 5
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Workshop | Over, Under, Through: Basics of Parkour
The Movement Creative leads a 6-week series to learn the basics of parkour. Build your strength, agility, coordination, and mobility with fun drills, partner exercises, and games to learn jumping, vaulting, swinging, and how to put it all together. Have a blast while getting strong!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 5
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Festival | Spring Centennial Celebration
Celebrate the library's 100th birthday and the reopening of the Garden with a special celebration for all ages featuring live music, exhibition tours, artmaking, scavenger hunts, and more! After a full day of activities, end the celebration with a family concert from 2-3 pm! Michael Hearst and his band will give a performance of Songs for Unusual Creatures, Extraordinary People, Curious Constructions, and Unconventional Vehicles geared to curious families, extraordinary children, and their unusual friends. The show draws from Hearst's books, albums, and PBS series. On this musical and visual adventure, discover some of the most bizarre animals that roam the planet, impressive and daring characters, vehicles you never knew existed, fascinating buildings, and odd-ball instruments such as the Theremin, claviola, and stylophone. Fun for the whole family!
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Sun, May 5
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Festival | New York City Irish Dance Festival
The 23rd annual celebration of Irish dance features traditional music and moves from notable talent from around the country and local students alike. Audience members can immerse themselves in Irish arts and culture with workshops and dance classes for all ages!
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Sun, May 5
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Play | The Queen of the Living Room: Long-Held Secrets Exposed
On the day of May’s daughter’s 1st birthday, May’s old friends Ran and Zhuzi come over for what was supposed to be a party. Gathered in the living room, May announces that she is going to have vaginal reconstruction surgery and the group slowly descends into discourse and chaos as each woman reveals secrets that they have been hiding from each other for many years. Written by Mijuan Ye. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 5
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
Free
Other | Annual Gathering of Remembrance 2024 (in-person and online)
Every year, the Museum of Jewish Heriateg brings together thousands of New Yorkers at an annual Gathering of Remembrance to collectively vow to never forget. Delivered by a city with one of the world’s largest communities of Holocaust survivors, this annual tribute has power that echoes across generations. The program will feature music, remarks from Holocaust survivors and descendants, and a candle-lighting ceremony.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 5
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Play | The Queen of the Living Room: Long-Held Secrets Exposed
On the day of May’s daughter’s 1st birthday, May’s old friends Ran and Zhuzi come over for what was supposed to be a party. Gathered in the living room, May announces that she is going to have vaginal reconstruction surgery and the group slowly descends into discourse and chaos as each woman reveals secrets that they have been hiding from each other for many years. Written by Mijuan Ye. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 5
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Screening | Film Thesis Showcase 2024
BFA Film presents two days of diverse films by students from all over the world, demonstrating high attainment in craft.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 5
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 6
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 6
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Talk | Israel’s Seven Front War: Gaza and the West Bank (online)
Gregg Roman examines Gaza and the West Bank in this week’s session of Israel’s Seven Front War. This series is a collaborative endeavor between the Middle East Forum and American Jewish University. Over seven sessions, this series promises to provide in-depth analysis and insights into the multifront war Israel has been combatting since October 7. Beginning with Hamas’s brutal assault on October 7, Israel has found itself in a multi-front war, according to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, attacked from seven fronts: Gaza and the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Turkey, and Iran. In this seven-part series, presented by American Jewish University and the Middle East Forum, AJU scholar in-residence Rick Richman will moderate discussions with MEF experts on each front, in an essential new set of programs on Israel’s fight for its future.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 6
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Status at Work: Power, Race, and the Law in the Immigrant Workplace (in-person and online)
Speaker Shannon Gleeson is the Edmund Ezra Day Professor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 6
4:15 pm
Free
4:15 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Evening Drop-in Birding
Witness the spectacle of spring migration with Gabriel Willow as songbirds follow the Atlantic Flyway northwards. Look for orioles, tanagers, warblers, vireos, and other migrants in the wilds of the park, and learn about the finer points of their identification and ecology.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 6
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
Free
Screening | Choreographer George Balanchine's Little Known Works
Although over sixty ballets by Balanchine remain in repertory, over forty years after his death, there are many more that either fell out of repertory during his lifetime or have become little-known rarities since his death. Alastair Macaulay, critic and historian of the performing arts, presents a selection from The Gods Go A-Begging (1928) to Adagio Lamentoso (1981): among the dancers are Alexandra Danilova, Tamara Toumanova, Tanaquil Le Clercq, Edward Villella, Suzanne Farrell, Patricia McBride, and Merrill Ashley. Registration required.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 6
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Where Are Your Boys Tonight? The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 by Chris Payne
Author Chris Payne discusses his book, Where Are Your Boys Tonight? The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008, with writer Leslie Simon. If Meet Me in the Bathroom traced New York City's early 2000’s rock scene, Where Are Your Boys Tonight? gives the inside story of the turn-of-the-millennium emo subculture that became bigger than anyone thought possible. There was Pete Wentz, the Fall Out Boy leader who launched a litany of scene-stealing bands and preposterous side-hustles, and Gerard Way, the wizard behind My Chemical Romance and The Black Parade. Panic! At the Disco and Paramore emerged soon after—a pair of intrepid outsiders who got massive playing by their own rules. As they ascended, MySpace took over the internet and the age of influencers dawned, with emo its choice aesthetic. Music journalist Chris Payne experienced emo's mainstream takeover from sweaty crowds and mosh pits growing up in New Jersey. In Where Are Your Boys Tonight? he offers an authoritative, impassioned, and occasionally absurd account told through interviews with more than 150 people, from the scene's biggest bands, producers, and managers to the teenage fans who helped redefine American music culture.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 6
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Classical Music | Choral Works
MSM Chorale; Deborah Simpkin King, Director.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 6
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Play | Like a Little Grain of Sand: The Scapegoat's Story
At the age of 18, Giuseppe Gulotta is forced to confess to the murder of two policemen in a small barracks in Alcamo. The crime hides an unspeakable mystery: statesmen who deal with neo-fascist groups, arms trafficking and drugs. In order to cover up the silence, any scapegoat would do. Through the “human” story of Giuseppe (but also those of Salvatore and Carmine – the other designated scapegoats) the play attempts to give justice to its personal dimension, that of a life nearly entirely taken away for dreadful reasons. The performance is the last chapter of the quadrilogy A Sud della Memoria that Mana Chuma has devoted to the contemporary history of Southern Italy. In Italian with English Supertitles
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 6
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park
Practice this traditional system of health and self-defense. Derived from the philosphy of Taoism, Tai Chi was designed to develop the optimum degree of harmony between body and mind, as well as between the individual and the natural order of the universe. Classes are led by teachers and students who train nearby at CK Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Master Hyland Harris.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
7:30 am
Free
7:30 am
Free
Birdwatching | Morning Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
8:00 am
Free
8:00 am
Free
Workshop | Spring Yoga
A yoga instructor leads a morning practice. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
9:30 am
Free
9:30 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
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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Tue, May 7
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
Free
Classical Music | Works by Fauré and More for Piano and Cello
Bernadette Hoke, piano; and Laura Bontrager, cello, perform works by Fauré (1845-1924) and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Film | Birdman (2014) with Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, and Naomi Watts
Former cinema superhero Riggan Thomson is mounting an ambitious Broadway production that he hopes will breathe new life into his stagnant career. It's risky, but he hopes that his creative gamble will prove that he's a real artist and not just a washed-up movie star. As opening night approaches, a castmate is injured, forcing Riggan to hire an actor who is guaranteed to shake things up. Meanwhile, Riggan must deal with his girlfriend, daughter and ex-wife. Director: Alejandro G. Inarritu Cast: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts Michael Keaton is an American actor. He is known for his leading roles in a wide variety of genre films. He has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. Zach Galifianakis is an American comedian and actor. In film, Galifianakis played Alan in The Hangover trilogy (2009–2013). He hosted the Funny or Die talk show Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (2008–2018). On television, he starred in the FX series Baskets (2016–2019), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2017. Edward Norton is an American actor. He gained immediate recognition and critical acclaim for his debut in Primal Fear (1996), which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination in the same category. His role as a redeemed neo-Nazi in American History X (1998) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He also starred in the film Fight Club (1999), which garnered a cult following. Emma Stone is an American actress and producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2017, she was the world's highest-paid actress and named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Naomi Watts is a British actress. She played a tormented journalist in the horror remake The Ring (2002). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as a grief-stricken mother in 21 Grams (2003). For her role as Maria Bennett in the disaster film The Impossible (2012), Watts received another Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
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Tue, May 7
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Talk | Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew (online)
Presented by Jeremy Dauber, Atran Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture at Columbia University and director emeritus of its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies. Melvin James Brooks (Kaminsky, born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, songwriter, and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, Brooks is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies.[2] A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 19 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017, and the Honorary Academy Award in 2024. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show Your Show of Shows from 1950 to 1954.[3] With Carl Reiner, he created the comedy sketch The 2000 Year Old Man, and together, they released several comedy albums, starting with 2000 Year Old Man in 1960. With Buck Henry, he created the hit television comedy series Get Smart, which starred Don Adams and ran from 1965 to 1970. Brooks rose to prominence becoming one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s. His films include The Producers (1967), The Twelve Chairs (1970), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World, Part I (1981), Spaceballs (1987), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995).[4] A musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers, ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2007 and was itself remade into a musical film in 2005. He wrote and produced the Hulu series History of the World, Part II (2023).
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Tue, May 7
2:30 pm
Free
2:30 pm
Free
Book Club | Poetry Discussion Circle: Asian/Pacific American Poetry
Join fellow poetry enthusiasts in unpacking the layered meanings of poetry through an informal group discussion. Each session focuses around a theme that celebrates the diversity and range of the poetic form and contemporary poetry culture. Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with a selection of poems that explore the experiences and histories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Readings are selected from Poetry Magazine, Poetry Foundation, and poets.org. Please note that contemporary poetry deals frankly with contemporary issues and all works discussed are artistic expressions selected for an adult audience.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
2:30 pm
Free
2:30 pm
Free
Talk | Jews and Antisemitism on Campus: A Century of Discord (online)
Mark Oppenheimer on a journey through the history of antisemitism on college campuses from the 1920s to today. Just after World War I, the trustees of Columbia University conspired to limit the number of Jews on their campus, instituting concepts like "geographical diversity" to more easily recruit Gentile students from outside the New York area. In the century since, restrictions on Jews at schools like Columbia, Harvard, and Stanford came and went--and some worry that campus climates have turned hostile again. We'll learn the truth--and explode some myths--in this four-part course, ranging over 100 years of higher education. First of 4 sessions.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | The Price is Wrong, Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet
Uppsala University Professor Brett Christophers will present his book. What if our understanding of capitalism and climate is back to front? What if the problem is not that transitioning to renewables is too expensive, but that saving the planet is not sufficiently profitable? Today's consensus is that the key to curbing climate change is to produce green electricity and electrify everything possible. The main economic barrier in that project has seemingly been removed. But while prices of solar and wind power have tumbled, the golden era of renewables has yet to materialize. The problem is that investment is driven by profit, not price, and operating solar and wind farms remains a marginal business, dependent everywhere on the state's financial support. The global economy is moving too slowly toward sustainability because the return on green investment is too low. We cannot expect markets and the private sector to solve the climate crisis while the profits that are their lifeblood remain unappetizing. But there is an alternative to providing surrogate green profits through subsidies: to take energy out of the private sector's hands.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Talk | Stargazing in the Park
A walk along the park and a chance to take a closer look at the stars. Peer through high-powered telescopes provided by the knowledgeable members of the Amateur Astronomers Association to see rare celestial sights. No experience is necessary and telescopes will be provided between sunset and park closure.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
Free
Jazz | CANCELLED: Jazz Orchestra
MSM Jazz Repertory Orchestra; Jon Faddis, Conductor.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club: Comedy of Manners
Helen Simonson presents her timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about a generation of young women facing the seismic changes brought on by war and dreaming of the boundless possibilities of their future, from the bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
6:30 pm
$5
6:30 pm
$5
Workshop | Origami Meetup
OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. Ages Adult 18+
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Discussion | The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (online)
Explore a lesser-known but transformative piece of immigration law: the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. This groundbreaking law created pathways to citizenship and legal permanent status for millions of immigrants, yet created more regulation and enforcement of existing immigration restrictions. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Policy Director for the American Immigration Council, will moderate a discussion with Muzaffar Chishti, Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, and Charles Kamasaki, scholar and author of Immigration Reform: The Corpse that Will Not Die, about the passage of this law which set the stage for current debates about immigration.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | A Revolution in Type: Gender and the Making of the American Yiddish Press (online)
Between the 1880s and 1920s, Yiddish-language newspapers rose from obscurity to become successful institutions integral to American Jewish life. During this period, Yiddish-speaking immigrants came to view newspapers as indispensable parts of their daily lives. In A Revolution in Type, Ayelet Brinn argues that women were central to the emergence of the Yiddish press as a powerful, influential force in American Jewish culture. Through rhetorical debates about women readers and writers, the producers of the Yiddish press explored how to transform their newspapers to reach a large, diverse audience. The seemingly peripheral status of women’s columns and other newspaper features supposedly aimed at a female audience—but in reality, read with great interest by male and female readers alike—meant that editors and publishers often used these articles as testing grounds for the types of content their newspapers should encompass. Brinn shows that instead of framing issues of gender as marginal, we must view them as central to understanding how the American Yiddish press developed into the influential, complex, and diverse publication field it eventually became.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Opera | Opera Buffa!
Small "musical" jokes through musical gags, catchphrases, human and non-human tics, passing through musical arrangements ranging from jazz to classical and popular music. An almost mimed performance, as per Maria Cassi's tradition, assisted for the occasion at the piano by Maestro Brizzi. By and with Maria Cassi and Leonardo Brizzi, produced by Compagnia Maria Cassi.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Soprano Concert
Charlotte Mundy, soprano. Program Christian Quiñones, My Voice is a Broken Chorus Francisco del Pino, The Sea Raven Chacon (b. 1977), Ella Llora Charlotte Mundy, new piece
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Play | The Visit: Prison Tragicomedy
The Visit is inspired by the admission system for weekly meetings with inmates at the Poggioreale prison in Naples. The tragicomic show presents situations experienced by women queuing to enter prison: a perpetual wait in daring and tense conditions, which outlines a symbolic humanity, crushed by the apparent impossibility of change. The actors were an integral part of the creative phase through a stage writing process and by participating in a series of interviews with women who have experienced or are experiencing deep ties with the penal institution. Written and directed by Edoardo Di Pietro Performed by Renato Bisogni, Alessandro Errico, Marco Montecatino In Italian with English supertitles
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Tue, May 7
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life (online)
Three distinguished rabbinical voices in a captivating conversation about the profound insights in Shai Held’s new book, Judaism Is About Love. Rabbi Shai Held, a founder of the innovative Hadar community, will be in conversation with rabbis Brad Artson and Sharon Brous, moderated by Mark Oppenheimer. Whether you are well-versed in Jewish teachings or exploring them for the first time, this event is sure to leave you inspired and enriched.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 7
9:30 pm
Free
9:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Boot Camp Workout
An early-morning core body 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 welcome.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 8
7:00 am
Free
7:00 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 8
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 8
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Master Class | Piano Master Class
Piano Master Class with Niklas Sivelov.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 8
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Ribbon Dancing
Combine cardio with artistry as you wave long ribbons in the air to create rainbows, waterfalls, dragons and ocean waves. Ribbon Dancing is as visually stunning as it is fun and easy to learn. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Ribbons will be available to borrow, but participants may also bring their own.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 8
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 8
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 8
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Park Walk | Park Horticulture Tour
The Director of Horticulture shows you what’s in bloom and discusses special topics in urban horticulture, and the plants you see in the park.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 8
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
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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Wed, May 8
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
Free
Jazz | Jazz Hour
Take a moment out of your busy day to enjoy a captivating showcase of jazz music by some of NYC’s most talented musicians. Curated by The Jazz Gallery, whose mission is to “provide a platform for emerging artists to discover their unique voice, and a home for established musicians to continue to experiment and grow,” the concert will bring the intimate, vibrant atmosphere of a jazz club into the lobby of One Manhattan West. Featuring: Chris Dingman Duo (vibraphone and vocals)
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 8
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Adult Chorus
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the chorus is open to all who love to sing. Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events throughout the year.
