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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 8, 2015?

43 free events take place on Thursday, January 8 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 8 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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43 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, January 8, 2015

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Concert | East Tennesee State University Choir


East Tennesee State University Choir will perform. Director: Matthew Potterton.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America


Tour is led by the museum’s gallery guides.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Sprofundo: Airs for Low Bass from 17th Century Italy


This season’s performers were chosen competitively by jury and are among the finest early music artists and ensembles from the New York area and beyond. Today: Paul Shipper, bass, joined by two theorbos and a harpsichord, play a recital of virtuoso arias and motets for low bass from 17th century Italy, ranging from the obscure to the unknown. Many of these pieces are virtually unrecorded and a few have possibly not been performed in 300+ years.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
$10 suggested donation

Film | Edward Sedgwick's Speak Easily (1932): Broadway Adventure


With Buster Keaton, Jimmu Durante, Ruth Selwyn. A timid professor inherits a large sum of money and decides to fund a terrible musical. 82 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: Robert Mann, Founding Member of the Juilliard String Quartet


Robert Mann (born July 19, 1920) is a musician, composer, and conductor who was first violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet for 52 years, and a mentor to younger generations of string musicians.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Meditation: A Spiritual Solution to Stress, Anger and Conflict


Stress, anger and conflict are parts of life, but you don’t have to live with them 24-7. In this interactive program, Jim Rose, retired executive and longtime meditator, will engage you through a series of exercises designed to show how meditation is a powerful tool for dealing with stress, anger and conflict. Through several meditation periods, you will have a chance to see how meditation is also the key to a rich inner life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Steven Spielberg's Oscar-Nominated War Horse (2011): World War I Drama


Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis. Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on. 146 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Got Clutter? Join the Library Support Group


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


Join us for free Pilates class with a certified instructor. Begin the process toward a building flexibility, muscle strength, and endurance for strong and comfortable body. Wear something comfortable, and don't forget to bring your exercise mat, or a large beach towel. All participants must sign a waiver form before they join in.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:45 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Out and Out / _WhatWePrintAbout WhenWePrintAboutLove_


Out and Out, a group exhibition, brings together six visual artists working in art photography today. The works by featured artists Trix Rosen, Ellen Denuto, Heidi Sussman, Alice Jacob, Masayo Nishimura, and Pauline Chernichaw explore individual and communal identity transfigured within the framework of public and private spaces. In _WhatWePrintAboutWhenWePrintAboutLove_, six artists with diverse approaches to printmaking are featured: Anita Kunz, Sherry Camhy, Pamela Shields, Lauren Simkin Berke, Karen Whitman, and curator Katherine Dolgy Ludwig. RJ Avallone and Tevin Thomas in performance. Video by Noah Friedman. The artists explore love in all its iterations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Edvins Strautmanis: Five Monumental Paintings


The exhibition presents five monumental paintings from the early 1970s, when the artist’s work was in a state of euphoric flux. Though he took up the legacy of Abstract Expressionism with vigor, Strautmanis pushed his large-scale canvases toward the brink of material overload and established his own performative brand of painting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Jiri Georg Dokoupil: New Paintings


Comprised of large-scale works on canvas from the artist’s Soap Bubble Paintings series, the exhibition demonstrates Dokoupil’s continuously varied experiments with non-traditional media and chemical processes. As a founding member of the Cologne-based Mülheimer Freiheit and Junge Wilde (“Wild Youth”), a group of young artists in the late 1970s, he rejected the reductive, austere, and unapproachable nature of Minimal and Conceptual Art during this time in favor of a more animated style and saturated palette.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Un Cabinet de Curiosités Part 2, an Exhibition by Antoine Lefebvre and JaZon Frings


Antoine Lefebvre is now exhibiting his own Cabinet de Curiosités, including unique books, zines, and a camel tooth. He has teamed up with JaZon Frings, who presents his own body and gestures to the viewer as an interactive stock market.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | William N. Copley: Drawings (1962–1973)


The exhibition will include over thirty works and is the Copley Estate’s fourth exhibition with the gallery. William N. Copley (1919 - 1996), known by his signature name CPLY, (pronounced 'see-ply'), was a painter, writer, gallerist, art patron, publisher, and art entrepreneur. His work is in private and public collections worldwide, such as the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Menil Collection.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Discussion Group


Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Contemporary Cuban Art: José Luis Fariñas's Borderline Dysfunction


Based in Havana all his life, 42-year-old Fariñas has spent a great deal of his career exploring his themes of chaos, disorder, infinity, dysfunction, and transmutation. Borderline Dysfunction, consisting of two oil paintings and eleven watercolor drawings arranged chronologically from 1999 to 2012, traces the development of Fariñas' singular vision, a universe in which an anguished reality is transformed in a mesmerizing array of surprisingly tender grotesqueries.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Fabric Art: Elaine Reichek's Swatches


were originally conceived and produced in 2006–07 as part of the project Pattern Recognition. Reichek began by shopping for images of iconic art works on Google. Each image was then simplified into a vector file, reduced to a palette of two to seven colors and programmed for a digital sewing machine. The final embroidered icon has zigzag edges, as though it had been cut with pinking shears, like the fabric swatches long a staple of the textile industry. Employing a combination of digital and mechanical production, these densely stitched badges of uniform size and shape return the artworks on which they are based to much earlier fabric-based traditions of pattern and design.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Group Exhibition: Out and Out


