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Where else but in New York City can you listen to a world-class musician, discuss a book with a famous author, take a part in poetry reading, have a glass of wine at an art exhibition opening, and all that on the same day, and all that free of charge, and all of that on any day of the year, whether it's December or July, April or November!
The trick is to know about those free events, free things to do BEFORE they happen, not after the fact. That's where Club Free Time comes in handy! Become a Club Free Time member and start using these unique New York City (NYC) opportunities today, January 22, 2025!
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In addition to providing information about free events, free things to do in New York, Club Free Time offers its members complimentary tickets to classical music concerts, dance performances and theater: when a producer wants that special buzz of the 'full house' - Club Free Time members are welcomed for their enthusiasm and sophistication!
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Experience an entirely new perspective on New York. 'Open up a whole new cultural world... in one of the most vibrant capital cities in the world, sampling cultural delights beyond anyone's wildest dream.' Rupert Parker, journalist, photographer, cameraman, and TV producer
January 22, 2025. Free shows, concerts, movies, tours are New York (NYC) best kept secret! New York City never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment whether it's day or night, weekday or weekend, summer or winter, spring or fall, January or June, May or September. If you are looking for inexpensive things to do and where to go in Manhattan today, tonight, tomorrow, or any other time, or any other day of any week - you came to the right place: just click on any day on the calendar dispayed on the every page of our site and you will see how many events you can attend in Manhattan free of charge on that very day.
New York's cultural scene is at its busiest in October and March (and the same goes for free events, free things to do), but other months of the year still offer incredible amount of high quality, off the beaten path, unique free events, free things to do which will take your breath away! So if you looking for something to do in April or November, December or February, you will find tons of free things to do, free events to go to. (In June, July and August lots of those free events take place outdoors, of course).
So do not wot till tomorrow, start using these unique New York City opportunities today, January 22, 2025!
Where else but in New York City can you listen to a world-class musician, discuss a book with a famous author, take a part in poetry reading, have a glass of wine at an art exhibition opening, and all that on the same day, and all that free of charge, and all of that on any day of the year, whether it's December or July, April or November!
The trick is to know about those free events, free things to do BEFORE they happen, not after the fact. That's where Club Free Time comes in handy! Become a Club Free Time member and start using these unique New York City (NYC) opportunities today, January 22, 2025!
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Club Free Time is your perfect guide to Free Entertainment and Free Culture in the City That Never Sleeps.
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Free things to do, free events that take place in the City every day of the year are truly amazing. So if you're looking for something interesting to do today (January 22, 2025) or on any other day of the year don't miss those free-of-charge opportunities that only New York provides! You can find lots of high quality, off the beaten path, unique free events, free things to do which will take your breath away!
In addition to providing information about free events, free things to do in New York, Club Free Time offers its members complimentary tickets to classical music concerts, dance performances and theater: when a producer wants that special buzz of the 'full house' - Club Free Time members are welcomed for their enthusiasm and sophistication!
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Get a taste of free culture and free entertainment in New York City (NYC)!
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Experience an entirely new perspective on New York. 'Open up a whole new cultural world... in one of the most vibrant capital cities in the world, sampling cultural delights beyond anyone's wildest dream.' Rupert Parker, journalist, photographer, cameraman, and TV producer
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The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
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Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides:
- free concerts in NYC
- free movies in NYC
- free jazz in NYC
- free poetry readings in NYC
- free tours/hikes in NYC
- free city walks in NYC
- free Yoga /Tai Chi in NYC
- fairs and parades in NYC
- free theater in NYC
- free tickets to concerts, theater and dance performances in NYC
'New York is abuzz with so much culture that they're giving it away.' (The New York Times article about Club Free Time).
40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) today:
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
All events are free unless otherwise noted.Workshop | Boot Camp Workout in the Park
An early-morning core body Boot Camp. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back, and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high fives welcome.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Master Class | Jazz Bass Master Class
Jazz Bass Master Class with Clemens van der Feen.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Museums | New York City: History, Architecture, Social Movements, Cultural Diversity
This museum holds over 1,5 million artifacts, including photographs, paintings, decorative arts, costumes, and documents that tell the story of New York's development and its inhabitants. Explore the galleries and discover the rich history and vibrant culture of New York City!
