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45 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, September 8, 2018

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Workshop | Morning Fitness


One hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises. For a breath of fresh air, take your workouts ... more >> outdoors. Parks are becoming a logical alternative environment for those who want to add variety to their workouts, or who just don't like the gym. And, it's an affordable way to increase physical activity opportunities, because there's nothing special to build. Exercise with a view, in natural sunlight, with green scenery all around bestows health benefits that can’t be found indoors. Scientific studies have shown that the pleasure of being outdoors for example gives your brain, psyche, and immune system an extra boost. Led by trained professionals, and suitable for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water. Every Saturday.
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8:30 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 ... 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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Workshop | Drawing in the Park


Paint in watercolor, or use pastels, chalk, and charcoal to capture the magical vistas of the Hudson ... more >> River and the unique landscape. An artist/educator will help participants of all levels with instruction and critique. Art materials provided. Please note that this program is for adult participants (age 18 and up). Saturdays, September 8-29, 2018.
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10:00 am
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Dance Lesson | Moves with Limón Dance


Experience the joy of movement and dance. Led by dancers from the world-renowned Limón Dance Company, ... more >> this modern dance class is now in its seventh year. Open to all levels and ages. Saturdays, June 23-September 8, 2018.
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers


Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky. Guided 75-minute walking tours led by knowledgeable ... more >> volunteer guides will offer you an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape. Tuesdays and Saturdays, June 23 -September 29, 2018.
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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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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 | Yoga Flow Workshop


Want to flow through your chaturanga with views of NYC's future mega-neighborhood? From May through September, ... more >> this yoga session will happen every Saturday morning. Mats and blocks for the first 20 participants.
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Day of Mindfulness


Experiencing Life in the Now. This will be a day to drop your worries and enjoy the present. There will ... more >> be lots of guidance and each segment of the day will be short enough so that beginners can feel comfortable, and long enough for experienced meditators to enjoy it. The program includes sitting and walking meditation, meditation on the breath, the body, thoughts and feelings, some poetry for inspiration, loving-kindness meditation, and some gentle stretching. There will be an overall practice of learning to stay with our experience, joyfully. No need for special clothing. Chair provided.
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10:15 am
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Workshop | Butt and Gut Workshop


Veteran Donald Calliste leads you to tone and define your core, lower back, and glutes with cardio exercises ... more >> that keep your heart rate up and fat burning. Please bring a mat.
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10:30 am
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Book Club | Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook


Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black ... more >> cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. In a red one, she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In a yellow one, she writes a novel in which the heroine relives part of her own experience. And in a blue one, she keeps a personal diary. Finally, in love with an American writer and threatened with insanity, Anna resolves to bring the threads of all four books together in a golden notebook. Doris Lessing (1919-2013) was a British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer. Her best-known and most influential novel, The Golden Notebook, retains its extraordinary power and relevance decades after its initial publication. She was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. Please read the book before arriving at the book discussion.
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10:30 am
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Symposium | Taíno: A Symposium in Conversation with the Movement


A symposium to celebrate the exhibition Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean. Experts ... more >> representing Indigenous studies, genetic science, anthropology, linguistics, and other academic disciplines will explore exhibition themes in dialogue with Taíno/Indigenous Caribbean community leaders and cultural workers. The symposium will explore the history of the Taíno movement, particularly through the experiences and perspectives of its participants.
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10:45 am
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Birdwatching | Hummingbird Hootenanny


Kick off the fall season with a celebration of our small but mighty friend, the hummingbird. This will ... more >> be a day of feathered frenzy featuring a hummingbird watch zone, a bird-watching and nature walk, and a live performance and hum-along with bluegrass band Astrograss. Make bird wings and masks and help weave a human-sized hummingbird nest! 11:00am: Art Projects 11:30am: Bird-watching/Nature walk 12:00pm: Family Concert featuring Astrograss
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Shape Up NYC Zumba


It's Shape Up NYC's fun Zumba class! Colorful outfits are encouraged! Zumba is a fusion of Latin, International, ... more >> and popular music dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting, and effective fitness system! The routines feature aerobic, fitness interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body with easy-to-follow dance steps.
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11:00 am
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Book Club | Ausma Zehanat Khan's The Language of Secrets


Detective Esa Khattak heads up Canada's Community Policing Section, which handles minority-sensitive ... more >> cases across all levels of law enforcement. Khattak is still under scrutiny for his last case, so he's surprised when INSET, Canada's federal intelligence agency, calls him in on another potentially hot button issue. For months, INSET has been investigating a local terrorist cell which is planning an attack on New Year's Day. INSET had an informant, Mohsin Dar, undercover inside the cell. But now, just weeks before the attack, Mohsin has been murdered at the group's training camp deep in the woods.. Ausma Zehanat Khan is a Canadian novelist and author of crime and fantasy novels. According to the Washington Post, “Throughout Getty and Khattak’s solid and comprehensive investigation, Khan’s talents are evident. This first in what may become a series is a many-faceted gem. It’s a sound police procedural, a somber study of loss and redemption and, most of all, a grim effort to make sure that crimes against humanity are not forgotten.” Please read the book before arriving at the book discussion.
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11:30 am
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City Walk | Greenwich Village Walking Tour


