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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 8, 2024?

44 free events take place on Friday, March 8 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 8 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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44 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, March 8, 2024

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free events nyc Grammy Winning Quartet
free events nyc Works by Rachmaninoff and More for Voice and Piano
free events nyc Meg: A Play About Sir Thomas More's Daughter by Tony Winner Paula Vogel
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Workshop | Tai Chi


Improve balance, strength and focus through gentle exercises. The sights and sounds of the river provide a serene background for the ancient flowing postures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Conference | Re-imagining Ruralities: From Heartlands to Hinterlands


This two-day workshop brings together humanities scholars and social scientists to think about how the rural has been imagined and might be reimagined in the context of globalization. Often conceived – in idyllic and pastoral genres – as a realm offering a refuge from globalization and its driving forces, capitalism and (neo)colonialism – or, alternatively, as a realm about to lose its distinctiveness as it is swallowed up by planetary urbanization, how can we imagine ruralities – pluralized, historicized and thought across their materialities, epistemologies, and affectivities – otherwise? And, conversely, how might we imagine globalization as not only about urbanization but also about ruralization? To move away from the dominant binary through which rurality is thought – that of the country versus the city – we look to concepts like the heartland, the hinterland, the borderland, the commodity frontier, the plantation, the provincial, the peripheral, and the regional to reimagine ruralities as coextensive with not just the urban but also the suburban and the wilderness, but harboring distinct qualities, quandaries and potentialities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Lecture | Indigenous Feminisms: Afghan and Iranian Women's Lives under the Theocratic State (online)


This seminar will provide participants with a deeper understanding of indigenous feminism and the forms of oppression, marginalization, and misrecognition that they are designed to oppose. Focusing on Indigenous women as well as members of sexual minorities, participants will examine the resources offered by intersectional and de-colonial feminist approaches as they are formulated and practiced in Iran and Afghanistan. Participants will also study various emerging indigenous social movements and explore ways of producing emancipatory knowledge in the service of decolonization and indigenous sovereignty. In each session, co-leaders will open a dialogue to identify, compare, and analyze the situation of Iranian and Afghan women under a patriarchal culture and the dominance of theocratic states. Finally, this seminar will investigate the capacity of civil society, public opinion, and social media to provoke and sustain social resistance in each context. First of 10 sessions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 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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Workshop | Adult Zumba


Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Bring your friends and come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training and a lot of fun.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Symposium | "The Picture Is Still Out There”: Reframing Black Presence in the Collections of Early American Art and Material Culture (online)


The two-day online symposium is organized in connection with the exhibition Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North. Drawing inspiration from the research behind this exhibition, the symposium serves as a platform for a broader consideration of museum practices in relation to folk art, early American history, and issues of anti-Black racism. Art scholars, museum curators, and public historians – including exhibition co-curators Emelie Gevalt, RL Watson and Sadé Ayorinde as well as Janine Boldt, Alexandra Chan, Anne Strachan Cross, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Michael Hartman, Elizabeth S. Humphrey, Tiffany Momon, Marc Howard Ross, Jennifer Van Horn and Jill Vaum Rothschild – are invited to gather, share, and discuss their efforts in celebrating and reframing the early contributions of African American individuals to the field of art. Talks will consider early material culture from global and historically marginalized perspectives, acknowledging gaps in history, knowledge, and care. This virtual symposium will also present new methods of preserving, acquiring, and exhibiting that address colonialist and racist ideologies while rethinking accountability, transparency, and language choices in interpretation. This will be a unique opportunity to approach the colonial past and its continuities in museums and public institutions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Book Discussion | Skilled Immigrants in the Textile and Fashion Industries: Stories from a Globe-Spanning History (online)


Author presentations and a panel discussion with the contributors to the book, edited by Nazanin Hedayat Munroe, Director of Textiles and Associate Professor of Business & Technology of Fashion at City Tech - CUNY and Chair of Interdisciplinary Programs at CUNY Academy.  This new anthology examines how immigrant communities helped create the modern fashion industry. With contributions from leading experts, this collection presents original research on the skills brought by immigrant communities to the textile and fashion industries in Asia and the Islamic World, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Master Class | Adult Community Choir


Come and experience the joy of singing! This beginner, non-auditioned group welcomes all who love to sing. You will learn healthy singing habits, warmups, and how to find your own voice as you sing with a group. The class will sing and study music of many styles and genres like jazz, Latin, soul, choral, gospel, folk, and music from around the world. Everyone is welcome; no experience necessary!  The class will culminate with a final public performance.  Classes will meet Fridays, March 1st - May 10th from 12pm-1:15pm. The final performance date is May 17th at 12pm. Registration is required, and class size is limited. Participants should plan to attend all sessions. 
   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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Birdwatching | Woodcock Walk


