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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on December 9, 2010?

63 free events take place on Thursday, December 9 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 December 9 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 December . 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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63 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, December 9, 2010

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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Tour | Tavern and Its Green Tour


Discover the sheepfold that became a world famous restaurant, a parade ground that became the Sheep Meadow, the Children's District, The Mall including its statues.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6

Film | John Sayles' Drama Sunshine State (2002): Holding Back Progress


With Alan King, Clifton James and James McDaniel. A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development. 141 min. Self-Expression in Art is part of Creative Aging in Our Communities: the New York Public Libraries Project , a program of Lifetime Arts, Inc. administered in partnership with New York Public Library and generously supported by the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Donate now! Chat with a librarian now Keep Up With NYPL Events Subscribe to our newsletters: NYPL Programs NYPL Family Programs Also of Interest * Former Honorees * Prints for Decorative or Research Use * Library Lions From Our Blogs POP! goes the Picture Collection: Warhol at NYPL He came from my hometown. As a teenager, he collected photographs of movie stars. A few years later, I clipped fan zines featuring Hayley Mills Read More › Audio/Video * 2 - Pens, Paint-making, and Illumination * Architectural Explorations in Books - Uses of Architectural History in the Digital Age * 3 - Writing NYPL Print Publications * Buffalo Soldiers: Photographs from the Collections of Anthony L. Powell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * I Paint My House: Traditional Art by African Women * Black New York Artists of the 20th Century
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Screening | Short Films on Native Americans


Showing: Clay Beings and With the Grain: The Life and Art of Willard Stone. Starts at 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Tenor Michael Kelly and pianist Jessica Chow perform “The Common Thread”


Captivating audiences with exquisite musicality, commanding stage presence and a voice of arresting beauty, American tenor Michael Kelly is quickly establishing himself as one of his generation’s finest artists. Pianist Jessica Chow has performed throughout the United States and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician since making her solo debut at age fourteen with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in Wisconsin. Recent engagements include recitals in Alice Tully Hall, the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Steinway Hall in New York City, Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur in Montréal, and Salle Cortot in Paris.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$5 suggested donation

Screening | 4 Short Christmas Films; 1962 thru 1997


THE CHRISTMAS VISITOR, color, 11 minutes; Produced by Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films, 1962 - An animated story of the night before Christmas when a red-faced Santa drives his reindeer through the sky, comes down the chimney and eats the meal left for him while the toys come alive and act out a melodramatic villain-heroine-hero adventure. SANTA AND THE TOOTH FAIRIES, color, 27 minutes; Directed by Vincent Monluc, 1991 - An animated film about a boy whose letter gets to Santa after he has ran out of toys. Santa enlists the aid of Mouse Queen Elisa to help the boy get his toy in time for Christmas. BABAR AND FATHER CHRISTMAS, color, 24 minutes; Directed by Gerry Capelle, 1985 - In Celesteville, land of the elephants, the children of King Babar learn about Christmas from Zephyr the monkey. They beseech their father to find Father Christmas and bring him and their desired presents to the tropical elephant kingdom. King Babar travels to "man's country" in search of Santa Claus but is pursued by a diabolical rhinoceros. Babar finally meets Father Christmas at the North Pole and invites him to Celesteville where the traditional holiday celebration is introduced. BRENDA BRAVE, color, 29 minutes; Directed by Daniel Bergman, 1997 - Brenda Brave lives with her grandmother. When Grandma slips and injures her leg, Brenda takes care of her and saves her business by selling peppermint sticks from a stall in the town square.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | “Waterways and Vistas”


Learn about the intricate design of the Park's web of pastoral landscapes and formal romantic vistas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Guided Tour of the Exhibition Serbia - Frequently Asked Questions


A guided tour through our current exhibition with co-curator, Andreas Stadler. This week's special guest for a post-tour Q&A will be Laura Silber, the Director of Public Affairs at the Open Society Institute, and an expert on the Balkans.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music Department Afternoon Concert


This concert is a chamber music recital featuring ensembles from the College Division Chamber Music Program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Opening Reception | The New American Art Show 2010


