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58 free events take place on Thursday, March 21 in New York City.
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58 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, March 21, 2013

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City Walk | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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. Tour times: 11am & 1pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Master Class | Cello Master Class


With Peter Wyrick.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Film | Ralph Nelson's Oscar Winner Lilies Of The Field (1963): Helping the Nuns


Starring: Sidney Poitier, Lisa Mann, Lilia Skala. An aimless ex-soldier was on his way to California when his car overheats. He stopped in the Arizona desert to get water at an isolated farm and soon finds himself in the company of a group of nuns. The nuns persuade him to help them build a chapel. 97 min.
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11:00 am
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 12:45 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Other | Fast Break College Hoops Event


The excitement of college basketball takes over this March! Come down and watch a game on The Big TV or join Asphalt Green on the court for shooting challenges, obstacle courses, skills clinics, knockout tournaments, and open court basketball.
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12:00 pm
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Tour | “A Road Once Traveled” Tour


Holding the Park's northern highlands was key in the American Revolution and the War of 1812 because armies could see their enemies approach as they sailed down the East River. History buffs will love this tour.
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music by Charles Ives and Others


Program: Cowell Set of Five: Four Combinations for Three Instruments Michael Colgrass New People George Crumb Madrigals Book II Charles Ives Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano A chamber music concert featuring the gifted artists of the DMA music performance program. Performers include Steven Beck, piano; Nina Berman, soprano; Eva Gerard, viola; Barrett Hipes, percussion; Aaron Likness, piano; Manon Hutton-DeWys, piano; Melissa Keeling, flute; Joan Plana, violin; Jon Singer, percussion; Lisa Tipton, violin; H. Roz Woll, soprano.
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Contemporary American Art Song/Joy in Singing


With lute and Psalter, gypsy jazz, Zimbabwean beats, a plethora of standard chamber music repertory, and world premieres with working titles, Concerts at One will satisfy the savvy and the inexperienced concertgoer as Trinity continues to expand the musical palettes of New Yorkers and visitors alike.
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1:00 pm
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Other | Scrabble Mania


All levels of play welcome. Please bring with you...your Scrabble set (be sure it has all 100 tiles!), a Scrabble dictionary and, of course, a love of the game!
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Bonds & Bond Mutual Funds: Investment Resources


Introduction to Bonds and to the best of print and electronic resources for researching bonds and bond mutual funds. Other public web sites are introduced. Seating is limited and is on a first come, first seated basis.
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1:15 pm
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Discussion | Reflections and Readings from Estimating Emerson: An Anthology of Criticism from Carlyle to Cavell


Ralph Waldo Emerson is internationally renowned as helping define American identity as we know it. What is less known is the degree to which he has inspired and influenced generations of other internationally celebrated writers and thinkers. As "America's Plato," it is perhaps not surprising that Emerson has drawn a great amount of critical (in both senses of the word) attention; what is surprising, though, is the fact that so much of the attention was given by the likes of Thomas Carlyle, Matthew Arnold, the James brothers, Walt Whitman, D. H. Lawrence, George Santayana, Marcel Proust, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, John Updike, and William Gass. Estimating Emerson is the most comprehensive collection yet assembled of the finest minds writing on one of America's finest minds. It serves as both a resource for easily accessing the abundant and profound commentary on Emerson's work and as a compendium of exceptional prose to inspire further thought about his contribution to our thinking.
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1:15 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Group: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham


Monthly book discussions to explore titles you've been meaning to read, or reread, and discuss with other lovers of literature. Participants should read each title before the discussion.
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2:00 pm
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City Walk | SoHo, Little Italy & Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
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2:00 pm
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Master Class | Cello Master Class


With Min Cao, a leading faculty member of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, was the principal cellist of the Texas Opera Symphony Orchestra and Houston Star Musical Theater Orchestra, as well as Music Director of the Asian Chamber Music Association in Houston.
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3:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Wii Sports Adults


Play Wii Sports and games with your friends and neighbors.
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3:30 pm
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Other | Chess & Games Club


An introductory chess group which welcomes new players. Other strategy games also considered.
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Got Clutter? Join the Clutter Support Group


Do you feel overwhelmed by the possessions, papers and piles that have taken over your life and space? Don't know how or where to start to make changes? You're not alone. Join the Clutter Support Group, an educational support group for individuals who are struggling with clutter and disorganization. Open to people of all ages with any degree of disorganization.
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5:30 pm
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Talk | Motivation


At some point in our lives, we all need that extra push. People tend to become complacent in their lives and fall into a comfortable pattern. This lecture will focus on how to shake up our lives and give us the motivation to try new and exciting things. Presented by Susan Soll.
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Mentors, a Student Exhibition


An exhibition of works by selected Photography Department students, inspired by their working relationships with leading members of the New York City arts community.
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Wings, a Group Show


