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49 free events take place on Friday, May 7 in New York City.
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49 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, May 7, 2010

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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Workshop | Mouse Basics


Introduce yourself to the basics of computer technology. Learn how to use the mouse. No experience necessary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Internet 1: Basics


Hands on using wireless laptops. An introduction to the Internet, including getting connected, using a web browser, and navigating web pages.
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10:30 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
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11:00 am
$6

Fair | Street Fair


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11:00 am
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Tour | Gravesend, Brooklyn Tour


Easy walk with sights going back to Revolutionary days and a haunted house. Eat lunch before walk or carry snacks.
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11:45 am
$3

Author Reading | Baseball legend Bucky Dent discusses his book 162-0: The Greatest Wins in Yankees History


Imagine a season in which the Yankees never lose. Dent and Marty Appel imagine that season by identifying the most memorable victory in Yankees history on every single day of the baseball calendar season, from late March to late October.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
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Tour | Times Square Tour


Learn about history of world-famous neighborhood with its 40 miles of neon supersigns, prominent theaters, and multiple megastores. Rain or shine.
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | Garden Tour


Offering constantly changing floral displays, the park's and gardens contain more than 400 species of perennials, shrubs and trees. On this garden tour, horticulturists share their considerable knowledge of plants, pointing out the species that give each garden its own identity and style.
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


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 explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate.
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


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

Workshop | Fencing in the Park


Take a stab at the modern sport of fencing with masters from Manhattan Fencing Center. No prior experience needed and equipment is provided.
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction to the Internet


An introduction to the basic features of the Internet, getting connected, using a Web browser, navigating web pages, and performing simple searches. Mouse basics is a prerequisite.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Screening | Pacific Heritage Films


Daily screenings of films including "Rolling Down Like Pele" and "American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i "
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1:00 pm
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Conference | The Etiology and Ecology of Post-Soviet Communication


This three-day international conference addresses the development and current state of the internet in the Post-Soviet Space. 1:00 - 3:00 pm: Panel I - Culture Catharine Nepomnyashchy: TBD Gernot Howanitz: “Viktor Pelevin's Literary Renditions of Social Networks in Russia”
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1:00 pm
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Film | Classic Swedish Cinema: Ingmar Bergman's Hour of The Wolf (1968)


With Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann. A wife discovers her husband's diary in which he recalls incidents on a beach with his former mistress, and the death of a boy. 89 min. In Swedish with English subtitles.
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | All About Computers: Mouse Basics


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn how to hold, move, and click a mouse, how to scroll, how to highlight words, and other topics.
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2:30 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music Concert


This concert will feature music presented by the Chamber Music Department.
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3:00 pm
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Screening | Pacific Heritage Films


Daily screenings of films including "Rolling Down Like Pele" and "American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i "
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Internet I: Basics


This introduction to the Internet covers getting connected, using a web browser, and navigating web pages.
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3:15 pm
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Screening | New Malaysian Cinema: Yasmin Ahmad's Talentime (2009)


A music teacher who is organising an inter-school "talentime" and her students get embroiled in a world of heightened emotions - ambition, jealousy, human comedy, romance, heartbreak - all of which culminate in a day of great music and performances. 120 min. In Malay with English subtitles. U.S. premiere.
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | Hegel on Ordinary and Philosophical Language


With Jon Burmeister (Boston College). Responding: Roy BenShai (New School).
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4:30 pm
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Book Signing | Artist Dana Schutz signs copies of her monograph


Schutz will sign copies of the new monograph of her work featuring contributions by Barry Schwabsky and Jonathan Safran Foer.
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5:00 pm
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Reading | Fiction Reading by Carole Maso


Poet, essayist, and novelist Carole Maso is the author of nine books, including the novels The Art Lover, AVA, and Defiance, and a memoir The Room Lit By Roses. Her new fiction title, Mother and Child, is forthcoming.
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5:00 pm
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Screening | 21st Annual Dusty Film and Animation Festival and Awards


