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74 free events take place on Thursday, May 2 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 2 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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74 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, May 2, 2019

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free events nyc Melodies From The 16th Century For Viola Da Gamba
free events nyc The Spread of Disinformation: Perspectives from Russia
free events nyc Rothschild & Sons: A Musical Play In Concert
free events nyc Real-Deal Blues Singing
free events nyc One Last Night Before Sempiternity: In the Souls of Nero and Poppaea
free events nyc A Pianist Who Appeared With The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Boston Pops Orchestra And More
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Workshop | Sun Salutations and Intentions Morning Yoga


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


One hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises. For a breath of fresh air, take your workouts outdoors. Parks are becoming a logical alternative environment for those who want to add variety to their workouts, or who just don't like the gym. And, it's an affordable way to increase physical activity opportunities, because there's nothing special to build. Exercise with a view, in natural sunlight, with green scenery all around bestows health benefits that can’t be found indoors. Scientific studies have shown that the pleasure of being outdoors for example gives your brain, psyche, and immune system an extra boost. Led by trained professionals, and suitable for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water. Every Tuesday and Thursday, April 25-May 30, 2019
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Workshop | Sunrise Yoga


Rise and shine and begin your morning with an outdoor yoga class that will help align your chakras and invigorate your day. Instructors focus on movements meant to enhance posture alignment and increase flexibility and balance. All levels welcome. Bringing your own mat is encouraged, as provided accessories are first come first serve. Thursdays, May 2-June 27, 2019
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


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

Film | In Name Only (1939): Rich Man Has Problems With His Wife


After a wealthy man finds out his wife is a gold digger, he meets and falls for a widowed mother, and complications ensue. Director: John Cromwell. Starring Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Kay Francis.  In Name Only was based on the 1935 novel Memory of Love by Bessie Breuer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Essentials for Job Seekers: Networking


Looking for a job? Discover what tools to use to find vacancies, learn inside tips from a certified Talent Acquisition Strategist on where to find job postings and what HR is looking for in your application. Laptops will be first-come-first-served; bring your own if you have one. Also bring paper copies of your resume/cover letter, or have the file accessible via email or flash drive. Please do not arrive late interrupting the class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Tour | Governors Island Official Walking Tour


Look into the past of Governors Island and talk about its exciting transformation and future! In these one-hour walking tours, examine how historic preservation, innovative design and environmental stewardship make the Island what it is today - one of the most unique public spaces in New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Discussion | A Conversation with WNYC's Podcast Caught


A conversation hosted by Sally Herships, with WNYC host Kai Wright and senior producer Kaari Pitkin as they discuss their 2019 duPont-Columbia Award winning podcast: Caught. Bring your own lunch.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | Labor Migration and Social Development in Contemporary China


Speaker Rachel Murphy is Professor of Chinese Development and Society and Head of School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, University of Oxford. Her research examines transformations in China due to inter-related processes of industrialization, urbanization, demographic transition, and marketization.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Monday through Friday
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | Portuguese Vocalist Blends Jazz and Brazilian Styles


New York-based singer Sofia Ribeiro was born in Portugal and studied at the Berklee College of Music. With strong and emotional performances, she attracts listeners to her unique musical universe, which is firmly rooted between jazz, fado and Brazilian musical styles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Film | Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): Four Time Oscar Winning Indiana Jones Movie


In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers. 115 min. Director: Steven Spielberg. Starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman. This is the first installment in the Indiana Jones film franchise. The movie was nominated for eight Academy Awards in 1982, including Best Picture, and won for Best Art Direction, Film Editing, Sound, and Visual Effects with a fifth Academy Award: a Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects Editing. In 1999, it was included in the U.S. Library of Congress' National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


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


Learn about the park's rich history, many important landmarks and monuments, the Seaglass Carousel, 195,000 square feet of beautiful perennial gardens designed by renowned Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, and so much more! Tours last about an hour. Thursdays, April 25-October 31, 2019
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:50 pm
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations: Exhibition Tour


A 45-minute tour of some 700 works of Native art from throughout North, Central and South America demonstrates the breadth of the museum's renowned collection and highlights the importance of many of these iconic objects.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Made in New York City: The Business of Folk Art: Exhibition Tour


