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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 9, 2019?
53 free events take place on Thursday, May 9 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 9 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.
Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 9, 2019?
53 free events take place on Thursday, May 9 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 9 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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The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
53 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, May 9, 2019
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
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
$5 requested donation...
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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
Free
Free
Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park
A morning class provided by the Tai Chi Chuan Center and led by teachers and students who train at CK Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Master Hyland Harris. Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 7-August 27, 2019
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
Free
Free
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
Free
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Film | Cactus Flower (1969) With Ingrid Bergman: Oscar Winning Comedy On A Dentist's Love Life
A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife. 103 min. Director: Gene Saks. Starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn. Cactus Flower won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free
Free
Workshop | Essentials for Job Seekers: Resumes
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. All levels of experience welcome. Please do not arrive late interrupting the class.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
Free
Free
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
Free
Free
Film | The Life of Emile Zola (1937): Three Time Oscar Winning Biographical Movie On French Writer
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair. 116 min. Director: William Dieterle. Starring Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut. In 2000, The Life of Emile Zola was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The movie won three Academy Awards for Best Picture; Best Supporting Actor - Joseph Schildkraut; Best Screenplay.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Birdwatching | Birdwatching in the Park
Learn more about the variety of bird species that take flight and nest in the park’s trees and gardens. Local birder Ethan Goodman hosts this lunchtime talk in search of everyday city and special migratory birds, like the warblers and woodpeckers. Binoculars provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
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
Free
Free
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
Free
Free
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
Free
Free
Concert | Medieval Music By All-Female Band
During the fourteenth century, Florence’s republican society fostered accomplishments in poetry, sculpture, architecture, and a varied musical culture. Trobár explores this milieu in a presentation of madrigals, ballate, caccias, laude, and dance music in a concert organized around the four seasons. Trobár is a small band of voices and instruments dedicated to bringing medieval music and its stories to modern audiences. The Occitan word trobar, meaning "to find, to create, to invent," encompasses the spirit of discovery and invention that we bring to interpreting medieval music as both performers and scholars. Performers Allison Monroe, voice, vielle, rebec; Elena Mullins, voice, percussion; Karin Weston, voice; Nathan Dougherty, voice (guest artist).
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
Free
Free
Film | Instant Family (2018): Couple Adopts Three Children
A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children. 118 min. Director: Sean Anders. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Moner. Instant Family grossed $67.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $52.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $118.8 million, against a production budget of $48 million.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Film | The Children Act (2017) with Emma Thompson: Drama Of A Judge Who Has Problems In Private Life
As her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle. 105 min. Director: Richard Eyre. Starring Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ben Chaplin. Production was set to begin in London in October 2016, and it was reported on December 8, 2016 that filming had wrapped. The Children Act had its world premiere at the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2017.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Film | The Magnificent Ambersons by Orson Welles (1942): Four-Time Oscar Nominee
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved. 88 min. Director: Orson Welles. Starring Tim Holt, Joseph Cotton, Dolores Costello. The Magnificent Ambersons is often regarded as among the best U.S. films ever made, a distinction it shares with Welles' first film, Citizen Kane. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture and it was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1991.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House Tour
Highlights include a discussion of the history of the site, information about architect Cass Gilbert and viewings of the Collectors Office with its Tiffany woodwork, Reginald Marsh murals and the 140-ton rotunda dome, designed and built by Rafael Gustavino.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Film | The Mule (2018): Crime Drama By And With Clint Eastwood
A 90-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel. 116 min. Director: Clint Eastwood. Starring Clint Eastwood, Patrick L. Reyes, Cesar De León. The Mule has grossed $103.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $62.9 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $166.7 million, against a production budget of $50 million.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
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
Free
Free
Film | Instant Family (2018): Couple Adopts Three Children
A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children. 118 min. Director: Sean Anders. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Moner. Instant Family grossed $67.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $52.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $118.8 million, against a production budget of $48 million.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Talk | Broker, Financial Planner Or Investment Advisor: How to Pick Your Advisor?
