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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 17, 2024?

36 free events take place on Wednesday, April 17 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 17 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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36 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, April 17, 2024

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free events nyc Understanding Antisemitism in Global and Local Contexts
free events nyc Interpreters Wanted: A Story of Escape from Afghanistan
free events nyc Papa & Dada (2021): A Documentary About Families and Love
free events nyc Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls - And How We Can Take It Back (in-person and online)
free events nyc Klezmer Music Ensemble
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Workshop | Boot Camp Workout


An early-morning core body Boot Camp. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back, and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high fives welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Lecture | Freedom Fighting Under Oppression: Non-Violent Struggle Under Dictatorship in Belarus


A lecture by Ambassador Andrei Sannikov, a Belarusian politician, diplomat, and activist with decades of experience in international relations, diplomacy, and human rights advocacy. He is also the former Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus and 2010 presidential candidate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers


Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Ribbon Dancing


Combine cardio with artistry as you wave long ribbons in the air to create rainbows, waterfalls, dragons and ocean waves. Ribbon Dancing is as visually stunning as it is fun and easy to learn. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Ribbons will be available to borrow, but participants may also bring their own.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Conference | Understanding Antisemitism in Global and Local Contexts


Antisemitism, the oldest hatred, has shape-shifted through millennia. This conference will bring together nationally and internationally renowned scholars and experts to examine antisemitism and its various manifestations in the 20th and 21st century from historical, sociological, and political perspectives.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Tour of New York City Hall


One of the oldest continuously used City Halls in the nation that still houses its original governmental functions, New York's City Hall is considered one of the finest architectural achievements of its period. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, the building was an early expression of the City's cosmopolitanism. City Hall is a designated New York City landmark, and its rotunda is a designated interior landmark as well.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)


Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Jazz | Jazz Hour


Take a moment out of your busy day to enjoy a captivating showcase of jazz music by some of NYC’s most talented musicians. Curated by The Jazz Gallery, whose mission is to “provide a platform for emerging artists to discover their unique voice, and a home for established musicians to continue to experiment and grow,” the concert will bring the intimate, vibrant atmosphere of a jazz club into the lobby of One Manhattan West. Featuring: Franklin Rankin Duo (guitar and bass)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Workshop | Adult Chorus


Directed by Church Street School of Music, the chorus is open to all who love to sing. Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events throughout the year.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Vocal and Orchestral Works by J.S. Bach and More (In Person AND Online)


The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, organ. Program J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697), Paratum cor meum and Prelude in G Major
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Wednesdays at One: Chamber Music


Artists share their talents with the community in these free, hour-long lunchtime concerts throughout the season.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | The Hours (2002) with Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman


The Hours is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition. Director: Stephen Daldry Cast: Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman Meryl Streep is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation," Streep is known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including a record 21 Academy Award nominations, winning three, and a record 33 Golden Globe Award nominations, winning eight. Julianne Moore is an American actress. Prolific in film since the early 1990s, she is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in independent films, as well as for her roles in blockbusters. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Emmy Awards. Nicole Kidman is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Concert | Cello Works by Poulenc and More (In Person AND Online!)


Ian Maloney, Cello. Program Ian Maloney, Nighttime Road Grass David Baker (1931-2016), Sonata for Solo Cello Poulenc (1899-1963), Cello Sonata, FP 143
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Discussion | Managing Climate Risks: Financial Alternatives and Infrastructure (in-person and online)


Much of the current discussion of climate risk focuses on large-scale strategic change and public policy. However, the effects of climate change are already being seen today in essential sectors of the financial markets. Insurance and reinsurance companies are at the forefront of managing these risks, and if the insurance markets break down, it will have significant consequences for real estate and municipal financing. Insurance companies don’t only protect against catastrophic events. They also provide income-smoothing products to enable companies to mitigate exposures to increasingly volatile seasonal weather events. The panel, from two of the world’s largest reinsurance companies and a prominent independent think tank, will talk about the impact of climate change on the insurance markets and its knock-on effects in the financial markets, how communities can make themselves more resilient and better able to finance themselves, and how insurance derivatives can be used to measure non-catastrophic events such as extreme heat waves and deep freezes. Moderator: Adam Litke, Lecturer, Enterprise Risk Management; Chief Operating Officer, Pillar Life Insurance Panelists: Edward Boyanoski, Head of Property Underwriting - Global Specialty Insurance, Munich Re Rachel Halfaker, Associate Director, Milken Institute Rishu Ranjan, Global Head Weather & ECM, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | Turkey's Troubled Constitutional Experiment


Speaker: Aslı Ü. Balı, Professor at Yale University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Banking on Slavery: Financing Southern Expansion in the Antebellum United States


Professor Sharon Murphy's book is the winner of the Ralph Gomory Prize of the Business History Conference, the Williams Prize in Louisiana History, and is a finalist for the Hagley Prize for the best book in business history.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Book Club | Foster by Claire Keegan