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Garment District Tour: Factories, Gangsters, Labor Unions and More
Hear an unusual perspective from somebody who spent the greater portion of his life working in the GARMENT industry. You will learn how the apparel industry developed in NYC through the years, and how it came to be located in its current District. Watch the development of the industry from sweatshops in the old tenement buildings on the Lower East Side, to giant factories in China and Bangladesh. See how immigrants were the backbone of the industry and in NYC, still are. Five minute flow chart "From Fibers To Garment". Learn about Calvin, Ralph and Oscar, as well as Labor Unions and Gangsters. A Factory Visit When Available. See "The Garment Worker'' by Judith Weller, The Fashion Walk of Fame. The Giant Button and Needle artwork on Seventh Ave. And much more. Rain or shine.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Museums | The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S. Exhibition Gallery Tour
Take a tour of the Joffrey Ballet exhibitionto learn about the company's origins, and discover what makes the Joffrey a unique force in the world of dance. Robert Joffrey and his co-founder Gerald Arpino started a ballet company with a primary doctrine: that ballet was for everyone. Despite The Joffrey Ballet's significant cultural impact, its story has received scant attention until now. Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S., the first large-scale retrospective of the company, offers an unparalleled opportunity to delve into the history and legacy of The Joffrey Ballet through its archival materials.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Tour of New York City Hall
One of the oldest continuously used City Halls in the nation that still houses its original governmental functions, New York's City Hall is considered one of the finest architectural achievements of its period. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, the building was an early expression of the City's cosmopolitanism. City Hall is a designated New York City landmark, and its rotunda is a designated interior landmark as well.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Talk | Understanding Cairo: The City Victorious (online)
Instructor Iman Abdulfattah gives a compelling talk on Cairo’s UNESCO World Heritage site, Historic Cairo. Explore the city’s medieval urban layout, early preservation efforts, and the challenges it faces today. Discover why Cairo remains an outstanding example of Islamic heritage and urban history.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | Why “Frantsuzik”? Why “Bordeaux”? Gallophobia, Intersectionality and Colonial Anxiety in Griboedov’s Woe from Wit (online)
This talk offers a close reading of the expression “Frantsuzik iz Bordo” (“The little Frenchman from Bordeaux”), a famous quote from Alexander Griboedov’s classic comedy Woe from Wit. Relying on existing scholarship on the history of Gallophobia in late Eighteenth- and early Nineteenth-century Russia, it focuses on the emergence of the diminutive form “Frantsuzik”, its evolving meaning throughout the 1810s, and the social, political and gendered connotations attached to it. In a second section, the talk sheds light on the reason why the Russian playwright chose Bordeaux over other French cities as the home town of Famusov’s obnoxious French guest. Drawing on Russian geographical literature from the 1810s and early 1820s, it reconstructs the significations of Bordeaux in the Russian cultural imagination at the time, and explores the identity insecurity it triggered among Griboedov and his contemporaries. Speaker: Rodolphe Baudin (Sorbonne University)
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation (in-person and online)
The sessions are non-denominational and will focus on the basics: meditation to quiet the mind, to focus the quiet mind, using the focused mind for analysis, and using the focused mind to create and uphold a positive vision of and outlook on the world. Other more specific uses of meditation may be discussed however the class is meant for all, beginners and those with a regular practice.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:15 pm
Free
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)
Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
Free
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Book Discussion | The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing (online)
From former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss presents a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art. What is the work of art? In this guided tour inside the artist’s head, Adam Moss traces the evolution of transcendent novels, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and more. Weaving conversations with some of the most accomplished artists of our time together with the journal entries, napkin doodles, and sketches that were their tools, Moss breaks down the work—the tortuous paths and artistic decisions—that led to great art. From first glimmers to second thoughts, roads not taken, crises, breakthroughs, on to one triumphant finish after another.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World (online)
We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top who controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents. But in the 21st century, that bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are underpinned not by one dictator, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists, all of which operate across multiple regimes. Corrupt companies in one country do business with corrupt companies in another. The police in one country can arm and train the police in another, and propagandists share resources and themes, pounding home the same messages about the weakness of democracy. International condemnation and economic sanctions cannot move the autocrats. Even popular opposition movements, from Venezuela to Hong Kong to Moscow, don't stand a chance. These dictators aren't linked by a unifying ideology, like communism, but rather a common desire for power, wealth, and impunity. Journalist Anne Applebaum and YIVO Executive Director Jonathan Brent discuss how autocracies have evolved in the 21st century.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Downtown Beats Chorus
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the Downtown Beats adult chorus is open to all who love to sing! Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events throughout the year.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Discussion | The Life of Dancer Gus Solomons Jr.
