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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 6, 2017?

61 free events take place on Thursday, April 6 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 6 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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61 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, April 6, 2017

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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Tour | Downtown Manhattan 3-Hour Tour


The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World Trade Center, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. These are neighborhoods that simply can’t be fully appreciated from a bus. There will be one or two opportunities to sample tasty treats.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Workshop | Photoshop for Beginners


Learn how to enhance photos using the number 1 photo editing software in the world; Adobe Photoshop. In this class you learn the features of Photoshop and learn about layers and use them to manipulate images to your desire. Class is conducted on Macintosh computers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Atlantic Slaveries: Native American and African Slavery in New England and the Caribbean


Do you have archival materials related to and/or from the Caribbean in your personal collection? Bring them into the Schomburg for this fun-filled workshop with The Caribbean Memory Project. Dawn Cumberbatch and Kevin A. Browne lead a day filled with storytelling, document scanning, and archival collection organizing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Screening | Silent Matinees: Another Avant-Garde


Professor Vito Adriaensens presents a five-part silent cinema matinee series with live music by Belgian jazz musician Adriaan Campo and friends. In this final installment, dive into a lesser-known avant-garde with a stunning cinematic adaptation of Belgian Nobel Prize Maurice Maeterlinck’s Symbolist play The Blue Bird, in which two poor children travel to strange fairytale lands to search for the blue bird of happiness, accompanied by a motley crew of household characters.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Talk | Radicalism in the Middle East: Perspectives from Egypt


Behind the current overwhelming scene of radicalism and terrorism in the Middle East lies an old struggle between two competing ideologies: the first championed by reformers, who believe in the notion of modern nation state. The second sponsored by radicals, who call themselves awakeners, and believe in the establishment of the theological state. This lecture sheds the light on the contemporary manifestation of this struggle and the way forward. With: Ambassador Ahmed Farouk Consul General of Arab Republic of Egypt in New York
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:15 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Mary Pan, organ scholar. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 13, 2016 to May 25, 2017.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Gallery Talk | Docent-led tour: Eugen Gabritschevsky: Theater of the Imperceptible and Carlo Zinelli (1916–1974)


Join a tour of the current exhibitions. Meet in the museum atrium.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Middle Eastern Music Workshop


With Saudi Arabian guitarist Diya Azzony.
   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. This tour takes place daily.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Intermediate Photoshop: Brushes and Digital Painting


Learn to use Photoshop’s powerful brush tools to create painting effects and digital art that range from the subtle to the chaotic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Michael Crichton's Westworld (1973): Marauding Robots


Stars: Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin. A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park. 88 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly (1955): Classic Film Noir


Stars: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart. A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit." 106 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   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. Tour takes place every Thursday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Advanced MS PowerPoint 2010 Workshop


Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Powerpoint 2010. Topics include using transitions, animations, etc. Please note: Bring a flash drive with an MP3 or WMA audio file, and an MP4 or MOV video file if you wish to practice embedding media.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Master Class | Chamber Music Master Class: Kazuhide Isomura


Kazuhide Isomora, violist, is a founding member of the Tokyo String Quartet. He is a graduate of the Toho Academy, where he studied with Jeanne Isnard, Kenji Kobayashi and Hideo Saito. Upon his arrival in this country, he became assistant concert master of the Nashville Symphony, but his love for chamber music and the violin led him to The Juilliard School, where, on full scholarship, he studied violin with Ivan Galamian and Paul Makanowitsky, chamber music with Robert Mann and Raphael Hillyer, and viola with Walter Trampler. He also records solo viola repertoire for MusicMasters/Musical Heritage Society.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Open Mike | An Afternoon of Poetry


Recite your own poetry or your favorites - perhaps something by Shakespeare?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Film | Gavin O'Connor's The Accountant (2016): Money Man


Stars: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons. As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise. 128 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recitals


MIchal Biel, Collaborative Piano 4 p.m. Mariko Hiraga Wyrick, Cello 6 p.m. Ho Jae Lee, Collaborative Piano 6 p.m. Helene Garneau Werner, Cello 8 p.m. ABQ Seminar Concert 8 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | The Cold War’s Killing Fields: The Human Tragedy of the Superpower Struggle


