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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 22, 2009?

58 free events take place on Thursday, October 22 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 22 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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58 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, October 22, 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
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9:30 am
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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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11:00 am
$6

Workshop | The City as Archive


This class is a query on the nature of history, interrogating the relationship of the things we collect to how we construct our pasts. Explore archives broadly defined, from the contents of family photo albums to vast collections housed in libraries to the design of buildings that contain such collections. Ultimately, the city itself is examined as an archive in its own right-a vibrant collection of interrelated artifacts that records the selective presence of the past in built form.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Wall Street and Downtown Tour


Weaves together history, events, architecture, and people of birthplace of NY, financial capital of the world, and hottest new neighborhood in the city. Stops include U.S. Custom House, Trinity Church, Wall Street, NY Stock Exchange, other architectural and cultural sites. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

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
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Concert | “Bach at Noon”: Organ Works


Features the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Concert | Alison Trainer, coloratura soprano


Coloratura soprano Trainer is claiming her place among the most important emerging singers today. A gifted singing actress, Ms. Trainer has garnered top prizes in several major vocal competitions and is increasingly gaining recognition for her vocal beauty, sensitive and intelligent musicianship, and compelling stage presence. Ms. Trainer recently made her European debut as Fiakermilli in Arabella in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and will return in 2010 to sing Adele in Die Fledermaus with the company. Additional engagements for 2009-2010 include Carmina Burana with the San Antonio Symphony. In the 2008-2009 season she joined Tulsa Opera to sing Sandman and Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
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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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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Workshop | Old Books, Rare Books: Learning About the Value of Your Books


The Library has many resources to help you develop an appreciation for antiquarian books and to assist you in determining if your books are rare. Learn what you need to know before buying or selling an old book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Staged Reading | Play It Cool, Set at a Gay Club in the 1950s


Centered around Mary's Hideaway, a fictional jazz club, circa 1953, this jazz musical examines laws governing gay and lesbian clubs of the time; when women weren't allowed to bartend and men couldn't dance with other men; when every glance had a double meaning, every word was an innuendo and everything had to be done to strict code. Set against a sexy Hollywood backdrop, Play It Cool looks at the people of the time who had the guts to break the rules...along with the ones who were only to happy to play along with them.
   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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Symposium | Rethinking Secularism: The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere, featuring Cornel West


Philosopher Jürgen Habermas and Princeton University Professor Cornel West will participate. Other participants include: Judith Butler, a professor in the Departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, who has authored Frames of War: When is Life Grievable? and co-authored the forthcoming Is Critique Secular?; and Charles Taylor, a professor emeritus of philosophy at McGill University and winner of both the Kyoto and Templeton prizes, who most recently published A Secular Age. The event will be structured as a pair of two-hour moderated panels--the first with Habermas and Taylor (3-5 p.m.); the second with West and Butler (5:30-7:30 p.m.). Habermas, considered one of the most important living German philosophers and one of Europe’s top public intellectuals, has authored The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere and, most recently, The Dialectics of Secularization: On Reason and Religion, an account of conversations between Habermas and Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI). West, a leading philosopher, theologian, and cultural analyst and theorist of race, is University Professor of Religion at Princeton and author of The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism and Race Matters.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Uncovering Your Family History: Introduction to Genealogical Research


The library boasts one of the country's largest free public collections of genealogical tools; this class introduces some key resources. With skills learned here, you might find the name of an ancestor on a ship's passenger list or discover the names of family members in historical census records.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Symposium | After Truth: Justice, Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, and Related Aftermaths


PHOTOGRAPHIC AFTERLIVES with José Pablo Baraybar, Allen Feldman, Domingo Giribaldi del Mar, Isaias Pérez Rojas, and Deborah Poole.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | Art in the Institution/Art as the Institution


In this conversation, Silvia Rocciolo, Curator of the Art Collection, and John Wanzel, Curatorial Assistant and MFA in Fine Arts candidate consider the role of the college collection as a living archive and how it reinforces institutional narrative and identity through its physical presence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | Unraveling the Past: Archival Resources and the Nazi Era


An evening panel discussion on Nazi era archival resources coordinated by the Holocaust Claims Processing Office. The HCPO has gathered experts to discuss different archival collections from Europe and the US and their significance for researchers including: Diane Afoumado, Lead Researcher, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Registry of Holocaust Survivors, Patricia K. Grimsted, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Michael Kurtz, Assistant Archivist for Records Services, US National Archives and Records Administration, Frank Mecklenburg, Director of Research and Chief Archivist, Leo Baeck Institute, Hubert Steiner, the Austrian State Archives.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Symposium | Rethinking Secularism: The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere


Including: Judith Butler: "Why Judaism is not Zionism: Religious Sources for the Critique of Violence" Jürgen Habermas: "The Political - The Rational Sense of a Questionable Inheritance of Political Theology" Charles Taylor: "Why We Need a Radical Redefinition of Secularism" Cornel West: "Prophetic Religion and The Future of Capitalist Civilization"
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Talk | Bonds for Beginners


Sponsored by the Financial Planning Association of New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 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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5:30 pm
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Concert | Kate Baldwin performs from her CD Let's See What Happens


In anticipation of her lead role in the revival of Finian's Rainbow, Broadway's newest star offers a collection of songs written by E.Y. Harburg and Burton Lane, both together and with others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | 15 Days of Dance: The Making of Ghost Light


Premiere screening of selections from Elliot Caplan's 18 hour film. The filmmaker, choreographer Brian Reeder, and ABT dancers will be present to discuss the excerpts. This is the first of four programs, each of which will feature different selections from the film.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Solo Exhibitions: Hope Gangloff / Gavin Anderson


Gangloff is a collector of moments, moods, objects, and patterns. Primarily portraits of her friends, Gangloff’s work glamourizes the mundane with a signature style. She describes her role among friends as observer, documenting daily activities, exchanges, and reflections. Objects and patterns that she finds visually compelling also figure into her compositions, rendered with the precision of a master draftsperson. Through this body of work, Gangloff offers a tantalizing glimpse into the lives of others—her fragmented narratives leave the viewer longing to know more. Anderson most recently was shown at Kidd Yellin in the summer of 2009. Anderson’s color-saturated canvases depict dreamlike scenes and protean creatures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | All These Dots Are Making Me Dizzy: An Indigenous Perspective on the Australian Western Desert Dot Painting Movement


Franchesca Cubillo, Senior Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, will give an Indigenous perspective on the acrylic painting movement. While it has gained great public visibility and critical success, it is also sometimes characterized in a trivializing way as “dot painting.” She will discuss the movement’s significant impact on, and import for, Indigenous Australians.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Exhibition: Josh Gosfield's Gigi Gaston - The Black Flower


Gosfield has assembled the definitive archive devoted to the 1960s French pop star Gigi Gaston. Gaston’s music and the spectacle of her tragic life riveted the public through the 60s and 70s. The exhibition documents her life and loves with archival photographs, posters, record covers, magazine and newspaper articles, a music video shot by Jean Luc Godard, documentary footage, and assorted ephemera. We see her Gypsy family’s escape from Bulgaria, her affair with her stepbrother, her first guitar, her rise up (and fall down) the charts, the car crashes, funerals, love triangles and the murder trial. All this played out in a garish media spotlight before the insatiable eyes of her public.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Mahicans and Dutch along the Hudson


Historian Shirley Dunn, author of four books on the Mahicans of the Hudson, tells the story of the Nation that gave Hudson his friendliest welcome and allied itself with the Dutch traders who followed.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 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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6:00 pm
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Talk | Meet SLASH: Paper under the Knife artist Jane South


Featured at the SLASH: Paper Under the Knife exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design, South uses paper to create art that is compelling and inspirational.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | New Works by Artist Teresita Fernandez


Made entirely of graphite, the works in the exhibition establish a unique and unconventional vocabulary with the material itself. Referring to Borrowdale, England, where graphite was first discovered and mined in the early 1500s, Fernández pushes the boundaries of this once sought-after and coveted material. Reimagining the graphite landscape of Borrowdale, her works reflect elements of sculpture and installation and redefine the notion of precisely what constitutes a drawing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Party | One-Night Only Art Party and Exhibition


Most of us will probably never get to the moon. For all we know, the substance, matter and atmospheric gases amount to a whole lot of nothing. This exhibition is like the moon. It assembles probe-worthy components but unless you delve into each one, it can really seem about nothing at all. It's alchemy. We've turned nothing into something. Something brilliant. Something like the moon. The artists participating in the show are Kip Frace, Gabrielle Mangeri, Javier Orcaray and Andrea Taormina. Frace's bold, expressive canvases are huge worlds for exploring and navigating. Taormina paints a personal narrative, exploring quick and unexpected life changes that can cause sudden turns and wild consequences. In a collaborative project, Mangeri and Orcaray have gathered a collection of images from the place that will be their future home. Music by Chunis. Drinks free.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Megumi Nagai's Face


A solo exhibition featuring a series of new pieces that focus on vivid depictions of faces. Each piece incorporates facial imagery to illustrate shifting outward appearances and what they reveal about inner realities. The artist has created powerful, exquisitely-detailed, ultra-realistic, yet infinitely surreal pieces. Strongly inspired by the natural world and the naturalistic art of Giuseppe Arcimboldo and Katsushika Hokusai, each of the finely articulated renderings has the power to captivate and transport the viewer into a self-contained universe full of life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Photographs: Alexandra Catiere's I Cannot Give You Anything but Love


