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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 9, 2024?

35 free events take place on Friday, February 9 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!

New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out February 9 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of 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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35 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, February 9, 2024

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free events nyc Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) with Harrison Ford and Antonio Banderas
free events nyc Shanghai Musician Fuses Traditional Chinese Sounds with Synthesizers
free events nyc The DeKay Family: The New York Art World in the Late 19th Century
free events nyc Piano Works by Chopin, Scriabin, Ravel, and More
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Discussion | Segregation and Environmental Injustice (online)


This event will integrate hard data and social sciences to frame environmental injustice in India as essentially caste injustice. Participants will be able to make connections with similar perspectives around questions of racial justice in climate change policies in the United States, particularly as this discussion will also include an introduction to Ava DuVernay’s new feature film Origin, adapted from Isabel Wilkerson’s book, Caste, on global systems of hierarchy, oppression, and access to resources.    The discussion will feature two experts, ecological economist Dr. Deepak Malghan and sociologist  Dr. Gaurav Pathania, in a conversation moderated by Dr. Anupama Rao, director of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society and the convenor of the Ambedkar Initiative.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Adult Zumba


Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Bring your friends and come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training and a lot of fun.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)


Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Gallery Talk | Medieval Money, Merchants and Morality: Exhibition Walkthrough (online)


Morgan docents guide you on an up-close and virtual exploration and discussion of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Film | Love Again (2023) with Celine Dion and Priyanka Chopra Jonas


Coping with the loss of her fiance, Mira Ray sends a series of romantic texts to his old cellphone number, not realizing it was reassigned to journalist Rob Burns. Rob becomes captivated by the honesty of her words in the beautifully constructed texts. When he's assigned to write a profile of superstar Celine Dion, he enlists her help to figure out how to meet Mira in person -- and win her heart. Director: James C. Strouse Cast: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sam Heughan, Celine Dion Celine Dion is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Queen of Power Ballads," she is noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals. Her music has incorporated genres such as pop, rock, R&B, gospel, and classical music. She has won five Grammy Awards. Priyanka Chopra Jonas is an Indian actress and producer. From 2015 to 2018, Chopra starred as Alex Parrish in the ABC thriller series Quantico, becoming the first South Asian to headline an American network drama series. Founding the production company Purple Pebble Pictures in 2015, she produced several films under it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Secretariat (2010) with Diane Lane and John Malkovich


Despite her lack of experience, housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over management of the family Thoroughbred farm after her father becomes ill. Successfully navigating her way through the male-dominated world of horse racing, Chenery, together with veteran trainer Lucien Laurin, fosters a gifted colt that ultimately crosses the finish line into history as the Triple Crown winner in 1973. Director: Randall Wallace Cast: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, James Cromwell, Kevin Connolly, Scott Glenn Diane Lane is an American actress. Lane was especially lauded for her role in Unfaithful (2002). Her performance garnered her Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Actress. She was also highly acclaimed by critics for her role in Under the Tuscan Sun (2003). For much of the rest of the decade, she alternately appeared in romances such as Must Love Dogs (2005) and Nights in Rodanthe (2008), and thrillers such as Fierce People (2005), Hollywoodland (2006), and Untraceable (2008). John Malkovich is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Solo and Chamber Works by Medtner, J.S. Bach, Brahms, and Haydn


   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Master Class | Timpani Master Class


Timpani Master Class with Ed Stephan, Principal Timpani for the San Francisco Symphony.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Works for Flute, Piano, and Viola


Guillermo Laporta, flute; Josefina Urraca, piano; Matthew Cohen, viola. Program Edith Piaf (1915-1963), La Vie en Rose Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), From Jewish Life Steven Gerber (1948-2015), Spirituals, Book II; Swing low, sweet chariot; When the saints go marching in; Follow the drinking gourd
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) with Harrison Ford and Antonio Banderas


Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against J?rgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA. Director: James Mangold Cast: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Ethann Isidore, Mads Mikkelsen Harrison Ford is an American actor. Ford is a leading man in films of several genres and is regarded as an American cultural icon; his films have grossed more than $5.4 billion in North America and more than $9.3 billion worldwide. He is the recipient of various accolades, including the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an Honorary C?sar, and an Honorary Palme d'Or, in addition to an Academy Award nomination. Antonio Banderas is a Spanish actor and director. Known for his work in films of several genres, he has received various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a European Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
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Workshop | Ribbon Dancing