Folk art has flourished in the heart of New York City since the eighteenth century, contrary to popular belief that it was a rural genre that reflected local tastes, traditions, and needs. Around 100 works of art by self-taught artists tell the story about New York City as the center of America’s financial and commercial world from two perspectives simultaneously: “The Art of Business” portrays the people and places that were part of the city’s thrumming commercial life, and “The Business of Art” highlights the diverse mediums and formats used by the artists, artisans, and manufacturers. This tour of the exhibition is conducted by museum gallery guides.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Poetry Reading | New Media Poetry


Do you want to find time for literature in your busy life? Join on your lunch hour or your free afternoon to celebrate literature in bite-size servings! This month's theme is Nontraditional Forms. This session, poetry published on social media and discover how new poets are making their voices heard in unique ways will be explored. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Melodies From The 16th Century For Viola Da Gamba


Calling for incredible range and agility it is no wonder that the viola da gamba was dubbed ‘the queen’ of the bastarda style. This program will explore the viola bastarda repertoire from its origins in the mid 16th century up until its final compositions in the early 17th century. Described by The New York Times as a “fine instrumental soloist” Arnie Tanimoto performs in venues across the United States, Europe, and Japan. A recipient of a Frank Huntington Beebe Fund Fellowship he has performed and recorded with the likes of Barthold Kuijken, and the Boston Early Music Festival Ensemble.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
Free

Film | Aquaman (2018): Underwater Kingdom Heir Coming To Land


Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land. 143 min. Director: James Wan. Starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe.  Aquaman grossed over $1.1 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film based on a DC Comics character, surpassing The Dark Knight Rises; it was also the fifth highest-grossing film of 2018 and 20th highest of all-time.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Boy Erased (2018): Drama With Nicole Kidman And Russell Crowe


The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents. 115 min. Director: Joel Edgerton. Starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe. The movie is based on Garrard Conley's 2016 memoir of the same name. Boy Erased received two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor for Hedges and Best Original Song for Revelation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Going in Style (2017): Lifelong Friends Plan To Rob A Bank After Their Pensions Cancelled


Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money. Director: Zach Braff. Starring Michael Caine, Alan Arkin, Ann-Margret.  This is a remake of the 1979 film Going in Style. Going in Style grossed $84 million worldwide against its $25 million budget. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Mortal Engines (2018): Fantasy From The Filmmakers Of Lord Of The Rings


In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy. 128 min. Director: Christian Rivers. Starring Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Traditional English Afternoon Tea


English-style tea, black tea, Pally's rich tea biscuit will be served. “There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”- Henry James Afternoon tea, that most quintessential of English customs is, perhaps surprisingly, a relatively new tradition. While the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC in China and was popularised in England during the 1660s by King Charles II and his wife the Portuguese Infanta Catherine de Braganza, it was not until the mid 19th century that the concept of ‘afternoon tea’ first appeared. Afternoon tea was introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the year 1840. The Duchess would become hungry around four o’clock in the afternoon. The evening meal in her household was served fashionably late at eight o’clock, thus leaving a long period of time between lunch and dinner. The Duchess asked that a tray of tea, bread and butter (some time earlier, the Earl of Sandwich had had the idea of putting a filling between two slices of bread) and cake be brought to her room during the late afternoon. This became a habit of hers and she began inviting friends to join her. This pause for tea became a fashionable social event. During the 1880’s upper-class and society women would change into long gowns, gloves and hats for their afternoon tea which was usually served in the drawing room between four and five o’clock.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:15 pm
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Talk | Multilateralism and Global Challenges: Making the UN Relevant for All


Ambassador Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the United Nations General Assembly, speaks on multilateralism and the role of the United Nations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:45 pm
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Workshop | Creative Writing Circle


If you like to write and like to meet people who like writing, bring your creativity and personality to this creative writing workshop! All writers of all styles are welcome to participate in writing and editing exercises. Brush up your writing skills!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Workshop | Adult Coloring Club


Discover the fun and calming benefits of coloring. Color, relax and enjoy. Coloring supplies will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own materials too.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | Fashion, Queer Visibility, and Fabulosity


