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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 10, 2013?

51 free events take place on Thursday, January 10 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 10 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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51 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, January 10, 2013

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Tour | All-in-One Downtown Tour


This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway* to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. There will be ample opportunities for memorable pictures. You'll get the chance to savor NY's best pizza and cannoli and other treats, learn how to play NY handball, maybe bargain with a shopkeeper in Chinatown, observe a game of street chess in Greenwich Village, people watch and window shop in SoHo, and kick back on the Highline Park. Along the way, you'll master the subway and learn about New York's Finest!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present. Tour times: 11am & 1pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 12:45 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade” Tour


You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Curator's Tour of 2 Shows


Free tour of Foiled: Tinsel Painting in America and Ooh, Shiny! with curator emerita Lee Kogan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Other | Scrabble Mania


All levels of play welcome. Please bring with you...your Scrabble set (be sure it has all 100 tiles!), a Scrabble dictionary and, of course, a love of the game!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Featured Library Database: American Memory


Hands on using wireless laptops. Take a glimpse into the American experience by accessing primary documents of Library of Congress National Digital Library in the American Memory collection. Learn and explore manuscripts, prints, photographs, posters, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures, books, pamphlets, and sheet music accessible through the program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Lecture | Why Hitler Lost


Why did the Axis lose the Second World War? Examining the Second World War on every front, Dr. Andrew Roberts asks whether, with a different decision-making process and a different strategy, the Axis might even have won. Were those German generals who blamed everything on Hitler after the war correct, or were they merely scapegoating their former Führer once they could criticize him with impunity? That war lasted for 2,174 days, cost $1.5 trillion and claimed the lives of over 50 million people. Why did it take the course that it did? The Storm of War gives a succinct but dramatic account of the struggle that engulfed the world between 1939 and 1945 and, at the last, a convincing answer to that question. Dr Andrew Roberts, a writer in residence, has written or edited twelve books, as well as appearing regularly on British and American television and radio. He writes for The Sunday Telegraph, reviewing history books and biography for that newspaper as well as The Spectator, Literary Review, Mail on Sunday and Wall Street Journal.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Master Class | Maria Schneider, Composition Master Class


Hailed by critics as "evocative, majestic, magical," and "heart-stoppingly gorgeous," Maria Schneider's music blurs the lines between genres. Her long and varied list of commissioners includes the Norrbotten Big Band and Danish Radio Orchestra with Toots Thielemans and Ivan LIns, the Metropole Orchestra, Orchestre National de Jazz, Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, Monterey Jazz Festival, The American Dance Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Peter Sellars's New Crowned Hope Festival. The Kronos Quartet and SAin Paul Chamber Orchestra, with soprano Dawn Upshaw, commissioned Carlos Drummond de Andrade Stories, which had its New York premiere in May 2011 at Carnegie Hall, conducted by Schneider.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


Museum Ambassador Yvonne provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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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 Clutter Support Group, an educational support group for individuals who are struggling with clutter and disorganization. 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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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows by Robin Rhode


This is Robin Rhode’s first exhibition in New York in more than five years. It is also Rhode’s debut solo show at Lehmann Maupin since joining the gallery earlier this year. The artist has taken over both New York galleries to present a two-part exhibition featuring a new series of street-based photographs and an educational wall drawing intervention with Time In, a local outreach program specializing in arts education for underprivileged school children. The artist will be present for opening receptions at both galleries.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Collaged Realities: Photography and Mixed Media


This 30-work exhibition highlights over 15 collages by Peter Wooster, the esteemed designer of gardens, homes and public spaces. In 2006 he suffered a debilitating stroke that eventually led him to another form of communication: photo collage. Wooster was selected by guest curator Patterson Sims to be shown along with three artists who employ collage and assemblage: Azure Bourne, Martin Cohen and Julio Mendoza.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Defending Dialogue, a Student Exhibition


