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44 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, November 26, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.Editor's Picks
Workshop | Morning Meditation
Balance mind, body, and spirit in this Primordial Sound Meditation led by an instructor. Work with a ... more >> personal mantra, a specific sound or vibration. Take part in a regular meditation practice that lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and strengthens the immune system. Mondays, October 15 through December 17, 2018
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9:45 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 ... more >> 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
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10:00 am
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Symposium | 50 Years to 1968: A Sit-In Seminar
In 1968, the student body emerged on the global scene as a cohesive revolutionary movement fighting alongside ... more >> oppressed people in India, East and Western Europe, South and North America, and articulating a new political horizon. 50 years later, what remains of that emancipatory promise? This all-day event will stage a critical homage to the 1968 sit-ins and alternative modes of congregation, inviting students, activists, scholars, artists and workers to share the space, sit together, talk, perform, meet and listen. The sit-in will create an open forum for participants from different groups and areas to debate, experiment and re-imagine the political roles and potential of the student body and its collaborators today – both inside and outside the university.
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10:00 am
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Master Class | Distance Learning Jazz Drumset Masterclass with Lucas van Merwijk from the Amsterdam Conservatory
Drummer Lucas van Merwijk has been at the forefront of the European Jazz, Latin and percussion scene ... more >> for over 25 years. He was elected ‘Best Jazz Drummer’ and ‘Best Fusion Drummer’ in the Benelux countries by the readers of dutch drum magazine De Slagwerkkrant many years running between 1993 and 2015. Besides this Lucas is in demand as a drummer with various groups and artists throughout Europe, in particular with the internationally acclaimed group Nueva Manteca. All of these experiences have made him develop his own special style, a mix of Cuban, Brazilian and North American rhythms, characterized by powerful percussion and splendid technical skills. Van Merwijk has been staff teacher for drums and percussion at both the World Music department of the Rotterdam Codarts conservatory as well as the Jazz department of the Amsterdam Conservatory since 1986.
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10:00 am
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Film | What's Cooking? (2000): a Thanksgiving comedy-drama
In LA's Fairfax district, where ethnic groups abound, four households celebrate Thanksgiving amidst family ... more >> tensions. Director: Gurinder Chadha. Starring Joan Chen, Julianna Margulies, Mercedes Ruehl. 109 min.
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Dance Class
Scientifically-based dance-exercise program. Gentle warm-up, light aerobics and targeted strengthening ... more >> that is safe, fun and enjoyable for all.
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Meditation Mondays
Meditation Mondays provides a meditative space into which people are invited for an hour of individual ... more >> meditation, contemplation, centering, breathing, or prayer—whatever soothes and relaxes your soul. Some folks sit for 5 minutes, others the entire hour. In this fast-paced city, any amount of meditation can be beneficial. The meditation is not guided; it is "public personal" meditation. The space and the calming music will be provided. Every Monday, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM.
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12:30 pm
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Film | Beauty and the Beast (1946): A French romantic fantasy
A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to ... more >> marry her. Directors: Jean Cocteau. Starring Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély. 93 min.
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1:00 pm
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Film | The Pain of Others (2018): A Mysterious Disease
The Pain of Others is a found footage film about Morgellons, a mysterious illness whose sufferers say ... more >> they have parasites under the skin, long-colored fibers emerging from lesions, and a host of other bizarre symptoms which could be borrowed from a horror film. Directed by Penny Lane. 71 min.
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1:00 pm
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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 ... more >> 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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation
Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city ... more >> life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
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Film | Esther and the King (1960): Italian-American epic
Persian king Ahasuerus is searching for a queen, after his wife is murdered. He is attracted to Esther ... more >> (a Jewish women), but first he has to overcome many obstacles. Directors: Raoul Walsh, Mario Bava. Starring Joan Collins & Richard Egan. 109 min.
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2:00 pm
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Symposium | License to Kill?: Can Civilians Targeted in Conflict be Protected?
Killing the women, children and elderly of one’s enemy has always been a preferred strategy of war, ... more >> going back to antiquity. Coventry, London, Dresden, Hiroshima – they remain etched onto our living memories. Thus, after World War II, enormous efforts were made to build institutions and to codify international law in order to protect future generations from the scourge of war, and to outlaw the targeting of civilians in conflict. Today, we witness the limits of these efforts: in conflict zones such as Myanmar, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria or Cameroon we see how repressive regimes, aided by external forces, wreak havoc. Civilians are the targets of vicious campaigns, combining murder, sexual violence, starvation, and forced displacement. What can be done? Welcome Remarks by Professor Elazar Barkan, Director, Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Concentration Panel One: Battling Impunity from 2:30-4:00 pm Panel Two: On the Frontlines from 4:30-6:00 pm
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2:30 pm
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Talk | Resume Help
Need help with resume writing? Not sure how to edit it? Get one-on-one assistance with writing your resume. ... more >> Please bring a hard copy of your resume or a USB flash drive to save and edit it.
