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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 13, 2010?

39 free events take place on Saturday, February 13 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 February 13 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 February . 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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39 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, February 13, 2010

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Hike | West Harbor Walk


For approximately 19-20 miles (8-9 hours) at a moderate-brisk pace, follow the lesser known Western shore of New York Harbor through the cities of Jersey City and Bayonne, where you will explore Liberty State Park and its historic rail terminal; pass the site of the 1916 Black Tom Explosion, follow boardwalks over old docklands and through restored wetlands with many shorebirds; pass shipping cranes on the shore of Newark Bay; cross the Bayonne Bridge; and pass through the former sailors' home at Snug Harbor, ending at the Staten Island Ferry terminal at St. George (for ferry service back to Manhattan). This new-and-improved West Harbor Walk will take you over several new boardwalks and promenades completed in 2009. As the walk parallels Hudson-Bergen Light Rail for the first 12 miles, walkers interested in joining for part of the walk may take the train back to Hoboken Terminal at several points. Stop briefly for lunch in Bayonne at noon at an intersection with several lunch options (fast food, diner, deli). Go in any weather.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
$3

Symposium | Workwear: A Symposium


"Workwear" explores the legacy of workwear in New York. It reflects the exhibition of the same name. Among the works on view are Donna Karan's "Seven Easy Pieces"; "Boilersuit" by Savile Row tailors Norton & Sons in collaboration with Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller; a newly commissioned film by the fashion label Boudicca; Paul Fejös' silent film masterpiece Lonesome (1928), and installations by Shelley Fox, an experimental designer and director of the MFA program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Conference | Formulations: Teaching 19th-Century Russian Literature


A conference celebrating the teaching and scholarship of Robert Belknap. 10:00–11:30 (Chair: Robert L. Jackson) Gary Saul Morson: “Textual Absences;” Maude Meisel: “The Power of Pedagogy: Dispelling the Darkness in Tolstoy's Drama;” Elizabeth Beaujour: “’Visible Only in Very Clear Weather’: Teaching Chekhov’s Second Acts;” Andrew Durkin: “On Models of Discourse in Some Chekhov Stories” 11:30–1:00: lunch, on your own recognizance 1:00–2:30 (Chair: Marina Ledkovsky) Gina Kovarsky: “The Enigma of Pechorin;” Rebecca Stanton: “Heroes of our Time: Unwrapping the Nested Autobiographies in Lermontov’s Novel;” Jefferson Gatrall: “An Inconvenient Footnote: Lermontov’s A Hero of Our Time and the Circassian Genocide;” Cathy Popkin: “Teaching ‘Literature and Empire’: The Case for Anna Karenina” 2:30–3:00: Coffee break 3:00–4:30 (Chair: Richard Gustafson) Irina Reyfman: “Literature in the Original for the Defective Detective, or Teaching Suspect Grammar to Unsuspecting Students;” Ellen Chances: “Why Winnie the Pooh is Relevant to Teaching Dostoevsky: Notes from the Underground Revisited;” Nancy Workman: “Notes from a Cave: Teaching Dostoevsky in a Philosophy Course;” Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy: “Teaching the Humanities in a Post-Humanities Age, or, Is There a Moral in This Text?” 4:30: Closing remarks, by Deborah A. Martinsen
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Hike | Saddle River County Park Hike


5-10 miles. A walk through Saddle River County Park, a park for all seasons, even if there is some snow on the ground. Full of a variety of mature and younger shade trees and shrubbery, this delightful park is bisected by a lake. There is a good chance of seeing some woodchucks, rabbits and a variety of shorebirds. Saddle River County Park is adjacent to Grove Street Park which we may walk through as well, depending on the weather. Bring lunch and drinks. Optional stop in local diner afterward.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 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

Park Walk | “Views from the Past”


As you promenade through the heart of the Park, imagine yourself living in 19th Century New York City. Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all. Tour lasts approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Other | Love Your Lane Valentine's Ride


A wintertime bicycle ride. You'll be biking and dancing with the lovesick soundtrack, handing out Valentine sweets to pedestrians, visiting Ray's on Ave. A to give some love to this beloved NYC institution that might get pushed out, and then end with the sweetest cup of hot cocoa. Show your love for your bicycle, through sickness and health, through rain or shine!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | West Side Stories Tour