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Wed, May 8
1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Film | Life of Pi (2012): adventure-drama
A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger. Director: Ang Lee Cast: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan,, Rafe Spall, Tabu, Adil Hussain, Gérard Depardieu
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Wed, May 8
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | I Cheerfully Refuse: Big-Hearted, Hopeful Novel (online)
A storyteller “of great humanity and huge heart” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Leif Enger debuted in the literary world with Peace Like a River which sold over a million copies and captured readers’ hearts around the globe. Now comes a new milestone in this boldly imaginative author’s accomplished, resonant body of work, a big-hearted, hopeful novel that's part adventure story, part love story, and a delight to read. The dialogue, characters and sense of place are unforgettable.
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Wed, May 8
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
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Book Club | Poetry Discussion: Selected Poems from Robert Bly's My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy
My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy is Robert Bly's book of ghazals. The ghazal form is well-known in Islamic culture, but only now finding its way into the literary culture of the West. Each stanza of three lines amounts to a finished poem. In a period when much American poetry is retreating into prosaic recordings of daily events, these poems do the opposite. The poems are intimate and yet reach out toward the world: the paintings of Robert Motherwell, the intensity of Flamenco singers, the sadness of the gnostics, the delight of high spirits and wit.
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Wed, May 8
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Discussion | A Conversation Between Photographer Marc Ohrem-Leclef
The conversation between the photographer Marc Ohrem-Leclef and the curator Allen Frame will be moderated by Juliane Camfield, and focus on the inspiration behind the on-going photographic project and exhibition Ulisse. Working with found materials dating back to the 1940s, with vernacular images and his original photographs, Ohrem-Leclef follows the migratory footpaths of collaborators, roads, ships, pieces of mail, and–most iscerally–the pull of the water. From North Africa, Europe, Australia and America these pathways share a quest for belonging, driven by the push and pull of desire and memory: the desire to fulfill dreams and the memory of the people and places left behind.
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Wed, May 8
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Dancing | Dance Party: Bachata Tradicional
Superb bands and expert dance instruction 6pm: Bachata Instruction 7pm: Live Dance Music with Judy Santos Dominican singer-songwriter and bachata singer Judy Santos first broke onto the scene when she performed on Aventura's chart-topping song "Obsesi?n" in 2002. Santos continued to collaborate with the popular bachata band, including songs such as "La Guerra" and "Angelito." Since beginning her solo career, Santos has emerged as one of the great interpreters of the genre, one typically dominated by men.
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Wed, May 8
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, World War II, and a Flyer's Life (in-person and online)
In the fall of 1944, Joe Paul Hendrickson, the author’s father, kissed his twenty-one-year-old wife and two baby children goodbye. The twenty-five-year-old first lieutenant, pilot of a famed P-61 Black Widow, was leaving for the war. He and his night fighter squadron were sent to Iwo Jima, where, for the last five and a half months of World War II, he flew approximately seventy-five missions, largely in pitch-black conditions. His wife would wait out the war at the home of her small-town Ohio parents, one of the countless numbers of American family members shouldering the burden of being left behind. Joe Paul, the son of a Depression-poor Kentucky sharecropper, was fresh out of high school in 1937 when he enlisted in mechanic school in the peacetime Army Air Corps. Eventually, he was able to qualify for flight school. After marriage, and with the war on, the young officer and his bride crisscrossed the country, airfield to airfield, base to base: Santa Ana, Yuma, Kissimmee, Bakersfield, Orlando, La Junta, Fresno. He volunteered for night fighters and the newly arrived and almost mythic Black Widow. A world away, the carnage continued. As Paul Hendrickson tracks his parents’ journey, together and separate, both stateside and overseas, he creates a vivid portrait of a hard-to-know father whose time in the war, he comes to understand, was something truly heroic, but never without its hidden and unhidden psychic costs. Paul Hendrickson is a three-time finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a winner of it once--for his 2003 Sons of Mississippi. His The Living and the Dead. Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War was a 1996 finalist for the National Book Award. His 2011 Hemingway's Boat was both a New York Times and London best-seller. In conversation with Kai Bird, author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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Wed, May 8
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde
Author Jasper Fforde discusses his new book Red Side Story. Welcome to Chromatacia, where life is strictly regulated by one’s limited color perception. Civilization has been rebuilt after an unspoken “Something That Happened” five hundred years ago. Society is now color vision–segregated, everything dictated by an individual’s visual ability, and governed by the shadowy National Color in far-off Emerald City. Twenty-year-old Eddie Russett, a Red, is about to go on trial for a murder he didn’t commit, and he’s pretty sure to be sent on a one-way trip to the Green Room for execution by soporific color exposure. Meanwhile, he’s engaged in an illegal relationship with his co-defendant, a Green, the charismatic and unpredictable Jane Grey. Negotiating the narrow boundaries of the rules within their society, they search for a loophole—some truth of their world that has been hidden from its hyper-policed citizens. As Eddie and Jane fight for their love—and their lives—Red Side Story delivers another thrilling, humorous, and fulfilling adventure with a remarkable surprise at the end.
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Wed, May 8
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Bodyroll Workout
Joyful and cathartic dance aerobics with VIVA! Low stakes, all fun, and open to all levels.
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Wed, May 8
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | The U.S.-European Relationship in a Time of Populism and War (in-person and online)
Can the traditionally strong relationship between the U.S. and Europe weather the storms on the horizon? Get an in-depth, insider’s view at this crucial time from Karen Donfried, who helped shape policy in the region as assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs under President Biden. Donfried will provide valuable insight on this complex relationship, helping us to understand the Biden administration’s posture toward Europe, the high stakes of supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, the role of populism in contemporary transatlantic relations, European concerns about a possible second Trump presidency, regulation of AI in Europe and the U.S., and more. Before serving as Secretary of State Blinken’s top adviser on Europe and Eurasia, she was also a special assistant to President Obama and senior director for European affairs on the National Security Council at the White House. Donfried is a senior fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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Wed, May 8
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Thu, May 9
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Thu, May 9
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
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Thu, May 9
12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
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Thu, May 9
12:20 pm
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12:20 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Dvorak and More for Violin, Viola, and Violoncello (In Person AND Online!)
Amelia Sie, violin; Vivian Mayers, violin; Jimmy Dranscak, viola; Chelsea Bernstein, violoncello, perform works by John Antes (1740-1811), Juana Ines de la Cruz (1648-1695), Dvorak (1841-1904), and other American composers.
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Thu, May 9
1:15 pm
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1:15 pm
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Film | The Far Country (1954): Western
At the height of the Yukon Gold Rush, cowboy Jeff Webster and his partner, Ben Tatum, want in on the action, and decide to drive their cattle from Wyoming to Yukon. Along their journey, the two run afoul of crooked lawman Gannon, who vows revenge when they escape him. After traveling through all manner of terrain, Webster and Tatum finally arrive at their destination. But Gannon has business in the town, and he intends to make good on his promise. Director: Anthony Mann Cast: James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, Walter Brennan
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Thu, May 9
2:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Rogue: Surreal Horror Novel (online)
From author Mona Awad comes a "Grimm Brothers fairy tale for the modern age" (Good Housekeeping) and "darkly funny horror novel" (NYLON) about a lonely young woman who's drawn to a cult-like spa in the wake of her mother's mysterious death. "Surreal, scary and deeply moving--like all the best fairy tales" (People).
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Thu, May 9
3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Birdwatching | Evening Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Thu, May 9
5:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Look Away: A True Story of Murders, Bombings, and a Far-Right Campaign to Rid Germany of Immigrants
Journalist and foreign correspondent Jacob Kushner launches his new book, which documents the shocking resurgence of far-right xenophobic violence in twenty-first century Germany. In conversation with Seyward Darby, author of Sisters in Hate, followed by a signing.
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Thu, May 9
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Dancing | Dance Party: Lindy Hop
Superb bands and expert dance instruction 6pm: Lindy Hop Instruction 7pm: Live Dance Music with Charles Turner & Uptown Swing Young jazz vocalist and bandleader Charles Turner III--winner of the first-annual Duke Ellington Center for the Arts vocal competition, among other accolades--has quickly made his mark in the New York City jazz scene, playing regularly at Jazz at Lincoln Center's late-night dance sessions, Ginny's Supper Club, Smoke, and more. Turner slides effortlessly from crooning jazz melodies to hard swinging standards to down-and-out blues, all backed by a flawless rhythm and horn section. Rooted in the tradition of jazz, swing, and the blues, Charles Turner & Uptown Swing brings fresh new energy to the genre, celebrating the spirit of Harlem with vibrant swing and vital blues. There's no time like the present to hear from the new generation of swing ambassadors!
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Thu, May 9
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Imperia Cognati in Literary and Legal History (online)
Cognati's impact on early 16th century Roman culture deserves a closer look. Through her role as poet, performer, and confidante of the intelligentsia, she influenced some of the greatest artists and intellectuals of Julian Rome. This paper will explore this legacy as well as the opposing explanations for her apparent suicide offered by Bandello's Novelle and her will. At the same time the difficulties she endured as a courtesan point to her reasons for ensuring that her daughter did not follow in her footsteps.
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Thu, May 9
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Works for Saxophone and More
Culminating an intense semester of research and creative experimentation, students from the New School's College of the Performing Arts, led by acclaimed saxophonist and composer Jane Ira Bloom, present new music collaborative works. The concert will be followed by a Q&A with the four composers to discuss their process from research to performance. Registration required.
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Thu, May 9
6:00 pm
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Thu, May 9
6:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | Ukranian Poetry
At this event, award-winning poet and author of Deaf Republic and Dancing in Odessa Ilya Kaminsky will introduce New Yorkers to Ukrainian poetry. He will be joined by Yuliya Musakovska, a fellow award-winning Ukrainian poet, and Olena Jennings, a NY-based poet and translator. In addition to recently published translations of Yuliya's poems, Ilya and Olena will read translations from Ukrainian poets that are part of the collection In the Hour of War, co-edited by Ilya and published by Arrowsmith Press. Poets whose works will be featured include Ostap Slyvynsky, Lesyk Panasyuk, Iryna Shuvalova, Kateryna Kalytko, Dmytro Blyznyuk, and Anastasia Afanasieva.
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Thu, May 9
6:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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Dancing | Back to the Beats
Truly great DJs don't just spin records, they curate an evening of unique sounds and surprise samples that give proof to years (or decades) of crate digging for that special beat or the massive hook that makes everybody in the club stop and ask "Wait... what is THAT?" Few wizards on the wheel of steel have as much experience or as deep a catalog as the Brooklyn DJ and producer J.PERIOD. This renowned creator, who has made a name over the past quarter century with his "audio-biographical" mixes for icons like Nas, Q-Tip, Lauryn Hill and The Roots, opens up his vinyl vault to reveal the artists behind Hip-Hop's all-time great cuts. Beyond James Brown, Parliament, Isaac Hayes, and Chaka Khan, there's a world of more obscure samples waiting to be discovered. Let J.PERIOD be your guide as he squares up on the 1s and 2s for an evening of exploration where secrets will be revealed and improv cyphers are sure to pop off.
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Thu, May 9
7:30 pm
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7:30 pm
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Fri, May 10
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
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Conference | The Role of Universities in the Lead-Up to Conflict, and in Peace and Reconciliation (online)
There will be two panels: “The Role of the Academy in Challenging Authoritarianism, Violence, and in Post-Conflict Situations” and “The Experiences of Exiled Scholars.”
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Fri, May 10
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Master Class | Adult Community Choir
Come and experience the joy of singing! This beginner, non-auditioned group welcomes all who love to sing. You will learn healthy singing habits, warmups, and how to find your own voice as you sing with a group. The class will sing and study music of many styles and genres like jazz, Latin, soul, choral, gospel, folk, and music from around the world. Everyone is welcome; no experience necessary! The class will culminate with a final public performance. Classes will meet Fridays, March 1st - May 10th from 12pm-1:15pm. The final performance date is May 17th at 12pm. Registration is required, and class size is limited. Participants should plan to attend all sessions.
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Fri, May 10
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 10
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
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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Fri, May 10
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
Free
Film | Casino (1995) Directed by Martin Scorsese, Starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci
In early-1970s Las Vegas, low-level mobster Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond, and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger. Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, Kevin Pollak, James Woods Robert De Niro is an American actor. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. De Niro earned two Academy Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II (1974) and the other for Best Actor portraying Jake LaMotta in Scorsese's drama Raging Bull (1980). His other Oscar-nominated roles were for Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Awakenings (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and Silver Linings Playbook (2012). Sharon Stone is an American actress and painter. Known for primarily playing femmes fatale and women of mystery on film and television, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1990s. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a nomination for an Academy Award. Joe Pesci is an American actor and musician. He is known for portraying tough, volatile characters in a variety of genres and for his collaborations with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese in the films Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), and The Irishman (2019). He has received several awards including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award with nominations for three Golden Globe Awards.
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Fri, May 10
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
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Master Class | Piano Master Class
Piano Master Class with internationally acclaimed pianist Vladimir Feltsman. This masterclass provides music lovers with a rare opportunity to witness the interaction between gifted Mannes students and a great artist as they examine and explore the craft of performance at the highest level. Vladimir Feltsman was toured extensively through the former Soviet Union, Europe and Japan throughout the 1970s. In 1979, because of his growing discontent with the rigid ideological control and restrictions on artistic freedom, he applied for an exit visa from Soviet Union. In response, he was effectively banned from performing in public until he was finally granted the permission to emigrate from USSR in 1987. His debut recital at Carnegie Hall in 1987 immediately established him as a major pianist on the American and international scene. Since then, he performed with all major American orchestras and appeared on the most prestigious recital series and music festivals in the US and abroad.
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Fri, May 10
1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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Play | Oil on Canvas: A Painter's Journey
Aditya Lal Chadha's play follows a painter named Prachi whose promising career in fine art has been cut short after a vicious attack. This results in her moving back to New Delhi to live with her overbearing but cosmopolitan Punjabi mother. One day she’s informed that someone important from her past has come to see her. What follows is a harsh but human journey through her mind and memories as she explores what it means to be alive when all that we thought was beautiful in the world has been dashed to smithereens. A student production.
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Fri, May 10
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Evening Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Fri, May 10
5:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Performance | In Memoriam: Astor Place Riots 1849
A special event to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the 1849 Astor Place Riots. Every theater-lover should know the story of the Astor Place Riots, but it’s about much more than a fight between the two biggest actors of the day. The Riots are a national tragedy unlike any other. May 10, 1849, New York City: the bitter theatrical rivalry between two of the world’s best Shakespearean actors — American Edwin Forrest and British William Charles Macready — reaches a crescendo. On the last night of Macready’s third farewell tour of the U.S., thousands of Forrest supporters surrounded the Astor Place Opera House. The police and even military stepped in, and shortly thereafter, all hell broke loose. By day’s end, over 20 people were dead and hundreds wounded. For its 175th anniversary, Peculiar Works Project will commemorate this tragic event with a unique memorial service, including musical tributes and comical reenactments. It will celebrate the power of theater, its legacy of influence in New York City, and the thespians who dedicated their lives to it. But the dead were not just theater-lovers, they were also young rowdies, frightened neighbors and unsuspecting passersby. Step back into the turbulent mid-1800s and bear witness to this cautionary tale that shares many parallels to today’s extreme political culture. Fearful and growing territorialism, the perils of mob mentality, and what it means to be American are relevant once again. Observance of this unique theatrical moment, one of America’s most shameful events, is a solemn, satirical response to today’s nativism and xenophobia, closing with a procession to the site where it happened. The cast will feature Maria Dessena, Mick Hilgers, Ralph Lewis, Catherine Porter, Basil Rodericks, Barry Rowell, Trav S.D., Dane Lane Williams, and Zero Boy.
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Fri, May 10
5:30 pm
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5:30 pm
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Birdwatching | Summer on the Hudson Birding
NYC Audubon leads the birding. Who knows what birds you'll discover while taking in views of the Hudson River?
