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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 10, 2010?

57 free events take place on Wednesday, March 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 March 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 March . 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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57 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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Workshop | Daily Instructed Meditation


Learn some serenity to cope with your busy day.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Lecture | On Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra


A lecture by James Shapiro, Professor of English. He is the author of several influential and prize-winning monographs, including, most recently, 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, winner of the Theatre Book Prize as well as the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize, awarded to the best nonfiction book published in the UK. He has recently completed one book, Contested Will: The Shakespeare Authorship Controversy and is currently at work on another, The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:10 am
Free

Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Hike | Spring at the New York Botanical Garden Walk


Admission to grounds is free. First walk a couple of miles then choose to leave or pay admission to Conservatory. Bring lunch or buy in café.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:45 am
$3 plus train...

Tour | Cathedral Tour


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

Tour | “The Castle and its Kingdom”


Take a walk around the lands dominated by Belvedere Castle, situated high on Vista Rock. Visit the tiny 55-acre realm on an eclectic tour of history and nature. Tour is approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Lecture | A Theory of “Elitocide” and Its Impact on Contemporary Understandings of the Crime of Genocide


In the spring of 1992, British TV reporter Michael Nicholson named the fact of elimination of several tens of prominent and leading men of Bijeljina, a town at the northeast of Bosnia and Herzegovina, elitocide. Using this term, Nicholson sought to explain semantically the events that affected in an identical and coordinated manner the higher strata of the Bosniak and Croatian local communities in northern, western, and eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Namely, in the period of just a few months Serb paramilitary formations neutralized the influence of the local Bosniak and Croatian elites (by elimination, prosecution, imprisonment or rigid social and economic isolation) that had as a consequence the destruction and disintegration of the local civilian population. In this presentation, Dennis Gratz will examine the circumstances under which local non-Serb elites in various parts of Bosnia were eliminated, the consequences for the pre-war communities, and present a theory of elitocide, defining its main characteristics and evaluating its importance for socio-legal science. Gratz will attempt to systematize elitocide as a sociological phenomenon and a certain type of criminal behavior within genocidal projects. Gratz will argue that such a scientific classification of elitocide makes proving and differentiating genocidal and potentially genocidal crimes less difficult, and also provides the basis for research of into the consequences of such activity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | Guitars at Noon


Enjoy live music performed by jazz guitarists Bill Wurtzel and Tony DeCaprio.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Other | Meet 8-time US Olympic Medalist Apolo Anton Ohno


The country’s most decorated Winter Olympian speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno will sign autographs and take pictures with fans. Fans will have the opportunity to meet Ohno on a first come, first serve basis.
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12:15 pm
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Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


Tour of this magnificent Beaux-Arts landmark.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Tour | Cathedral Tour


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

Author Reading | Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura discusses his book American Conspiracies


The former Governor and wrestler and current host of truTV’s Conspiracy Theory examines popular conspiracies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Midtown Jazz: Sandra Jordan, Singer


With: Larry Luger, guitar; Bob Arkin, bass; and Angelo Ferrara, drums.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$7 requested donation

Screening | Short Films: Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers / Yukon Circles


Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers (2008, 30 min.) A collaboration between indigenous filmmakers (a central Brazilian Xavante and a Wayuu from Venezuela) and an anthropologist explores a campaign headed by the Xavante to protect the Rio das Mortes River Basin from the uncontrolled soy cultivation that brings deforestation and pollution to the watershed. The Xavantes' May 25, 2006 blockade of a national highway in Mato Grosso raises awareness of their concerns and builds support for their efforts. In Xavante and Spanish with English subtitles. Yukon Circles(2006, 30 min.) The 2300–mile Yukon River flowing through Canada and Alaska is threatened by pollution from military installations, mining, manufacturing, and settlement, and the tribes and First Nations develop a historic agreement to work together to protect it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade”


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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1:00 pm
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Concert | Cello Music of Gabrielli, Lanzetti, and Berteau


Cellist David Black and harpsichordist Gavin Black will perform cello music of Gabrielli, Lanzetti and Berteau. David Black studied cello with Joyce Lawrence in New Haven, and with Jane Cowan at the International Cello Centre (UK). His repertoire includes unaccompanied cello works spanning 300 years, as well as a variety of chamber music. Gavin Black, a graduate of Princeton University and Westminster Choir College, is a founding member of several chamber ensembles including the Princeton Baroque Ensemble, Whitechapel Baroque, and Channel Crossings.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Screening | Oscar-Nominated Chinese Cinema: Yimou Zhang's The House of Flying Daggers (2003)