Walk through a scenic area on the western edge of the Park, much of which is off the beaten track for most visitors. See rolling meadows, lake views, bridges of different styles, and a garden with flowers and plants mentioned by Shakespeare.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | 2010 Mingus High School Competition & Festival


Featuring a full day of clinics and a jam session. 12:15 pm–-1:45 pm: MINGUS MOVIES: Presentation & commentary by Andrew Homzy (collaborator: Mingus Fake Book; author: Simply Mingus charts) Clips from Mingus and Triumph of the Underdog; Music clips from "Mingus in Europe with Eric Dolphy, 1964," Mingus conducting Meditations; Musical conversations with drummer Dannie Richmond & more. 2:00 pm–-3:30 pm: Clinics: Rhythm; Ades Performance Space Boris Kozlov, bass; Adam Cruz, drums; David Kikoski; piano "The Art (and Necessity) of Conversation Within the Rhythm Section" Woodwinds; Room 607, Donny McCaslin, saxophone-How to improvise creatively over Mingus song forms. Mingus and the Blues. Demonstrations on saxophone, including examples from Fables of Faubus, Boogie Stop Shuffle and more. Brass; Room 610, Conrad Herwig and Ku-umba Frank Lacy, trombones; Kenny Rampton, trumpet-How to play Mingus Music on Brass. Analysis of written parts in small and large ensemble contexts with examples from Mingus Dynasty & Mingus Big Band repertory. Improvisational insight into Mingus’s solo forms and chord structures. Music charts provided (Haitian Fight Song and more.) 3:30pm– 5:00 pm: Student Jam Session concentrating on the compositions of Charles Mingus. This jam session is only open to the high school students participating in the competition, but anyone can watch. Lead sheets will be provided. Rooms 610 and ADES. Band Directors Clinic directed by Justin DiCioccio, with Gunther Schuller in attendance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:15 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.
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1:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade”


You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Views from the Past”


As you promenade through the heart of the Park, imagine yourself living in 19th Century New York City. Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all. Tour lasts approximately one hour.
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Dance Performance | 25th Annual New York Sword Dance Festival


The 25th Annual New York Sword Dance Festival brings an ancient winter celebration to life, with fast-paced rapper sword and mysterious long sword dancing. The dancers are linked in a ring by the "swords" as they weave ever-more complex figures in this modern display of skill—a New York tradition adapted from English and European customs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Screening | 2 Documentaries by Polish Director Miroslaw Dembinski: The Orange Alternative / Dwarves Go to Ukraine


The Orange Alternative (1988), made by Dembinski while still a student at the legendary Film School in Lodz, won him First Prize at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival in 1989, among other awards. It documents a street happening by the Orange Alternative – a social movement that was born in Wroclaw and soon spread to other Polish cities, becoming a cult phenomenon that would go down in the annals of Polish political opposition. 23 min. Dwarves Go to Ukraine (pictured, 2005) is a moving account of a political action organized by the Orange Alternative Dwarves. To both support and participate in the historic moments of the “Orange Revolution” in Ukraine in 2004, the members of the Polish Orange Alternative embark on a journey from Warsaw to Kiev. On the way, in their orange bus, they knit an extraordinarily long orange scarf – a symbolic gesture, initiated in Warsaw by the Ukrainian pop star Ruslana Lyzenko, to demonstrate the rekindling of Polish-Ukrainian friendship. 55 min. Their screening will be introduced by Elzbieta Matynia, Associate Professor of Sociology and Liberal Studies at The New School for Social Research.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Screening | 3 South African Musical Films


Malombo (distributed by Villon Films, 1977), is a concert performance by the South African duo Malombo. A Profile: Dolly and the Inkspots (directed by Jurgen Schadeberg, 2006), is a film homage to jazz greats Dolly Rathebe and the African Inkspots, who made a valuable contribution to South Africa’s musical heritage. Song of Africa (directed by Ebil Nofal) is an all-black production, directed by an Afrikaner, in which a Zulu band leader returns to his village with a gramophone and musical instruments determined to start a Zulu jazz band.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | The New York Poetry Forum Valentine's Festival


