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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 31, 2010?

52 free events take place on Wednesday, March 31 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 31 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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52 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, March 31, 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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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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Conference | Superstar! A Tribute to Mario Montez


Superstar! is a one-day conference celebrating and discussing the career of one of New York's most gifted performers. Born in Puerto Rico in 1935, Montez moved to New York while still a child. He first appeared on screen in Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures (1962-63). Later he became Andy Warhol's first drag superstar, starring in more than ten of his films. Montez was also a favorite of underground theater, appearing regularly in Theatre of the Ridiculous productions by Charles Ludlam, Ronald Tavel and John Vaccaro. For the first time in 30 years, Montez will return to New York to talk about his work and life. Joining him will be Callie Angell, Douglas Crimp, Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé, Ronald Gregg, Maja Horn, Brendan Joseph, Agosto Machado, Ricardo Montez, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Marc Siegel, and Carmelita Tropicana.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Spreadsheet Basics with MS Excel 2003


Hands on using wireless laptops. Introduction to the features of Excel 2003. Topics include entering text & formulas, moving & copying data, formatting & print previewing worksheets.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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 of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

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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11:00 am
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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

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 | Gene Baur discusses his book Changing Hearts and Attitudes About Animals and Food


Baur's book is about the Farm Sanctuary organization and its mission.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Lenore Raphael, Jazz Pianist


Bronx-born Raphael is performing in major international jazz festivals and jazz clubs such as the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, The S.S. Oosterdam Floating Jazz Festival, The International Association for Jazz Convention (Toronto), Ronnis Scott's in London, Jazz At Lincoln Center and many more. She is also busy with jazz workshops and Master Classes around the world. With Hilliard Greene, bass.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Midtown Jazz: Harmonie Ensemble/New York


“Ellington Does the Classics” with Steve Richman, Conductor. Featuring Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, and Ravel's Bolero.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$7 requested donation

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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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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Talk | Artist John Miller talks about his work


Miller is an artist, writer, and teacher based in New York and Berlin. In the January 2010 issue of Artforum he is described as “an artist and critic whose work continually unpacks the claims of the day’s prevailing artistic approaches—to say nothing of the seemingly inexhaustible detritus of culture at large.” A survey of his work will be featured at the Kunsthalle Zurich in August 2009. A collection of his criticism, The Price Club: Selected Writings, 1977–1996, was co-published by JRP Editions and the Consortium in 2000. Miller is currently an associate professor in Barnard College’s Art History department and is represented by Metro Pictures in New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: William Christie, Early Music Specialist


   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Slide Lecture | Learning to Move


Karen Adolph, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, on our most basic motor skills (e.g., looking, reaching, crawling, walking) and our most complex ones (e.g., swinging arm over arm along monkey bars). They do not simply appear as the result of maturation. Motor skills are learned over months (or years) of practice. This lecture uses video and graphic illustrations to report recent findings on what infants and children learn as they acquire new motor skills and the surprising mechanisms that underlie the learning process.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | 3 Poets: Caleb Barber / Dave King / Ernest Hilbert


A poetry reading presented by Red Hen Press.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Anthropology Lecture: Experimentality


As part of the 2010 Anthropology Public Lecture Series, Adriana Petryna, associate professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania delivers a lecture entitled "Experimentality."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | BFA Advertising and Graphic Design Department Portfolio Exhibition


An exhibition featuring portfolio work by students in the BFA Advertising and Graphic Design Department, including advertisements, campaigns, digital videos and 3D work. Curated by Department Chair Richard Wilde.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | BFA Advertising and Graphic Design Department Portfolio Exhibition


An exhibition featuring portfolio work by students in the BFA Advertising and Graphic Design Department, including advertisements, campaigns, digital videos and 3D work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | BFA Interior Design Department Exhibition


An exhibition of work by students in the BFA Interior Design Department.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Christine Reisner performs from her CD Swingin' with Christine Reisner: Beginner's Luck


This cabaret singer is far more than lucky, but talented and charming as well, as she shares selections from the great American songbook, including several composed by her uncle, Albert Hague.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | GreenBridge Workshop: Starting Seeds Outdoors with Cold Frames and Row Covers