Steeped in artistic, political and progressively social history, Greenwich Village today remains a cultural ... more >> melting pot. The ‘Village’ has been, and remains a bohemian capitol, a center of the modern LGBT movement and one of the birthplaces of the ‘Beat’ and 60’s counter culture movements. Alongside historic landmarks the tours visit the Villages’ modern day institutions, observing where the places todays Villagers’ work, live and play, and where they maintain the sense of the unique, bizarre and beautiful bohemia we call Greenwich Village. This event takes place every Saturday from June 2 to September 29.
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11:30 am
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Fair | Famous Yearly Outdoor Art Exhibit


Enjoy looking at (and maybe buying some) oil paintings, pastels, watercolors, mixed media, graphics, ... more >> photography, sculpture, and crafts including fabric, jewelry, glass, wood, and ceramics. This event takes place Sat, September 1st Sun, September 2nd Mon, September 3rd Sat, September 8th Sun., September 9th
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Intro to Film Exhibition


This unique hands-on workshop will guide participants through the art and craft of 16mm and 35mm celluloid ... more >> film exhibition, from preparing the film reels for projection to creating an exciting, professional presentation for the audience.
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12:00 pm
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Fair | Outdoor Art Exhibit


The exhibit consists of oils, pastels, watercolors, mixed media, graphics, photography, sculpture, and ... more >> crafts including fabric, jewelry, glass, wood, and ceramics. This event takes place September 2, 3, and 4, and Sept. 9 and 10, 2017.
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Writers discuss their work


Supportive gatherings where creative people meet, read their work, discuss craft, talk about how to improve ... more >> and how to achieve their goals as writers.
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12:00 pm
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Film | Labor Day (2013) with Kate Winslet: Misunderstood Fugitive


Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town ... more >> for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited. Director: Jason Reitman. 111 min.
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Maren Hassinger: Monuments: Site-Specific Sculptures


Maren Hassinger: Monuments will consist of eight site-specific sculptures installed for approximately ... more >> one year. Hassinger, who has been associated with the Studio Museum since 1984, is a Harlem-based multidisciplinary artist whose work, spanning performance, installation, sculpture, and video, are often meditations on nature and community. Hassinger will use branches to create forms that respond to aspects of the park’s landscape—an outcropping of rock, a triangle near flower beds, an oval near the pool.
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Writer's Circle


Join a group of individuals with an interest in writing who are willing to share ideas and techniques. ... more >> All genres and styles encouraged. Everyone is welcome in this friendly and supportive atmosphere. This workshop takes place every second and fourth Saturday of each month.
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1:00 pm
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Film | Election (2005): a Hong Kong crime film


Every two years the senior members of the Wo Shing Triad, the oldest gang in Hong Kong, elect an up-and-coming ... more >> younger boss as their chairman. The two candidates they are voting on couldn't be farther apart in personality; Lok is a levelheaded businessman and Big D is a loud, obnoxious, violent criminal. When the voting does not go how some people would have liked, lines are divided and a gang war begins to form. Directed by Johnnie To. 101 min.
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2:00 pm
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Musical | Shame or the Doomsday Machine: An Operetta for the Street -- Outdoors


Book, lyrics and direction by Crystal Field. Music composed and arranged by Joseph Vernon Banks.
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2:00 pm
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Film | Stronger (2017): Marathon Bombing Survivor


The inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and ... more >> the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Director: David Gordon Green. Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson. 119 min.
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2:00 pm
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Film | The Garden Party (1973): post-World War II


This adaptation of the Mansfield story is transferred from post-World War I England to post-World War ... more >> II New England. Elaborate preparations are made for an afternoon garden party when word comes that a neighboring farmer has been killed in an accident. The shy, adolescent girl wants to cancel the party but her mother refuses. Bringing a basket of food to the widow, the girl is taken up to see the deceased man and makes her first acquaintance with death. Director: Jack Sholder. Stars: Mark Daniels, Maia Danziger, Jessica Harper.
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Colormania Club


If you're an adult looking for a fresh, new activity that will help bring stress relief to your busy ... more >> life, try the new coloring club. Sitting down to color a picture can be effective as meditation in reducing stress. Materials will be provided.
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Creative Writing Class


Attendees will discover the value of their own stories. Registration is required. Participants are ... more >> requested to commit to attending all sessions if possible. Upcoming date: 09/15.
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Freelance Writing Business


