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31 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, November 23, 2014

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free events nyc Conversations About Street Art
free events nyc Astronaut Chris Hadfield signs copies of his book You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes - Photographs from the International Space Station
free events nyc Ensemble ACJW performs works by Martinů and Dohnányi
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Birdwatching | Birding for Families


Experience the coming of Fall in Central Park when it becomes a precious bird habitat and migration hot more spot! Join experts from NYC Audubon Society and Conservancy Discovery Guides on this walk to learn how to spot our feathered neighbors and their foreign cousins as they make their trip across the globe. Binoculars can be borrowed from the Dana Discovery Center. Ages 5+. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Lower Section


Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded more urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


For nearly 100 years, the Beaux-Arts beauty known as Grand Central Terminal (a.k.a Station) has been more a testament to the ingenuity and ambition of a great city, impressing both travelers and visitors with it's wonderful architecture and pulsating vibe. It's history is a story of immense wealth, great engineering, a few accidents, a planned sabotage and one terrific ceiling, but most importantly a story of survival and rebirth. less
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10:00 am
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central more Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Talk | Conversations About Street Art


Noted mosaic artist Haifa Bint-Kadi joins environmentalist Curt Collier to discuss the role of street more art in furthering social and environmental justice and as a mechanism for expressing the wants and needs of a community. Bint-Kadi is the founder of Community Engagement Through the Arts, C.E.T.T.A., an initiative of Groundwork Hudson Valley that uses a community arts model and a grassroots approach in using art to address community needs. Together Collier and Bint-Kadi will address the impact and critique of street art from Banksy to neighborhood graffitist. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
Free

Tour | Flatiron District Walking Tour


Join professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the more city’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building. less
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11:00 am
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Slide Lecture | The Life and Music of Maria Callas


An exciting multimedia presentation featuring rare film footage and archival recordings that explore more the life, music, and extraordinary impact of the soprano whose fiery dramatic portrayals made her the most exciting opera singer of her time. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Riverside Walk


Walk over the bridge into Riverbank Park, where there are bathrooms and lunch (bring). Then walk south more past Grant’s Tomb and make your way down to the Shore Path in Riverside Park, then walk south, possibly as far as 34th St. Some moderate ascents and descents. Several drop-off points available. Call if weather doubtful; hike may be cancelled for rain, snow, or excessive cold and wind. less
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12:30 pm
$3

Book Signing | Astronaut Chris Hadfield signs copies of his book You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes - Photographs from the International Space Station


Divided by continent, You Are Here represents one (idealized) orbit of the ISS. This planetary photo more tour — surprising, playful, thought-provoking, and visually delightful — is also punctuated with fun, fascinating commentary on life in zero gravity by one of the world's most seasoned and accomplished astronauts. Event space seating will open at 5:00 pm on 4th floor. Priority seating with book purchase is limited. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Under Another Name


This show considers work in multiple media, focusing on the relationship of various genres and media more to one another. Here, ephemeral sculptures are captured as photographs; letterpress prints invoke the aesthetics of video; performances are recorded as drawings; sound is captured in objects; and photographs are abstracted into paintings. Rather than privileging one medium over another, the exhibition looks at their interdependence and what happens when a work is understood through the context of a new medium. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Union Square-'Midtown South' Tour


Highlights: The Metronome, statue of George Washington, Mahatma Gandhi, a 19th-century water fountain, more Decker Piano Building. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Yoga at the Mansion


Join Chelsea for sessions appropriate for all levels of fitness. Awesome Asana is a budding yoga project more in Washington Heights developed by teacher Chelsea Best. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$5 suggested donation

Theater | College Production: The Submission by Jeff Talbott


A raw, unsentimental play about race and gender that exposes the quiet prejudice and intolerance among more even our most progressive thinkers. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, more food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments. less
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2:00 pm
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Author Reading | Jeff VanderMeer and Desirina Boskovich read from their book The Steampunk Users Manual: An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro Futurist Dreams


