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60 free events take place on Friday, April 27 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 27 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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60 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, April 27, 2018

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free events nyc May 68 Fifty Years Later: When? Where? What? And Does It Even Matter?
free events nyc World-class harmonica virtuoso Jia-Yi He plays and discusses harmonica history
free events nyc Oscar's Best Picture of the Year in 2018: Guillerno del Toro's The Shape of Water
free events nyc Brahms' two sonatas
free events nyc Works of a leading 18C British theatre composer, performed by Early Music ensemble.
free events nyc Celebrated organist Jennifer Pascual
free events nyc Verdi's Messa da Requiem
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Conference | 7th Annual Radical Democracy Conference


This graduate student conference is on the concept, history, practices and implications of radical democracy. If the preconditions for the rise of the far-right, xenophobia, white supremacy, ethno-nationalism, right-wing populism, religious fundamentalism and fascism can be found within liberal democracy and neo-liberalism, laying bare the violent foundations of the liberal democratic project, then what hope can theories of radical democracy offer toward re-founding society on democratic principles? How have the rise of social movements such as Occupy, the Arab Spring, Rojava, Black Lives Matter, Standing Rock, 15M, AntiFa, and the emergence of left alternatives such as Podemos, MAS and Syriza both exposed the contradictions of institutionalism, capitalism, rule of law, deliberation and other aspects of liberal democracy, and also illuminated the need for radical democratic alternatives?
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 am
Free

Conference | Cities, Climate and Migration


Through interdisciplinary panels and breakout sessions, the Conference on Cities, Climate and Migration will highlight challenges facing cities in the U.S. (particularly coastal cities such as New York), examine issues of social justice in planning responses, and explore the role of cities as actors on the national and global level. The event will feature influential speakers; including leading academics, policymakers and climate change experts. Climate change and natural disasters are fundamental drivers of migration and will grow in importance in the future. Urban areas will be particularly affected by environmental events, resulting in the migration of large numbers of persons into and out of cities. Such migration will produce challenges relating to shelter, public services, social cohesion and social justice—putting the world’s urban areas on the frontline of efforts for response and adaptation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Conference | The Origins of the Arts: Expressive Culture of Early Homo Sapiens


The Center for Ancient Studies in conjunction with the Center for the Study of Human Origins welcomes you to attend the Ranieri Colloquium on Ancient Studies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Conference | Crimea Matters Conference


A two-day international conference organized by Valentina Izmirlieva, Sophie Pinkham, and Mark Andryczyk.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:15 am
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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 | 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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9:45 am
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Symposium | Socially Engaged Learning and Public Scholarship


This symposium will bring together faculty, students, and community partners across the university to examine innovative approaches to creating a more just, resilient, and equitable society. This day of cutting-edge discussions, interactions, and peer exchanges is part of the university’s ongoing efforts to build a community of practitioners committed to excellence in socially-engaged learning and public scholarship.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Basics of Investing


Elizabeth Goody, Senior Counsel U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, discusses the questions to ask before investing and the red flags of investment fraud. Learn about investment products, fees and risk, and how to avoid common scams.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Getting Control of Your Financial Life


The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has information to help you make informed choices about your money. Learn more about how you can successfully manage debt, increase savings, and make big purchases with our resources. Speaker LaShaun Warren has over 20 years of experience in the financial field. As the Deputy Assistant Director, Consumer Engagement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, she focuses on connecting with people and helping them lead financially secure lives.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Discussion | Image and Counter-Image: Dreaming Borders, Unthinking Migration


