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50 free events take place in New York City on Saturday, March 31, 2012.
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50 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, March 31, 2012

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Hike | Bronx River Trail Hike


One-way walk from Bronxville to Valhalla along gentle path through parklands. About 8 miles, with several dropout points. Bring lunch, water. Hiking boots advisable. Heavy precipitation or icy conditions will cancel.
   
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9:00 am
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Hike | Cranberry Lake Circular Hike


6 miles, moderate pace. Explore trails in a Westchester County park near Valhalla. Lunch at museum's picnic tables. No smoking on trip. Bring lunch.
   
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9:30 am
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Workshop | Health and Race Walking Clinic


Moderate to brisk walks led by the NY Walkers Club for people 18 years and older of all abilities. This low-impact fitness program is perfect for those who want to get in shape, build muscle tone and strength, and increase cardiovascular health while enjoying the Park’s beautiful landscapes.
   
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9:30 am
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Workshop | Citizen Cartography Workshop


This open-ended workshop is designed for people already familiar with the tools found at the library. Users will learn from one another through Q&A, and get assistance with their specific projects or areas of interest. It’s also a great way to collaborate with other Citizen Cartographers.
   
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Adult Yoga


Saturday mornings are for free beginners yoga with a certified instructor. Begin the process toward a strong and comfortable body, and a calm and serene mind. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring your yoga mat or a beach towel. All participants must sign a waiver form before they join in.
   
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10:30 am
Free

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

Concert | Pre-College Student Recitals


11am - Steven Ahn, cello 12pm - Roy Femenella, french horn 2pm - Julia Knowles, cello 3pm - Niels Larson, cello 5pm - Chamber Music 6pm - Chamber Music
   
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Stitches and Yarn Knitting and Crochet Group


Learn to Crochet and Knit. Beginners and Experienced Knitters and Crotcheteers welcomed! Please bring your own supplies/project (light colored worsted yarn) and size 7 or 8 needles for knitters and g or h hook for crotcheteers. Children are welcomed with parental supervision.
   
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11:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


   
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11:00 am
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Other | Textile and Electronics Recycling Event


Bring your old and unwanted textiles and clothing along with your broken, old and unwanted electronics to be recycled. List of Accepted Items: Electronics- Computers, laptops, servers, mainframes, monitors, printers, scanners, fax-machines, copiers, routers, hubs, modems, switches, keyboards, mice, cables, cords, chargers, tablets e-readers, hard drives, CD-ROMs, circuit boards, power supplies, TVs, VCRs, DVRs, & DVD players, digital converters, cable/satellite receivers, portable music players, audio-visual equipment, video games, cell phones, pagers, PDAs, phones, answering machines, etc. They cannot accept home appliances including microwaves, refrigerators, and air conditioners. Textiles- Clean and dry clothing, paired shoes, bedding, linens, hats, handbags, belts, fabric scraps 36" x 36" or larger and other textiles. They do not accept rugs or carpeting.
   
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11:00 am
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Performance | An All Day Event. The End.


On the concluding day of PLATFORM 2012: Parallels, original Parallels artist Ralph Lemon creates the framework for a conceptual performance installation taking place over nearly ten hours in the sanctuary with alternating movement bodies - a group comprised of eleven extraordinary artists (plus a surprise guest or two) ranging from visual artists to actors to musicians to choreographers - whose identities are self-obscured. The event runs continually from 11:30am through 9:10pm with each artist creating their own improvisatory score, aestheticized disguise, and sound. For one hour each, they negotiate their bodies' space and time within the sanctuary and within a sculptural landscape, "a congregation of objects" created for the event by visual artist Nari Ward. There will be fluid overlap between each artist's performance so that at certain times there will be more than one artist inhabiting the space. Text from Paul Virilio's seminal 1980 book "The Aesthetics of Disappearance" is projected across the sanctuary's ceiling in durational video designed by Jim Findlay, and Roderick Murray provides a lighting environment that also changes throughout the day. Participating artists include: niv Acosta, Souleymane Badolo, Kevin Beasley, James Hannaham, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Malcolm Low, April Matthis, Okwui Okpokwasili, Omagbitse Omagbemi, Willow Parchment and David Thomson.
   
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11:30 am
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Park Walk | Foraging in the Park


This is a most popular of parks for foragers. Because of its varied habitats and the combination of wild and cultivated, native and exotic plants, the Park is a great place to forage, even in the winter and early-spring.
   
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11:45 am
$20 suggested donation...