Exemplifying the diversity of aesthetic and theoretical approaches in the BFA Visual & Critical Studies Department, this exhibition challenges viewers to think critically, as the program asks students to do. On view are works by 17 fourth-year students: Alex Belancourt, Luiza Cardenuto, Nina Franzen, Lucia Hinojosa, Ilana Kruger, Hallie Kruger, Betty Laboz, Angela Miskis, Amelia Modlin, Maya Harder-Montoya, George Mott, Lauren O’Neill, William Patterson, Alyssa Rina, Courtney Spieker, Susanna Spieler and Megan Westgate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Joan Snyder: Early Works on Paper & New Paintings


An exhibition of the noted artist's work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | National Geographic: The Past and Future Present


This exhibition is the gallery’s fifth show of works from the National Geographic archives, but our first that presents vintage illustrations side by side with vintage photographs. The one hundred works presented span the entire 20th century. Photographers will include Herbert Ponting, Baron von Gloeden, Maynard Owen Williams, and Hiram Bingham. Illustrators will include Thornton Oakley, Louis Agassi Fuertes, and Tom Lovell. The exhibition will encompass works that represent National Geographic’s rich history in the fields of geography, archaeology, exploration, science, wildlife and world cultures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Not Too Late, Recent Works by Feng Mengbo


In recent years it has become apparent that China’s leading video and new media artist is becoming increasingly interested in painting, an activity he essentially abandoned as soon as he acquired his first Macintosh and synthesizer in the early 1990s. Between 1993 when his work was first shown at the Venice Biennale and 2008 when the eight-screen interactive video game installation Long March- Restart was completed, the development of Feng’s work paralleled the extraordinary growth in reach and sophistication of the cyber world, but in 2007 the exhibition Wrong Code- Shanshui revealed an interest in classical Chinese painting and calligraphy that has grown progressively stronger.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Adult Yoga


Join on Thursday evenings for 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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Opening Reception | Barry Steven Greff's Fine Art Photographs


Features iconic land, sea and cityscapes as well as close-up, intimate portraits of animals and isolated portraits of jellyfish. His award winning work has been widely published in Fine Art magazines and exhibited throughout the U.S. after being juried by some of the most well respected individuals in the Photography world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Signing | Bruce Weinstein discusses his book Boyfriend Sweaters


Chef and knitwear designer Bruce Weinstein will be coming to to talk about his new book. A “boyfriend sweater” is that sweater that looks strapping on a man but transforms to become irresistibly adorable when his girlfriend slips it on. Bruce’s book features his take on this classic garment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Carter Hodgkin's Vortex, Recent Paintings and Animations


From the artist: "Inspired by physics, I use the lines of colliding atomic particles to paint states of instability and uncertainty. Using algorithmic data, I manipulate computer code to simulate particle collisions. This manipulation becomes a drawing process where parameters are set and random moments of collision are captured."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | French Highlights: An Evening Celebrating Contemporary Performance


In Gustavia, celebrated choreographers Mathilde Monnier and La Ribot use repetitive, energetic, and “slapstick” movement inspired by the classic burlesque tradition to address womanhood and the joys and sorrows surrounding their profession. An explosive performance about the relationship between contemporary art and life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Group Show: Color Shift


Seven artists show their work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Intro Class: Meditation, Concentration & Breath


With Thomas Amelio. For thousands of years, breathing and concentration techniques, along with the profound practice of meditation, have proven to be powerful means to purify the body and mind to more fully express our fullest human potential. In this class we will experientially learn how breath practices calm the mind and nervous system, enabling a sparkling clarity that makes easier our capacity to hold our attention as we engage in various techniques of concentration. Further, we will experience how breath and concentration practice naturally enhance our practice of meditation—allowing for deep absorption in our true nature as peace, clarity and joy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Painting and Sculpture: Judith Greenwald & Tania Kravath's Spirit


This collaborative show was sparked by the spirit of a poem and is expressed through wood fired ceramic sculpture and combined media paintings. It is the result of a dialogue between the artists and between each artist and her materials.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Giorgio Griffa's Fragments 1968-2012


Griffa lives and works in Turin, Italy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Stefanie Gutheil's Die Beobachter


