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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 5, 2010?

53 free events take place on Tuesday, October 5 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 October 5 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 October . 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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53 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, October 5, 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
Free

Workshop | Laptop Open Lab


Want a quiet setting where you can work on a computer? Do you have questions about computer use, programs, devices, or software? Stop by the Laptop Lab. A staff member will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about using a computer. You are welcome to use a library laptop or your own laptop.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Other | Tipi Painting Demonstration


Thomas Haukaas will discuss and demonstrate how tipi liners, which decorate and insulate tipis, are painted. Starts at 10am and 1pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Resumé Lab


Hands-on using wireless laptops. Use this supervised lab time to create and save a resume in Microsoft Word. Assistance with document formatting and proofreading will be available. Please bring a written draft of your resume and a USB drive to save and print your resume. (Please note: This is not an instructor led class or a career advisement session.)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 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
$6

Other | Play Petanque in the Park


Learn to play petanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie, from members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC's championship club.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free

Other | Play Ping Pong


Hone your ping pong skills at one of two state-of-the-art tables. Paddles and balls are provided free of charge. Sign up with an attendant in the park to reserve a time slot.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Staged Reading | Euripides’ Medea: Revenge of the Barbarian


A 60-minute abridged reading of the Greek tragedy presented by a company of professional actors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:10 am
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Jazz | The Gotham Jazzmen


Dixieland jazz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | A Discussion of Julia Alverez's Novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents


In the 1960s, political tension forces the García family away from Santo Domingo and towards the Bronx. The sisters all hit their strides in America, adapting and thriving despite cultural differences, language barriers, and prejudice. But Mami and Papi are more traditional, and they have far more difficulty adjusting to their new country.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Downtown: Where New York Began Tour


A tour of Downtown — its history, architecture, and art, and its fascinating denizens. Tour includes Federal Hall, the U.S. Stock Exchange, Trinity Church, Fraunces Tavern, U.S. Custom House, and Bowling Green. Led by a professional tour leader. Adults, please bring photo ID.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Elissa Weiss and Sarah Downs, Sopranos


A Recital of Songs from the Sublime to the Ridiculous.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$5 suggested donation

Concert | G-Sharp Duo performs works by Bach, Clara Schumann, and others


Program: J.S. Bach – Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016 for violin and continuo Michael Harrison – Yaman Kalyan: Raga Prelude No. 1 (2009) Clara Schumann – Three Romances, op. 22 Ferrucio Busoni – Violin Sonata No. 1 in e minor, op. 29 The duo consists of Emilie-Anne Gendron (violin) and Yelena Grinberg (piano).
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

Jazz | Isaac ben Ayala, Jazz Pianist


Isaac ben Ayala has performed and recorded with many notable bands and greats from Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Louis Bellson, Leon Thomas, Frank Foster, David Murray, James Spaulding, Roy Hargrove, and Wynton Marsalis, to The New York City Ballet, The Sultans of Swing, The Donald Byrd Dance Company and Joe Piscipo. He has scored numerous films and can be heard on the piano in Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006), The Mark Twain Prize Honors Billy Crystal (2007), and Denzel Washington's The Great Debaters (2008).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6

Screening | Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life


A showing of the short films on the Native American food that changed the world: The Gift, Na Florentina, La Cumbia del Mole and Corn Is Who We Are. Starts at 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Featured Library Database: Oxford English Dictionary & Oxford Reference Online


Hands on using wireless laptops. Love Words? Search the 20 volumes of the OED electronically. Fascinated by facts? Explore a full-text collection of over 200 reference works covering the arts, history, science, business, language and other subjects in Oxford Reference Online. .
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
Free

Workshop | Health Support Workshop


The NYC Department of Health will be available to offer health information and answer your health-related questions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
Free

Workshop | All About Computers: Saving and Backing up Data


Hands on using wireless laptops. Develop strategies for saving regularly and learn how to back up data using flash drives and other methods.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
Free

Screening | Delbert Mann's That Touch of Mink (1962): The Swinger and the Virgin


With Cary Grant, Doris Day and Gig Young. A rich businessman and a young woman are attracted to each other, but he only wants an affair while she wants to save herself for marriage. 99 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Staged Reading | Euripides’ Medea: Revenge of the Barbarian


A 60-minute abridged reading of the Greek tragedy presented by a company of professional actors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Blogging 101


Learn what a blog is, see examples of blogs, learn how to blog and to create your own, using Wordpress.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free

