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34 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, September 7, 2018

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free events nyc Carmen & Geoffrey (2006) - a documentary about two living legends in the world of American dance
free events nyc Caribbean Carnival
free events nyc Macbeth: Street Gang Twist on Shakespeare
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Concert | Alessia Cara: Canadian Pop Sensation


Canada's Alessia Cara is the popular singer behind such hits as "Growing Pains," "Here" and "Scars to ... more >> Your Beautiful." Attendees are advised to arrive early.
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7:00 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 ... 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 Fridays, September 7-28, 2018.
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8:30 am
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Conference | France as a Laboratory of Culture


9:15 AM: Welcome and Introduction 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Session A - Nicole Rudolph (Adelphi University): ... more >> ‘The Innovative State: Eco-Quartiers as French Laboratories of “Green Culture”’ - Zachary R. Hagins (University of Arkansas at Little Rock): ‘#ClichéContreCliché: Instagram and the Re-imagining of France’s Quartiers Populaires’ - Kathrin Yacavone (University of Nottingham): ‘Photography and Cultural Appropriation in France’ 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Coffee Break 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Session B - Seth Abdoul Compaoré (University of Missouri-Columbia): ‘A République séculaire, public pluriel: Abd al Malik rappe sa transnationalité et sa transmusicalité’ - Jean-Baptiste Claudine (CUNY): ‘Afrodescendants are Saying No to Schoelerism’ 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM: Lunch Break 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Session C - Ilyana Karthus (University of Missouri-Columbia): ‘Modernity, Cultural Transfer and the Politics of the Arts in Early Twentieth-Century France’ - Olivier Delers (University of Richmond): ‘Transnational and Transmedial Conversations in Paul Chan’s Sade for Sade’s Sake’ 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM: Coffee Break 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Session D - Joseph Pomp (Harvard University): ‘World Cinema and “Aide aux Cinémas du Monde”’ - Oona Panaite (Indiana University): ‘From “World Literature” to “Littératures-Mondes”: the Power of the Plural - Anne L. deSaussure (Bowdoin College): ‘Writing the (Mother)land: the Breton Origins of “Littérature-Monde”' 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM: Round Table and Conclusion
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9:15 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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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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Workshop | FDNY presents Fire Safety Education


The Fire Department of New York City has created a presentation aimed at the youngest of children to ... more >> teach them how to handle dangerous situations safely. Refreshments will be provided.
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11:00 am
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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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Jazz | 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 ... more >> finest, playing ragtime, stride, and jazz to your heart’s delight. Pianist Roy Eaton is a music veteran, having played Carnegie Hall in 1937.
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12:30 pm
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Film | A Wrinkle in Time (2018) with Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling


After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her ... more >> friend to space in order to find him. Director: Ava DuVernay. 109 min.
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1:00 pm
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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 ... more >> 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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Fencing Workshop


Learn the basics with masters from Manhattan Fencing Center. Must be 16 or older to participate.
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1:30 pm
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Screening | Carmen & Geoffrey (2006) - a documentary about two living legends in the world of American dance


Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder, two living legends in the world of American dance, are the subjects ... more >> of this intimate and revealing documentary. Filmed over several years in the United States, Trinidad, and Paris, this exquisite documentary features candid interviews and glorious dance performances, with legends like Alvin Ailey, Herbert Ross, Lester Horton, Joe Layton, Duke Ellington and Josephine Baker, demonstrating the amazing talent and uninterrupted creativity of these icons of dance. A Film by Linda Atkinson and Nick Doob. 140 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
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Film | Things to Come (1936): H.G. Wells' 20th Century


The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state ... more >> rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel. Director: William Cameron Menzies. Stars: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson. 98 Mins.
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2:00 pm
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Film | Unsane (2018): psychological horror film shot entirely on a smartphone


Still scarred from the trauma of being terrorized by a stalker, Sawyer Valentini receives treatments ... more >> at the Highland Creek Behavioral Center. However, shortly after she unwittingly commits herself to the mental institution and is unable to leave, she catches sight of a facility staffer who, she is convinced, is actually her stalker. But is he real or a product of her delusion? Director: Steven Soderbergh. Starring Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah. 98 min.
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Lantern-Building Workshops