Set during the Tang Dynasty in Feng Tian County, this film exemplifies the wuxia genre present in many contemporary Chinese romances and martial arts masterpieces. The plot centers around two local deputies, Jin and Leo, determined to end the reign of the problematic rebellion group House of Flying Daggers. Both deputies’ intentions become blurred as their plots become entwined with the blind dancer, Mei, a prisoner suspected to be involved with the rebellious group. 119 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:30 pm
Free

Other | Oral Cancer Screenings


Screenings are on a first-come first-served basis. No appointment is needed. Testing is quick and painless.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Basic Internet


Hands on using wireless laptops. Introduction to the Internet and how to perform basic searches.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Flash Banner Animation Workshop


This seminar will introduce you to Flash and Flash Banner Creation. They'll demonstrate the creation of a Flash Banner from start to finish, explaining the program and its functionality while we go. They will familiarize you with all the basics to allow you to create your own banner or website animation. Watch the key interface elements such as the Timeline, Library and Properties panel explained as they are put to use. Along the way they will point out the tips and tricks that will save you time and get you excited about using Flash.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Screening | Short Films: Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers / Yukon Circles


Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers (2008, 30 min.) A collaboration between indigenous filmmakers (a central Brazilian Xavante and a Wayuu from Venezuela) and an anthropologist explores a campaign headed by the Xavante to protect the Rio das Mortes River Basin from the uncontrolled soy cultivation that brings deforestation and pollution to the watershed. The Xavantes' May 25, 2006 blockade of a national highway in Mato Grosso raises awareness of their concerns and builds support for their efforts. In Xavante and Spanish with English subtitles. Yukon Circles(2006, 30 min.) The 2300–mile Yukon River flowing through Canada and Alaska is threatened by pollution from military installations, mining, manufacturing, and settlement, and the tribes and First Nations develop a historic agreement to work together to protect it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Talk | Artist Byron Kim talks about his work


Kim's painting installation Synecdoche, which depicts human skin color, was included in the 1993 Whitney Biennial. His solo museum exhibitions include Matrix 125 at the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford (1994), Grey-Green at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC, (1996), as well as Threshold, a survey of his work curated by Eugenie Tsai that began at the Berkeley Art Museum in 2004 and toured internationally. Kim is represented in New York by Max Protetch and in Seoul by PKM Gallery. His awards include the Louise Nevelson Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1993), the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (1994), the New York Foundation for the Arts Grant (1994), the National Endowment for the Arts Award (1995), the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant (1997), and the Alpert Award in the Arts (2008).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Workshop | Basic Email


An introduction to electronic mail, including how to sign up for your own email account.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Workshop | Featured Database: New York Times (1851-2006)


Hands on using wireless laptops. Search for articles and page images in back issues of the New York Times Online. Find historical headlines, news stories, book, film and theater reviews, obituaries, advertisements and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
Free

Workshop | Daily Instructed Meditation


Learn some serenity to cope with your busy day.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:45 pm
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Workshop | Best Proven Business Boosters for the New Economy


The right business model and strategic plan separates a winner from a loser in a difficult economy. This interactive session features Debra Flanz, President of Business Clarity, who introduces seven proven techniques for achieving better results for your company.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Beth Levine Shoes


Join Helene Verin for a look at the iconic footwear of fashion innovator Beth Levine, who introduced the mule and the stilletto to America. Jacqueline Kennedy wore Levine's sensational shoes, as have Barbara Streisand and Shirley MacLaine. A signing of Verin's book, Beth Levine Shoes, follows the lecture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Flash Banner Animation Workshop


This seminar will introduce you to Flash and Flash Banner Creation. They'll demonstrate the creation of a Flash Banner from start to finish, explaining the program and its functionality while we go. They will familiarize you with all the basics to allow you to create your own banner or website animation. Watch the key interface elements such as the Timeline, Library and Properties panel explained as they are put to use. Along the way they will point out the tips and tricks that will save you time and get you excited about using Flash.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Khaled Hosseini's Novel A Thousand Splendid Suns: In Volatile Afghanistan