Catiere's new series of photographs portrays precious moments she shared with people she met on the streets in Russia, France, Italy, and the US. They live without a home, without a thing other than themselves. Catiere floated around them with the camera, and the stories of their lives, friends and loves moved her to make their portraits. Born in Minsk in 1978, Catiere has exhibited in New York, Paris, Milan, Rome, Madrid, Stockholm and Tokyo. Most recently, this new series was exhibited at International Festival of Photography in Rome and the LACEN Gallery in Paris.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Photographs: Lillian Bassman's Women


Born in 1917, Bassman worked as a textile designer and fashion illustrator before working at Harper's Bazaar from the 40s through the 60s.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | William R. Morrish discusses his book Growing Urban Habitats


A reception celebrating the publication of Growing Urban Habitats, written by William R. Morrish with Susanne Schindler and Katie Swenson. The book documents and expands on the international design competition Urban Habitats, organized in 2005 by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville and the Charlottesville Community Design Center. A how-to guide and source book, Growing Urban Habitats draws from case studies selected from the Urban Habitats submissions and contemporary housing projects in the United States.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | From Working Full-Time to Living Full-Time: Get Psyched for Retirement


With moderator Gail Rentsch, author of Smart Women Don't Retire--They Break Free, and a co-founder of The Transition Network, and panelists, Joel Appelbaum, Barbara Burn Dolenseky, Jane Lattes and Betsy Werley. Thinking about retiring can lead to the unsettling question, “But what will I do all day?” Learn what to expect and how to psychologically and emotionally prepare for a time when time is your own.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | 30 Rock's Tracy Morgan discusses his book I Am the New Black


The star of Emmy-winning sitcom 30 Rock shares his new book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Teen Vogue’s Amy Astley discusses The Teen Vogue Handbook


Tips and tricks for high school girls.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Workforce/Forcedwork: multi-layered rhythms of crude video, stop motion clay animation, music, sampled sound, and live performance


Workforce/Forcedwork uses multi-layered rhythms of crude video, stop motion clay animation, music, sampled sound, and live performance, the piece pulls the everyday grind into the realm of surreality and excruciatingly sincere emotional reaction. Workforce/Forcedwork, presented by Panopoly Performance Laboratory, documents the emotional and physical patterns of American workers and uses them to map connections between private, personal experience and public, political structures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Lecture | A Revolution in Artists' Housing and Adaptive Re-Use


In conjunction with the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, Andrew Dolkart will discuss the nomination process as well as the architectural and historic significance of the building, the first large-scale adaptive re-use of an industrial building for residences and the first subsidized housing for artists in the country. The conversion of the former Bell Laboratories complex occurred at a time when the adaptive reuse of buildings was in its infancy and the notion of converting an abandoned building into live-work space for artists was a radical notion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Jack Gilhooley's The Warrior, a One-Woman Show


A play that examines the mental health of a Persian Gulf War veteran who has completed two tours of duty in Iraq. A Q&A will follow the performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Kyoung Cho, Soprano, and Won Cho, Bass, perform Korean art songs


Acclaimed soprano Kyoung Cho and bass Won Cho will present a lecture-recital featuring Korean Art Songs and Folks Song of historic and artistic significance. Songs will be performed in Korean with English translations. After winning several national and international competitions and awards, Kyoung Cho has performed numerous operas, oratorios, and concerts and performed at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, and other prestigious stages in Canada, Europe, The Middle East, and her native Korea. Kyoung Cho has performed with companies such as Komische Kammer Oper Munich in Germany, Slovak State Opera in Slovak Republic, Washington Concert Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Yale Opera and more. Famous repertoire such as Shingo Mt. Ta Ryung, The Barley Field, Longing for Mt. Keum Kang will be presented.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Mitch Epstein discusses his book American Power


Epstein's latest project tackles one of the most loaded issues on the nation's agenda: what and who powers America? Between 2003 and 2008, prompted by the evacuation of an environmentally contaminated Ohio town, Epstein traveled the United States to document the country's energy "hot spots," where fossil fuel, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind and solar power are produced, encountering further contaminations, Homeland Security obstacles, corporate invincibility and the occasional token of hope. This book is Epstein's portrait of early twenty-first-century America, as it clings to past comforts and gropes for a more sensible and sustainable future.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Nevin Martell discusses his book Looking for Calvin and Hobbes


A discussion with Nevin Martell and cartoonist Ruben Bolling (Tom the Dancing Bug) about the life and art of Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Waterson.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Petra Hůlová reads from her book All This Belongs to Me


