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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 1, 2017?

56 free events take place on Monday, May 1 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 1 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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56 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, May 1, 2017

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Birdwatching | Spring Birding Tour


Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season with a guided tour. Located in the heart of midtown, the park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will's-widow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
Free

City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Symposium | Disrupted: Speech and Democracy in the Digital Age


More than two centuries into the American experiment, there is still vigorous disagreement about the reasons for protecting speech, and about whether we protect it enough, or too much. Technological change is transforming this debate because it is transforming the way we communicate. On May 1, the Knight First Amendment Institute and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism will convene some of America's most important thinkers about free speech and the free press to address essential questions about democracy in the digital age. Please join a day of exploration, discussion, and debate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Tour | Downtown Manhattan 3-Hour Tour


The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World Trade Center, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. These are neighborhoods that simply can’t be fully appreciated from a bus. There will be one or two opportunities to sample tasty treats.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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City Walk | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 am
Free

Conference | Being a Jew in the Soviet Union: Findings from A Comprehensive History of the Jews in the Soviet Union


Join this unique opportunity to hear from renowned scholars working on A Comprehensive History of the Jews in the Soviet Union as they share their findings with the public in this day-long conference.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Beginner Language Class: Brazilian Portuguese


Learn a new language in these standalone beginner classes. Classes are not cumulative, so you may attend any class throughout the season without needing to play catch up.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:45 am
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Screening | Family Album: 100 Chinese Family Stories Uncovered


Over the past century, many personal stories of Chinese families have been buried by "national memories" that erase the specificity and intensity of individual family experiences. To encourage students at City University of Hong Kong to explore the depth and diversity of their family's history through documentary making, Yuhong Li launched an oral history documentary project, "Family Album." Students have completed around 100 short films during the past five years and, as a result, gained unexpected insights into the lives of their family members. At this program, audience members will have the opportunity to view four of these short films and discuss the project with filmmaker, Yuhong Li.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | The Fourteenth Amendment: Transforming American Democracy


This hour-long workshop, facilitated by an artist and lawyer team, will teach the basics of our nation’s path toward universal suffrage, as well as covering current controversies surrounding voting rights. During the second half of the workshop, participants are encouraged to lend their voices to the conversation by creating an original cartoon, meme, song, poem, or social media post that creatively expresses the meaning and importance to them of voting. This workshop is presented in partnership with Let's ROL, a new rule-of-law initiative dedicated to inspiring the public, through creative means, to the promise and privilege of civic participation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Concert | Piano Music in a Park


Piano concert series, showcasing ragtime, stride, and jazz pianists. Every weekday at 12:30 pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Waves of Tradition: Traditions of Africa


Waves of Tradition is a curated week-long celebration of New York City and the waves of immigrant cultures that make up its rich history. African musician and poet Salieu Suso, joined by Ebrima Jassey, will play traditional African instruments, the kora and balafon, throughout the day. The sound of a kora resembles that of a harp, though when played in the traditional style it bears a resemblance to flamenco and delta blues guitar. The balafon is an ancient wooden xylophone played in Africa since the 14th century, and has more than 20 keys that sit on calabash gourds that play melodic tunes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international 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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Gallery Talk | Guided Exhibition Tour: A World of Emotions


Bringing to vivid life the emotions of the people of ancient Greece, and prompting questions about how we express, control, manipulate, or simulate feelings in our own society, A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC–200 AD is a path-breaking exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Delmer Daves' Oscar Nominee Destination Tokyo (1943): WW2 Drama


Stars: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale. In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore. 135 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Talk | Director Julia Loktev talks about her film The Loneliest Planet


A discussion with filmmaker Julia Loktev and Professor Anna Katsnelson about Loktev's film The Loneliest Planet. Note: the film will not be screened at this event. The Loneliest Planet is a 2011 film written and directed by Julia Loktev, starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Hani Furstenberg, and Georgian actor Bidzina Gujabidze. The plot centers around a young couple who travel with a local guide through a twisted backpacking trip across the Georgian wilderness. The film was featured at the New York Film Festival, the BFI London Film Festival, and AFI Fest in Los Angeles, where it won the Grand Jury Prize. It was awarded the top prize of "Lady Harimaguada de Oro" (The Golden Lady) at the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, where actress Hani Furstenberg also won for Best Actress. The film's was shown in the United States by Sundance Selects. The film is adapted from McSweeney's writer Tom Bissell's short story "Expensive Trips Nowhere," published in his collection God Lives in St. Petersburg.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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, 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | The Fourteenth Amendment: Transforming American Democracy