One-day-only lunchtime birding tour. It’s timberdoodle time! The American woodcock is a regular visitor to the park in March and early April. This is a lunchtime walk with guide Gabriel Willow, and learn about the wonderful worm-eaters who make the park their springtime home-away-from-home. The tour will take place on Friday, March 8 at 12:30pm. Meet at Heiskell Plaza, near the corner of 6th Avenue and 42nd Street. No pre-registration is required.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Film | Blue Beetle (2023) with Susan Sarandon and George Lopez


Jaime Reyes suddenly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology called the Scarab. When the Scarab chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he's bestowed with an incredible suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle. Director: Ángel Manuel Soto Cast: Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, George Lopez Susan Sarandon is an American actor. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award, six Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards. In 2002, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. George Lopez is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is most known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom. His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including Mexican American culture. He was named one of "The Top 25 Hispanics in America" by Time magazine in 2005.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Enjoy an afternoon of crafting and conversation


Bring your own project or choose something from a provided collection to work on during this freeform crafting workshop. The workshop will include materials for sewing, knitting, crochet, coloring, paper crafts, and puzzles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Film | Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)


Award-winning director/editor/educator Sam Pollard hosts a screening of his latest American Masters documentary portrait of the artist/activist/educator Max Roach, Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro, 2023). Screening followed by live call and response between Sam Pollard and Josslyn Luckett.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Film | The Holdovers (2023) with Paul Giamatti


A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school remains on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War. Director: Alexander Payne Cast: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa Paul Giamatti is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globes, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | Jewish Women in Post-World War II Eastern and Central Europe (online)


Eleonore Lappin-Engel and Andrea Pető (Central European University) present new research. This long-overdue special issue of Nashim analyzes Jewish women’s history in post-World War II Eastern and Central Europe, a topic long overlooked by scholarly investigation, owing to overlapping circles of forgetting.  Addressing this gap in the scholarly literature is all the more timely in the context of the political turmoil occurring in many countries as this special issue goes to press. History can be inspirational: It can show how destroyed and disappearing communities, nationalized educational and cultural infrastructure, collaboration with secret services, betrayal, and loss can be told in different ways. All these horrors, loss, destruction, misery and trauma contributed to the formation in East Central and Central Europe of a reactive and negative Jewish identity. However, the 1980’s brought an important change in Jewish life not only in the former Communist states but also in Western oriented countries. A new generation of women worked towards Jewish renewal and a new appraisal of the Jewish women of the generations preceding them. By offering a pivotal gesture of creative elaboration of new histories of Jewish women in this vast region, we hope to participate in reclaiming the future and creating models of a proactive, positive Jewish identity.
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2:00 pm
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Lecture | Financial Institutions, Neighborhoods, and Racial Inequality


Speaker Mario L. Small, Ph.D., is Quetelet Professor of Social Science in the Department of Sociology at Columbia University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | No Peasants at the Apocalypse: Sovereignty, Suffering and the Politics of Care in 1605's The Island of Hermaphrodites


Kathleen Perry Long Professor of French, Cornell University speaks on the examination of the relationship established between the sovereignty of the king and the suffering of his subjects In an early modem satirical novel about the French court, The Island of Hermaphrodites. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Symposium | Queering State Power in Asian Diasporic World-Making


This symposium explores instances and histories of Asian diaspora that de-center the state queerly. Asian diasporic pasts and presents are inextricably linked to the infrastructural power of the state, evoking complex relations of Asian migrancy and sociality with the law, militarized border regimes, and the ongoing violence of state-led wars, colonial and imperial domination. The symposium asks how Asian diasporic art and scholarship betray and reimagine the state’s seemingly ubiquitous reach. We highlight minoritarian engagements of hospitality and rescue, migrancy and settlement, history and memory that exceed institutional binds and open up forms of intimacy, sociality, and knowing that relate (to) the state queerly.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Talk | Beneath the Surface: A Genetic and Historical Investigation into African American Communities


Speaker: Dr. Carter Clinton, North Carolina State Univ.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:15 pm
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Poetry Reading | 2 Poets Read from Their Work


