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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 14, 2019?

45 free events take place on Thursday, March 14 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 14 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 14, 2019

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free events nyc Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West
free events nyc Travel Photography, Part I: Pre-Trip Planning and Preparation
free events nyc The East Village in the 60s
free events nyc The Annual Irish Heritage Concert
free events nyc A Portuguese Guitar: An Iconic Musical Tradition
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Workshop | Sun Salutations and Intentions Morning Yoga


Starts your day with a morning yoga practice. You will experience luxurious stretching warm-ups, empowering standing poses, and energizing breath work as we align the movements with the inhales and exhales. You will feel more awake, strong, balanced, and positive as a result of this time spent on the mat. Sun Salutations and warrior poses stimulate the seratonin in your brain (the “happy hormone) and improve self-esteem! You will be ready for anything that meets you as your day unfolds. Bring a yoga mat if you have one. You may bring your own coffee or tea.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:45 am
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | City Hall Tour for Individuals


The tour of City Hall includes a discussion of the building's history, art, architecture, and civic function. The building is the oldest city hall in the United States that still houses its original governmental functions, such as the office of the Mayor of New York. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, New York City Hall is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Film | Little Women (1949): Oscar Winning Family Romance Starring Elizabeth Taylor


A group of sisters experience life's difficulties and its pleasures while growing up in nineteenth-century America. 122 min. Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien.  The movie is based on Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name. Little Women won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and it has also a nomination for Best Cinematography. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Film | Duck Soup (1933): Legendary comedy starring four Marx brothers


Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. 68 min. Director: Leo McCarey. Starring Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx. In 1990, the United States Library of Congress deemed Duck Soup "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. It was the last Marx Brothers film to feature Zeppo, and the last of five Marx Brothers movies released by Paramount Pictures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Author Reading | Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West


Author Keir Giles discusses why Russia misreads Western intentions so consistently. How can past experience of both successful and unsuccessful engagement guide future attempts? And can recognizing the reality of confrontation with Russia help the West manage the challenge from Moscow effectively while avoiding the risk of a deeper conflict?
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Festival | Annual St. Patrick's Open Day


A free day of music and dance, films and classes, tea and soda bread! Each St. Patrick's season, the center opens its doors for this celebratory sampler of ?its educational programming. Open Day includes a variety of professional and student performances, workshops, ceilis, films, demos, crafts, and exhibitions in an environment of warm Irish hospitality.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. "The term ‘baroque’ has been widely used since the 19th century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750... Many famous composers from the first part of the baroque period came from Italy and have a link with Venice, including Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi. Monteverdi was born in Cremona, but moved to Venice where he was ‘maestro di capella’ at the San Marco basilica. Vivaldi was born in Venice and was one of the greatest baroque composers. It is thanks to these strong musical traditions of Venice that we have today’s music. Without Venetian church music and Monteverdi’s advances with polyphony, the great traditions of choral music in England, France, and Germany would never have developed. Without the operas written by Monteverdi, Cavalli and Vivaldi, not only would the later styles of opera never have been invented. There would be no basis for the American Musical or the German and Viennese Operetta, the Spanish Zarzuela, and even rock, pop, and contemporary music as we know it." The Venice Insider Bach at Noon concerts take place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 11, 2018 to May 22, 2019.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Tour | CANCELLED!! 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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Classical Music | A Cappella Ensemble Performing Renaissance Music


Inspired by the chapel choirs of the Renaissance, Pomerium revives the golden age of a cappella singing. The ensemble performs frequently in New York at such venues as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, the Pierpont Morgan Library, the Frick Collection, and Music Before 1800 as well as across the USA and abroad. Widely known for its interpretations of Du Fay, Ockeghem, Busnoys, Josquin, Lassus, and Palestrina, the 15-voice a cappella ensemble has performed for numerous international festivals, including the Festival di Musica Sacra Bressanone e Bolzano (Brixner Initiative), the Tage Alter Musik festival in Regensburg, Germany, the Flanders Festival Antwerp, and the Holland Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Film | Hunter Killer (2018): U.S. Navy Trying To Rescue The Russian President


An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general. 122 min. Director: Donovan Marsh. Starring Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common.  The script is based on the 2012 novel Firing Point by Don Keith and George Wallace.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | The Bigamist (1953): Drama film noir starring Oscar winning Jane Fontaine


A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit. Director: Ida Lupino. Starring Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn. The Bigamist has been cited as the first film in which a female star of the film directed herself. Producer/Screenwriter Collier Young was married to Fontaine at the time and had previously been married to Lupino.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | The Importance of Being Earnest (1952): British Comedy Drama Based On Oscar Wilde's Play


