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63 free events take place on Wednesday, September 11 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!

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Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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63 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, September 11, 2019

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free events nyc 9/11 Table of Silence Project: 150+ Dancers in a Performance Ritual for Peace
free events nyc Bach at Noon
free events nyc Don McCullin: One of the World's Most Celebrated Photojournalists
free events nyc Countering Al Qaeda and ISIS 18 Years After 9/11
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Workshop | Boot Camp


The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness group, hosts a Boot Camp. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back, and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high fives encouraged. Rain or shine. Every Wednesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 am
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Workshop | Sunrise Tai Chi


Start your day out right; come enjoy Sunrise Tai Chi classes with certified Tai Chi Instructor Robert Martinez. These classes are suitable for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water. Wednesdays, June 5-September 11, 2019
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 am
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Dance Performance | 9/11 Table of Silence Project: 150+ Dancers in a Performance Ritual for Peace


The ninth presentation of the performance ritual for peace. This a public tribute to 9/11 and prayer for peace, conceived and choreographed by Artistic Director Jacqulyn Buglisi. The performance ritual takes place beginning at 8:15 AM and concluding at 8:46 AM, the tragic moment when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower. Famed dramatic dancer Terese Capucilli, a longtime collaborator with Buglisi since their time as principal dancers with the Martha Graham Dance Company, leads the performance as the Bellmaster. Capucilli has performed in the work since its premiere, bringing her powerful, indominable spirit to the work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:15 am
Free

Workshop | Sacred Sounds Yoga


Get your yoga on in the park this summer and fall with Sacred Sounds Yoga. Breathe, move, and stretch. Please bring your own yoga mat.   Wednesdays and Thursdays, June 6-September 19, 2019
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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 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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Discussion | How To Write A Powerful Cover Letter


In this group session, Renee Rosenberg discusses the latest advice in resume writing: the best formats, the pros and cons of sending resumes , and creating accomplishment statements that are memorable and meaningful. Learn how to write a powerful cover letter. Career coach Renee Lee Rosenberg has been a certified Clinical Career Counselor for over 25 years helping individuals on all levels to achieve a successful job search and a satisfying career transition and change. She is a New York State Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and the author of Achieving the Good Life After 50: Tools and Resources for Making it Happen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Gallery Talk | T. C. Cannon: At the Edge of America: Exhibition Tour


A 45-minute tour. One of the most influential, innovative and talented Native American artists of the 20th century, T.C. Cannon embodied the activism, cultural transition and creative expression that defined America in the 1960s and 1970s. Learn how Cannon interrogated American history and popular culture through his Native lens and exercised a rigorous mastery of Western art historical tropes while creating an entirely fresh visual vocabulary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Elements of Nature Drawing


Get inspired by the beautiful expanse of the Hudson River and New York Harbor and by the verdant park, with its very special Hot and Cool gardens; each flower-filled and colorful throughout the season. All art materials are provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Film | Because of Him (1946): Romantic Comedy With Charles Laughton


A young woman who wants to break into the theater schemes to become the protege of a famous Broadway star. 88 min. Director: Richard Wallace. Starring Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone. 
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11:15 am
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Film | Black Panther (2018): Three Time Oscar Winning Superhero


T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past. 134 min. Director: Ryan Coogler. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o.  Black Panther got seven nominations at the 91st Academy Awards including Best Picture, with wins for Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design. Black Panther is the first superhero film ever to receive a Best Picture nomination, as well as the first film in the MCU to win an Academy Award.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Lesson | Braille Study Group


Join staff, peers and volunteers who can help you with your braille study plan and assignments and recommend strategies for taking your braille proficiency to the next level. Braille games and activities will help you put your skills into practice. This study group welcomes blind and sighted learners alike. Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired. It is traditionally written with embossed paper. Braille users can read computer screens and other electronic supports using refreshable braille displays. They can write braille with the original slate and stylus or type it on a braille writer, such as a portable braille notetaker or computer that prints with a braille embosser.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Workshop | Guided Falun Dafa Meditation Class


Stress relief, gain wisdom and work toward enlightenment
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | Carl von Clausewitz and Contemporary International Relations Theory