In recent years, the Maghreb and the Middle East entered a phase of upheavals and transformations, which shifted from the imagination of possible new worlds to repression, restoration, and the catastrophic annihilation of forms of life. Yet for a time, the uprisings reopened the circulation of desire–a desire for mobility across the African continent and the Mediterranean. That desire forced a breach into the European order and its proliferating walls. In that confrontation on many fronts, known as the “European refugee crisis” (but whose crisis?) Europe’s “managed inhospitality”, its “smart” borders at sea, and its hybrid articulation of military and humanitarian border security resulted in the death of thousands. Images of bodies floating on the Mediterranean or washed ashore, of “asylum seekers” waiting on train tracks or tear gassed along the so-called Balkan route, or welcomed in Austria and Germany (only to be soon be rejected again) flooded the world media in 2015 and 2016. How might this recent history be seen and accounted for otherwise? Anthropologist Stefania Pandolfo and film director Leila Kilani reflect on borders, sovereignty, and dreams, on migration “in anamorphosis”, in an ongoing conversation based on their respective ethnographic and cinematographic work on the passion and counter-image of Burning, its mythical, theological, and prophetic imaginations, its proximity of life and death, and what it enables as transfiguration and critique. They will discuss their beginning collaboration on the “other side” of that journey, from the peripheral shore of Southern Sardinia, with its own history of internal Italian migration, disaffected mining, and dispossession, in its encounter with the in-appropriable histories, and vital “intrusion” of Sub-Saharan and other “asylum seekers”. Please note advance registration + a valid photo ID are required for entry to this event. Register online at Event Contact Information:
   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 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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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 12, 2017 to May 23, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:20 pm
Free

Tour | You Say You Want a Revolution: Remembering the 60s: Guided Tour of the Exhibition


A docent-led tour of items on display, drawn exclusively from the Library’s collections, exploring the breadth and significance of this pivotal era. The tour last approximately 45 minutes and covers highlights of the show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood Tour


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 historians Peter Laskowich and Madeleine Levi. This tour takes place every Friday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Workshop | The Spirituality of Financial Planning


Do you consider yourself too "spiritual" to care about your finances? Think again! Hunter College Professor of Religion Constantina Rhodes introduces you to classic teachings on prosperity consciousness that can help you acquire a healthy, practical, courageous, and spiritually sound attitude toward your financial life. Based on Prof. Rhodes's original translations of ancient Sanskrit texts, this class offers basic concepts and guided exercises to help you remove debilitating blocks and take charge of your financial wellbeing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 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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Discussion | May 68 Fifty Years Later: When? Where? What? And Does It Even Matter?


Instead of revisiting a few nostalgic clichés, this panel will collectively reflect on the very historical and political parameters of May ‘68: WHEN was May ‘68 exactly? WHERE did it occur? WHAT was it about? What is the meaningful historical sequence in which May ‘68 makes sense? With which other dates should it be paired in order to produce a significant chronology of the post-war period? 1958? 1967? 1974? 1981? 1989? Can this chronology be understood as a succession of “Revolutions” and periods of “return to order?” And where did it happen? While the narratives of May ‘68 traditionally locate it on a line going from Paris to New York, via Prague, Beijing and Tokyo, we would like to think through an alternative francophone geography of May ’68, one that includes Guadeloupe, where an anti-racist uprising in May 1967 was met with violent repression, as well as Dakar and Tunis, where contestations shook the local foundations of power and shaped social and political movements for decades to come. And finally, WHAT was May '68? How can we interpret together all the different movements that contested relations of power around race, gender, sexuality, labor, culture and knowledge? How did they shape subsequent political conflicts and how they resonate with current political and social struggles?
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Concert | Pipes at One Organ Recital


Weekly recitals showcasing the new organ, featuring New York City's leading organists. Today: Renée Anne Louprette of Rutgers University, New Jersey
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Stephen Chbosky's Wonder (2017): Child with Differences


Starring: Julia Roberts, Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson. The incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters 5th grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time. 113 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987): Nominated for 6 Oscars


Stars: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson. A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II. 153 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Lecture | U.S. Supreme Court Considers Gerrymandering