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Fri, May 10
5:30 pm
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5:30 pm
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Play | Like a Little Grain of Sand: The Scapegoat's Story
At the age of 18, Giuseppe Gulotta is forced to confess to the murder of two policemen in a small barracks in Alcamo. The crime hides an unspeakable mystery: statesmen who deal with neo-fascist groups, arms trafficking and drugs. In order to cover up the silence, any scapegoat would do. Through the “human” story of Giuseppe (but also those of Salvatore and Carmine – the other designated scapegoats) the play attempts to give justice to its personal dimension, that of a life nearly entirely taken away for dreadful reasons. The performance is the last chapter of the quadrilogy A Sud della Memoria that Mana Chuma has devoted to the contemporary history of Southern Italy. In Italian with English Supertitles
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Fri, May 10
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Rajaraja Chola: King of Kings by Kamini Dandapani
Join author Kamini Dandapani as she discusses her book Rajaraja Chola: King of Kings with Navina Haidar, art historian and curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rajaraja I, often described as Rajaraja the Great, was an emperor from the Chola dynasty who reigned the southern parts of India from 985 CE to 1014 CE. An iconic figure, often regarded as the King of Kings, he was the most powerful emperor in India during his reign and is remembered for reinstating the Chola influence and ensuring its supremacy across the Indian Ocean. His kingdom expanded from Sri Lanka in the south to Kalinga (Orissa) in the northeast. The southern part of India was united for the very first time in Indian history under his rule. By dividing the country into several districts and standardizing revenue collection through systematic land surveys, he streamlined the administrative system. He built the magnificent Brihadisvara Temple in Thanjavur, one of a group of Chola-era temples designated as a World Heritage Site. His achievements spanned the gamut from battlefield victories to administrative organization and stunning architectural works. Kamini Dandapani’s book was published on the heels of Mani Ratnam’s megastar film Ponniyin Selvan, also based on the Chola king Raja Raja Cholan. Rajaraja Chola: King of Kings chronicles the history of the Chola dynasty from its very earliest Sangam days until its demise.
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Fri, May 10
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artists Walton Ford and David Salle in Conversation
Artists and friends Walton Ford and David Salle appear in conjunction with the exhibition for a wide-ranging, entertaining, and thought-provoking conversation about artistic practice, storytelling, finding inspiration in nature, human behavior, and more. Through an exploration of works in Walton Ford: Birds and Beasts of the Studio, and animal drawings by earlier artists in the Morgan's collection, Ford and Salle will discuss exhibition themes and artmaking processes central to Ford's work throughout his career, uncovering unexpected connections along the way.
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Fri, May 10
6:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Guitar and Piano Concert
José Maldonado, guitar; Weiwei Zhai, piano. Program Rafael Hernández Marín (1892–1965), Four Songs José Rodriguez Alvira (b. 1954), Tres Preludios Juan Sorroche (b. 1947), Canción y Danza Ernesto Cordero (b. 1946), Concierto Evocativo
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Fri, May 10
7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Fri, May 10
7:00 pm
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Comedy Club | 3 Stand-Up Comics Take the Stage
When the photographer and filmmaker Marcus Russell Price is behind the lens, a picture often captures a thousand laughs. As an accomplished director for specials by Nimesh Patel and Seaton Smith, as well as a capturer of candid shots for Hollywood artists like Hannibal Buress, Amy Schumer and John Mulaney, Price's keen eye snaps the split second moments before and after a joke lands with laser precision. His personal relationships with luminaries such as Pete Davidson, Aziz Ansari, and Ronny Chieng have opened the door for him to craft uniquely casual portraits of performers at rest and at their best. Now, Price curates his own superb stand-up series, featuring Alex English (New York Magazine "Comedian You Should and Will Know"), Yamaneika Saunders (Last Comic Standing), Mark Normand (The Tonight Show), plus special surprise guests! Get ready for an unforgettable evening of wit and wisdom from renowned favorites and rising stars brought to you by the insider's insider of comedy.
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Fri, May 10
7:30 pm
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7:30 pm
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Play | Oil on Canvas: A Painter's Journey
Aditya Lal Chadha's play follows a painter named Prachi whose promising career in fine art has been cut short after a vicious attack. This results in her moving back to New Delhi to live with her overbearing but cosmopolitan Punjabi mother. One day she’s informed that someone important from her past has come to see her. What follows is a harsh but human journey through her mind and memories as she explores what it means to be alive when all that we thought was beautiful in the world has been dashed to smithereens. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 10
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Play | The Genesis of Regeneration: Origins of Recycling Clothes
An exhilarating storytelling that through biblical stories, fashion writers and artisans tells the origins of the rag-pickers (cenciaioli), the artisans from Prato (Tuscany) who have been recycling used clothing since 1850. Written and performed by Beppe Allocca In Italian with English supertitles
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Fri, May 10
8:00 pm
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8:00 pm
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 11
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Birdwatching | Birding Bonanza
Come out to celebrate birds, especially those that are currently migrating through NYC, at the Bird Bonanza! The entire day will be dedicated to our flying feathered friends with activities and games for all ages.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 11
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 11
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 11
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Birdwatching | Accessible Birding
The beautiful park commands views of the Palisades and the Hudson River from soaring cliffs of bedrock. Its 67 acres feature many well-paved walkways suitable for birders with strollers and carriages, as well as wheelchairs, walkers, canes, etc.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 11
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 11
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Workshop | Shape Up NYC Dance Fitness
A fitness class to help New Yorkers get and stay fit.
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Sat, May 11
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
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Screening | 2024 Animation Celebration Screening
Another academic year gives rise to a new group of graduating seniors and their animated projects. Enjoy a great selection of films and meet the filmmakers afterward live.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 11
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
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Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
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Sat, May 11
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
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Performance | The Woodshed: Performance Art
The Woodshed is an all-day performance program co-organized by Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, Taja Cheek, and Harmony Holiday. The program will be divided into two parts: 12-4pm and 5-9pm, with an hour break in between. During the hour break, the loft will be cleared so that they can reset the space. The Woodshed, the act of shedding, the several expansive efforts by jazz musicians to create autonomous workshops and schools; the consistently strenuous rehearsal practices of these same musicians; the calls from Miles or Mingus to join the band; the urgency of the first practice; the non-performative showmanship of it. Where does it go, how does it linger and haunt current music-making?
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 11
12:00 pm
$5
12:00 pm
$5
Film | Life of Pi (2012): adventure-drama
A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger. Director: Ang Lee Cast: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan,, Rafe Spall, Tabu, Adil Hussain, Gérard Depardieu
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Sat, May 11
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | The Book of Mothers: How Literature Can Help Us Reinvent Modern Motherhood
This treasure trove for book lovers explores fifteen classic novels with memorable maternal figures, and examines how our cultural notions of motherhood have been shaped by literature. Author Carrie Mullins is a journalist and essayist whose work has appeared in Parents, Food & Wine Magazine, Epicurious, Tin House, and Publishers Weekly, among other publications.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 11
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music on the Water
A one hour performance (no intermission), including a Q & A session with the musicians. The program is announced at the performance.
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Sat, May 11
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Island Bird Tour
Nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover all of the birdlife the island has to offer. Binoculars are available to borrow.
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Sat, May 11
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Screening | Get Your Man (1927): silent film
The magnetic Clara Bow is remembered by her nickname, “The It Girl," but burned brightly on the screen for only 10 years. Get Your Man (1927) teams her with Charles “Buddy” Rogers, and her other hits include Mantrap (1926), It (1927), Red Hair (1928), as well as the blockbuster aviation drama Wings (1927). Unhappy in sound films, she retired at age 28 in 1933. This program opens with the recently rediscovered Charlie Murray two-reeler The Pill Pounder (’23) with Bow in an early appearance. This screening features piano by MoMA’s Ben Model, with an introduction and Q&A by film historians Model and Steve Massa. Registration required.
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Sat, May 11
2:30 pm
Free
2:30 pm
Free
Play | Oil on Canvas: A Painter's Journey
Aditya Lal Chadha's play follows a painter named Prachi whose promising career in fine art has been cut short after a vicious attack. This results in her moving back to New Delhi to live with her overbearing but cosmopolitan Punjabi mother. One day she’s informed that someone important from her past has come to see her. What follows is a harsh but human journey through her mind and memories as she explores what it means to be alive when all that we thought was beautiful in the world has been dashed to smithereens. A student production.
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Sat, May 11
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
Free
Forum | Death Cafe: A Discusson on Death
An informal, group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. The purpose of Death Cafe is "to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives." This is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.
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Sat, May 11
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
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Lecture | Encounters of African and Jewish Diasporas in Brazil
“Synagogue of Ancestral Commitments" is an illustrated lecture about dialogue between Jewish and African religions. The universe of memories of the Jewish diaspora was welcomed in the temples of the African diaspora. Both African and Jewish religions offer their messages of understanding and harmony. This lecture raises complex issues of identity in contemporary multicultural society. Brazilian artist Andre Feitosa discovered that his family comes from both African slaves and Jews, forcibly converted by the Inquisition. Some of his ancestors were tortured by their slave owners, yet others burned alive for their Jewish faith, others expelled from Europe, then wandered around Brazil, changing their names, and hiding their past. To deal with the painful aspects of colonial history, Andre creates a community called "Synagogue of ancestral commitments" with other people of similar background, as a form of sacred healing art that combines Judaism and Afro-Brazilian religions. This cinematic presentation follows Andre’s spiritual journeys in the North of Brazil, while recreating experiences from the stories of the diasporas of both his Jewish and African ancestors.
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Sat, May 11
4:00 pm
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4:00 pm
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Sat, May 11
7:00 pm
Regular: $59
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Play | Scrubland: Nuclear Waste
Stephen Bush's play follows several generations living, working, and dying in Shadeburne, Nevada. Just outside the glamour and fantasy of Las Vegas, Shadeburne is home to a Department of Energy site that goes from testing nuclear weapons to languishing as a tourist trap museum. Scrubland considers what it means to construct national history at the cost of personal history. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 11
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Sun, May 12
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Sun, May 12
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Sun, May 12
10:00 am
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10:00 am
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Tour | Historic Flatiron-Nomad District Walking Tour
Join a professional guide on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the City's most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse, and the famous Flatiron Building. Rain or shine. Every Sunday at 11 am.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 12
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Workshop | Over, Under, Through: Basics of Parkour
The Movement Creative leads a 6-week series to learn the basics of parkour. Build your strength, agility, coordination, and mobility with fun drills, partner exercises, and games to learn jumping, vaulting, swinging, and how to put it all together. Have a blast while getting strong!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 12
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Concert | Bluegrass Duo in the Park
The James Limerick Kerr Bluegrass Duo – Bluegrass uses traditional instruments and vocal harmonies to create this rousing, typically American sound.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 12
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music on the Water
A one hour performance (no intermission), including a Q & A session with the musicians. The program is announced at the performance.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 12
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
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Performance | Persona Metropolitana: An Actor and a Dancer on an Imaginary Train
This is Giulia. Like 55% of us, Giulia lives in a city. It is predicted that by 2050, almost 70% of us will live in a city – two thirds of the people on the planet. Giulia wonders if we’ll all fit. Giulia doubts it. This is a piece for an actor and a dancer set on an imaginary Rome metro train / Paris RER line / New York subway / seat on the Tube / last Dart home. In cities we feel invisible, Giulia thinks. Or free. Written by Annachiara Vispi & Giulia Macrì Performed by Valentina Ghelfi and Giulia Macrì Music & Composition Lorenzo Saini In Italian with English Supertitles
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Sun, May 12
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Orchestral Works by Stravinsky and More (In Person AND Online!)
NOVUS NY. Program Anton Webern (1883-1945), Langsamer Satz Stravinsky (1882-1971), Three Pieces for String Quartet, K019 Enescu (1881-1955), Octet in C Major, Op. 7.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 12
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Play | Scrubland: Nuclear Waste
Stephen Bush's play follows several generations living, working, and dying in Shadeburne, Nevada. Just outside the glamour and fantasy of Las Vegas, Shadeburne is home to a Department of Energy site that goes from testing nuclear weapons to languishing as a tourist trap museum. Scrubland considers what it means to construct national history at the cost of personal history. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 12
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
Free
Classical Music | Serene organ meditations in an intimate venue (In Person AND Online)
Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 12
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Organ Music at a Beautiful Church
David Jernigan, organ.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 12
5:15 pm
Free
5:15 pm
Free
Concert | Saxophone Quartet
PRISM Quartet performs works by Hannah Kendall, Andrew Litts, Renee Baker, David Bennett Thomas, Carlos Simon's Elegy: A Cry from the Grave, and more! PRISM Quartet has been hailed by The New York Times as a "bold ensemble" that "set the standard for contemporary-classical saxophone quartets."
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 12
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Play | Scrubland: Nuclear Waste
Stephen Bush's play follows several generations living, working, and dying in Shadeburne, Nevada. Just outside the glamour and fantasy of Las Vegas, Shadeburne is home to a Department of Energy site that goes from testing nuclear weapons to languishing as a tourist trap museum. Scrubland considers what it means to construct national history at the cost of personal history. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 12
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Performance | The Second Coming of Joan of Arc: One-Woman Show
Giovanna returns to share her story with contemporary women, unmasking through documents the misogyny of the male leaders of the Church, State and Army. A teenager fleeing from a violent and alcoholic father, from a destiny of wife and mother, which had already marked her mother and sister. Giovanna dies for the right to wear men’s clothes, she is a rebel, irreverent, more cunning than her judges, unrepentant and unswervingly faithful to her own vision. Written by Carolyn Cage, translated by Edy Quaggio Directed by Ester Tatangelo and Luchino Giordana Performed by Valentina Valsania In Italian with English Supertitles
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Sun, May 12
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 13
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 13
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Evening Drop-in Birding
Witness the spectacle of spring migration with Gabriel Willow as songbirds follow the Atlantic Flyway northwards. Look for orioles, tanagers, warblers, vireos, and other migrants in the wilds of the park, and learn about the finer points of their identification and ecology.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 13
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
Free
Discussion | The Impact of Circle in the Square Theatre
In 1951 Circle in the Square Theatre was founded in an abandoned nightclub in Greenwich Village. It would rise to astounding heights as a driver of the pivotal Off-Broadway Movement. Through recollections, performances and a panel discussion this event will focus on the artistry and determination, the challenges, breakthroughs and relationship its two innovators shared through the beginnings. major achievements and in the ongoing impact of the Circle's phenomenal first decade. Registration required.
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Mon, May 13
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Staged Reading | El Desaparecido: A New Italian Play
A reading in English of the Italian playwright Fabio Banfo, winner of the 2024 Mario Fratti Award. Translated by Carlotta Brentan. Followed by an award ceremony and final greetings.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 13
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
“There is something valuable about wanting the small world around you to know how richly you are being moved, so that maybe some total stranger might encounter your stomp, your clap, your shout, and find themselves moved in return," writes Hanif Abdurraqib. He and Jennifer Wilson, two of our most ardent and attuned culture writers, as they talk about writing what they love—from music and literature to home courts, homecomings, and hometown heroes upon the publication of There's Always This Year, Abdurraqib’s new memoir of basketball and belonging.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 13
6:30 pm
$5
6:30 pm
$5
Concert | Grammy Winning Band Performs Folk, Popular, and Classical
Grammy Winners Time For Three (Nicolas Kendall, violin and vocals; Charles Yang, violin and vocals; Ranaan Meyer, double bass and vocals) perform Folk, popular, and classical selections.
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Mon, May 13
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park
Practice this traditional system of health and self-defense. Derived from the philosphy of Taoism, Tai Chi was designed to develop the optimum degree of harmony between body and mind, as well as between the individual and the natural order of the universe. Classes are led by teachers and students who train nearby at CK Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Master Hyland Harris.