The Book Discussion Groups delves into Hosseini's story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan’s last thirty years—from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to the post-Taliban rebuilding—that puts the violence, fear, hope, and faith of this country in intimate, human terms.
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | New Paintings by Lisa Corinne Davis


These paintings in oil on panel show Davis' fluency in adapting abstract forms to the expression of meaning. Her forms have a rigorous ferocity that evokes wild-style graffiti, a kinship that is echoed in a color palette full of brights and contrasts, rendered with clean draftsmanship that sometimes echoes the “pop” of commercial illustration. Davis lives and works in Brooklyn. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States and Europe, and is included in such prestigious collections as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She is the recipient of numerous awards including The Louis Comfort Tiffany grant, a National Endowment for the Arts' Visual Artist Fellowship, and two New York Foundation for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowships. Also Opening: Ocketopia with artists Deborah Brown, Elisabeth Condon, Rico Gatson, Libby Hartle, Brece Honeycut, Jane Kent, Grace Knowlton, Molly Larkey, Jim Osman, Judith Page, Kevin Regan, Adam Simon, David Storey, and Kay Thomas.
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6:00 pm
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Forum | President’s Forum: An Evening with Interior Designer Henriette Suhr


School President Bob Kerrey and Joel Towers will engage in an informal discussion with Parsons alumna Henriette Suhr, a renowned former interior design executive and celebrated creator of a well-known garden estate, Rocky Hills.
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Susan Winter performs from her CD Love Rolls On... Live!


The enchanting Winter shares highlights from her new CD, the core of which is a touching tribute to her parents' love story, told through song and the letters they exchanged during World War II.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | The National Book Critics Circle Reading 2010


Every year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in the categories of Fiction, General Nonfiction, Biography, Autobiography, Poetry, and Criticism. On the first night, this year’s finalists read from their work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Andrew Dolkart discusses his book The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908--1929


Architectural historian Dolkart of Columbia University will discuss his new book, which examines the rediscovery of New York's deteriorated row houses built in the early 20th century. He will trace the radical alterations to these houses, examining how these changes impacted the character of urban neighborhoods. The facades of many row houses were completely redesigned, often with stucco fronts, colorful art tile detail, and artist-studio windows, while the utilitarian yards were conceived as picturesque gardens. These houses appealed to artists, wealthy homeowners, and young, middle-class professionals. The book argues for the importance of this movement and for the preservation of these endangered buildings.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Aravind Adiga's Novel The White Tiger: Driving through a Nightmare


They will be discussing this Man Booker Prize winner about one taxi driver's hellish experience in modern India.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Basic Web Navigation


Hands on using wireless laptops. Review skills taught in Basic Internet such as Web browser toolbars, hyperlinks, and working with URL's.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Reading | CUNY writers read their work


Writers and graduating students from the four MFA Programs in Creative Writing (City College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, and Queens College) come together for readings of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction at the Graduate Center. Join Rick Pearse, Emily Raboteau, and others for an evening of cross-campus, cross-genre readings.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Film | Haile Gerima's Sankofa (1993): Facing Slavery


A self-absorbed Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Africa is spiritually transported back to a plantation in the West Indies where she experiences firsthand the physical and psychic horrors of chattel slavery, and eventually the redemptive power of community and rebellion as she becomes a member of a freedom-seeking Maroon colony. 125 min. Introduced by Michelle Materre, Assistant Professor, Media Studies and Film, the screening is followed by excerpts from Gerima's newest work Teza and conversation with Gerima.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | New Modes of Media Presentation


Khoi Vinh, design director of The New York Times Web site, and Matt Jacobs, designer for Six Apart, will discuss new modes of media presentation. They will address how the size of an object frames the user experience and how designers need to consider grid, typography and behavior differently.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
$6

Lecture | The Law of Violence in No Country for Old Men


Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento, Associate Director for Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in New York City, will lecture. Playing off a typical form of law school pedagogy, Sarmiento will lead a class-room debate on the ethical implications inherent in Ethan and Joel Coen’s filmic adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s No Country For Old Men from within a mock courtroom theater. Audience participation is highly encouraged; please watch the film before attending the event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | The Rise of New York: Big Dreams, High Steel, and Brave Men (1890-1930)