A conversation with Madison Moore and Alejandro Rodriguez, aka, Lady Quesa'Dilla about Fashion, Queer Visibility, and Fabulosity.  Madison Moore, Ph.D. (American Studies, Yale), is an artist- scholar, DJ and assistant professor of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at Virginia commonwealth university, and most recently a guest artist in the Yale school of drama. Moore is the author of "Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric" (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018), a cultural analysis of fabulousness as a radical aesthetic practice that marginalized people use to transform pain and struggle into opulence. He lectures and DJs internationally Alejandro Rodriguez aka Lady Quesa’Dilla  --  is a native Tejan@ from the El Paso and Ciudad Juárez border. Their work is at the intersection of cultural identity, drag, and community. “The Brown Queen,” an autobiographical solo performance about growing up queer in the southwest, premiered at HERE Arts Center in the spring of 2010. Most recent solo performances include “My Tia Lupe” and “The Faggot in the Pink House”. Lady Quesa’Dilla is a former Miss Coney Island Queen of Drag.  Lady Quesa holds a BA in Theater from Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, and a MA in Performance Studies from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, where he studied under José Esteban Muñoz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | The Spread of Disinformation: Perspectives from Russia


A conversation between Maria Zholobova, the Harriman Institute’s 2019 Klebnikov Fellow and journalist at Proekt (The Project) and Claire Wardle, co-founder and leader of First Draft. Dr. Claire Wardle leads the strategic direction and research for First Draft and is the co-founder of one of First Draft’s founding partners, Eyewitness Media Hub. Before First Draft, she was the Research Director at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Maria Zholobova is a journalist working with the Russian independent media outlet Proekt (The Project), will be in residence at the Harriman Institute in April and May. Zholobova served as a news editor at the Russian business daily Kommersant before joining RosBusinessConsulting (RBC), one of Russia’s largest media holdings, in 2014.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:30 pm
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Lecture | Transnational Status Inconsistency of Immigrants and its Consequences in France


This presentation focuses on analyzing immigrants’ transnational status inconsistency, i.e. the discrepancy that can exist between migrants’ social statuses in their countries of origin and destination. The main goal is to document the extent and forms of immigrants’ transnational status inconsistencies and assess their effects on their naturalization and remigration intentions using survey data.   Speaker Mathieu Ichou is a tenured researcher at the French Institute for Demographic Studies, where he belongs to the research units on International Migrations and Minorities and on Economic Demography.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Author Reading | Kailash Yatra: A Long Walk to Mount Kailash Through Humla


Mount Kailash is a holy mountain on the western edge of the Tibetan Plateau in China. Over recent decades, this eerily symmetrical mountain, holy to Bonpos, Buddhists, Hindus, Jains, animists and New Age seekers, has emerged as a globally important site for pilgrimage and tourism. This mountain lies close to the point where the borders of north India and western Nepal meet China. What has been relatively little known to the general audience is the central role that transborder interdependence has played in shaping the lives, livelihoods and culture of the communities residing in these borderland regions, in the proximity of Kailash. In the monsoon of 2016, an international team of social scientists, artists and members of the local community undertook a difficult 300-kilometre-long trek from district Humla, western Nepal, into the Tibetan Autonomous Region, China. The aim was to document and understand the contemporary rhythms of livelihoods, material culture and perceptions of the sacred among the communities living along an ancient southern route to Mount Kailash, which had been in use for transborder trade and pilgrimage for several centuries. This book, studded with lush photographs, brings to life several individuals and scenes encountered during this expedition-stories of the past, of change, of aspirations, of the sheer beauty and vulnerabilities of life in one of the least accessible but most sacred corners of the world. Photograhper Kevin Bubriski has been photographing Nepal for forty years since arriving there as a Peace Corps village water systems volunteer in 1975 to 1978. Bubriski’s fine art photographs are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art,  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.  Kevin was recipient of Guggenheim, Fulbright and NEA fellowships.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Game Nights in the Park


Weekly Game Nights are the perfect place to learn a new game, challenge yourself with new opponents, swap strategies, and meet like-minded people. Mondays through Fridays, May 1-August 31, 2019 Mondays: Mah Jongg (starts May 20) Tuesdays: Word Game Night Wednesdays: Catan Game Night Thursdays: Mah Jongg (3pm-5pm, starts May 23); Beginner Chess Fridays: Learn a New Game Night
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Park Birding Tour


Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season with guided tours. Located in the heart of midtown, the park is a hot spot 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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Discussion | Let's Talk Democracy: City Council and Budget Process


Would you like to understand our political system better and have the tools to improve it? This is a community conversation to learn about how our federal, state and local governments are structured and how you can make an impact. Empower yourself to make the changes you want by learning how the system works & what you can do to get government to respond to you.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Forward Together / Dearly Beloveds


Susan Grabel's Forward Together is an exhibition of digitally fabricated work in wood and steel, expresses a vision that the only way for civilization to survive is for people to embrace their shared humanity and move forward together. Lynne Mayocole's Dearly Beloveds are ceramic sculptures adorned with vivid flowers. Some are adults, and others are children covered with daisies. A self-portrait of the artist is suspended above, and sheds crystal tears.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 20th Anniversary Show - Part II


Part II of the anniversary show reflects the gallery's uncompromising commitment to supporting artists who question conventional world views and adeptly invent their own transcendent visions. The show features an assembly of 25 artists working in painting, drawing, sculpture, and mixed media, displaying their diverse cultural and visual languages that nevertheless resonate with each other in the universality of art. The presentation will include both new works and highlights from past exhibitions at the gallery.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | American Type: Photographs


Rodrigo Valenzuela was born in 1982 in Chile and currently resides in Los Angeles. Along with degrees in photography and art history he also holds a degree in philosophy from Evergreen University. He has shown widely across the United States and is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Art, UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Distant Mirrors: Tapestries


An exhibition of tapestries, monoprints, and screen prints by Aziz + Cucher (Anthony Aziz + Sammy Cucher). Comprised of three large Jacquard tapestries from the “Some People Tapestry Cycle,” two monoprints from the “Frieze” series, and a selection of screen prints, “Distant Mirrors” explores notions of cultural conflict and the cyclical nature of human struggle. Fusing historical processes and contemporary imagery, Aziz + Cucher capture the collective sense of modern-day dysphoria in multilayered scenes of chaos, conflict, jubilation, industry, absurdity, and ambiguity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Lacey Lives: Oil-on-Linen Paintings


Alexander Kaletski's show features a series of oil-on-linen paintings that explore a technique that the artist has developed over the past twenty years. The subtle layering of pigment creates an ornate tapestry, weaving an existential fiber that comprises the tenuous layers of individual psyches and furthermore the intricate mesh of human relationships.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Pictures from Another Time: Photographs by Bob Colacello, 1976-1982


An exhibition of photographs taken by Bob Colacello during the years he served as editor of Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine. Pictures from Another Time features approximately 150 vintage and unique prints—most never previously exhibited—made with Colacello’s Minox 35 EL camera, the first miniature camera capable of making full frame 35 millimeter photographs. Works on view reflect the societal fluidity and social mobility of “the Me Decade,” an era of emerging liberation movements in American culture. Colacello was in the middle of it all—from late night revels at the era-defining clubs Studio 54 and Regine’s, to the inaugurations of Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan—armed always with his Minox. Matte black and no larger than a pack of cigarettes, the tiny camera could be slipped in and out of a pocket to capture an instant. Colacello’s images of the Seventies are situated at a cultural turning point, when the private hours of public figures still hovered within a realm of mystique that seems distant in the internet age.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Musical | Rothschild & Sons: A Musical Play In Concert


Rothschild & Sons is a one-act musical about faith, love, ingenuity, and how a family more than a century before the Holocaust dared to survive and thrive in the face of persecution and hate. Mayer and Gutele Rothschild - and their five sons- struggle to overcome the prejudice of late-eighteenth-century European society, as they build a family banking business that takes them from the Jewish ghetto to the courts of the rich and powerful. On the way, they come to dominate European finance, help fund Napoleon's defeat and secure a Declaration of Rights for their people from the Crowned Heads of State. This universal story of defeating adversity and affirming human dignity springs from the hearts and minds of Broadway legends Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock (creators of Fiddler on the Roof) and Tony-nominated writer Sherman Yellen. Based on the novel The Rothschilds by Frederic Morton and their original musical The Rothschilds, this re-imagined -play with music by Yellen introduces several unheard Bock and Harnick songs and revised lyrics by Mr. Harnick. A discussion featuring Sherman Yellen (librettist- Rothschild & Sons) and Professor Jessica Hillman author Echoes of the Holocaust on the American Musical Stage will follow the performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Soviet Childhood: Scenes of Everyday Life


