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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 13, 2014?

45 free events take place on Thursday, March 13 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 13 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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45 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, March 13, 2014

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free events nyc Eswar Prasad discusses his book The Dollar Trap: How the US Dollar Tightened Its Grip on Global Finance
free events nyc New Voices Playwrights Festival: The Ladder by Matthew Herzfeld
free events nyc Novelist Joyce Carol Oates read from her work
free events nyc New Voices Playwrights Festival: Standard Aptitude by Sam Byron
        

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" Tour times: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Discussion | The Power of Data: How Research Advances Social Change for Women and Girls


Rigorous research, sophisticated statistics, and disaggregated data are essential to advancing women’s and girls’ equality and empowerment. For research to be effective in moving the needle on social change, both micro and macro processes need to be investigated, documented, and tested. This "meta issue" needs to be raised up more vigorously as the post-2015 development framework solidifies. A panel of social science researchers and international advocates for women and girls will present this event. The speakers will facilitate vigorous conversation about how women-and-gender research institutes around the world can and should serve as key partners in advancing development and other social change initiatives worldwide. They will also share examples and/or frame some ways NGOs can access and collect data, independently and more effectively in collaboration. Speakers include: Akosua Darkwah, Ph.D., Director, Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy, and Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Ghana Haven Ley, MSc, Senior Advisor to the Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., Katherine Stone Kaufmann '67 Executive Director Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College Priya Nanda, Ph.D., Group Director – Social & Economic Development Group, International Center for Research on Women
   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
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Performance | Making Activist Cabaret: Selections from Les Demimondes


Toronto-based Alexandra Tigchelaar has been working as a cabaret performer, curator and producer for 20 years. As a writer, actor, burlesque performer (formerly of Les Scandelles) and community organizer, Tigchelaar mobilizes the techniques of cabaret for social change. In this performance lecture, Tigchelaar will present scenes from her most recent cabaret theatre production, Les Demimondes, and will discuss cabaret as a transformative methodology, on and off the stage.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | North Woods Tour


View tumbling cascades, rustic bridges, and picturesque pools in the "Manhattan Adirondacks." Route involves many hills and stairs. 75 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Talk | Eswar Prasad discusses his book The Dollar Trap: How the US Dollar Tightened Its Grip on Global Finance


The US dollar's dominance seems under threat. The near collapse of the US financial system in 2008-2009, political paralysis that has blocked effective policymaking and emerging competitors such as the Chinese renminbi have heightened speculation about the dollar's looming displacement as the main reserve currency. Yet, as The Dollar Trap powerfully argues, the financial crisis, a dysfunctional international monetary system and US policies have paradoxically strengthened the dollar's importance. Feel free to bring your lunch.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
$5

Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter


Enjoy a 45-minutes docent-led tour of the exhibition.
   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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Concert | Ethel Ensemble performs works by Ennio Morricone, Jeff Buckley, Vijay Iyer, and More


ETHEL performs “Grace” feat. works by Ennio Morricone, Jeff Buckley, Vijay Iyer, Son Lux, Marcelo Zarvos, Nico Muhly and more. Described as “indefatigable and eclectic” (The New York Times) and “vital and brilliant” (The New Yorker), the string quartet ETHEL invigorates the contemporary music scene with exuberance, intensity, imaginative programming, and exceptional artistry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Richard Weise's Harold of Orange (1984): Comedic Short Film


The beloved comedian Charlie Hill (1951-2013) plays an Anishinaabe trickster extraordinaire who knows how to fund his latest project, a chain of “pinch-bean” coffeehouses to be built on reservations around the world. 35 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Virtuoso Violin Sonatas


Theresa Salomon will perform virtuoso violin sonatas by Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) and Arcangelo Corelli (1653). She will be accompanied by ARTEK director Gwendolyn Toth on harpsichord.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
$10 suggested donation

Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Henry Hathaway's Now and Forever (1934): Remembering Shirley Temple


Starring Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, Shirley Temple. A jewel thief and his mistress are taught a thing or two by his small daughter. 81 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Subway Art Tour


Many people think of the New York City subway as one of the largest, most efficient, if not the cleanest mass transit systems in the world. Few, however, think of it as the largest and longest art gallery on the planet. Well, they don't know what they are missing. This lively walking AND subway riding tour visits over a dozen subway stations to experience a selection of these striking often whimsical works that go largely unnoticed by the general public. Join this climate controlled subway and walking art tour. Along the way you'll learn about and become expert at navigating the (in)famous NYC subway system. There's also the invaluable opportunity to confer about your other sightseeing plans with the acclaimed Bronx born, vastly experienced licensed NYC tour guide, Darryl Reilly.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A Museum Ambassador gives a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Film | Richard Weise's Harold of Orange (1984): Comedic Short Film


The beloved comedian Charlie Hill (1951-2013) plays an Anishinaabe trickster extraordinaire who knows how to fund his latest project, a chain of “pinch-bean” coffeehouses to be built on reservations around the world. 35 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Film | John Crowley's Closed Circuit (2013): Lawyers in Love


Cast: Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Anne-Marie Duff. Two ex-lovers encounter danger when they are assigned to the same defense team in a terrorism trial. 96 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Spirit of Community: Women and Their Art


Another exciting Community Works exhibition. Those who have attended past Community Works exhibitions have witnessed an array of talented, multi-ethnic and multi-cultural visual artists who touched a responsive chord in all of us.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Film | Richard Weise's Harold of Orange (1984): Comedic Short Film


The beloved comedian Charlie Hill (1951-2013) plays an Anishinaabe trickster extraordinaire who knows how to fund his latest project, a chain of “pinch-bean” coffeehouses to be built on reservations around the world. 35 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 3D Design Exhibition