What kind of financial advice do you need? How is the advisor compensated? What credentials and licensing should you look for? Petar Arizanov, CFP® answers these important questions so you can choose the best type of advisor for you needs. Presented by the Financial Planning Association of Metro NY. Petar Arizanov, is a financial advisor at Investments at Oppenheimer’s Park Avenue. He works with each client to design, recommend and implement customized investment strategies intended to help them work towards achieving their specific retirement, liquidity, investment, tax, education, estate and philanthropic needs.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
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
Free
Free
Lecture | Migration and Inequality in Southeastern and Eastern Europe – Is There a Link?
The levels of income inequality and emigration are high and growing in most countries of Southeastern and Eastern Europe. This seminar presentation explores if this is more than a coincidence. Speaker Mihail Arandarenko is a professor of labor economics at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Belgrade, Serbia.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
Free
Free
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
Free
Free
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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5:00 pm
Free
Free
Discussion | Let's Talk Democracy: GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side)
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
Free
Free
Workshop | Meditation For Health And Wellness
Meditation is being prescribed by many medical practitioners and has been widely recognized as a means to enhance one’s health and reduce stress. Throughout the nation meditation has become a positive force for health and wellbeing. Longtime meditator Rosanna Jimenenez will be present for this lively and engaging workshop.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Writers Coalition
A class of writing and sharing work in a supportive and respectful environment. Writers of all genres and levels of experience welcome. No prior writing experience is necessary. Led by Elizabeth Leonard, writer and writing workshop leader certified to lead creative writing workshops with NY Writers Coalition.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | 50 Pieces and 50 Years: A Life's Work
Focusing on international visual artist Margrit Newman, this exhibition will include 50 select pieces of her work that Newman created over the past 50 years. Born in Switzerland, Newman has spent her life traveling the world and residing at various periods in Switzerland, France, New York City and Argentina. Her worldly experiences over the last five decades have served as inspiration for her eclectic collection, whose themes include: miniature boxes, musical composition paintings, voodoo, plant boxes and acrylic paintings with photos incorporated.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | Corks: Furniture Realized in Cork
The exhibition puts on view internationally acclaimed designer Jasper Morrison’s first complete series of furniture realized in cork. As limited editions, these pieces mark a departure from the designer’s usual methods of industrial production and initiate a new collaborative partnership that speaks to Kasmin’s continued engagement with presenting boundary-pushing work at the intersection of art and design. A domestic exhibition design will bring together examples of Morrison’s chaise longue, a fireplace, chairs, stools, and bookshelves.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | In Due Time: How Identity and Society Interact
The transparency of a person is under constant evaluation. We judge based on visibility without much deeper consideration for the opacity of a person’s experience. Even, at times, our own vision of self can be obscured. Trauma, love, rebirth, loss and a myriad of other experiences deepen the tonality between who we have been and who we are. This obsession with examining iterations of self has fueled an ongoing collage animation series utilizing 35mm images, audio selections along with archival and home video. In Due Time explores the artist's evolving intimate relationships with others and herself centered around the framework of birth and motherhood. Photogrpaher Elise R. Peterson is a storyteller analyzing the nuance of how identity interacts with varying sociopolitical factors as it relates to marginalized communities. Her visual work is centered on reinterpreting the past and envisioning the future within the framework of Blackness, evolution and cross-generational narratives.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | The Drawing is the Moveable Feast: Group Show
The Drawing is the Movable Feast is dedicated to reviewing the role that drawing plays within a diverse range of artmaking practices. With: Louis Ardine Kat Chamberlin Brian Edmonds Rachael Gorchov John Kramer Anna Ortiz Charles Sommer Denise Treizman
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Author Reading | Widows’ Words: Women Write on the Experience of Grief, the First Year, the Long Haul, and Everything in Between
Becoming a widow is one of the most traumatic life events that a woman can experience. Yet, as this remarkable new collection reveals, each woman responds to that trauma differently. Here, forty-three widows tell their stories, in their own words. Some were widowed young, while others were married for decades. Some cared for their late partners through long terminal illnesses, while others lost their partners suddenly. Some had male partners, while others had female partners. Yet each of these women faced the same basic dilemma: how to go on living when a part of you is gone. Image Attached
