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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on December 10, 2012?

46 free events take place on Monday, December 10 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 December 10 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 December . 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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46 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, December 10, 2012

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Workshop | Getting to Know Your iPhone 5 Hands-on Workshop


Come to this hands-on workshop to discover what makes iPhone 5 the biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone. See the thinner, lighter design, with its brilliant 4-inch Retina display. Try the updated iSight camera — now with high-resolution panorama capability. Check out iCloud Tabs in Safari, and see how it lets you browse the Internet on one device and pick up where you left off on another. And learn about extended Siri support, Facebook integration, Passbook, and much more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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. Tour times: 11am & 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

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" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 12:45 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Workshop | Ballet Exercise Class for Adults


Come dance with us! Here’s your chance to experience the ballerina in each of us. Learn basic ballet steps and experience the joy of dancing in a class that combines ballet and exercise specifically for older adults. You’ll have fun as you dance and see for yourself the benefits of ballet for good balance, agility and grace. Wear comfortable clothes and be ready to have fun. Come for the whole month or just drop in. No experience necessary. About the instructor: Jennifer Grambs, trained in both ballet and exercise for seniors, will show you how ballet helps us feel fit, not only in class, but everyday as we travel the sidewalks of New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Performance | New York Classical Theatre: A {15-Minute!} Christmas Carol


New York Classical Theatre returns with A {15-min!} Christmas Carol, a rollicking holiday chestnut that will brighten the lunch break. This fifteen-minute holiday tale of love and redemption will serve up Scrooge, Marley, Cratchit, Fezziwig, Tiny Tim, and all of Dickens's best-loved characters, performed in record time with just two actors. Two performances: 12:30 & 1:15pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | “Seneca Village” Tour


Seneca Village was Manhattan's first known community of African-American property owners, on land that would become the Park. Tour covers the history of the village, the property owners, and what New York City was like at the time. Tour is approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Workshop | Chinese Folk Dance & Craft Workshops


Treat yourself to a lesson in Chinese Folk Dance with recognized master instructor Mei "Sandy" Wai, or create a craft with the gentle guidance of instructor Ngoi Wah "Cindy" Cheng.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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City Walk | Greenwich Village 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Wii Fit for Adults


Calling all Adults who want to lose or maintain current weight: Join Wii Fit for Adults and benefit from burning calories, socializing, maintaining current weight and/or tracking your BMI. Use the various workouts including yoga, strength training, boxing, stepping, hula hooping, running, and regaining balance through using the balance exercises. The Wii tracks your weight and BMI as well as your progress and allows you to compete with others. It is a fun way to keep a record of your progress while exercising.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Other | The 2012 Nominess for the Cilves Barnes Award in Theatre and Dance


Master of Ceremonies: MICHAEL RIEDEL Presenters and Speakers: FREDERIC FRANKLIN, PALOMA HERRERA, MAYA JOHANSEN (BARNES), ISABELLA BOYLSTON, MJ RODRIGUEZ Valerie Taylor-Barnes announces the third annual Clive Barnes Foundation Awards, honoring talented young performers from the worlds of Theater and Dance, with a free-to-the-public awards ceremony. One award recipient will be selected from each category - the 2012 nominees are: Theatre: Joaquina Kalukango (Hurt Village) Derek Klena (Dog Fight) Rob McClure (Chaplin) Stephen Tyrone Williams (My Children, My Africa) Dance: Lauren Lovette (New York City Ballet) Steven Melendez (New York Theater Ballet) Ashley Murphy (Dance Theater of Harlem)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Tour | “Seneca Village” Tour


Seneca Village was Manhattan's first known community of African-American property owners, on land that would become the Park. Tour covers the history of the village, the property owners, and what New York City was like at the time. Tour is approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Jazz | Stuyvesant High School Jazz Band and Acapella Choir


Please join Stuyvesant High Schools' Jazz Band and Acapella Choir in performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Concert | Student Viola Recital


Ieong Cheng Katy Ho, Viola
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Touch, a Student Exhibition


An exhibition of collage and painting by MFA Fine Arts students Autumn-Grace Dougherty, Bo Kim and Cassandra Levine, exploring the interplay between color, form and symbol.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Other | BFA Fine Arts Department Open Studios


A public reception and informal exhibition of painting, printmaking, sculpture, digital and mixed-media work by students in the BFA Fine Arts Department.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Master Class | Cello Works by Schumann, Bach and Brahms


Program: ROBERT SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A Minor, op. 129, movement 1 J.S. BACH Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009, movements 1-3 CÉSAR FRANCK Sonata in A Major, movements 1 and 2 J.S. BACH Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012, movement 1 JOHANNES BRAHMS Sonata No. 2 in F Major, op. 99, movement 1 With Bonnie Hampton.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Video | Oscar Muñoz’s 2003 Video Re/trato Projected on the Side of a Building


