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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 24, 2010?

60 free events take place on Wednesday, March 24 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 24 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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60 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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Video | Creative Time's 44 1/2: Video Art on an Outdoor Screen


At 44 1/2, Creative Time’s presentation of video art on MTV’s outdoor, gilded screen, will showcase the work of groundbreaking performance artist Marina Abramovic. Opening concurrently with her retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art, Creative Time’s presentation includes Light/Dark (1977), Rest Energy (1980) and Dissolution (1997). Ambramovic has influenced other artists for more than three decades. One of the videos will play at the top of the hour, every hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 am
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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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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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Tour | Tour of Raimund Abraham-designed Building


A special guided tour of the building, which was designed by Raimund Abraham. You will have the chance to see the roof terrace and have a look at some of the original plans of the building.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Conference | Diasporic Worlds and Critical Regionalisms: Literatures of Displacement Abroad and at Home


10:15am: Introductions 10:30am-12:30pm: "Diasporas Abroad and at Home" with Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, School of Architecture, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Jay Prosser, School of English, University of Leeds; Jyoti Puri, Department of Sociology, Simmons College; Seteney Shami, Social Science Research Council, Brooklyn 3:30pm-5:30pm: "Medium/Message: Diasporic Audiences and Trajectories of Difference" with Abena P.A. Busia, Department of English, Rutgers University; Vassilis Lambropoulos, Departments of Classical Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Michigan; Hito Steyerl, Cultural and Gender Studies, Universität der Künste Berlin Reception to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:15 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


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

Jazz | Guitars at Noon


Enjoy live music performed by jazz guitarists Bill Wurtzel and Tony DeCaprio.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | Financial Regulatory Reform: What Are the Possibilities?


Michael Bradfield, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation General Counsel, will be speaking.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:10 pm
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Concert | Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh performs Bach's Sonata No. 3 in C major


Koh is recognized in the United States and abroad for her ability to fuse intensity of temperament with a classical poise and elegance. Since she came to international attention in 1994 as winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition, Koh has gone on to perform as guest soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, National Symphony of Washington, D.C., the Moscow Radio Symphony, and the Helsinki and Czech Philharmonics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 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

Lecture | Media Revolution in the Middle East with Al Jazeera's Wadah Khanfar


Ranked as one of the most powerful people in the world by Forbes Magazine, named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, recognized as the 3rd most influential Arab in the world by Arabian Business, and one of the most influential Muslims in the world, Wadah Khanfar is the Director General of the Al Jazeera Network. During his tenure Al Jazeera went from a single channel to a media network with multiple properties including the Al Jazeera Arabic channel, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Documentary, Al Jazeera Sport, Al Jazeera's news websites, the Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center, the Al Jazeera Center for Studies, Al Jazeera Mubasher, and Al Jazeera Mobile.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


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


Ryan Keberle and Priscilla Owens, directors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Midtown Jazz: Lou Caputo’s Not-So-Big-Band


Featuring vocalist Jann Parker.
   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 | “Views from the Past”


As you promenade through the heart of the Park, imagine yourself living in 19th Century New York City. Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all. Tour lasts approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music with the Lyra Consort


The Lyra Consort will present Chamber Music with Lyra Viol. The Lyra Consort (Beverly Au, Lisa Terry, lyra viol, and Vita Wallace, violin) specializes in performing rarely heard pieces featuring the lyra viol, an English viol particularly suited to playing chordal passages. The program will include two works for violin, lyra viol and continuo by Renaissance viol player and composer Christopher Simpson (c.1602-1669), each using a different lyra tuning. Rounding out the program will be a selection of lyra viol solos by John Jenkins (1592-1678) and a duo for violin and bass viol by Matthew Locke (c.1621-1677).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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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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Master Class | Master Class: Joy In Singing


Art song master class with commentary by Paul Sperry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Concert | Akian Quartet performs works by Messiaen and Schumann


Program: Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time Schumann: Three Romances for Clarinet and Piano The Akian Quartet is: Maria Brunner, violin; Amy Glover, clarinet; Xue Yang Liu, cello; and Milena Zhivotovskaya, piano.
   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 | Artists Lin & Lam talk about their work


