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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 12, 2015?

41 free events take place on Thursday, February 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 February 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 February . 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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41 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, February 12, 2015

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Tour | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Advanced MS Excel 2010 Workshop


Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Excel 2010. Topics include using formulas and functions, data sorting and conditional formatting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
Free

Symposium | The Invention of the Modern Domestic Space in Latin America: Design, Art, and Architecture, 1940-1978


A symposium on modern Latin American design and its interaction with domestic space. There will be three panel discussions covering the current state of Latin American design, the influence of the home on the field, and case studies on exciting design initiatives in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela. Symposium speakers include Luis Castañeda, Patricio del Real, Jorge Rivas, Zeuler Lima, Ana Elena Mallet, Pat Kirkham, Rodrigo Queiroz, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo, and Americas Society's Gabriela Rangel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free

Lecture | Georgia and Its World Bank Ease of Business Rankings


A talk by Dr. Samuel Schueth on his work increasing Georgia's ranking on the World Bank's Business Index.
   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. Lessons are weather permitting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Conference | The Fear of Art


Artists are imprisoned and exiled. Art continues to be banned and destroyed. This is evidence of the power of images to unsettle, to speak truth to power, to question our cherished cultural norms and our ideas about what is sacred. Join artists, scholars, and museum directors to discuss the power of art and the importance of advocating for art, artists, and freedom of expression. Ai Weiwei will give the keynote address via a video he is creating for the conference that addresses "The Censorship of Artists: Artists in Prison, Artists in Exile," followed by a panel discussion with Melissa Chiu (Hirshorn Museum), Ethan Cohen (Ethan Fine Arts), and Minky Worden (Human Rights Watch).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America


Tour is led by the museum’s gallery guides.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Trio Pasqualati performs works by Clementi and Beethoven


This season’s performers were chosen competitively by jury and are among the finest early music artists and ensembles from the New York area and beyond. Today: Clementi and Beethoven, of seemingly very dissimilar character, had links throughout their lives. Beethoven admired Clementi's work as composer and virtuoso. A volume of Clementi's piano sonatas was always at hand and he is said to have performed them frequently. Clementi, on the other hand was Beethoven's publisher in England were he lived after leaving Italy as a teenager. (He also had a business as piano dealer in London, being a jack of many trades). The two trios, although published around the same time speak very different languages, Clementi's elegant and classical, Beethoven's daring and unsettling. Yi Heng yang, fortepiano Theresa Salomon, violin Lindy Clarke, violoncello
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Film | Alan Metter's Back to School (1986): Overbearing Dad


Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young. To help his discouraged son get through college, a fun-loving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself. 96 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Subway Art Tour


Many people think of the New York City subway as one of the largest, most efficient, if not the cleanest mass transit systems in the world. Few, however, think of it as the largest and longest art gallery on the planet. Well, they don't know what they are missing. This lively walking AND subway riding tour visits over a dozen subway stations to experience a selection of these striking often whimsical works that go largely unnoticed by the general public. Join this climate controlled subway and walking art tour. Along the way you'll learn about and become expert at navigating the (in)famous NYC subway system. There's also the invaluable opportunity to confer about your other sightseeing plans with the acclaimed Bronx born, vastly experienced licensed NYC tour guide, Darryl Reilly.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Computer Buying Guide


Learn about hardware and software before buying a computer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Photoshop CS6 for Beginners


Learn how to enhance photos using the #1 photo editing software in the world; Adobe Photoshop. In this class you will get acquainted with the features of Photoshop and learn about layers and use them to minpulate images to your desire.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: Ann Schein, piano


Featuring pianist Ann Schein, this special event provides music lovers with a rare opportunity to witness the interaction between gifted students and great artists as they examine and explore the arts of performance on the highest level.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


Lin Wang, Viola 4 p.m. Isabel Ong, Violin 4 p.m. Natsuki Kamagai, Violin 6 p.m. Ariana Solotoff, Viola 6 p.m. Jack E. Noble, Bass Trombone 8 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | Lasse Hallström's The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014): Restaurant Rivalry


Cast: Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal, Om Puri. An Indian teen in France goes to work for his father's culinary adversary in this drama based on the bestselling novel by Richard C. Morais. 122 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | 2 Films by Italian Director Vittorio De Sica