Topics to be discussed: What types of writing work is out there? Which is most profitable? Why ... more >> now is the best time to be a freelance writer Step-by-step of how to land your first freelance writing client, even if you’ve got zero experience or published work Understand which marketing tactics will help you build a full-time income from your writing Be an entrepreneur first, and a writer second - learn to find and CLOSE the clients you want Learn which skills are valued most by businesses and will help you earn in the top 10% of freelance writers
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2:00 pm
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Film | Oscar winning They Shoot Horses Don't They (1968): Depression-era dance marathon


The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon. Director: ... more >> Sydney Pollack. Stars Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York. 120 min.
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2:00 pm
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Open Mic | Poetry, short stories, songs and more


An evening of poetry, short stories, and songs in an Open Mic-setting.
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour


An introduction to some of the southern Park highlights, including Grand Army Plaza, the Pond, Gapstow ... more >> Bridge, Wollman Rink, Chess and Checkers House, and the Dairy.
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2:00 pm
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City Walk | Stories from Little Italy


Between 1880-1924, over 4 million Italians immigrated to the United States. Many settled in the neighborhood ... more >> in downtown Manhattan, where Italian-Americans began to establish a unique culture that mixed the traditions of the old country with the ebbs and flows of their new home. This two hour walking tour visits the churches, restaurants, and infamous locales that have made Little Italy one of America's most enduring and celebrated neighborhoods.
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Lecture | Time Management: Practical Strategies that Can Change Your Life


Want to reduce stress, accomplish more in less time and enjoy greater freedom to do the things you love? ... more >> Do you want a greater feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment in your daily life? You are not alone! Speaker, trainer, and certified professional coach, Barbara Phillips, will share practical strategies that have the power to change your life! You will learn: • How to focus your time on your priorities • When multi-tasking is helpful or harmful • Secrets to overcoming procrastination • Tips for managing distractions, interruptions and time wasters • Simple strategies and tools for gaining greater control over how you manage and use your time
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2:00 pm
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Film | Grandma's Boy (1922): a family comedy with Harold Lloyd


The grandma's boy is a timid coward who cannot muster courage to woo his girl and is afraid of his rival. ... more >> His loving grandma gives him a magic charm from the Civil War that had been used by his grandfather, which gives him the courage to capture a town criminal and win the girl. The "magic charm" turns out to be the handle of her umbrella and his grandma was pretending it was magical all along. Director: Fred C. Newmeyer. 60 min.
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2:30 pm
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Classical Music | Concert at the coolest classical music concerts location in NYC


Classical music on a boat with an intimate and romantic setting and beautiful view of New York City. ... more >> Followed by a Q & A session with the musicians. Program and musicians TBA. Doors open at 3:45 pm.
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Painting on Movies: Recreation of Film Moments


An unprecedented solo exhibition for Hong Kong-based artist Chow Chun Fai will feature 21 works. Fai ... more >> perfectly recreates scenes from notable international films and paints English translations as subtitles. Each piece has a unique Hong Kong viewpoint which reveals the continued dilemmas that Hong Kong people face in regard to their identity. Fai’s works exhibit the local culture of Hong Kong, and more specifically the heightened social tensions caused by the socio-political turmoil dating back to 1997.
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Chamber of the Lost Sea: Hidden Histories


The Lost Sea is the largest underground lake in the U.S. It is located in a complex system of caves named ... more >> Craighead Caverns at the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. Over time, the small cave entrance to the lake was hidden due to rising water, and later it was re-discovered by different people with various motives. Their histories and intentions are little known and largely whitewashed. What is known is that certain chambers were used by generations of Native people. White settlers began using the temperate caves for food storage around 1820. Confederate soldiers mined the caves for saltpeter which was used for ammunition, and they left their grafiti charred into the ceiling. In 1915, a dancehall floor was installed in a large chamber, positioned alongside cockfights and gambling. Bootleggers operated stills of moonshine. In 1927, electric lights were established to showcase the prowess of the new Tennessee Power Co. By 1965, the Lost Sea was opened as a tourist attraction by a group of stockholders. The title of a new body of work by Corinne Jones references the underground lake as an allegorical repository of hidden histories with which our country has yet to reckon.
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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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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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Author Reading | Revolting New York: How 400 Years of Riot, Rebellion, Uprising, and Revolution Shaped a City


Occupy Wall Street did not come from nowhere. It was part of a long history of riot, revolt, uprising, ... more >> and sometimes even revolution that has shaped New York City. From the earliest European colonization to the present, New Yorkers have been revolting. Hard hitting, revealing, and insightful, Don Mitchell's Revolting New York tells the story of New York’s evolution through revolution, a story of near-continuous popular (and sometimes not-so-popular) uprising.
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7:00 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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Festival | Morningside Lights Procession


March in a magical procession of animated and illuminated birds, honoring the resilience and hope of ... more >> populations on the move—avian and human.
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