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Free events for Monday, 04/25/16
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27 free events take place on Monday, April 25 in New York City.
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27 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, April 25, 2016

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Birdwatching | Spring Birding Tour


Go birding! Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season with guided tours. The location is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will's-widow.
   Midtown,
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8:00 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing. This tour takes place every day at 10am.
   Lower Manhattan,
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10:00 am
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Festival | Taste of the Terminal


Select vendors from around the terminal will offer tastings, treats, and special offers. Come get a taste of the many dining and retail options the terminal has to offer, and enjoy live performances by Music Under New York. Every Monday in April, 11am – 2pm and 4pm – 7pm.
   Midtown East, New York, NY
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11:00 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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   Lower Manhattan,
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1:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Global Money: Past, Present, Future


Money is both one of the great intellectual puzzles and practical problems of the modern world. Taken at face value it appears to be one of the most basic and important expressions of state sovereignty. It defines the boundaries of national economies and their interrelationships. Printing and coining money is a closely guarded privilege of the state. And yet at moments of crisis we discover and rediscover the disconcerting fact that purchasing power in the most important currencies of the world is in fact generated in oceanic quantities beyond the boundaries of the states to which it belongs, by actors that are not the state. We live, in fact, in a world of global money. Speakers: Adam Tooze, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History and Director of the European Institute. Perry G. Mehrling, Professor of Economics. Patricia C. Mosser, Senior Research Scholar, Faculty of International and Public Affairs. Phil Prince, Managing Director and Head of Treasury, Pine River Capital Management.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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3:30 pm
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Concert | Student Recitals


5:00 PM to 7:00 PM - KaYoung Shin, flute 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM - Percussion Ensemble 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM - Katherine Gilger, violin
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Digital Storytelling Using iMovie


Did you learn how to use iMovie? Come put your skills to use in our Digital Story Telling class. Create a movie that explores a topic using pictures, video clips and sound.
   Midtown,
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5:30 pm
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Dancing | Harlem Celebrates Prince: A Special Outdoor Dance Party


A public celebration of the life of Prince Rogers Nelson, the musical genius and worldwide superstar who we lost on April 21. Everyone is invited to join WBLS DJs, on-air personalities including Imhotep Gary Byrd, Elected officials and others to celebrate the life of Prince and his immense contributions to the world through his music. A Jumbotron will feature Prince highlights. Harlem leaders will reflect upon Prince's legacy and people from the community and through New York City will reminisce sing and dance.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required

Concert | Student Recitals


5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Yein Choi, piano 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Heejin Chang, viola 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Minghao Lu, basso
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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5:30 pm
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Lecture | A Labor Filled With Love: The Communist Party, Solidarity, and Women in Argentina, 1930-1946


Professor Sandra McGee Deutsch's lecture addresses Communist mobilization of Argentine women in solidarity movements in the 1930s-40s. Women helped political prisoners through the Liga Argentina por los Derechos del Hombre.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Mobilizing the African Diaspora


How do we mobilize people from around the world into a fully formed international movement? How do we build these coalitions locally and across the globe? This panel examines theses questions and more as panelists explore the African Diaspora and its role in facilitating an international movement.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Movement: The New Global Indigenous


Colonialism can be viewed as a set of dynamic spatial relations, of directional movements, both voluntary and involuntary, over land and sea. Indigeneity can be conceived of as a contrasting set of spatial relations, defined by a people's reciprocal connections to land. Can the massive movement and displacement of bodies associated with colonization be understood as choreography? What are the connections between decolonizing gestures in the work of international indigenous artists and the indigenous resurgence embodied in political movements such as Idle No More? Can a visiting indigenous choreographer, in artist's residency in New York, connect us, through relational movement, with the indigeneity of Manahatta? Movement: The New Global Indigenous is an experiment in conversation and relation, the first public event of the program initiative Indigenous New York.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Songbook: Broadway’s Future