When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion. 95 min. Director: Anthony Asquith. Starring Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison. The movie is a film adaptation of the play with the same name by Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest received a BAFTA nomination for Dorothy Tutin as Most Promising Newcomer and a Golden Lion nomination for Anthony Asquith at the Venice Film Festival. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Talk | Travel Photography, Part I: Pre-Trip Planning and Preparation


Travel offers extensive opportunities – and challenges - for the photographer. Whether your interests are a casual record of your family trip, or a serious visual exploration of a place far from home, these presentations will provide practical tips and visual stimulation so that you come home with pictures you can be proud of. Speaker Lester Lefkowitz will cover all the pre-trip details that will help maximize the quality and quantity of successful photographs once you arrive at your destination. How to research what to expect; where to find the good spots; what’s allowed photographically; what equipment to bring and what equipment is appropriate for you; what to wear; valuable resources and software; tours vs. workshops; how to store and backup your photos while on the road; airline issues; and lots more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
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Film | Operation Finale (2018): Capturing A Former SS Officer


A team of secret agents set out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust. 122 min. Director: Chris Weitz. Starring Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Mélanie Laurent. Several source materials, including Eichmann in My Hands, a memoir by Israeli officer Peter Malkin, provided the basis for the story. The movie was shot in Argentina. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | What Young People Should Know About Social Security


Given Social Security’s complicated rules and regulations, there are many misconceptions and myths about benefits. David Flores Wilson discusses Social Security strategies and tips that young people can implement to help them achieve financial freedom. Topics will include: the future of Social Security; drawbacks to retiring early; the accuracy of your Social Security statement; the impact of your planning on your spouse and family; working in retirement, and Social Security retirement strategies for small business owners. David Flores Wilson is a Senior Wealth Manager at Watts Capital in New York City. He advises and coaches business owners and professionals on a broad spectrum of financial matters. His financial guidance has appeared on Yahoo! Finance, Investopedia, CNBC, and InvestmentNews.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Lecture | The ‘Unique-Traditional’ in Poetry, Life, and Translation


Sophia Parnok was a poet who resisted modernism, but her stylistically “traditional” poems express a unique point of view in Russian poetry. Conversely, Parnok’s one-time lover, Marina Tsvetaeva, staunchly resisted traditional poetic diction, yet each of her stylistically “unique” long poems basically tells the same time-worn lyrical story. This paradox is a central concern of Professor Diana Burgin's recent book on Tsvetaeva’s long poems, Five Hard Pieces. In this talk, Burgin will discuss certain “unique-traditional” passages in these poems in order to show how some of them seem to deny a rather ordinary long-dead love affair while all of them resist conventional translation of their unique living words.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | How are Immigrants, Conservatives, and Public Policy Interacting at the Grass Roots?


Based on original research, the seminar links the problems immigrants face in integrating in new communities across eight states in the US. The seminar will focus on evaluating for the audience how public policy makers and communities have aimed to welcome immigrants through public policy, on the one hand, and resist immigrant integration on the other. Specific attention will be paid to recent conservative policies (focused on education) and politics (linked to the Tea Party) as they relate to the rising population of immigrants using county-level data. Speaker Heath Brown is associate professor of public policy at John Jay College.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Lecture | Why Is the Economics of Climate Change So Difficult and Controversial?: An Economist's Apology


The economic analysis of climate change presents an incredibly difficult intellectual challenge. It compels the economist to confront issues that push economic analysis to the breaking point – and sometimes well beyond. Economists are forced to grapple with many issues that are novel or that have previously been swept aside. The questions being raised are of supreme importance, but do not often lend themselves to simple or easy answers. This talk will provide a fast-paced crash course on why the economics of climate change is so especially difficult and so especially controversial. Speaker: Martin L. Weitzman, Research Professor of Economics, Harvard University
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | (My) East of Eden: Growing Up In Vietnam During The War


Pipo Nguyen-duy’s  (My) East of Eden. While working as a Guggenheim fellow to document Vietnamese war amputees in 2012, Pipo Nguyen-duy began working on (My) East of Eden in the Mekong Delta. This project is the artist’s attempt to reclaim his childhood memories of growing up in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Beyond serving as the means to tell his stories, Nguyen-duy intends for these images to address issues such as legacy, hope, and regeneration. Working with rural Vietnamese children in school uniforms, the artist created portraits and staged photographs reminiscent of 19th-century British landscape paintings where the environment and its inhabitants coexist in harmony.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Females: A Concern


