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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on December 3, 2012?

49 free events take place on Monday, December 3 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 3 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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49 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, December 3, 2012

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Discussion | A Talk with Robert LiMandri, NYC Department of Buildings


From regulating more than 950,000 buildings to upholding countless technical codes and safety regulations, the Department of Buildings juggles many of the city’s most essential tasks. Homeowners renovating their property, developers laying out new plans for empty lots, and citizens concerned with the conditions of neighboring construction sites all rely on the DOB for help and assistance. Yet how the DOB functions on a daily basis – how it manages its monitoring duties, how it makes determinations on permit applications – is largely unknown to most New Yorkers. Commissioner Robert LiMandri will address attendees’ questions on a wide range of topics, so come prepared to engage in an informal discussion centered around your most pressing issues and concerns.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
Free

Workshop | Getting to Know Your iPhone 5 Hands-on Workshop


Come to this hands-on workshop to discover what makes iPhone 5 the biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone. See the thinner, lighter design, with its brilliant 4-inch Retina display. Try the updated iSight camera — now with high-resolution panorama capability. Check out iCloud Tabs in Safari, and see how it lets you browse the Internet on one device and pick up where you left off on another. And learn about extended Siri support, Facebook integration, Passbook, and much more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Forum | European Young Directors' Forum


A two-day series of conversations, workshops and panels to accompany the two productions of its European Young Directors' Forum. Participants will include European directors Bojan Djordjev (Serbia/Croatia), Paul Knieriem (The Netherlands), Bastian Kraft (Germany), Ana Tomovic (Serbia) and U.S. based directors Anne Bogart, Meiyin Wang, John Jesurun and Charlotte Braithwaite. 10:00 AM: Workshop with director Paul Knieriem (The Netherlands) 1:30 PM: Complimentary lunch buffet 3:00 PM: Panel: Theater-making in the US & Europe – Building Bridges Panelists: Anne Bogart, Paul Knieriem, Ana Tomovic and Meiyin Wang
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 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. Tour times: 11am & 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 12:45 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Workshop | Ballet Exercise Class for Adults


Come dance with us! Here’s your chance to experience the ballerina in each of us. Learn basic ballet steps and experience the joy of dancing in a class that combines ballet and exercise specifically for older adults. You’ll have fun as you dance and see for yourself the benefits of ballet for good balance, agility and grace. Wear comfortable clothes and be ready to have fun. Come for the whole month or just drop in. No experience necessary. About the instructor: Jennifer Grambs, trained in both ballet and exercise for seniors, will show you how ballet helps us feel fit, not only in class, but everyday as we travel the sidewalks of New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | “The Castle and its Kingdom” Tour


Take a walk around the lands dominated by the Castle, situated high on Vista Rock. Visit the tiny 55-acre realm on an eclectic tour of history and nature. Tour is approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Workshop | Chinese Folk Dance & Craft Workshops


Treat yourself to a lesson in Chinese Folk Dance with recognized master instructor Mei "Sandy" Wai, or create a craft with the gentle guidance of instructor Ngoi Wah "Cindy" Cheng.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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City Walk | Greenwich Village Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Master Class | Horn Master Class


With Richard Deane.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Wii Fit for Adults


Calling all Adults who want to lose or maintain current weight: Join Wii Fit for Adults and benefit from burning calories, socializing, maintaining current weight and/or tracking your BMI. Use the various workouts including yoga, strength training, boxing, stepping, hula hooping, running, and regaining balance through using the balance exercises. The Wii tracks your weight and BMI as well as your progress and allows you to compete with others. It is a fun way to keep a record of your progress while exercising.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Concert | Wiz Khalifa, Hitmaking Rapper


The rapper out of Pittsburgh has been charting songs since he emerged in 2008, including "Work Hard, Play Hard," "No Sleep" and the number-one smash "Black and Yellow." His about-to-be-released album is called O.N.I.F.C.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Video | Oscar Muñoz’s 2003 Video Re/trato Projected on the Side of a Building


