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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 26, 2012?

49 free events take place on Thursday, January 26 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 January 26 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 January . 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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49 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, January 26, 2012

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Workshop | Computer Surfing for 50+


Hands on using wireless laptops. Explore websites of special interest to active older adults.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Screening | Silent Film: Erich Von Stroheim's Queen Kelly (1929)


Prince Wolfram is the betrothed of mad Queen Regina V of Kronberg. Supreme ruler, her word is law and he is a playboy. On maneuvers as punishment for partying with other women, he sees Kelly walking the the other students of a convent. He is intrigued by her beauty and wants her. He kidnaps her that night from the convent and takes her to his room and professes his love for her. When the Queen finds them together the next morning , she whips Kelly and throws her out of the castle. Regina then puts Wolfram into prison for not wanting to marry the Queen. Kelly goes to German East Africa to visit her dying Aunt and is forced to marry the disgusting Jan. The Aunt dies after the wedding and Kelly refuses to live with Jan and becomes the head of Aunties Brothel. Her extravagances and style earn her the name 'Queen Kelly' and Prince Wolfram does not marry Queen Regina V. 101 min.
   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., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
Free

Workshop | MS Word 1 Workshop


Learn the basic features of Microsoft Word 2003, a word processing program you can use to create documents. Topics include entering and editing text,saving files, and formatting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
Free

Workshop | Stay Well Exercise


A free Stay Well exercise session. Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC's Department for the aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided. All participants are required to sign a personal medical waiver at the beginning of the class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | The Situation of Latino Gay and Bisexual Men


As sexual and ethnic minorities, Latino gay and bisexual men operate within the margins of society and in the periphery of mainstream sexuality and culture in the US. In an attempt to look beyond the concepts of men that have sex with men (MSM) and the down-low, this presentation situates Latino gay and bisexual men in the social, economic and legal realities of marginalization and immigration. The presentation will contextualize what Munoz-Laboy has phrased the "low-profile" status of Latino male bisexuals. The low-profile concept reflects the role of social, legal and spatial dimensions that result in Latino gay and bisexual men living under the radar with respect to their sexuality, socioeconomic and immigration statuses.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Discussion | Protests, Elections and the Prospects for Political Change in Russia


A panel discussion with Timothy M. Frye, Harriman Institute Director and Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy; Lincoln Mitchell, Harriman Institute Associate Research Scholar, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs; Stephen Sestanovich, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor for the Practice of International Diplomacy; and moderator Elise Giuliano, Political Science Department, Barnard College.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:15 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


This Organ Meditations Series features the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Tour | Tavern and Its Green Tour


Discover the sheepfold that became a world famous restaurant, a parade ground that became the Sheep Meadow, the Children's District, The Mall including its statues.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6

Concert | Emerald Trio performs works by Stravinsky and others


Program: Suite for Flute, Viola, and Piano Seymour Barab (b. 1921) Sonatina James Matthew Castle (b. 1971) Trio for Flute, Violin, and Piano Nino Rota (1911–1979) Le Pressioni del Passato Davide Zannoni (b. 1958) Infernal Dance from Firebird Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) With: Karen Bogardus, flute; Orlando Wells, violin and viola; James Matthew Castle, piano.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Screening | Native American Films


Featuring films by and about Native Americans. At 1pm, 3pm and 5:30pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Knitting and Crochet Group


Join to chat with fellow knitters and crocheters, learn new stitches, work on charity projects or personal projects, or sew a sock doll for our "sock dolls for charity" project. All materials and knitting needles are provided (or you can bring your own), but if you have clean socks to donate for dolls, bring them in.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Digital Camera Buying Guide


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn how to choose the right digital camera for your needs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Stay Well Exercise


A free Stay Well exercise session. Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC's Department for the aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided. All participants are required to sign a personal medical waiver at the beginning of the class. The class is limited to 10 participants.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A 45-minute in-depth look at the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Exhibition: If They Came for Me Today: The Japanese-American Internment Project


Community Works launches the NYC premiere of this show sharing the stories of 14 Japanese Americans who were impacted by the internment of Japanese-American citizens in camps during World War II. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 moved some 120,000 Japanese-American West Coast residents to internment camps for the duration of World War II. The legacy of that experience is explored in this exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Featured Library Database: Credo Reference


Hands on using wireless laptops. Search over 500 dictionaries, encyclopedias, books of quotations, biographical and other reference titles from home. Subjects covered range from art, music, history, and philosophy to business, science, and technology.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
Free

Workshop | Got Clutter? Join the Clutter 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. Join the NYPL Clutter Support Group, an educational support group for individuals who are struggling with clutter and disorganization. The NYPL Clutter Support Group will be a member based group facilitated by organizing expert AJ Miller to address clutter and disorganization related issues and offer support, information, tips and techniques to combat clutter and become better organized. 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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Book Discussion | Book Club: Small Island by Andrea Levy


Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war expecting to be received as a hero, but finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. His white landlady, Queenie, raised as a farmer's daughter, befriends Gilbert, and later Hortense, with innocence and courage, until the unexpected arrival of her husband, Bernard, who returns from combat with issues of his own to resolve.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:45 pm
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Screening | 8th Annual Artivist Film Festival


Join the Artivist Film Tour for an exciting evening of inspirational films, panel discussions, and the Honoring of Artist-Activist “Artivist” Sonia Sanchez. The evening’s film program includes the award-winnings shorts “Bid’Em In” directed by Neal Sopata and “Umoja" directed by Elizabeth Tadic; followed by a special screening of “SONIA SANCHEZ: SHAKE LOOSE MEMORIES.” At 8pm, the closing night program includes a mind-blowing discussion with filmmaker Peter Joseph discussing his upcoming new film, “Zeitgeist: Beyond the Pale”, the power of the Zeitgeist community, and his thoughts on the economic and social revolutions sweeping across our planet today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Adult Yoga


An open-level yoga with a certified instructor! Please wear comfortable clothes and bring your yoga mat or a beach towel. All participants must sign a waiver form before they join in. For adults 18+.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | How To Ace That All Important Phone Screen and Be Successful On Your Face To Face Interviews


Diane Ciccolini teaches you the art of the phone screen, how to prepare, what to expect and how to move to the next step. Learn how to x-ray the company to be better prepared for the job you are being considered for and be better prepared for that all important face to face company interview.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | New Paintings by L.A.-Based Artist Allison Miller


The Los Angeles-based painter in her first solo presentation with the gallery. Miller's paintings attest to the evocative possibilities of abstraction. Imbued with a vibrant and dissonant musicality, her hand-drawn lines, geometrically-inclined forms and structural use of patterning coalesce into a graceful unification of disparate energies. Drawing inspiration from a diverse and unlikely meeting of influences, most recently Vuillard, Fontana, and Magritte, the work seeks to render the uncanny and the absurd in abstract form. Miller has shown extensively, including presentations at ACME, Los Angeles; the Orange County Museum of Art; the Art Gallery of Calgary, Canada; Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills; D'Amelio Terras, New York; and the Las Vegas Museum of Art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Orphan Photos, Fugitive Images


Professor Tina Campt will present "Orphan Photos, Fugitive Images." Tina Campt is a Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College, and is the Director of the Africana Studies Program at Barnard.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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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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Lecture | When Altruism Isn't Enough: The Case for Compensating Organ Donors


Speaker Sally Satel, MD writes regularly about bioethics for the New York Times.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Adventures in Italian Opera: A Conversation with Met Countertenor David Daniels


Daniels is starring at the Met in The Enchanted Island. He is known for his superlative artistry, magnetic stage presence and a voice of singular warmth and surpassing beauty, which have helped him redefine his voice category for the modern public. The American countertenor has appeared with the world’s major opera companies
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Artist Talk and Opening Reception: Kate Arslanian's Borderlands


Kate Arslanian was born in Crossmaglen, County Armagh and this unique part of Ireland is the center of everything she paints. BORDERLANDS is an instinctive, moving and nostalgic series of abstract works, reflecting on the breathtaking countryside of the northern and southern borders of Armagh, Louth and Monaghan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Lecture | Artists and Greenwich Village: Jackson Pollock's Downtown Years


Though he would always retain the mystique of a hard-drinking cowboy from out west, Jackson Pollock moved to New York in 1930, embracing the bohemian urbanity and camaraderie of the Village. It was from within this milieu that he found the courage and inspiration to formulate a completely new American art. Join independent art historian and Museum of Modern Art lecturer Larissa Bailiff for a discussion of Jackson Pollock’s years in the so-called Downtown Scene.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | New York Diaries: 1609-2009, with Pulitzer Winner Teresa Carpenter


New York is a city like no other. It has been embraced and reviled, worshipped and feared, praised and battered. Pulitzer Prize winner Teresa Carpenter, a lifelong diary enthusiast, scoured the archives of libraries, historical societies, and private estates to assemble an almost holographic view of this iconic metropolis. Teresa Carpenter is the author of four books, including the bestselling Missing Beauty. She is a former senior editor of the Village Voice, where her articles on crime and the law won a Pulitzer Prize.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poets Tony Towle and Jennifer Moxley read their work


Tony Towle has been involved in the New York School of Poetry since 1963, when he took workshops with Kenneth Koch and Frank O’Hara at the New School. In conjunction with his first major collection of poetry, North (1970), he received the Frank O’Hara Award. His recent publications include his twelfth book of poems, Winter Journey (2008). He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including fellowships from the National Foundation of the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts. Jennifer Moxley’s publications include five books of poetry, Clampdown (2009), The Line (2007), Often Capital (2005), The Sense Record (2002; 2003) and Imagination Verses (1996; 2003), as well as her memoir, The Middle Room (2007). She has published translations of Anne Portugal’s Absolute bob (2010), as well as Jacqueline Risset’s The Translation Begins (1996) and Sleep’s Powers (2008) and she currently teaches at the University of Maine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Priscilla Gilman discusses her book The Anti-Romantic Child: A Story of Unexpected Joy


