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36 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, February 28, 2014
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Conference | Russia in East Asia: Imagination, Exchange, Travel, Translation
Does Russia belong to East Asia? What is Russia’s position within the geopolitical and cultural imaginary called “the Far East”? This mini-conference will explore these questions by investigating cross-border perceptions, connections, and cultural exchanges between Russia and its neighbors in East Asia: China, Korea, and Japan.
New York, NY
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9:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Conference | After the Reveal: Open Questions on Closed Systems
The study of media and communication has long been preoccupied with revelation — the bringing to light of some overlooked, hidden or suppressed knowledge and the promise of an authoritative or transforming truth. Recently, we have seen this interest in the examinations of transparency across government and industry, explications of complex technologies and infrastructures, and appraisals of media representation and visibility.
This conference will seek to critique and explore the many conceptual permutations of “the reveal” and their potentials, demands, implications and limitations. In doing so, they hope to move beyond the recovery and uncovering of knowledge or the adjudication of truths that may be unveiled.
New York, NY
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9:30 am
Free
Free
Conference | Sounding Communities: Music and the Three Religions in Medieval Iberia
Poetry, song, and other forms of performance in Arabic, Latin, Hebrew, and Romance are central sources for the cultural and social history of medieval Iberia. This international conference brings together scholars of music, literature, and history to reflect on the insights that the sounding arts and their context can offer into Iberian communities and the interactions among them.
New York, NY
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9:30 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | All-in-One Downtown Tour
This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway* to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. There will be ample opportunities for memorable pictures. You'll get the chance to savor NY's best pizza and cannoli and other treats, learn how to play NY handball, maybe bargain with a shopkeeper in Chinatown, observe a game of street chess in Greenwich Village, people watch and window shop in SoHo, and kick back on the Highline Park. Along the way, you'll master the subway and learn about New York's Finest!
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10:00 am
Free plus $6.75...
Free plus $6.75...
Symposium | Fashion + Politics: Fashion Praxis
Initiated by Dr. Hazel Clark in conjunction with the MA Fashion Studies Program within the College of Art + Design History + Theory, Fashion + Politics: Fashion Praxis is a lecture and symposium that celebrates interdisciplinary work, and provides the unique opportunity to connect scholars, artists, students, and faculty across disciplines and the world.
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
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.
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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.
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11:00 am
$6...
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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"
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.
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11:15 am
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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. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
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12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour
Travel from Grand Army Plaza, past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and stop at the Dairy on this trip through the southern Park highlights. Route involves moderate inclines and some stairs. 45-minutes.
New York, NY
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12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
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.
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12:20 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood Tour
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.
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12:30 pm
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free, no reservation required
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.
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1:00 pm
$6...
$6...
Forum | Festival Neue Literatur 2014: Encounters Across the Ocean
Six novelists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will present their latest work in a discussion with graduate students from the Department of Germanic Languages and the Creative Writing Program. In English.
New York, NY
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
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.
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2:00 pm
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Film | William A. Seiter's Oscar-Nominated Roberta (1935): Mismatched Partners
Stars: Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers.
Parisian couturier and deposed Russian princess Stephanie has her hands full when her partner dies, leaving half of their business to American football player John Kent. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers supply some fantastic dance numbers.
106 Minutes
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2:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
4:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Concert | College Guitar Recital
Koby Williamson, guitar. Experience the freshness and excitement of a solo performance by a gifted young artist - a uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers. The program for this event is TBA.
New York, NY
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5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Opening Reception | Thick Paint, a 3-Artist Exhibition
An exhibition of works by Jean Fautrier (1898-1964), Franz West (1947-2012), and Zhu Jinshi (b. 1954). Representing dramatically different cultural contexts, generations and formal approaches to the making of art, all three artists are nevertheless united by a preoccupation with the spatial possibilities of impasto and the psychological charge that profoundly heavy, troweled, shoveled and carved pigment can generate.
New York, NY
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6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Discussion | Actor Hugh Dancy discusses his TV series Hannibal
Join actor Hugh Dancy of the NBC series Hannibal in conversation about his character, criminal profiler Will Graham. He’ll also give a glimpse into Season 2.
New York, NY
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6:00 pm
Free
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6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Performance | Finbin Teo Theatre Company presents The Blind Seal
While travelling through the west of Ireland, William Hamilton Maxwell documented the stories and experiences in his book Wild Sports of the West, published in 1832. It was one of these stories that inspired Dara McGee to put together a visual show recounting the fate of a domesticated seal at the home of a local fisherman at Renvyle, Connemara. This is reportedly a true story about the seal, his owner and all the people that were involved. Music, storytelling and live art are used in this show to tell the tragic story of The Blind Seal.
Darach Ó Tuairisg narrate the story with Dara McGee painting live on stage with music accompaniment.