Park Walk | West Side Stories Tour


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


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   
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1:00 pm
$6

Other | Have Your Portrait Taken Against a Pastoral Backdrop


Please join Caroline Burghardt and have your portrait taken with one of her pastoral backdrops. Feel momentarily transported (at least mentally or pictorially) from the concrete urban landscape to the idyllic countryside. All are welcome, dressing up, costumes, and props encouraged.
   
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1:00 pm
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Film | Nominated for 6 Oscars: Bennett Miller's Moneyball (2011)


With Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. The Oakland A's general manager defies conventional wisdom and outsmarts his competition when forced to reinvent his team with bargain players. 113 min.
   
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1:00 pm
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Film | Sam O'Steen's Sparkle (1976): Road to the Top


Starring Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara and Dorian Harewood. A girl group experiences turmoil after one of their members turns to drugs and another achieves their desired fame all by herself. 98 min.
   
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1:00 pm
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Screening | Youth Voices Uncensored


An afternoon of films and discussions with the winners of the 2011 Youth Free Expression Film Contest! They'll also feature youth-made films from Reelworks, the Global Action Project and more -- and they'll have a special performance from NYC's Youth Poet Laureate, brought to you by Urban Word.
   
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1:00 pm
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Film | 3 Films on the Life of the Huichol People


Three films engage us in the life of the Wixaritari (or Huichol), a people in the southern part of the desert and mountain environment that ranges from the American Southwest into western Mexico: Flowers of the Desert The Drum Celebration In Defense of Wirikuta and the Sierra de Catorce Discussion follows with John Smith of Cultural Survival and director Jose Alvarez.
   
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2:00 pm
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Film | Documentary: Jennifer Siebel Newsom's Miss Representation (2011)


The award-winning documentary exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. A panel discussion and reception hosted by New York Women in Film and Television follow the screening.
   
2:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Tae Kwon Do Workshop


Teaches the fundamentals of disipline, balance, Health and Wellness.
   
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2:00 pm
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Reading | Tomo: Friendship through Fiction


You're invited to an afternoon of storytelling, creativity and outreach to support young people in Japan affected by and recovering from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disasters. Meet with editor Holly Thompson, graphic artist Tak Toyoshima and other cotributors as they share their stories. Join fellow library patrons and write or draw letters of support to teens in the hardest hit areas of Japan. 25 copies of the compilation "Tomo: Friendship through Fiction" will be given away.
   
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2:00 pm
Free

Tour | Union Square: Crossroads of New York


The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more!
   
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2:00 pm
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Performance | Voices Theater Company


Upper Manhattan teens join with the People's Theatre Project and Seven Stories Institute for the culminating performance of their VOICES/VOCES program. The participants study the role of youth throughout history in the struggle for justice and work together to create their own theatrical protest piece on their role as youth and artists in Northern Manhattan today.
   
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2:00 pm
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Concert | A Phillip Glass Retrospective


Presented by pianist Paul Barnes.
   
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2:30 pm
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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade” Tour


You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
   
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2:30 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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3:00 pm
Free

Concert | Concert on Water


The concert is at the coolest classical music concerts location in New York City. Program and musicians TBA.
   
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3:00 pm
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Performance | Pace University's Annual Repertory Season


The Actors Studio Drama School presents its annual Repertory Season at Pace University in five weeks of theater designed to introduce our graduating students to the professional world and the public in fully professional productions of the work they have created during their three years of study. Here you will witness a weekly series of scenes, one-act plays and full-length plays, some of them written by our playwrights, and all of them directed by our directors and acted by our actors.
   
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Pre-College Student Recitals


3pm - Amy Zhang, violin 4pm - Guitar Studio Recital: Students of Tali Roth 6pm - Composers' concert
   
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3:00 pm
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Dancing | Family Dance with the Orfeo Duo


Absolute beginners and experienced dancers of all ages are welcome! No partner needed. Caller Henry Chapin will teach fun and easy contradances and translation will be available into Spanish. The Orfeo Duo (Vita Wallace, violin and accordion, and Ishmael Wallace, piano) will play traditional tunes and new dance music by neighborhood composers Fidel Cuellar and Kate Ettinger, as well as a touch of swing music.
   
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3:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Saturday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
   
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4:00 pm
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Concert | The Daedalus Quartet and Rapaport Prize Winners


Past and present winners of the Rapaport Prize will perform with the Daedalus Quartet. A reception will follow.
   