Colombian artist Oscar Muñoz’s 2003 video Re/trato will be projected on a building to the east visible from the park’s Seating Steps, as well as the sidewalk. One of Colombia’s most influential artists, Oscar Muñoz has created an impressive body of work that investigates memory and history, and the ways both intertwine with our contemporary society. Here, Muñoz presents a video in which you see the artist painting a self-portrait on a concrete sidewalk by using a brush and water. The hand continuously paints as the portrait evaporates, creating an endless drawing. Reflecting on the ephemeral nature of identity, the work highlights the liminal space between remembering and forgetting, between an image and its obliteration.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Book Signing | Carol Sulcoski signs copies of her book Sock Yarn Studio


Carol J. Sulcoski is an attorney turned fiber artist. After the birth of her oldest child, she retired from the practice of law and began knitting in earnest. She is the author of Knitting Socks With Handpainted Yarns and co-author of Knit So Fine, (both Interweave Press 2008). Her knitting designs and articles have appeared in Vogue Knitting, Knit Simple, KnitScene, St-Denis Magazine, Knitty.com and other publications. Carol also began her own pattern line in 2009 and currently lives with her family outside Philadelphia. Join this special designer talk and Q&A.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Documentary: Patrick Shen's Flight From Death (2003)


A documentary film that investigates the relationship of human violence to fear of death, as related to subconscious influences. The film's purpose is to investigate humankind's relationship with death, and is heavily influenced by the views of cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker. In addition to interviews with a number of contemporary philosophers, psychiatrists and teachers such as Sam Keen, Robert J. Lifton, Irvin Yalom, Merlyn Mowrey and Daniel Liechty, the film introduces the viewer to a group of social psychologists, who conduct research in support of what they call Terror management theory (terror in this case not being terrorism, but rather emotional and psychological reaction to mortality awareness). 89 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Other | Ian Hunter signs copies of his CD When I'm President


While Hunter's achievements during his first decade as a recording artist would be more than enough to insure his iconic status, Hunter has never been one to coast on past achievements, and When I'm President amply demonstrates his ongoing musical vitality and creative restlessness. Indeed, in the past dozen years, he's made a series of riveting albums that stand with his best and most resonant work, while making a decisive return to touring, delivering incendiary live performances that show his fire to be burning as brightly as ever.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Musical Play Reading: Sounds Like Love by Arnold B. Horwitt


UnsungMusicalsCo. presents a developmental reading of a new romantic comedy originally written circa 1955 by Arnold B. Horwitt (Make Mine Manhattan, Plain and Fancy). Set in a zany music publishing office in the heart of New York City, Sounds Like Love follows a bright-eyed young songwriter from Tennessee who dreams of making it in the Big Apple.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Viola Recital


Tegen Davidge, Viola
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | The Bronx into Bronx: Brno Roma, Ghettoized Identities, and the Global Circulation of Iconic Images


This talk by Global Studies Visiting Scholar Radim Marada will focus on his current research on Roma people in the Czech Republic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin: A Conversation with Tenor Giuseppe Filianoti


The third Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season will be a conversation with Giuseppe Filianoti, the fine Italian tenor who is appearing in two operas at the Met in the 2012-2013 season: Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito and and Puccini’s La Rondine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Forum | An Evening with Mendi & Keith Obadike


Mendi & Keith Obadike make music, art and literature. Their works include The Sour Thunder, an Internet opera (Bridge Records), Crosstalk: American Speech Music (Bridge Records), a suite of new media artworks, Black.Net.Art Actions (published in re : skin on M.I.T Press), Big House/Disclosure, a 200 hour public sound installation (Northwestern University), and a poetry collection, Armor and Flesh (Lotus Press). Their honors include a Rockefeller New Media Arts Fellowship, Pick Laudati Award for Digital Art, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, and a Vectors Fellowship from USC.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Future of Higher Education Panel