Gus Solomons Jr. began his training in modern dance and ballet while studying architecture at MIT. Upon graduating he moved to New York City to dance, including an early stint with Martha Graham’s company, which he left to dance for Merce Cunningham from 1965 to 1968. Cunningham left a lasting influence on Solomons’ life-long choreography practice, which like Cunningham’s, was technology forward. Join Merce Cunningham Trust Scholar-in-Residence Nancy Dalva as she explains why, as she says, “Everyone loved Gus.” Registration required.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | La La Land (2016) with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
Mia and Sebastian share a common desire to pursue what they love, and that desire draws them together. But their love affair starts to fray as they gain success, and the dreams they worked so hard for threaten to rip them apart. Director: Damien Chazelle Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt Ryan Gosling is a Canadian actor prominent in both independent film and major studio features of varying genres. His films have accrued a worldwide box office gross of over 1.9 billion USD. He has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a BAFTA Award. Emma Stone is an American actress and producer who has received two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2017, she was the world's highest-paid actress and named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Museums | Folk Art Tour: Ornamentation, Vibrant Drawings and Over 100 Handmade Gameboards
Join the tour to explore the art of the Shakers from the mid-19th century: colorful intricate ornamentation representing celestial imagery, vibrant drawings and much more. Another exhibition contains about 100 handmade gameboards, including chess, Parcheesi, checkers, Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders crafted between the mid-19 and early-20 centuries. The Shakers are a religious community founded in the 18th century in England. They are known for their unique beliefs, which include celibacy, communal living, and a strong emphasis on craftsmanship and simplicity. They are also recognized for their distinctive style of furniture and architecture, as well as their vibrant music and dance traditions. In the early 20th century, there were about 12 Shaker communities in the US and as of 2019, there is only one active Shaker village remaining, located in Maine.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Book Discussion | A Solitary Traveler in the Long Night: Tong Jun The Later Years 1963-1983
Author Zhang Qin on the life of Tong Jun, a renowned architect and architectural educator in contemporary China. Tong Jun was widely considered an all-round talent in theory, creation, writing and painting in Chinese architecture. He had a deep foundation in ancient Chinese literature, and studied Chinese classical poetry since childhood. While studying at the University of Pennsylvania, he won many awards in the national architectural student design competition. He has left behind many works and manuscripts on landscape, architecture, and architecture history, sculpture history, and painting history that have enlightened and educated many generations. However, there are few records about him. This book recollects the last 20 years of his life, and introduces the reader to the very real and vivid practitioner that was Tong Jun.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Cardio Circuit Blast Workout
This high-energy total body workout will keep you moving with challenging yet fun bodyweight circuits. Cardio Circuit Blast is a heart-pumping, high-intensity class that is open to all levels and the perfect way to increase your overall endurance.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Plastered Paintings: Warm and Personal
In her sculptural work, New York artist Nicole Eisenman often uses plaster for its sensual and visceral qualities. Plastered presents ten relief portraits titled "Understudy," two large wall reliefs (including one of a bather with a cat), and a new portrait painting. The material’s natural appearance creates an atmosphere that is both intimate and thought-provoking.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Richly Colored Vessels: Fused Glass and Fiber
Toots Zynsky has gained international acclaim for creating exquisite, richly colored vessels that seem to have developed organically. Her sensually flowing vessels, crafted from fused glass threads, blur the line between glass and fiber, highlighting the hybrid nature of glass as both a solid and a liquid.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Sad Tropics: Paintings Inspired by Urban Life of Los Angeles
Polish artist and filmmaker Wilhelm Sasnal will showcase paintings created during his stay in Los Angeles, reflecting the shifting political and social landscape. His work was recently featured in a solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Sasnal's new feature film, The Assistant, will premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in February 2025.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Sculptures by Contemporary German Artist
German artist Thomas Schütte presents his sculptures. Schütte's work is held in the collections of the Tate, MoMA, the Berggruen Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Between Borders: The Great Jewish Migration from Eastern Europe
Between the 1860s and the early 1920s, more than two million Jews moved from Eastern Europe to the United States while smaller groups moved to other destinations, such as Western Europe, Palestine, and South Africa. During and after the First World War hundreds of thousands of Jews were permanently displaced across Eastern Europe. Migration restrictions that were imposed after 1914, especially in the United States, prevented most from reaching safe havens, and an unknown but substantial number of Jews perished during the Holocaust-as they had been displaced in Eastern Europe years before they were deported to ghettos and killing sites. Even after the Holocaust, tens of thousands of Jewish survivors were stranded in permanent transit for many years. Tobias Brinkmann's book tells and contextualizes the stories of these Jewish migrants and refugees before and after the First World War. It explains how immigration laws in countries such as the United States influenced migration routes around the world. Using memoirs, letters, and accounts by investigative journalists and Jewish aid workers, Brinkmann sheds light on the experiences of individual migrants, some of whom laid the foundation for migration and refugee studies as a field of scholarship, even coining terms such as "displaced person," and contributing to its legal definition at the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention. The stories of these migrants and refugees were used to propose a new future for the United States, reimagining it as a pluralistic society-one comprised of immigrants.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of Hairdressing
Elizabeth L. Block, art and cultural historian, and Senior Editor in the Publications and Editorial Department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, discusses her new book with Village Preservation's Director of Programming, William Roka. Block's book has been featured in The New Yorker, Forbes, Hyperallergic, Town & Country, The New York Post, and more.