The first solo exhibition in the United States featuring the work of Zoya Cherkassky. Through the depiction of the quotidian lives of the final generation of Soviet children, Cherkassky creates a nostalgic and approachable portrait of the Soviet Union. One can relate to the banality of these scenes, with only the fashions and details peppered throughout disclosing the strange time and place in which Cherkassky and her subjects lived. Cherkassky was born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1976 while the country was still under the control of the Soviet Union. She and her family immigrated to Israel when she was fifteen years old in 1991, the year of the Soviet Union’s collapse. By painting her personal narrative, Cherkassky’s work is intrinsically political and complex; only to be amplified by her marriage to a Nigerian fellow immigrant into Israel. Cherkassky’s mid-career survey at The Israel Museum this past year explored the friction between the flux of immigrants from the Soviet Union and Israeli Society.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Subject: Contact: Photographs


An exhibition of work by Bruce Davidson combining contact sheets and vintage prints from his seminal projects of the 1950's and 1960's: Circus, Brooklyn Gang, Time of Change, and East 100th Street. When considered together, these projects illustrate the close connection between Davidson's photographs and our collective understanding of some of the most important social, cultural, and political moments in post-war American history.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Staged Reading | The Girlfriend: High School Secrets


Liv Hughes was the most popular girl at Grace Hills High. Sylvia Merwin was one of its most put-down outcasts. And then Eddie Cleary brought his gun to school, and everything changed. Ten years later, these two women's worlds have dramatically diverged: Sylvia lives a seemingly perfect life in the big city, with a terrific job and loving boyfriend, while Liv is a recovering addict. They arrange to meet under mysterious circumstances, and Liv reveals a shocking, forgotten artifact from their shared past. Leland Frankel is an award-winning playwright based in Los Angeles. His stage projects have been produced around the world, from New York City to London to Rome. Additionally, he is an award-winning film-maker and audio storyteller, as well as a producer of immersive theatre. Other recents projects of Leland's include Love/Life, the first musical written for virtual reality, composed by Ryan Scott Oliver, and Masala Jones, the first Asian-American scripted podcast.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | The Taming of New York’s Washington Square: A Wild Civility


Located in New York City’s Greenwich Village, Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre public park that is perhaps best known for its historic Washington Square Arch, a landmark at the foot of Fifth Avenue. Hundreds, if not thousands, pass through the park every day, some sit on benches enjoying the sunshine, play a game of chess, watch their children play in the playground, take their dog to the dog runs, or sit by the fountain or, sometimes, buy or sell drugs. The park has an extremely low crime rate. Sociologist and local resident Erich Goode wants to know why. He notes that many visitors do violate park rules and ordinances, even engaging in misdemeanors like cigarette and marijuana smoking, alcohol consumption, public urination, skateboarding and bike riding. And yet, he argues, contrary to the well-known “broken windows” theory, which suggests that small crimes left unchecked lead to major crimes, serious crimes hardly ever take place there. Why with such an immense volume of infractions—and people—are there so little felonious or serious, and virtually no violent, crime?
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Opening Reception | Tom Wesselmann: Steelcuts


An exhibition focused on the revolutionary works Tom Wesselmann began creating in the early 1980s. This exhibition includes a selection of impressive metal works as well as a variety of media related to their production including paintings, prints and works on paper. “Steelcuts” explores Wesselmann’s pioneering use of industrial technologies to create the new medium of laser-cut wall sculpture. Wesselmann pared down his subjects to their most basic element, their lines, and laser-cut them from steel. In doing, so he created a fresh experience for the viewer, pulling two-dimensional drawings off the paper and into life, forming three-dimensional works that quite literally “pop” off the wall. Wesselmann reimagined motifs present throughout his oeuvre, creating a wonderful array of nudes, landscapes and still lives.
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Lecture | Fascism and Populism: Are They Useful Categories for Comparative Sociological Analysis?


