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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on December 12, 2018?

42 free events take place on Wednesday, December 12 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 12 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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42 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, December 12, 2018

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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free events nyc 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many
free events nyc The Nutcracker: American Ballet Theatre on Film
free events nyc Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Prokofiev and more
free events nyc Bake Like a French Pastry Chef: Plus a Cooking Workshop
free events nyc Home for the Holidays: A Festive Evening of Three Centuries of Italian Music
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Workshop | Chinese tile-based game MahJong


Mahjong is a tile-based game that was developed in China during the Qing dynasty and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Film | Crossing Delancey (1988): Romantic comedy starring Oscar nominated actors


A Manhattan single meets a man through her Jewish grandmother's matchmaker. Director: Joan Micklin Silver. Starring Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk. 97 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:30 am
Free

Tour | City Hall tour


The tour of City Hall includes a discussion of the building's history, art, architecture, and civic function. Non-reservation City Hall tours take place each Wednesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts take place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 11, 2018 to May 22, 2019.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Screening | The Nutcracker: American Ballet Theatre on Film


Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky, with music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Performed by American Ballet Theatre in December, 2013. Cast includes Adelaide Clauss (Clara), Duncan McIlwaine (The Nutcracker Boy), Veronika Part (Clara, The Princess), Marcelo Gomes (Nutcracker, The Prince), Victor Barbee (Drosselmeyer), Nicola Curry (Nanny/Sugar Plum Fairy), Justin Souriau-Levine (Little Mouse), and Gregor Gillen (Fritz). The Jerome Robbins Dance Division has an ongoing documentation program dedicated to the recording of live dance performance and dance related events and panels. This new series will highlight a selection of these recordings, which date back to 1967. Dance Division staff will introduce each program, which will range from 60-90 minutes each.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Battery Park City Adult Chorus


Directed by Church Street School for Music and Art, the BPC Chorus is open to all adults who love to sing. Learn a mix of contemporary and classic songs, and perform at community events throughout the year.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Juilliard artists perform


Juilliard artists share their talent with the community in these hour-long lunchtime concerts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Jazz | Midday Jazz: Yuletide Celebration


Jazz band: Boots Maleson, double bass Ray Marchica, drums Ronny Whyte, piano Libby York, vocalist Ben Cassara, vocalist Carrie Jackson, vocalist Alex Leonard, piano.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Wednesdays at One: Juilliard Lab Orchestra


Juilliard artists share their talent with the community in these free, hour-long lunchtime concerts throughout the season.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Alfie (1966): Five Oscar Nominee British comedy drama


An unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle. Director: Lewis Gilbert. Starring Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin. 114 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Lesson | Learn to play chess


Learn to play the most popular game ever: a game of strategy and problem solving. Whether you are a beginner or a more advanced player you can learn the strategies that will make you a better chess player.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Jazz | Renowned Jazz Guitarist and His Trio


Bill Wurtzel, a renowned jazz guitarist, has performed worldwide with many jazz greats. His style in his own words: "I love mainstream jazz and the American songbook. Albums I’ve played on range from gospel, mainstream and soul jazz to Christmas songs in Latin."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Lesson | Learning About the Value of Your Books


Have you ever wondered how the experts on TV can look at an old book and know about its value? Do you have an old book? Do you wonder how much it is worth? If you want to learn more about what makes an old book rare or valuable, this workshop is for you. This class will examine an old book, look to see who else owns a copy, and review the sale records and current booksellers’ catalogs to learn about its value. Along the way attendees will learn about the tools and resources that the antiquarian community uses to value a book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Build a World: Film Screening & Collage Workshop


Inspired by the collages featured in filmmaker Augusta Palmer’s A is for Aye-Aye: An Abecedarian Adventure, workshop participants will create their own collages on paper using elements collected from the Picture Collection. Will your collage create a sense of play between line, color, and form? Will it create an imaginary space that could host a series of mysterious events? Or an expected character who inhabits your new world? There will be screening of the 14-minute film, A is for Aye-Aye: An Abecedarian Adventure before the workshop.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poetry Workshop with Bill Zavatsky


No experience necessary. Just bring your love of poetry and your favorite writing implement.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | What is slavery?


