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33 free events take place on Monday, February 11 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 11 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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33 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, February 11, 2019

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free events nyc Chief Dance Critic of The NYT About Merce Cunningham, One of America’s Most Influential Dance Artists
free events nyc Beyond Stonewall: Vital Voices in American Playwriting, with Larry Kramer, Terrence McNally and More
free events nyc Antisemitism Front and Center: Is Antisemitism on the Rise?
free events nyc Works by Schumann and Brahms for Violin, Cello, Piano and Viola
        

Workshop | Morning Meditation


Balance mind, body, and spirit in this Primordial Sound Meditation led by an instructor. Work with a personal mantra, a specific sound or vibration. Take part in a regular meditation practice that lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and strengthens the immune system.
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9:45 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
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10:00 am
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Tour | Tour of Gracie Mansion, Home of New York's Mayors


In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” This tour repeats every Monday.
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10:00 am
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Film | BlacKkKlansman (2018): Comedy crime by Spike Lee


Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events. 135 min. Starring John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier. BlacKkKlansman premiered on May 14, 2018, at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix. It was theatrically released in the United States on August 10, 2018, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the white supremacist Unite the Right rally. The American Film Institute selected it as one of the top 10 films of the 2018 and at the 76th Golden Globe Awards, it earned four nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama. BlacKkKlansman grossed $48.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $39.9 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $88.2 million, against a production budget of $15 million.
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11:00 am
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Tour | Tour of Gracie Mansion, Home of New York's Mayors


In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” This tour repeats every Monday.
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11:00 am
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Lecture | Breaking Through the State Border as an Art Project


An example of border art, a politically motivated mode of art production, which is staged directly in site on state borders or has them in its primary focus, Maria Kulykivska's endurance The Raft Crimea (2016) emerged as the artist's personal reflection on migration politics and on the social tensions they produce. For Ukraine, this theme has a special connotation because of Russia's annexation of the Crimea peninsula and hybrid invasion in the country's east, which resulted in the displacement of more than a million people. The artist planned to undertake a 700-mile journey on a safety raft down the Dnipro river from Kyiv to the European Union's border and then to cross it illegally. Having in its focus this challenging and dangerous project, which did not run according to its initial plan, this presentation attempts to explore how art can contribute to the praxis of resistance against the world's biopolitical divide Speaker Nazar Kozak is a senior research scholar in the Department of Art Studies at the Ethnology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
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12:00 pm
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Film | The Divorcee (1930): Oscar winning romance starring Norma Shearer


When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind. 84 min. Director: Robert Z. Leonard. Starring Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Chester Morris.  Robert Z. Leonard was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. The film was also nominated for Best Picture and won Best Actress for its star Norma Shearer. The movie is based on the novel Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott. 
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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.
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Guided Historical Tour of the Columbia University Campus


Join this tour to learn more about the history, architecture, and sculpture of Columbia and the Morningside Heights campus. Whether you're an amateur New York City historian or visiting campus for the first time, you will leave the tour knowing more about our storied past. Given that the tour route is outdoors, please be aware that tours are occasionally suspended due to inclement weather.
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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.
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1:00 pm
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Film | Odds Against Tomorrow (1959): Debt-burdened Men Uniting For A Bank Robbery


Dave Burke hires two very different debt-burdened men for a bank robbery. Suspicion and prejudice threaten to end their partnership. 96 min. Director: Robert Wise. Starring Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame. Odds Against Tomorrow is based on a novel of the same name by William P. McGivern. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Motion Picture Promoting International Understanding. 
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2:00 pm
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Talk | Resume Help


Need help with resume writing? Not sure how to edit it? Get one-on-one assistance with writing your resume. Please bring a hard copy of your resume or a USB flash drive to save and edit it.
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2:30 pm
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Film | BlacKkKlansman (2018): Comedy crime by Spike Lee


Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events. 135 min. Starring John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier.  BlacKkKlansman premiered on May 14, 2018, at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix. It was theatrically released in the United States on August 10, 2018, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the white supremacist Unite the Right rally.  The American Film Institute selected it as one of the top 10 films of the 2018 and at the 76th Golden Globe Awards, it earned four nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama. BlacKkKlansman grossed $48.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $39.9 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $88.2 million, against a production budget of $15 million.
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3:30 pm
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Tour | Tour of Gracie Mansion, Home of New York's Mayors


In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” This tour repeats every Monday.
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Writing club


Want to meet local writers? Commit to a writing schedule? Practice your craft through writing prompts? Read original work to get and give feedback? Then come to the biweekly meetings of the Writing Club. Writers of all genres and styles, at all levels, are welcome to participate. No sign-ups required. For adults (ages 18 and up).
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5:15 pm
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Workshop | Dance and sculpt


Move your body to the beat! Have fun while you exercise! Bring a towel or an exercise mat. Come in comfortable clothing. This workshop takes place every Monday.
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | iRest Yoga Nidra Practice


Build resiliency and creativity. Rewire your brain to greater ease - and balance your on-the-go life with evidence-based techniques in a non-denominational iRest yoga nidra practice. No previous experience needed. Work clothes are fine: come as you are. They have mats and blankets.
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5:45 pm
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Staged Reading | The Memory of Damage: What the Lobotomist Wrought


Dr. Walter Freeman performed over 3,500 trans-orbital lobotomies in the United States, leaving perfectly healthy patients severely disabled for the rest of their lives. Inspired by a true story, Lori Fischer's play tracks the journey of Calvin Wayne, a past patient, as he searches to find out why he was given the procedure that removed his ability to feel.
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Film | Three-Cornered Moon (1933): the Great Crash of 1929


Difficulties overtake a well-to-do family in New York when they lose all their money in the Great Crash of 1929. Nellie has to tell her grown children that due to her bungled handling of their finances, the family has been wiped out by the Stock Market crash. Friend and family doctor, Alan Stevens, tells them they'll all need to eliminate their extravagant ways and get jobs. 131 min. Director: Elliott Nugent. Starring Claudette Colbert and Mary Boland. Based on a play by Gertrude Tonkonogy Friedberg, the film reached No. 9 in the National Board of Review Awards top-10 films in 1933. Film critic Leonard Maltin identifies it as one of the "25 Vintage Movies You Really Shouldn't Miss". The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Stock Market Crash of 1929 or the Great Crash, is the stock market crash that occurred in late October, 1929. It started on October 24 ("Black Thursday") and continued until October 29, 1929 ("Black Tuesday"), when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Chief Dance Critic of The NYT About Merce Cunningham, One of America’s Most Influential Dance Artists


Chief dance critic of The New York Times Alastair Macaulay will be present to celebrate the centennial of one of America’s most influential dance artists, Merce Cunningham. Marvel at Cunningham’s innovation and expressive brilliance, as Macaulay, with signature insight and charm, unpacks a treasure trove of rarely seen Merce Cunningham performances.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Managing an Exit: The End of the Merkel Era


Late last year, Angela Merkel, who led Germany’s Christian Democratic Union for the past 18 years stepped down as its party leader and announced that she would not run for reelection as chancellor in 2021. As Angela Merkel prepares to leave the political stage, panelists will examine her legacy, her exit strategy, and the possible repercussions of her departure for German party politics and the international political landscape. A moderated discussion between Joyce Mushaben (Curators' Distinguished Professor of Comparative Politics and College of Arts & Sciences first Professor of Global Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis), and Christian Martin (the current Max Weber Chair in German and European Studies), which will be moderated by Robin Cammarota (American Council on Germany).
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Lecture | The Propensity to Hoard is Stronger than the Inducement to Invest: Keynes's Critical History of Capitalism