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Reading | Tan Lin: Bibliographic Sound Track and The Ph.D Sounds


In the context of Natalie Czech's solo exhibition, writer Tan Lin will present two Powerpoint works, Bibliographic Sound Track and The Ph.D Sounds (both 2012), at the gallery. These works explore different communications platforms, programming languages, and the couplet, and their effects on reading and genre. Tan Lin is the author of more than ten books, including Heath (Plagiarism/Outsource) and 7 Controlled Vocabularies and Obituary 2004. The Joy of Cooking (2010). His work has appeared in numerous journals including Artforum, Cabinet, and The New York Times Book Review.
   
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6:00 pm
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Screening | First Run Festival


Films by students. Showtimes at 6:30pm and 8:30pm.
   
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6:30 pm
$3

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.
   
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7:00 pm
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Concert | College Saxophone Recital


Featuring Aaron Patterson.
   
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: The Nathan + Joe Show Presents


An ongoing series of intricate and complicated improvisations with Nathan Phillips, Joe Schiappa and invited improvisationalists. Performed in the round and featuring a different NEVER BEFORE SEEN structure invented to challenge the performers and the audience.
   
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7:00 pm
$5

Concert | Piano Students of Genya Paley


The Prep Division's young musicians perform a wide variety of repertoire.
   
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7:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Annual Spring Dance Concert


Could you be looking at the next Heather Watts or Mikhail Baryshnikov? You may find yourself asking that very question during the Dance Program's annual Spring Concert. This is a chance to see new student choreography under the guidance of our Harkness Choreographers-in-Residence: Laura Peterson and Donna Uchizono.
   
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Beyond the Machine 12.1: Synchoneity -- with Works by John Cage


Program: John Cage: Radio Music for 1-8 Radios (1956); Third Construction for Percussion Quartet (1941); and Winter Music for 1-20 pianos (1957) Nick Didkovsky: Zero Waste; and Base Track, based on multimedia artwork by Teru Kuwayama and adapted by Roderick Hill. Beyond the Machine 12.1 – Synchroneity: A Festival of Electro-Acoustic and Intermedia Art joins musicians from Europe, Asia, and the Mid-East with students in four multimedia performances. The program features works by John Cage in celebration of Cage’s centennial, a work by Nick Didkovsky, plus an adaptation of a work by a journalist/multimedia artist in Afghanistan.
   
8:00 pm
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Concert | New York Repertory Orchestra performs works by Mozart and Shostakovich


Program: Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor Soloists: Toby Appel, violin; John Dexter, viola.
   
8:00 pm
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Performance | Pace University's Annual Repertory Season


The Actors Studio Drama School presents its annual Repertory Season at Pace University in five weeks of theater designed to introduce our graduating students to the professional world and the public in fully professional productions of the work they have created during their three years of study. Here you will witness a weekly series of scenes, one-act plays and full-length plays, some of them written by our playwrights, and all of them directed by our directors and acted by our actors.
   
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recital - Iris Hsu, Piano


   
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8:30 pm
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Concert | Student Recital - Jie Yuan, Piano


   
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8:30 pm
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Concert | College Senior Flute Recital


Featuring Gabriella Roderer.
   
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9:00 pm
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Concert | College Voice Recital


Featuring Sophia Benedetti.
   
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9:00 pm
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Performance | Women on Top! with the Fuzzystar Organization


Join the Fuzzystar Organization for a look back at the intersection of sex and feminism over the last 50 years. This is a tribute to the Pin-Ups, Go-Go dancers and Burlesque bombshells. This show features scenes from Russ Meyer's complicated, iconic, confounding and ground-breaking, genre-busting classic, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! as well as stories from the life of the film's lead, the late, great and under-appreciated ass-kicking actress, Tura Satana. They'll be skits! Live performances! And much much more! After-screening party to follow until midnight.
   
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9:00 pm
$10 suggested admission

Theater | Guidance, a New Play by Becca Schlossberg


After a violent fight with his father, eighteen year-old Tracey starts an epic drive south to Savannah, determined to lay roots for a new life. But to his surprise, his little sister, Cameran, is also along for the ride. In the lonely landscape of highways and playgrounds, Tracey finds himself torn between the new life that lies ahead and the old life he is trying to flee. In this modern day coming of age story, a young man discovers the limits of freedom as he tests the bonds of love.
   
9:30 pm
Free

Jazz | Eric Wyatt, Jazz Saxophonist


Eric Wyatt is a throwback sax player with a tight band and a fat tone, uncannily evocative of jazz greats Wayne Shorter and Sonny Rollins. His father played with Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker, and John Coltrane, while Wyatt the younger has partnered with their modern equivalents and played every major club around town.
   
10:00 pm
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