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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on November 18, 2025?

39 free events take place on Tuesday, November 18 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 November 18 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 November . 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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39 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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Workshop | Central Park Running Session (All Levels Welcome)


If you prefer not to run alone or are looking to improve your running performance, you can run with a club! Open to runners of all levels. Weekly changed routes through the park. Coaches, training, running company and inspiration!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshops, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Central Park Running&nbsp;Session (All Levels Welcome)

Master Class | Learn the Ins and Outs of Masterful Singing


Vocalist Ruth Golden--who has taught with the Manhattan School of Music for 20 years--provides her expertise in the fine details of great violin playing via a distance learning lesson.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Learn the Ins and Outs of Masterful Singing

Workshop | Adult Zumba


Featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography. Work on your balance, coordination and range of motion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshops, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Adult Zumba

Gallery Talk | Preserving Heritage in Fragile Times


Join archaeologist Dr. Nadine Panayot to explore how museums safeguard cultural heritage in challenging contexts. Learn about innovative conservation practices, emergency preparedness, and digital reconstruction techniques that help fragile objects transmit identity, memory, and continuity across generations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Gallery Talks, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Preserving Heritage in Fragile Times

Book Discussion | Facebook Co-Founder Examines the Unseen Politics of American Capitalism (Online!)


Economist, writer, and co-founder Chris Hughes presents his new book Marketcrafters: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy. For decades, policymakers have claimed that free markets thrive best when government stays out of the way. Hughes argues the opposite: that American leaders across the political spectrum have long been “marketcrafters,” intentionally shaping markets to serve social and political goals. Through vivid historical examples, he reveals how decisions about inflation, industry, innovation, and climate have all been guided by deliberate design rather than invisible forces. This program includes a discussion and audience Q&A. The first 100 registrants will receive a complimentary electronic copy of Marketcrafters.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Facebook Co-Founder Examines the Unseen Politics of American Capitalism (Online!)

Jazz | Jazz Combo Performance Festival


Experience a new jazz combo every hour and meet the artists in between sets!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concerts, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Jazz Combo Performance Festival

Classical Music | Serene Organ Meditations in Intimate Venue


Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Serene Organ Meditations in Intimate Venue

Film | Addams Family Values (1993): Supernatural Black Comedy


The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his murderous new love while the children escape summer camp in this superior sequel. Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack, Christina Ricci, Carol Kane
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Films, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Addams Family Values (1993): Supernatural Black Comedy

Book Club | Discuss James by Percival Everett


Participate with fellow readers for lively discussion and thoughtful socializing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Clubs, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Discuss&nbsp;James by Percival Everett

Lesson | Live Studio Photography Demonstration: Light & Flash


In this final live studio demonstration, you'll learn to push your creativity further by combining constant light and flash. Portrait photographer Tony Gale will work with a model to show how you can seamlessly blend different light sources to create more dynamic portraits. You'll unlock a new level of creative control, giving your work a unique and stand-out look. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lessons, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Live Studio Photography Demonstration: Light & Flash

Poetry Reading | Indigenous Poem Readings for Native American Heritage Month


Mingle with fellow poetry enthusiasts as attendees unpack the layered meanings of poetry through an informal group discussion. This session's readings are selected from Poetry Magazine, Academy of American Poets, and Poetry Foundation.  In honor of Native American Heritage Month, this event will feature poems by Native, Indigenous, and First Nations poets that orbit varied experiences of belonging, identity, and colonial legacies. Please note that contemporary poetry deals frankly with contemporary issues and all works discussed are artistic expressions selected for an adult audience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Readings, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Indigenous Poem Readings for Native American Heritage Month

Museums | Conversations with Curators: Modern Art


Join Stephanie D'Alessandro, curator and senior research coordinator, for an insider look at select modern artworks, with insights and untold stories. Note: Space is limited; first-come, first-served.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Museumss, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Conversations with Curators: Modern Art

Film | Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme (2025): Espionage Black Comedy with Notable Ensemble Cast


Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins. Director: Wes Anderson Cast: Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson American filmmaker Wes Anderson is notable as an auteur, employing a distinctive visual and narrative style. His movies have won several Academy Awards, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes.
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Films, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme (2025): Espionage Black Comedy with Notable Ensemble Cast

Book Club | Discuss A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles


In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery. Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count’s endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose
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Book Clubs, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Discuss A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Lecture | Economist Discusses Crypto's Impact on U.S. & Global Finance


