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50 free events take place on Thursday, March 23 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 23 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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50 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, March 23, 2023

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Editor's Picks

free events nyc Songs of the Silk Road (In Person and Online)
free events nyc A Tribute to Filmmaker Rodger Larson
free events nyc Celebrating a Life of Yiddish Song (in-person and online)
free events nyc Botticelli in the Fire: The Fever in Florence
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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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Tour | Tour of New York City Hall


One of the oldest continuously used City Halls in the nation that still houses its original governmental functions, New York's City Hall is considered one of the finest architectural achievements of its period. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, the building was an early expression of the City's cosmopolitanism. City Hall is a designated New York City landmark, and its rotunda is a designated interior landmark as well.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Film | The Miracle Worker (1962) with Anne Bankcroft


A dramatization of the story about the struggle of a Boston teacher, Annie Sullivan, to communicate with and teach the deaf, blind, and mute child, Helen Keller. Director: Arthur Penn Cast: Anne Bankcroft, Patty Duke, Inga Swenson, Victor Jory, Andrew Prine Anne Bancroft was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Cannes Film Festival Award. She is one of only 24 thespians to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Talk | Approaches to Help Seniors Age at Home: The View from Silicon Valley (online)


Nirav R. Shah of Stanford University will talk about technology and aging. While new technologies and Artificial Intelligence have changed how we live, how we work, and how we socialize - little has changed in health and healthcare. Yet promising technologies will facilitate aging at home, improved access to care, and reduced disparities, along with nascent opportunities to improve prevention and healthcare at scale. We present a framework for identifying, selecting, and implementing such supporting structures for healthy longevity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:30 am
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Discussion | A Year of War: A Reporter’s View of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine


A discussion with Joshua Yaffa, contributing writer for The New Yorker. Moderated by Keith Gessen. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, Joshua Yaffa, who spent a decade living and reporting in Russia, has traveled across Ukraine—where he also has deep experience as a journalist—witnessing the war up close and publishing regularly in The New Yorker. He will share his impressions from his numerous reporting trips, which began in the early, fraught days in Kyiv, when the capital was the primary target of the Russian military; to Kharkiv, a historically Russian-speaking city that has faced relentless rocket and artillery fire; from the decimated towns of the Donbas to Zaporizhzhia, a regional capital in the south that became a waystation for Ukrainians fleeing the horrors of Mariupol and elsewhere. Yaffa will describe how the conflict looks and feels on the ground, whether for civilians trapped under bombardment or newly enlisted soldiers. He will also discuss a number of key questions at the start of the war’s second year. What has been the role and effect of Western military aid? What sort of end to the fighting is possible? And how will both Russia and Ukraine be forever changed as a result?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | The Neuroscience of Change (online)


Humans are hardwired to resist change. Contrary to common belief, the human capacity for rational judgment is much more limited, especially when it comes to dealing with change and the conflict that can result. Neuroscience can help explain why situations can escalate so quickly, and the negative consequences that can result. This foundational understanding, which provides evidence that many personality traits, including how to relate to other individuals and groups, has some basis in the biology of the brain. There is a balancing act between parts of the brain that deal with memories, pleasures, and fears and the analytical and logical processing function. These parts can vary between individuals and groups and impact their perceptions of situations. In this webinar, you’ll learn how the brain dictates our behavior while we undergo change especially when it’s unwelcome or unexpected. Explore practical approaches to managing the conflict that can emerge from the change. Speaker:Susan Levin is a global facilitator, coach, trainer, mediator, and organization development practitioner with more than 30 years of experience. She has worked with thousands of employees in a variety of organizations in the United States as well as more than 40 countries. She focuses on maximizing individual and organizational strengths to get great results. She uses an appreciative approach to help her clients leverage their best practices to achieve their future vision. Whether abroad or in the US, she’s mindful of making sure her work is culturally relevant.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)


Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Screening | Reimagining Queen Nanny of the Maroons: Documentary Short (online)


