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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 13, 2011?

79 free events take place on Thursday, October 13 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 13 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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79 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, October 13, 2011

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Talk | Learn about the Peoples of the Plains


With Laura Browarny.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Supervised 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

Film | Bennet Miller's Oscar-Winning Capote (2005): How In Cold Blood Was Written


With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Chris Cooper. In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas. 114 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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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11:00 am
$6

Workshop | Petanque in the Park


Learn to play pétanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie from members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC’s championship-winning club.
   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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Talk | The Secret Life of Money: Design, Composition, and Covert


Harley Spiller, Senior Educator for The Museum of American Finance, a Smithsonian affiliate, shares his knowledge of the history of paper money in the United States of America. Covering a swath of continental fiscal history, from Ben Franklin to Ben Bernanke, Spiller leads a hands-on exploration of the physical characteristics of greenbacks. Spiller regales audiences with surprising and true stories, like the one about the bank manager who threw away hundreds of dollars in dumpsters every year – and was rewarded for doing so. Why did our founding fathers selected the color green? You know why there are thirteen olive leaves, thirteen arrows and thirteen layers in the pyramid but why is there a 14th star? Join Spiller on this fascinating exploration of the mysteries behind seemingly-ordinary greenbacks and shares his extraordinary collection of rare and unusual government misprints, offbeat bills, exonumia, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Workshop | Stay Well Exercise


Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC's Department for the Aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided. All participants are required to sign a personal medical waiver at the beginning of the class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Book Signing | Harry Belafonte signs copies of his book My Song


Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Now, this extraordinary icon tells us the story of that life, giving us its full breadth, letting us share in the struggles, the tragedies, and, most of all, the inspiring triumphs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

Master Class | Master Class: Johanna Meier, soprano


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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12:30 pm
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Concert | Terry Waldo, Ragtime Pianist


The ragtime expert and stride pianist was a protégé of the late Eubie Blake. He has produced over 40 albums and wrote the definitive book This is Ragtime - just republished at Jazz At Lincoln Center with a new introduction by Wynton Marsalis. His 26-part radio series with the same title, produced for National Public Radio, fueled the 1970's ragtime revival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Park Walk | “Views from the Past” Tour


As you promenade through the heart of the Park, imagine yourself living in 19th Century New York City. Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all. Tour lasts approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Alice Parker: Special Preview Concert


Songs for Eve, an hour-long song cycle for vocal and string quartets, sets to music poems by Archibald MacLeish, the Pulitzer Prize-winning neighbor of Alice Parker. The music features marches, lullabies, a love-song waltz, a two-part invention, recitatives, arias, and chorales. This work is supremely lyrical, sometimes dancing, sometimes weeping, always playing not only with the words, but with the ideas they represent.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
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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1:00 pm
$6

Screening | Daily Screenings: Mother Earth in Crisis | Indigenous Lands and Forests


With: Los Derechos de la Pachamama/The Rights of Mother Earth and Sisa Ñambi Starts at 1pm, 3pm and 5:30pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Club: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley


Join the discussion of this horror classic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Crafting Circle


The first 30-60 minutes will be spent on a skill-share taught by a member, after which participants can continue that focus, or they can do their own thing. Many lovely books will be made available.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | Making Maps: 30 Years of the Homophobic Right


What is the current status of the anti-LGBT Right? Who are the key players and what are their strategies? What useful lessons can we draw from prior contests with the Right? Consider such questions with Pam Chamberlain and Kenyon Farrow, principal researchers on PRA's ReMapping the Right project, who will discuss findings and implications from our new study of the landscape of the homophobic Right in the United States today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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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
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Workshop | Stay Well Exercise


A free Stay Well exercise session. Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC's Department for the aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided. All participants are required to sign a personal medical waiver at the beginning of the class. The class is limited to 10 participants.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Screening | Oscar-Nominated Documentary: Josh Fox's Gasland (2010)