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6:30 pm
Free
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Discussion | The Enamord Mage: Magic, Alchemy, and Esoteric Thought in Works by Robert Duncan and Jess
Panel discussion moderated by Jesse Bransford, Clinical Associate Professor of Art and Art Education, with Susan Aberth, Associate Professor of Art History, Bard College; artist Carol Bove; and other speakers.
New York, NY
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6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Screening | Blacks in Experimental Film: Lost and Forgotten Images of Blacks on Film
An evening of short films featuring Reg. 8mm & Super8 (Sound) only. Will feature Lois Towles, acclaimed concert pianist and sister of pioneering model Dorothea Towles. A graduate of Wiley College (of "The Great Debaters" fame), Towles sang with Fisk University's choir and later became a member of the school's music faculty. The evening will also be dedicated to the memory of Richard Caesar, Tuskeegee Airman/dentist & husband of Lois Towles, who died over 2 years ago. Will also include an art show ("Centennial of Lois Towles") commemorating what would have been her 100th birthday.
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
$10 suggested donation
Concert | Classic Rock Tribute Night
Classic Rock Tribute Night (Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton) with Led Blimpie and Bell Bottom Blues.
New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Edmund Arkus, Piano
Edmund Arkus has performed for many years in the United States, Japan and England to high critical acclaim. He has been presented in solo recitals, as soloist with orchestras and he has collaborated in many chamber music concerts and sonata recitals. Arkus performed on radio in New York on WNYC, WFUV, WQXR, as well as live performances over National Public Radio from Washington DC, WGBH Boston, BBC radio in England, and NHK-TV in Japan.
New York, NY
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7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Concert | Music Without Borders: Works by Composers from Mexico and the US
Program:
Cynthia Folio Seven Aphorisms (2001)
Max Lifchitz Vignettes (2005)
Robert Martin Weeping Breezes (2006)
Charles Ives String Quartet No. 1 (arr. by M. Popkin)
Méxican Traditional Son de la Bruja (arr. by JL Hurtado)
With: The Sylvan Winds
Svjetlana Kabalin, flute; Kathy Halvorson, oboe; Nuno Antunes, clarinet; Erik Holtje, bassoon; Zohar Schondorf, horn
New York, NY
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7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Film | Spanish Cinema: Juan Sebastián Bollaín's The Two Banks (1987)
This debut feature is a lighthearted comedy.
112 min. In Spanish with English subtitles.
New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Anne Goldberg, Composition
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Stephen Steffens, Tenor
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7:30 pm
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free, no reservation required
Dance Performance | 3 Dance Debuts: Navaridas + Deutinger / Ferenc Fehér / Niv Sheinfeld + Oren Laor
An evening of politically challenging dance by internationally acclaimed dance-makers, each making their New York City debut.
Selected as “Priority Artists” by Aerowaves, the European cross-border dance network, Austria’s Navaridas+Deutinger and Hungary’s Ferenc Fehér make their American debuts in this evening of two theatrically enthralling works.
Fehér’s Stix 66 is an ultimatum to simplicity. With his incredible virtuosity, acrobatic abilities, and physical strength, his solo is a captivating exploration of nothingness.
Chosen as Best Performance of the Year by the Israeli Dance Critics' Circle for 2013, Two Room Apartment brings Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor to the stage for a duet that reflects on their relationship as partners in life and as creators.
New York, NY
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8:00 pm
Free
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Theater | Everybody's Legs, a New Play by Dianne Nora
The story of Annie, a young woman struggling to navigate memories of her family and questions of inheritance in light of her father's illness. Moving fluidly through past and present, Annie explores the stories of her parents, her grandparents, and her own friends and lovers filtered through the music, movies, and literature which both shaped her upbringing and became a common language between her and her father.
New York, NY
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8:00 pm
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8:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Concert | College Horn Recital
Jessica Lombardo, horn. Experience the freshness and excitement of a solo performance by a gifted young artist - a uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers. The program for this event is TBA.
New York, NY
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8:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Dance Performance | MFA Dance Concert
The MFA I Concert is dedicated to displaying works from students in their first year in the Master's degree program. It is an opportunity for graduate students to demonstrate what they have learned thus far in their studies, and to explore new types of movement and choreography. Under the supervision of faculty, the students work with lighting and costume designers to produce a full concert entirely of their own making.
New York, NY
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8:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Concert | Beatrhyme Communications, City's Most Talented Beatboxers
Innovative performers push the boundaries of rhyming, scatting, sound poetry, and beyond in this showcase of beatboxers. Expect jaw-dropping, genre-busting displays of vocal ability as the artists break out a dizzying array of off-the-wall sounds and beats that will leave you wondering how they do it with only their mouths.
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9:00 pm
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