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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 28, 2022?

43 free events take place on Wednesday, September 28 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!

New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out September 28 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of September . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!

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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43 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, September 28, 2022

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free events nyc Fradl Shtok and Yiddish Women's Cultural Modernity
free events nyc Evening Fall Migration Walk
free events nyc Pier Paolo Pasolini's Medea (1969): Greek Myth Retold, with Maria Callas
free events nyc Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir by Pulitzer Prize Winner Margo Jefferson
free events nyc Jazz Orchestra (in-person and online)
        

Workshop | Core Body Boot Camp


This is a core strength workout. They do boot camp style exercises, so think pushups, situps, planks, squats, burpees, etc. There's a lot of smiles and laughing involved, too... (and the high fives will come back as we leave the COVID era behind!) Not sure how to do burpees? Pike jumps? Dragon Pushups? That's fine! We'll teach you. This is an awesome way to rock your body and get fit fast. They welcome all fitness levels. Even if you have not worked out in years we want you to join us. Working out with fun, encouraging people in a group setting is better than trying to do this all on your own.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Birdwatching | Battery Bird Walk


Explore the diversity of migrating birds that find food and habitat in The Battery. The walk will be led by Gabriel Willow, an educator from NYC Audubon. He is an experienced birder and naturalist, and is well-versed in the ecology and history of New York City.  He has been leading walks for NYC Audubon for more than ten years, guiding new and experienced birders in all five boroughs and beyond.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
Free

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
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Figure Al Fresco


This event offers a unique setting to observe and sketch the human figure. Each week a model will strike short and long poses for participants to draw. An artist/educator will offer constructive suggestions and critique. Drawing materials provided, and artists are encouraged to bring their own favorite media.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Talk | Leading In Disruptive Times: How to Drive Change Through Ongoing Disruption (online)


Leading is filled with contradictions. You must be strong - and vulnerable. Be confident while remaining humble. Create openness while also instilling order to hold space for growth and exploration. And pursue excellence rather than perfection. In this deep-dive webinar, New York Times bestselling author Charlene Li will explore how to be in harmony with these contradictions so that we can sustain our organization in the face of ongoing disruptions. Ultimately, drawing energy and a renewed sense of purpose from the inevitable obstacles rather than becoming fatigued by change. You will learn how to see the future, lead when you don't have all the answers, and create audacious change right from where you stand today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Juggling in the Park


Jugglers use the park throughout the year to provide free classes to the public. Stop by for a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Park Walk | On A Wing Park Walk (online)


It's migration season, which means this walk is all about birds. Learn about some of our favorite winged friends.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Lecture | Fradl Shtok and Yiddish Women's Cultural Modernity


Presented by Allison Schachter, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, English, and East European Studies, Vanderbilt University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Film | The Harvey Girls (1946): Musical Film with Judy Garland


On a train trip to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a crew of young women travelling out to open a “Harvey House” restaurant at a remote whistle-stop. Directed by George Sidney. Starring Judy Garland, John Hodiak, and Angela Lansbury. 1946 | NR | 101 minutes
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Book Club | When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains by Ariana Neumann (online)


In this astonishing story that “reads like a thriller and is so, so timely,” (BuzzFeed) Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father’s past. In 1941, the first Neumann family member was taken by the Nazis, arrested in German-occupied Czechoslovakia for bathing in a stretch of river forbidden to Jews. He was transported to Auschwitz. Eighteen days later his prisoner number was entered into the morgue book. Of thirty-four Neumann family members, twenty-five were murdered by the Nazis. One of the survivors was Hans Neumann, who, to escape the German death net, traveled to Berlin and hid in plain sight under the Gestapo’s eyes. What Hans experienced was so unspeakable that, when he built an industrial empire in Venezuela, he couldn’t bring himself to talk about it. All his daughter Ariana knew was that something terrible had happened. When Hans died, he left Ariana a small box filled with letters, diary entries, and other memorabilia. Ten years later Ariana finally summoned the courage to have the letters translated, and she began reading. What she discovered launched her on a worldwide search that would deliver indelible portraits of a family loving, finding meaning, and trying to survive amid the worst that can be imagined.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Elements of Nature Drawing


A community of artists of all skill levels are inspired by our surroundings to create with drawing materials, pastels and watercolors. Embolden your artwork amidst the flower-filled and seasonally evolving palette of the verdant gardens. An artist/educator will provide ideas and instruction. Materials provided, and artists are encouraged to bring their own favorite media.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | Voting Technology, Accessibility and Security (in-person and online)