A lecture with Jonathan Levy, Professor of US History and Fundamentals at The University of Chicago. Levy is a historian of economic life in the United States, with interests in the relationships between business and economic history, political economy, legal history, and the history of ideas. His research and teaching span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and are increasingly preoccupied with global and comparative questions. He is currently at work on a number of projects. The first is an interpretive history of US capitalism, Ages of American Capitalism, which is forthcoming from Random House. The book narrates American economic life from British colonial settlement to the great recession of 2008. A related article, “Capital as Process and the History of Capitalism,” is forthcoming from the Business History Review.
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Author Reading | The Bold World


Entrepreneur and activist Jodie Patterson will be present to discuss her new memoir The Bold World with Tiq Milan, a media advocate and one of the leading voices for transgender equality. Patterson explores identity, gender, race, and authenticity to tell the real-life story of her family’s history and transformation. Inspired by her transgender son Penelope, we learn about Patterson’s children who act as a vehicle for growth and acceptance of her diverse family, and her experiences as a wife, mother, and, eventually, LGBTQI advocate. Tiq Milan is currently the Co-Founder of Milan Media Arts Productions along with his wife Kim Katrin Milan. MAPS is content creation and consulting firm that is dedicated to creating narratives of queer people and their allies.
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Discussion | African Diasporic Countervisualities


This panel challenges the overproduction of certain images of Caribbean men, women, and children that have allowed for dominant — often nationalist — narratives from the region. Instead, each panelist reveals how the subjects of the archives from which they are drawn demonstrate their own agency as they confront these chronicles. Multi-media artist La Vaughn Belle, Dixa Ramírez of Brown University, and Vanessa K. Valdés of CUNY take you from the Danish West Indies to the U.S. Virgin Islands, from the Dominican Republic to the Puerto Rican community in New York to highlight inconvenient histories previously ignored, erased, and silenced.
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Discussion | Antisemitism Front and Center: Is Antisemitism on the Rise?


Is antisemitism on the rise? And if it is, how should it be addressed, enmeshed as it is in debates about Zionism, the resurgence of nationalism In Europe and America, campus free-speech and "safe spaces,” political proceduralism and activism? This panel will explore the extent to which antisemitism may be understood as a coherent phenomenon throughout history and across the ideological spectrum. Panelists: Jarrod Tanny - The Univeristy of North Carolina Wilmington Michah Gottlieb - The New York University Susan Corke - German Marshall Fund Panel moderated by Val Vinokur
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Beyond Stonewall: Vital Voices in American Playwriting, with Larry Kramer, Terrence McNally and More


This is a gathering of renowned, award-winning playwrights who have broken new ground across generations as artists and activists. The characters and stories they have brought to the stage have illuminated the lives of the LGBTQ+ community at home, in the street, in court, in the halls of power, and in the public square–amplifying our humanity and transforming American and global culture. With -- Larry Kramer, playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate -- Matthew Lopez, playwright -- Terrence McNally, playwright, librettist, screenwriter -- Lucy Thurber, playwright, librettist -- Moderated by Tom Kirdahy, activist lawyer and theater producer
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6:30 pm
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Conference | Changing Protagonists in Romance Fiction


A panel of writers discuss the rise of romantic fiction featuring POC (person of color) and LGBTQ protagonists. Panelists will be; Alysia Constantine, author of Sweet & Olympia Knife Adriana Herrera, co-creator of the Queer Romance PoC Collective & VP of Programs for the Romance Writers of America New York City Chapter Nisha Sharma, author of My So-Called Bollywood Life & The Takeover Effect Damon Suede, author of Lickety Split & Pent Up Protagonists in romantic fiction novels are purposely meant to be stand-ins for the reader; an alternative version of their ideal selves living out their ultimate romantic fantasies free of judgement. However, an overwhelming majority of romantic fiction features cis-gendered, white, able-bodied, heterosexual protagonists—an inaccurate reflection of the genre's diverse readership. Adriana Herrera speaks with Nisha Sharma, Alysia Constantine, and Damon Suede about recent rise in inclusive and diverse romantic fiction, and the ways in which their own experiences and backgrounds have influenced their written work.
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Discussion | Pervasive and Personal: Observations on Free Speech Online


