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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on November 14, 2019?

66 free events take place on Thursday, November 14 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 14 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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66 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, November 14, 2019

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free events nyc Conversation With Oscar Winning Legendary Actress: Angela Lansbury
free events nyc Tribeca Art and Culture Night
free events nyc A Dynamic Quartet in an Enchanting Concert
free events nyc Works By Mozart And More
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Workshop | Sun Salutations and Intentions Morning Yoga


Starts your day with a morning yoga practice. You will experience luxurious stretching warm-ups, empowering standing poses, and energizing breath work as we align the movements with the inhales and exhales. You will feel more awake, strong, balanced, and positive as a result of this time spent on the mat. Sun Salutations and warrior poses stimulate the seratonin in your brain (the “happy hormone) and improve self-esteem! You will be ready for anything that meets you as your day unfolds. Bring a yoga mat if you have one. You may bring your own coffee or tea.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


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


The tour of City Hall includes a discussion of the building's history, art, architecture, and civic function. The building is the oldest city hall in the United States that still houses its original governmental functions, such as the office of the Mayor of New York. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, New York City Hall is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Discussion | Afro Latin Perspectives in Jazz and Classical Music


In this conversation, Cristina Pato brings together the leaders of two organizations that have impacted her way of understanding diversity and visibility in jazz and classical music. Afa S. Dworkin is the President and Artistic Director of Sphinx Organization, founded in 1997 with the goal of addressing the underrepresentation of people of color in classical music. Arturo O'Farrill is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the performance, education and preservation of Afro Latin music. While learning about their programs, Cristina will engage Dworkin and O'Farrill in a conversation about diversity, inclusivity, and in/visibility in jazz and classical music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour


An introduction to some of the southern Park highlights, including Grand Army Plaza, the Pond, Gapstow Bridge, Wollman Rink, Chess and Checkers House, and the Dairy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler: Exhibition Tour


The collection of Audrey B. Heckler is emblematic of the growth of the field of self-taught art in the United States, which manifests a strong interest for African American artists, a consistent attention on American classics, a curiosity for European art brut, and a search for international discoveries. For the last twenty-seven years, Heckler has surrounded herself with excellent examples by the most significant artists associated to this art niche, among them Emery Blagdon, Aloïse Corbaz, William Edmondson, August Klett, Augustin Lesage, Martín Ramírez, Thornton Dial, and Anna Zemánková.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Literature Out Loud: Imagist Poetry


Do you want to find time for literature in your busy life? Join to celebrate literature in bite-size servings! Read aloud, enact, and discuss passages of classic and contemporary literature from across the globe. This month's theme is Imagist Poetry. This session, unpack the essence behind brief poems that use imagery as their main mode of expression. All literary enthusiasts are welcome!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


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

Classical Music | Organ Recital with Stephen Hamilton


Highlights of organist Stephen Hamilton's international touring include recent concerts at Notre Dame in Paris, Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral in London, as well as Merton College-Oxford, St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Glasgow Cathedral, St. Andrews University, and St. Peter's in Regensburg.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Pipes At One Organ Recital


Stephen Hamilton, organ.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Saint-Saens and Poulenc for French Horn


Douglas Lundeen, French horn; Barbara Gonzalez-Palmer, piano perform French pieces written for the piston-valve French horn. The program includes music from Saint-Saens to Poulenc.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
Free

Film | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019): Action Thriller With Keanu Reeves And Halle Berry


John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassin's guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head, he is the target of hit men and women everywhere. 131 min. Director: Chad Stahelski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane.  John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum grossed $171 million in the Unites States and Canada, and $152.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $323.4 million.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Screening | Min and Bill (1930) & Jewel Robbery (1932): Two Films In A Row


Min and Bill (1930) Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant. 69 min. Director: George W. Hill. Starring Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Dorothy Jordan. Jewel Robbery (1932) A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers. 68 min. Director: William Dieterle. Starring William Powell, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | The Bronx: Incubator of Cuban Music Tour


Folklorist Elena Martínez (City Lore, Bronx Music Heritage Center) will conduct a walking tour and discussion of the role of the South Bronx as a hotbed of Latin music, in which Cuban and Puerto Rican musicians took the leading role. The tour will include many of the old venues for this music and a stop at Casa Amadeo, the oldest continuously operating Latin music store in New York City, where proprietor Mike Amadeo will share stories about the Latin music scene in the Bronx.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
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Workshop | How To Research An Artist