Featuring: A piano solo by Georgette Wegh Lichtenstein. A staged reading, "Phaedra," a verse drama by Daniel Fernandez. A piano solo by Mark Fiedler. Poetry by Patricia Carragon, Lynn Cohen and Lee Slonimsky. An open reading from the audience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Union Square: Crossroads of New York


The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more!
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Prize-winning organist James Kennerley performs Messiaen's La Nativité du Seigneur


Kennerley has been Organist and Music Director since 2008. He has full responsibility for the church’s renowned music program, and its magnificent Aeolian-Skinner organ. As an organist, he has performed at many of the major venues in Europe and the US, both as a soloist and accompanist, and has been a prizewinner at several competitions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Dance Performance | 25th Annual New York Sword Dance Festival


The 25th Annual New York Sword Dance Festival brings an ancient winter celebration to life, with fast-paced rapper sword and mysterious long sword dancing. The dancers are linked in a ring by the "swords" as they weave ever-more complex figures in this modern display of skill—a New York tradition adapted from English and European customs.
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3:00 pm
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Other | Free Chocolate Tastings


Go loco for cocoa and sample some of Rogue Confections' most beautiful chocolates.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Accumulation


An exhibition featuring works by Arman, César, Dan Basen, Rosamond Berg, Linda Cross, Maureen McCabe, Wayne Nowak, Kathryn Spence, the Philadelphia Wireman, Philip Sultz, Krista van Ness, Bill Will, et al.
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Joy In Singing Composers' Concert


With: Sharla Nafziger, soprano; James Rodgers, tenor; Michael McGee, baritone; and Lisa Stepanova, pianist. Works by Robert Beaser and William Flanagan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | LGBT Studies Research


The library's preeminent collections of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) history ranges from the archives of the Mattachine Society to the most up-to-date electronic resources. This class explores databases, digital collections, books, journals, and archival collections, as well as challenges posed by evolving conceptions of homosexuality, changing terminology, and the still-looming specter of the &#147;closet.&#148;
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3:15 pm
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Discussion | Unsound Electronic Music Festival


Since 2003, Poland's most adventurous music festival has brought a bold and uniquely modern program of music to Kraków. Now, Unsound is coming west to New York for their first ever North American edition. Unsound Festival New York’s mission is to forge new links between music genres, between generations and even between artistic practices. The driving force in the assembling of the New York program has been Unsound Festival's commitment to forms of music and sound art that involve experimentation and risk. Unsound Festival has made a worldwide reputation by breaking new ground while dealing with vibrant electronic, experimental, independent, post-classical and club music scenes from around the world. Taking place over the course of ten days, Unsound Festival New York will boast an ambitious lineup of artists from both Europe and the U.S. Today: 3:30 pm Panel Discussion: Bass Mutations 5:00 pm Panel Discussion: Mapping Sound in Art, An Investigation 6:30 pm Dialogue: Vince Aletti
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3:30 pm
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Workshop | Creative Workshop: Play


This activity-based course engages with the concept of open-ended play and the imagination as a generative tool. It is based on the conviction that play is a necessary part of life and that we don’t do enough of it. We sacrifice play on a daily basis in pursuit of work and ambitions, stress, life maintenance. As such the course looks at the philosophies of Dewey, Pierce, Gardner, Waldorf, Amish forms of play, Steiner, et al. We’ll also look at the pedagogy of play and kinder-garden [“children’s garden”] where play and nature combine into learning. During class sessions, participants will engage in activities that question the role of play.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Exhibition: The Meaning of Line


A group show featuring, among others, Brooklyn artist Audrey Frank Anastasi.
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Organist John Scott performs works by Louis Vierne


Scott, the Director of Music, plays Vierne's masterpieces on the Arents Memorial Organ.
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Saturday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Screening | Made in Mad New York Film Festival