Are you interested in learning about voting system technology, security, and accessibility? This is an engaging panel discussion featuring election industry professionals — including security experts, accessibility experts, local election officials, and voting machine providers — who will address these topics and more. A Q&A session will follow each panel.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Book Discussion | The Everyday Lives of Sovereignty: Political Imagination Beyond the State (online)


Rebecca Bryant and Madeleine Reeves will discuss their edited book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | The Brazilian Presidential Election 2022 (online)


With: Frances Hagopian, Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government, Harvard University José Scheinkman, Charles and Lynn Zhang Professor of Economics Brian Winter, Editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly Victoria Murillo, Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | This Is Not A Drill: An Exhibition on Technology, Equity, and the Climate Emergency


At the dawn of the new 20s, we are seeing a major shift in public perception around issues of equity and the climate emergency, paired with the reckoning that traditional ways of approaching these kinds of issues have led to failure. There is vast potential to shape not just policy interventions, but to help birth new and more equitable ways of knowing what the issues are, where they come from, and how they can be addressed. Artistic imagination and creative ways of learning and knowing are crucial for avoiding the binary traps of techno-optimism or -skepticism which so often lead to paralysis. This is the focus of this show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Birdwatching | Evening Fall Migration Walk


Witness the spectacle of autumn migration as songbirds follow the Atlantic Flyway to their tropical wintering grounds. Look for tanagers, warblers, and other neotropical migrants in the wilds of the park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Discussion | In the Studio: Abigail Hadeed (online)


Americas Society hosts the Trinidadian artist and photographer Abigail Hadeed on Instagram Live to discuss her work. Abigail Hadeed has been documenting Caribbean cultural traditions, environments and peoples for over 30 years. She is an outlier at heart, drawn to the overlooked: people on the periphery, mundane objects, flowers long past their bloom. Hadeed’s work seeks to advance concerns of the history of the wider Caribbean, a complex story of slavery, migration, mercantilism, trade, transportation, transmigration and alienation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Mostly New: Selections from the NYU Art Collection: Curator's Tour


Lynn Gumpert, Director, and Michèle Wong, Associate Director, lead a curator tour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Park Walk | Tide Deck Tour


Explore the Tide Deck, a rocky tidal marsh located on the western end of a pier in the park. Learn more about this special environment and the animals that inhabit the 400-acre Estuarine Sanctuary. Start times: 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Yoga Wednesdays


A variety of yoga and meditation classes to make wellness and mindfulness more accessible to all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 1 . 5: 15 Years of Eli Klein Gallery


A retrospective featuring artists: Chan Yuk Keung Chow Chun Fai Fang Lijun Fei Jun Hu Yinping Li Hongbo Shen Shaomin Shen Zhenglin Sun Yuan & Peng Yu Angela Yuen
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Darwin's Paradox: A Decade of Bio Art


An exhibition of work by BFA Fine Arts students, alumni and visiting artists, curated by department chair Suzanne Anker and alumna and Bio Art Laboratory Manager Tarah Rhoda.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Dot Dot Dot: Photography


An exhibition of work by the MPS Digital Photography class of 2022.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistle


The minister, essayist, and cultural critic Danté Stewart will join Provost Renée T. White for a discussion and reading from Stewart’s book. This event will include a Q+A and book signing. The book is a stirring meditation on being Black and learning to love in a loveless, anti-Black world. Stewart uses his personal experiences as a vehicle to reclaim and reimagine spiritual virtues like rage, resilience, and remembrance—and explores how these virtues might function as a work of love against an unjust, unloving world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Tastes Like War: A Memoir About a Mother's Schizophrenia


Part food memoir, part sociological investigation, Grace Cho's Tastes Like War is a hybrid text about a daughter’s search through intimate and global history for the roots of her mother’s schizophrenia. In her mother’s final years, Cho learned to cook dishes from her mother’s childhood in order to invite the past into the present, and to hold space for her mother’s multiple voices at the table. And through careful listening over these shared meals, Cho discovered not only the things that broke the brilliant, complicated woman who raised her—but also the things that kept her alive.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Time Shelter: Controlling Memories


