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48 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, October 23, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.Editor's Picks
Workshop | Morning Fitness
One hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises. For a breath of fresh air, take your workouts ... more >> outdoors. Parks are becoming a logical alternative environment for those who want to add variety to their workouts, or who just don't like the gym. And, it's an affordable way to increase physical activity opportunities, because there's nothing special to build. Exercise with a view, in natural sunlight, with green scenery all around bestows health benefits that can’t be found indoors. Scientific studies have shown that the pleasure of being outdoors for example gives your brain, psyche, and immune system an extra boost. Led by trained professionals, and suitable for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water. Tuesdays and Thursdays through December 28, 2018.
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7:30 am
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free, no reservation required
Workshop | Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini Yoga is also called the Yoga of Awareness. It combines the physical practice of Asanas with ... more >> Pranayama (breathing) and Meditation/Chanting – it targets the whole body system (nervous system, glands, mental faculties, chakras) to develop awareness and consciousness, strength and flexibility. Everybody is welcome, no previous knowledge of Yoga is necessary. Please bring a Yoga mat and possibly a blanket and a shawl.
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9:00 am
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations ... more >> for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
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10:00 am
free
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Lesson | Chinese chess
Strategy board game for two players. Learning, interacting and having fun with Chinese chess.
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10:30 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
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
Workshop | Zumba Jumpstart
A fitness dance party with upbeat Latin music of Salsa, Merengue, Hip Hop and more! Enthusiastic Instruction ... more >> creates a fun community of dancers who learn new dance steps each week. Bring your friends! Tuesdays, October 2 through December 18, 2018
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10:30 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Workshop | Adult Coloring Club
Enjoy the sublime pleasure of coloring. Coloring sheets, Crayons, coloring pencils, and reading materials ... more >> will be provided to participants by the Library.
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Adult Coloring Club
Discover the fun and calming benefits of coloring. Color, relax and enjoy.
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11:00 am
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free, no reservation required
Workshop | Resume Help
Applying for a job? Update your resume, or even start from sratch. Learn how to craft a resume that will ... more >> help you land that interview.
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11:00 am
free, reservation required
free, reservation required
Film | Red Sparrow (2018): spy thriller with Oscar winning Jennifer Lawrence
Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ... more >> ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Egorova emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, Dominika meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust. Directed by Francis Lawrence. 140 min.
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11:30 am
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free, no reservation required
Film | Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018): a journey to a galaxy far, far away
During an adventure into the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters ... more >> Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion. Director: Ron Howard. Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke. 135 min.
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12:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Jazz | Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen
The Gotham Jazzmen bring their take on Dixieland Jazz. The band features: Ed Bonoff on drums; James Collier ... more >> on trombone; Lee Lorenz on cornet; Pete Sokolow on piano; Dick Waldburger on bass; Ernie Lumer on clarinet; and Bill Wurtzel on guitar. Doors open at 11:45 am.
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12:00 pm
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Discussion | Is the 'Liberal World Order' Worth Defending?
There is a lot of talk bemoaning the death of the liberal rules-based world order. But it is less clear ... more >> exactly what this order entailed, in what sense it was liberal, how (and by whom) the rules were established and maintained, and who benefited from it. The panel will discuss these issues and the questions of whether the order can and should be maintained and what might replace it. A discussion with: Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics Jack Snyder, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Relations Stuart Gottlieb, International and Public Affairs Professor Stephen Wertheim, Visiting Scholar, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies Moderated by Richard Betts
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12:10 pm
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free, no reservation required
Classical Music | Bach at Noon
The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts take ... more >> place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 11, 2018 to May 22, 2019.
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12:20 pm
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free, no reservation required
Lecture | Everything in Common: Private Property/Public State
Eating in Public is an anti-capitalism project that has implemented over 1,000 platforms of autonomous ... more >> exchanges and willfully challenges authoritiarian power structures and the system of private property/public state. The collective embodies a D.I.Y. ethos, creating local mimetic project structures that encourage people to share, replicate, and expand the work. They gather at people's homes, plant free food gardens on private and public land, set up free stores, all without permission. Eating in Public actively attempts to reclaim and expand the egalitarian commons in the middle of capitalist society. Speaker Gaye Chan is a conceptual artist who is recognized equally for her solo and collaborative activities that take place on the web, in publications, streets as well as galleries.
