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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 2, 2010?

51 free events take place on Tuesday, March 2 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 March 2 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 March . 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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51 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, March 2, 2010

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Workshop | Daily Instructed Meditation


Learn some serenity to cope with your busy day.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Concert | Chopin 200: A Bicentennial Celebration of the Composer and His Music - Day 2


A weeklong series of performances celebrating the 200th birthday of Romantic classical composer Frederic Chopin. The festival features 200 hours of the composer’s works performed on four pianos by an eclectic line-up of pianists, including NPR From the Top host Christopher O’Riley; Claire Huangci, winner of the Chopin Competition of Europe; Kimball Gallagher; Vassily Primakov; Jeffrey Swann and the winner of the Chopin Competition in Miami (held the last week of February).
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 am
Free

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" Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Workshop | Knitting and Crochet Group


Bring your current project, your questions, your needles and your yarn to the Knitters' Table. Beginners and experienced knitters are welcome - crochet, too!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | Verrazano-to-Sinset Park Walk


Moderate paced, 3-mile walk along Shore Road (lower and upper pathways) from the Verrazano Bridge to Owl's Head Park. Then follow the "Greenbelt" to the 8th Avenue "Chinatown" where there are various restaurants to stop for lunch. Heavy rain cancels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
$3

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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Lecture | “Beauty Will Save The World!”: Manifestations of Normative Femininities in Yulia Tymoshenko's Political Images


A presentation by Dr. Oksana Kis. Kis is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. She is the author of Women in Ukrainian Traditional Culture in the Second Half of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Author Reading | Pulitzer winner Ted Morgan discusses his book Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu that Led America into the Vietnam War


"Journalist Morgan (Reds) synergizes a comprehensive spectrum of overlooked sources in this magisterial analysis of the 1954 French defeat at Dien Bien Phu and its consequences." - Publishers Weekly
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:15 pm
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Tour | Downtown: Where New York Began Tour


A tour of Downtown — its history, architecture, and art, and its fascinating denizens. Tour includes Federal Hall, the U.S. Stock Exchange, Trinity Church, Fraunces Tavern, U.S. Custom House, and Bowling Green. Led by a professional tour leader. Adults, please bring photo ID.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Juilliard pianist Stephanie Chen performs works by Chopin, Bartók and Mozart


Program: W.A. Mozart Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 281 Béla Bartók Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20 William Bolcom New Etudes, Book I: "Fast," "Furious" Frédéric Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6

Concert | Feat and Flourish Series: Marilyn Haskel, Organist


A Lenten organ series on the partially restored neo-Baroque Schlicker organ, built in 1964.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Midtown Jazz: Art Baron & Friends


Featuring trombonist Art Baron with special guest Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$7 requested donation

Other | Peace Corps Information Session


Learn how the Peace Corps can fit into your career path. More than 4,000 New York City residents have joined the Peace Corps since 1961. Peace Corps volunteers provide technical assistance to nonprofits, NGOs, local governments, communities, schools, health posts, and small businesses in more than 70 countries around the world in the fields of business, health, education, agriculture, urban youth development, forestry, NGO development, social work, community development, and the environment. Positions are available for U.S. citizens with a wide variety of backgrounds.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Screening | Short Films: Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers / Yukon Circles


Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers (2008, 30 min.) A collaboration between indigenous filmmakers (a central Brazilian Xavante and a Wayuu from Venezuela) and an anthropologist explores a campaign headed by the Xavante to protect the Rio das Mortes River Basin from the uncontrolled soy cultivation that brings deforestation and pollution to the watershed. The Xavantes' May 25, 2006 blockade of a national highway in Mato Grosso raises awareness of their concerns and builds support for their efforts. In Xavante and Spanish with English subtitles. Yukon Circles(2006, 30 min.) The 2300–mile Yukon River flowing through Canada and Alaska is threatened by pollution from military installations, mining, manufacturing, and settlement, and the tribes and First Nations develop a historic agreement to work together to protect it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Other | Job Fair