A screening and panel discussion for the launch of a documentary short. This event features Professor Jacqueline Bishop, Dr. Marcia Douglas, Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe, and Dr. Thera Edwards. The documentary celebrates the self-determination, eco-spirituality and Afro-Indigenous retentions of the formerly enslaved peoples of Jamaica and the diaspora.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Performance | Winter 2023 City Skate Concert


Ice Theatre of New York is proud to hit the ice with ITNY Ensemble members Liz Yoshiko Schmidt and Danil Berdnikov performing Lorna Brown’s Timelessness. Timelessness Choreography by Lorna Brown Performed by Liz Yoshiko Schmidt and Danil Berdnikov Music: Nocturne in D Flat Major "Un Rêve" by Brooklyn composer/pianist Eric Christian
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Book Discussion | The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future


Orly Lobel, a renowned tech policy scholar, defends technology as a powerful tool we can harness to achieve equality and a better future. Much has been written about the challenges tech presents to equality and democracy. But we can either criticize big data and automation or steer it to do better. Lobel argues that while we cannot stop technological development, we can direct its course according to our most fundamental values. Lobel explains that digital technology frequently has a comparative advantage over humans in detecting discrimination, correcting historical exclusions, subverting long-standing stereotypes, and addressing the world’s thorniest problems: climate, poverty, injustice, literacy, accessibility, speech, health, and safety.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works for Percussion, Violin, Clarinet, and Piano (In Person AND Online)


NOVUS NY: Ian Rosenbaum, percussion; Kristin Lee, violin; Yoonah Kim, clarinet; and Conor Hannick, piano. Program Tania Leon (1943-present), Mestizo Paola Prestini (1975-present), Last Hymn (2007) David Crowell, Celestial Sphere (2017) Christopher Cerrone (1984-present), Double Happiness (2021) Kevin Puts (1972-present), And Legions Will Rise (2001)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Songs of the Silk Road (In Person and Online)


During the 6th century Buddhist music filled the region between India and China. Japan became a cul-de-sac of music and instruments. Enjoy this ancient and fascinating blend of musical cultures performed on period instruments. Eurasia Consort: Tomoko Sugawara, kugo (ancient Angular harp); August Denhard, lute; Rex Benincasa ~ hokyo (metallophone), drum; Gamin Kang, piri (bamboo oboe), seanghwang (mouth-organ); James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi (bamboo vertical flute).
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
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Jazz | Live Jazz from Harlem (online)


The legendary Dr. Lonnie Smith describes organist Akiko Tsuruga this way: "Akiko's playing is like watching a flower blooming, a bird spreading her wings in the music world. Akiko is here to stay." Raised in Osaka, Japan, Akiko began studying the organ at the age of three. After discovering her passion for jazz early on, she launched her career immediately after graduating from the Osaka College of Music. While playing in Osaka she had been inspired by meeting many great American musicians who came through on tour, especially Grady Tate. She moved to New York City, and eventually landed work with Frank Wess, Jimmy Cobb, and Lou Donaldson, who chose her in 2006 as his quartet's organist. But it was meeting organ legend Dr. Lonnie Smith that proved to have the greatest impact on Akiko's musical development and career. He became an important mentor, and she considers him her greatest influence. Akiko has ten albums as a leader to her credit, both in the U.S. and Japan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | The Future of Brazil (online)


Panelists: -- Flávio Dino, Minister of Justice and Public Security of Brazil. -- Carolina de Mattos Ricardo, Lawyer, and sociologist. Master in Philosophy of Law from the University of São Paulo Law School. Executive Director of Instituto Sou da Paz -- Lívia Sant’Anna Vaz, Public Prosecutor of the MP-BA. Ph.D. in Juridical-Political Sciences from the Law School of the University of Lisbon. -- Juliana Borges, writer, and Director of AgôLab, Laboratory of Criminal Policy, Public Security, Gender and Racial Relations. -- Thiago Amparo, International and Human Rights Law Professor at FGV Law School in São Paulo (Brazil). Moderator: Paulo Blikstein, Associate Professor at Columbia University, Director of the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Lecture | Between Ukrainian Nationalism and Soviet Propaganda: Ukrainian Monumental Art of the Early Twentieth Century (in-person and online)