Over the last two years, The American Art Gallery has shown some of the most interesting work being done in New York City and America today. The New American Art Show is a showcase for showing the art that is happening in the art world today. This year's show includes Tracy Von Becker, Zofia Bogusz, Chelsea Green Lewyta, John C. Kuchera, Evan Levine, and Hans Wolf.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Mid-Year Student Exhibition


Students artists exhibit their work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Club: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver


A discussion of this book that chronicles the year that novelist Kingsolver, along with her husband and two daughters, made a commitment to become locavores–those who eat only locally grown foods.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Screening | Short Films on Native Americans


Showing: Clay Beings and With the Grain: The Life and Art of Willard Stone.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Talk | Visiting artist Catherine Lord discusses her work


Lord is known for creating challenging and provocative art that tests boundaries. An artist, writer, professor, curator and scholar, Lord’s challenging photography and writing explores feminist, queer, colonial, and cultural themes though language and image. She has worked as associate editor of Afterimage and served as dean of the School of Art at the California Institute of the Arts. She served as chair of the Department of Studio Art, UC Irvine from 1990 to 1995 and as director of the UCI Gallery from 1991 to 1996. This past May she was awarded with the Harvard Arts Medal, the first visual artist to receive the medal since the award was established in 1995.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Workspace Program 2009-10: New Work in Handmade Paper


New work created in our studios by resident artists Glen Baldridge, Jennifer Cohen, Ian Cooper, Matt Keegan, Chris Nau, and Michael Schall. Established in 1990, the Workspace Program provides emerging artists with an opportunity to explore their artistic practice through collaboration and experimentation in the medium of handmade paper.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | A Plea for Intolerance: A Re-reading of Kant's Critique of Judgment


A workshop by Joe Tinguely. Common readings of Kant’s Critique of Judgment obscure the book’s relevance for us as grounded in a mundane but intractable problem: the set of things for which we expect agreement from others is larger than the set of things we can prove. In short, there is a gap between discursivity and normativity. In this talk I offer a way to read the third critique as offering a response to this problem by articulating an alternative and richer form of rationality exemplified in “quarreling." Reconstructing how quarrels are supposed to work shows how aesthetic judgments, the claims of taste, extend beyond questions of beauty without slipping into a romantic or speculative metaphysics. Bad jokes and the attempt to explain them ensue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk with Claire Seidl


Steven Rosenberg will lead the discussion with the artist about her work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Design and Existential Risk


A conversation with Michael Chen and Jason Lee of Pratt’s Crisis Fronts Design Research and Annie Kwon and Adriana Young from The New School’s GPIA Crisis Networks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Slide Lecture | Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909-1929


An illustrated lecture given by Jane Pritchard, co-curator of the exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, will be a discussion with Lynn Garafola, Professor of Dance History at Barnard College, on the topic of Diaghilev's revolutionary ballet company, examining its lasting legacy in the world of dance and performance. They will also explore Diaghilev's use of controversial composers such as Igor Stravinsky and also avant-garde designers such as Bakst, Goncharova, Picasso and Matisse, whose stage designs kept the Ballets Russes ahead of artistic trends.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Eric Grode discusses his book Hair: The Story of the Show that Defined a Generation


Grode will read, followed by a discussion and performance by members of both the 1968 and 2009 productions of Hair. For more than 40 years, the musical has shocked and delighted millions, exposing the world to the radical hippie counterculture that was then synonymous with New York’s East Village.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Group Exhibition: Day Job


This exhibition looks at the relationship between an artist's "day job" and his or her creative practice. Rather than subscribing to the idea that having a job is by definition disruptive, Day Job looks at the ways in which the information, skills, ideas, working conditions, or materials encountered on the job can become a source of influence. This presentation also provides a window into the myriad ways in which today’s working artists support themselves in an economic climate that often demands diverse and flexible solutions to staying afloat. Artists in the exhibition are Chris Akin, Pasquale Cortese, Elizabeth Duffy, Caroline Falby, Alex Gingrow, Tom Hooper, Alexa Horochowski, Dawn Hunter, Michael Krueger, Shawn Kuruneru, Deanna Lee, Mary Lydecker, Raul J Mendez, Julia Oldham, Alex O’Neal, Roberto Osti, Zach Rockhill, Luis Romero, Travis LeRoy Southworth, Alfred Steiner, Justin Storms, Harvey Tulcensky, and Jonathan Wahl.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Group Exhibition: Law of the Jungle


