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59 free events take place in New York City on Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
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59 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, March 28, 2012

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Talk | Learn About the Peoples of the Plains


With Laura Browarny.
   
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10:00 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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Talk | Investigations into the Unpoliced Novel: The Early Novel in Russia and England


A talk with Emma Lieber, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Harriman Institute.
   
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | Women, Cadres, and Sexual Abuses in Wuwei County, Anhui, around the Great Leap Forward


With Bin Yang, Visiting Scholar, Yenching Institute, Harvard University; Associate Professor, History Department, National University of Singapore.
   
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12:00 pm
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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 Terminal Tour


Tour of this magnificent Beaux-Arts landmark.
   
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Tour | Tavern and Its Green Tour


Discover the sheepfold that became a world famous restaurant, a parade ground that became the Sheep Meadow, the Children's District, The Mall including its statues.
   
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12:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


Emily gives 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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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

Jazz | Midtown Jazz


A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
   
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Lecture | Mary Shelley’s The Last Man: Sibylline Leaves


Matthew Rowney, a writer in residence in the Library’s Wertheim Study and pre-Doctoral fellow at the Graduate Center of the City of New York, will discuss Mary Shelley’s groundbreaking work in terms of both Shelley’s personal life and of the time in which she lived.
   
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1:15 pm
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Concert | Music by Marin Marais and Antoine Forqueray


Program: Marais, Sonnerie de Sainte-Genevive du Mont Forqueray, Excerpts from suites The Waits Trio performs works by Marin Marais and Antoine Forqueray to test the legend "Marais played like an angel, and Forqueray like the devil." The concert will last approximately 35 minutes.
   
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1:15 pm
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Jazz | Bill Wurtzel, Jazz Guitarist


Enjoy free live music performed by jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guest musicians.
   
2:00 pm
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Master Class | College Bassoon Master Class


Featuring Steve Paulson.
   
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Stay Well Exercise


Join a free Stay Well exercise session. Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC's Department for the aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided. All participants are required to sign a personal medical waiver at the beginning of the class.
   
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3:00 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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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Occupy Wall Street Remix Workshop


Join Ramon Campos, Brianne Cole, Piril Gunduz, and Francois Vaxelaire, graduate students in Media Studies, for a hands-on workshop on remixing culture and collective production. Participants work in teams to remix OWS coverage mined from various sources and create new collaborative vignettes that become part of the #searchunderoccupy archive.
   
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recital - Ibanda Ruhumbika, Tuba


   
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4:00 pm
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Master Class | Vocal Master Class


Featuring Martina Arroyo.
   
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4:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Tour of It's the Political Economy, Stupid


The show brings together an international group of artists who focus on the current crisis in a sustained and critical manner.
   
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Workshop | Featured Library Database: PressDisplay


Hands on using wireless laptops. Browse the current headlines from over 1700 local and international newspapers, read complete issues in full-color, full-page format, or search for individual news stories. Newspapers from 92 countries published in 48 languages are available.
   
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5:15 pm
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Workshop | Home Buyer Workshop


The Home Buyer Program provides consumers with information on budgeting and credit use, obtaining a mortgage, shopping for a home, the appraisal and inspection process, the mortgage closing, and life as a homeowner. Completion of this program may qualify the consumer for federal, state, or local government or private mortgage programs. Certificate of completion provided.
   
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5:30 pm
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Concert | Student Instrumental & Vocal Performances


   
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5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Club: Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell


Recounting the brief, remarkable history of a unified and independent Hawaii, Vowell retraces the impact of New England missionaries who began arriving in the early 1800s to remake the island paradise into a version of New England.
   
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Interview with Confidence


In this workshop, part of the Job Search Essentials Series, David Lees discusses the job interviewing process and the tools to effectively stand out from other candidates. Learn this pro-active approach to help you better manage the job interview.
   
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction to Writing For Insight: A Five-Step Path to Wisdom


Drawing from his book Ethical Wisdom: What Makes Us Good, Mark Matousek’s course for writers of all levels is designed to teach us how to use writing as a tool for opening the mind similarly to how yoga opens the body. Guilt, anger, greed, envy, etc., co-exist in us alongside altruism, creativity and love; writing can help us understand our inner dynamics and accentuate the positive sides of our natures. Through guided writing exercises, group interaction, and instructor-led self-inquiry, you will examine five key aspects of moral temperament with which each of us is born and learn how to explore these hard-wired wisdom “channels” in writing to help us strengthen our innate wisdom and make better choices in our lives.
   
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6:00 pm
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Film | Joel Fendelman's David (2011): A Boy from Brooklyn


The story of Daud, an eleven-year-old religious Muslim boy growing up in Brooklyn. Concealing his Muslim identity, Daud inadvertently befriends a group of Jewish boys who through a haphazard sequence of events mistake him for being Jewish and accept him as one of their own. 80 min. Screening followed by a Q&A with Fendelman and film's actors.
   
