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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on November 12, 2025?
34 free events take place on Wednesday, November 12 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 12 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.
Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on November 12, 2025?
34 free events take place on Wednesday, November 12 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 12 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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The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
34 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
All events are free unless otherwise noted.Workshop | Central Park Running Session (All Levels Welcome)
If you prefer not to run alone or are looking to improve your running performance, you can run with a club! Open to runners of all levels. Weekly changed routes through the park. Coaches, training, running company and inspiration!
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 am
Free
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Workshop | Autumn Indoor Yoga
Yoga instructor Meg SantaMaria leads a morning practice. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free
Free
Discussion | Experts Talk about Immigration & Presidential Power
Attend a discussion with Mira Siegelberg (Zolberg Institute), Adam Cox (NYU Law), and Noah Rosenblum (NYU Law) on the history and legal basis of presidential power over immigration regulation and enforcement.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
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Museums | New York City: History, Architecture, Social Movements, Cultural Diversity
This museum holds over 1,5 million artifacts, including photographs, paintings, decorative arts, costumes, and documents that tell the story of New York's development and its inhabitants. Explore the galleries and discover the rich history and vibrant culture of New York City!
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Classical Music | Serene Organ Meditations in Intimate Venue
Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Museums | Afternoon in a Magnificent Small Museum
Internationally recognized as a premier museum and research center, this museum is known for its distinguished Old Master paintings and outstanding examples of European sculpture and decorative arts.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
Pay-What-You-Wish, reservation required
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Workshop | Free-Form Creative Writing Session
This event is an afternoon of live, free-form creative writing. No formal writing experience is required - just enthusiasm and curiosity to see where writing takes you. Participants are provided with suggested prompts at the start of the session, approximately 30 minutes to free write, and the remainder of the hour to share and listen to others' pieces. This is a relaxed forum to experiment with and strengthen your writing. There is the option, but not the requirement, to share your work in each session. Come write freely and meet other people who love writing for the sake of writing!
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
Free
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Performance | Prologue Part III: Shadow Puppetry Stories of Chinese Immigration
Artists Spica Wobbe and Margaret Yuen present Prologue Part III, a new chapter in their ongoing puppet-theater project that transforms real-life stories into intimate shadow performances. This moving work traces the journeys of five first-generation Chinese immigrant men who arrived in New York City between 1962 and 1990, set against the backdrop of the Cultural Revolution, the rise of overseas study, and the Tiananmen Square protests. Through the delicate interplay of light, shadow, and object theater, their stories unfold as a poetic reflection on courage, resilience, and the pursuit of belonging. The program includes a drop-in shadow puppetry workshop for families (2–3 PM), followed by a performance and Q&A.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
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Film | The Social Network (2010): Biographical Drama Film about Facebook Directed by David Fincher
Nerdy, awkward Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg becomes a billionaire by creating the website Facebook, but he ends up embroiled in legal disputes as the friends who helped him during his rise to the top are now eager to see him fall. Director: David Fincher Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella David Fincher is a film director often described as one of the preeminent directors of his generation, with his films having collectively grossed over $2.1 billion worldwide. He's received numerous accolades, including three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director. He has also received four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Gallery Talk | Learn How a Historic Mansion Turned into a Museum