“Everyone is female”—this is the first of several “untenable claims” presented by Andrea Long Chu in her forthcoming book. Drawing inspiration from Valerie Solanas’s SCUM Manifesto and her forgotten play Up Your Ass, this lecture whips through a variety of ugly objects (films, manifestos, performance art, psychoanalysis, porn, and the alt-right) to give a portrait of femaleness as a universal category of self-ablation against which all politics—even feminist politics—revolts.  Andrea Long Chu is a writer and critic completing her doctorate at New York University. Her writing has appeared, or will soon, in n+1, Boston Review, The New York Times, New York, Artforum, Bookforum, Chronicle of Higher Education, 4Columns, differences, Women & Performance, TSQ, and Journal of Speculative Philosophy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Garden: An Installation On Biblical Garden Of Eden


The Garden installation by Judy Fox reflects upon biblical Eden, where a Serpent tempts Eve to taste fruit from the forbidden tree, a transgression she shares with Adam. The central figure of this installation is Eve, as she first perceives the unknown. Her inquisitive eye is caught by a surrealist "Snake Tree" with a visceral sensuality and an apple red face. In a corner, Young Cain and Abel, outfitted with Sumerian hair, fight grimly in a coupling transposed from genesis scenes in Christian art. Animated plants adorn the walls of the installation. They are built of biological themes of growth, competition, reproduction, and physiology, framing the scene with an evolutionary take on creation. Sculptor Judy Fox has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the “Anonymous Was a Woman” Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the National Academy of Design, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She has had solo exhibitions at: The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu; Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI; Kunsthalle im Pallazo, Liestal, Switzerland.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Plants, Minerals, and Animals: The Natural World and Sculpted Forms


American artist and designer David Wiseman draws inspiration from his fascination with the natural world, global decorative arts traditions, and a reverence for timeless craft techniques. Many of the works are developed with Wiseman working on instinct to configure the pieces by drawing from an encyclopedic collection of prior-made casts formed from the natural world and sculpted forms.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Fashion as Cultural Heritage


A panel discussion about fashion museums, the fashion industry, and the cultural heritage of fashion. Panelists will include Dr. Valerie Steele, director of the museum; Professor Susan Scafidi, director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University; and moderator Felicia Caponigri, an American lawyer and PhD student at IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca, Italy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Getting Ready For Gardening Season


Believe it or not, winter is ending soon, which means the time is ripe to get your plans in order for this year's garden, whether you're dreaming of a bounty of vegetables, a balcony of colorful flowers, or some other sort of outdoor oasis. The savviest gardeners have probably already made their plans, but it's not too late for the rest of us. Come learn from The Urban Garden Center. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | How To Plan And Organize A Job Search Campaign


Robert Hellmann explains the key elements of a job search strategy and a step-by-step approach to landing the job you want. Learn how to take the guesswork out of the job search, so you will always know what to do next. Plus, learn how to diagnose, treat, and jump-start an ailing job search so that you begin receiving interviews and offers. Also covered, how to: Structure and prioritize your search across 2–5 job targets Use a job-search Marketing Plan to speed up your search Position yourself in your resume, cover letters, and pitch so that you will get interviews and offers Prioritize and optimize job-search channels, including job postings, search firms, networking, and direct contacts Robert Hellmann has served as an adjunct instructor at New York University teaching career management, and as GetFive’s Vice President and Associate Director of its Guild of Career Coaches. Rob authored the books Advanced LinkedIn: For Your Job Search, Business and Career, Peak Presentations, and The Social Media Boost.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Opening at a Premier NYC Gallery


Young Twitchy, an exhibition of new paintings by Harmony Korine
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | Unique Fusion of Post-Modern Music with Traditional Irish Steps


An evening celebrating one of Merce Cunningham’s and John Cage’s most personal and complex works, Roaratorio, with cross-cultural dialogue, archival display, dance, and music. Hear Cage’s field recordings from travels in Ireland. Enjoy expert commentary, explaining how Cunningham created a unique fusion of post-modern movement with traditional Irish steps.   Roaratorio, an Irish circus on Finnegans Wake is a musical composition by American avant-garde composer John Cage. It was composed in 1979 for Klaus Schöning of West German Radio, and premiered as one of the entries in Schöning's radio series. Presented as part of Carnegie Hall’s city-wide festival “Migrations: The Making of America.” 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Say it Forward: A Guide to Social Justice Storytelling