An exhibition curated by Brazilian artist, Tiago Carneiro da Cunha, who has selected a diverse group of artists from contemporary to outsider, both established and emerging, for a thematic exhibition based on ideas of survival: personal and collective survival, as well as the survival of the artistic practice at large.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: In Side Out


Featuring the work of Jessica Dickinson, Angelina Gualdoni, Arturo Herrera, Xylor Jane, Sandeep Mukherjee, Eli Ping, David Reed, Mariah Robertson, Ken Showell, Jack Whitten, and Thomas Zitzwitz in an exhibition curated by gallery artist Eli Ping.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | On the Quality of Life: The Ancients Teaching the Moderns


A lecture by Nadia Urbinati, Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Professor of Political Theory and Hellenic Studies. Reception to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Preparing for Your Career's Next Leap with Social Media Marketing


In this special lecture format, John Crant will show how to lay the groundwork necessary to take your career to the next level, to get on the 'short list' for that next promotion, and how to be continually marketing your achievements throughout the year –the surest way to be seen as a standout.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Workshop | Roadmap to a Career in Web or Print Design


You may be thinking about a new career in computer graphics, but where do you start? And in which direction should you aim? Is it web page design, Flash animation, or print? To answer these questions Noble Desktop has created a free seminar, Roadmap to a Career in Web or Print Design. We'll tell you what you need to know to get started in web and/or print graphics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Sounds of Kora Music


The kora is a 21-string harp-lute made from a calabash gourd and used in West Africian songs of praise, ritual, and oral history for centuries. Musician Yacouba Sissoko is a kora master from Mali who has played with jazz, Latin and R & B bands as well as traditional African ceremonies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | All About Computers: PC vs. Mac


This class is a lecture/demonstration. Are you a Mac, PC... or neither? This class discusses the differences between Apple's Mac computers and Windows-based PC computers by highlighting the advantages, and limitations, of each platform.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Annual Winter Concert of Classic Holiday Music by Bach and a Sing-Along


The student choir concert features a mix of traditional holiday songs and carols, including: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire” (Johannes Bach); “Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light” (Johannes Bach); “Wondrous Cool, Thou Woodland Quiet” (Johannes Bach); “Sing, Sing A Song For Me” (Orazio Vecchi); “Fum Fum Fum” (Alice Parker and Robert Shaw); and a special sing-along of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (W.A. Goldsworthy) and others. There will also be special solo performances from selected students, including music from “Lion’s King” and the famed Charlie Brown Christmas theme music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Lecture | Jacques Marchais' Passion for Tibet: Her Monastery Museum and the Beginnings of American Buddhism


With Sarah Johnson, art historian and scholar of American Buddhism. In a richly illustrated talk, the former Curator at Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art's will reveal the story of the pioneering American woman Jacques Marchais (1887-1948), an important collector and respected expert on Tibetan art, who contributed the growing interest in Asian art and philosophy in the early 20th century. Because of her passionate drive to amass a fine collection of Himalayan objects in the 1920s-1940s, New York City possesses one of the nation's earliest collections of high-quality Tibetan art. Established in 1945 and designed by Jacques Marchais, the JMMTA's rustic complex of fieldstone buildings resembles a Himalayan mountain monastery. The lecture will detail Jacques Marchais' early life as a child actress in the late Victorian period, her social life and spiritual quest in New York City in the 1920s, and her intense desire to build an enduring monument to Tibetan Buddhism during the eras of the Great Depression and World War II. Johnson will explain Jacques Marchais' role in popularizing Himalayan culture and place her in context of the history of American Buddhi
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | Photographer and poet Leonid Yakovlev reads from his work


The author of photographs will also introduce audience his verses, published in the magazine SLOVO/WORD, in the collection POETS OF AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA and also in the anthologies OF THE NEW YORK POETS CLUB.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Other | Social Hour: Kwanzaa Songs