Season-extension techniques enable a first harvest of cool-weather greens from the garden before you even think about planting peppers and tomatoes! Using cold frames, which act like mini-greenhouses, or row covers to protect plants from spring chill, discover ways to start seedlings outdoors, harden off seedlings grown indoors, and achieve greater success propagating plants from cuttings. Find out when to plant, what crops will work best for early spring, and what equipment you can purchase or build to get gardening early outdoors this year.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Social Scaffolding for Language Genesis: Why Nicaraguan Sign Language Emerged When, Where and How it Did


With Ann Senghas of Barnard College. Light refreshments will be served.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Beyond Marx and Keynes


Duncan Foley, David Harvey, and Prabhat Patniak debate the merits of economic heavyweights Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:15 pm
Free

Discussion | A Conversation with Vitaly I. Churkin, Russian Ambassador to the UN


Churkin has served as Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN since 2006. He was then Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR/Russian Federation. He served as a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, and was Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation from 1992 to 1994. Prior to his current diplomatic post, Churkin was his country’s Ambassador to Belgium from 1994 to 1998, and to Canada from 1998 to 2003. He was then Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, a post he held from 2003 to 2006.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | A Heavenly Offer: Religious Imagery in American Advertising


With Leslie Levin. Does advertising shape or reflect our way of life? If we accept the idea that advertising and society reflect each other, what does the continued presence of religious imagery in advertising say about Americans' religious beliefs? This visual presentation will display print ads from the 20th and 21st centuries, and will discuss how the meaning of religious symbols has altered over time to reflect changes in Americans' religious and spiritual beliefs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | A New Era in Sentencing?


Douglas Berman of the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, co-author of a leading casebook Sentencing Law and Policy and managing editor of the Federal Sentencing Reporter and the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, will present various alternatives to sentencing guidelines.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Book Launch: Poetry in Person: 25 Years of Conversations with America's Poets


This event celebrates the publication of this new book on legendary poetry teacher Pearl London and his classes. Editor Alexander Neubauer is joined by poets Robert Polito, Alice Quinn, and Robert Pinsky.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Reading | Contemporary Haitian Playwrights: An Evening of Solidarity & Support


Four playwrights travel from Haiti to New York for readings of excerpts from their plays in new translations. To be followed by a discussion on how New Yorkers can support the rebuilding of Haiti's theatre. With Guy Junior Régis, Duckens Charitable Duccha, Dominique Batraville, Coutechève Aupont and Michèle Voltaire Marcelin (from New York).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Intermediate Internet E-Mail


Hands on using wireless laptops. Procedures for replying to an e-mail, forwarding an e-mail and sending attachments. Prerequisite: knowledge of how to send / receive e-mail.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Performance | Performance Art: Guillermo Goméz-Peña's Strange Democracy


In his new performance, post-Mexican writer and performance artist Goméz-Peña deals with the end of the Bush era and articulates the formidable challenges facing Obama. He also denounces the anti-immigration hysteria and assaults the demonized US/Mexican border construction.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Photographer Sarah Pickering discusses her monograph Explosions, Fires and Public Order


Join independent writer, lecturer, and curator Susan Bright and Pickering in conversation on the occasion of the publication of Pickering's first monograph. A book signing will follow the conversation. Bright will talk with Pickering about her four series gathered in this book which collectively present a visually arresting glimpse into the secret world of civil defense. Sarah Pickering (born in Durham City, England, 1972) is the recipient of several awards, including the Photographers' Gallery Graduate Award and a Jerwood Award. Pickering has exhibited internationally and in the UK where her work was part of How We Are: Photographing Britain, at Tate Britain. She lives in London.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Drew Carey Show's Kathy Kinney discusses her book Queen of Your Own Life


Queen of Your Own Life is a philosophy, a decision and an invitation to happiness for women who have made the tough but rewarding journey to the midpoint in their lives. Kathy Kinney (best known as Mimi on The Drew Carey Show) and Cindy Ratzlaff (marketing genius behind the launch of The South Beach Diet) have been best friends for more than thirty years, and have helped each other navigate the ups and downs of their lives with humor and grace. In this entertaining and inspiring book, they share the tried-and-true techniques they call "the seven best gifts a woman can give herself." They reveal how they learned to value themselves just the way they are—women in full bloom, sensual, vibrant, wise and more beautiful than ever—and they'll show you how you can, too.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Actress Raquel Welch discusses her book Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage


With her new book, the 1960s sex symbol shares her diet and exercise secrets and opens up about her internal struggles to age gracefully.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Lecture | Enlightenment, Difference, and the Postcolonial


A lecture by Achille Mbembe, Research Professor in History and Politics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; senior researcher at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER); Visiting Professor in the Department of English at Duke University and Franklin Humanities Institute Research Scholar; author of La naissance du maquis dans le Sud-Cameroun. His latest work On the Postcolony was published in Paris in 2000 in French and the English translation has been published by the University of California Press, in 2001. With responses by Emily Apter and Clifford Siskin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Home Ec 2010: Cooking, Sewing and Gardening for Apartment Dwellers


Cathy Erway, author of The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove, and Erin Bried, author of How to Sew a Button: And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew, offer tips, tricks, and fun activities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Master Class: Marilyn Horne, Voice


Students coached by this distinguished artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | New York Classical Theatre performs Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark


New York Classical Theatre creates a new experience for theater enthusiasts with their production of Hamlet using its signature staging style, panoramic theatre. Audience members will enter the world of the play as they follow the actors from place to place.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Performance: Numu Arts Collective's Emerging from Brooklyn


Join folks from the Numu Arts Collective for a night of innovative, new works of drama, fiction and poetry performed by North Brooklyn's finest emerging writers, including appearances by Cassandra Katsiaficas, Michael Lala, Leila Ben-Abdallah, Eric Nelson, Julia Knorr and Jeffrey Salter. Numu Arts Collective sees the infinite possibilities for changing the world by bring art and community together.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested admission

Concert | Permoník Concert Choir


Concert Choir Permonik was founded in 1966 in a miner town of Karviná as a school choir of elementary school. Today, Permonik is a choir of Music School of Bedřich Smetana. The name – Permonik- is name of a miner´s good spirit. The choir perfomed in many countries in Europe, and China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Russia and also in the USA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Simon van Booy reads from his book The Secret Lives of People in Love


A breadth of experience and setting distinguishes this somber first collection of 18 very short stories by New York-based Van Booy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Reading | The New Salon: Poets in Conversation with Elizabeth Alexander


Elizabeth Alexander, who composed and delivered “Praise Song for the Day” at the inauguration of President Barack Obama, has published five books of poems including American Sublime, one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and one of the American Library Association’s “Notable Books of the Year.” In conversation with Alice Quinn, executive director of the Poetry Society of America.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Café Jazz: Student Combos


Student jazz combos in an intimate setting. Refreshments provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Warren Jones, Piano


Program: MOZART: Sonata for Piano and Violin in E-flat Major, K. 380 DEBUSSY: Sonata for Cello and Piano LISZT: Sposalizio from Années de pèlerinage, Duxième année: Italie, S. 161 BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, op. 70, no. 2 With Sylvia Rosenberg, Violin, and David Geber, Cello.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Lisa Lillien discusses her book Hungry Girl 1-2-3: The Easiest, Most Delicious, Guilt-Free Recipes on the Planet


Lillien gives us even more recipes that will satisfy cravings but are healthy as well. And, this time around, Hungry Girls everywhere will be able to do it with even less effort. Turn off your stove, and come learn how to make cooking easy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Recital: Carol Wincenc, Flute


Wincenc celebrates her 40th anniversary with a recital. She will be joined the Juilliard String Quartet, pianist Stephen Gosling, and additional artists on a program featuring two world premieres by composers Joan Tower and Shih Hui Chen, plus additional works.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Student Productions: The Pillowman / The Lobby / / The Muted Plantation


The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University presents: a scene from The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh; L.B> Roberts' new one-act play The Lobby; and Carston Turner's new one-act play The Muted Plantation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Student Recital: Hyun Jin Cho, Flute


A uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers - the freshness and excitement of a solo recital by a gifted young artist at one of the world's leading conservatories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | The Collegium Musicum Choral Ensemble


The group traditionally sings Josquin's Ave Maria...virgo serena for Music Humanities classes. Although in the past the Collegium has devoted itself to the performance of music of the middle ages and Renaissance—that by composers like Machaut, Josquin, Palestrina, Ockeghem, Tallis, and Monteverdi—in recent years the Collegium has broadened its repertoire to embrace works of all historical epochs, including 20th-century and contemporary music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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