This year Morningside Lights takes flight, joining with The Audubon Society to recognize 2018 as the ... more >> Year of the Bird. Make a lantern and march on Sep. 8th with in a magical procession of animated and illuminated birds, honoring the resilience and hope of populations on the move—avian and human.
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2:00 pm
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Film | Woody Allen's September (1987): based on Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya


Six upper middle class people spend a weekend at a farmhouse in Vermont, including one recovering from ... more >> a suicide attempt. Affairs and emotional revelation ensue. Starring: Mia Farrow, Elaine Stritch, Denholm Elliott, and Sam Waterston. 82 min.
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | Climate Change Is Here Now


Climate change is not an event in the distant future. It is upon us now. This summer saw wildfires burning ... more >> in the Arctic Circle, and unprecedented levels of heat that killed hundreds around the world. Last year brought a staggering $306 billion worth of damage from hurricanes, floods, and fires. What do the environmental humanities have to contribute to stem the quickening pace of climate disaster? What interventions in the field have been particularly crucial, and what issues need to be addressed going forward? Panelists: Ashley Dawson, CUNY Jaskiran Dhillon, The New School Catherine Engh, graduate student Karl Steel, Brooklyn College Kendra Sullivan, CUNY
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
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Concert | 3 Folk Music Acts


5:30 pm The Jayplayers -- Americana/roots rock 6:05 pm Caroline Cotter -- Folk/Americana singer/songwriter ... more >> 6:40 pm Those Sensible Shoes -- Acoustic indie folk duo
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Bingo in the Park


BYO food and beverages to this all ages, free to enter, B-I-N-G-O night. A mix of music plays as the ... more >> numbers roll out and each game winner receives a prize. Fridays, September 7-28, 2018.
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5:30 pm
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Party | #TotallyPublicKaraoke Night


Amaze the crowd when you rock the mic at #TotallyPublicKaraoke nights. Bring your friends, your voice, ... more >> and your courage. All ages! Please note: This is a popular event, so please note that sign-ups are required and close between 8:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. depending on attendance. You may not have a chance to sing. One song per person/group. They alternate young singers with adults in the lineup.
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6:00 pm
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Movie in a Park | Love Beats Rhymes (2017): The Poetry in Hip-Hop


When struggling rapper Coco enrolls in a poetry class, she thinks her rhymes will impress her teacher, ... more >> Professor Dixon. Instead, Dixon challenges Coco to seek real meaning in her lyrics, setting her on a journey of discovery that takes her through rap clubs and poetry slams, leading her to find her true voice - and true love. Director: RZA 106 min. Music begins at 6:00PM; film begins at 8:00PM or sundown.
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Richard Bernstein: Fame: New York's Celebrity Culture


“Cover Designed and Painted by Richard Bernstein” was written on the masthead of almost every issue ... more >> of Andy Warhol’s Interview from 1972 to 1989. Many people assumed that Interview’s distinctive covers were painted by Warhol himself. Warhol thought Bernstein could do it better and was quoted as saying that Richard Bernstein was “his favorite artist.” Bernstein designed and painted 189 covers during his seventeen years with Interview. His images helped to define the new uptown/downtown celebrity culture that characterized this dynamic period in New York’s history. The exhibition will feature sixty original cover paintings for Interview and a selection of Bernstein’s lesser-known early and later works.
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Tracing Obsolescence: Industrial Influence


This exhibition explores the material and psychic traces left by declining industrial-scale manufacturing ... more >> and extraction. Featuring work by: Tahir Karmali Sto Len Selasi Awusi Sosu Dana Whabira
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6:00 pm
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Festival | Caribbean Carnival