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recital - Betty Zhou, Violin


   
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6:00 pm
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Performance | Super Free Wednesday Comedy Shows


6:00 Recess 7:00 Barnstormer and Seer/sucker 8:00 Family Haircut & Whiskey Rebellion 9:00 Birds & Someday the Cake 10:00 USA & The Faculty 11:00 Improdome
   
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | The New Asian City: Three-Dimensional Fictions of Space and Urban Form


A panel discussion celebrating the publication of The New Asian City: Three-dimensional Fictions of Space and Urban Form by 2011-12 fellow Jini K. Watson.
   
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Artist Lecture: Ryan McGinness


Ryan McGinness studied as an Andrew Carnegie scholar at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. While in college, he interned at the Andy Warhol Museum as a curatorial assistant.
   
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6:15 pm
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Discussion | A New Look at Global Ecology


Independence and autonomy, freedom and achievement are nearly mythic hallmarks of success in American society. But what if this mindset creates the illusion that we are separate from our surroundings in a way that prevents us from seeing our connection to and subsequent influence on the world around us? What if this misperception is at the heart of threats to our global resources? Following Einstein’s reasoning that “no problem can be solved by the thinking that has created it,” this interdisciplinary panel discusses how our thinking can both prevent and facilitate solutions to complex global problems. Panelists include Nora Bateson, the maker of the critically acclaimed film An Ecology of Mind; Stephanie Pfirman, Hirschorn Professor of Environmental and Applied Sciences; co-founder of Greenpeace Rex Weyler; and Barbara Woike, Associate Professor of Psychology.
   
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6:30 pm
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Forum | Author Forum: Siddhartha Deb


Siddhartha Deb is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India, Surface, An Outline of the Republic, and The Point of Return. His essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in Harper’s, the New York Times Book Review, The Nation, The Guardian, and numerous other publicationse. Moderated by Tiphanie Yanique.
   
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Basic Digital Photography Workshop


With Dan Lipow.
   
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Joshua Kendall speaks on his book The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster’s Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture


The author recounts the life of Noah Webster (1758-1843), who published the American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828, the forgoer of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. He reports on Webster's political career as state representative for Massachusetts and Connecticut, his circle of friends, which included George Washington and Benjamin Franklin and his tenure as editor of the American Minerva, New York's first daily newspaper.
   
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Kristen Johnston, Emmy-winning actress, reads from her book Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster


Kristen Johnston is a two-time Emmy Award-winning stage, film, and television actress, most famous for her role as Sally Solomon in the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun, presents a harrowing, hysterical, and beautifully written memoir as frank and revealing as Austen Burroughs, with the humor and wit of David Sedaris.
   
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6:30 pm
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Theater | In Thy Bounty, a New Play by Jessica S. Cohen


At the dawn of the real estate bubble in the Clinton-era midwest, Maggie is fifteen and on the cusp of womanhood, and her plans to study in Germany have been thwarted by her father, Jay. He has his own vision for the family: financial success and a new home through an illegal land deal with a neighbor, Kyle, with whom, unbeknownst to Jay, Maggie has begun a secret affair. With their hopes completely at odds, Maggie and Jay test the bonds of their family and the well-defined roles they have held as they each fight for their own desires. In these circumstances when only one can win, can the American Dream of family survive?
   
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Alumnus Lecture: Reed + Rader


New York-based fashion photographers, artists and graphic designers Reed + Rader (Pamela Reed and Matthew Rader) speak as part of the Distinguished Alumnus Lecture series. Formally trained in photography, the duo produces innovative digital art that blends photography, video, animation, illustration, installation, and graphic and 3D design.
   
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Contributors read from Hidden Treasure


Michael Sappol, Mark Dery, Zoe Beloff, and Sport Murphy will talk about dentists’ hand silhouettes, the film Plastic Reconstruction of the Face (1918), and malaria pinup calendars (1945), just a few selections from the new book, Hidden Treasure, showcasing astonishing and rare books and objects from the National Library of Medicine. Complimentary wine will be served.
   
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Is It a University, or Just a Corporation? The Case of NYU's Expansion Plan


Mark Crispin Miller, a professor at NYU and author of many books on politics and cultural history, will moderate a panel discussion with Andrew Ross (Nice Work If You Can Get It, Bird on Fire), Tom Angotti (New York for Sale), Sharon Zukin (Naked City) and Jennifer Washburn (University Inc.).
   
