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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on November 4, 2013?

44 free events take place on Monday, November 4 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 November 4 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 November . 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 Monday, November 4, 2013

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free events nyc 4-time Oscar nominee Julianne Moore reads from her children's book My Mom Is a Foreigner, But Not to Me
free events nyc Bringing the Dark Past to Light: The Reception of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Europe
free events nyc William Helmreich discusses his book The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City
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Workshop | Fitness Bootcamp


Start the week off right. A Group Exercise Instructor will wake up every muscle in the body through drills, strength training and sweat. Staff will be on hand to provide free fitness assessments in addition to other giveaways. .
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Master Class | Master Class: Mark Kosower, cello


Featuring cellist Mark Kosower, this masterclass provides music lovers with a rare opportunity to witness the interaction between gifted students and a great artist as they examine and explore the craft of performance at the highest level.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Author Reading | 4-time Oscar nominee Julianne Moore reads from her children's book My Mom Is a Foreigner, But Not to Me


Author and actress Julianne Moore reads her new picture book, a sweet story about moms with different accents, customs and clothing. The one thing they all have in common is lots of love for their children.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
Free

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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Music & Storytelling Workshop


A free music and storytelling workshop for adults featuring the storytelling and musical styling of renowned vocalist Robbi K. Produced by Monique Martin, Director of Family Programming for CPF and the artistic curator of SummerStage Kids, this event strives to help audiences pursue their own storytelling skills. From learning how to enliven personal history to techniques on how to capture an audience's attention, attendees will be enchanted by SummerStage Kids alumna Robbi K's soprano voice and her energetic approach to storytelling in addition to her insightful tips and creative methods to document and present your individual story!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Forum | Bringing the Dark Past to Light: The Reception of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Europe


Professor Joanna B. Michlic is lecturer in Gender Studies, Bristol University, UK and Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Project on Families, Children, and the Holocaust, Brandeis University. Her talk,The Trajectories of Bringing the Dark to Light: Memory of the Holocaust in Post-communist Europe, explores the two major stages of the process of restoration of memory of the Holocaust in postcommunist Europe. Professor John-Paul Himka is Professor of History and Classics, University of Alberta. His talk, The Historiography on the Holocaust in Eastern Europe: How It Has Been Developing, uses the Ukrainian case as the primary example, and looks at the legacy of communism and the Cold War, the changes in the evaluation and accessibility of sources, the influence and transplantation of diaspora narratives, and the crucial breakthrough represented by Jan Gross's Neighbors in considering Holocaust historiography in the region. Professor Gennady Estraikh, Clinical Associate Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies; Rauch Associate Professor of Yiddish Studies, NYU Skirball Center for Hebrew and Judaic Studies will moderate the discussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Opera | Jennifer Wen Ma's Paradise Interrupted, an Opera-in-Progress


A contemporary Kunqu opera that is a work in development, is presented as a three-part artist residency.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: Michael Sachs, trumpet


Michael Sachs joined The Cleveland Orchestra as Principal Trumpet in 1988. Praised by critics for his “spectacular chops,” and “radiant tone,” he is recognized internationally as a leading soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, teacher, author, and clinician.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Greenwich Village Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Open Studios: Souleymane Badolo


LMCC invites viewers to a work-in-process showing of BENON, a new piece inspired by the Burkinabé tradition of dancing to celebrate the harvest. In BENON, which roughly translates to "harvest," Badolo explores the essential nature of food, sharing, and giving thanks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Wii Fit for Adults


Calling all Adults who want to lose or maintain current weight: Join Wii Fit for Adults and benefit from burning calories, socializing, maintaining current weight and/or tracking your BMI. Use the various workouts including yoga, strength training, boxing, stepping, hula hooping, running, and regaining balance through using the balance exercises. The Wii tracks your weight and BMI as well as your progress and allows you to compete with others. It is a fun way to keep a record of your progress while exercising.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: Max Dimoff, bass


Since Maximilian Dimoff’s appointment in 1997 as principal double bass of The Cleveland Orchestra, he has appeared as soloist with the Orchestra at Severance Hall and Blossom Music Center, as well as on tour at Carnegie Hall and in Europe.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Author Reading | Shahan Mufti discusses his book The Faithful Scribe: A Story of Islam, Pakistan, Family and War


A journalist explores his family’s history to uncover the hybrid cultural and political landscape of Pakistan, the world’s first Islamic democracy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Talk | An Evening with Architect Chris Perry


Chris Perry is an architect who works in design, landscape, and architecture, and heads the Geofutures program in Architecture and Urbanism at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His immersive environments, exhibition spaces, and futuristic designs bring together new ideas in design, technology, ecology, and art. He co-founded pneumastudio whose forthcoming publications include Theories of the Environment: Posthuman Territory and Post-Sustainable: Blueprints for a Green Planet.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Marc Ecko discusses his book Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out


Marc Ecko, founder of Ecko Unlimited (a brand that extends to 5,000 stores in 80 countries) discusses his book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Richard Kurin reads from his book Madcap May: Mistress of Myth, Men & Hope