Skip the noisy crowds swarming New York City's usual holiday season hotspots, and impress your date or a friend with something new: an extra-festive installment of the monthly Social Hour facilitated by Abdel Salaam (Executive Artistic Derector/Choreographer) and guests from Harlem's Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company. Enjoy complimentary refreshments, live music, and good company at this multicultural lecture/demonstration.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Columbia Journal: “Mighty Little Magazine v. World”


Perhaps you see the world in a grain of sand (hello William Blake). Perhaps you are interested in literary magazines, short form writing, a career in writing. Come out for a reuniting and reading by Columbia Journal contributors. Join moderator Timothy Donnelly for a panel discussion about the fit and fitness of literary journals today. Panelists include Diane Williams, Phillip Lopate, and Wayne Koestenbaum.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested donation

Author Reading | Alec Soth discusses his book From Here to There: Alec Soth's America


This is the first exhibition catalogue to feature the full spectrum of the work of Alec Soth, one of the most interesting voices in contemporary photography, whose compelling images of everyday America form powerful narrative vignettes. Featuring more than 100 of the artist's photographs made over the past 15 years, the book includes new critical essays by Walker Art Center exhibition curator Siri Engberg, curator and art historian Britt Salvesen and critic Barry Schwabsky, which offer context on the artist's working process, the photo-historical tradition behind his practice and reflections on his latest series of works.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Between Picture and Viewer: The Image in Contemporary Painting


A discussion moderated by art historian Katy Siegel featuring a panel of three noteworthy contemporary painters: Josephine Halvorson, Jim Hyde and Dana Schutz. This event is being held in conjunction with the exhibition Between Picture and Viewer: The Image in Contemporary Painting, on view at the Visual Arts Gallery from November 23 - December 22. Siegel is an author and professor of art history at Hunter College, a contributing editor at Artforum and co-author of Art Works: Money (Thames & Hudson, 2004).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Dan Charnas discusses his book The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop


A panel discussion also with Cory Robbins, Ed Lover, Peter Dougherty, and Sway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | Euripides' Medea


Directed by Kathryn McHugh. A queen abandoned by her husband for another woman kills her own sons. This staging will incorporate Butoh movement and staging to provide new insight into this classic tragedy. Presented as part of Drama’s New Visions Directing Festival, which features three plays in repertory and highlights the work of Drama’s graduating directors and actors. Drama Students Production
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Group Show: Framed: Drawings in Motion


Curated by The Drawing Center's Assistant Curators Joanna Kleinberg and Rachel Liebowitz, Framed: Drawings in Motion features five hand-drawn animations projected in the windows of a vacant storefront. This film program investigates the variety of approaches to animated drawing in contemporary art, featuring recent work from a selection of internationally recognized mid-career and emerging artists, including Brent Green, Susi Jirkuff, Kakyoung Lee, Tala Madani, and Raymond Pettibon.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Immersive Fiction


Far from the simple task-oriented games of Pong and Pacman, video games now tell complex stories and create fantastic detailed worlds to immerse players. But who’s bringing that narrative to the game, the creator or the player? And why are we so compelled to play them? Experts Tom Bissell, author of Extra Lives, and Steve Gaynor, designer of BioShock 2, discuss this new form of fiction. Tom Bissell is the author of Chasing the Sea, God Lives in St. Petersburg, and The Father of All Things. A recipient of the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Bay de Noc Community College Alumnus of the Year Award, he teaches fiction writing at Portland State University and lives in Portland, Oregon. Extra Lives is his latest book. Steve Gaynor is a video game designer working in northern California at 2K Marin. He designed two levels of the acclaimed action title BioShock 2, and was writer and lead designer of its story-based expansion. Steve writes about game design on his oft-cited blog, Fullbright, where he contributes to the ongoing conversation about the future of immersive interactive entertainment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Laura Day discusses her book The Circle


Please join Day as she hosts an introduction to healing, intuition and unconscious re-patterning that will change your life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Lorenzo Borghese discusses his book The Princess of Nowhere


The author discusses this novel about his famous ancestor, Princess Pauline Bonaparte Borghese.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Melissa Gira Grant & Meaghan O'Connell discuss their book Coming & Crying


