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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 19, 2009?

46 free events take place on Monday, October 19 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 19 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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46 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, October 19, 2009

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Symposium | 2009 New York Sanjo Festival and Symposium


This festival of performances and lectures features some of the world’s leading Asian and Korean music performers and scholars, including Korea’s foremost sanjo and sinawi masters, who are recognized as “National Human Treasures of Korea.” Presented Sanjo originated in the music of the Korean indigenous shaman culture, and it grew to be the greatest instrumental genre of the 19th century. Adopting elements and stylistic features from the court and folk music traditions, it has come to reflect a “pan-musical” style that is quintessentially Korean. As solo instrumental music, sanjo offers many opportunities for dazzling virtuosic display in the course of its multi-movement form.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
Free

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

Park Walk | Garden Tour


Join horticulturist Lucas Pistone on a fall tour of the park. The focus of this tour will be the many sweeps of grasses in the park, particularly varieties of Miscanthus. They include Miscanthus sinerisis ‘Strictus’ and Miscanthus floridulus. Various other types of grasses, such as Panicum virgatum ‘Haense Hermes’ and Pennisetum alopecuroides, will also be featured. In addition to the grasses, those on the tour will enjoy a look at the park’s fall blooming perennials, including Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ and peach-colored Chrysanthemum, as well as the fall foliage on the trees, including the orange to scarlet leaves of the Stewartia and yellow leaves of the Katsuratree. The tour is a wonderful opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle of the city.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 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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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Drawing Workshop


Visitors are invited to explore how information is gathered, compiled, edited and ultimately, archived. In collaboration with two resident artists, participants are asked to describe an aspect of the installation which will-for the duration of the workshop-include a live model. Using color and drawing as their tools, the artists will then interpret the participants’ verbal communications through their own visual associations. In this way, the gallery will become an archive of itself, embodying the process of information collection, interpretation, and presentation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Nutrition Education Workshop


This program teaches participants how to make informed decisions about food and nutrition, including food choices, food budgets, food preparation and safety. Nutrition instruction is based on a "hands on" approach to learning the basics of nutrition. Instruction is highly interactive.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Broadway Orchestration


Panelists include Larry Blank, John Kander, Harold Prince, and Sid Ramin. Steven Suskin, moderator.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 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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Workshop | How to Get Started in Web Design


If you’ve been thinking about creating a website but don’t know where to start, this is the seminar for you. They’ll talk about how you go about creating a website and the software you would use to do it. After the seminar you’ll come out with a better sense of the big picture of how a website works and how you’d create it. This seminar is for the beginner, someone who is completely new to web design.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Internet Search Strategies


Learn tips and secrets for finding the best information online including information on using search engines, subject directories, and specialized databases. Introduction to the Internet is a prerequisite.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Discussion | Citizenship, Leadership and Community


Seminar Fellow Ali Krasners leads a discussion about citizenship, leadership and community.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Workshop | Making Ends Meet


A 2-hour workshop with Cornell educator Cheryl Hines. Come join the fun and learn how to: (1) Create a household spending plan that works for you (2) Use money management tools and techniques to stretch your money and (3) Use resources that are available in your community.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | The Nature of Institutionalized Education


Seminar Fellow Tess Harrison leads a discussion about the nature of institutionalized education and the distinctions between pedagogical and experiential knowledge.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Exhibition: The Wilde Years: Four Decades of Shaping Visual Culture


An exhibition that celebrates designers, art directors and other creative professionals who have graduated from the BFA Advertising and Graphic Design Department. Organized in recognition of Department Chair Richard Wilde's 40th anniversary at the College, the show will feature iconic and culturally significant works by select alumni from all four decades of Wilde's tenure.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate, discusses Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems


The surface structure of these poems appears simplistic, but subtle changes in tone or gesture move the reader from the mundane to the sublime. In an attempt to sleep, the speaker in "Insomnia" moves from counting sheep to envisioning Noah's arc to picturing "all the fish in creation/ leaping a fence in a field of water,/ one colorful species after another." Collins will tackle any topic: his subject matter varies from snow days to Aristotle to forgetfulness. The results are accessible but not trite, comical but not laughable, and well crafted but not overly flamboyant.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea


The book discussion group takes up this book about an American nurse's unsuccessful attempt to climb K2, the world's second tallest mountain. Dangerously ill when he finished his climb in 1993, Mortenson was sheltered for seven weeks by the small Pakistani village of Korphe; in return, he promised to build the impoverished town's first school, a project that grew into the Central Asia Institute, which has since constructed more than 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Slide Lecture | Hand Tand Yuefu —The Feast of Han Xizai


The ancient Chinese musical tradition of Nanguan (Southern Winds) and movements inspired by the ancient tradition of Liyuan Xi (musical theater of the Pear Orchard) from the 7th Century is brought to life by the Han Tang Yuefu Ensemble, which was founded in 1983. June Huang, cultural exchange producer and writer brings her knowledge of Taiwan art and culture to present a video- and audio-illustrated talk.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | How to Get Started in Web Design


If you’ve been thinking about creating a website but don’t know where to start, this is the seminar for you. They’ll talk about how you go about creating a website and the software you would use to do it. After the seminar you’ll come out with a better sense of the big picture of how a website works and how you’d create it. This seminar is for the beginner, someone who is completely new to web design.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Kit Williamson's Gin Dialogues


Williamson, a young playwright, was selected for this series by winning the Playwrights First 2009 award. A young Korean boy becomes fixated on the idea of a pederastic relationship with his fourth grade teacher after reading “The Symposium” by Plato. Gin, a prodigy, writes a book report that inspires his teacher. The platonic bond that they form ultimately has a profound effect on the teacher’s relationship with his wife and Gin’s relationships with his family.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | The College at 90 Anniversary Celebration


The school commemorates its 90th Anniversary this year. Peter M. Rutkoff, Professor of American Studies at Kenyon College, delivers a lecture "What Would Dewey Do?"
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | The Composer and the Creators


Panelists include Larry Blank, John Kander, Harold Prince, and Sid Ramin. Steven Suskin, moderator.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | “What Is Living and What Is Dead in Social Democracy”


Tony Judt will deliver this lecture. Judt is the author or editor of 13 books, most recently Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century. His book Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945 has been translated into 19 languages and was awarded the European Book Prize. Judt is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books and The New York Times. In 2009 he was awarded The Orwell Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Award-winning poet Nin Andrews reads from her book Sleeping with Houdini


Andrews is the author of Spontaneous Breasts, winner of the Pearl Chapbook Contest; Any Kind of Excuse, winner of the Kent State University chapbook contest; The Book of Orgasms, and Why They Grow Wings, winner of the Gerald Cable Award. Her poems and stories have appeared in many literary journals and anthologies including Ploughshares, The Paris Review, Best American Poetry and The KGB Bar Book of Poems. Moderated by David Lehman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Screening | German Cinema: Volker Schlöndorff & Margarethe von Trotta's The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)


With Jürgen Prochnow. Katharina Blum is a young handsome German maid. She meets Ludwig, and they fall in love at once. They spend the night together. In the morning, the police burst into her flat, looking for Ludwig: he is a terrorist. 106 min. In German with English subtitles. Introduced by Kurt Anderson.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Keen Company and the Short Plays of Thornton Wilder


Challenging the irony pervasive in contemporary popular culture, Keen Company, led by Artistic Director Carl Forsman, produces “sincere plays” that are “unafraid of emotional candor, vulnerability, and optimism.” Forsman takes the stage for a discussion of Keen’s unique approach to theatre, including the company’s take on the short plays of Thornton Wilder.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | The Elements of Life: A Contemporary Guide to Thai Recipes and Healthier Living


With Su-Mei Yu. Based on the Thai concept of "food as medicine," the author will show you how to revolutionize your diet and use your "home elements" -- which can be identified with the included interactive wheel -- to eat for optimum health, beauty, and spiritual well-being.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | “The New School at 90: What Would Dewey Do?”


Peter M. Rutkoff, professor of American studies at Kenyon College, delivers a lecture commemorating the university’s 90th anniversary. Rutkoff co-authored a groundbreaking study of the university and the only publication to deal in depth with its history. In light of current debates on the challenges posed by urban schooling, pedagogy, and philosophy, Rutkoff reexamines the influence of the school in progressive education. He asks whether John Dewey’s teachings are still a suitable guide to progressive education 150 years after his birth and discusses school and university alliances and the continuing importance of experiential pedagogy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Performance | Resident Salon: Works-in-Progress