It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower. 107 min. Followed at 6pm by a panel discussion. Participants include Dr. Anthony Ingraffea, Engineer, Cornell University; Dr. Richard Hooper, Executive Director, CUAHSI (Consortium for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science); Dr. Larry Murdoch, Engineer/Hydrologist, Clemson University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Festival | PRELUDE.11 Theater & Dance Festival


The eighth annual PRELUDE festival dedicated to artists at the forefront of contemporary New York City theatre, dance and visual art performance. PRELUDE will offer over 20 short performances, readings, and open rehearsals—a completely free sneak-peek into the work being prepared for the 2011/12 season, as well as new commissions and daily panel discussions with artists and performers. Invitees include Jay Scheib, Temporary Distortion, Sibyl Kempson and Big Dance Theater, Donelle Woolford, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Mac Wellman, Suzanne Bocanegra and Paul Lazar, Half Straddle, Daniel Fish, lumberob, Jake Hooker, Otso Huopaniemi, Elevator Repair Service, Young Jean Lee, Rob Fitterman, Will Holder, Nina Beier, and a host of others, including a new commission from Jackson Pollock Bar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Encounters in the Aftermath: Works by Lorie Novak


A gallery talk and reception.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Forum | Latino Immigration: Education and Economic Empowerment


This open forum will focus on the role of education in providing the immigrant community with the necessary tools to achieve integration and socioeconomic mobility, and whether this endeavor is practical and feasible in this present political and economic environment. 5:00pm --Welcoming reception 6:00pm --Award winning documentary Los que se quedan (The Ones Who are Left Behind) 7:30pm-- Open discussion on illegal immigration which will be led by Professor Anthony DePalma, a distinguished journalist, writer-in-residence at Seton Hall University, and adjunct professor at Columbia University. Other confirmed panel participants in our dialogue would include Juan Carlos Rulfo, the award-winning film director of Los que se quedan, Carlos Iturregui, former Chief of the Office for Policy and Strategy for the US Citizenship and Immigration Services under President George W. Bush, and Gayle Kesselman, Co-Chair, New Jersey Citizens for Immigration Control.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Screening | Reel Lives Teen Documentaries


A special screening of three original documentaries followed by a discussion with the filmmakers. Reel Lives empowers youth to find their authentic voice through the medium of film. All projects stem from their own stories and are used to educate and advocate around human rights issues. Featuring: Albinglish by Tringa Ajeti A Day in My Shoes by Luiza Kharlashkina Exiled Life by Urgyen Dolma
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Colloquium | A Forgotten Aesthetic: Reportage in Colonial Korea, 1920s-1930s


With Sunyoung Park, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Club: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez


"Fifteen tales vividly chronicle a Dominican family's exile in the Bronx, focusing on the four Garcia daughters' rebellion against their immigrant elders." - Publishers Weekly
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Computer Tutoring Sessions


An afternoon of one-on-one tutoring sessions. Computer tutors can help you with everything from learning how to use a mouse, formatting a resume, setting up an email address, posting photos on the internet, starting a blog, using Microsoft Office, and more. You may choose an hour or a half-hour session. Space is limited.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | For The Public Good: Inaugural Panel


This panel inaugurates a multi-year, interdisciplinary project to examine the “public good,” issues ranging from the environment and education to information media and public policy, the state of which cannot be left to the whims of the market or to one particular sector of society because they impact society as a whole. But how are we to discuss or define the “public good” when the recent global financial crisis has led to an economic regime that relies on free-trade policy and emphasizes, with often catastrophic results, the privatization of assets and services that were previously public? This series brings together scholars and activists from a range of disciplines to generate a thoughtful critique of the “public good,” and to suggest policies and directions that might best serve it. Speakers include Michelle Fine of The Graduate Center, CUNY and Nancy Holmstrom of Rutgers University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Concert | 5 New Bands, Winners of NYC Rising 2011


