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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 15, 2011?

41 free events take place on Friday, April 15 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!

New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out April 15 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of April . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!

Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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41 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, April 15, 2011

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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free

Conference | Emotional Cultures in Spain from the Enlightenment to the Present


This conference brings together scholars from Spain and the United States to explore the role of emotions in cultural representations and practices in Spain in the modern period. The aim is to argue against the tendency to dismiss emotions as a form of cultural "interference" as well as to consider how emotions, and attitudes towards them, have changed over time. The papers range across the disciplines of literature, politics, media, material culture, history, and history of science. Most papers will be given in English; for the four papers given in Spanish (indicated below), English translations or Powerpoint presentations will be provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Workshop | Supervised Resumé Lab


Hands-on using wireless laptops. Use this supervised lab time to create and save a resume in Microsoft Word. Assistance with document formatting and proofreading will be available. Please bring a written draft of your resume and a USB drive to save and print your resume. (Please note: This is not an instructor led class or a career advisement session.)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
Free

Tour | Cathedral Tour


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

Video | 40 Years of Video Art on a Giant Screen


Electronic Arts Intermix celebrates its 40th anniversary by partners with MTV to present artists' video in an astonishing visual landscape. EAI will highlight the remarkable creative media interventions of artists on a spectacular scale. Works by Vito Acconci, Dan Asher, Phyllis Baldino, Dara Birnbaum, Gary Hill, Shigeko Kubota, Takeshi Murata, Nam June Paik, Martha Rosler, Stuart Sherman and William Wegman will be seen daily on the outdoor large-format LED screen. A different short video will be played at the top of the hours from 12pm-4pm and 6pm to 11pm. Program Schedule: Noon Takeshi Murata, EAI 40th Anniversary Intro (2011, 1:05 min) 1 pm Shigeko Kubota, Rock Video: Cherry Blossom (1986, 3 min) 2 pm William Wegman, Dog Duet (1975, 2:37 min) 3 pm Martha Rosler, Backyard Economy I (1974, 3:20 min) 4 pm Stuart Sherman, Chess (1982, 30 sec) 6 pm Dara Birnbaum, Artbreak, MTV Networks, Inc. (1987, 30 sec) 7 pm Vito Acconci, Three Frame Studies: Push (1969-1970, 2:59 min) 8 pm Nam June Paik, Hand and Face (1961, 1:25 min) 9 pm Phyllis Baldino, Suitcase/Not Suitcase (1993, 36 sec) 10 pm Gary Hill, Objects With Destinations (1979, 3:41 min) 11 pm Dan Asher, Artificial Illuminations: Calligraphic (1997, 55 sec)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

Workshop | In the Loop Knitting & Crocheting Club


Are you a crafter? Join this knitting and crocheting club, led by teacher and designer Ina Braun of Tante Sophie Knitting Studio, to create garments for charitable organizations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


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

Screening | Short Films on and by Native Americans


Featuring Cry Rock, ?E?anx/The Cave and Shimásání. Start times are 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Lecture | Hamlet: Poetry That Doesn’t Matter -- Plus, a Renaissance Music Concert


In Shakespeare’s most self-conscious play, obsessed with writing, acting, directing, singing and public speaking, what types of poetry and performance “matter”? Shakespeareans have been concentrating in recent years on the materiality of the text, the concrete physical substances and practices of writing that circulated in Renaissance culture. But what exactly is material – not to mention lasting and meaningful – about the Ghost’s Impalpable presence, Hamlet’s erasable journals, the Players’ ephemeral performances, and Ophelia’s mad, musical song-speech? The lecture is by Writer in Residence Scott Trudell, a PhD candidate in English literature at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. He is writing a dissertation about the relationship between literature and music in early modern England. Directly after the lecture, celebrate the finale of Shakespeare Week with Renaissance English choral music. Music Divine will perform selections from Shakespeare’s great musical contemporaries, Thomas Tallis, Thomas Morley, Thomas Tomkins and William Byrd. These sacred and secular masterpieces will introduce us to the other great performative culture of Renaissance England, one whose ideas and melodies continually resonated on the Shakespearean stage. Music Divine sings music without instrumental accompaniment from all periods during the past millennium, specializing in sacred music of the Renaissance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
Free

Workshop | Featured Library Database: Press Display


Hands on using wireless laptops. Browse the current headlines from over 1700 local and international newspapers, read complete issues in full-color, full-page format, or search for individual news stories. Newspapers from 92 countries published in 48 languages are available.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
Free

Screening | Yael Hersonski's Documentary A Film Unfinished (2010): Cinema and History


A film about an unfinished film which portrays the people behind and before the camera in the Warsaw Ghetto, exposing the extent of the cinematic manipulation forever changing the way we look at historic images. 88 min. Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Yael Hersonski.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Screening | BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects Department Thesis Presentations


