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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 16, 2023?

53 free events take place on Thursday, March 16 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 16 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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53 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, March 16, 2023

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free events nyc Beethoven: Master of Variations (in-person and online)
free events nyc Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity (1944): noir/crime with Barbara Stanwyck
free events nyc The Transformative Power of Eastern Music with a Grammy-Winning Tabla Virtuoso
free events nyc Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA (online)
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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 | Tour of New York City Hall


One of the oldest continuously used City Halls in the nation that still houses its original governmental functions, New York's City Hall is considered one of the finest architectural achievements of its period. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, the building was an early expression of the City's cosmopolitanism. City Hall is a designated New York City landmark, and its rotunda is a designated interior landmark as well.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Film | The Lady Eve (1941) with Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda


A conniving father and daughter meet up with the heir to a brewery fortune -- a wealthy but naive snake enthusiast -- and attempt to bamboozle him at a cruise ship card table. Director: Preston Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, Eric Blore Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress, model, and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year professional career she was known for her strong, realistic screen presence and versatility. She was a favorite of directors and made 85 films in 38 years before turning to television. Henry Fonda was an American actor. He had a career that spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. He cultivated an everyman screen image in several films considered to be classics. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. He rose to film stardom with performances in films like Jezebel (1938), Jesse James (1939), and Young Mr. Lincoln (1939). His career further progressed with his portrayal of Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
Free

Hike | Greenbelt Adult Hike: Paulo's Peak


In celebration of Thomas Paulo's accomplishments in the Greenbelt and his birthday, we will be hiking to Paulo's Peak, previously known as Moses Mountain. Trails have some inclines.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
Free

Park Walk | Wildlife Outing


Birding experts lead an exploration of the park. Discover why it is on the New York State’s Birding Trail. Guides will help participants spot birds, their food sources, and other wildlife in the park, so they invite you to bring your own binoculars.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)


Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Performance | Ice Theatre of New York: Take Five


Ice Theatre of New York is proud to hit the ice with ITNY Ensemble member Danil Berdnikov performing Eliot Halverson’s Take Five. Music: Paul Desmond, performed by the Dave Brubeck Quartet ITNY former performer and current choreographer Eliot Halverson created Take Five for Armen Agaian to show off his ice dancing skills. In 2022, he adapted it for Danil Berdnikov.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Discussion | Transitional Justice in Latin America Today (online)


For decades transitional justice has played an important role in Latin America in helping to heal the wounds of conflict and dictatorship and to build stronger social and political ties as a foundation for new post-conflict orders and political regimes.  In recent years, activists and policymakers in the region have begun to employ transitional justice in new and innovative ways.  In some cases, it has been used as a strategy to end conflicts and achieve peace.  In others, transitional justice has been envisioned as a response to criminal violence.  In still other cases, it has been brought to bear decades later to seek redress for past abuses as a strategy to achieve justice and strengthen communities.  This roundtable, co-hosted by the Marxe School and ISLA-The Initiative for the Study of Latin America at the Weissman School, brings together two leaders in this field to discuss ongoing debates in transitional justice and its contemporary applications.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Workshop | 10 Essential Tips to Level Up Your Photography (online)


So you got a new camera. Congrats! Let Mahesh Thapa, a Sony Alpha Ambassador, go over some crucial tips to help improve your photography game. Learn aspects such as important “rules of composition”, how to get tack sharp images, and important camera settings to maximize the quality of your images.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Beethoven: Master of Variations (in-person and online)


Featuring violinist Todd Phillips and pianist Rachel Yunkyung Choo in a live performance of Beethoven's Sonata No. 6, Op. 30 No.1, and the "Kreutzer" Sonata No. 9, Op.47, both in A major.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | Works for Flute, Basoon, Oboe, and More