A lecture by Paul Thomas Chamberlin (Columbia University). A reception with wine and cheese will follow the Q&A session.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Master Class | Viola Master Class: Aurélien Pétillot


Aurélien Pétillot is from the School of Music of the City of Lormont.
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4:55 pm
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Lecture | In the Skin of the City: Reconceptualizing Urban Luanda Through the Work of Angolan Painter Antonio Ole


António Ole is a well-known painter and artist from Angola who has worked on installations and abstract paintings depicting walls of the city of Luanda, in artistic projects such as Township Walls and In the skin of the city. Ole’s interest in the surfaces of the city started during late colonial times, when the city was going through a process of unprecedented urbanization. His photographs of shacks’ façades may be interpreted, today, as countering the official narrative of the Colonial State in trying to portray urban development in Luanda as an index of its civilizing mission in Africa. In this presentation, the speaker will discuss Ole’s work to shed light on two questions. How Ole’s artistic working process may offer methodological insights on theoretical practices for understanding the urban in contemporary Luanda. How thinking with/through art might help us take more seriously the materiality and the everydayness of the urban in contemporary Africa. The dialectical relationship between informal settlements and the urban centre will provide entry points to understand how colonial and postcolonial urbanisms have dealt with the question of homeliness. Speaker António Tomás did his doctoral studies in Anthropology at Columbia University, in the city of New York. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town (South Africa).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Student Piano Recital


Qian Tang, piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Discussion | Unworking Dark Matters: New Horizons in Black Feminist Visuality


New Horizons in Black Feminist Visuality explores the artwork of Ja’Tovia Gary, Tiona McClodden and Toyin Odutola. In conversation with scholars Kimberly Juanita Brown and Nicole Fleetwood and Kelli Moore, a film screening and artist talks consider the representation of black women in the visual arts while examining how the conceptual and technical strategies used by these millennial artists unwork the seemingly fixed categories of dark matter and maters.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | eBook Help Hour: Get Started with eBooks


Need help getting started with eBooks? Bring your laptop, eReader, tablet or smart phone to eBook Help Hour. Get assistance loading electronic library books on your Kindle, create your free Adobe ID, learn about 3M Cloud Library, and so much more. Make sure you bring your library card and any necessary access passwords for your devices so they can help you as quickly as possible.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
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Workshop | Mac Computers for Beginners


Learn the basics of using a Mac computer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Phyllis Rosser / Marilyn Banner


Phyllis Rosser invokes the wildness of nature in her latest solo exhibition of sculpture and paintings. Tree limbs stripped bare of their bark, which she gathers from the banks of the Connecticut River in Vermont, are woven into large abstract constructions. The assembled limbs are left in their natural state, which suggests their earlier life rushing through water and heightens the sensuality of the bare wood surface. Some sculptures are painted vibrant colors to make the lyrical patterns of their construction more explicit. Rosser uses phrases from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass for her titles to express exuberance and passion for the natural world. Marilyn Banner 's work with water and the water's edge began in 2011. She was moved to capture the tones and mysterious strips of color that moved from the sand at her feet across the water to the other shore and to the horizon. She finds ways to be at the water's edge for a time each year. Her experience there is so profound that she takes in many layers of inspiration and nourishment from the air, the sound of the wind and the waves, the feel of sand underfoot, and the bits of "stuff" glimpsed as she walks along the edge.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Natura Mathematica: A Group Exhibition