The rapid, stunning rise of New York City's skyline at the end of the 19th century and start of the 20th century may be the greatest epic in the history of architecture and construction. Until 1890, the tallest point in Manhattan was the 281-foot steeple of Trinity Church on lower Broadway. By 1930, it was the tip of the 1454-foot Empire State Building. What happened over the course of those forty years, as both skyscrapers and bridges transformed New York into the modern metropolis we recognize today, is the principal subject of this visual presentation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Video | Video Works by General Idea


A screening of works by groundbreaking art collective General Idea featuring three videos from the late 1970s and early '80s: Test Tube (1979), Loco (1982) and Shut the Fuck Up (1984). AA Bronson, a founding member of General Idea, will introduce the screening and participate in a post-screening Q&A with the audience. General Idea's work has been widely exhibited internationally. General Idea Editions: 1967-1995, a retrospective of General Idea's prints, posters, books, multiples and editions, was organized in 2003 by Barbara Fischer for the Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga. The exhibition toured to eighteen international venues around the world through 2007, including Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia; Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Kunstverein Munich, Germany; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; University of Southern Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa; and Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Worldly Perspectives with Clyde Haberman of The New York Times


In this popular and candid series that cuts to the heart of world affairs, Haberman, New York City columnist for the Times and veteran foreign correspondent, talks with renowned journalists. Tonight: Barton Gellman, special projects reporter, Washington Post. Gellman is author of Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency, which won the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for nonfiction and earned a spot on the New York Times Best Seller list. His 2007 newspaper series on Cheney, with partner Jo Becker, won a Pulitzer Prize, a George Polk Award, and Harvard’s Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Gellman also shared a Pulitzer for national reporting in 2002.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | 2 Ensembles: Cuarteto Latinoamericano / Quintet of the Americas


Two leading ensembles with a longstanding commitment to Latin American music join forces to premiere Suite de Gargantúa, Mario Lavista’s new nonet. Lavista is one of the leading living Mexican composers, whose works have been performed throughout the world. He has been a member of the Academia de Artes de México since 1987 and El Colegio Nacional since 1998. The concert includes music by Gabriela Ortiz. Celebrating 30 years in 2010, the Quintet of the Americas—Sato Moughalian, Matt Sullivan, Nicholas Gallas, Barbara Oldham, and Maureen Strenge — is dedicated to broadening the knowledge and appreciation of woodwind chamber music from the Western Hemisphere by performing, recording and commissioning music from the Americas. Formed in 1982, the Cuarteto Latinoamericano (pictured)–Saúl Bitrán, Arón Bitrán, Javier Montiel, and Alvaro Bitrán—is known as the leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet. This award-winning ensemble has performed and recorded most of the Latin American repertoire for string quartet.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Performance | Buried Treasure: Women Playwrights 1640-2010


Featuring scenes from plays by women playwrights often under-represented on the world’s stages, the spring “scene fest” project will explore material from the 17th century to contemporary writing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Evan Mandery reads from his novel First Contact (Or, It’s Later Than You Think)


In this comic novel, "first contact" is made by the gentle and hyper-intelligent Rigelians, who take the best of every planet they visit. They admire Woody Allen movies and Bundt cake, and come to urge the people of Earth to mend their ways before their planet is destroyed. But the president of the United States, a God-fearing, science-doubting fitness fanatic, is skeptical of the evidence presented to him.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Melissa Febos reads from her memoir Whip Smart


She spanked men for money: Wall Street scoundrels needing forgiveness; rabbis seeking semikhah; fathers with daddy issues. Working as a dominatrix in a Manhattan dungeon, Febos gained intimate insights into sexual politics. Tonight, with a lacerating wit, she shares her dazzling memoir and provocative feminist manifesto.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Pablo Aslan performs from his CD Tango Grill


Aslan is pushing tango to unimagined extremes. He artfully integrates tango with jazz into a new genre where it’s impossible to hear where one ends and the other begins. Here is the characteristic elegance and melancholy of classic tango blended with a contemporary jazz idiom, full of improvisatory virtuosism, dished out by a musician at home in both genres.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Sonya Chung reads from her book Long for This World


A debut novel from a local writing instructor and all-around-swell person, the book is a family drama about Korean-Americans returning to the peninsula, but intensely political at the same time.
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Tales Told Using Tarot Cards