NOVUS NY: Melissa Baker, flute; Brad Balliett, bassoon; Stuart Breczinski, oboe; Benjamin Fingland, clarinet; Daniel Schlosberg, piano; and Laura Weiner, horn. Program Brad Balliett, Quintet (World Premiere) Valerie Coleman (1970-present), Selections from Portraits of Langston Joan Tower (1938-present), Island Prelude Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), Sextet in c minor, Op. 40 (1852)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Vocal Works from the Medieval Era Through the Renaissance (In Person and Online)


The thirteenth century produced the first clearcut examples of independent melodies sounding together to create harmony -- the defining feature of Western polyphony for the next three centuries. Listen to a program following this development from 1250 to the dawn of the Renaissance in music for two, three, and four voices. Pomerium: Kristina Boerger, Michele Eaton, Christopher Preston Thompson, Michael Steinberger, Thomas McCargar, Peter Stewart The vocal ensemble Pomerium, founded by Alexander Blachly in New York in 1972, specializes in music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
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Film | Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity (1944): noir/crime with Barbara Stanwyck


An insurance salesman is seduced by a conniving woman into a scheme to murder her husband and make it look like an accident in order to collect his impressive life insurance policy. Director: Billy Wilder Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather Billy Wilder was an Austrian-American filmmaker. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Hollywood cinema. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director eight times, winning twice, and for a screenplay Academy Award 13 times, winning three times. Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress, model, and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year professional career she was known for her strong, realistic screen presence and versatility. She was a favorite of directors and made 85 films in 38 years before turning to television.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
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Film | Greta Gerwig's Academy Award-Winning Little Women (2019)


At the 92nd Academy Awards, Little Women received six nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score, and won for Best Costume Design. Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms. Director: Greta Gerwig Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh Greta Gerwig is an American actor, screenwriter, and director, known for acting in and making dialogue-driven independent films. Since the early 2010s, Gerwig has collaborated with her partner Noah Baumbach on several films, including Greenberg (2010), Frances Ha (2012), for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination, Mistress America (2015), and White Noise (2022).
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
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Jazz | Live Jazz from Harlem (online)


Karen Borca is the only bassoonist of her generation who has made a mark in Avant-Garde and Free Jazz.  While studying at the University of Wisconsin, she met Cecil Taylor, who taught there during the 1969/1971 academic years. Borca studied with Taylor, and went on to play in his big bands, ensembles, and the Cecil Taylor Unit. She later assisted Taylor’s longtime collaborator, saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, while he was artist-in-residence at Bennington College in 1974, later to marry him and play in his ensembles until he died in 1986. Her own bands have played the Berlin Jazz Festival, Taklos Festival in Switzerland, Jazz Happening in Finland, Vision Festival in USA and many other concerts, clubs and venues. In addition to Taylor and Lyons, she has played and recorded with important pioneers of Avant-Garde music and Free Jazz including Bill Dixon, Andrew Cyrille, William Parker, Paul Murphy and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era: Think Global, Act Local (online)


Digital advocacy organizations are a novel, significant addition to the international arena. They derive power from their ability to rapidly mobilize members online and offline on a range of issues, in contrast to most non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which wield power through their expertise on, and long-term commitment to, a single issue. Digital advocacy organizations have built a transnational network around a common mode of advocacy and share technology, tactics, and strategies. With author Nina Hall.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Chopin and Schubert for Piano (In Person AND Online)


Bo Zhang, piano. Program Chopin (1810-1849), Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 (1840) Schubert (1797-1828), Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959 (1828)
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
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Lecture | The Historical Formation of Races (in-person and online)


This talk argues that race is best understood not as a social construction, at least as this is usually understood, but as a historical formation. Social constructivist theories of race have provided a helpful antidote to biological essentialist theories. And yet some prominent versions of social construction have supported the false idea that what has been constructed by state policies might be deconstructed by ceasing official usage of the category of race. The role of large scale historical events in the formation of races is obscured by disavowals of racial categories as conceptually mistaken and inevitably morally pernicious. Speaker Linda Martin Alcoff is Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Reading | Storytelling Circle (online)


