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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 22, 2019?

35 free events take place on Tuesday, January 22 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 22 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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35 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, January 22, 2019

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Talk | When Families Face Medically-Based Child Abuse Claims


This event will explore the links between the child welfare and health care systems. What are the particular challenges faced by families navigating medically-based child abuse claims? Presenter Diane L. Redleaf is the founder of the Chicago-based Family Defense Center and co-chairs United Family Advocates, a bi-partisan federal child welfare reform policy network. She will share insights from her new book, They Took the Kids Last Night: How the Child Protection System Puts Families at Risk, which documents how even the most well-meaning parents can end up on the wrong side of a child abuse allegation when their child has an injury or medical condition that gets misinterpreted. Panelists Carolyn Kubitschek, child protection civil rights lawyer, New York City Clara Presler, staff attorney, Bronx Defenders
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many


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


Inspired by the artist Ellsworth Kelly’s plant drawings, come and draw still life plants using a charcoal pencil and draw in a contour line style. Learn to how to use watercolor to bring your drawing to life. Participants will be able to learn a variety of artistic exercises that can be used to help combat creative blocks. You do not need any previous art experience. This workshop is beginner level. Ellsworth Kelly was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with hard-edge painting, Color Field painting and minimalism. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing line, color and form, similar to the work of John McLaughlin and Kenneth Noland.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Preserving your family archive


How can you preserve your family's memories? What should you keep and what gets tossed? This class will help the family historian learn how to identify important records and store valuable heirlooms on a budget. Acid-free folders and archival boxes, mylar sleeves and scrapbooks, filing cabinets and shelves, what's the best way to keep your family treasures from disintegrating into dust? What records should you keep? How do you decide? From basic preservation guidelines, to storage and handling methods, to general best practices, this class will review resources to help organize your collections, and help researchers set priorities for personal materials care and maintenance. This class will help individuals understand basic preservation and conservation terminology, identify important family history documents and where to find them, and offer guidance on resources at NYPL and beyond for maintaining a personal archive for years to come.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Zumba Jumpstart


A fitness dance party with upbeat Latin music of Salsa, Merengue, Hip Hop and more! Enthusiastic Instruction creates a fun community of dancers who learn new dance steps each week. Bring your friends!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Adult Coloring Club


Enjoy the sublime pleasure of coloring. Coloring sheets, Crayons, coloring pencils, and reading materials will be provided to participants by the Library.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Resume Help


Applying for a job? Update your resume, or even start from sratch. Learn how to craft a resume that will help you land that interview.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Film | Ocean`s 8 (2018) with Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway: an all-female heist


Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's yearly Met Gala. 110 min. Director: Gary Ross. Filming took place from October 2016 to March 2017 around New York City. Ocean's 8 grossed $140.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $157.5 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $297.7 million, against a production budget of $70 million.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Film | The Equalizer 2 (2018): Struggle for justice starring Denzel Washington


Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves? 121 min. Director: Antoine Fuqua. Starring Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders. Filming began in September 2017, and took place in Boston as well as other areas around Massachusetts. It marks the first time Washington has starred in a sequel to one of his films. The Equalizer 2 has grossed $102.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $88.4 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $190.5 million, against a production budget of $62 million.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen


The Gotham Jazzmen bring their take on Dixieland Jazz. The band features: Ed Bonoff on drums; James Collier on trombone; Lee Lorenz on cornet; Pete Sokolow on piano; Dick Waldburger on bass; Ernie Lumer on clarinet; and David Hofstra, Bass. Doors open at 11:45 am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts take place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 11, 2018 to May 22, 2019.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Workshop | Public Speaking


Public speaking is an essential skill in today's workplace and a valuable ability to have to further your endeavors in whatever you're doing. A continuing series held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, this program is led by experienced public speakers in a supportive environment. All materials for this workshop are provided. Public speaking (also called oratory or oration) is the process or act of performing a good speech to a live audience. This type of speech is deliberately structured with three general purposes: to inform, to persuade and to entertain. Public speaking is seen traditionally as part of the art of persuasion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | 2 Folk Art Shows: Exhibition Walkthroughs


A tour of John Dunkley: Neither Day nor Night and Paa Joe: Gates of No Return, led by museum gallery guides.
   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. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | It's Always Fair A Weather (1955): Two time Oscar nominated musical


