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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 10, 2011?

61 free events take place on Tuesday, May 10 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 May 10 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 May . 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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61 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, May 10, 2011

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park


Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are instructed by members of the Tai Chi Chuan Center for all ages and experience levels. Classes are rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free

Talk | The Dream-In Project


Aseem Inam, an Associate Professor of Urbanism at Parsons and a Fellow at the Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT, posits the power of dreams as a portal through which sustainable ideas and plans evolve, such as those applying to policy, business, capital, credit, and development. As the creator of the “Dream-In” project, Inam is bringing this idea to reality in Bangalore, India, a ‘crossroad city’ for design, entrepreneurship, venture capital, and innovation, in order to fulfill the dreams of its people. Inam will present the projects that comprise this venture, as well as videos of ‘common’ Indian dreams. Audience members can then share their own urban “dreams” in several interactive sessions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Gallery Talk | The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Room


An expert leads informal discussions in the room and answers questions. Two sessions: 10am-1pm and 1:30pm -3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Yoga in the Park


Expert instructors, provided by lululemon athletica, lead all levels of yogis. Mats are provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Workshop | Ping Pong in the Park


Test your skills at state-of-the-art tables. Paddles and balls are provided free of charge.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Birdwatching | Meet the Birds


Get an up-close visit with exotic birds from the Arcadia Bird Sanctuary and Education Center. Sanctuary Director, Terri Jones, and her sociable, people-friendly birds can be found every Tuesday this summer, weather permitting. Stop by to watch, ask questions, interact with the birds, or just take pictures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Jazz | The Gotham Jazzmen


Dixieland jazz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Amble Through the Ramble” Tour


Over streams, under arches, through the woods along a maze of pathways in a 38-acre woodland respite. Tour will be approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Downtown: Where New York Began Tour


A tour of Downtown — its history, architecture, and art, and its fascinating denizens. Tour includes Federal Hall, the U.S. Stock Exchange, Trinity Church, Fraunces Tavern, U.S. Custom House, and Bowling Green. Led by a professional tour leader. Adults, please bring photo ID.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Workshop | Fitness Walk NYC


A free fitness walk led by experienced instructors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Gary Lucas Band performs from their CD The Ordeal of Civility


World class guitar hero, Grammy-nominated songwriter, international recording artist with over 20 acclaimed albums to date, and soundtrack composer for film and television, Gary Lucas is coming to premiere his new album with his psychedelic super-group Gods and Monsters, The Ordeal of Civility is produced by Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Concert | John Sherer, Organist


Part of the PRISM Organ Recital Series.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Juilliard musicians perform works by Brahms


Program: BRAHMS Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 BRAHMS Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 With Violinist Kristin Lee and Pianist Kwan Yi.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6

Screening | Short Films on and by Native Americans


Featuring UNRESERVED: The Work of Louie Gong, Writing the Land, Airplane, Button Blanket, and Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows. Start times are 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

Conference | Fashion Cuts: Public Media and the Fashioning of Reality


From ‘The Fashion Show’ on television, ‘The Sartorialist’ website, and the film ‘Bill Cunningham New York’ to Fruits magazine in Japan, fashion is an increasingly large part of our reality. Looking at different forms of public and social media, a panel discussion featuring Tim Gunn and “The Sartorialist” Scott Schuman will discuss the cultural significance and meanings of this contemporary construction of fashion. Moderated by Hazel Clark, Ph.D., and Dean of the School of Art and Design History and Theory; with an introduction by Heike Jenss, Director of the MA Fashion Studies program. A reception will follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:30 pm
Free

Jazz | Spring 2011 Ensemble and Recital Series: Linear Composition


Directed by Jane Ira Bloom.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Talk | Beading Techniques Demonstration


Cody Harjo demonstrates beading techniques.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade” Tour


You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Visual Resources Online


This class is a lecture/demonstration. Learn about online image databases and research strategies, including NYPL digital collections.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Concert | Hafdis Huld, Singer/Songwriter


Hafdis Huld, a quirky singer-songwriter from Iceland, will be in the States for a promotional tour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Author Reading | Howard Pflanzer reads from his book Dead Birds or Avian Blues


Lissa Moira will read the short poetic plays featuring birds and animals. The surreal illustrations for the book by Juliane Pieper will be on view at this time too.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Club: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri


Exploring the secrets and complexities lying at the heart of family life and relationships, a collection of eight stories includes the title work, about a young mother in a new city whose father tends her garden while hiding a secret love affair.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Talk | A Practical Guide to Buying a Co-op, Condo, or House


Carmen Lee Shue, President/Owner, Lee Shue Realty, Inc., discusses ins and outs of buying a home for those embarking on the process for the first time.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | BFA Photography Department Senior Show


An exhibition of work produced by the BFA Photography Department class of 2011.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | BFA Photography Thesis Exhibition


Parsons The New School for Design and Calumet present an exhibition of photographs, installations, video projections, and magazine and book displays by graduates of its BFA Photography program, which challenges students to use analog and digital technology to create bodies of work influenced by film, design, fine art, video and sound.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Reading | Kaleidoscope: Writing Across the Genres


