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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 18, 2012?

70 free events take place on Thursday, October 18 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 18 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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70 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, October 18, 2012

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Birdwatching | Birding Tour of the Park


Discover the varieties of birds that call the Park home during the migratory season with guided tours.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Other | Tatzu Nishi: Discovering Columbus: Visit the Famous Statue Up Close and 70 Feet in the Air


This major new artwork has been created by the Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi. The work places the 13-foot-tall statue of Columbus in the center of an American living room six stories above the city streets, recontextualizing the historical monument and temporarily transforming it into a contemporary artwork. The room will feature many of the trappings of a domestic living room—lamps, a couch, a coffee table, a television, and more—as well as custom wallpaper by the artist. Through large, loft-style windows, visitors will have dramatic views of Central Park and Midtown Manhattan that will be seen from Columbus’s perspective for the first time. Pass holders are asked to climb six flights of stairs to a height of 70 feet above street level and to descend by a second set of stairs. Flat, rubber-soled shoes are strongly recommended. This exhibition is ADA accessible. If a visitor requires the use of a mobility device (e.g. wheelchair, crutches, or a cane) or has a condition that prevents him or her from using the stairs, a hoist is available. Visitors under 13 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Those between the ages of 13 and 18 may visit without an adult, however a parent or guardian must obtain a pass for them. Given the physical demands of visiting the exhibition, it is not recommended for children under the age of 5. Strollers are not permitted.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Film | Bob Fosse's 8-Time Oscar Winner Cabaret (1972): Isherwood's Berlin


Stars Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Helmut Griem. A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them. 124 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

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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Concert | Bach at Noon


This Organ Meditations Series features the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Park Walk | “Amble Through the Ramble” Tour


Over streams, under arches, through the woods along a maze of pathways in a 38-acre woodland respite. Tour will be approximately one hour.
   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
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City Walk | Lower East Side Food Tour


Where can you find a historic Synagogue next to a storefront Buddhist Temple, trendy boutiques that sit comfortably beside decades-old "Mom and Pop" shops, or tenament apartments interspersed between luxury high rise condos? Look no further than the Lower East Side to discover America's great Melting Pot. Once an insular slum with the one of the world's highest population densities and lowest life expectancies, its streets tell the tales of immigrant struggles and rags to riches stories. Known for a time as Kleindeutschland (Little Germany), this neighboorhood was also the Jewish ward, home today to a mix of foreign-born Latinos and Asians as well as students and hipsters. The result is one of New York City's most dynamic and interesting neighborhoods and a food lover's paradise.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class - Ken Benson, Voice


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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1:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Medea by Euripides


This is a 60-minute abridged reading of the play, followed by a 20-minute talk back and Q&A.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Other | Scrabble Mania


All levels of play welcome. Please bring with you...your Scrabble set (be sure it has all 100 tiles!), a Scrabble dictionary and, of course, a love of the game!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | The Choristers of St. Thomas Church performs works by Handel, Purcell and Bach


Program: 1 Duo Seraphim R. Dering 2 Sound the Trumpet H. Purcell 3 Eternal source of light divine, G.F.Handel 4 Jesu, joy of man's desiring, J.S.Bach 5 Missa Brevis B. Britten (Kyrie – Gloria – Sanctus – Benedictus – Agnus Dei) 6 When the Lord turned again, C.V.Stanford 7 Pie Jesu G. Fauré 8 How can I keep from singing Traditional arr. John Scott 9 The Lost Chord, A. Sullivan arr. John Scott 10 For the beauty of the earth, John Rutter The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys is considered by many to be the leading ensemble in the Anglican choral tradition in the United States. Directed since 2004 by John Scott, former Organist and Director of Music at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, the choir performs regularly with period instrument ensembles, Concert Royal and Sinfonia New York, or with the Orchestra of St. Luke's as part of its own concert series. Its primary raison d'être, however, is to provide music for five choral services each week.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Early Music Ensembles from Around the World


A series 35 FREE Concerts by Competitively Selected Ensembles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Concert | Roman Voices: Arias and Cantatas from Mid-17th Century Rome


