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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 5, 2015?

51 free events take place on Thursday, February 5 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 5 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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51 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, February 5, 2015

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Tour | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Time to Spare: Strategies to Eliminate Clutter


Learn strategies to eliminate clutter, prepare for mishaps, save money and maximize time. Using visualization exercises and helpful tips, participants visualize their "problem area" and leave with customized strategies for organizing their spaces and environments in the future. Presenter Daphne Kohavy is an organizational strategist, helping individuals create balanced spaces, peaceful and organized environments as well as customized organizing solutions - with feng-shui flair.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs. 90 minutes.
   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. Lessons are weather permitting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Uncovering Your Family History: Using Handbooks to Develop Genealogy Research Plans


Genealogy handbooks are an oft overlooked resource. This short course will present different types of handbooks and explain how to use them to improve the quality and depth of genealogy research. This is a companion course to other Uncovering your Family History courses offered by the Milstein Division.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America


Tour is led by the museum’s gallery guides.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Music in Midtown: Schubert, Brahms, Spohr


Music in Midtown begins the spring semester with the gifted artists of the DMA music performance program showcasing chamber music for various ensembles. Performers include Audrey Abela, piano; Cong Ji, piano; Elizabeth Martignetti, French horn; Alexis Rodda, soprano; Imri Talgam, piano; Emily Vold, violin; Stephen Whale, piano; James Archie Worley, tenor; and Alex Yu, clarinet. The program includes works by Spohr, Schubert and Brahms.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | The Eurasia Consort: Early Music Along the Silk Road


This season’s performers were chosen competitively by jury and are among the finest early music artists and ensembles from the New York area and beyond. Today: This program imagines what music travelers on the Silk Road might have heard between 500 and 1500 AD. It had become a conduit of silk, music, Buddhism, etc. Versions of the instruments played here – harp, lute and percussion – had originated in western Asia and traveled to eastern Asia along the road. Tomoko Sugawara; Kugo and Gothic Harp August Denhard; Plectrum Lute, Oud Danny Mallon; Percussion
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Film | Alan Alda's Sweet Liberty (1986): History as Entertainment


Stars: Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer. A satirical look at how movies often distort the historical events they portray.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Subway Art Tour


Many people think of the New York City subway as one of the largest, most efficient, if not the cleanest mass transit systems in the world. Few, however, think of it as the largest and longest art gallery on the planet. Well, they don't know what they are missing. This lively walking AND subway riding tour visits over a dozen subway stations to experience a selection of these striking often whimsical works that go largely unnoticed by the general public. Join this climate controlled subway and walking art tour. Along the way you'll learn about and become expert at navigating the (in)famous NYC subway system. There's also the invaluable opportunity to confer about your other sightseeing plans with the acclaimed Bronx born, vastly experienced licensed NYC tour guide, Darryl Reilly.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | iMovie for Beginners


Learn how to use Apple's popular iMovie software. Create your own short movie clip by editing different clips from videos and add a sound track to fit your movies feel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: George Curran, bass trombone


Featuring trombonist George Curran, this special event provides music lovers with a rare opportunity to witness the interaction between gifted students and great artists as they examine and explore the arts of performance on the highest level.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Conference | The Congress of Vienna 1814-15: Making Peace After Global War


Organized to mark the bicentenary of the Congress of Vienna, this conference brings together scholars in history, international relations, and political science to explore this remarkable occasion — the calling of a general peace conference — to reestablish world order in the wake of revolutions, the rise of new leading powers, and wars with reverberations in every part of the globe.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | 2 Films by Italian Director Francesco Rosi


5:00pm: Salvatore Giuliano 1962, 125 min., Italian with English subtitles, Director: Francesco Rosi - In 1950, 28-year-old outlaw Salvatore Giuliano is found gunned down in a Sicilian courtyard. Little is as it seems. The film moves back and forth between the late 1940s, when Giuliano and other reprobates were recruited by separatist politicians to do their fighting, and the days leading up to and following Giuliano's death. 7:05pm: Panel featuring Professors Stefano Albertini and Antonio Monda 7:30pm Le mani sulla città (Hands over the City), 1963, 100 min. Italian with English subtitles, Director: Francesco Rosi - Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poets Read: Sonia Sanchez / Darian Dauchan


Sonia Sanchez is the author of over 20 books including Homecoming, We a BaddDDD People, Love Poems, I’ve Been a Woman, A Sound Investment and Other Stories, Homegirls and Handgrenades, Under a Soprano Sky, and, most recently, Morning Haiku. Darian Dauchan is an award-winning solo performer, actor, and poet who has appeared on both Broadway (Twentieth Century) and Off-Broadway Theatre (Jean Cocteau Rep., Classical Theatre of Harlem). He was a member of the 2006 National Poetry Slam Team for the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe, was crowned the 2007 Urbana Grand Slam Champion for the Bowery Poetry Club, was a 2008 Nuyorican Grand Slam Finalist, and was the 2009 New Word Artist for Urban Word NYC in conjunction with the Dance Theatre Workshop now known as New York Live Arts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Got Clutter? Join the Library Support Group