In late 1917, Mykhailo Boichuk established a fresco, mosaics and tempera studio at the newly founded Ukrainian Academy of Art. Advocating for art as “the national treasure and not a mere commodity,” Boichuk arrived at a synthesis of styles, drawing on Byzantine art, pre-Renaissance Italian frescoes, Ukrainian folk art, and French symbolism. In the early Soviet period, his studio emerged as a school of monumental art, with its students completing numerous state commissions for public spaces and buildings. Boichuk’s method and artistic vocabulary were henceforth applied to forging a new proletarian society. State cooperation was short-lived, however: labeled as bourgeois nationalists, Boichuk and a close circle of his associates were executed during the Stalinist purges of the 1930s, with most of their public art subsequently destroyed. Building on the existing scholarship, this talk examines Boichuk’s and his school’s commitment to both Soviet and Ukrainian culture in Soviet Ukraine of the 1920s, at a time when local intelligentsia pursued an autonomous cultural trajectory that ran in parallel to the Moscow-center and was not dictated by it. Speaker Katia Denysova is a PhD candidate at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | The Electoral Effects of Decentralization: Evidence from Ukraine (in-person and online)


How do institutional reforms affect voter mobilization in weakly-institutionalized democracies? I examine the effect of decentralization on turnout and candidate diversity in local elections in Ukraine in 2015-2020. In 2014, the government of Ukraine initiated decentralization reform which allowed territorial communities to gain wider administrative, financial, and fiscal independence. Difference-in-differences estimates show that decentralization increased turnout and decreased the percentage of successful candidates with higher education and party affiliation. These effects can be explained by the increased interest in local politics and easier access to candidacy due to improved salience of local politics and communities’ relative independence from central authorities. Thus, even under weak democratic institutions, decentralization can have an immediate effect on voter mobilization through increased perception of local elections as ‘meaningful’ and, thus, worth time and effort. Dr. Anastasiia Vlasenko is a postdoctoral fellow. She studies electoral politics and democratization with specialization in politics of Ukraine and Russia.
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4:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Rebels: From Punk to Dior


Photographer Janette Beckman presents her most recent book. A celebrated street photographer, Beckman photographed the legends of hip hop, and other underground scenes, including rappers Salt-n-Pepa wearing Dapper Dan, Slick Rick with his gold chains, LL Cool J wearing his signature Kangol hat, and Run DMC in Adidas. This book showcases the spirit of a generation that made history and continues to influence the world of fashion and the international collective imagination.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | A Tribute to Filmmaker Rodger Larson


Through Rodger Larson Young Filmaker's Foundation, Larson, who passed away in the summer of 2022, pioneered the use of filmmaking as a tool for youth, especially marginalized and disadvantaged youth, to express themselves and engage in their communities. A generation of New Yorkers were directly impacted by Larson's work to empower young people through filmmaking. Guest speakers will share their experiences, and films from the students he taught will be shown along with archival material from his career.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
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Discussion | Martin Sostre at 100: A Legacy of Action


This event will highlight Martin Sostre's lifetime commitment to revolutionary study and political education, featuring a keynote conversation between abolitionist educator Mariame Kaba and imprisoned (dis)organizer Stevie Wilson. Following, will be a discussion about the Imprisoned Black Radical Tradition with Masia Mugmuk, Jose Saldana, and Laura Whitehorn, moderated by Orisanmi Burton. Martin Sostre (1923-2015) advocated for prisoners' rights to religious freedom, political expression, and due process regarding prison censorship and solitary confinement. He was also a teacher and mentor, as the owner of the radical Afro-Asian Bookshop in Buffalo, New York, and a community organizer with the Juvenile Education and Awareness Project in New Jersey. Agenda 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Zine and Resource Fair 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Keynote Conversation with Mariame Kaba and Stevie Wilson 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Panel discussion, Q&A Registered guests are given priority check-in 15 to 30 minutes before start time. After the event starts all registered seats are released regardless of registration, so we recommend that you arrive early.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | The Evolution of an 1853 Fifth Avenue Mansion


