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Free events for Wednesday, 04/22/15
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39 free events take place on Wednesday, April 22 in New York City.
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39 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, April 22, 2015

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Workshop | Park FitClub: Boot Camp with The Rise NYC


Energize your day with a workout before work. Join The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness group, for a Boot Camp. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back - and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high-fives encouraged. Rain or shine.
   Midtown,
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6:30 am
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Lower Section


Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.
   
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10:00 am
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Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   Lower Manhattan,
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10:00 am
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Festival | Inaugural Earth Day Celebration


In celebration of Earth Day, this is a full day of programming designed to stimulate thought and facilitate action around complex environmental issues. An evening panel discussion will examine the role of design, policy and social justice in the environmental movement (confirmed panelists include Rhea Sue, President of the Natural Resources Defense Council). Throughout the day, there will be a series of pop up classes and a special screening of the award-winning Years Of Living Dangerously.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Teach Yourself: Computer Self-Study


Discover free computer tutorials on the web. Search NYPL’s Catalog for books, DVDs and eBooks to help you learn computer programs and concepts on your own. Find resources on Word, Excel, Office 2010 and 2013, the Internet, typing and other topics.
   Midtown,
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10:30 am
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Film | Mark Sandrich's Oscar-Nominated Carefree (1938): Hoofing It with Fred and Ginger


Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy. Dr. Tony Flagg's friend, Steven, has problems in the relationship with his fiancee, Amanda. He persuades her to visit Dr. Flagg. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with Dr. Flagg. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get complicated. 83 mins.
   Lincoln Square, New York, NY
11:15 am
free, no reservation required

Author Reading | Chigozie Obioma discusses his book The Fishermen


Chigozie Obioma was born in 1986 in Akure, Nigeria. His short stories have appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review and New Madrid. He was a Fall 2012 OMI Fellow at Ledig House, New York. He has lived in Nigeria, Cyprus and Turkey, and currently resides in the United States, where he has completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan. The Fishermen is his first novel.
   Midtown,
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


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


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
   Lower Manhattan,
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12:20 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   Midtown,
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required

Concert | College Crossover Jazz Concert


The Hunter Jazz Ensemble & Popular Music Combos Ryan Keberle and D.D. Jackson, directors
   Upper East Side, New York, NY
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Midday Jazz


A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
   Midtown East,
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Jazz | Bill Wurtzel, Jazz Guitarist


Enjoy free live music performed by jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guest musicians.
   Lincoln Square,
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Tour | High Line Photography Tour


Tour the High Line with a licensed guide, renowned photographer, and a downtown Manhattan resident of 40 years. See spectacular views and vivid details of the west side of mid-Manhattan. Your guide will provide you with photo opportunities galore and will direct you in how to get your shots - views over the Hudson River, a vast range and display of wild self-seeding plants, and a time-capsule (mid–19th century into the 21st) of urban architecture.
   Lower Manhattan,
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2:00 pm
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   Lower Manhattan,
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2:00 pm
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Lecture | Party Systems and Market Institutions


A talk by Roger Schoenman, UC Santa Cruz.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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2:10 pm
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Theater | Laura Zlatos' Happily Ever After: A Play About a Hermaphrodite Baby


Newlyweds Darren and Janet want nothing more than to build the perfect life together. With matching hand towels, quirky neighbors and a love that beats everyone else’s, they are easily the happiest couple on the block. But when Janet gives birth to a baby with both male and female genitalia, their artificially ideal world falls apart. Can Darren and Janet live happily after ever? Can they figure out what to do about their child? And can they overcome the odds and finally win a game of charades?
   Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY
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2:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   Midtown,
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3:30 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


Piano Performance Forum Recital 4 p.m. JeongHyoun Lee, Cello 6 p.m. Sophie Pariot, Violin 6 p.m. Andrew Wangemann, Jazz Drums 8 p.m. Khari Joyner, Cello 8 p.m.
   Lincoln Square, New York, NY
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4:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   Upper Manhattan,
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4:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Jian Zhang, piano 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Lucia Perez, mezzo-soprano 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Discover Opera! Spring Cabaret 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Freshman Vocal Recital 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM The Jazz Room Series
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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5:00 pm
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Tour | Central Park Sunset Tour


Stroll through the park and hear the epic story of New York's green oasis. Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. Originally intended to bring people of all walks of life together -- a people's park -- Central Park lives up to it's original designs. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.
   