Leading scholars and educators Manisha Sinha and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas will discuss about how teachers can and should help students understand slavery in U.S. history.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Writer's Circle


This workshop will begin by creating a caring community where participants can talk about who they are as writers. Then, they’ll answer that all important question: how can we develop a daily writing practice that allows us to live our lives while writing, all at the same time? NO experience with writing is necessary, just a desire and commitment to make a writing practice part of your life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
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Book Club | Exit West: Love and Civil War


Mohsin Hamid. In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet in Mohsin Hamid's novel. They embark on a furtive love affair, and are soon cloistered in a premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors—doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Prokofiev and more


Laurie Carney, violin; Daniel Avshalamov, viola; David Friend, piano. Program Mozart Duo for Violin and Viola No. 1 in G Major, K. 423 Kodaly Adagio for Viola and Piano Prokofiev Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35 Debussy Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 96
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Acts of Assumption: Challenges to Love


Author Susan Leicher reads from her debut novel, the story of two young women whose love is challenged by the faith and cultural differences of their communities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Core Sample: Open Sessions 13: Group Exhibition


A clear line meanders through space, losing speed and direction until it shifts shape, becoming a cloud on a page. Core Sample: Open Sessions 13 explores drawn marks as a way to locate place on a sheet of paper or to suggest the expanse of geospatial time travel. Symbolic gestures borrowed from mythic worlds alongside references to the everyday offer insight into the artists’ varied traditions, identities, and cultures. Core Sample: Open Sessions 13 features the work of Alex Callender, Liz Collins, Dennis RedMoon Darkeem, Zatara McIntyre, Johanna Unzueta, and Cosmo Whyte.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Club | The Death of Ivan Ilyich Tolstoy Classic


A discussion of Leo Tolstoy's famous novella.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Urban Patterns: Images of New York's Salt Shed


The Salt Shed has quickly become an iconic building in New York City. Rising nearly 70 feet along the Hudson River, this highly visible structure houses 5,000 tons of salt. The Salt Shed’s faceted planes enliven the reinforced concrete enclosure. The structure tapers toward the bottom, creating more pedestrian space. The Salt Shed has also presented a photographic opportunity for tourists, fashion photographers and source material for gallery member photographer Bob Leonard, who employed images of the Salt Shed in his new exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Live music


NYC musicians perform their favorite records: Landmark Albums Performed Live, cover-to-cover. This concert is a part of the Second Annual East Village Arts Festival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Researching Census Records


Census records are the cornerstones of genealogical research. Learn how to search for and find these key documents through resources at NYPL and elsewhere. This class will also explore the history of the U.S. federal census, and offer a variety of search strategies to use in your genealogy research.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Spiral Music: Sounds from the Himalayas and South Asia


Spiral Music presents acoustic music at the base of the museum’s spiral staircase. Artists who specialize in music from the Himalayas and South Asia are invited to forge a connection between their music and the art in the galleries. This week Camila Celin and Roshni Samlal are invited to forge a connection between their music and the art in the galleries.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Transitioning Careers & How to Explain Resume Gaps


Matt Wallack discusses how to transition your career across industries by using your transferable skills and networking. Learn how to explain resume gaps and job changes when interviewing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Performance | All Visible Directions Between Sky and Water: An Interdisciplinary Work-in-Progress on Indigenous Women


Artist Maria Hupfield and poet Natalie Diaz will present a live interdisciplinary work-in-progress based on language, movement, sound, and identities as Indigenous women -- Anishinaabek (Ontario, Canada) and Mojave (Arizona, US) -- to pose horizons as impossibility and ask whether a thing which is impossible can be possible. Diaz's writing focuses on social justice issues and her Mojave and Latina heritage. Hupfield's hand-sewn industrial felt creations are multidimensional; further activated in live performance and video they function as radical forms of collaboration, craft, and Indigenous futurity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Bake Like a French Pastry Chef: Plus a Cooking Workshop


Join Augustin and his tribe as they teach how to make pâte sucrée with 5 simple ingredients and lead an open discussion on all things pastry. Ever wondered how croissants get their flaky layers? Is making a tart a total mystery? Look no further. Bake Like a French Pastry Chef, a new book by Parisian cookie masters Michel and Augustin, holds the answers to all your pastry queries.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Screening | Eye on Dance: Synthesizing Art and Technology with Myth and Ritual (1987)


Eye on Dance was a television series launched in 1981 to deepen the public’s understanding of the full spectrum of dance forms that intersect to produce American dance. An in-depth interview based series, the socially and historically framed discussions were illuminated through performance excerpts. Meredith Monk and Ping Chong discuss their work in mixed media performance with moderator Celia Ipiotis. The conversation taps into their association, common interests, and collaboration; and themes—like alienation—tackled in their works. Performance excerpts include segments of their famed 1982 film Paris; excerpts from Monk’s Break and Quarry; Chong’s Kindness; and their joint work The Games. Celia Ipiotis will be joined by panelists Art Bridgman, Daniel Madoff, and Myrna Packer for this live screening.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Author Reading | The Leavers Award winning novel


One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. Set in New York and China, the Leavers is the story of how one boy comes into his own when everything he's loved has been taken away--and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of her past. Lisa Ko is an American writer. Her debut novel, The Leavers, won the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Please read the book before arriving at the book discussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Representation in Art: What Does It Mean?