Whether you are researching a well-known or obscure artist, this one hour course will show you how to access and use all of the tools The New York Public Library provides in order to research a specific artist. Taught by an Art Librarian and the Electronic Resources Librarian, this course will cover how to access and use NYPL’s print and online resources -- from artist files (What are those?) to historical newspapers -- discover more about an artist with helpful tips for research.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Lecture | Japan's Russia Policy Under the Abe Administration: Why Tokyo Does Not Share Washington's Threat Perception


On most international issues, Japan’s foreign policy broadly tracks that of its U.S. ally. However, there are exceptions. The clearest current example is Japan’s Russia policy under the Abe administration. While the U.S. National Security Strategy presents Russia as a revisionist power that presents a challenge to U.S. values and interests, Japan’s National Security Strategy highlights no concerns about Russia’s behaviour and stresses that “it is critical for Japan to advance cooperation with Russia in all areas.” Speaker James D.J. Brown is an associate professor of Political Science at Temple University, Japan Campus.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class with Principal Cellist of Chicago Symphony Orchestra


Cellist John Sharp has participated at the festivals of Marlboro, Santa Fe, Vail and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has collaborated with the Vermeer Quartet, Mitsuko Uchida, Pinchas Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma and more. At age 27, John Sharp became one of the youngest principal players in the history of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when he was appointed to the position in 1986. He plays a rare cello made by Joseph Guarnerius in 1694.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Lecture | Tehran, Baghdad, and the Shia Pushback


This presentation will offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of Shia fighters from two cities at the epicenter of the Sunni-Shia divide. Speaker Salar Abdoh is an Iranian novelist and essayist who has authored The Poet Game and Opium.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Alberto Giacometti, Herbert Matter, Matthew Monahan, Jonathan Silver: Existential Interests in the Human Figure


An exhibition featuring Alberto Giacometti (1901–66), Herbert Matter (1907–84), Matthew Monahan (1972–) and Jonathan Silver (1937–92), who together share a clear set of existential interests in the human figure, ambiguity, and visual play.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Xenia Hausner: Paintings


The first exhibition in the US in a decade of paintings by Austrian artist Xenia Hausner. Since her introduction to American audiences in 2000, Xenia Hausner has exhibited extensively in Europe and China as well as New York and Los Angeles. The current exhibition of twelve striking new paintings precedes a solo retrospective exhibition for the artist to be presented by The Albertina Museum in Vienna, Austria in April 2020.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Talk | Artist Talk: Interdisciplinary Work


Artist  Derek Fordjour (born 1974 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American interdisciplinary artist who works in video/film, sculpture and painting. Fordjour received an MFA from Hunter College, an Ed. M in Arts Education from Harvard University, and a B.A. degree from Morehouse College. Fordjour is currently based in New York City. His work is in several public and private collections throughout the United States and abroad.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Nicole Cherubini / Fish Tank TV


Nicole Cherubini For her first solo show with the gallery, Cherubini places her large scale signature vessel-like sculptures in conversation with a new series of works cast from modernist chair shells. This striking juxtaposition addresses concepts of purpose, function and labor, while questioning the presence and absence of the viewer. The artist creates a social space of sort, where works stand as both symbol and signifier. Fish Tank TV An exhibition of recent paintings by JJ Manford. Utilizing a variety of textured supports including linen, couch upholstery, and burlap, Manford paints domestic interiors which flicker, vibrate, and glow, capturing light in a manner reminiscent of Impressionism. His compositions depict scenes and objects both real and imagined, combining things of personal value with an archive of curios the artist keeps catalogues. As such, the imagery mirrors the idea of memory itself, as a collection of real and falsified events and places.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas


South Texas shrimper Diane Wilson chronicles her own battle against massive pollution along the Gulf Coast that she calls home. Facilitated by author and instructor Jan Clausen, this discussion will engage with perspectives that capture the complicated relationship Americans have with the land and living things around them. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Better Days: Contemporary Photography in Korea


