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45 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, October 1, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Workshop | Birding Tour
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season with guided ... more >> tours. Located in the heart of midtown, the park is a hot spot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow.
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8:00 am
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Workshop | Morning Meditation
Balance mind, body, and spirit in this Primordial Sound Meditation led by an instructor. Work with a ... more >> personal mantra, a specific sound or vibration. Take part in a regular meditation practice that lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and strengthens the immune system.
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9:45 am
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free, no reservation required
Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations ... more >> for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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10:00 am
free
free
Tour | Tour of Gracie Mansion, Home of New York's Mayors
In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend ... more >> in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” This tour repeats every Monday.
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10:00 am
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Tour | City Hall tour
The tour of City Hall includes a discussion of the building's history, art, architecture, and civic function. ... more >> Non-reservation City Hall tours take place each Wednesday.
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10:30 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
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 ... more >> the breadth of the museum's renowned collection and highlights the importance of many of these iconic objects. Start times:, 11 a.m., 1 p.m.
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11:00 am
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Tour | Tour of Gracie Mansion, Home of New York's Mayors
In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend ... more >> in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” This tour repeats every Monday.
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11:00 am
Free
Free
Lecture | How Mexican Cowboys are Remapping Race and American Identity
A lecture by Laura Barraclough.
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11:30 am
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Author Reading | The War Within: Diaries from the Siege of Leningrad
In September 1941, about two months after the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, German and Finnish troops ... more >> encircled Leningrad. Cut off from the rest of Russia, the city remained blockaded for 872 days at a cost of almost a million civilian lives, making it one of the longest and deadliest sieges in modern history. Alexis Peri chronicles the Leningrad blockade from the perspective of those who endured the unendurable. Based on 125 unpublished diaries written by individuals from all walks of Soviet life, Peri tells the harrowing story of how Leningraders struggled to make sense of a world collapsing around them.
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Dance Class
Scientifically-based dance-exercise program. Gentle warm-up, light aerobics and targeted strengthening ... more >> that is safe, fun and enjoyable for all.
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | Piano in the Park: Ragtime, Stride, and Jazz
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy... so swing on by for toe-tappin’ performances by New York’s ... more >> finest, playing ragtime, stride, and jazz to your heart’s delight. Charlie Judkins is a ragtime aficionado and protégé of Terry Waldo.
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12:30 pm
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free, no reservation required
Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour
Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international ... more >> monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
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1:00 pm
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Film | George Cukor's The Women (1939): Based on Clare Booth Luce's Play
A cabal of catty and chatty high-society women chime in on the affairs of a cuckolded wife and mother ... more >> dealing with an adulterous husband. Starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Joan Fontaine, Mary Boland. 132 Min.
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1:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation
Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city ... more >> 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.
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
$10 suggested donation
Classical Music | Organ Performance
Cathedral organists provide a 30-minute break for mind, body and spirit on Mondays at 1 pm with an entertaining ... more >> and informative demonstration of the Cathedral’s unparalleled Great Organ.
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1:00 pm
$8
$8
Author Reading | Beginning to End Hunger: Food and Environment in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Beyond
M. Jahi Chappell’s new book presents the story of Belo Horizonte, home to one of the world’s most ... more >> successful city food security programs. Since 1993, malnutrition in Belo Horizonte has declined dramatically, allowing it to serve as an inspiration for Brazil’s widely-praised Zero Hunger programs. Going beyond merely an in-depth case study, Beginning to End Hunger shows the importance of holistic approaches to food security, offers ideas on how to design successful policies to end hunger, and lays out strategies for how to make policy change happen towards ending hunger, everywhere.
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2:00 pm
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Screening | Ex Libris – The New York Public Library (2017): Documentary
In the 42nd documentary by Frederick Wiseman (recipient of an Honorary Oscar in 2016), the legendary ... more >> filmmaker brings his incisive vision behind the scenes of one of the world’s greatest institutions of learning, capturing the vast programmatic scope of New York City’s library system. With Ta-Nehisi Coates, Elvis Costello, Richard Dawkins. Running Time: 3 hours and 17 minutes.
