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Concert | Rascal Flatts, Million-selling Country Band


The popular country trio won over pop radio with the hit "What Hurts the Most" and has released six albums more including their most current, Unstoppable. less
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7:00 am
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Concert | Queen Latifah, Grammy-winning Rapper and Oscar-nominated Actress


With a career that has expanded from the music charts ("U.N.I.T.Y.," "Just Another Day...") to television more (Living Single to the movies (Chicago, Beauty Shop), Queen Latifah has released a new album titled Persona. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 am
Free

Lesson | Tai Chi


Learn the ancient Chinese Martial art with an expert. No experience necessary. Taught by Alex Hing, who more has practiced martial arts for over 25 years in San Francisco and New York City, including 10 years with the Tai Chi grand master William C.C. Chen. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international more monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Five tours daily on the hour. less
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9:30 am
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Other | Fishing in the Hudson River


Catch-and-release fishing gives anyone and everyone the chance to fish. It’s an appropriate and fun more activity for those as young as five. All of the necessary supplies including rods, reels and bait, as well as complete instructions, are provided. Fishing poles are provided on a first come, first served basis, with a half-hour limit when others are waiting. less
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10:00 am
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Other | Fishing in the Hudson River


Catch-and-release fishing gives anyone and everyone the chance to fish. It’s an appropriate and fun more activity for those as young as five. All of the necessary supplies including rods, reels and bait, as well as complete instructions, are provided. Fishing poles are provided on a first come, first served basis, with a half-hour limit when others are waiting. less
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Introduction to MS Excel


An introduction to the basic features of Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet program designed for the Windows more environment. Topics include entering data and formulas, moving and copying data, formatting and print previewing worksheets. Introduction to MS Word is a prerequisite. less
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10:30 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history more of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present. less
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11:00 am
$5

Other | Skate Boarding and Roller Blading


The Skate Park is open to all skate boarders and roller bladers willing to sign a waiver and wear proper more protective gear. Individuals under 18 years of age must have a waiver signed by a parent or guardian. less
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11:00 am
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Jazz | Russ Kassoff, pianist for Frank Sinatra, Rita Moreno and Liza Minnelli


Kassoff toured as pianist to Frank Sinatra from '80-'91, served as pianist/accompanist for Liza Minnelli more from '82-'01 and Minnelli's music director and conductor for the acclaimed Minnelli on Minnelli national tour ('00). In '07 and '08, he appeared as a featured guest on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz on NPR. He conducts and accompanies Rita Moreno, performs with his Big Band THE RKBB in concert at the Bahai Center in NYC. less
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Times Square Tour


Learn about history of world-famous neighborhood with its 40 miles of neon supersigns, prominent theaters, more and multiple megastores. Rain or shine. less
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12:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Daniel Arsham, Jonah Bokaer & Judith Sanchez Ruiz's Untitled Corner


This site-specific collaboration examines pattern recognition and perceptual faculties as they apply more to the human body. Sculptural objects, lighting and media create the illusion of expanded space. less
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery more in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate. less
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Luminescent Orchestrii, Romanian gypsy/punk music


Luminescent Orchestrii plays Romanian gypsy melodies, punk frenzy, salty tangos, rocking klezmer, hip-hop more beats and Appalachian fiddle, performed on violins, guitar, bullhorn harmonica and bass. less
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12:30 pm
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Video | Variations on a Theme of Buster, a Video on Tap Dancer James “Buster” Brown


Hank Smith will share part of his current video project in development, and his memories of the late more James “Buster” Brown. The videos are short edited segments that can be called “Buster Moments”, giving insight into the man and his art. less
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Advanced MS Word


Learn to create documents and reports using this word processing program. Topics include: mail merge, more columns, tables, text boxes, footnotes and endnotes, headers and footers, etc. Introduction to MS Word is a prerequisite. less
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history more of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present. less
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1:00 pm
$5

Talk | “Out of the Blacking Factory: Charles Dickens”