Each season since 2012, artists and writers across disciplines have gathered for a year-long series devoted to unpacking artistic and cultural terms as their meaning shifts--and may become more resonant or ambiguous--over time. This year, the series will revolve around "representation," particularly as the term at once conjures critical strategies in art from previous decades; the necessity of diverse publics; and, against the backdrop of precarious governing institutions, recent impulses toward non-representative social structures on both ends of the political spectrum. The final L.A.B. conversation of the fall will feature presentations by visual artists Fia Backstrom, A.K. Burns, and Christopher K. Ho.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Solzhenitsyn at 100: Celebrating a Century


A panel discussion on Winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Featuring: Boris Dralyuk, Michael Scammell, Marian Schwartz, and Galina Yuzefovich. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer. He was an outspoken critic of the Soviet Union and communism and helped to raise global awareness of its Gulag forced labor camp system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature"
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | narrow distances: Award-Winning Photography


Winner of the 2018 Portfolio Prize, Ka-Man Tse’s carefully orchestrated images suggests an oblique narrative. Her protagonists appear in quiet moments of introspection: Two men embrace against the imposing Hong Kong skyline, spiked with vertiginous towers. A gender-nonconforming person regards themself in a mirror that doubles their likeness—suggesting the complexity of identity and that we all contain many selves. Ka-Man Tse is a photographer, video artist, and educator. She has exhibited her work at the Lianzhou Foto Festival, Guangdong, China; Para Site and Lumenvisum, Hong Kong; the 2016 Hong Kong Contemporary Film Festival; and Videotage’s Both Sides Now III: Final Frontiers in Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai, and the UK. In the United States, her work has been shown at the Museum of Chinese in America, New York; Bronx Museum of the Arts; New York Public Library; Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Capricious Gallery, New York; and Philadelphia Photo Arts Center.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk


To commemorate Ivan Forde’s first solo exhibition, a conversation between Forde and Derrick Adams. Forde’s current show, Dense Lightness, is on view until January 5, 2019.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Home for the Holidays: A Festive Evening of Three Centuries of Italian Music


A program of music by Italian composers of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries: Giulio Briccialdi, Jean-Paul Martini, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Francesco Paolo Tosti, and composer-in-residence Roberto Scarcella Perino. Giulio Briccialdi (1818 – 1881) was an Italian virtuoso flautist and composer, a technical innovator on his instrument and a professor of music. Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, (1741 – 1816) was a composer of classical music. Sometimes known as Martini Il Tedesco, he is best known today for the vocal romance "Plaisir d'amour," on which the 1961 Elvis Presley pop standard "Can't Help Falling in Love" is based. Maria Theresia Paradis (also von Paradies) (1759 – 1824), was an Austrian musician and composer who lost her sight at an early age, and for whom Mozart may have written his Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major. Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 – 1916) was an Italian, later British, composer. Tosti is remembered for his light, expressive songs, which remain in the repertoire of many noted singers, including Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, and Andrea Bocelli. With: Ginevra Petrucci, flute and flauto d’amore Paola Pisa, piano Kostja Kostic, clarinet
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Musical Theatre


Evan Rees, musical director; Liza Gennaro, director and choreographer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Brass Choir


Wayne du Maine, director. As a trumpeter, Wayne has performed and recorded with such ensembles as the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He currently holds the principal chair with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the American Composers Orchestra. Mr. du Maine has also led the Hartford Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, and Westchester Philharmonic as conductor of educational concerts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Author Reading | The Legacy of Anne Frank: Anne Frank’s inspiration and legacy


A conversation with the author of The Legacy of Anne Frank, Gillian Walnes Perry. Gillian Walnes Perry is the co-founder of the Anne Frank Trust UK and the author of The Legacy of Anne Frank which addresses Anne Frank’s contemporary global reach. The Legacy of Anne Frank details how Anne Frank’s inspiration and legacy has aided and mobilized student activists across the globe in addressing issues within their own communities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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