Inspired by a particular site, historical incident, or political issue, Lin & Lam’s work emerges from the interrelation between current events and residues of the past. Recent project have addressed the construction of national identities through propaganda and democratization, and the haunting of daily life by the specter of war, militarism, and socio-political inequities. Attentive to materiality, site, and the specificities of different medium, their collaboration integrates individual strengths and backgrounds. Trained in architecture, H. Lan Thao Lam uses photography, sculpture, and installation to address social memories of time and place. Lana Lin’s interests extend from a tradition of critical cinema, raising questions about the inadequacies of translation and the politics of producing strangers. Their work has been exhibited at international venues including the New Museum, the Kitchen, the Queens Museum, and the 3rd Guangzhou Triennial, China.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Workshop | Researching with E-Resources: Catalogs


This introduction to research concentrates on the new integrated Library Online Catalog as well as basic navigation of WorldCat, an online catalog of materials held in libraries worldwide.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Lecture | Citizenship in India: Some Preliminary Results of a National Survey


Citizenship is a valued resource whose wide dispersal across the population enhances the resilience of a political system. While legal entitlement to citizenship under the laws of the land is a necessary condition, by itself, it does not suffice for the individual to feel the full power and potentials of citizenship. Subrata Mitra is Head of the Department of Political Science at the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, and served as director of the Institute (2002-04). He has held appointments at the Indian Council for Social Science Research (New Delhi), as well as at the Institut Français d'Opinion Public (Paris). Mitra was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (New Delhi) and President of the joint Research Committee on Political Sociology of the International Political Science Association and the International Sociological Association (2002-06).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Master Class: Jeremy Denk, Piano


Students coached by this distinguished artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Author Reading | William G. Bowen discusses his book Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities


Bowen is President Emeritus of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and former President of Princeton University. A reception and book signing will immediately follow the presentation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | Return of the Masks: The Second Life of Heritage in Kodiak


A lecture by James Clifford, Professor, History of Consciousness, UC Santa Cruz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Talk | Of City Slickers and Straphangers: Researching Urban Ancestors


Researching urban ancestors is fraught with difficulties. Dealing with large populations, multiple people by the same name, and the tendency of many city dwellers to move frequently demands a unique approach to research and an understanding of which records will be most useful. A lecture by Laura Murphy DeGrazia, CGSM and president of the Board for Certification of Genealogists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Concert | Performances from the CD In My Room


A new collection of folk singers performing their favorite songs, including tracks by Claudia Anderson, D.C. Anderson, Dakota Blonde, Sally Fingerett, Ritt Henn, Christine Lavin, Lori Lieberman, Modern Men, Hope Nunnery and Steve Tarshis, David Roth and Victoria Shaw.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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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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5:45 pm
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Discussion | Shared Space: The Joseph M. Cohen Collection, an Art Book


Editor Ray Merritt and philanthropist Henry Buhl will join art collector Joseph M. Cohen to discuss the publication of Shared Space: The Joseph M. Cohen Collection, and his strategy of gathering one of the most varied and personal art collections in the world. The Cohen Family Collection is vast, but also very personal, often with a tale behind each work. Among the highlights of this collection are paintings by Tiepolo, Degas, Matisse, Picasso, Chagall, Balthus, Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella, Joan Mitchell and David Hockney, and photographs by Atget, Dorothea Lange, Irving Penn, Avedon, Sugimoto and Chuck Close. Edited by Merritt, this massive celebration of the collection illustrates many of the works in situ, and, through informative and entertaining commentary, casts light on their diversity and significance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Italian Cuisine in New York City


A lecture by John Mariani, food and travel correspondent for Esquire Magazine. Mariani, author of more than 10 books on food, wine & gastronomy, is a three-time James Beard Journalism Award nominee, and hailed by the Philadelphia Enquirer as "the most influential food-wine critic in the popular press". Mariani will present the fascinating history and development of Italian cuisine in New York City. He will then be joined in a discussion on the topic by one of the nation's most respected restaurateurs, Tony May, owner of SD26 Restaurant & Wine Bar and Chairman of Gruppo Ristoratori Italiani.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Forum | New School president Bob Kerrey engages in a one-on-one discussion with Andrea Elliott, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter


New School President Bob Kerrey talks one-on-one with Elliott, a leading chronicler of Muslim life in America who received the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for a series of articles on Sheik Reda Shata, an Egyptian-born imam living in Brooklyn who moved there one year after the September 11 attacks. Elliott has explored the challenges faced by Muslim men and women serving in the American military and conflicts between Muslim immigrants and African-American converts to Islam. In her work overseas, she broke new ground in the study of terrorism, illuminating how young Muslim men are being drawn into violent conflict with the West.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Lisa Corinne Davis talks about her work