Steampunk, the retro-futuristic cultural movement, has become a substantial and permanent genre in the more worlds of fantasy and science fiction. A large part of its appeal is that, at its core, Steampunk is about doing it yourself: building on the past while also innovating and creating something original. less
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2:00 pm
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Film | Paul Henreid's Dead Ringer (1964): Evil Twin Takes Over


Starring: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, and Peter Lawford. The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy more woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes the identity of the dead woman. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated. 115 min. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour


Travel from Grand Army Plaza, past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and stop at the Dairy on this trip through more the southern Park highlights. Route involves moderate inclines and some stairs. 45 minutes. less
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2:00 pm
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Opera | Opera Scenes


Domenico Boyagian, Conductor Patrick Diamond, Director
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Concert | College Flute Recital


Alyssa Greengrass, flute
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Tia Roper, Flutist


The concert is sure to be a very innovative and exciting concert with compositions from Bach to Rodrigo. more Accompanying on piano will be Mitchell Vines. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Jazz | College Jazz Saxophone Recital


Born in Verona, Italy, Francesco Geminiani began the study of saxophone in his teenage years and soon more became part of the jazz scene. Robert Bonisolo has been is private teacher since the beginning and in the meantime he attended the jazz course at the Conservatory in Verona and Lausanne, Switzerland. In Swiss he seriously started developing his sound, digging deep into music thanks to all the encounters and concerts he played with great musicians over there. Receiving the Zorzella prize in Italy, he finally moved to New York in 2012, where he expanded even more his musical boundaries. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Sunday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker more and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Bach Vespers


Program: Dieterich Buxtehude Ihr lieben Christen, freut euch nun, BuxWV 51 Hieronymus Praetorius more Ecce Dominus veniet á 8 Join the Grammy-nominated Bach Choir and Players for the opening of the 47th season of Bach Vespers as they welcome to the podium their new music director Donald Meineke. The one-hour program featuring one of the leading early music ensembles in the United States promises to be an exciting and enriching evening. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Concert | Ensemble ACJW performs works by Martinů and Dohnányi


Program: MARTINŮ La revue de cuisine DOHNÁNYI Sextet in C Major, Op. 37 The exciting young more musicians of Ensemble ACJW have been cited as "one of the strongest ensembles in the city" (New York Classical Review). Ensemble ACJW showcases its versatility and virtuosity in a program featuring Czech composer Martinů's whimsical La revue de cuisine and Hungarian master Dohnányi's colorfully scored Sextet in C Major. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Concert | The Great Organ: Colin MacKnight


In celebration of the restored Great Organ, the Cathedral presents a concert series following Sunday more Evensong. This recital is free and open to the public. With: Colin MacKnight, New York, NY. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Organ Recital: Caroline Robinson


The Organ Recital Series is free and open to the public. Today's recital is by Caroline Robinson of Rochester, more NY. She perfroms works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann, and Joseph Jongen. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
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Concert | College Violin Recital


Maxfield Panish, violin
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Screening | The Play's the Thing: Vaclav Havel, Art and Politic


The film series focuses on the places and people that Vaclav Havel knew from the influential Theatre more on the Balustrade, where his theatrical career began, to his friendships with filmmakers of the Czech New Wave, and to his political ascendancy in Prague. Curated by Margaret Parsons, head of the film program at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. All films are in Czech with English subtitles. less
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6:00 pm
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Film | Documentary: Anne de Mare and Kristen Kelly's The Homestretch (2014)


The Homestretch follows three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future. more 89 min. Q and A with filmmakers to follow. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Dance Performance | Hodworks, Hungary's most acclaimed dance ensemble, presents Dawn


Dawn explores the awakening to our bodies through choreographer Adrienn Hód’s intimate dance experiment more which seats the audience on stage, in daring proximity to the performers. Adults only. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
$20 suggested donation...

Concert | College Guitar Recital


Kazuki Ueki, guitar
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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