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40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, October 18, 2019
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Workshop | Tai Chi Outdoors
Improve balance, strength and focus through gentle exercises. The sights and sounds of the river provide ... more >> 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
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8:00 am
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Symposium | Environmental Economics and Policy
After a keynote by James Stock (9-10am), current and former students will present research findings in ... more >> the four focus areas of the center: (i) Climate Change, (ii) Ecosystem Services, (iii) Health, and (iv) Policy Design. The research talks will be followed by a policy roundtable (4-5pm) and a reception (6-7pm).
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9:00 am
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Symposium | The Restitution Debate: African Art in a Global Society
In November 2018, Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy released a report that had been prepared for the ... more >> President of France, Emmanuel Macron, entitled "The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage. Toward a New Relational Ethics." This report has set in motion a debate that could have a profound impact on the status of African art held in collections around the world. During this full-day international symposium, the authors of the report will present their recommendations and reflect on the response that they have received over the past year. A panel of curators, scholars, and cultural entrepreneurs will respond to the issues, which have broad ramifications resonating well beyond Africa and Europe.
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9:00 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 ... more >> 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
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10:00 am
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Festival | Open House New York - an extraordinary opportunity to experience the city
Every October, Open House New York Weekend unlocks the doors of New York's most important buildings, ... more >> offering an extraordinary opportunity to experience the city and meet the people who design, build, and preserve New York. From historical to contemporary, residential to industrial, hundreds of sites across the five boroughs are open to visit, with tours, talks, performances, and other special events taking place over the course of OHNY Weekend. Through the unparalleled access that it enables, OHNY Weekend deepens our understanding of the importance of architecture and urban design to foster a more vibrant civic life, and helps catalyze a citywide conversation about how to build a better New York
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10:00 am
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Symposium | Paris, Capital of Fashion
The one-day event will explore what it means for a city to be deemed a “fashion capital” and why ... more >> Paris is generally considered the most prestigious and competitive fashion capital in the world. Speakers will include Miren Arzalluz, director, the Palais Galliera, Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris; Christopher Breward, director of collection and research, National Galleries of Scotland; Nancy L. Green, director of studies, Centre de Recherches Historiques; Dr. Valerie Steele, director of MFIT and curator of the exhibition Paris, Capital of Fashion; and others.
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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10:00 am
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Lecture | How To Get A Job With The U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S Census Bureau is recruiting thousands of people across the country to assist with the 2020 Census ... more >> count. The U.S. Census Bureau is hiring for a variety of temporary jobs, including census takers, recruiting assistants, office staff, and supervisory staff. To be eligible, you must be at least 18 years old, have a valid Social Security number, and be a U.S. citizen. There are full- time and part- time positions available with the pay starting at $20/hr for NYC residents. The 2020 Census is of utmost importance to our communities to ensure proper representation and districting in Congress, as well as the correct allocation of $675 billion in annual Federal funds that are directly tied into the Decennial Census outcomes.
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10:30 am
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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 ... more >> 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.
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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 ... more >> 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.
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12:30 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 ... more >> 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.
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
$10 suggested donation
Film | Cold Pursuit (2019): A Story Of Revenge
A grieving snowplow driver seeks out revenge against the drug dealers who killed his son. Based on the ... more >> 2014 Norwegian film 'In Order of Disappearance'. 119 min. Director: Hans Petter Moland. Starring Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Micheál Richardson. Cold Pursuit is an official remake of the 2014 Norwegian film In Order of Disappearance (Kraftidioten), also directed by Moland.
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2:00 pm
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Film | Glass (2019): Sci-Fi Drama With Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson
Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man ... more >> who has twenty-four personalities. 129 min. Director: M. Night Shyamalan. Starring James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson. The film is a crossover and sequel to Shyamalan's previous films Unbreakable (2000) and Split (2016), serving as the final installment in the Unbreakable trilogy.
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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 ... more >> 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.