The recession tough but this job fair offers chances of employment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Workshop | Email Sign-Up Lab


Use this supervised lab time to sign up for a free email account with Yahoo. The account you create will be required for later email classes. (Please note: this is not a class on how to use email. This session will be used solely for the purpose of signing up for an account.)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Screening | Polish Documentary: Bo Persson & Johanna Helander's Eighth Day Theatre (1993)


The film accompanies a legendary Polish theatre company in the period before, during and after the upheavals in Eastern Europe. Filmed in Poland, Sweden, Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, and Germany. 77 min. In Polish with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Screening | Short Films: Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers / Yukon Circles


Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers (2008, 30 min.) A collaboration between indigenous filmmakers (a central Brazilian Xavante and a Wayuu from Venezuela) and an anthropologist explores a campaign headed by the Xavante to protect the Rio das Mortes River Basin from the uncontrolled soy cultivation that brings deforestation and pollution to the watershed. The Xavantes' May 25, 2006 blockade of a national highway in Mato Grosso raises awareness of their concerns and builds support for their efforts. In Xavante and Spanish with English subtitles. Yukon Circles(2006, 30 min.) The 2300–mile Yukon River flowing through Canada and Alaska is threatened by pollution from military installations, mining, manufacturing, and settlement, and the tribes and First Nations develop a historic agreement to work together to protect it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Lecture | Abstractionist Aesthetics and Social Critique in African American Culture


Phillip Brian Harper, Professor of English and Social Cultural Analysis, speaks. It is widely assumed that a primary function of African-American expressive culture is to comment critically on prevailing racial-political arrangements, and that the best way of doing this is to depict African-Americans' collective experiences in as realistic a manner as possible. This lecture, which capsulizes the argument of a just-completed book project, by contrast proposes that modes of aesthetic abstractionism - as distinct from realism - can actually be very effective in registering racial-political critique; and it further posits that literature - as distinct from either music or the visual arts - comprises the art form in which abstractionism can have the strongest critical impact in the current historical moment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Lecture | The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century: China, Russia and the United States


Presented by Morton Halperin, Senior Advisor for the Open Society Institute.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Daily Instructed Meditation


Learn some serenity to cope with your busy day.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:45 pm
Free

Opening Reception | 12th Annual International Krappy Kamera Competition


This unique and eagerly awaited exhibition, which the gallery has fondly termed the Krappy Kamera Show, will feature images that have been produced using equipment from the low end of the technological scale. The concept underlying this show is that in the hands of an artist, any piece of equipment can be used to create engaging photographs. The Krappy camera category, which has included well-known names such as Diana, Holga and Lubitel as well as obscure junk-store finds and homemade pinhole jobs now adds cellphones and the like to the list.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Into the Unknown: Group Show Using Materials from the Past


Into the Unknown brings together works by artists and filmmakers who reflect upon and make productive use of archival film footage and other material from the past. The works focus on how such stored images are received and interpreted today, not just on the circumstances in which they were once produced. In their hands the archive becomes a journey into unknown territories, but at the same time it is always reconfigured according to today's interests and perspectives. Paradoxically, the constructed past that these artists excavate from the archive radiates a presence rivaling that of the present moment. Artists: Deimantas Narkevičius, Sarah Pierce, Mariana Silva and Dmitry Gutov, João Dias, and António Cunha Telles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Re-Do-Re-Think-Re-Play: Contemporary Czech Artists


The exhibition presents work of contemporary Czech artists, which have in common a transformative approach in their practice. Objects, enviroments and urban concepts are revisited offering a new, alternative perspective on daily reality. Kristof Kintera creates sculptures and installations by combining and altering ordinary objects in unusual and provocative way. Lukas Machalicky investigates influence of books, documents and text in general on architecture and the relationships of the urban mechanism. Jan Pfeiffer in his multi-media work searches for the individual and personal space in the designed structure of the civilization.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | An Evening Celebrating Opera


Sponsored in conjunction with The Richard Tucker Foundation, this concert will feature Richard Tucker Music Foundation award winners and opera stars.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Art Institute of Chicago curator Zoe Ryan discusses her job