A panel of university and college presidents discuss how tuition-dependent private institutions can respond effectively to the enormous economic challenges they are confronting without compromising the quality of the education they provide. Moderated by David E. Van Zandt, President. With: Stephen J. Friedman, President of Pace University; Robert Scott, President of Adelphi University, Debora Spar, President of Barnard College.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Lori Rotskoff & Laura L. Lovett discuss their book When We Were Free To Be: Looking Back at a Children’s Classic and the Difference It Made


Free to Be . . . You and Me>/i> - the groundbreaking children’s record, book, and television special that debuted in 1972 - captured the spirit of the growing women’s movement and inspired girls and boys to challenge stereotypes, value cooperation, and respect diversity. To commemorate the 40th anniversary, the editors explore in this visual presentation the creation and legacy of this popular children’s classic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Staged Reading | Polish Theatre Now: Michal Walczak


One of Poland's most beloved and prolific playwrights Michal Walczak returns to New York for an evening of play reading and discussion. Walczak's 2001 play The Sandbox, produced at eleven theaters in Poland and the US and translated into six languages, thrust him onto the international scene. Since then, his oeuvre has grown to include over 20 plays, including The First Time (2004, translated into nine languages), and, more recently, three plays for children. New York audiences were treated to Walczak's rough-and-tumble take on contemporary gender relations as part of Made in Poland: A Festival of New Polish Plays (59E59 Theaters). The playwright will join a special evening focused on his past, current, and future projects, moderated by Frank Hentschker. A staged reading of excerpts from Walczak's plays The First Time and The Sandbox by Lanna Joffrey and Jens Rasmussen, adapted by Kimberly Faith Hickman, will be followed by a Q & A and reception.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Adam Gopnik & Bob Mankoff discuss their book The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs


Writer Adam Gopnik and editor Bob Mankoff talk about and sign copies of a collection of articles, fiction, humor, poems, cartoons and drawings from the magazine's archives.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Backfat


Business up front, BACKFAT in the back. BACKFAT is Massimo Di Giovanna, Elke TeeVee, Langston Belton, Giovanni Vargas, Steve Ling, Ohene Cornelius, Andrew Fafoutakis, Kathryn Dunn, Patrick Cucuta, Jared MArk Smith, Bernard Mayore and Brian Lucraze.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Room 401


Every room has a story or two to tell. And room 401 is no exception. In this monoscene-meets-time-dash form improvisors will explore the world in Room 401.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | Digested Impact and the Painting Syndrome


Over the last two decades Lydia Dona has been actively working with concepts of pictorial assemblage to make works that expand abstraction through complexity and change. She will discuss the challenges of painting today and her participation in the recent exhibition “Conceptual Abstraction” curated by Pepe Karmel and Joachim Pissarro at Hunter College’s Times Square Gallery. Dona lives and works in New York City and has exhibited her work nationally and internationally.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Let Me In Let Me In Or I'll Blow This House Down: Curators on Process and the Matter of Inclusion


While the role of curator and the process of curation holds as much artistry as the making of dance and performance, they hone in on an equally important need for a touch of transparency surrounding the presentation of dance and the body. What issues and concerns arise inside of a shifting community where representation is crucial for belonging and sustainable support? What are they doing to reach out to more artists? Where are those artists? Who are those artists? What are the complexities that arise while supporting the sustainability of an artist? What responsibility do they have to an idea of cultivating and supporting "newness?" Where is the body inside all of this? How do they digest being on the inside or outside of something spiritually, aesthetically, emotionally and academically? Participants include: Laurie Berg and Liliana Dirks-Goodman (AUNTS) Rebecca Brooks Barbara Bryan Matthew Lyons (The Kitchen) Ben Pryor (American Realness)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Margaret Cuomo discusses her book World Without Cancer: The Making of a New Cure and the Real Promise of Prevention


Dr. Margaret Cuomo, radiologist and physician in diagnostic radiology at North Shore University Hospital and daughter of former Governor Mario Cuomo, levels a blistering critique of the ways in which cancer is diagnosed and treated in this country.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Matt Damon, Gus Van Sant and John Krasinski discuss their new film Promised Land


