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32 free events take place on Friday, March 22 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 22 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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32 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, March 22, 2019

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free events nyc Early Music Performed on Period Instruments
free events nyc No One Writes to the Colonel/El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba: Gabriel García Márquez Adaptation
free events nyc Invisible Apples: Magic as Performance Art
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Symposium | Contrary to the Law of Nature: The Missouri Crisis and Politics of Slavery


A one-day symposium marking the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the Missouri Crisis of 1819. The symposium will investigate the place of the Missouri Crisis (1819-1821) in the history of the early American republic and its role in shaping the politics of slavery and antislavery.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:15 am
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Musical | I Spy A Spy: A Timely Comedy Of Immigration, Espionage And More


I Spy A Spy is a timely musical comedy of immigration, espionage and the best chicken tikka pizza in Hell's Kitchen. It explores the undying magnetism of the American Dream, which continues to attract dreamers, big and small, from all across the world. José Rodriguez, a Mexican immigrant in New York City, has an American Dream - to become a someone. But as an undocumented delivery guy he feels practically invisible. Alina Orlova also has an American Dream - to undermine America. But as she's Russia's worst spy, she can't take a step outside without being noticed by everyone. When Jose and Alina meet, they realize they're yin to each other's yang and they hatch a scheme to crack the Mayor of New York's Annual Gala to fulfill their dreams. But when suddenly figures from their past crash the party, Jose and Alina are dragged onto a crazy roller coaster ride with the Mexican Mafia, the Russian Secret Service, a Pakistani pizza proprietor, a Korean deli owner and the Department of Homeland Security-- all before finding out who will be crowned International Spy of the Year. By Jamie Jackson and music & lyrics by SoHee Youn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Adult Coloring


Coloring is an activity we think of as being for kids. However, it can be beneficial for adults. Coloring helps us de-stress because when we focus on a particular activity, we focus on it and not on our worries. Coloring generates wellness, quietness and also stimulates brain areas related to motor skills, the senses and creativity. Coloring sheets and colored pencils will be provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. "The term ‘baroque’ has been widely used since the 19th century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750... Many famous composers from the first part of the baroque period came from Italy and have a link with Venice, including Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi. Monteverdi was born in Cremona, but moved to Venice where he was ‘maestro di capella’ at the San Marco basilica. Vivaldi was born in Venice and was one of the greatest baroque composers. It is thanks to these strong musical traditions of Venice that we have today’s music. Without Venetian church music and Monteverdi’s advances with polyphony, the great traditions of choral music in England, France, and Germany would never have developed. Without the operas written by Monteverdi, Cavalli and Vivaldi, not only would the later styles of opera never have been invented. There would be no basis for the American Musical or the German and Viennese Operetta, the Spanish Zarzuela, and even rock, pop, and contemporary music as we know it." The Venice Insider Bach at Noon concerts take place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 11, 2018 to May 22, 2019.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood Tour


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban historians Peter Laskowich and Madeleine Levi. This tour takes place every Friday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Film | A Dog's Purpose (2017): The Journey Of A Dog


A dog looks to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes and owners. 100 min. Director: Lasse Hallström. Starring Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid, Peggy Lipton. A Dog's Purpose has grossed $64.5 million in the United States and Canada and $139.5 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $204 million, against a production budget of $22 million. Universal Pictures began production on the sequel, which will be directed by Gail Mancuso, and scheduled for release on May 17, 2019.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Chicago (2002): Six Time Oscar Winning Musical With Renée Zellweger And Catherine Zeta-Jones


Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention. 113 min. Director: Rob Marshall. Starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere.  Chicago won six Academy Awards in 2003, including Best Picture. The film was critically lauded, and was the first musical to win Best Picture since Oliver! in 1968. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Play | No One Writes to the Colonel/El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba: Gabriel García Márquez Adaptation


Repertorio Español presents this story, based on Gabriel García Márquez’s famed novel covering a few months in the life of a colonel whose pension, delayed 15 years by an overwhelming bureaucracy, becomes an obsession. Reduced to poverty despite his veteran status, the protagonist and his wife live in anticipation of his pay. But every Friday the only apparent contact with the outside world comes and goes with the same declaration from the postmaster, “Nothing for the colonel. No one writes to the colonel.” The show is performed in Spanish with English supertitles on screen. Adapted by Jorge Alí Triana & Verónica Triana. Directed by Jorge Alí Triana
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | CANCELLED!! 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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Workshop | Photography Storytelling


Images can inform, enlighten, delight, and make our world a better place. Anyone can create them, but skill is required to express a personal vision. This course focuses on expressing your personal vision through a blend of teaching, coaching, mentoring on the elementals to Photography. It is about introducing students to the principles of the photographic composition with discussing reference imaging of Master classic works and becoming inspired to create your own photographs for a show exhibit, and, or, to decorate an empty wall in your living room. Material provided: watercolor pencils, paper, pencils, rulers, external USB drives, photo lens cleaner and tissue, sharpeners, professional print x 1 for each student to take home after culminating event. Participants bring their own smartphones, cameras, and ipads. The instructor: Committed to the arts at a very young age, Nefeli played the mandolin and earned degrees in photography and film and media arts. Now a licensed life coach in New York State and certified creativity coach, she helps her clients to lifestyle transformation, to enhance their creativity and wellness and presents her own engaging and transformative workshops in New York City. Nefeli produces narrative films that celebrate the human condition. Upcoming dates are: March 8, 2019, 1 p.m., March 15, 2019, 1 p.m., March 22, 2019, 1 p.m., March 29, 2019, 1 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Puzzle (2018): Housewife Enters A Competition


Agnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which unexpectedly draws her into a new world - where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined. 103 min. Director: Marc Turtletaub. Starring Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan, David Denman.  Puzzle is based on the 2010 Argentine film of the same name.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Film | How to Be Single (2016): Young Adults And Their Relationships


A group of young adults navigate love and relationships in New York City. 110 min. Director: Christian Ditter. Starring Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann.  How to Be Single is based on the novel of the same name by Liz Tuccillo. The movie grossed $46.8 million in the United States and Canada and $65.3 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $112.1 million, against an estimated production budget of $38 million. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Prince of Foxes (1949): Two Time Oscar Nominated History Drama


An unscrupulous agent for the Borgias suffers a change of heart when asked to betray a noble count and his much younger, very beautiful wife.  107 min. Director: Henry King. Starring Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix.  The screenplay is adapted from Samuel Shellabarger's novel Prince of Foxes. was nominated for two Oscars during the 22nd Academy Awards: Best Black and White Cinematography and Best Costume Design, Black and White. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Tomorrowland (2015): Science Fiction Mystery Starring George Clooney


Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory. 130 min. Director: Brad Bird. Starring George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie.  Tomorrowland grossed $93.4 million in North America and $115.7 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $209.2 million, against a budget of $190 million.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Three Time Oscar Nominated Into the Woods (2014): They Need To Do What The Witch Says


A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree. 125 min. Director: Rob Marshall. Starring Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine.  The film received three Academy Award nominations for Best Production Design Production Design and Best Costume Design. It also has three Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Musical | I Spy A Spy: A Timely Comedy Of Immigration, Espionage And More


I Spy A Spy is a timely comedy of immigration, espionage and the best chicken tikka pizza in Hell's Kitchen. It explores the undying magnetism of the American Dream, which continues to attract dreamers, big and small, from all across the world. José Rodriguez, a Mexican immigrant in New York City, has an American Dream - to become a someone. But as an undocumented delivery guy he feels practically invisible. Alina Orlova also has an American Dream - to undermine America. But as she's Russia's worst spy, she can't take a step outside without being noticed by everyone. When Jose and Alina meet, they realize they're yin to each other's yang and they hatch a scheme to crack the Mayor of New York's Annual Gala to fulfill their dreams. But when suddenly figures from their past crash the party, Jose and Alina are dragged onto a crazy roller coaster ride with the Mexican Mafia, the Russian Secret Service, a Pakistani pizza proprietor, a Korean deli owner and the Department of Homeland Security-- all before finding out who will be crowned International Spy of the Year. By Jamie Jackson and music & lyrics by SoHee Youn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Coloring Club


Come in, relax, color and meditate! All materials are provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Master Class | Percussion master Class


Percussionist and conductor Steven Schick has contributed contemporary music by commissioning or premiering more than one hundred-fifty new works. Schick is music director of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus and artistic director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. He was music director of the 2015 Ojai Festival. He maintains a lively schedule of guest conducting including recent appearances with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Modern and the Asko/Schönberg Ensemble. Among his acclaimed publications include a book, The Percussionist’s Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | 3 Folk Music Acts


5:30 pm: Ra Le Bu - R&B/Alternative 6:05 pm: Shlomo Franklin - Acoustic singer-songwriter 6:40 pm: Garrin Benfield - Singer/songwriter and improvisational guitarist
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Book Signing | Money, Murder & Mayhem: Hardcore Saga of City Streets


Money, Murder & Mayhem is a hardcore saga of the quick rise of a young ambitious hustler who grew up in the cocaine-filled Montana Terrace Housing Project in the N.E. quadrant of Washington, D.C. Dontay Beltre, who begins to wreak havoc on the mean streets of the city, has one mission and that is to stack his paper as he searches for his father's killer who happens to be closer than he knows. With author Sean Branch. Restrictions may apply. Call store for details.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Every Word You Cannot Say: New Poems


A new collection by Iain S. Thomas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | A Night Of Banjo Films With Live Music and Dancing


The evening will start with a screening of two rare 16mm film prints of classic banjo films.  To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947) 16 min. Directors: Irving Lerner and Willard Van Dyke. Starring Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Baldwin Hayes.  The High Lonesome Sound (1962) 30 min. Director: John Cohen. Starring Roscoe Holcomb, Bill Monroe, Shepard Family. The films will be followed by discussion with and live music performed by some of the best banjo players in the city…and in the film community!  Appearances from the legendary John Cohen (New Lost City Ramblers), Eli Smith (Down Hill Strugglers, Brooklyn Folk Fest), Stephanie Jenkins (Florentine Films), Stephanie Coleman, and The Chapin Sisters. The program will conclude with a community square dance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Early Music Performed on Period Instruments


