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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 21, 2020?

40 free events take place on Tuesday, January 21 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 January 21 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 January . 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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40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, January 21, 2020

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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free events nyc Violin Master Class With Works By J.S. Bach, Prokofiev And More
free events nyc American Manifesto: Saving Democracy From Villains, Vandals And Ourselves
free events nyc Frederick Kiesler: Face to Face with the Avant-Garde
free events nyc Rembrandt's Legacy: A Personal Conversation
free events nyc Former Principal Cellist Of The BBC Symphony Orchestra
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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
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Zumba Jumpstart


A fitness dance party with upbeat Latin music of Salsa, Merengue, Hip Hop and more! Enthusiastic Instruction creates a fun community of dancers who learn new dance steps each week. Bring your friends!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Lesson | Introduction To Conversational Sign Language


Sessions are structured for hearing adults. Interested participants are encouraged to register for, and attend all sessions. American Sign Language is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Zumba Fit Workshop


A fitness dance party with upbeat Latin music of Salsa, Merengue, Hip Hop and more! Enthusiastic Instruction creates a fun community of dancers who learn new dance steps each week. Bring your friends!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:45 am
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Meet the Chicago 400: Lessons in the Carceral State


Artist, policy advocate and researcher Laurie Jo Reynolds and Maya Szilak, Research and Policy Counsel, John Howard Association of Illinois, and other special guests, speak about works on view in Meet the Chicago 400: Lessons in the Carceral State, an exhibition of drawings produced by the Chicago 400, a grassroots campaign of formerly incarcerated and convicted people experiencing homelessness in Chicago.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | Dixieland Jazz With The Gotham Jazzmen


The Gotham Jazzmen bring their take on Dixieland Jazz. The band features: Ed Bonoff on drums; James Collier on trombone; Lee Lorenz on cornet; Pete Sokolow on piano; David Hofstra on bass; and Ernie Lumer on clarinet.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Film | Rambo: Last Blood (2019): Fifth Installment Of The Series With Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega


Rambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission. 89min. Director: Adrian Grunberg. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta. As of November 14, 2019, Rambo: Last Blood has grossed $44.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $46.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $91.5 million, against a production budget of $50 million.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour


An introduction to some of the southern Park highlights, including Grand Army Plaza, the Pond, Gapstow Bridge, Wollman Rink, Chess and Checkers House, and the Dairy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. "The term 'baroque' has been widely used since the 19th century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750... Many famous composers from the first part of the baroque period came from Italy and have a link with Venice, including Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi. Monteverdi was born in Cremona, but moved to Venice where he was 'maestro di capella' at the San Marco basilica. Vivaldi was born in Venice and was one of the greatest baroque composers. It is thanks to these strong musical traditions of Venice that we have today's music. Without Venetian church music and Monteverdi's advances with polyphony, the great traditions of choral music in England, France, and Germany would never have developed. Without the operas written by Monteverdi, Cavalli and Vivaldi, not only would the later styles of opera never have been invented. There would be no basis for the American Musical or the German and Viennese Operetta, the Spanish Zarzuela, and even rock, pop, and contemporary music as we know it." The Venice Insider Bach at Noon concerts take place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 10, 2019 to May 20, 2020.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Workshop | Public Speaking Workshop


Public speaking is an essential skill in today's workplace and a valuable ability to have to further your endeavors in whatever you're doing. A continuing series held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, this program is led by experienced public speakers in a supportive environment. All materials for this workshop are provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Film | George Stevens' Giant (1956): Oscar Winning Western Starring Elizabeth Taylor And James Dean


Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates. 201 min. Director: George Stevens. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean.  Giant won the Academy Award for Best Director and was nominated nine other times, twice for Best Actor in a Leading Role. The other nominations came in the categories of Best Actress in a Supporting Role; Best Art Direction–Set Decoration, Color; Best Costume Design, Color; Best Film Editing; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture; Best Picture; and Best Writing, Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Newspapers in Genealogy Research


