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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 4, 2019?

45 free events take place on Friday, October 4 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 4 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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45 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, October 4, 2019

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free events nyc Parisian Fashion and its Global Influences: Appropriations, Circulations and Transfers
free events nyc Korean American Film Festival New York
free events nyc Vaclav Havel's Audience: Manager and Employee Square Off
free events nyc Chamber Sinfonia Performs Stravinsky, Haydn and more
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Workshop | Juggling Workshop


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in Midtown Manhattan. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Workshop | Tai Chi Outdoors


Improve balance, strength and focus through gentle exercises. The sights and sounds of the river provide a serene background for the ancient flowing postures. Tai Chi results in strength and focus of body and mind. An ideal choice for participants of all ages. Instructor: Alex Hing
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Colloquium | Global Hồ Chí Minh


Held on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Hồ Chí Minh, this international colloquium will interrogate Hồ’s role in the formation of modern Vietnam and explore the country’s position in world affairs in the 20th Century. Participants will share their new multi-lingual and multi-archival research and past works on the life, career, and legacy of Hồ Chí Minh. With: -- Pham Quang Minh, Rector, Historian and Political Scientist, Department of International Studies, Vietnam National University -- Do Quang Hung, Historian, Department of Political Science, Vietnam National University -- Tran Viet Nghia, Historian, Director of the Office for the Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University -- Pham Hong Tung, Historian, Director, Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science, Vietnam National University -- Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia -- Olga Dror, Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University; Fellow, National Humanities Center -- Pierre Asselin, Professor and Dwight E. Stanford Chair in American Foreign Relations, Department of History, San Diego State University -- Alec Holcombe, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Ohio University
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Festival | The Festival of New


Since 1919, The New School has been home to scholars, creators, and activists who challenge convention and boldly make their mark on the world. To celebrate this groundbreaking legacy, they are opening our doors to the public for a weeklong festival of dozens of innovative performances, talks, workshops, screenings, exhibitions, and more.  Taking place October 1–6, 2019, the festival reflect on a century of world-changing ideas and together imagine a new kind of future.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Midtown Recess: Games and Activities


Relive your favorite part of the school day with Midtown Recess. De-stress and clear your mind with activities including giant chess, oversized Connect 4, ping pong tables, jump ropes, hula hoops, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House Tour


Highlights include a discussion of the history of the site, information about architect Cass Gilbert and viewings of the Collectors Office with its Tiffany woodwork, Reginald Marsh murals and the 140-ton rotunda dome, designed and built by Rafael Gustavino.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. "The term 'baroque' has been widely used since the 19th century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750... Many famous composers from the first part of the baroque period came from Italy and have a link with Venice, including Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi. Monteverdi was born in Cremona, but moved to Venice where he was 'maestro di capella' at the San Marco basilica. Vivaldi was born in Venice and was one of the greatest baroque composers. It is thanks to these strong musical traditions of Venice that we have today's music. Without Venetian church music and Monteverdi's advances with polyphony, the great traditions of choral music in England, France, and Germany would never have developed. Without the operas written by Monteverdi, Cavalli and Vivaldi, not only would the later styles of opera never have been invented. There would be no basis for the American Musical or the German and Viennese Operetta, the Spanish Zarzuela, and even rock, pop, and contemporary music as we know it." The Venice Insider Bach at Noon concerts take place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 10, 2019 to May 20, 2020.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood Tour


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban historians Peter Laskowich and Madeleine Levi. This tour takes place every Friday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Piano in the Park: Ragtime, Stride, and Jazz


Summertime, and the livin’ is easy... so swing on by for toe-tappin’ performances by New York’s finest, playing ragtime, stride, and jazz to your heart’s delight. With: Charlie Judkins, Ragtime, Protégé of Terry Waldo
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations: Exhibition Tour


A 45-minute tour of some 700 works of Native art from throughout North, Central and South America demonstrates the breadth of the museum's renowned collection and highlights the importance of many of these iconic objects.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Juggling Workshop


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in Midtown Manhattan. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Little (2019): She Turns Into Her Younger self


A woman is transformed into her younger self at a point in her life when the pressures of adulthood become too much to bear. 109 min. Director: Tina Gordon. Stars: Regina Hall, Issa Rae, Marsai Martin
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Miss Bala (2019): One Woman Against Drug Cartel


Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Based on the Spanish-language film. 104 min. Director: Catherine Hardwicke. Starring Gina Rodriguez, Thomas Dekker, Vivian Chan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Shrek (2001): Oscar Winning Animation


A mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back. 90 min. Directors: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson. Starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz. Shrek won the first ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | T. C. Cannon: At the Edge of America: Exhibition Tour


A 45-minute tour. One of the most influential, innovative and talented Native American artists of the 20th century, T.C. Cannon embodied the activism, cultural transition and creative expression that defined America in the 1960s and 1970s. Learn how Cannon interrogated American history and popular culture through his Native lens and exercised a rigorous mastery of Western art historical tropes while creating an entirely fresh visual vocabulary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | The Four Feathers (1939): Oscar Nominated Adventure


A timid British Army officer has quit and burns his last day summons to a war in Egypt. Calling him a coward, his girl friend and 3 officer friends give him a white feather. In redemption, he shadows his friends in war to save their lives. 129 min. Director: Zoltan Korda. Starring John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith.  The Four Feathers was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. The film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | Parisian Fashion and its Global Influences: Appropriations, Circulations and Transfers


The Parisian fashion industry has always been the visible tip of an invisible web of exchanges. What we call French couture, far from being only French and influenced by French creativity and know-how, has always been a microcosm of globalization, with crucial contributions from foreigners and immigrants, transfers and hybridizations of techniques, ideas, styles, consumption habits, etc., which are often written off. These exchanges have constituted the sine qua non condition for the boom of the fashion industry. With: Rhonda Garelick (Art and Design History and Theory, Parsons School of Design), Sophie Kurkdjian (Institute of French Studies), Victoria L. Rovine (Art History, UNC Chapel Hill), and Valerie Steele (The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology).
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | How To Create An Elevator Pitch


A proven way to make a positive first impression and spark interest from strangers is with a well-crafted elevator pitch. It communicates your core information quickly and is adaptable at a cocktail party, at the gym, or at a professional conference. Your elevator pitch can also be tweaked for LinkedIn, cover letters, email introductions, and cold calls. This workshop offers 3 strategies for writing a polished elevator pitch. Learn how to effortlessly answer, "So what do you do?" with confidence. Sherry Natkow is a career specialist and certified resume writer in private practice in Manhattan. When she's not delivering lively workshops, she's helping job seekers, one-on-one, work smarter on their job search, and move faster to new employment opportunities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Author Reading | Archaeology of Babel: The Colonial Foundations of the Humanities


Taking flight with and from Professor Siraj Ahmed's book, this roundtable provides occasion to address the long roots and deep impact of colonialism as it shapes and figures how and with what consequences we conceptualize and study language(s). How can we understand the work that we do in the study of human expressive practices in light of the foundational role of colonialism this book excavates? What are the parameters and practices of a decolonized humanities in light of the acknowledgment of these colonial foundations? Panelists Shoumik Bhattacharya, Soojung Choe, and Catherine Engh will be joined by Ahmed, who will offer both an overview of the book and responses to their remarks, as we engage such questions as these.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Author Reading | Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction


Dr. Sami Schalk’s book traces how black women’s speculative fiction complicates the understanding of bodyminds—the intertwinement of the mental and the physical—in the context of race, gender, and (dis)ability. Bridging black feminist theory with disability studies, Schalk demonstrates that this genre’s political potential lies in the authors’ creation of bodyminds that transcend reality’s limitations. A reception will follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Author Reading | My Butch Career: Memoir of an "Anti-Girl"


During her difficult childhood, Esther Newton recalls that she "became an anti-girl, a girl refusenik, caught between genders," and that her "child body was a strong and capable instrument stuffed into the word 'girl.'" Later, in early adulthood, as she was on her way to becoming a trailblazing figure in gay and lesbian studies, she "had already chosen higher education over the strongest passion in my life, my love for women, because the two seemed incompatible." In My Butch Career, Newton tells the compelling, disarming, and at times sexy story of her struggle to write, teach, and find love, all while coming to terms with her identity during a particularly intense time of homophobic persecution in the twentieth century.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | 2 Poets Read


Toi Derricote’s books of poetry include The Empress of the Death House (1978), a collection that draws on her early experiences at her grandparents’ funeral home in Detroit, Natural Birth (1983), Captivity (1989), Tender (1997), winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize, and The Undertaker’s Daughter (2011). Terrance Hayes’s latest poetry collection American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award. His collection How to Be Drawn was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award, the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award, and received the 2016 NAACP Image Award for Poetry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Discussion | Less Talking, More Doing: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy


A moderated panel of philanthropy professionals will discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles, strategies, and how foundations can build a more representative and inclusive social sector. Snacks and light refreshments will be served. Panelists:  Tiffanie W. De Gannes, Senior Manager, Ford Foundation Amadee L. Braxton, Senior Partner, Dragonfly Partners, LLC More panelists TBD Moderator: TBD
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Play | Default: A Play About Ethnic Studies


What difference does it make to students if their school’s curriculum reflects the history, experiences and knowledge of their communities and families? Default is a funny and moving original play created by the youth researchers/writers/artists of Epic NEXT that examines the impact that ethnic studies courses and culturally relevant pedagogy have on students, teachers, administrators, and families. The performance will be followed by a discussion and pizza dinner.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | How to Live Smartly, Joyfully, Healthily, Exuberantly, Happily – and Very Long: The Wisdom of Centenarians


A reading and a conversation among the authors Klaus Brinkbäumer and Samiha Shafy, and moderated by the psychologist and aging researcher Ursula M. Staudinger. The discussion will revolve around the age-old question of how to achieve a long, healthy and happy life and highlight the lived experience and advice of the centenarians that the authors met all over the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | The Ornament of the World (2018): When Muslims, Christians and Jews Transcended Their Differences


The Ornament of the World tells a story from the past that’s especially timely today: the story of a remarkable time in history when Muslims, Christians and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences. Ornament will retrace a nearly 800-year period in medieval Spain, from the early 8th through late 15th centuries, during which the three groups, though they competed and sometimes fought, managed for the most part to sustain relationships that enabled them to coexist, collaborate and flourish. Director: Michael Schwarz
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Christ Stopped at Eboli, Part 1 (1979): Italian Epic


Carlo Levi, a painter, writer, doctor, and intellectual, is exiled to Grassano, an impoverished town with only one car and one toilet, in southern Italy. Levi learns to find the humanity in this seemingly backward hamlet. Made for Italian television in four 55-minute parts, this newly restored version by Rialto Pictures is the director's complete, uncut epic. Directed by Francesco Rosi Starring Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Lea Massari, Irene Papas 110 of 220 min. In Italian with English subtitles
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | Odes to Lithium: New Poems


The launch of Shira Erlichman's highly anticipated debut poetry collection will feature readings by Erlichman, Angel Nafis, Morgan Parker, Danez Smith, and Ocean Vuong.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | Black Girls Are Delicious: An Extraordinary and Unique Upbringing


Through a series of short plays, stand-up comedy, and post-modern dance, Ashley Brockington will share a peek into a truly extraordinary and unique upbringing. Dear God, not another identity piece! What is A Real American Woman? Sounds like a white girl, looks like a black boy. Whatever it is, it's funny.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Days Go By: A Large-Scale, Site-Specific Performance About the Lost Moments of Our Days


Monica Bill Barnes & Company brings attention to the otherwise lost moments that add up into our days with their new show, Days Go By. The world -premiere of this large-scale, site-specific performance is set amongst the bustle, inviting the audience to take a closer look at the heartwarming, painstaking, heroic events happening to and around us each and every day. Audience members will receive a pair of headphones to tune into a narration that explores the depths of our ideals, the hilarious heartbreaks, and the disregarded moments that add up into a day. Performers embedded throughout the space transform the surroundings into a symphony of movement and interactions. Set to a soundtrack of forgotten tracks and one hit wonders, Days Go By blurs reality with the theatrical and places big-hearted dancing alongside the everyday comings and goings of life in a city.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Play | Oliver Twist: Charles Dickens' Classic Adapted


An adaptation of Dickens' second novel, written by Neil Bartlett, about an orphan who escapes a workhouse,  travels to London, and becomes a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin. The production will be directed by Melissa Maxwell, and feature the entire cohort of MFA Third Year Actors: Hannah Adrian, Olivia Battle, William Berger-Bailey, Jazmyn Boone, Yun-Chin Chang, Caroline Hertz, Racquel Jean-Louis, Ian Lawrence, Philip Lopez, Kasey O'Brien, Riley Jo Payne, Kyle Ryan, Carla Smith, Michael Spara, and Jacqueline Theoharis.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Penal Theories and Institutions: Lectures at the Collège, 1971-1972


Penal Theories and Institutions is the title Michel Foucault gave to the lectures he delivered at the Collège de France from November 1971 to March 1972. In these lectures, Foucault presents for the first time his approach to the question of power that will be the focus of his research up to the writing of Discipline and Punish (1975) and beyond. With the editor, Bernard E. Harcourt.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Star Trek: The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 Illustrated Handbook