One of the oldest traditions around the world is storytelling — folk tales, fairy tales, historic tales, family tales. Bring whatever story you choose. We’ll gather ’round the virtual campfire and listen. Doris Hart moderates.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Jazz | Jazz Vocal Works (In Person AND Online)


Ekep Nkwelle, jazz vocalist. Program Max Roach (1924-2007), All Africa (1964) Pharaoh Sanders (1940-2022), The Creator Has a Master Plan (Peace) (1969) Mongo Santamaria (1917-2003), Afro Blue (1959) Djavan (1949-present), Curumim (Amazon Farewell) (1989) Ekep Nkwelle, Blackness Geri Allen (1957-2017), Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006) Ekep Nkwelle, Yondo Selele (Journey Mercies)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Bach, Brahms, and More for Cello (In Person AND Online)


Jumi Lee, cello. Program Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010 Tania Leon (1943-present), Four Pieces for Violoncello (1983) Brahms (1833-1897), Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 (1886)
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
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Lecture | (En)gendering the Italian Academy: Women, Performance, and the Libertine’s Dilemma (online)


Scholars used to understand early-modern Italian academies as refuges for free-thinking and egalitarianism in the face of socio-cultural constrictions. Recent research has tempered that optimism considerably, in part through exploration of women’s limited engagement with these still intensely homosocial sodalities. Following that thought, this talk begins by moving away from general patterns to consider in some detail the academic entanglements of three celebrated cultural producers: the poet and commedia dell’arte star Isabella Andreini (d. 1604); her daughter-in-law and fellow performer Virginia Ramponi (d. ca. 1631); and the singer and composer Barbara Strozzi (d. 1677). The possibilities and tensions revealed in these encounters lead us to think in a more fundamental and holistic way about the gendering of the Italian academy — that is, beyond the status of women as women and even beyond the dynamics of homosociality. Confronting the limits of liberty for libertines ultimately gives us new purchase on the boundaries of the possible in the late Renaissance and early Baroque. Speaker Sarah Gwyneth Ross is Professor of History at Boston College, where she teaches courses on all sorts of things about the early modern world, especially literature, performance, women, and gender.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Amoako Boafo: what could possibly go wrong, if we tell it like it is


A solo exhibition of new paintings will also be Boafo’s first in New York. Boafo’s large-scale portraits portray his friends and those he admires with candor, joy, and individuality. Focused on Black identity, his monumental paintings have already become key works in the representation of contemporary Africa and the African diaspora. Boafo paints the faces and bodies of his subjects with his fingertips rather than a brush, the directness of his touch enhancing their expressive qualities. The works’ surfaces feature a gestural facture which the artist uses to model the figures’ anatomy. Making eye contact, Boafo’s subjects return the gaze of the viewer in an assertion of presence and identity, reflecting the artist’s interest in conveying charisma and individuality. The characters occupy domestic interiors, their casual grace reinforced by the familiarity of these settings.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Buck Ellison: Little Brother


A solo exhibition of works by Los Angeles-based artist Buck Ellison. The exhibition includes photography, film, and a new wallpaper installation. Ellison’s practice produces a deep network of inquiry into how whiteness and privilege are sustained and broadcast. The six photographs and the film that comprise Little Brother were made between 2017 and 2022; in them, Ellison imagines Erik Prince, founder of the private security firm Blackwater, as he might have appeared on his Wyoming ranch in 2003, the year the firm received its first U.S. contracts to engage in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ellison carefully staged every piece in this project—hiring actors, sourcing props, researching filming locations—and combed through tax filings, transcripts of congressional hearings, military contracting price lists, as well as Prince’s autobiography in order to create this meticulous portrait.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Cornelius Annor: A Fabric of Time and Family