Discover the abundant uses of historical newspapers for genealogical and local history information in the numerous microfilm and digital collections available at the library. Genealogy also known as family history, is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members. The results are often displayed in charts or written as narratives.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Master Class | Violin Master Class With Works By J.S. Bach, Prokofiev And More


Robin Scott, violin. Program Aleksandr Glazunov Violin Concerto, Op. 82 Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19 Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy J.S. Bach Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 Featuring violinist Robin Scott, this masterclass provides music lovers with a rare opportunity to witness the interaction between gifted Mannes students and a great artist as they examine and explore the craft of performance at the highest level. Mr. Scott has appeared in this capacity at the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, Boston's Jordan Hall, the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, the Perelman Theatre in Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, Carnegie's Weill Hall, The Morgan Library, and Town Hall in New York City, among others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Lecture | Learn The Basics Of Investing In Stocks


Introduces basic investment terms and concepts such as risk and reward, IPO's, p/e ratios, and relative p/e ratios. Ways to approach the investment decision and alternative stock investments such as mutual funds and ETF's are discussed.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Author Reading | Day to Night: Global Landmarks from Dawn to Dusk


Photographer Stephen Wilkes and writer Lyle Rexer discuss Day to Night, a monograph about Wilkes’ extraordinary panoramas that depict global landmarks from dawn to dusk. The 60 epic images in the book were created between 2009 and 2018, and shot everywhere from Africa’s Serengeti to the Champs-Élysées in Paris and the Grand Canyon. With details highlighting the individual stories captured within each multi-moment photograph, this collection unveils a new way of seeing some of the world’s most iconic locations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Author Reading | American Manifesto: Saving Democracy From Villains, Vandals And Ourselves


American Manifesto: WNYC's Bob Garfield in conversation with Ken Auletta. Do you fear for our democracy? Are you ready to throw in the towel? Don't! This is your guidebook to reassembling our hyperpolarized American society, written by cohost of WNYC's On the Media, Bob Garfield. Bob Garfield is the cohost of public radio's weekly Peabody Award-winning On the Media. Garfield has been a columnist/contributing editor for The Washington Post Magazine, The Guardian, and USA Today. He has also written for The New York Times, Playboy, The Atlantic, Sports Illustrated, and Wired.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Chuck’s Bucket: Group Show


An exhibition based on the short story of the same name by Chris Offutt and featuring work by first-year MFA Illustration as Visual Essay students enrolled in the program’s Book Seminar course.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Signing | In China When it All Began: Acclaimed Photography


Celebrate the publication of In China When it All Began with photographer Xiao Quan, one of the most acclaimed contemporary photographers in China. This is a personal and fascinating documentation of China's late 1980s through the 1990s, capturing the drastic social change of the country's first decade of economic reform.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Katie Yamasaki, Muralist


A solo show of the mural work of MFA Illustration as Visual Essay alumnus Katie Yamasaki, completed over the past 15 years.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Pressed: Images from the Jewish Daily Forward: Exhibition Walkthrough


Want to know how it feels to hold a piece of newspaper history in your hand? Ever wondered why newsprint images have that iconic polka dot appearance? Celebrate the exhibition Pressed: Images from the Jewish Daily Forward with Chana Pollack, the Forward's archivist, to give the scoop on the paper's archives and cool ephemeral like the metal print plates that appear in the show. Even if you don't think this topic is your thing, Chana's enthusiasm and charm will win you over (read a recent interview with her on our blog and you'll see what I mean.) We're serving wine, and the entire building will be open, for free, so you can sip and stroll through our gorgeous landmark before and after Chana's talk. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Club | Winners Take All: The Elite Charade Of Changing The World