This lecture will draw upon interdisciplinary scholarship and empirical cases to revisit the terms fascism and populism. Institutionalized politics is its focus. Contemporary fascist and populist politics is increasingly global. This talk argues that comparative political and historical sociologists need to develop an analytically cogent approach to researching this encroaching political phenomenon. The talk suggests a research agenda that treats fascism and populism as more than conceptual categories. Speaker Mabel Berezin is Professor of Sociology at Cornell who writes on challenges to democratic cohesion and solidarity in Europe and the United States.
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Lecture | Radical Civility? Civil Disobedience and the Ideology of Non-Violence


‘Civility’ has always been an ideological weapon, a stick with which the moral majority beats unruly subjects into conformity, attempts to control protest by dividing it into a good and bad protest, and justifies the repression and silencing of dissent especially by minority groups. This lecture will be given by Robin Celikates from,Universiteit van Amsterdam, Department of Philosophy
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Workshop | Shape Up NYC: Silent Disco Fitness Party


Two hours of a free Silent Disco and Fitness Party. Headsets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.  
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Talk | So, You Want to Be a Social Entrepreneur?


Juan Del Cerro is the Founder and Jedi Master of Disruptivo.tv, the only online media in Spanish focused exclusively in social entrepreneurship. With over 1 million people reached, Juan creates content and tools that motivate and inspire people to become social entrepreneurs. Juan and his team also teach and support people to generate a positive impact through social entrepreneurship: they promote social entrepreneurship every day, so that more people in the world become agents of change. These efforts have led him to teach 12,000+ people, to have 40+ businesses participating in his accelerator program for social entrepreneurship, as well as to raise and award $150,000 in seed funding for entrepreneurs.  Juan will answer all your questions about starting and growing a social enterprise with maximum impact. He'll share case studies, and his own story of why he calls himself "the worst entrepreneur in the world" as he described himself in his TEDx Talk (in Spanish). 
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Concert | Concert And Reception: Anniversary Celebration For Joaquin Rodrigo


Music for guitar, voice, flute and dance by Joaquín Rodrigo together with a reception. Performers Federico Diaz, guitar; Svjetlana Kabalin, flute; Anna Tonna, Mezzo-soprano; Ana de la Paz, Classical Spanish Dancer. Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre (1901 – 1999), was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. Rodrigo's music is among the most popular music of the 20th century. In particular, his Concierto de Aranjuez is considered one of the pinnacles of Spanish music and of the guitar concerto repertoire. Rodrigo was highly decorated for his works. Despite his Spanish National Prize for Orchestra (1943), he was honored with the highest award for composition in Spain, the Premio Nacional de MusicaI in 1983. Then, in 1991, he was granted a place in the Spanish Nobility on the order of King Juan Carlos I, whereby Rodrigo became the “Marques de los Jardines de Aranjuez” or the “Marquis of the Gardens of Aranjuez”. He was also a recipient of Spain’s highest civilian honor, the “Prince of Asturias Award of the Arts”, in 1996, three years before his death. Rodrigo’s greatness was also recognized by the French Government, as he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1960. In 1998, he was promoted to Commandeur des Arts des Lettres. In addition, he was given six honorary degrees from universities world over.
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Start Begging


On the occasion of his exhibition, Shahryar Nashat will be joined by Sohrab Mohebbi and SI Curator Laura McLean-Ferris to discuss the works on view and their trajectories, paying particular attention to how they may or may not affect the figure of the author in the ecosystem of meaning and value production. basis.
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Discussion | Dance Is Sex Positive


A conversation on bodily pleasure from the perspective of dance—decolonizing sexuality as a theme in dance and empowering joy as a way of healthy sexuality. Guest Host: Sydnie Mosley Core Participants: Antonio Ramos, luciana achugar, Ashley RT Yergens, David Thomson, Sarah A. O. Rosner
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Lecture | Imagining Color: Visual and Poetic Imagination


Speaker Elaine Scarry is the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. She is the author of The Body in Pain, Resisting Representation, Dreaming by the Book, On Beauty and Being Just, Who Defended the Country?, Rule of Law, Misrule of Men, Thinking in an Emergency, Thermonuclear Monarchy, and Naming Thy Name.
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Jazz | Real-Deal Blues Singing


This concert with Cecil Morgan, a real-deal blues singer who brings soulful conviction to a unique repertoire of blues, jazz, and R&B classics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Reimagining Brazilian Modernity