This hour-long workshop, facilitated by an artist and lawyer team, will teach the basics of our nation’s path toward universal suffrage, as well as covering current controversies surrounding voting rights. During the second half of the workshop, participants are encouraged to lend their voices to the conversation by creating an original cartoon, meme, song, poem, or social media post that creatively expresses the meaning and importance to them of voting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | Cuba's 'Special Period:' Legacy in the Arts and Culture


With: Elzbieta Sklodowska, Washington University María A. Cabrera Arús, New York University Walfrido Dorta, New York University Moderator: Jacqueline Loss, University of Connecticut
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Play | International Play Festival 2017: Patricia Cornelius' Shit


Out of control girls, angry, nasty girls are a sight to behold. They’re terrifying, electrifying, they’re everything girls shouldn’t be, and we hate them. This is a work about these girls. Their names are Billy, Bobby and Sam.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Workshop | The Fourteenth Amendment: Transforming American Democracy


This hour-long workshop, facilitated by an artist and lawyer team, will teach the basics of our nation’s path toward universal suffrage, as well as covering current controversies surrounding voting rights. During the second half of the workshop, participants are encouraged to lend their voices to the conversation by creating an original cartoon, meme, song, poem, or social media post that creatively expresses the meaning and importance to them of voting. This workshop is presented in partnership with Let's ROL, a new rule-of-law initiative dedicated to inspiring the public, through creative means, to the promise and privilege of civic participation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | Sound Studies and Auditory Neuroscience: New Perspectives on Listening


Listening to sounds is fundamental to how we experience our environment and ourselves. In recent years, both the humanities and sciences have become increasingly invested in the interrelation between the environment and the listening experience. This seminar features leading scholars from auditory neuroscience, sound studies, and music cognition discussing scientific and humanistic perspectives on the role of acoustic conditions and cultural exposure on the formation of the sense of hearing itself. Speakers: -- Tim Griffiths, Professor of Cognitive Neurology, Newcastle University, UK -- Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis, Professor and Director of the Music Cognition Lab, University of Arkansas -- Ana Maria Ochoa, Professor of Music, -- Moderator: Nori Jacoby, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Auditory neuroscientist Tim Griffiths will discuss the brain basis for strong emotional responses to sounds. Ethnomusicologist and anthropologist Ana Maria Ochoa will speak about how different cultures conceptualize the relation between listening, music/sound and the human- non-human. Elizabeth Margulis, will speak about empirical approaches to aesthetic listening from the perspective of music cognition. Reception to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:15 pm
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Concert | Student Recitals


Qiao Liu, Piano 5:00 pm Story, Song, and Stage Ensemble 7:00 pm BFA Senior Project Presentations 8:00 pm Stanislav Fridman, composition 8:00 pm Yena Seo, cello 8:00 pm Music of Herbie Hancock Ensemble 9:00 pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Waves of Tradition: Traditions of Africa


Waves of Tradition is a curated week-long celebration of New York City and the waves of immigrant cultures that make up its rich history. African musician and poet Salieu Suso, joined by Ebrima Jassey, will play traditional African instruments, the kora and balafon, throughout the day. The sound of a kora resembles that of a harp, though when played in the traditional style it bears a resemblance to flamenco and delta blues guitar. The balafon is an ancient wooden xylophone played in Africa since the 14th century, and has more than 20 keys that sit on calabash gourds that play melodic tunes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Contemporary Classics Book Discussion: A Flag for Sunrise


Looking for a little something to liven up your Monday? Join the monthly Contemporary Classics Book Discussion. This informal group offers an opportunity to dig deeply into some of the finest examples of contemporary writing and make friends with some fellow book-lovers. This month: A Flag for Sunrise, an astonishing saga of politics, war, and Americans out of place, by Robert Stone.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:45 pm
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Workshop | Blogging for Beginners Workshop


