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43 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, January 21, 2010

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Workshop | Daily Instructed Meditation


Learn some serenity to cope with your busy day.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Other | Ice Skating in the City


The 170' x 100' rink features free admission ice skating. Whether you are looking to skate before going more to the office, through the lunch hour, with friends at a party, with a date, or for a spin under the stars at a holiday party, this is the perfect destination. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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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 more 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" Five tours daily on the hour. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free

Workshop | Typing And Keyboarding Basics


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn keyboard skills and practice typing.
   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 more of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Performance | Cast members from the Broadway show Memphis perform


Live performances and a chance to meet the stars. Plus, enter to win a variety of prizes including tickets more to an upcoming performance. Cast members scheduled to appear are: Derrick Baskin, J. Bernard Calloway, James Monroe Iglehart, and Cass Morgan. less
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12:00 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 more 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. less
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history more of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present. less
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1:00 pm
$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. more 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. less
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Investing In Stocks: The Basics


Introduction to basic investment terms and concepts such as risk and reward, IPO&#146;s, p/e ratios, more and relative p/e ratios. Other topics covered include ways to approach the investment decision and alternative stock investments such as mutual funds and ETF&#146;s. Those who attend should be comfortable using a mouse and keyboard. less
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1:15 pm
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Workshop | Computer Buying Guide


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn what to look for before buying a computer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Concert | Works by Brahms, Shostakovich, Ravel, Alexander Rosenblatt


Piano duo of Nikita Fitenko and Katerina Zaitseva perform. Program: Johannes Brahms Waltzes, Op. more 39 Dmitry Shostakovich Concertino for Two Pianos, Op. 94 Maurice Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte Manuel Infante Danses Andalouses, Ritmo, Gracia Alexander Rosenblatt Concertino on Two Russian Themes Nikita Fitenko and Katerina Zaitseva have been playing as a duo since 2001. Hailed by critics for their "superlative sound, superlative interpretation, and superlative pianism…" (European Piano Teachers Association Journal), the duo has performed and presented masterclasses worldwide with most recent appearances at the Piano Duo Festival (Tokyo, Japan), Nancyphonies Music Festival (Nancy, France), University of Florida Young Pianists Festival, Berkeley University (California, USA), as well as at Seocho District Hall and Yonsei University (South Korea). In the review of their performance of the Hungarian Dances by Brahms and Slavonic Dances by Dvorak at Nancyphonies Festival, the music critic wrote: "Zaitseva and Fitenko created music that breathed without extravagance…the four hands putting clarity between the notes which made ribbons fly, lace dance, and wooden floors crack" (L'EST REPUBLICAIN, France). less
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3:00 pm
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Lesson | Downloading with Confidence


Electronic books, music files, videos, and audio programs - a wealth of resources are available on the more Library's website. This hands-on training session shows how you can take advantage of free access to new media from the comfort of your own home. Learn how to make the most of your library card. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Workshop | Job Seekers Contact Research


Find companies and executive contacts for your next job.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Workshop | Researching with E-Resources: Catalogs


This introduction to research concentrates on the new integrated Library Online Catalog as well as basic more navigation of WorldCat, an online catalog of materials held in libraries worldwide. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Master Class | Piano Master Class: Philippe Entremont


Students coached by this distinguished artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Author Reading | Translator Robert Chandler reads Vasily Grossman’s Everything Flows


A reading by Chandler of his new translation of Grossman's last novel. Few novels confront human suffering more on as massive a scale as this one. After his release into post-Stalinist Russia, Ivan Grigoryevich finds that the 30 years he spent in Stalin's forced labor camps have wreaked terrible changes in himself and in Soviet society. He goes first to his cousin's Moscow apartment, but he and his wife are preoccupied with petty successes secured by cooperation with a state-sanctioned campaign of anti-Semitism. Ivan then travels to Leningrad, where he finds work in a metal shop and rents a room from a widow who falls in love with him and shares stories from her past (most notably the forced collectivization of Ukrainian farms), providing a counterbalance to Ivan's experiences in Siberia. Suffering is everywhere, but Grossman finds no glory or redemption in it, and just when you think things can't get bleaker, he offers up a new vignette that sinks deeper into misery, though there is a glimmer of hope toward the end. The prose is rough in spots, but Grossman's individual by individual portrayal of anguish gives readers a heartrending glimpse of the incomprehensible. less
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4:00 pm
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Workshop | Daily Instructed Meditation


Learn some serenity to cope with your busy day.
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5:45 pm
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Opening Reception | Alumni Show: Rites of Passage


What is the path of creativity in the 21st century? This exhibition an exhibition explores the routes more taken by recent alumni. Many of the 37 works, which are teeming with imagination and invention, were created expressly for the exhibition and include first time collaborations between artists and engineers. The full spectrum of contemporary practices are represented including sound, text, architectural intervention, performance, video, photography, drawing, painting and sculpture. Avenues of expression range from the intangibility of light and sound to the poetry of infrastructure. The work of composer/scientist Salman Bakht, architect David A. Ross and artists Josephine Halvorson, Ryan & Trevor Oakes, and Kim Holleman, to name a few, evoke a new romanticism and a return to sincerity and real emotion—which can blur the lines between the arts and sciences. less
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Exhibition: Ascension: The Journey of John Coltrane