Featuring mezzo-soprano Tracy Cowart and theorbist Richard Kolb.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Lecture | The Road to New Orleans Starts in 1752: Seven Years' War Roots in the War of 1812


Imperial disputes over territory, Native Americans fighting to retain their land, British redcoats and American backwoodsmen, Americans celebrating belonging to “a great empire.” These terms can all describe the War of 1812 as well as the Seven Years’ War (commonly called “the French and Indian War”), which raged from 1752 to 1765. Christian Ayne Crouch brings these two episodes together in order to trace commonalities between the conflicts over time and to suggest how the first war created both the alliances and the problems that exploded in 1812. The contest for “the west” and a struggle for survival between Indian Nations, Britain, Anglo-America, France, and Spain had not been resolved in 1763 – 1815 would attempt to answer this question for good.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Club: Dracula by Bram Stoker


Monthly book discussions to explore titles you've been meaning to read, or reread, and discuss with other lovers of literature. Participants should read each title before the discussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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City Walk | SoHo, Little Italy & Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Old Books, Rare Books: Learning About the Value of Your Books


The Library has many resources to help you develop an appreciation for antiquarian books and to assist you in determining if your books are rare. Learn what you need to know before buying or selling an old book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Tour | Brooklyn Heights/Brooklyn Bridge Sunset Tour


Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Got Clutter? Join the Clutter Support Group


Do you feel overwhelmed by the possessions, papers and piles that have taken over your life and space? Don't know how or where to start to make changes? You're not alone. Join the Clutter Support Group, an educational support group for individuals who are struggling with clutter and disorganization. Open to people of all ages with any degree of disorganization.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Colloquium | Space and Alterity in Colonial Korea: The Case of Yi Kwangsu


A colloquium with Professor Ellie Choi of Cornell University. It deals with travel within the Japanese empire -- Tokyo, Keijo, and the Diamond Mountains which although in Korea, was the crown jewel of the Japanese tourism industry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | “Sleepinar”: How to Get a Good Night's Rest


Four holistic health and wellness experts host a free, one-day SLEEPINAR that will provide tips adults and kids can use to get a perfect night’s sleep. The Sleepinar is free of charge and participants can drop in during any one of the sessions. Door prizes and refreshments will be provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Jill Greenberg: Horse


In a subtle turn away from the more direct portraiture of her monkey and bear portraits, Jill Greenberg presents here a selection of photographs of horses. While the artist’s previous images of monkeys and bears proved extremely popular, she regards horses as her primal subject. As a young girl, Greenberg was preoccupied with horses for a time – - she drew them, painted, them, sculpted them, collected models, read about them, and got to ride them, too. Here she returns to her childhood interest, but with the more mature and knowing eye of an adult. The photographs reflect the majesty and power of these beasts, in addition to their undeniable sexuality.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Life and Death, Including Little-Seen Work by Bill Viola


Curated by MFA Art Practice Department Chair David A. Ross, this exhibition includes new and seldom-seen classic works by Dara Birnbaum, Peter Campus, Frank Gillette and Bill Viola. Birnbaum’s 1983 "Damnation of Faust: revisits the eponymous 19th-century myth in a three-part series of modern-day contemplations on remembrance and loss. In Campus’s 1976 "Head of a Man with Death on His Mind," the subject stares at the camera in silence for 12 minutes. Gillette stages a faceoff in his 2012 work "Conjunction," made up of four identical monitors placed at right angles to each other: two display nature free of human intervention; the other two depict the man-made or synthetic. Viola’s 1992 "Heaven and Earth" consists of two exposed cathode ray tubes, one of which shows the artist’s grandmother on her deathbed, the other, the artist’s newborn son.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | A Contribution to the Critique of Human Rights


This lecture focuses on the crisis of human rights as a crisis that only becomes manifest in the recent states of emergency which interrupt the “normal” course of the liberal-democratic state.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | A Discussion of Katharine Hepburn: Rebel Chic