Instructor Margaret Yuen of the Red Silk Dancers will guide visitors to put their own spin on this traditional Chinese art. Classes will take place in in the heated space and feature music to set the tone. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Ribbons will be provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Arrested Development: The Soviet Union in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali, 1955-1968 (in-person and online)


Alessandro Iandolo's book examines the USSR’s involvement in West Africa during the 1950s and 1960s as aid donor, trade partner, and political inspiration for the first post-independence governments in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali. Buoyed by solid economic performance in the 1950s, the USSR opened itself up to the world and launched a series of programs aimed at supporting the search for economic development in newly independent countries in Africa and Asia. These countries, emerging from decades of colonial domination, looked at the USSR as an example to strengthen political and economic independence. Based on extensive research in Russian and West African archives, Arrested Development explores the ideas that guided Soviet engagement in West Africa, investigates the projects that the USSR sponsored “on the ground,” and analyzes their implementation and legacy. The exchanges and clashes born out of the encounter between Soviet and West African ideas, ambitions, and hopes about development reveal the USSR as a central actor in the history of economic development in the twentieth century.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Sky Marks | Landmarks: Curator's Tour


Museum director Carol Willis will offer a gallery tour of the exhibition which focuses on all the structures in New York designated as individual landmarks that are "skyscrapers."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Classical Music | Viola Works by J.S. Bach, Bartók, and More (In Person AND Online)


Torron Pfeffer, Viola. Program Arnold Bax (1883-1953), Sonata for Viola and Piano J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite 6 in G Major Bartók (1881-1945), Viola Concerto
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Book Club | Dignity, Solidarity, and the Penal Colony by Edward Said


This essay is thought to be Edward Said’s final piece of writing, first posted the day after his death (9/24/2003) and eventually published in the edited volume The Politics of Anti-Semitism. Within the essay, Said reflects not only on his own illness and mortality but also on the then contemporaneous bombing of Gaza—as well the complicity of intellectuals in what Said already understood to be an ongoing genocide and the discursive formations that enable such complicity and violence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Classical Music | Viola Works by J.S. Bach, Hindemith, and More (In Person AND Online)


Madeleine Pintoff, Viola. Program J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major BWV 1009 Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 Hindemith (1895-1963), Viola Sonata Op. 11, No. 4
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5:30 pm
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Concert | Shanghai Musician Fuses Traditional Chinese Sounds with Synthesizers


Yukes is a Shanghai-based musician focusing on contemporary fusion of traditional Chinese instruments and synthesizers and effect units, as a means to stimulate the growth of domestic music production in the world of traditional Chinese Folk Music. During the performance, Yukes will play excerpts of his upcoming EP, a multi-instrumental fusion comprised of microhouse electronic grooves, post-rock electronic guzheng solos, and breathy bamboo flute solos.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:45 pm
Free

Opening Reception | 2 Exhibitions: Re-Collections / Histories We Carry


The first-floor gallery will host Re-Collections. Curated by Caracas-born and Miami-based curator Daniel Arturo Almeida, the exhibition addresses cultural extraction, Eurocentric archaeology, and anthropology. Learn more about the exhibition in our interview with the curator. The fourth-floor gallery will host Histories We Carry by artist-in-residence Estelle Maisonett, curated by Johanna Fernandez. The Bronx-born artist’s life-size collages explore New York City, architecture, nonverbal and body language. Learn more about Maisonett in our Q&A.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | 3 Folk Music Acts (online)


The museum’s critically acclaimed performance series continues via Facebook Live. Music featured at the Free Music Fridays series thematically reflects the spirit of self-taught art on view at the museum. Hosted by Lara Ewen. Featuring: 6:00 pm: Stephen Babcock 6:30 pm: Lisa Bastoni 7:00 pm: The Tall Pines
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Screening | Elefan (2022): Short Film on London's Latin American Community