Technology has linked much of the world together, but in its complexity and ubiquity, technology also has deeply personal qualities. It has helped us build relationships and has become a part of our daily lives, something we carry in our pockets wherever we go. This duality of tech and particularly the Internet—its ability to be vast yet intimate—has enabled people to express themselves in unique ways, but also brought with it some serious challenges. Where open channels into each other's lives exist, the spread of harassment, abuse and vitriol can be equally pervasive and personal. Participants will turn from considerations of freedom of speech in a U.S. context (a particular focus of Seminar 1) to how freedom of expression is exercised—and curtailed—in our complex online sphere. By observing the ability of women to safely and securely speak out online, we will bring to the fore the contradictions of the Internet, a seemingly borderless space that is used by people living within borders, a tool that has equalizing potential but is constructed through the hegemony that is Silicon Valley. Participants: Molly Crabapple, artist and writer Mona Eltahawy, Egyptian-American journalist and social commentator and others Moderator: Judy Taing, Head of Gender & Sexuality, ARTICLE 19
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Play | A People's Guide to History in the Time of Here and Now: Two Versions of the Past


Loner and grungy Muslim-American student Jennah has just transferred to a small Michigan high school, and during the weeks immediately following the 2016 election, she struggles to find her place as she embarks on a battle of wills against a popular History and Civics teacher. This student production, written by Rehana Lew Mirza, asks how can we teach history when people have two versions of the present.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Good Riddance: Secrets of a Yearbook


In Elinor Lipman's novel, Daphne Maritch doesn't quite know what to make of the heavily annotated high school yearbook she inherits from her mother, who held this relic dear. In a fit of decluttering, she discards it when she moves to a small apartment. But when it's found in the recycling bin by a busybody neighbor/documentary filmmaker, the yearbook's mysteries---not to mention her own family's---take on a whole new urgency. Restrictions apply. Call store for details.
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Author Reading | The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies


The Book of Help traces one woman’s life-long quest for love, connection, and peace of mind. A heartbreakingly vulnerable and tragically funny memoir-in-remedies, Megan Griswold’s narrative spans four decades and six continents—from the glaciers of Patagonia and the psycho-tropics of Brazil, to academia, the Ivy League, and the study of Eastern medicine.   Megan Griswold has trained and received certifications as a doula, shiatsu practitioner, yoga instructor, personal trainer, and in wilderness medicine, among others. She has worked as a mountain instructor, a Classical Five Element acupuncturist, a freelance reporter, an NPR All Things Considered commentator and an off-the grid interior designer. She resides (mostly) in a yurt in Kelly, Wyoming.
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Book Club | The Girl Who Wrote in Silk: A Tragic Family Truth


The smallest items can hold centuries of secrets. Inara Erickson is exploring her deceased aunt's island estate when she finds an elaborately stitched piece of fabric hidden in the house. As she peels back layer upon layer of the secrets it holds, Inara's life becomes interwoven with that of Mei Lein, a young Chinese girl mysteriously driven from her home a century before. Through the stories Mei Lein tells in silk, Inara uncovers a tragic truth that will shake her family to its core-and force her to make an impossible choice. Inspired by true events, Kelli Estes' brilliant and atmospheric debut serves as a poignant tale of two women determined to do the right thing, and the power of our own stories.
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Classical Music | Works by Schumann and Brahms for Violin, Cello, Piano and Viola


Horszowski Trio: Jesse Mills, violin; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Rieko Aizawa, piano; with Masumi Per Rostad, viola. Program Schumann Trio in D Minor, op. 63 Brahms Piano Quartet in A Major, op. 26 About the Performers Each an admired soloist, the “eloquent, enthralling” Horszowski Trio (Boston Globe) has grown into one of the most beloved American ensembles; the New Yorker has called them "the most compelling American group to come on the scene." Grammy Award-winning violist Masumi Per Rostad joins for Brahms's towering Piano Quartet in A Major, op. 26.
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7:30 pm
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