A solo exhibition featuring the photography of Korean artist Seunggu Kim. Better Days is a series of photographs depicting what the artist describes as “Korean spectacles.” South Korea’s rapid development in the last 50 years has caused a lot of social ironies and incongruities, one of them being long working hours with very short period of break.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Boss of the Grips: The Life of James H. Williams and the Red Caps of Grand Central Terminal


A long-overdue biography of the head of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps, who flourished in the cultural nexus of Harlem and American railroads. Author Eric K. Washington uncovers the nearly forgotten life of James H. Williams (1878-1948), the chief porter of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps-a multitude of Harlem-based black men whom he organized into the essential labor force of America's most august railroad station. Washington reveals that despite the highly racialized and often exploitative nature of the work, the Red Cap was a highly coveted job for college-bound black men determined to join New York's burgeoning middle class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Cicada: Iconic Street Art Portraiture


Swoon’s recent animations and drawings bring new life to her iconic street art portraiture. First seen around the Bowery in 1999, Swoon’s astonishing pasted paper silhouettes created a new form of street art. Cicada marks a new development in Swoon’s practice. A celebration of rebirth and transformation, the exhibition features recent films, drawings, and installations in which her personal story becomes more central.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Duane Michals: Mischievous Eye: Wide-Ranging Curiosity and Irreverent Spirit


Duane Michals: Mischievous Eye highlights the artist’s wide-ranging curiosity and irreverent spirit with several groupings of recent works as well as selected vintage prints. Michals’ painted photographs, sequences, and self-portraits share center stage, showcasing his interest in the comical, metaphysical and surreal.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Gray Matters: Moments of Tenderness and Turmoil


An exhibition of new paintings by Brian Cirmo. Like a novelist working in paint, Cirmo invites the viewer to witness his characters’ moments of tenderness and turmoil. Reading books or looking at photographs, or sitting with eyes closed, perhaps thinking or dreaming, the people in his interiors can be miles apart emotionally, but we still sense their need to be near each other. These large-scale paintings envelop the viewer in the visceral worlds Cirmo creates, while smaller scale portraits in the exhibition, set in snowy landscapes or on moon-lit beaches, offer moments of reflection. In Gray Matters, the color gray figures in many of the works, even those ablaze with luminous color, but Cirmo also asks viewers to think about the gray areas that we navigate in our relationships or in solitude.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | The Brotherhood of the New Blockheads: Performance Art by Young Russian Artists


The very first exhibition of its kind in the United States to feature the performance-based work of the New Blockheads, a group of critical young artists active after the fall of the Soviet Union in Saint Petersburg, Russia. From 1996 to 2002, the New Blockheads (Vadim Flyagin, Igor Panin, Sergey Spirikhin, Inga Nagel, Vladimir Kozin, Maksim Raiskin, Oleg Khvostov, and Alexander Lyashko) made their mark with incredible energy and creative productivity: more than one hundred actions and performances were made across galleries, in the streets and in the privacy of individual homes. The exhibition includes documentation, readymades and remnants of performances such as "Laundry Day", 1996 (washing of the Russian flag), "A New Image of a Leader", 1998 (canvassing for a fake political candidate) and "The Movement of the Tea Table towards the Sunset. Seven Days of Travel", 1996 (hosting an intervention on a tea table throughout the city). Because of the innate spontaneity of this work and its young producers, very little has been documented and subjected to analysis until recently. Working directly with the artists, this exhibition rectifies the lack of scholarly research and brings this art history to an entirely new audience within an academic context.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Wasteland: Open Sessions 16


Organized by curators Rosario Güiraldes and Lisa Sigal, this show fosters a dynamic, ever-evolving dialogue with new drawing practices and practitioners, exhibiting and contextualizing the work of early career artists who explore the nature of drawing in its many manifestations through conversation, public programs, and thematic group exhibitions. Featuring works by Esteban Cabeza de Baca, Crystal Z Campbell, Theodore Darst, Jonathan Ehrenberg, Young Joo Lee, Omid Shekari, and Tariku Shiferaw, Wasteland explores the psychological and physiological impact of our increasingly digitized world through unconventional drawing practices.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Zandra Rhodes: 50 Fabulous Years in Fashion