In his writings on the topic of war, Carl von Clausewitz masterfully combined practical insight with theoretical reflection. His analysis of the intimate relationship between war and politics had and still has a profound impact on military practice and on political science scholarship alike. It is thus surprising that when scholars in the political science subfield of International Relations recently turned to political practices as an object of study, they simply ignored the Prussian General. In his presentation, Tobias Wille will argue that they did so to their own detriment. As he will demonstrate, Clausewitz’ writings on war offer valuable insights into the practices of international relations. To clarify what Clausewitz can contribute to the so-called “practice turn in IR,” Wille will offer an interpretation of his theory of war as a theory of practice. He will then illustrate the analytical potential of such a theory of practice through a discussion of what Clausewitzians have written about the Vietnam War. Wille will conclude by arguing that Clausewitz can help connect the practice turn in IR, which in its current form largely builds on constructivist theorizing, to the realist tradition of international thought.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:10 pm
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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 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:20 pm
Free

Concert | 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 finest, playing ragtime, stride, and jazz to your heart’s delight. With: Kuni Mikami, 12 Years with Lionel Hampton’s Big Band
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations: Exhibition Tour


A 45-minute tour of some 700 works of Native art from throughout North, Central and South America demonstrates the breadth of the museum's renowned collection and highlights the importance of many of these iconic objects.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Battery Park City Adult Chorus


Directed by Church Street School for Music and Art, the BPC Chorus is open to all adults who love to sing. Learn a mix of contemporary and classic songs, and perform at community events throughout the year. Wednesdays, September 6-November 6, 2019
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Lesson | Chess For Adults


Come learn to play or demonstrate your prowess!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Midday Jazz: Performance By Jazz Trio


Valerie Capers with John Robinson & Doug Richardson. Becoming the first blind graduate of Julliard School of Music, pianist, vocalist and composer Valerie Capers did work with Ray Brown, Slide Hampton, James Moody, Max Roach, and Dizzy Gillespie.  Miss Capers’ cantata, with its genuine jazz roots, is broadly in the vein of Duke Ellington’s sacred concerts. But while Mr. Ellington worked out of his own personal style, miss capers has found her sources in the entire spectrum of jazz and has used them very perceptively as part of a continuity rather than the miscellany of the Ellington concerts. ~John S. Wilson, The New York Times
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Opera | Pop-Up Opera


A live performance of favorite opera excerpts by NYC’s most exciting young company. New Camerata Opera’s principal soloists will offer serenades of some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever written, including works by Verdi, Puccini and Mozart. The singers will be accompanied by live piano, as pedestrians and fans of opera alike enjoy a glorious Manhattan evening!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Imitation of Life (1934): Oscar-Nominated Drama with Claudette Colbert


A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper; the two women start a successful business but face identity and racial issues. Directed by John M. Stahl Stars: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson 106 minutes
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2:00 pm
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Film | My Man Godfrey (1936): Six Time Oscar Nominated Comedy


A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler...but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye. 94 min. Director: Gregory La Cava. Starring William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady.  In 1999, the original version of My Man Godfrey was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. My Man Godfrey was nominated for six Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Writing, Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Figure Al Fresco Outdoor Drawing Class


Challenge your artistic skills by drawing the human figure. Each week a model will strike both long and short poses for participants to draw. Artists/educators will offer constructive suggestions and critique.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | In the Historical Present: Exhibition Tour


Curators Macushla Robinson and Anna Harsanyi lead a tour of the exhibition and conversation about the artworks and archival materials.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Author Reading | Global Governance and Local Peace: Accountability and Performance in International Peacebuilding


Author Susanna Campbell’s research and teaching address war-to-peace transitions, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, international development and humanitarian aid, global governance, IO and INGO behavior, and the micro-dynamics of civil war and peace. She uses mixed-method research designs and has conducted extensive fieldwork in conflict-affected countries, including Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nepal, Sudan, South Sudan, and East Timor. She has received several large grants for her research, including from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Network for International Studies, as well as a United States Institute of Peace Dissertation Fellowship.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:10 pm
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Lesson | Writing Life Stories: September 11th