Esteemed architectural sleuth Anthony Bellov explores the historic fabric and social history of the Hawley Mansion. He'll explore the complete transformation of the basement and what it had been like before it was converted to a bar and dining room. He'll also examine the intact architecture of the rarely visited Third and Fourth Floors - once the domain of the family children and servants. Joining him in this voyage will be guest speaker Annie Haddad, Merchant's House Museum Historian, the beloved historic house museum in NoHo. She will discuss the daily life and work of 19th century domestic servants, and how it would have been impossible to run a home like 54 Fifth Avenue without them.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Ravel, Brahms, and More for Violin (In Person AND Online)


Tianyu Liu, violin. Program Ravel (1875-1937), Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano Chen Yao (1941-present), Air for Solo Violin Brahms (1833-1897), Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 108 Schubert (1797-1828), Grand Caprice on Schubert's "Erlkönig"
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | A thought is a memory: Group Show


A group exhibition curated by Noel Maghathe that brings together works by four artists: Zeinab Saab, Kiki Salem, Nailah Taman, and Zeina Zeitoun. These artists, who all have lineages that trace to the so-called Arab world, draw upon their varied backgrounds in ways that both celebrate and subvert inherited identities. Through sculpture, photography, collage, animation, and painting, they embrace playful ways of making that are highly personal, often collective, and that position fluidity and rootedness as complementary rather than opposing forces in the building of selfhood, community, and culture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Hannah Yata: The Alchemy and the Ecstasy


Yata's paintings are bursting with enthusiastic joy and surreal dreamscapes that capture the transitional zone between fear and wonder. Her artwork harmonizes the human body, ritual, and growth with all other living beings. Using alchemical symbols, Yata's work portrays the transformation of the soul as it undergoes a metamorphosis through its encounters with light and darkness. Myths and ancient symbols take us back to the subconscious psyche, where Yata's colossal female forms urge us to become initiated in their world and play in the realm of both the material and spiritual, delving into the enigma of existence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Harold Shapinsky: Abstract Soul


An exhibition of his paintings and drawings. The exhibition marks Shapinsky’s first solo exhibition in New York since the 90s and will showcase works spanning from the 1940s to the late 80s, including many rarely- and never-exhibited works like early figurative paintings and the elegant, modest-sized paper paintings for which he is best known. Together the paintings in the exhibition illuminate the remarkable story of the artist’s long overlooked practice in New York and his late career rise to recognition as a significant Abstract Expressionist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Heidrun Rathgeb: My Yellow Room


Most of these small panel paintings were made without thinking they would ever be shown. They came together from different sources of inspiration - my children, our home in rural Southern Germany, as well as several artist's residencies since 2018 in Norway, Denmark and the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. The long hours of dusk and dawn, the mellow colours and light casting long shadows, the wild untouched nature keeps drawing me to northern countries but also to the alps, the dark woodlands and moonlit nights at home.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Las Abogadas: Attorneys on the Front Lines of the Migrant Crisis


A documentary about women immigration attorneys on the front lines of the migrant crisis. Followed by a discussion with panelists: Elora Mukherjee, Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor of Law at Columbia University Charlene D’Cruz, Immigration Attorney Nara Milanich, Professor & Director of the Center of Mexico and Central America at Columbia University
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Gallery Talk | Of Mythic Worlds: Works of the Distant Past through the Present: Exhibition Walkthrough


Curator Olivia Shao and writer and curator Bob Nickas in a conversation and walkthrough of the exhibition, which explores the ways in which rituals, myths, traditions, ideologies, and beliefs can intersect across cultures, histories, and time periods. The exhibition brings together fifty-three works by more than thirty artists including Jordan Belson, Lee Bontecou, Cameron, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Walter De Maria, Steffani Jemison, Duane Linklater, Yutaka Matsuzawa, Georgia O’Keeffe, Betye Saar, Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, and Jack Whitten, among others. ···
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Opening Reception | Pete Turner: The Color of Light