The beauty of pure mathematics is at the essence of all in nature. Not only is it the language of science, it is the basis of the systems behind everything we see- proportion, symmetry, sequences, repetition, fractals, patterns. Woven into our everyday surroundings, often only discernible to the practiced eye, mathematics is at the core of the natural world and the foundation of imagined ones. It is only natural that artists find it an irresistible subject. Regardless of how these artists approach the world, the mathematics of their work powerfully echoes throughout the universe. Participating Artists: Cynthia Back, C Bangs, Caroline Blum, MJ Caselden, Erik Demaine and Martin Demaine, Beverly K. Duncan, Gerhild Ebel, Robyn Ellenbogen, Steven Gawoski, Susan Happersett, Amber Heaton, Jeanne Heifetz, Helena Kauppila, Lorin Roser, Martha Willette Lewis, Geraldine Ondrizek, Gerhard Mantz, Eva Mantell, Alan Rosner, Simona Soare, Sarah Stengle, Kathy Strauss, Rachael Wren
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Opening Reception | Aki Sasamoto's Yield Point: An Installation


After an encounter with a tensile testing machine—which measures the state of matter as it turns plastic, with elements traveling back and forth to produce resonance—Aki Sasamoto started to construct an installation to explore the need for sufficient elasticity in life. How close can one approach one’s breaking point, and what happens between one’s limit and one’s end? Objects will be quietly performing within a lighting design by Madeline Best, and Sasamoto will insert weekly performances to unpack elasticity, sometimes solo, and other times with saxophonist Matt Bauder or singer-songwriter Alsarah.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Zane York


In conjunction with his exhibition Zane York: Nature Morte, Zane York will discuss his work . With a hint of dark humor, York transforms traditional floral still lifes and familiar scenes into unexpected compositions in Nature Morte. Clusters of insects morph into floral arrangements, and cats in the clutches of pigeons rise to the heavens. Executed in the style and skill of famed Dutch masters, York reminds us of the mortality, transience and vulnerability of all living things.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Black Athletes and the Freedom Struggle


From Muhammad Ali to the Williams sisters, the symbolic politics of black athletes have galvanized the black revolt for social justice. Johnny Smith examines the complicated blood brotherhood between Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and Malcolm X, while Jennifer Lansbury explores the criminally neglected history of black women champions inlcuding Alice Coachman, Althea Gibson, Wilma Rudolph, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Book Discussion: The Round House


Discuss Louise Erdrich's novel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Dave Hanson reads from his play Waiting for Waiting for Godot


Two hapless understudies occupy their time backstage, trying to understand art, life, theatre and their precarious existence within it. Described as “delectable” by The New York Times and “gleefully absurd” by Time Out New York this hilariously witty comedy ponders Beckett, showbiz and just what on earth it’s all about. Turns out, the only people who truly understand Beckett’s Waiting For Godot, are the understudies. Hanson will be joined by Mark Bell (director of Broadway's madcap comedy The Play That Goes Wrong) for a reading of the play's first act. The event will be followed by a signing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Exhibition: Archival Alchemy: South Asian Women’s Creative Collective


The South Asian Women’s Creative Collective is pleased to present its 20th anniversary visual arts exhibition, guest curated by Saisha Grayson. The exhibition takes over all three gallery spaces, and features thirteen artists and collectives from throughout the diaspora, working across artistic media to investigate the resonances found in an archival past on the contingencies of the present.
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | French and American Graphic Novels


A conversation between New Yorker art editor Françoise Mouly and acclaimed cartoonists and graphic novelists Charles Burns and Blutch, about the similarities and differences between French and American graphic novels. The event will be free and open to the public. Charles Burns is a cartoonist and creator of the award-winning graphic novel Black Hole, as well as a series of books collecting short stories published in magazines. Blutch is a renowned French cartoonist, who won the Grand Prix of the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angouleme in 2009. His series, Peplum, was recently published in English by New York Review Comics, and Europe Comics is releasing in English and digital format some of his other books.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Helaina Hovitz reads from her book After 9/11


Helaina Hovitz is an editor, journalist, author of this memoir and co-founder of media startup Headlines for the Hopeful. She has written for The New York Times, New York Observer, Glamour, Salon, VICE, Forbes, Newsday and many others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Mike Nichols' Oscar-Nominated Closer (2004): Couples' Secrets


Stars: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen. The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other. 104 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recitals


6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Wanting Cheng, piano 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Nu Art Ensemble Jazz Vocal Duos 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Brandon Davis, jazz double bass 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Noe Tavelli, jazz drumset 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Michelle Capano, soprano
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Workshop | Chinese Calligraphy Class