Curated by Pauline Chernichaw, the show brings together six visual artists working in art photography today. The works by featured artists Trix Rosen, Ellen Denuto, Heidi Sussman, Alice Jacob, Masayo Nishimura, and Pauline Chernichaw explore individual and communal identity transfigured within the framework of public and private spaces.
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Everything Is All White


An exhibition of over thirty multigenerational artists tied together by the crisp and pure color of fresh snow. The anthropologist Franz Boas in the late 1800’s first brought attention to the fact that Eskimos have over 50 words for ‘snow’. They differentiate between wet snow and powdery snow, ‘softly falling snow’ and ‘snow that is good for driving a sled’. Should the color itself not be afforded the same reverence?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Framing Childhood


With: JEF AEROSOL, ADRIEN BROOM, CAMOMILE HIXON, TIFENN PYTHON, CASPER SMITH.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Installation: Diana Thater's Science, Fiction


Shown here for the first time will be a new type of installation by the artist involving an enclosed video projection, ceiling screen, and light, as well as two new video walls.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Pieces by Nana Olivas


In the sway between chaos and calm, Nana Olivas feels comfortably settled in the unknown. She embraces a creative process that is intensely physical, and often unpredictable. In her work, the exchange between mediums – gesso, varnish, wood, and muslin - becomes a dance of chance, choice, and change
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Mamma Andersson's Behind the Curtain


Andersson’s work often draws inspiration from archival photographs, filmic imagery, theater sets, and period interiors. Her evocative use of pictorial space and her juxtapositions of thick paint and textured washes have a unique and timeless quality, which is further enhanced by a conspicuous absence of contemporary signifiers. Typically composed of thin layers of acrylic and oil paint on panel board, her paintings employ a broad range of techniques, deftly shifting between stark graphic lines to loose washes and thickly rendered brushstrokes. With their richly detailed and complex surfaces, the artist’s works stand as testaments to her deep engagement with the painterly process itself. New works in the exhibition include interior settings that appear to be constructed for theatrical and domestic fictions. The compositions reverberate with signs of domesticity and femininity, yet ultimately remain enigmatic. Reflecting a gradual shift in Andersson’s approach to figurative subject matter, characters in her present paintings seem based on toy versions and are distinguished by a distinctive, artificial quality. Representations of dolls appear throughout the new works, as is further exemplified by Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie that portrays two antique wooden dolls whose fabrication is revealed by their peg joints. Recalling shadow puppetry, Hangman shows a marionette-looking figure dangling from a wire, whose large shadow is projected onto the background. Whereas the representation of dolls and toys is prominently on view in the aforementioned works, the reference is subtly implied in others such as Behind the Curtain, the painting which lends its title to the exhibition. One of the largest panels on view at over five feet in length, it depicts a heavily folded curtain and stage with two female dancers, whose shadowy bodies and stiff limbs give them the appearance of wooden dolls. In Ceremony, a closer viewpoint is used to depict two onstage dancers captured in midstep. Their superimposed look resembles children’s paper dolls with their frozen pose, flattened color, and hard edge. Characterized by their muted, high-contrast palette, the paintings in the exhibition address materiality and the interplay of light and shadow. Several feature darkly colored backgrounds and they, at times, result in almost eerie, still life arrangements of objects floating in space—most distinctly seen in paintings like Garderobe, in which articles of clothing have become divorced from the background and appear to exist in and of themselves. By presenting versions of everyday objects and stripping them of their contexts, the artist challenges their familiarity and allows them to be infused with deeper psychological meaning. Also presented will be two murals painted by Andersson with compositions selected from this body of work. In 2014, she created her first mural at Artipelag in Stockholm on the occasion of the group exhibition Here/Now (through January 6, 2015). Murals reflect a recent development in the artist’s practice, and by translating her paintings into complex wall-sized works, they stand as a new avenue for her to engage with scale as well as the ongoing themes central to her overall oeuvre. Mamma Andersson was born in 1962 in Luleå, Sweden. She studied from 1986 to 1993 at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm, where she continues to live and work. Since 2004, Andersson’s work has been represented by David Zwirner. Behind the Curtain marks her third solo exhibition at the gallery in New York. Previous shows include Who is sleeping on my pillow (2010), a two-person exhibition with Jockum Nordström, and Room Under the Influence (2006), which marked the artist’s United States debut. In 2011, Andersson’s work was the subject of a solo exhibition at Museum Haus Esters in Krefeld, Germany. She had her first museum solo show in the United States at the Aspen Art Museum, Colorado in 2010, and her first solo exhibition in Ireland at the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin in 2009. In 2007, a critically acclaimed, mid-career survey of her work was organized by Moderna Museet, Stockholm, which traveled to Kunsthalle Helsinki and the Camden Arts Centre, London. Work by the artist is represented in museum collections that include the Dallas Museum of Art; Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall; Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; and Västerås Konstmuseum, Sweden.
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Michelle Doll's Between Love and Me