Richard Kurin, Undersecretary for History, Art and Culture for the Smithsonian Institution, has just written a book on the rags-to-riches life on May Yohe, the Gay Nineties queen of the stage, who was born at an inn at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, had at least 3 husbands (twelve were rumored), owned the Hope Diamond, washed floors for a living, was sued for maternity, and escaped an insane asylum. Kurin’s very readable biography, gives a wonderful window into musical theater in New York City at the turn of the century.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artists Talk: Faivovich & Goldberg


Guillermo Faivovich was born in Buenos Aires in 1977 and Nicolás Goldberg was born in Paris in 1978. Since 2006, Faivovich & Goldberg have collaborated on A Guide to Campo del Cielo, a long-term research project focused on the Campo del Cielo meteorite shower that took place 4,000 years ago in the region of Chaco, Argentina, an area which has inspired both human pilgrimages and scientific investigation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Forum | Fiction Forum: A.M. Homes


A.M. Homes is the author of the novels, This Book Will Save Your Life, Music For Torching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers, and Jack, as well as the short-story collections, Things You Should Know, The Safety of Objects, and the best-selling memoir The Mistress's Daughter.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Slide Lecture | Mark Binelli discusses his book Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis


This illustrated lecture is a nuanced portrait of a once-great American industrial city that decades ago fell into decay, but which is, as of late, experiencing a ray of hope. It provides a broader story, a 300-year tour through the formerly wondrous and now wondrously devastated metropolis
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | People of a Feather: Citizen Science and Filmmaking


Did you know that turning on a light switch in New York City has a direct effect on sea ice ecosystems thousands of miles away? On the Belcher Islands in Canada's Hudson Bay, Inuit feel these effects the most. A unique culture that has relied on birds for clothing and food, eider down is the warmest feather in the world and allows Inuit to survive in this environment throughout the year. Massive die-off events of eiders represent the proverbial canary in the coal mine for what is happening when cities along the eastern seaboard reverse the seasonality of the hydrological cycle to stay warm in winter. Join director/producer Dr. Joel Heath, of People of a Feather, and Inuit community members from Canada’s Hudson Bay for a discussion on his award-winning film about how turning on a light switch in New York City has a direct effect on sea ice ecosystems thousands of miles away.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | William Helmreich discusses his book The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City


A fascinating account of a 6,000-mile walk through New York City. Based on interviews with hundreds of people, including former Mayors Koch, Giuliani, Dinkins, and Bloomberg, Helmreich’s book gathers previously unknown facts and stories about New York's many neighborhoods, the immigrants, the gentrifiers, the gangs, the community "characters," the homeless, and much, much more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Artemis Cooper reads from her book Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure


Artemis Cooper discusses her inspiring biography which explores the life of Fermor, best known for walking across Europe and supporting the Cretan resistance to the German occupation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Artist Talk: Charles Gaines


For more than forty years, Charles Gaines’s art has explored the intersections of aesthetics, politics, language and systems. Gaines works across a variety of media, from drawing and photography to video and music—in notation and performed—and engages sources and thinkers as varied as Tantric Buddhist drawings, Hannah Darboven’s systems, John Cage’s chance strategies, and the writings of Franz Fanon and Léopold Senghor. Gaines lives and works in Los Angeles and for more than 25 years has been on the faculty of the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia. He is a 2013 recipient of a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Bennett Singer's Electoral Dysfunction (2012): Humorous Political Documentary


After discovering that the right to vote is missing from the Constitution, political humorist Mo Rocca (a correspondent for CBS News and former correspondent for "The Daily Show") sets out on a road trip to see how voting works - and doesn't work - in America. 90 min. Q&A with director Bennett Singer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | CANCELLED***Artist Talk: Tom Spurgeon***CANCELLED


***THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED*** This summer's passing of publisher, editor, critic and translator Kim Thompson (1956-2013) placed the spotlight on the generation of comics professionals of which he was a part: 'zine makers, punks, letter hacks and fanboys whose tastes and passions revitalized an American art form. Tom Spurgeon (The Comics Reporter) tracks Kim Thompson's life in comics as a way of examining the role of non-creators in the development of art comics in North America.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Crossing Borders: Immigrant Issues in Literature


Esmeralda Santiago will be joined by Elizabeth Nunez for a discussion. The two authors will talk about the portrayal of immigrant issues in literature and in their own work. Esmeralda Santiago is the author of the acclaimed memoirs When I Was Puerto Rican, Almost A Woman—adapted into an award-winning film for Masterpiece Theatre—and The Turkish Lover. Her most recent book is the historical novel, Conquistadora. Elizabeth Nunez is the award-winning author of eight novels and is Distinguished Professor at Hunter College. Her critically praised novels include Boundaries (nominated for NAACP Image Award); Anna In-Between (PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award Choice); Prospero's Daughter (New York Times Editors’ Choice and the One Book, One Community selection for the Florida Center for the Literary Arts); Grace; Discretion (short-listed for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award); Bruised Hibiscus (American Book Award); Beyond the Limbo Silence (Independent Publishers Book Award); and When Rocks Dance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Fashion Project & Performance: Rainer Ganahl's Comme des Marxistes