Learn how to use a brush pen to write Chinese calligraphy with an experience instructor. No Chinese language knowledge required. Library will provide supplies. This class repeats Thursday evenings in March and April.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Choral Works by Mozart and More


The Metropolitan Opera and Richard Tucker Foundation Soloists perfom works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo Perosi, Licinio Refice, and Johann Singenberger.
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Jessa Crispin discusses her book Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto


This book highlights issues in contemporary feminism, calling for a radical reexamination of the movement.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Mango Languages: Learn Languages Online


Hola! Ni Hao! Bonjour! Konnichiwa! Dobryi den'! Come try out the Mango Languages program and start learning one of more than 60 languages today. This is a conversation based language learning program with a built-in recording option. Record your voice and compare your speech to the narrator’s to hear your progress.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | The Shallows and the Sickly Coast: A History of Menace and Reassurance on an Italian Seashore


Changes along Italy's southern Adriatic coast five centuries ago created human and ecological conditions that endured for centuries. Menaces born of people and of the sea worked their way into the ecologies of the shore, leaving behind material and conceptual traces of that time. The shore was imagined as sick, and the shallows just beyond were envisioned as a threat and an obstruction. That sickliness—the Italian word was malsania —expressed a human and historical relation to the seacoast. This talk explores an early episode in the transformation that occurred in the 1770s: the digging of the Pigonati Channel to reconnect Brindisi’s silted harbor to the Adriatic Sea. The episode reveals something of the greater change that took place, while underscoring how ideas of what constitutes environmental menace, and the expectations that develop reassurances in the face of these, are themselves historical. The reassurances of a more recent past are now crumbling faster than the pace of rising seas. Summer crowds mask deep changes in the ecologies of the shore, while seasonal rhythms create a new and different abandonment. People and the sea will surely build a new coast, the shape and menace of which we do not know. With: Sean Cocco, Trinity College, CT
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Talk | U.S. Attorney General Preet Bharara, 'the Sheriff of Wall Street'


Preet Bharara oversees the investigation and litigation of all criminal and civil cases brought on behalf of the United States in the Southern District of New York. Under his leadership, the office has experienced one of the most productive periods in its history. Known for being at the forefront of prosecuting financial misconduct including securities fraud and insider trading, this record of rooting out fraud earned Bharara the nickname “Sheriff of Wall Street” according to ABC News. In addition to helping secure convictions of numerous insider trading defendants, his office has brought a number of significant civil actions alleging financial and healthcare fraud and collected hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements, including from Deutsche Bank, CitiMortgage and Bank of America for fraud relating to faulty lending practices. His office has also held to account several of the world’s largest corporations for their misconduct, including JP Morgan Chase for its relationship with Madoff Securities. Under Bharara’s supervision, the office has brought a series of significant and systemically revelatory public corruption cases against members of New York City and State governments. Furthermore, the office has continued its traditional civil rights work by, for example, conducting a multi-year investigation into the treatment of adolescent males at Rikers Island.
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Discussion Group: Ernesto


Celebrate the publication of Ernesto, a novel by Umberto Saba, in a new English translation. The event will feature a discussion of the book by Peter Cameron, Benjamin Taylor, Jaime Manrique, and Stefano Albertini.
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7:00 pm
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Book Signing | Ed Henry discusses his book 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story


Journalist Ed Henry reveals for the first time the backstory of faith that guided Jackie Robinson into not only the baseball record books but the annals of civil rights advancement as well. Through recently discovered sermons, interviews with Robinson’s family and friends, and even an unpublished book by the player himself, Henry details a side of Jackie’s humanity that few have seen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Grace Paley: A Celebration of the Famed Short Story Writer


To coincide with the release of A Grace Paley Reader: Stories, Essays, and Poetry (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), they’re celebrating Paley’s life with just a small selection of her friends and former students. Hilma Wolitzer, Joan Silber, Victoria Redel and A. M. Homes will remember Paley’s life and work, and her influence on their own writing.
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Author Reading | Julie Scelfo discusses her book The Women Who Made New York