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | How To Become The Perfect Candidate In The Job Market
Too many job seekers rely on postings or recruiting firms to get interviews. In today’s economy, most jobs are landed through networking and direct contact with hiring managers. Networking becomes even more important when you are not the perfect candidate for highly competitive jobs. Robert Hellmann reviews how to build and use your network effectively; find and get meetings with key contacts; increase your response rate from job postings and recruiting firms; turn an informational meeting into an interview, and how to change “no” into “yes.” Robert Hellmann has served as an adjunct instructor at New York University teaching career management, and as GetFive’s Vice President and Associate Director of its Guild of Career Coaches. Rob authored the books Advanced LinkedIn: For Your Job Search, Business and Career, Peak Presentations, and The Social Media Boost.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Author Reading | My Crazy (Sick) Love: Love vs. Hypochondria
Author Drica Pinotti is a Brazilian-born author with fifteen books published in Brazil and Portugal. Her American debut comes with the release of her first romantic comedy, the story of hypochondriac attorney Amanda Loeb, who discovers that love may be the cure-all pill she needs.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
Talk | Artist Talk: Subliminal Standard
A leading voice of his generation, Brooklyn-based, Belgian-born artist Harold Ancart has become known for expressive works that blur the line between sculpture, painting, and drawing, and feature gestural marks that live somewhere between abstraction and representation. The artist will give a rare public lecture to accompany his first public art commission in the United States, Subliminal Standard. Ancart’s talk will address his general practice, as well as the expansion of his work into the public realm.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
Jazz | One of NYC's Greatest Living Swing Drummers
A concert with Jackie Williams, one of NYC's greatest living swing drummers. He is a veteran of groups led by Doc Cheatham, Illinois Jacquet, Jay McShann, and Junior Mance. In recent years, he has worked extensively with the Harlem Blues & Jazz Band and the Jazz Foundation's Jazz in the Schools program.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
Discussion | Patriotism vs. Nationalism: Ideals for a New Social Contract
Liberal democracies are fraying: fresh ideas and policies are needed to formulate a New Social Contract to ensure that peace and democracy survives and thrives. What moral, social and political ideals can guide us through these troubled times and into the future? Patriotism has reemerged as a rallying cry towards rebuilding a national consensus and restoring acceptable social and political norms. What values define patriotism? What does it mean to be a citizen in a globalized world? How is society supposed to reorganize itself to address the major challenges of the future: immigration flows, artificial intelligence, information technology and climate change. Is liberalism the way of the future? Adam Gopnik, Bernard-Henri Lévy and Andrew McAfee discuss ways to protect the “vivre ensemble” from a uniquely rich perspective, that of a philosopher, a cultural guru, and a leading scientist and thinker in the area of technological disruption and reorganization.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
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Discussion | The Culture of Community: A Latinx Photo Symposium
Concluding its 30th year anniversary programming, MFA Photography, Video and Related Media will facilitate a discussion lead by current thesis candidates Jordan Cruz (2019) and Carla Maldonado (2019) with special guests Veronica Sanchis Bencomo (photographer, Foto Feminas), Perla de Leon (photographer) and Susanna V. Temkin (curator, El Museo del Barrio). The Culture of Community: a Latinx Photo Symposium exemplifies a community effort, in content as well as execution. Over the past year and a half, through political, social and natural disasters, Jordan Cruz (Bronx, NY) and Carla Maldonado (Rio de Janiero, Brazil) have not only incorporated identity and advocacy in the concepts driving their work, but continuously strive to educate themselves and our academic community on a demographic of under-recognized and unparalleled Latinx cultural producers. Our special guests will discuss issues of representation in academic and cultural institutions, as well as current and future trends with the reclamation and modernization of the photo archive on social media and web-based platforms.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
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Talk | The Waterfront and Railroad Along the Upper West Side
Speaker Kurt Schlichting is the author of Waterfront Manhattan: From Henry Hudson to the High Line. Schlichting is the E. Gerald Corrigan ’63 Chair in Humanities and Social Sciences at Fairfield University, where he is a professor of sociology. He is the author of Grand Central’s Engineer: William J. Wilgus and the Planning of Modern Manhattan and Grand Central Terminal: Railroads, Engineering, and Architecture in New York City.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
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
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
Poetry Reading | A Long Drawn Face: New Poetry
An evening of poetry with Homa Zarghamee as she reads from her new collection. Zarghamee is a professor of economics at Barnard College and affiliate scholar at Columbia University’s Center for Psychoanalytic Training.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Author Reading | Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life
