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59 free events take place on Thursday, September 24 in New York City.
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59 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, September 24, 2015

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Workshop | Park Tai Chi


Classes for all ages and experience levels. Park Tai Chi is provided by the Tai Chi Chuan Center and led by teachers and students who train at CK Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Jeremy Hubbell. Classes are rain or shine.
   Midtown,
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7:30 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
   Lower Manhattan,
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10:00 am
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   Lower Manhattan,
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Tai Chi Outdoors


With the Chinatown YMCA. This event takes place on September 17 and 24.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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11:00 am
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Tour | Explore Castle Williams Tour


Castle Williams, the centerpiece of the system of fortifications designed to guard New York City just prior to the War of 1812, has long been off-limits to the public. After an extensive rehabilitation project in 2011, the National Park Service opened the Castle's to the general public for the first time in the fort's 200-year history. Tours of the Castle take visitors through all three levels and the roof. Tours are approximately 30 minutes in length. Visitors are advised that tours require climbing three flights of stairs. The Castle's upper floors are not handicap-accessible. Start times: 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm.
   New York, NY
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11:30 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting.
   Midtown,
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | Ukrainian Identity Under the Impact of Euromaidan and the War


Volodymyr Kulyk will examine recent changes in Ukrainian national identity under the impact of the Euromaidan protests and the subsequent Russian aggression. He will demonstrate that national identity has become more salient vis-à-vis other territorial and non-territorial identities. Moreover, the very meaning of belonging to the Ukrainian nation has considerably changed, which primarily manifests itself in the increased alienation from Russia and the greater embrace of Ukrainian nationalism. In addition to perceptions of the Ukrainian population as a whole, Dr. Kulyk will examine differences between preferences of major regional groups. Volodymyr Kulyk is a head research fellow at the Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He has also taught at Columbia, Stanford, Kyiv Mohyla Academy and Ukrainian Catholic University as well as having research fellowships at Harvard, Stanford, Woodrow Wilson Center, University College London and other scholarly institutions.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesday through Friday, from Sept. 15, 2015 to May 26, 2016.
   Lower Manhattan,
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12:20 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   Midtown,
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12:30 pm
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Book Signing | NBA superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar signs copies of his book Mycroft Holmes


NBA superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores big with a new novel on the untold adventures of Sherlock’s older brother, Mycroft.
   Midtown,
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12:30 pm
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Jazz | Yuka Aikawa, Jazz Pianist 'with Worlds of Talent'


"Yuka is a dedicated pianist/composer with worlds of talent." - Jimmy Heath Pianist and composer Yuka Aikawa began playing piano at the age of five in her native country, Japan. She received the prestigious Michael Feinstein Award for “Outstanding Talent.” You can hear Yuka at various jazz clubs in and around the New York area - including the Blue Note, Kitano Hotel, and Birdland Jazz Club, as an accompanist for the jazz choir - the Lance Hayward Singers, or on Carline Ray's beautiful album Vocal Sides.
   Midtown,
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12:30 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 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.
   Lower Manhattan,
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Folk Art and American Modernism


Tour will be led by the museum’s gallery guides.
   Lincoln Square,
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Retro Board Gaming for Adults


Share your passion for checkers, chess, mahjong, Monopoly, or Scrabble. All levels of play welcome.
   Lincoln Square, New York, NY
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Sonnambula presents Splendors of the Spanish Renaissance


Sonnambula present a program featuring intimate Canciones (popular tunes with poetic texts), joyful Villancicos (songs with rustic themes), and virtuosic instrumental pieces, drawn from over 450 works in the Cancionero Musical de Palacio, a manuscript found at the Royal Palace of Madrid and which exemplifies Golden Age Spanish music at its best. Performers: Jude Ziliak, violin
; Elizabeth Weinfield, viola da gamba and artistic director; Amy Domingues, viola da gamba; Shirley Hunt, viola da gamba; James Kennerley, tenor
   Midtown East, New York, NY
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1:15 pm
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Tour | Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art Tour