5:00pm: I bambini ci guardano (The Children Are Watching Us), 1944, 84 min., Italian with English subtitles, Director: Vittorio De Sica - A four-year old boy becomes the subject of emotional folly by his fluctuant parents and inattentive relatives. 6:30pm: Panel featuring Professors Stefano Albertini and Antonio Monda 7:00pm: Matrimonio all'italiana (Marriage Italian Style), 1964, 101 min., Italian with English subtitles, Director: Vittorio De Sica - A successfull businessman with an eye for the girls begins an affair with a 17-years-old prostitute.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Group Show: Un-Identity


A group show featuring artists Jesse Draxler (Los Angeles), Louise Mertens (Antwerp) and Martin Rinman (Stockholm). The show is an exploration of our many selves. Those we show to the world and those we keep internal. Those that are colorful and those that are dark.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Performance | Songs My Mother Never Taught Me, a One-Woman Show by Deborah Karpel


This one-woman show traces the hilarious and miraculous occurrences of a New York-based performer's career path. Following a musical trail that leads back to the discovery of her grandfather's music, the piece features new compositions written with Ted Kociolek and Rachelle Garniez alongside songs by Ernest Tubb, Kurt Weil, Zalmen Shnur, Lazar Weiner, Herman Yablokov, various operatic snippets, improvisation and more. Written and performed by Deborah Karpel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | A New Canaan in Nicaragua? A Caribbean Experiment in Black Freedom, 1848-1854


The California Gold Rush of the 1850s transformed the Caribbean port town of San Juan del Norte (rechristened Greytown after British occupation in 1848) from a sleepy trading post into a teeming crossroads of cultures and politics. Greytown was at once the easternmost terminus of a likely interoceanic canal and a place—to the great surprise of so many travelers—where much of the commerce and governance was in the hands of people of African descent from the Caribbean, the US, and Nicaragua. Greytown’s inhabitants increasingly sought to fashion the town as an island of political freedom, racial equality, and entrepreneurial independence in a sea of American imperialism, white supremacy, and commercial expansionism. Lecturer Justin Wolfe is associate professor and William Arceneaux Professor of Latin American History at Tulane University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Don't Get Angry, Get Assertive: A Talk on Managing Life's Most Challenging Emotion


Anger can harm relationships and strain physical health. But did you know there is a way to change angry feelings to more comfortable and manageable emotions any time you'd like - by making a simple shift in your thinking? Eve Markowitz Preston, a psychologist and coach, will explain how to make these thought-shifts so as to promote better moods and functioning at work, home, and play.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: David Lyle's Everyone's A Critic


Working from found vintage and vernacular photographs, Lyle seamlessly composes works that harken back to 1950's and 1960's America - not as they were, but skewed and reimagined by the artist. Lyle's painstakingly reductive painting process is a very crucial element to the evolution of his final images.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Sculpture: James Capper's Mountaineer


An exhibition of new sculptures and works on paper by London-based artist James Capper. Mountaineer will feature a selection of imposing, welded-steel sculptures. Capper’s works follow the legacy of early Earthworks by Michael Heizer, Dennis Oppenheim and Robert Smithson whereby abstract changes to the land are reflective of human engagement with the environment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Sculpture: Ron Arad's In Reverse


An exhibition of the artist’s recent metal works, In Reverse was first installed at the Design Museum Holon, Israel—the iconic building which Arad designed himself—and later travel to the Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino, Italy in 2014. The exhibition examines the ongoing dialogue between handmade and digital processes in his practice. Rather than manipulate materials to generate functionality, Arad reverses their utilitarian purpose and transforms them into one-of-a-kind objects.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Advanced MS PowerPoint 2010 Workshop


Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Powerpoint 2010. Topics include using transitions, animations, etc. Please note: Bring a flash drive with an MP3 or WMA audio file, and an MP4 or MOV video file if you wish to practice embedding media.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Laura Simms reads from her book The Robe of Love: Secret Instructions for the Heart


For Valentine’s Day this year, Laura Simms is offering a special evening of storytelling. She will perform three of the riveting tales from her book and then engage the audience in a rich conversation about love and stories and keeping the fires of compassion and connection alive in the world today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Stop Motion Animation Workshop


With digital technology, it’s faster (and cheaper) than ever to make your own animated video sequences with stop motion animation. Learn how to successfully photograph image sequences and import them into iMovie to create original animated videos.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Igael Shemtov


