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38 free events take place in New York City on Friday, January 27, 2012.
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38 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, January 27, 2012

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Workshop | Open Computer Lab


Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter? Bring your technology questions and get one on one assistance!
   
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10:00 am
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Other | Bridge Club for Advanced Beginners


Are you a Bridge buff? Put on your game face and show off your best moves. For advanced beginner players only.
   
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Resumé Lab


Hands-on using wireless laptops. Use this supervised lab time to create and save a resume in Microsoft Word. Assistance with document formatting and proofreading will be available. Please bring a written draft of your resume and a USB drive to save and print your resume. (Please note: This is not an instructor led class or a career advisement session.)
   
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10:30 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

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., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   
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11:15 am
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Concert | Bach at Noon


This Organ Meditations Series features the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
   
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12:20 pm
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


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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Lecture | Ricardo Lagos discusses his book The Southern Tiger: Chile's Fight for a Peaceful and Democratic Future


Ricardo Lagos exploded onto the international stage in 1988 after he gave a speech denouncing Augusto Pinochet, the first of its kind. Revolution soon followed, and when Lagos eventually assumed the presidency, he implemented monumental reforms both internal and external - replacing repression with a commitment to open society; revitalizing trade; and rebuilding the education system. Here, Lagos teams up with Foreign Policy managing editor Blake Hounshell and former editor Elizabeth Dickinson to give readers an inside look at what President Obama recently called "a model for other parts of the world." With a foreword by Bill Clinton, THE SOUTHERN TIGER provides a captivating glimpse inside the reinvention of a nation.
   
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12:30 pm
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Park Walk | West Side Stories Tour


Walk through a scenic area on the western edge of the Park, much of which is off the beaten track for most visitors. See rolling meadows, lake views, bridges of different styles, and a garden with flowers and plants mentioned by Shakespeare.
   
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12:30 pm
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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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1:00 pm
$6

Screening | Native American Films


Featuring films by and about Native Americans. At 1pm and 3pm.
   
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1:00 pm
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Film | Sally Pottery's Oscar-Nominated Orlando (1993): Woolf's Time Surfer


Strarring Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane and Quentin Crisp. Young nobleman Orlando is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young. Miraculously, he does just that. The film follows him as he moves through several centuries of British history, experiencing a variety of lives and relationships along the way, and even changing sex. Based on the Virginia Woolf book. 94 min.
   
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1:00 pm
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Tour | U.S. Customs House Building Tour


Museum Ambassadors provide a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House.
   
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1:00 pm
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Film | Oscar Winner: Elia Kazan's East of Eden (1955)


With James Dean, Raymond Massey and Julie Harris. In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estranged mother. 118 mins.
   
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | 1940 Census and Before Workshop


Hands-on using wireless laptops. Are you anxiously waiting the release of the 1940 United States census on April 2, 2012? Genealogy enthusiasts will enjoy a peek of the soon to be released format and an overview of the U.S. census throughout the years.
   
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2:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A 45-minute in-depth look at the exhibition.
   
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3:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class - David Geber, cello


An extraordinary opportunity for connoisseurs of great music and young talent. An outstanding artist of today discusses and critiques performances by outstanding artists of tomorrow at a world-renowned conservatory.
   
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4:00 pm
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Film | Mexican Drama: Paula Markovitch's The Prize (2011)


During the years of Argentine dictatorship and its notorious Dirty War (1975–83), an anxious young mother and her precocious daughter flee Buenos Aires for the temporary seclusion of a ramshackle cottage on a remote beach. What begins as a childhood idyll is soon contaminated by the larger political crisis. 99 min. In Spanish with English subtitles.
   
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recital - Chung Wan Choi, composer


A uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers - the freshness and excitement of a solo recital by a gifted young artist at one of the world's leading conservatories.
   
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4:00 pm
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Workshop | Chess & Games Club


A beginning level Chess gaming group for all ages. Other games considered as well.
   
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Game Night


Come play your favorite classic games or try a new one at the monthly game night! They've got Awkward Family Photos, Scrabble, Taboo, Battleship, Chess, Monopoly, Wits & Wagers, Connect 4, and the current crowd pleaser, Apples to Apples.
   
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recital - William Cassatt, guitar


   
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Free Music Fridays


5:30 The Tres Amigos 6:05 Thomas Bryan Eaton 6:40 Kate Vargas Hosted by Lara Ewen
   
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5:30 pm
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Performance | Happy Hour Comedy Show


Get your liquid courage at a discounted price and then show the world what you’ve been practicing at home. Our Friday Jam will focus on improving something new every week. Show up ready to be challenged, meet new people, and improvise! FREE FOR ALL this jam will get you ready for the next level of improv while being the perfect pregame to your weekend. There are four rotating formats with different hosts. So Happy Hour! never falls down and in a crumpled heap in the john, it just stays buzzed and bubbly.
   