Three soldiers meet ten years after their last meeting in New York, and find out that they have little in common now. Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly. Starring Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse. Stanley Donen has an honorary Oscar award in appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovationand. Gene Kelly has an honorary Oscar award in appreciation of his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film. 101 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Colormania Club


If you're an adult looking for a fresh, new activity that will help bring stress relief to your busy life, try the new coloring club. Sitting down to color a picture can be effective as meditation in reducing stress. Materials will be provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House Tour


A tour of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, home of the National Museum of the American Indian in New York. Tour highlights include a discussion of the history of the site, architect Cass Gilbert, and sculptor Daniel Chester French; viewing the Collectors Office with Tiffany woodwork; Reginald Marsh murals; and the 140-ton Rotunda dome by Rafael Gustavino.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Dance Lesson | Ballet class for adults


Here’s your chance to experience the ballerina in each of us. Learn basic ballet steps and experience the joy of dancing in a class that combines ballet and exercise specifically for older adults. You’ll have fun as you dance and see for yourself the benefits of ballet for good balance, agility and grace. Wear comfortable clothes and be ready to have fun. Instructor Jennifer Grambs, trained in both ballet and exercise for older adults, will show you how ballet helps us feel fit, not only in class, but everyday as we travel the sidewalks of New York City. Come for the whole month or just drop in. No experience necessary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class with Multiple Grammy Winning Jazz Pianist


Billy Childs has emerged as one of the foremost American composers of his era, perhaps the most distinctly American composer since Aaron Copland—and like Copland, he has successfully married the musical products of his heritage with the Western neoclassical traditions of the 20th century in a powerful symbiosis of style, range, and dynamism. Childs has garnered 13 Grammy nominations and four awards: two for Best Instrumental Composition and two for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist. In 2006, Childs was awarded a Chamber Music America Composer’s Grant, and in 2009 he was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was also awarded the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award in 2013, and most recently, the music award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2015.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Discovering Video Description


Video description narrates visual action onscreen. Find out how Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Youdescribe and other services use video description to enrich your video experience. Video description is audio-narrated descriptions of a television program's key visual elements. These descriptions are inserted into natural pauses in the program's dialogue. Video description makes television programming more accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Lecture | What the financial industry does and how it works?


The world of Wall Street is often misunderstood. Bonnie Bowes explains the importance of capital formation, the roles of broker/dealers, investment bankers, portfolio managers, and other investment professionals. Learn about the concept of derivative securities. Bonnie Bowes is a director in Fixed Income Regulation within FINRA Regulatory Operations. Ms. Bowes drives key FINRA fixed income initiatives in Municipal Securities, Municipal Advisory, Corporate and Government Securities, and Securitized Products. She focuses on the policy and examination implications of current fixed income regulatory matters in order to provide guidance to FINRA staff and member firms. Prior to joining FINRA in 2013, her career encompassed leadership roles in Fixed Income Compliance, Operations, Product Management, and Credit Risk.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Vinyasa Yoga


This Vinyasa style class is designed to unleash your inner warrior. Light meditation and a Vinyasa flow will help students focus on linking breath to movement, building strength and increasing flexibility; all while calming the mind and relaxing the body. This class is open to all level practitioners from beginner to expert yogi. Please bring your own mat & towel. The Instructor: Maggie Frey is a certified yoga instructor with Yoga Alliance, having trained & studied at Loom Yoga Bushwick in 2016-17, and has been teaching at NYPL since 2017. Maggie’s classes prioritize proper alignment and breathing while offering introductory poses accessible to all levels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
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Talk | Art Talk: Bridging Disciplines


A talk by faculty member and visual artist Jennifer Wen Ma, whose interdisciplinary practice bridges varied media of installation, drawing, video, public art, design, performance and theater. She often brings together unlikely elements in a single piece, creating sensitive, poetic and poignant works. Projects with international institutions include: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain; National Art Museum of China, Ullens Center For Contemporary Art, Beijing; Vancouver Art Gallery; Seattle Art Museum; The Phillips Collection, Washington DC; Qatar Museums, Doha; Cass Sculpture Foundation, UK; Sydney Opera House, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; among others. Ma has participated in many international festivals and biennials such as: Sydney Biennale, Singapore Biennial, Echigo-Tsumari Triennial, Lincoln Center Festival, Singapore International Festival of Arts, Spoleto Festival USA, Performa, among others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Carleton Watkins: Making the West American - What Can Be Done Single-handedley!


