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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 13, 2009?

48 free events take place on Tuesday, October 13 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 October 13 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 October . 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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48 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, October 13, 2009

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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. Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:30 am
Free

Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Other | Police Hero Rememberance at Renovated Park


Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe will join City Council Member Alan Gerson, Italian Consulate General Maria Talo, NYPD Organized Crime Control Bureau Chief Anthony Izzo, relatives of Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, representatives of Community Board 2 and the Friends of Petrosino Square to open the new park. The newly expanded park, nearly double its original size, features new pavements and curbs, fencing, plantings, benches and a drinking fountain. Additional attendees: Nino Milito, Lt. Petrosino’s grandnephew and the director of the Petrosino Museum in Padula, Italy, in addition to another grandnephew, Joseph A. Petrosino, an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn, and his son, Joseph M. Petrosino, who is continuing the family’s tradition as a New York City police officer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free

Jazz | The Gotham Jazzmen, Dixieland Jazz


This sextet is a staple of the New York jazz scene.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | The Gotham Jazzmen, Dixieland Jazz


This sextet is a staple of the New York jazz scene.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade”


You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

Concert | Bach at Noon: Organ Works


Features the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:20 pm
Free

Lecture | Architect Lecture: Interboro


Join the architects for a talk focusing on the features and concepts of the site.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Book Signing | Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger signs his book Highest Duty


Sullenberger became one of the most recognized men in America when he landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in January of 2009, narrowing averting disaster. Now, in this gripping memoir, the pilot New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg dubbed “Captain Cool” recounts not just the details of that harrowing five minute and eight second flight, but also the lifetime of flight training leading up to it, and the intriguing aftermath of the incident. Sullenberger is signing copies of Highest Duty at this event. No other books or memorabilia, please.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
Free

Tour | Downtown: Where New York Began Tour


A tour of Downtown — its history, architecture, and art, and its fascinating denizens. Tour includes Federal Hall, the U.S. Stock Exchange, Trinity Church, Fraunces Tavern, U.S. Custom House, and Bowling Green. Led by a professional tour leader. Adults, please bring photo ID.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Hui Wu, piano, performs Scarlatti, Beethoven and Mussorgsky


Program: Domenico Scarlatti, K.1 and K.32 Sonatas Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata in A major, Op. 2, No. 2 Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

Concert | Jeff Hale, oboe & Claudia Dumschat, organ


A Midday Music Concert.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$5 suggested donation

Concert | Lee Couch, Organist


A lunchtime concert with Couch, an organist from Converse College in Spartansburg, SC.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6

Screening | Documentary: Steve Lawrence and Phil Lucas' Vis à Vis: Native Tongues (2003)


Indigenous performing artists James Luna (Luiseño) and Ningali Lawford (Walmajarri) compare perspectives on life and society, using dialogue via satellite, scenes of their performances, and video diaries to inform the conversation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Screening | Documentary: Steve Lawrence and Phil Lucas' Vis à Vis: Native Tongues (2003)


Indigenous performing artists James Luna (Luiseño) and Ningali Lawford (Walmajarri) compare perspectives on life and society, using dialogue via satellite, scenes of their performances, and video diaries to inform the conversation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class - Richard Goode, piano


An extraordinary opportunity for connoisseurs of great music and young talent. An outstanding artist of today discusses and critiques performances by outstanding artists of tomorrow at a world-renowned conservatory.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Lecture | Environmental Research and Decision Making


With David Krantz, Board of Directors, Center for the Decision Sciences, Columbia University; Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of Statistics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:20 pm
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Concert | Listen to “The Auerglass,” a two-person pump organ


The Auerglass is a two-person wooden pump organ designed by the artist Tauba Auerbach with her friend Cameron Mesirow of the band Glasser. The instrument cannot be played alone. It requires two people to play. One player has to pump in order for the other to play and vice versa. There is a four-octave scale that is divided so that each of the two players plays every other note. Auerbach and Mesirow will play a composition written specifically for the instrument. It combines music that Auerbach wrote as a child, songs from Glasser and new material. Ida Falck Øien, who creates the costumes for Glasser, has created special costumes with shifting states for the Auerglass players to wear.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Lecture | Painting in the Shadow of the Guillotine


With Elizabeth Mansfield, Associate Professor of Art History. As the sans-culottes took to the streets during the French Revolution, artists likewise sought to influence the political situation in the wake of July 14, 1789. Painters like Jacques-Louis David and Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun are famous for expressing their political allegiances in artworks produced during the Revolution. But the Jacobin David and the royalist émigré Vigée-Lebrun mark only the extremes of political sympathies. Most artists - like most French citizens - held views somewhere between these two poles. This lecture will look at the Revolutionary art of François-André Vincent, who challenged David’s authority over visual culture during the Terror.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Discussion | On German Poet Hilde Domin