Experienced writer and lecturer Barbara Field will lead this special 911 class is for non-writers and those beginning their memoir journey. You will be guided by an experienced instructor, write and voluntarily share your story with a supportive group. Those affected by September 11th, first responders, and families and friends are especially welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Nineteen Nineties / Love & Fear


Featuring: Nicole Eisenman: Nineteen Nineties Antone Könst: Love & Fear
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | American Monuments: Deep into the National Wilderness


A master of bold, sensual color, David Benjamin Sherry ventures deep into the American wilderness and reimagines the surfaces of nature. Forming a brilliant spectrum from glowing red to radiant yellow and lush turquoise, his photographs engage questions of territoriality, land-use, ownership and preservation.  writers, activists and
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Opening Reception | CA → NY: Post-War Migration of Abstract Expressionists


A group exhibition of select Bay Area and Los Angeles artists who followed the surge of Abstract Expressionists across the country in the 1950s to participate in the flourishing sister movement: the New York School of Abstract Expressionism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Signing | Cop: NYPD Photos After 9/11


Christopher Anderson began photographing New York City cops in the wake of 9/11, as the visual landscape of the city he called home began to change. Bomb blast barriers went up, cops carrying larger guns seemed to be everywhere, and whilst the increased presence of security was designed, in part, to make New Yorkers feel safe, it reminded Anderson that something was deeply wrong. Then, in the wake of Occupy Wall Street, the death of Eric Garner and the election of Trump, Anderson found himself making photographs of cops on the streets of New York City once again, as a form of unconscious protest on a larger sense of authority. On assessing the images he was making, Anderson began to see them as something entirely different than a protest or commentary on power - there was almost a sentimentality. This series of photographs, made with a long lens on the streets of New York, is reproduced in rich saturated color and interspersed with black-and-white images that have been printed, distressed, and re-photographed.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Don McCullin: One of the World's Most Celebrated Photojournalists


A career-spanning exhibition of work by Don McCullin, one of the world's most celebrated photojournalists. Following his recent retrospective at Tate Britain, forty photographs from McCullin's six-decade career will be on view, marking his first solo exhibition in New York since 2001. McCullin's iconic photographs from Vietnam, Northern Ireland, Syria, and many other sites of conflict are recognized for their brutal honesty, compassion, and their mastery of light and composition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Ed Ruscha: Six Decades of Printmaking


Born in 1937 in Omaha, Nebraska, Ed Ruscha grew up in Oklahoma City before moving to Los Angeles in 1956 to study art at the Chouinard Institute (now known as CALARTS). Upon graduating in 1960, Ruscha attracted notice as part of the Pop art movement but with a sensibility altogether his own. His work for ad agencies, honed his skills in design and layout, which became integral to his oeuvre across all media. Ruscha looked to tropes of advertising and brought words to the forefront of his paintings. In speaking about his renowned use of words, Ruscha said, “I like the idea of a word becoming a picture, almost leaving its body, then coming back and becoming a word again.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Gus Van Sant: Recent Paintings, Hollywood Boulevard


An exhibition of new works by Los Angeles-based artist and auteur Gus Van Sant (b. 1952, Louisville, Kentucky). On view will be a series of large-scale watercolors on stretched linen that collapse dreamlike impressions of urban Los Angeles with speci c narratives inspired by the people and events Van Sant has observed since establishing his home in the city in the 1970s.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | If You Leave Me: Acclaimed Fiction


Crystal Hana Kim’s debut novel If You Leave Me was named a best book of 2018 by The Washington Post, ALA Booklist, Literary Hub, Cosmopolitan, and others. It was also longlisted for the Center for Fiction Novel Prize. Kim was a 2017 PEN America Dau Short Story Prize winner and has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Hedgebrook, and Jentel, among others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Jean-Pierre Sudre: Vintage Photographic Work from the 1960s-1970s


A masterful technician in the darkroom, Jean-Pierre Sudre was enamored by the wonders of nature and the possibilities of photography. In the late 1950s his began to employ and create innovative techniques to amplify the abstract and visualize the building blocks of nature. This exhibition features these abstractions which exemplify his wonderment as well as his spiritual and metaphysical concerns.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Lamentable tierra / Sorrow Land: Mexico’s Forgotten Landscapes