One of the ways oral histories are projected into the future is by using them to create social change. What are the creative possibilities and ethical considerations in “amplifying unheard voices” for social change? In this interactive presentation, they will focus on the oral history methodology contained in Say It Forward: A Guide to Social Justice Storytelling. They will highlight short selections from the book, detail one of the book’s oral history “field reports” (Resilience: Elders in East Harlem, by Lauren Taylor), and explore the possibilities and challenges of combining literary art and social justice. Author Cliff Mayotte currently serves as Education Program Director for Voice of Witness. Cliff compiled and edited The Power of the Story: The Voice of Witness Teacher’s Guide to Oral History. He is also a recipient of the Beverly Kees Educator Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
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Author Reading | H.G. Adler: A Life in Many Worlds


The biography of H.G. Adler (1910-88) is the story of a survivor of Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and two other concentration camps who not only lived through the greatest cataclysm of the 20th century, but someone who also devoted his literary and scholarly career to telling the story of those who perished in over two dozen books of fiction, poetry, history, sociology, and religion. And yet for much of his life he remained almost entirely unknown. Author Eric Banks is a writer and editor and the director of the New York Insitute for the Humanities. A former senior editor of Artforum, Banks relaunched Bookforum in 2003 and served as the publication’s editor in chief until 2008.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | My Butch Career: An Anthropologist's Memoir


Anthropologist Esther Newton reads from her new memoir followed by a discussion with Ann Pellegrini (Professor, Performance Studies). Moderated by Faye Ginsburg (Professor, Anthropology).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Un biculturalismo negato: Italian Writers in the U.S.


Together with a theoretical introduction, this volume presents five examples of “Italian/American” fiction writers and poets who live overseas — in our case the United States — and are part of what some have called "Italian literature" of the Italian diaspora. The five writers are representative of this long tradition of writing in Italian in the United States. As author Anthony Julian Tamburri argues in the first chapter, the notion of the "Italian" writer might benefit from a theoretical-methodological revision that concerns not so much the creative as the critical perspective. In English.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Artist Talk: Korean Modernism


As an early member of the Dansaekhwa art movement, Suh Seung-Won (b. 1941) presents the theoretical basis for Korean modernism. For over 50 years, Suh has expressed his aesthetic views on the simultaneity of time and space through his exploration of interactions between geometric patterns and backgrounds. Suh’s firm investment into this aesthetic philosophy and the consistency of his artwork over the past 50 years is a remarkable feat of consistency, maintaining relevance in a dialogue of temporary aesthetics constantly in flux. Art critic and curator Raphael Rubinstein will address the work of Suh Seung Won in the context of 20th century abstraction and contemporary painting, noting how Suh has developed a distinct approach that highlights the perceptual, meditative qualities of abstraction in which the borders between figure and ground seem to dissolve.
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Talk | Conversation On 20C Abstraction And Contemporary Painting with Korean Artist


Artist talk with Suh Seung Won. Art critic and curator Raphael Rubinstein will address the work of Suh Seung Won in the context of 20th century abstraction and contemporary painting, noting how Suh has developed a distinct approach that highlights the perceptual, meditative qualities of abstraction in which the borders between figure and ground seem to dissolve. Works by Suh Seung Won are included in the permanent collections of The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Korea), Seoul Museum of Art (Korea), The British Museum (UK), Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art (Japan), Shimonoseki Museum (Japan), and the Brooklyn Museum (US). His works have been featured in key international exhibitions, including Five Korea Artists, Five Kinds of White at the Tokyo Gallery (1975), Korea: Facet of Contemporary Art at the Tokyo Museum (1983), Art Contemporain Coreén at the Cordeliers Convent in Paris (1995), The Facet of Korean and Japanese Contemporary Art at the Gwangju Biennale (2000), and Origin at the Galerie Perrotin in Paris (2016).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Reading | National Book Critics Circle Awards Ceremony 2019


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.
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Author Reading | 99 Variations on a Proof: An Exploration of Mathematical Style


An exploration of mathematical style through 99 different proofs of the same theorem This book offers a multifaceted perspective on mathematics by demonstrating 99 different proofs of the same theorem. Each chapter solves an otherwise unremarkable equation in distinct historical, formal, and imaginative styles that range from Medieval, Topological, and Doggerel to Chromatic, Electrostatic, and Psychedelic. With a rare blend of humor and scholarly aplomb, author Philip Ording weaves these variations into an accessible and wide-ranging narrative on the nature and practice of mathematics.
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Author Reading | Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob


Hollywood Godfather is Gianni Russo's over-the-top memoir of a real-life mobster-turned-actor who helped make The Godfather a reality, and his story of life on the edge between danger and glamour.
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Poetry Reading | Magical Negro: New Poetry