Colombian artist Oscar Muñoz’s 2003 video Re/trato will be projected on a building to the east visible from the park’s Seating Steps, as well as the sidewalk. One of Colombia’s most influential artists, Oscar Muñoz has created an impressive body of work that investigates memory and history, and the ways both intertwine with our contemporary society. Here, Muñoz presents a video in which you see the artist painting a self-portrait on a concrete sidewalk by using a brush and water. The hand continuously paints as the portrait evaporates, creating an endless drawing. Reflecting on the ephemeral nature of identity, the work highlights the liminal space between remembering and forgetting, between an image and its obliteration.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Holiday Songbook


Join the last two Songbook programs of the 2012 where we we introduce to you new HOLIDAY music by emerging Broadway composers and lyricists, sung by Broadway vocalists. Come get in the spirit! Presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Roadmap to a Career in Web Design & Digital Media


You may be thinking about a new career in computer graphics, but where do you start? And in which direction should you aim? Is it web page design, Flash animation, or print? And what about eBooks and eMagazines? To answer these questions Noble Desktop has created this free seminar. We'll tell you what you need to know to get started in web and/or print graphics, and which Adobe Creative Suite app are right for each medium.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | A Talk on Artist On Kawara


Speaker Alejandro Cesarco was born in 1975 in Montevideo, Uruguay. His most recent solo exhibitions include The Early Years, Tanya Leighton, Berlin (2012); A Common Ground, the Uruguayan Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennial (2011); One without the Other, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico (2011); Present Memory, Tate Modern, London (2010); Alejandro Cesarco, Artpace, San Antonio, Texas (2010); Two Films, Murray Guy, New York (2009); Three Works, Tanya Leighton, Berlin (2009); and Retrospective, in collaboration with John Baldessari, Murray Guy, New York (2007).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Slide Lecture | Edward B. Burger discusses his book The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking


This illustrated lecture presents practical, lively, and inspiring ways for the audience to become more successful through better thinking. The idea is simple: You can learn how to think far better by adopting specific strategies. Brilliant people aren't a special breed--they just use their minds differently. By using the straightforward and thought-provoking techniques, the audience will regularly find imaginative solutions to difficult challenges, and they will discover new ways of looking at their world and themselves--revealing previously hidden opportunities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Film | Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth (2006): Winner of 3 Oscars


In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. 118 min. In English or with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Forum | Poetry Forum: Victoria Redel


Victoria Redel is the author most recently of Woman Without Umbrella (forthcoming Four Way Books). Her books include the novels The Border of Truth and Loverboy, which was awarded the 2001 S. Mariella Gable Novel Award, the 2002 Forward Silver Literary Fiction Prize, and was chosen in 2001 as a Los Angeles Times Best Book. Loverboy was adapted for a feature film directed by Kevin Bacon. Her collection of poems, Swoon, was a finalist for the James Laughlin Award. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and journals including O the Oprah magazine, Redbook, Bomb, More and NOON. Redel is on the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College and teaches in the Graduate Writing Program at Columbia University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | Renaissance Modern: Old (and New) Masters in the Museum of Modern Art


A lecture by Richard Meyer, University of Southern California. In January 1940, MoMA mounted Italian Masters, an exhibition of Renaissance and baroque art on special loan from the Italian government. The show featured world-­‐famous paintings such as Sandro Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, Raphael’s Madonna of the Chair, and Titian’s Portrait of Pope Paul III, as well as a Michelangelo bas-­‐relief of the Madonna and Child in marble, none of which had ever before been displayed in New York. Italian Masters became the most popular exhibition in the museum’s history to that date, attracting nearly 300,000 visitors during its three-­‐month run. This lecture examines the popular success of Italian Masters in the context of the mounting political tensions between the U.S. and Italy in 1940 as well as the apparent paradox of showing 15th and 16th century paintings in a museum dedicated to late 19th and 20th century art.
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Should the Government Compel Communities to Integrate?


The Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968, but how well has its provisions been enforced? Panelists discuss how close we’ve come to having integrated neighborhoods..
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Gypsy Presents: The Mélange


The ladies of Gypsy present The Mélange, a smorgasbord of acts to delight your senses! This variety show brings together improv, stand-up, sketch, storytelling, music, and who knows what else from all corners of the city, all on one plate. Gypsy is Stacey Angelakos, Anupama Chakravartti, Allison Heim, Nicole Lee, Emily Schorr Lesnick and Shannon Skinner.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Modes of Distraction


Drawing examples from 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century art, noted art historian Richard Shiff investigates a number of cases in which the capacity of a particular medium to resolve an image seems to be tested. Shiff examines experimental landscape photography from the middle of the 19th-century as well as the work of Cézanne, Seurat and van Gogh which resulted in debates over the proper relationship of a representational image to the abstract marks that constitute it. If the marks became a distraction, Shiff proposes, the image might be lost.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Music of John Coltrane


Directed by Reggie Workman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | PBS Documentary: Byron Hurt's Soul Food Junkies (2012)


