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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 29, 2014?

45 free events take place on Tuesday, April 29 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 29 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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45 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, April 29, 2014

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free events nyc James Sanders discusses his book Scenes from the City: Filmmaking in New York
free events nyc Diane Keaton, Academy Award-winning actress, signs copies of her book Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty
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Workshop | Park Tai Chi


Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are instructed by members of the Tai Chi Chuan Center for all ages and experience levels. Classes are rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Tour | All-in-One Downtown Tour


This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway* to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. There will be ample opportunities for memorable pictures. You'll get the chance to savor NY's best pizza and cannoli and other treats, learn how to play NY handball, maybe bargain with a shopkeeper in Chinatown, observe a game of street chess in Greenwich Village, people watch and window shop in SoHo, and kick back on the Highline Park. Along the way, you'll master the subway and learn about New York's Finest!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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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Workshop | Pilates Class


A free Pilates class with a certified instructor. Begin the process toward a building flexibility, muscle strength, and endurance for strong and comfortable body. Please wear comfortable clothes. All participants must sign a waiver form before they join in.
   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
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Jazz | Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen


The Gotham Jazzmen bring their take on Dixieland Jazz. The band features: Ed Bonoff on drums; James Collier on trombone; Lee Lorenz on cornet; Pete Sokolow on piano; Dick Waldburger on bass; Ernie Lumer on clarinet; and Bill Wurtzel on guitar.
   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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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 | Mannes Downtown Chamber Music Concert


The Ernst C. Stiefel Chamber Music Series presents Mannes College chamber music ensembles in a series of free lunch-time performances. The program for this concert will be announced a week before the performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Fumi Tanakadate, piano 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Baroque Aria Ensemble 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Jazz Room Series 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM Till Keunkler, trombone
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals: Guitar, Piano, Double Bass


4pm Juan Lazaro, Piano 6pm Harrison Eugene Joyce, Double Bass 6pm Onay Kose, Bass 8pm Pierre Ferreya-Mansilla, Guitar 8pm Yi-Yang Chen, Piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | Do Stronger Age Discrimination Protections Make Social Security Reforms More Effective?


A lecture by David Neumark, Center for Economics & Public Policy, Department of Economics, UC Irvine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | Richard Curtis' About Time (2013): Era-Spanning Romance


Cast: Rachel McAdams, Domhnall Gleeson, Bill Nighy. A young man with the ability to time-travel discovers that finding true love isn't as easy as he thought it would be. 123 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | Memory, Authenticity, Scale, Emotion: A Discussion with the Architects of the National 9/11 Memorial Museum


Join lead architects of the 9/11 Memorial Museum and scholars for a discussion of the technically challenging and emotional task designing and building this new landmark museum located beneath the 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center, due to open this May. Architects from David Brody Bond - Steven M. Davis, Carl F. Krebs, and Mark Wagner - will be joined by Jonathan Bach, Chair of the Global Studies Program at The New School, Marita Sturken, Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU, and Brigitte Sion, co-organizer of the Transdisciplinary Project “The Politics of Memory in Global Context” at Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 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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5:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | 2 Poets: April Naoko Heck / David B. Austell


April Naoko Heck's first collection of poetry is A Nuclear Family. David B. Austell is celebrating the paperback edition of his collection of Poetry, Little Creek & Other Poems.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Between Savage and Civilized: Negotiating a Space for Indigenous Art in the 21st Century


What does it mean to be an “indigenous artist” working between his/her own community and the contemporary global art world? To what degree has the global art world embraced the “tribal” and the “tribal” interfaced with western art? These are some of the questions Brett Graham will explore, drawing from examples in his own work, and recent indigenous art exhibitions such as Sakahan: International Indigenous Art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music Compositions of David Amram, 1958-2014