Critic and podcast host Tyler Green explores the life of the great American photographer whose work helped to invent the American West. Widely considered to be the most important American photographer of the nineteenth century, Carleton Watkins is best known for his pictures of Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias. When his photographs were exhibited in New York in 1862, they played a key role in tying the West to the Union, and would eventually inspire Congress to pass legislation to preserve Yosemite as a park—the first act of landscape preservation in the world. The work helped drive the great Westward expansion of American capital, as Watkins’s friends and patrons—many of them titans of the Gilded Age—were inspired by the beauty and promise of his images. Drawing on recent scholarship and fresh archival discoveries, Tyler Green reveals how the artist didn’t just reflect his time, but acted as an agent of influence. He will discuss Carleton Watkins: Making the West American with MoMA curator of photography, Sarah Meister.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Performance | Mr. Showbiz: An Evening with 'Drag King' Murray Hill


A show with the self-proclaimed "hardest working middle-aged man in show business," comedian and performer Murray Hill (alumnus Busby Gallagher), with an opening act by Darlene. Murray Hill is a New York City legend, comedian, host, international entertainer and larger-than-life personality. Mr. Showbiz is renowned for his improv, quick wit and sparkly (but too-tight) tuxedos. He has been touring with comedian/singer Bridget Everett and was just awarded the New York Voices commission from Joe's Pub at The Public Theater. He has toured the U.S. several times with burlesque superstar Dita Von Teese and hosted her historic debut sold-out Australian tour. He has performed two seasons at The Sydney Opera House starring in Club Swizzle which went on to tour major festivals. He will take the audience on a journey down memory lane from his thesis project, to a political campaign, show business and what it takes to be one of the most significant comedic drag personas in the history of New York City nightlife.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Staged Reading | Egyptian Song: Twins Turned Against Each Other


Nalal and Zahia are boy/girl twins growing up in rural Egypt in the 1920s with a domineering (but loving) widowed mother. Zahia has a gorgeous singing voice and from an early age sings Nahal to sleep at night. As she gains attention as a singer, her mother decides that her marriage prospects are more important and forbids her from performing. While she used to confide in her brother Nahal, he has become more distant as he aligns himself with an ultra-conservative group. She befriends Hamdy, a worker in her mother’s store. They aren’t allowed to speak because Hamdy is a man outside of her family, but they pass notes. When they take a risky outing together alone, Nahal learns what’s happened. His confrontation with his sister lays bare the conflict between their filial bond and his perception of his family’s honor. Written by James Christy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Off Season: A Graphic Novel About a Marriage Hanging On by a Thread


James Sturm will read excerpts from his new graphic novel, a love story about a marriage hanging on by a thread against the backdrop of the 2016 presidential elections. James’ presentation will also touch upon the drawing of dogs, crooked contractors, LSD, and 4 x 6 index cards. Sturm’s graphic novels include The Golem’s Mighty Swing, Market Day, and James Sturm’s America. Other books include Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, The Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules, Denys Wortman’s New York, and the popular Adventures in Cartooning series. James is also the editor of a series of biographical graphic novels published by Disney/Hyperion. James’ comics, writing, and illustrations have appeared in scores of national and regional publications including The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Onion, The New York Times, and on the cover of The New Yorker. He is also a regular contributor to Slate and is a co-founder of the Seattle newspaper, The Stranger. James is the recipient of several Eisner and other industry awards and a two-time MacDowell Fellow. James Sturm lives in Vermont, where he is the director of The Center for Cartoon Studies, a college for cartoonists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Team Human: Urgent Thoughts on Civilization