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1:00 pm
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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
Free
Free
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
Lesson | Selling to the Government and Global Market
The federal government buys nearly $100 billion worth of goods and services from small businesses each ... more >> year. Government contracts can offer significant opportunities for small businesses, but selling to the government requires a very different approach than selling to the commercial sector. Learn how and what the federal government buys, and how to expand your business globally.
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1:00 pm
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Dance Lesson | Ballet for beginners
Learn basic ballet steps and experience the joy of dancing in a class that combines ballet and exercise. ... more >> Wear comfortable clothes and be ready to have fun. Come for the whole month or just drop in. No experience necessary. Upcoming dates: Tuesday, October 30, 2018, 2 p.m. Consent/release waiver must be signed in order to attend. Limit 18 persons per class. Doors close at 2pm. Late arrivals will not be admitted.
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2:00 pm
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free, reservation required
4:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Author Reading | Revolutionaries for the Right: Anticommunist Internationalism and Paramilitary Warfare in the Cold War
Author Kyle Burke is assistant professor of history at Hartwick College. He teaches and writes about ... more >> US politics, war, and foreign relations. This is his first book.
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4:30 pm
Free
Free
Film | Every Act of Life (2018): Biography of Playwright Terrence McNally
The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking ... more >> plays and musicals, the struggle for LGBT rights, addiction and recovery, finding true love, and the relentless pursuit of inspiration. Director: Jeff Kaufman
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5:00 pm
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Lesson | Beginner French Class
Through lessons and activities you will learn basic French with a library volunteer. Commitment to 5 ... more >> classes strongly preferred. Space is limited - show up early! Upcoming dates: Tuesday, October 30, 2018, 5 - 6 p.m.
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5:00 pm
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Author Reading | American Tantrum: The Donald J. Trump Presidential Archives
A devastatingly hilarious satire that cuts closer to the truth of than any nonfiction account: Anthony ... more >> Atamanuik, the creator and star of Comedy Central’s acclaimed The President Show, opens the vault and imagines Donald J. Trump’s presidential archives, exposing documents from his childhood in Queens to his toddlerhood in the Oval Office.
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6:00 pm
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Film | Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989): Pioneering Black Journalist
Though virtually forgotten today, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a household name in Black America during much ... more >> of her lifetime (1863-1931) and was considered the equal of her well-known African American contemporaries such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. This film retells the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Director: William Greaves 55 min. Roundtable conversation moderated by Pamela Newkirk, with Paula Giddings, Shola Lynch, Louise Greaves, sculptor Richard Hunt, and Michelle Duster, great granddaughter of Ida B. Wells.
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | The Dash—The Other Side of Absolute Knowing
In The Dash—The Other Side of Absolute Knowing, authors Rebecca Comay, and Frank Ruda present a reading ... more >> of Hegel’s most reviled concept, absolute knowing. Their book sets out from a counterintuitive premise: the “mystical shell” of Hegel's system proves to be its most “rational kernel.” Hegel's radicalism is located precisely at the point where his thought seems to regress most. With Slavoj Žižek, a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a visiting professor at a number of American universities.
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Conversion Funnels: Lead Magnets
Did you know that using lead magnets in your funnel is the fastest way for you to quickly grow a highly ... more >> targeted, engaged email list of leads who are looking to buy what you're selling? Using lead magnets is the fastest way to fill your business with high-quality leads that can potentially turn into loyal customers. In this program, Jimmy Newson will teach you the strategies that can help you effectively create multiple doorways into your business. Jimmy Newson is an expert in utilizing video for marketing. He has over 25 years of experience in the marketing, digital media, and entertainment industries. He has worked with local and national brands including NARAS, (Grammys), People Magazine, AT&T, Microsoft, amon others.