Zandra Rhodes and Fern Mallis present a book that celebrates Rhodes' 50-year career in fashion and textile design. The book honors the centrality of textile design in Rhodes’s work, while exploring the versatility of her imagination throughout her long career. A book signing will follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Aristotle's Concept of Matter and the Generation of Animals


There is a broad consensus that Aristotle introduced the concept of matter in order to develop a consistent account of substantial change. However, it is disputed which role matter fulfills in substantial change. According to the traditional interpretation, matter persists while taking on or losing a substantial form. According to a rival interpretation, matter does not persist in substantial change; instead, it is an entity from which a new substance can emerge and which ceases to exist in this process.   Speaker: Anna Schriefl, University of Bonn
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: My World Is in Your Blind Spot


“In this work, I try to understand the continued and constant self-immolations that are taking place in Tibet. I have found my mind increasingly occupied by these controversial acts. Both courageous and tragic, self-immolations challenge us, as witnesses, to either take action or to practice indifference. Consequently, these acts force us to define and redefine our individual and collective strengths/weaknesses based on our responses. How we respond defines not only myself, but also the world we live in.” – Tenzing Rigdol
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Captain of the Rajah of Sarawak: A Story of Philately Meeting Family History


This story is about a Scottish boy who went to sea at age 12, became captain of a ship, and was hired at the age of 26 by the Rajah of Sarawak to run his armed vessel in the pursuit of pirates. Afterwards he was hired to expand the mail service between South Africa and England. He eventually settled in Cape Town and was appointed as the Harbor Master. Presented by Adrian Bethray
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Conversation With Oscar Winning Legendary Actress: Angela Lansbury


Angela Lansbury in conversation with Joe Mantello, as part of the League's ongoing series which chronicles and documents the contributions of significant women in theatre. Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury DBE, is a British-American-Irish actress who has appeared in theatre, television, and film. Lansbury has received an Honorary Oscar and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and has won five Tony Awards, six Golden Globes, and an Olivier Award. She has also been nominated for numerous other industry awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress on three occasions, and various Primetime Emmy Awards on eighteen occasions, and a Grammy Award. In 2014, Lansbury was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. She has been the subject of three biographies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Discussion | How To Grow Your Business


In today's entrepreneurial world, skill is not enough anymore to obtain great business results. While so many industries are in a race to the bottom, it's time to learn from one of the experts in business growth what it really takes to excel and stand out as your business expands. While so many fast-growing companies are victims of their own success and explosive, messy growth, in this session you'll discover how you can increase your business rapidly yet orderly, all while building capacity to serve more clients. Rochelle Lisner, CEO of Dynamic Business Growth, will share her best tips so that you can implement them immediately to accelerate your business growth.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Human Performances, Political Animals: Languages of Belonging in Haw and Jîn


Exploring Kemal Varol’s 2014 novel Haw and Reha Erdem’s 2013 movie Jîn, Professor Hande Gurses asks how animals’ speech testifies to the trauma of war, sovereign power, and displacement. She considers how these works experiment with language traversing the animal/human divide in order to shelter the displaced and resist the violence they suffer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Political Transitions Revisited: transitions away from democracy in various places around the world


A panel discussion among some of the authors of the Spring 2019 issue of Social Research: An International Quarterly, which looks at transitions away from democracy in various places around the world. Panelists include: With: -- Elzbieta Matynia, Professor of Sociology and Liberal Studies, and Director of the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies -- Andrew Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University -- Joe Stork, Former Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Division, Human Rights Watch -- Kian Tajbaksh, Fellow, Committee on Global Thought and Visiting Professor of Urban Planning, Columbia University
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Race and Capitalism or Racial Capitalism? A Discussion on History, Theory, and World Building


In recent years, the inseparable procedures of racialization and capitalism have been magnified in the public eye. Scholarship has moved alongside debt crises and the ongoing profitability of punishment, and taken clues from social movements that have dramatized the connections between the dynamics of race, finance, extraction, selective success and economic immiseration. In this conversation we ask, what are some of the important hermeneutics used to understand and critique the intertwined processes of race and capital? What can two of the more powerful left-leaning critiques, the Movement for Black Lives and Modern Monetary Theory, learn from the other? Of what use is the concept of racial capitalism to both movements? Panelists: -- Destin Jenkins (Univeristy of Chicago) -- Raul Carrillo (The Next Economy Project & Modern Money Network) -- Ryan Jobson (University of Chicago)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Seeing Like a Real Utopian: Popular Sovereignty and Critical Social Science


