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49 free events take place in New York City on Friday, April 8, 2011.
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49 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, April 8, 2011

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Conference | Healing Paradigms and the Politics of Health in Central Asia


This conference aims to foster conversation about culturally-informed approaches to health-related research in Central Asia. Conference participants include: Devin DeWeese (Indiana University), Richard Elovich (Columbia University), Erica Johnson (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Salmaan Keshavjee (Harvard University), Erin Koch (University of Kentucky), Alisher Latypov (University College London), Paula Michaels (University of Iowa), Danuta Penkala-Gawęcka (Adam Mickiewicz University), and Jeff Sahadeo (Carleton University). Meals and a reception will be provided.
   
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9:00 am
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Five tours daily on the hour.
   
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9:30 am
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Other | Pop-Up Forest


Hundreds of trees will flourish in the concrete jungle, creating an educational, green oasis and marking AVEENO’s commitment to raising awareness for the small steps we all can take to make our world a healthier, more beautiful place. Joining the celebration will be AVEENO Consultant and Sustainability Expert Summer Rayne Oakes, a leading Eco-Model who has partnered with the brand to raise awareness about the benefits of trees and consumer responsibility to the environment. Visitors to the forest will receive seed cards to plant their own trees and samples of the latest AVEENO ACTIVE NATURALS products.
   
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10:00 am
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Gallery Talk | The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Room


Danielle Kleiner leads informal discussions in the room and answers questions. Two sessions: 10am-1pm and 1:30pm -3pm.
   
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10:00 am
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Conference | The Politics and Pragmatics of Translation in the USSR: The Daily Life of Language in a Multi-National Empire


This conference will bring together scholars from various disciplines across the humanities and social sciences to discuss the politics of language and the pragmatics of language policy under state socialism in one of the most linguistically diverse regions of the world. Invoking “translation” in the broadest terms, the conference will address such topics as the art of translation of formal literary works from minority languages into Russian (i.e., Boris Pasternak’s use of cribs to translate Georgian literature without ever learning the Georgian language), practices of code-switching between official and local languages in informal conversation as well as formal literary contexts, and the mobilization of local language ideologies as a form of resistance against the hegemony of the Russian language in every aspect of daily experience. In an effort to understand the politics and pragmatics of translation in the USSR in comparative perspective, the conference program also features scholars whose work addresses similar problems elsewhere in the world and in other socio-historical contexts. Keynote speakers: David Bellos, Princeton University and Nancy Condee, University of Pittsburgh.
   
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10:00 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


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

Screening | Student-Run Film Noir Screening


Students screen their favorite noir films.
   
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11:00 am
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Concert | Escher Sting Quartet performs Brahms


The Escher Sting Quartet will perform Zemlinsky and Brahms. All are invited to bring their lunch and enjoy a free performance.
   
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Talk | Organizing and Managing Your Job Search


In this special lecture format, you’ll learn to look at your job search from a different angle –one that shows you to a new way to look at searching for your next career opportunity. John Crant will demonstrate how to plan, set goals, and manage your job search. Get out of line, and get on to your next great career opportunity.
   
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


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


Bring your lunch to this event with Pierre Fricke to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
   
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12:30 pm
$5

Tour | Cathedral Tour


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

Master Class | Master Class - Jeanne Baxtresser, flute


Learning to Prepare and Perform Orchestral Excerpts with Focus and Pleasure. "The Lyrical Flute" -This part of the class will concentrate on the preparation of lyrical playing through the study of tone colors, beauty of sound, and projection of musical ideas. "The Brilliant Flute" - This part of the class will concentrate on technical preparation for auditions by establishing positive practice techniques that will help to build confidence. A Question and Answer session about Orchestral Auditions will follow the performance part of the Master Class.
   
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1:00 pm
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Screening | Short Films on and by Native Americans


Featuring Cry Rock, ?E?anx/The Cave and Shimásání. Start times are 1pm and 3pm.
   
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Featured Library Database: Fiction Connection


Hands on using wireless laptops. Book lovers - find your next great read using Fiction Connection. Search for titles similar to your favorites or for new genres, settings or themes. Explore fun websites and other links connecting readers of all ages and fans of every genre to books they will love.
   
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1:15 pm
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Workshop | Teach Yourself Using Online Resources


Hands on using wireless laptops. Explore Library databases and free websites that will help you learn a variety of skills and subjects. Prepare for many academic, civil service and professional licensing exams using LearningExpressLibrary, available from home with your library card.
   
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2:30 pm
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Theater | 2011 First Light Festival: The Secret Life of Arthropods and Rodents by Cori Thomas


Maricela, recently out of prison and looking for gainful employment, begins a journey to become a Pest Control Engineer. Little does she know a bed bug epidemic looms...
   
3:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Staged Reading | In Love with Jobim, a One-Act Romantic Comedy


A one-act romantic comedy featuring some of the greatest songs of our time. Antonio Carlos Jobim's beloved music sets the score for this story of a love triangle full of humor and heart. The score includes some of Jobim's most treasured melodies, including the popular "The Girl from Ipanema," "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" and "One Note Samba."
   
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music Department 2010/2011 - Afternoon Concert 6


This concert is a chamber music recital featuring ensembles from the College Division Chamber Music Program.
   
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3:00 pm
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Symposium | Noir Symposium


Members of the Arts Festival Committee discuss the week's activities and the future of the festival in a Q&A with the audience.
   
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3:00 pm
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Lecture | Morality's Distinctiveness


A philosophy lecture by Stephen Darwall of Yale University.
   
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 2011 First-Year MFA Exhibition


Student show.
   
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6:00 pm
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Other | Eiko & Koma Naked: A Living Installation


This two-week-long movement/visual art installation features Eiko & Koma's exploration of nakedness, desire, and the elasticity of time, set in an immersive and charged organic environment of their handcrafted design. In Naked, Eiko & Koma will be on continual view, in closer proximity to the audience than ever before. In adjacent spaces, view a companion video installation highlighting Eiko & Koma's decades of media work.
   
6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Photography: Yijun Liao's Memphis, Tennessee


In 2005, Yijun Liao's first adventure outside of China was to Memphis, Tennessee.
   
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Scholars in Exile with Senator Patrick Leahy


Politicians and scholars discuss the plight of scholars who face imprisonment or persecution around the world. The event features a special address from Patrick Leahy, U.S. senator from Vermont. Moderated by Jonathan Fanton, former president of the MacArthur Foundation and emeritus chairman of the board, Human Rights Watch, a panel of scholars including a Pakistani scholar of law and gender, linguistics, and creative writing; an Iranian journalist and pro-democracy political activist; and a Palestinian scholar of gender studies discuss their experiences of being forced into exile.
   
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Slavenka Drakulić discusses her book A Guided Tour through the Museum of Communism


Croatian journalist Slavenka Drakulić’s latest book is coming out in February. Drakulić speaks with Katha Pollitt from The Nation about her new book, Europe after the “velvet revolution,” and the problems and disappointments eastern Europeans face today.
   
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Works by Polish Video Artist Józef Robakowski


The first solo exhibition in the U.S. by Józef Robakowski (b. 1939), a pioneer of avant-garde film and video art. Through selected works and archival materials, the exhibition reveals a significant aspect of the artist’s practice, not only as a filmmaker and visual artist, but also as an initiator, curator, and organizer of art groups, exhibitions, and artistic events.
   
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Slovakian Cinema: Marko Skop's Osadne (2009)


In one of Slovakia's easternmost villages, on the border with Ukraine, unlikely alliances are forged for the sake of renewal. The village is slowly losing its inhabitants as young people flee for the city in search of jobs. The new Christian Orthodox priest, a young man of imposing stature, is set on turning the fortunes of his parish around. 65 min. In Slovak with English subtitles.
   
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6:30 pm
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Book Signing | 30 Rock Emmy winner Tina Fey signs copies of her book Bossypants


The star shares stories from her life in her new memoir.
   
7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | In Love with Jobim, a One-Act Romantic Comedy


A one-act romantic comedy featuring some of the greatest songs of our time. Antonio Carlos Jobim's beloved music sets the score for this story of a love triangle full of humor and heart. The score includes some of Jobim's most treasured melodies, including the popular "The Girl from Ipanema," "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" and "One Note Samba."
   
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Discussion | A Celebration of The Comics Journal


The Comics Journal has been the leading voice in comics criticism for nearly four decades. It launched an acclaimed new website in March 2011, including archives of the magazine's 35-year history. In celebration, its editors Tim Hodler and Dan Nadel will lead a discussion on the history of the magazine and the medium of comics criticism with founding editor Gary Groth and longtime cartoonist and TCJ interviewee Kim Deitch.
   
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | CANCELLED***Manning Marable reads from his book Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention***CANCELLED


Author and professor Manning Marable's highly anticipated biography reveals a more nuanced life of one of the 20th century's major political figures and perhaps the most complete picture of his assassination.
   
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir


The Manhattan School of Music has contributed to the vibrant culture of New York City for over 85 years. It is one of the premier private music conservatories in the United States, with nearly 275 faculty members dedicated to shaping over 800 students from 40 countries into world-class musicians. The school’s Chamber Choir, conducted by Kent Tritle, will perform a concert featuring Latin American early music.
   