The NYC Rising program seeks to find the best new artists in the New York area. Out of 800 total entrants, the field was narrowed down to 16 finalists by a series of industry judges, and then the winners were chosen by online voting. The five winning bands will all be featured at the second of three special showcase performances. Stop for free SixPoint Ale and Tito’s Vodka (for guests 21+), shopping discounts, and best of all, performances from 5 great new NYC bands, representing the broad range of NYC Music – from indy rock to soulful singer-songwriters to conscious hip-hop and rock & roll 6:30pm Julien Funk 7:00 MaG 7:30 Headless Horseman 8:00 Tayisha Busay 8:30 Little Devil
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | The Masters Series: Edward Sorel


Edward Sorel will be honored with the Masters Series award and a retrospective exhibition. Hailed by The New York Times as “one of America’s foremost political satirists,” Edward Sorel has delighted magazine readers for decades with his social critiques, political satires and whimsical picture essays. Sorel has used his pen to lampoon politicians, businessmen, celebrities and even himself; his subjects have ranged from Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and George W. Bush to Leo Tolstoy, Frank Sinatra and Madonna. With over 100 drawings, caricatures and illustrations, “The Masters Series: Edward Sorel” reveals a major American artist whose intelligence and humor are matched by his cunning storytelling and incisive social commentary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Yoga


Join an open-level yoga with a certified instructor! Please wear comfortable clothes and bring your yoga mat or a beach towel. All participants must sign a waiver form before they join in. For adults 18+.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | America's Prison Empire: A Conversation


What are the origins of America’s colossal and continuously expanding prison empire, and how can it be stopped? Beginning with Texas -- the most incarcerated and politically influential state in the nation -- scholars and activists Robert Perkinson (History, University of Hawai'i) and Ruth Wilson Gilmore (Earth and Environmental Sciences, Graduate Center) will discuss the enduring influence of slavery and segregation on American life, and the uniquely harsh, racialized, and profit-driven style of punishment that is bankrupting America’s ideals.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Drawings: Robyn O'Neil's Hell


O'Neil's largest and arguably most complex work to date. At 14' long, incorporating over 35,000 collage elements and 65,000 figures, the project is both a literal and figurative odyssey. Drawn features are interspersed with cut paper to create a dense multidimensional space. In O'Neil's "HELL", a somber narrative unfurls, drawing the viewer into a world of robed figures and sweat-suit clad men clambering to exit their terrifying and gruesome existence. Inspired by Giotto's "Scenes from the Apocalypse", O'Neil's "HELL" rivals the medieval depiction of the end of the world in ambition and imagination.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Mulitmedia Works: Kim Beck's Under Development


Mixed Greens is thrilled to announce Under Development, Kim Beck’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. Using drawing, sculpture, and site-specific installation, Beck explores the relationship between desire, stability, and economic security.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | On Native American Artist Carl Beam


A discussion of Carl Beam (1943–2005), the first artist of Native Ancestry to have his work purchased by the National Gallery of Canada as Contemporary Art. By Greg A. Hill, Audain Curator of Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Open Studios 2011


Meet the artists. Witness the process. See where art is created. Open Studios 2011 is an annual event that invites the public to come explore and interact with our vibrant and diverse community of 76 contemporary artists. Artists work in a wide range of media and artistic sensibilities, offering a significant slice of contemporary art culture. Rarely can the public visit so many internationally recognized artists working under one roof in the heart of Midtown Manhattan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Opening for 4 Art Shows


An exhibition in four parts: Beyond Borders: Exhibition of Fine Art From Canada, Sensorial Perspectives, The Synergy of Movement, and L. Bryne / solo exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Painting: Martin Wittfooth's The Passions