Gilman is the daughter of literary agent Lynn Nesbit and the late theater drama critic Richard Gilman. Through her memoir, full of lyricism and light, she explores the complexity of our hopes for our children, our families, and ourselves, and the way in which experience can alter and lead us to reimagine those hopes and expectations. Using Wordsworth's poetry as a touchstone, she speaks intimately of her poignant journey through crisis and disenchantment to a place of peace and resilience. Through her courageous account, we discover how events and situations often perceived as setbacks can actually inspire and enrich us.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Sing to the Eternal: Gerard Edery Ensemble


In this concert of traditional, Middle Eastern Hazzanut and Sacred Songs, singer/guitarist Gerard Edery and his ensemble present an evening of liturgical treasures to classical and flamenco guitar accompaniment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Kellie Jones discusses her book EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art


Named one of the top art books of 2011 by Publishers Weekly, Kellie Jones's EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art features selections of her writings from the past twenty years. The book offers a wide-ranging and in-depth analysis at the work of many germinal artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dawoud Bey, David Hammons, Norman Lewis, Al Loving, Howardena Pindell, Martin Puryear, Betye Saar, Lorna Simpson, among many others. Structured as a dialogue with her family of artists and cultural critics, EyeMinded is an intimate look at art by one of the most influential writers working today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Ajani Jackson's Portrait of an Earl


The story of an aged jazzman who is haunted by his failure until he records the album of the century.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Suzzy Roche reads from her book Wayward Saints


From a folk-rock legend comes a tender, comic story of family, music, and second chances.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Kevin Jerome Everson's Cinnamon (2006): The Driven


Set in the world of African-American drag racing, Cinnamon (shot in 16mm and HD, color, sound) is Everson's experimental film about the consistent routine of a young bank teller and a mechanic as they prepare for a race. 70 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested admission

Concert | Musical-Literary Collage: Elysium performs works by 2 composers killed in the Holocaust


In remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust, this musical-literary collage is a testimony to the creative energy, imagination and humanity of two outstanding composers: Pavel Haas and Viktor Ullmann. While interned in the ghetto and transition camp Terezin (Theresienstadt), despite degrading living conditions, despite hunger and pain, despite fear in the face of terror and death, they continued to be creative. Their art helped them to endure the daily suffering. In the fall of 1944, Ullmann and Haas were transported to Auschwitz and killed there. But their music was saved and survived the Holocaust. The songs by Pavel Haas and Viktor Ullmann are complemented by pieces written by artists who were persecuted by the Nazis but could escape and found a safe haven in the United States. Among those artists are Paul Aron, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Robert Stolz, Richard Beer-Hoffmann, and Hans Sahl. Soprano Jeannie Im, Baritone Bruce Rameker, and narrator Gregorij von Leïtis present these beautiful and moving pieces. They are accompanied at the piano by Elysium’s Music Director Dan Franklin Smith.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Lecture | The Pivot of the World: U.S. Power and the Pacific in the 1940s


With Daniel Immerwahr (Northwestern University). Since 1992, this seminar has brought together historians, sociologists, political scientists, literary critics, and other scholars to discuss current research on diverse cultural, social, and political theses, especially those that stimulate comparative perspectives. The seminar focuses primarily but by no means exclusively on Europe and the United States.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Check Please!


Zombie Joe, Tomifer Smalltard, and “Desiree Nash” are all on the market for love times. Watch as these and other characters look for companionship one hilarious date at a time. An optimistic show with realistic results. Written by and starring Desiree Nash. Directed by Stephen Soroka.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
$5

Concert | Juilliard415 Ensemble performs works by Purcell and Rameau


Program: PURCELL Excerpts from The Fairy Queen RAMEAU Excerpts from Les Fêtes d'Hébé William Christie conducts Juilliard415. Christie's annual performances and workshops with the students from Juilliard Historical Performance are always highly anticipated.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Recital - Eun Hye Kim, soprano


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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Concert | Face the Music


Face the Music is an ensemble of astonishingly talented teenagers performing works by today's most compelling and creative new music composers. Face the Music features today’s music presented by the emerging artistic voices of tomorrow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy Show: Comics Must Wash Hands


Jeff Cerulli and Adam Glyn’s long running east village stand up comedy show is back and some would say better than ever in a new venue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
No cover

Performance | The Scene Comedy Show


The Scene is a weekly showcase of improvised one act plays. Each week the show features New York’s top improvisers from Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Baby Wants Candy, Second City and more. The Scene is produced and hosted by Dan Hodapp and Micah Sherman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 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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Performance | New Team Lunacy Comedy Show


All you need to do is show up. Don’t have an improv group? They’ll put you in one! Have a team then bring them down! Five teams get to play for ten minutes each, and everyone has fun. Work on your skills and meet some great new people. New Team Lunacy, hosted by Erick Hellwig.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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