Join filmmakers Matt Damon, Gus Van Sant, and John Krasinski as they discuss their new drama. Directed by Van Sant, the film follows an ace corporate salesman (Damon) who is sent to a rural town with his partner (Frances McDormand) to close a key deal in his company’s expansion plans. What seems like an easy job becomes complicated by numerous roadblocks, including a grassroots campaign led by a well-meaning farmer (Krasinski). Promised Land explores America at the crossroads, where big business and the strength of small-town community converge.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Discussion | New York Philharmonic Offstage with André Watts


Meet this season's artists and members of the Orchestra as they engage in conversation with 105.9 FM WQXR's Jeff Spurgeon, completely free of charge.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Reading | No Time to Lose: A Tribute to Jura Soyfer


Close to what would have been Jura Soyfer’s 100th birthday, this is an evening dedicated to the great Austrian poet, playwright, songwriter, critic, essayist, and novelist. Jura Soyfer was born December 8, 1912 and was murdered at the age of 27 by the Nazis in Buchenwald. His work lives on, and to this day serves as an inspiration for people around the world who are fighting oppression and tyranny. Actors and producers Stephanie Schmiderer and Markus Hirnigel will read excerpts from Soyfer’s writings, and journalist JM Stim will provide the biographical context.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | The Drafts Monthly Play Readings


The Drafts are the resident acting ensemble of Horse Trade Theater Group supporting the work of its artistic community. Committed to new play development, The Drafts monthly reading series has featured over 100 original scripts and inspired several full productions. This month will feature readings of Bedtime by Michael Wolfson and Dancing in Captivity by Phoebe Farber, both directed by Marybeth Smith.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | West African Heritage Ensemble


Directed by Yosvanny Terry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | An Evening of Chamber Music with Piano


From the Department of Accompanying.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Lecture | What Happened by the Lake: History, Fiction, and Arthurian Romance


A lecture by Karen Sullivan, Professor, Romance Culture and Literature, Bard College; author of The Inner Lives of Medieval Inquisitors; Truth and the Heretic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Baroque Ensemble


Led by Morwaread Farbood.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Jazz | Cafe Jazz


From the Jazz Arts Program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music Recital


Students in the Sonata class of Karen Dreyfus in performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Nat’l Weather Service & Dr. Doctor


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE is Joe Albano, Michael Cirelli, Kelly Kapron, Kevin Kelly, Carissa Leone, Michael Newman, Ryan Stadler and Brad Stuart. Dr. Doctor is Molly Cahen, Patrick Cucuta, Allison Dembek, Nate Foster, Tom Lisi, Anna Moore, Tim Racine and Matthew Yeackel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Jazz Ensemble


Ryan Keberle, director
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Author Reading | Zadie Smith reads from her book NW


Zadie Smith's new novel follows four Londoners as they try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell, the council estate of their childhood. From private houses to public parks, at work and at play, their London is a complicated place, as beautiful as it is brutal.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Matador & 1-800-LONDON


MATADOR is Shawtane Bowen, David Carl, Dion Flynn, Meredith Hackman, Dawn Harris, Vicky Mesrie, Chris O’Neil and Rachel Oakes. 1-800-LONDON is Jason Specland, Colin Longstaff, James Coker, Michael Greene, Kathryn Dunn, Suni Reyes, Amy Albert, and Greg Wilker
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Jazz | Electric Miles Ensemble


Directed by Adam Holzman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Base Jam


Leap — and then look! — into the newest open-improv session. Base Jam lets improv students of all stripes to jump head-first into the wonderful and frightening world of long-form improvisation. Let’s face it: Getting better at improv is about flight hours — the time spent on a stage, in a scene, in front of people — leaping first, and then looking for a place to land. Or to keep flying. Hosted by Gary DeNoia and Keith Huang.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Fresh


Michelle Wolf and Erin Lennox host this FREE stand up open mic every Monday night at 11PM. Sign up and you can be part of the show! Each week Michelle & Erin (and special guests) will be joined by additional acts whose names will be drawn from the golden bowl of destiny. FRESH gives you the chance to work that new joke or rework an oldie but goodie.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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