A reading by Mira Rosenthal and Tomasz Różycki, hosted by Matthew Rohrer. Mira Rosenthal is the author of Territorial, a Pitt Poetry Series selection and finalist for the INDIES Book of the Year award, and The Local World, winner of the Wick Poetry Prize. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, and residencies at Hedgebrook and MacDowell, she is an associate professor of creative writing at Cal Poly. Her translations of Polish poetry include Krystyna Dąbrowska’s Tideline and Tomasz Różycki’s Colonies, which won the Northern California Book Award and was shortlisted for numerous other prizes, including the International Griffin Poetry Prize and the Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize. Tomasz Różycki is the author of eleven volumes of poetry and prose. Over the last decade he has garnered almost every prize Poland has to offer as well as widespread critical acclaim, with work translated into numerous languages and frequent appearances at international festivals. In the U.S., he has been featured at the Unterberg Poetry Center, the Princeton Poetry Festival, and the Brooklyn Book Festival. His volume Colonies (translated by Mira Rosenthal) won the Northern California Book Award and was a finalist for numerous other prizes, including the International Griffin Poetry Prize and the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Film | CANCELLED***We Are Zama Zama (2021): Toiling Away in South Africa's Gold Mines***CANCELLED


For over a hundred years, South Africa was the largest producer of the world's gold. More gold has been extracted from its reserves than from all the other mines in the world combined. Ever. This film is a portrait of migrants eking a living in the depths of South Africa's abandoned gold mines. Today, many of these mines are closing. New waves of migrants are entering into their abandoned but unsealed shafts, to scavenge for gold in the deep. The most daring of these informal miners are called 'zama zamas.' The phrase means to "keep on trying," but also "to gamble." Director: Rosalind Morris 74 min. Followed by a discussion with the director
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Discussion | Crime and Violence in Venezuela


Crime rose in 21st-century Venezuela despite declining poverty and inequality. "The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela" reveals the complex factors behind this phenomenon, reshaping understanding of violence, poverty, and governance. Crime and violence soared in twenty-first-century Venezuela even as poverty and inequality decreased, contradicting the conventional wisdom that these are the underlying causes of violence. The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela explains the rise of violence under both Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro—leftist presidents who made considerable investment in social programs and political inclusion. Contributors argue that violence arose not from the frustration of inequality, or the needs created by poverty, but rather from the interrelated factors of a particular type of revolutionary governance, extraordinary oil revenues, a reliance on militarized policing, and the persistence of concentrated disadvantage. These factors led to dramatic but unequal economic growth, massive institutional and social change, and dysfunctional criminal justice policies that destabilized illicit markets and social networks, leading to an increase in violent conflict resolution. The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela reorients thinking about violence and its relationship to poverty, inequality, and the state. \
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | 3 Folk Music Acts (online)


The museum’s critically acclaimed performance series continues via Facebook Live. Music featured at the Free Music Fridays series thematically reflects the spirit of self-taught art on view at the museum. Hosted by Lara Ewen. Featuring: 6:00 pm: Dan Strauss 6:30 pm: John Cathal O'Brien 7:00 pm: Laura Meyer
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Brett Goodroad: Rainy


A new group of paintings and works on paper.   Brett Goodroad (b. 1979) lives and works in Prescott, Arizona. A solo exhibition of his work, titled The Letter, was recently on view at Cushion Works, San Francisco. Recent solo exhibitions include Greene Naftali, New York (2022; in collaboration with Cushion Works, curated by Hilton Als); ADZ Gallery, Lisbon (2022); Cushion Works, San Francisco (2021, 2017); Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco (2019; 2015); and Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, U.K. (2018). Significant group shows include Karma, New York (2021); Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley (2019, 2018); and The Drawing Center, New York (2014), among others. His work is in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Frank Stella: Recent Sculpture


The eastbound lanes of the George Washington Bridge will be shut down next month for the transport of five monumental works by Frank Stella to Jeffrey Deitch’s SoHo gallery. They are among the most ambitious and most radical works being made by any artist today. They extend Stella’s forms even further into three dimensions. The works are not painted sculptures or relief paintings. They completely fuse painting and sculpture in a way that has never been achieved before. All but one of these works are being exhibited for the first time. Frank Stella said that one of the objectives of his recent artistic approach has been to “build a painting rather than painting a painting.” The new work is a realization of this ambition. Stella combines traditional artists’ techniques with high technology to create his new work. His monumental sculptures begin with computer models that are transformed into a series of small sculptural maquettes through 3-D printing. The artist refines these models in the studio and then sends them to fabricators in the Netherlands and Belgium where they are engineered and constructed using technology derived from shipbuilding. The sections are then shipped to Stella’s studio in the Hudson Valley where they are refined and painted with automotive paint. The exhibition features works from two series, Scarlatti Sonata Kirkpatrick from 2014, and Atlantic Salmon Rivers from 2021-23. The Scarlatti Sonata Kirkpatrick sculptures are created with high density foam covered in fiberglass. The Grand Cascapedia, inspired by the Canadian river known for salmon fishing, is made from aluminum. As in all of Stella’s work, the forms embody their materials. The materials inspire the forms.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Jakub Tomáš: The Field Robot of Myself