Hailed for his signature wit and storytelling skills, the Bulgarian novelist Georgi Gospodinov was catapulted to international stardom by his novel Physics of Sorrow (Open Letter, 2015), which garnered him the 2016 Jan Michalski Prize and the 2019 Angelus Central European Literature Award. His new novel, Time Shelter (Norton, 2022), was published in English earlier this year to even greater critical acclaim. Called in one breath “funny” and “frightening” (Guardian), “playful and profound” (Claire Messud), “difficult but rewarding” (Wall Street Journal), this “genre-busting novel of ideas” (The Times) pivots on a conceit. An enigmatic flâneur called Gaustine opens a “clinic for the past” as a treatment center for Alzheimer’s patients.  The premise of the clinic is simple enough: by meticulously recreating locales from patients’ private pasts, doctors trigger lost memories and help restore a lost sense of self. But controlling others’ memories proves to be a dangerously addictive game. Not unlike the story that Gospodinov spins around it, pulling readers into a world of wicked fun and political nightmare—all the way to the brink of a new World War.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Brazil 200 Years: The Past, Present and The Future of Brazilian Literature


In celebration of the bicentennial anniversary of Brazil's independence, join a discussion about the past, present and the future of Brazilian Literature, a unique, self-styled multicultural reflection of its people. Hosted by Vania Carvalho-Wang with participation of the following panelists: - internationally-known, award-winning cultural commentator, Prof. Ilan Stavans; - professor of Brazilian Literature at USP (University of São Paulo) and researcher at CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) Ivan Marques; - award winning Brazilian novelist, Prof. Joamo Almino.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular


In this lecture, Professor David Hollinger (UC Berkeley) discusses how and why Christianity -- a variegated and often progressive force in the United States -- has largely been captured by the most politically, culturally, and theologically reactionary Americans.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Listening to the Archives: Movements Against Women’s Imprisonment (online)


The Coalition for Women Prisoners was founded in 1994 to support women impacted by the criminal legal system in New York State. The Coalition was coordinated by the Women in Prison Project of the Correctional Association, and carried out legislative and policy advocacy, public education, and community organizing work. Members included formerly incarcerated women and men, social service providers, academics, attorneys, city and state agency staff, non-profit organizations, faith and community leaders, and community activists. Former members Rhea Mallet (former Founding Director of the Coalition for Women Prisoners), Andrea Williams (former Director of the Coalition for Women Prisoners), and Anisah Sabur Mumin (former Coordinator of the Coalition for Women Prisoners) will have a conversation with Obden Mondésir to discuss organizing, advocacy, oral history, the role of archives. What do the archives teach us about the past, and how can we engage the archives as materials in the present? How might archivists and activists address issues of preservation, scale, and use? 
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Discussion | Movements Against Women’s Imprisonment (online)


The Coalition for Women Prisoners was founded in 1994 to support women impacted by the criminal legal system in New York State. The Coalition was coordinated by the Women in Prison Project of the Correctional Association, and carried out legislative and policy advocacy, public education, and community organizing work. Members included formerly incarcerated women and men, social service providers, academics, attorneys, city and state agency staff, non-profit organizations, faith and community leaders, and community activists. Former members Rhea Mallet (former Founding Director of the Coalition for Women Prisoners), Andrea Williams (former Director of the Coalition for Women Prisoners), and Anisah Sabur Mumin (former Coordinator of the Coalition for Women Prisoners) will join in conversation with Obden Mondésir to discuss organizing, advocacy, oral history, the role of archives. What do the archives teach us about the past, and how can we engage the archives as materials in the present? How might archivists and activists address issues of preservation, scale, and use? 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Sunset Yoga


Namaste! Unwind from the day with outdoor yoga. Immerse yourself in this meditative practice- surrounded by the Hudson’s peaceful aura. Strengthen the body and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment as your instructor guides you through alignments and poses. All levels are welcome. Bringing your own mat is encouraged, as provided accessories are first come first serve.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Critical Theoretic Foundations for Concrete Utopias


“Uncovering lines of escape: towards a concept of concrete utopia in the age of catastrophes,” the philosopher Étienne Balibar will touch on three dimensions of the urgency of rethinking concrete utopias in these times of crises: first, Balibar will discuss the dilemmas surrounding the concept of utopia and utopian thinking, without which there could be no “radical” politics, but at a time and in an age of at least two major catastrophes (the climate, and the digital); second, Balibar withexplore “real” or “concrete” utopias in light of the Foucauldian distinction between “utopias” and “heterotopias,” which could also be interpreted as a conversion of utopia into heterotopias; third, Balibar will then conclude on the transcendental problems of the different modalities of the “possible,” the “impossible,” the “necessary,” the “inevitable,” in their relationship to a concept of time (e.g. Bloch’s time of “not-yet”), as displaced by the questioning of “utopia” in today’s catastrophic circumstances.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
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Book Discussion | C Is for Curator. Bice Curiger – A Life in Art