Learn what a blog is, see examples of blogs, learn how to blog and to create your own using Blogger/Word Press.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Film | Chris Kentis' Open Water (2003): Stranded in the Ocean


Stars: Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis, Saul Stein. Based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left. 79 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | David Callahan reads from his book The Givers


The Givers by David Callahan of InsidePhilanthropy offers an inside look at the hidden world of elite philanthropists— and how they're quietly wielding ever more power to shape American life in ways both good and bad. Whether you cheer or fear these wealthy power players, their rise presents tough dilemmas for democracy. The Givers explores the proper role of private wealth in public life and, at every turn, comes back to an urgent question: Who’s really in charge of America these days?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Everyday Forms of Innovation: Africa Contemporary


A talk with Sean Jacobs, Associate Professor, International Affairs; Founder and Editor, Africa is a Country, and Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga, Associate Professor, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, MIT.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Exhibition: With the Eyes of Others: Hungarian Artists of the Sixties and Seventies


With the Eyes of Others presents more than one hundred works by thirty artists active in the Hungarian Neo-avant-garde in the latter half of the 20th Century. Organized by New York-based guest curator András Szántó, this will be the first large-scale exhibition in the United States devoted to a fertile yet underappreciated period in Hungarian art. Against the backdrop of an authoritarian system, which placed strict ideological limits on free expression, this group of artists found diverse and inventive ways in which to encrypt and express powerful messages in the face of the constrained social, cultural, and political reality of their time.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Tour | High Line Tour


The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, 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. The tour is every Monday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Imperialism: Is it Still a Relevant Concept?


Is ‘Imperialism' a relevant concept today? In the age of financial globalization of the last few decades, we have seen elites in many countries of the South which were erstwhile colonies join the elites of Europe, North America… and it would seem, therefore, that now there is just the domination of global elites over the global working poor. Moreover the populations of many countries of the North are also suffering from chronic unemployment, and inequality is acutely present in these countries as well. With: -- David Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography, The Graduate Center, CUNY -- Duncan Foley, Leo Model Professor of Economics and Director of Graduate Studies -- Nancy Fraser, Henry A. & Louise Loeb Professor of Political & Social Science -- Prabhat Patnaik, Author, A Theory of Imperialism -- Moderator: Sanjay Reddy, Associate Professor of Economics
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Play | International Play Festival 2017: Natal’ya Vorozhbit's Take Out the Rubbish, Sasha


In Kiev, Katya and Oksana prepare a funeral meal for their beloved husband, stepfather and Army colonel Sasha. But he isn’t going without a fight. The women in his life and the country need him.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Kate Raworth discusses her new book Doughnut Economics


As to how as citizens around the world vociferously reject the economic ideals that shaped rising inequality in the twentieth century, Kate Raworth has identified seven key ways to fundamentally rethink economics and transform the economy into one that works for all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | The French Presidential Election: Second Round


Panelists discuss the French presidential election, which will conclude with the second and final round of voting on May 7. Remarks will include a discussion of the rising popularity of Marine Le Pen and the National Front, in light of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump and rising populism in Europe and elsewhere in the world. Panelists -- Cécile Alduy is Professor of French literature and culture at Stanford University and a research fellow at the CEVIPOF at Sciences Po, Paris. -- Arthur Goldhammer is a writer, translator, and Senior Affiliate of the Center for European Studies at Harvard University. -- Stéphane Lauer is the U.S. correspondent for Le Monde.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Film | Vladimir V. Kara-Murza's Nemtsov: Documentary on Murdered Russian Activist


This film chronicles a remarkable political career. It is narrated by those who knew Boris Nemtsov when he was a young scientist and took his first steps in politics, when he held high government offices and was considered Boris Yeltsin’s heir apparent, and when he led Russia’s democratic opposition. 66 min. In Russian with English subtitles. Followed by a Q&A with the writer and director of the film, Vladimir V. Kara-Murza, vice chairman of Open Russia, a Russian pro-democracy movement. He was a longtime colleague and advisor to opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, and chairs the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom. Kara-Murza is a former deputy leader of the People’s Freedom Party, and was a candidate for the Russian State Duma.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin


For the sixth and final Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of the season, the expert on all things Italian takes the interviewee seat in the company of Director Stefano Albertini.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Book Launch: Assuming Boycott: Resistance, Agency, and Cultural Production


Assuming Boycott: Resistance, Agency, and Cultural Production is a timely, multi-layered consideration of cultural boycotts as special conditions for discourse, artmaking and political engagement. The first reader of its kind, the book examines the impact of the cultural boycott of Apartheid South Africa and then moves on to contemporary culture that enacts and performs change within a politics of disengagement. The publication features 15 original contributions by artists, curators, scholars and activists such as Ariella Azoulay, Noura Erakat, Chelsea Haines, Sean Jacobs, Svetlana Mintcheva, Naeem Mohaiemen, Hlonipha A. Mokoena, Ahmet Öğüt, Radhika Subramaniam and Eyal Weizman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Further Reflections on the French Presidential Elections


An Institute of French Studies roundtable discussion with Raphaël Liogier, professor of sociology, Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence, and author of Ce populisme qui vient (2013).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Michael Kimelman discusses his book Confessions of a Wall Street Insider: A Cautionary Tale of Rats, Feds, and Banksters


This illustrated lecture reveals the triumphs, pains, and struggles in the high-risk life of a former proprietary trader.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Talk | Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage talks about her play Sweat


Sweat is the newly minted Pulitzer Prize-winning play from critically acclaimed writer Lynn Nottage. Set in the rust-belt town of Reading, Pennsylvania, the narrative explores the chasm created by job loss that leads to racial unease and a breakdown in community. Join an evening of theater talk with Nottage. Lynn Nottage is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter, whose plays have been produced widely in the United States and throughout the world. Sweat, which won this year’s Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, moved to Broadway after a sold out run at The Public Theater. Nottage is also the recipient of a PEN/Laura Pels Master Playwright Award, Literature Award from the Academy of Arts and Letters, MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship, and the National Black Theatre Fest’s August Wilson Playwriting Award, to name a few. She serves as an Associate Professor in the Theatre Department at Columbia School of the Arts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Screening | Through Being Cool: The Music Videos of Mark Mothersbaugh and Devo


From In the Beginning Was the End: The Truth About De-Evolution (1976) to Whip It (1980) and beyond, Jesse Bransford, Chair of Art and Art Professions, will screen and provide commentary on selections from Devo’s groundbreaking music videos, the earliest of which predate not only MTV, but also the band’s studio recordings.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Trivia Night


Come and test your knowledge in a challenging though entertaining 30 question trivia quiz. There are questions and categories for all comers, spanning subjects from Music and Movies to New York History, Sports, Literature and others in between. Individuals and teams welcome. Bring your friends and be prepared to have a good time. Trivia Master Chris Vaccari is a New York-based trivia host with the answers to (almost) all of your questions. He has hosted fun-filled trivia events in the Tri-State area since 2007.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Writers Read: Carol Zoref / Michael Lala


Carol Zoref is a New York-based fiction writer and essayist. Barren Island was selected by Paul Harding as the winner of the 2015 Associated Writing Programs Novel Award and published in 2017 by New Issues Press. Zoref is the director of the Sarah Lawrence Writer Center. Mike Lala is the author of Exit Theater, winner of the 2016 Colorado Prize for Poetry (selected by Tyrone Williams) as well as several chapbooks. His poems and audio compositions appear in Boston Review, Fence, Brooklyn Rail, Denver Quarterly, Jubilat, and The Awl. He lives in New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Film | Nigel Finch's Kapo (1986): A Documentary on the Jamaican Artist


Mallica Reynolds (1911-1989), better known as Kapo, was a sculptor and painter who played a vital role in the development of Jamaican art in the twentieth century. The film shows Reynolds, turbanned and begowned, imbibing gin-and-wine drinks, moving around Kingston in a wheelchair. He talks eloquently about spiritualism and autodidacticism and free movement. Augmented by considerations of his importance from the likes of Edward Seaga and Rex Nettleford, it’s a very rare and illuminating portrait of an iconic figure in Caribbean cultural history. 50 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:45 pm
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Discussion | Future Perfect: Recording the History of Now


