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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 10, 2014?

51 free events take place on Thursday, April 10 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 10 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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51 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, April 10, 2014

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free events nyc Paintings: Martin Wickström's Perfume River
free events nyc Susan Dangel's Sharon Isbin: Troubadour (2014): Documentary on the World’s Premier Classical Guitarist
free events nyc From Somewear to Everywear: The Future of Wearable Computing and Augmented Reality
free events nyc New Voices Playwrights Festival: The House Itself Does Not Burn by Molly Haas-Hooven
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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. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Tour times: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy & 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 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
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Performance | Winterkill, Written and Performed by Denise Flemming


Flemming gives a riveting performance that takes the audience on a roller coaster ride. Her frenetic energy is astounding. She seamlessly portrays multiple characters, keeping the audience on the edge of their seats as she deals with the very serious subject of abuse in this astounding solo performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | Instrumentality: Technologies of Voice in the New Orleans Brass Band


Speaker Bio: Matthew Sakakeeny is Associate Professor of Music at Tulane University. An ethnomusicologist, journalist, and musician, he is the author of the book Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans and articles in Ethnomusicology, Black Music Research Journal, and other publications.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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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. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Dance Performance | Third Rail Projects’ Yolk, a New Durational Dance Performance


Set against the bustle of midtown Manhattan, Yolk is part time capsule and part hidden treasure as performers transform themselves within the confines of a fragile shell. Yolk furthers Third Rail Projects’ explorations fusing dance, installation art, and performance in the public sphere.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
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Author Reading | Adam Begley reads from his book Updike


Adam Begley’s much-anticipated biography of John Updike is out in April from HarperCollins.
   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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Concert | Ensemble ACJW performs works by Beethoven and more


Program: George Frederich Haas New Work (commissioned by Carnegie Hall) Ludwig von Beethoven Septet in E flat Major, Op. 20 This series has provided a history of music in Lower Manhattan since the 1920s, fostering local and international talent. Today, Concerts at One will satisfy the savvy and the inexperienced concertgoer as Trinity continues to expand the musical palettes of New Yorkers and visitors alike.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Lecture | Out of the Closet: Your Own Thing and Shakespeare


What happens when 20th-century adaptors decide to raise suppressed issues of homosexuality implied by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night? In 1968, Your Own Thing, a wildly original rock musical did just that. Slide projections of characters such as the Sistine God, John Wayne, and Queen Elizabeth, vie with Orsino, Viola, and Olivia, to question and challenge conventional patterns. Lecturer Irene G. Dash has written three books on Shakespeare. Two focus on his women characters: Wooing, Wedding, and Power: Women in Shakespeare’s Plays (1981), and Women’s Worlds in Shakespeare’s Plays (1997), winner of a Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Books of 1997. Her most recent book looks at Shakespeare and the American Musical (2010).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Concert | The Sinfonia Players performs works by Beethoven


Program: Beethoven String Trio Sinfonia plays works by Beethoven from his twenties, before his world was silenced. This program exhibits the work of a mature composer minus the rage and darkness of later years, sparkling with lyricism and laughter. Performers: Dorian Komanoff Bandy, violin; Rachel Evans, viola; Christine Gummere, cello.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
$10 suggested donation

Film | Ernst Lubitsch's Design for Living (1933): The Woman in the Middle


Starring Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins. Two friends love and are loved by the same woman, and they set up house together. 91 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Subway Art Tour


Many people think of the New York City subway as one of the largest, most efficient, if not the cleanest mass transit systems in the world. Few, however, think of it as the largest and longest art gallery on the planet. Well, they don't know what they are missing. This lively walking AND subway riding tour visits over a dozen subway stations to experience a selection of these striking often whimsical works that go largely unnoticed by the general public. Join this climate controlled subway and walking art tour. Along the way you'll learn about and become expert at navigating the (in)famous NYC subway system. There's also the invaluable opportunity to confer about your other sightseeing plans with the acclaimed Bronx born, vastly experienced licensed NYC tour guide, Darryl Reilly.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


3:00 PM - 8:00 PM The Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Vocal Competition 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Jazz Room Series 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Student Composers' Concert 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Wonki Lee, Saxophone 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Yinji Cui, piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


4pm Chiai Tajima, Violin 4pm Zachary Hughes, Piano 6pm Liederabend 6pm Patrick McGuire, Cello 8pm Joseph Yungen, Collaborative Piano 8pm Ziv Stein, Percussion
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


4pm Chiai Tajima, Violin 4pm Zachary Hughes, Piano 6pm Liederabend 6pm Patrick McGuire, Cello 8pm Joseph Yungen, Collaborative Piano 8pm Ziv Stein, Percussion
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | Jean-Marc Vallée's Oscar-Winning Dallas Buyers Club (2013): Defying AIDS


Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner. Biographical drama centering on the story of Ron Woodroof, a Texas electrician who was diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1986, and who subsequently devoted his life to providing fellow HIV patients with non-FDA-approved drugs and supplements during an era when doctors were still struggling to understand the devastating disease. 117 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Birdwatching | Spring Birding Tour of the Park


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!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Intro Class: An Introduction to Reconnective Healing


With Kelly Woodruff. In this experiential class, discover the theoretical principles and fundamental philosophy of Reconnective Healing, a system of healing practiced by 70,000 people around the world that is based on the use of special vibrational frequencies able to penetrate to the cellular level of the body to help engender deep healing, beyond what traditional “energy” healing techniques can access.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:45 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Michael Scott / John Chamberlain


For this exhibition, the gallery has chosen works from Scott’s recent monochrome and striped enamel on aluminum paintings and paired them with Chamberlain’s Asarabaca, a sculpture from 1973.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Horizons, a 3-Artist Show


With Russell Sharon, Jeff Muhs and Bradley Narduzzi Rex.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tour | Brooklyn Heights Tour


Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Designer Talk: Fabio Costa (NotEqual)


Join participating designers for informal talks and presentations on their respective folk art influences and artistic processes in the galleries. Followed by Q&A and a reception.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Gertrude Stein, Bennett Cerf, and the Making of a Modernist Star


With Lise Jaillant, Lecturer, Newcastle University. Gertrude Stein's celebrity in America has often been discussed in relation to The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, the bestseller published by Alfred Harcourt in 1933. This talk will argue that Steins enduring fame was largely due to Bennett Cerf (the co-founder of Random House), not to Harcourt. Cerf, who later became a celebrity himself, made fun of his own author during interviews and wrote satirical blurbs and press releases about her.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Martin Wickström's Perfume River


Swedish artist Martin Wickström's inaugural solo exhibition in New York. Blending signage, landscape, figuration, and Sixties paraphernalia into montage, Perfume River presents twelve oil-on-canvas paintings of cinematic proportion and enigmatic presence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Film | Susan Dangel's Sharon Isbin: Troubadour (2014): Documentary on the World’s Premier Classical Guitarist


This documentary portrait shows us a trailblazing performer and teacher who over the course of her career has broken through numerous barriers to rise to the top of a traditionally male-dominated field. The film explores what it takes to nurture a dream against all odds to become a world-class musician. 57 min. In person: Sharon Isbin and Susan Dangel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Talk | From Somewear to Everywear: The Future of Wearable Computing and Augmented Reality


As technology has advanced, the computational power that once resided on desks has made the leap to pockets and wrists, and early commercial examples of interactive eyewear are already perched on noses. What’s next? This talk will provide an overview of research on wearable computing, with a special emphasis on augmented reality, which interactively overlays computer media on our experience of the physical world. Columbia University Computer Science Professor Steven Feiner will share his thoughts about where research in these fields has been, where it is now, and where it might be headed in the future.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Discussion | Janette Laverrière: Art, Design, and Social Movement


The professional life of Swiss-born artist/designer and French citizen Janette Laverrière (1909-2011) spanned crucial shifts in design thinking and the politics of value within design and architecture. Having helped found the Front National des decorateurs in 1944, followed by the Union des artistes decorateurs et createurs d'ensembles, that same year, Laverrière's career continued to impact, art, design, and social movements until her death in 2011. Fionn Meade (senior curator Walker Art Center) leads a discussion with Dominic Eichler (Berlin-based poet and critic), Ana Janevski and Michel Ziegler on the politics of value within art, design and architecture in the work of designer/artist Janette Laverrière
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Mexican Screen Fictions in the Age of Neoliberalism


Speakers will discuss recent developments in Mexican audiovisual fiction showcased in two major books published this year: Mexican Screen Fiction: Between Cinema and Television by Paul Julian Smith, and Screening Neoliberalism: Transforming Mexican Cinema, 1988-2012 by Ignacio Sánchez Prado. Both scholars will share their insights on the international boom in the Mexican audiovisual industry, the diversification of its television and film genres, the focus on new national audiences, and the transformation in the industry of modes of production and exhibition. Reception to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Perverse Ambitions, Deviant Careers: A Queer History of the Modern American Workplace


A lecture by Margot Canaday, History, Princeton University. While historians of sexuality have explored working class cultures, an assumption that workplaces were “straight spaces” in which queer people passed has limited inquiry into the workplace itself. Yet the workplace shaped queer life as much as the bar or the street. Fear of job loss was a central fact of queer life for most of the twentieth century. Moreover, because of a modern equivalence between work and personal identity (the job makes the person, said Marx), occupations have been central to establishing sexual identity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Saving Ancient Egypt, One Tweet at a Time: How Social Media is Saving One of the World’s Oldest Civilizations