Master Class | Master Class 2010/2011 - Nachum Erlich, violin


An extraordinary opportunity for connoisseurs of great music and young talent. An outstanding artist of today discusses and critiques performances by outstanding artists of tomorrow at a world-renowned conservatory.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Lecture | Neoliberal Reason and Its Forms: Understanding the New Interventionist Turn


A lecture by Yahya Madra of Gettysburg College.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | Our Turn: Women Who Write Musicals


In the 60 years of the Tony Awards, only six women have won for Book and Score. This panel shares their thoughts and experiences as women in a field that is still male-dominated. Is there such thing as a "female musical"? With host Peter Filicia.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Investment Choices: What Is Right for Me?


Learn about potential risks and rewards of different investments and different asset types, such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Match individual goal to appropriate investments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
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Lecture | Born Modern: Alvin Lustig, Designer


Steven Heller, co-chair of the MFA Design Department, will explain how Lustig defined the essence of the 20th-century designer. Heller is the author and editor of over 130 books on graphic design, satiric art and popular culture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Collecting Body Parts in Leonardo's Cave: Vasari's Lives of the Artists and the Erotics of Obscene Connoisseurship


A lecture by renowned Renaissance scholar and cultural critic Harry Berger, Jr., one of the founding faculty members at UC Santa Cruz, where he is professor emeritus of literature. Berger has written books and articles on Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queen, on Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Dutch Portraiture and art history, among many other subjects.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Frederic Tuten reads from his book Self-Portraits


A book of inter-related short stories. Followed by an interview with the poet and cultural critic Wayne Koestenbaum. The conversation focuses on the connection of the innovative writer to contemporary art practice and the place of art in Tuten’s work, with consideration to his long relationship with the art world, starting with his studying Mexican Mural painting in the 1950’s and through to his involvement with today’s most daring young artists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Legal Seminar for Business Owners & Entrepreneurs


Whether you are a first-time entrepreneur, the owner of a business, or just thinking of starting one, you need to be aware of certain legal issues. This two-part seminar presented by business, corporate and entertainment lawyer Domenic Romano and intellectual property lawyer Alozie Etufugh will cover topics such as "How to Read a Business Contract" and "Why and How to Protect Intellectual Property."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Meditation at the Library


Sahaja Yoga Meditation is a holistic approach to living in balance. The simple technique gives the experience of inner silence, calm and contentment. Sahaja Yoga is an inner yoga (connection), meaning no mental or physical effort is required. Whatever the issue is facing us - frustration, anger, anxiety, bad habits, loneliness - Sahaja Yoga Meditation awakens a vibrant energy within each of us that empowers us to achieve our genuine self-expression and fulfillment. Classes are taught by experience volunteers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Other | Park Green Team


Help care for the park. All ages; children must be accompanied by an adult.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Photography: Wu Tien-Chang's Asian Traces


An exhibition of photographic portfolios created in Asia. Wu Tien-Chang, internationally acclaimed Taiwanese photographer, will exhibit his portfolio consisting of photographs that are mysterious, hilarious, weird and haunting. His is a surreal world of offbeat atmosphere illuminated by unnatural hues with beings who are always grinning, ride bicycles and pose as circus queens in dream-like sets.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Park Walk | Walk NYC


A walking program that encourages New Yorkers of all ages to get fit while enjoying the outdoors. With funding provided by Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Parks hired trained walking instructors who will keep participants active, exercising and having fun.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | What Makes a Good Financial Plan?


True financial planning is a multi-step process, not a product to buy. Learn about the process that starts with identifying, clarifying and prioritizing financial and personal goals.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Award-winning author Sam Harris reads from his book The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values


Harris will discuss how he views the difference between scientific facts and human values, arguing that most people are simply mistaken about the relationship between morality and the rest of human knowledge. During his talk, Harris will urge the audience to think about morality in terms of human and animal well-being, viewing the experiences of conscious creatures as peaks and valleys on a “moral landscape.” Harris is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation. He won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction and is also a Co-Founder and CEO of Project Reason, a nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Barbara Strauch discusses her book The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind


We always hear about the negative things that happen to our brains as we age—but what about the upside? While some aspects of our minds decline as we age, there are a whole host of things that middle-aged brains actually do better than younger brains. Find out about these positive changes and learn how you take action to keep yourself sharp through middle age.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Cell Phone Buying Guide