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Tue, May 14
7:30 am
Free
7:30 am
Free
Birdwatching | Morning Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Tue, May 14
8:00 am
Free
8:00 am
Free
Workshop | Spring Yoga
A yoga instructor leads a morning practice. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
9:30 am
Free
9:30 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Tour | Garment District Tour: Factories, Gangsters, Labor Unions and More
Hear an unusual perspective from somebody who spent the greater portion of his life working in the GARMENT industry. You will learn how the apparel industry developed in NYC through the years, and how it came to be located in its current District. Watch the development of the industry from sweatshops in the old tenement buildings on the Lower East Side, to giant factories in China and Bangladesh. See how immigrants were the backbone of the industry and in NYC, still are. Five minute flow chart "From Fibers To Garment". Learn about Calvin, Ralph and Oscar, as well as Labor Unions and Gangsters. A Factory Visit When Available. See "The Garment Worker'' by Judith Weller, The Fashion Walk of Fame. The Giant Button and Needle artwork on Seventh Ave. And much more. Rain or shine.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
10:30 am
Free
10:30 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
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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Tue, May 14
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
Free
Classical Music | Traditional Norwegian Fiddle Tunes
Susan Olsen Maren and Annelie Fahlstedt, Hardanger Fiddles, perform Traditional Norwegian Fiddle Tunes.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Film | Donnie Darko (2001) with Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Drew Barrymore
During the presidential election of 1988, a teenager named Donnie Darko sleepwalks out of his house one night and sees a giant, demonic-looking rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world will end in 28 days. When Donnie returns home, he finds that a jet engine has crashed into his bedroom. Is Donnie living in a parallel universe, is he suffering from mental illness - or will the world really end? Director: Richard Kelly Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Duval, Drew Barrymore Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor. His breakthrough roles were as Homer Hickam in October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in Donnie Darko (2001). He played Jack Twist in Ang Lee's 2005 romantic drama Brokeback Mountain, for which Gyllenhaal won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. His career progressed with starring roles in the thriller Zodiac (2007), the romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the science fiction film Source Code (2011). His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), in which he portrayed Quentin Beck / Mysterio. Maggie Gyllenhaal is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal received critical acclaim for her leading performances in the erotic romantic comedy drama Secretary (2002) and the drama Sherrybaby (2006), each of which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. For her performance as a single mother in Crazy Heart (2009), she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Drew Barrymore is an American actress, producer, talk show host and author. A member of the Barrymore family of actors, she has received several awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for nine Emmy Awards and a British Academy Film Award. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Tue, May 14
2:00 pm
Regular: $29
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2:00 pm
Regular: $29
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Other | Live Trivia Hour: Cinema Edition
Are you a fan of Movies? Come test your knowledge and join the Live Trivia Hour.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Staged Reading | Bertolt Brecht's The Trial of Lucullus: Roman General in the Underworld
A short radio play by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht, written in verse. It was completed in 1940. In it, the great Roman general Lucullus appears after death before a judge and jury of the underworld, who are to decide whether he should be condemned to Hades or admitted to the Elysian fields. The jury, representing the lower classes, allows Lucullus to call as witnesses portrayed on a triumphal frieze. All the evidence is against Lucullus, except for the fact that he introduced the cherry tree to Europe, grieved over the destruction of books, and was possessed of a fine culinary experience. A student production.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Talk | Stargazing in the Park
A walk along the park and a chance to take a closer look at the stars. Peer through high-powered telescopes provided by the knowledgeable members of the Amateur Astronomers Association to see rare celestial sights. No experience is necessary and telescopes will be provided between sunset and park closure.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Origami Meetup
OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. Ages Adult 18+
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Concert | Argentinian Tango with Grammy Winning Pianist
Grammy Winner Pablo Ziegler and Masae Shiwa, pianos, perform Nuevo Tango. For decades, Buenos Aires-born, Grammy Award-winning pianist, composer and arranger Pablo Ziegler has been one of the most important figures in Argentine Nuevo Tango, the vibrant musical hybrid of traditional tango, American jazz, and European art music. After performing in Piazzolla's legendary quintet for over a decade and appearing on iconic Piazzolla recordings including Nuevo Tango: Hora Zero, La Camorra, and Central Park Concert, Ziegler has led his own groups for over 25 years, refining and reimagining the bounds of the modern tango tradition.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Jazz | From Stride Piano to Bebop: Celebrating the Music of James P. Johnson, Benny Carter, and Thelonious Monk
Explore the evolution of jazz in San Juan Hill through a live musical performance that celebrates the music of James P. Johnson, Benny Carter, and Thelonious Monk and their influence on the stride piano, swing, and bebop styles.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Works for Flute, Cello, and Piano (In Person AND Online!)
Rebecca Moranis, flute; Jordan Bartow, cello; Joseph Vaz, piano. Program Yike Zhang (b. 1993), Three Flows in Quartet Che Buford (b. 2000), i don't see stars where i'm from. Julian Bennett Holmes (b. 1991), Untitled new quartet
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 14
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Boot Camp Workout
An early-morning core body 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 welcome.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 15
7:00 am
Free
7:00 am
Free
Birdwatching | Birding at the Battery
Gabriel Willow explores the diversity of migrating birds that find food and habitat in The Battery.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 15
8:00 am
Free
8:00 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 15
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 15
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Ribbon Dancing
Combine cardio with artistry as you wave long ribbons in the air to create rainbows, waterfalls, dragons and ocean waves. Ribbon Dancing is as visually stunning as it is fun and easy to learn. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Ribbons will be available to borrow, but participants may also bring their own.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 15
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 15
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 15
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
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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Wed, May 15
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
Free
Jazz | Jazz Hour
Take a moment out of your busy day to enjoy a captivating showcase of jazz music by some of NYC’s most talented musicians. Curated by The Jazz Gallery, whose mission is to “provide a platform for emerging artists to discover their unique voice, and a home for established musicians to continue to experiment and grow,” the concert will bring the intimate, vibrant atmosphere of a jazz club into the lobby of One Manhattan West. Featuring: Rafael Enciso Duo (bass and guitar)
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Wed, May 15
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Adult Chorus
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the chorus is open to all who love to sing. Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events throughout the year.
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Wed, May 15
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Film | Lion (2016) with Nicole Kidman
Five year old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home. Director: Garth Davis Cast: Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman Nicole Kidman is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards.
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Wed, May 15
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Israel and the World after October 7th (online)
Yael Eckstein provides insights into navigating Israel's global position after Oct. 7, humanitarian efforts, and Jewish-Christian relations. Since October 7th, Israelis and Jews worldwide have questioned how the Jewish state will relate to the international community. Yael Eckstein, President and CEO of The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, one of the world's leading religious charitable organizations, has a unique perspective on Jewish-Christian relations and Israel's role in the world. Yael, based in Israel, will be in discussion with AJU President Jeffrey Herbst about the lessons she has learned from helping many thousands of Jews move to Israel, providing humanitarian aid to victims of terror, and building inter-religious understanding.
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Wed, May 15
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Book Club | Demian by Herman Hesse
Emil Sinclair is a young boy raised in a middle class home, amidst what is described as a Scheinwelt, a composite word meaning "world of illusion," so his entire existence can be summarized as a struggle between two worlds: the show world of illusion (related to the Hindu concept of maya) and the real world, the world of spiritual truth (see Plato's cave and dualism). Accompanied and prompted by his mysterious classmate and friend "Max Demian," he detaches from and revolts against the superficial ideals of the world of appearances and eventually awakens into a realization of self.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 15
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Poetry Reading | An Evening of Poetry, Performance, and Music
Austin Alexis is the author of the full-length poetry collection Privacy Issues, which received the 20th Annual Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award. He is also the author of two chapbooks published by Poets Wear Prada. His work has appeared in Barrow Street, Hawaii Pacific Review, The Journal, The Pedestal Magazine, Crosswinds Poetry Journal, Westchester Review, Paterson Literary Review and other journals and anthologies. Bakar Wilson has performed his work at the Bowery Poetry Club, Poetry Project, The Studio Museum of Harlem, The Asian-American Writer's Workshop, and the Langston Hughes House, among others. His poetry has appeared in The Vanderbilt Review, The Lumberyard Radio Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, Flicker and Spark: A Contemporary Queer Anthology, and The Ostrich Review, among others. Danny Shot’s WORKS was published in 2018 by CavanKerry Press. His new collection The Jersey Slide is forthcoming from CavanKerry Press. Recent endeavors include being an Associate Editor of A Gathering of the Tribes online (2020-2023) and Poetry Editor of Red Fez (2018-2021). Eve Packer is a Bronx-born, poet/performer/actress. Packer has published four poetry books, skulls head samba, playland poems 1994-2004, new nails. (Fly By Night Press), and no mask no talk corona poems 2020-2021 from Autonomedia Press. Daniel Carter is a musician and writer. Since coming to New York City in 1970, he has sought out musicians and situations that encourage free expression. Some of his writing can be found in the following publications: The Tinker: Innovative Arts and Literature Magazine, 50 Miles of Elbow Room, Number One (2000), Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters, Dyed-in-the-Wool (2000), Intervalsss: The Poems and Words of Musicians (2000), Sex Sells Magazine (1997), Wandering Archive One (1998). Jennifer Blowdryer is a singer and writer whose songs observe in a somewhat detached manner the underworld of punk rock and regular people. She started as front person for an SF Punk Band, the Blowdryers and later co-founded White Trash Debutantes. Throughout the decades and with no knowledge or desire to conform to social norms, she produced and MC’d a 5-year-long worldwide show called Smut Fest, which showcased sex workers' expression and drew on crowds otherwise not known to intermingle. Kim D. Brandon is a Poet/Artist/Activist/Storyteller. Her work has been included in stage performances, anthologies, and journals. She is a 2021 Brooklyn Poets’ Poet of the Week, and a VONA alum. She is the founder of Brooklyn Society Writers group and the host of writing workshops for people of color. This year her work centers on the revolutionary power of Black love. A Joe for Annie Mae, her upcoming novel, highlights the transformative power of love in the lives of those who seek it. Nancy Mercado is the recipient of the American Book Award for lifetime achievement. She has featured at: The Whitney Museum in New York City, the University of Nantes in France, and Casa de las Americas cultural institute in Havana, Cuba among others. Mercado has authored 2 books, 7 theatre plays, has edited 3 anthologies and several literary magazines. Sheila Maldonado is the author of the poetry collections that's what you get (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2021) and one-bedroom solo (Fly by Night Press / A Gathering of the Tribes, 2011). Truffles is a cathartic turbid musical collective, with five or four members – perfect for dancing! Yuko Otomo is a visual artist and a bilingual writer of Japanese origin. She writes poetry, haiku, art criticism, travelogues and essays. Her most recent publications are Anonymous Landscape (Lithic Press), In Delacroix’s Garden: a collaborative book with Basil King (Spuyten Duyvil) and PINK (Lithic Press).
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Wed, May 15
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Dancing | Dance Party: Motown
Superb bands and expert dance instruction 6pm: West Coast Swing Instruction 7pm: Live Dance Music with KD Browne Slip on your dancing shoes and get ready for a night filled with classic grooves provided live by KD Browne. DaChonne Nicole has worked in entertainment for over a decade and is known best for her captivating vocals and energetic live performances. Whether songwriting, playwriting, or performing around the world, you can see the love, passion and dedication she pours into every note and every dynamic performance.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 15
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Concert | Environmental Sound Artist Performs with Jazz Musician
Mary Edwards is a composer and sound artist whose interdisciplinary practice encompasses themes of temporality, impermanence, nostalgia and the natural world that recur throughout her work. Everywhere We Are is the Farthest Place is her "ode rather than an elegy" to the transforming Arctic landscape, climate vulnerability, elemental sensuality and terrestrial connectivity that also draws partly on sound as a vibrational phenomenon and Space Analogues. Edwards began this project while sailing on an artist and scientist research expedition above the 78th Parallel to Svalbard (halfway between Norway and the North Pole) to make field recordings and listen to the rhythm and breath of our planet from another pulse point. She documented sound properties of glacial geology and oceanographic data sonification--distinct groans and reverberant calving ice tumbling from the sublime glacier walls into the depths of fjords, the movement of subterranean rivers, Beluga whale song and vocal intonations--intended to provide sonic access for all by "de-centralizing the centered and un-othering the others." Mary Edwards (keyboards, Waterphone, electronics) will install and perform the piece with Michael Eaton (saxophone, flute, electronics,) a Brooklyn-based composer, and educator active in contemporary jazz and free improvisation.
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Wed, May 15
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Performance | Speech, Dance, and Music
In the context of the current exhibition El Dorado: Myths of Gold Part II, is the debut performance of Amor Eficaz, by Colombian artist Camilo Godoy. Amor Eficaz will bring together speech, dance, and music to invoke the activism of the Colombian priest Father Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929–1966), who is also the artist’s namesake. Before joining the revolutionary armed struggle, Torres Restrepo delivered his last speech highlighting economic, political, and social justice by means of a resistance against oligarchic extraction and repression. Godoy connects this with the myth of El Dorado, and its role in forming an extractivist ethos in the Americas. A group of spiral shaped chest ornaments that the artist encountered at El Museo del Oro in Bogotá inspired him to connect these political ideas with indigenous perceptions of temporality and the eternal cycle of political change in Colombia. Inspired by the Latin American Liberation Theology and the ideology of progress, the artist 's performance addresses the colonial legacy of injustice, trauma, and subversive politics.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 15
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Bodyroll Workout
Joyful and cathartic dance aerobics with VIVA! Low stakes, all fun, and open to all levels.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 15
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Thu, May 16
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 16
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 16
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Park Walk | Wildlife Outing in the Park
A wildlife outing to discover the flora and fauna that make the park ecologically rich.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 16
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
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Thu, May 16
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
Free
Classical Music | Excerpts of From Hell to Antigone for Voice, Violin, Violoncello, and Harpischord (In Person AND Online!)
Jeffrey Mandelbaum, countertenor, as Admeto; Nicole Besa, soprano, as Antigona; Kristin Renee Young, soprano, as Alceste; Francis Liu, violin; Serafim Smigelskiy, violoncello; Rebecca Pechefsky, harpsichord, perform excerpts of From Hell to Antigone, Opera Essentia's new 70-minute Distillation of Handel's Admeto, from 1727. This steamy love triangle saga unfolds in bittersweet beauty, one aria after another. Betrayal, longing, jealousy, and bewilderment just scratch the surface. A curse reversed, a rejection amended, but then she's back from the dead... how can a heart survive it all??
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Thu, May 16
1:15 pm
Free
1:15 pm
Free
Hike | Spring Wildflower Hike
Explore which plants are in bloom in our parks! Learn how to identify different species of flowers and pick up some botany basics on this engaging and educational hike.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 16
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Evening Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Thu, May 16
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Baroque Works (In Person AND Online!)
Quicksilver Baroque Ensemble; Avi Stein, organ, perform works by Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Johann Rosenmuller (1619-1684), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1630s-1680), and others.
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Thu, May 16
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Dancing | Dance Party: Latin Festival
Superb bands and expert dance instruction 6pm: Dance Instruction with Jorge Riascos 7pm-10pm: Live Dance Music with La Charanga Pacha and Jimmy Bosch Salsa Masters Cuban percussionist Miguelito "Pacha" Pozo arrived to the United States in 1958 at the age of three. Pacha soon took up percussion, focusing on the timbales. At the age of thirteen, he competed in a Tito Puente contest and earned 2nd place; soon after, Pacha began playing with bassist Glen Vargas in the band La Contraria in New York City. In 1976, Pacha began to play with New Jersey band Orquesta Realidad, then teamed up with flute extraordinaire Jose Antonio Fajardo in 1980. Pacha recorded live and in the studio with Fajardo Y Sus Estrellas until Fajardo's death in 2000. Pacha rejoined the band playing guiro in 2001 under the direction of Fajardo, Jr. Pacha has shared the stage with many greats in Latin music, including Tito Puente, Machito, Larry Harlow, Tipica '73, Orquesta Broadway, and many more during his long career.
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Thu, May 16
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Baroque Works (In Person AND Online!)
Quicksilver Baroque Ensemble; Avi Stein, organ, perform works by Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Johann Rosenmuller (1619-1684), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1630s-1680), and others.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 16
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Concert | A Musiciand and a Visual Artists in New Multimedia Performance
The world premiere of a new multimedia performance by Anna Luisa Petrisko with projection mapping and interactive design by Ana Carolina Estarita-Guerrero. The performance features a live music set with voice, synthesizer, percussion, and sampler by Anna Luisa. Her spiritually infused ambient textures with tropical-inspired beats make up her signature mutant pop, and hypersaturated analog video art creates an immersive and colorful space. Estarita-Guerrero activates the visuals with projection mapping and interactivity using Microsoft Kinect data, computer vision, and real-time video processing. Don’t miss this thrilling joint effort between two artists who are passionate about community, cooperation, and the transformative power of pushing their own and each other's boundaries.