Being Numerous shatters the mainstream consensus on politics, personhood, and truth, and offers in its place a bracing analysis of a perilous world and how we might live in it. Beginning with an interrogation of what it means to fight fascism, Natasha Lennard explores the limits of individual rights, the criminalization of political dissent, the myths of radical sex, and why we may choose to leave room in our lives for ghosts. At once politically committed and philosophically capacious, Being Numerous is a revaluation of the idea that “the personal is political,” and goes on to ask the central question of our time—how can we live a non-fascist life? Natasha Lennard is a contributing writer for the Intercept, and her work has appeared regularly in The New York Times, Nation, Esquire, Vice, Salon, and New Inquiry, among others.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
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Author Reading | Breaking Broken English: Black-Arab Literary Solidarities and the Politics of Language
Black-Arab political and cultural solidarity has had a rich history in the US. That alliance is again exerting an influence on society as Black and Arab American activists are joining forces in formations like Black for Palestine to address social justice issues. Breaking Broken English explores this relationship through language, with a focus on Arab American literature that use the English language creatively to put into practice many of the ideas advanced by Black American thinkers.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
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Author Reading | Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back
Why do you act the way you do? Do you ever feel like you get stuck in destructive cycles that hold you back from living the life you really want? In a dynamic, compelling and aha-filled journey, Gary John Bishop's Stop Doing That Sh*t helps you connect the dots of your “stuff” all the way from your past to the present. You’ll make sense of yourself as you uncover how to interrupt those destructive cycles of yours and make the kind of profound shift needed to get your life on track. Restrictions may apply. Call store for details.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Storm Cursed: A Mercy Thompson Mystery
In this powerful entry in the bestselling series, Mercy Thompson must face a deadly enemy to defend all she loves. With author Patricia Briggs.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | The Decorated Tenement: How Immigrant Builders and Architects Transformed the Slum in the Gilded Age
Author Zachary Violette reexamines urban America's tenement buildings borne of the housing reform movement embraced by the American-born elite in the late nineteenth century, centering on the immigrant neighborhoods of New York and Boston. Drawing on research and fieldwork he reconsiders how housing improved for the working poor.
New York City, NY; NYC
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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?
New York City, NY; NYC
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Comedy Club | Open Flame Comedy Open Mic
Hosted by Sam Campbell, Simone Leitner, and Peter Valenti, Open Flame is a comedy open mic where LGBTQ voices can practice new material and experiment alongside some of the funniest up and coming queer comedians in New York City! After a packed out night earlier this year, they are returning this summer for more giggles and giving back!
New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | The Authors of Marsh Hawk Press
In The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams: New and Selected Poems 1974 to 2018, Mary Mackey writes of life, death, love, and passion with intensity and grace. Her poems are hugely imaginative and multi-layered. Lesser Lights is a second collection of memoirs continues Sandy McIntosh's coming of age story set in Long Island's famous Hamptons arts colony. Included are stories of wild adventures in filmmaking with Norman Mailer and Ilya Bolotowsky, the discovery of Communists among the writers and painters, as well as encounters with Truman Capote, Jean Stafford, P. G. Wodehouse, and others.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | A Cursed Woman: Traditional Korean Singing
Throughout her career as a traditional Korean singer (“sorikun”), Lee Narae has reflected on and problematized the representation of women in traditional pansori, a form of musical storytelling that developed under the influence of Confucian culture. In exploring this art form, she sheds new light on Byeongangseo-ga—a pansori narrative that is a particularly strong example of patriarchal values—by shifting the perspective to the ill-fated female character, Ong-nyeo, and recreating this work through a variety of artistic styles. Lee Narae combines a wide range of sounds with spoken word and transforms them through music, seamlessly incorporating other musical influences. She thus inherits the tradition of pansori while recharging it with contemporary creative energy.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Play | The Visitors: The Inevitability of Shared Humanity
One night in a small Florida town, on the border between Disney World and the heart of conservative America, a liberal teenager witnesses a beautiful spaceship flying through the sky. She’s eager to find someone with whom she can share this life-changing moment. But when she finds it in a middle-aged conservative neighbor, they both resist the inevitability of their shared humanity. Written by Elisabeth Frankel. Directed by Kathleen Capdesuñer.
New York City, NY; NYC
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