In 1973, Italian writer Italo Calvino wrote The Castle of Crossed Destinies, a novel in which characters who cannot speak to each other recount their tales using tarot cards. The book is divided in two sections, each of them referring to a different tarot deck. The first half of the book is based on the Visconti Sforza tarot. The second half is based on the Marseilles tarot. In a volume that sets out to explore how narratives are created, Calvino again demonstrates his talent for depicting haunted, fantastic landscapes. On the occasion of the re-edition of the Jean Dodal tarot, the second-oldest Marseilles tarot known, Enrique Enriquez will be re-enacting Calvino’s feat, turning the bookstore into a Bookshop of Crossed Destinies. After reading a few passages from Calvino’s book, guests will be encouraged to tell their tales using tarot cards. Working as the narrator, Enriquez will put these tales into words. Enriquez is a tarot reader who explores the connections between medieval draftsmanship and current cognitive science. His interest focus on the dynamics of meaning-making and on our ontological need for fictions to map our reality. His interest in the tarot as a poetic device has been greatly stimulated by Castle of Crossed Destinies.
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | The Curator’s Perspective: María del Carmen Carrión


María del Carmen Carrión opens this year’s itinerant public discussion series. The Curator’s Perspective features an international curator who distills current happenings in contemporary art, including the artists they are excited by, exhibitions that have made them think, and their views on recent developments in the art world. Carmen Carrión is an Ecuadorian curator, writer, and cultural advisor. She is co-founder of ceroinspiración an exhibition and residency space in Quito. In 2009 she designed Ecuador’s National Grants System for the Arts. Between 2005 and 2008 she worked as Associate Curator of New Langton Arts, a non-profit gallery in San Francisco.
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | The Universal Claims of Cosmopolitanism


Part of the lecture series "The Cosmopolitan Idea" with Pauline Kleingeld, Chair of Practical Philosophy, University of Leiden; Béatrice Longuenesse, Professor of Philosophy; and Samuel Scheffler, University Professor of Philosophy.
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Discussion | What is the Future for Women Artists?


Breadlines or broad-based support? Are there new possibilities for women artists? Are they going from invisibility to visibility? Are major museums opening up for women artists? Moderators: Judith K. Brodsky, Co-Director, Rutgers Institute for Women & Art; Kat Griefen, Director, A.I.R. Gallery.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Niles Elliot Goldstein reads from his book Gonzo Judaism: A Bold Path for Renewing an Ancient Faith


Gonzo Judaism is both a clarion call for a new Jewish agenda and a blueprint for an adventurous but genuine path toward spiritual growth and true religious wisdom. Goldstein, founder and Rabbi Emeritus of The New Shul in New York City, says that most conventional Jewish institutions are out-of-touch and have relied too much on nostalgia, guilt, and fear—none of which resonate with modern Jews. He challenges Jews to adopt the “gonzo” spirit—the rebellious, risk-taking attitude associated with the gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson—and to take creative, innovative steps to reshape and revitalize contemporary Judaism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Lecture | Access to Pleasure: Aesthetics, Social Inequality, and the Structure of Culture Production


Ann Swidler of the University of California Berkeley will argue that the Bourdieuian focus on "cultural capital" and culture as a basis for asserting "distinction" misses what is most fundamental to cultural practices: the pleasure of aesthetic experience. Then it analyzes how structured social inequalities affect the likelihood that different groups will have more or less access to pleasurable, exciting, or fulfilling cultural experiences. Reception to follow.
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8:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Michael Freeman / Ben Van Buren / Melinda Lee / Labor Forces Dance


A program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress, for artists at all stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion moderated by an artist-in-residence or an occasional guest, where they will experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform the artists’ process. Moderator: Cori Olinghouse.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
$3 suggested donation

Screening | Short Films by Brazilian Women


A program dedicated to Brazilian women filmmakers and subjects surrounding the feminine universe. The selection includes animation, fiction, romance, documentaries and experimental video. The program begins with a reception followed by a guest appearance by violinist Eliano Braz and his band Rabeca do Forro playing popular Brazilian music from the Northeast. At the intermission, performer Cristiane Bouger will present her newest project "Hunger Follies – Scratch #1." Closing the event, a sample of DJ duo Evy & Dimitri's work - Old School Samba, MPB, Brazilian Rock, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
$6
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Concert | Christmas Concert

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Classical Music | Works by Mozart, Dvorak and More

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