A concert of new music by Broadway composers and lyricists sung by Broadway vocalists, Presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul and directed by John Znidarsic.
   Lincoln Square,
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Too Much of a Good Thing: How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us


A discussion with Lee Goldman, MD, Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:15 pm
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Talk | Riverside Park's Design Evolution: From Freight Yard to Boulevard of Heroes


A talk by Charles McKinney, Principal Urban Designer, NYC Parks.
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | The Origin of Anti-Semitism: Egypt, Assyria, and Persia in Ancient Times


Peter Feinman, the founder and president of the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education, traces anti-semitism's long and ugly history.
   Midtown,
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6:30 pm
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Talk | The Past and Future of Wind Energy


A unique view from petrochemical engineer and invention historian Joel Kirman.
   Lincoln Square, New York, NY
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Alida Brill reads from her book Dear Princess Grace, Dear Betty: The Memoir of a Romantic Feminist


A candid and insightful memoir by feminist writer and social critic Alida Brill, spanning her life from the modern women's movement in the early 1960s and on to present day, in which she became a leading spokesperson. The book presents her inspirational message and quiet wisdom obtained from her decades at the heart of the women's movement, while at the same time wanting to lead a romantic life.
   Upper West Side,
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Jesse Weaver Shipley reads from his book Trickster Theatre


A discussion with Jesse Weaver Shipley on his book Trickster Theatre: The Poetics of Freedom in Urban Africa. He will be joined in discussion by Ato Quayson.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Story Time for Grown-Ups


Love a good story? Sit back and relax as they read you a story or two. This event recurs on April 6, 11, 20 and 25.
   Midtown,
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | The Poets of Pittsburgh University Press


Poets Christopher Bakken, Lynn Emanuel, Martha Collins, and Sharon Dolin will read from their respective books of poetry.
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Writers Read: Molly Prentiss / Sloane Crosley


Molly Prentiss was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California. She was a Writer in Residence at Workspace at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and at the Blue Mountain Center and was chosen as an Emerging Writer Fellow by the Aspen Writers Foundation. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the California College of the Arts and now lives in Brooklyn. Tuesday Nights in 1980 is her first novel. Sloane Crosley is the author of The New York Times bestselling essay collections, I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number. Her bestselling debut novel, The Clasp, was published last year by FSG. Her work has appeared in Esquire, GQ, Bon Appetit, Playboy, Elle, W, Salon, Interview Magazine, The Independent UK, The New York Times Book Review, New York Magazine, The Believer, Vanity Fair, The Guardian and National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.”
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Jane Krakowski, Tony-Winning Star of 30 Rock, in Conversation


The Tony- and Olivier Award-winning actor — known to television audiences for her roles in Ally McBeal and 30 Rock — talks about creativity, craft, and career with a rising actor.
   Lincoln Square,
7:30 pm
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Master Class | Works by Elgar and Mann


Program: MANN The Elephant’s Child ELGAR Quintet in A Minor for Piano and String Quartet, Op. 84 LUCY ROWAN MANN, NARRATOR Mark Steinberg, Violin Nicholas Mann, Viola David Geber, Cello Anton Nel, Piano
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress


A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights. Movement Research at the Judson Church supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists. With: Hadar Ahuvia, Madeline Hollander, Rosamond S. King, Tara Aisha Willis
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Nicky Sunshine's 'Time to Shine Monday' Comedy/Variety Show


Actress/standup comic Nicky Sunshine ("Platanos and Collard Greens," Black Women In Comedy showcase at Tribeca PAC) brings an awesome lineup of performers to her ongoing weekly comedy/variety show.
   Theater District, New York, NY
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8:00 pm
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Concert | NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble plays world premieres


Featuring the world premieres of 12 new works by graduate composers: Jonathan Bingham, Hung Ping Chang, Craig Davis, Daniel Fawcett, Nicholas Hall, Brian Haller, Susanna Hancock, Maria Kaoutzani, Brendan Littlefield, Amir Mortezai, Gemma Peacocke, and Monte Weber.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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