New York-based artist Rainer Ganahl will present a runway fashion show featuring détourned clothing of his own design and an installation of related artworks that consider the intersections of design, commerce, and politics. Over the past two decades Rainer Ganahl's work has explored and considered the potential and possibilities of both social and cultural life. His work has been exhibited widely including recent solo projects at El Mundo, Harlem, New York, and Alex Zachary, New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Gus Russo reads from his book Where Were You?: America Remembers the JFK Assassination


November 22, 1963. A policeman’s wife was fetching their sick child from school. A young shoe store manager had no idea what lay in wait for him that day. A future president was tending to his farm. A future vice president was standing on the steps of his college library. A Georgetown student was looking forward to playing the piano for the president when he returned to Washington, DC, that evening. A future movie star was attending his second-grade art class. Then the news rang out across airwaves, through telephone lines, and by word of mouth, plunging the country into shock and sorrow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Ivan Vladislavic reads from his book Double Negative


A subtle triptych that captures the ordinary life of a college dropout during South Africa's extraordinary revolution.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Signing | Oscar-nominated filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro signs copies of his book Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions


Over the last two decades, writer-director Guillermo del Toro has mapped out a territory in the popular imagination that is uniquely his own, astonishing audiences with Cronos, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, and a host of other films and creative endeavors. Now, for the first time, del Toro reveals the inspirations behind his signature artistic motifs, sharing the contents of his personal notebooks, collections, and other obsessions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Ruth Cullen discusses the book Night Flower: The Life and Art of Vali Myers


Vali Myers was an enigmatic Australian-born artist who lived her life as a fiercely independent, brave, bright flame carving her influence through Paris, Italy, New York and Africa before returning to Australia in the twilight of her life. Artist, dancer, animal lover, dedicated diarist, visionary, muse and powerful creatrix, Vali left a body of work which started with her early drawings in the cafés of Paris in the early 1950s right through till her death in 2003.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Reading | Story Time for Grown-Ups


Love a good story? Sit back and relax as they read you a story or two. The Lady, or the Tiger? by Frank Stockton - Long ago in a semi-barbaric country, guilt or innocence was decided when the accused chose one of two unmarked doors. Behind one door was a beautiful lady (life) and behind the other a vicious tiger (death). Here We Are by Dorothy Parker - When the newlyweds got on the train to New York City for their honeymoon, they had been married for two hours and twenty-six minutes. During the trip, they discover that a wedding ceremony does not magically improve communication between the sexes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | The Brothers Balliett perform 2 world premieres


Program: BRAD BALLIETT Concerto Grosso DOUG BALLIETT New rap cantata Performers to include: Brad Balliett, bassoon; Doug Balliett, double bass; Catherine Gregory, flute; Megan Levin, harp; Colin Davin, guitar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Tom Adelman discusses his book Majesty of Impulse: On the Great Lost Works of Camden Joy


Join Tom Adelman as he discusses his work as Camden Joy with Justin Taylor, Adam Wilson, Trinie Dalton, David N. Meyer, Samuel Cohen, and Ben Bush. Adelman first attained notoriety under his pseudonym in the mid-nineties for his New York City postering projects and street manifestos. His work blurs the lines between music criticism, memoir, and fiction and he has been described by Rolling Stone as “one of the great rock writers of our age.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


For nearly 100 years, the Beaux-Arts beauty known as Grand Central Terminal (a.k.a Station) has been a testament to the ingenuity and ambition of a great city, impressing both travelers and visitors with it's wonderful architecture and pulsating vibe. It's history is a story of immense wealth, great engineering, a few accidents, a planned sabotage and one terrific ceiling, but most importantly a story of survival and rebirth.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tour | Subway Art Tour


Many people think of the New York City subway as one of the largest, most efficient, if not the cleanest mass transit systems in the world. Few, however, think of it as the largest and longest art gallery on the planet. Well, they don't know what they are missing. This lively walking AND subway riding tour visits over a dozen subway stations to experience a selection of these striking often whimsical works that go largely unnoticed by the general public. Join this climate controlled subway and walking art tour. Along the way you'll learn about and become expert at navigating the (in)famous NYC subway system. There's also the invaluable opportunity to confer about your other sightseeing plans with the acclaimed Bronx born, vastly experienced licensed NYC tour guide, Darryl Reilly.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | War, Trauma, Art and Healing: A Veteran’s Perspective


A panel discussion on the profound impact of trauma and moral injury upon members of the military and veterans and the value of art as a treatment and healing modality. Panelists include Jan Barry, ESSAM, Kylene A. Kasch, Camilo Mejia, Margaret Stevens and moderator Camillo (Mac) Bica.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | College Composers' Concert


New works from student composers are presented.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress: Margot Bassett / Courtney Krantz / Eli Tomondong/Project.ile Imagery


A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas and works-in-progress held in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists, and join artists-in-residence and international guests each season in performing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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