Join a museum educator for a brief gallery talk tracing how a Gilded Age mansion was transformed into a world-class art museum.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
Free
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Book Discussion | Discuss Gwendolyn Brooks' Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poem, "The Anniad"
For this poetry discussion meeting, the group will discuss Gwendolyn Brooks’ Pulitzer Prize winning 1949 poem, "The Anniad." This long form poem was originally published within Brooks’ second poetry collection, Annie Allen. “The Anniad” plays with the form of the ancient epic, transposing it to working-class Black Chicago. By subverting the traits of the heroes of ancient epic, Brooks stakes a claim that the form can apply to Black women’s lives. Brooks was the first African American to win the Pulitzer prize, and she also held the title of U.S. Poet Laureate. You can also find a PDF copy at the link provided. Please bring a printed copy to the discussion; the group will be doing close readings and analysis of the poem.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
Free
Free
Gallery Talk | The Art of Elegance: A Closer Look at Sèvres Porcelain
Join a museum educator for a brief talk exploring the artistry and craftsmanship of this celebrated work. Its refined forms, vivid colors, and intricate gilding, Sèvres porcelain reflects the sophistication of 18th-century French design and royal patronage. This focused gallery talk highlights the historical and artistic significance of a single masterpiece from the collection.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
Free
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Film | Mansfield Park (1999): Romantic Comedy-Drama Jane Austen Adaptation
Fanny is sent to live with her wealthy relatives to receive a proper introduction to society. Director: Patricia Rozema Cast: Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Frances O'Connor, Harold Pinter
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Evening Rowing Along the New York City Skyline
Open to all and led by experienced coxswains, these outings take place in stable, traditional Whitehall gigs, offering a hands-on introduction to rowing, teamwork, and river navigation. Sessions include orientation and group rowing excursions lasting 1-3 hours. Participants assist with launching and cleaning the boats. Bring water and sunscreen. Life jackets are provided; a waiver is required for participation.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
Free
Free
Performance | Multi-Arts Showcase: Short Films, Live Music, Poetry, Dance, & More
This student-produced arts showcase features original songs, short films, visual art, poetry, dance, a short play, and more. Come watch the show and hang out with the artists.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
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Screening | L'Amour à La Mer (Love at Sea) (1965): French New Wave Romantic-Drama
This screening is one of three films in the “Landscapes of Intimacy” series, curated by Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixe. Following the screening, join Isabel in conversation with L'Amour à La Mer French director of photography, Jean-Claude Larrieu. Post-screening discussion in French, with translation to English. Synopsis: During her holiday in Brest, a young Parisian falls in love with a sailor. But autumn comes and the two lovers have to part. They write to each other. Will their love resist at a distance, each living his life, him in Brest with his friends, she in Paris who keeps waiting for him? Director: Guy Gilles Cast: Daniel Moosmann, Geneviève Thénier, Guy Gilles, Josette Krief
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Performance | Award-Winning Artist Exhibits Performance Art
Guatemalan visual artist and poet Regina José Galindo exhibits performance art for a wide audience. Galindo lives and works in Guatemala, using its own context as a starting point to explore and assess the ethical implication of social violence and injustices related to gender and racial discrimination, as well as human right abuse arising from the endemic inequalities in power relations of contemporary societies. Galindo is, in Loris Romano words, “an artist who pushes herself beyond her own limits, through performances which are radical, unsettling and ethically discomfiting."
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Party | Board Games Meet-Up
Play a variety of board games, including Scrabble, Chess, Boggle, Bananagrams, Scattergories, and more! Bring a friend or join on your own--all levels are welcome. Studies have shown that playing board games can have positive effects on your mental, emotional, and physical health, including: o Improving memory and focus o Enhancing critical thinking skills o Making connections o Reducing stress (and screen time!)