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Thu, May 16
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 17
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 17
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
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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Fri, May 17
12:20 pm
Free
12:20 pm
Free
Classical Music | Organ Works by Messiaen and More at a Beautiful Cathedral
Chanmi Kim and Jens Korndorfer, organ. Program Feelix-Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911), Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 42 Messiaen (1908-1992), from Messe de la Pentecoote Valeery Aubertin (b. 1970), from Sonatine pour les etoiles Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), from Symphony No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 42, No. 2
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 17
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Evening Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 17
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | The Blue Maiden: Two Sisters vs the Devil
Author Anna Noyes presents a transportive and chilling debut novel of two sisters growing up on an isolated Northern European island in the shadow of their late mother and the Devil. It's 1825, four generations after Berggrund Island's women stood accused of witchcraft under the eye of their priest, now long dead. In his place is Pastor Silas, a widower with two wild young daughters, Beata and Ulrika. The sisters are outcasts: imaginative, oppositional, increasingly obsessed with the lore and legend of the island's dark past and their absent mother, whom their father refuses to speak of. As the girls come of age, and the strictures of the community shift but never wane, their rebellions twist and sharpen. Ever capable Ulrika shoulders the burden of keeping house, while Bea, alone with unsettling visions and impulses, hungers for companionship and attention. When an enigmatic outsider arrives at their door, his presence threatens their family bond and unearths - piece by piece - a buried history to shocking ends. All the while Berggrund's neighboring island The Blue Maiden beckons, the storied home of the Witches' Sabbath and Satan's realm, its misted shore veiling truths the sisters have spent their lives searching for. A Nordic Gothic laced with the horrors of life in a patriarchy both hostile to and reliant on its women, The Blue Maiden is a starkly beautiful depiction of lost lineage and resilience.
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Fri, May 17
6:30 pm
$5
6:30 pm
$5
Concert | Old and New Approaches to Son Cubano, Jazz, Rhumba, R&B, and Funk
Bandleader Gonzalo Grau and his Grammy-nominated multi-piece combo La Clave Secreta originated as an extended family of Berklee College of Music students whose passion inspired aspirations of joyous explorations into fusion. In describing the group's modus operandi, Grau cites influences from old and new approaches to son cubano, jazz, rhumba, R&B, and funk. La Clave Secreta embraces its own style, where timba and salsa, vintage and novelty, the classics and the originals merge into one powerful, undeniably fun sound. Grau and the band commemorates their Lincoln Center debut with a danceable evening of songs from their sophomore LP, 2023's De Verdad Verdad, an album that Sound in Review calls "a musical journey that plays like a hybrid symphony... from Cuba to New York, from flamenco to Hip-Hop."
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 17
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 18
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 18
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 18
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 18
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Workshop | Shape Up NYC Dance Fitness
A fitness class to help New Yorkers get and stay fit.
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Sat, May 18
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Festival | Sound & Color! Spring Festival
A celebration of colors, culture, spring and unity. Expanding the beloved Kite Festival, they're adding music to colors throughout the Park! This day-long festival heralds the arrival of Spring with live musical performances, food vendors, kids activities, and activities. Be awed at the talent of expert flying instructors - and learn some tips! This family-friendly festival unites S.T.E.A.M concepts, the Caribbean's rich history of kite-flying, and outdoor adventures. Live entertainment will be provided by the Eruption Steel Orchestra. Additionally Maestro, Trumpeter, conductor, composer and arranger Igmar Thomas will curate live musical performances at locations across the park.
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Sat, May 18
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Workshop | Origami Meetup
OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws.
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Sat, May 18
11:30 am
Free
11:30 am
Free
Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
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Sat, May 18
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Festival | Super Sabado Block Party
Celebrate a day honoring the memories of ancestors, family traditions, and the power of women storytellers, inspired by the new exhibition, Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archeology of Memory, a retrospective by the pioneering artist, curator, and theorist. Born in 1943 to a Mexican immigrant family, Mesa-Bains is a leading figure in Chicanx art for nearly half a century, producing work that explores intersectional feminist themes, environmentally centered spirituality, and cultural diversity. Throughout the day, explore the exhibition with free gallery tours. The block party will be followed by a concert presented in collaboration with Carnegie Hall City Wide Concert Series at 4pm. As beneficiaries of jarocho culture and noteworthy performers with years of experience on both national and international stages, Caña Dulce y Caña Brava’s performances celebrate the music, poetry, dance and traditional attire of Veracruz, Mexico. The group stands out as an artistic project that highlights feminine poetry and voices, accompanied by traditional string instruments such as the harp and the jarana, percussion and zapateado.
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Sat, May 18
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Other | Manga Book Swap
Bring any manga, light novels or graphic novels in need of a new home! Curious about what to bring and how it all works? See the rules below: Manga Book Swap Rules: 1. Items allowed: Manga, Manhwa, Light novels, and Danmei novels. 2. New, gently used, or good condition books ONLY. Damaged or dirty books will not be accepted. 3. Participants can bring up to 3 items to swap. 4. Participants who drop off books can take unlimited books. 5. Patrons who do not bring items to swap are limited to 2 books.
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Sat, May 18
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Film | Lion (2016) with Nicole Kidman
Five year old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home. Director: Garth Davis Cast: Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman Nicole Kidman is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards.
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Sat, May 18
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Park Walk | Birds & Bees Tour
A special tour highlighting the birds and bees around the island, including the Urban Farm, just in time for World Bee Day! Since 2018, The Bee Conservancy has established a Bee Santuary, complete with native flower beds, honey bee hives, and native bee homes. In additiion to bees, nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Binoculars are available to borrow.
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Sat, May 18
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Concert | Chamber Music and Conversation
Before his untimely passing, Talib Rasul Hakim (1940-88) was already becoming a widely influential composer, one who suffused his music for chamber and orchestral forces with intense deliberation, considered improvisations, dynamic rhythmic profiles, and purposeful silences. Hakim saw his compositions as more than just music: he saw music performance as the equivalent to an almost religious awakening. In the 1978 book The Black Composer Speaks, Hakim maintained, “It is hoped that whenever [my] music is performed, both performer and listener will experience some degree of inner stirring, that they will experience some philosophical, religious, political, emotional, intellectual experience.” In this program, ICE and Either/Or present five diverse aspects of Hakim’s artistry that consider music as an encounter with the divine. The program includes performances of Psalm of Akhnaten; ca. 1365-1348 B.C. (1978), an imposing trio work that features a searching articulation of faith, mysticism, and spirituality; Currents (1967), his masterful entry to the string quartet canon; Scope-Seven (1965), an enigmatic solo piano work recently discovered; Four (1965) for quartet; and Music for Nine Players and Soprano Voice (1977), which features the combined forces of ICE and Either/Or performers. Following the performance, a panel discussion featuring three MacArthur “genius” composers—Courtney Bryan, Tyshawn Sorey, and George Lewis—will discuss the history and ongoing impact of Hakim’s work. Registration required.
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Sat, May 18
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Island Bird Tour
Nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover all of the birdlife the island has to offer. Binoculars are available to borrow.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 18
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Serene organ meditations in an intimate venue (In Person AND Online)
Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 18
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Concert | Traditional Mexican Music
Part of the great son jarocho musical and cultural tradition, Caña Dulce y Caña Brava invite audiences to explore the music, poetry, dance, and aesthetics of Veracruz, Mexico in this free, Saturday afternoon performance in Manhattan. With their bold and unusually expansive approach to son jarocho, these artists carve out a powerful new space in a longstanding tradition, blending a multitude of rhythms with traditional string instruments, percussion and percussive dance, a colorful assortment of projected visual effects, and poetic improvisation with a self-described emphasis on feminine voices and perspectives.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 18
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Party | Party as Performance
This spring, party and celebrate 50 years of building creative communities. Party as Performance is a special gathering that offers a unique atmosphere, energy, and community, all delving into themes of Practice, Process, and Participation. Immerse yourself in Party as Practice with host Yackez (Larissa & Jon Velez-Jackson) during the Arts Center Residency Open Studios.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 18
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Bach Vespers: Choir and Period Instrument Musicians
After 55 years, hundreds of performances, and two Grammy nominations, Bach Vespers continues to present Bach's cantatas and other great Baroque and early music masterworks every month.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 18
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Orchestral Works by Brahms and More
New York Repertory Orchestra; Sarah Nelson Craft, mezzo-soprano. Program Brahms (1833-1897), "Academic Festival" Overture Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), La mort de Cleopatre Howard Hanson (1896-1981), Symphony No. 4 "Requiem"
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, May 18
8:00 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 19
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 19
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Tour | Historic Flatiron-Nomad District Walking Tour
Join a professional guide on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the City's most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse, and the famous Flatiron Building. Rain or shine. Every Sunday at 11 am.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 19
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Festival | Greek Jewish Festival
First launched in 2015, the Greek Jewish Festival has grown into an international event that brings together the Greek Jewish community as well as the broader Greek and Jewish communities from across the US and around the world. It is largest effort of KKJ to share the culture and traditions of this community in a major public way. The festival cuts across religious, cultural, age, and geographic lines. Situated within the historic immigrant neighborhood of the Lower East Side, the Greek Jewish Festival celebrates centuries of cultural exchange that occurred in Greece and the Balkans.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 19
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Performance | An Afternoon of Short Plays
An afternoon of short plays by fresh voiced writers. Seating is limited, bring a folding chair, if you'd like.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 19
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Hike | Spring Blooming Hike
Spring has sprung. Flowers and trees are in full bloom this season. Learn some ways to identify these spring beauties and the important roles they play in our ecosystem.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 19
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Sun Gazing
The Amateur Astronomers Association help you observe sunspots and solar prominences through safe telescopes.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 19
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Concert | Blues Hall of Fame Band in the Park
The French Cookin’ Blues – This Blues Hall of Fame band
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Sun, May 19
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Dance Performance | Fiesta Odalan 45: Contemporary Dance Showcase
BALAM Dance Theatre opens its 45th anniversary season with the opulent spring showing, Fiesta Odalan 45. BALAM, a professional, non-profit dance company, offers a vision of contemporary cultural dance by combining ballet, modern and diverse cultural dance styles and historic periods. Fiesta Odalan 45 presents solos, duets, trios, and a quartet spotlighting a range of music, dance forms and movements from Indonesia, Peru, Spain and the United States from the 18th century to the present.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 19
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Serene organ meditations in an intimate venue (In Person AND Online)
Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 19
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Organ Music at a Beautiful Church
Mark Shepherd, organ.
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Sun, May 19
5:15 pm
Free
5:15 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Birding in East Harlem
NYC Audubon's Andrew Reiter helps you discover the East River Esplanade and its adjacent green spaces. Expect to see many water birds right off the coast.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 19
10:00 pm
Free
10:00 pm
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 20
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 20
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Other | Community Plant Exchange
Meet other plant enthusiasts for a free plant swap. Share tips, advice, and plants in this community event. Tips for success: Please bring only pest-free plants. If your plants are in containers, please be sure they are in containers that you are ready to give away or exchange. Rooted cuttings may be brought in a sealed plastic bag wrapped in a moist paper towel.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 20
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Evening Drop-in Birding
Witness the spectacle of spring migration with Gabriel Willow as songbirds follow the Atlantic Flyway northwards. Look for orioles, tanagers, warblers, vireos, and other migrants in the wilds of the park, and learn about the finer points of their identification and ecology.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 20
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
Free
Discussion | The Mother of Modern Dance
Third generation Duncan dancer and Artistic Director of the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation & Company, Lori Belilove makes public for the first time Isadora Duncan's early manuscript, Exercizes for the Dance. Contrary to myth and popular misconception, Belilove says this document reveals that, Duncan had a coherent technique and guiding principles. Belilove expounds, with demonstration, Duncan's role as the "Mother of Modern Dance" in the context of this early formative handwritten document. An American pioneer of dance, Isadora Duncan was a self-styled revolutionary who condemned the rigidity of ballet and championed free dance coupled with her view of the ideals of ancient Greece: beauty, art, and philosophy. Registration required.
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Mon, May 20
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Works for Violin, Horn, and Piano
Takt Trio: Austin Wulliman, violin; David Byrd Marrow, horn; Conor Hanick, piano. Program Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006), Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano Hilda Paredes (b. 1957), Koan Marcos Balter (b. 1974), new work for Takt Trio Sit onstage and enjoy a free drink during this hour-long weeknight Pop-Up Concerts, and mingle with the musicians and fellow concertgoers after the show.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 20
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress
A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas, and works-in-progress held in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists. With: Josefina Maro, Emily Barasch, AI Evangelista, angel edwards
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 20
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park
Practice this traditional system of health and self-defense. Derived from the philosphy of Taoism, Tai Chi was designed to develop the optimum degree of harmony between body and mind, as well as between the individual and the natural order of the universe. Classes are led by teachers and students who train nearby at CK Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Master Hyland Harris.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 21
7:30 am
Free
7:30 am
Free
Birdwatching | Morning Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Tue, May 21
8:00 am
Free
8:00 am
Free
Workshop | Spring Yoga
A yoga instructor leads a morning practice. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 21
9:30 am
Free
9:30 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 21
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 21
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Piano Works From Puerto Rico and the Philippines
Anabelinda de Castro, piano, performs works from Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 21
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Film | The Disaster Artist (2017) Directed by and Starring James Franco
The incredible true story of aspiring filmmaker and Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau as he and his best friend defiantly pursue their dreams and embark on the hilarious odyssey of making the now-infamous, cult classic The Room. Director: James Franco Cast: James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Ari Graynor, Josh Hutcherson, Jacki Weaver James Franco is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat Pray Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He is known for his collaborations with fellow actor Seth Rogen, having appeared in eight films and one television series with him, examples being Pineapple Express (2008), This Is the End (2013), Sausage Party (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. For his role in 127 Hours (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Tue, May 21
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Talk | Artist Talk: Process & Practice
For nearly two decades, interdisciplinary artist Shervone Neckles has undertaken an intimate exploration of her Grenadian-American family's history. Revisiting her family archives, collecting oral narratives, and traveling to her homeland has unearthed a lineage of knowledge production that serves as a continuous wellspring of inspiration for her studio practice. Through her artwork she weaves together primary source materials with mixed media techniques that includes printmaking, sculpture, textiles, and installation. Her work reconstructs narratives that illuminate her own interiority, exploring her relationship to selfhood, memory and home, as well as her family's migration narrative from Grenada to the United States. During her Workspace Residency at Dieu Donné in 2021, Neckles created Memory Works, handmade paper artworks that contain ingredients from Grenadian family recipes. Considering recipes as matrilineal heirlooms, Neckles’s artworks form an archive of family traditions narrating a story of global migration and family history. In conversation with her collaborator at Dieu Donné, Director of Artistic Projects Tatiana Ginsberg, she will discuss papermaking within the context of her multifaceted artistic practice and the process of creating Memory Works.
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Tue, May 21
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Book Club | Poetry Discussion Circle: Asian/Pacific American Poetry
Join fellow poetry enthusiasts in unpacking the layered meanings of poetry through an informal group discussion. Each session focuses around a theme that celebrates the diversity and range of the poetic form and contemporary poetry culture. Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with a selection of poems that explore the experiences and histories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Readings are selected from Poetry Magazine, Poetry Foundation, and poets.org. Please note that contemporary poetry deals frankly with contemporary issues and all works discussed are artistic expressions selected for an adult audience.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 21
2:30 pm
Free
2:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Silver Nitrate: A Dark Thriller (online)
From author Silvia Moreno-Garcia comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film--and awakens one woman's hidden powers.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 21
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Talk | Stargazing in the Park
A walk along the park and a chance to take a closer look at the stars. Peer through high-powered telescopes provided by the knowledgeable members of the Amateur Astronomers Association to see rare celestial sights. No experience is necessary and telescopes will be provided between sunset and park closure.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 21
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 21
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
Award-winning author Julie Satow looks south on Fifth Avenue and back through the 20th century to examine the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them. In three chic palaces of consumption – Bonwit Teller, Lord & Taylor, and Henri Bendel – Satow writes, "men owned the buildings, but inside, women ruled." Her new book, Satow focuses on three talented business women in different decades: Hortense Odlum, Dorothy Shaver, and Geraldine Stutz. Rich with personal drama and trade secrets, Satow's book portrays the world of the fashionable department store in all its glitz, decadence, and fun, and showcases the women who ran the show.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 21
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Origami Meetup
OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. Ages Adult 18+
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 21
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Boot Camp Workout
An early-morning core body 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 welcome.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 22
7:00 am
Free
7:00 am
Free
Birdwatching | Birding at the Battery
Gabriel Willow explores the diversity of migrating birds that find food and habitat in The Battery.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 22
8:00 am
Free
8:00 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 22
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 22
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Ribbon Dancing
Combine cardio with artistry as you wave long ribbons in the air to create rainbows, waterfalls, dragons and ocean waves. Ribbon Dancing is as visually stunning as it is fun and easy to learn. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Ribbons will be available to borrow, but participants may also bring their own.