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn about the wide range of mobile devices available today, from standard messaging phones to cutting-edge smartphones, their service providers, and monthly service plans. .
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Poetry Forum with Rachel Zucker


Zucker was a 2009 National Book Critics Circle finalist for her most recent book of poems, Museum of Accidents. She is the author of three other collections of poetry and co-editor of Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Staged Reading | Staging Elizabeth Bishop’s Letters


In anticipation of the centenary celebrations of Bishop's birth in 1911, and in connection with the upcoming publication of Elizabeth Bishop and The New Yorker: The Complete Correspondence (forthcoming in 2011), editor and poet Joelle Biele and guest performers will present a staged theatrical performance of Bishop's letters as a work-in-progress. In this workshop, audience members will be invited to comment on the translation of the epistolary to the performed, letter writing as performance, and the relationships between writers, editors, and their audience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Actor Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna discuss their books


The stars of the new reality series Harry Loves Lisa celebrate the release of their books. Rinna's is Starlit; Hamlin's is Full Frontal Nudity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Award-Winning Spanish Film: Javier Fesser's Camino (2008)


Inspired by real events, Camino is an emotional adventure about an extraordinary 11-year-old girl who is simultaneously faced with two completely new events in her life: falling in love and dying. Widely acclaimed at its San Sebastian debut this year, the film has won 6 Goya awards (Spanish Academy Awards) including Best Director, Best Film and Best Original Script. 143 min. In Spanish with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Bragi Olafsson reads from his book The Ambassador


Sturla Jón Jónsson, a fifty-something building superintendent and sometimes poet, has been invited to a poetry festival in Vilnius, Lithuania, appointed, as he sees it, as the official representative of the people of Iceland to the field of poetry. His latest poetry collection, published on the eve of his trip to Vilnius, is about to cause some controversy in his home country—Sturla is publicly accused of having stolen the poems from his long-dead cousin, Jónas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Food TV’s Claire Robinson discusses her book 5 Ingredient Fix


With Robinson’s book, the quest for simple, affordable, fresh and delicious food is over.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction To Meditation


With Miles Neale.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Author Reading | Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize Winner, reads from his novel By Nightfall


The author of The Hous will present his new novel. He will discuss the inspiration for this work and take questions from the audience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Peter Phillips discusses his book Censored 2011


Phillips is Project Censored's director. This year's volume is truly media democracy in action. Not only does it cover the most under-reported stories the corporate media ignore, but this year's Censored Deja Vu, Junk Food News and News Abuse, Signs of Health, and FAIR's 10th anniversary of Fear and Favor in the News Room. He'll discuss the new directions of the Project and research methodology. The evening will be hosted by local professor author and activist Mark Crispin Miller.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Ryan Conrad reads from his book Against Equality


While debates about gay marriage have entered the mainstream, the rowdy radical queers from the Against Equality Collective have been dissenting against queer inclusion in marital institutions. Join outlaw artist and terrorist academic Conrad for a reading and a discussion of the queer critiques against dominant cultural values.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | The Victory of Swing: Goebbel’s Fight against Literature and Music between 1933 and 1945


A lecture by Prof. Dieter Feddersen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 3 Exhibitions: Is This the Al Jaffee Art Exhibit? / Decades of Donnelly / Denis Kitchen


Is This the Al Jaffee Art Exhibit? is an exhibition that spans the many decades of the career of the inimitable Al Jaffee, famous for his long creative association with Mad Magazine. Decades of Donnelly: The Art of New Yorker Cartoonist Liza Donnelly is a survey of the cartoonist's hilariously insightful contributions from her three decades at The New Yorker and elsewhere. Denis Kitchen: An Oddly Compelling Mini-Retrospective is a survey of the work of cartoonist, publisher, critic and curator Denis Kitchen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
$5 suggested donation

Author Reading | Gloria Feldt reads from her book No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power


Former president and CEO of Planned Parenthood, Feldt is a feminist icon. Each of the nine chapters challenges women to change how they think and, thus, how they act. This is a book about women harnessing the power they possess.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Author Reading | Hari Kunzru, British Novelist and Journalist


Kunzru is a British novelist and journalist, author of the novels The Impressionist, Transmission and My Revolutions. His work has been translated into twenty languages.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Open Mike | Penny's Open Mic


Spoken word artists, musicians, comedians, and other creative folks are invited to put their two cents in at this gathering hosted by Penny Pollak.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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