This exhibition exposes both Mexico’s forgotten rural and tumultuous suburban landscapes through the lenses of three contemporary Mexican artists, Clemente Castor, Carlos Iván Hernández, and Federico Martínez. Organized in part by Joaquín Trujillo – who recalls working the land in Zacatecas as a child before migrating to Los Angeles – and in partnership with SOMA Mexico City and the Celebrate Mexico Now Festival, it explores the aesthetic aftermath of the neoliberal takeover and the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which caused a mass migration of people from Mexico to the United States.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | The Object as Evidence: An Intimate Portrait of Three-Dimensional Art


Traditionally, sculpture has relied on a special kind of witnessing to establish its truth; you must move around the piece in order to grasp its agency and materiality. The Object as Evidence attempts to challenge some of the limitations of sculpture while imagining new ways to trace the truth of objects. Michael A. Robinson reveals an intimate portrait of three-dimensional art and an example of “investigative aesthetics.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Career Management For Introverts


Do you feel you shouldn’t have to sell yourself?  Are you uncomfortable around people who are talking about their accomplishments?  Do you find yourself looking for ways to get out of conversations rather than into them?  Perhaps instead you find yourself coming up with the answer while the person you are listening to goes on and on or maybe you like to take time to consider your answers.  If you have had any of these experiences, you may be interested in this talk.  Career coach Win Sheffield covers different techniques including: Recognizing how to use our strengths to impress your listener in more quiet ways Using story to approach difficult topics, avoiding awkwardness Structured ways to approach and prepare for conversations Career management methods that minimize conversation After a career in strategy development and implementation at Citibank, J.P. Morgan and PricewaterhouseCoopers, Win made his own transition into career coaching. In addition to an MBA from Boston University and an undergraduate degree from Kenyon College, Win is certified as a career coach through the Five O’Clock Club. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Improv Jam


Explore scene work and improvisation techniques. Learn improv with some of NYC’s top improvisers from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. No experience necessary, free and open to all. Wednesdays, September 4-25, 2019
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Countering Al Qaeda and ISIS 18 Years After 9/11


As we approach the 18th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11, social media and online propaganda have come to play an outsized role in radicalizing and mobilizing individuals in the West to join and act on behalf of violent Islamist terrorist movements. Beyond kinetic efforts on the battlefield and counter terrorism investigations abroad and at home, countering violent extremist (CVE) initiatives are increasingly being considered as viable policy options to mitigate the threat. With: -- Mitch Silber, Former Director of Intelligence Analysis, NYPD; Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs -- Jesse Morton, Former Islamist Activist; Leader of Revolution Muslim -- Host and Moderator: Stuart Gottlieb
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:15 pm
Free

Author Reading | And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?: A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks


Lawrence Weschler was a newly minted staff writer at The New Yorker when the magazine’s then-editor William Shawn green lit his idea for a profile of Dr. Oliver Sacks. Four years into this process, Sacks changed his mind, owning up to the fact that he couldn’t bear the idea of reading such a piece while he was alive. Still, the two remained close friends, and thirty years later, as he was dying, Sacks urged Weschler pick it up again. The result is Weschler’s biographical memoir of arguably one of the 20th century’s greatest medical writers. Weschler, now a veteran of The New Yorker, author, and frequent contributor to NPR, is joined in conversation by Robert Krulwich, co-host of the Peabody Award-winning program Radiolab. Krulwich interviewed Sacks countless times on air, and counted him as one of the inspirations for the show, to which Sacks contributed story ideas and was a frequent guest.
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Film | Happiness (1965): French Romantic Drama


François, a young carpenter, lives a happy, uncomplicated life with his wife Thérèse and their two small children. One day he meets Emilie, a clerk in the local post office. Director: Agnès Varda Stars: Jean-Claude Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Marcelle Faure-Bertin 90 min.
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Author Reading | Until We Reckon: A Different Approach To Violent Offenses