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Wed, May 22
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 22
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 22
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Jazz | Jazz Hour
Take a moment out of your busy day to enjoy a captivating showcase of jazz music by some of NYC’s most talented musicians. Curated by The Jazz Gallery, whose mission is to “provide a platform for emerging artists to discover their unique voice, and a home for established musicians to continue to experiment and grow,” the concert will bring the intimate, vibrant atmosphere of a jazz club into the lobby of One Manhattan West. Featuring: Tomoko Omura Trio (violin, guitar, and bass)
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 22
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Adult Chorus
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the 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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Wed, May 22
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Film | Crazy Rich Asians (2018): romantic comedy
Crazy Rich Asians follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu as she accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young, to his best friend's wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick's family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick has neglected to mention a few key details about his life. It turns out that he is not only the scion of one of the country's wealthiest families but also one of its most sought-after bachelors. Being on Nick's arm puts a target on Rachel's back, with jealous socialites and, worse, Nick's own disapproving mother taking aim. And it soon becomes clear that while money can't buy love, it can definitely complicate things. Director: Jon M. Chu Cast: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 22
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Opening Reception | Artist Talk: Soil Horizon
On the occasion of Soil Horizon, Teresita Fernández joins award-winning writer Jacqueline Woodson for an intimate conversation about the exhibition and vital themes that appear throughout her practice.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 22
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (in-person and online)
Underground Empire, a real-life techno-thriller by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman, reveals how the U.S. controls a global web of surveillance, in the form of networks of fiber optic cables and banking systems, giving it enormous economic power. Farrell and Newman show how these channels, weaponized after 9/11 but now used as a matter of course, have become realms of spying and coercion over foreign businesses and countries, allowing for U.S domination. Paul Krugman — Nobel laureate in economics, columnist for The New York Times, and distinguished professor -- speaks with the authors about their investigation and the geopolitical implications of the power they uncover.
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Wed, May 22
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Bodyroll Workout
Joyful and cathartic dance aerobics with VIVA! Low stakes, all fun, and open to all levels.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 22
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Park Walk | Forest Bathing
Reconnecting with nature by participating in a guided Forest Bathing experience. Allow yourself to connect with the park in a way you never have before. The program includes a short, no more than a half-mile walk at a slow pace. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water, snacks, and a towel or cushion for sitting on the ground.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 22
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | The Last Time She Saw Him: A Psychological Thriller
A woman is left reeling when her former fiancé appears to take his own life, and she becomes desperate to prove it was actually murder—in the latest psychological thriller from bestselling author Kate White
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 22
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 23
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 23
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Tour | Garment District Tour: Factories, Gangsters, Labor Unions and More
Hear an unusual perspective from somebody who spent the greater portion of his life working in the GARMENT industry. You will learn how the apparel industry developed in NYC through the years, and how it came to be located in its current District. Watch the development of the industry from sweatshops in the old tenement buildings on the Lower East Side, to giant factories in China and Bangladesh. See how immigrants were the backbone of the industry and in NYC, still are. Five minute flow chart "From Fibers To Garment". Learn about Calvin, Ralph and Oscar, as well as Labor Unions and Gangsters. A Factory Visit When Available. See "The Garment Worker'' by Judith Weller, The Fashion Walk of Fame. The Giant Button and Needle artwork on Seventh Ave. And much more. Rain or shine.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 23
10:30 am
Free
10:30 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 23
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Baroque Works for Viola da Gamba, Harpsichord, and More (In Person AND Online!)
Caroline Nicolas, viola da gamba; Kevin Payne, theorbo; Elliott Figg, harpsichord, perform works by Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745), Marin Marais (1656-1728), and Le Sieur de Machy (1655-1700).
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, May 23
1:15 pm
Free
1:15 pm
Free
Film | Catch-22 (1970) with Alan Arkin
This scathing war satire follows Capt. John Yossarian, a pilot stationed in the Mediterranean who flies bombing missions during World War II. Attempting to cope with the madness of armed conflict, Yossarian struggles to find a way out of his wartime reality. Surrounded by eccentric military officers, such as the opportunistic 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder, Yossarian must resort to extreme measures to escape his dire and increasingly absurd situation. Director: Mike Nichols Cast: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Jack Gilford Alan Arkin was an American actor and filmmaker. In a career spanning seven decades, he received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for six Emmy Awards.
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Thu, May 23
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Evening Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Thu, May 23
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Book Club | Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir by Curtis Chin
1980s Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven: Chung's Cantonese Cuisine, where anyone--from the city's first Black mayor to the local drag queens, from a big-time Hollywood star to elderly Jewish couples--could sit down for a warm, home-cooked meal. Here was where, beneath a bright-red awning and surrounded by his multigenerational family, filmmaker and activist Curtis Chin came of age; where he learned to embrace his identity as a gay ABC, or American-born Chinese; where he navigated the divided city's spiraling misfortunes; and where--between helpings of almond boneless chicken, sweet-and-sour pork, and some of his own, less-savory culinary concoctions--he realized just how much he had to offer to the world, to his beloved family, and to himself. Served up by the cofounder of the Asian American Writers' Workshop, it is an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book. It is structured around the very menu that graced the tables of Chung's. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant is both a memoir and an invitation: to step inside one boy's childhood oasis, scoot into a vinyl booth, and grow up with him--and perhaps even share something off the secret menu.
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Thu, May 23
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Excessive Punishment: How the Justice System Creates Mass Incarceration
The United States has by far the world’s largest population of incarcerated people. More than a million Americans are imprisoned; hundreds of thousands more are held in jails. This vast system has doled out punishment—particularly to people from marginalized groups—on an unfathomable scale. At the same time, it has manifestly failed to secure public safety, instead perpetuating inequalities and recidivism. Why does the United States see punishment as the main response to social harm, and what are the alternatives? This book brings together essays by scholars, practitioners, activists, and writers, including incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, to explore the harms of this punitive approach. The chapters address a range of issues, from policing to prosecution, and from how people are treated in prison to the consequences of a criminal conviction. Together, they consider a common theme: We cannot reduce our dependence on mass incarceration until we confront our impulse to punish in ways that are excessive, often wildly disproportionate to the harm caused. Essays trace how a maze of local, state, and federal agencies have contributed to mass incarceration and deterred attempts at reform. They shed light on how the excesses of America’s criminal legal system are entwined with poverty, racism, and the legacy of slavery. A wide-ranging and powerful look at the failures of the status quo, Excessive Punishment also considers how to reimagine the justice system to support restoration instead of retribution.
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Thu, May 23
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Concert | Choral Works
Join the TRANScend Ambassadors & Community Chorale as they present "Hear My Voice," a concert celebrating shared human experiences with a program that includes new music from composers Hannah Cai Sobel and Felix Graham, as well as contemporary and traditional pieces from the Western choral canon, including John Michael Trotta, Alice Parker, Dietrich Buxtehude and others. TRANScend is a New York-based trans / gender-expansive vocal ensemble whose focus is on creating inclusive, supportive performance and musical experiences, while exploring the unique aural aesthetic of trans and atypical voices singing classical works together.
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Thu, May 23
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Orchestral Works by Tchaikovsky and More
The Doctors Orchestral Society of New York; Katherine Fortunato, marimba. Program Kevin Puts (b. 1972), Marimba Concerto Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74
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Thu, May 23
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Concert | The World's Greatest Interpreter of Recorder Music
Los Angeles-based composer and musician Tali Rubinstein began playing the recorder when she was in the second grade. Her talent, distinctive style, and personal expression have made her the world's greatest interpreter of that often underestimated instrument. She has put her virtuosity to work in fields as diverse as Latin pop, modern jazz, Hindustani ragas, contemporary classical, and children's songs. In addition to her years of international touring, Rubinstein has performed at the Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and Birdland Jazz Club. She has played alongside David Borza, the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra, Anat Cohen, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Alejandro Sanz, Mariza, the Manila Symphony Orchestra, Tomatito and Paco De Lucia's band.
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Thu, May 23
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Fri, May 24
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
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Fri, May 24
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Film | Out of Sight (1998) with George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle, and Albert Brooks
Meet Jack Foley, the most successful bank robber in the country. On the day he busts out of jail, he finds himself stealing something far more precious than money ... Karen Sisco's heart. She's smart, she's sexy, and unfortunately for Jack, she's a Federal Marshal. Now, they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law. Director: Steven Soderbergh Cast: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, Albert Brooks George Clooney is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards. Clooney has been honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2015, the Honorary César in 2017, AFI Life Achievement Award in 2018, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2022. Jennifer Lopez, also known by her nickname J.Lo, is an American singer, actress, and dancer. With a career spanning five decades, Lopez is regarded as a pop icon and one of the most influential entertainers in the world. She was credited with helping propel the Latin pop movement in American music and breaking barriers for Latino Americans in Hollywood. Don Cheadle is an American actor. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including two Grammy Awards, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also earned nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards and 11 Primetime Emmy Awards. His Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony nominations make him one of few Black individuals to be nominated for the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT). Albert Brooks is an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1987 comedy-drama film Broadcast News and was widely praised for his performance in the 2011 action drama film Drive. Brooks has also acted in films such as Taxi Driver (1976), Private Benjamin (1980), Unfaithfully Yours (1984), and My First Mister (2001). He has written, directed, and starred in several comedy films, such as Modern Romance (1981), Lost in America (1985), and more.
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Fri, May 24
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Evening Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Fri, May 24
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Birding Tour
A walk through birding hotspots in the park, led by Field Staff. Learn and build a birding community! Open to birders of all ages and experience.
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Sat, May 25
8:00 am
Free
8:00 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Sat, May 25
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Sat, May 25
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Birdwatching | Accessible Birding
The beautiful park commands views of the Palisades and the Hudson River from soaring cliffs of bedrock. Its 67 acres feature many well-paved walkways suitable for birders with strollers and carriages, as well as wheelchairs, walkers, canes, etc.
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Sat, May 25
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
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Sat, May 25
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Workshop | Shape Up NYC Dance Fitness
A fitness class to help New Yorkers get and stay fit.
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Sat, May 25
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
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Sat, May 25
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Dance Performance | Convergent Waves: NYC
Lenora Lee Dance presents the immersive, site-responsive, multimedia dance performances, "Convergent Waves: NYC." Tthe contemporary dance performance will unfold against the backdrop of this historic vessel. Choreographed by award-winning dancer-artistic director Lenora Lee and the talented performers, this slate of dance vignettes has been inspired by and created specifically for the venue to artfully showcase an interactive journey through different areas of the ship, while delving into the rich history of this international cargo vessel—the last of its kind. Dance will take place in the massive cargo hold, the forecastle where the crew ate and slept, the captain’s saloon, and more. The piece will provide insight into the unseen lives of the laborers who helped to build New York City into the global hub it is today and the unexpected role of the sea as a site for freedom from the racial and gender barriers of the era. The audience will not be seated during the one-hour event and will actively move throughout the ship to witness this site-specific performance to experience intimate and engaging moments with performers that include video projection, recorded original music, and text. The program involves climbing a few stairs, walking up an angled gangway, and descending a few stairs onto the deck. The lower decks are accessible via stairs, while the upper deck requires navigating steep ladder-like stairs.
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Sat, May 25
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Concert | Chamber Music on the Water
A one hour performance (no intermission), including a Q & A session with the musicians. The program is announced at the performance.
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Sat, May 25
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Island Bird Tour
Nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover all of the birdlife the island has to offer. Binoculars are available to borrow.
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Sat, May 25
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Dance Performance | Convergent Waves: NYC
Lenora Lee Dance presents the immersive, site-responsive, multimedia dance performances, "Convergent Waves: NYC." Tthe contemporary dance performance will unfold against the backdrop of this historic vessel. Choreographed by award-winning dancer-artistic director Lenora Lee and the talented performers, this slate of dance vignettes has been inspired by and created specifically for the venue to artfully showcase an interactive journey through different areas of the ship, while delving into the rich history of this international cargo vessel—the last of its kind. Dance will take place in the massive cargo hold, the forecastle where the crew ate and slept, the captain’s saloon, and more. The piece will provide insight into the unseen lives of the laborers who helped to build New York City into the global hub it is today and the unexpected role of the sea as a site for freedom from the racial and gender barriers of the era. The audience will not be seated during the one-hour event and will actively move throughout the ship to witness this site-specific performance to experience intimate and engaging moments with performers that include video projection, recorded original music, and text. The program involves climbing a few stairs, walking up an angled gangway, and descending a few stairs onto the deck. The lower decks are accessible via stairs, while the upper deck requires navigating steep ladder-like stairs.
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Sat, May 25
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
Free
Classical Music | Serene organ meditations in an intimate venue (In Person AND Online)
Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
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Sat, May 25
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Sun, May 26
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Tour | Historic Flatiron-Nomad District Walking Tour
Join a professional guide on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the City's most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse, and the famous Flatiron Building. Rain or shine. Every Sunday at 11 am.
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Sun, May 26
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Sun, May 26
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Sun, May 26
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Staged Reading | The Star: An 1897 HG Wells Story
Equity Library Theater of New York presents a staged reading of the 1897 apocalyptic short story "The Star" by HG Wells, with Broadway actors. On New Year's Day (about 1900, presumably), astronomers announce that the orbit of the planet Neptune has become erratic. Soon it's discovered that a strange luminous object has entered the Solar System, its gravitational pull causing the disturbance. This story is often credited with having created a science fiction subgenre depicting the impact event of a planet or star colliding, or near-colliding with Earth.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 26
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Dance Performance | Convergent Waves: NYC
Lenora Lee Dance presents the immersive, site-responsive, multimedia dance performances, "Convergent Waves: NYC." Tthe contemporary dance performance will unfold against the backdrop of this historic vessel. Choreographed by award-winning dancer-artistic director Lenora Lee and the talented performers, this slate of dance vignettes has been inspired by and created specifically for the venue to artfully showcase an interactive journey through different areas of the ship, while delving into the rich history of this international cargo vessel—the last of its kind. Dance will take place in the massive cargo hold, the forecastle where the crew ate and slept, the captain’s saloon, and more. The piece will provide insight into the unseen lives of the laborers who helped to build New York City into the global hub it is today and the unexpected role of the sea as a site for freedom from the racial and gender barriers of the era. The audience will not be seated during the one-hour event and will actively move throughout the ship to witness this site-specific performance to experience intimate and engaging moments with performers that include video projection, recorded original music, and text. The program involves climbing a few stairs, walking up an angled gangway, and descending a few stairs onto the deck. The lower decks are accessible via stairs, while the upper deck requires navigating steep ladder-like stairs.