A lecture by Theodore R. Boehm, former Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. A landmark case from Wisconsin concerning partisan gerrymandering will be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018. Justice Boehm has been involved in such cases for decades, and will explain the history of gerrymandering and what’s at stake in this important case before the Supreme Court.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | World-class harmonica virtuoso Jia-Yi He plays and discusses harmonica history


World-class harmonica virtuoso Jia-Yi He plays and discusses the history and construction of different kinds of harmonicas: Chromatic, Diatonic, Tremolo, and Bass, as well as the largest harmonica and the smallest harmonica in the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | Choral Works by Tallis and More


Program: Andre Thomas Keep Your Lamps arr. Darmon Meader America, the Beautiful Ola Gjeilo Ubi Caritas Daniel E. Gawthrop Sing Me to Heaven Thomas Tallis If Ye Love Me William L. Dawson Soon-Ah Will Be Done Giuseppe Pitoni Cantate Domino arr. Bob Burroughs Wade in the Water René Clausen Set Me As a Seal With: Moon Area High School Honors Choir (Moon Township, PA)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Workshop | Fencing Workshop


Learn the basics with masters from Manhattan Fencing Center. Must be 16 or older to participate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Tour | Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art Tour


New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017): 3-Time Oscar Winner


Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance. Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II. 106 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 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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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


Walk straight through the heart of Central Park on this east-to-west tour led by guides. Enjoy a great variety of the scenic, sculptural, and ar chitectural elements the Park has to offer. Visit some of the Park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Cherry Hill, The Lake, and Strawberry Fields.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Oscar's Best Picture of the Year in 2018: Guillerno del Toro's The Shape of Water


Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon. At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity. 123 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Film | Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971): Won 2 Oscars


Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd. In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically. 118 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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Video | The Assembly Line Project: Artist Li Xiaofei Screens His Videos


Artist Li Xiaofei will screen a series of his video works from his ongoing project and feature in a post-screening panel discussion with Zoe Meng Jiang (Ph.d student, Cinema Studies) and Ellen Zweig (artist), moderated by Zhen Zhang (Director of Asian Film & Media Initiative). The project consists of videos documenting labor and its condition in more than 160 factories from different parts of the world. Operating in between modes of video art and film, the artist resists temptations of narrative and highlights different ways of perceiving workers. Each of Li’s exhibition is a unique permutation exploring elements in and between videos, consistently questioning the relation between spaces of image production and commodity production.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Tour | You Say You Want a Revolution: Remembering the 60s: Guided Tour of the Exhibition


A docent-led tour of items on display, drawn exclusively from the Library’s collections, exploring the breadth and significance of this pivotal era. The tour last approximately 45 minutes and covers highlights of the show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Classical Music | Choral arrangements of music for the springtime and Easter


NYC-based vocal ensemble The Salvatones. Daniel Brondel, director. The Salvatones consists of passionate, committed singers led by artistic director Daniel Brondel, who is the Associate Director of Music & Organist at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The ensemble has collaborated with internationally renowned vocal ensembles including The Philippine Madrigal Singers, the Essence of Joy Singers, and DeKoor Close Harmony. Their yearly concert series, collaborating with the New York Virtuosi string ensembles, includes The Many Sounds of Christmas, The Many Sounds of Spring, and 9/11 Reflections.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Concert | College Recitals


Jessie Chen, Violin 4:00PM Kelsey Lauritano, Mezzo-Soprano 4:00PM Timothy Chen, Double Bass 6:00PM Paris Myers, Double Bass 6:00PM Brian Joonwoo Hong, Violin 8:00PM Drew Petersen, Piano 8:00PM
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | Medievalism and American Racial Politics, 2018


This panel discussion with consider how medievalism (academic and popular) is currently positioned in relation to American racial/racist discourses. The speakers will consider the ways in which the medieval is coopted into racializing discourses, and they will present their views of how work in medieval studies might best intervene, in productive and progressive ways, in this larger conversation. Featuring: Wan-Chuan Kao, Washington and Lee University Dorothy Kim, Vassar College Cord Whitaker, Wellesley College Respondent: Eric Lott, Graduate Center, CUNY
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Dorothea Lasky reads from her book Milk