Do you feel overwhelmed by the possessions, papers and piles that have taken over your life and space? Don't know how or where to start to make changes? You're not alone. Open to people of all ages with any degree of disorganization.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | Music, Fascism and the Holocaust


Europe and the United Nations commemorate the victims of the Shoah each winter on the date of Auschwitz's liberation in 1945; this annual academic event explores issues of discrimination and crimes against humanity. In previous years, the event broadened its focus to explore groups that were targeted in the racism and xenophobia of the Nazi and Fascist regimes, and that suffered and died along with the millions of Jews. This year, the Holocaust Remembrance will focus on music, Fascism and the Holocaust.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Discussion Group


The Ambassadors by Henry James
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Drawings: Stefany Benson's Impure


Stefany Benson is a New York-based artist and Director of Ceres Gallery in Chelsea. She received her B.A from Queens College and her M.F.A from Long Island University Post. She has had several solo exhibition and group exhibitions in the New York City area.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Frederick Cooper reads from his book Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960


Citizenship between Empire and Nation examines momentous changes in notions of citizenship, sovereignty, nation, state, and empire in France and French Africa in a time of acute uncertainty about the future of a world that had earlier been divided into colonial empires.
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Radical Intent


Four artists examine the new implications of everyday objects when intention is invested through making. The show features the work of sculptors Sebastian Martorana, Barbara Segal, Stephen Shaheen and Alasdair Thomson.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Intro Class: Insight Meditation


With Paul Weinfield. Insight meditation — the practice of mindfulness developed in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition — is a straightforward, practical and compassionate approach to spiritual and personal development. It offers us a very effective way to reduce stress, let go of habitual, painful thinking patterns, and develop concentration, ease, well-being, and a deep understanding of the relationship between our body and mind. Through this practice, we learn to live with a more open heart and relate to life more skillfully. In this course, we will discover the fundamentals of this path—the practices of sitting and walking meditation, and the cultivation of mindfulness skills in our daily lives.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Marcia Kure's Grey: Abstraction and Figuration


Inspired by her recent residency at The V and A, London, Marcia Kure continues to embrace abstraction and figuration through sculpture, watercolor and collage. Making a formal and ideological transition within the work, Kure pushes towards abstraction as a means of negotiating the hyper-realism of modern modes of communication and dissemination. In processing current events from natural to social disasters she addresses abstraction of the physical body through a variety of mediums that grapple with laws of nature and culture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Island Views by Susan Brownell


Susan Brownell lives in a spectacular location, on an island off the Washington coast. She is constantly immersed in vistas of sea and forest. It is largely this immersion which she duplicates in creating the large scale of her paintings. She also uses some visual cues to barns,sea life,fields, and the fir trees which are her surroundings. However, she works away from strict realism, towards a distillation of the essence of her island habitat, as it occurs uniquely to her. As such her paintings are referenced to nature, but are pure individual invention.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Robert Herridge: TV’s Forgotten Auteur


Screenings of: George Balanchine's The Nutcracker Choreographer: George Balanchine. Director: Charles Dubin. Performers: Maria Tallchief, Arthur Mitchell, Diana Adams, Patricia Wilde, André Eglevsky. 1957, 55 min. Gold Rush Choreographer: Agnes de Mille. Director: Charles Dubin. Performers: Gemze de Lappe, James Mitchell, Bea Arthur.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Sonatenabend Recital


Pianists from the Collaborative Piano Department perform sonata repertoire in collaboration with student instrumentalists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Sven Beckert discusses his book Empire of Cotton: A Global History


Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard University, will relate the epic story of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Audience Q&A to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Prison Obscura: Prisoner-Made Photographs


Curated by Prison Photography editor Pete Brook, Prison Obscura presents rarely seen vernacular, surveillance, evidentiary, and prisoner-made photographs shedding light on the prison industrial complex. Preceded by curator's tour at 5:45 pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Workshop | MS PowerPoint 2010 for Beginners Workshop


Learn how to create a slideshow presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Topics include creating and editing slides, inserting images and clipart, and running your slideshow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Renee Marton discusses her book Rice: A Global History


This illustrated lecture explores the role rice has played in society and the food economy as it journeyed from its beginnings in Asia and West Africa to global prominence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Opera | Independence Eve, a New Chamber Opera by Sidney Marquez Boquiren and Daniel Neer


A staged concert performance that explores the troubled journey of race relations in America. Followed by a Q&A with the artists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | A Chamber Music Celebration: Fauré, Gounod, Hayes, Vavilov


