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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 16, 2010?

46 free events take place on Friday, April 16 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!

New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out April 16 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of April . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!

Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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46 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, April 16, 2010

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

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. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Conference | Guantanamo and International Human Rights


A look at legal affairs and human rights surrounding Guantanamo. 9:30 am Keynote Address * David Cole, professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Volunteer Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights, Legal Affairs Correspondent, The Nation 10:00 am Guantanamo and the Law * Steven R. Shapiro, Chair & Comment, Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union * Jonathan Hafetz, Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union * Laurel E. Fletcher, Clinical Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law * Peter Jan Honigsberg, Professor of Law, University of San Francisco, and Project Director of “Witness to Guantanamo” 11:30 am Guantanamo on the Ground; The Human Cost * Liz Sevcenko, Chair & Comment, Director, International Coalition of Sites and Conscience * Kyndra Rotunda, Lecturer, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law & Director, AMVETS Legal Clinic, Chapman Law School; Author of Honor bound: Inside the Guantanamo Trails * Mark Denbeaux, Director, Seton Hall Law School, Center for Policy and Research * Margot Herster, Artist and Experimental Documentarian 1:30 pm Lunch on your own 3:00 pm Dismantling Guantanamo: What Have We Learned, If Anything? * Karen J. Greenberg, Chair & Comment, Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security, New York University School of Law * Christopher Boucek, PhD, Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace * Sarah E. Mendelson, Director, Human Rights and Security Initiative, CSIS * Mary Dudziak, Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Professor of Law, History and Political Science, University of Southern California
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Screening | BFA Computer Art Department Senior Thesis Presentations


A screening of thesis projects in computer animation, visual effects and broadcast design by students in the BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects Department.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Basic Internet


Hands on using wireless laptops. Introduction to the Internet and how to perform basic searches.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Workshop | Email and Internet Basics


An introduction to the Internet, including getting connected, using a web browser, and navigating web pages. Also learn how email works, sign up for a free email account, and learn about sending, replying to and forwarding messages.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Performance | Performance Art: Erika deVries' Beginning Accordion


The artist invites you to join in the public performance of being a beginner. Knowing nothing about music, deVries hosts Beginning Accordion. Erika deVries is a photography, performance and video artist in Brooklyn. She has lectured and exhibited internationally including: Halifax University, Nova Scotia, Canada; Los Angeles Center For Photographic Studies; Point of View Gallery, Chicago, IL; and Gemachtschule Universitaet, Kassel, Germany. She recently had a solo exhibition at LaSalle University Art Museum, Philadelphia.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Discussion | Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse


The Institute for Retired Professionals presents a discussion with author Constance Rosenblum, a longtime editor at The New York Times who traces the rise, fall, and resurgence of the Grand Concourse in the Bronx in her new book. A major thoroughfare that was modeled after the Champs-Élysées, Grand Concourse turns 100 years old this year. In the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, it was the best address in the Bronx before falling into serious decay.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Symposium | Varieties of Ethical Skepticism


This year's speakers for the annual symposium include the following: 1:00-2:45 pm - Michael Gill (University of Arizona) "Making War on Virtue Itself : The Egoist Skeptical Challenge to Morality in Early Modern Britain" 3:00-4:45 pm - Peter Kail (Oxford) "Genealogy and Morality: Nietzsche and Hume" 5:00-6:45 pm - Jessica Berry (Georgia State) "The Skeptical Nature of Nietzsche's 'Immoralism'"
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | John Sayles' The Secret of Roan Inish (1994): Of Humans and Seals


10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. 102 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Julie Dash's Daughters of the Dust (1991): A Bastion of an Old Culture


Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk-ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last bastion of these mores in America. 113 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Screening | PeruFest: New Peruvian Film Festival


Perufest presents the most recent cinematographic productions from Peru. In a huge variety of styles and themes, these short and feature films explore issues as social struggle and identity conflicts in contemporary Peru, political violence, mourning, family relations, and also constitute a reflection on the director’s own condition. Most of these young filmmakers have been awarded in festivals like: Cannes, Berlin, San Sebastian, amongst others. All films have English subtitles
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Slide Lecture | The History Behind the Library's Collections


Discover the world of collectors and librarians behind the books, manuscripts, and special collections of the Library. Documents from the Library's archives will be on display to connect the Library's unique items with the changing world in which they were collected.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:15 pm
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Workshop | Advanced Internet Search Strategies