Ascension takes the viewer on a photographic jazz evocation of John Coltrane's life.
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | In Their Own Voices: Documenting, Preserving, Presenting the Performing Arts through the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Project


Join the Duke Project staff for a discussion with video highlights of live performances and oral histories more presented and documented by the Project. less
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Kueng Caputo, A Designer/Artist Duo


Kueng Caputo creates a cardboard hotel room within a gallery space which promises five-star comfort and more luxury in spite of low-cost disposable materials. Sarah Kueng and Lovis Caputo (a.k.a. Kueng Caputo) welcome gallery visitors to enter a simple white box they first designed in 2006. Constructed with plain cardboard, the lightweight and portable box folds out in a second at any location. The naturally warm interior is designed for relaxation or even an overnight stay; a guest can rest his/her upper body on the mattress and pillow inside, while stretching their legs outside the box. Yet, the really surprising feature is the interior walls decorated with delightful laser-cut pop-outs and soft, warm LED lights. This portable, instantly accessible accommodation, Five Star Cardboard, offers a uniquely simple and inexpensive solution for people seeking a quiet, private, and inspiring space amidst an often hectic public area. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Organizing and Managing Your Job Search


John Crant, author of the SelfRecruiter series, and former V.P. of a national executive search firm will more demonstrate how to set and track job search activity goals and how to develop a networking strategy. less
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Student Show: Show One


An exhibition featuring approximately 50 works in photography, digital imaging, and multimedia by 11 more graduating seniors from the class of 2010 in the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television. It is the first in a series of four exhibitions that will eventually showcase the work of the entire graduating class in a BFA exhibition. In this exhibition: Kat Ching revisits happenstance moments of appreciation; Sara Feinstein reinterprets and modernizes the paintings of Alphonse Mucha, bringing the visual ideals of art nouveau into a digital medium; Seth Mroczka&#146;s photographs represent unguarded interactions and moments of reverie; Taylor Poulin exhibits zone-plate camera photographs of representations of female deities; Erica Tashiro portrays children who have travelled in time to experience moments of adulthood; César Vega exhibits a selection of images from his American series. Works also included in the exhibition by Mike Bump, Garrett Chang, Katie Frank, Amanda Mauro, and Caitlin Saunders. Photo ID required to enter building. less
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | The Late Copper Age in the East Balkans and the Case of Varna


Vladimir Slavchev of the Varna Regional Museum of History lectures. The Varna Necropolis, a cemetery more that lies in the western industrial zone of Varna, Bulgaria, is one of the premiere archaeological sites in the world for the research of world pre-history. The massive interest in this cemetery is due to the abundance and variety of objects recovered from its graves, namely gold artifacts. Dr. Slavchev will discuss these grave goods (and the necropolis from which they came) in relation to Varna culture as a whole. The presence of artifacts in a wide range of materials at the cemetery, one of the burial sites of the highly-developed local community that inhabited the shore of Varna Bay at the time, suggests that the community was part of a developed network of medium and long range trading, transport and distribution of prestige items. Dr. Slavchev will argue that the local manufacturing of goods was predominantly aimed at the local community and its needs. Therefore, such prestige items could have functioned as gifts for exchange with neighboring cultures or as goods to be sold in the trading network. less
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Architect Talks: 3 West 13th Street with Avi Oster


A discussion with architect Oster, who will discuss his studio’s mixed-use project at the titular location, more which juxtaposes masonry walls and large plate glass windows on a mixed-use block in Greenwich Village. Sandwiched between taller buildings, the design stands out among its residential, institutional, and commercial neighbors thanks to its dramatic use of materials and lights. less
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Jessica Dulong discusses her book My River Chronicles: Rediscovering America on the Hudson


One of the world's only female fireboat engineers offers a porthole-view narrative of the river and its more social tapestry as a microcosm of post-industrial America. At this pivotal moment in our national story, she raises important questions about our future while paying homage to our industrial past. less
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | PC or Mac: A Comparison


This class is a lecture/demonstration. Are you a Mac, PC... or neither? This class discusses the differences more between Apple's Mac computers and Windows-based PC computers by highlighting the advantages, and limitations, of each platform. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Other | Social Hour: Winter Stargazing


Join for a fresh alternative to the tired old happy hour scene. This month, an evening of stargazing more among the city lights. No, these are not the stars of tabloid fame! This winter evening's highlights will include the constellations Cassiopeia and Orion, the crescent Moon, the planet Mars, and early in the evening the planet Jupiter. Enjoy a breathtaking view of the night's sky, and learn about the stellar formations and the other celestial bodies above us in an astronomy lecture and slideshow with Rich Rosenberg, President of the Amateur Astronomer's Association. Bring your own binoculars if you have them; telescope will be provided. Refreshments are provided and there is plenty of time for mingling. less
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6:30 pm
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Performance | “Radical Politics” with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman


For 150 years, the school has provided a platform for idealists as well as idealogues. Hear about the more Karl Marx memorial service and excerpts from the speeches of Eugene V. Debs, Daniel DeLeon, Max Eastman, Emma Goldman and Norman Thomas with “Democracy Now!” radio host Amy Goodman. Protest songs and historic documents and images will punctuate the rhetoric. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Discussion | A Conversation about Archie Comics


A discussion of Archie Comics with Archie Co-President/Editor-in-Chief Victor Gorelick and Archie writer more Arie Kaplan. Gorelick (born in Brooklyn) is an American comic book editor and executive. Currently the Editor-in-Chief and Co-President of Archie Comics, the oldest humor comics company in the United States, he has worked for the company for over fifty years in a wide variety of roles. Kaplan is a comedian, Mad Magazine writer, and author of the book From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books. He also wrote the comic book miniseries Speed Racer: Chronicles of the Racer), and he's written for MTV, Cartoon Network, and PBS Kids. Other comic book credits include the DC title Cartoon Network Action Pack, the Bongo Comics anthology Simpsons Winter Wingding, the Archie Comics title Archie & Friends, and the Papercutz series Tales From the Crypt. He will discuss his work as a comic book writer, nonfiction author, and animation scribe. less
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Benoit Denizet-Lewis reads from his book American Voyeur: Dispatches from the Far Reaches of Modern Life


Denizet-Lewis, who has written perceptively about men on the "down low" and gay teens coming out, covers more a wide spectrum of sexuality's intersection with culture in his new collection. less
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Documentary: John Potash's The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders


After 12 years of accumulating evidence about the murder of Tupac Shakur, Potash put it all together more and published the book The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders, a volume filled with details gleaned from CIA and FBI documents, court transcripts, and over 100 interviews. And now, he's taken this work and released a film. Join Potash for a screening and discussion of the film. less
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | Everybody is an Artist


Boris Groys is professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University. He will discuss the ways more that contemporary art has become a mass cultural practice, with artistic rights beginning to manifest themselves as general human rights. Groys is a critic, curator, essayist, media theorist, philosopher and author of Art Power and Medium Religion with Peter Weibel), along with several books on the works of artist Ilya Kabakov. Presented by the MFA Art Criticism and Writing Department. less
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Author Reading | Isabelle Graw discusses her book High Price: Art between the Market and Celebrity Culture


Today the art world is not dominated by a small group of insiders. According to Graw, the art economy more has been transformed from a retail business into an industry that produces visuality and meaning. This book questions the assumption that there is a dichotomy between art and the market and rejects the notion that market value is equal to artistic value. Graw examines the intrinsic connection between artistic production and its market conditions while insisting that art is a commodity of a special kind. High Price claims that art and the market have to escape each other precisely because they are so deeply entangled. less
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Author Reading | LuAnn de Lesseps discusses her book Class with the Countess


A participant in Bravo’s Real Housewives of NYC supposedly shows how to live your life with elegance more and flair. less
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Discussion | Writer Kwame Dawes discusses his work


Dawes is a poet, actor, editor, critic, musician and professor of English. He has written dozens of books more including Bob Marley, She's Gone and Wisteria. less
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Author Reading | Bill Flanagan discusses his book Evening's Empire, with Grammy-winning producer Steve Lillywhite


This book spans decades of shifting ideologies, from the wild times of the 60s to the cold realities more of the 21st century. Flanagan has created an epic rock-and-roll history. Don't miss Flanagan's Q and A with U2 producer Lillywhite. less
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7:30 pm
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Screening | Dmitriy Khavin's Documentary Across the Narrow Bridge: Visiting History


A group of first-generation Americans of Soviet Jewish background travel to Ukraine to learn about the more Jewish history of the region. Q&A with the film's trip participants and reception to follow. less
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7:30 pm
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Reading | In the Flesh: Erotica Reading Series


Food is sexy, and sex is delicious, so In The Flesh Reading Series is kicking off 2010 with some saucy, more sexy, steamy readings for the first Sex and Food Night. Featuring Cathy Erway (Author, The Art of Eating In, blogger, Not Eating Out in New York), Emily Farris (Author, Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven), hot dog lover Jenine Sanford Holmes (New York Press), comedian Rachael Parenta (contributor, What Was I Thinking?! 58 Bad Boyfriend Stories), Yolanda Shoshana (The Luscious Life with Shoshi) and Heather Whaley (Author, Eat Your Feelings: Recipes for Self-Loathing). Hosted by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Free cupcakes by Baked by Melissa as well as finger food snacks will be served. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Recital: Francesca Dardani, Violin


A uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers - the freshness and excitement of a solo recital by more a gifted young artist at one of the world's leading conservatories. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Soul Glo Comedy Show


Soul Glo is a variety show starring the all African-American cast of Nobody's Token performing a completely more improvised sitcom. The show also features multi-cultural stand-up and sketch comedy by some of the most talented underground comics in New York. less
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10:30 pm
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