This talk explores “methodological utopianism” -- the idea of assessing the social world for what it could be -- and some of its potential and limits for the critical social sciences. In addition to exploring some of the various intellectual traditions that have engaged in this approach, from the Black radical tradition to Latin American Marxism and even US-based pragmatism, it discusses at some length recent work in this vein, including the Real Utopias project associated with the late Erik Olin Wright.  It then discusses some of the blindspots of methodological utopianism before addressing the centrality of openness and reflexivity for such a social scientific research program. Speaker Gianpaolo Baiocchi is a sociologist and an ethnographer interested in questions of politics and culture, critical social theory, and cities. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | The Restoration of La Habana: Accomplishments, Projections


Panel discussion with Miguel Coyula, Guadalupe García, Belmont Freeman and Herman Portocarero; panel moderator, Marta Gutman.
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Festival | Tribeca Art and Culture Night


Tribeca Art and Culture Night offers curated tours of exhibitions like an art walk, presents a program of events like a festival, showcases venues/organizations like an art fair, and unlocks spaces to the public like an open house. This downtown arts festival celebrates culture at large in Tribeca and takes place in 25 or more diverse Lower Manhattan venues. The TAC Festival, founded in 2016 and curated by Jennifer Famery-Mariani, has featured over 1000 artists, 180 exhibitions and 80 special events since its inception.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Film | Two Short Movies On Hollywood


Reds in Hollywood (1948) (10 min).  Adolph Menjou and other stars testify in Washington about Communist infiltration of the film industry. Hollywood Ten (1953) (18 min). Various writers, directors, and film producers demonstrate how McCarthy's Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee framed them during the 1950s.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Cultural Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution


Dr. Helena Kane Finn is a former career diplomat of the Department of State who served as Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin; as Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassies in Tel Aviv, Ankara, and Vienna; and as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, among other positions. Dr. Finn will discuss the ways in which public and cultural diplomacy can be used in conflict situations to reduce tensions between opposing parties in the promotion of universal human rights. The talk will be based on a memoir which recounts her own experiences in the realm of soft power over three decades in the diplomatic service.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:10 pm
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Poetry Reading | 2 Poets Read


This evening's reading will feature Joseph Legaspi and Pichchenda Bao Joseph Legaspi is the author of the poetry collections Threshold and Imago, both from CavanKerry Press; and three chapbooks. His works have appeared in POETRY, New England Review, Massachusetts Review, World Literature Today, and Best of the Net. Pichchenda Bao is a writer and poet. Born at the end of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, she was an infant when her mother carried her across the Thai border. She and her parents arrived in the United States as refugees. Now she lives, writes, and raises her two young children in New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | The Ninja Daughter: An Edge-of-Your-Seat Novel


Tori Eldridge launches an edge-of-your-seat debut novel about Lily Wong, a modern-day female ninja. Former Broadway actress (Cats) Eldridge is an author who challenges perception and empowers the spirit. Tori is a Hawaiian-Chinese-Norwegian modern-day ninja who was born and raised in Hawaii. She holds a fifth-degree black belt in To Shin Do Ninjutsu and has traveled the USA teaching seminars on the ninja arts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Navigating the (Mis)Perceptions of Autonomous Vehicles


Autonomous vehicles are the future. Or are they? As with any potentially transformative technology, there is much to look forward to. But there is also plenty of hype. This is a public panel session addressing the facts and misperceptions of autonomous vehicles, particularly in the context of their impact on society. Panelists include: - Jason Borenstein | Georgia Tech - Mary "Missy" Cummings | Duke University - Jack Pokrzywa | SAE - Heather Roff | Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab - Mark A. Vasquez | IEEE TechEthics Program Manager (moderator)
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Staged Reading | New Plays from Taiwan: What’s Next After Marriage Equality?