An exhibition of new paintings by the Accra-based artist whose vibrant canvases offer glimpses of Ghanian life through figures in states of gathering, leisure, and repose. In the series of fifteen works on view, Annor depicts scenes culled from photo albums, archives, recollections, and imaginings—a group of paintings that radiate kinship and harken to both classical art historical paradigms and the unique aesthetics of modern African portraiture. Cornelius Annor has achieved international critical praise for his narrative figurative scenes and portraits, elements of an oeuvre that captures the transitory moments and ineffable atmosphere of contemporary life in his native Ghana. Amalgamating sources, including familial records and internet archives, Annor creates a vivid metafiction that pulses with life and resonant affection for his subjects, both known and imagined. Characteristic of Annor’s work is the incorporation of fabric segments as well as portions of canvas with fabric transfers. The Ghanaian textiles and motifs he uses function twofold, referencing both the artist’s West African heritage and literalizing the multidimensionality and layering of memories and meaning in his work. Speaking to the relationship between elements in his paintings, Annor has observed:
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Signing | Elliott Puckette: Artist's Monograph


Celebrate the release of Elliott Puckette's first major monograph. Replete with color plates, reproduced source materials, and François Halard’s photography of the artist’s studio, this new and comprehensive publication investigates Elliott Puckette’s process and influences through essays by Dr. David Anfam and Stephanie Cristello, an ode by sculptor Maya Lin, and an in-depth interview with the artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Gerhard Richter: Recent Abstract Works


The gallery’s first exhibition of works by Gerhard Richter will feature new and recent abstract works, all created between 2016 and 2023, including paintings, works on paper, and a new glass installation that continues the artist’s exploration of human perception and the built environment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Hermann Nitsch: Selected Paintings, Actions, Relics, and Musical Scores, 1965–2020


A presentation of paintings, photographs, relics, and musical scores by Hermann Nitsch––a founder of the Viennese Actionism movement who died last year at age 83––will mark the artist's first show with our gallery. The exhibition will be accompanied by the premiere of a new performance and installation by the artist Miles Greenberg with Pace Live. With performances that complement and speak to Nitsch’s oeuvre, Greenberg’s presentation, titled Fountain II, will situate Nitsch’s experimental practice within a contemporary context.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Juan Francisco Elso: Essays on America (online)


A virtual book launch to celebrate the publication of the monograph that offers the first comprehensive bilingual study dedicated to the artist. The program will be an opportunity to further explore Elso's life and work, including his interest in Afro-diasporic cosmologies and religious practices, and the Indigenous arts of the Americas. The event will be moderated by the exhibition's guest curator and publication editor Olga Viso who will be with book contributors Gean Moreno, co-director of [NAME] Publications, artist Javier Tellez, and Dr. Erica Moiah James, Art Historian, Curator and Assistant Professor at the University of Miami.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Kenneth Noland: Stripes/Plaids/Shapes


An exhibition of paintings created by Kenneth Noland between the 1960s and early 2000s. A continuation of the gallery’s recent presentation of Noland’s work in London, Stripes/Plaids/Shapes will survey a significant period of the artist’s career, forging new connections among his iconic Stripe paintings, Shape canvases, and later works.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Reading | LiVE MAG!: Magazine Celebration


An evening of art, film, and poetry to celebrate the release of the issue hosted by Publisher Jeffrey Cyphers Wright and Editors Ilka Scobie and Lori Oritz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Model Home (New York) After Wisconsin Death Trip: Group Show


Featuring: Peggy Ahwesh Paul Auster / Spencer Ostrander Gretchen Bender Sihan Cui Mona Leau Corky Lee John Schabel Charles Van Schaick This exhibition includes material from Michael Lesy's classic 1970's era account of late 19th-century life in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Combining photographs with contemporaneous news stories from the local paper, it describes a small Midwestern town besieged by ongoing plagues and economic misfortune.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Kinstillatory Mappings in Light and Dark Matter: Music, Dance, Poetry


A monthly ceremonial fire centering Indigenous protocol and knowledge, with guest artists and activists engaging through music, dance, poetry, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Manhattan at Large: Honoring Miriam Friedlander (in-person and online)