A documentary short film (27 min) that explores the relationship between space and identity among London’s Latin American community in the years leading up to the demolition of Elephant & Castle shopping centre. The UK is home to 250,000 Latin Americans; some estimates put the true figure at over 1 million. London’s Elephant and Castle shopping centre has been the community’s primary hub for decades. After more than ten years of uncertainty, controversial plans to demolish the shopping centre finally moved ahead in 2021. Director: Daniel Díaz 27 min. In English and Spanish with English subtitles. The film will be introduced by Díaz. A brief presentation by Latin Elephant, a local non-profit promoting the inclusion of migrant and ethnic communities in London, follows the screening.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Rebel Music: Bob Marley & Roots Reggae


Kate Simon launches her new book, a tribute to one of the greatest legends in world music, Bob Marley. In 1975, Kate Simon first photographed Bob Marley and the Wailers at the Lyceum in London, where the now-legendary live performance of 'No Woman No Cry' was recorded. They then collaborated throughout the Seventies, with Simon shooting some of the most intimate, enduring and emblematic images ever taken of Marley, including his iconic Kaya album cover. Simon captured it all: portraits of the reggae greats of the Seventies, such as Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh; the Exodus Tour, on the road with Bob Marley and The Wailers as they performed across Europe; and the One Love Peace Concert, where Bob famously united Jamaica's opposing political leaders. Ultimately, in 1981, Simon would ride with the funeral cortege from Kingston to St Ann and Bob Marley's final resting place. Rebel Music contains over 400 photographs from Simon's archives, many published here for the first time. Introduced by Patti Smith, with a foreword by Lenny Kravitz and afterword by Keith Richards, a cast of 24 contributors join Simon in sharing the stories behind the images, including ex-Wailers guitarist Junior Marvin and bass player and band leader Aston 'Family Man' Barrett; musicians such as Junior Delgado, Steve Jordan, Paul Simonon and Bruce Springsteen; filmmaker Don Letts and producer Danny Sims; and Island Records founder, Chris Blackwell.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Slide Lecture | The DeKay Family: The New York Art World in the Late 19th Century


Dr. Page Knox will give an illustrated lecture that will cover the life and times of the DeKay family with a particular interest in Charles DeKay, founder of the National Arts Club. In addition, she will discuss the New York Art World in the late 19th century and the experience of being an artist in New York City during the 1870s and 1880s, an era of rapid socio-economic change. Knox is an adjunct professor in the Art History Department of Columbia University. She works in a variety of capacities as a contractual lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with a particular interest in American Art. At the Met, she gives public gallery talks and lectures in special exhibitions as well as the permanent collection, teaches classes at the museum, and leads groups for travel with the Met.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Musical | CANCELLED!! Swimming in Jerusalem: A Modern Musical Parable (concert version) CANCELLED!!


This parable, exploring relationships among citizens of Israel as presented through the complex experiences of teenage swimmers in a YMCA swim club in Jerusalem, will be presented by the not-for-profit Masterworks Theater Company,. With book, music, and lyrics by Michael Roberts and directed by Hannah Ryan. The concept for Swimming in Jerusalem was born from a front-page news article published in The New York Times on November 15, 2023, that was headlined "Swimming Together, 'Just Human Beings'." As the team prepares for a major swim meet, the musical explores the many mixed emotions and reactions among the young swimmers, both Palestinian and Jewish, giving rise to a story of joy, pain and personal responsibility to one's history and one's future.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Club | Margery Kempe by Robert Gluck


Discuss Robert Gluck's book where lust, religious zeal, and heartache come together in this provocative novel about two infatuations, one between a man and his young lover in the late 20th century and another between a 15th-century woman and Jesus Christ.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Love Festival 2024: 8 New Plays for Valentine's Day


