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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on November 3, 2016?

69 free events take place on Thursday, November 3 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 November 3 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 November . 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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69 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, November 3, 2016

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Tour | Alternative New York Tour


Time to learn about the other New York City; the city that nurtured political, cultural and intellectual revolutions. The city that gave birth to punk rock, the beat poets and graffiti. The city that has survived two centuries of mass riots, crime and corruption, murder and mayhem. The city that has flourished in spite of economic and social hardship. Thursdays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Festival | Canstruction: an extraordinary annual design competition


The 24th Annual NYC Competition and the most unique food charity in the world, Canstruction challenges teams of architects, engineers, and contractors to build sculptures made entirely out of unopened cans of food. The large scale structures are placed on display and later donated to City Harvest for distribution to those in need.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Tour | Downtown Manhattan 3-Hour Tour


The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World Trade Center, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. These are neighborhoods that simply can’t be fully appreciated from a bus. There will be one or two opportunities to sample tasty treats. Takes place daily.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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 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. Takes place daily.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tour | Williamsburg Street Art Tour


Street art is visual art created in public locations, usually unsanctioned artwork executed outside of the context of traditional art venues. The term gained popularity during the graffiti art boom of the early 1980s and continues to be applied to subsequent incarnations. Stencil graffiti, wheat pasted poster art or sticker art, and street installation or sculpture are common forms of modern street art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Photoshop for Beginners


Learn how to enhance photos using the number 1 photo editing software in the world; Adobe Photoshop. In this class you learn the features of Photoshop and learn about layers and use them to manipulate images to your desire. Class is conducted on Macintosh computers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Film | Preston Sturges' Oscar-Winning The Great McGinty (1940): Political Comedy


Stars: Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff. Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty. 82 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | Secrets of the Southwest Park


Explore the southwest of the park with Conservancy tour guides, and see it like never before. From a planned military parade ground to the site commemorating a famous activist for peace, one of the most-visited areas of the Park has some secrets to share with even the most seasoned Park-goer. Highlights of this tour include: Maine Monument, the Children’s District, Sheep Meadow, Tavern on the Green, and Strawberry Fields.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Concert | Gods and Mortals: An All-Mozart Program


Program: Mozart’s 41st Symphony, Jupiter Violin Concerto in A K. 219 Serenata Notturna K. 239 The mortals of Grand Harmonie join with the divine powers of the celebrated Cynthia Roberts, violin and leader, to breathe life into the celestial and eternal music of Mozart. Roberts is one of America’s leading performers of baroque and classical violin, touring and performing regularly in the United States and Europe. She is the concertmaster of New York Collegium, Apollo's Fire, and Concert Royal and recently appeared at the invitation of William Christie as concertmaster of Les Arts Florissants. Ms. Roberts appears regularly with Tafelmusik and the American Bach Soloists, and is principal second violin in the Carmel Bach Festival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. The event is offered daily, except Sundays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Talk | Nationalism and Human Rights: The Cultural Renovation of the Ukrainian Shistdesiatnyky


A presentation by Simone Bellezza, Visiting Assistant Professor. This talk will present the cultural ferment of the Ukrainian non-conformist intellectuals of the 1960s assessing its importance for the history of Ukrainian nationalism and of the global history of human rights. This group of artists and intellectuals will be analyzed through the lens of the kompaniia, which allows keeping together the private and the public spheres of action of the shistdesiatnyky. The main figures of the movement will be presented (Ivan Dziuba, Viacheslav Chornovil, Valentyn Moroz, Leonid Pliushch), as well as some of their interlocutors (Oles’ Honchar, Petro Shelest).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Mary Pan, organ scholar. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 13, 2016 to May 25, 2017.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | NYC Subway Musicians' Concert


With: Chris Hemingway, Saxophone (pictured) Born in Florence, SC, Chris Hemingway’s natural fluency in both classical and jazz styles separates him from most chamber musicians. He performs regularly with Azucar Pittsburgh's Premier salsa band, the Roger Humphries Big Band, the Al Dowe Quintet, and with New York City jazz trumpeter Sean Jones, who has just recently released his first solo recording. At the young age of 21, Hemingway was a concerto soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony. Eganam Segbefia, Trumpet Eganam Segbefia began performing his trumpet in the subway to earn enough money to pay off a parking ticket. He now gets up every morning at 4:30am to play classical trumpet pieces (a favorite is Flight of the Bumblebee) for commuters at Grand Central Station. Originally from Ghana, he has been featured on WQXR, which is producing his new album. He was recently accepted into the Manhattan School of Music. Scott Stenten, Double-Necked Guitar Scott Stenten guitarist, singer and entrepreneur based in New York City, is recognized as a pioneering guitarist for his percussive "tapping" playing style which consists of a variety of influences ranging from jazz, rock, and R&B. His flamboyant choice of instrument is a custom made double neck guitar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Concert | European Baroque music: The Italians and Their Influence