Aside from Shakespeare, no writer has more thoroughly engaged the public’s imagination than Charles more Dickens; no gallery of characters is more varied or memorable. This presentation covers various aspects of Dickens’s reputation, salient details of his biography, and the various illustrators who added a crucial visual element to Dickens’s verbal design. Some notable edition of his work will be on display. less
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2:15 pm
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Workshop | Basic Mouse Skills


Hands on using wireless laptops. How to hold, move, and click a mouse; how to scroll, how to highlight more words, and other topics. less
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2:30 pm
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Film | Alexander Payne's Academy Award-winning Sideways (2004)


With Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church and Virginia Madsen. Two men reaching middle age with not much more to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle. 126 min. Oscar winner. less
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4:30 pm
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Dance Lesson | “Shim Sham” Workshop


If you don’t already know this historical “national anthem” of tap dance, come learn it. Beginner more level dancers and up. Presented by Susan Hebach. less
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5:45 pm
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Party | Drunken Boat 10th Edition Launch


Featuring one of Canada’s most radical writers, derek beaulieu, the poet and comix creator, Sommer more Browning, novelist and Contributing Editor of Bon Appétit, Rand Richards Cooper, award winning poet and Director of The Center for Book Arts, Sharon Dolin, filmmaker and visionary Ram Devineni, Fulbright fellow and Pushcart winner, Elizabeth Kadetsky, Barnard New Women Poet’s Prize winner and Director of The University Writing Program at Drexel University, Harriet Levin, and award-winning filmmaker and Guggenheim fellow, Elisabeth Subrin. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Other | Stickball Hall of Fame Ceremony


The annual induction ceremony of the Stickball Hall of Fame, which recognizes distinguished players and more community activists. Stickball, the quintessential New York game, transforms the city's streets into ball fields and serves as a powerful community builder. The Stickball Hall of Fame works to preserve and continue the game and recognizes distinguished players and community activists at this annual induction ceremony. less
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6:00 pm
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Concert | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart/ZAZA/Ribbons, pop/punk


A New York City four-piece, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (pictured) play sweet and noisy pop with more boy/girl vocals, blissful melodies and blistering drums. Brooklyn-based ZAZA are a “gothy, post-punk-influenced” duo comprised of Jennifer Fraser and Danny Taylor, whose debut six-song EP Cameo is due out this summer. Joining the bill is Ribbons, a Brooklyn-based duo of Jenny Logan (vocals/guitar/bass) and Sam Roudman (drums/backing vocals) who originally hail from California. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Other | Sunset Jam on the Hudson


Improvise on African, Latin and Caribbean rhythms in a drumming circle led by master drummers. Instruments more provided or bring own. less
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6:30 pm
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Theater | William Shakespeare's Hamlet


The Bard's classic tragedy, probably the most famous play ever, is set in Denmark and recounts how Prince more Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered his father, the King, and then taken the throne and married his mother. less
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Dave Ippolito, guitar


Enjoy the gorgeous sunset and mellow sounds of New York’s acclaimed Guitar Man David Ippolito from more this spectacular grass covered pier that stretches 900 feet into the majestic Hudson River. less
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Winard Harper / Craig Harris, Jazz Drummer and Trombonist


Harper, the noted jazz drummer, has played with Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, and Betty Carter. From more 1988 to 1993 he worked with his brother, trumpeter Philip Harper, in the group The Harper Brothers. In the early 2000s he worked with his own sextet, including for performances at Lincoln Center in New York City. Jazz trombonist and composer Harris (pictured), who has been a major figure in the jazz avant-garde movement since his stint with Sun Ra in 1976. Subsequently, he has worked with such notable artists as Abdullah Ibrahim, David Murray, Lester Bowie, Cecil Taylor, Sam Rivers, Muhal Richard Abrams and Charlie Haden. Harris has also recorded as leader for such labels as India Navigation, Soul Note and JMT. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Los Amigos Invisibles / Aterciopelados, Latin Alternative Music