A panel discussion on Katharine Hepburn and her dual roles as hard-working actress and fashion icon with the book’s contributors: Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Nancy McDonnell, Judy Samuelson, and Kohle Yohannan. Moderated by: Jean Druesedow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Career Transitions: Stories and Advice From Successful Women Who Took the Leap


A panel discussion to explore the motivations, challenges and relationships that helped a diverse group of women make a major career transition, either switching careers or starting a venture of their own. With: - Emme, a reporter who transitioned to being a supermodel, spokesperson for women and body image issues, entrepreneur and philanthropist - Stephanie Ruhle Hubbard, a former managing director at Deutsche Bank, where she founded the women's networking program for global markets. She is now an anchor on Bloomberg Television, serving as co-host of "Market Makers" and as contributor to "Lunch Money" - Miki Agrawal, a former investment banker who transitioned to being a restaurant owner - Angela Vitaliano, who transitioned from being a journalist in Naples to having a multidisciplinary career in New York City that includes her journalism for a variety of Italian publications as well as her philanthropic work in the advancement of women in business, as an active Co-Founder of TWC-NYC - Lesley Townsend Duval, who transitioned from a career in the food and wine world, in which (among other things) she served as the founding director of the Astor Wines & Spirits' acclaimed educational facility, Astor Center, to starting the Manhattan Cocktail Classic, an annual 5-day consumer festival and trade conference in New York City This event will be in ENGLISH.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Comedy: pitch


Join hosts Lorraine Cink, Oscar Montoya and Ryan Dunkin of 10 Pound Ally as they help first-time musical improvisers rock out with members of the musical house teams. STOMP into scenes, TICK TICK BOOM with a trio or GREASE into a dazzling group number! pitch is the perfect place to give musical improv a try or to sharpen your show-stopping skills. Sign-up starts at 5:30PM and warm-up for participants is at 5:50PM.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Intro Class: Reiki System of Natural Healing


The Reiki System of Natural Healing was developed in the early 20th century by Mikao Usui, a Japanese Buddhist monk. The word “rei-ki” means “spiritual energy” or “transcendent life force” in Japanese, and the Reiki System was brought to the West over 80 years ago. Increasing acceptance and use in hospitals, hospices, spas and wellness centers has made the Reiki System one of the most in-demand healing modalities in the United States and around the world. The Reiki System (1) uses non-invasive, gentle touch; (2) accelerates the body’s natural healing processes; (3) supports mental and emotional healing; and (4) gives an overall sense of profound well-being.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Jeffrey Toobin discusses his book The Oath with CNN's Anderson Cooper


CNN legal analyst expert Jeffrey Toobin follows his bestselling book, The Nine, with this book, which examines the relationship between the current administration and the Supreme Court. Anderson Cooper joins him on stage. Toobin will sign books.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Liederabend Recital


Pianists from the Collaborative Piano Department perform vocal repertoire with singers from the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Signing | Lucien Smith signs copies of his book Small Rain Paintings


Smith is a New York-based artist. He is a painter and sculptor, experimenting with the results of amalgamating various art genres, concepts, and techniques in his work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Sheila Elias’ Techne Revelation


Sheila Elias, well-known Florida-based artist whose works have been shown at Louvre, Institute des Decoratifs, Paris, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Norton Museum of Art, Masur Museum of Art, Riverside Art Museum, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL, New York Public Library, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, The Brooklyn Museum, Kunsan Contemporary Museum, Korea, American Academy of Fine Arts and Letters in NY, Janco-Dada Musem, Ein Hod, Israel, Institute for Contemporary Arts, Korea, Santa Monica Heritage Museum, New England Center for Contemporary Art, as well as in galleries throughout the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: William Villalongo's Sista Ancesta


In William Villalongo's world of myth and allegory, images of Abstract paintings represent radical Modernisms while the "colonial gaze" is ever present. In the artist's hands, these paintings appear as masks sported by a clan of exotic brown women. In many works the viewer peers covertly through a velvety-silhouette onto "tribal" scenes in which various attributes of Abstract painting find usefulness as raw material in the hands of these matriarchs. In this way, Villalongo explores a historiography of female exotica from Greek & Roman Myth and 18th Century nymph/harem scenes to Josephine Baker and Sheena comics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Photography: Yu Yamauchi's Dawn