Dr. Monica Hanna, archaeologist and social media activist, will discuss the risks she takes to expose the looting problem in Egypt and how her efforts have led to the recovery of stolen objects.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Sherill Tippins discusses her book Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel


This illustrated lecture chronicles Manhattan’s fabled Chelsea Hotel. Idealistic French architect Philip Hubert established the city’s first home club associations, or cooperatives, and designed the Chelsea Association Building on Twenty-Third Street specifically to attract artists, musicians, and writers. The “mammoth red-brick edifice” did just that from its 1884 opening to its 2005 closing for renovations. The author charts the history of the Chelsea and of the successive generations of artists who have cohabited and created there, among them John Sloan, Edgar Lee Masters, Thomas Wolfe, Dylan Thomas, Arthur Miller, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol, Sam Shepard, Sid Vicious, and Dee Dee Ramone.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Reading | W.B. Yeats Society of New York Poetry Reading


Join the W.B. Yeats Society of NY for a special poetry reading. Poetry Awards will go to Gabriella Belfiglio, Morgan Michael, Michael Miller and Julia Tompkins, with judge Jessica Greenbaum.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Winterkill, Written and Performed by Denise Flemming


Flemming gives a riveting performance that takes the audience on a roller coaster ride. Her frenetic energy is astounding. She seamlessly portrays multiple characters, keeping the audience on the edge of their seats as she deals with the very serious subject of abuse in this astounding solo performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Authors Phil Klay and Jennifer Vanderbes in Conversation


Jennifer Vanderbes and Phil Klay will come together to discuss the topic of war in fiction and their latest books The Secret of Raven Point (Vanderbes) and Redeployment (Klay).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Deborah Feldman discusses her book Exodus


At the age of 23, Deborah Feldman packed up her young son, walked away from her Hasidic roots and embarked on a journey that's opened her world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Lynne Tillman reads from her book What Would Lynne Tillman Do?


Like other unique thinkers, Tillman sees the world differently—she is not a malcontent, but she is discontented. What Would Lynne Tillman Do? offers an American mind interrogating our society's complacencies with grace and compassion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | New Voices Playwrights Festival: The House Itself Does Not Burn by Molly Haas-Hooven


In the desolate landscape of a North Dakota boomtown, where oil flows and space is limited, residents and roughnecks struggle to live, love and break even.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Talk | Poet Talk: Cyrus Cassells


The Crossed-Out Swastika, Cyrus Cassells’s fifth book, was published by Copper Canyon in 2012. Hosted by Charif Shanahan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Signing | Susan Minot reads from her book Thirty Girls


The award-winning author of Evening discusses her long-awaited novel about a Ugandan teen kidnapped by a militant army who forces her to commit horrible atrocities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Tanya Meléndez and Sebastián Romo discuss their book Cross-Pollination: Masterpieces of the Collection


Students from New York (Fashion Institute of Technology, FIT) and Mexico (Atelier Romo & Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros, SAPS) participated in the 2012 Cross-Pollination workshop, Masterpieces of the Collections at the Museum at FIT. This collaboration will conclude with a book presentation and an exhibition. In English.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Chamber singers perform Spanish Voices: New and Old


Paul F. Mueller, conductor
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Transcendent Bach: Exploring Bach's Sonatas


House of Time is an exciting new ensemble specializing in music of the Baroque era played on period instruments. Its members include faculty and graduates of the Juilliard School as well as prize-winners of major international competitions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10-$20 suggested donation

Master Class | Piano Master Class: Jose Ramon Mendez


Described as "an artist with a polished sound and tremendous constructive power" and hailed by the Hoja del Lunes de Madrid, as "the Spanish pianist of his generation," Jose Ramon Mendez is one of the most exciting pianists of today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:45 pm
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Tour | Manhattan Night Tour


New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline. NOTE: THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Roundtable: Enlightenment, Print Culture, Media


Professors Stefan Andriopoulos (Columbia University), Jeffrey Freedman (Yeshiva University), Dorothea von Mücke (Columbia University) and Clifford Siskin (New York University) will discuss the reading revolution of the eighteenth century against the backdrop of current debates about digital media revolutions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | New Voices Playwrights Festival: The Old Forever New Things by Dan Kitrosser


When a traffic-cop accidentally spills a cup of coffee on a grad-student’s laptop, their disparate New York lives are twisted together in this comedy of manners, magic and missed connections.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
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