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2:30 pm
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Film | What Dreams May Come (1998): Oscar winning drama with Robin Williams
After he dies in a car crash, a man searches heaven and hell for his beloved wife. Director: Vincent ... more >> Ward. Starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra. 113 min.
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3:30 pm
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Book Signing | Country star Rosanne Cash signs copies of 100 Christmas Wishes
Acclaimed singer/songwriter and long-time Library supporter Rosanne Cash shows up for a special book-signing ... more >> of 100 Christmas Wishes. As Cash, a devoted fan of the holiday season, writes in her introduction to 100 Christmas Wishes: “This collection of early Christmas postcards, housed for a century in The New York Public Library archives, distills those abiding wishes for the holidays from revelers from long ago and far away, in a wish for peace, joy, magic, bounty, family, and for light to be shone ‘round the world at Christmas, past and future."
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | Beyond the City and the Bridge: East Asian Immigration in a New Jersey Suburb
A lecture by Noriko Matsumoto, University of Vermont.
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4:30 pm
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5:00 pm
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Author Reading | Lou Reed: A Life : a story of a legendary musician
As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented ... more >> alternative rock. DeCurtis, who knew Reed and interviewed him extensively, tells the provocative story of his complex and chameleonic life. He tracks Reed's five-decade career through the accounts of those who knew him and through Reed's most revealing testimony, his music. Gritty, intimate, and unflinching, Lou Reed: A Life is an illuminating tribute to one of the most incendiary artists of our time.
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Dance and sculpt
Move your body to the beat! Have fun while you exercise! Bring a towel or an exercise mat. Come in comfortable ... more >> clothing. This workshop takes place every Monday.
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5:30 pm
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Festival | Winter's Eve Tree Lighting Ceremony, Featuring Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, and More
New York's largest holiday festival, Winter’s Eve, features free entertainment, family fun, outdoor ... more >> food tastings and more, and begins with the Upper West Side’s tree lighting ceremony. Legendary singer Judy Collins is the Master of Ceremonies: 5:30pm-6:00pm With: Arlo Guthrie & The Guthrie Family: 5;30pm-6:00pm Young People's Chorus of New York City: 5:30pm-6:00pm Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars: 6:30pm-7:45pm Spanglish Fly: 8:00pm-9:00pm
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5:30 pm
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Film | Flesh and the Devil (1926): romantic drama with Greta Garbo and John Gilbert
Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other once fiercely loved. ... more >> Director: Clarence Brown. 122 min.
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Bodily: Transing/Queering Species and Race
Dr. Kadji Amin aims to contribute to the burgeoning inquiry into material transings of sex, race, and ... more >> species, while interrogating the affirmative and even utopian valance of such inquiry through asking “What are trans crossings of embodied borders and speciated and racialized differences good for?” Amin takes a literal approach this question, and focuses on the early twentieth-century medical fervor for the transplantation of glands—in particular the ovaries and testicles—across sex and species, with distinct racializing effects.
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Settler-Colonialism, Immigration, and White Nationalism in the US
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is a renowned anti-colonial feminist historian and activist who has written deeply ... more >> influential books such as An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. In this lecture she discusses how the conceptualization of the US as a “nation of immigrants” obscures the genocidal, militaristic and white nationalist roots of the capitalist state. Descendants of enslaved Africans, of the Indigenous Nations, and of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans cannot be subsumed into the concept of a “nation of immigrants.” This talk will address what this reality means for social justice organizing.
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Soulful Melodies of a Master Trumpeter
Maurice “Mobetta” Brown’s talent orbits him simultaneously through three worlds: contemporary jazz, ... more >> blues-rock and cutting edge hip-hop. He’s a mastermind as a trumpeter, composer, arranger, and producer. When Maurice picks up his horn, his soulful melodies soar into a rarefied space that uniquely marries be-bop to hip-hop and rock, producing his own distinctive sound. Set times: 6:00pm-6:45pm 7:00pm-7:45pm 8:00pm-8:45pm
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | The Arab Revolutions and Trade Union Activism: The Tunisian Case
How did the main Tunisian confederation, the UGTT, interact with the popular uprising that led to the ... more >> departure of Ben Ali in 2011? What was the role played by the UGTT in the "political transition" leading to the adoption on January 26, 2014 of the first democratic constitution in the country’s history? How successful was the UGTT in neutralizing the risk of self-implosion caused by the different political and social crises? And what are the challenges that the UGTT faces in the new political landscape? Hela Yousfi (Paris Dauphine University) addresses these questions.