In May 2019, Taiwan became the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage. This is an evening with Taiwanese playwrights, Chao Chi-Yun, Lin Meng-Huan, and Liu Chien-Kuo, who have created short plays embracing the achievements and struggles of this  historic moment. This evening will feature three staged readings performed by a stellar cast of New York-based actors and directed by  Michael Leibenluft of Gung Ho Projects. The readings will be followed by a discussion with the playwrights, curators, director, and translator Jeremy Tiang moderated by Linnea Valdivia, Literary Manager for the National Queer Theater.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | The Future of the European Union and the European Project


15 years ago, ten countries joined the European Union, making the bloc of 28 the second largest economy in the world and a co-pillar of the liberal international order and its collective security architecture. Today, the EU is contending with a multitude of political and economic challenges. Brexit, the rise of Eurosceptic, populist parties on the right and left, the lingering effects of the 2015 refugee crisis, rapid social and demographic changes, relations with Russia and China, the climate crisis, and a weakening transatlantic alliance have frayed political solidarities and demand a creative rethinking by the new EU leadership of the future shape and character of the bloc, including the possibility of a “multi-speed EU.” Headed for the first time by a woman, President-elect of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, what will the EU look like 15 years hence? Moderator: Sylvia Maier, Clinical Associate Professor, Center for Global Affairs  Panelists: -- Stephen Gross, Director, Center for European and Mediterranean Studies; Associate Professor of History and European Studies, Department of History and CEMS -- Christiane Lemke, Professor of Political Science, University of Hannover, Germany -- Christian Martin, Max Weber Chair in German and European Studies, Center for European and Mediterranean Studies -- Ambassador Gustavo Martin Prada, Senior Adviser on Agenda 2030, European Union Delegation to the United Nations
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | The Humanities and the Sciences: Their Epistemologies


Should inquiries in the basic sciences and the humanities have different aims? Here are two closely related questions: Are the values informing these inquiries typically different and should they be? In his book, The Geography of Insight: The Sciences, the Humanities, How They Differ, Why They Matter, Prof. Richard Foley argues that the answer to all these questions is “yes.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Turning Around New York City's Buses


The knock against New York City bus service is that you can often walk faster than a bus can inch its way through thick city traffic. For New Yorkers who make nearly 2 million bus trips every day, this means long commutes, missed appointments, and less time with family and friends. It is no wonder bus ridership dropped 21% between 2002 and 2017. However, there is some cause for optimism. Advocates with the Bus Turnaround Coalition, led by TransitCenter, Riders Alliance, Tri-State Transportation Campaign, and Straphangers Campaign, are advancing a policy agenda to upgrade bus service citywide, and reforms implemented by NYCDOT and the MTA are starting to pay off. Performance and ridership have recently ticked up, and projects like the 14th Street busway are proving that a city with fast, reliable bus service is possible. But, there is still a lot of work ahead. This is a conversation will follow moderated by Tabitha Decker, Deputy Executive Director, TransitCenter and featuring Janet Jenkins, Assistant Commissioner, NYCDOT Transit Development; Mark Holmes, Chief Officer, MTA Department of Buses; and Stephanie Burgos-Veras, Senior Organizer, Riders Alliance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Bestselling Author Colin Harrison


Current vice president and editor-in-chief at Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Colin Harrison is also a critically acclaimed crime and thriller novelist. He has written eight novels, including best-selling You Belong to Me, The Havana Room and the international bestseller, Manhattan Nocturne. His books explore the dark side of urban life, particularly New York City, and they have been published in a dozen countries. Four of his novels were selected as Notable Books by The New York Times Book Review.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:45 pm
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Author Reading | 3 Writers Read


A reading by Barnard creative writing faculty. Liana Finck is a cartoonist. Her work appears regularly in The New Yorker and on her Instagram feed. Her latest graphic novel, Passing for Human, was published in 2018. Brionne Janae is a poet and teaching artist living in Brooklyn. She is the recipient of the 2016 St. Botoloph Emerging Artist award, a Hedgebrook and Vermont Studio Center Alumni and proud Cave Canem Fellow. Her first collection is titled After Jubilee and was published by Boaat Press.  Kate Zambreno is the author of several books, most recently the collections Appendix Project (Semiotext(e)'s Native Agents) and Screen Tests (Harper Perennial). Forthcoming is the novel, Drifts, from Riverhead and a study of Hervé Guibert from Columbia University Press.     
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Reading | Be Recorder: Times and Tongues