Czech artist Jakub Tomáš situates his exuberant painting in sculpture and collage, using cardboard models and theatrical lighting imbued with his study of theatrical scenic design to generate enigmatic or absurdist scenes. The resulting flattened schematic faces are painted within illusively familiar environments, with a surprisingly friendly robot nearby.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Cello Works by Bach & Others


Cellist Kirsten Jermé performs a solo recital. The program includes Anusvara ("After Sound") by Shirish Korde, J.S. Bach's Suite No.4 in E-flat Major, Dam Mwen Yo for cello and recorded voices by Nathalie Joachim, and "Legend of Sigh" for solo cello and fixed electronics by Gity Razaz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Un/Seen Together: Invention and Selection in Photography at the Morgan


The exhibition Seen Together is composed of previously unseen works acquired since the founding of the Department of Photography in 2012. In a richly illustrated lecture, curator Joel Smith examines decisions that have gone into building the Morgan’s youngest collection—and into choosing a relative handful of objects to tell the collection’s story. Curation, like photography, communicates through selection, elimination, and framing. A fuller picture of the evolving collection emerges from a glimpse of invisible choices made behind the scenes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Film | L'ultima Diva: Francesca Bertini (1982): Documentary on Italian Silent Film Star


Francesca Bertini was - and still is - one of the most arresting, smouldering-eyed presences of Italian cinema. This documentary recounts the life of one of the greatest talents of Italy's silent film era in a feisty style interspersed with footage from her career. Directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi 80 min. In Italian with English subtitles
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Film | Nocturnal Flaneuses (2023): Reclaiming Public Space


Three women document their nighttime strolls in Germany, reflecting on the magic of the night that lies within while addressing their fears and limitations. Shubhra enjoys peering into illuminated windows of jewelry stores at night and reflects on her upbringing in India, where venturing out alone at night was impossible. Felicia delves into the woods, outside the grasp of urban overstimulation, and talks about her experiences when people perceived her as a man. Nele embarks on nocturnal strolls, immersing herself in the vibrant atmosphere of nightlife, sometimes simply to escape insomnia. The documentary accompanies female flaneurs as they confidently explore traditionally male dominated spaces, inviting listeners to experience the night far away from restrictions. Followed by a reading of a newly commissioned work by Brooklyn-based poet Rachel Han. The screening will be followed by a conversation around a feminist reclamation of public space and artistic media practices questioning the limitations and potentials of (in)visibility with Sch?tz and Han.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Film | Parasite (2019): 4-Time Oscar Winner


Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan. Director: Bong Joon Ho Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong 132 min. In Korean with English subtitles
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Brave, Unbodied Scheme: 4 Poets


An evening featuring a range of brilliant minds from NYC's poetry scene. This month's reading features Andrea Cohen, John Murillo, Nick Flynn, And Holly Melgard.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Grammy Winning Quartet


Grammy Award winning Parker Quartet (Daniel Chong and Ken Hamao, violins; Jessica Bodner, viola; Kee-Hyun Kim, cello) perform Felipe Lara's Sonare. Internationally recognized for their "fearless, yet probingly beautiful" (The Strad) performances, the Grammy Award winning Parker Quartet has performanced around the United States and Europe, including Wigmore Hall, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and more. Gramophone Magazine describes the quartet as a "string quartet defined by virtuosity so agile that it's indistinguishable from the process of emotional expression." The Strad also declared their most recent album as "nothing short of astonishing." The quartet can also be heard playing Mendelssohn on Nimbus Records, Bartok on Zig-Zag Territoires, and the complete Ligeti Quartets on Naxos, for which they won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | The Songs We Write: A Live Original Music Event


Sit back and enjoy original live music! Featured performers are a mix of local songwriters, composers, and Song A Week members. Each artist will be performing music they have written. T
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Jazz | Women In Jazz Organization International Women’s Day Jam


A jazz jam to celebrate Women in Jazz past and present. The first set will feature a spectacular house band featuring Caili O'Doherty on piano, Devon Gates on bass, and Maria Maramarou on drums. They will perform originals and tunes by other women in jazz such as Lil' Hardin Armstrong, Geri Allen, Shirley Scott, and Carla Bley.
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Works by Bartok and More