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Sun, May 26
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Dance Performance | Convergent Waves: NYC
Lenora Lee Dance presents the immersive, site-responsive, multimedia dance performances, "Convergent Waves: NYC." Tthe contemporary dance performance will unfold against the backdrop of this historic vessel. Choreographed by award-winning dancer-artistic director Lenora Lee and the talented performers, this slate of dance vignettes has been inspired by and created specifically for the venue to artfully showcase an interactive journey through different areas of the ship, while delving into the rich history of this international cargo vessel—the last of its kind. Dance will take place in the massive cargo hold, the forecastle where the crew ate and slept, the captain’s saloon, and more. The piece will provide insight into the unseen lives of the laborers who helped to build New York City into the global hub it is today and the unexpected role of the sea as a site for freedom from the racial and gender barriers of the era. The audience will not be seated during the one-hour event and will actively move throughout the ship to witness this site-specific performance to experience intimate and engaging moments with performers that include video projection, recorded original music, and text. The program involves climbing a few stairs, walking up an angled gangway, and descending a few stairs onto the deck. The lower decks are accessible via stairs, while the upper deck requires navigating steep ladder-like stairs.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 26
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
Free
Classical Music | Serene organ meditations in an intimate venue (In Person AND Online)
Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, May 26
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 27
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 27
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, May 27
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Dance Performance | Convergent Waves: NYC
Lenora Lee Dance presents the immersive, site-responsive, multimedia dance performances, "Convergent Waves: NYC." Tthe contemporary dance performance will unfold against the backdrop of this historic vessel. Choreographed by award-winning dancer-artistic director Lenora Lee and the talented performers, this slate of dance vignettes has been inspired by and created specifically for the venue to artfully showcase an interactive journey through different areas of the ship, while delving into the rich history of this international cargo vessel—the last of its kind. Dance will take place in the massive cargo hold, the forecastle where the crew ate and slept, the captain’s saloon, and more. The piece will provide insight into the unseen lives of the laborers who helped to build New York City into the global hub it is today and the unexpected role of the sea as a site for freedom from the racial and gender barriers of the era. The audience will not be seated during the one-hour event and will actively move throughout the ship to witness this site-specific performance to experience intimate and engaging moments with performers that include video projection, recorded original music, and text. The program involves climbing a few stairs, walking up an angled gangway, and descending a few stairs onto the deck. The lower decks are accessible via stairs, while the upper deck requires navigating steep ladder-like stairs.
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Mon, May 27
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Dance Performance | Convergent Waves: NYC
Lenora Lee Dance presents the immersive, site-responsive, multimedia dance performances, "Convergent Waves: NYC." Tthe contemporary dance performance will unfold against the backdrop of this historic vessel. Choreographed by award-winning dancer-artistic director Lenora Lee and the talented performers, this slate of dance vignettes has been inspired by and created specifically for the venue to artfully showcase an interactive journey through different areas of the ship, while delving into the rich history of this international cargo vessel—the last of its kind. Dance will take place in the massive cargo hold, the forecastle where the crew ate and slept, the captain’s saloon, and more. The piece will provide insight into the unseen lives of the laborers who helped to build New York City into the global hub it is today and the unexpected role of the sea as a site for freedom from the racial and gender barriers of the era. The audience will not be seated during the one-hour event and will actively move throughout the ship to witness this site-specific performance to experience intimate and engaging moments with performers that include video projection, recorded original music, and text. The program involves climbing a few stairs, walking up an angled gangway, and descending a few stairs onto the deck. The lower decks are accessible via stairs, while the upper deck requires navigating steep ladder-like stairs.
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Mon, May 27
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
Free
Classical Music | The New York Philharmonic: Memorial Day Concert
The New York Philharmonic's Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts the 31st Memorial Day concert presented as a gift to the people of New York City and a day of musical remembrance. The program will feature Brahms' Symphony No. 4.
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Mon, May 27
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park
Practice this traditional system of health and self-defense. Derived from the philosphy of Taoism, Tai Chi was designed to develop the optimum degree of harmony between body and mind, as well as between the individual and the natural order of the universe. Classes are led by teachers and students who train nearby at CK Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Master Hyland Harris.
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Tue, May 28
7:30 am
Free
7:30 am
Free
Birdwatching | Morning Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 28
8:00 am
Free
8:00 am
Free
Workshop | Spring Yoga
A yoga instructor leads a morning practice. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 28
9:30 am
Free
9:30 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 28
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 28
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Works by J.S. Back and More for Cello, Piano, Organ, and Harpischord
Kate Dilingham, cello; and Claudia Dumschat, piano/organ/harpsichord, perform works by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) and Charles Dillingham (1868-1934).
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 28
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Film | Network (1976) with Faye Dunaway and Robert Duvall
In this lauded satire, veteran news anchorman Howard Beale discovers that he's being put out to pasture, and he's none too happy about it. After threatening to shoot himself on live television, instead he launches into an angry televised rant, which turns out to be a huge ratings boost for the UBS network. This stunt allows ambitious producer Diana Christensen to develop even more outrageous programming, a concept that she takes to unsettling extremes. Director: Sidney Lumet Cast: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall Faye Dunaway is an American actress. She is the recipient of many accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA Award. Robert Duvall is an American actor and filmmaker. With a career spanning seven decades, he is the recipient of an Academy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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Tue, May 28
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Talk | Stargazing in the Park
A walk along the park and a chance to take a closer look at the stars. Peer through high-powered telescopes provided by the knowledgeable members of the Amateur Astronomers Association to see rare celestial sights. No experience is necessary and telescopes will be provided between sunset and park closure.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 28
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, May 28
5:30 pm
Free
5:30 pm
Free
Tue, May 28
7:00 pm
Regular: $49
Member: $0
7:00 pm
Regular: $49
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Workshop | Boot Camp Workout
An early-morning core body 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 welcome.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 29
7:00 am
Free
7:00 am
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Wed, May 29
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
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Wed, May 29
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Ribbon Dancing
Combine cardio with artistry as you wave long ribbons in the air to create rainbows, waterfalls, dragons and ocean waves. Ribbon Dancing is as visually stunning as it is fun and easy to learn. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Ribbons will be available to borrow, but participants may also bring their own.
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Wed, May 29
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Wed, May 29
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 29
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Jazz | Jazz Hour
Take a moment out of your busy day to enjoy a captivating showcase of jazz music by some of NYC’s most talented musicians. Curated by The Jazz Gallery, whose mission is to “provide a platform for emerging artists to discover their unique voice, and a home for established musicians to continue to experiment and grow,” the concert will bring the intimate, vibrant atmosphere of a jazz club into the lobby of One Manhattan West. Featuring: Nir Felder Solo (guitar)
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Wed, May 29
12:30 pm
Free
12:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Adult Chorus
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the chorus is open to all who love to sing. Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events throughout the year.
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Wed, May 29
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Discussion | Touchstones from the Joffrey Ballet's History (In Person AND Online)
Former Joffrey Ballet dancer Trinette Singleton presents touchstones from the Joffrey Ballet's history with works from the repertoire and the Joffrey Methodology. Beginning with the early 1960s following the Joffrey Ballet's split with Rebecca Harkness, Singleton discusses the events of that first year as the company began to establish itself. Singleton highlights various works that went into the repertoire during that period, along with the 1967 addition of The Green Table, an important milestone for the company. That year was also the year Joffrey produced his groundbreaking multimedia ballet, Astarte. It thrust both the company and Singleton into major news attention. Singleton explores the creation of this work, which has always been a topic of interest to many. The program presents an overview of the work of the Joffrey Ballet's co-founder Gerald Arpino, who was a prolific, often underrated choreographer. The Arpino Chicago Centennial Celebration was a recent testimony to his choreographic genius. Some of the pieces performed for the Centennial Celebration will be highlighted. A few years ago, a small group of dancers who had studied with Robert Joffrey decided it was time to create a record of his teaching method. Through the efforts of those dancers and the Arpino Foundation, a document titled the Joffrey Methodology has resulted. Singleton speaks about the process of documentation and shows a video of a few exercises from Joffrey's actual classes. Registration required.
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Wed, May 29
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
City Walk | Bloomingdale Neighborhood Tour
Jim Mackin leads a mixed group of visitors to the city and resident New Yorkers on a one-of-a-kind, always interesting, walk around the historic Bloomingdale neighborhood.
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Wed, May 29
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America
Legendary editor Judith Jones, the woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century--including Julia Child, Anne Frank, Edna Lewis, John Updike, and Sylvia Plath--finally gets her due in this intimate biography by Sara B. Franklin. When twenty-five-year-old Judith Jones began working as a secretary at Doubleday's Paris office in 1949, she spent most of her time wading through manuscripts in the slush pile and passing on projects--until one day, a book caught her eye. She read it in one sitting, then begged her boss to consider publishing it. A year later, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl became a bestseller. It was the start of a culture-defining career in publishing. During her more than fifty years as an editor at Knopf, Jones nurtured the careers of literary icons such as Sylvia Plath, Anne Tyler, and John Updike, and helped launched new genres and trends in literature. At the forefront of the cookbook revolution, she published the who's who of food writing: Edna Lewis, M.F.K. Fisher, Claudia Roden, Madhur Jaffrey, James Beard, and, most famously, Julia Child. Through her quiet and tenacious work behind the scenes, Jones helped turn these authors into household names, changing cultural mores and expectations along the way.
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Wed, May 29
6:30 pm
$5
6:30 pm
$5
Workshop | Bodyroll Workout
Joyful and cathartic dance aerobics with VIVA! Low stakes, all fun, and open to all levels.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, May 29
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Classical Music | Choral Works (In Person AND Online!)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Downtown Voices; NOVUS NY; Sandbox Percussion; Shabnam Abedi, soprano; Stephen Sands and Melissa Attebury, conductors. Program Reena Esmail’s Malhaar, A Requiem for Water Garth Neustadter (b. 1986), Memory of Water
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Wed, May 29
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Thu, May 30
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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Thu, May 30
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
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Talk | The Connections Between Christian Anti-Judaism and the Hamas Attacks of October 7th (online)
A talk by Dr. Tilman Tarach, Lawyer; Author.
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Thu, May 30
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Park Walk | Island Nature Walk
A special guided tour to discover and connect with the wildlife that calls this place home. Led by CCNY Insect Ecology Professor Amy Berkov, this tour will take participants on a journey through the young urban forest of Hammock Grove and the immersive spaces at Outlook Hill and Discovery Hill. You’ll get to learn about these resilient, built landscapes directly from the people who know them best, and get the chance to participate in different community science projects.
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Thu, May 30
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
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Thu, May 30
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Concert | Historical Folk Music, Traditional Scottish Tunes, and Baroque Works for Fiddle (In Person AND Online!)
The Berwick Fiddle Consort (Lydia Becker, Julia Connor, Sarah Douglass, fiddles) performs historical folk music from Cape Breton, Scotland, and Ireland, 18th-century settings of traditional Scottish tunes, and well-known Baroque pieces.
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Thu, May 30
1:15 pm
Free
1:15 pm
Free
Hike | Spring Wildflower Hike
Explore which plants are in bloom in our parks! Learn how to identify different species of flowers and pick up some botany basics on this engaging and educational hike.
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Thu, May 30
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Evening Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Thu, May 30
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Book Discussion | The Last Murder at the End of the World: Atmospheric Whodunnit
Set on the foggy Greek isles, Stuart Turton's atmospheric whodunnit is wildly inventive, joyously confounding and an actual thrill to read.
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Thu, May 30
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Thu, May 30
7:30 pm
Regular: $39
Member: $0
7:30 pm
Regular: $39
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Reading | Voices of a People's History: Heroic Voices
Voices of a People’s History continues a revitalization of the work of Brooklyn-born author and scholar Howard Zinn. This live event focuses on Zinn's timeless and insightful book, A People’s History of the United States, a document of the vital everyday epics of common men and women engaged in the life and death struggle for justice: abolitionists, activists, protesters, founders of the first American unions, suffragettes who advanced women's rights, and pioneers of gay liberation. All these heroic voices will be brought to life in performance by a chorus of young student activists who have been mentored by the center's creative staff to find personal meaning in these timeless texts.
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Thu, May 30
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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Fri, May 31
10:00 am
Free
10:00 am
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, May 31
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Evening Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. The park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Fri, May 31
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Concert | Innovative Argentinian Musician
Carolina Mama’s debut album, Amina, is a powerful and inspiring expression of womanhood, blending folkloric/jazz elements and cinematography to take listeners on a journey that serves as a witness to women's strength, beauty, and resilience. Innovative Argentinian musician Carolina Mama’s live performances showcase her intimate singing style, masterful storytelling, and outrageous skill at imaginatively interweaving cultural treasures into something that challenges female norms and representation. The project originated during research in Morocco on folkloric music performed only by women, where Carolina discovered the story of Amina El Filali, a 16-year-old girl who took her own life after countless violations. Carolina's origins have also inspired this project as an Argentinian activist within the Ni Una Menos movement. The album is co-produced with Emily Elbert, Jacob Collier and Leon Bridges's guitarist, and the acclaimed Catalan guitarist Lau Noah, with the unique appearance of Munir Hossn.\
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Fri, May 31
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Birding Walk
A family-friendly bird walk in celebration of Black Birders Week. Who knows what birds you’ll discover while taking in views of the Hudson River! Bring binoculars!
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Sat, Jun 1
9:00 am
Free
9:00 am
Free
Birdwatching | Island Bird Tour
Nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover all of the birdlife the island has to offer. Binoculars are available to borrow.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Jun 1
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Let's Go Birding Together
Nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the Island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover all of the birdlife the island has to offer. Binoculars are available to borrow.
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Sat, Jun 1
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Lecture | Where Was God During the Holocaust? (online)
How do we find the divine in the face of unimaginable tragedy? Michael Berenbaum explores this profound question. Many people wonder where God was during the Holocaust, a question that has puzzled believers for decades. It gained significant attention in the latter half of the 20th century and continues to be a pressing issue for those grappling with the idea of God in a world filled with suffering and evil. In this course, they will explore the writings of Elie Wiesel, Emil Fackenheim, Richard L. Rubenstein, Eliezer Berkovits, Irving "Yitz" Greenberg, and others who have delved into this profound question. First of 4 sessions.
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Mon, Jun 3
3:00 pm
Free
3:00 pm
Free
Workshop | Origami Meetup
OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. Ages Adult 18+
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Tue, Jun 4
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Film | The Detective (1968) with Frank Sinatra
When a gay man is viciously slain, Detective Joe Leland is put on the case. Joe eventually tracks down the victim's roommate, who confesses to the crime and is sentenced to death; however, the outcome of the case doesn't sit well with the detective. Norma, a distraught widow, visits Joe. She believes her husband's death was no accident, but the cops don't seem to care. Joe begins to investigate, and stumbles on a cover-up related to his previous case. Director: Gordon Douglas Cast: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes," he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the mid-20th century. Sinatra is among the world's best-selling music artists with an estimated 150 million record sales. Sinatra forged a highly successful career as a film actor. After winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for From Here to Eternity (1953), he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). Sinatra also appeared in musicals such as On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), High Society (1956), and Pal Joey (1957), which won him a Golden Globe Award.
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Wed, Jun 5
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
City Walk | Bloomingdale Neighborhood Tour
Jim Mackin leads a mixed group of visitors to the city and resident New Yorkers on a one-of-a-kind, always interesting, walk around the historic Bloomingdale neighborhood.
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Wed, Jun 5
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Classical Music | Baroque Works for Violin, Bassoon, Harpischord, and More (In Person AND Online!)
Aniela Eddy, Kako Miura, Natalie Rose Kress, Rebecca Nelson, Toma Iliev, violins; Cullen O'Neil, violoncello; Georgeanne Banker, bassoon; Sue Yelanjian, bass; Cameron Welke, Menglin Gao, theorbos; Robert Warner, harpsichord perform Baroque works.
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Thu, Jun 6
1:15 pm
Free
1:15 pm
Free
Classical Music | "The New Face of Classical Music" Ensemble
Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect is an evolving group of young musicians, called “the new face of classical music for New York” by The New York Times. They perform a vast repertoire that ranges from historic essentials to lesser-known pieces and brand-new commissions.
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Thu, Jun 6
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Concert | Pop Opera, Folk, Musical Theater, Drag, Disco, and More
Kick off Pride Month with Le Gateau Chocolat, a self-described “opera-occasional, black-bearded drag diva” who has graced the stages of Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, and the Barbican Centre. In this specially curated song cycle that pulls from pop, opera, folk song, musical theater, disco, and more, he invites his audience into an exploration of intimacy, by asking, “Who are we when no one is watching?”
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Jun 6
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Accessible Birding
The beautiful park commands views of the Palisades and the Hudson River from soaring cliffs of bedrock. Its 67 acres feature many well-paved walkways suitable for birders with strollers and carriages, as well as wheelchairs, walkers, canes, etc.