A showcase of films by students graduating from the BFA Film, Video and Animation Department, including short films, documentaries and animations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | My Umi Said...: New Art from Lebanon


This intimate group exhibition presents new pieces by five progressive Lebanese artists: Ginou Choueiri, Youmna Chlala, Lina Hakim, Randa Mirza, and Amahl Khouri. Through their work, these artists will explore issues pertinent to Lebanon’s current social and political landscape in inventive, playful, and surprising ways.
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6:00 pm
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Concert | A Concert Version of The Cradle Will Rock


The 1937 Mark Blitzstein musical will be presented in a 90-minute concert version. The play, considered a landmark music-theatre piece, is about corporate greed and corruption. Produced and performed entirely by NYU undergraduate students.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Exhibiition: Mistaken Identity


While the genre of portraiture tends to feature clearly defined subjects, this show focuses instead on the uncertainties of facial recognition and how misperception might affect behavior in everyday experience. Linking the concept of belief to what we can "know" about an individual's face, the exhibition explores identification as a process influenced by the particular circumstances of any given encounter. With Dan Graham, Innocence Project, Carol Irving, John Schabel, Karen Yama, and The Yes Men.
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Nachleben


Taking up art historian Aby Warburg's signature idea of Nachleben, meaning both "afterlife" and "survival," a display of contemporary art works and a series of related programs bring together artistic practices that share an affinity with Warburg's proposals regarding associative thinking, image sequencing, and a dialectics of seeing that extends across eras, cultures, and methodologies. Contributing artists: Peggy Ahwesh, Clifford Borress, Matthew Buckingham, Patricia Esquivias, William E. Jones, Harun Farocki, Rachel Harrison, John Miller, Lucy Raven, James Welling, Christopher Wool, and Akram Zaatari. Additional works and archival documentation from Zora Neale Hurston, W. Eugene Smith, and Stan VanDerBeek.
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Substantialis Corporis Mixti


The exhibition explores how the aggregation of imperceptible bodies including toxic chemicals or produced as byproducts of consumer waste, impact the nature of our bodies and the natural world.
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6:00 pm
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Concert | An Homage to Italian Singer Alberto Rabagliati


Alberto Rabagliati (1906-1974), the superstar of Italian song and Italian radio, and the creator of "Swing Made in Italy," did not start as a singer. Competing against 2 million men, he won a worldwide contest for a Rudolph Valentino lookalike, landed in Hollywood and then started a singing career as band vocalist with the Lecuona Cuban Boys. Years later he had his own radio show in Italy creating some sort of mass hysteria among his feminine fans. His hits include "Ma l'amore no", "Mattinata fiorentina", "Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina", and "Bambina innamorata". With M.O. Alfredo Bonavera, tenor Gilbert Rolle, and pianist Frank Ponzio.
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Blues/Jazz Band: Alex Levin Trio


Originally from Philadelphia, Levin has performed as a leader and a sideman for the last fifteen years. He has played with multiple vocalists and instrumentalists since returning to New York in 2001. He has appeared at clubs throughout the city, and can most frequently be found leading his own trio at such clubs as Kavehaz, Detour, Rue B and Night and Day. Besides leading his trio, he performs regularly with vocalists Ayana del Valle and Heather Moran. He has composed numerous pieces, and has arranged music for top vocalists, including Paulette McWilliams.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Film | Cannes Film Festival Winners by Student Directors


Eleven years ago the Cannes International Film Festival established Cinéfondation, a nonprofit organization that promotes the work of student filmmakers. In 2009, an international jury headed by John Boorman (Great Britain) and including Bertrand Bonello (France), Ferid Boughedir (Tunisia), Leonor Silveira (Portugal), and Ziyi Zhang (China) handed out the Cinéfondation competition awards to filmmakers from schools in the Czech Republic, China, South Korea, and Israel. Films: Bába. 2009. Czech Republic. Directed by Zuzana Kirchnerová-Spidlová. Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU), Prague. In Czech; English subtitles. 20 min. Goodbye. 2009. China. Directed by Song Fang. Beijing Film Academy, Beijing. In Mandarin; English subtitles. 31 min. Nammai Ui Jip (Don’t Step Out of the House). 2009. South Korea. Directed by Jo Sung-Hee. Korean Academy of Fine Arts, Seoul. In Korean; English subtitles. 43 min. Diploma. 2009. Israel. Directed by Yaelle Kayam. The Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem. In Hebrew, Arabic; English subtitles. 22 min. Program 116 min.
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Celebrating Ali’s Alley, the Jazz Venue