Dorothea Lasky is the author of five full-length collections of poetry: the forthcoming Milk (Wave Books), as well as Rome (Liveright/W.W. Norton) and Thunderbird, Black Life, and AWE, all three from Wave Books. She currently lives in New York City, where she is an assistant professor of poetry at Columbia University's School of the Arts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Conference | Fifty Years After the Revolution: New Perspectives on 1968


A two-day conference to consider the 50th anniversary of the global upheavals of 1968. From Morningside Heights to Mexico City, Czechoslovakia to China, Paris to Tokyo, the yearlong crises of 1968 linked world communities in a unique and epochal series of dramatic confrontations. The repercussions are still being felt. The conference will feature scholars, activists, and current students, focusing on a series of major questions related to the events of 1968, including the Media, Global Cities in Crisis, and Alternative forms of Political Activism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recitals


5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Ruth Widder String Quartet Award Winners' Concert 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Sungah Baek, accompanying 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Charity Kiew, harp 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Naxin Yin, violin 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Shaoxiong Guo, piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Dreamy alternative rock and more


Singers/songwriters Tom Hayes,Warren Malone, Jessi Robertson perform.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Symposium | Slave Pasts in the Present: Narrating Slavery through the Arts, Technology, and Tourism


Over the past few years, slavery has become a frequent theme in contemporary culture. Even though the topic has always been central in countries such as Brazil and the United States, it seems we have been watching more movies, soap operas and tv series on slavery than ever. Tourists are visiting historical sites and engaging in tours on the history and memory of the slave trade all over the Atlantic world. Crowds are packing museums on African-American culture. Slavery is represented in dance in popular festivals such as Rio’s carnival. Not surprisingly, slavery is a topic as sensitive as it is trendy. Video games and children’s books are provoking discussions among school-age parents. Movies are becoming public controversies. And the discussions over memorials and statues that deal with the slave past set the stage for political protests all over the United States. This symposium aims to discuss the ways in which slavery is narrated in the tourism and entertainment industries. 5:30 pm Opening Remarks 5:45 pm – 7:45 pm Screening of Vazante (Brazil/Portugal, 2017, 1h 56 min), directed by Daniela Thomas 7:45 pm – 9:00 pm Discussion with director Daniela Thomas, Hebe Mattos (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil) and Jennifer Morgan (NYU) Chair: Steve Hahn (NYU) Reception to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Figureheads: Sculpture by Sarah Peters


An exhibition of bronze sculptures by New York-based artist Sarah Peters. This is the gallery’s second solo show of Peters’ work, which expands upon her exploration of formal sculptural languages and themes ranging from power and authority to psychology, gender, and humanity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Film | German cinema Stopped on Track: moving, unsentimental drama


Frank and Simone have fulfilled their dream and live with their two children in a townhouse in the suburbs. They are a happy couple until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with death. The time to say goodbye is short, which makes the situation all the more difficult for Frank. Director Andreas Dresen conveys through this moving and yet unsentimental drama how people cope with this problem in isolation and within the family circle, at home rather than in a hospital or hospice. It is inspired by experiences with people from his immediate surroundings. What’s special about this film is that he directs his attention where others either look away, hide behind metaphors or blur reality. It premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize of Un Certain Regard. In German with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Gun Reform in Black & White: Student Activism and #NeverAgain


White student activists from Parkland, Florida and Black student activists from Chicago and New York come to share their experiences with gun violence, activism and organizing for gun reform laws and safe communities. These student activists engage and challenge all of us to reimagine what we know about gun violence and how to stop it. With: Amel Burton, Queens, NY Matt Deitsch, Parkland, FL Ryan Deitsch, Parkland, FL Journey Jamison, Chicago, IL Moderator: Maya Wiley
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Stuart E. Eizenstat discusses his book President Carter: The White House Years