New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick.
   East Williamsburg,
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2:00 pm
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Film | George Marshall's Oscar Nominee The Blue Dahlia (1946): Cheating Wife Murdered


Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix. A returning war veteran finds his faithless wife murdered and himself suspected. 96 min.
   Carnegie Hill, New York, NY
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   Upper Manhattan,
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Morningside Lights Lantern-Building Workshop


A week of free community arts workshops - running from Sept. 19 to Sept. 25 - culminates in a procession of handmade lanterns on Sept. 26 inspired by New York City after dark. At Morningside Lights workshops, lantern building is a collaborative process — and the collaboration is part of the fun. You may start a lantern for someone else to finish, or pick up where someone else left off to create a work of art that reflects the collective vision of our community. Each day's workshop activities are a step in the process as our lanterns take shape from idea to final product. And remember, no experience is necessary!
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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2:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   Midtown,
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3:30 pm
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Workshop | Human Chess


Play as your favorite game piece and navigate the chess board from inside at our Human Chess games, where chess becomes an embodied team sport. All levels welcome.
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
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4:00 pm
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Tour | Behind-the-Scenes Hard Hat Hills Tour


Take a tour of the Hills rising on Governors Island! The Hills are currently under construction at the southern end of the new park. Made of recycled fill materials, the Hills will rise 25 to 70 feet above the Island, and the summit of the tallest Hill will provide visitors with a 360-degree panoramic view of the Harbor. Get a behind-the-scenes look at these Hills as you climb to the top and experience an entirely new perspective on New York Harbor.
   New York, NY
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4:15 pm
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Author Reading | Bruce Lawrence discusses his book Who Is Allah?


Lawrence aims to look at Islam with fresh eyes, and to understand Allah with dispassionate insight. The alternative is to settle for journalistic sloganeering, too often sensationalist even when it is highbrow, as with Hitchens or Hirsi Ali.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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4:30 pm
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Workshop | Beginners' Chess Social


Join us at our weekly Game Socials to meet up with like-minded players interested in the same games as you. On Thursdays, beginners are invited to play chess.
   Midtown,
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5:00 pm
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Birdwatching | Fall Birding Tour


Discover the birds that call the park home, as well as those that may stop by during migration. A surprising diversity of avian visitors drop in, even in the heart of midtown. Sightings could include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, even an American Woodcock.
   Midtown,
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5:00 pm
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Conference | Policing the Crises: Stuart Hall and the Practice of Critique


Described by Henry Louis Gates as “Black Britain’s leading theorist of Black Britain,” Stuart Hall was the preeminent post-colonial intellectual of Great Britain. One of the founders of cultural studies, Hall’s influence extended across the intellectual spectrum of the Left, rocking political and academic worlds with his theories of race, ethnicity, feminism, nationality, and politics, shaping their discourses into the 21st century. Using Hall’s key essays and books as touchstones, this conference examines how his ideas can help us think through some of the most urgent problems of the contemporary moment. With ongoing crises of authority caused by police violence, mass incarceration, as well as concerns around economic, environmental, and social justice across the world, Hall’s bold theories of neoliberalism remain intensely relevant. This conference takes place September 24-26, 2015
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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5:00 pm
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Talk | #fashiondiplomacy: Emerging Fashion Capitals in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine


Join Stephan Rabimov, publisher and editor in chief of DEPESHA magazine, for a discussion about the rise of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, and Almaty as fashion capitals. Rabimov will examine the growing influence of fashion in cross-cultural relations, as well as fashion's impact on national identity and international perceptions.
   Midtown, New York, NY
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Pioneer Women: Mexican Photography I


Featuring nine photographers.
   Midtown East, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Drawings: Linn Meyers' Here is what I know is true