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Crisis and Violence in Brazilian Elections: Democracy on the Ballot
Amid the worst economic crisis in the country's history and a recent escalation of violence against activists, ... more >> Brazilians will head to the polls for the runoff between Fernando Haddad (Workers Party/PT) and Jair Bolsonaro (Social Liberal Party/PSL) in less than two weeks. This roundtable about all that is at stake in what is already been called the most important electoral cycle in Brazilian history. With remote participation of Manuela D'Avila (Vice-President Candidate on the PT's ticket) and Glenn Greenwald (Journalist, the Intercept).
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Narrowcast: Poetry and Audio Research
Narrowcast explores how mid-century American poets associated with the New Left mobilized tape recording ... more >> as a new form of sonic field research even as they themselves were being subjected to tape-based surveillance. Media theorists tend to understand audio recording as a technique for separating bodies from sounds, but this book listens closely to tape's embedded information, offering a counterintuitive site-specific account of 1960s poetic recordings. Arguing that CIA and FBI "researchers" shared unexpected terrain not only with poets, but with famous theorists such as Fredric Jameson and Hayden White, author Lytle Shaw reframes the status of tape recordings in postwar poetics and challenges notions of how tape might be understood as a mode of evidence. Reflect on the project with the book's author and other featured panelists: Julie Beth Napolin, The New School David Grubbs, Brooklyn College J. Martin Daughtry, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology & Sound Studies
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Queer Trouble in Caribbean Art & Activism
Two award winning artist-scholars -- Rosamond S. King and Angelique V. Nixon -- reflect on the intersections ... more >> of LGBTQI and feminist arts, activism, and politics in the Caribbean. King and Nixon address how their own work moves between these different registers. They also discuss how they see contemporary queer Caribbean performance, literature, and visual art engage and resist the ongoing violences of colonial and postcolonial histories, and how these works offer us vibrant models of desire, embodiment, and collectivity.
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Into?: The New Generation of Gay Men
In Into?, North Morgan shines a coolly mesmerizing light on the modern generation of gay men that are ... more >> living firmly outside the closet, freed from the shadow of AIDS and elevated by popular culture, but plagued by a new set of problems, insecurities and self-destructions. As the men of Into? swipe right from bed to bed, Morgan spins a darkly hilarious and shockingly perceptive story of excess and love that’s like nothing you’ve ever read.
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Rated Agency: Investee Politics in a Speculative Age
Michel Feher’s new book describes the extraordinary shift in conduct and orientation—among companies, ... more >> governments, and individuals—generated by financialization.
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | HIIT Workshop
Veteran Donald Calliste leads exercises with varied tempos that send your body into fat-burning overdrive ... more >> even after your workout is done. Please bring a mat. Every Tuesday from June 5-October 30, 2018.
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Nonfiction Forum
Patricia Hampl’s newest book is The Art of the Wasted Day. She is the author of six other prose works, ... more >> including A Romantic Education and, most recently, The Florist's Daughter.
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | What Makes It Italian? Discovering National Character in Music
Tonight: What Makes it French (vs. Italian)? Ernest Chausson (1855 – 1899) What Makes It Italian? ... more >> Discovering National Character in Music is a music listening and discussion group that is open to everyone. The group is led by Gina Crusco, who guides listening at Bard LLI and Riverdale Y, and who has been music instructor at The New School and director of Underworld Productions.
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Brand New Art from China
Award-winning journalist, art critic and curator Barbara Pollack discusses her new book.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Cook Like a Pro: Recipes and Tips for Home Cooks
In her new cookbook, Ina Garten shares a brand-new collection of recipes, tips, and techniques, so readers ... more >> can cook with confidence no matter how much experience they have in the kitchen. Restrictions apply. Call store for details.