Turner's passion for photography has brought him innumerable awards from various design groups and photography associations including The Outstanding Achievement in Photography award from the ASMP. In 1986, Harry Abrams published his first monograph, Pete Turner Photographs. His second monograph, Pete Turner African Journey (Graphis, 2001), is the visual diary of Turner's adventure in Africa which began with his first journey in 1959 from Cape Town to Cairo. His most recent book, The Color of Jazz, is a comprehensive collection of his memorable and provocative jazz album covers that have become legendary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Shells for Teeth: 2 Artist Showcase


A two-person exhibition of work by Lisa Saeboe and Kate Jones. Saeboe and Jones began their joint practice in 2014 in Rome—while both were students in SVA’s inaugural semester in Italy—co-directing the experimental short film Satori. The piece is a sensuous take on sublime visual horror—themes that would prove prescient for their future creative endeavors. While most of Saeboe and Jones’s collaborative work has been film- and photography-based, this is the first time the artists’ individual works are presented alongside one another. Saeboe’s meticulously composed erotic tableaux activate Jones’s daringly raw and explosive paintings and ceramics. Their contrasting approaches to art making present two disparate strategies for deconstructing the myth of the body and the perversion of the feminine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Time in Harlem:Artists in Conversation


In celebration of their exhibition Isaac Diggs & Edward Hillel: Time in Harlem, the artists will be in conversation with Kunbi Oni, Collection Specialist in the department of Drawings and Prints at MOMA, to discuss the rewards and challenges of revisiting past work, designing and publishing photo books, and long term artistic collaboration.
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Opening Reception | Zachary Leener: Clock, go inside a stone


A solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based sculptor Zachary Leener. The show will feature fifteen new intimately-scaled ceramic works which share commonalities within a typological group, but also possess subtle and magical idiosyncrasies. Leener’s ceramics are both illustrative and open to interpretation, suspended somewhat ambiguously between iconographic and unexplainable. They’re objects that at once appear totally familiar—evoking a range of horizontal forms such as bassinets, strollers, hospital beds and coffins—yet resist fully resolving into explicable things. Every sculpture in the exhibition consists of a smooth, hard-edged geometric prism embedded within a rounder and craggier exoshape. And while the repetition of this single motif is almost meditational, each work’s individuality is expressed through variations in structure, surface, personality, and an assortment of additive and excavatory interventions: geode-like open tubes, coconut-flaked piles of rubble, handlebars and spoilers, rib cage sandal straps, ponds of rough glass heaped with clay chunks resembling marshmallowed fruity cereals, and stuck-on wads of discarded chewing gum. Gritty and textured, covered in pastel shards and smooth glazes, the surfaces of Leener’s works are built up and often significantly transformed over the course of repeated firings. This sense of mutability informs the exhibition title — Clock, go inside a stone — a line inspired by a Charles Simic poem. The notion that time, which is always progressing, could enter a sedentary rock, is analogous to the practice of ceramics: wet clay, liquid-like time, becoming fixed, literal hard stone, by means of duration, incantation, and unbelievable heat.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Liederabend (In Person and Online)


Artists from the Collaborative Piano department perform repertoire with singers from the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Open Mike | Open Mic Night


Hosted by Jonathon Timpanelli.  Enjoy a night of singing, comedy, poetry and art.
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Discussion | Up Against the Law: Radical Lawyers in the 1960s and 1970s


A panel discussion featuring Luca Falciola, Jeremy Varon, Johanna Fernandez, and Michael Tigar.  As protest movements took to the streets during the 1960s and 1970s, a group of lawyers joined forces with America's most confrontational activists. In pursuit of radical change themselves, these militant attorneys went beyond providing mere representation. They identified with their clients, defied the habits of a conservative profession, and formulated a corrosive critique of the legal system, questioning the neutrality and transformative power of law. While exploiting the courtrooms as political forums, they developed aggressive litigation strategies and became involved with the organization of protest. Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews, historian Luca Falciola reconstructs this largely unmapped phenomenon and challenges the reader to think anew about the pivotal role of lawyers in social movements.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Voices of AfroBrazilian Liberation