A panel discussion between Sergio Bessa (director of curatorial and educational programs, The Bronx Museum of Arts), Sofia Gotti (lecturer and independent curator, Nuova Accademia delle Belle Arti in Milan), Sergio Martins (professor at the History Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro), and Kiki Mazzucchelli (independent curator and writer), who will discuss Brazilian modernism, in conjuction with the Visions of Brazilian Modernity: From Tarsila to Sonia exhibition.
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Slide Lecture | The Alchemy of Italy


Carla Gambescia hosts a lecture and slideshow based on her book, La Dolce Vita University: An Unconventional Guide to Italian Culture from A to Z. Learn about Italian "cultural DNA" and why Italy has exerted an outsize force on Western Civilization and the popular imagination for so long.
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Lecture | The History Of Cartography


From prehistoric Europe to the 20th century, societies have employed the principles of mapping in various forms. Dr. Matthew Edney, professor of geography and the Osher professor in the history of cartography at Southern Maine University, discusses his years of research that produced six volumes on cartography and how it has been practiced around the world through the ages.  Under Dr. Edney’s leadership, The History of Cartography Project, a research, editorial, and publishing venture that treats maps as cultural artifacts, has drawn international attention for its monumental vision and scope. Prepared for both the scholarly and lay audiences, the resulting multi-volume History of Cartography series offers the interpretive structure necessary to assess, appreciate, and analyze maps from all periods and cultures. Hear from the visionary researcher himself, and learn about his extensive efforts to re-frame the thinking mechanism on the history of cartography and the history of mapping. 
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Discussion | The Struggle Against Jim Crow North: Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration And More


Jim Crow is best known for its impact in the south, but institutional segregation and systemic inequality defined life for African Americans living in the north through racist policies in housing, schools, and policing. This Conversation in Black Freedom Studies program will feature Brian Purnell, Kris Burrell, Clarence Taylor, and James Forman who will examine the history of the Jim Crow North, and its continued impact on the inequality of today’s educational and criminal justice systems.
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Workshop | Yoga in the Park


Stretch, breathe, and find your inner peace at evening yoga classes. Bring a mat. Thursdays, May 2--September 19, 2019
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Performance | A Knock at the Door: Performance by Theatre of the Oppressed


What does it take to be a “good” parent and who decides that? A phone call, a knock at the door, and the entire world is turned upside-down. The trauma reverberates from generation to generation — how can we stop this cycle? Theatre of the Oppressed NYC was founded in 2011 by Katy Rubin, who trained with Augusto Boal in Rio, in 2008. After returning to New York and discovering a lack of effective "popular theatre" – interactive theatre created by communities facing oppression – Rubin helped form the Jan Hus Homeless Theatre Troupe, which is now called Concrete Justice (TONYC’s flagship troupe).
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Author Reading | Crashing Cathedrals: Edmund White by the Book


An anthology of essays on the writer's work, with Michael Carroll, Sheila Kohler, Jerome Ellison Murphy, Angelo Nikolopoulos, Colm Tóibín, and Edmund White. Introduced by anthology editor Tom Cardamone.  
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Author Reading | Dare to Matter: Your Path to Making a Difference Now


You don’t have to be a billionaire philanthropist, give up your day job, or wait for retirement to make a difference in the world. And you can start now. We all want to make the world a better place, but with busy, demanding lives, most of us struggle with the where, when, and how. Dr. Jordan Kassalow, founder of VisionSpring, the groundbreaking venture that has restored eyesight and hope to millions of people across the globe, has the answers: here, now, and in your own way. Sharing his personal story of integrating real-world responsibilities with his desire to make a difference, Kassalow offers you a practical way forward, custom-made for your unique talents and circumstances, to take you from thought to action.
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Staged Reading | One Last Night Before Sempiternity: In the Souls of Nero and Poppaea


A one-act historical drama laced with shocking epic revelations of truths about some of the most important social topics of humanity. It positions the audience to observe two of the most notorious antagonists in history, Emperor Nero and his wife Empress Poppaea. In a moment of their discussions, what echoes in our souls? Written by Hristo Hristov. Reading will be followed by a Q&A.
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Opening Reception | Painting Between the Lines: Deeply Poetic Conceptual Art