Yamauchi's first major photographic series in the United States. The artist produced DAWN while he lived in a hut on the summit of Mount Fuji five months a year for four years, representing a total of 600 days. Each photograph shown in the exhibition was captured at dawn from the exact same location. By revealing the essence of an airy mystical place, Yamauchi gives us the rare opportunity to experience the incredible spectacle of Earth waking up from the perspective of one of the planet's most breathtaking scenic points.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Photos: Michal Chelbin's Sailboats and Swans


Michal Chelbin’s latest body of photography, shot in seven prisons in the Ukraine and Russia over the past six years, explores what it means to be locked and constantly watched – and to be looking back at such a person in this surreal world within a world. Chelbin’s portraiture is renowned for it visual contrasts – old and new, odd and ordinary, fantasy and reality –and for unmasking the legendary qualities not immediately apparent in individuals.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Rock & Pop: Frankie Rose / U.S. Royalty / Big Scary


As a founding member, songwriter, instrumentalist and vocalist in Vivian Girls and drummer and occasional vocalist in Crystal Stilts, Frankie Rose has been an integral part of two of the most highly acclaimed and influential groups to come out of Brooklyn's still-vital music scene in the past several years. Rose's music is haunted by the ghosts of 60s girl group, Brill Building, and 80s and 90s noise pop in equal measure. U.S. Royalty formed in 2008 in Washington, D.C. Built around the lifelong musical collaboration of brothers John and Paul Thornley, vocals/piano and guitar, respectively, and rounded out by Jacob Michael (bass), and Luke Adams (drums), the group has refined and expanded their collective vision since their earliest practices spent shivering around a single heater while ensconced in an abandoned trailer in rural Maryland. Regularly lauded as one of Australia's brightest young bands, Big Scary has spent the past 18 months racking up the kind of success most musicians dream of. In the U.S., the band has seen high profile success with a national AT&T commercial and on multiple episodes of Grey's Anatomy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Sculpture: Liao Yibai's Made in China


Liao Yibai ives and works in Beijing and Chongqing, China.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Screening | Short Film: Amy Ruhl's How Mata Hari Lost Head and Found Her Body (2011)


Amy Ruhl will screen and discuss her fantastical biopic of the iconic dancer, courtesan, and spy executed for double espionage in the First World War.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Forum | The Economy vs. Immigration: What Will Unlock the Latino Vote in 2012?


Latino voters will play a key role in the presidential election. What issues matter most to them this year? How are the candidates playing to the Latino electorate? A town hall forum with Maria Hinojosa, featuring a range of voices and perspectives including a pollster who focuses on the Latino vote, journalists covering the presidential campaign in states where Latinos are expected to be a key voting bloc, and advocates working on issues including housing foreclosures and immigration reform.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Who Are You and What Are You Supposed to Be Doing with Your Life?


Kristina Leonardi shares techniques to create a more gratifying career and life path for yourself.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Alice Kessler-Harris reads from her book A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman


Mary McCarthy said "Every word [Lillian Helman] writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the.'" Tenement Museum President Morris Vogel hosts historian Alice Kessler-Harris in conversation on the controversial woman and successful playwright who straddled political and cultural fault lines.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Anya Achtenberg reads from her book Blue Earth


Fiction writer and poet Achtenberg will be reading from her new novel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Paranormal Mysteries


With moderator Shizuka Otake and panelists Lee Barwood, Thomas Morrissey and Jason Starr of Mystery Writers of America -- New York Chapter. Death is almost always scary. When makes it worse? Murder. Creepier and harder to understand? Supernatural forces. Celebrate Halloween early with three authors who explore the occult, second sight, and werewolves. Find out why these brave souls write about things that scare us when the lights go out.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Reading | Poets Jim Dine and Karen Weiser read their work