Team Human is a fiery distillation of preeminent digital theorist Douglas Rushkoff's most urgent thoughts on civilization and human nature. In one hundred lean and incisive statements, he argues that we are essentially social creatures, and that we achieve our greatest aspirations when we work together. Yet today society is threatened by a vast antihuman infrastructure that undermines our ability to connect. Money, once a means of exchange, is now a means of exploitation; education, conceived as way to elevate the working class, has become another assembly line; and the internet has only further divided us. Team Human delivers a call to arms. If we are to resist and survive these destructive forces, we must recognize that being human is a team sport. In Rushkoff's own words: "Being social may be the whole point." Harnessing wide-ranging research on human evolution, biology, and psychology, Rushkoff shows that when we work together we realize greater happiness, productivity, and peace. Douglas Rushkoff is the best-selling author of Program or Be Programmed and fourteen other books. He serves as a professor of media theory at CUNY/Queens, where he hosts NPR’s Team Human podcast. He lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War


The devastating story of how fugitive slaves drove the nation to Civil War. For decades after its founding, America was really two nations--one slave, one free. There were many reasons why this composite nation ultimately broke apart, but the fact that enslaved black people repeatedly risked their lives to flee their masters in the South in search of freedom in the North proved that the "united" states was actually a lie. Fugitive slaves exposed the contradiction between the myth that slavery was a benign institution and the reality that a nation based on the principle of human equality was in fact a prison-house in which millions of Americans had no rights at all. By awakening northerners to the true nature of slavery, and by enraging southerners who demanded the return of their human "property," fugitive slaves forced the nation to confront the truth about itself. By 1850, with America on the verge of collapse, Congress reached what it hoped was a solution-- the notorious Compromise of 1850, which required that fugitive slaves be returned to their masters. Like so many political compromises before and since, it was a deal by which white Americans tried to advance their interests at the expense of black Americans. Yet the Fugitive Slave Act, intended to preserve the Union, in fact set the nation on the path to civil war. It divided not only the American nation, but also the hearts and minds of Americans who struggled with the timeless problem of when to submit to an unjust law and when to resist. Author Andrew Delbanco is the Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University. Author of many notable books, including College, Melville, The Death of Satan, Required Reading, The Real American Dream, and The Puritan Ordeal, he was recently appointed president of the Teagle Foundation, which supports liberal education for college students of all backgrounds.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | The Woman Inside: A Perfect Match


An impossible-to-put-down domestic thriller by E.G. Scott about secrets and revenge told from the perspectives of a husband and wife who are the most perfect, and the most dangerous, match for each other
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction to Meditation


This is an introductory meditation classes were featured in New York Magazine’s top picks (4 stars). Each session is intended to stand alone, attendence at previous sessions is not required. Room is set up with both meditation floor mats and traditional western chairs with back support. No special clothing or equipment is necessary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Comedy Club | No Name Comedy/Variety Show


Features a mix of some of NYCs best comics, storytellers, and more. Eric Vetter is the MC.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | One Small Blow Against Encroaching Totalitarianism


Since the 2016 election, reading the news each day can send even the most placid among us into a paralyzing apoplexia. We are enraged, we are bewildered, and then we get nothing done all day. We go to bed with teeth clenched, wake up, and it begins again. But McSweeney's has a solution. All year, they have been featuring essays by powerful voices—from poets and novelists to actors and activists—giving voice to their state of mind—and possibly yours, too. These writers also offer one simple thing you can do that day to take action, to address those concerns, to feel a little less powerless. Maybe it’ll be an organization or charity they find worthy of your donation, a volunteer opportunity worth your time, or an issue that deserves greater awareness. Whatever it is, we hope it will help remind all of us of the big and small things we can do to work toward justice and change. This event will feature contributors to the series reading extracts from their essays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | The Wartime Sisters: A Shattering Reunion


The next powerful novel from the author of Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist The Two-Family House is about two sisters working in a WWII armory, each with a deep secret. Two estranged sisters, raised in Brooklyn and each burdened with her own shocking secret, are reunited at the Springfield Armory in the early days of WWII. While one sister lives in relative ease on the bucolic Armory campus as an officer’s wife, the other arrives as a war widow and takes a position in the Armory factories as a “soldier of production.” Resentment festers between the two, and secrets are shattered when a mysterious figure from the past reemerges in their lives. Lynda Cohen Loigman grew up in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. She received a B.A. in English and American Literature from Harvard College and a law degree from Columbia Law School. Lynda practiced trusts and estates law in New York City for eight years before moving out of the city to raise her two children with her husband. She wrote The Two-Family House while she was a student of the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. The Wartime Sisters is her second novel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Music for Harpsichord


Francis Yun, Harpsichord
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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