A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when she will return home. In the strangers' house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. And then a secret is revealed and suddenly, she realizes how fragile her idyll is. An international bestseller and one of The Times's "Top 50 Novels Published in the 21st Century," Claire Keegan's piercing contemporary classic Foster is a story of childhood, loss, and love.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Black Writers of the Founding Era: A New Anthology


A discussion of the new Library of America anthology Black Writers of the Founding Era featuring the historian, author, and editor of the volume James G. Basker in conversation with television writer and author Susan Fales-Hill. The richest and most expansive anthology of its kind ever assembled, Black Writers of the Founding Era offers a vital and radical new vision of the turbulent decades surrounding the birth of the nation. A major act of historical recovery, this groundbreaking anthology features more than 120 writers who, together, reveal the complexity and dynamism of African American life and culture in the period. Including more than 200 poems, letters, sermons, newspaper advertisements, slave narratives, testimonies of faith and religious conversion, criminal confessions, court transcripts, travel accounts, private journals, wills, petitions for freedom, even dreams, this collection delivers an unprecedented archive of historical sources.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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City Walk | Bloomingdale Neighborhood Tour


Jim Mackin leads a mixed group of visitors to the city and resident New Yorkers on a one-of-a-kind, always interesting, walk around the historic Bloomingdale neighborhood.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Lecture | Haiti and the Fictions of History


A broad comparative meditation on modes of storytelling Haiti's past, specifically in the wake of increased and sudden mainstream attention to that history on such platforms as The New York Times ("Haiti: The Ransom Project") and HBO (Raoul Peck's Exterminate All the Brutes). Thinking through both Edouard Glissant's engagement with History/histories/stories from an Antillean perspective and Saidiya Hartman's fraught encounters with The Archive, Professor Kaiama Glover considers the prose fiction works of three contemporary Haitian women writers – Evelyne Trouillot, Edwidge Danticat, and Myriam Chancy – as historiographic interventions of a particular order.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Interpreters Wanted: A Story of Escape from Afghanistan


On August 30, 2021, the U.S. withdrew its final troops from Afghanistan, bringing the nearly 20-year war to a close. As the Taliban took hold of the country, civilians and U.S. allies desperately worked to escape safely. "Interpreters Wanted" tells the story of Saifullah and Ismail Haqmal, two brothers who served as interpreters alongside Army Combat Veteran and Director of the film, Robert Ham. In conversation with Museum Director Clifford Chanin, Robert, Ismail and Saifullah discuss their friendship and service together in Afghanistan and the brothers' plight as they fought to gain entry to the U.S. In addition, John Paluska, Visionary Network Co-Founder and US Army veteran, will share his own experience helping others flee the Taliban regime.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Symposium | Welcoming New Migrant Neighbors: Can NYC Live Its Ideals?


Sspeakers will be addressing all aspects of the recent increase of migrants and asylum seekers to NYC--speaking about topics such as shelter, work permits, and funding. This is a dialogue about the realities that migrants to New York City are facing and about our legal, practical, and ethical responsibilities in supporting our new neighbors. Panelists: Alexandra D?lano Alonso, Professor of Global Studies, The New School Arnel Lanoy, Henry Street Settlement program participant Henry Love, Vice President of Public Policy and Strategy at Women In Need, Inc. Edafe Okporo, Author and founder of Refuge America Jodi Ziesemer, Co-Director Immigrant Protection Unit, New York Legal Assistance Group
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write


In the industrial age, automation came for the shoemaker and the seamstress. Today, it has come for the writer, physician, programmer, and attorney. Author Dennis Yi Tenen reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, taking readers on a spellbinding journey from medieval Arabic philosophy to visions of a universal language, past Hollywood fiction factories and missile defense systems trained on Russian folktales. In this provocative reflection on the shared pasts of literature and computer science, former Microsoft engineer and professor of comparative literature Dennis Yi Tenen provides crucial context for recent developments in AI, which holds important lessons for the future of humans living with smart technology.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
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Gallery Talk | Francesca Woodman: Exhibition Discussion


A conversation inside the exhibition Francesca Woodman between Brooke Holmes, professor of Classics at Princeton University, and Lissa McClure and Katarina Jerinic, executive director and collections curator, respectively, at the Woodman Family Foundation. The trio will discuss Woodman’s preoccupation with classical themes and archetypes, her exploration of the body as sculpture, and her development of photography’s capacity to invest representation with allegory and metaphor. The exhibition features more than fifty lifetime prints.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls - And How We Can Take It Back (in-person and online)


Author Kara Alaimo reveals how social media is affecting every aspect of the lives of women, girls, and nonbinary people. Alaimo discusses why women experts who use social media to bolster their professional profiles often end up with fewer followers, reposts, and opportunities than men in their fields. She shows how what's happening on social media is making the offline world less safe for women, and how the feminist movement has been co-opted by brands on social media, ushering in a wave of backlash. Alaimo speaks these issues and her book with Madison Malone Kircher, a reporter covering internet culture for The New York Times.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Film | Papa & Dada (2021): A Documentary About Families and Love


