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free events nyc Wolfgang Streeck discusses his book Buying Time: The Delayed Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
free events nyc The Drilling Company presents an outdoor production of Shakespeare's Hamlet
free events nyc Two One-Act Operas: Memorial City / The Imaginary War Crimes Tribunal:
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Workshop | Park Tai Chi


Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are instructed by members of the Tai Chi Chuan Center for all ages and experience more levels. Classes are rain or shine. less
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7:30 am
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Tour | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan more is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled. less
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10:00 am
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy & Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central more Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. less
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10:00 am
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Conference | Thirty Years of Democracy in Latin America: Process of Change, Achievements and Challenges


This conference will bring together social scientists from Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss more the changes that have occurred in the region over the last 30 years. less
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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 more of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present. less
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Board Game Social


Join an all-new weekly Game Social to meet up with like-minded players interested in the same games as more you. The Board Game Social features games in their classic form with a board, special pieces and a little bit of competition. Try classics like Sorry, Clue, Monopoly, or Life. less
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12:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Guided Tour: Before and After the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes


Join a Museum Ambassador for an engaging tour through the exhibition. Tour highlights include discussion more of underwater panther and thunderbird, figures in Anishinaabe cosmology; and an in-depth look at artists such as Norval Morriseau, George Morrison, and Keesic Douglas. less
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome more to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow! less
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of more choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar. less
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12:20 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history more of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present. less
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international more monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Tour times: 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. less
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Song and Story: The Early Years of Broadway


Broadway musicals of the 1910s and 1920s in abridged concert format.
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1:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Group: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse


Monthly book discussions to explore titles you've been meaning to read, or reread, and discuss with other more lovers of literature. Participants should read each title before the discussion. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, more food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments. less
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Film | Sam Wood and Edmund Goulding's A Night at the Opera (1935): Marx Brothers Madness


Starring Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two more opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies. 96 min. less
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Subway Art Tour


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


The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, more French Cheeses and Russian caviar as well as fresh meats to City markets. The hustle and bustle of the streets induced the City to elevate the railroad trains delivering goods to the commercial buildings. When interstate truck traffic made the railway outdated, it fell into ruin, only to be regenerated as a park. less
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2:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A Museum Ambassador gives a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition.
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3:00 pm
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Film | Barry Levinson's Oscar Nominee Good Morning Vietnam (1987): Radio Hanoi


Cast: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Bruno Kirby. An unorthodox and irreverent DJ begins to shake more up things when he is assigned to the US Armed Services Radio station in Vietnam. 121 min. less
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4:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals: Cello, Voice, Piano


4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Hatton, Celia 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Erin McGlover, soprano 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM more Michael Refvem, Piano 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Ji Yeon Kim, Violin 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM Seulki Lee, Cello 9:30 PM - 11:00 PM Jessica Grzanna, Voice less
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4:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals: Jazz Drums, Clarinet, Violin


4pm Christopher Lee, Clarinet 6pm Gabrielle Marx, Double Bass 6pm Olivia Dawn Mok, Violin 8pm more Dag Markhus, Jazz Drums 8pm Yoon Kyung Cho, Cello 8pm Yura SJ Oh, Violin less
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Exhibition: Animalis


18 contemporary artists bring nature indoors with an exhibition of museum-quality prints. Curated by more Kirsten Flaherty. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Jim Findlay’s Dream of the Red Chamber, a Performance for a Sleeping Audience


Conceived as a literal dream play — the work is performed for an audience that is encouraged to experience more the piece while they fall in and out of sleep. This durational performance installation invites the audience to take an immersive journey through Cao Xueqin’s 18th century Chinese novel “Dream of the Red Chamber” — an epic love story between a stone and a flower, framed by a dizzying series of metaphysical dreams. Audiences may arrive at any time, depart at any time, and return at any time. less
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Birdwatching | Spring Birding Tour of the Park


Discover the birds that call the Park home, as well as those that may stop by during migration. A surprising more diversity of avian visitors drop in, even in the heart of midtown. Sightings could include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, even an American Woodcock! less
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Workshop | Kinokophone Recording Workshop


Join Kinokophone and the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound for an afternoon of audio more exploration. Investigate the library with your microphone and experiment with basic recording techniques. Find out more about one of the richest resources of recorded sound in the world. Participants are encouraged to bring a recording device. A limited number of simple sound recording kits will be available for use during the workshop. less
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5:30 pm
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Concert | The New York City Children's Chorus


Program: Roberto Scarcella Perino & Federica Anichini Le Passioni dell’Aria This is a world more premiere of a cycle of songs for children’s chorus and piano. less
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Tour | Brooklyn Heights Tour


Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of more America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers. less
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Opening Reception | Paintings by Austrian Artist Heimo Zobernig


Zobernig will present paintings that represent a continuation of a series started in 2012 inspired by more a Picasso exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich. Heimo Zobernig was born in Austria in 1958 and lives and works in Vienna. Zobernig has exhibited widely in various international shows including most recently the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, a show which later traveled to the Kunsthaus Graz in Austria. less
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Joe Fleming's Suckerpunch