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Sat, Jun 8
11:00 am
Free
11:00 am
Free
Discussion | A Delicate Ritual: Artists in Conversation
With: artist Abigail Deville, choreographer Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, composer Samora Pinderhughes, and artists Bebe Miller and Vinson Fraley. This event was designed to bring together voices of artists, curators, scholars, writers, and more, into long-form roundtable discussions. The content of these conversations are intentionally wide-ranging and artist-driven.
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Sat, Jun 8
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Film | The Detective (1968) with Frank Sinatra
When a gay man is viciously slain, Detective Joe Leland is put on the case. Joe eventually tracks down the victim's roommate, who confesses to the crime and is sentenced to death; however, the outcome of the case doesn't sit well with the detective. Norma, a distraught widow, visits Joe. She believes her husband's death was no accident, but the cops don't seem to care. Joe begins to investigate, and stumbles on a cover-up related to his previous case. Director: Gordon Douglas Cast: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes," he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the mid-20th century. Sinatra is among the world's best-selling music artists with an estimated 150 million record sales. Sinatra forged a highly successful career as a film actor. After winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for From Here to Eternity (1953), he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). Sinatra also appeared in musicals such as On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), High Society (1956), and Pal Joey (1957), which won him a Golden Globe Award.
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Sat, Jun 8
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Island Bird Tour
Nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover all of the birdlife the island has to offer. Binoculars are available to borrow.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Jun 8
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Let's Go Birding Together
Nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the Island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover all of the birdlife the island has to offer. Binoculars are available to borrow.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Jun 8
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Sun, Jun 9
2:00 pm
Regular: $23
Member: $0
2:00 pm
Regular: $23
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Workshop | Origami Meetup
OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. Ages Adult 18+
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Tue, Jun 11
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Discussion | Hidden Labor in the Art and Craft of Papermaking (online)
In this talk, artists Aimee Lee and Velma Bolyard will discuss their creative work in and with handmade paper and the traditions they draw on, based on their recent essays in Papermaker’s Tears: Essays on the Art and Craft of Papermaking, Volume 2. In conversation with the series editor Tatiana Ginsberg, Dieu Donné Director of Artistic Projects, Aimee and Velma will discuss their research and personal experiences of keeping traditions alive through use. Aimee Lee writes about toolmakers Ronald MacDonald and Howard Clark, whose handmade tools have allowed generations of papermakers to beat pulp and form sheets. Velma Bolyard’s essay traces her personal journey of discovering shifu, woven paper cloth, and teaching it to others. Both artists make, spin, dye, and weave paper into dimensional forms and books, and draw upon traditional and contemporary practices.
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Wed, Jun 12
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Film | Milk (2008) with Sean Penn
Milk is a 2008 American biographical film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Director: Gus Van Sant Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco Sean Penn is an American actor and film director. He has won Academy Awards for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic Milk (2008).
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Wed, Jun 12
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Film | CANCELLED: Philadelphia (1993) with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
Fearing it would compromise his career, lawyer Andrew Beckett hides his homosexuality and HIV status at a powerful Philadelphia law firm. But his secret is exposed when a colleague spots the illness's telltale lesions. Fired shortly afterwards, Beckett resolves to sue for discrimination, teaming up with Joe Miller, the only lawyer willing to help. In court, they face one of his ex-employer's top litigators, Belinda Conine. Director: Jonathan Demme Cast: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen Tom Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Hanks' films have grossed more than $4.9 billion in North America and more than $9.96 billion worldwide, making him the fourth-highest-grossing actor in North America. Hanks has received six Academy Award nominations, including two consecutive wins for Best Actor for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994). Denzel Washington is an American actor, producer and director. In a career spanning over four decades, Washington has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and more. He was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, and in 2020 The New York Times named him the greatest actor of the 21st century. In 2022, Washington received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Wed, Jun 12
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Park Walk | Forest Bathing
Reconnecting with nature by participating in a guided Forest Bathing experience. Allow yourself to connect with the park in a way you never have before. The program includes a short, no more than a half-mile walk at a slow pace. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water, snacks, and a towel or cushion for sitting on the ground.
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Thu, Jun 13
9:00 am
Free
9:00 am
Free
Classical Music | Baroque Work for Violin, Viola da Gamba, and Harpischord (In Person AND Online!)
Jeremy Rhizor, violin; Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba; Marc Bellassai, harpsichord, perform Marin Marais's (1656-1728) La Gamme.
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Thu, Jun 13
1:15 pm
Free
1:15 pm
Free
Concert | Classical Composition, Popular Storytelling, and Improvisational Jazz
Composer, pianist, music producer, and singer-songwriter Natalie Tenenbaum performs classical composition, popular storytelling, and improvisational jazz. Her solo piano performances have been called “sparkling” and “consistently invigorating” by The New York Times.
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Thu, Jun 13
5:00 pm
Free
5:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Let's Go Birding Together
Celebrate Pride Month with NYC Audubon on our Let's Go Birding Together (aka "LGBT") bird outing. This event welcomes members of the queer community and allies alike. Anyone who is interested in discovering and enjoying the birds of NYC, regardless of experience level, is encouraged to join! Explore different spots around the park, including the Lake and Turtle Pond in search of songbirds, raptors, waterfowl, and whatever other surprises might show up to greet us. The group will meet at the park entrance on
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Sat, Jun 15
9:00 am
Free
9:00 am
Free
Workshop | Origami Meetup
OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws.
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Sat, Jun 15
11:30 am
Free
11:30 am
Free
Film | Milk (2008) with Sean Penn
Milk is a 2008 American biographical film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Director: Gus Van Sant Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco Sean Penn is an American actor and film director. He has won Academy Awards for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic Milk (2008).
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Sat, Jun 15
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Island Bird Tour
Nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover all of the birdlife the island has to offer. Binoculars are available to borrow.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Jun 15
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Let's Go Birding Together
A special tour highlighting the birds and bees around the Island, including the Urban Farm. Since 2018, The Bee Conservancy has established a Bee Santuary, complete with native flower beds, honey bee hives, and native bee homes. In additiion to bees, nearly 240 bird species have been spotted, which provides excellent habitat all year round.
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Sat, Jun 15
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Concert | Grammy Nominated Group Performs Afro-Latin Music, Jazz, and Funk
Grammy Award–nominated The Pedrito Martinez Group (Pedrito Martinez, Percussion and Lead Vocals; Edgar Pantoja-Aleman, Keyboard and Vocals; Alvaro Benavides, Electric Bass and Vocals; Jhair Sala, Cowbell, Bongos, and Vocals) performs a blend of Afro-Latin music, jazz, and funk.
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Sat, Jun 15
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Lesson | Mushroom Magic: An Introductory Workshop to Fungi Fascination in NYC
Join an immersive workshop where you'll discover the fascinating world of edible mushrooms right here in the New York City area. Led by experienced foragers and mycologists, this workshop will take you on a journey through the diverse ecosystems of the city, unveiling the hidden treasures of edible fungi that abound in our parks, forests, and green spaces. Whether you're a novice enthusiast or an experienced forager, this workshop offers a unique opportunity to connect with the natural world, expand your culinary repertoire, and develop valuable skills for sustainable living.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Jun 17
4:00 pm
Free
4:00 pm
Free
Other | Live Trivia Hour: Foodie Edition
Are you a Foodie? Come test your knowledge and join the Live Trivia Hour.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Jun 17
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Book Club | Poetry Discussion Circle: Pride Poems
Join fellow poetry enthusiasts in unpacking the layered meanings of poetry through an informal group discussion. Each session focuses around a theme that celebrates the diversity and range of the poetic form and contemporary poetry culture. Celebrate Pride Month and read poems reflecting a joyful variety of LGBTQ+ experiences and stories. Readings are selected from Poetry Magazine, Poetry Foundation, and poets.org. Please note that contemporary poetry deals frankly with contemporary issues and all works discussed are artistic expressions selected for an adult audience.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Jun 18
2:30 pm
Free
2:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Origami Meetup
OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. Ages Adult 18+
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Jun 18
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Classical Music | Organ Works (In Person AND Online!)
Alcee Chriss, organ, performs works by Neely Bruce (b. 1944), John Cage (1912-1992), Rashaan Allwood, Paula Matthusen (b. 1978), and Pamela Decker.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Jun 20
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Book Club | The Nutmeg Trail: Recipes and Stories Along the Ancient Spice Routes by Eleanor Ford
From humankind’s earliest travels, people have followed and sought out the spice routes. These maritime trading trails acted as the central nervous system of the world, enabling the flow of goods and ideas. The Nutmeg Trail is a culinary exploration of spice, showcasing how centuries of spice trading and cultural diffusion changed the world’s cuisine. Eleanor Ford presents a unique and enlightening guide to cooking with spice as she follows the trails of ancient maritime trade through Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Sri Lanka, India, Iran, and the Emirates. Eleanor examines how spices can be used, combined and layered—how some bring sweetness, others fragrance, heat, pungency, sourness or earthiness to create something one-of-a-kind. Chapters and recipes are divided by spice—by the fire and thunder of ginger and peppercorns, floral petals & bark, chillies, lime & lemongrass, earthy cumin & coriander, plus complex spice blends. Combining historical research with a travel writer's eye and a cook's nose for a memorable recipe, The Nutmeg Trail is a cookbook interwoven with stories that explore how spices from across the Indian Ocean, the original cradle of spice, have, over time, been adopted into cuisines around the world.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Jun 20
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Book Discussion | Times Square Remade by Lynne B. Sagalyn
Scholar and author Lynne B. Sagalyn will discuss her book Times Square Remade with journalist Charles Bagli. What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a century? And how is it that, despite its many changes of character, the place has maintained a unique hold on our collective imagination? In this book, which comes twenty years after her widely acclaimed Times Square Roulette, Lynne B. Sagalyn masterfully tells the story of profound urban change over decades in the symbolic space that is New York City's Times Square. Drawing on the history, sociology, and political economy of the place, Times Square Remade examines how the public-private transformation of 42nd Street at Times Square impacted the entertainment district and adjacent neighborhoods, particularly Hell's Kitchen. Sagalyn chronicles the earliest halcyon days of 42nd Street and Times Square as the nexus of speculation and competitive theater building as well as its darkest days as vice central, and on to the years of aggressive government intervention to cleanse West 42nd Street of pornography and crime. Thematically, the author analyzes the three main forces that have shaped and reshaped Times Square—theater, real estate, and pornography—and explains the politics and economics of what got built and what has been restored or preserved.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Jun 20
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Classical Music | Organ Works (In Person AND Online!)
Alcee Chriss, organ, performs works by Neely Bruce (b. 1944), John Cage (1912-1992), Rashaan Allwood, Paula Matthusen (b. 1978), and Pamela Decker.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Jun 20
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Film | Philadelphia (1993) with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
Fearing it would compromise his career, lawyer Andrew Beckett hides his homosexuality and HIV status at a powerful Philadelphia law firm. But his secret is exposed when a colleague spots the illness's telltale lesions. Fired shortly afterwards, Beckett resolves to sue for discrimination, teaming up with Joe Miller, the only lawyer willing to help. In court, they face one of his ex-employer's top litigators, Belinda Conine. Director: Jonathan Demme Cast: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen Tom Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Hanks' films have grossed more than $4.9 billion in North America and more than $9.96 billion worldwide, making him the fourth-highest-grossing actor in North America. Hanks has received six Academy Award nominations, including two consecutive wins for Best Actor for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994). Denzel Washington is an American actor, producer and director. In a career spanning over four decades, Washington has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and more. He was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, and in 2020 The New York Times named him the greatest actor of the 21st century. In 2022, Washington received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Jun 22
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Island Bird Tour
Nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover all of the birdlife the island has to offer. Binoculars are available to borrow.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Jun 22
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Party | Party as Performance
This spring, party and celebrate 50 years of building creative communities. Party as Performance is a special gathering that offers a unique atmosphere, energy, and community, all delving into themes of Practice, Process, and Participation. Hosted by Elisabeth Smolarz
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Jun 22
6:00 pm
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Performance | An Afternoon of Short Plays
An afternoon of short plays by fresh voiced writers. Seating is limited, bring a folding chair, if you'd like.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Jun 23
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Other | Community Plant Exchange
Meet other plant enthusiasts for a free plant swap. Share tips, advice, and plants in this community event. Tips for success: Please bring only pest-free plants. If your plants are in containers, please be sure they are in containers that you are ready to give away or exchange. Rooted cuttings may be brought in a sealed plastic bag wrapped in a moist paper towel.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Jun 24
3:30 pm
Free
3:30 pm
Free
Workshop | Origami Meetup
OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. Ages Adult 18+
New York City, NY; NYC
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Tue, Jun 25
6:30 pm
Free
6:30 pm
Free
Discussion | A Discussion About Renowned Modern Dance Choreographer Eleo Pomare
Dance educator and former member of the Eleo Pomare Dance Company, Dyane Harvey Salaam, along with company members Dr. Carl Paris, PhD and Robin Becker, will venture into the mind and soul of master creative Eleo Pomare—the man, the artist, and the maker of artists. Born in Colombia, Pomare was a dancer and choreographer who trained with renowned choreographers, including Jose Limon, and established the Eleo Pomare Dance Company in 1958. Pomare’s productions were often influenced by socio-political themes of the time and portrayed the Black experience incorporating elements of ballet, jazz and modern dance. Using video and archival photos, enhanced by fond memories of Eleo Pomare Dance Company members, this lecture offers intimate knowledge of the vastness of Pomare’s creativity. Registration required.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Jun 26
1:00 pm
Free
1:00 pm
Free
Film | Carol (2015) with Cate Blanchett, regarded as one of the best performers of her generation
Aspiring photographer Therese spots the beautiful, elegant Carol perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store. The two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences. Director: Todd Haynes Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, Kyle Chandler Cate Blanchett is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best performers of her generation, she is recognized for her versatility across independent films, blockbusters, and theater. She has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Jun 26
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Book Club | The Promise by Silvina Ocampo
A woman relives the people and places of her life while stranded in the middle of the ocean... The premise of Argentinian writer Ocampo’s posthumously published novella, which she worked on for the final 25 years of her life, is a grand metaphor for the authorial condition. Completed in the late 1980s, at a time when Ocampo was grappling with the effects of Alzheimer’s, the book can be read as a treatise on the dissolution of selfhood in the face of the disease. However, its tactile insistence on the recurrence of memory, its strangeness, and its febrile reality are themes that mark the entirety of Ocampo’s oeuvre and articulate something more enduring even than death.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Jun 26
4:30 pm
Free
4:30 pm
Free
Park Walk | Island Nature Walk
A special guided tour to discover and connect with the wildlife that calls this place home. Led by CCNY Insect Ecology Professor Amy Berkov, this tour will take participants on a journey through the young urban forest of Hammock Grove and the immersive spaces at Outlook Hill and Discovery Hill. You’ll get to learn about these resilient, built landscapes directly from the people who know them best, and get the chance to participate in different community science projects.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Jun 27
12:00 pm
Free
12:00 pm
Free
Concert | Costa Rican Works for Voice, Flute, Clarinet, and More
Fonema Consort (Nina Dante, soprano; Dalia Chin, flute; Emily Beisel, clarinet) and Chartreuse (Myra Hinrichs, violin; Carrie Frey, viola; Helen Newby, cello). Program (all works by Pablo Chin, b. 1982) Ivory Tower Guitarra muda I Guitarra muda II Ultimo sol Three Burials
New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Jun 28
7:00 pm
Free
7:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Birding Club
A walk through birding hotspots in the park, led by Conservancy Field Staff. Learn and build a birding community! Open to birders of all ages and experience.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Jun 29
8:00 am
Free
8:00 am
Free
Film | Carol (2015) with Cate Blanchett, regarded as one of the best performers of her generation
Aspiring photographer Therese spots the beautiful, elegant Carol perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store. The two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences. Director: Todd Haynes Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, Kyle Chandler Cate Blanchett is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best performers of her generation, she is recognized for her versatility across independent films, blockbusters, and theater. She has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Jun 29
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
Birdwatching | Island Bird Tour
Nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover all of the birdlife the island has to offer. Binoculars are available to borrow.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Jun 29
2:00 pm
Free
2:00 pm
Free
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