In Gutheil's third solo exhibition with the gallery, the Boschian creatures of Die Beobachter (The Watchers) overtake their Baroque frames and invade the real world. The uneasy scenes and grotesque figures (whether fantastic animals or surreal half-humans) become distorted caricatures in a mysterious story. Incorporating patterned fabrics, found objects and different paints to achieve a range of textures and depths, the physicality of the materials --feathers, foils, skulls, dripping paint-- further accentuate the odd nature of some of the creatures, composed of disparate limbs and body parts, as the mythological monsters of German folklore.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Photography: Rodrigo Moya's Ojos Bien Abiertos (Eyes Wide Open)


A special exhibition of 35 signed, gelatin silver prints by the acclaimed Mexican photographer Rodrigo Moya staged to coincide with the prestigious Winter Antiques Show. This important exhibition is the first New York show dedicated to the work of Rodrigo Moya.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Photos: Silvio Wolf's Us


Silvio Wolf was born in Milan in 1952, where he lives and works. He studied Philosophy and Psychology in Italy and Photography and Visual Arts in London, where he received the Higher Diploma in Advanced Photography at the London College of Printing. From 1977 to 1987 he used photography to explore the laws, language and two-dimensional nature of the image. His work has moved in directions different from those of tradition, which favoured the documentary and narrative value of the photographic image.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Tony Award-Winning Designers on Starting a Career in Theatrical Design


Wondering How to Break into the Complex World of Theater Design? Allow Broadway's Greatest Designers To Take You Behind the Scenes. Please join Michael J. Riha along with Tony Award-winning designers Scott Pask (Book of Mormon, The Pillowman) and Christine Jones (American Idiot, Spring Awakening) and Kevin Adams (Spring Awakening, The 39 Steps, American Idiot) for an informal discussion about Riha's new book, Starting Your Career as a Theatrical Designer: Insights and Advice from Leading Broadway Designers. After a brief discussion and Q & A, Michael will read from, and along with Scott and Christine, sign copies of his new book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Museum Docent Tour


The docent-led tours meet in the lobby.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Student Violin Recital


Margarita Kreine, Violin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Student Violin Recital


Margarita Kreine, Violin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Alexandra Horowitz reads from her book On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes


Alexandra Horowitz, The New York Times bestselling author of Inside the Dog, joins us for On Looking, a fascinating book for those of us who sleepwalk through life and miss the simple joys that surround us.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Birth of the Cool Listening Party with the Aaron Diehl Quartet


The Aaron Diehl Quartet presents a retrospective of John Lewis’ legendary career as a pianist, band leader, and composer by going through recordings of the Modern Jazz Quartet and live examples.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Book Group: Caleb Carr's The Legend of Broken


Legend meets history in this mesmerizing novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Caleb Carr.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Punchbowl and THEM


Come and see Broadway magic happen right before your very eyes! Based only on a suggestion from the audience, the musical house teams will create a memorable improvised musical that will titillate the senses! Never again spend hours in rush lottery lines for religious based/ superhero centered shows on and near 42nd street. Every week, each team presents a brand new musical that’ll make you bust out laughing, tear up crying and/or cheer like soccer hooligan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | The Future of Zone A: New York Neighborhoods on the Frontline of Climate Change


A discussion of ideas for the future of coastal New York, with a focus on the Lower East Side/Two Bridges Neighborhood, and issues confronting all five boroughs. Panelists: Tom Angiotti, Susannah Drake, Alexander J. Felson, Claire Weisz. Moderated by Cassim Shepard.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Concert: In the Absence of…Mahler


Young Austrian saxophonist, improviser and composer Fabian Rucker presents his latest trio project GAMBLE/PREVITE/RUCKER. These three powerhouse improvisers explore Gustav Mahler’s sound world, in the first concert of a new series titled In the Absence of…. LINE UP: Fabian Rucker, saxophones; Mike Gamble, guitars; Bobby Previte, drums.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Dance Performance | Dance: Jack Ferver's Mon Ma Mes