While The Queens Consort performs a wide variety of repertoire spanning many countries and time periods, they have a particular fondness for music of the Venetian baroque. Their instruments are: two baroque violins, baroque viola, harpsichord, baroque cello and two recordes. "The term ‘baroque’ has been widely used since the 19th century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750... Many famous composers from the first part of the baroque period came from Italy and have a link with Venice, including Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi. Monteverdi was born in Cremona, but moved to Venice where he was ‘maestro di capella’ at the San Marco basilica. Vivaldi was born in Venice and was one of the greatest baroque composers. It is thanks to these strong musical traditions of Venice that we have today’s music. Without Venetian church music and Monteverdi’s advances with polyphony, the great traditions of choral music in England, France, and Germany would never have developed. Without the operas written by Monteverdi, Cavalli and Vivaldi, not only would the later styles of opera never have been invented. There would be no basis for the American Musical or the German and Viennese Operetta, the Spanish Zarzuela, and even rock, pop, and contemporary music as we know it.' The Venice Insider Recordings of one of The Queens Consort founding member, Violinist Claire Smith, include Shakira’s album, “She Wolf,” Ritchie Blackmore’s Night’s “Dancer and the Moon,” “Winter Carols,” “All Our Yesterdays,” and Candice Night’s “Starlight, Starbright.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Comedy Club | No Name Comedy/Variety Show


With: Veronica Garza (NPR / TMZ)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works By Rachmaninoff, Debussy And More


Nuno Marques explores the music of Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and Granados. Pianist Nuno Marques had the opportunity to work with important pianists such as Irina Zaritzkaya, Vitaly Margoulis, Alexander Kobrin, Dominique Weber, or Lazar Berman; and chamber music with, Bernard Greenhouse (Beaux Arts Piano Trio), Takaks Quartet, Florestan Piano Trio, Gary Hoffman and Ilia Grubert. He had his debut at Carnegie Hall in 2015. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Play | No One Writes to the Colonel/El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba: Gabriel García Márquez Adaptation


Repertorio Español presents this story, based on Gabriel García Márquez’s famed novel covering a few months in the life of a colonel whose pension, delayed 15 years by an overwhelming bureaucracy, becomes an obsession. Reduced to poverty despite his veteran status, the protagonist and his wife live in anticipation of his pay. But every Friday the only apparent contact with the outside world comes and goes with the same declaration from the postmaster, “Nothing for the colonel. No one writes to the colonel.” The show is performed in Spanish with English supertitles on screen. Adapted by Jorge Alí Triana & Verónica Triana. Directed by Jorge Alí Triana
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Comedy Club | An Evening of Standup Comedy


A standup comedy show featuring comics who have appeared on NBC, TruTV, Comedy Central and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Modern Works For Orchestra 


George Manahan, conductor. Conductor George Manahan was the Exxon Arts Endowment Conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO), and interim music director of the NJSO from 1983 to 1985. He has also served as conductor of the Steve Reich Ensemble. He was music director of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra from 1987 to 1998. During his Richmond tenure, the orchestra received five ASCAP awards for "Adventuresome Programming of Contemporary Music". Manahan became music director of the American Composers Orchestra with the 2010-2011 season. Other work in contemporary music has included conducting the world premiere of Terence Blanchard's and Michael Cristofer's Champion. Manahan was the 2012 winner of the Ditson Conductor's Award.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Performance | Invisible Apples: Magic as Performance Art


Magician and artist Jeanette Andrews invites guests to experience a night of magic that will upend all of their notions of what magic, at its most beautiful and confounding, can be. In her first public performance in New York City, Andrews will use an unlikely tool—scents from the natural world, such as apples and fresh soil—as catalysts to guide the audience through a series of interactive illusions. Along the way, her guests will create the impossible and seemingly predict the future. Andrews’ work uses scientific oddities and sensory anomalies to uncover a heightened world amid everyday life. “As an illusionist,” she says, “it is my job to create paradoxes and impossible visuals.” Jeanette Andrews specializes in creating performative, art-based interactive sensory magic, possessing a contemplative take on the art of the impossible, and is hailed as one of the most innovative illusionists in the world today. Performing her first magic show for her preschool class, and presenting her first paid show at age six, magic has been Andrews' sole vocation. With her studio based in Chicago, Andrews has staged hundreds of sold-out and standing-room-only performances at museums, theaters and universities across the United States.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Christopher Marlowe's Classic Faust


A special one-hour reading of Christopher Marlowe's classic "Faust" script, directed by Elizabeth Ruf-Maldonado. Readers will include Crystal Field and other actors of Theater for the New City plus members of the ensemble of "Johannes Dokchtor Faust." The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust. It was written sometime between 1589 and 1592, and might have been performed between 1592 and Marlowe's death in 1593. Two different versions of the play were published in the Jacobean era, several years later. Refreshments will be served.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:20 pm
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