The modern idea of family is fundamentally changing. More and more same-sex couples are fulfilling their dreams of having children. This heartwarming documentary shows what it's like raising kids with two male parents. papa & dada was shot over a period of seven years in Italy, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. Four couples discuss their desires for family, while sharing moments of their everyday lives. These families experience joys and challenges like any family might. The unconditional love they all share provides the pulse of the picture. An excerpt sums things up well: "Sexual orientation has nothing to do with raising a child. Being a parent simply means giving love. Period." Featuring performances by Boston Ballet dancer John Lam and music by Josh Knowles. Directed by Daniela Ambrosoli 91 min. In English, German, and Italian with English subtitles
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: Award-Winning Novel


James McBride discusses his internationally acclaimed bestselling novel, named the 2023 Barnes & Noble Book of the Year. His landmark memoir, The Color of Water, published in 1996, is considered an American classic and read in schools and universities across the United States.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | A Conversation with Austrian-Slovenian Writer Ana Marwan


A reading and conversation with Austrian-Slovenian writer Ana Marwan. This event features a real premiere, as the writer will read the English translation of her short text "Wechselkröte", for which she was awarded the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Literary Prize in 2022, for the very first time! In a conversation with Deputy Director Melina Tsiamos, Ana Marwan will provide insight into her literary work, and her very special personal connection to New York. Born and raised in Slovenia, Ana Marwan moved to Vienna, where she now continues to live, at the age of 25 to study literature and write prose as well as poetry in both German and Slovenian. Marwan works as a freelance author, and is currently the editor of the Austrian literary magazine "Literatur & Kritik". She was awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2022 for her text "Wechselkröte" (Otto-Müller-Verlag, 2022), and is also a contributing author to schreibART, a literature program of the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Surrealist Blues Performance


Experience the musical artistry of Brooklyn-born surrealist blues poet, vocalist, and composer aja monet. Critically acclaimed for her powerful linguistic gifts, celebrated for her community organizing and insight, and a frequent collaborator with many of today’s leading voices in jazz and soul music, aja monet offers multi-disciplinary performances of urgency and honesty.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | The Perspective Project: Short Theater Works


The Outside/In ensemble creates community, connection and supports self-expression, providing rituals for success in the form of twice annual performances. Please come out and support the incredible ensemble as they present The Perspective Project. What is Outside/In? Stella Adler Arts Justice Division, created in 2001, identified a new strategic goal in 2013: to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Arts Justice soon became the leading arts program provider at Rikers Island Correctional Facility. As students were released from jail, we wanted the program to support them during their re-entry transition. Outside/In was created to allow students to continue the vital work that began inside rehabilitation and to support their transition to daily civilian life. Today Outside/In is a transitional company of 100 members who create new, short works inspired by their personal experiences and current social issues. Returning citizens who have previously been incarcerated and people in residential addiction recovery programs are eligible for Outside/In. Conservatory students and alumni who have a deeply vested interest in art, theater and social good may volunteer to support the ensemble.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | Klezmer Music Ensemble


Klezmer is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for listening; these would have been played at weddings and other social functions. The musical genre incorporated elements of many other musical genres including Ottoman (especially Greek and Romanian) music, Baroque music, German and Slavic folk dances, and religious Jewish music. As the music arrived in the United States, it lost some of its traditional ritual elements and adopted elements of American big band and popular music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Discussion | Moving Moments: A Dance Podcast


This program spotlights Moving Moments, with host Alicia Graf Mack, Dean and Director of Dance at The Juilliard School and an alum of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theater of Harlem, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Mack will be conducting a live interview with the President of The Juilliard School and retired principal dancer with New York City Ballet, Damian Woetzel. As an independent director, choreographer, and producer, Woetzel's recent projects include DEMO at The Kennedy Center; Spaces by Wynton Marsalis for Jazz at Lincoln Center; and Kennedy Center Honors tributes to Natalia Makarova, Patricia McBride, and Carmen de Lavallade. Together, Woetzel and Mack will explore the machinations of realizing the creative process at the highest levels and the lessons they've learned living a purposeful life in dance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opera | Opera & Democracy: Songs from Exile


The concert introduces two German-Jewish composers in American exile: Paul Aron and Rosy Geiger-Kullmann. Aron, a protagonist of the German interwar avant-garde, founded an opera company in New York in the 1950s to popularize the works of ?migr?s such as Darius Milhaud, Kurt Weill, Tadeusz Kassern, and Ernst Toch through piano arrangements and English translations. One of these - his English version of Toch's short opera Egon & Emilie - will be presented alongside exile songs by Aron. Geiger-Kullmann, a successful opera composer of the Weimar Republic, was born in Frankfurt and fled from the Nazis to New York and later to Monterey. Excerpts from her opera Columbus, written after her arrival in New York, and two stage works from her years in Germany have been reconstructed and will be performed in excerpts - a world premiere.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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