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free events nyc Death for Five Voices: A Preview of a New Musical Drama
free events nyc Ethan Steinman's Glacial Balance (2013): Climate Change in the Andes
free events nyc The Balcony: A College Production of Jean Genet's Brothel Drama
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for more over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing. This tour takes place every day at 10am. less
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Advanced MS Excel 2010 Workshop


Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Excel 2010. Topics include using formulas and functions, more data sorting and conditional formatting. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Photoshop for Beginners


Learn how to enhance photos using the number 1 photo editing software in the world; Adobe Photoshop. more In this class you learn the features of Photoshop and learn about layers and use them to manipulate images to your desire. Class is conducted on Macintosh computers. less
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10:30 am
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Film | Fred Zinnemann's The Nun's Story (1959): Got 8 Oscar Nominations


Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans. After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a more nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II. 149 min. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory more Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs. 90 minutes. less
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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 more to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. This workshop occurs Mondays through Fridays. less
   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 more choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 15, 2015 to May 26, 2016. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Concert | Lunchtime Organ Recital


Take a 30-minute break for your soul. Organist: Christopher Creaghan, Associate Organist, The Riverside more Church. less
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international more monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays. less
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city more life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world. This workshop takes place Tuesdays and Thursdays from March 1 to March 31. less
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Revolutionaries: The Late Works of Beethoven and Ginastera


Program: John Corigliano Voyage for string orchestra Eskender Bekmambetov "For Misha’s Gang,” more Suite for small, regular, large and extra large fiddles (Premiere) Alberto Ginastera Concerto per corde, op. 33 With: Chamber Orchestra Kremlin less
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1:00 pm
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Concert | The Devotional Dowland: Late Songs by John Dowland (1563-1626)


This program features John Dowland’s final book, A Pilgrim’s Solace (1612). This work highlights more the way this most doleful of composers brought forth in beauty some of the deepest, darkest, and devotional thoughts of his complex psyche. Performers:  Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano Howard Bass, lutes with Tina Chancey, treble viola da gamba Amy Domingues, bass viola da gamba less
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
Free

Workshop | Get Photoshopped! Photo Retouching


In this class you will use the Photoshop to modify digital images. Learn how to use the clone stamp tool, more duplicating backgrounds and much more. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | John Sturges' Oscar-Winning The Magnificent Seven (1960): Classic Western


Stars: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson. An oppressed Mexican peasant village assembles more seven gunfighters to help defend their homes. 128 min. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Norman Taurog's Little Nellie Kelly (1940): Irish Immigrants


Stars: Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger. Nellie patches up a feud between her father more and grandfather. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Roberto Bernardi / Raphaella Spence


New works by the two painters will be showcased.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Film | Nikita Mikhalkov's 12 (2007): Oscar-Nominated Russian Film


Twelve jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen adolescent charged with murdering his stepfather. 159 more min. less
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Susan Grabel / Marian Osher


Susan Grabel's new work, Confluence: The Way Forward, in collagraph monoprints, collage and digital fabrications, more marks a change in focus and materials for the artist. In these troubling times of controversy about immigration, Maryland artist Marian Osher stirs the melting pot as she explores Manhattan through her colorful paintings about culture, ethnic foods, little known city landmarks, neighborhoods, parks, industry, city walls and even trash, highlighting the cultural diversity that makes New York City vibrant, flavorful and exciting. less
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Death for Five Voices: A Preview of a New Musical Drama


Composer/lyricist Peter Mills and writer/director Cara Reichel - both Bogliasco Foundation fellows - more will discuss and preview their new work, a musical drama inspired by the life of the darkly talented Carlo Gesualdo, a prince, musician – and murderer – in Renaissance Naples. The evening will feature a performance of several songs from the original score as well as a Q+A session with Mills and Reichel, founding members of the Prospect Theater Company. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Collage-Making Workshop


Graphic designer, collagist, and Abrams Books Creative Director John Gall hosts a hands-on collage-making more event. less
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Concert | Either/Or Ensemble performs the chamber music of Ana-Maria Avram


Program: Ana-Maria Avram: Axes (2016) World premiere solo voice and computer 4 études more d'ombre (1992) Winds of the desert (2006) World premiere Born in Bucharest, Romania in 1961, composer Ana-Maria Avram’s propulsive music often synthesizes electroacoustic and instrumental sources. While informed by mathematical techniques, Avram is drawn to the dynamic nature of sound as independently shaped by each performer and listener. less
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Evan Ratliff, Journalist and Author


Evan Ratliff is CEO and co-founder of Atavist, a media and software company. Ratliff is a contributor more to Wired Magazine and The New Yorker. less
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Financial Governance


A talk with Joseph Vogl, Permanent Visiting Professor at Princeton University. Modernity has given more rise not merely to the sovereign states, to international trade companies, to influential financiers, to decentralized markets. It has also witnessed the formation of a particular type of power - finance - that cannot be properly described in terms either of political structures or of economic strategies. less
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6:00 pm
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Tour | First Thursday Gallery Walk