Food traditions are hard to change, especially when they're passed on from generation to generation. In this PBS documentary, award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt shares his journey to learn more about the African American cuisine known as soul food. Through candid interviews with soul food cooks, historians, and scholars, as well as doctors, family members, and everyday people, Soul Food Junkies blends history, humor, and heartwarming stories to place this culinary tradition under the microscope. 90 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Performance | Storytelling: The Adam Wade Show


Moth storytelling favorite Adam Wade has put together many of his winning heartfelt and humorous stories for a special show. He’ll also sing a few songs, and play video shorts. No two shows will be the same. A different featured guest will start the evening off.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Documentary: Nancy Buirski's The Loving Story (2011)


This Oscar-shortlisted film is the definitive account of the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage: Loving v. Virginia. Married in Washington, D.C. on June 2, 1958, Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter returned home to Virginia where their marriage was declared illegal-he was white, and she was black and Native American. Hope Ryden's luminous, newly discovered home movie footage of the Lovings and their feisty young lawyers and rare photography by Grey Villet are stitched together in the debut feature by Full Frame Documentary Film Festival founder Nancy Buirski in a film that takes viewers behind the scenes of a pair of unlikely civil rights pioneers and their real-life love story. 77 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | The Stephie Hacker Band


This new project by young Viennese pianist, singer, and composer Stephanie Hacker melds personal feelings with unaffected words and transparent music into a compilation of touching songs. Educated in classical music and jazz, she takes influences of these styles and mixes them with pop sounds and modern grooves – and at the same time leaves much space for improvisation. But the main aspect of her music remains the song itself. This concert is the culmination of Ms. Hacker’s creative time in NYC over the last months.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Performance | “No Name“ Presents The Uptown Cabaret, a Singers Showcase


The multi-talented Alex DeSuze returns to host the "No Name Uptown Cabaret Second Monday" monthly singers showcase. DeSuze, who's background includes acting, directing and singing at venues throughout the NYC-metro area, will be joined by musical director Marilynn Seits. Sign-up begins at 6:45pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Comedy: Nat’l Weather Service & Dr. Doctor


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE is Joe Albano, Michael Cirelli, Kelly Kapron, Kevin Kelly, Carissa Leone, Michael Newman, Ryan Stadler and Brad Stuart. Dr. Doctor is Molly Cahen, Patrick Cucuta, Allison Dembek, Nate Foster, Tom Lisi, Anna Moore, Tim Racine and Matthew Yeackel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Experiments in Dance: Janis Brenner / Nai-Ni Chen / Jane Gabriels / Luis Lara Malvacias


A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights throughout the fall/winter and spring seasons that supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Jazz | Jazz Ensemble


The Jazz Ensemble performs jazz standards.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Juilliard's Axiom Ensemble performs work by Adams


Program: Toru Takemitsu’s Archipelago S (1993) for 21 players John Adams’ Grand Pianola Music (1982) for two pianos, three female voices, winds, brass and percussion AXIOM, Juilliard’s critically-acclaimed contemporary music ensemble specializing in the 20th century’s ‘classic’ repertoire, led by Music Director Jeffrey Milarsky, performs works by Takemitsu and Adams. The program features Juilliard pianists Han Chen and Fei-Fei Dong in Adams’ work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Production: The Cripple of Inishmaan by Oscar- and Tony-Winning Author Martin McDonagh


Written by Academy Award- and four-time Tony Award-winning Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, The Cripple of Inishmaan is an unusual and bleakly comic tale filled with an array of eccentric characters
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Viola Recital


   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Matador & 1-800-LONDON


MATADOR is Shawtane Bowen, David Carl, Dion Flynn, Meredith Hackman, Dawn Harris, Vicky Mesrie, Chris O’Neil and Rachel Oakes. 1-800-LONDON is Jason Specland, Colin Longstaff, James Coker, Michael Greene, Kathryn Dunn, Suni Reyes, Amy Albert, and Greg Wilker
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Jazz | Music of Herbie Hancock


Directed by George Cables.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Performance | The BTK Band, Storytelling Rock Band


Raconteurs regale the audience with true stories from their lives while The BTK Band, NYC’s hardest-drinking improvised storytelling rock band, improvises music and lyrics to turn their stories into songs. As if Tom Waits and The Moth delivered a baby from the gaping maw of Chaos.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Base Jam


Leap — and then look! — into the newest open-improv session. Base Jam lets improv students of all stripes to jump head-first into the wonderful and frightening world of long-form improvisation. Let’s face it: Getting better at improv is about flight hours — the time spent on a stage, in a scene, in front of people — leaping first, and then looking for a place to land. Or to keep flying. Hosted by Gary DeNoia and Keith Huang.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Fresh


Michelle Wolf and Erin Lennox host this FREE stand up open mic every Monday night at 11PM. Sign up and you can be part of the show! Each week Michelle & Erin (and special guests) will be joined by additional acts whose names will be drawn from the golden bowl of destiny. FRESH gives you the chance to work that new joke or rework an oldie but goodie.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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