Lost Jazz Shrines Part 1: Celebrating Ali’s Alley / Tribute to Rashied Ali. Panelists Patricia Ali and Azar Lawrence are joined by moderator Willard Jenkins.
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Dorothy H. Hirshon Film Festival 2010: Invitational Film Show


The culmination of the Dorothy H. Hirshon Film Festival is a gala screening of outstanding films made by students in the past year. An awards ceremony and reception with the filmmakers and judges follows the screenings.
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Evan Ginzburg’s Legends Radio presents music and readings


An eclectic mix of the arts featuring jazz singer Phil Levy, poet Jon Winell, Evan Ginzburg reading from his book Apartment 4B, Like in Brooklyn, an a capella showcase, noted singer/songwriter Ansel Matthews. Others acts TBA.
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | Finance as Class Struggle


While the character of class struggle has evolved, Conrad Herold cites significant financial similarities between the present day and the era in which Karl Marx critiqued capitalism. Join him for an examination and discussion regarding the international financial system using a Marxist framework and for a clarification of responses to the present crisis.
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested donation

Other | MFA Computer Art Department Thesis Presentations


A presentation of thesis projects by students in the MFA Computer Art Department.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Student Recital: Music of Wayne Shorter


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Concert | Sunset Singing Circle


Sing together. Share rounds and folk songs. No experience necessary. All ages welcome. Bring a favorite song. Led by folksinger Terre Roche.
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7:00 pm
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Book Signing | TV host Mario Lopez signs copies of his book Extra Lean


The book features over 40 recipes, and a seven-week meal plan.
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Cello and Piano Works by Bach, Brahms and Kodály


With: Maureen McDermott, cello; and Anne-Marie McDermott, piano.
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7:30 pm
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Performance | Compagnia de’ Colombari's More or Less I Am: Based on Walt Whitman


Compagnia de’ Colombari will be roaming New York with a new music-theatre piece, More or Less I Am, based on Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of Myself” (1855). The piece is conceived and directed by the company’s artistic director, Karin Coonrod, and features original music by members of the genre-defying Brooklyn Rider.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Concert | Guitar Ensemble Spring


Under the direction of Terry Champlin, students explore chamber music repertoire for guitar performing small and large ensemble works, sometimes in combination with other instruments or voice. These concerts frequently include arrangements and compositions by students and faculty.
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Vocal Chamber Ensemble



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Dance Performance | Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company's State


Daniel Gwirtzman will be performing an improvised solo. This is a great opportunity to see and speak about dance in an intimate setting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
$5 suggested donation

Concert | Gaida performs from her CD Levantine Indulgence


Syrian singer Gaida is at the apex of New York’s bourgeoning Arabic music scene, with a stunning voice that billows casually over sultry guitars, congas, and ouds. Catch her singing in the 2008 movie Rachel Getting Married, and here performing tracks from her debut record.
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Jazz | Student Recital: David Dormeus, piano


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Open Mic | No Shame Open Mic Performance


Audience, arm yourself. A performance evening unlike any open mic in New York, No Shame grants performers five minutes to blast beyond the normal duties of pleasing, amusing, and entertaining - in fact, performers are encouraged to risk their audience's displeasure, alienation, boredom, confusion, and rage. You, No Shame participant, are invited to read somber fiction onstage, to take a nap, to take off your clothes, to make a sandwich, to describe graphic sexual acts. "Dare to be brilliant, dare to fail." Sign-up at 11:30pm, show at midnight.
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11:30 pm
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