A screening of thesis projects in computer animation, visual effects and broadcast design by students in the BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects Department.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Screening | BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects Department Thesis Presentations


A screening of thesis projects in computer animation, visual effects and broadcast design by students in the BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects Department.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Discussion | The Paris Review Interviews


Interviews with Jonathan Galassi, Janet Malcolm, Lorrie Moore, Gary Shteygart, and Gay Talese. This series of afternoon panels features interviewers, including Deborah Landau and Katie Roiphe, in conversation with acclaimed writers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Discussion | Free Radicals: Serge Bozon and the New French Cinema


Fifty years after Jean-Luc Godard and the first "new wave," another "new wave" of critic-filmmakers has formed around writer, director, and actor Serge Bozon and others at the Lettre du cinéma. To mark the first major U.S. survey of films by the Lettre du cinéma circle), Bozon will discuss his work with critics, programmers and other Lettre du cinéma alumni. With: Serge Bozon, Filmmaker (Mods, La France) Jean-Charles Fitoussi, Filmmaker (I Did Not Die, The Days I Don't Exist) Aurelia Georges, Filmmaker (L’homme qui marche) Scott Foundas, Associate Program Director, Film Society of Lincoln Center Miriam Bale, Freelance critic and programmer Phil Watts, Chair, Department of French at Columbia University
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | Is Living Longer Living Better?


A philosophy lecture by Larry Temkin of Rutgers University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Conference | Critical Themes in Media Studies


The Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference is a venue for students to present interdisciplinary, theoretical, and critical approaches to a broad range of media studies. Since the initial conference in 2000, Critical Themes has grown into a leading forum for showcasing research papers from graduate students around the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Painting: Hans Wolf's The Carpenter Series


The Carpenter Series pays tribute to the Easter festivities with a twist, which will take place the week of April 18th through April 24th. Hans Wolf celebrates the beauty of artwork and the master painters of this era that have influenced the artist rather than religion itself. In the artist’s opinion, art is one of the few languages that can cross the boundaries of religion and yet have a sincere mutual respect for the beliefs and opinions of the viewer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free

Lecture | 50 Years of Human Spaceflight


A remembrance of Yuri Gagarin's first ride into Earth orbit in 1961. That's, gasp!, 50 years ago! For some of us it seems like only last week the first human ventured into outer space via Vostok and Mercury capsules, but, no it was a full half century ago. Probably few of us today have personal memory of that first orbital ride, during the heat of the Cold War and all that. The Seminar is expanded to let you offer recollections of ANY particular human spaceflight you experienced. It can even be one of the rides to International Space Station this year or last.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Theater | 2011 First Light Festival: Flatland by Sinking Ship Ensemble


On the last night before the new Millennium, A. Square, an inhabitant of Flatland, is visited by a Sphere from the land of three dimensions. Sphere takes him on a journey to discover the true nature of the universe. But in Flatland, the notion of a third dimension is heresy, and one who preaches such heresy must be silenced. Using puppetry, physical theater and technology from overhead projectors to lasers, Flatland tells the story of a search to comprehend the world beyond our experience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Gallery Talk | Artist Talk with Jesal Kapadia


Prolonged Engagement artist Jesal Kapadia will discuss her most recent work titled 'a history of doing,' and elaborate on the process of working with images that document radical women's movements in India from the turn of the last century until now. Continually inspired by the writings of Gayatri Spivak, as well as her experience as Art Editor for Rethinking Marxism journal, Kapadia asks the questions: what does it mean to be 'an engaged feminist individual,' and how might one re-arrange desires, rather than locate needs? Jesal Kapadia is an artist from Bombay, India, now living in Brooklyn, New York. She recently completed a residency in the Humanities Institute at Northwestern University and currently teaches at the Eugene Lang College at the New School University and International Center for Photography NY. She previously taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Cooper Union School of Art and CUNY College of Staten Island, NY.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues: Women Speak


Performances by students, faculty, and staff. All proceeds benefit V-Day and GEMS (Girls Empowerment Mentoring Services), a New York City nonprofit organization. Performances will have American Sign Language interpreters.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$6

Performance | No Name and A Bag O' Chips Comedy Show


"No Name and A Bag O' Chips” continues their reign as "New York’s Best Damn Comedy/Variety Show" with a show featuring comedian/blogger Emily Epstein (b'scuse me?), David Cope (NBC-TV’s “Last Comic Standing”) and Reese Waters (Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham”) As always, “No Name” house band The Summer Replacements will keep things funky.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Patricia Wells discusses her book Salad as a Meal


Wells – the grande dame of modern French cooking – discusses her collection of satisfying, fulfilling and healthy salads.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Readings from David Foster Wallace's The Pale King