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Pultizer Prize Winner Jonathan Capehart Shares His New Memoi, Yet Here I Am
Jonathan Capehart, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, editor, and TV host, recounts powerful stories from his life about embracing identity, picking battles, seizing opportunity, and finding his voice.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Understanding Fictional Encycopedism in Modern & Postmodern Literature
Enjoy an explanation of fictional encyclopedism by researcher, professor, and author Pierpaolo Antonello. Critics have observed that an “encyclopedic complex” or “encyclopedic impulse,” frequently marked by irony and satire, has informed both modernist and postmodernist literature, from Joyce to Pynchon. While usually linked to the vast architecture of maximalist novels or opere-mondo, this lineage also runs through short, fragmentary, and eccentric texts that resist clear generic classification. In such works, the encyclopedic is refracted through epigrammatic form, with flashes of taxonomic excess, where the discursive frameworks of the sciences are repurposed for arbitrary, imaginary, and parodic schemes of classifications. This lecture examines this genealogy through intermedial instances of fictional encyclopedism, concentrating on Leo Lionni’s Parallel Botany (1976) and Luigi Serafini’s Codex Seraphinianus (1981). Both works conjoin scientific discourse, visual art, and imaginary taxonomy, and interrogate the fantastic through parodic and satirical registers. They exemplify not only the ekphrastic tendencies of contemporary encyclopedism but also a form of “rational fantastic” that exceeds Tzvetan Todorov’s genre definition, reconfiguring encyclopedism as an open, generative aesthetic: a combinatory mechanism for the invention of possible worlds.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Understanding Humanity during the RIse of AI
Drawing on preliminary fieldwork in AI ethics spaces in Europe and the U.S., alongside speculative AI designs that challenge dominant norms, this talk explores the potential of redescribing the human as a foundation for confronting the exclusion of marginalized worldviews from modernity. The question of what it means to be human is at the center of public discourse surrounding our interactions with so-called artificial intelligence, presenting a critical opportunity for feminist and anti-racist anthropology. This talk engages with the current moment of meaning-making in the face of emerging technologies to revisit postcolonial, decolonial, and Black studies critiques of the human and of post-Enlightenment reason. These fields have long worked to recover submerged, silenced, or otherwise erased histories of the colonized, offering alternative accounts of who counts as a subject and what forms of life are possible.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Rare Book Curator Shares Her New Book about Design in Interwar Vienna
Dr. Michelle Jackson-Beckett, Cooper Hewitt Library’s Curator of Rare Books, talks about her recent book: Vienna and the New Wohnkultur, 1918-1938. Her book examines interior design exhibitions, press, and debates about modern living in interwar Vienna and analyzes the varied interpretations of modern domestic culture. Jackson-Beckett draws connections between interwar Viennese design culture and important concepts that appear more prominently later in the 20th century, such as user experience, spatial psychology, and environmental psychology.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
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Tour | Discovering Life in a Historic New York Tenement (Online!)
Historian Andrew Dolkart leads an online program exploring 97 Orchard Street, using immersive photogrammetry technology to reveal the stories behind a gas jet, a toilet, and faded wallpaper. Learn how these details illuminate local and national history.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Election Results Breakdown: What Does New Leadership Mean for New Yorkers? (In Person AND Online!)
Just after the municipal election, an expert panel sheds light on the results and what they mean for New Yorkers, discussing how new leadership will shape the direction of government policies, the future of the political parties, and the sense of belonging for different groups around the five boroughs. How will the coalitions and divisions revealed by this election change the city’s political landscape? Featuring Sayu Bhojwani, former NYC commissioner for immigrant affairs, TED speaker, and author of People Like Us: The New Wave of Candidates Knocking at Democracy’s Door; New York State Senator John Liu, chairman of the New York City Education Committee; Hank Sheinkopf, a veteran of political campaigns in New York City and beyond, who is an alumnus of the CUNY Graduate Center’s Ph.D. Program in Political Science; NYC Council Member Nantasha Williams, an alumna of the CUNY Graduate Center’s Ph.D. Program in Social Welfare who represents District 27 in Southeast Queens; and others. John Mollenkopf, distinguished professor of Political Science and Sociology and director of the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center, moderates.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | Expert Explores Belle Glade Archaeological Culture of South Florida
Returning lecturer and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Professor Jerald T. Milanich discusses the extraordinary Belle Glade Archaeological Culture of South Florida, which began approximately 1000 BCE. In the 1960s, Florida Atlantic University archaeologist William Sears excavated Fort Center—named for a 19th century U.S. military outpost on the west side of Lake Okeechobee. Recently, archaeologists have utilized LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) to locate and interpret the many mounds, embankments, canals, and other earthworks of the Belle Glade region.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Historians & Writer Discuss Lamentations of Nezahualcóyotl: Nahuatl Poems
Scholar Ilan Stavans and writer Jordan Salama discuss the recently retold songs and poems of Aztec king, poet, and warrior Nezahualcóyotl and his illustrious 15th century court, based on the new book Aztec king Nezahualcóyotl was a revolutionary far ahead of his time. Born in 1402, the ruler—whose name means “hungry coyote” in the Uto-Aztecan language of Nahuatl—led the city-state of Texcoco through its age of enlightenment. His four-decade reign was among the most transformative and prosperous eras of the Aztec Empire. Today he is a hero in Mexico, seen as a mysterious, powerful, anti-colonial figure. Brimming with anguish and longing, this epic collection of songs and poems was composed by Nezahualcóyotl with members of his illustrious court.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Learn about the Schuyler Sisters & Their Roles in the American Revolution (In Person AND Online!)