Stuart E. Eizenstat was there with Jimmy Carter from his political rise in Georgia through his four years as president, serving as Carter’s chief domestic policy advisor. His new book gives an insider’s look at the achievements and missteps of an often-misunderstood presidency. Eizenstat joins in conversation with Kai Bird, executive director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography, who is also writing a biography of Carter.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | The spark that ignited attempts to reform education in Italy


“Dear Miss. You won’t remember me or my name. You have failed so many of us. However, I have often thought about you, and the other teachers, and that institution you call ‘school’ and about the children you fail. You fail us right into the fields and factories and then you forget us.” So began Lettera a una professoressa, translated into English in 1969 as Letter to a Teacher. The collective authors were a group of young students at an alternative school run by Don Lorenzo Milani in Barbiana, a tiny rural community in the hills near Florence. The book was immediately welcomed in Italy by teachers as a manifesto for a democratic alternative to a school system that reproduced deep divisions of social class, by linguists such as Tullio De Mauro as a revelation and by university students as a little red book for a revolution. Looking back on it now, fifty years after the upheavals of 1968, Lettera a una professoressa can be seen as the spark that ignited all subsequent attempts to reform education in Italy. Still today, it has the power to divide readers and arouse passionate arguments. Vanessa Roghi discusses her book La lettera sovversiva In English.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | Los Angeles Philharmonic Pre-Concert Lecture


A pre-concert lecture illuminates the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Great Performers program, which features Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, Varèse’s Amériques, and a new work by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Harlow Robinson, speaker
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:45 pm
Free

Play | Henry V: Shakespeare from the Mobile Unit


Insulted by the regent of France, Britain’s King Henry V decides to wage war and claim the throne across the Channel. But Henry’s charm only distracts the soldiers for so long before the dire stakes of their task calls into question the King’s true motives and direction. Resonating from across the centuries—wherever there may be a kingdom for a stage, and royalty to act—Shakespeare’s drama about invasion, ego and leadership delves into history’s thorniest questions: What makes a person worthy of wearing the crown, and what do they owe the people they lead? Obie Award-winning director Robert O’Hara (Bootycandy, The Brother/Sister Plays (Part 2)) brings a warring King and his band of brothers to communities all across New York with Mobile Unit’s spring production of Henry V.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Play | No Baby: Consequences of Getting Pregnant


Karen and Britney don't know one another, and they never will. However, they find themselves on parallel journeys when they both become simultaneously pregnant. While Britney watches her options disappear helplessly as Planned Parenthoods vanish from her world, a late stage miscarriage threatens to mentally destabilize Karen beyond the point of recovery. A student production of the play by Blake Bishton .
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Brahms' two sonatas


Rolf Schulte, violin; Judith Olson, piano. Program: Brahms (1833-1897) Sonata in G Major. Op. 78 (1879) Brahms (1833-1897) Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2 (1894) About the Performers “One of the most distinguished violinists of our day” (The New Yorker) violonist Rolf Schulte has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic among others. Pianist Judith Olson is both a solo and collaborative musician, and has toured throughout North, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Korea.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Celebrated organist Jennifer Pascual


Dr. Jennifer Pascual is the first woman to become Director of Music at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, one of the most prestigious sacred music appointments in the United States. She conducted the St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir for President Bush at the White House for National Day of Prayer. Dr. Pascual conducted the St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir and orchestra during the Mass at Madison Square Garden celebrated by Pope Francis. Reception to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Swan Song: family relationships and struggles with life-altering decisions


Philip visits his aging mom, now in a Florida retirement facility, where they lock horns as they frequently have throughout the years. Despite her deteriorating mental state and being confined to a wheelchair, Philip still struggles to get the upper hand over her overpowering personality. However, the stakes are much higher now and he is forced to make some life-altering decisions on her behalf. By playwright Dan Kavulish who wrote "Summer Passed into Rain", "The Fortunate Isles" novel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works of a leading 18C British theatre composer, performed by Early Music ensemble.