Dr. Epstein from the Department of Economics and Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at UMASS/Amherst, will present his paper :" Too Much Crypto? The Political Economy of the Crypto Economy". Finance, especially in the United States, is entering a new era. It is becoming more deeply entwined with and perhaps even dominated by the “tech” industry. Of course, financial innovation has often occurred hand in hand with innovations in communications and now digitization. However, with the technological innovation and the political rise of crypto, AI, and high-tech billionaires, especially in the US under the Trump administration, we must consider whether there is now, or will soon become, “Too much ‘Crypto’”, where ‘crypto’ is a shorthand for the marriage of tech, finance, and fossil fuel. This paper explores the nature of this new form of high fossil-fueled finance. This talk analyzes its likely impact on growth and distribution in the US and the dangers it might pose for the rest of the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lectures, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Economist Discusses Crypto's Impact on U.S. & Global Finance

Lecture | Learn about Women Documentarians in Stalinist Russia (In Person AND Online!)


This lecture, given by Cambridge Film Studies PhD candidate Kirill Goriachok, explores the complex dynamics behind the careers of first two generations of Soviet women documentarians: How did studio hierarchies and shifting political agendas shape their work? Why, despite the number of women at Soyuzkinochronika (the state documentary studio), did a distinct women’s documentary movement never take hold? And what does their experience tell us about gender, authorship, and professional identity in Stalinist cinema?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lectures, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Learn about Women Documentarians in Stalinist Russia (In Person AND Online!)

Lecture | Expert Explains Understanding Mobility across Borders (In Person AND Online!)


Filiz Garip, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University whose research lies at the intersection of migration, economic sociology and inequality, presents a talk on Predictability of Human Mobility Across Borders.  Between 1965 and 2015, over 12 million Mexicans have crossed the border into the United States. Experts use the largest survey data on this flow from the Mexican Migration Project, which covers 160,000 people observed over 50 years. They explore the predictability of about 20,000 documented and undocumented migration decisions with supervised machine learning. They consider how predictability varies across different decision windows, time periods, and geographic regions. They also explore what failures in predictions can teach us about migration behavior and migration policy.
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Lectures, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Expert Explains Understanding Mobility across Borders (In Person AND Online!)

Film | Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959): Spy Thriller Starring Cary Grant


North by Northwest is a tale of mistaken identity: an innocent man is pursued across the United States by agents of a mysterious organization that aims to prevent him from blocking their plan to smuggle microfilm containing government secrets out of the country. Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis Alfred Hitchcock was an English filmmaker who is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense," he became as famous as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo roles in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-65). His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Best Director despite five nominations. A well-known figure of Classic Hollywood, Cary Grant was nominated twice for the Academy Award, received an Academy Honorary Award, and received the Kennedy Center Honor. In 1999, Grant was named the second greatest male star of the Golden Age of Hollywood by the American Film Institute.
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Films, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Alfred Hitchcock's&nbsp;North by Northwest (1959): Spy Thriller Starring Cary Grant

Book Club | Discuss Bestselling Author's Horror Novel, THe Buffalo Hunter Hunter


Enjoy a book discussion of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians.  Often hailed as the Indigenous Stephen King, famed horror writer Stephen Graham Jones' chilling historical horror novel launches into a tailspin as a diary written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered inside a wall. What unfolds is a story of murder, monsters, and revenge that begins when 217 Blackfeet are found dead in the snow. Told through diary entries and transcribed interviews by a Blackfeet man named Good Stab, it follows the life of a vampire who haunted the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice.
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Book Clubs, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Discuss Bestselling Author's Horror Novel,&nbsp;THe Buffalo Hunter Hunter

Discussion | Learn about Challenges Faced by Higher Education


Experience a crucial conversation about the historic and current challenges immigrants face in higher education. This event will bring together scholars, students, and advocates to explore how immigrant communities are transforming academic spaces and to discuss possibilities for solidarity, policy change, and institutional transformation.
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Discussions, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Learn about Challenges Faced by Higher Education

Lesson | Photography Career Success


For photographer Sergio Meléndez, success means staying true to his roots and following his passion to success. After over two decades as a photographer, Melendez has learned what it takes to stay motivated for the long haul and how to adapt to the changes of the industry. Enjoy an inspiring look into Sergio’s passion-driven career and the beautiful body of work he has created on his rise to the top.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lessons, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Photography Career Success

Book Discussion | The Wrigley Building: Chicago’s Iconic Skyscraper


Celebrate the publication of The Wrigley Building: The Making of an Icon with a two-part program exploring Chicago’s historic terra-cotta tower. The first session features the book’s authors and photographer, who highlight archival research, new photography, and the intertwined stories of William Wrigley Jr. and architect Charles Gerhard Beersman. The second session brings together scholars and artists for a discussion comparing Chicago’s Wrigley Building with New York’s Woolworth Building, examining their architectural, cultural, and urban significance. Schedule:  5 pm - 6 pm: Session 1 Break 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Session 2 Reception
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Book Discussions, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, The Wrigley Building: Chicago&rsquo;s Iconic Skyscraper