Morgan Parker is the author of the poetry collections There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé, Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night, and Magical Negro (Tin House, February 2019). Her debut young adult novel Who Put This Song On? will be published by Delacorte Press in late 2019, and her debut book of nonfiction is forthcoming from One World.
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Author Reading | Mars: Twisted Universes


Mars showcases a series of unique and twisted universes, where every character is tasked with making sense of their strange reality. One woman will be freed from purgatory once she writes the perfect book; another abides in a world devoid of physical contact. With wry prose and skewed humor, an emerging feminist writer explores twenty-first century promises of knowledge, freedom, and power. With author Asja Bakic.  
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Author Reading | The Island of Sea Women: Female Friendship on a Small Korean Island


A new novel from Lisa See, the bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility but also danger.
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Discussion | Empowering Exploited Indigenous Women of North America


Five Indigenous women will discuss the impact of trafficking and exploitation on Indigenous women, as it relates to their current North American crisis, mineral extraction, land, water, prostitution, and the historical exploitation and attempted genocide of their people. Four of the five panelists are survivors of trafficking, and all are advocates to end the exploitation of land, water, and Indigenous women and girls. They will speak to the lack of systems protections for exploited Native women, and end with strategies to assist Indigenous survivors and stop the sexual exploitation of Indigenous women and girls.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | The Annual Irish Heritage Concert


An evening of traditional and contemporary Irish music. Celebrate Irish Heritage at a time and place where everyone is Irish! Featuring: St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir; Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director; Mick Moloney & Friends; The Cathedral Organs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Discussion | The East Village in the 60s


Many fondly look back on the 60s as the heyday of the East Village when throngs of youth descended on the neighborhood. Diggers arrived from San Francisco and opened a free store on East Tenth Street, Bill Graham turned a local theater into the Fillmore East, be-ins were held in Tompkins Square Park, and artists and craftsmen offered their wares in local shops. The arts flourished during the period, as many influential theater, poetry, and dance groups formed which helped reshape American culture—and continue today. St. Mark’s Church became a focal point for poets, political activists, radical community organizing, and dance and theater groups. Ellen Stewart started Café La MaMa, presenting theatrical works in a basement on East Ninth Street. Rock music from the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane to The Group Image bellowed from the Tompkins Square bandshell at free concerts. While the era has become mythologized over time, this evening Howl! Happening invites a panel of intrepid souls who lived in the East Village during the 60s to reflect on their experiences. About the Panelists Cary Abrams is a poet, journalist, writer, and historian whose work has been featured in numerous publications. He has taught history in New York City public schools for many years and has worked on numerous projects documenting the history of the Lower East Side—including working with the Lower East Side History Project. Penny Arcade fled her working-class Italian immigrant family at age 17, arriving in the East Village where she became a member of John Vaccaro’s Play-House of the Ridiculous. In 1969, she performed with Jackie Curtis in Femme Fatale at La MaMa E.T.C. She appeared in Warhol’s film Women in Revolt. Her career has spanned half a century, during which time she has become a world-renowned performance artist. Agosto Machado has had an equally lengthy career as a star of stage and screen, performing in films including Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis; Beautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling, Warhol Superstar; Pay It No Mind: Marsha P. Johnson; and most recently, Ruminations. Agosto has performed in countless La MaMa productions, often sharing the stage with Ethyl Eichelberger. He is worthy of being declared a national treasure. Ben Morea moved to the East Village in 1958. He cofounded Black Flag & Up Against The Wall Motherfucker, a group which organized numerous political actions in the 60s. Ben relates during that period the group operated 12 apartments for young runaways in the neighborhood. He is an acclaimed artist, in addition to possessing great organizational skills and visionary ideas. Robert Watlington is a visual artist, poet, and actor. His paintings have been exhibited in numerous galleries and shows in New York City as well as Europe, and are included in many influential collections. He was featured in Bethany Jacobson’s film Raw Zones, shot on rubble-strewn lots of the East Village and shown as part of a MoMA PS1 installation in 1987.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Concert | A Portuguese Guitar: An Iconic Musical Tradition


Marta Pereira da Costa, the world’s only professional female Portuguese Fado guitar player, is quickly becoming an ambassador of Portugal’s most iconic musical tradition. She is a 2014 recipient of the prestigious Instrumentalist Award from the Amália Rodrigues Foundation, named after the world-renowned “Queen of Fado.” Joined by a viola, contrabass, piano, and percussion, da Costa will showcase her soulful playing and stunning virtuosity in a dynamic and intense instrumental show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free
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