Flash readings of work by full-time faculty in Writing, including: Alexandra Chasin, Siddhartha Deb, Margo Jefferson, Albert Mobilio, Robin Mookerjee, Mark Statman, Wendy Walters, Andrew Meier, and Mark Greif. Also featuring readings by alumni, including the Ugarte collective.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | MFA Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition


An exhibition of thesis work by graduates of the New School's MFA Fine Arts program, an intensive two-year graduate program which trains students as artists in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, video, performance, digital media, installation, and photography.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Periodically Speaking: 100 Years of Literary Magazines at the Library


The program will feature the timeless literary magazine The Georgia Review. Editor Stephen Corey and writers Lynn Schmeidler, Kathleen Graber, William Giraldi. Join for readings and conversation reflecting on sustainability, endurance and adaptation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | The Economic Recovery


A lecture by Andy Stern, former president of the Service Employees Union, on how to bring about progressive change in the currently hostile political environment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Grant Achatz & Nick Kokonas discuss their book Life, on the Line, A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat


Grant Achatz and his business partner and co-author Nick Kokonas discuss the inside story of what it takes to rise to the top of the restaurant world, as well as Grant Achatz's intimate and inspiring battle with cancer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Lower East Side Eats: BabyCakes & Clinton Street Baking Company


From traditional to trendy, this series of food programs is devoted to the rich edible traditions of our neighborhood. This installment features the purveyors of BabyCakes, the you-don't-have-to-be-vegan-to-love-them bakery, and Clinton Street Baking Company, voted best brunch in the city.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Playwriting Workshop


Unleash your inner scribe. This workshop will focus on the craft of playwriting with a special emphasis on scene construction, conflict, dialogue and character. In-class writing exercises and discussion will help student's begin a new play or continue with a play-in-progress. With Charlie Schulman, who teaches Playwriting at NYU, Spalding University's brief residency MFA Program and at The Writers Voice of The West Side Y.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Screening | The 22nd Annual Dusty Film & Animation Festival


The festival highlights over 100 films by students graduating from the BFA Film, Video and Animation Department. The program includes screenings of short films, videos and animations, and culminates in an awards ceremony with notables from the film and animation industries. This year’s Screenwriters Night is a collaboration with Susan Batson Studio featuring SVA graduating screenwriters’ selected scenes performed live by professional actors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | The Elusive, Inclusive, Multifarious Truth: Contemporary Documentary Filmmakers and How They Tell True Stories


Documentary films are objective, journalistic, factual stories that are all true, all the time. No wait! Documentary films manipulate facts and tell stories from the director's singular point of view. No wait again! Documentaries have evolved and contemporary filmmakers use many different storytelling approaches to tell layered - yet still true - stories about complex social, political, economic, and personal issues. Get past the true vs. not-true debate and enter into a discussion of how recent documentaries used different storytelling methods, characters, lyricism, humor, and other narrative approaches to tell rich, authentic stories. Filmmakers discuss how they approached subjects as complicated and controversial as interracial adoption, environmental carnage and species protection, and the growth of the Chinese economy, and how they chose to explore true stories using different narrative approaches. PANELISTS: Nicole Opper - OFF AND RUNNING (Director) Miao Wang - BEIJING TAXI (Director) Kimberly Rogers - THE COVE (Production Coordinator)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Forum | Writing for Children Forum: Barbara Shook Hazen


Barbara Shook Hazen has published over 70 diverse children’s books and 10 adult non-fiction books, including Tight Times, The Knight Who Was Afraid of the Dark, Katie’s Wish, There Wouldn’t Be Sunbeams Without Little Specks of Dust, and the Dell Encyclopedia of Cats.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
$5

Author Reading | Actor Paul Reiser reads from his book Familyhood


Reiser, bestselling author of Couplehood and Babyhood, and the star of the old sitcom Mad About You, reads from his new timely collection of humorous essays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Other | Annual Members' Portfolio Competition


Digitals, prints and slides from members of the Pictorial Photographers of America.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Arje Shaw reads from his book The Fix


The Broadway and Off-Broadway writer reads from this tale of an immigrant father and his son’s troubled relationship.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Authors Edith Pearlman and Alice Mattison read their work


Edith Pearlman’s fiction has won three O. Henry Prizes and has appeared in Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, and New Stories from the South. The author of three previous short-story collections: Vaquita (winner of the Drue Heinz Prize for Literature), Love Among the Greats (winner of the Spokane Fiction Award), and How to Fall (winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize). She lives in Brookline, Massachusetts. Alice Mattison's most recent novel, Nothing Is Quite Forgotten In Brooklyn, was published in 2008 and was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and a finalist for the Connecticut Book Award; an excerpt appeared in The New Yorker. Her collection of connected stories, In Case We're Separated, was a New York Times Notable Book and won the Connecticut Book Award for Fiction. She is the author of four previous novels, including The Book Borrower, three earlier collections of stories, and a collection of poems. Her stories, poems, and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Yale Review, The Women's Review of Books, Ploughshares, The Threepenny Review, Writer’s Chronicle, and elsewhere, and have been reprinted in The Pushcart Prize and Best American Short Stories. She teaches fiction in the Bennington Writing Seminars.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Chaz Bono reads from his book Transition