Join Dr. Frank Druffner of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach and Yale Professor Paul North, as they discuss noted German poet Hilde Domin. Domin, one of Germany’s best-known poets, was born 100 years ago and lived through exiles in Italy, England and the Dominican Republic (from which she took her nom de plume), with a stopover in New York, before returning to Germany in 1954. Dr. Frank Druffner, of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach, where Domin’s papers are kept, is co-editor of Die Liebe im Exil, a volume of correspondence between the poet and her husband, art historian Erwin Walter Palm, during the years of exile and beyond. Druffner will be joined by exhibition curator and Yale Professor Paul North, to talk about Domin’s efforts to get her husband published here in the States and about the general situation of German emigrants in New York. A reception will be held following the talk.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Textiles and the Future of Fashion


Glimpse the future of fashion with Hans Schreiber, creative director at Forster Rohner, AG, the company that made the fabric used for Michelle Obama's Inauguration Day dress. Schreiber will discuss trends in the textile industry and will share behind-the-scenes stories of his work with major fashion houses. Organized in collaboration with the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | “A Changing Context for Design”


Kazys Varnelis, director of the Network Architecture Lab at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, speaks. He is co-founder of the conceptual architecture/media group AUDC and editor of The Infrastructural City: Networked Ecologies in Los Angeles, Networked Publics and The Philip Johnson Tapes: Interviews with Robert A. M. Stern.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | “The Panorama: Painting the 'All Embracing' View”


In the Victorian era, panoramas depicting 360 degree views of landscapes, cityscapes and battles were popular attractions in the U.S. and Europe, enabling their viewers to “travel” without leaving home. They were a unique art form created by painting on a circular canvas that completely surrounded viewers, making them feel part of the scene. Many panoramas were shown in 19th century New York City, to the delight of their enthralled audiences. With Suzanne Wray, author, lecturer and board member of the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | A Race Like No Other: 26.2 Miles Through the Streets of New York


With Liz Robbins, New York Times sportswriter. Race day comes to life in this gripping saga of the 2007 Marathon by weaving the unforgettable stories of runners into a vibrant mile-by-mile portrait of the world's largest marathon.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Paolo Ventura discusses his book Winter Stories


Join internationally acclaimed artist Ventura in discussion with Denise Wolff for a unique presentation on the occasion of the publication of his new book Winter Stories. A beautiful and enchanting volume limited to two thousand copies, Winter Stories presents Ventura's imaginative series of photographs depicting scenes from the memory bank of a fictional circus performer as he looks back on his life. A master of narrative staged photography, Ventura brings his imagined stories to life by building three-dimensional sets in miniature. Ventura's work has been exhibited internationally, including at Forma International Center for Photography, Milan; Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France; and Maison Europénne de la Photographie, Paris. Ventura is represented by Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, New York. He lives in New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Forum | Future of Video Technologies


With newer and ever more advanced technologies changing the rules at mind-boggling speed, how do chief technology officers stay on top of the ever-evolving media landscape? This panel of CTOs explore the ways in which they assess and integrate new formats and platforms in order to be ahead of the game. With: Rajiv Pant, Vice President, Technology, Condé Nast Digital; Evan Schectman, Chief Technology Officer, @Radical Media; Jon Williams, Chief Technology Officer, iVillage; Moderator: Robert Harris, Chairman, Digital Content Services.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Open Mike | One Page Poetry Circle


October's theme is Poetry and Color. The OPPC is open to all who are interested in poetry. Bring a single page of poetry by a known poet - with copies for others if you can. Circle is moderated by Abigail Burnham Bloom PhD in English Literature, Professor at Hunter College and the New School for Social Research; and AnnaLee Wilson, MFA. Need a poem to bring? Browse an anthology in your library.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | “William Appleman William's Tragedy of American Diplomacy at 50: (Latin) American Exceptionalism Reconsidered”


How much influence do academics really have in the formulation and criticism of foreign policy? History professor Greg Grandin takes the occasion of the 50th anniversary of a signal piece of critical scholarship to review its context and legacy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Forum | “Writing For Children: Picture Book Panel”


This panel will be moderated by Deborah Brodie, freelance editor, and feature award-winning author-illustrators Geoffrey Hayes, author of children's books including Bear By Himself and Uncle Tooth and Otto; Tad Hill, author and illustrator of children's books including What's Up Duck and Waking Up Wendell; Amy Schwartz, author and illustrator of children's books, which include Bea and Mr. Jones and What James Likes Best; and Anne Schwartz and Lee Wade of Schwartz & Wade Books, Random House's children's imprint.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
$5

Screening | 2 Documentaries: Introduction to the Enemy (1974) and This Brave Nation (2008)


The screening of Haskell Wexler's Introduction to the Enemy (60 min., pictured) is timed to coincide with the Tom Hayden debate at the Community Church. It is a documentary featuring Hayden and Jane Fonda on their controversial visit to North Vietnam. This Brave Nation is a short discussion between Hayden and Naomi Klein.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested admission