An insider's groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve. Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes readers into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can--except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it.  Giridharadas asks hard questions: Why, for example, should our gravest problems be solved by the unelected upper crust instead of the public institutions it erodes by lobbying and dodging taxes? He also points toward an answer: Rather than rely on scraps from the winners, we must take on the grueling democratic work of building more robust, egalitarian institutions and truly changing the world. A call to action for elites and everyday citizens alike.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Awash in Books: Books for the Year of Water


To mark the University’s celebration of the “Year of Water,” the Rare Book & Manuscript Library is exhibiting rare and fine press books relating to that theme. Curators and book artists, including Russell Maret, Maria Pisano, and Ken Shure, provide a hands-on look at some of the featured books in their historical contexts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | How to Choose a Financial Planner


There are currently over 1/2 million people in the United States calling themselves a "Financial Advisor". Not all of them are working in the best interest of their clients. Charles Failla discusses the steps that you can take to help you identify an appropriate financial advisor - including what to look for and what to ask. Learn about the concept of "Fiduciary Care". Is your advisor a "Fiduciary"? If you don't know, you should ask. Charles L. Failla is the Principal of Sovereign Financial Group, Inc. - a NYC based financial planning / investment advisory firm located in The Chrysler Building. Charles has been an advisor for more than 25 years. In addition to being a Certified Financial Planning(TM)practitioner, Charles is also an Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF(R)).
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Poetry Reading | Winter Poetry with Autumn House Press


Hear established and emerging poets read their poems as Bryant Park Poetry goes indoors for the winter. This month's reading is produced in partnership with Autumn House Press. Featuring the poets: S. Brook Corfman, Charles Kell, Jane Satterfield, and Sheryl St. Germain
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works By Modern Composers For Violin


Lauren Cauley, violin. Program Richard Carrick Graphic Series #43 (2019) world premiere Piyawat Louilarpprasert Hope for Violin (2018) world premiere Clara Ionnatta dead wasps in a jam-jar (i) (2014-15) Jessie Montgomery Rhapsody No. 1 for solo violin (2014) Dai Fujikara Fluid Calligraphy for solo violin (2010) Timothy O'Dwyer Transbraxton I (2010) Violinist Lauren Cauley has collaborated for performance premieres at Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress, Prague’s Rudolfinum, and Salzburg’s Mozarteum, and maintains an international career across four continents. Lauren has worked with numerous established composers and artists, including Ambrose Akinmusire, Hans Abrahamsen, Richard Carrick, Chance the Rapper, Michael Gordon, Georg Friedrich Haas, Jónsi & Alex Somers (Sigur Rós), Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend) among others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Brand New Art from China: A Generation on the Rise


A talk by Barbara Pollack, also the author of The Wild, Wild East: An American Art Critic's Adventures in China.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Frederick Kiesler: Face to Face with the Avant-Garde


Frederick Kiesler was a committed networker and communicated regularly with the who's who of the avant-garde. He was an important intermediary between the visionary ideas of the European Moderne movement and the then up-and-coming New York art scene. The nearly 20 written contributions collected here portray Kiesler's colorful life and his multifaceted oeuvre in various contexts, and place Kiesler in a dialog with the most important artists and architects of his time. Published on the occasion of the 20 year anniversary of the Frederick Kiesler Foundation, this volume deals with Kiesler's relationship with the Bauhaus, Surrealism, and the New York School, as well as with personalities such as Richard Buckminster Fuller, Marcel Duchamp, Arshile Gorky, Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, Hans Arp, Sigfried Giedion, among others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Workshop | Trooper Fitness Class


A team-oriented conditioning session that involves cardio and strength training methods, where each trooper is responsible for their fellow troopers’ success. It’s the partner accountability and team exercises that make this class an exhilarating challenge. This class will improve overall conditioning, stamina/ endurance, strength, and the best part, mental toughness. This class is built to challenge you in a way that empowers both your mind and body, and helps you reach those 2019 fitness goals.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | American Dirt: That Glimmer of Hope