The main focus of the exhibition is Shemtov's series 'The Photo Album, 1979-80,' a project that he intended to publish in the early 80s but that is only now being published as a limited edition artist book of two volumes. In this body of work Shemtov looks at lower-middle-class living environments in Israel during that period, depicting both interiors of private homes and exterior public spaces. Photographing in color with a "family album" snapshot aesthetic; he creates images that combine a sense of transience and poverty alongside his subjects' embrace of kitsch.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Authors Read: Jeffery Renard Allen / Marie-Helene Bertino


“Song of the Shank” (Graywolf, 2014) is the acclaimed new novel by Jeffery Renard Allen. Marie-Helene Bertino’s novel “2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas” (Crown, 2014) was selected as one of NPR’s 2014 Great Reads.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Axial Music: Sounds that Move Beyond Improvisation


Combining their disciplines of poetry, music, and visual art, George Quasha and Charles Stein present an evening of axial music that moves beyond improvisation. Quasha is a poet, artist, musician, and the author of over 20 books. Stein's practice encompasses poetry, drawing, and photography.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | José Luis Fariñas and Surreal Latin American Art


Graciela Kartofel delivers a fascinating lecture about how José Luis Fariñas' work intertwines with Surrealism in Latin American Art. She will discuss in depth how Farinas' fantastic world and symbols compare with those of other Latin American artists. Graciela Kartofel is a New York-based art historian, critic and independent curator specializing in Contemporary Art and Latin American Art. Originally from Buenos Aires, Kartofel has been a member of the faculty at UNAM in Mexico City, and often lectures at other universities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Molière's Amphitryon: Roman Gods' Meddling


Amphitryon is a comedic tale of Roman gods in disguise meddling in the affairs of mortals. Molière’s fantastical farce runs the gamut, from slapstick comedy to poetry. This darkly funny and poignant neoclassical adaptation of Greek myth poses important questions about identity, power, injustice, and those who are “above the law.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Nigel Barker discusses his book Models of Influence: 50 Women Who Reset the Course of Fashion


Photographer and fashion guru Nigel Barker discusses his work and the work of top photographers from the 1940's to the present in his new compilation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Women's Reading Group for Women and Men


Join the new reading group focusing on books written by female authors. A mix of fiction and non-fiction, this month's selection is Orphan Train by Christina Baker Klein. Come join the discussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Three Sisters, Chekhov's Melancholy Siblings


Olga, Masha and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Presented by the Harold Clurman Lab Theater.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Astrid Kuljanic, jazz voice 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Dongeun Lee, piano 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM Nicholas Krsnich, baritone
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: Pianist Thomas Rosenkranz, 'One of the Best New Music Performers Around'


Hailed as “One of the best new music performers around" (American Record Guide), Thomas Rosenkranz enjoys a musical life as a soloist, chamber musician, and artist teacher. Since winning the Classical Fellowship Award from the American Pianists Association, his concert career has taken him to four continents. He is a former Cultural Ambassador to Tunisia and Lebanon sponsored by the U.S. State Department. His repertoire extends from the works of J.S. Bach to premieres of works written exclusively for him, often including improvisation into his performances.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:45 pm
Free

Film | Documentary: Ryan Polomski and Frank Bustoz's State vs. Reed (2006)


Rodney Reed was convicted of raping and killing 19 year-old Stacey Stites in May of 1998 and sentenced to death - however, there is overwhelming evidence of his innocence and the need for a new trial is indisputable. This award-winning film explores the troubling mix of prosecutorial misconduct, police corruption, poor defense, and institutional racism surrounding this controversial case. 60 min. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion with Yusef Salaam, who was recently exonerated from the highly controversial Central Park Five case.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Lecture | Plasticity of Time: Morphology in the 20th Century


A lecture by Professor Eva Geulen, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt (Currently Distinguished Max Kade Visiting Professor). Starting with Goethe, this lecture will discuss the role of morphology and problems of seriality in 20th-century authors such as Moretti, Kubler, Jolles and D'Arcy Thompson.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | The Orion String Quartet: One of the Most Sought-After Ensembles in the United States


The Orion String Quartet is one of the most sought-after ensembles in the United States. Since its inception, the quartet has been consistently praised for the fresh perspective and individuality it brings to performances, offering diverse programs that juxtapose classic masterpieces with notable works by living composers. With over fifty performances each year, the members of the Orion String Quartet - violinists Daniel Phillips and Todd Phillips (brothers who share the first violin chair equally), violist Steven Tenenbom and cellist Timothy Eddy – remain on the cutting edge of programming and serve as Artist Members of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The program for this concert will be announced here the week of the performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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