Featuring works of Gabriel Fauré, Charles Gounod, Mark Hayes, Vladimir Vavilov. Performed by Salome Chamber Soloists; Andrea Lynn Cianflone, Soprano; Bill Wurtzel, Guitar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Authors Read: E. L. Doctorow / Chris Normandin


E. L. Doctorow's titles include “Ragtime,” "Homer and Langley," “City of God,” and most recently “Andrew’s Brain." Among his awards are three National Book Critics Circle Awards, the National Book Award, two PEN/Faulkner Awards, and most recently the National Book Foundation’s 2013 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Edward Burns discusses his book Independent Ed: Inside a Career of Big Dreams, Little Movies, and the Twelve Best Days of My Lifel


An entertaining and inspirational memoir by one of the most prominent practitioners and evangelists of independent filmmaking, and the acclaimed writer, director, and actor (Saving Private Ryan, Friends with Kids, Entourage) whose first film — The Brothers McMullen — has become an indie classic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: True Colors


A show of the gallery's artists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Lynsey Addario discusses her book It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War


It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War documents conflicts in Afghanistan, Darfur and other international hot spots by the MacArthur Genius Grant Award winner Lynsey Addario.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Molière's Amphitryon: Roman Gods' Meddling


Amphitryon is a comedic tale of Roman gods in disguise meddling in the affairs of mortals. Molière’s fantastical farce runs the gamut, from slapstick comedy to poetry. This darkly funny and poignant neoclassical adaptation of Greek myth poses important questions about identity, power, injustice, and those who are “above the law.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Organ Works by Buxtehude, Bach, Franck, Vierne


Dr. Mark Bani will perform a recital on the magnificent Schantz pipe organ.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Phyllis Lee Levin reads from her book The Remarkable Education of John Quincy Adams


A patriot by birth, John Quincy Adams’s destiny was foreordained. He was not only “The Greatest Traveler of His Age,” but his country’s most gifted linguist and most experienced diplomat. John Quincy’s world encompassed the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the early and late Napoleonic Age.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Three Sisters, Chekhov's Melancholy Siblings


Olga, Masha and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Presented by the Harold Clurman Lab Theater.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Pay-what-you-can-admission policy

Film | Documentary: Carla Blank's The Only Language She Knows (1992)


Literary giant Ishmael Reed will present the short film The Only Language She Knows, his collaboration with writer/poet/actor Genny Lim. The Only Language She Knows was directed by Carla Blank, who will also be on hand. The film's music is composed by Francis Wong. Reed also will read from his intro to the forthcoming anthology that he edited about Black Hollywood, followed by a Q&A with Reed and Blank.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Experimental Vocal Works


A shared evening of experimental vocal works by composer and extended voice pioneer Joan La Barbara and composer/performer Pamela Z. Each will perform solo works with and without electronic processing as well as improvised and scored duo works.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Jazz | The Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet, Progressive Jazz Band


Composer and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire cut his jazz teeth playing professionally while still in high school. Inspired by legendary saxophonists Joe Henderson and Steve Coleman, he won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and released his first album in 2007. Akinmusire, called “a thrilling trumpeter and astute bandleader [with a] unique spark in his playing” (The New Yorker), has moved to the front ranks of progressive jazzmen, leading his quintet and contributing his burnished tone to projects with the OSSO String Quartet and vocalists Becca Stevens and Theo Bleckmann.
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Master Class | Master Class: Eteri Andjaparidze, Award-Winning Pianist


Eteri Andjaparidze was the first Soviet pianist to win the Grand Prix at the Montreal International Piano Competition in 1976. In 1974, she won Fourth Prize at the Fifth Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow. She has appeared around the globe in solo and collaborative recitals and as a guest soloist with the major orchestras and conductors. Her programs encompass all genres and styles of the piano repertoire and discography includes Grammy and Deutsche Schallplatten awards nominated solo albums.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:45 pm
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Discussion | Serial and the Podcast Explosion


Since its October debut, Serial has taken the podcasting world by storm. A spinoff of the public radio show This American Life, Serial is now the world's most popular podcast, with more than 5 million downloads and 1.5 million listeners per episode, according to iTunes. While this fame is partially due to the show's intriguing tale of a real-life murder case from 1999, it also speaks volumes about the public's growing interest in podcasts. David Carr of The New York Times will moderate a discussion with Sarah Koenig, host and producer of Serial; Alex Blumberg, creator of the podcast StartUp, former producer of This American Life and founder of NPR's Planet Money; Benjamen Walker, host of the podcast Theory of Everything and one of the founding members of Radiotopia; and Alix Spiegel, a founding producer of This American Life and co-host of the new NPR series Invisibilia.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | College Recitals


8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Jun Sun, piano 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Willem de Koch, jazz trombone
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | College Violin Recital


JeongHoon Kim, Violin
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | College Voice Recital


Gon Halevi, countertenor A uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers - the freshness and excitement of a solo recital by a gifted young artist at one of the world's leading conservatories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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