A panel discussion honoring the life and legacy of one of NYC’s most prominent public servants – the late councilmember Miriam Friedlander. Hear from some of Miriam’s closest friends, colleagues, and allies as they discuss her legacy and impact. Panelists include Tommy Loeb, Lisa Kaplan, Frieda Bradlow and Margarita Lopez - with Commissioner Pauline Toole serving as moderator. Miriam Friedlander was an active and inspired city council member representing the East Village and Lower East Side from 1974 to 1991. She led her district and the NYC public by initiating important conversations and creating and holding space for the underrepresented. Throughout her life Miriam was a strong advocate for women, elders, tenants, the homeless and gay and lesbian communities. Tune in to our livestream of archived episodes of Manhattan at Large and watch as she discusses crucial topics with prominent city activists, organizers and civil servants that still ring true today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | National Book Award–Winner Discusses Latest Release


Join award-winning New Yorker staff writer Judith Thurman for a discussion of her latest collection of essays, A Left Handed Woman, moderated by award-winning poet and best-selling memoirist Mary Karr.
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Lecture | The Women Writers of the Caffe Cino


“The Caffe Cino began before it actually began. It began part way down the street. Outdoor golden, amber and rose colored lights, not neon, spilled across the sidewalk and made their way towards you, silently, like dancers, as you approached. Everything about the Caffe Cino began before it began. Inside the room all time stopped. There was no time inside except magic time." This is how Magie Dominic describes the Caffe Cino in her book, The Queen Of Peace Room. The Caffe Cino, a very small caffe theater on Cornelia Street in New York, opened in 1958, produced plays and theater work until its closing in 1968, and was the home of Off-Off Broadway. Magie Dominic was one of the original performers at the Caffe, and like many, worked in multiple capacities. During its 10 year existence, Joe Cino, owner of the Caffe Cino, produced the work of hundreds of new writers, many of whom went on to win a multitude of awards -including Pulitzers, Tonys, Academy Awards, and Obies. The Caffe Cino was the incubator. Among the many writers whose work was presented at the Caffe, 15 women poets and playwrights presented their work there. Although their work spanned 1959-1968, the full existence of the Caffe, their collective contribution to the Caffe Cino’s history has gone basically unnoticed. Magie Dominic will present the very first program to focus on the work of these 15 women writers. In celebration of Women’s History Month, the evening itself will be history making as it will be the first time that the story of these women writers will be brought together. The Caffe Cino recently received National Historic Landmark Status.
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Opening Reception | Winners of the Krappy Kamera Competition: Photography Show


First Place: Katie DelaVaughn Second Place: Albano Ballerini Third Place: Marianne McCoy Honorable Mention: Joe Ditchett, Timothy Smith, Levee Wolf Also selected: Chuck Baker, Candido Baldacchino, Janine Brown, Ronald Butler, Bruce Byers, Lou Chapman, Patrick J. Clarke, Myles Coleman, Armen Dolukhanyan, Travis Flack, Bruce Flye, Robert Gervais, Carole Glauber, J.M. Golding, Claudia Gorman, Sharon Harris, Sarah Haske, Saroyan Humphery, Michael Joseph, Hope Kahn-Hoffman, Chae Kihn, Stefan Killen, Ashley Krombach, Stefanie LePape, Dave Linard, Eric McCollum, Aleks Miesak, Carolyn Moore, Denise Moore, K Moore, ChengLun Na, JE Piper, Sasha Prince, Viviana Rasulo, Giulia Ricciotti, Donnas Schaeffer, Shannon Stoney, Ryan Synovec, Steven Taddei, Michael Teresko, Rose Trafford, Jacob Wachal, Yelena Zhavoronkova, Joseph Ziolkowski
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Book Discussion | Embrace Your Space: Organizing Ideas and Stylish Upgrades for Every Room on Any Budget