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2:00 pm
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Film | The Innocents (1961): British psychological horror film
This gothic story based on Henry James' Turn of the Srew centers around a governess taking care of two ... more >> orphans in a foreboding Victorian mansion. Director: Jack Clayton. Starring: Deborah Kerr & Michael Redgrave. 100 min.
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour
Walk straight through the heart of Central Park on this east-to-west tour led by guides. Enjoy a great ... more >> variety of the scenic, sculptural, and ar chitectural elements the Park has to offer. Visit some of the Park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Cherry Hill, The Lake, and Strawberry Fields.
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2:00 pm
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Talk | Meet Me in the Kitchen: Harvest Time Nutrition
Enjoy nutrition information, preparation demonstrations and tastings. Includes helpful research findings, ... more >> healthy recipes, portion planning and shopping tips for the reason. Nutritionist Lauren C. Kelly offers creative twists on cuisines of many cultures, fermenting food for better health. Mondays, September 24-October 29, 2018.
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2:00 pm
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Free
Talk | Resume Help
Need help with resume writing? Not sure how to edit it? Get one-on-one assistance with writing your resume. ... more >> Please bring a hard copy of your resume or a USB flash drive to save and edit it.
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2:30 pm
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Author Reading | A Misunderstood Friendship: Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, and Sino-North Korean Relations
The new book from Zhihua Shen and Yafeng Xia notes that China is widely known as North Korea's only ally ... more >> on the world stage. Historically, both countries have advertised the relationship as being one of special closeness, based on shared political ideals and regional goals. Yet, as China has risen in global standing, its current position in relation to North Korea seems to be changing into a reluctant one, affected by global perceptions of North Korea, calls for Chinese global and regional leadership, and increased economic and political connections between China and other world powers like the United States.
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4:00 pm
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Musical | Newly Written Musicals
The teams of emerging theater makers will present live performances of their newly written, twenty-minute ... more >> musicals, followed by feedback from established theater professionals.
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5:00 pm
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Tour | Tour of Gracie Mansion, Home of New York's Mayors
In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend ... more >> in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” This tour repeats every Monday.
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Dance and sculpt
Move your body to the beat! Have fun while you exercise! Bring a towel or an exercise mat. Come in comfortable ... more >> clothing. This workshop takes place every Monday.
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | The Men at the Table: Relationship Violence Awareness Month
Explore contemporary masculinities with queer and gender theorist Professor Jack Halberstam, as well ... more >> as a group of male/masculine identifying students. Halberstam will also speak on masculinity and violence prevention within collegiate communities.
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5:30 pm
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Film | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017): a romance between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady
Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame finds romance and happiness with a younger man, but her life changes ... more >> forever when she is diagnosed with breast cancer in the 1970s. The film also stars Vanessa Redgrave and Julie Walters. Directed by Paul McGuigan. Cast: Annette Bening, Jamie Bell. 106 min.
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6:00 pm
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Film | The Cassandra Crossing (1976): Italian-British disaster-thriller
Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. ... more >> So what happens next? Dir: George Pan Cosmatos. Starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Lee Strasberg, OJ Simpson. 120 min.
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual
Hans Speier was a sociologist, author, and one of the founding members of the University in Exile of ... more >> the New School for Social Research. Speaker Daniel Bessner of the University of Washington will discuss how the experience of the Weimar Republic’s collapse and the rise of Nazism informed Hans Speier’s life and work as an American policymaker.
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6:00 pm
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Film | Oscar's Best Picture of the Year in 2018: Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water
At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an ... more >> amphibious creature that is being held in captivity. Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon. 123 min.