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7:00 pm
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Performance | No Name and A Bag O' Chips Comedy Show


No Name and A Bag O' Chips continue their reign as "New York’s Best Damn Comedy/Variety Show". Producer / host Eric Vetter brings comedians Luke Thayer (“The Tyra Banks Show,” MTV.com) Adrienne Iapalucci (New York Comedy Festival, "Last Comic Standing") and Ray DeVito (“Entertainment Tonight,” SIRIUS Satellite Radio. As always, “No Name” house band The Summer Replacements featuring Alex “The Assassin” de Suze and Carl (Baby Freak) Fortunato, will keep things funky.
   
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Student Drama: This Is My Gun by Dan Bernitt


In 1970, Matt, a recent addition to a gay squatter’s commune in the East Village, inadvertently gets involved in a love triangle with Andrew and Lucian. When the Vietnam War draft summons Andrew, the three band together and devise a plan to prevent his induction. But rash decisions are made, and questions go unresolved until 15 years later, when a new war claims more lives.
   
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | The Alex Levin Trio


In 2010, Levin released his third CD, New York Portraits. Made up of mostly standards and a couple of originals, New York Portraits pays homage to many of Levin's favorite musicians, including Bill Evans, Tom Waits, Ahmad Jamal, Blossom Dearie, Shirley Horn, Barry Harris and Red Garland.
   
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Performance: Guitarist David Moreno and Others


Artist faculty are superb instructors AND world-class performers! From classical, to jazz, to world music, Third Street's Artist Performance Series presents some of the city's best artists in an intimate and acoustically beautiful environment. This concert features: David Moreno, guitar, Arturo O'Farrill, piano, Rene Cruz, bass, and Brandon Lewis, drums, perform original compositions by Moreno.
   
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Organist Gail Archer performs works by Liszt


Including the Praeludium und Fuge über B-A-C-H. This is part of a complete cycle of Liszt’s organ works played by Archer at various venues in NYC. She serves as organist at Vassar College, Director of the Music program at Barnard College, and Director of the Organ Artist recitals at Central Synagogue, New York.
   
7:30 pm
Donations requested

Screening | Norwegian Cinema: Erik Poppe's Troubled Water (2008)


A young man leaves prison after serving most of his sentence for killing a child. He returns to the town where it happened, which he left on the verge of adulthood. Finding refuge and a job as organist in the local church, it seems that when he befriends the priest—the single mother of a young boy who adores him—he may also be able to find forgiveness and peace of mind. 115 min. In Norwegian with English subtitles.
   
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7:45 pm
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Screening | Campus MovieFest Finale


Campus MovieFest will be showcasing the top 16 short films produced by students. Come out to the FREE finale for some great entertainment and you could even win some great prizes!
   
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Evening of Song - Collaborative Piano Department Recital Spring 2011


The collaborative piano department, under the direction of Cristina Stanescu and coached by Thomas Bagwell, presents a performance of art song featuring graduate pianists collaborating with vocalists from the Mannes critically acclaimed voice department.
   
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8:00 pm
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Theater | First Stages: NYU Performers in Works by NYU Composers


Programs in Vocal Performance and Music Composition.
   
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Concert | Raymond Nagem, Organist


Nagem is organist at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.
   
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recital - Erin Henke, harpsichord


A uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers - the freshness and excitement of a solo recital by a gifted young artist at one of the world's leading conservatories.
   
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8:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Student Script Reading Event


An evening where students' written words are released from the page and brought to vivid life. Portions of screenplays written by students completing the Screenwriting Certificate will be performed by accomplished working actors reading before an audience of peers and invited film industry professionals. Audio and video components will accompany the readings to better help bring the material's cinematic qualities even closer to life. The event provides students with both the invaluable experience of hearing their characters voiced by trained actors while also offering them the chance to publicly showcase their talent. A public reception will be held afterward to celebrate the evening.
   
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Sarah Renfro, Singer/Songwriter


Renfro relocated to New York City from Lone Star State music mecca Denton, Texas. She left her accent at home but brought with her an affinity for vintage keyboard sounds as well as an expansive indie-folk style informed by years of singing jazz at prestigious venues like the North Sea Jazz Festival. Imagine a more upbeat Cat Power, as comfortable with irony-tinged western waltzes as with the sincerest of ballads. Renfro appears with tracks from her gorgeous EP, You Should Be Somewhere Outside.
   
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Jazz | Student Recital - Francois Rousseau, Jazz Guitar


A senior recital.
   
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9:00 pm
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Theater | Student Drama: adulteration by Josh Beerman


At a crossroads in his life, Tim returns to his hometown for his high school reunion. He reveals secrets and uncovers lies as he decides which memories are genuine and which are unreliable. Beerman’s play explores the sometimes painful difference between truth and perception.
   
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9:30 pm
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Performance | Never Have (I)mprov Ever Comedy Show


NEVER HAVE (I)MPROV EVER mixes a beloved party game with some of the cities best improvisers to reveal hidden secrets and create gut-busting scenes you won't soon forget. Come drink along.
   
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11:00 pm
$5
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