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6:00 pm
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Reading | Reading by Students from Day One Fund


Tonight, student members of Day One Fund for the City of New York are here to read from their original work.
   
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Composers Celebrate the Diversity of Song


Composers: Cody Brown, Dan Cooper, Charles Coleman, Luis Andrei Cobo, Duke Ellington/Pritsker, Milica Paranosic, Gene Pritsker, and Bob Rodriguez. Performers: Bobby Avey, Gernot Bernroider, Cody Brown, John Clark, Charles Coleman, Dan Cooper, Mat Fieldes, Laura Kay, Taka Kigawa, Milica Paranosic, Edmundo Ramirez, Chanda Rule, Sean Satin, and Keve Wilson.
   
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6:30 pm
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Performance | Candy Slice Comedy


Candy Slice Comedy is a collective of gals bringing improv and sisterhood together, like a slumber party from which you would never call your mom to come and pick you up in the middle of the night. Their viral sketches have been featured on Perez Hilton, The Huffington Post, and the computers of middle school girls across the country.
   
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7:00 pm
$5

Performance | Comedy: Swords and Taco Supreme


Swords brings you a night of beautifully crafted improvised theater. Every show features performances from a celebrity guest improviser. The ladies of Taco Supreme bring the heat with their fast paced comedy! Seasoned (like tacos!) improvisors Alexis Saarela, Brigid Boyle, Elizabeth Findlay and Ashley Ward use an audience suggestion to create a whirlwind of characters and scenarios not meant for the faint of heart or those with severe acid reflux. Now with more Jessica Eason and Tara Copeland!
   
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Benjamin Fingland, clarinet


This concert features: Benjamin Fingland, clarinet, and Steven Beck, piano, performing music by Berg, Bernstein and Von Weber.
   
7:00 pm
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Film | Iraqi Cinema: Oday Rasheed's Qarantina (2010)


A broken family, headed by the patriarch Salih, lives within the gated courtyard of a dilapidated house in Baghdad. Salih’s pregnant daughter has fallen mute, and only finds solace with Salih’s young second wife, Kerima, and preteen son, Muhanad. To keep the family afloat, Muhanad must work in the street shining shoes and, more ominously, the family is forced to take in a sullen and imperious boarder. 90 min. In Arabic with English subtitles.
   
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7:00 pm
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Open Mic | Poetry Slam


Featuring store owner Marc Anthony.
   
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Concert | Student Recital - Qian Li, piano


   
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Nobody’s Token / NorthCoast


Nobody’s Token-New York City’s premiere African-American improv group creates a hilarious half-hour sitcom exploring all the things you’ve come to love in your favorite TV shows. Whether having problems at the office or struggling to pay your rent, no matter if you’re secretly in love with an alien or your mother’s a car, give us two of your wackiest problems and a product you want to buy and we’ll give you a half-hour of laughs. With commercials! North Coast-Now that the east coast – west coast beef has subsided, North Coast is stepping up to throw down. Watch as New York’s only freestyle rapping, beatboxing, long-form improv teams performs a fully improvised “hip-hopera” right in front of your face. North Coast has been doin’ big things in the New York City improv scene for over 2 years. They have held it down at The Peoples Improv Theater, The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, The Tank Theater, comedy festivals around the country, and multiple universities. The show is upbeat and energetic from start to finish. You provide your favorite rap lyric and North Coast will make your gut bust and your head bop. And if you don’t know, now you know.
   
8:00 pm
$5

Concert | Focus! Festival 2012: John Cage at 100


Program: John Cage: 59 ½” For a String Player (1953) Nocturne for Violin and Piano (1947) Living Room Music (1940) In a Landscape (1948) Theater Piece (1960) Postcard from Heaven (1982) Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (March No. 2) (1951) Aria 2 and 2B, from Song Books Vol. 1 (1970) with Solos from Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1958) With: Lara Secord-Haid, soprano, and Davone Tines, bass-baritone
   
8:00 pm
Free tickets required

Author Reading | Joseph Giannola reads from his book A Promise Kept


The story of Jared's mythic quest to fulfill an ancient promise and save his people from endless war and spiritual poverty. A thrilling adventure and a tale of our time.
   
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recital - Christine Price and Kimberly Foxen, voice


   
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Kokayi, Grammy-Nominated Rap-Rocker


Kokayi is a Grammy-nominated future-funk rock emcee, producer, and educator, whose resume includes everything from serving as a hip-hop ambassador with the State Department’s Rhythm Roads project to collaborating with legendary saxophonist Steve Coleman. Kokayi will let fly his distinct mix of prog-rap and rock, including tracks from his upcoming 2012 release, 202.
   
9:00 pm
No cover

Concert | Student Recital - Yang Jin, piano


   
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