2012 Crossing the Line artist Jack Ferver returns to reprise his acclaimed lecture-performance commissioned for the festival. In Mon Ma Mes, Ferver scrutinizes his life as an artist through an impersonal and stylized question-and-answer format. He then performs excerpts of an earlier work while simultaneously deconstructing it. The combination of humorous and dark self-analysis and performance creates an intimacy with the audience that reveals as much as it presents.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Tanya Tagaq: Nanook of the North


What do free improvisation, Inuit throat singing, and hair-raising passion have in common? Add descriptors like mesmerizing, intimate and ‘pushing the edge’ and you begin to understand the endlessly inventive quality of Tanya Tagaq’s sonic equation. Tanya Tagaq returns, this time performing an original composition scoring the screening of Robert Flaherty’s classic documentary, Nanook of the North. Flaherty's portrait of an Inuit family eking out their existence in the harsh Arctic wilderness is perhaps the most famous film ever made about Indigenous people.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Screening | The Best of Student Short Films


Collaborations by MSM student composers and student filmmakers from Columbia, School of Visual Arts, and other film schools.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Hemlock and Dagger


Come and see Broadway magic happen right before your very eyes! Based only on a suggestion from the audience, our PIT musical house teams will create a memorable improvised musical that will titillate the senses! Never again spend hours in rush lottery lines for religious based/ superhero centered shows on and near 42nd street. Every week, each team presents a brand new musical that’ll make you bust out laughing, tear up crying and/or cheer like soccer hooligan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Workshop | Intro Class:Learn to Play Native American Flute for Healing and Inner Peace


With John Sarantos. With its unique, enchanting sound, the contemporary Native American flute has become increasingly popular, not only as a purely musical instrument, but as an ideal tool to enhance relaxation, meditation and healing. John has taught countless students, from ages 9 to 80. Most have never played an instrument before and are amazed at how simple it is to learn. We will learn basic and advanced fingering techniques that will allow us to create beautiful songs, with no knowledge of music theory needed. We will discover how easy it is to use different blowing techniques to enhance our playing and create songs that will help us bring healing and peace to ourselves and others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Quickies: Five Short Explorations into Human Sexuality


Five short play exploring the nature of desire from how we perceive it as children to how it influences our expectations and interactions as adults. Butterscotch and Fudge by Magaly Colimon-Christopher, directed by Fritz Brekeller The End of Hegemony by Michael Lazan, directed by David Gautschy In a Man’s World by Eddie Antar, directed by Joseph Franchini Pretend by Dana Leslie Goldstein, directed by Katie Braden Second Tiers by Glenn Alterman, directed by Keith Greer
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Dance Performance | French Highlights: An Evening Celebrating Contemporary Performance


French choreographer and conceptual artist Jérôme Bel returns with Cédric Andrieux, a work created for and performed by Cédric Andrieux, one of contemporary dance’s most lauded performers. Incorporating spoken word and movement, this solo provides an intimate look at Andrieux’s career, from his training in France to his time with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and offers insights into the iconic image of “the performer.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Concert | Student Percussion Recital


Ellery Trafford, Percussion
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | The Fifth Dentist


What do you do when your father owns a strip club, and your mother works there? BECOME A DENTIST! Mike King's One-Man-Show "The Fifth Dentist" is a hilarious true story by America's funniest dentist, cutting-edge comedy from one of New York's brightest comics...has been seen on Comedy Central and has opened for Ray Romano! See this work-in-progress before it's off-Broadway production. "Exceptional story!" - Eric Hansen, Producer of the Montel Williams and Whoopi Goldberg show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: The Scene


The Scene is a weekly showcase of improvised one act plays. Each week the show features New York’s top improvisers from The PIT, 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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Performance | Comedy: The Scene


The Scene is a weekly showcase of improvised one act plays. Each week the show features New York’s top improvisers from The PIT, 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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Performance | Comedy: Live From The PIT


LIVE FROM THE PIT is a stand-up showcase featuring performers from the PIT community. Come see what they have been writing in their notebooks, reciting into their phone’s recorder, and scribbling on crumpled up napkins all this time. Featuring Joe Albano (National Weather Service, Scoundrels) and Chris Shanklin (Agent Cooper, Scoundrels).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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