Jim Dine was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1935. Dine’s paintings, sculptures, photography, and prints have been the subject of nine major surveys and retrospectives since 1970, including solo exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and a major traveling retrospective organized by the National Gallery of Art. Karen Weiser is a mother, poet, and doctoral candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center, studying early American literature. Her publications include To Light Out (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2011), her first full-length collection, as well as the following chapbooks: Dear Pierre (Well Greased Press, 2012); Pitching Woo (Cy Press, 2006); and Placefullness (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2004).
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Discussion | Remembering Jean-Michel Basquiat


The second of two panels which reminisce about the New Wave scene that filled the East Village and Lower East Side with astonishing art and music for a brief five years, 1978 to 1983, and brought two extraordinary young artists, Keith Haring and Jean-Michael Basquiat, into the limelight. Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat began spray-painting graffiti art on New York City buildings at the age of 16. Within two years, the Village Voice had published an article about his street art and he had made the acquaintance of Andy Warhol and begun showing at the Annina Nosei Gallery in SoHo. While living in the East Village, Basquiat immersed himself in the downtown arts scene, including New Wave music, film and art. Close friends of Basquiat, his gallerist Annina Nosei and artist Al Diaz, look back at his life and work and discuss his continuing influence, with particular reference to his time in the Village.
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Other | Social Hour: Woodland Exhibit Opening


Join the Woodland Supervisor for the opening of The Wild Garden: Discovering The Park's Woodlands, a new exhibit. This interactive exhibit lets you discover the history and secrets of the Park's three woodlands. Learn how they care for these delicate landscapes and how you can create your own woodland adventure. Ages 18+.
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Theater | Hamlet by William Shakespeare, a Student Production


Prince Hamlet is adrift upon a sea of troubles: The King, his father, has been killed, his mother has married his uncle and that same uncle has seized the throne. Urged to vengeance by his father’s ghost, betrayed by his lover and spied upon by childhood friends, Hamlet struggles to regain control of his own destiny. And all the while the clouds of war gather on the horizon. This new streamlined adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy presents a young man wracked with grief, filled with rage and paralyzed by questions not only about the truth behind his father’s murder but about the very nature of life and death itself.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Artist Talk: Pinar Yolacan


Pinar Yolcan discusses her conceptual studio portrait work from the past 10 years including her series Perishables and the more recent Mother Goddess.
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Blue and White: Electric Shaman by VP Stage NY


‘Blue and White’ is Vong (a. k. a Vongku) Pak’s blending of traditional Korean and Western art forms. Vong believes traditional forms do not suddenly appear out of nowhere, rather they build up over time through a process of gathering a diverse range of influences to achieve its figure. The concept of ‘Blue and White’ comes from the ancient Asian philosophy of Yin and Yang , as well as the school of Five Elements. ‘Blue’ symbolizes Eastern culture whereas ‘White’ symbolizes Western. Since 2006, Vong’s Blue and White projects have been realized through the performances of 2 Sky Trio (2007), Book of changes (BAC Grant Awarded work, 2010), New Pansori(2011) and Wind From Asia (2012).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Comedy: Hot Diner and THEM


Come and see Broadway magic happen right before your very eyes! Based only on a suggestion from the audience, our PIT musical house teams will create a memorable improvised musical that will titillate the senses! Never again spend hours in rush lottery lines for religious based/ superhero centered shows on and near 42nd street. Every week at the PIT, each team presents a brand new musical that’ll make you bust out laughing, tear up crying and/or cheer like soccer hooligan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Gwenaëlle Aubry reads from his book No One


Cleaning up her father’s home after his death, Gwenaëlle Aubry discovered a handwritten, autobiographical manuscript with a note on the cover: “to novelize.” The title was The Melancholic Black Sheep, but the subtitle, An Inconvenient Specter had been crossed out. The specter? Her father’s disabling bipolar disorder.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Nathan Englander discusses his play The Twenty-Seventh Man


Author Nathan Englander discusses his first play with the show's director, Barry Edelstein.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | Open Rehearsals with Choreographer David Gordon