Author Reading | Law and Order's Eric Bogosian reads from his book Perforated Heart


Playwright and actor Bogosian presents in his third novel, the diaries of a once-prominent author embittered by his declining fame.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Constance Rosenblum discusses her book Boulevard of Dream: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope Along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx


New York Times editor Rosenblum talks about and signs her new book, an enthralling story of the creation of an iconic street, an examination of the forces that transformed it, and a moving portrait of those who called it home.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Eddy Marcano and Cuarteto Acústico: Conversation and Performance


Eddy Marcano and the members of his Cuarteto Acústico (Héctor Molina, Gustavo Carucí and Layo Puentes) share a commitment to the folk music of their country, but come from very diverse musical backgrounds. Preceding their Carnegie Hall debut on October 14, they will discuss their musical experience and interests and offer a brief performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Elizabeth Heyert discusses her book The Narcissists


Inspired by the myth of Narcissus and Warhol’s Screen Tests, Heyert presents a body of modern portraiture shot through a one-way mirror that challenges Richard Avedon’s notion of the photographic portrait as a relationship between two people. Former architectural photographer Heyert resumes her role as observer and voyeur in this fascinating third volume, taking us through the looking glass, capturing subjects unaware through a one-way mirror in a series of 15-minute photo sessions. The volume includes 24 of these portraits—a twelve-year-old beauty queen dressed as Barbie, an aging male bodybuilder, a bejeweled socialite, and a Marilyn Monroe look-alike, among them—caught gazing into their own eyes. On this evening, Heyert will be interviewed by author Stacey D’Erasmo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | German Filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger talks about her work


The renowned filmmaker will discuss her multi-faceted body of work, including her latest feature film The Korean Wedding Chest, and will present a surprise film.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Meet the artists from One Minute More


With Kate Gilmore, Jamie Isenstein, Oliver Lutz, Clifford Owens, Georgia Sagri, Aki Sasamoto, and Josh Tonsfeldt. The New York-based artists in this group exhibition create performance-based videos, photographs, and sculptural installations that experiment with various approaches to presenting and documenting durational actions or live events. Some of the artists structure their work around carefully choreographed, task-based activities relating to self-imposed constraints, while others develop more intricate, narrative scenarios responding to a given environment. In both cases, the artists alternatively explore a range of issues relating to labor and stamina, risk and vulnerability, as well as questions of identity that together form of a larger investigation into the physical and mental conditions of contemporary life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | National Book Award winner Richard Powers discusses his book Generosity: An Enchantment


Powers in conversation with James Mustich. The National Book Award-winning author of The Echo Maker discusses his playful and provocative novel about the discovery of the happiness gene.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Social media guru Gary Vaynerchuk discusses Crush It!: Why Now is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion


Do you have a hobby you wish you could indulge in all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Now is the perfect time to take that passion and make a living doing what you love. Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the power of the Internet to turn your real interests into real businesses.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Stephen Aubrey's The Dark Heart of Meteorology


Franklin Elijah White is traveling across the country on an increasingly quixotic and personal journey. Aided only by a slide projector and assorted meteorological equipment, he has a simple message: The weather is going to kill us all. Every single one of us.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | “Introduction to Meditation”


Intended for all levels. No meditation experience necessary. The instructor is Sharon Salzberg, cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. She has played a crucial role in bringing Asian meditation practices to the West. Call to confirm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Author Reading | Andy Williams discusses his memoir Moon River and Me and performs


Pop icon Andy Williams, one of the most popular and beloved entertainers of the twentieth century, shares his remarkable memoir -- an entertaining look at a show-business life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Alumni Recital - Ronnie Reshef, composer



   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Concert: Esther Lamneck, clarinet & Marilyn Nonken, piano


Contemporary works for clarinet, piano, flute, tarogato with composers Tim Bowlby, Marc Consoli, Dinu Ghezzo Meg Schedel, Lawrence Moss, and Harold Oliver.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Jazz | Jazz Ensembles


A quintet of the school's most advanced student jazz musicians make their New York Debuts as new members of the Jazz Artist Diploma program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Matt Haimovitz: Figment with Du Yun


A sequel to his 50-state solo cello tour and recording, Anthem, released in 2003, Figment is a return to Haimovitz’s signature solo set, embracing the musical communities of his two home countries, the US and Canada. Inspired by centenarian composer Elliott Carter and his two Figments for solo cello, the new program brings together a wide range of important new music for cello and electronics by leading and emerging North American composers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Other | W. Eugene Smith Awards Ceremony


An awards ceremony will be held at The New School to announce the recipient of this year’s W. Eugene Smith Memorial Grant in Humanistic Photography.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | “Punch Up Your Life” Comedy Show


Hosted by Jessi Klein and Pete Holmes. Special guests TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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