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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 24, 2017?

45 free events take place on Friday, February 24 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 24 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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45 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, February 24, 2017

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free events nyc Otto Bell's The Eagle Huntress (2016): Documentary on Kazakh Girl's Dream
free events nyc Pedrito Martinez Group, Grammy-Nominated Latin Dance Band
free events nyc Orion String Quartet performs Puccini, Verdi, Haydn
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Conference | All Things Living and Not: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Non-Anthropocentric Perspectives in Slavic Studies


The last two decades have witnessed a revision in the concept of alterity, decentering the human in how we reckon with the other. Animal studies, artificial intelligence, ecocriticism, etc. not only ask us to consider the possibility of non-human subjects, but also challenge our very humanness and, along with it, the very premises of the humanities and human sciences. What does a non-anthropocentric understanding of the other offer to the field of Slavic studies? And conversely, what can the cultures, histories, and belief systems of Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia reveal about practices and possibilities of radical alterity? The international conference, All Things Living and Not, brings together senior scholars and emerging researchers from across the U.S. and former socialist bloc to discuss the conjunction between the animal, the plant, the machine, inorganic matter, and the human as a way to destabilize the mind-body dichotomy, class, race, gender, age, etc. Keynote speaker Ewa Domanska (Poznan and Stanford) along with stream leaders Jane Costlow (Bates), Serguei Oushakine (Princeton), and Oxana Timofeeva (European U. in St. Petersburg) will push participants to think through new approaches to the cultures, histories, and politics of the region.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Conference | Double-Consciousness: Women of Color as Advocates for Ourselves and Others


Though many women of color professionally engage with their intersectional identities in individualized ways, the unique challenge of double-consciousness is one we all face in our work as advocates. This year's conference will create a space for strategizing around that challenge through several panel discussions. Bringing together academics, legal practitioners, and community organizers, our discussions will center on understanding how we balance our reality as individual citizens who are subject to the law with our role as advocates armed with the power of the law. The conference will open with keynote remarks from Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam and will include a light breakfast and lunchtime networking event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Bridge Club


Are you a Bridge buff? Put your game face on and show off your best plays. Join the fun and meet new friends. All players welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Symposium | Forms of Resistance


This symposium will explore different modalities of resistance across disciplinary and temporal boundaries, questioning the meaning and application of such a multivalent term. Speakers: Souleymane Bachir Diagne will draw upon Sartre's concept of the "groupe en fusion" and the story of Antigone to discuss resistance and transcendence. Eliza Zingesser will speak about queer love in the French Middle Ages. Yohann Ripert will focus on Negritude and resistance to colonial domination through a politics of métissage. Raphaëlle Burns will address the irresistibility of laughter and how this quality lies at the heart of its subversive force.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | New York One-Day Tour


Don't have enough time to take all of the tours? Prefer to experience Manhattan with a smaller group, but a private booking is out of reach? Then consider our All-in-One New York 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, the World Trade Center, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, Chelsea Market and the Highline Park. Tour takes place Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Conference | The French Resistance in Transnational Perspective


10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Opening Remarks 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Anglo-American Connections and the French Resistance Charlotte Faucher, University of Warwick Transnational Cultural Resistance: Free France, the British Council, and the French Cultural Institute in London Valerie Deacon, New York University The Transnational Nature of Escape, Evasion, and Humanitarian Resistance in France 1:30 – 3:15 p.m. Resistance and the Empire Eric Jennings, University of Toronto The First Resistance: French Equatorial Africa and Cameroon, 1940-1943 Martin Evans, University of Sussex Colonial Consequences: The Complex Aftermaths of World War Two Resistance and the End of French Algeria, 1945-1962 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Navigating Boundaries Within and Beyond the Nation Ludivine Broch, University of Westminster Resistance and the Question of Race: Raising National and Transnational Concerns Olivier Wiewiorka, École normale supérieure de Cachan Has (Western) Resistance Been a European Phenomenon? 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. Concluding Remarks – Resistance Legacies in Transnational Perspective
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Advanced MS Word 2010 Workshop


Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Word 2010. Topics include mail merge, tables, text boxes, headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Lecture | Post-Election America: Nationalism and Internationalism