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | The Forger's Requiem: Gripping Literary Thriller
Bradford Morrow's novel is a gripping literary thriller that brings readers inside the world of expert forgery, rivalrous fury, and generations of dark family secrets, with Mary Shelley's voice and life woven throughout. Literary forger Henry Slader, assaulted and presumed dead by his longtime nemesis, Will, awakens in a shallow grave, suffocating in dirt. Concussed and disoriented, Slader exhumes himself and sets out to exact revenge on his rival, orchestrate Will's downfall, and make a fortune along the way--armed with a devastating secret about Will's past.
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Book Discussion | The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots by John Swanson Jacobs
Jonathan D. S. Schroeder, literary historian, recovered a first-person slave narrative written by John Swanson Jacobs buried in the archives in Austraila. Jacobs is described as "radical abolitionist, sailor, and miner, [who] has a life story that is as global as it is American." The brother of Harriet Jacobs, author of the widely known Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), was born into slavery then fled the U.S. The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots contains Jacobs's first-person narrative and a full-length, nine-generation biography of Jacobs and his family by Jonathan D. S. Schroeder. Join for a conversation with Jonathan D. S. Schroeder, a literary historian and lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Immigration Past and Present (online)
This panel examines the last century of immigration policy, particularly the 1924 events, including the Johnson Reed Act and the formation of the U.S. Border Patrol, and their lasting impact on current policy. It also explores how Americans, including descendants of excluded immigrants, challenged the racist framework of the 1924 law, leading to the passage of the 1965 Hart-Celler Act. Panel: Muzaffar Chishti of the Migration Policy Institute, Nancy Foner, Professor Emerita of Sociology at the Graduate Center, and Dara Lind of the American Immigration Council.
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Talk | Winter Birds and Their Adaptations (online)
Learn about the great variety of birds that spend the winter in New York City and the fascinating adaptations that allow them to survive below-zero temperatures! Explore the ecology of Dark-eyed Juncos, Harlequin Ducks, Snowy Owls, and other northern species that spend the colder months with us. With Tod Winston.
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Talk | Transforming Collapse: The National September 11 Memorial Museum
This presentation will describe the collaboration of a psychoanalytically trained dance therapist/psychologist consultant and an exhibition designer in creating the exhibition design for the National September 11 Memorial Museum. Creating the exhibits was but one aspect of the challenge. Choreographing a journey through a vast 'lieu de memoire' involved aligning visual imagination and movement through space while synching rhythms of encounter and narratives punctuated by many post-traumatic gaps in memory. Presenters will be Tom Hennes, Founding Principal of Thinc Design and Dr. Billie Pivnick, Clinical Psychologist, Community Psychoanalyst, and Dance Therapist.
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Classical Music | Works by J.S. Bach, Liszt, Paganini, and More for Flute and Piano
Gergely Ittzes, flute; Dora Szabo, flute; Peter Ittzes, piano. Program J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Trio Sonata in F major BWV 1028 Francois Devienne (1759-1803), Sonata in E minor Paganini (1782-1840), Capriccio No.15, 10 Liszt (1811-1886), Paganini-etude no.2 Paganini (1782-1840), Capriccio no.4 Andras Hamary (b. 1950), Tiny World Aleksander Tansman (1897-1986), Sonatina Ferenc Doppler (1821-1883), Hungarian Duettino
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Classical Music | Orchestral Works by Rachmaninoff and More
MSM Orchestra; Daniela Candillari, Conductor. Program Anna Clyne (b. 1980), This Midnight Hour Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884), Die Moldau Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 2
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