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Art Express: Vision Board
Actualize your ideas and inspirations into one-of-a-kind art pieces. Do you have specific goals for ... more >> your life that you’re ready to start working towards but have a hard time visualizing? A vision board can help make your goals feel real and tangible. Find images and texts that will affirm your goals and give you a constant reminder of what you want to achieve. All materials are free and will be provided. Feel free to bring your own art materials.
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Heart of the Park Tour
Walk straight through the heart of Central Park on this east-to-west tour led by guides. Enjoy a great ... more >> variety of the scenic, sculptural, and ar chitectural elements the Park has to offer. Visit some of the Park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Cherry Hill, The Lake, and Strawberry Fields.
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2:00 pm
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Lecture | Civil Justice and Social Inequality
Millions of Americans every year face civil justice problems that can lead to bankruptcy, homelessness, ... more >> poverty, family separation, and ill health. Thinking about civil justice in a new way, as a social institution, propels a growing research evidence base that reveals how civil justice contributes to inequality. At the same time, this evidence provides opportunities to radically rethink how we "do" access to justice. The research identifies promising emerging models at the same time that it points to persistent challenges in both access to justice practice and in pushing social scientific research forward in this critical area. Speaker Rebecca Sandefur is with the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University.
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3:00 pm
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Discussion | How To Negotiate For Your Salary
If you could do it all over again, would you accept the offer for your last job? For many managers and ... more >> executives, the answer is no. The problem is many high-level employees don't do their due diligence Throughout your search process, you should be thinking strategically. From the first meeting to the last communication you should be setting the stage for negotiating a position that will be of optimum value to the organization and will challenge and excite you. The most effective way to do this is to follow our step by step Salary Negotiation Method. Theodore Henderson discusses how to negotiate a compensation package that properly reflects your skills and experience. Professor Theodore Henderson has extensive training and certifications in the areas of leadership, social media security, business planning, and career strategies.He is active in several professional associations such as SHRM, HRPS, NAAAHR, and CEANY. Theodore is also a certified career coach and group facilitator with GetFive which provides Outplacement Solutions and Transition Services to both large and medium-sized corporations.
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3:30 pm
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Performance | Performance for One: Slippery Memory
Performance for One is a one-on-one performance event written and directed by Edward Einhorn, presented ... more >> in 10-minute slots at venues across Manhattan. The performance is about memory, but even more so, it is about relationship between performer, audience member, and author. What is the responsibility of the audience member, and how is it felt differently when there is only one audience member? Who is the story teller, the author or the performer? What happens to a memory that two people share after one of those people is gone? Presented by Untitled Theater Company.
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4:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Alumni Poetry Reading
Lisa Andrews is the author of The Inside Room (Indolent Books, 2018) and Dear Liz (Indolent Books, ... more >> 2016). Her poems have appeared in Gargoyle, Painted Bride Quarterly, and Zone 3. Ryan Black is the author of The Tenant of Fire (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019), winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize, and Death of a Nativist, selected by Linda Gregerson for the Poetry Society of America’s Chapbook Fellowship. Emily Wallis Hughes grew up in Agua Caliente, California, a small town in the Sonoma Valley. She is the author of Sugar Factory (Spuyten Duyvil, 2019), which includes a series of paintings by Sarah Riggs in collaboration with her poems. Emily's poems have been published or are forthcoming in Berkeley Poetry Review, Elderly, Gigantic Magazine, Menage, Painted Bride Quarterly, Prelude, A Women’s Thing, ZAUM, and other little magazines. Christine Larusso’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Literary Review, Pleiades, Women's Studies Quarterly, Sycamore Review, Prelude, Court Green, Narrative, and elsewhere. She is the author of There Will Be No More Daughters.
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5:00 pm
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Concert | 3 Folk Music Arts
With: Matt Wheeler, Sharon Goldman, and Pete Lanctot and the Stray Dogs.
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | Music Listening Series: Arcangelo Corelli
What Makes It Italian? Discovering National Character in Music is a music listening and discussion group ... more >> that meets at Casa Italiana and is open to everyone. The group is led by Gina Crusco, who guides listening at Bard LLI and Riverdale Y, and who has been music instructor at The New School and director of Underworld Productions.