A showcase of short and long feature films sponsored by the Regional Government of Madrid. Tonight: "Madrid in Short." A Better Life (Dir: Luis Fernandez Rene. Spain. 15 min. 2009) Parking (Dir: Jorge Molina. Spain. 11 min. 2009) La Tama (Dir: Martin Costa. Spain. 19 min. 2009) Doppelganger (Dir: Julian Academy. Spain. 20 min. 2009) Metropolis Ferry (Dir: Juan Gautier. Spain. 16 min. 2009) The End (Dir: Eduardo Chapero-Jackson. Spain.28 min. 2009) All films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recital: Hanbo Liu, Piano


Program: Beethoven, Sonata Op. 22 Liszt, Danta Sonata Prokofiev, Sonata 83, No. 7
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Screening | Made in Mad New York Film Festival


A showcase of short and long feature films sponsored by the Regional Government of Madrid. Tonight: "Film & History: Madrid." Oscar winner José Luis Garci's Sangre de Mayo (152 min. 2008) In Spanish with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | The Mingus Orchestra with Special Guests


In a big, free concert on the night before Valentine's Day, the Mingus Orchestra (normally in residency at the Jazz Standard) will return Mingus music to its early roots, performing gospel songs like "Better Get it in Your Soul" and "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting"—fiery standards in the canon of jazz-- alongside the soulful "Consider Me, Oh Lord," written by Langston Hughes and set to music by Mingus in a long-ago collaboration. This lovely prayer will be narrated by vocalist/trombonist Ku-umba Frank Lacy who will also introduce the gospel piece "Ecclusiastics" with its meditation on the search for meaning a nd whose biblical name Mingus combined with “enthusiasm” (“possessed by a divine spirit”) creating his own word for the gospel fervor of his composition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Talk | Valentines with Robots


From computer-interfaced sex toys to sperm-inspired nanobots, our sexual lives are filled with elements out of yesteryear's speculative fiction. Technology and sexuality have always been inextricably linked, so come out for a witty and wild multimedia presentation by Laura G. Duncan about high tech sex, including examples from science fiction, the medical sciences and DIY sexual robotics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested admission

Concert | ALLA RESPIGHIANA


   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Regular: $30
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Jazz | Basie and the Blues with Wynton Marsalis


Marsalis and special guest pianist Cyrus Chestnut bring the leading figure of the swing era, Count Basie, and his big band style to life through the arrangements of Sy Oliver, Don Redman and Neal Hefti. Emerging vocal star Gregory Porter will also perform selections from Basie's collaborations with blues singers such as Jimmy Rushing and Joe Williams. A pre-concert discussion with trombonist Vincent Gardner, hosted by Ken Druker, are free to ticket holders at 7pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Susie Park, violin, performs works by Bruckner and Williams


Program: Pärt: Da Pacem Domine Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major Hailed as "prodigiously talented" (Washington Post) and praised for her "freedom, mastery, and fantasy" (La Libre, Belgium), Park is gaining worldwide recognition for her emotive range and dynamic stage presence. Concertizing around the world she has appeared as soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay in California, all of the major Australian orchestras including those of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania, West Australia, and Canberra, Korea's KBS orchestra, the Lille National Orchestra under the direction of Yehudi Menuhin in France, and the Wellington Sinfonia, New Zealand. Highlights of this season include performances of Mozart's Sinfonie Concertante with Jaime Laredo and the Orchestra of St. Luke's in Alice Tully Hall, New York, recitals in Jordan Hall and the Gardner Museum in Boston, a live radio recital for WGBH Boston, and appearances in venues including Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the 92nd St. Y in New York, Philadelphia's Kimmel Centre, and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Concert | Maiysha: Brooklyn-Born, Grammy-Nominated Singer


Maiysha is redefining soul with a vengeance. Catch her performing tracks from her debut album This Much Is True.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Party | Singles-Only Black Hearts Party


Singles ONLY- No couples allowed! Every girl gets a rose with a heart on it and every guy gets a number- find your match and get a free shot! Hopefully you won’t need more than that one shot to spend the rest of your night with your match!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 pm
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Performance | Floating Kabarette


Hosted by Olga & Bjorn. With: Jenny Rocha & Her Painted Ladies: Bawdy Dance Sensations Joshua Dean: Aerial Wonder Shelly Watson: Singing Siren Madame Rosebud: The Eastern Muse The Maine Attraction: Burlesque Bombshell Free Haircuts by LB all night
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