7:00 pm
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Discussion | On The Waterfront: Re-Imagining the East River Esplanade


Participants: Julieanne Herskowitz (Project Manager, Development, NYCEDC); Cathy E. Jones and Dana Getman (SHoP Architects); Dylan House (Program Manager, Hester Street Collaborative); Victor J. Papa, (President, Two Bridges Neighborhood Council). Moderated by: Cassim Shepard (Editor, Urban Omnibus, The Architectural League of New York). Until recently the East River waterfront remained largely underdeveloped. As redevelopment moves forward along the East River Esplanade, questions arise about long-term vision and community engagement. What changes will development bring and what role will culture play in shaping the future of this long-neglected area? This program will bring together representatives of the NYC Economic Development Corporation, the Hester Street Collaborative and Two Bridges Neighborhood Council to discuss the history of and visions for the East River waterfront.
   
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7:00 pm
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Concert | College Percussion Ensemble


   
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7:30 pm
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Concert | The aron quartett performs works by Austrian composers


PROGRAM: Erich Zeisl: 2nd String quartet d-minor (1953) Kurt Schwertsik: commissiond work (world premiere - 2012); skizzen & entwürfe string quartet, Op. 25 (1974) Erich Wolfgang Korngold: string quartet Nr. 3 D-major, Op. 34 (1945) The renowned Austrian quartet will perform compositions by Austrian composers Erich Zeisl and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and the world premiere of a new piece by Kurt Schwertsik.
   
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7:30 pm
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Film | Whit Stillman’s Oscar-Nominated Metropolitan (1990): Young, Wealthy and Clueless


A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up. 98 min.
   
7:30 pm
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Jazz | College Jazz Bass Recital


Featuring Alexander Spradling.
   
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8:00 pm
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Concert | College Piano Recital


Featuring Christopher Goddard.
   
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Concert | College Senior Piano Recital


Featuring Shin Bum Hong.
   
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Collegium Musicum Concert


Directed by Mahir Cetiz, Collegium Musicum incorporates vocal and instrumental performance practice techniques, improvisation, and gesture in bold, imaginative concerts inspired by historical performance practice.
   
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8:00 pm
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Reading | How I Learned to Make the Grade: Stories about Education


Featuring: PETER AGUERO (The BTK Band; The Moth) MICHAEL MALICE (Harvey Pekar's Ego & Hubris; Concierge Confidential) ANNA NORTH (America Pacifica; Jezebel.com) MARK SAM ROSENTHAL (Comedy Central; I Light Up My Life: The Mark Sam Celebrity Autobiography) ROSIE SCHAAP (New York Times Magazine; Drinking with Men) Created, Produced + Hosted by BLAISE ALLYSEN KEARSLEY
   
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Repertory Orchestra 2012


The Repertory Orchestra is comprised of students and meets once a week to give student conductors the opportunity to rehearse orchestral repertoire under the guidance of David Hayes, Director of Orchestral and Conducting Studies. The year-end performance is under the direction of conducting students.
   
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8:00 pm
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Lecture | Second Confusion of Tongues: Ferenczi, Laplanche and Social Life


A talk by Eyal Rozamarin, co-editor of the journal Studies in Gender and Sexuality and a candidate at the New York University Postdoctoral program in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. A discussion will follow led by Adrienne Harris, Ph.D, faculty and supervisor at New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.
   
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Jazz | Student Recital - Alex Wintz, Jazz Guitar


   
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Concert | Student Recital - Daniel Fung, Collaborative Piano


   
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Author Reading | Keshaw Das signs copies of his book Barefoot in the Heart


Keshav Das will be reading select passages from the book and afterwards the reading will be followed with kirtan led by Neem Karoli Baba Satsang which include Keshav Das, Nina Rao, Ambika Cooper, Shyama Chapin and Balaramji.
   
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8:30 pm
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Concert | Kirtan Music


Devadas has released two cds, "Ocean - Songs for Amma" and "Shine Shine On" and is currently recording and singing anywhere and everywhere they'll have him. A Bhajan is any type of Indian devotional song. It has no fixed form: it may be as simple as a mantra or kirtan or as sophisticated as the dhrupad or kriti with music based on classical ragas and talas. It is normally lyrical, expressing love for the Divine. The name, a cognate of bhakti, meaning religious devotion, suggests its importance to the bhakti movement.
   
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8:30 pm
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Performance | Gandhi, Is That You? Comedy Show


Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza!
   
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9:00 pm
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Theater | A Kid Like Jake, a New Play by Daniel Pearle


On the eve of the admissions cycle for Manhattan's most elite private schools, Alex and Greg have high hopes for their son Jake - a precocious four year-old who happens to prefer Cinderella to GI Joe. But as the process continues, Jake's behavior becomes erratic and perplexing, and other adults in his life start to wonder whether his penchant for dress-up might be cause for concern. The story of a husband and wife struggling to do right by their son, A Kid Like Jake is a study of intimacy and parenthood and the fantasies that accompany both.
   
9:30 pm
Free

Jazz | 5/5/5 After Hours Set


A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of Manhattan.
   
11:00 pm
$5 cover, $5...
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