Captain James T. Kirk's Original Starship Enterprise -- everything you want to know about this iconic starship in the first full color volume ever published. Featuring details from both TV series and the first six movies. With author Ben Robinson. Restrictions may apply. Call store for details.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | The Foley Artist: New Short Stories


Author Ricco Villanueva Siasoco is a writer, educator, and activist. He has received fellowships from The Center for Fiction, Lambda Literary, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is a board member of Kundiman, a national literary organization dedicated to Asian American literature.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | FDR’s Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943-1945


A talk by Nigel Hamilton of the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Haydn's Quartet Play Along


Franz Joseph Haydn (fondly called "Papa" by his students) composed a work for four equal voices that his amateur musician friends could play for fun. Young Beethoven, while studying with Haydn, cut his teeth playing viola at quartet parties. Bring your string instruments for a group play along of Haydn and Beethoven quartets. Musicians should bring their own instruments. Music stands and parts will be provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Screening | Korean American Film Festival New York


Since 2007, the Korean American Film Festival New York has moved across diverse platforms to present the richest exhibition of the hidden intersections of global culture. During the first decade, KAFFNY focused on applying a proactive form of cultural awareness to films of the Korean diaspora. Under the new theme of "Infinite Cinema," the festival has expanded the cinematic dialogue to those artists who recognize a necessary deference to humanity. This year's shorts program features films that challenge the limits of national, cultural and gender boundaries. The screening will also include the trailers of officially selected feature films of the year. There will be a post-screening Q&A with local filmmakers and the festival representatives. Screening includes: MALKO (6 mins.) Unspoken (17 mins.) I Am Home (2 mins.) Tomorrow Together (14 mins.) Fender (5 mins.) No Forks on the Road (9 mins.) Moonwalk with Me (14 mins.)
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Comedy Club | An Evening of Standup Comedy


A standup comedy show featuring comics who have appeared on NBC, TruTV, Comedy Central and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Chamber Sinfonia Performs Stravinsky, Haydn and more


MSM Chamber Sinfonia; George Manahan, conductor; Francesca Leo, flute. Program Stravinsky Danses concertantes Haydn Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp Minor Michael Daugherty Trail of Tears
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Play | Henslowe! The Man Who Made History


Phillip Henslowe! The man who built the Rose Playhouse where Shakespeare's plays were first mounted, his struggle to achieve recognition, his need to leave a legacy! The story of a little known chapter of Elizabethan history as told in a human, compelling fashion. Be prepared to rethink the Renaissance. This remarkable in-depth portrait of a deeply driven man had an astonishing 14-year gestation filled with readings, workshops, and endless hours of research. Written by Alexander Carney.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Play | Vaclav Havel's Audience: Manager and Employee Square Off


Audience centers on a meeting between brewery manager Sladek and employee Vanek. While the manager is clearly opening too many beers and inducing binge drinking, it is less clear what he wants from Vanek. Audience (1975) is the first of Vaclav Havel's partly autobiographical one-act plays known as the "Vanek Trilogy" (followed by Protest (1978) and Mistake (1983)) based on his experience of being subject to forced work while under constant harassment from the Communist regime. Since the plays were banned in then-Czechoslovakia, they were performed in people's living rooms and even recorded on vinyl. After the play, there will be a talkback and an afterparty. Directed by: Jakub Spalek Cast: Jan Potmesil, Jakub Spalek
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Play | To Life: Meet the Rosens


The Rosen family, battered and blessed, celebrates Jeffrey’s life as their hearts lie gasping on the floor. Backs are turned and accusations hurled as the Rosens come together and fall apart, bound by heartbreak and humor. Nobody escapes a good kick in the tuchas as they expose their foibles, confront their fears, and cling to their fragile connection amidst the chaos. The story is both elegy and eulogy to the death of a family and reminds us that we’re not alone. Written by Eve Lederman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Conference | Disinformation and Elections in East and Southeast Asia: Digital Futures and Fragile Democracies


A recent series of elections in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and indeed across Asia has highlighted the salience of digital media in political campaigns and insidious modes of electoral manipulation. This two-day workshop aims to gather evidence into the operations and impact of digital disinformation in the context of recent Asian elections.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Classical Music | Choral Work by Haydn and More at a Landmark Venue

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Performance | A New Play: Tragedy, Resiliance, Humor and Hope

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