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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 20, 2013?

54 free events take place on Wednesday, February 20 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 20 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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54 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, February 20, 2013

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Park Walk | Central Park Tour


Stroll through the park and tell the epic story of New York's green oasis. Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today amongst the world's most famous and beloved public parks. Originally intended to bring people of all walks of life together -- a people's park -- Central Park lives up to it's original designs. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find
   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 & 1pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Performance | The Art of Storytelling with Thirza Defoe


Celebrate the artistic traditions of Native American culture. Thirza Defoe, a multi-talented Native American artist, will integrate singing, storytelling, and hoopdancing in an engaging, interactive performance. Show times: 11am and 1pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free

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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Film | George Marshall's Oscar Nominee Star Spangled Rhythm (1942): Paramount Players Showcase


With Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray. Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. 100 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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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. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | Smugglers & Spies: The Question of Jewish (Non-) Support of the 1863 Polish Uprising


2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the January Uprising of Polish youth against conscription into the Russian Imperial Army. The insurrection that began January 22, 1863 quickly spread to the lands that would be modern day Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, northern Ukraine and parts of western Russia. Prof. Glenn Dynner (Sarah Lawrence College) presents his research on the role of Jews on all sides of the conflict.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


Tour of this magnificent Beaux-Arts landmark.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Film | Norman Jewison's 5-Time Oscar Winner In the Heat of the Night (1967): Best Picture of Its Year


Stars Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates. An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town. 109 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Talk | The Test of Time: Ben Graham in 2013


It was 1914, nearly 100 years ago, when a 20-year-old Benjamin Graham began working on Wall Street. Within a few years, his views on the market were already being circulated in the financial press of that era. By 1932-1933, wizened by his experiences during the Roaring Twenties and The Great Depression, his views had crystallized into a comprehensive system of security selection that he (with the help of David Dodd) codified in the 1934 classic, Security Analysis. In 2012, 78 years since its initial publication, we have several decades of stock market history with which to evaluate the soundness of Graham’s view of market behavior and the price/value dichotomy. Speaker Joe Carlen, lead analyst at Know Thy Market, has been a business writer for over 12 years. At KTM, he specializes in analytical projects pertaining to a wide range of markets, industries, and individual companies. In 2008, Carlen co-wrote From Lifeguard to Sun King, the bestselling business autobiography of Banana Boat founder Robert Bell. Feel free to bring your lunch.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$5

Gallery Talk | Tour of Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg


Gallery Talk with Pato Hebert, Visiting Associate Arts Professor, Department of Art & Public Policy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 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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12:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


Museum Ambassador Asia Tail gives a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Midtown Jazz


A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Reading | Mixed Bag: Story Time for Grown-Ups


Love a good story? Sit back and relax as we read you a story or two at lunchtime. Bring your lunch, bring your knitting, bring a friend. Brown bag lunches welcome! Featuring: "Marigolds" by Eugenia W. Collier - Old Miss Lottie lived in a ramshackle shanty in rural Maryland. Times were hard in the Depression, and the only thing of beauty in her life was the bed of marigolds in her dusty yard. "Exodus" by James Baldwin - Florence decided the time had come to leave her Southern small town for New York City, even if it meant leaving her aged mother and her shiftless brother Gabriel behind. It was time to write her own history instead of reliving her mother’s.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Stocks and Mutual Funds: Investment Resources


Discover an extensive and unique collection of financial information. This class will feature the best print and electronic tools for researching individual companies and mutual funds.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Performance | 5 Playlets by Ruthy Rosen


FIVE BY RUTHY ROSEN: An Interactive Dramatic/Comedic Experience. "Bubbe Comes to Boston," "Love Letters," "The Silence," "A Rite of Passage," and "Citizen X." Playwright and director Ruthy Rosen will bring five original playlets with varying themes to the audience as a vehicle for discussion. Each playlet will be followed by a dialogue between cast and library-goers on such varied topics as school bullying, a voice of mental illness, lack of communication in marriage, freedom of expression and living for others. Featuring: Dorothy Smith, Elizabeth Rosen, Warren Wyss, Ruthy Rosen, Mike Quinn and Michael Rosen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Master Class | Joy in Singing: Art Song Master Class


An art song master class led by American tenor Paul Sperry. JOY IN SINGING is a not for profit organization and award program devoted to helping young singers. Its mission is “to promote knowledge and love of art song literature, assist the careers of recitalists and composers, and educate a wider audience in the joy of song.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Film | Stanley Kramer's 2-Time Oscar Winner Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967): Race on the Menu


Stars Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn. Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black. 108 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