Stemming from her own experience as an African American woman of mixed heritage, Davis' work has been an exploration of the divisions and relationships between contemporary ethnic groups.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Book Launch: Dawn Raffel's Further Adventures in the Restless Universe


In Raffel’s new collection of short stories, the reader travels through the intimate space of family connections. As each story unfolds Raffel’s spare and unflinchingly prose never backs down. Raffel is the author of Carrying the Body and In the Year of Long Division. She is currently Editor-at-Large at More magazine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Donna Goodman discusses her book A History of the Future


The political, social, and economic upheaval of the early twentieth century generated an extraordinary range of proposals for the future as successive generations grappled with issues of organizing vast urban systems and humanizing dense industrial environments. As conceptual design became the vehicle for exploring ideas and presenting new movements, a dialogue between technology and design began to emerge. A History of the Future explores the impact of modern technology on design and planning, beginning with Renaissance concepts that laid the foundations for modern visionary work and concluding with emerging projects in sustainable design. It also includes relevant projects in related fields, such as film, photography, and industrial design. Profusely illustrated, A History of the Future is a visual survey of the heroic, utopian, and occasionally misguided visions of the twentieth century.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Everything You Wanted to Know about Bipolar Disorder but Were Afraid to Ask


Dr. Charles Atkins, author of The Bipolar Disorder Answer Book, will cover such topics as: What are the symptoms and different types of Bipolar Disorder? Is Bipolar Disorder genetic? Can other illnesses cause Bipolar Disorder? What therapies, medications and relapse-prevention strategies can help with Bipolar Disorder? How does Bipolar Disorder differ in children and adults? What special issues are there for women with Bipolar Disorder? and how can family and friends respond in a psychiatric emergency?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | It's History Now: Performance Art and the Museum


A panel discussion that will examine the long history of performances presented in museums, from commissioned performances to artist-driven actions and protests, and the many reasons for the current performance boom. Featuring Alexander Alberro, Chrissie Iles, Martha Rosler, and Glenn Wharton, with Respondents Eungie Joo and Adam Pendleton. Introduced and moderated by RoseLee Goldberg.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Moriah Feiner Trenk and William Prud’homme, High-School Pianists


A cocktail-hour concert followed by a jazz reception featuring the winners of The Art of Solo & Collaborative Piano Competition for High School Students.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Screening | Patricio Guzmán's Documentary Chile, Obstinate Memory (1997): The Pinochet Years


When the Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón initiated the groundbreaking persecution of General Augusto Pinochet, in 1998, commentators were quick to note the painful irony of the fact that Spain itself had yet to come to terms with its own dictator, Francisco Franco. In the past ten years, both Spain and Chile have made tremendous progress on this front. This film visits with Chileans who experienced the coup first-hand. 52 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. A post-screening discussion focuses on how both Spain and Chile have had to revise their history, distorted by decades of dictatorship, in search of the truth about the past.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | The Shape of the Argument


Part of the lecture series "Romanticide, Art and Cultural Politics" with Hassan Khan, Artist, Writer, and Musician, Cairo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Reading | Calyx's Feminist Writers


Come out and hear from some of the recent contributors to Calyx, including Elena Lelia Radulescu reading from The Inheritance of Dreams and Kristen Skrinde reading from What to Do When Your Best Friend Commits Suicide Now celebrating its thirty-third year of publishing, Calyx is America's foremost feminist literary journal, first publishing the likes of Julia Alvarez, Paula Gunn Allen, and Barbara Kingsolver.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Lapham’s Quarterly: A Panel on Creativity


Lapham’s Quarterly editor Lewis Lapham moderates a discussion about creativity with composer Vince di Mura, poet Yusef Komunyakaa, and painter Joan Snyder.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Andre Aciman reads from his book Eight White Nights


Aciman, author of Call Me By Your Name, reads from his taunt new novel exploring a relationship marked by longing and ambivalence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | Presentation and Concert: Archivo Digital del Tango


The Archivo Digital de Tango is an initiative of TangoVia, a cultural organization based in Buenos Aires. Its goal is to digitize and preserve the patrimony of recorded tango and associated materials, which are scattered among dozens of collections throughout the world. The task is particularly urgent due to the old age of many collectors, the high value of the items in the international market, and the lack of a standard conservation procedure. The Archive preserves these old audio and video recordings and documents and makes them available to musicologists, students, journalists and the general public. Tango was recently included in UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This event will include presentations on TangoVia’s activities and on the ADT, as well as a performance by Pablo Aslan in a preview of his concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 26.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Screening | Sam Bozzo's Documentary Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2008): The Battle for the Source of Life