Neal Kirkwood and friends play Bartok, Kirkwood, and Morton.
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Classical Music | Works by Paganini and More for Guitar


Alejandro Cote, guitar. Program Napoleon Coste (1805-1883), Les Soirres d'auteuil, Op. 23 Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (1773-1830), Sonata in B minor, Op. 31, no. 6 Paganini (1782-1840), Sonata no. 12 in A major MS 84 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968), Capriccio Diabolico, Op. 85 Giulio Regondi (1822-1872), Variations on a theme
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Rachmaninoff and More for Voice and Piano


Meghan Kasanders, Soprano; Dror Baitel, Piano. Program Alban Berg (1885-1935), Sieben fruhe Lieder Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Six Songs, Op. 38 Richard Pearson Thomas, Hair Emergency!
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7:00 pm
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Opera | LYSISTRATA, OR THE NUDE GODDESS


The Nude Goddess is not your mother's Lysistrata. It's not even the one by Aristophanes. This iconic comedy, unveiled in 411 B.C.E., eyes the women of Athens and Sparta, disgusted by an endless, pointless war, who barricade themselves in the Athenian treasury and swear a sanction on sex until their men make peace. Composed by Mark Adamo Libretto by the Composer after Aristophanes Cast: Alexandra Kzeski, Allen Pearcy Galeana, Marcella Astore, Brianna Dulock, Mary-Hollis Hundley, Enes Pektas, Wei Chen, Brea Marshall, Ping Gu, Katherine Li, Lindsey Kanaga, Claire Coven, Colin Safley, Dmitry Mironov, Himanshu Barot, Samuel Rachmuth, Zhedong Ren Content Advisory: Adult Language / Adult Content, Sexual Content, Depiction of Warfare
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7:30 pm
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Play | The Government Inspector: A Play About Politics and Greed in Imperial Russia


When the locals in a small town in Russia learn that an undercover government inspector is coming for a surprise visit, an unfortunate case of mistaken identity sends the village spiraling into a world of panic and greed. The Government Inspector is often said to be Nikolai Gogol’s masterpiece, a comedy of errors that provides clever commentary on the extensive political wrongdoing of Imperial Russia. When it opened, it caused an uproar in the Russian press. Eventually, Tsar Nicholas I had to intervene in order for the production to move forward. Since its premiere in the 1830s, The Government Inspector has been translated and adapted for many different productions. Written by Nikolai Gogol Directed by Jonathan Drahos
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Concert | Guitar-Driven Indie Rock


Working in the guitar-driven, hook-heavy, introspective indie rock tradition of Third Eye Blind and Everclear, Hodera is fronted by the New Jersey singer-songwriter Matthew Smith. The band's 2017 LP First Things First featured two breakout multi-million-play hit songs with the folksy and heartfelt "Best Intentions" and the high-energy ballad "North Dakota." Following a COVID hiatus—and a side-trip for Smith into the art of creative woodworking—the band has reemerged freshly energized onto the tour scene with their newest release Dear Friend. It's an album that clearly reaffirms the pensive, melodic sound that brought Hodera into the public spotlight while showing Smith's continuous growth as a lyricist and performer. Hodera will celebrate ten years playing together with a full-length concert, performing hits and deep cuts from the group's first three albums, along with some lesser known gems from Smith's solo project, Bravely.
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Dance Performance | Movement Research Dance Festival


Eat Banana and Drink Pills is a contemporary dance performance about abortion among single Arab Palestinian women. The work focuses on the physical and emotional experience, and the social dimensions for this experience. The work analyzes ramifications of this choice and the stigma, trauma, and social violence it carries.
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Play | Meg: A Play About Sir Thomas More's Daughter by Tony Winner Paula Vogel


Meg, the audacious early play by Tony Award winner Paula Vogel, flips the script on Henry VIII and the Tudors. Daughter to the famous and beloved Sir Thomas More, Meg feels certain that she'll follow in his steps as a brilliant scholar, with village idiot Will Roper as her trophy husband. But, as family secrets begin to come to light, Meg is forced to question the scholar's life her father has set out for her. Will her father's love or her husband's devotion help her realize her dreams, or keep her from discovering herself? Vogel's comic and cutting feminist vision questions how we construct histories, and who we leave out of them. A student production.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Play | The Angel Makers: Desperate Hungarian Wives


Based on a true story, the women in a small Hungarian town find a solution to the extensive oppression by their husbands--with consequences to their very souls. Written by Amanda Freedman & Lorenzo Pipino
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free
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