After the Cold War, the power of the U.S. has been unrivaled, though never unchallenged. Internationalism dominated American politics. The Bush and Obama administrations pursued different internationalist paths. Their policies yielded mixed results and opened space for what advocates propose as a new American nationalism. How new is this program and what are its prospects? Is ‘America First’ good for America? Lecturer: David Plotke, Professor of Politics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 am
Free

Other | AARP Free Tax Preparation Service


AARP will provide free tax preparation for New Yorkers. Patrons will be seen on a first come, first serve basis and the doors may close early due to capacity constraints. You're more than welcome to wait before the library opens at 10 AM, however, no one will be permitted inside the building until 10 AM. This program will start on February 3, 2017 and end on April 18, 2017.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Beginner Jewelry Making Workshop


Learn the basics of how to use jewelry making tools, bead types and their uses, wire working and bead wrapping, stringing materials. Learn simple techniques to design and create your own one of kind pieces or recreate established designer pieces. You can use these skills to also make simple jewelry repairs, start your own jewelry business or be the hit of the party with your own one of a kind exquisite piece of jewelry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Crash Course in Interviewing


Join Steven Davis, a career coach and a recruiter, and learn what recruiters and hiring managers look for. Refine your efforts and planning to prepare and focus in the most productive ways. Bring a job description and have a mock interview session. Knowledge is Power.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | 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. The event is offered daily, except Sundays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | 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. The event is offered daily, except Sundays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Mary Pan, organ scholar. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 13, 2016 to May 25, 2017.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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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. This tour takes place every Friday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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City Walk | Tour34: Empire to Penn


A guided walking tour of the historic and revitalized 34th Street District. Tour-goers will explore the neighborhood's rich history of commerce, transit, and architecture. This 90-minute tour is held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday through May 28, 2017.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 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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Film | John Byrum's The Razor's Edge (1984): WWI Vet's Story


Stars: Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Denholm Elliott. Larry Darrell returns from the battlefields of World War I to America a different person. His fiance (Isabel) resigns herself to a delay in the wedding plans when Larry heads off to Paris. There he finds he prefers a simpler existence and begins to read. One book inspires him to visit India and on to Nepal where he finds spiritual help from a lama. On returning to Paris he finds Isabel and some old friends. Everyone has changed. 128 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Other | Nature Sanctuary Open Hours


During these limited hours, visitors can explore the normally closed sanctuary at their own pace along the rustic trail. See how the conservancy has restored this native woodland garden for birds and other wildlife. The wood-chipped trail is uneven; please wear appropriate shoes. This ecosystem is a protected area and home to many flora and fauna. No groups, dogs, bikes, or strollers. Free and self-guided. Space is limited.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Richard Tanne's Southside with You (2016): The Obamas' Romance


Stars: Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway. The film chronicles the summer 1989 afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicago's South Side. 84 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Vincente Minnelli's Oscar Nominee Cabin in the Sky (1943): Gambler's Second Chance


Stars: Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne. A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife. 98 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Featured Database: New York Times, 1851-2013


Search for articles and page images in back issues of The New York Times. Find historical headlines, news stories, book, film, and theater reviews, obituaries, advertisements, and more. Check out the front page from the day you were born.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Conference | Ukrainian Statehood 1917-1921: Institutions and Individuals


This two-day conference will commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Ukrainian Revolution and the creation of the modern Ukrainian state. The conference will focus both on the important institutions that were founded under the Ukrainian Central Rada/Ukrainian National Republic, the Ukrainian State of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky, the Ukrainian National Republic under the Dyrectoria, and on the individuals that formed them. These state institutions proved to be essential in organizing and giving structure to Ukrainian political, educational, cultural and religious developments at that time. The successes and failures of these initiatives provided models that were both emulated and adjusted in subsequent years and that continue to inform Ukrainian nation-building efforts today. The conference will examine the lasting impact of these individuals and institutions on Ukrainian culture and scholarship.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Film | Christopher Nolan's Oscar Winner Interstellar (2014): Time-Bending Sci-Fi


Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain. A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. 169 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments. This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 2pm, and Saturdays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Nicholas Stoller's Neighbors 2 (2016): Comedy Sequel


Stars: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron. When their new next-door neighbors turn out to be a sorority even more debaucherous than the fraternity previously living there, Mac and Kelly team with their former enemy, Teddy, to bring the girls down. 92 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Peter Bogdanovich's Paper Moon (1973): Tatum O'Neal's Oscar


Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn. During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership. 102 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Who's the King? Chess


All ages are welcome! Board games available upon request at the circulation desk. Every Friday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Master Class | Guitar Master Class: Paul Gailbrath


Internationally renowned as a brilliant innovator of the classical guitar, Paul Galbraith has been working since the 1980s towards expanding the technical limits of his instrument, besides augmenting the quantity and quality of its repertoire. These efforts have already resulted in a series of critically acclaimed recordings of works by Bach, Haydn and Brahms, along with his own arrangements of folk tunes from various countries, all of which demonstrate the originality of his musical personality. By exchanging the traditional guitar for the eight-string Brahms Guitar, which he helped to develop, Galbraith found the ideal instrument with which to interpret the challenging Classical transcriptions from his highly personal repertoire.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Talk | Eyes of the Masters: Billy Martin, Jazz Drummer


Billy Martin was born in NYC in 1963 to a Radio City Rockette and a concert violinist. At age 17, he devoted himself to music and dove into Manhattan’s thriving, eclectic musical landscape. In the years to follow, he honed his craft everywhere from Broadway orchestra pits to Brazilian nightclubs and burgeoning underground performance spaces. From the roots of the downtown scene he emerged with Medeski, Martin, and Wood, bridging the harmonic complexity of jazz, the conversational fluency of free improvisation, and the groove and swagger of classic R+B and funk. A series of albums and high-profile collaborations with John Scofield, John Zorn, Iggy Pop, Natalie Merchant, and others, brought the band international acclaim. With a steady base as one-third of the renowned experimental jazz trio Medeski, Martin, and Wood, drummer Billy Martin has become one of the most forward-thinking, innovative, and influential percussionists in the music world. His ultra-sensitive, hyper-melodic drumming -- which explores the ideas of jazz, hip-hop, electronica, African music, and other genres -- has an organic feel to it, filled with soft, natural edges and fluid energies. The Eyes of the Masters series is a special class where legendary artists share their experiences, knowledge and insights into the world of music both as an art form and as a career.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Student Recitals


Dan K. Kurland, Collaborative Piano Lecture 4 p.m. Jeffrey Girton, Baroque Violin 6 p.m. Dror Baitel, Collaborative Piano 8 p.m. Kevin Mills, Cello 8 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Hettie Jones reads from her book Love, H.


Hettie Jones is the author of numerous books, including her memoir of the Beat scene, "How I Became Hettie Jones" (Grove, 1996), the poetry collection "Drive" (Hanging Loose Press, 1998), and the young adult book "Big Star Fallin’ Mama: Five Women in Black Music" (Viking, 1995). Her latest is "Love, H: The Letters of Helene Dorn and Hettie Jones" (Duke University Press Books, 2016).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Jordan Harrison discusses his play Marjorie Prime


With help from an intriguingly innovative technology in a future not far from our present, Marjorie Prime examines her past, sometimes replacing her realities with idealized memories. Through deeply drawn characters—both real and in the form of artificial intelligence companions, or “Primes” — Harrison burrows into troubling questions of the digital age: What would we remember, and what would we forget, given the power of authorship? Will we be any less human, once computers know us better than we know ourselves? With special guest actress Lois Smith.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | A Virtual Experience of Solitary Confinement


The Mass Incarceration Conversation Series presents a virtual experience of solitary confinement, featuring the Incarcerated Nation’s Five Mualimm-ak. We live in a society where, like many things, proof of pain must be seen and quantified in order to definitively exist. But what about the pain that is invisible? Does our inability to see it make it any less real? Solitary Confinement is a dire human rights issue. As social workers and advocates for human rights, it is imperative that we learn how this form of punishment impacts the humans we serve and advocate for. Please join this opportunity to see what solitary confinement looks like and to appreciate the privilege many of us have in our ability to move freely in this world. Five Mualimm-ak is a Human Rights Advocate and the founder of the Incarcerated Nation Corp.–a collective of those most experienced with incarceration supporting projects that provide direct service to those incarcerated. After returning directly from isolation and incarceration, Five now works to support those who return to society from incarceration and works as a human rights defender to advocate for the human rights of those directly impacted by mass incarceration.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Otherwise Normal