Bono, discussing his book, recounts his 40-year struggle to match his gender identity with his physical body and his transformation from female to male. No memorabilia.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction To Meditation


With Miles Neale.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Author Reading | Jen Lancaster reads from her book If You Were Here


The popular blogger and memoirist makes her fiction debut.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Screening | Korean Film: Yongkeun Min's Re-Encounter (2009)


A film festival favorite featuring two powerful lead performances from Yoo Da-In and Yoo Yun-Suk, RE-ENCOUNTER won a fistful of awards around the world and became a major indie word-of-mouth success when it was released theatrically in Korea. Hyehwa is a veternarian’s assistant living a quiet life when suddenly her high school sweetheart reappears one day and tells her that the child they thought died when he got her pregnant at 18 is still alive. Lyrical and intimate, it’s a movie that sees two people tear themselves up in quiet desperation. 107 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Lynne Tillman reads from her book Someday This Will Be Funny


The stories in Someday This Will Be Funny marry memory to moment in a union of narrative form as immaculate and imperfect as the characters damned to act them out on page. Lynne Tillman presides over the ceremony; Clarence Thomas, Marvin Gaye, and Madame Realism mingle at the reception. Narrators—by turn infamous and nameless—shift within their own skin, struggling to unknot reminiscence from reality while scenes rush into warm focus, then cool, twist, and snap in the breeze of shifting thought. Epistle, quotation, and haiku bounce between lyrical passages of lucid beauty, echoing the scattered, cycling arpeggio of Tillman's preferred subject: the unsettled mind.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Resident Salon


Preview shows from Horse Trade Theater Group’s 2011 Summer Season.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Student Graduation Comedy Show


Tonight, brilliant students take the stage. The legends of tomorrow show you they're actually the stars of today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5

Theater | Student Production: Noel Coward's Design for Living


Performed by the Graduate Acting Class of 2012.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Reading | The Pen Parentis Literary Salon


Notable authors Ann Hood and Marina Budhos share the stage with emergent author Cara Hoffman to read from their eagerly anticipated new books. Followed by a Q&A.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Translators read from Aimé Césaire’s Solar Throat Slashed


Clayton Eshleman, the foremost translator of Martinican poet Aimé Césaire (1913—2008), and A. James Arnold, the leading editor of Césaire’s French works, read from their translation of the poet’s Soleil cou coupe. Arnold will discuss the importance of Cuba and Cubans—including Lydia Cabrera and Wifredo Lam—in launching Césaire´s poetic career during WWII. This program will be in English with bilingual readings.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Works for Piano, Violin and Cello


Program: Magnus Lindberg: Sonatas for violin and piano Mystery Variations on Giuseppe Colombi’s Chiacona for solo cello Giuseppe Colombi: Chiacona Kaija Saariaho: Dreaming Chaconne (US Premiere) Steven Stucky: Partite sopra un basso, per Anssi (US Premiere) Mark Neikrug: Tiny Colombi for Anssi (US Premiere) Magnus Lindberg: Duello (US Premiere) Tan Dun: Chiacona - after Colombi (US Premiere) Erwin Schulhoff: Duo for violin and cello Magnus Lindberg: Trio for violin, cello and piano With: Magnus Lindberg, piano; Jennifer Koh, violin; and Anssi Kattunen, cello. The Movado Hour is a series of free hour-long chamber music concerts presented in an intimate salon setting. Tickets may be reserved beginning one week prior to the concert date. There is a two-ticket limit per customer. Unclaimed tickets will be released 10 minutes before the start of the concert. Categories: Classical Restrictions: Tickets may be reserved beginning one week prior to the concert date. There is a two-ticket limit per customer. Unclaimed tickets will be released 10 minutes before the start of the concert.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Extension Division Student Composers


This concert will feature performances of new works by Extension Division composition students.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recital - Popular Music Combos


D.D. Jackson, director.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Open Mike | Penny's Open Mic


Spoken word artists, musicians, comedians, and other creative folks are invited to put their two cents in at this gathering hosted by Penny Pollak.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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9:00 pm
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Performance | Born A Winner Comedy Show


Irene shares essays about her childhood growing up between Queens, NY and Lexington, MA. Born to Greek immigrants, Irene is the product of an arranged marriage. She recalls growing up with an autistic older brother in the 70's (when autism couldn't speak), and a younger totalitarian sister. When Irene was born (at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston), as immoral as this sounds.. she won a beauty contest. She was presented with a crown and sash. Through out her life when she felt devalued, depressed or like a LOSER...she reminds herself: "Kid, you were born a WINNER! And don't you forget it!!"
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
$5

Jazz | 5/5/5 After Hours Set


A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of Manhattan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 pm
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Performance | Bring It! Stand-Up Open Mike


Jay Welch hosts this stand up comedy open mic. Sign up and you can be a part of the show! Each week, Jay and his special guests will be joined by 10 additional acts whose names will be drawn from the golden bowl of destiny. Win "joke of the night" and you are guaranteed a slot on the following Tuesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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