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn how to conduct effective searches on the Web using search engines, metasearch engines and searchable databases. Prerequisite: Internet Search Strategies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:30 pm
Free

Master Class | Master Class: Marc Damoulakis, Percussion


Member of the Cleveland Orchestra.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Discussion | A Conversation with James Hoge, Editor of Foreign Affairs


In a now famous 1997 Columbia Journalism Review article, James Hoge argued that the United States perceives the world beyond its borders as largely irrelevant. He argues that unless there is a serious crisis or war, or an international event directly relates to American interests, the nation and its media pay no attention. In this conversation, Hoge discusses changes in the media as well as within the fields of international affairs and foreign policy over the last decade.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | Roy Kellino’s The Silken Affair (1956): The Americans Are Coming!


With David Niven. Clever but slight satire about the effect of American technology on postwar British business practices. 96 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | William Cameron's Invaders from Mars (1953): Headaches from Outer Space


Aliens suck victims underground and reprogram their brains to do their bidding. 78 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Tour of the Exhibit DecoDence: Legendary Interiors and Illustrious Travelers Aboard the SS Normandie


Come tour the museum’s latest exhibition on the great French ocean liner SS Normandie. Educators will guide you through the exhibit while music of Cole Porter and D’jango Reinhardt take you back to the 1930s.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: Myron Lutzke, Baroque Cello / Robert Mealy, Baroque Violin


Part of the third annual Clarion-Collegium Week for advanced music students and young professional musicians.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | New Work by Lara Almarcegui


Almarcegui’s first solo exhibition in the U.S., featuring "Guide to the Wastelands of Flushing River," a newly commissioned project produced during several visits to New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Peter Biskind reads from his book Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America


An exciting evening with the author of several bestsellers on American film! Peter Biskind serves up Hollywood dish and explores the life and creative talent of Hollywood Warren Beatty. Biskind gives us an entertaining, three-dimensional, no-holds-barred portrait of one of the most influential, charismatic and talked-about leading men in American film. Multi-talented and driven, Beatty directed, wrote and starred in a number of Oscar-winning movies that defined American culture and helped shape our vision of the 70s 80s and 90s. You will also see clips from some of his greatest films, including Reds, Bulworth, Heaven Can Wait and Shampoo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Vicarious Trauma: Therapists and Clients


Through the lens of trauma theory, Christina A. Grosso will explore how trauma affects not only clients, but also their therapists. She will highlight the therapeutic relationship, along with preventative measures and self-care methods to help the therapist maintain the personal balance that is crucial to providing effective treatment. Grosso has extensive experience in the practice, implementation and training of trauma-based assessment and evidence-based practices.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Jazz | Blues/Jazz Band: Alex Levin Trio


Originally from Philadelphia, Levin has performed as a leader and a sideman for the last fifteen years. He has played with multiple vocalists and instrumentalists since returning to New York in 2001. He has appeared at clubs throughout the city, and can most frequently be found leading his own trio at such clubs as Kavehaz, Detour, Rue B and Night and Day. Besides leading his trio, he performs regularly with vocalists Ayana del Valle and Heather Moran. He has composed numerous pieces, and has arranged music for top vocalists, including Paulette McWilliams.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Cave Canem Poetry Reading: R. Dwayne Betts / Raina Leon / January Gill O’Neil


R. Dwayne Betts is the author of A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison. His collection of poems, Shahid Reads His Own Palm, will be published this year. Raina Leon’s first collection of poetry, Canticle of Idols, was a finalist for the Cave Canem First Book Poetry Prize. January Gill O’Neil is the author of Underlife, a collection of poems. The event is co-sponsored by Cave Canem, a Brooklyn-based non-profit that aims to cultivate the artistic and professional growth of African American poets.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Celebrate 20 Years of AK Press


Come out for a reception honoring the 20th anniversary of AK Press and mingle with members of the AK Press Collective. Over the last two decades, AK has published and distributed hundreds of volumes of anarchist history, radical theory, and critical analysis with the hopes of inspiring revolutionary change. Hear authors and activists speak about the influence of these works on their endeavors, share your own tales of informed revolt, and let us toast to the future of anarchist accomplishment (and publishing!).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Classic German Cinema: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire (1973): Married to the Dead