A group exhibition of works by Anthony Gelfand, Alba Vigaray, and Luan Sherman featuring an interdisciplinary selection of new media photography, installation, and sculptural works. The artists seek to investigate the boundaries of assimilation, gender, sexuality, and belonging through notions of cultural passing. Passing, in this context, refers to the inherent complexity of individual identity and the intersectional experience of our generation. One Art Space, 23 Warren Street, Street level - Gallery 1, New York, NY 10007
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Stretch and Body Weight Training


Keep those new years resolutions! Bring your mom, dad, brother, sister, cousin or best friend for a heart pumping workout where your body would be the only weight you use. Guaranteed to get you to break a sweat, the class will begin and end with a series of stretches that will relax those tired achy muscles. All fitness levels are welcomed. No gym membership needed but please bring a lock to store your belongings.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Memoirs: Performed by Kairos Italy Theater


Pioneering 18th-century Venetian playwright and librettist Carlo Goldoni reinvigorated the commedia dell’arte tradition, injecting his comedies with realism, tighter plots, a new spontaneity, and middle-class characters. Kairos Italy Theater gives the US premiere of a staged version of his Memoirs—performed only once before under the direction of the legendary Giorgio Strehler. Written by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Laura Caparrotti in collaboration with Jay Stern Presented by Kairos Italy Theater
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Film | German Film: Oliver Haffner's A Gift from the Gods (2014)


The actress Anna suddenly loses her position at a small German municipal theater. She can expect little help from the local job center –except for a not particularly militant official who works there and is crazy about the theater. Anna takes on the leadership of a drama course for eight long-term unemployed people. At the beginning, none of them respond with any enthusiasm, especially not for the drama play ‘Antigone’, which Anna wants to rehearse with them –yet the skeptical and difficult individuals grow together into a community, which provides them all with a source of hope. In German with English subtitles
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Otto Bell's The Eagle Huntress (2016): Documentary on Kazakh Girl's Dream


Thirteen-year-old Aisholpan trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle huntress. 87 min. The film will be followed by a Q+A with producer Stacey Reiss. Pizza served at 6:30.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Comedy Club | Day Job/Night Cap Comedy Show


Unwind after a long work week. Hear some of New York's best comedians tell you about their day jobs then watch as Playground creates an original improvised show based off those stories. If you're feeling brave, drop your name into our coffee pot for the chance to have Playground interview you live on stage and create an improvised show based on YOUR job.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Jazz | MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra presents West Side Story Revisited - A 60th Anniversary Tribute


A new Latin jazz treatment of this timeless masterwork that premiered on Broadway in 1957, redefining American musical theatre Bobby Sanabria, Music Director
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Classical Music | Orion String Quartet performs Puccini, Verdi, Haydn


Program: Puccini: Scherzo for String Quartet Wolf: Italian Serenade Haydn: String Quartet in F major, op. 50 no. 5 Verdi: String Quartet in E minor 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Concert | Pedrito Martinez Group, Grammy-Nominated Latin Dance Band


This Friday night Latin dance party will be led by Grammy-nominated percussionist, singer, and songwriter Pedrito Martinez. With fans that include Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks, Wynton Marsalis, Ruben Blades, and Quincy Jones, the world-class rumbero and his band have been “writing a new chapter in Cuban music history” (NPR) since they started playing together in 2005. Tonight they invite you to the dance floor with their fresh takes on the Afro-Cuban traditions of rumba and Yoruba, performing music off their most recent album Habana Dreams.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Classical Music | An Evening with Mezzo-Soprano Brenda Patterson: A Heteronormative to Homoextraordinary Recital


In this program, Juilliard graduate and Metropolitan Opera singer Brenda Patterson, an “out” mezzo-soprano, invites the listener to experience the power and intimacy of art song when it is offered without emotional translation. Using Schumann’s classic song cycle, “A Woman’s Love and Life,” set with new texts by contemporary lesbian poet Emily Moore, Patterson at once effaces and revivifies Schumann’s original masterpiece, reclaiming it as a modern, fully inhabitable work that speaks to our contemporary realities. This cycle will juxtapose against selections from Hector Berlioz and American songwriter Ricky Ian Gordon to explore related themes of intimacy and loss, from poet Théophile Gautier’s romanticized 19th Century “love that dare not speak its name” to the AIDS crisis of the 1990s. Renate Rohlfing will provide accompaniment on the piano.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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