In this program, The Kingsbury Ensemble illustrate the virtuosic, emotional qualities of the Italian style and its importance in the evolution of European Baroque music beyond the Italian borders. Hear this style exemplified in the music of French and German composers such as Biber, Handel, Philiodor, and Rosenmuller. Performers:  Clea Galhano, recorder Margaret Humphrey, violin Kenneth Kulosa, cello Maryse Carlin, harpsichord
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
Free

Film | Ben Falcone's The Boss (2016): Melissa McCarthy Comedy


Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage. A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget. 99 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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City Walk | Greenwich Village, High Line and Chelsea Tour


Join a three-hour journey through some of New York City's most historic areas. They'll begin in Greenwich Village, one of the cultural centers of America. Once a pastoral green oasis, and later a home for Irish and Italian immigrants, Greenwich Village has been at the forefront of some of the most important political, social, and artistic movements of the 20th Century. Filled with 19th century townhouses, and now one of the most desirable and high priced neighborhoods in America, the Village tells a multi-generational New York story. From secluded wealthy enclave to emerging Bohemian and Beat communities, from Dylan Thomas and Bob Dylan to the Stonewall Inn. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm and Sundays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments. This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 2pm, and Saturdays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Howard Deutch's The Great Outdoors (1988): Camping Comedy


Stars: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy. A Chicago man's hope for a peaceful family vacation in the woods is shattered when the annoying in-laws drop in. 91 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | iMovie for Beginners Workshop


Learn the basics of using Apple's entry-level video editing program iMovie by working through a simple project. Class is conducted on Macintosh computers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | John Huston's The Maltese Falcon (1941): 3 Oscar Nominations


Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George. A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. 100 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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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 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. Takes place daily.
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Piano Competition Finals


Program: Schuman Piano Concerto
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | The Picture Window of the Pacific: American Foreign Policy and the Remaking of Difference in the Campaign for Hawai‘i Statehood


Sarah Miller-Davenport (University of Sheffield) will deliver this lecture. View Larger Map Date: Thu, Nov 3, 2016 Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm EDT Location: The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Contact: tamiment.events@nyu.edu Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Michael Quill Conference Room 70 Washington Square South, 10th Floor New York, NY 10012 Cost: Free
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: We Are a Landscape of All We Have Seen


Featuring Marsha Solomon, Adel Gorgy, and various international artists.
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Workshop | Magnetic Sound Baths: An Immersive Listening Experience


Magnetic Sound Baths is an immersive listening experience, where participants are invited to lay back amidst a wash of meditative sounds. A sound bath creates a temporary break from the sensory stimuli of an active life, allowing people space with their thoughts, and time to inspect their own internal mental narrative. The installation is comprised of several sound-generating sculptures, electroacoustic works of art that use magnetic fields to induce vibration and soundwaves in metal and wood. Space is limited to 20 visitors per session. Walk-ins welcome, space permitting. Participants are encouraged to bring mats, blankets, pillows; anything for comfort while listening. Tuesdays and Thursdays from November 3 - December 15 (except Nov. 24)
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Book Discussion Group: Daughters of the Samurai


Discuss the book by Janice P. Nimura.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
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Workshop | eBook Help Hour: Get Started with eBooks


Need help getting started with eBooks? Bring your laptop, eReader, tablet or smart phone to eBook Help Hour. Get assistance loading electronic library books on your Kindle, create your free Adobe ID, learn about 3M Cloud Library, and so much more. Make sure you bring your library card and any necessary access passwords for your devices so they can help you as quickly as possible.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
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Workshop | Mac Computers for Beginners


Learn the basics of using a Mac computer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Intro Class: Developing Your Intuition- An Introduction