Celebrating 70+ years of Caribbean Culture and History with steel pan drummers, stilt walkers, mass camp, ... more >> and a curated selection of vendors ready to celebrate the culture and special traditions of the West Indies. Dhalimu from Dhali's Closet, will be the host for the night, along with DJ Don, DJ Hard Hittin Harry and DJ JP, and live performers will be there to bring down the house in this community celebration of Carnival. Come dressed and ready with flags to proudly represent your country! 21+
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Book Signing | Photographer Pixy Liao discusses her book Experimental Relationship Vol. 1


Experimental Relationship Vol. 1 is a collection of photos from Pixy’s long-term project “Experimental ... more >> Relationship”. The photo series explores the alternative dynamics of the artist’s longterm relationship with her partner Moro, who is 5 years younger. In this project, she investigates a set of alternative possibilities for power and authority within a relationship that differ from those that Pixy was exposed to as a woman brought up in Shanghai, China. The event includes a mini-concert by Pixy’s band PIMO, together with her muse Moro.
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6:00 pm
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Park Walk | A Walk Through Time: narratives on ethnicity, culture, physical abilities, and more


Artist / Historian Kamau Ware is best known for his storytelling project, Black Gotham Experience, that ... more >> celebrates the impact of the African Diaspora on New York City with walking tours, photography-based graphic novels, and signature events. This commissioned work will feature the personal narratives of seven New Yorkers whose routines around 7 o’clock will be chronicled with a portrait and oral history to be shared on a walking tour. The seven subjects will represent a variety of identities that represent a range of intersecting identities found in New York City including but not limited to ethnicity, culture, physical abilities, and sexual orientation.
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Consent on Campus: A Manifesto


Consent on Campus: A Manifesto by NYC sex and campus culture expert Donna Freitas is based on ten years ... more >> of research and discussions with college students. In the book, Freitas advocates that consent and consent culture should be imbedded within the classroom, and that campuses need to be transformed into places where consent is genuinely valued. She offers a blueprint for how universities can teach more effectively about consent and how to transform the discussion of consent within our society.
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7:00 pm
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Play | Macbeth: Street Gang Twist on Shakespeare


A Gangs of New York-styled Macbeth, set in the mid-1800s when early settlers fought for turf in the infamous ... more >> Five Points area.
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Artist and Photographer Talk


Artist and photographer John Edmonds and writer and editor Marjon Carlos will discuss Edmonds's most ... more >> recent series Tribe (2018). Their conversation will focus on race, representation, art history and pop culture.
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | The American Civil War in the History of Warfare


A talk by Ethan Rafuse of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point/U.S. Army Command and General Staff ... more >> College.
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7:00 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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Concert | Carnegie Hall Citywide: mix of hip-hop, Afro-beat dances and more


Spoken poetry, hip-hop, a hard-driving band, and Afrobeat dancers make each of Ayoinmotion’s shows ... more >> an invigorating experience. Essence magazine has called the Nigeria-born performer “one to watch on the Afrobeat scene.” He has made his name on the circuit opening for such superstars as Wande Coal and Talib Kweli, electrifying audiences at the Apollo Theater, and performing on the same bill as Gyptian at South by Southwest.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Play | The Gospel at Colonus: A Groundbreaking Retelling of Sophocles’s Classic


With book, original lyrics, and direction by Lee Breuer and original music, adapted lyrics, and music ... more >> direction by Bob Telson, the iconic musical returns to New York City for the first time since 2004 to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the original production at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and to honor visionary director Lee Breuer for his lifetime of excellence and historic collaboration with The Public Theater. September 4-9, 2018.
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Play | The Revolving Cycles Truly and Steadily Roll'd Searching for a Lost Brother


Karma's foster brother, Terrell, has gone missing, and she's trying to find him amidst the inner city ... more >> chaos that is The Oblong – but his teacher can't remember his name, his foster mom is still cashing his reimbursement checks, and his ex is glad he's gone. Where's the police, where are the reporters? Karma seems to be the only one who cares, but the more she looks, the more she realizes that in The Oblong, caring only means trouble. Written by Jonathan Payne. Recommended for ages 14 and up. This piece contains violence and strong language. September 7-12, 2018.
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8:00 pm
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