Written by the art historian Dora Imhof, C Is for Curator illuminates the manifold activities of the curator, editor, and writer Bice Curiger. The book documents and analyzes in depth the founding and development of the art magazine Parkett and the breadth of Curiger’s exhibitions —from her groundbreaking 1975 exhibition Frauen sehen Frauen (Women Seeing Women) to the 2011 Venice Biennale to her current projects at the Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles. Curiger’s trajectory is contextualized within the history of curating, the globalization of the art world, and the institutionalization of contemporary art over the last four decades. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir by Pulitzer Prize Winner Margo Jefferson


Jefferson shatters her self into pieces and recombines them into a new and vital apparatus on the page, fusing the criticism that she is known for, fragments of the family members she grieves for, and signal moments from her life, as well as the words of those who have peopled her past and accompanied her in her solitude, dramatized here like never before. Bing Crosby and Ike Turner are among the author's alter egos. The sounds of a jazz LP emerge as the intimate and instructive sounds of a parent's voice. W. E. B. Du Bois and George Eliot meet illicitly. The muscles and movements of a ballerina are spliced with those of an Olympic runner, becoming a template for what a black female body can be. The result is a wildly innovative work of depth and stirring beauty. It is defined by fractures and dissonance, longing and ecstasy, and a persistent searching. Jefferson interrogates her own self as well as the act of writing memoir, and probes the fissures at the center of American cultural life."
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self


This exhilarating new group biography investigates the remarkable story of a small university town in the 1790s which became the center of one of the most radical intellectual movements in history. Andrea Wulf brings to life a circle of poets and writers, including Goethe, Schiller, Fichte, and Hegel, who launched the movement known as Romanticism and incited a revolution of ideas that helped transform the world. Their radical notions about free will, the nature of the self, and the relationship of man to nature continue to challenge and astonish us today. It is also a human story of their conflicted relationships, passionate love lives, and struggle for recognition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | A Discussion of Artist Leland Bell (in-person and online)


Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Leland Bell: Paint, Precision, and Placement. A Centennial Exhibition, this panel will explore the life and work of Leland Bell, a former faculty member.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Pier Paolo Pasolini's Medea (1969): Greek Myth Retold, with Maria Callas


After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with powerful sorceress Medea. However, when the king banishes her, it's only human that Medea plots her furious revenge. Can they escape her wrath? Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Stars: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti. Laurent Terzieff 118 min. In Italian with English subtitles
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Workshop | Yoga: Evening Salute to the Sun


End your day with Hatha yoga in a beautiful sunset setting. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat. Wednesdays, July 6- Spetember 28, 2022
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm: A Novel of Jazz and Passion (online)


Laura Warrell’s debut novel is told in the voices of a chorus of diverse women who all love the same trumpet player and ladies’ man, Circus Palmer. Jazz, sex, family, longing, and passion fill the pages. .
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | WorkforceRx: Agile and Inclusive Strategies for Employers, Educators and Workers in Unsettled Times (online)


Van Ton-Quinlivan offers collection of proven workforce development strategies refined for the private, public, education, and nonprofit sectors--a playbook for connecting work and workers with training in an uncertain economy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | New Fiction: Palace of Rubble / Confetti


Kyra Simone's Palace of Rubble is a collection of one-page stories composed primarily of single words culled each day from The New York Times, among other news sources. Written under constraint in the tradition of Oulipo and initially inspired by a photograph of one of Saddam Hussein’s demolished palaces on the cover of a discarded newspaper, this is a book of texts invoked by a historical moment spanning the eras of Bush, Obama, Trump, and into the present day. By turns cinematic, cosmic, alchemical, and geometric,Emmalea Russo's Confetti uses language to alter the boundaries between film and daily life. Against a backdrop of screens, personal relationships extend into a play of light to create a meditation on disposability and permanence. Confetti soaks up dirt, shimmers, and gets thrown up into the air, landing on the ground in strange piles.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Jazz | Jazz Orchestra (in-person and online)


Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Dennis Mackrel (jazz drummer, composer, and arranger who was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra). Masks are required.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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