Intuition is being increasingly appreciated as a key component of decision-making. In this class, one of New York’s most experienced intuitive consultants and teachers of intuition will help us begin to develop a range of intuitive skills that we all possess in latent form but usually don’t know how to access, understand, or use. She will teach us meditation and visualization exercises designed to activate and hone specific capacities which use techniques to heighten our senses of seeing, hearing, and touch, and develop our skills in telepathic communication. An attuned intuition empowers us and enables us to make far better decisions about every aspect of life, from career to finances to romance to reaching our ultimate goals. Discover how to start tapping into the deep well of your own internal wisdom. With: Constantina Rhodes, PhD
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:45 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Pamela Shields / Anne Mondro


Project "S" is an exhibition of large charcoal drawings by Pamela Shields. After her One Body masturbation series in 2014, the artist extended her exploration of female sexuality to include other women. Inspired by the strength and challenges associated with illness, Anne Mondro creates intricately woven anatomical forms to metaphorically reflect the emotional complexities of caring for others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Reading | 4 poets read from their work


Scott Hightower is the author of four books of poetry in the U.S. and a bilingual collection (Spanish-English) published in Madrid. Lindsey Royce's first collection of poetry, Bare Hands,was published by WordTech Communications, 2016. Rachel Hadas's latest book of poems, Questions in the Vestibule, was published by Northwestern University Press, 2016. Hadas and her husband Shalom Gorewitz are working/playing on marrying poetry and video. Jeanne Marie Baumont's fourth book, Letters from Limbo, was published in 2016 by CavanKerry Press.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Grey Steps, Grey Scales, Grey Ladders: Paintings by Josef Albers


Josef Albers is considered one of the most influential abstract painters of the twentieth century, as well as an important designer and educator noted for his rigorously experimental approach to spatial relationships and color theory. The exhibition’s title is taken from a passage in Interaction of Color (1963), Albers’s significant treatise on color studies and an essential handbook for artists and teachers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Julie Spoke Softly Under Her Long Skinny Nose: Group Show


With: Sachiko Akiyama Jayson Bimber Amber Boardman Margarida Correia Julie Curtiss Alexandra Evans Scott Everingham Nicasio Fernandez Benjamin Lankton Danielle Eliska Lyle Shona McAndrew Rebecca Ness Catalina Ouyang Kyle Petreycik Cecilia Schmidt Stacy Scibelli Nathan Skiles Brian Sparrow
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern's Every Little Step (2008): Documentary on A Chorus Line


This documentary about A Chorus Line combines memories of the original production with a moment-to-moment account of mounting the 2007 Broadway revival. 93 min. In attendance: Baayork Lee, originator of the role of Connie, and director or choreographer of more than 35 international productions of the show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Intro Class: The Alchemy of the Chakras


With: Thomas Amelio Chakra practice is one of the most powerful and complete means for awakening, healing and transformation. Central to the yoga tradition, chakras are spiritual, psychological and emotional energy centers within the subtle body. Ideally, they work in harmony; however, their full expression is often hampered by negative conditioning and suppressions (karmas). For example, a fifth-chakra calling to self-express might be inhibited by a first-chakra fear of losing safety. Yoga offers practices to purify the chakras and bring them into full, radiant expression. We will explore the function of each chakra; the mantras and archetypes associated with them; and the practices of vichara (inquiry), pranayama (breath practice), mudra (hand seals), bandha (energy locks) and kumbhak (breath holding) to bring greater clarity and balance to our lives.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Kurt Boone discusses his book Subway Beats: Celebrating New York City Buskers


In addition to being a freelance writer and independent author Kurt Boone has also worked as a foot messenger (the fastest in the city) for over 20 years. Profiled in all of the city's major newspapers and a contributor to PBS "Metro Focus" and "Narratively", Boone is the author or several books including "Looking For Myself", "Inside Grand Central Terminal", "On The Subway", "New York Alleycats", "Urban Theory: Critical Thoughts In America" "Messenger Poet". and “Asphalt Warrior." Free beer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Elaine Stocki's Hoar Frost


Hoar Frost refers to the rare crystallization that descends upon the natural world overnight, momentarily suspending it and symbolically evoking the unease that has crept into our collective present. In these new works, the artist reverses her processes, merging abstract painting with her history of working with the figure in photography. Whereas Stocki’s prior exhibition comprised primarily hand-tinted black and white photographs, the color prints in Hoar Frost integrate painting within the process of photographing. Gestural mark making appears in the images, uniting various elements of performance, installation and documentation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Tomashi Jackson's The Subliminal Is Now