The Passions, Martin Wittfooth's first solo show in New York, is a contemporary exploration of sainthood, martyrdom, and religiosity that still dominates the ideological landscape of the modern world, and displays the prerequisite acts most often performed to attain such states of veneration such as violence, self-sacrifice, and suffering. Shown: "Sebastian," 2011, oil on canvas, 48 x 72 in / 121.9 x 182.9 cm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Audrey Ushenko's Fête Champêtre


Uniquely rendered canvases of luxuriously composed still life and social gatherings have the airs of an extravagant garden party or celebration. Ushenko's masterful use of light and shadow and brilliant brushstroke enhance the viewer's experience. One gets senses of things that have just happened and things that are going to happen. Often, Ushenko takes liberty twisting the compositions by juxtaposing people, creatures and objects that you may not expect to be nearby or you would not have noticed otherwise. In doing so there is always an element of the unpredicted in Ushenko's work. The ordinary is far from ordinary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: David Chang's Meditations: History, Faith, Calling


The exhibition consists of three large inks on canvas and a series of studies, building up from various texts, ranging from the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, to sacred biblical verses, to the philosophy of Howard Hain.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Katharine Kuharic's Pound of Flesh


Kuharic continues to explore consumer culture, and how products are marketed and imaged. This meticulous and obsessive collecting is re-collaged to create paintings with extremely detailed drawings and complex painting techniques. This new body of work highlights these aspects as well as celebrity culture both pop and suburban. The personal is also incorporated throughout these new works, most pointedly in a continuing series entitled Pound of Flesh where Kuharic has been tracking her weight loss and gain through repeated symbols and motif. Shown: "Martha Stewart Living," 2011, oil on linen, 40 x 30 inches. Also opening: Lynne Yamamoto's Genteel - Yamamoto engages in the material transformation of eloquent objects that express temporal and geographical trajectories, particularly in relation to the post-WWII period in the former Pacific Theater. The lingering effects of this war and its aftermath can be excavated in material and food cultures. She elevates the status of humble things such as fabric dollies and napkins and sullies their precious surfaces, at the same time rendering the objects into ambivalent memorials.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Trudy Benson's Actual/Virtual


A new exhibition of paintings by Brooklyn-based artist Trudy Benson. The show’s title illuminates the dynamic between illusionary space and the physicality of materials as Benson pushes paint into the realm of the viewer both physically and optically, delivering a visceral punch via large-scale electric-hued abstract paintings. Shown: "Cosmic Comics," 2011, Acrylic, flashe, enamel, spray paint, and oil on canvas, 85 x 100 inches
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Peter Filichia discusses his book Broadway Musical MVPs: 1960-2010 - The Most Valuable Players of the Past 50 Seasons


Musicals and baseball have many commonalities: both have runs, hits, and errors; both have cheap seats that aren’t so cheap and overpriced concessions; both have stars with high salaries; and both have awards at the end of the season. But baseball does have what the Tonys, Drama Desk, and Theatre World awards don’t offer: an annual Most Valuable Player award given to the single individual who made the most impact either for his team or on the season. What if musical theatre did choose an MVP? Peter Filichia takes his best guess who would received the awards for MVP of the year, comeback of the year, rookie of the year, manager of the year, and reliever of the year over the last 50 years.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Philosophy Lecture: Hegel's Critique of the Liberal Conception of Freedom in the Philosophy of Right


With Karin de Boer. Hegel’s Philosophy of Right emerged from an age that embraced the idea that the human being as such is free. Yet the pertinence of Hegel’s political philosophy can't be defended by interpreting Hegel’s conception of freedom primarily in terms of subjective freedom. de Boer argues that these commentators unduly play down Hegel’s critique of a liberalist conception of freedom as well as the conception of the state that follows from this critique.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Photography: Deborah Turbeville's The Fashion Pictures


Turbeville was born in Massachusetts and raised in New England. When she was twenty years old she moved to New York City to work with designer Claire McCardell. Having a fond interest in designer clothing Deborah became a fashion editor. It was not long after that she realized that her heart was in photography. She has been taking photos ever since.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Sonatenabend Recital