Linn Meyers creates elaborate, finely detailed drawings that straddle the definitions of ‘certainty’ and ‘happenstance’. Earlier systems-based works strove for control; using series of grids or interior structures, drawings grew from simple geometric forms to encompass large, flowing fields of lines, which delicately amplified into tangible vibrations. This method eventually evolved to embrace the many imperfections inherent in what has become a looser, more instinctive drawing method, one that develops independent of expectations.
   Upper East Side, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Forensic Architecture: The Conflict Shoreline


In this two-part lecture, Eyal Weizman will discuss the work of the research agency of the same name that he established in 2009. In Part Two, Weizman examines the “battle over the Negev,” desert region of southern Israel that is at the center of an ongoing Israeli state campaign to uproot the Bedouins from the desert’s northern threshold. Unlike other frontiers that have been fought over during the Israel-Palestine conflict, this threshold is not demarcated by fences and walls but advances and recedes in response to cultivation, displacement, urbanization, and climate change.
   East Village, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Barbi Leifert’s Dancer’s Palette


Painter Barbi Leifert captures the soul of a dancer in her life’s work by exploring the energy, vibrancy and artistic brilliance inherent in contemporary dance.
   Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Park Yoga


Perfect your downward dog under the trees and on the lush lawn at the 12th season of outdoor yoga classes, presented by Athleta with instructors curated by Yoga Journal and media support from Flavorpill. Mats are provided by Athleta - no need to bring your own.
   Midtown,
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6:00 pm
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Performance | Performance Art: Kevin Beasley's Untitled Stanzas: Staff/Un/Site


Kevin Beasley creates densely layered sculptures and sound-based performances that form immersive tactile experiences. With microphones embedded in cast plaster objects dragged across the gallery floor, or arranged in fleets to capture the sound of the artist’s movement, Beasley emphasizes the physical nature of sound, both in the mechanical waves by which sound travels, and in the insistence of one’s presence in the creation and experience of noise. The artist focuses on the personal memories we each bring to our experiences in both his performances and his sculptures, embedding them with objects and sounds imbued with personal experience. Beasley’s 2012 sound performance at MoMA featured the artist in the museum’s central atrium processing the voices of deceased rappers into cacophonous wails that shook the walls of the museum itself. For this performance, the artist will install and play a new sound composition. Over the few months leading up to the performance, Beasley traversed the park, recording sounds from around the park – from crickets chirping in the thicket at West 21st Street, to the evolving sound of various construction sites, to the meandering traffic on the West Side Highway. Beasley took greatest interest in the convergence of sounds at the rail yards, due to the wide open soundscape enabled by the lack of skyscrapers. In an attempt to engage one of the few remaining open-air pockets in Manhattan, the artist will amplify, accentuate, and process these recordings. Furthermore, each performance will be recorded and layered on top of the next, creating a changing, open-ended composition. Beasley says he imagines the work’s title as a score, each performance as a stanza, and the site as the medium or notes that fill the score. This performance takes place September 22, 23 and 24, 2015.
   Midtown, New York, NY
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Performance | Performance Art: Lior Shvil's Protocols


PROTOCOLS, a new commission by Lior Shvil, will include a large-scale installation inspired by military counter-insurgency training courses, which will be activated by a series of improvisational theater workshops and live performances based on combat procedures throughout the run of show.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Pope Economics/Pope Ecology


A panel discussion with Edouard Tetreau, Andrew Revkin, Erin Lothes, and Anthony Annett. Moderated by Laura Flanders. On the occasion of Pope Francis' visit to the U.S., invited panelists discuss the implications of the papal encyclical on climate change and the pope's call for drastic changes in "lifestyle, production and consumption" from unsustainable practices to more prudent care of "our common home" in order to avert environmental catastrophe.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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Tour | Central Park Sunset Photography Tour


Sunsets are a special time and what better place in New York City to experience and photograph the setting sun than the Middle Section of Central Park. A licensed guide, renowned photographer, and a downtown Manhattan resident of 40 years will guide you through some of the most iconic Central Park settings during what photographers call “the golden hour“ – Summit Rock, Winterdale Arc, the Great Lawn, Belvedere Castle, the Ramble, the Lake and Bow Bridge. You will be directed in how to get your shots no matter what’s the evening sky. Learn a bit about the Middle Section of Central Park as you hone your photographic skills.
   