This double bill brings together two great South American acts. The Venezuelan party band Los Amigos more Invisibles is a lusty outfit that combines a “love of disco and funk with their reverence for old-fashioned Latin dances like the mambo and bossa-nova” (New York Post). The Columbian national heroes Aterciopelados are proficient in everything from punk to electro-lounge and jangly Latin folk rock, and have what Time Magazine calls an uncanny ability “to take north-of-the-border musical styles...and breathe new life into them." less
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7:30 pm
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Theater | Grace


Written by Sanjit De Silva and Deepa Purohit. Directed by Nandita Shenoy. A young law student travels more to Africa in hopes of saving the world. But in his quest to help one young woman, he finds his own sense of purpose challenged in the crossfire of western idealism, the grim realities of working on the ground, and an emerging hero from Africa itself. Based on real events and interviews, Grace asks the question where does idealism end and reality begin? The show is fully booked at this point. less
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Academy Award Nominee Anne Hathaway in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night


This one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. Hathaway (Brokeback Mountain) plays Viola, one of more the canon’s most charming heroines. The story follows the romantic adventures of Viola and her identical twin Sebastian, both shipwrecked in the enchanted dukedom of Illyria. At the helm of this time-honored story of cross-dressing and mistaken identity, all in the name of love, is Tony Award-winning Director Daniel Sullivan. Also with Charles Borland, Michael Cumpsty, Clifton Duncan, Raúl Esparza, Herb Foster, Leslie Harrison, Slate Holmgren, Kevin Kelly, David Kenner, Hamish Linklater, Dorien Makhloghi, Audra McDonald, David Pittu, Ray Rizzo, Jay O. Sanders, Julie Sharbutt, Stark Sands, Baylen Thomas, Zach Villa, Jon Patrick Walker, and Julie White. less
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8:00 pm
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Film | Joel Coen's Fargo (1996), two-time Oscar winner


With Frances McDormand, William H. Macy and Steve Buscemi. A car dealer's inept crime falls apart due more to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant cop. 98 min. Won 2 Oscars. less
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Peter Nickowitz' Songs & Statues


The play is about an assimilated Jewish family in 1958, suburban Connecticut whose lives are turned upside more down when the father is passed over for a promotion because of their Judaism. Directed by Tom Oppenheim with Steve Cook. With Chase Fein, Tom Oppenheim, Betsy Parrish, Ben Rathbun, Elizabeth Shepherd and Angela Vitale less
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Theater | William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream


An outdoor presentation of the Bard's romantic comedy about the adventures of four young Athenian lovers more and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke of Athens, Theseus, the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta, and with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works and is widely performed across the world. less
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8:00 pm
Free

Screening | “Reel Harlem”: Dance Performance and a Film


A night of music and movies. First, there will be a live dance performance by Urban Dance Alliance. At more 8:30 p.m. the film Stories from the Faubourg Tremé will be screened. Directed by Dawn Logdson, Faubourg Tremé is arguably the oldest black neighborhood in America, the birthplace of the civil rights movement in the South and the home of jazz. Every frame of this film is a tribute to what African American communities have contributed even under the most hostile of conditions. less
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8:00 pm
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Film | French Comedy: Love is in the Air (2005)


An instructor for an airline company is paradoxically afraid of flying. His panic, linked to his birth, more stopped him from following the woman of his dreams to the end of the world. 103 min. In French, with English subtitles. less
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8:30 pm
Free

Film | Victor Fleming's Oscar-winning The Wizard of Oz (1939), outdoors


With Judy Garland, Ray Bolger and Bert Lahr. A young Kansas girl is swept away to a magical land in more a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. 101 min. Won 2 Oscars. Free popcorn. less
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8:30 pm
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Jazz | Enrico Granafei, Harmonica Virtuoso


Harmonica virtuoso, classical guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and composer Enrico Granafei has more a long history of musical experience which encompasses both classical music and jazz. He has recorded with Eddie Gomez, Eliot Zigmund. Marc Johnson, Adam Nussbaum, Ted Curson, Nnena Freelon, and many others. He is one of the most respected players of the chromatic harmonica in the world today and continues to cultivate an audience for the instrument through his international performances. less
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9:30 pm
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