Jeanine Cummins's American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. Restrictions may apply. Call store for details.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | In That Time: Michael O'Donnell and the Tragic Era of Vietnam


Daniel H. Weiss's In That Time tells the story of the American experience in Vietnam through the life of Michael O'Donnell, a bright young musician and poet who served as a soldier and helicopter pilot, who wrote with great sensitivity and poetic force, and his best-known poem is among the most beloved of the war. Weiss is the president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Night Theater: Surgeon on the Run


A surgeon flees a scandal in the city and accepts a job at a village clinic. He buys antibiotics out of pocket, squashes roaches, and chafes at the interventions of the corrupt officer who oversees his work. But his outlook on life changes one night when a teacher, his pregnant wife, and their young son appear. Killed in a violent robbery, they tell the surgeon that they have been offered a second chance at living if the surgeon can mend their wounds before sunrise. With author Vikram Paralkar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | The Complete Gary Lutz: Virtuosic Short Fictions


For nearly three decades, Gary Lutz has been writing quietly influential, virtuosic short fictions of antic despair. In barbed sentences of startling originality, Lutz gives voice to outcasts from conventional genders and monogamies—and even from the ruckus of their own bodies. Making their rounds of daily humiliations, Lutz's self-unnerving narrators find themselves helplessly trespassing on their own lives. This omnibus volume, with an introduction by Brian Evenson, gathers all five of Lutz's sometimes hard-to-find collections and features sixty pages of previously uncollected stories—including his two longest.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Art and Action


Mahogany L. Browne, poet, educator, organizer and author of Black Girl Magic: A Poem and the forthcoming Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice, in conversation about art and action with artist and performer Shaun Leonardo, whose multidisciplinary work negotiates societal expectations of manhood, namely definitions surrounding black and brown masculinities, along with its notions of achievement, collective identity, and experience of failure and has been featured at The Guggenheim Museum and the High Line.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress


A program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress, for artists at all stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion moderated by a Movement Research Artist-in-Residence or an occasional guest, where we will experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform the artists’ process. Featuring: Louise Heit Beatriz Pérez Sánchez Brooke Stoker and Dan Van Note
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Master Class | Former Principal Cellist Of The BBC Symphony Orchestra


Cellist Paul Watkins won the BBC Young Musician of the Year in the string section in 1988. From 1990 to 1997, he was principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Watkins developed an additional interest in conducting, and won first prize and audience prize at the 2002 Leeds Conductors' Competition. His first conducting appearance with the London Philharmonic Orchestra was in February 2006.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Introduction to Meditation


This is an introductory meditation classes were featured in New York Magazine’s top picks (4 stars). Each session is intended to stand alone, attendence at previous sessions is not required. Room is set up with both meditation floor mats and traditional western chairs with back support. No special clothing or equipment is necessary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Comedy Club | No Name Comedy/Variety Show


With some of NYC's best established and emerging comics, storytellers and writers. With: Jeff Rose, Mike Cho, Edith Gonzalez, and Harmon Leon Followed by an open mic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Rembrandt's Legacy: A Personal Conversation


Rabbi Meir Soloveichik moderates a discussion on Rembrandt's legacy between Thomas Kaplan, philanthropist and private collector, and Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., Curator at the National Gallery of Art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Opera | The Art of Change: An Experimental Opera


Jean-Baptiste Barriere's The Art of Change is a bold experimental work that introduces a radically new artistic form. Starting with the traditional notion of opera as a type of work that blends music, theater, art, and design into a single form, The Art of Change brings performers and thinkers together on stage and fuses live performance with historical video footage, recorded interviews and multimedia content. All of this is woven together into a tapestry that is generative, interactive, participative, and open. As its title suggests, the work centers on the very idea of change and presents various ways of thinking, from the very pragmatic to the most speculative, about what needs to be changed in the world today. Actors, singers, instrumentalists, designers, and philosophers come together, with the audience, to speculate on this question and the many ways in which it can be answered.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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