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24 free events take place in New York City on Monday, November 23, 2009.

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24 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, November 23, 2009

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Workshop | Daily Instructed Meditation

Learn some serenity at the start of your busy day.

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7:30 am
free, no reservation required

Other | Ice Skating in the City

The 170' x 100' rink features free admission ice skating. Whether you are looking to skate before going to the office, through the lunch hour, with friends at a party, with a date, or for a spin under the stars at a holiday party, this is the perfect destination.

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8:00 am
free, no reservation required

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.

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9:30 am
Free...

Workshop | Basic Windows

Hands on using wireless laptops. A basic review of the Windows operating system. Learn how to customize, improve and organize your computer by managing files, folders and more!

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10:30 am
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Workshop | Intermediate Word Processing with MS Word 2003

Hands on using wireless laptops. Pre-requisite: Basic knowledge of MS Word. Topics include inserting header & footer, page breaks, footnotes or endnotes, creating page borders, margins, page orientation, newspaper columns, working with tables, printing labels & envelopes.

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2:30 pm
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Workshop | How to Get Started in Web Design

If you’ve been thinking about creating a website but don’t know where to start, this is the seminar for you. They’ll talk about how you go about creating a website and the software you would use to do it.

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3:00 pm
Free

Dance Performance | Master Class: Dance Theatre of Harlem's Arthur Mitchell

A master class with The Dance Theatre of Harlem's Founder and Artistic Director Arthur Mitchell. Following will be a conversation with The Studio Museum of Harlem's Director and Chief Curator, Thelma Golden. Reception to follow.

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4:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Workshop | Daily Instructed Meditation

Learn some serenity at the end of your busy day.

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5:45 pm
free, no reservation required

Concert | Capathia Jenkins and Louis Rosen perform from their CD Ache of Possibility

The electrifying Capathia Jenkins and Louis Rosen celebrate their new CD, a collection of original material. Special guest, poet Nikki Giovanni, contributed lyrics to several of the songs.

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6:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Workshop | How to Get Started in Web Design

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6:00 pm
Free

Lecture | NY Thru an Immigrant I or (r)evolution

Flagstories and other personal histories. Performative lecture by Saviana Stanescu. Produced in collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute, New York.

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6:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Lecture | From the Garden to the Garrison: Sustainability and Insecurity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

A lecture with Greg Beckett, Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Fellow, University of Chicago.

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6:30 pm
free

Author Reading | Paul Goldberger reads from his book Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age of Architecture

The prolific architectural critic and journalist Goldberger will discuss his book of writings for The New Yorker, The New York Times and other publications that range across architectural and urban issues from Havana to Beijing to Bilbao, Chicago to Las Vegas, and beyond. Dissecting projects from skyscrapers by Norman Foster and museums by Tadao Ando to airports, monuments, suburban shopping malls, and white-brick apartment houses, these essays cover a comprehensive account of the best —and the worst— of the “age of architecture.”

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6:30 pm
free, no reservation required

Author Reading | Robert Ferguson reads from his book Enigma: The Life of Knut Hamsun

An introduction to Hamsun's life and literary work, and a discussion of the controversies surrounding his legacy.

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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | David Chang & Peter Meehan discuss their book Momofuku

Momofuku is both the story and the recipes behind the cuisine and the award-winning restaurants of the same name.

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