The Subliminal Is Now investigates color as a vehicle for painting, complex narrative, and emotion around a nexus of materiality, figuration, and light. This body of work interrogates the subliminal impact of color perception on the value of human life in public space. Color operates as projection, reflection and obstruction, as both subliminal and sublime. Catalyzed by an interest in the history of school desegregation in the United States, against a contemporary backdrop of explicitly illustrated dehumanization of Black people and specifically Black children, Jackson's research is the narrative framework from which her own language of abstraction emerges.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Photographs: Thomas Roma: The Plato's Dogs Trilogy


Three photographic projects which together serve as a biography of Roma's Brooklyn: The Waters of Our Time from 1972-2005, Higher Ground from 1993-1995 and Plato's Dogs from 2011-2013.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Sabra Moore discusses her book Openings: A Memoir from the Women's Art Movement, New York City, 1970-1992


Join author Sabra Moore as she reads from and discusses her memoir, an historical and personal account of the author's own life and other female activists who used their platform as artists to respond to the issues of a culturally and politically contentious time
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Discussion | The War on Poverty at 50


The nation chooses what histories will be publicly heralded, and which will be pushed aside. While huge celebrations commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery march, the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty barely garnered a mention. The fact that the war on poverty did succeed for a time in lowering U.S. poverty and gave communities new resources to organize for themselves is not publicly remembered, nor are the ways it was maligned and reversed through mass incarceration and race-based attacks on public assistance. This prohram will mark 50 years after the war on poverty, and explore how we ended up with such high poverty rates once again in the U.S. today. Join an urgent conversation with Elizabeth Hinton, Alejandra Marchevsky and Crystal Sanders as we look at the key changes the war on poverty wrought in access to early education, food, and public assistance -- and the ways it was dismantled with the war on drugs and welfare reform.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Catherine Price discusses her book Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the Way We Think About Food


This dialogue takes the audience on a lively journey through the past, present and future of the mysterious micronutrients known as human vitamins -- an adventure that includes poison squads and political maneuvering, irradiated sheep grease and smuggled rats.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Exhibition: Andy Warhol: Idolized


The exhibition will examine Warhol’s idolization of various subject matters through a carefully curated body of work, which includes paintings and screenprints. Arguably the most iconic artist of his era, Andy Warhol transformed the landscape of contemporary art. He led the pop art movement by challenging preconceived notions about the nature of art and erasing traditional distinctions between fine art and popular culture. Ironically, by depicting everyday objects, and Americana he elevated these themes into the realm of fine art. Warhol portrayed these commercial objects of consumerism, which were also symbols of high society and fashion, furthering the romanticization of his thematic focus, as seen in his Diamond Dust Shoes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Favorite Moments in Poems from Chaucer to Clifton, with Pulitzer-Winning Poet Sharon Olds


In this annual Blaney Lecture, Olds will read and discuss poems that have been pivotal for her as a poet. The event will be followed by a book signing and reception.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Book Signing | Peter Puklus signs copies of his book The Epic Love Story of a Warrior


The Epic Love Story of a Warrior forges a fragmented photographic voyage through the history of Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th Century. As told through the eyes of a fictional family, the hero of the story is an anonymous protagonist: a young European man who longs to journey from East to West.
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Author Reading | Sarah Gwyneth Ross discusses her book Everyday Renaissance: The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice


Recovering the literary lives of Venetians of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries from predominantly archival material, this book offers a broad view of the Renaissance as it unfolded in the houses and shops of artisans, merchants and professionals.
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Author Reading | Tricia Wachtendorf and James Kendra discuss theur book American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11


One of the lesser told stories of 9/11 is also one of the most inspirational. The new book American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11 examines this impromptu response of mariners to the water's edge and explores what we can learn from the mobilization of boats that rescued hundreds of thousands of people following the attacks. Authors Tricia Wachtendorf and James Kendra discuss their research. Jessica DuLong, chief engineer on the fireboat John J. Harvey and author of the forthcoming book Calling All Boats: Untold Stories from the Maritime Evacuation of September 11th, will provide an introduction to the evening.
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Concert | Violinist Eddy Marcano performs from his CD ¡Viva Aldemaro!