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Lecture | Keeping America Pure: The State, the Church, and the Migrant Body


A lecture by Lois Lorentzen, Theology and Religious Studies and the Center for Latino/a Studies in the Americas, University of San Francisco. The U.S./Mexico border is the most militarized border in the world between two “friendly countries.” This unofficial war zone marks the U.S. government’s desire to keep the undocumented out. Along the same border, religious groups help migrants who have been deported or are in transit. They provide shelter, food, clothing, sturdy boots for desert crossings, phone calls home, counseling, and medical care – to most undocumented migrants, that is. When it comes to transgender sex workers and their undocumented migrant bodies, Church and State seem to be in agreement about the need for purity and good order. Faced with this twinned opposition, many undocumented migrants, and especially LGBTQ migrants, turn to “border” saints to help them on their way: the patron saint of Mexico, the Virgin of Guadalupe, certainly; but “rogue” saints not approved by the Catholic Church also travel with migrants: Jesus Malverde, San Toribio Romo, Santa Muerte. Based on research with deported migrants at the Nogales, AZ/Nogales, Mexico border and with transgender sex workers in San Francisco, this talk analyses the way multiple borders – of nation, sex/gender, and “deviant” saints – are being contested by church, state, and undocumented migrants.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Lou Ureneck discusses his book The Great Fire: One American's Mission to Rescue Victims of the 20th Century's First Genocide


This illustrated lecture describes the harrowing story of a Methodist Minister and a principled American naval officer who helped rescue more than 250,000 refugees during the genocide of Armenian and Greek Christians.
   Midtown,
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Talk | Photographer Ruben Natal-San Miguel discusses his book Street Life: A New York City Vanishing Act


From the artist: "I want to capture all the vibrant, unique life on the streets of New York. The interesting character of many neighborhoods is disappearing, or being displaced - but it's that interesting street life that I love and I'm passionate about showing."
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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Talk | Upper West Side Landmarks


The Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group will be presenting a program featuring Kate Wood, President of Landmark West!, who will talk about landmarks on the Upper West Side from 96th to 110th, including the extension of the Riverside-West End Historic District designated in June.
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
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Slide Lecture | 'Vanity Fair': At Home with Writers of the Belle Epoque


What did Jules Verne eat? Where did Emile Zola sleep? What did Alexandre Dumas do in his free time? This illustrated lecture brings to life the private activities of French celebrities of the Belle Epoque as they were recorded in early examples of photojournalism. While interviews with the leading figures of 1890s Paris may seem, at first glance, mere vanity pieces published to titillate readers and spread gossip, they also provide valuable perspective on the importance of sociability for the creative process. Speaker Elizabeth Emery is professor of French, Montclair State University; co-editor, Medievalism: Key Critical Terms; Telling the Story in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of Evelyn Birge Vitz; author of Romancing the Cathedral: Gothic Architecture in Fin-de-Siècle French Culture; En Toute Intimité...Quand la presse people de la Belle Epoque s'invitait chez les célébrités (Parigramme, 2015)
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | A Tribute to Poet Philip Levine


With Kate Daniels, Toi Derricotte, Juan Felipe Herrera, Edward Hirsch, Yusef Komunyakaa, Mari L’Esperance, Dorianne Laux, Paul Mariani, Jane Mead, Tomás Q. Morín, Sharon Olds, Tom Sleigh, David St. John, and Gerald Stern. A tribute honoring the legacy of poet Philip Levine (1928–2015), Distinguished Poet-in-Residence at the Creative Writing Program for over fifteen years.
   East Village, New York, NY
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Author Reading | Andrew Scull discusses his book Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity


The loss of reason, a sense of alienation from the commonsense world we all like to imagine we inhabit, the shattering emotional turmoil that seizes hold and won’t let go—these are some of the traits we associate with madness. Today, mental disturbance is most commonly viewed through a medical lens, but societies have also sought to make sense of it through religion or the supernatural, or by constructing psychological or social explanations in an effort to tame the demons of unreason. In his recent book, Andrew Scull traces the long and complex history of this affliction and our attempts to treat it.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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Author Reading | Annie Jacobsen reads from her book The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency


In the first-ever history about the organization, bestselling author Annie Jacobsen draws on inside sources, exclusive interviews, and declassified memos to explore DARPA, or "the Pentagon's brain," from its Cold War inception to the present.
   Upper West Side,
7:00 pm
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Forum | Cities Deliver Sustainable Development, with Mayor Bill de Blasio, Gov. Jerry Brown, and More


Hosted by Jeffrey Sachs, Director of Sustainable Development Solutions Network, this is a high-level event in partnership with the Campaign for Urban Sustainable Development Goals and the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments. Engage with world-leading mayors and local government representatives as they pledge their support for the United Nations’ new Sustainable Development Goals in their cities and commit to implementing the new urban agenda between now and 2030. At this event, global urban leaders will offer a roadmap from New York’s UN SDGs to Paris’ climate summit at COP21 (December 2015), with implications for the new urban agenda to be adopted at Habitat III in Quito (October 2016). ,br> Expected speakers: - Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City - Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor of California - Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris - Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro - Xu Qin, Mayor of Shenzhen, China - Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau, Mayor of Johannesburg - Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul - Park Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Contributors read from Best American Poetry 2015


For the 14th consecutive year, the Writing Program hosts the launch reading of The Best American Poetry. These poets represented in the 2015 book will take part in an event moderated by series editor David Lehman, poetry coordinator, Writing Program, and Sherman Alexie, guest editor of the 2015 volume. With Melissa Barrett, Mark Bibbins, Emma Bolden, Catherine Bowman, Jericho Brown, Julie Carr, Chen Chen, Danielle DeTiberus, Natalie Diaz, Meredith Hasemann, Saeed Jones, Joan Naviyuk Kane, Laura Kasischke, David Kirby, Dana Levin, Dora Malech​, Donna Masini, Airea Dee Matthews, Laura McCullough, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Dennis Nurkse, Alan Michael Parker, Raphael Rubinstein, Bethany Schultz-Hurst, Evie Shockley, Sandra Simonds, Susan Terris, Michael Tyrell, Sidney Wade, Cody Walker, Afaa Michael Weaver, Terence Winch, Jane Wong, and Monica Youn.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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Author Reading | John Norris reads from his book Mary McGrory: The First Queen of Journalism


Before Molly Ivins, Maureen Dowd or Gail Collins came Mary McGrory, the trailblazing, Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist who covered D.C. for 5 decades. Come hear biographer John Norris bring to life McGrory's voice, wit and fascinating life story.
   Upper East Side,
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Author Reading | Katie Holten discusses her book About Trees


An evening celebrating the release of Katie Holten’s new book, published this September by Broken Dimanche Press. Considering a crisis of representation, About Trees catalogues our relationship with language, landscape, perception, and memory in the Anthropocene. Holten created a Tree Alphabet and used it to make a new typeface called Trees. The book includes contributions from Andrea Bowers, Tacita Dean, Amy Franceschini, Charles Gaines, James Gleick, Amy Harmon, Natalie Jeremijenko, Elizabeth Kolbert, Robert Macfarlane, Pedro Reyes, Nicola Twilley, Aengus Woods, Andrea Zittel and others.
   Midtown, New York, NY
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Opening Reception | Large-Scale Photographs by Lesley Dill


Lesley Dill works in sculpture, photography and performance, using a variety of media and techniques to explore themes of language, the body, and transformational experience. Her work has been widely exhibited and collected and can be found in the collections of the Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Cleveland Museum of Art, Kemper Museum, Kansas City; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among many others.
   Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY
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Reading | Longreads Story Night: Stories About Change