Wings features images of feathered creatures and other winged entities, from bird and insect to angel and airplane.
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Yoga


Join on Thursday evenings for open-level yoga with a certified instructor. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring your yoga mat or a beach towel. All participants must sign a waiver form before they join in. For adults 18+.
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Coke Wisdom O’Neal’s Happy Little Accidents, a Photographic “Collaboration” with Hurricane Sandy


This latest series of photographs is the result of unlikely circumstances, namely Superstorm Sandy. This exhibition marks a moment of departure from O’Neal’s regular pattern of working. Instead of constructing a rigid environment to explore identity, O’Neal embraces a chance collaboration in which water creates the frame and reinterprets his subject. On October 29, 2012, O’Neal’s Red Hook studio suffered total destruction. Tools, books, completed artwork, and unfinished pieces were ruined. And yet, as the floodwaters receded, a series of old family slides emerged reborn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Fashion and Movies: The Art of Italian Costume Design


A conversation with: Guido Torlonia, Director of the upcoming documentary Handmade Cinema, and the acclaimed plays Caro Luchino, and Caro Federico. With: Grazia d'Annunzio (US Special Projects Editor, Vogue Italia); Stefano Albertini, NYU. The event will include the screening of selections from the director's works.
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Installation: Will Kurtz's Another Shit Show


The second solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Will Kurtz. Using the empty gallery as a site on which to stage operatic, all-encompassing mise-en-scene, Kurtz makes an ambitious, multi-part figure installation that throws the facade off human nature - albeit in canine terms. Constructed of unlikely materials such as newspaper, glue, wire and wood, more than 20 dogs of every breed, size and color, strain and cavort off the leash of a single human handler, each rendered more expressively than the next.
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Joy Harjo reads from her book Crazy Brave


Presented in collaboration with Poets House and their festival titled Native Innovation: Indigenous American Poetry in the 21st Century, Joy Harjo shares excerpts from her memoir.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Rethinking Fear in the Global Age


A lecture by Elena Pulcini.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Third-Year Singers in Recital


Third-year singers from the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts perform song repertoire in recital with faculty pianists from the Marcus Institute and the Collaborative Piano Department.
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Curator's Tour of Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design


Discover the newly opened exhibition with curator Lowery Stokes Sims as your guide. Illuminating the processes, concepts and approaches showcased in the exhibition, Sims will reveal the distinct role of wood in contemporary creation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Museum Docent Tour


The docent-led tours meet in the lobby.
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6:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poets Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Bianca Spriggs and Marcus Wicker read their work


Lillian-Yvonne Bertram is the author of But a Storm is Blowing from Paradise, chosen by Claudia Rankine as the winner of the 2010 Benjamin Saltman Award and published by Red Hen Press. A Cave Canem alumna, her poetry has appeared in Black Warrior Review, Callaloo, Gulf Coast, Harvard Review, Indiana Review, Narrative Magazine, Subtropics, The Winter Anthology and other journals. Bianca Spriggs, an Affrilachian poet and Cave Canem fellow, Spriggs is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Lexington, Kentucky. Currently a doctoral student at the University of Kentucky, she holds degrees from Transylvania University and the University of Wisconsin. Marcus Wicker’s first book Maybe the Saddest Thing, was selected by DA Powell for the National Poetry Series and is forthcoming from Harper Collins in 2012. The recipient of a 2011 Ruth Lilly Fellowship, he has also held fellowships from Cave Canem, the Fine Arts Work Center, and Indiana University where he received his MFA.
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Rosemary Gibson discusses her book The Battle Over Health Care: What Obama’s Reform Means for America’s Future


Drawing on decades of experience in health care policy, health care delivery reform, and economics, this illustrated lecture provides a non-partisan analysis of the reform and what it means for America and its future. The author shines a light on truths that have been hidden behind a raucous debate marred by political correctness on both sides of the aisle.
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6:30 pm
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Other | Social Hour: World Water Day


Celebrate World Water Day! Learn how Riverkeeper, New York's clean water advocacy group, works to protect our water resources, and how the Conservancy plays a vital role in keeping the Park's seven water bodies maintatined, providing a healthy Park habitat for all to enjoy. Ages 18 +
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Theater | A Modern Feeling by Jason Kim, a College Production


Part of NEW VOICES Playwrights Festival. Five original plays in repertory, highlight Drama’s graduating playwrights, directors, and actors of 2013.
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov discuss their work


Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are Russian-born, US-based artists who collaborate on environments which fuse the everyday and the conceptual. While their work is deeply rooted in the Soviet social and cultural context in which they came of age, it attains universal significance. Their work has been shown by The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; among others. In 1993 they represented Russia at the 45th Venice Biennale with their installation The Red Pavilion.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Demetri Martin talks about his book Point Your Face at This: Drawings