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Film | Phantom Lady (1994): Friday Night Film Noir
A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder ... more >> his selfish wife. Director: Robert Siodmak Stars: Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis 87 min. Free popcorn will be served, and a discussion will follow the screenings.
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Picturing Extinction: Studies for The End
Throughout her celebrated career, pioneering artist Judy Chicago has tackled a series of subjects that ... more >> are either taboo or absent in the art historical discourse, usually decades before these subjects have been addressed by other artists. This show includes studies for the “Extinction” section and selected glass pieces from “The End.” In these drawings, Chicago presents a grouping of species and living things who exist without any clear possibility of survival.
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Film | When Two Worlds Collide (2016): Taking on Amazon
An indigenous environmental activist takes on the large businesses that are destroying the Amazon. ... more >> Directors: Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel 103 min.
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Book Discussion | Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women
A timely record of the extraordinary contribution women architects have made to the profession. Documenting ... more >> more than 200 significant buildings designed by women all over the world, this publication is a visual manifesto of outstanding architecture. Marking the celebration of this new book's release will be a panel discussion including Mónica Ponce de León and Hilary Sample moderated by Toshiko Mori AR'76.
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6:30 pm
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Film | Time to Love (1965): Turkish Drama
A poor painter falls in love with the image of a female singer while at work in one of the large villas ... more >> on Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands. Directed by Metin Erksan
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Remaking Publics: Gender, Affect, Insurgence, Presence…
Speakers: Thenmozhi Soundarajan (Equality Labs); Asha Kowtal (AIDMAM); Mabel Wilson (CU); Kajri Jain ... more >> (U Toronto) Comments by: Farah Jasmine Griffin (Director, IRAAS, CU)
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Slide Lecture | Sisters in Liberty: From Florence to New York
Drs. Ann Wilkins and David Wilkins, two of the curators of the Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy ... more >> to New York, New York exhibition at the Ellis Island Museum of Immigration, will discuss Pio Fedi’s monumental Libertà della Poesia (1883) on the tomb of the Risorgimento author Giambattista Niccolini in the church of Santa Croce, in Florence. The illustrated talk will emphasize the relationship between Fedi’s statue and Liberty Enlightening the World in New York Harbor (a.k.a. the Statue of Liberty) and discuss how these contemporaneous images of Liberty grew out of the struggles for self-determination that swept across Europe during the 19th century.
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Play | Fuente Ovejuna: A "Disloyal Adaptation" of a 1619 Play
An adaptation by Cusi Cram, from the play by Lope De Vega based upon a historical incident that took ... more >> place in a village in Castile in 1476 in which a group of mistreated villagers band together and kill their Spanish commander. The production will be directed by Christina Roussos, and feature: Aditya Lal Chadha, Chace Chester, Jodie Cortez, Alessandra Cronin, Branden Darcel, Tasja Drahveen, Adaline Gomez, Mitchell Hoover, Emma Maggi-Byers, Francis MacCall, Idan Morad, Borana Ramizi, Logan Riseling, Dylan Turczan and Malaika Wilson.
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Discussion | Person Place Thing: With the Tony-Winning Choreographer of Hadestown
Person Place Thing is a public radio program that draws surprising stories from great speakers. At this ... more >> live recording, humorist and Emmy Award-winner Randy Cohen chats with choreographer and Artist alum David Neumann, a recent Tony Award nominee for his choreography of Hadestown.
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Author Reading | Pop Empires: Transnational and Diasporic Flow of India and Korea
Two of the contenders vying for the hearts, minds, bandwidths, and pocketbooks of the world's consumers ... more >> of popular are India and South Korea. "Bollywood" and "Hallyu" are increasingly competing with "Hollywood"-either replacing it or filling a void in places where it never held sway. Pop Empires connects films, music, television serials, stardom, and fandom to nation-building, diasporic identity formation, and transnational capital and labor. The contributors of this anthology examine how popular culture intersects with race, gender, and empire in relation to the global movement of peoples, goods, and ideas.