Eddy Marcano will help celebrate the opening of Latin American Cultural Week Uptown with a CD release concert. ¡Viva Aldemaro! is a journey using the violin with a compendium of the best from the beautiful, refreshing instrumental and vocal music of maestro Ademaro Romero led by Eddy Marcano (violin) and Jose Layo Puente (double bass), Daniel Prim (percussion) and Baden Goyo (piano). Special guests include Carmela Ramirez (vocals) and Jorge Polano and Jorge Glem (cuatro). Refreshments will be served.
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Film | Agnieszka Holland's Sceen Tests (1977): Polish Drama


From the very beginning of her career, Holland has been deeply inspired by the Czechoslovak New Wave. She has said that her cinema oscillates between Polish pathos and Czech civilness. This story of two young actors weaves together love affairs and filmmaking, exploring the intersection of life and art. 99 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Caleb Carr discusses his book Surrender, New York


Critically acclaimed author of The Alienist, The Angel of Darkness, Killing Time, and The Legend of Broken, Caleb Carr is a lecturer on military history and contemporary policy. He has written extensively on serial killers, criminal underworlds, international terrorism, with New York City featuring in many of his works. Surrender, New York is the highly-anticipated third installment in the Kreizler series, and will be published in August by Random House.
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Author Reading | Eimear McBride reads from her book A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing


Eimear McBride’s debut novel won the Goldsmiths Prize and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Her novel "The Lesser Bohemians" is new this fall from Hogarth.
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Discussion | Ink Bleeds History: The Art of Jewish Comics


An evening of discussion between graphic storytellers subverting centuries of antisemitic depictions of Jews in cartoons and propaganda by twisting those same art forms to tell their own narratives of Jewish history and identity. Moderated by political cartoonist Eli Valley, Ink Bleeds History: Reclaiming and Redrawing the Jewish Image in Comics represents a new generation of artists illustrating the Jewish narrative around the world, featuring Amy Kurzweil and her memoir Flying Couch, the creators of the online fiction series Radzyn, and Miriam Libicki on her newest collection of graphic essays, Toward a Hot Jew.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Reading | Irish American Writers and Artists Salon


Welcome Irish-American writers, actors, filmmakers, musicians and artists of every (and no) religion. As well as celebrating the achievements of Irish-American writers and artists, past and present, IAW+A's purpose is to highlight, energize and encourage Irish Americans working in the arts. IAW+A is committed both to bringing together the Irish American creative community in new self-awareness and to being a force for inter-ethnic and interracial solidarity, understanding and active cooperation.
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Author Reading | Laurence Bergreen discusses his book Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius


Esteemed biographer Laurence Bergreen brings a sensual world vividly alive in this witty, irresistible book. The definitive biography of the impoverished child, abandoned by his parents, who became the famous writer, notorious libertine and self-invented genius whose name still resonates today: Giacomo Casanova.
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Discussion | Love and Its Pathologies


How different is the love/hate relationship between a mother and daughter and the psychosis of an erotomaniac or the obsessive passion of a student for a professor? Florence Noiville and Norman Manea explore the pathologies of love from the most routine and banal to those that border on sickness. Noiville suggests that in literature, as in neuroscience, to be “madly in love” means just that—no more, no less. 
 FLORENCE NOIVILLE is staff literary critic for Le Monde and foreign fiction editor of Le Monde des Livres. She is the author of, among others, Isaac Bashevis Singer: A Life and the novels The Gift and A Cage in Search of a Bird. Born in 1936 in Romania, NORMAN MANEA is one of the most celebrated international authors of the past half century. His novels, short fiction, and literary essays have been translated into more than 20 languages. Since 1988, he has been writer in residence at Bard College.
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Author Reading | Robert Trumpbour and Kenneth Womack read from their book The Eighth Wonder of the World


When it opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome, nicknamed the Eighth Wonder of the World, captured the attention of an entire nation, bringing pride to the city and enhancing its reputation nationwide. It was a Texas-sized vision of the future, an unthinkable feat of engineering with premium luxury suites, theater-style seating, and the first animated scoreboard. Yet there were memorable problems such as outfielders’ inability to see fly balls and failed attempts to grow natural grass—which ultimately led to the development of Astroturf.
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Screening | See the Music: The Evolution of Music and Video


An advance screening of the new PBS series Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music, produced and directed by MFA Social Documentary Film Chair Maro Chermayeff. Following the screening, former MTV and VH1 executive Rob Barnett talks with Chermayeff, series editor and MFA Social Documentary Film faculty member E. Donna Shepherd and Vashtie Kola (BFA 2004 Film and Video), who has directed music videos for Solange, Kendrick Lamar and Justin Bieber.
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Talk | Töpffer and Cham, Caricaturists: The Amateur and the Professional