The Beatriz Nascimento Foundation, in partnership with the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, are hosting an event to celebrate the Black Brazilian history through the voices of historical figures. The event will be hosted by Bethânia Nascimento, Beatriz’s daughter, who will talk about the legacy of her mother’s work. There will also be an exhibit with pictures of Black Brazilians who have transformed the country, as well as guest speakers. Brazilian Hors D’Oeuvre and refreshments will be provided. 
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Book Discussion | Neorealist Architecture: Aesthetics of Dwelling in Postwar Italy


After World War II, there was a wave of films made in Italy that came to be labelled "neorealism" and are now regarded as pivotal to world film history. But was neorealism limited to cinema, or did it spread to other spheres of the arts? If so, was there a neorealist architecture? David Escudero's book explores how neorealism manifested itself in architecture by studying the links between filmmaking and the built environment of postwar Italy. Terms such as "neorealist architecture" or "architectural neorealism" circulated during this period and were used by scholars in the following decades, but they were concepts adopted ad hoc and popularized post hoc. Though internalized by Italian architecture historians, the specific transfers between neorealism —as ethics and aesthetics— and architecture —as potential medium for its embodiment— have remained largely unexplored.  Illustrated with over 100 black and white images and archival plans, this book is the first to tackle this topic and provides a new in-depth discussion of the concept of "neorealist architecture."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Black Meme: Black Visual Culture from 1900 to the Present Day


This lecture explores the construct, culture, and material of the “meme” as mapped to Black visual culture from 1900 to present day. Using archival media Russell explores the impact of blackness, Black life, and Black social death on contemporary conceptions of virality borne in the age of the Internet. Offering insight into Russell’s ongoing research and work, this lecture will touch on some of the subjects within her second book, BLACK MEME, forthcoming via Verso.
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Discussion | Fighting Fascism: In the Archive, on the Walls, and in Print during the Spanish Civil War


A panel discussion related to the exhibition Fighting Fascism: Visual Culture of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) With: Jordana Mendelson, Director and Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Speakers: Miriam Basilio Gaztambide, Associate Professor of Art History and Museum Studies Juan Jose Lahuerta, Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Barcelona School of Architecture and Kirk Varnedoe Visiting Professor, Evelyn Scaramella, Associate Professor, Modern Languages and Literatures, Manhattan College
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Concert | Music and Culture of the Andes Mountains and Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia


Pepe Santana, guitar.
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Book Discussion | Inside Congressional Committees: Function and Dysfunction in the Legislative Process


It is widely believed that Congress has broken down. Media accounts present the storied legislature as thoroughly gridlocked, paralyzed by partisan rancor. Political scientists find that Congress is passing fewer laws and spending less time on legislative work. Which parts of a supposedly dysfunctional legislature continue to function? Maya L. Kornberg examines the legislative process beyond voting patterns, emphasizing the crucial role of congressional committee hearings. In committees, lawmakers hear from expert witnesses, legislators revise and discuss bills before bringing them to a vote, and the public has an opportunity to engage with Congress. Kornberg scrutinizes the inner workings of committees—the different types of witnesses who testify, the varied hearings Congress holds, and the distinct effects that committee work has on congresspeople. She deploys original mixed-methods datasets that span from insider interviews to sentiment analysis examining the language used in hearings. Kornberg evaluates how committees operate and the conditions affecting their performance, finding that committee work can be more deliberative and productive than the politics of the Congress floor. Through a comprehensive exploration of who committees hear from and how they listen, this book demonstrates that Congress is not as dysfunctional as is often claimed. Inside Congressional Committees also suggests timely reforms based on these findings that can strengthen Congress.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism (online)


Authors Brooke Kroeger, Kim Todd, and Knopf editor Jonathan Segal discuss the inspiring stories of pioneering women journalists. Hear about the challenges they faced and how they paved the way for the next generation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | An Evening with Tony-Winning Actor Wilson Jermaine Heredia