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Voice of My City Exhibition Highlight Tour
New Yorkers see the city as a character in their own personal novels. Choreographer Jerome Robbins was ... more >> no different. Take a tour of the exhibition Voice of My City: Jerome Robbins and New York with Library staff and special guests to discover how all of Robbins’ love, frustration, and identity as a New Yorker were infused into his works. 30-Minute Highlight Tour led by Dance Education Coordinator Kathleen Leary.
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Winter's Eve: Country and Jazz
New York's largest holiday festival, Winter’s Eve, features free entertainment, family fun, outdoor ... more >> food tastings and more. With music from: The Nashville Attitude: 6:00pm-6:45pm; 7:30pm-8:15pm Theo Croker ‘Afrosonic’: 6:45pm-7:30pm; 8:15pm-9:00pm
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6:00 pm
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Dancing | Winter's Eve: Dancing
New York's largest holiday festival, Winter’s Eve, features free entertainment, family fun, outdoor ... more >> food tastings and more. Dancing with the Café Wha? Band: 6:00pm-7:15pm; 7:45pm-9:00pm DJ Tom Macari; 5:30pm-6:00pm; 7:15pm-7:45pm
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics: Four African American Changemakers
Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore are four of the most influential African ... more >> American women in the United States. Together, they call themselves the Colored Girls. As political strategists, organizers, CEOs, and more, they have made history and shaped politics. Following the midterm elections, the quartet will discuss their book For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics which touches on their friendship and how it has changed politics in America, while offering a roadmap for other women of color with political ambitions.
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6:30 pm
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Film | The Heretics (2009): A Feminist Art Collective
A feature-film collage of interviews and archival documents that reconstruct the inside story of the ... more >> feminist art collective Heresies. 95 min. Director Joan Braderman screens and answers questions about her film.
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Wild Milk: modernity, anxiety, and motherhood
Wild Milk is a spellbinding and dreamlike collection of short stories; an off-kilter series of otherworldly ... more >> fairy tales about modernity, anxiety, and motherhood. Sabrina Orah Mark, the author of the poetry collections The Babies and Tsim Tsum, will discuss her first short story collection with Amber Dermont, associate professor of English and creative writing at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia and the author of the story collection Damage Control and the novel The Starboard Sea.
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6:30 pm
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Screening | Short Films from the Naples Film Festival
The following films were selected specifically by a special jury made up of graduate and Ph.D. students. ... more >> Così in terra [As It Is on Earth] by Pier Lorenzo Pisano (Ita, 2018, 13') Senza corpo [Bodyless] by Stefano Cioffi (Ita, 2018, 16') Il nostro limite [The Window] by Adriano Morelli (Ita, 2017, 10') L’aria rossa [The Red Air] by Andrea Bonelli (Ita, 2018, 10') Denise by Rossella Inglese (Ita, 2017, 15') Manicure by Francesco Natale (Ita, 2017, 6') Quando i pesci cantavano [When the Fish Sang] by Giuseppe Schifani (Ita, 2017, 15') In Italian with English subtitles. Total duration: 92 min.
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Book Discussion | Short Story Discussions: O.Henry's The Furnished Room and George Saunders' Tenth of December
O. Henry's The Furnished Room concerns an unnamed man's desperate search to find a lost love in New York ... more >> City. It was first published serially in 1904. George Saunders' Tenth of December, originally appeared in the October 31, 2011 issue of The New Yorker. It was later included in his 2013 collection of the same name that was a bestseller and National Book Award finalist.
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Voice of My City Exhibition Highlight Tour
New Yorkers see the city as a character in their own personal novels. Choreographer Jerome Robbins was ... more >> no different. Take a tour of the exhibition Voice of My City: Jerome Robbins and New York with Library staff and special guests to discover how all of Robbins’ love, frustration, and identity as a New Yorker were infused into his works. 30-Minute Highlight Tour led by Dance Education Coordinator Kathleen Leary.