Discussion | Exploring Psychoanalysis in Music and Fashion


Moderator Jasmine Edwards leads a conversation with art therapist Ayde Rayas and violinist Njioma Chinyere Grevious, whose performance draws inspiration from Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis. This interdisciplinary event looks at psychoanalysis’s influence on contemporary music and culture.
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Discussions, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Exploring Psychoanalysis in Music and Fashion

Workshop | Learn to Juggle, All Skill Levels Welcome


This juggling class is ideal for a quick lesson, an extended practice session, or just enjoy watching jugglers 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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Workshops, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Learn to Juggle, All Skill Levels Welcome

Workshop | Bodyroll Aerobic Dance Workout


This class teaches the bodyroll dance practice, which ignites embodied empowerment and energize a cathartic release. The experience is designed to alchemize a playful perspective for rolling, releasing, and reinventing yourself. Together, the group will tap into the spiral rave through body rolling, movement energetix, embodiment practices, and aerobic dancing. No dance experience is encouraged!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshops, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Bodyroll Aerobic Dance Workout

Lecture | Expert Discusses the Rise of Anti-Intelelctualism in the West & Its Consequences


Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Paris, Eric Fassin, examines the trend of state anti-intellectualism in France, the U.S., and beyond, demonstrating that this tendency is not limited to ostensibly illiberal regimes such as Turkey, Hungary, and Brazil. He argues that today’s world requires an examination of this phenomenon beyond Cold War geopolitical divisions and highlights a global shift towards authoritarian neoliberalism, including attacks on universities, the media, and freedom of speech and thought. Fassin argues for the political urgency of intellectual work in a global moment of political anti-intellectualism.
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Lectures, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Expert Discusses the Rise of Anti-Intelelctualism in the West & Its Consequences

Discussion | Experts Explore Artist Evelyn Beatrice Longman’s Role in Creating American Monuments


Pat Hoerth Batchelder, author of Evelyn Beatrice Longman: The Woman Who Sculpted Golden Boy, Thomas Edison, and Other Monuments speaks with and Diana Thompson, Director of Collections at the National Academy of Design. Together, the two will discuss the often-overlooked contributions of artist and National Academician Evelyn Beatrice Longman’s role in the creation of American monuments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussions, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Experts&nbsp;Explore&nbsp;Artist&nbsp;Evelyn Beatrice Longman&rsquo;s Role in Creating American Monuments

Party | Play Bridge in a Stress-Free Environment


The card game of Bridge requires four people to play: two teams of two people. Join the group with your bridge partner, or you will be matched with someone to play as a pair. If you would like to learn how to play bridge, organizers can offer some instruction, and you can observe others.
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Partys, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Play Bridge in a Stress-Free Environment

Poetry Reading | Poets Share Their Interpretations of "Multi-Genre" Works


Enjoy a conversation with poets Fatimah Asghar and Mahogany L. Browne about writing across genre and performance as a discipline. Moderated by Camonghne Felix.
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Poetry Readings, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Poets Share Their Interpretations of "Multi-Genre" Works

Concert | Stories of the 1930s American Dust Bowl


Hailed by Opera News as "the Anonymous 4 of new music," Quince Ensemble presents a program weaving their family stories into narratives of the 1930s American Dust Bowl. Dedicated to living composers, this virtuoso treble-voice quartet delivers fearless, deeply expressive performances.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Stories of the 1930s American Dust Bowl

Book Discussion | Street-Level Satire and Solidarity: Exploring Tsiang’s 1935 Novel (Online!)


Join Dr. Christopher Seiji Berardino for an illustrated discussion of H.T. Tsiang’s 1935 novel, recently reissued in the Penguin Classics series, The Hanging on Union Square. Tsiang, a refugee and political activist, blends experimental prose, street-level realism, and biting satire to capture life in Depression-era New York. His novel follows a restless worker navigating the streets, cafés, movie houses, and underground clubs around Union Square, a hub of radical politics and social movements. Offering humor, protest, and visions of collective solidarity.
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Book Discussions, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Street-Level Satire and Solidarity: Exploring Tsiang&rsquo;s 1935 Novel (Online!)