Composer and paramount musician to the Beat Generation, David Amram is the model for a modern virtuoso. Amram has composed over 100 orchestral and chamber music works, two operas, plus scores for the films Splendor in the Grass and The Manchurian Candidate, while balancing a career as a pioneering jazz improviser, Native American flute player, and music educator. This is a concert of chamber music spanning Amram’s career.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Dina Foster Osbourne, Organist


Dina Foster Osbourne is the organist at the Abyssinian Baptist Church.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Exhibit: Free River Zones: An Artistic Inquiry


The project by six participants from the US, India and Germany is inspired by the ideas, visions and academic practice of Alexander von Humboldt within an experimental artistic format: field trips on New York's waterways, collaborative art work, and a series of talks about rivers worldwide will culminate into the declaration of a "Free River Zone" in New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Ulrich Baer reads from his book The Rilke Alphabet


Ulrich Baer, Professor of German and Comparative Literature and Vice Provost for Globalization and Multi-Cultural Affairs, discusses his new book published by Fordham University Press.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Reading | An Evening with Michael Ondaatje, Author of The English Patient


Ondaatje will read from his work and a Q&A will follow. He is one of the world's foremost writers - his artistry and aesthetic have influenced an entire generation of writers and readers. Although he is best known as a novelist, Ondaatje's work also encompasses poetry, memoir, and film, and reveals a passion for defying conventional form.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:15 pm
Free

Author Reading | Anand Gopal discusses his book No Good Men Among the Living


Acclaimed journalist Anand Gopal discusses his new book, a heartbreaking story of mistakes and misdeeds that challenges our usual perceptions of the Afghan conflict, its victims, and its supposed winners.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Exhibit: The Last Line: Writing in Berlin


The well-known German portrait photographer Heike Steinweg has photographed authors from around the world for several years. It was her love of literature that inspired her newest project, The Last Line, in which Steinweg asked international authors living in Berlin to meditate on the last lines of their books. Alongside stirring anecdotes, their responses offer a compelling glimpse into an artist’s creative process. Authors featured in the exhibition include Jonathan Safran Foer, Aris Fioretos, Marie NDiaye, Ben Marcus, Janne Teller, Assaf Gavron, Olga Grjasnowa, Ilija Trojanow, Ingo Schulze, and Brittanni Sonnenberg, among others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | James Sanders discusses his book Scenes from the City: Filmmaking in New York


An illustrated talk and book signing by film historian and documentary writer James Sanders. This revised and expanded edition, first published in 2006, is a celebration of the rise of New York-shot films, covering in particular the decades since NYC aggressively promoted the film industry through the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, established in 1966.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Slide Lecture | Matthew Gordon Lasner discusses his book High Life: Condo Living in the Suburban Century


This richly illustrated lecture explores cooperative and condominium housing in the United States from its emergence in the 1880s in New York City to the 1980s, when it became common nationwide.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | New York Writers Workshop: The Secrets of Writing Essays


To write an essay, all you need is a story. Learn the kind of stories that get published and why. We'll use that as a springboard to get you started on writing your own personal essay. Instructor Lisa L. Kirchner is the author of the forthcoming memoir, Hello, American Lady Creature: What I Learned as a Woman in Qatar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poetry Reading: Reginald Flood / Roxane Beth Johnson / Amber Flora Thomas


Reginald Flood is a native of south central Los Angeles who now lives in a small town in southeastern Connecticut with his family. Recent publications include “Body Parts: Invisibility, Activism and the Poetics of Labor in The History of Mary Prince,” The Griot: The Journal of African American Studies and poems in Mythium, Hampton-Sydney Review and African American Review. Roxane Beth Johnson is a freelance writer and editor living in Oakland, California. Her first book of poetry is Jubilee. Her second book is Black Crow Dress. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, and fellowships from Cave Canem, The MacDowell Colony and The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Her work has appeared in: The Harvard Review, The Georgia Review, Image, Callaloo, Beloit Poetry Journal, Chelsea and elsewhere. Amber Flora Thomas is the recipient of several major poetry awards, including the Dylan Thomas American Poet Prize, Richard Peterson Prize and Ann Stanford Prize. Her published work includes Eye of the Water: Poems, which won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize and The Rabbits Could Sing: Poems. Most recently, her poetry has appeared in Zyzzyva, Callaloo, Orion Magazine, Alaska Quarterly Review, American Literary Review, and Crab Orchard Review, among other publications. She received her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 1998. Currently, she is an assistant professor of Creative Writing at the East Carolina University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | The Emporer of Fashion: A Conversation with Andre Leon Talley


