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31 free events take place on Thursday, January 28 in New York City.
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31 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, January 28, 2016

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

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. This tour takes place every day at 10am.
   Civic Center,
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10:00 am
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Master Class | Master Class: Richard Deane, Horn


Richard Deane joined the New York Philharmonic as Associate Principal Horn in September 2014. Previously, he served as third horn of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 1987, participating in more than 80 recordings, including 20 Grammy Award winners, for Telarc International.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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10:00 am
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Film | Woody Allen's Hannah And Her Sisters (1986): Won 3 Academy Awards


Starring Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow. Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly. 103 min.
   Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. This workshop occurs Mondays through Fridays.
   Midtown,
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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. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 15, 2015 to May 26, 2016.
   Lower Manhattan,
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12:20 pm
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Concert | Lunchtime Organ Recital


Take a 30-minute break for your soul. Organist: William Entriken, Director of Music, First Presbyterian Church of New York
   Midtown, New York, NY
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12:30 pm
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Staged Reading | Howard: Reading of a New Musical About Howard Hughes


A special industry-staged reading of the new musical written by Frank Evans and James Scully. Howard Hughes: iconoclastic, womanizing billionaire, inventor, film producer, anonymous benefactor and aviator. The musical takes us from the early days in Houston to his reclusive, secretive life involving marriages to Ella Rice, a Houston socialite, to Jean Peters, 20th Century Fox film star, and his long affair with the luminary Katherine Hepburn. This event takes place Jan. 27-29.
   Lincoln Square, New York, NY
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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.
   Lower Manhattan,
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1:00 pm
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Concert | BALAM Dance Theater presents Sprezzatura New York Style


With: Baroque Dancers - Carlos Fittante and Caitlin Klinger or Robin Gilbert Violin - Maureen Murchie Violin Cello - Lisa Terry "Sprezzatura New York Style" presents Arcangelo Corelli's Violin Sonata No. 10 in F Major for violin and violin-cello, La Folia, and excerpts from J.S. Bach cello suite with Baroque dance. The choreography by Carlos Fittante is based on the Baroque form and the dancers will perfom in period attire.
   Midtown East, New York, NY
1:15 pm
$10 suggested donation

Film | S. Sylvan Simon's Whistling in Brooklyn (1943): Madcap Comedy


Stars: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Jean Rogers. Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself. 87 min.
   Carnegie Hill, New York, NY
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2:00 pm
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Film | Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly's Oscar Nominee Singin' in the Rain (1952): Talkie Trouble


Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds. A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. 103 min.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | First-Person Filmmaking Workshop


A workshop with Alina Marazzi on first-person filmmaking, mixed media and the creative use of archival footage.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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3:30 pm
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Film | Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin's Minions (2015): Animated Sequel


Stars: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton. Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a supervillain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world. 91 min.
   Upper East Side, New York, NY
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recitals


5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Ryan Bridge, piano 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Damon Taheri, viola
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Discussion Group


This month's selection is NORA WEBSTER by COLM TOIBIN. Please come prepared!
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
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5:45 pm
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Reading | Fence Reading


The editors will be celebrating the launch of Issue #31. Copies will be available and the event will feature readings by a number of contributing writers, including Jeff W. Bens, Alex Hampshire, Samuel Clare Knights, Marco Lean, Joe Milutis, Maya Catherine Popa, Ariana Reines, Laurie Stone, and more.
   Midtown, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | An Historical Appraisal of Renzo De Felice’s The Jews in Fascist Italy


This panel will explore the genesis of the book and its place in contemporary historiography. Commissioned by the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities and published in 1961, it was the first study of the anti-Jewish persecution in Italy to reach a general audience. Panelists: Ernest Ialongo, Hostos Community College, CUNY (chair and moderator); Frank Hugh Adler, Macalester College; Stanislao Pugliese, Hofstra University; Alexander Stille, Columbia University School of Journalism; Guri Schwarz, University of Pisa.
   Midtown, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Calvin Trillin, Acclaimed Journalist


Trillin, author of DOGFIGHT: THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN VERSE, has been acclaimed in fields of writing that are remarkably diverse. As someone who has published solidly reported pieces in The New Yorker for nearly fifty years, he has been called "perhaps the finest reporter in America." Refreshments will be provided. Q+A will be included with audience and moderator Eric Bates.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
6:00 pm
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Performance | Choreographer David Gordon presents Live Archiveography II