Fleming's works are re-mades, where recycling materials and a worn-out character are pronounced through more a visual statement encompassing the entire gallery space in dynamic color, form, and gesture. His relationship with the materials, ranging from enamel to spray foam to insulation, lends itself to the raw energy and materiality of his works. Joe Fleming is currently based in Toronto, and has exhibited extensively in Canada and beyond. less
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Mercy Street by Anne Sexton, Featuring Tony Nominee Kathleen Chalfant


Cast to include: Kathleen Chalfant, Sloane Shelton, Louise Sorel, Bill Tatum and Richard Topol with Arlene more Nadel reading stage directions. An informal reception follows. less
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Film | Ryan White's Good Ol’ Freda (2013): She Was the Beatles' Secretary


This documentary looks back at the career of Freda Kelly, lifelong secretary for The Beatles. 86 min.
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Author Reading | Wolfgang Streeck discusses his book Buying Time: The Delayed Crisis of Democratic Capitalism


Wolfgang Streeck places the crisis in the context of the long neoliberal transformation of postwar capitalism more that began in the 1970s. He analyses the subsequent tensions and conflicts involving states, governments, voters, and capitalist interests, as expressed in inflation, public debt, and rising private indebtedness. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Slide Lecture | Maud Nerman discusses her book Healing Pain and Injury


In this illustrated lecture, the renowned osteopathic physician demonstrates how a wide range of symptoms, more including unexplained headaches, anxiety, back or neck pain, weight gain, low sex drive, constant fatigue, asthma, chronic pain, or memory loss, can stem from the body’s inability to recover after an injury or trauma and identifies three key elements to regaining health after injury or trauma: removing injury shock, restoring motion, and controlling inflammation. less
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Jazz | College Jazz Voice Recital


Student Dea Juris will be performing her senior recital.
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Concert | Electro-Jamz Dance Party


The Japanese art-pop duo Cibo Matto is back and just as sparkly as ever. After a fourteen-year hiatus, more these ladies, famous for their songs about food, return to the scene with a new celebrated album Hotel Valentine. With brushstrokes of hip-hop, funk, and pop, their colorful songs are the perfect palette to cure you of your winter blues. Second in this musical collage are the cousins of Javelin who are known for their synth-hammering, knob-twisting, sample-happy beats. And to kick it all off JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN) will prime the evening with a DJ set. less
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Author Reading | Laura Silver reads from her book Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food


Get some local flavor as award-winning journalist and food writer Laura Silver discusses and signs her more cookbook. less
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Film | South African Documentary: Rehad Desai's Miners Shot Down (2014)


In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa's biggest platinum mines began a strike for better more wages. Six days later, the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress the strike, killing 34 and injuring many more. What emerges is collusion at the top, spiraling violence and the country's first post-colonial massacre. 85 min. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Theater | The Drilling Company presents an outdoor production of Shakespeare's Hamlet


In an unusual interpretation, the production is intended to illuminate the modern dysfunctional family more unit. Gertrude is an alcoholic mother; Ophelia is manic depressive; Claudius is overworked, power-obsessed and success-oriented. Everyone but Hamlet and Horatio are suffering from one of the maladies that we identify in modern culture as a problem for human development. less
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Tina Flaherty reads from her book What Jackie Taught Us


Tina Flaherty offers insights from the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis about how to live with poise, more grace and zest; about image and style, courage and vision, men, marriage and motherhood. less
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Author Reading | Zachary Lazar discusses his book I Pity the Poor Immigrant


Author Dana Spiotta will be interviewing Zachary Lazar on his latest novel. The event will include a more reading, discussion, author Q&A, and wine reception. less
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Park Walk | The Haunted High Line Tour


The skeletal remains of the High Line’s elevated tracks set the perfect scene for a spooky evening. more Join a journey to the creepier side of New York City’s most unique park. On this tour you’ll hear tales of the strange eccentric who lived below the tracks and saved them from demise, the curse of a West Side Cowboy who fell to his death from the elevated track, and the children who haunt the street formerly known as Death Avenue. If the moon hangs right perhaps you’ll witness the spectacle of a ghostly ship floating down the Hudson River; is it the long forgotten crew of Henry Hudson’s Half-Moon warning sailors not to go to sea? Or is it Captain Kidd protecting the treasure he buried on Liberty Island? Venture at your own risk through the dark side of High Line. less
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Opera | Two One-Act Operas: Memorial City / The Imaginary War Crimes Tribunal:


Cartoonist and storyteller Ben Katchor (Julius Knipl, The Jew of New York) partners with composer and more singer Mark Mulcahy (Management, The Crush) to create two, one-act operas: Memorial City, in which an East coast urban center is overwhelmed by a mania for memorial commemoration; and The Imaginary War Crimes Tribunal (world premiere), which tells the story of a compulsive video game player and the thrill of "victimless" violence. less
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7:30 pm
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Concert | College Violin Recital


Anna Choi, violin. Experience the freshness and excitement of a solo performance by a gifted young artist more - a uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers. The program for this event is TBA. less
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Concert | College Voice Recital


SungWook Kim, tenor. Experience the freshness and excitement of a solo performance by a gifted young more artist - a uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers. The program for this event is TBA. less
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Tour | Manhattan Night Tour


New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the more sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline. NOTE: THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS. less
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Jazz | College Jazz Piano Recital


Student Tal Blumstein will be performing his senior recital.
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