Pianists from the Collaborative Piano Department perform sonata repertoire in collaboration with student instrumentalists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Reading | Sunset Reading Action on the Roof


This rooftop sunset reading event is a solution proposed by think tanks in Gaza Strip, Serbia, and a U.S. prison to the question: Are there different qualities of reading/learning? Suggested texts include Orientalism by Edward Said, and Dutch by Terry Woods. Attendance is extremely limited.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Terry Pratchett reads from his book Snuff


With over 65 million copies sold worldwide, sci-fi legend Terry Pratchett discusses his new book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Writing Resumes That Get Results


A well developed resume is the key to an effective job search. Career Counselor Karen Palevsky, will show you how to develop resumes that showcase accomplishments supporting your target to give you a competitive edge. Examine different resume formats to select the one best for you, and learn how to account for freelance work, gaps in employment , and frequent job changes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Climate Change: History, Causes, Economics, and Decisions


With Bob Newton, PhD. Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:10 pm
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Talk | Times writer Anand Giridharadas discusses his book India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking


The author, who writes the "Currents" column for The New York Times and its global edition, The International Herald Tribune, will speak about his life story, his return to the India that his parents left, and his latest thoughts on the world's largest democracy, India. He will explore fresh ideas, global culture and the social meaning of technology, among other subjects.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Art: Color and Optics


Artists in the exhibition Now You See It… Color and the Mind’s Eye participate in the discussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Social Hour: Photography Painting Workshop


Add your own brilliant fall foliage colors to black and white Park photos when artist Nancy Purnell teaches the age-old technique of tinting and hand-coloring. Ages 18+.
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Author Reading | 3 debut novelists read their work


Teju Cole’s debut Open City was published by Random House in 2011. Riverhead Books releases Anna Solomon’s first novel, The Little Bride, in September 2011. Fence editor Rebecca Wolff’s debut novel, The Beginners, follows three published poetry collections.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Reading | Book Presentation: The Solitudes by Luis de Gongora


Edith Grossman (Philadelphia) is one of the most important translators of Spanish and Latin American literature. She has translated into English works by Miguel de Cervantes, Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Augusto Monterroso, Álvaro Mutis, Antonio Muñoz Molina, and Mayra Montero, among others. She is the author of Why Translation Matters.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Helen Dewitt reads from her book Lightning Rods


Dewitt’s follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut novel The Last Samurai arrives with a bang, ready to take on the complex issues surrounding sexual tension in the workplace with a wicked dose of satire and humor. Lightning Rods is Dewitt at her finest, offering a mesmerizing blend of social commentary and jaw-dropping humor, all with a philosophic approach that takes modern storytelling into new realms of possibility.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Learning in, with, and for the Social Web


A conversation with Jan-Hinrik Schmidt and Trebor Scholz about the impact of the social web on social networks, public spheres, and learning. Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt is senior researcher for digital interactive media and political communication at the Hans-Bredow-Institute, an independent media research institute based in Hamburg (Germany). Dr. Trebor Scholz is an artist, writer, conference organizer, and chair of the conference series The Politics of Digital Culture at The New School in New York City where he is an Assistant Professor of Media Study.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Slide Lecture | Mysteries of the Iconographies


In this visual lecture, artist Carolee Schneeman travels backwards and forwards in time to analyze the recurring formal properties in her work. Beginning with her obsessive childhood drawings of a staircase, Schneeman tries to unravel the mysteries of a notched stick, paper folds, indentations and the slice a line makes in space that have followed as unexpected structural motifs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Photographer Janelle Lynch discusses her book Los Jardines de Mexico


Photographer and alumnus Janelle Lynch discusses and signs copies of her new book. The book unites four series of photographs taken between 2002 and 2007, three from Mexico City and one from Chiapas. Simultaneously celebratory and sad, the photographs embrace loss as a necessary facilitator of growth.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Restoration: From Notre Dame de Paris to Gaston Paris


