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Free events for Tuesday, 09/06/11
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42 free events take place on Tuesday, September 6 in New York City.
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42 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, September 6, 2011

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park


Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are instructed by members of the Tai Chi Chuan Center for all ages and experience levels. Classes are rain or shine.
   
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7:30 am
free, no reservation required

Other | 9/11: Tie a Ribbon of Remembrance


The public will be invited to tie white ribbons—symbols of remembrance—with the words “Remember to Love” on the fence of the church from September 6th through September 11th. Names and prayers may be written on the ribbons.
   
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10:00 am
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Talk | Learn about the Peoples of the Plains


With Laura Browarny.
   
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Yoga in the Park


Expert instructors, provided by lululemon athletica, lead all levels of yogis. Mats are provided.
   
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10:00 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.
   
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11:00 am
$6

Workshop | Petanque in the Park


Learn to play pétanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie from members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC’s championship-winning club.
   
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Ping Pong in the Park


Test your skills at state-of-the-art tables. Paddles and balls are provided free of charge to all skill levels. Sign up with an attendant in the park to play.
   
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11:00 am
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   
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11:15 am
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Birdwatching | Meet the Birds


Get an up-close visit with exotic birds from the Arcadia Bird Sanctuary and Education Center. Sanctuary Director, Terri Jones, and her sociable, people-friendly birds can be found every Tuesday this summer, weather permitting. Stop by to watch, ask questions, interact with the birds, or just take pictures.
   
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11:30 am
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Jazz | Jazz in the Square


Grab your lunch or your laptop and meet in the park for a great afternoon of music!
   
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12:00 pm
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Fair | Street Fair


   
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12:00 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.
   
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12:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | 3 Cave Canem poets read their work


With: Erica Campbell, Reginald Harris and Sharon Dennis Wyeth.
   
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12:30 pm
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Jazz | Daryl Sherman, Jazz/Cabaret Singer & Pianist


Equally at home in the world of jazz and cabaret, singer/pianist Daryl Sherman is internationally acclaimed for a steller 14-year run at the Waldorf-Astoria where she played Cole Porter's Steinway. Sherman has performed at the Algonquin Hotel Oak Room, being touted "someone who fits the room like Derek Jeter fits the Yankees" (Village Voice). She also performed at Feinstein's, Rose Hall with Wynton Marsali and the Licoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Dizzy's Coca Cola and 59E59, where she's been lauded for her band singer role in a centennial tribute to Artie Shaw. She was presented the 2010 MAC Award "Best Major Recording" for her Johnny Merer Centennial CD, which was used in a Mercer documentary produced by Clint Eastwood. A frequent guest and guest host on Marian McPartland's NPR Piano Jazz. Last spring her annual UK tour included Pizza Express Jazz Club in London, plus Jazz festivals and Arts Centers in Norwich, Wales, and Holland. Jonathan Schwartz has commented on Sirus/XM Satellite Radio, "the wonderful singer/pianist Daryl Sherman travels the world with our music. She is indispensable."
   
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12:30 pm
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Workshop | Fitness Walk NYC


A free fitness walk led by experienced instructors.
   
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Patrick Farrell, Accordionist


Enjoy a taste of Paris in the park at lunchtime with musette style accordion music.
   
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Piano works by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and more


Program: CPE BACH Fantasia in F-sharp Minor, Wq. 67 BEETHOVEN Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1 RACHMANINOFF Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 33, No. 6 CHOPIN Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 LISZT Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi una Sonata
   
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.
   
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1:00 pm
$6

Gallery Talk | Closer-Look Tour: Quilts


Tour Super Stars: Quilts from the American Folk Art Museum and the 9/11 National Tribute Quilt with curator emerita Lee Kogan.
   
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1:00 pm
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Screening | Daily Screenings: Mother Earth in Crisis | Elders’ Wisdom


With: Elderly Words: Who’s Threatening the Water?, Elderly Words: How Did We Do Elderly Words? and Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers. Starts at 1pm and 3pm.
   
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Global Business News & More Using Factiva


Search 9,000 publications 118 countries in 22 languages. Explore Factiva's worldwide content. Seating is limited and is on a first come, first seated basis.
   
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1:15 pm
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Talk | Beading Octopus Bag Making Demonstration


With Cody Harjo. Visitors are invited to interact by observing, listening and asking questions during this beading demonstration.
   
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | MS Word 1 Workshop


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn the basic features of Microsoft Word 2003, a word processing program you can use to create documents. Topics include entering and editing text, saving files, and formatting.
   
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Bellydance & Pilates Workshop


Strengthen your abs through the ancient art of Bellydance while also improving core stability, balance and alignment with Pilates.
   
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Jump-Starting Your Job Search For Fall


Summer is drawing to a close. Fun in the sun has been relaxing and now it is time to think once again about your future and your career. There are possibly a number of things you would be happy to be doing and any number of things you could think about to do. Join career coach Win Sheffield to learn how to build momentum and establish next steps for that important and often neglected element of your life, your future. He will look at assessing where you are in your planning and steps for moving ahead, taking advantage of those things you have at hand and pursuing the easiest ways forward. Seating is on a first come, first seated basis unless otherwise noted.
   