Read any history of New York City and you will read about men. But that's not the whole story. Julie Scelfo reveals the untold stories of the phenomenal women who made NYC the cultural epicenter of the world. Many were revolutionaries and activists; others were icons and iconoclasts. Some led quiet lives, but were influential. Scelfo reinvigorates not just New York's history but its very identity.
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Author Reading | Moll Anderson reads from her book Change Your Home, Change Your Life with Color


In conversation with Brooke Burke-Charvet and Tracy McMillan, life stylist and inspirational interior designer Moll Anderson discusses a whole new way of thinking about the link between color and mood. In Change Your Home, Change Your Life with Color, Anderson helps you discover the amazing transformation that color can make in your home and your life.
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Poetry Reading | Poets Read: Marie Howe / Tina Chang


Marie Howe and Tina Chang read from their work. Marie Howe reads from her new book Magdalene: Poems (W.W.Norton). Tina Chang reads from her book Of Gods & Strangers (Four Way Books).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Student Organ Recital


Matthew Thomas, Hunter College
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Author Reading | Susan Rubin Suleiman discusses her book The Némirovsky Question: Life, Death, and Legacy of a Jewish Writer in 20th-C. France


Irène Némirovsky succeeded in creating a brilliant career as a novelist in the 1930s, only to have her life cut short: a “foreign Jew” in France, she was deported in 1942 and died in Auschwitz. But her two young daughters survived, and as adults they brought their mother back to life. In 2004, Suite française, Némirovsky’s posthumous novel, became an international best seller; some critics, however, condemned her as a “self-hating Jew” whose earlier works were rife with anti-Semitic stereotypes. Acclaimed translator of Irene Nemirovsky novels, Sandra Smith and Susan Rubin Suleiman will discuss Suleiman’s The Némirovsky Question: The Life, Death, and Legacy of a Jewish Writer in 20th-Century France. Informed by personal interviews with Némirovsky’s descendants and others, as well as by extensive archival research, Suleiman’s wide-ranging intellectual biography situates Némirovsky in the literary and political climate of interwar France and recounts, for the first time, the postwar lives of her daughters. Némirovsky’s Jewish works, Suleiman argues, should be read as explorations of the conflicted identities that shaped the lives of secular Jews in twentieth-century Europe and beyond.
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Talk | The Future of the Jihadist Threat


The world is struggling to understand how ISIS has captured both territory and the imagination of its ardent followers. Senior fellow and director of the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World at the Brookings Institution Will McCants explores the continuing transformation of the extremist threat and the means of defeating it.
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Author Reading | Writers Read: Kelly Link / Ottessa Moshfegh


Kelly Link is most recently the author of Get in Trouble: Stories (Random House, 2016). Ottesa Moshfegh’s most recent novel is Eileen (Penguin Books, 2016).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Meklit performs from her CD This Was Made Here


Join Ethiopia-born, San Francisco–based singer-songwriter Meklit for a danceable celebration of Ethiopian grooves and pentatonic melodies, with bumping horn lines and poetic impact. Drawing on the haunting, nostalgic Tizita music of her heritage as well as the jazz, folk music, hip-hop, and art rock of her current home, this “stunning” artist (San Francisco Chronicle) creates music from the “in-between spaces.” A cultural activist, TED Senior Fellow, and cofounder of The Nile Project, Meklit’s TED talk, The Unexpected Beauty of Everyday Sounds, has been watched by more than 1 million people. For this special evening at the Atrium, she marks the release of her third solo album This Was Made Here, produced by Grammy-winning songwriter/producer Dan Wilson and inspired by Dr. Mulatu Astatke, the Godfather of Ethio-Jazz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Master Class | Piano Master Class: Xak Bjerken


Xak Bjerken is with Cornell University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Tour | Midtown 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. Please note they do utilize the subway on this tour so you will need $5 for subway. Takes place Thursdays and Saturdays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free
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Broadway | Broadway Show!

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Classical Music | Piano Works by Chopin and More

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