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times: dispels the many myths and legends that continue to surround Chopin
Alan Walker discusses his new biography of Chopin, which will be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux ... more >> in September 2018. Based on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, and Washington, D.C., Alan Walker’s monumental Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times is the most comprehensive biography of the great Polish composer to appear in English in more than a century. Walker’s work is a corrective biography, intended to dispel the many myths and legends that continue to surround Chopin. Fryderyk Chopin is an intimate look into a dramatic life; of particular focus are Chopin’s childhood and youth in Poland, which are brought into line with the latest scholarly findings, and Chopin’s romantic life with George Sand, with whom he lived for nine years.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Philosophy, Pussycats, and Porn A Pornographer Speaks
An evening celebrating the release of Stoya’s book of essays, blog posts, and stories surveying more ... more >> than a decade of poignant journalistic accounts from internationally recognized writer, actor, and pornographer Stoya.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | The Baltimore Book of the Dead: Portaits of the Passed
The Baltimore Book of the Dead is another collection of portraits of the dead, their compressed narratives ... more >> weaving a unusual, richly populated memoir. Approaching mourning and memory with intimacy, humor, and an eye for the idiosyncratic, the story begins in the 1960s in Marion Winik’s native New Jersey, winds through Austin, Texas and rural Pennsylvania, and finally settles in her current home of Baltimore.
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | The Mother Lode : monologues, songs and short plays
The Mother Lode is a treasure trove of monologues, songs and short plays from womb to tomb. “God could ... more >> not be everywhere so s(he) created mothers.” - Jewish proverb But not all mothers are created equal. For some, maternal instinct doesn’t kick in for days or weeks after delivery; for others it may take a lot longer…as revealed in a series of vignettes, some heartbreaking, some hilarious, by authors who survived and thrived despite their “mothers in name only.”
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7:00 pm
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Performance | The Mother Lode: A Treasure Trove of Monologues, Songs and Short Plays…from Womb to Tomb
“God could not be everywhere so s(he) created mothers.” - Jewish proverb But not all mothers are ... more >> created equal. For some, maternal instinct doesn’t kick in for days or weeks after delivery; for others it may take a lot longer…as revealed in a series of vignettes, some heartbreaking, some hilarious, by authors who survived and thrived despite their “mothers in name only.” There will be a “meet-and-greet” post-performance reception with the actors and authors.
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7:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress
A program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress, for artists at all ... more >> stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion moderated by a Movement Research Artist-in-Residence or an occasional guest, where we will experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform the artists’ process. Featuring: Nico Brown Tal Eshel Owen Prum
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7:00 pm
$3 suggested donation
$3 suggested donation
Reading | Double Take Reading
Double Take is a unique reading series that asks award-winning and emerging poets, novelists, editors, ... more >> and artists to trade takes on shared experiences. Experience a one-of-a-kind evening of stories and reflections. In this instance, writers will respond to: laughter. Featuring: Edwin Frank Joseph Salvatore Emily Skillings Perry Yung
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7:00 pm
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Comedy Club | Greetings from Queer Mountain: Comedy Showcase
A monthly LGBTQIA showcase of poetry, comedy, storytelling, and more. Hosted by Lorena Russi.
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction to Meditation
This introductory meditation class was featured as a New York Magazine top pick. Room is set up with ... more >> both meditation floor mats and traditional western chairs with back support. No special clothing or equipment is necessary. Tuesdays.
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
$10 suggested donation
Lecture | The Dispute for Democracy in Latin America
American media and academic narratives often describe Latin American current political situation as the ... more >> confrontation between two irreconcilable political projects: leftwing populist authoritarianism and centrist liberal democracy. Drawing on the history of populism and theoretical contributions to the particularities of this political phenomenon in the region, my presentation will claim that what stands at the core for the future of democracy in the region is the dispute between a national-popular and a neoliberal project. With: Nicolas Lynch of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Peru
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Stargazing in the City
Take a romantic walk along the park and a chance to take a closer look at the stars. Peer through high-powered ... more >> telescopes provided by the knowledgeable members of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York to see rare celestial sights. In the event of rain, the event will be cancelled. Tuesdays, July 3-October 30, 2018.
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8:30 pm
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