Enjoy a discussion on the historic Schuyler Sisters with the author Megan Marshall, author of Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in the Age of Revolution, with Pulitzer Prize-Winning author Megan Marshall. This nonfiction account by Amanda Vaill (Everbody Was So Young) follows Angelica and Elizabeth Schuyler, born to wealth and privilege in New York’s Hudson Valley during the latter half of the eighteenth century. The sisters were raised to make good marriages and supervise substantial households. Instead they became embroiled in the turmoil of America’s insurrection against Great Britain—and rebelled themselves, in ways as different as each was from the other, against the destiny mapped out for them.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Women of War: Spies, Couriers, and Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Italy (Online!)
Historian Suzanne Cope uncovers the hidden stories of women who risked their lives to resist the Nazi occupation in Italy, working as spies, couriers, combatants, and rescuers of Jewish friends and family. Drawing on primary sources and new scholarship, Women of War illuminates their courage and ingenuity in the face of extreme danger. Cope will be in conversation with New York Times bestselling author, Olivia Campbell.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Festival Performance: Romantic Works by Brahms, Dvorak, and Felix Mendelssohn
Enjoy the final student showcase of the festival, which is a special night devoted to three of the most important figures of the Romantic movement: Brahms, Dvorak, and Felix Mendelssohn. From duos to trios to quintets, this concert will feature some of the greatest works ever composed within the 1800s.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Hear from Director Clint Bentley about His New Film, Train Dreams (with Clips from the Movie)
Train Dreams, Clint Bentley’s new film, adapts the beloved novella by Denis Johnson. Bentley screens clips from it and speaks about the work. Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century. Clint Bentley’s film stars Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, William H. Macy, and Kerry Condon. Bentley will discuss the process of adapting Johnson’s work from page to screen.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Interdisciplinary Artist Duo Discuss Their Craft
Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade are interdisciplinary artists whose collaborations span performance, video, music, theatre, installation, and writing. Gaines and Segade co-founded the performance art collective My Barbarian in 2000 with performer Jade Gordon. Exhibiting internationally for over two decades, My Barbarian’s multi-media survey, curated by Adrienne Edwards, was presented at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. My Barbarian has received awards from the Foundation For Contemporary Art, United States Artists and Creative Capital. Gaines and Segade have individually published numerous articles and essays on contemporary art in magazines and catalogs. Gaines’s book, Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left: A History of the Impossible, illustrates the black political ideas that radicalized the artistic endeavors of musicians, playwrights, and actors beginning in the 1960s. Segade is the artist and writer of the graphic novel, The Context, a queer parable of belonging; and recently presented his short film, Anoche, at the 15th Havana Biennial in Cuba.
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Classical Music | Contemporary Ensemble Works (In Person AND Online!)
Manhattan School of Music's Tactus contemporary music ensemble exhibits a series of recent pieces. Program: Robert Paterson Summer Songs (mvts. I, III, and V) Miriam Gideon Böhmischer Krystall Ursula Mamlok Die Laterne Toru Takemitsu Waves Andrea Clearfield Three Songs (Neruda) Giacinto Scelsi Okanagon Ann Cleare Brass Quintet Frank Woests L’Arlequin Lunaire (adapted by Ryan Keberle)
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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