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Risky Business: Press Freedom in Latin America
Journalists in Latin America face one of the most challenging years in recent history. 2018 will see ... more >> three influential general elections in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, as well as a contested electoral process in Venezuela that took place in May. It's a tough moment to be a reporter covering politics in the region amid growing concerns about censorship, anti-press rhetoric from all sides of the political spectrum, online harassment translating into real-life violence, rising public distrust in traditional media outlets, and polarized audiences who increasingly rely on social media platforms like WhatsApp to stay informed. At the same time, this difficult reality has inspired innovative grassroots projects led by investigative journalists determined to fight for an independent press and dig into vital topics like human rights and corruption. Young Professionals of the Americas and the Committee to Protect Journalists take part in a conversation about how reporters are covering the 2018 elections in Latin America, the rising threats to press freedom across the region, and how journalists and citizens are rising to these challenges and innovating ways to keep each other informed in this critical moment. Speakers: Carlos Martínez de la Serna, CPJ's Program Director Laura Bonilla, Former Brazil Bureau Chief, AFP Robert Valencia, Deputy World Editor, Newsweek Adriana La Rotta, Senior Director, Americas Society/Council of the Americas (moderator)
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6:00 pm
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Book Club | Simon Hanselmann’s One More Year
Simon Hanselmann’s previous two Megg & Mogg books have both been New York Times best-sellers, and One ... more >> More Year continues to cement him as one his generation’s defining graphic novelists. The book gives more substance to the characters and personalities of its protagonists in ways that never fail to surprise, delight, and horrify. Simon Hanselmann's Megg, Mogg and Owl comics are currently published in 13 languages internationally. Please read the book before arriving at the book discussion.
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | A Certain Plume: The Imagination of Belgian Poet Henri Michaux
Richard Sieburth and Pierre Joris discuss Sieburth‘s new translation of Henri Michaux’s A Certain ... more >> Plume. The figure of Plume preoccupied the great Belgian poet Henri Michaux throughout his career. Plume, meaning feather or pen, is a character who drifts from one thing to another, losing shape, taking new forms, at perpetual risk from reality. He is a personification of the imagination as subject to innumerable pratfalls and disgraces, and yet indestructible for all that.
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | All Gates Open: The Story of CAN
Rob Young's book is a celebration of the experimental band described as "lostspace travellers creating ... more >> a new primitive society after fetching up on a far-flung planet". The event will include rare film footage of the band.
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Film | Guangzhou Dream Factory (2017): Documentary on Africans in China
Immigration, globalization, Chinese factories and African dreams…Guangzhou Dream Factory weaves stories ... more >> of Africans chasing alluring, yet elusive, “Made in China” dreams into a compelling critique of 21st century global capitalism. Director: Christiane Badgley
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Lecture | Aesthetics Through the Penal Hole
The talk will focus on artmaking and aesthetic practices of incarcerated people held in solitary confinement ... more >> and other types of isolation units. To make art in solitary confinement is to deliberately engage the sensory deprivation that occurs in isolation cells as a mode of assault. With solitary confinement, the carceral state attempts a totalizing control over the bodies and minds of imprisoned people, largely through structuring their sensory experiences with excruciating detail and calculated indifference to their suffering. How do such restrictive mobility, sensory control, and lack of human contact impact the aesthetic experiences and practices of prisoners in solitary confinement? Speaker Nicole Fleetwood is a professor in the Department of American Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
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6:30 pm
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Reading | First Mondays: Readings of New Works in Progress
First Mondays allows for a mutually beneficial exchange between authors and audiences. Tonight's event ... more >> brings together Geo Wyeth, who “takes the ‘interdisciplinary artist’ label to a whole new level” (Interview Magazine), and poet, performer, and professor Tracie Morris (Who Do With Words, Intermission).
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Author Reading | Mouth Waters Earth: Reading Plus Tasting of Taiwanese Aiyu Plant
An evening for language, food, art, and place comes together on a shared table. Situating her writing ... more >> from the perspective of food, author Chienfang Chang will share pieces of her recent work at the Vermont Studio Center as well as engage in a guided tasting and reading of aiyu, a plant indigenous to the mountains of Taiwan, with chef Pyna Yang. They will lead guests through the process of preparing aiyu following local tradition and discussions will follow the roots of how food opens a space for both cultural exchange and social justice.