Ryan, the Neville Bryan curator of design at the Art Institute of Chicago, will discuss her role at the Institute as the first curator of design and the Institute's recent exhibition Konstantin Grcic: Decisive Design, as well as upcoming exhibitions and programs. Ryan is the author of numerous publications including the forthcoming Building with Water: Concepts, Typology, Design.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Exhibition: Andy Warhol: Unexposed Exposures


The first exhibition of previously unpublished and unexhibited photographs that Warhol selected for his 1979 book Andy Warhol’s Exposures. The exhibition will feature over 70 unique vintage black and white photographic prints.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Jazz | Gino Sitson Quartet: African/Jazz Blend


Join award-winning New York-based vocal virtuoso Gino Sitson, from the Beamlike region of Cameroon, for a special evening performance. Sitson is a pioneer in incorporating African polyphonic techniques into the improvisational jazz vocal tradition. Through his vocal wizardry and four octaves, he creates an endless range of stunning sounds. He freely combines his trademark vocal acrobatics with astonishingly creative body percussions and miscellaneous effects, turning the body and the voice into an endless musical resource.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Workshop | Meditation at the Library


Sahaja Yoga Meditation is a holistic approach to living in balance. The simple technique gives the experience of inner silence, calm and contentment. Sahaja Yoga is an inner yoga (connection), meaning no mental or physical effort is required. Whatever the issue is facing us - frustration, anger, anxiety, bad habits, loneliness - Sahaja Yoga Meditation awakens a vibrant energy within each of us that empowers us to achieve our genuine self-expression and fulfillment. Class taught by experience volunteers. Come join instructors Aldo Alvarez and Shail Pandya. Share relaxation techniques!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Political Theory Seminar


Professor Bill Connolly, Johns Hopkins University, will speak on recent research as part of the political theory seminar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Ralph Pucci discusses his book Show


Pucci will begin this evening with a presentation of his book and will discuss the influence that fashion, art, and design have on each other. He will be joined by renowned photographer Diego Uchitel, who will talk about the importance of projecting a unique, signature image. A signing of Show will follow the lecture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Reinventing Your Career: Marketing Yourself in Changing Times


A change in the economy, your company, your personal finances, your family, even your health—any of these factors can require you to rethink your career. Looking for work in a new field may seem daunting, but in this presentation, Claire Wyckoff, career coach and author of The Right Leader, outlines the steps involved and answers questions about how to implement them.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Student Show: Thanks...but it's actually on purpose.


An exhibition of thesis projects by students in the MFA Fine Arts Department. Curated by Augusto Arbizo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Sundance Film Festival Winner: Chris Smith's Documentary American Movie (1999)


The 1999 Grand Jury Prize winner of the Sundance Film Festival tells the very intense and hysterical story of Mark Borchardt's obsession to make his no-budget horror film Coven. 104 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Video | A Video Serenade


A screening of recent works selected by ArtVideoExchange and Format Network, including contemporary artists from Norway, Russia, Serbia, and the UK.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Google vs. Apple: Who Will Win?


An engaging discussion on such a burning topic in the world of mobile. We will cover each panelist’s experience with either Google or Apple products while exploring results and predictions. These industry experts will debate what the future of the mobile industry may look like and who may or may not come out on top.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | If It Wasn’t for the Irish and the Jews with Mick Moloney, Peter Quinn & Robert Sullivan


Irish musician and folklorist Moloney celebrates the musical collaboration of the Irish and Jewish populations in New York with longtime friends Quinn and Sullivan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Leonard Levitt reads from his book NYPD Confidential: Power and Corruption in the Country's Greatest Police Force