Author Reading | Learn about the New Russ & Daughters Cookbook with the Authors


Enjoy a conversation with 4th generation Russ & Daughters co-owners Niki Russ Federman & Josh Russ about their book Russ & Daughters: 100 Years of Appetizing with fellow writer Joshua David Stein. From the legendary New York destination for Jewish appetizing comes a beautiful and inspiring cookbook that encompasses history, tradition, and absolutely delicious food.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Readings, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Learn about the New Russ & Daughters Cookbook with the Authors

Screening | Movement Leaders and Everyday People: Freedom Movements Documentaries


This program is called Movement Leaders and Everyday People, a record of freedom movements and daily life, carried on the shoulders of everyday people as much as singular leaders. Selbé et tant d’autres (Selbè: One Among Many) (1982) Across her cinema, Safi Faye nurtured an observational ethics to chronicle the mundane tempos of agricultural communities in Senegal, negotiating and adapting cinematic form and ethnological training to her own cultural roots. Faye’s Selbé et tant d'autres exemplifies the way she not only exposed the damages of colonization but honored the central role of women’s labor in continual social and economic renewal, transmitted through the cyclical movement of song.   Director: Safi Faye Lumumba: La Mort du Prophète (1991) Raoul Peck’s Lumumba: La Mort du Prophète is a historical retelling of the extraordinary Pan-Africanist and anti-imperialist leader and first Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo, Patrice Lumumba, combining documentary investigation with personal childhood recollections. Surveying the Cold War political landscape surrounding Lumumba’s assassination, the Haitian director offers an elegiac meditation on power and remembrance.  Director:  Raoul Peck The screenings will be followed by a Q&A with Price and Maliyamungu Muhande is a Congolese artist and filmmaker.
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Workshop | Origami Group Meet-Up


This event is for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami--an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws.This group meets to teach each other new models and share paper, books, and tips. This meeting is free and open to all level of folders from beginner to advanced. There will be free paper available to share. You may choose to bring your own paper and books and just show up and fold! If you have models you would like to learn, or teach, let the organizers know, and they will try our best to accommodate.
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Book Discussion | Translator Discusses Classic German Book, Effingers


Translator Sophie Duvernoy will discuss Gabriele Tergit and her underrated masterpiece, Effingers—woefully underrated when it first appeared in 1951, and only recently rediscovered in Germany—with Noah Isenberg. Gabriele Tergit’s Effingers is a novel, at once epic and intimate, about the lives and fates of three generations of a German Jewish family. Beginning in 1878 and ending in 1948, readers follow the Effingers, a family of modest craftsmen from southern Germany, who soon rise to prominence as one of the most important German industrialist families in Berlin. With the outbreak of World War I, however, they fall on hard times and must navigate the tumultuous changes of the Weimar Republic. Full of parties and drama and delicious gossip, and featuring a kaleidoscopic cast of characters, Effingers is a keenly observed account of German Jewish life in all its richness and complexity. Tergit's precise and limpid prose dazzles in Sophie Duvernoy's elegant translation.
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Concert | Baroque Mysteries and Modern Echoes


Award-winning violinist Nathan Meltzer presents an inventive program featuring Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’s Mystery Sonatas (c.1676), known for their rare Baroque tunings (scordatura). Each sonata is paired with a modern work in standard tuning, offering a striking dialogue between eras. Performed on both period and modern instruments, this concert bridges centuries of sound with remarkable depth and creativity. Note: RSVP does not guarantee entry; coat check is limited.
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Author Reading | Book Launch: Lyla Lee Shares Her New YA Book, The Cuffing Game


Enjoy a conversation between authors Lyla Lee (I'll Be the One, Flip the Script) and Amélie Wen Zhao (The Scorpion and the Night Blossom) for the launch of Lee's new book, The Cuffing Game. This book is a fun YA K-drama remix of Pride and Prejudice—if Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett were a college-run reality TV dating show. Attendees can also pre-order a signed copy of the book at the link provided.
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Author Readings, November 18, 2025, 11/18/2025, Book Launch: Lyla Lee Shares Her New YA Book,&nbsp;The Cuffing Game

Talk | Documentary & Portrait Photographer Discusses Her Craft


Enjoy a talk with documentary and portrait photographer Nicky Quamina-Woo, a Black and Native Hawaiian visual storyteller who divides her time between the African continent, Southeast Asia, and New York City. Woo has traveled to and lived in more than 22 countries within the Global South, mainly focusing on stories related to healthcare, social justice, and anything connected to the long shadows of trauma that often fall across marginalized communities. Her projects center on the complex realities that are precipitated by Western colonization, exploring how cultures survive in the wake of systemic rupture. 
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Lecture | Portraits That Speak Truth


What makes an image feel alive? This lecture series delves into the art of portraiture as a tool for empathy, exploring how photographers build trust and reveal humanity through the lens.
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