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | Writing in the Reparative Mode
When she returned to art writing two years ago after a five-year absence, Aruna D'Souza decided she would ... more >> like her approach to the task to atone for past failures—failures of politics, of style, of generosity. She had just read Ta-Nehisi Coates' A Case for Reparations and began to wonder what, in the era of Black Lives Matter and #SayHerName, a reparative mode of criticism might look like. Her talk will explore some of her thinking—and set out some further questions about what art criticism might offer in our urgent political moment.
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Tony's Wife: Sweeping Family Saga
Nobody writes a sweeping family saga like Adriana Trigiani! Set in the lush Big Band era of the 1940s ... more >> and World War II, the bestselling author tells the story of two talented working class kids who marry and become a successful singing act, until time, temptation, and the responsibilities of home and family derail their dreams.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Will & Grace star Sean Hayes presents his children's book Plum
From Hayes and composer Scott Icenogle comes a modern classic inspired by The Nutcracker about how the ... more >> Sugar Plum Fairy got her wings. Restrictions may apply. Call store for details.
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Metal and Funk Sounds from Colombia
Drawing on backgrounds in heavy rock, metal, and psychedelic funk and soul, Combo Chimbita gleefully ... more >> fuses cumbia, ‘70s funaná from Cape Verde, kompa from Haiti, guacharaca, dub, and synth into their own blend of tropical futurism. These first-generation New Yorkers—powerhouse vocalist Carolina Oliveros, synth and bassist Prince of Queens, guitarist Niño Lento, and drummer Dilemastronauta—began experimenting with different traditional musical styles during their late-night residencies at Barbès in Brooklyn.
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7:00 pm
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Talk | The Time for Truth: Lithuanian Wartime Atrocities -- Can Silence be Broken?
When the best-selling author and journalist Ruta Vanagaite (born in Šiauliai, Lithuania) discovered ... more >> that her own relatives were complicit in the murder of Lithuanian Jews during the World War II era, she became determined to awaken the consciousness of her countrymen. In this effort, she co-authored Our People: A Journey with an Enemy with Dr. Efraim Zuroff, a book that uncovers Lithuanians' wartime atrocities. In the face of the hostility that her work has caused, Vanagaite is undertaking an international campaign for truth and justice. In her appearances and speeches all over the world, she discusses with various audiences her struggle to break the silence and the enormous controversy her work has stirred. Out People has deeply affected public discourse about Nazi collaborators and the search for truth.
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Talk | Voice of My City Exhibition Highlight Tour
New Yorkers see the city as a character in their own personal novels. Choreographer Jerome Robbins was ... more >> no different. Take a tour of the exhibition Voice of My City: Jerome Robbins and New York with Library staff and special guests to discover how all of Robbins’ love, frustration, and identity as a New Yorker were infused into his works. 30-Minute Highlight Tour led by Dance Education Coordinator Kathleen Leary.
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Sounds of Mexican Mariachi
The Mariachi Nuevo Mexico was formed in May 2000 from five of the most skilled mariachi performers. Under ... more >> the direction of their first trumpet player Rene Perez Diaz, the band employs two trumpets, vihuela, Mexican bass (Guitarrón), and violin. Set time: 7:15pm-8:00pm 8:15pm-9:00pm
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7:15 pm
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Concert | Fun and fabulous music
D'Ambrose Boyd has shared the stage with such luminaries as Eartha Kitt, Mickey Rooney, Brenda Braxton, ... more >> Ken Page, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Frank Langella. He has been on the boards of many Broadway, off-Broadway, Regional and European theaters. Some favorite performances include: Ain't Misbehavin', Wizard of Oz, Five Guys Named Moe, A Christmas Carol, Babes in Toyland and Wall to Wall Broadway: A Century of Musical Theater. He can be heard on many cast recordings and voice-overs for Nickelodeon. Followed by the open mic. No cover and no minimum.
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8:00 pm
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Jazz | Sophisticated Jazz Vocal Stylings
Lucy Yeghiazaryan was born in Armenia to a family of artists. Since immigrating to the United States ... more >> in 2001, she has been an active member of the jazz community in and outside of the country. In addition to her work as a straight-ahead jazz vocalist, she plays violin and sings in the acapella group YY Sisters, who perform medieval Armenian/ modern folk music and enjoy wide recognition within the Armenian community. Yeghiazaryan served as a resident vocalist for the National Armenian Jazz Orchestra for various performance seasons and was one of the ten finalists selected for the prestigious International Monk Jazz Competition in 2015. She has performed alongside Winard Harper, Eliot Zigmund, Bill Goodwin, George Colligan, Don Braden, Bernadette Peters and Arto Tuncboyaciyan. She performs regularly at various venues and festivals throughout the United States and abroad.
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