For years, the police commissioner and the mayor of New York City have duked it out for publicity, credit, and power. Some have translated their stardom into success after leaving office, while others have been hung out to dry. In the battle for control of the country’s most powerful police force, these high-status government officials have often chosen political expediency over public honesty. The result is a legacy of systemic corruption and cover-ups that is nothing less than shocking. Journalist Levitt has covered the NYPD for New York Newsday, and the New York Post among other papers. His columns have made him persona non grata in police headquarters. In his book he reveals everything he’s discovered throughout his decades-long career. With amazing details of backroom deals and larger-than-life powerbrokers, he lays bare the backstabbing, power grabs, and chaotic internal investigations that have run the NYPD’s reputation into the ground in the past—and the forces conspiring to do so once again.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poems & Pints: Meena Alexander / John Burnside


Meena Alexander was born in India, and raised there and Sudan. She has published six volumes of poetry including Illiterate Heart, and is the editor of Indian Love Poems. Most recently, Alexander wrote Poetics of Dislocation. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim, Fulbright, and Rockefeller Foundations, and the Arts Council of England. Alexander lives in New York. John Burnside has published 12 books of poetry in the UK, most recently, Gift Songs and The Hunt in the Forest. His novels are The Devil's Footprints and The Glister and his memoir is A Lie About My Father by Graywolf. Burnside lives in Scotland with his wife and his two sons.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | PowerPoint Basics with MS PowerPoint 2003


Hands on using wireless laptops. Topics include the basic features of PowerPoint 2003. Start PowerPoint, create a presentation, copy a slide from one presentation into another, create a specified type of slide, delete slides, change the layout for one or more slides, apply formatting, preview and save a new presentation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Re-Orientale: Reading Orientalism


This public seminar with Gayatri Spivak sets out to explore the heart of Occidentalism from the outside in by using Edward Said’s field-defining modern classic as the starting point. Spivak is Director of the Center for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University. Joining her is Kyoo Lee.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Video | Short Film: Other Islands of New York City


A presentation by Judith Berdy of the Historical Society, featuring the unusual neighborhood on film!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Forum | Writing for Children: Marketing and Selling Your Book


This forum focuses on how to market and sell a book geared toward a young audience. Panelists Camilla Corcoran, National Accounts, HarperCollins; Kate Kubert Puls, publicist and author manager; and Sharon Hancock, Marketing, Candlewick Press, will discuss these topics with moderator Deborah Brodie, a freelance editor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
$5

Discussion | Between Paradigms: Invention, Interface and Intuition


Paola Antonelli, senior curator at the Museum of Modern Art, Aimee Morgana, artist and interspecies communication researcher, and artists Frank Gillette and Michael Joaquin Grey will discuss experimental systems and their application in art, design and research projects. The panel discussion will be moderated by artist and BFA Fine Arts Department Chair Suzanne Anker. Presented by the BFA Fine Arts Department.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Claire Harman reads from her book Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World


Mention Jane Austen and you’ll likely incite a slew of fervent opinions from anyone within earshot. Regarded as a brilliant social satirist by scholars, Austen also enjoys the sort of popular affection usually reserved for girl-next-door movie stars, leading to the paradox of an academically revered author who has served as the inspiration for modern blockbusters. Almost two hundred years after her death, Austen remains a hot topic, and the current flare in the cultural zeitgeist echoes the continuous revival of her works, from the time of original publication through the twentieth century. Harman gives us the complete biography—of both the author and her lasting cultural influence—making this essential reading for anyone interested in Austen’s life, works, and remarkably potent fame.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Introduction To Meditation


With Sharon Salzberg.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Staged Reading | T. S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party A Psychiatrist's Search for Meaning


Actors from The Actors Company Theatre (TACT) read selections from their upcoming production of Eliot's play.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Christian Muthspiel, Austrian Composer, Trombonist and Pianist


Muthspiel's solo performance für und mit ernst is an homage to the Austrian poet Ernst Jandl. Experience Muthspiel's imaginative, musical dialogue with the works of the poet.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Performance | Punch Up Your Life Comedy Show


Comedy hosted by Jessi Klein and Pete Holmes, with special guests TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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Open Mike | Penny's Open Mic


Spoken word artists, musicians, comedians, and other creative folks are invited to put their two cents in at this gathering hosted by Penny Pollak.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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