Much of the recent focus of prison reform has been on nonviolent and drug offenses, but more than half of the people incarcerated are there as a result of violent offenses. Until We Reckon takes a clear eyed look at the question of violence, and offers approaches that can help both end mass incarceration and increase safety.  Danielle Sered, director of Common Justice, argues that the needs of survivors of violent crime are better met by asking those who commit violence to accept responsibility for their actions and make meaningful amends—something that does not happen in the context of a criminal trial or a prison sentence. Sered will be joined in conversation by Mariame Kaba, an organizer, educator and curator who is active in movements for racial, gender, and transformative justice. She is the founder and director of Project NIA and a Researcher in Residence at the Barnard Center for Research on Women.
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Talk | Artist Talk: I Want to be Like You


Artist Carlito Carvalhosa discusses I Want to be Like You, currently on view at Galeria Nara Roesler. The exhibition features a selection of works by Carlito Carvalhosa produced in the 1990s and after 2015.
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Workshop | HIIT Workout with lululemon


Hit the water and the turf this summer at this outdoor fitness series. Wednesdays, June 5-September 11, 2019
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Discussion | How the Media Covers Climate Change


On any given day, a quick glance at the newspaper’s front page will show that the economic, political, and physical repercussions of climate change are no longer theoretical—they’re a part of daily reality. For our next panel, we’ll speak with the reporters who cover this unfurling catastrophe, including: With: – Kendra Pierre-Louis, Climate Desk Reporter at The New York Times – Oliver Milman, Environment Reporter at The Guardian – Aylin Woodward, Science and Environment Reporter at Business Insider 6:30pm – Arrive, eat, and talk to each other 7:00pm – Panel discussion You can expect the usual array of pizza and beer.
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6:30 pm
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Opera | Pop-Up Opera


A live performance of favorite opera excerpts by NYC’s most exciting young company. New Camerata Opera’s principal soloists will offer serenades of some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever written, including works by Verdi, Puccini and Mozart. The singers will be accompanied by live piano, as pedestrians and fans of opera alike enjoy a glorious Manhattan evening!
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Tejal Yoga


Tejal Yoga is back, overlooking the Fountain, the blooming Bosque, and majestic Lady Liberty for open-level yoga practice. Bring your own mat. No additional music other than sounds of the park and nature. No props or towels provided. Wednesdays, June 5-September 25, 2019
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Yoga: Evening Salute to the Sun


End your day with Hatha yoga led by Hollis in a beautiful sunset setting. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat. Wednesdays, June 5-September 25, 2019
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Workshop | Sunset Yoga


Practice yoga with a variety of certified local yoga instructors while overlooking the beautiful Hudson River and basking in the glow of the setting sun. Arrive early. Bring a towel or yoga mat and water. Wednesdays, June 5-September 11, 2019
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6:45 pm
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Reading | 25th Anniversary Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards Reading


In recognition of the special contributions women writers make to our culture and society, The Rona Jaffe Foundation is celebrating its twenty-fifth year under a program that identifies and supports emergent women writers of exceptional talent and promise. Celebrated author Rona Jaffe (1931-2005) established The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards program in 1995. It is the only national literary awards program of its kind dedicated to supporting women writers exclusively. Since the program began, the Foundation has awarded more than $2.5 million to emergent women writers. With past recipients Rachel Aviv, Vanessa Hua, Airea D. Matthews, and Eileen Pollack.
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | A Daughter’s Work Is Heartless by Nature: New Poetry


Editor, writer, and poet Caledonia Kearns celebrates her new poetry collection, published by Finishing Line Press. With readings by Donna Masini (4:30 Movie; That Kind of Danger), Cornelius Eady (Brutal Imagination; Victims of the Latest Dance Craze) & Katha Pollitt (The Mind-Body Problem; Antarctic Traveller).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Movie in a Park | First Man (2018): Oscar-Winning Neil Armstrong Biopic with Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Kyle Chandler (Outdoors)


A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Director: Damien Chazelle 141 min. Grab a blanket or towel and come enjoy a movie in the park. Glass bottles and alcoholic beverages are strictly prohibited. You should arrive before 7:00 p.m. to get your spot.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Graffiti Warriors: Pistol and Bama -- Pioneers of Subway Art


The evening will feature a panel discussion with graffiti pioneers Bama, Charmin, Coco144 and Pistol followed by a reading of selected scenes from the movie, Graffiti Warriors; Bama and Pistol, cowritten by Jim Bergman and Gerard Brown III and now in development at Benaroya Pictures; a screening of seldom seen footage of graffiti from the '70s and '80s by photographer and coproducer of Style Wars, Henry Chalfant; and a clip from a new documentary profile of renowned graffiti photographer Martha Cooper, Martha: a Picture Story.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life