Museum Ambassador Yvonne provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Film | Alfred E. Green's The Jackie Robinson Story (1950): Baseball Biopic


Starring Jackie Robinson, Minor Watson & Ruby Dee. Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues. 76 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | Daniel Petrie's A Raisin in the Sun (1961): Based on the Broadway Play


Stars Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee. A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family. 128 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Opening Reception | John McLaughlin: Paintings 1947-1974


A solo exhibition featuring paintings and works on paper spanning the career of the late California artist John McLaughlin (1898 – 1976).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Other | Winter Whiskey Festival: Free Whiskey Tasting Every Day in February


A whiskey a day keeps the winter blues away. The first annual Winter Whiskey Festival offers a free tasting of at least one whiskey each day for the entire month of February. Customers will have the opportunity to sample whiskeys from around the globe: American small batch bourbons and ryes, peaty Scotches, smooth Irish whiskeys and even a new whiskey from the Bronx. Free and fun, drop by every day and take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity to educate your palate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Group: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls


Book discussion group members must reserve copies of each title through the Library's catalog system. Please reserve your copy by visiting your local branch.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Group: What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty


Suffering an accident that causes her to forget the last ten years of her life, Alice is astonished to discover that she is thirty-nine years old, a mother of three children, and in the midst of an acrimonious divorce from a man she dearly loves.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Howard Bloom reads from the book The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos Creates


Howard Bloom, a former visiting scholar at NYU, is the author of The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History, Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21stCentury, and The Genius of the Beast: a Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Residence prive. Dfense d'entrer/Private Property. No Trespassing: A Comparative Perspective on Gated Communities in Paris and in Los Angeles


This talk provides a comparative perspective on trends, production and local consequences of gated communities in Paris and LA. Renaud Le Goix is Professor of Geography at the Universit Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne and an Alliance Program Visiting Professor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Peoples' Film Studies: Soviet Amateur Films from the 1960s


In the Soviet Union, amateur cinema was not just about home movies. State organizations supported amateur filmmaking by engaging professional filmmakers in work with amateurs and creating a network of studio facilities available at no cost to anyone wishing to make films. These studios, frequently attached to factories, universities, local community centers or other organizations, encouraged collective work. Films produced by such collectives ranged from newsreels and documentations of life of the host organization to fiction, animation and experimental work. The current program will present amateur films from the 1960s, the first decade when small-gauge cameras became widely available in the Soviet Union and the first decade when amateur film collectives began to be supported by state as a form of leisure time occupation. By producing films their creators simultaneously produced lifestyle deemed desirable for the society that sought to ascertain the irreversible victory of socialism and working-class values. Whether the contents of these films were always informed by the same values is highly questionable.
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6:15 pm
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Discussion | Tony-Winning Playwright David Henry Hwang in Conversation


David Henry Hwang, Tony Award-winning playwright of such plays as M. Butterfly, Yellow Face, Golden Child, and Chinglish, will discuss his work, including Kung Fu (inspired by the life of Bruce Lee), which will premiere this spring at the Signature Theatre Company. Joining him in conversation will be the theater director and professor Gregory Mosher, former head of both the Lincoln Center and Goodman Theatres, and Jean Howard, George Delacorte Professor in the Humanities and a prominent theater scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:15 pm
Free

Jazz | Black Women in Jazz: Featuring Dona Carter and Her Quartet


Dona Carter and her quartet perform the classic sounds of Kenny Dorham, Stanley Turrentine, Dexter Gordon and many others. Join her as she pays tribute to the women who have contributed to this great American art form and continue to build its legacy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | First-time mystery writers discuss their paths to publication


With moderator Ken Isaacson and panelists Patricia Galiotos, H.T. Narea, Tim O’Mara and Mitchell Waters of Mystery Writers of America -- New York Chapter. In today’s publishing world, the landscape has changed. Writing a good book is just the beginning. Once it’s written, the author needs a guide in order to get to the next level: publication. A panel of writers, new on the scene, will share their experiences as they describe the roads they’ve followed, while a literary agent gives insight into what can be expected along the way.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Reading | In Celebration of 'a presiding genius...of postwar American fiction,' William Gaddis


A celebration of literary journal Conjunctions and Dalkey Archive Press' publication of the letters of William Gaddis. With authors Samuel R. Delany, Ben Marcus, Rick Moody, Francine Prose, and other special guests. William Gaddis (1922–1998) is one of America's most highly regarded writers, described by the New York Times Book Review as "a presiding genius...of postwar American fiction." Gaddis received a MacArthur award, and his work has been the subject of numerous critical studies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Discussion | Tom Finkelpearl discusses his book What We Made: Conversations on Art and Social Cooperation