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5:30 pm
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Author Reading | Antoon Melissen discusses his monograph Jan Schoonhoven


On the occasion of the publication of Jan Schoonhoven, the author and foremost authority on the artist, Antoon Melissen, will be joined in conversation by David Zwirner Director David Leiber, organizer of the gallery's recent exhibition of Schoonhoven's work.
   Midtown,
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | David Fung discusses his book Menswear Dog Presents: The New Classics


This evening welcome David Fung and Yena Kim and Bodhi. They are the creative force behind the wildly popular Menswear Dog blog.
   Lower Manhattan,
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Experiencing Evidence


A lecture by Carlos Decena of Rutgers University.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Himalayan Happy Hour: Sprial Music


A free concert with artists specializing in music from the Himalayas and South Asia.
   Midtown, New York, NY
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Opening Reception | Installation: Gisella Sorrentino's Transitory


Gisella Sorrentino is a photographer based in New York City, originally from Rome. Sorrentino utilizes the process of double-exposure and combines performance with static backgrounds that merge subjects with textures such as asphalt, cobble stones, sand and ocean water. In each piece the artist evokes nostalgia and ambiance, playing upon the desire of place rather than presenting its actuality.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Dream City: Immigrant Experiences in Film


Independent filmmakers are producing works that go beyond popular narratives of immigration and take risks to tell new ones. The films in this series explore the cultural complexity of leaving one place and arriving in another. What is destroyed in the process? How are networks, politics and identities rebuilt and reformed through migration? Held over two nights, Dream City will include feature-length documentaries and short student works. Films to be screened include: A Son’s Sacrifice directed by Yoni Brook. At first glance, Imran Uddin, of mixed Bangladeshi-Puerto Rican heritage and the son of an immigrant, is just another 27-year-old New Yorker struggling to take over his family’s business — what’s unique is that his father’s business is a “pick-your-own” slaughterhouse. Out of My Hand directed by Takeshi Fukunaga. Filmed in Liberia and New York, Cisco is a Liberian labor leader struggling for better conditions for rubber plantation workers. In this fictional account, he travels to Little Liberia in Staten Island with hopes for a better life. What he finds connects him to home more than ever. Excerpts of the film will be shown.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Nicholas Carlson discusses his book Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!


This illustrated lecture explores the inside story of Yahoo's many years of CEO turmoil, Marissa Mayer’s controversial rise at Google, and her desperate fight to save the Internet icon.
   Midtown,
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | PC vs. Mac Workshop


Are you a Mac, PC... or neither? Learn about the differences between Apple's Mac computers and Windows PCs by exploring the advantages and limitations of each platform.
   Midtown,
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Christine Breen discusses her book Her Name Is Rose


Singer/songwriter Carlene Carter joins author Christine Breen in a discussion of Breen's poignant book about a terminally ill mother in western Ireland seeking her daughter's biological family before she dies.
   Upper West Side,
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Concert Spirituals and the Black Soprano: Recital and Panel Discussion


PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE: Magdalena Stern Baczewska, Pianist and Director of Music Performance Program Kevin Fellezs, Assistant Professor of Music and African-American Studies Farah Jasmine Griffin, William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature Dr. Paul T. Kwami, Keyboardist and Director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers Marti Newland, PhD, Soprano and Core Lecturer for Music Humanities Whitney Slaten, Saxophonist and PhD Candidate Ethnomusicology
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Theater | New Voices Playwrights Festival: Temporal by Britton Buttrill


It’s the height of the early 2000s hardcore rock scene: Monica, a sixteen-year-old with epilepsy, chooses to violently embrace her seizures along with Trey, her online-fling-turned-real-life-romance – all while dealing with her rock star brother’s crippling alcohol addiction. Will Monica find freedom amidst the chaos, or will she be ruined by her penchant for self-destruction?
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | Vocal Improvisation Ensemble


7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Vocal Improvisation Ensemble, directed by Richard Harper 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM Vocal Improvisation Ensemble, directed by Richard Harper
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Great Organ Recital: Juilliard Organ Department


These young musicians, from the teaching studio of Paul Jacobs, are some of the brightest stars among the next generation of organists. They will perform a varied selection of music ranging from the Baroque to the present day.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:30 pm
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Concert | College Brass Choir Recital


John Rojak, Director
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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8:00 pm
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Opera | College Trombone Recital


Matthew Stewart, trombone
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Gandhi, Is That You? Comedy Show


Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza!
   Lower East Side, New York, NY
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9:00 pm
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Theater | New Voices Playwrights Festival: The Chalice by Emily Claire Schmitt


When Alex's estranged father dies, he leaves behind a chalice of sacred wine consecrated by the man known as “Hitler's Pope.” As disagreements over their father's intentions threaten to destroy an already tenuous relationship with his deeply religious sister, Alex is forced to face the corruption not only within the Church he abandoned, but within himself.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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9:30 pm
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