GAY.I. by Tom MIsuraca Before a play one evening, Vince introduces his friends to his new boyfriend, John. But John is not what he seems to be. Vince's friends are concerned about the authenticity of this romance. Can it be true love if there is no free will? But perhaps Vince and John will prove that artificial intelligence can blossom into real love. MARY SUE JACKSON HATES MY GUTS by Peter Mitsopoulos Reginald and Mary Sue are college students who like each other. Well, sort of. PRETTY by Michelle Giusto Josephine is a recluse college professor desperately trying to edit a recent paper she's written when she is visited by the office's custodial engineer, Tony. Enamored by Josephine, Tony tries to engage her in conversation. While she's initially reluctant, she has a long-silenced soft spot for Tony that she's unable to internalize. Through their discourse, she's pleased to have the chance to pour her heart out to him, and their innocent banter becomes something more intimate. FUTURE WAR by Maximilian Gill Emily thinks her fancy new dating app will find her the perfect match, but she and her date are completely unprepared for what it reveals about their future together. IN THE NAME OF LOVE by Enid Cokinos When Kathleen confronts her mother about using an online dating service, she opens a Pandora's Box regarding her parents' marriage and doubts about her own impending nuptials. Is Kathleen just experiencing cold feet? Or is her parents' bizarre situation what she's needed to face the truth? THE SPECIMENS by Donna Romankow Boyd Extraterrestrial visitors are on a journey to discover what humans value the most on Earth. Will they succeed in their mission before time runs out? ONCE UPON A DREAM by Bridgette Dutta Portman Three fairy-tale heroines meet at a sleep study institute. Can they discover the source of their sleep-related maladies...and their true loves? ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM by F.J. Hartland To cross the room and meet a stranger or not to cross the room. That is the question.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Festival | Lunar New Year Celebration


Ring in 2024 as the Year of the Wood Dragon: abundance, prosperity, and rejuvenation for all. Come celebrate a diasporic Lunar New Year with a New Year's Eve celebration featuring a live DJ. From delicious goodies to fun demonstrations; crafts and karaoke; dancing and meditating on legacy and tradition; there is something for every New Yorker and family.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Piano Works by Chopin, Scriabin, Ravel, and More


Peter Groch, piano, performs works by Chopin (1810-1849), Scriabin (1872-1915), Ravel (1875-1937), and original compositions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | Piano Works by Debussy, Liszt, and More


Piano works by Timo Andres (b. 1985), Debussy (1862-1918), Faure (1845-1924), Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962), Liszt (1811-1886), Missy Mazzoli (b. 1980), Rameau (1683-1764), and Caroline Shaw (b. 1982).
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Puccini Fest: Celebrating Giacomo Puccini on the 100th Anniversary of His Death


The program will include arias, songs, and music for piano and violin by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)/ With: Marina Nachkebiya Medici, soprano Young Musicians of the Lunigiana International Music Festival Featuring an introduction by Simone Dini Gandini, author and speaker
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Vivaldi and More for Violin, Cello, and Harpischord


Marina Fragoulis, baroque violin; Abigail Karr, baroque violin; Margalit Cantor, baroque cello; Dylan Sauerwald, harpsichord. Program Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690), Trio Sonata Op. 2 No. 13 "La Valvasona" Antonio Caldara (1670-1736), Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 4 in B-flat Major Vivaldi (1678-1741), Trio Sonata in D minor RV 63 "La Follia"
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Screening | Notes on a Siren: Short Film on Modern Black Queerness


A captivating screening of the film essay Notes on a Siren, which intertwines black and African spirituality and offers a thought-provoking narrative on transformation. Justic Jamal Jones will introduce the film and La Sirene, a mermaid from Haitian Vodou. See how through this work, the siren becomes a vessel to explore archetypes of modern Black Queerness and Transness, and a powerful symbol serving as a portal for transformation and transcendence. Hear Jones share the inspiration, research, and discoveries that shaped this groundbreaking 14-minute film. The evening will include a performance in which Jones will present their personification and embodiment of the siren through movement and artistic expression. A Q&A and reception with complimentary beverages will follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Play | A Hunger Artist: Adaptation of Kafka’s Seminal Short Story


A radical reimagining of Kafka’s seminal short story about an artist who fasts in a cage. Set in an online streaming world, this production examines the human condition and noble ways of interactions in the current time through the hunger artist’s questions of “what does it mean for him to gain attention from people” and “what are his real values that he can insist on” in that world. A student production.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Classical Music | Piano Works by J.S. Bach, Brahms, and More (In Person AND Online)


Giancarlo Llerena, Piano. Program J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904 Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), Fantasia Baetica Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70 Brahms (1833-1897), Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Classical Music | Violin Works by J.S. Bach, Saint-Saens, and More (In Person AND Online)


Seeun Baek, Violin. Program J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 Alban Berg (1885-1935), Violin Concerto Saint-Saens (1835-1921), Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28
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