With Howard Bloch, Professor of French, Yale University; author of Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love; God’s Plagiarist; The Anonymous Marie de France.
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Discussion | The Big Read: Before and After Harry Potter


While J.K. Rowling's work may have popularized fantasy for mainstream readers, there has always been a strong tradition of such stories for young readers in British and American fiction. And it is these lesser-known but beloved works, as much as Rowling's and even Tolkien's fantasy, that inspired today's generation of successful fantasists. Hear some of today's most popular YA writers discuss what came before - and what's coming next! Authors Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Justine Larbalestier, Chris Moriarty, and moderator Delia Sherman join this panel.
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Discussion | The Bridge: Lydia Davis and Anna Moschovakis, Translators from the French


The Bridge is a reading series devoted to literary translation. It aims to promote literature in translation by serving as a venue for readings by well-established and emerging translators and authors. This time, Lydia Davis (writer and translator) and Anna Moschovakis (poet and translator) join us to discuss translating from the French. Lydia Davis is the author of one novel and several collections of short fiction. She is also the translator of numerous works from the French by, among others, Gustave Flaubert, Maurice Blanchot, Pierre Jean Jouve and Michel Leiris, and was recently named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. Anna Moschovakis' translations from the French include texts by Henri Michaux, Claude Cahun, Theophile Gauthier, Pierre Alféri, and Blaise Cendrars, as well as the books The Jokers by Albert Cossery (New York Review Books), The Possession by Annie Ernaux (Seven Stories Press), and The Engagement by Georges Simenon (New York Review Books).
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Author Reading | Tim Riley reads from his book Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music - The Definitive Life


With his provocative new book about John Lennon, NPR critic and journalist Tim Riley breaks down the walls of mythology that for years have surrounded the life of a working-class poet, activist and pioneering rock 'n' roller.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Writer Ann Beattie and Oscar-Winning Musician Marketa Irglova


Host Katherine Lanpher talks to author Beattie and musician Irglova. Beattie reads from The New Yorker Stories. Irglova, one half of the The Swell Season and an Oscar-winner for the movie Once, performs tracks from her first solo album Anar.
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Screening | 2 Films by John Akomfrah: Seven Songs for Malcolm X / The Last Angel of History


In conjunction with the theatrical premiere of John Akomfrah's The Nine Muses at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), this is the the U.S. theatrical premiere of two foundational films by the British-Ghanaian filmmaker. Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993, 52 min.) - An homage to the inspirational African-American leader. Seven Songs for Malcolm X collects testimonies, eyewitness accounts and dramatic reenactments to tell the life, legacy, loves, and losses of Malcolm X. Featuring interviews with Malcolm X's widow Betty Shabazz, Spike Lee, and many other. The Last Angel of History (pictured, 1996, 45 min.) - An examination of the relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and computer technology, this Afrofuturist cinematic essay posits science fiction--from alien abduction to genetic engineering--as a metaphor for the Pan-African experience of forced displacement, cultural alienation, and otherness. Akomfrah's analysis is rooted in an exploration of the works of artists such as funkmaster George Clinton and his Mothership Connection, Sun Ra's use of extraterrestrial iconography, and the writings of black science fiction authors Samuel R. Delaney and Octavia Butler.
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Discussion | Digital Education Concerns Workshop


Ghana ThinkTank founding members John Ewing and Christopher Robbins speak with artist and educator Kianga Ford and curator Carin Kuoni about the surprising solutions that address the concerns around digital education, and many related issues raised by the conference. After their discussion, Ewing and Robbins will divide the audience into action teams to explore the ideas collected from the think tanks, and discuss plans for their application to effected communities.
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Video | Documentary: Terri Hanlon's Meringue Diplomacy (2010)