Originally made for German television in 1973, Fassbinder’s visionary science-fiction thriller has only been shown in America once before. MoMA’s Department of Film recently participated in a restoration of the film, and we are proud to present the luminous new 35mm theatrical print. It is an extraordinary work as wildly compelling as any of Fassbinder’s other masterworks. 205 min. In German with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Contributors read from The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered


Release party and reading of the Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered, join Christopher Bram, Paul Russell and editor Tom Cardamone along with emerging voices, as they share their essays on favorite queer fiction out of print and deserving of further exploration.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Conference | Critical Themes in Media Studies


Theoretical and critical papers on a broad range of topics showcase the academic work of students in the college's Media Studies program and other graduate programs. Past conferences have featured papers on globalization, televisuality, notions of cyberspace, media and social change, pop culture, political economy of media, philosophy, and film and visual culture. Since 2000, the Critical Themes Conference has grown into a leading forum for the presentation of research in media studies by graduate students worldwide.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | First Light Festival 2010


When a new telescope focused on the heavens becomes operational, the initial images it sees are called First Light. For twelve years, the EST/Sloan Project has led a pioneering nationwide effort to commission, develop and present new plays that challenge and broaden the view of science in the popular imagination. The festival showcases this year's discoveries. Tonight: a reading of Isaac's Eye by Lucas Hnath.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | New York Classical Theatre performs Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark


New York Classical Theatre creates a new experience for theater enthusiasts with their production of Hamlet using its signature staging style, panoramic theatre. Audience members will enter the world of the play as they follow the actors from place to place.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Theater | Rachel White's Green River: Family or Freedom


Edith is a young math genius trapped in a tiny and crumbling mining town. Forced to care for her ailing father and wildly rebellious sister, Edith has sadly accepted this life as the only she’ll ever know. This fact has put her in danger of becoming permanently cold and withdrawn—until she meets loner and drifter Charlie. Charlie sees beneath Edith’s icy exterior, and recognizes her raw talent and dormant ambition, and she is equally drawn to him. But when Charlie tries to convince Edith to run away with him, Edith must choose between her beloved family and a chance at freedom.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Yann Martel reads from his book Beatrice and Virgil


The author of Life of Pi reads from his spellbinding new novel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Freshman Vocal Recital


   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Works for piano by by Brahms, Chausson and Haydn


With Vanessa Fadial, piano, and Friends.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Screening | Otto Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse (1958): A Girl's Oedipus Complex


With David Niven, Deborah Kerr and Jean Seberg. An adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s novel in which a daughter schemes to drive away a woman interested in her widowed father. 94 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Shakespeare Youth Ensemble: Scenes and Monologues in Performance


The Shakespeare Youth Ensemble will perform scenes and monologues from Shakespeare's plays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Student Productions: On Mules We Find / Monkey Play / Ruined


The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University presents: On Mules We Find, a new one-act play by Trey Tatum; Monkey Play, a new one-act play by Chris Pierce; and selected scenes from Ruined by Lynn Nottage.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Jessica Hinds' Rupert’s Drop: The Disappearing Stepfather


When Layla is reunited with her stepfather, she is forced to confront the 24 years of terror caused by his unexplained disappearances during her youth. An exploration of abandonment, loneliness, and the pull toward self-destruction as people attempt to heal and reconnect.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Morley: Jazz/Pop Singer


A “jazz-minded pop chanteuse” (The New York Times) of the most alluring caliber, Morley writes mellow, earnest songs perfectly tailored to her full-bodied, Annie Lennox-style voice. Her new album Seen adds songs about personal, social, and political change to the mix, guaranteeing a night as inspirational as it will be musically compelling.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
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9:00 pm
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Open Mike | No Shame Open Mic Performance


Audience, arm yourself. A performance evening unlike any open mic in New York, No Shame grants performers five minutes to blast beyond the normal duties of pleasing, amusing, and entertaining - in fact, performers are encouraged to risk their audience's displeasure, alienation, boredom, confusion, and rage. You, No Shame participant, are invited to read somber fiction onstage, to take a nap, to take off your clothes, to make a sandwich, to describe graphic sexual acts. "Dare to be brilliant, dare to fail." Sign-up at 11:30pm, show at midnight.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 pm
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