An exciting sneak peak at our Resident Artists' works-in-progress. The Assembly, Wreckio Ensemble, Th BE Company, and The Pumpkin Pie Show will present short excerpts of projects in various stages of development, seeking feedback from audience and peers to help refine their work. The Salon is also a social opportunity for audiences and artists to mingle! Come ready to drink & discuss.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Best New Poets 2009


Readings from an annual anthology of poems from emerging writers. Featuring Alex Dimitrov, Caitlin Dube, Eric Weinstein, Stephanie Rogers, Michael Grabell, Adam Giannelli, David Silverstein, Caitlin Doyle, Rebecca Keith, and Sally Dawidoff.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | John Burnam Schwartz's The Commoner


The Monday Fiction Book Group will be discussing this novel based on the life of Empress Michiko of Japan, the first commoner to marry into the Japanese imperial family.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Katie Lee discusses The Comfort Table: Everyday Occasions


A guide to enjoying great food with good friends, Lee's simple recipes for cooking and entertaining guarantee the best kind of meals -- ones prepared with love that turn every occasion into a celebration.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Living in the Heart:Transforming Our Mind and Life through Buddhist Meditation


Kadam Morten Clausen, Resident Teacher at the Chakrasambara Buddhist Center in New York City, will guide you in meditations for connecting to our hearts. He will also explain how the heart is the source of our most subtle state of mind, the mind of clear light. Buddha identified this joyful, expansive, peaceful state of mind as our Buddha nature, a source of limitless potential and optimism. Kadam Morten will introduce the special practice of mahamudra through which we can connect to this pure consciousness within.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Molière's Tartuffe


Molière's controversial comedy of faith and hypocrisy in a new verse translation by Professor Christopher Cartmill.
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7:00 pm
Free

Concert | Sospiro Winds


With: Kelli Kathman, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Romie de Guide-Langlois, clarinet; Alana Vegter, french horn; and Adrian Morejon, bassoon. Since their Carnegie Hall debut last year, the Sospiro Winds are drawing attention across the country for their sonic fireworks and richly sculpted tone.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Stewart Brand discusses his book Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto


The lifelong environmentalist and icon of the environmental movement outlines a provocative approach for reclaiming our planet in his new book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Concert | The Knights perform works by Purcell, Vivaldi and others


Performing works by Marini, Purcell, Scelsi, Sollima, and Vivaldi.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Staged Reading | Work-in-Progress: Dirty Nails by Ben Henderson


Part of the theater's "Octoberfest" event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...

Staged Reading | Work-in-Progress: M. Z. Ribalow's Short Plays from New River


Part of the theater's "Octoberfest" event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Workplace Sexual Harassment


Sexual harassment, gender-informed retaliation, and sexual hostility are all too prevalent in the workplace. Join Tammy Marzigliano for a workshop about your legal rights and eliminating workplace harassment. Marzigliano is an attorney specializing in employment rights with a focus on sexual harassment and LGBTQ discrimination.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested admission

Concert | Chita Rivera performs from her CD And Now I Swing


One of Broadway's true legends, Rivera offers selections from her new album as she revisits a mix of theater and jazz standards. She will discuss the album and her career with theater columnist Patrick Pacheco.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Discussion | In The Best Possible Light: A Conversation with Herman Leonard


A discussion of "In The Best Possible Light: Herman Leonard's Jazz," an exhibition of Leonard's work at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Explore the aesthetics of the jazz image with one of the leading photographers of our time. With Herman Leonard, photographer; Kellie Jones, Professor of Art History; and Leonard exhibition co-curators C. Daniel Dawson, Diedra Harris-Kelley and Garnette Cadogan. Introduced and moderated by Robert G. O'Meally.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Student Composers’ Concert


Nils Vigeland, Coordinator.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Windscape performs works by Brahms and others


Program: JAN PIETERS SWEELINK: Variations on a Folksong JULIUS RÖNTGEN: Serenade BRAHMS: Piano Quartet in G Minor, op. 25 (arr. for Piano and Wind Quintet) Musicians: Tara Helen O’Connor, Flute; Randall Ellis, Oboe; Alan R. Kay, Clarinet; Frank Morelli, Bassoon; David Jolley, French Horn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Reading | Writers Collin Kelley and Elise Blackwell read from their work


"Just Working on My Novel" featuring Collin Kelley and Elise Blackwell. Show up at 7 to inquire about a place in line to read your 5-10 minute unpublished work of fiction or nonfiction. Be prepared for critiques.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Christmas Concert

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Classical Music | Works by Mozart, Dvorak and More

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