The exhibition will comprise selections from key bodies of work representing the long, prolific, and deeply poetic career of this German-born and Italy-based Conceptualist: the Eigenschriften (1968–1973), Transcrizioni (1973–1979), Radical Writings (1983–1995), Avant-testo (1990s–early 2000s), and Gehen (begun in 2017 and ongoing). Since the 1960s, Irma Blank’s oeuvre has existed in the space between language and gesture, unfolding over six decades as a solitary journey into the complex relationship of writing, art, and life. In each body of work, she investigates the ways in which a sign or a mark can represent a feeling, an idea, or the experience of time. In her first major series, the Eigenschriften, Blank filled sheets of paper with dense, scriptural signs that upon first glance resemble calligraphy, but are revealed upon closer inspection to be illegible marks. By unmooring her ‘writing’ from content and negating its functionality, Blank transformed the very notion of reliable meaning and set her practice on a metaphysical course.
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Author Reading | Revolutionaries: Poster Child of the Sixties


In his second novel, Joshua Furst, the acclaimed author of The Sabotage Café leads us on a long, strange trip through the heart of the sixties and beyond, as seen through the eyes of the revolution's poster child.
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Play | The Tempest: Shakespeare on an Island


Prospero, a powerful magician and the rightful Duchess of Milan, has been usurped by her brother and has escaped to a remote and barren island. There, despite the unforgiving landscape, she has tried her best to make a home for her daughter, Miranda. When Prospero conjures a powerful storm to sink her brother’s ship, she must decide how to deal with him and his confederates, who have washed ashore. How will she exact her long-awaited revenge? How do you satiate a desire for justice?
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Author Reading | Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul


A book about saving the City’s soul along with its small businesses, dive bars, botanicas, bodegas and one-of-a-kind places. Help us devise strategies to preserve what we love about New York. Author Jeremiah Moss is the creator of the award-winning blog Vanishing New York. His writing on the city has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Daily News, and online for The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Atlantic, and The New York Review of Books.
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Classical Music | A Pianist Who Appeared With The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Boston Pops Orchestra And More


Pianist Beth Levin is celebrated as a bold interpreter of challenging works, from the Romantic canon to leading modernist composers. The New York Times praised her “fire and originality,” while The New Yorker called her playing “revelatory.” Fanfare described Levin’s artistry as “fierce in its power,” with “a huge range of colors.” Levin has appeared as a concerto soloist with numerous symphony orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Boston Civic Symphony and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. She has also worked with noted conductors such as Arthur Fiedler, Tonu Kalam, Milton Katims, Joseph Silverstein and Benjamin Zander.
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Poetry Reading | Walt Whitman Bicentennial Reading


A public reading from the work of Walt Whitman in celebration of his 200th birthday and the democratic imperatives of his work. Featuring Mark Doty, Marwa Helal, Major Jackson, D. Nurkse, Alicia Ostriker, Vijay Seshadri, Patricia Smith, Anne Waldman, and more. 
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Classical Music | Works by Beethoven and Mahler


Program: Beethoven: String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 Mahler (arr. Reisinger): Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen At this hour-long, free performance, the Germany-based Minguet Quartet invites you to explore its “multidimensional, sparkling sound world” (Classic.com) through Beethoven’s epic final string quartet and an arrangement of Mahler’s devastating song “I am Lost to the World.”    
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Classical Music | Works By Mozart Brahms and R. Schumann


Juilliard chamber music ensembles present masterpieces from the chamber music repertoire. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Duo No. 1 in G major, K. 423 Johannes Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 Robert Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
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Performance | A Passion: A One-Man Show


An actor appears on an empty stage. The blockbuster production he’s in has been canceled, and no one has told him. He has always been an extra and tonight, alone, he will perform for you the story of the Passion of Christ.   Written by Valentina Diana Directed by Vinicio Marchioni Performed by Marco Vergani In Italian with English supertitles.
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Play | Ella in the Tundra: Making Babies


Ella, a world-class fertility doctor, happens to be every cursed princess’ fairy godmother. Her perfectly controlled world gets turned upside down with the appearance of a most unusual maiden in distress who also happens to be a convicted criminal about to go to jail.   Written by Marianna Staroselsky. Directed by Daniella Caggiano.
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