The New York Times bestselling writer and comedian Demetri Martin is back with a brand new collection of drawings.
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Dialogue and Pattern


Gregory Chaitin is a mathematician whose work centers on the question of whether mathematics is mechanical or creative. Jeff Glassman, in collaboration with Lisa Fay, composes and performs for the stage in a way that is closely analogous to musical composition, including techniques for the orchestration of contextual shifts of time and place in complex patterns that he calls 'pivoting.'
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | M. G. Vassanji discusses his book The Magic of Saida


M. G. Vassanji will sit down with author (and board member) Elizabeth Nunez to discuss his latest book and the writing life.
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | On Display: The Taboo Stool


For The Global Africa Project, a 2010 exhibition on contemporary visual culture in Africa, the museum included the Taboo stool by the industrial design firm Birsel + Seck. Made of 75 percent recycled plastic and manufactured by a female-owned company in designer Bibi Seck’s birthplace of Senegal, Taboo was a groundbreaking design object in multiple ways, as was the choice to present the modest object amid an array of visually dazzling pieces. What conversations are potentially generated by the choice to display or acquire an object, and in today’s world of social media and information sharing, what do display and acquisition really mean for institutions and for individuals? Superscript’s programmatic counterpoint to their project On Display brings together the public with voices in the design and architecture world to comment on these topics, and thus activate free posters displayed in the exhibition space.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Sachi Parker reads from her book Lucky Me: My Life With--and Without--My Mom, Shirley MacLaine


Shirley MacLaine’s only child shares shocking stories from her out-of-this-world childhood with the famously eccentric actress.
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Student Jazz Piano Recital


With Jihui Heo.
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Student Soprano Recital


With Yahan Chen.
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Opening Reception | Video: Marek Ther's Das Wandernde Sternelein


To enumerate all the possibilities of meaning and pathos one finds in the vast oeuvre of Marek Ther, who, in his late 20s, has already become a prolific video artist in the Czech Republic, one would have to write an entire book. Rather than producing a body of work that boasts a coherent message, Ther’s videos – incredibly short, cinematic, hilarious, and confusing – have concerned themselves with the enunciation of a definitive style, a style that is marked by the joyful revivification of a camp aesthetic that is as sophisticated as it is playful, as well as a flippant sense of humor that has its roots in Eastern European absurdism.
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Cafe Jazz


A performance from Jazz Arts Program.
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Gaida, Syrian Folk Singer


Along with her outstanding ensemble - oudist Zafer Tawil, pianist George Dulin, bassist Jennifer Vincent, and percussionist Tony DeVivo - Gaida performs “entrancing” innovative interpretations of Syrian folk songs, originals, and freestyle improvisations over Arabic and Latin grooves.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Concert | Student Tenor Recital


Recital: Christopher Pfund, Tenor
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Workshop | Intro Class: Sugar-Free/Gluten-Free Eating


With Drew DiVittorio. Many contemporary diseases are linked to high levels of sugar and gluten consumption in our modern diet, which tends to encourage inflammation and contribute to conditions such as hypertension, obesity, asthma, chronic fatigue, and even emotional disorders such as depression and anxiety.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | New York Woodwind Quintet performs works by Schoenberg and others


Widely regarded as the world's preeminent woodwind quintet, the New York Woodwind Quintet, in residence since 1988, continue their legacy as performers and pedagogues as they enter their 65th season. Carol Wincenc, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Charles Niedich, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; and William Purvis, French horn perform works by Reicha, Babbitt, and Schoenberg.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free tickets required

Staged Reading | Play Reading: Army Royalty by David M. Mead



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8:00 pm
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Jazz | Student Jazz Saxophone Recital


With Helge Christian Torkewitz.
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Oboe Recital


Featuring Ellen Hindson.
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Concert | Student Violin Recital


Featuring Yu-Ti Chang.
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Violin Recital


With Ka-Yeon Lee.
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Kayte Grace, Singer-Songwriter


Singer/songwriter Kayte Grace's music is an explosion of folk, blues, pop and rock, held together by warm-voiced, sing-along-able melodies and rich, resonant lyrics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
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Concert | Student Piano Recital


With Xinyue Zhang.
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9:00 pm
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Concert | Student Violin Recital


With Xiao Wang.
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Theater | The Fifth Dentist


What do you do when your father owns a strip club, and your mother works there? BECOME A DENTIST! Mike King's One-Man-Show "The Fifth Dentist" is a hilarious true story by America's funniest dentist, cutting-edge comedy from one of New York's brightest comics...has been seen on Comedy Central and has opened for Ray Romano! See this work-in-progress before it's off-Broadway production. "Exceptional story!" - Eric Hansen, Producer of the Montel Williams and Whoopi Goldberg show.
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