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Concert | Rise and Shine: Day 1: Performances from the New Album
A live performance of songs from Rise and Shine, Jed Davis’ musical theater collaboration with Arturo ... more >> Vega. The evening celebrates the release of Rise and Shine: Day 1, an album of songs from the play. Joined by a full band and vocal cast, Davis previews selections from the new recording. The play, which focuses on a group of friends who come together at a Lower East Side nightclub in the summer and fall of 2001, was written by Davis and Vega over a 13-year period and completed by Davis after Vega’s untimely passing in 2013. In tribute to Vega, Davis has recorded all 41 songs with a full vocal cast and is releasing the material in chapters—one for each of the five days represented in the musical’s timeline.
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Classical Music | Modern Works Performed By String Quartet Accompanied By Clarinet
Program Manena Contreras Instantes Alyssa Weinberg Still Life for clarinet and string quartet Jason Kao ... more >> Hwang If We Live in Forgetfulness, We Die in a Dream Christopher Stark Seasonal Music Momenta Quartet has premiered more than 150 works, collaborated with over 200 living composers and was praised by The New York Times for its "diligence, curiosity and excellence." In the words of The New Yorker, "few American players assume Haydn's idiom with such ease." Guest musician clarinetist Eric Umble has performed with renowned ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), the Orchestras of the Lucerne Festival Academy and Alumni, The London Symphony Orchestra, the WindScape Quintet, American Modern Ensemble, LoftOpera, ECCE, Tenth Intervention, Cantata Profana, Ensemble Echappee, Contemporaneous, and Ensemble Mise-en.
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Comedy Club | No Name Comedy/Variety Show
With: illusionist Lee Alan Barrett (Coney Island Circus Sideshow) author / comic Jaqi Furback(She-Devil ... more >> Comedy Festival NYC) Brian Grossi (TMZ, Round Trip Comedy Series) comedian / author Von Decarlo (Tru TV’s, “Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks”)
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Lecture | Obama, Trump, and the American Military: A Tale of Differences and Similarities
A talk by Richard H. Kohn, Professor Emeritus of History and Peace, War, and Defense at the University ... more >> of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Comedy Club | Lie Baby, Lie!: Stories from a Life
How did a hardworking black single mother raise a girl to survive mean streets from Bed-Stuy to the Bronx? ... more >> Award-winning comedian Rhonda Hansome shares tales of murder, sex, and gentrification. Stories from a life shaped by a mother's motto: Lie Baby, Lie! Rhonda Hansome, actress and award winning director/comedian is Bermuda in the film Pretty Woman has directed 35 productions. Her comedy has opened for Aretha Franklin, Anita Baker, James Brown and Diana Ross in venues from NY's Radio City Music Hall to LA's Greek Theatre.
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Dancing | A Night of Classic Salsa Hits
The Latin dance party series continues with a night of classic salsa hits and arrangements of big-band ... more >> favorites. Dedicated to keeping his father's musical legacy alive, Tito Rodriguez, Jr.--also a timbalero--assembles an all-star lineup that infuses Tito Sr.'s original mambo beat with a contemporary twist. A band "made for dancers" (New York Times), the Tito Rodriguez Orchestra with Tito Rodriguez, Jr. has thrilled audiences throughout the world, with stops at the Kennedy Center, Jazz at Vienne, Tiempo Latino, and the Ravinia Jazz Festival.
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7:30 pm
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Comedy Club | An Evening of Standup Comedy
A standup comedy show featuring comics who have appeared on NBC, TruTV, Comedy Central and more.
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Classical Music | Medieval Music From Scotland
Collectio Musicorum (“Collection of Music”) presents a concert of music from Scotland, dating from ... more >> the twelfth through the eighteenth centuries. Much of the program is devoted to music by Robert Johnson, a priest and reformer, who was forced to flee Scotland due to his reformed religious views. A prolific composer, his music has recently been edited by Dr. Elaine Moohan as part of the Musica Scotica series. This music has never before been performed in the United States. Collectio Musicorum ("collection of music") is an ensemble noted for presenting music heard nowhere else.
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