A night of live storytelling with Nikole Hannah-Jones, Burt Helm, Jessica Gross, Rembert Browne, Jessica Pressler, John Herrman. Hosted by editors Mike Dang and Mark Armstrong.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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Discussion | Sculpture and Performance


Discussion panel on the relationship between sculpture and performance. Moderated by Steven Henry Madoff with artists Tamar Ettun, Jessica Segall, Molly Lowe and Deville Cohen.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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Workshop | Velvet Gloves Gentleman’s Boxing


Velvet Gloves Gentleman's Boxing is a nomadic club that offers conditioning classes and lessons in boxing technique. The club provides a fitness and wellness experience tailored to the cultural sensitivities of urban gay men. Workouts are meant to challenge body and mind, and participants say they are faster, leaner, have more endurance, and feel stronger after them. Velvet Gloves is all about gentlemanly respect, empowerment, social responsibility and diversity. The co-founders, Vance Garrett and Francisco Liuzzi, promise that no one has ever been hit in the face. After the 75-minute class comes the club part – a social cool down complements the experience. Workouts are open to adults of all genders and orientations. Absolute beginners, novices, and fitness enthusiasts alike are welcome. RSVP required.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
7:00 pm
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Discussion | Why We Eat What We Eat


Join Marion Nestle, food policy expert and award-winning author of Food Politics, Safe Food, What to Eat, and the upcoming Soda Politics, and one of the world’s most powerful foodies, for this special evening. Researchers have finally come to recognize food – too little or too much of it – as central to wellness and illness in the 21st century. This panel brings together a leading neuroscientist of food and flavor, a public health nutritionist, a historian of taste, and a cultural sociologist in a lively conversation with each other and the audience to raise and answer the most compelling questions about why we eat what we eat. Panelists: Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition and Food Policy Steven Shapin, Franklin L. Ford Research Professor of the History of Science, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University Gordon Shepard, Professor of Neurobiology, Yale School of Medicine Moderator: Krishnendu Ray, Associate Professor of Food Studies
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
7:00 pm
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Film | Woody Allen's Annie Hall (1977): Won 4 Oscars


With: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts. Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall. 93 min.
   East Harlem, New York, NY
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Concert | Ethiopian Sounds: The Krar Collective


Rooted in tradition and soaked with attitude, this London-based acoustic trio uses krar (Ethiopian lyre), kebrero drums, and vocals to serve up a colorful feast of mind-blowing Ethiopian grooves.
   Lincoln Square,
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Master Class | Master Class with 'Beautiful and Impassioned' Pianist Lisa Moore


Described as “brilliant and searching...beautiful and impassioned...lustrous at the keyboard” by The New York Times, Lisa Moore’s performances combine music and theatre with expressive and emotional power - whether in the delivery of the simplest song, a solo recital or a fiendish chamber score. Pitchfork writes "She's the best kind of contemporary classical musician, one so fearsomely game that she inspires composers to offer her their most wildly unplayable ideas". Piano master classes take place every Thursday from Sept. 10 to Dec. 10.
   East Village, New York, NY
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Author Reading | Dorothea von Mücke reads from her book The Practices of the Enlightenment: Aesthetics, Authorship, and the Public


Chair of the Department of Germanic Languages, Dorothea von Mücke will discuss her recent book in a conversation with Associate Professor Joanna Stalnaker.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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Concert | Student Cello and Viola Recital


Caeli Smith, Viola, and Ari Evan, Cello
   Lincoln Square, New York, NY
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Jazz | Luke Hendon Music, All-Acoustic Gypsy Jazz Ensemble


Audiences love the gypsy jazz-infused energy, technical prowess and exciting improvisation of Luke Hendon Music. The all-acoustic instrumentation is reminiscent of Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club Bands of the 30's and 40's, but don't try to peg this band as as Gypsy Jazz cover band. The Luke Hendon Acoustic Combo rings fresh with a unique, soulful vibrance.
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
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