The story of Antonin Carême, the eccentric and innovative chef, food sculptor, and founder of French grande cuisine, who lived from 1783-1833, explored through an experimental video documentary. 60 min. With screening, discussion and meringue treats presented by director Terri Hanlon.
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Concert | France's Le Khloros Concert Presents 2011-12 World Tour of Création


France's Le Khloros Concert presents chamber music by Odile Perceau featuring the Quatuor de Bordeaux. The ensemble will tour internationally offering a series of 18 concerts in ten cities throughout Europe, the United States and China. The program includes Perceau's Quatuor Garonne, a symphonic quartet for strings and Partitas Romanes for violin and cello (Transcription for viola and cello), with scenography by Alain Verniau. The works will be premiered in New York and California in October; premiere performances are also scheduled in Munich, Beijing, Wuhan, Canton, Hong Kong, Vicenza and Athens during the 2011/12 season.
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Concert | The Piano World of Liszt: Annes de plerinage: Italie


The 2011 Festival, Liszt: A Life In Music, celebrates the 200th birth year of a towering figure in music history, Franz Liszt. From his youth as the first modern superstar to his senior years as the sage of European music, his career spanned the Romantic Era. The breadth and depth of his influence is incalculable. This program will feature piano students in a performance of Liszt's Annes de plerinage: Italie.
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Concert | Axiom Ensemble


Program: GÉRARD GRISEY Vortex Temporum (1995) MAGNUS LINDBERG Action-Situation-Signification (1982) SIR HARRISON BIRTWISTLE Silbury Air (1977) In the ensemble's season opener, Jeffrey Milarsky conducts. Axiom's critically praised performances of "classic" 20th-century works are a highlight of the season.
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Jazz | Cafe Jazz


Rotating student jazz combos in an intimate setting.
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Theater | Off-Off Broadway: Nathan Cann's My Fall


When Jeffery’s body is discovered after an apparent overdose two detectives embark on an investigation into the life of this once promising writer. Propelled by his published collection of short stories, the investigation begins to unravel what is truth and what is fiction.
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Theater | Shakespeare's Henry VI


Blue-blooded thugs. Machiavellian intriguers. Heroes and absurd foreigners. The King is dead, the fight is on, and the horror of war sweeps onto the stage in a struggle for power as blood will have blood and families fall in this epic retelling of three of Shakespeare's great histories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Student Recital: Caitlin McCready, horn


A uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers - the freshness and excitement of a solo recital by a gifted young artist at one of the world's leading conservatories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Sidi Touré, Acoustic Guitarist


Sidi Touré made his first guitar as a child, constructing it from his wooden writing slate in the ancient town of Gao, Mali. In 1976, Touré became the youngest member of Gao’s regional orchestra, the Songhaï Stars and won best singer twice at the Biennales du Mali. Touré’s music is an acoustic desert blues practiced in both the local Songhai tradition and American blues style. He creates a pleasant oasis in his most recent album, “Sahel Folk” for those who want to explore the dessert traditions through West African storytelling. The music of Sidi Touré echoes a rich heritage.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
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Performance | Fooling Around with Casey Jost: Bits Of Audio


Casey Jost (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) brings his lovable idiocracy, and quirky enthusiasm to Fooling Around. Each show has a theme, and with each theme, Casey creates a world to fool around in. When Casey's playful style of creating characters meets his skewed twist on everyday life, it makes for a unique one man sketch show. Everyone wants to Fool Around with Casey Jost. Bits Of Audio, the first installment of Fooling Around, tackles the theme: MUSIC. Each sketch and every character is affected, in someway, by music. So, the Bits have Audio!
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Jazz | 5/5/5 After Hours Set


A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of Manhattan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | New Team Lunacy Comedy Show


All you need to do is show up. Don't have an improv group? We'll put you in one! Have a team then bring them down! Five teams get to play for ten minutes each, and everyone has fun. Work on your skills and meet some great new people. New Team Lunacy, hosted by Erick Hellwig.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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