Arbiter of taste, haute couture connoisseur, new designers talent scout, black culture advocate: André Leon Talley talks about his life, his career, his days at Vogue, and much more. In conversation with Grazia d'Annunzio (US Special Projects Editor, Vogue Italia).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | What Counts: Reimagining What Student Growth Looks Like (and Requires)


How do we know what children 
are learning? What will stay with them throughout their lives? What counts? Author and education activist Sam Chaltain explores the state of American education as it is, and as it ought to be, when it comes to assessing how and what children learn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Bryan Bishop reads from his book Shrinkage: Manhood, Marriage, and the Tumor That Tried to Kill Me


American radio personality Bryan Bishop recounts his heartbreaking and hysterical experience of cancer treatment and recovery in his memoir.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Signing | Diane Keaton, Academy Award-winning actress, signs copies of her book Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty


Diane Keaton delivers a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself no matter what anyone else thinks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Exhibit: Unity of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt and the Americas


Unity of Nature focuses on Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), the Prussian scientist, explorer, diplomat, and author, who during his lifetime was renowned for his exploration of the Americas. The exhibition examines how Humboldt's scientific ideas about nature related to aesthetics and imagery, as well as how they were interpreted by landscape artists from the nineteenth-century.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | Experiments in Dance: Meghan Frederick/Jenny Bennett / Elke Rindfleisch / Anna Smith


A program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress, for artists at all stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion moderated by an Artist-in-Residence or an occasional guest, where we will experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform the artists' process.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$3 suggested donation

Film | Korean Documentary: Kim Seong-hee's Nora Noh (2013)


Nora Noh was considered the world’s greatest fashion designer, and dominated the Korean fashion scene – and culture – of the 1980s. The first person to host a fashion show in Korea, she brought miniskirts to the forefront of fashion, and became the first Korean designer to secure placement in Macy’s.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Symposium | NY Comics & Picture-Story Symposium


This week's guest speaker will be artist Zoe Beloff.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Violin Works by Dvorak and Others


Program: Ferdinand Laub Polonaise G major, Op.8 Jan Kubelík Burlesque Eugen Ysaye Poeme Elegiaque Antonin Dvorak Sonatina in G major, Op. 100 Franz Drdla Souvenir Pavel Sporcl Bohemian Nostalgia Jaroslav Kocian Old Folks at Home Violinist Pavel Sporcl has a rare gift. His virtuosity and stirring performance earn him the admiration and recognition of the professional public; his image and opinions attract the attention of the media.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | An Evening of Reading, Performance and Music with Author Josef Winkler


This evening of reading, performance, and music will be dedicated to the most recent English translations of Josef Winkler's work. It will also include an opportunity to have books published by Contra Mundum Press signed by the author. Fulya Peker will perform one of her Modern Mythologies, a performance based on Winkler's Natura Morta. The music program will be performed by Michael Lukshis (tabla) and Mark Buccheri (harmonium).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Film | Michael Roemer's Nothing But a Man (1964): Facing Down Racism


With Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Harris. A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America. 95 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Contemporary Music Festival: CIRCE (Composer-in-Residence Chamber Ensemble)


CIRCE (Composer-in-Residence-Chamber-Ensemble) is dedicated to performing new works by students, faculty, and 2013/14 composer-in-residence, Uri Caine. The program for this concert is TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Mozart, Dvorak and More

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