During his production residency for The Matter/2012 (premiering October 25-27) David Gordon hosts a series of open rehearsals. Gordon's production residency is part of the Center Without Walls, in collaboration with the Pick Up Performance Co(s.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Stealing, Borrowing and Reshaping in Contemporary Music


Composers have long combined personal inspiration and the influence of other artists’ works to create their own art. As technology provides the power to duplicate endlessly, how has this altered the creative process, defining a new aesthetic? Or has the creative impulse been stunted in favor of the easy remix? Composers and musicians Nico Muhly and Peter Ablinger, and music critic and writer Renaud Machart will discuss borrowing and re-shaping in today’s music. Muhly and Ablinger will perform a selection of works relevant to this question of heterogeneous identity. The panel will be moderated by Steve Smith, who is the music editor at Time Out New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | The Visual Culture of Debt


With Nick Mirzoeff.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Tim O'Mara reads from his book Sacrifice Fly


A debut crime novel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Colloquium | Urban Colloquium: Brenda Rosen: Low-Income Housing: A Success Story


The Colloquium focuses on the creative, radical, and subversive ways in which cities are truly shaped, by whom, and for what purposes. Brenda Rosen is the executive director of the urban advocacy group Common Ground.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Writers Karen Russell and Lisa Zeidner read their work


Authors Lisa Zeidner (Love Bomb) and Karen Russell (Swamplandia!) will come together to read and discuss their writing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Jazz | Cafe Jazz


Student performances.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | The Attacca Quartet performs string quartets by Haydn


Program: Haydn: String Quartet No. 29 in G Major String Quartet No. 50 in Bb Major String Quartet No. 66 in G Major Pre-concert talk at 7pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble


Jonathan Haas, Director/Conductor Program in Instrumental Performance
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | Stephen Belber's McReele, a Play About Redemption


Lila Acheson Playwright Program alumnus Stephen Belber's McReele examines the themes of truth and honesty in public and private life, faith in the judicial system, redemption from past disgrace, and the place of journalism in politics in this student production.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Kiran Ahluwalia, Singer-Songwriter


Kiran Ahluwalia’s seductive voice draws on her Indian-Punjabi heritage for this free opening to the White Light Festival. Her original compositions and arrangements embody the spiritual essence of ghazal, an ancient form of poetry, influenced by Sufi mysticism, about illicit, unattainable love. Accompanied by traditional Indian percussion and contemporary Western instruments, Ahluwalia’s boundary-blurring songs invite us to explore the human condition, transcending the self by losing ourselves in love.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | The Fifth Dentist


What do you do when your father owns a strip club, and your mother works there? BECOME A DENTIST! Mike King's One-Man-Show "The Fifth Dentist" is a hilarious true story by America's funniest dentist, cutting-edge comedy from one of New York's brightest comics...has been seen on Comedy Central and has opened for Ray Romano! See this work-in-progress before it's off-Broadway production. "Exceptional story!" - Eric Hansen, Producer of the Montel Williams and Whoopi Goldberg show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Comedy: The Scene


The Scene is a weekly showcase of improvised one act plays. Each week the show features New York’s top improvisers from The PIT, Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Baby Wants Candy, Second City and more. The Scene is produced and hosted by Dan Hodapp and Micah Sherman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Comedy: New Team Lunacy


Bring your team and perform under the bright lights in front of the most packed, most rowdy and most supportive audience you’ll ever have! NTL is open to everyone — first-timers, veterans, students or classes of any school! If you don’t have a team, drop by and we’ll put you on a brand new team that night for your debut performance! Stick around until the end when everyone gets up and performs in a group jam. They’d love to have you be a part of it! Hosted by Allison Dembek.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Unmanageable: Stand-Up Comedy


A showcase of the very best New York City comics not yet represented by management. Hosted by Nick Cobb and Luke Thayer (Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, NY Post, national commercials, GSN, NBC, etc. etc.) along with: Susan Prekel (Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham) Nato Green (Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell) Brian Jian (Governors Island) With guest characters from Amy Albert and Selena Coppock along with industry big shots
   New York City, NY; NYC
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