In conjunction of the 25 year anniversary of Rent, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, known for originating the role of Angel on Broadway and film, will be in conversation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Celebrating a Life of Yiddish Song (in-person and online)


Musicologist, song collector, and writer Chana Mlotek, the longtime music archivist, played a key role in crafting the historical memory of Yiddish songs in our time. Nobel laureate Issac Bashevis Singer called Mlotek and her husband Yosl the "Sherlock Holmeses of Yiddish folk songs" for their work uncovering the origins and history of Yiddish songs. Moltek took a leading role in this research which she and Yosl published in over 40 years of columns in the Yiddish newspaper the Forverts. Through a collection of popular song books Mlotek made hundreds of Yiddish songs accessible to a broad audience of musicians from amateurs to professionals. This is an evening of Yiddish music celebrating Mlotek's memory. Performances will feature Chana's son Zalmen Mlotek as pianist and music director, family members Avram Mlotek, Elisha Mlotek, Hillel Yosl Ziskind Mlotek, Lee Mlotek, Moish Mlotek, Ravi Mlotek, Sarah Mlotek Dar, Marissa Mlotek Schonbrun and special guests Joanne Borts, Sarah Gordon, Elmore James, Daniella Rabbani, Eleanor Reissa, Lorin Sklamberg, and Steven Skybell.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Reading | Fiction and Poetry Reading with 3 Authors


Readings by Idra Novey (fiction), Brenda Shaughnessy (poetry), and Monica Youn (poetry), followed by a reception/signing. Idra Novey’s novel Take What You Need was published in 2023. Brenda Shaughnessy is the author six poetry collections, including Liquid Flesh. Monica Youn is the author of From From. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Other | National Book Critics Circle Awards Ceremony


Every year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in the categories of Fiction, General Nonfiction, Biography, Autobiography, Poetry, and Criticism.
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Play | Comte des Cierges: The Life of a Doorman


Written by playwright Carlos Cotto and directed and organized by artist Salome Oggenfuss in collaboration with The Working Theater, Comte des Cierges is a play that draws from Cotto’s decade-long experience as a former doorman
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Play | Botticelli in the Fire: The Fever in Florence


Playboy painter Sandro Botticelli has it all: talent, fame, good looks. He also has the ear - and the wife - of Lorenzo de Medici, as well as Florence's hottest young apprentice, Leonardo. While working on his breakthrough commission, The Birth of Venus, Botticelli's devotion to pleasure and beauty is put to the ultimate test. As plague sweeps through the city, the charismatic friar Girolamo Savonarola starts to stoke the fires of dissent against the liberal elite. Botticelli finds the life he knows breaking apart, forcing him to choose between love and survival. Written by Jordan Tannahill. A student production.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Comedy Club | Bomb Shelter Comedy Show


Bomb Shelter is a free weekly comedy show in New York City where you'll find some of the best comedians performing. Expect free pizza.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Vocal Works by Handel, Schoenberg, and More (In Person AND Online)


Marisa Karchin, soprano. Program Handel (1685-1759), Susse Stille, sanfte Quelle, HWV 205 Handel (1685-1759), Flammende Rose, HWV 210 Amy Beach (1867-1944), A Mirage, Op. 100 Schoenberg (1874-1951), Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21
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Jazz | Works by Stevie Wonder, Thelonius Monk, and More for Jazz Trombone (In Person AND Online)


Joseph Giordano, jazz trombone. Program A Tribe Called Quest/Bud Freeman (1906-1991), Check The Rhime/Crazeology Randy Weston (1926-2018), Waltz for Sweet Cakes Sylvia Rose Moy (1938-2017), Henry Cosby (1928-2002), Stevie Wonder (1950-present), Sylvia Marc Cary (1967-present), The Afterthought Thelonius Monk (1917-1982), Four And One Joseph Giordano, Imani Joseph Giordano, 13th Story (for Roy)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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