The stories we tell today about our era of uncertainty and transformation will not only contribute to the shape of tomorrow but also will create the record that future historians will look to when studying our time. How writers see today’s events and how they choose to relate them are subjects for enduring exploration. What are the national events worth covering, the global picture that needs rendering, the perceived consequences of what is happening at the present moment? Sam Tanenhaus, the former editor of The New York Times Book Review, will moderate conversations featuring contributors from some of America’s greatest and most enduring publications: The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Lady Capulet


What caused the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets? A prequel to Romeo and Juliet, Lady Capulet follows the story of Rose from country girl to lady of Verona and explores the betrayal, revenge and manipulations that set the Houses of Capulet and Montague against one other. Written by Melissa Bell. Presented by the 29th St Playwrights Collective.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Student Jazz Trumpet Recital


7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Antonio Speranza, jazz trumpet
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7:00 pm
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Tour | Ghosts on Broadway Tour


For some performers, the show must go on… even after death! The Ghosts on Broadway Tour, led by a veteran New York City talent agent, will introduce you to these notorious theater legends who appear after the lights go dim. You’ll hear about the Broadway impresario who haunts the theater that bears his name. His apparition shows up on opening nights to congratulate the cast or “pinch” the leading ladies’ bottom. Jazz age parties are heard almost nightly from his long abandoned apartment over his theater.
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Hear by Design: Music of Andrew Norman


Program: Andrew Norman Stop Motion for String Quartet (New York Premiere) Dufay Nuper rosarum flores Andrew Norman Farnsworth: Four Portraits of a House J. S. Bach Two Part Inventions (arr. for strings) Andrew Norman Companion Guide to Rome Kurtág: Hommage à Ránki György Andrew Norman Still Life Composer Andrew Norman’s music of “daring juxtapositions and dazzling colors” (New York Times) has made him one of the most widely admired young composers working today. His “staggering imagination” (Boston Globe) draws inspiration from disparate sources, including architecture, cinema, and video games – resulting in music that is fun, funny, and deeply moving. With: Jennifer Koh, violin Variation Trio - Jennifer Koh, violin; Scott St. John, viola; Wilhelmina Smith, cello Rhythm Method - Leah Asher, violin; Maria Kifferstein, violin; Anne Lanzilotti, viola; Meaghan Burke, cello Trident Ensemble - Daniel Moody, countertenor; Owen McIntosh, tenor; Edmund Milly, baritone; Jonathan Woody, bass-baritone Aaron Wunsch, piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Concert | NYU Percussion Ensemble


Featuring special guest Brian Zator performing Minoru Miki’s Marimba Spiritual, Tabea Sitte on Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra, and the world premiere of Thomas Kozumplik’s Child of the Earth Renowned percussion soloist and chamber musician Jonathan Haas, director of percussion studies at NYU Steinhardt, has recently collaborated with Broadway legend Joe Passaro and folk rocker turned experimentalist Glenn Kotche.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress


A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights. Movement Research supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists. Tonight: Kim Brandt, Lisa Parra, Renegade Performance Group/André M. Zachery, Kate Watson-Wallace
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8:00 pm
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Play | International Play Festival 2017: Hungry Dogs by Mîrza Metîn


Twin brothers Beşer and Beşir, who lost their parents in war, migrated as teenagers to Istanbul. After many years of separation they meet again, when Beşer enters Beşir’s house with a stolen safety box.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Concert | Music & Dance & Cake: A Gathering for the Sake of Gathering


A gathering for the sake of gathering. Come celebrate either spring or your labor or BOTH as Michael Calvert plays a selection of lute pieces and accompanies a selection of songs sung by soprano Beth Griffith. Jonathan Matthews will prance about. Richard Gross will make the rest of you dance by the power of his banjo. Brian Rady will close out the evening and your bellies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Photoshop for Beginners


Learn how to enhance photos using the number 1 photo editing software in the world; Adobe Photoshop. In this class you learn the features of Photoshop and learn about layers and use them to manipulate images to your desire. Class is conducted on Macintosh computers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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