Writer Katie Holdefehr and photographer Genevieve Garruppo toast their new decor and organizing book.
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Film | Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche (2021): My Mother the Punk Icon


The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary. Directors: Celeste Bell, Paul Sng 96 min.
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Book Club | Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen


America's modern culinary history told through the lives of seven pathbreaking chefs and food writers. Who's really behind America's appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from an electric new voice in food writing honors seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today. Taste Makers stretches from World War II to the present, with absorbing and deeply researched portraits of figures including Mexican-born Elena Zelayeta, a blind chef; Marcella Hazan, the deity of Italian cuisine; and Norma Shirley, a champion of Jamaican dishes. Weaving together histories of food, immigration, and gender, Taste Makers will challenge the way readers look at what's on their plate-and the women whose labor, overlooked for so long, makes those meals possible. Named a best book of 2021 by NPR, one of the Wall Street Journal's favorite books of 2021, a New York Times Editors' Choice Pick, and a nominee for the 2022 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Talk | Special Tour: The Moore Family (online)


A special virtual tour honoring Women’s History and Irish American History Month! Explore the story of Joseph and Bridget Moore, Irish immigrants living with their children at 97 Orchard Street in the 1860s. Through their story, discover how Irish immigrants navigated a diverse city, maintained pride, and built community in Lower Manhattan.
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Lecture | The Defeat of the British Southern Strategy to Conquer America (in-person and online)


Ken Scarlett will discuss the British Southern Strategy for conquering America and extinguishing the American Revolution. He will discuss the role of a quisling in the framing of their base strategy and how those plans were completely defeated culminating with the forced British evacuation from Charleston, South Carolina (Victory Day). Scarlett will examine General Nathanael Greene's post-Yorktown counterinsurgency campaign to oust British occupation forces from the Lower South and reinstall elected state governments; which proved to be the final lynchpins for King George III and Parliament to end their war-gone-global and relinquish sovereignty over the declared "United States."
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Book Discussion | Operation Pedro Pan: Childhood in the US-Cuban Cold War


Operation Pedro Pan was the extraordinary undertaking by the Miami Catholic Diocese, federal and state offices, child welfare agencies, and anti-Castro Cubans to bring more than fourteen thousand unaccompanied children to the United States during the Cold War. Officially called the Unaccompanied Cuban Children’s Program, children without immediate family support in the United States—some 8,300 kids—received group and foster care through the Catholic Welfare Bureau and other religious, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations as young people were dispersed throughout the country. Pedro Pans entered the United States as sanctified members of the Cold War nuclear family. In Cuba, Fidel Castro and other leaders made the revolution a moral imperative. Children were the future of the reengineered socialist nation, inheritors of the great political experiment in the Western Hemisphere. Across both nations, the period’s confrontational language was inscribed on the bodies of their youth. Author John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco is Associate Professor of American Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-Up in Oakland


From author Ali Winston comes a critical look at the systematic corruption and brutality within the Oakland Police Department, and the more than two-decades-long saga of attempted reforms and explosive scandals. No municipality has been under court oversight to reform its police department as long as the city of Oakland. It is, quite simply, the edge case in American law enforcement. The Riders Come Out at Night is the culmination of over twenty-one years of fearless reporting. Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham shine a light on the jackbooted police culture, lack of political will, and misguided leadership that have conspired to stymie meaningful reform. The authors trace the history of Oakland since its inception through the lens of the city’s police department, through the Palmer Raids, McCarthyism, and the Civil Rights struggle, the Black Panthers and crack eras, to Oakland’s present-day revival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | I Love a Piano: The Dick Katz Steinway


Dick Katz (1924-2009) was not only a superior jazz pianist, but also a beloved teacher/mentor to generations of students and fans through his writing and advocacy. His classic Steinway piano was given as a gift to NJMH and generously refurbished courtesy of the family. Celebrate his legacy, listen to his music, and perform on the Katz piano.    
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA (online)