The Pale King remained unfinished at the time of David Foster Wallace's death, but it is a deeply compelling and satisfying novel, hilarious and fearless and as original as anything Wallace ever undertook. It grapples directly with ultimate questions-questions of life's meaning and of the value of work and society-through characters imagined with the interior force and generosity that were Wallace's unique gifts. Along the way it suggests a new idea of heroism and commands infinite respect for one of the most daring writers of our time. Charles Bock (Beautiful Children), Lev Grossman (Codex, The Magicians), Laura Miller (The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventure in Narnia) and others will read selections from The Pale King.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Robert Storr reads from his book September: A History Painting by Gerhard Richter


Gerhard Richter is one of the most influential artists at work today. His painting "September," a response to the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, was made some four years after the event. The eminent American critic and curator Robert Storr, who has had a long working relationship with Richter, explores both the painting and the event itself, through a very personal account of his experience in New York on the day of the attacks. Storr shows, both through words and comparative illustrations, how this painting is part of a current running throughout Richter's career of responses to traumatic, violent, and controversial events, including works based on the bombing of cities in World War II and the capture of the West German Baader-Meinhof terrorist group.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Sideshow Goshko


Award-winning storyteller Leslie Goshko (Manhattan Monologue Slam Champion, NY Fringe Excellence Award, Sirius XM) invites some of NY’s top writers and storytellers to share true, bizarre tales about their lives. There’s live accordion music, a challenging trivia game, and a free wine giveaway where one lucky audience member will walk away with their very own bottle of Sideshow Sauce! Tonight’s stellar lineup includes stories from: Steve Burns (host of "Blue's Clues") Jim O'Grady (New York Times, Moth GrandSlam Champion) and Eugene Ashton-Gonzalez (NY Confidential, The Moth).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Do the Humanities Teach Us to Be Free?


Part of this year’s Walls and Bridges Festival, this panel discussion will explore the extent to which history, law, philosophy, religion, visual and performing arts, ancient and modern languages, contribute to one’s actual freedom. The discussion will be preceded by a reading from Stefan Zweig’s The Royal Game by Roger Grunwald.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Performance | Don't Touch Me There Comedy Show


Sketches, standup, live music, and surprises! Hosted by Pat Stango & Blaine Perry with special guests Victor Varnado (Jimmy Kimmel Live; Comedy Central) and Streeter Seidell (College Humor; MTV).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Faculty Performance: Maureen McDermott, cello, and Anne-Marie McDermott, piano


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: Maureen McDermott, cello, and Anne-Marie McDermott, piano, perform works by Beethoven and Brahms.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Jazz | Faculty Recital: Original Jazz by Richard Sussman


Original music by Richard Sussman for Jazz Quintet and Jazz Quartet, String Quartet, and Electronics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Teares of the Muses perform 17th-century German Passion music


The viol consort Teares of the Muses and sopranos Kathleen Cantrell and Campbell Rightmyer perform “Ein Lämmlein: 17th-Century German Passion Music,” a concert prepared specifically for Holy Week. The unusual program features music by the marvelous Bohemian composer Samuel Capricornus, whose few extant works deserve a present-day revival. The concert opens with Capricornus's heart-rending "O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid." It is followed by his major work about Jesus' martyrdom, "Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld." Its five movements are separated by Tunder’s "An Wasserflüßen Babylon," chorale settings by Sebastiani and Scheidt arranged for viols, and somber dance movements by Schein and Funck. The distinctively hued scoring of high voices in combination with viols and organ was an ensemble sound much favored in 17th-century Germany.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Screening | Environmental Film Series: Deborah Coons Garcia's Oscar-Nominated The Future of Food (2004)


Genetic engineering of food crops is as controversial today as ever, as many of the large agro corporations that use this technology position themselves as the answer to the world food crisis and further consolidate the seed supply. This award-winning film addresses many troubling questions about the use of genetically modified (GM) food: What are the long-term effects of consuming genetically modified food? Can the crossbreeding of wild with GM plants be controlled? Could the reduction of biodiversity, likely caused by GM plants, lead to catastrophe? 90 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Musical Workshop: Assassins


A musical workshop presented by students.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Students in Repertory Productions


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


Members of the Ensemble perform the work of contemporary playwrights.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Fifth Nation, Evocative Alt-Rock


The creation of guitarist-vocalist King Julia and drummer Music Read, partners in both music and life, Fifth Nation is a true labor of love. Their sound begins in introspective, evocative alt-rock but inevitably wanders through minor key blues, soul, and jazz progressions at the urging of Julia’s endlessly curious, clean-toned guitar. Fifth Nation is excited to be celebrating the release of their new Digital EP TV Is Dead—listen for tracks from the new EP as well as their previous releases Flight and the more recent It’s ON. Kelsey Warren opens the show with a set of sparse and beautifully lo-fi acoustic rock.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
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Performance | Thank You, Robot’s Summer Fridays Comedy Show


Summer Friday’s is a showcase for independent and established improv teams. For each show, two teams join Thank You, Robot to perform sets of unscripted comedy, never seen before and never to be seen again.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 pm
$5
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