The Queens Consort is a professional early music instrument ensemble. The group plays on period instruments and in baroque style. This is the first concert/lecture of The Queens Consort's series program entitled "The Arne Project". Thomas Augustine Arne was an English composer. He wrote the patriotic song Rule Britannia, a version of God Save the King, which became the British national anthem, and the song A-Hunting We Will Go. Arne was a leading British theatre composer of the 18th century, working at Drury Lane and Covent Garden. The Queens Consort brings a guest from Memorial University in Newfoundland -- a musicologist and Arne scholar who has spent years traveling back and forth to the British Library to collect and reconstruct little-known works by Thomas Arne. The Queens Consort: Claire Smith Bermingham, Baroque Violin Daniel McCarthy, Baroque Violin Margret Hjaltested, Baroque Viola Anneke Schaul-Yoder, Baroque Cello Aya Hamada, Harpsichord
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Tour | 9/11 Memorial and Brooklyn Bridge Night Tour


A renaissance is taking place on the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, a concerted effort has been undertaken to redevelop this part of the city, with the redevelopment of the World Trade Center and the construction of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. And from twilight into the night is the right time to pay a visit to this part of New York City. From the Memorial to the Woolworth Building, City Hall to the Brooklyn Bridge, some of the your most memorable experiences in the city await you.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Cabaret | European cabaret, piano pieces by Poulenc, Rachmaninoff and more


20th century European cabaret with Canadian artists Adi Braun and Linda Ippolito. Pianist Linda Ippolito captures the spirt of the moment in a series of improvisations and impromptus by Poulenc, Rachmaninoff, Giesking and Fauré. Vocalist Adi Braun pays tribute to the “Moderne Frau” (Modern Woman) of 1920’s and ‘30’s Berlin in songs by Weill, Hollaender, Grothe, Spoliansky and her own cabaret originals. Performers will be joined by the trio of John Di Martino , pianist; Tom Hubbard, bass, and David Silliman, drums.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Tour | Ghosts of the East Village Tour


The ghosts of Greenwich Village are too numerous and interesting to meet in just one evening! Due to popular demand, they are offering a new tour, “Ghosts of the East Village,” as a companion tour to one of their biggest crowd-pleasers, Ghosts of the West Village.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Jazz | The NYU Jazz Orchestra


Program: Rich Shemaria One World Suite NYU Jazz Orchestra is NYU's flagship 18-piece student big band. Featuring Combo Nuvo plus surprise guests.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Classical Music | Verdi's Messa da Requiem


The Barnard-Columbia Chorus joins the Choir of the University of Bolzano, Italy in presenting Messa da Requiem, Verdi’s masterpiece. In 1868, Giuseppe Verdi set out to commemorate the passing of Gioachino Rossini by inviting twelve additional Italian composers to contribute a section to a new Requiem Mass. The premier was slated for the following year, but difficulties with the organizing committee and the proposed conductor prevented the performance. Several years later, the great Italian writer Alessandro Manzoni also passed away. Verdi deeply admired Manzoni and was determined to set all of the Latin text of the Requiem Mass himself to honor his contemporary. The premier of the Messa da Requiem that, we know today, took place in 1874 with Verdi conducting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
$5

Play | Carnal: Marriage Can Be Painful


Tom and Dan like each other. Dan wants a fairytale romance. So does Tom. Dan fantasizes about a destination wedding. Tom fantasizes about Dan abusing him in a hotel room. In a place where fantasy and reality must collide, and the line between sex and violence is all but erased, these men must make a stand for how they want to experience love – and pain. A college production of the a play by Nikhil Mahapatra.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
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Comedy Club | Emerald City Laughs


A weekly standup comedy show. Featuring comics who have appeared on Comedy Central, College Humor, MTV, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 pm
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