A conversation between the book’s editor Tom Finkelpearl and contributors Tania Bruguera, Wendy Ewald, Sondra Farganis, and Mierle Ukeles Laderman. Together, they examine the activist, participatory, coauthored aesthetic experiences of contemporary art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Artist Talk with Julie Ault


Julie Ault is an artist, curator, editor, and writer who works both independently and in temporary and enduring collaborative constellations. She often assumes curatorial and editorial roles as forms of artistic practice, using exhibition and using publication as mediums. Ault's work emphasizes interrelationships between cultural production and politics and frequently engages historical inquiry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Group: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant


The Upper East Side Reading Group reconvenes in the Cafe for their monthly book discussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Bruce Feiler reads from his book The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play and Much More


Bruce Feiler, the author of five consecutive New York Times bestsellers, stops by to discuss his new book, The Secrets of Happy Families, wherein he explores new ideas on family dynamics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Camp Cabaret


Spring St. Social Society presents Camp Cabaret, in which stories, music, comédie acrobatique, and all manner of vaudevillian amusement are offered for your enjoyment. Curated by Amy Virginia Buchanan and Patrick Janelle.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Positively Awesome


Buddies Abbi Crutchfield (Huffington Post’s Best Tweeters of 2012) and Andrew Singer (Comedy Central, Sirius Raw Dog Comedy) tell you the happiest stories of the week and welcome the finest comedians NYC has to offer, in one of the city’s premier improv venues. The most fun you can have in an hour! It’s Positively Awesome!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Russian Cinema: Andrei Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev (1966)


Arguably, the “best art house film of all time,” Tarkovsky’s masterpiece is a grim yet poetic odyssey of Medieval Russia, with its corrupt feudal lords vying for favors from the occupying Tatar Horde and exposing their subjects to mass extermination and their cities and lands to wholesale destruction. 205 min. In Russian with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | The Four Nations Ensemble performs sonatas by 17th-century Italian composers


The Four Nations Ensemble features Krista Feeney on violin with Andrew Appel, harpsichord, and Loretta OSullivan, cello.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | Violinists Jaroslav Sveceny and Julie Svecena


Program: Includes String for New York by Jaroslav Sveceny (world premiere).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | “Tracing Our Roots” with Eteri Andjaparidze & Elena Sorokina


From the Program in Piano Performance. Pre-concert talk at 7pm Performance at 8pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Jazz Student Composers' Chamber Concert


A performance with Jazz Arts Program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Organ Works by Buxtehude, Bach, and Others


Featuring organists Christopher Jennings and Anthony Rispo in a program of Bach, Buxtehude, and Lubeck paired with interpretive modern art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$20 suggested donation...

Concert | Piano Works by Beethoven and Others


PROGRAM: Beethoven Piano Sonata No.11 in Bb, Op.22 Christoph Ehrenfellner Ouverture (2012) Beethoven 15 Variations and Fugue in E-flat on an Original Theme, Op. 35 (Eroica Variations) Hanns Jelinek 4 Toccatas for piano, Op. 15/4 from Twelve-Tone-Music Beethoven Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 A recital by young Austrian pianist Christoph Traxler. This performance concludes his US tour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Master Class | Voice Master Class


With Marilyn Horne.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Theater | John Kander, Fred Ebb & Joe Masteroff's Cabaret: Isherwood's Decadent Berlin


The Drama Division's 3rd-year students present the classic musical.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Party | Need 2 Know Launch Party


A party for the official national launch of the Need2Know newsletter and every New Yorker is invited to celebrate the newsletter reaching its 10,000th subscriber. There will also be a free live performance by the 1980’s cover band Spazmatics and DJ Lily Vanilli along with a complimentary beer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare's Pericles, a Fantastical Story of Betrayal and Redemption


Featuring Drama's 4th-year actors, Pericles examines a parted family's separate journeys in which each character must endure hardship and loss before finally reuniting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Flute Recital


Featuring JuHye Lee.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: The Weekly: A Sketch Show


Every Week Justin Kiernan Byrne and Josh Sorokach get together to write a comedy show. The next day they rehearse it with co director Dylan Snowden and a rotating cast. The next day they perform the show. Check out Weekly every week, and you’ll never see the same thing twice.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 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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Concert | The Winter Antifolk Festival


A celebration of the 20th anniversary of the presentation of live music at the East Village fixture. Some 80 artists representing the entire span of the venue's remarkable music timeline, including those whose careers were launched there,
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:59 pm
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