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested admission...
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Book Club | International Literature Book Club
They will discuss Ties by Italian author Domenico Starnone, translated by Jhumpa Lahiri. "Every couple ... more >> is an enigma to outsiders, and often even to itself. Ties is also about . . . the unspoken mysteries that bind us, that push us away from one another and bring us back." -- Rachel Donadio, The New York Times
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | San Francisco Symphony principal percussionist
Jacob Nissly is the Principal Percussionist of the San Francisco Symphony, under the direction of Michael ... more >> Tilson Thomas. Prior to his appointment in San Francisco, Nissly was the Principal Percussionist of the Cleveland Orchestra for two seasons and the Principal Percussionist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for one season. He spent two summers playing with the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Verbier, Switzerland, and two summers with the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan. Nissly also has taught classes at The Juilliard School.
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works by American composers
Mannes American Composers Ensemble presents works by iconic American masters such as John Adams, Mason ... more >> Bates and Steve Reich, as well as works by young and up-and-coming composers such as David Hertzberg and Nina C. Young. The ensemble aims to embrace a broad view of the vital landscape of contemporary American Music, and to bolster that landscape through premieres and, soon, commissions. This concert will be conducted by Alan Pierson. Program Anton Webern Five Pieces for Orchestra, op. 10 Simon Steen-Andersen Chambered Music John Adams Son of a Chamber Symphony ..and more.
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7:30 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Gustav Mahler and more
Argento Chamber Ensemble. Program Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) from Das Lied von der Erde Taylor Brook ... more >> (b.1985) Arrhythmia Jesse Jones Threshold Alma Mahler (1879-1964) Drei lieder Patricia Alessandrini (b.1970) Hommage à Alma Mahler Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Symphony 10: Adagio and Scherzo/Finale About the Performers "Argento Chamber Ensemble...[is] providing a real service to new-music lovers in New York City, by exposing works that might otherwise go unperformed…" (The New Yorker). The ensemble has collaborated with Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, Yale, and New York University, the Metropolitan New York Library Council, and the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program.
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7:30 pm
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Classical Music | Works by iconic American masters
Mannes American Composers Ensemble aims to embrace a broad view of the vital landscape of contemporary ... more >> American Music, and to bolster that landscape through premieres and, soon, commissions. This concert will be conducted by Alan Pierson. Program Anton Webern Five Pieces for Orchestra, op. 10 Simon Steen-Andersen Chambered Music John Adams Son of a Chamber Symphony
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7:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Experiments in Dance
A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas and works-in-progress held ... more >> in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists, and join each season in performing at the historic church. Featuring: Havanna Fisher Orlando Hernández Jordan Demetrius Lloyd UNDOING AND DOING
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8:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Piazzola, Bernstein, Puccini for Brass Quintet
Brass Quintet (Marcus Rojas, tuba; Thomas Hutchinson, trombone; Leelanee Sterrett, horn; Thomas Hoyt, ... more >> trumpet; and Wayne J. du Maine, trumpet) presents works by Piazzolla (1921-1992), Victor Ewald (1860-1935), Bernstein (1918-1990), Puccini (1858-1924) and Rich Shemaria. About the Performers Tubist Marcus Rojas has performed with such diverse groups as The Metropolitan Opera, The American Ballet Theatre, American Symphony Orchestra, Radio City Music Hall, and ensembles led by Lionel Hampton, David Byrne and P.D.Q. Bach. Trumpeter Thomas Hoyt has appeared as soloist or guest artist with the Bach Aria Group, Philharmonia Virtuosi and the Chamber music Society of Lincoln Center. He is also a major player of traditional music and is a member of New York Big Brass and Solid Brass, and has performed with numerous New York orchestras: the American Symphony, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the New York City Opera and the New York City Ballet. Trumpeter Wayne J. du Maine has performed and recorded with such ensembles as the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He currently holds the principal chair with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the American Composers Orchestra.
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