David Gordon returns for a second installment of Live Archiveography. In the process of compiling and organizing an archive chronicling his five decade career in movement and theater art, Gordon offers a second evening of scripted storytelling, movement, and conversation. Mixed media projections provide further perspective on the artists’ life and work. Experience an artist examining, interpreting, and questioning his own creative process and taking questions from the audience.
   Lincoln Square,
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Irony and Fetish in Madame Bovary


A lecture by Vaheed Ramazani, Tulane University. Among Ramazani's teaching and research interests are nineteenth-century French literature and culture; critical theory; gender studies; war and media; trauma and cultural memory; and international humanitarian law and ethics.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Liederabend Recital


Artists from the Collaborative Piano Department perform repertoire with singers from the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts.
   Lincoln Square, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Oil paintings: color and emotion


Fabricio Suarez and his “Nuevo Mundo—Colonization of the Americas Through Abstract Landscapes.” The show includes many larger than life as well as intimate scenes inspired by Open Veins of Latin America book by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano which depicted the exploitation and struggles of Latin America during early periods of colonization.
   Bowery, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Photography: Nostalgia by Pavel Romaniko


Pavel Romaniko was born in Pereslavl–Zalessky, near Moscow, in 1980. He received his MFA in Imaging Arts from Rochester Institute of Technology. The artist works with photographs, video and sculpture to explore gaps in the archive and the collective memory, relying on imagery and symbolism found in both the public realm and his own memory.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Tour | Central Park Sunset Photography Tour


Sunsets are a special time and what better place in New York City to experience and photograph the setting sun than the Middle Section of Central Park. This tour takes place Thursdays at 6:30pm.
   Midtown,
6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Photographer Robert Herman discusses his book The Phone Book


This illustrated lecture features photographs taken entirely on an iPhone, with the Hipstamatic app. and chronicles the photographer's international travels between 2010 and 2015, capturing the illuminating colors of the streets and landscapes of the cities he visited and the colorful people that live in these locales.
   Midtown,
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | The Origins of Fort Tryon Park


Join Sid Horenstein, geologist and Educator Emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, as he leads his geology and history lecture on the origins of the beloved Fort Tryon Park. Learn about the ice age uptown, the revolutionary war period and the estate era of Northern Manhattan and how portions of it were transformed into Fort Tryon Park.
   Inwood, New York, NY
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6:30 pm
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Talk | A Conversation with Writer Martin Amis


Martin Amis is the author of fourteen novels, two collections of stories, six collections of nonfiction, and a memoir. His most recent work is The Zone of Interest. Amis has received the Somerset Maugham Award for best first novel and the James Tate Black Memorial Prize.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
7:00 pm
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Discussion | Does Modern European Jewish Literature Exist After the Holocaust?


A special evening featuring screenings and discussion with multiple award-winning author and commentator on Jewish affairs Gábor T. Szántó. The event will be followed by a short wine reception.
   Midtown East, New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Lisa Alther and Françoise Gilot discuss their book About Women: Conversations between a Writer and a Painter


Lisa Alther and Françoise Gilot, who have been friends for more than twenty-five years. Although from different backgrounds (Gilot from cosmopolitan Paris, Alther from small-town Tennessee) and different generations, they found they have a great deal in common as women who managed to support themselves with careers in the arts while simultaneously balancing the obligations of work and parenthood.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Milton Babbitt’s World: A Centennial Celebration


Program: BABBITT None but the Lonely Flute (1991); Stephanie Kwak, flute SESSIONS Duo for violin and cello (1981); Tienyang Gao, violin; Hélène Werner, cello GIDEON Suite for Clarinet and Piano (1972) BABBITT Manifold Music (1995); Ryan Kennedy, organ AGOCS Versprechen (Promise) (2004); Anthony Bracewell, viola PERLE Six Celebratory Inventions (1995); Duanduan Hao, piano BABBITT String Quartet No. 2 (1954); The Verona Quartet: Jonathan Ong and Dorothy Ro, violins; Abigail Rojansky, viola; Warren Hagerty, cello Milton Babbitt's World takes place Jan. 22 and Jan. 25-29.
   Lincoln Square, New York, NY
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7:30 pm
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Concert | The Burnt Sugar Repertory Arkestra Superfreaks the Rick James Playbook


The Burnt Sugar Arkestra takes you on a trip through Rick James’ gorgeous mind in all its heat-seeking, body-rocking, radical Agit-Pop manifestations — plus plenty of love for his hometown of Buffalo, NY.
   Lincoln Square,
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7:30 pm
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