Join the editors of this new collection of real stories about sex - along with contributors Matthew Gallaway and Audacia Ray for highlights from the book and a moderated group discussion on writing about sex when the people you are writing about are real, including yourself.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Jazz | Music of Sonny Rollins


Directed by Armen Donelian.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Phoebe Hoba discusses her book Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty


Hoban explores the life and work of Alice Neel, whose bohemian lifestyle and radical politics made her an outsider in the art world and a captivating subject for a biographer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Photography Show: Mi Kasi es tu Kasi


Umuzi Photo Club puts cameras into the hands of learners from Johannesburg's townships, empowering them with the skill of photography while promoting artistic self-expression and critical thinking as means for raising social awareness. Please join in celebrating Umuzi's second exhibition of our learners' work in New York City. The arresting images offer remarkable insight into township life, through children's eyes. The show makes this its final stop for the year after visiting galleries in London, Johannesburg, Melbourne, and Antwerp.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Rebecca Comay discusses her book Mourning Sickness: Hegel and the French Revolution


This book provides a new reading of Hegel in the light of contemporary theories of historical trauma. It explores the ways in which major historical events are experienced vicariously, and the fantasies we use to make sense of them. Comay brings Hegel into relation with the most burning contemporary discussions around catastrophe, witness, memory, and the role of culture in shaping political experience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Student Cabaret


An evening of songs presented by the Graduate Acting Program class of 2012.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Tendencies: Poetics and Practice


This series of talks by and about contemporary poets and artists, curated by Tim Peterson and titled in honor of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, explores the relationship between queer theory, poetic manifesto, poetic practice, and pedagogy. This month join poets Abigail Child, Michael D. Snediker, and Timothy Liu as they talk about their poetics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Tuberculosis- Locally and Globally


A panel discussion with Dr. Lee Reichman, leading expert in the field of tuberculosis research, as well as other experts in all areas of this often not discussed global health epidemic. Learn more about tuberculosis locally as well as globally, and what we can do to take action against it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Talk | Unsound Lounge: The Silences of John Cage


What did "silence" mean to John Cage, and how did his notions of it change over time? Such will be the subject of a presentation and talk by Kyle Gann, who wrote about the storied artist/composer/provocateur in his recent book No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage's 4'33".
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Writers in Conversation: Jennifer Egan / Justin Taylor


A Visit from the Goon Squad is Jennifer Egan’s fourth novel. The debut collection by Justin Taylor, Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever, was published in February 2010. In conversation with Darin Strauss.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Armistead Maupin reads from his new book Mary Ann in Autumn


Journey back one more time to the City by the Bay, and all of the great characters from Tales of the City, as we learn what Mary Ann Singleton is up to today. Maupin shares this moving new chapter in the landmark series.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music Department Evening Concert


This concert is a chamber music recital featuring ensembles from the College Division Chamber Music Program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Extraordinary Music for Marimba


Simon Boyar, Director of the Program in Percussion Performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Concert | An Evening of Chamber Music


Chamber music performed by students from the Program in Instrumental Performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Improvisation Class - Students of Noam Sivan


This concert is the semester-end performance by the Improvisation class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Jazz | Jazz Vocal Workshop


Priscilla Owens, director.
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Dance Performance | Second Avenue Dance Company


The Second Avenue Dance Company functions as a contemporary professional repertory dance company. Made up of students in their final year of training, it is designed to serve as the dancers' transition into the professional world of dance. Concert presents previews of repertory and original works by renowned guest choreographers as well as original works by students. Guest choreographers for this performance are Lucinda Childs and Benoit-Swan Pouffer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Jazz | R&B Ensemble


Directed by Michael Wolff.
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9:00 pm
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Theater | Martin Crimp's Play The Country


Directed by Paul Takacs. Who is the comatose woman Richard has found on the roadside? Why has he brought her into his house? Who is telling the truth, and who is lying? The Country is a spare, well-crafted dissection of desire and despair. Drama Students Production
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
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Jazz | 5/5/5 After Hours Set


A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of Manhattan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Mozart, Dvorak and More

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