With Malcolm MacDowell. While most Americans take access to clean water for granted, water security continues to be a major global issue. The rampant overdevelopment of agriculture, housing and industry increase the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the earth. The film presents worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic right to water, from court cases to violent revolutions to U.N. conventions to revised constitutions to local protests at grade schools. 90 min. The film will be followed by a Q&A on access to clean water with Dr. Natasha Iskander, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Iskander is launching an initiative on water, climate change, and service delivery in cities around the world and has worked in non-profits in Egypt and the United States on issues of urban development, micro credit and community health planning. She has also worked as a community activist and migrant labor organizer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | selFbrush: Indie Rock/Folk from the Czech Republic


The bathroom tiles in Harrachov, the ski-jumping capital of the Czech Republic, were the first to hear the taped demos of Vaclav Havelka at the end of the nineties. Since then the singer-songwriter Vaclav Havelka, performing under the alias selFbrush, has moved from the mountains to the Czech capital Prague and has grown increasingly familiar on the Czech indie scene. He has released several recordings independently, toured all over Europe, and supported artists Faun Fables, Tindersticks and Black Mountain and appeared as a guest performer on recordings by bands including Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa. His eclectic musical talents enable him to handle a solo acoustic set in a café, fuse folk with electronic influences, or perform as a member of a rock band.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Talking with Sartre


Activist, journalist, and educator John Gerassi has recently published the record of his talks with Sartre (a close friend of Gerassi's parents) about the history of the revolutionary movements of the mid-20th century, what it means to be a writer, and his perspectives on the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the disintegration of colonialism.
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Lecture | The Performance of Beauty


Join groundbreaking choreographer Deborah Hay for a talk framed around the question “can a formal and stimulating adherence to a prescribed set of hypothetical conditions be seen as choreography even if there is no learned movement?”
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Author Reading | Tiphanie Yanique reads from her book How to Escape from a Leper Colony


Yanique is also a writing instructor, and her new novel from is an incredible, lush Garcia Marquez-esque portrait of an island.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Tom Clavin & Danny Peary discuss their book Roger Maris: Baseball’s Reluctant Hero


The authors have written the first definitive biography of the baseball great.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Ghost Whisperer star Jennifer Love Hewitt discusses her book The Day I Shot Cupid


Sick of dating books that tell you what is wrong but not how to fix it? Well, this book is for you. Coming from a relationship know-it-all (her middle name is Love), Hewitt regales us with her wit, wisdom and some hard won lessons.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Brass Ensemble Concert


Directed by Ray Riccomini, concerts explore chamber repertoire for brass, featuring trios, quartets, quintets, and brass choir. The 2nd annual performances include transcriptions, arrangements, and compositions from all periods.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance: Stonehill College Dance Company / Eva Moore / Colleen Leonardi / the real kim harmon


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: Jillian Peña.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
$3 suggested donation

Concert | Downtown Symphony performs Beethoven, Grieg and Schumann


Program: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Schumann: Manfred Overture Anderson: Medea Suite The Downtown Symphony is the college-community orchestra. The group consists of students, faculty, and staff, and members of the downtown business and residential communities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Marc Connelly & William Keighley'sThe Green Pastures (1936): Bible Stories Interpreted


God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans. 93 min. Followed by a discussion with Josef Sorett, Professor of Religion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Reading | Reading: How I Learned What Life Is Like


Featuring: STEFAN MERRILL BLOCK (The Story of Forgetting); JULIE KLAUSNER (I Don't Care About Your Band); DANIEL NESTER (How to Be Inappropriate) JUSTIN TAYLOR (Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever). Hosted by BLAISE ALLYSEN KEARSLEY
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | The Autism Matrix: The Social Origins of the Autism Epidemic


A lecture by Gil Eyal, Columbia University. Over the last 20 years, the number of autism diagnoses has risen exponentially, leading to talk about an unexplained "epidemic" of autism. In the talk, I will show that this rise was caused by a process of looping traceable to the formation, around autism, of a socially innovative network of expertise linking parents and therapists, as well as to the de-institutionalization of mental retardation. The point of this argument, however, will not be to debunk the claims of epidemic, but to develop a case for a public sociology of expertise, and to show how it may serve to encourage public discussion of the heretofore unrecognized ethical dimension of the rise in autism diagnoses. Reception to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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