Author and scholar Theresa Runstedtler talks about her new book. Of this vital narrative history of 1970s pro basketball and the Black players who shaped the NBA, Howard Bryant says, "The NBA is cool. The story of the Black players who transformed the game into what it is today is even cooler."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Songs by U2, Van Morrison, and More


Jonny Rosch & his All-Star Friends Band, featuring Jonny Rosch, vocals/keys; Mick Gaffney, guitar; Keith Crupi, drums; and Greg Novick, bass. Performing songs by your famous Irish artists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | The Transformative Power of Eastern Music with a Grammy-Winning Tabla Virtuoso


Internationally acclaimed tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das and his classical Indian instrumental HUM Ensemble harness the transformative power of Eastern music as an inspiration of positive social change. The ensemble's newest project, Delhi to Istanbul, is the latest initiative in their socially driven series, Transcending Borders One Note at a Time. This eclectic mix of original compositions and traditional arrangements explores the shared musical heritage of India and Turkey via the conjoined traditions of Indian ragas, Arabic maqams, Sufi poems, and lyrical thumri. The Grammy Award-winning Guggenheim Fellow Sandeep Das leads his quartet--featuring Tamer Pinarbasi on the kanun (zither), Rajib Karmakar on sitar, and Jay Gandhi on bansuri--for the NYC premiere of this transcendental work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Diary of a Black Jewish Messiah: The Sixteenth-Century Journey of David Reubeni through Africa, the Middle East, and Europe


Discover a true story of imperial rivalry, Mediterranean Jewish communities, a Jewish kingdom and one black messiah. Professor Alan Verskin will share the world into which the semi-messianic figure, David Reubeni, peddles his vision of an autonomous Jewish country in the Holy Land; a world filled with fierce rivalries between Christian and Muslim powers, brutal conquest, and fantastic discovery. A panel discussion will ensue with Professors Alan Verskin, Ronnie Perelis, and Francesca Bregoli followed by Q&A.. In 1524 David Reubeni, also known as the black messiah, arrived in Venice, claiming to be the ambassador of a powerful Arabian Jewish kingdom. In an era of fierce imperial rivalry, and the fantastic discovery and brutal conquest of new lands, people across the Mediterranean saw signs of an impending apocalypse and dreamed of discovering new allies to join them in the coming war. Reubeni offered a jewish take on these expectations. With his warriors from lost Israelite tribes, he pledged to recover the Holy Land and restore Jewish pride. Numerous Jews and conversos hailed him as the messiah. (from the back of the book) Diary of a Black Jewish Messiah is the first English translation of Reubeni’s Hebrew diary.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Comedy Club | Bomb Shelter Comedy Show


Bomb Shelter is a free weekly comedy show in New York City where you'll find some of the best comedians performing. Expect free pizza.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Saint Patrick's Day Celebration with Works by Frank Corcoran and More


North/South Chamber Orchestra. Program Frank Corcoran (1944-present) Robert Lemay (1960-present) Max Lifchitz (1948-present) Hsueh-Yung Shen (1952-present) Rob Smith (1968-present)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Works for Cello (In Person AND Online)


Taeguk Mun, cello. Program Elliot Carter (1908-2012), Sonata for Cello and Piano (1948) Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805), Sonata "L'imperatrice" Thomas Ades (1971-present), Lieux retrouves (2012)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Works for Piano (In Person AND Online)


Vicky Yinyu Lam, piano and Jiahao Han, piano. Program Li Yinghai (1927-2007), Three Refrains of Yang Guan (1978) Zhu Jian'er (1922-2017), Children's Play (2007) Zhang Zhao, A Love Song of Kangding (2007) Zhang Zhao, Numa Ame (2017) Tan Dun (1957-present), Sonata for Piano, "The Banquet" (2016) Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos ("Fantaisie-tableaux"), Op. 5 (1893) Witold Roman Lutoslawski (1913-1994), Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Two Pianos (1941)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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