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16 free events take place on Friday, October 8 in New York City.
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16 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, October 8, 2021

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Workshop | Pilates Workshop


Dodge YMCA hosts a socially-distanced Pilates. Enhance your control, stability, coordination, endurance, balance, strength, and flexibility. Fridays, May 7-October 29, 2021 Advanced registration is required. Registration opens every Tuesday at 10:00am for classes the following week.
   Brooklyn, New York, NY
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8:30 am
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Workshop | Tai Chi


Explore this low-impact, meditative form of exercise. Open to all fitness levels.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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8:30 am
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Gallery Talk | Treasures from the Morgan's Library & Museum (online)


This docent highlights tour of the Morgan Library and Museum is an overview of the Morgan's history, from the beginning of the collection and the creation of the historic Library to the Museum's expansion of the Morgan campus and ongoing acquisitions.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
12:30 pm
free

Performance | A Skate Play: A Skateboard-Theatre Performance


An adventurous tale about Luna Seagull, bored with the daily squabbles over food and impassioned by the art of flight. Up against all odds, she goes on a journey to explore the meaning of freedom and love. Actors and skaters come together to bring this story to life.
   Brooklyn, New York, NY
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Venice: Iconic Landmarks from Movies by Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen and More (online, livestream)


Venice has drawn filmmakers from around the world as the setting of their romantic comedies, thrillers, and action movies! Visit the iconic sites of the city from films with James Bond ("From Russia with love", "Casino Royale"), Indiana Jones ("Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"), actors like Johnny Deep ("The Tourist"), Katherine Hepburn ("Summertime"), Heath Ledger ("Casanova").
   Manhattan, New York, NY
1:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Making Modernism His Own (online)


Since the 1980s, artist Jonathan Lasker has transformed a visual language inherited from modernism into a syntax all his own, making paintings that exert both analytical rigor and an undeniably visceral appeal. Born Yesterday, his first solo exhibition with Greene Naftali, spans four decades from Lasker’s early career to the present, occasioning new interpretations of his singular brand of abstraction and its lasting impact on generations of artists. In conversation with The Brooklyn Rail editor Choghakate Kazarian.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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3:00 pm
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Concert | 3 Folk Music Acts (online)


6:00 pm: Katy the Kyng 6:30 pm: Chris Q. Murphy 7:00 pm: Alex Wong
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Autumn Leaves: Capturing Central Park


Maxwell Stevens's new suite of oil paintings centering around an impromptu ensemble of musicians practicing together at New York City’s famed Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. Initially conceived and begun prior to the pandemic, the series was further refined and elaborated upon while the artist was quarantined in his NYC studio, serving as a meditation on cultural diversity and the positive social interaction that is one of the defining characteristics of New York.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Museums | Asia's Diverse Cultures: From Ancient to Contemporary


Discover art that traverses Asia's diverse cultures, regions, and narratives. The Museum's special exhibitions celebrate art forms that range from ancient to contemporary, including photography and multimedia, while its permanent collection galleries are focused primarily on art from the Himalayan region. Proof of vaccination, ID, masks required. Admission is free every Friday from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. (reservations open two weeks in advance).
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Museums | New York City and American History


Founded in 1804, this American history museum holds an extensive collection of historical artifacts, works of American art, and other materials documenting the history of New York and the United States. It presents exhibitions on a variety of topics and periods in American history, such as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Slavery in New York, The Hudson River School, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and much more. Proof of vaccination, ID, masks rae required. Pay-as-you-wish admission available on Fridays, 6 pm - 8 pm.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
6:00 pm
Pay-as-you-wish, reservation required

Talk | The History of the Black Madonna: A Talk with Music and Dance (online)


An enlightening immersion into the history and rituals pertaining to the Black Madonna --statues or paintings in Western Christendom in which the Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus are depicted as black -- and the many traditional dances of southern Italy, such as the taranta. Lecturer: Giullari di Piazza Featuring: Alessandra Belloni, singer, percussionist, teacher, and author of Healing Journeys with the Black Madonna John La Barbera, composer, guitarist Joe Deninzon, violin, vocals Francesca Silvano, dancer
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Movie in a Park | The Neutral Ground (2021): Documentary on Confederate Statues


In December 2015, the New Orleans City Council voted to remove four Confederate monuments from public grounds. A forceful group of critics protested the decision, and fearing retaliation, no crew would agree to remove the statues. Directed by CJ Hunt 90 min.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
6:30 pm
free

Concert | Latin Music


Enjoy live salsa music with Cuarteto Guatac. This event takes place each Friday.
   Brooklyn, New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Surrealism Beyond Borders: Outdoor Film Screening


An outdoor screening series of films by artists and filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe and the Pacific, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Surrealism Beyond Borders. Each weekend features a different film program that extends the exhibition's reconsideration of Surrealism as a true “movement” across boundaries of geography and chronology, recasting appreciation of this revolutionary, emancipatory, and globe-spanning idea. The films explore the collective concerns that animated Surrealism, as well as the historical and national distinctions that characterized regional cinema. Face coverings are strongly recommended.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach's Most Famous Ciaccona (online)


Enjoy J.S. Bach's most famous Ciaccona from Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004, performed by a violinist and singers.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
7:30 pm
free, registration required

Concert | Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the NY Philharmonic: Works by Stravinsky and Wynton Marsalis (online)


Program: Stravinsky L'Historie du Solvat (suite) Wynton Marsalis, A Fiddler's Tale Ellen Taaffe Romance for violin and piano This program brings together a wonderful lineup of leading musicians including members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and National Symphony Orchestra.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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