Join DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk and see Matthew Jensen’s intriguing exhibition, The Wonder more Under. less
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | From Social Science to Social Policy


Cass Sunstein and Daniel Kahneman participate in its 8th Public Voices event. Come hear renowned experts more discuss how the White House is using social science research findings to make government programs more effective. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Dan Attoe's Recent Landscapes


Recent Landscapes captures much of the natural splendor that the Pacific Northwest has to offer, only more with murmurs of prose sprinkled throughout. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Patriarchy Takes a Back Seat in Kurdish Syria: Implications for Gender Theory, the Middle East, and the Midwest


Turkish and American sociologists and anthropologists discuss.
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Secularization, Genealogy, and the Legitimacy of the Modern Age


Peter Gordon (Philosophy Department, Harvard University) offers some reflections on the much-discussed more “secularization debate” in Germany between Karl Löwith and Hans Blumenberg, a debate that played out in Löwith’s book Meaning in History and in Blumenberg’s monumental response “The Legitimacy of the Modern Age” (first published in 1966, precisely a half century ago). less
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Chinese Calligraphy Class


Learn how to use a brush pen to write Chinese calligraphy with an experience instructor. No Chinese language more knowledge required. Library will provide supplies. This class repeats Thursday evenings in March and April. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Elizabeth Benedict discusses her book Me, My Hair and I


A dynamite cast of women writers candidly share the stories of their lives through the hair on their more heads. Representing women from all walks of life, the panelists show just how tightly our identities are tied up in our tresses. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Facebook Basics


Learn about the online social network Facebook.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Music for Chameleons: A Collaborative Art Project


This is a joint work by Henry Barrett and Brendan Smith.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Alexander Chee reads from his book The Queen of the Night


The Queen of the Night follows Lilliet Berne, a soprano famous across Second Empire France, where fashion, more performance, and sexual politics blend together in Paris Opera, high culture balls, and the boudoir of the prostitute and the courtesan. less
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7:00 pm
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Film | Ethan Steinman's Glacial Balance (2013): Climate Change in the Andes


A contemplative documentary film showing the effects climate change is having on Andean glaciers and more the lives of those who depend on them for survival. 105 min. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Howard Megdal discusses his book The Cardinals Way


The St. Louis Cardinals have experienced the kind of success that is rare in baseball. Regarded by many more as the premier organization in Major League Baseball, they not only win, but do so with an apparently bottomless pool of talent, one that is mostly homegrown. less
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Reading | Irish American Writers and Artists Salon


Welcome Irish-American writers, actors, filmmakers, musicians and artists of every (and no) religion. more As well as celebrating the achievements of Irish-American writers and artists, past and present, IAW+A's purpose is to highlight, energize and encourage Irish Americans working in the arts. IAW+A is committed both to bringing together the Irish American creative community in new self-awareness and to being a force for inter-ethnic and interracial solidarity, understanding and active cooperation. less
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poetry Reading: Richie Hoffman / Camille Rankine / Wendy Xu


Winner of the Beatrice Hawley Award, Richie Hoffman’s debut collection Second Empire was published more by Alice James Books in 2015. Camille Rankine’s debut collection is Incorrect Merciful Impulses (Copper Canyon Press, 2015). Wendy Xu is the author of You Are Not Dead (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2013) and the forthcoming Phrasis (Fence Books Ottoline Prize, 2017). less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | The Diary of an Afro Goddess: Developing a One-Woman Show


Writer-performer Cherie Danielle, dramaturg Stacy Waring and director Marishka S. Phillips discuss and more read from the new one-woman show. less
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7:15 pm
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Concert | Concert: An American Menagerie


With: Deborah Bradley-Kramer, piano Gabrielle Chou, piano, violin Joseph Morag, violin Amy Kang, more cello Sophia Sun, viola Music of Paul Schoenfield, Jonathan Kramer, Louis Gruenberg, Rebecca Clarke, George Gershwin, Chason Goldschmitz. less
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7:30 pm
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Performance | Cuban Sounds: Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos


With his party band dedicated to the music of Cuban bandleader Arsenio Rodríguez, the renowned guitarist more creates “a wonder of otherworldly Cuban soul” (Guitar Magazine). less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Master Class | Piano Master Class: Warren Jones


Warren Jones is with the Manhattan School of Music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:45 pm
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Theater | The Balcony: A College Production of Jean Genet's Brothel Drama


Set in a brothel of an unnamed city in the midst of a revolution that has wiped out all the real holders more of power, the Chief of Police enlists the regular customers to play out the fantasy roles that destiny has denied them. This mocking view of man and society plays out in macabre, climactic scenes, creating a microcosm of the establishment regime under threat outside. This play repeats March 3-5. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Blogging for Beginners Workshop


Learn what a blog is, see examples of blogs, learn how to blog and to create your own using Blogger/Word more Press. less
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