A third-generation Jehovah's Witness, author Amber Scorah, married to an elder, found herself as a missionary in China where preaching her faith is illegal. Living in an unfamiliar environment, learning a foreign language, and a different culture, unexpectedly, exposed her to a new way of thinking; turning her private life and personal faith upside down. Declared an apostate and losing everything she had ever known and believed, Scorah explains in spare, compelling prose how one may start life over to discover personal identity and meaning in the absence of faith.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Mobility Device: Collaborative Performance Art on Navigating Surroundings


Carmen Papalia, an artist and disability activist, presents Mobility Device, an innovative, collaborative performance in which he is accompanied by a marching band that plays a site-reactive score as guidance for navigating his surroundings. The work transforms the white cane—a symbol of someone with visual impairment—into a collective, sonic experience that opens up ways of thinking about care, collaboration, and a normative hierarchy of the senses. Papalia will work with the Hungry March Band, an 18-person ensemble founded in 1997 for the Mermaid Parade. With this work, he urges visitors to experience public spaces through the non-visual world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Reckoning: The Epic Battle Against Sexual Abuse and Harassment


Linda Hirshman, acclaimed historian of social change movements, delivers the sweeping story of the struggle leading up to #MeToo and beyond. Hirshman details significant legal cases that quietly paved the way for the takedown of workplace abusers and harassers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Author Reading | The Blessing: Language as Healing


Acclaimed poet Gregory Orr’s memoir is a book that “offers eloquent testimony to the engaging power of art in a man’s life” (Washington Post). After experiencing a series of tumultuous and violent events in his life, Orr turns to language to heal from the ensuing trauma. Generous and life-affirming, The Blessing is a powerful ode to poetry. Emmy Award–winning documentarian David Grubin joins Orr on stage for a reading and conversation, followed by a book signing and reception.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | This Is How You Lose the Time War: Sci-Fi Adventure


Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in this thrilling and romantic book from award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Artist Talk: The Politics of Place, Class, and the Body


Dean Erdmann will address how the politics of place, class, and the body inform their moving image-based practice, and how narratives relating to socio-economic status, family legacy, technological feats such as the final Apollo 17 mission, and politically conservative outlooks intersect.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Histories Hidden in Paint from Manet to Picasso: Re-examining the Thannhauser Collection‎


The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has published a comprehensive study of its core holdings of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century art. Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim brings to light revelatory new scholarship on the history of the German-Jewish Thannhauser family and galleries and, more broadly, the cultural milieu of Europe in the first decades of the twentieth century. Featuring seventy works by Georges Braque, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, and others, the book also offers rare insight into artist materials and processes. On the subject of the Guggenheim’s Thannhauser Collection and its recent publication, this is a conversation between Julie Barten, Senior Painting Conservator and Associate Director of Conservation Affairs; Megan Fontanella, Curator, Modern Art and Provenance; and Vivien Greene, Senior Curator, 19th- and Early 20th-Century Art. In addition to illuminating key conservation treatment projects (and several surprising discoveries), the program will explore the genesis of Justin Thannhauser’s French art collection and its eventual transfer to the Guggenheim in the 1960s. The collector-dealer’s lifelong endorsement of avant-garde art and eye for original talent are manifest in his rich story, which parallels the vision of museum founder Solomon R. Guggenheim to promote the art of his time. In English
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Mobility Device: Collaborative Performance Art on Navigating Surroundings


Carmen Papalia, an artist and disability activist, presents Mobility Device, an innovative, collaborative performance in which he is accompanied by a marching band that plays a site-reactive score as guidance for navigating his surroundings. The work transforms the white cane--a symbol of someone with visual impairment--into a collective, sonic experience that opens up ways of thinking about care, collaboration, and a normative hierarchy of the senses. Papalia will work with the Hungry March Band, an 18-person ensemble founded in 1997 for the Mermaid Parade. With this work, he urges visitors to experience public spaces through the non-visual world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free
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