Between Love and Me explores the dialogue of flesh on flesh, fabric on flesh and the body's connection with nature; with our private moments of time and objects of space, these are the tactile experiences in Michelle Doll's work. Centered on the human figure, Doll portrays the unspoken, soundless and intimate nature of a soul's connection to the material world. She is interested in moments of interconnection that contain meaning beyond the setting, and explore the intimate energy that either exists, or is immensely desired, if it does not exist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Schandra Singh's God Don't Like Ugly


Working in oil on exposed linen – often at a monumental scale – Singh takes on the fraught landscape of the vacation industry, letting intricate detail sprawl into sketch-like brushstrokes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Shi Jing / Wu Didi


For both painters, nature is the source of inspiration, although they approach it from widely different perspectives. Shi Jing is inspired by views of the world from outer space, by vast perspectives, mountain ranges and impressive landscapes, but is reluctant to approach these themes in a traditional way. Wu Didi, on the other hand, focuses on the constituent parts of the natural world: weeds, stones, and insects, for example, and paints them in minute detail on blank canvases. The dialogue between the two artists is a stimulating one.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Photography: Liz Nielsen's Magic Lantern


Neilson received her MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2004 and her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Susan L. Schulman discusses her book Backstage Pass to Broadway


Broadway press agent Susan L. Schulman takes us behind the curtain to share what really goes on during the creation of a Broadway show. She will discuss her book, sharing the highs and lows of working with such legends as Mary Martin, Lauren Bacall, Bob Fosse, Zero Mostel, George C. Scott, Yul Brynner, Vanessa Redgrave, and David Merrick among others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Sam Wood's Hold Your Man (1933): Criminal's Girlfriend Pays the Price


Starring: Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, and Stuart Erwin. Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years. 87 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | The Psychology of Art and the Art of Psychology


Moderated by artist and arts writer Melissa Stern.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Captain ConTiki's Salty Spectacular Comedy Show


Hosted by Joseph Conklin and featuring: Johnny Zito, Lisa Harmon, Momoh Pujeh, Tom Hudson, Joe Dixon, Caleb Barge, Bill Cannon, Maribeth Moony and the music of AfterBirth Monkey.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Danielle Walker discusses her book Against All Grain: Meals Made Simple


Danielle Walker shares recipes easily prepared for today's health-conscious cook.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Signing | Eliot Pattison signs copies of his book Soul of the Fire


Edgar Award winner Eliot Pattison brings Shan back in a thriller that navigates the explosive political and religious landscape of Tibet.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Kevin Lima's Oscar Nominee Enchanted (2007): Fairy-Tale Princess in the Real World


Starring Amy Adams, James Marsden, Susan Sarandon. A classic Disney fairy tale collides with modern-day New York City in a story about a fairy-tale princess who is sent to our world by an evil queen. Soon after her arrival, Princess Giselle begins to change her views on life and love after meeting a handsome lawyer. Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world? 107 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: The Troubled and Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit by Allan Knee


Twelve years after the close of A Christmas Carol, Timothy Cratchit, now 19, leaves the home of his benefactor, Ebenezer Scrooge, in order to find his place in the world. On his path he encounters many trying, eye-opening and comical situations, but it is with the magnificent stage clown, Grimaldi, and his troupe of lively performers that he discovers his true identity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Psychology and Art: A Discussion of the Psychology of Art and the Art of Psychology


Moderator: Melissa Stern. Participants: Annie Boland, Anne Gilman, Ami Ronnberg, Laura Whitman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Party | The Recollectors Launch Party


With Kia Labeijia, Mateo Rodriguez, Marco Roth, Reed Vreeland and more. The Recollectors Project is a digital community and storytelling forum dedicated to remembering parents lost to AIDS. Also with founders Alysia Abbott and Whitney Joiner.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Women's Reading Group for Women and Men


A new reading group focusing on books written by female authors. A mix of fiction and non-fiction, this month's selection is Orphan Train by Christina Baker Klein. Come join the discussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Something Wonderful: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein, with Oscar 'Andy' Hammerstein III


Thrill to the brilliance of this legendary songwriting team with music from its celebrated collaborations including South Pacific, The Sound of Music, The King and I, Carousel, and Oklahoma! Hosted by Oscar “Andy” Hammerstein III, grandson of beloved librettist and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, this program promises to be a favorite for audiences of all ages.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Concert | Ensemble ACJW performs works by Ravel and Messiaen


Program: TAKEMITSU And then I knew 'twas wind RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello MESSIAEN Quatuor pour la fin du temps
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Jazz | Jim Hickey and Todd Turkisher's West Side Jazz Project


With Jim Hickey, guitar, Todd Turkisher, drums, Rob Aries, keyboard and Dave Anderson, bass. Also with other Special Guests and Open Mike.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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