Two caricaturists dominate the emerging field of the French comic strip from the 1830s onward: the Genevan Rodolphe Töpffer and the Parisian Cham (pseudonym of Count Amédée de Noé). The undisputed father of the modern comic strip or graphic novel, Töpffer always pretended to denigrate his “little follies,” as he called them, among other disparaging terms, and which he executed in spare corners of his life as director of a boys’ school and university professor. Cham, by contrast, inspired by, and at one point a collaborator of Töpffer, quickly became a dominant figure in the French premier magazine of graphic satire, Le Charivari. He engaged full-time in all the major caricature formats then practiced, including close to 40 comic strips or graphic novelettes, published in albums and magazine installments. Speaker: David Kunkle
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Concert | A Visual Portrait Concert with 2 Composers-in-Residence


Program: Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952): Laconisme de l’aile, for flute, electronics and video NoaNoa, for flute, electronics and video Dolce Tormento, for piccolo, electronics and video Jean-Baptiste Barrière (b. 1958): Crossing the Blind Forest, for bass flute, piccolo, electronics and video Violance, for flute, recorded child voice, electronics and video Contemplation (Premiere) for flutes, electronics and video Performers: Margaret Lancaster, flutes Jean-Baptiste Barriere: videos and live electronics Thomas Goepfer: sound design Isabelle Barrière: video cameras Luca Veggetti: stage direction Morgan Hurst: dancer
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Concert | Ethiopian Funk: The Debo Band


Led by Ethiopian-American saxophonist Danny Mekonnen and fronted by charismatic vocalist Bruck Tesfaye, the Debo Band serves up a bold reimagination of Ethiopian popular music that conjures up 1970s Addis Ababa with “fierce, jagged, complex, and galvanizing music” (New York Times). This big band doesn’t just cover neglected tracks from around the world, they rearrange them and up the ante. The process can get wildly imaginative, finding flights of fantasy in underappreciated historical moments, be it Duke Ellington’s travels through Ethiopia or the musical impact of Haile Selassie sending Ethiopian soldiers to fight in the Korean War. Earthy dance floor beats merge with psychedelic effects, rock drive, and spot-on brass—injecting vintage tracks with new life and purpose.
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Discussion | From the Margins to the Mainstream: High Art vs. Low Art in France and the U.S.


In the past twenty years we’ve seen television move from the realm of pedestrian art to the realms of the auteur. And yet even as comic book movies dominate commercially, comics in America have yet to escape the image of being the property of teen boys. Moderated by Ta-Nehisi Coates, producer David Simon (The Wire), graphic novelists Kelly Sue Deconnick (Captain Marvel) and Catherine Meurisse (La Légèreté), and spoken word artist D’ de Kabal (Chants Barbares) will look at how and why certain art forms—from television to comic books and slam poetry—move from low art to high art. They will also explore how those same art forms are considered within the realms of French and American culture.
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Classical Music | Julliard students perform works by Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Berlioz, Mahler


Program: BERLIOZ Overture to Le corsair, Op. 21 MAHLER (arr. Britten) What the Wild Flowers Tell Me RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1 DEBUSSY La Mer Adam Glaser, conductor
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Master Class | Piano Master Class: Marilyn Nonken


Marilyn Nonken is one of the most celebrated champions of the modern repertoire of her generation, known for performances that explore transcendent virtuosity and extremes of musical expression. Upon her 1993 New York debut, she was heralded as "a determined protector of important music" (New York Times). She is recognized as"one of the greatest interpreters of new music" (American Record Guide). "Her voicings are exquisite, her pedaling throughout is a model to be studied, and, when necessary, her virtuosity is equaled only by the insight and passion with which every piece is imbued." (Fanfare)
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Concert | Schmieds Puls, Vienna-Based 'Wonder-Trio'


Schmieds Puls is a Vienna-based trio, juggling their genre somewhere between Songwriting and Jazz, Pop and Grunge. When Mira Lu Kovacs began writing songs on a trip from the American East to West Coast in 2011, she started out as a solo act. In 2012, she met Christian Grobauer and Walter Singer and invited them to play with her at a festival show. That turned out so well (“it was love!”) that Schmieds Puls transformed into a band. The Austrian wonder-trio Schmieds Puls hit the NYC stage for the very first time.
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Tour | Midtown Manhattan Night Tour


New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline. NOTE** THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS. Please note they do utilize the subway on this tour so you will need $5 for subway. Takes place Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
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Comedy Club | The Bombshelter Comedy Show - with Free Pizza


Local Favorites Matt Azark, Jeff Cerulli and Erik Bransteen invite some of their favorites comedians to perform on this weekly showcase. Every Thursday.
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