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6:00 pm
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Book Signing | Perez Hilton discusses his kids book The Boy with the Pink Hair


The celebrity blogger talks about his new book about a very special young boy who overcomes the challenges posed by his unique appearance.
   
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6:00 pm
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Jazz | Talisman, Jazz Group


Settle into the evening with a little jazz music. 'wichcraft hosts their favorite local group, Brooklyn's Talisman.
   
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | 200th Anniversary of Heinrich von Kleist’s Death


To this day, German poet and playwright Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) continues to inspire contemporary German culture. Influential theater critic and scholar Bernd Sucher explores the classic poet’s continuing impact on German theater.
   
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Nonfiction Forum: Sara Marcus


Sara Marcus is a writer and musician. Her book Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution was published in 2010. Marcus’ prose and poetry have appeared in publications including Slate, Salon, Artforum, Bookforum, San Francisco Chronicle, Death, and EOAGH. Moderated by Robert Polito, director of the School of Writing.
   
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6:30 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: The Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare


The Instant Shakespeare Company presents Shakespeare's comedy of Falstaff in love. The play was supposedly written at the request of Queen Elizabeth I.
   
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6:30 pm
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Talk | World Trade Center: The Story from Fresh Kills


With Martin Bellew. From the start of the city's response to the World Trade Center attacks, the Department of Sanitation was a key agency in transporting the wreckage, working with federal, state, and other city agencies to coordinate the search and investigation effort, and in finding the right place for Trade Center material when the search and investigation were completed. This talk focuses on the work of the DSNY in those months immediately after September 11, 2001. It is illustrated with images that document the process as it evolved from Ground Zero to the Fresh Kills landfill during the ten months following the attacks.
   
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Book Launch: Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station


Ben Lerner is the author of three books of poetry, The Lichtenberg Figures, Angle of Yaw, and Mean Free Path. Lerner has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the Northern California Book Award, a Fulbright Scholar in Spain, and the recipient of a 2010-2011 Howard Foundation Fellowship. In 2011 he became the first American to win the Preis der Stadt Münster für Internationale Poesie. He teaches in the writing program at Brooklyn College. Leaving the Atocha Station is his first novel.
   
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Screening | Czech Comedy: Václav Vorlíček's Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)


In this trippy but charming comedy, a well-respected scientist creates a formula that can remove elements from dreams. But, what she doesn't know is that these dream images can manifest themselves in the real world. When she injects her husband with the formula, his dreams of Jessie—the blonde, voluptuous heroine of the comic strip "Who Wants to Kill Jessie?"—come crashing into their lives. Following closely behind are the two men chasing her—a muscle-bound superhero and a gun-toting cowboy. The trio not only causes serious damage around Prague, but they still talk in comic-strip word balloons, which get in everyone’s way. 81 min. In Czech with English subtitles.
   
7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Edward Girardet discusses his book Killing the Cranes: A Reporter's Journey Through Three Decades of War in Afghanistan


Mark Crispin Miller hosts. Leading international journalist Edward Girardet has been a witness to more than three decades of upheaval in Afghanistan. He recollects the events he has seen unfold in Afghanistan-beginning with the Red Army occupation in 1979, the collapse of the communist regime, the bitter Battle for Kabul in the mid-1990s, the Taliban takeover, and the post-9/11 US invasion.
   
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction To Meditation


With Miles Neale.
   
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Screening | Korean Film: Yoon Sung-Hyun 's Bleak Night (2011)


Leaping back and forth through time, the movie follows a grieving father as he tries to solve the mystery of his teenaged son’s suicide. Suffused with sadness, it’s one of the toughest movies about high school friendship ever made. 117 min.
   
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7:00 pm
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Dance Lesson | Liberated Movement Dance Class


Whether dance is your passion or something you always wanted to try, a space exists where any person on any level can bust out some polished moves, learn for the first time, or improve in whatever style someone will teach. Come dance. Just bring an open heart. It's all you need. Various styles and levels.
   
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested donation

Discussion | Perspectives on 9/11


Public radio's Krista Tippett in conversation with Hendrik Hertzberg, Pankaj Mishra, and Serene Jones, who offer diverse perspectives on what 9/11 meant, how it changed us, and who we want to be for the next decade.
   
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Student Graduation Comedy Show


Tonight, brilliant students take the stage. The legends of tomorrow show you they're actually the stars of today.
   
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7:00 pm
$5

Performance | Two Yanks and an Aussie present: The 1-2-3 Show


Two Yanks and an Aussie are back again and they're bringing a host of awesome and talented guests to rock at their next 1-2-3 show. "What is The 1-2-3 Show?" you ask. Well, it's a live show in which the stakes get raised with each set. 1- A Stand-up Comedian! 2 -A Two-Prov Team! 3- The Three-man glory of Two Yanks and an Aussie plus a guest.
   
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9:30 pm
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Jazz | 5/5/5 After Hours Set


A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of Manhattan.
   
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11:00 pm
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Performance | Bring It! Comedy Show


Jay Welch hosts this stand up comedy open mic. Sign up and you can be a part of the show! Each week, Jay and his special guests will be joined by 10 additional acts whose names will be drawn from the golden bowl of destiny. Win "joke of the night" and you are guaranteed a slot on the following Tuesday. This show is free for all audiences.
   
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