An exhibition of works by 3D Design students, curated by department chair Kevin O’Callaghan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | A Performance by the Cast and Creators of Fun Home


The cast and creators of Fun Home, The Public Theater production based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel, give a musical performance and CD signing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Arab Feminist Anti-Imperialism: From San Francisco to Cairo


Lecturer Nadine Naber is an associate professor in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies and Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago and a member of the Diaspora Studies Cluster. She came to the University of Illinois from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where she co-founded Arab American Studies (an Ethnic Studies unit within the Program in American Culture). She is author of Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism (NYU Press, 2012).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tour | Brooklyn Heights Tour


Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | College Cello and Viola Recitals


6p Jiali Li and Ackyung Kim, Violas 8p Jeonghyoun Christine Lee, Cello
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | College Exhibition: Front and Center


The second of two exhibitions of new work by second-year MFA Fine Arts students. Curated Jovana Stokic, deputy chair of MA Curatorial Practice.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Performance | Gotham Radio Theatre


Gotham Radio Theatre recreates two episodes of the radio series CBS Columbia Workshop live on stage, with live music, sound effects and more to underscore the action. The show, which aired on the CBS radio network from 1936–1942, was the perfect platform for experimenting with the new medium and helped to develop the use of sound effects and vocal impersonations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Reading | National Book Critics Circle Awards Ceremony


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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Oswaldo Vigas: Transfigurations


The show is at once an introduction and a swan song for the seminal Venezuelan painter, who, at 87, has never had a New York solo exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Photography: Jerome Liebling's Matter of Life and Death


The show includes early vintage photographs and later large-scale prints in black and white and color.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | A Conversation with Italian Author Dacia Maraini


Dacia Maraini's book eludes the constraints of biography leaving space to the meeting and clashing between two great women, separated in time but tied together by their common courage in expressing their concerns and ideas - in the past or in the present - in a world dominated by the laws of men.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | The Ins, Outs, Pitfalls, and Rewards of Self-Publishing


With moderator Heidi Russell and panelists Norman Beimand, Perry Brass and Kay Williams of The Greater New York Independent Publishers Association. What is self-publishing? What are its goals, purposes, risks, and drawbacks? Why is there, even in today’s free-wheeling e-publishing environment, still a real stigma attached to self-published books? As part of March, National Small Press Month, the Greater New York Independent Publishers Association will be presenting an eye-opening panel discussion about self-publishing in the age of self-publishing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Other | Ask Roulette


An unscripted conversation in which strangers ask and answer questions of each other in front of a live audience. Hosted by Jody Avirgan with house band Eli Bolin, and special guests TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Documentary: Amit Virmani's Menstrual Man (2013)


There are men who squirm at the mention of a woman's period, and then there's Arunachalam Muruganantham. Considered a madman and pervert by his community, he ignored his detractors and made his dream - low-cost sanitary pads made by and for rural Indian women - a reality. This is the inspiring story of a hero who rises above poverty and a lack of education to become a superstar social entrepreneur in the business of breaking cultural taboos and reinventing the economic pyramid. 63 min. Q&A (via Skype) with director Amit Virmani following the screening. Also showing: Joy, It's Nina by Jane Thorburn, 2012, 34 min. - This evocative and original film builds on the experiences and emotional lives of West African women living in the UK separated from their families.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Michael Gross reads from his book House of Outrageous Fortune: Fifteen Central Park West, the World's Most Powerful Address


Bestselling author and one of America's most provocative writers of non-fiction discusses his latest work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | New Voices Playwrights Festival: The Ladder by Matthew Herzfeld


Tensions flare between the student workers over the course of one night at Tate University's annual Phonathon, where jealousies, crushes, and financial worries all collide into a hurricane of undergraduate angst.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Reading | Novelist Joyce Carol Oates read from her work


Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. Her books include the national bestsellers "We Were the Mulvaneys" and "Blonde" (a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize), and the "New York Times" bestsellers "The Falls" (winner of the 2005 Prix Femina Etranger) and "The Gravedigger’s Daughter". Her most recent title is "Carthage" (Ecco, 2014). Introduced by Jonathan Safran Foer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Concert | Tammy Faye Starlite sings Marianne Faithfull's LP Broken English


Downtown New York's most provocative chanteuse-performance artist Tammy Faye Starlite has shocked, thrilled, and appalled audiences across the country. On the heels of her acclaimed tribute to Nico, Chelsea Madchen, Starlite presents a new concert, performing Marianne Faithfull's classic 1979 LP Broken English in its entirety.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Master Class | Piano Master Class: Geoffrey Burleson


Geoffrey Burleson, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Piano Studies at Hunter College, has performed to wide acclaim throughout Europe and North America, and is equally active as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician and jazz performer. The New York Times has hailed his solo performances as “vibrant” and “compelling”, and has praised his “command, projection of rhapsodic qualities without loss of rhythmic vigor, and appropriate sense of spontaneity and fetching colors.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:45 pm
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Concert | College Violin Recital


Yuti Chang, violin. Experience the freshness and excitement of a solo performance by a gifted young artist - a uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers. The program for this event is TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Hugo Goldenzweig, piano


This faculty recital is a presentation by Hugo Goldenzweig, showcasing the artistry of an internationally acclaimed performer and distinguished faculty member. The program is TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Tour | Manhattan Night Tour


New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline. NOTE: THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | New Voices Playwrights Festival: Standard Aptitude by Sam Byron


Four years after he was caught and publically ostracized for taking the SATs for other students at his high school, Zach tries to rekindle his sense of hope when his childhood friend, Becca, returns from college wanting to make amends.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:30 pm
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