Be Recorder offers readers a blazing way forward into an as yet unmade world. The many times and tongues in these poems investigate the precariousness of personhood in lines that excoriate and sanctify. Carmen Giménez Smith turns the increasingly pressing urge to cry out into a dream of rebellion—against compromise, against inertia, against self-delusion, and against the ways the media dream up our complacency in an America that depends on it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | The Blackademic Life: Academic Fiction, Higher Education, and the Black Intellectual


The Blackademic Life critically examines academic fictions produced by black writers. In it, Lavelle Porter evaluates the depiction of academic and campus life in literature as a space for black writers to produce counternarratives that celebrate the potentials of black intelligence and argue for the importance of black higher education, particularly in the humanistic tradition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | They're Sick and You're Tired: Taking Nursing Home Visits from Draining to Dynamic


When someone you love is in declining health and requires long-term care, weeks can stretch into months and years. Sylvia Barsion's book gives visitors a wide range of easy-to-use and tested ideas to make visits fulfilling for family and friends on both sides.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Authors in Conversation


With: Rigoberto González is the author of five books of poetry, most recently The Book of Ruin (Four Way Books). His twelve novels of prose include two bilingual children’s books, three young adult novels, and the memoir Butterfly Boy. Kimiko Hahn is the author of nine books of poems, including: Brain Fever (W.W. Norton, 2014) and Toxic Flora (WWN, 2010), both collections prompted by science.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Open Mike | Mouth to Mouth: Open Mic


Mic Check! Are you a writer? Come share your work at the next edition of our open mic, Mouth to Mouth. Hosted and curated by Kay Ulanday Barrett and Jimena Lucero, this edition of Mouth to Mouth features Trace DePass and more. Mouth to Mouth seeks to provide a safe community space for QTPOC and rising migrant artists.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Reading | Soul Sister Revue


Soul Sister Revue is a quarterly reading series for established and emerging poets who write in the narrative tradition of storytelling   With:  Avery R. Young (neckbone: visual verses) Nathalie Handal (Life in a Country Album) Nabila Lovelace (Sons of Achilles) Paula Ramirez Arhm Choi Wild
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | In a Day's Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America's Most Vulnerable Workers


Bernice Yeung's book draws attention to the sexual harassment and abuse faced by women in some of our country's most exploitative workplaces -- factories, farms and private homes. It also documents how women are working together to address the problem.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life


A one-of-a-kind celebration of America’s greatest comic strip–and the life lessons it can teach us–from a stellar array of writers and artists. Editor Andrew Blauner will be joined by contributors Rick Moody, Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell, and Jill Bialosky.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | A Dynamic Quartet in an Enchanting Concert


Caroline Shaw joins the dynamic Attacca Quartet for an enchanting free concert of her works. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw uses her distinctive voice to lure audiences into an original sound world of wonder, exploration, and poignancy. For this enchanting concert, Shaw joins the dynamic Attacca Quartet as vocalist in a program featuring the spare and soulful quartet Entr'acte; a hauntingly beautiful collection of songs for strings and voice; and the rousing Valencia, an ode to the beauty of an orange.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Classical Music | Works By Mozart And More


Friends of Mozart presents a vocal program by singers featuring arias and ensembles from Mozart operas, as well as the composer's art songs. Works by Haydn and Beethoven are also included.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Classical Music | Piano Recital


Pianist and composer Charisse Baldoria fuses Western pianism with her Southeast Asian and Hispanic heritage and integrates various art forms into a concert experience. "Rarely has the piano’s staggering range of sonic texture been so aptly explored as pianist Charisse Baldoria does on this most unique project." (Morning Call) "Impressive, sensitive performances…" (Fanfare)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Rage, Borders, Masculinity: The Political of Anger and the Politics of Affect in the New Rightist Movement


Against the background of a theory of political rage, the lecture develops the thesis that the imaginary of boundaries, of masculinity and the call for more rage and anger, as expressed from the political right, form a strong discursive (and historical) context. The unequivocal emotionalization on the part of the political right, which aims at fortifiability and 'male' impermeability, corresponds, according to the second thesis, to an uneqivocal emotionalization of the left, which makes one's own feelings absolute. Speaker: Johannes Lehmann
   New York City, NY; NYC
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