Hůlová became an overnight sensation when All This Belongs to Me was originally published in Czech in 2002, when the author was just twenty-three years old. She has since established herself as one of the most exciting young novelists in Europe today. The book chronicles the lives of three generations of women in a Mongolian family. Told from the point of view of a mother, three sisters, and the daughter of one of the sisters, this story of secrets and betrayals takes us from the daily rhythms of nomadic life on the steppe to the harsh realities of urban alcoholism and prostitution in the capital, Ulaanbaatar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Phil Schoenberg discusses his book Legendary Spirits and Notorious Haunts


The licensed ghost tour guide will talk about his popular book. Also. it will be a night of ghost stories, scandalous tales of centuries past, mysterious sightings of apparitions in Manhattan and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Science Film Shorts


In collaboration with the Imagine Science Film Festival, Science & the Arts presents an evening of short films. The annual juried festival features the work of filmmakers who create accurate science-in-fiction films that focus on characters in science- or math-related fields, or that deal with scientific and technological themes. Fantasy, drama, documentaries, and animations -- the evening will reflect a wide range of entries from filmmakers across the globe.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Conference | The Fall of the Wall: A Prism for Looking at Germany's Recent Past and Future


A conference featuring a keynote address, "One Germany - A Reunited Nation?" by Giselle Schwan and a reception.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Three Pieces: Platform for Art and Sound


An evening presentation of three new pieces of sound, image, text or movement from local and visiting artists. Featuring: Amanda Curreri and Erik Scollon - Color&Color is an artist-curated publication guided by the duality of two thematic colors per issue. "Color&Color was conceived as a mobile venue in which to present new work of artists we respect and with whom we want to work. We hope that with each issue the publication can connect artists with new audiences and expanded dialogue." Not wanting to rely solely on traditional venues like galleries and museums, Color&Color presents artwork via the serial print medium. This opens up access to new spatial-temporal configurations for the work. The publication is available both in printed and digital format. o.blaat (Keiko Uenishi)'s "Sound Event" - In "Sound Event," the first word, "Sound" swings roughly between two of its many uses in "an experiment through the course of an event": 1: (as noun,) the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium. 2: (as adjective,) following in a systematic pattern without any apparent defect in logic—as in sound reasoning. Based in Brooklyn, New York, sound artivist, social composer, and a core member of SHARE, o.blaat (Keiko Uenishi) is known for her works formed through experiments in restructuring and analyzing one's relationship with sounds in sociological, cultural, and/or psychological environments. Sal Randolph's "Language Drawings" - The artist will read from a series of new language "drawings" - texts made with a manual typewriter on long rolls of paper. As a kind of spontaneous "drawing practice" the words on these scrolls are free to follow one another according to an evolving set of principles including sound, shape, semantics, syntax, repetition, punning, play and association. Conceptual structures appear and disappear. Narrative and rhetorical argument are avoided and fragmented. These are intended to be texts without result, the residue of a practice that takes place unobserved: daily, meditative, noninstrumental. Read out loud they become an experiment in ambient language, a field of senses and sounds that slip in and out of consciousness, alternately instigating and interrupting trains of thought. Sal Randolph lives in New York and makes art involving internet-mediated gift economies, social architectures and one-on-one interactions. She is the founder of Opsound, an open sound exchange of copyleft music. Other projects include The Free Biennial and Free Manifesta which brought together several hundred artists in open shows of free art in the public spaces of New York and Frankfurt am Main, Germany, as well as Free Words in which 3000 copies of a free book have been infiltrated into bookstores and libraries worldwide by a network of volunteers. Her newest work involves text, algorithms, instructions, and publishing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Wafaa Bilal reads from his book, “Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun”


Bilal’s childhood in Iraq was defined by Saddam Hussein’s rule, two wars, a bloody uprising, and internment in chaotic refugee camps. Bilal immigrated to the United States, becoming a professor and an artist. His book tells his life story and also of "Domestic Tension," the month in which Bilal lived in a prison cell-sized room and took fire from a remote-controlled paintball gun connected to internet viewers around the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Work-in-Progress: Close to the Fire


Part of the theater's "Octoberfest" event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Work-in-Progress: An Untitled One Act by Chris Ceraso*


Part of the theater's "Octoberfest" event.
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Makbet: A Gypsy Retelling of the Shakespeare Classic


The piece continues to evolve as the ensemble members work on deepening their connection to the material, each other, and the audience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation

Workshop | Dialogue Writing Class


A writing class led by Kuros Charney.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poets Anselm Berrigan and Rachel Levitsky read their work


Berrigan is the son of poets Ted Berrigan and Alice Notley. He is the poetry editor of The Brooklyn Rail and the co-editor of The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan. Free Cell (pictured) is his latest book. Levitsky’s first full length volume Under the Sun was published in 2003. She founded Belladonna--an event and publication series for avant-garde poetics in August 1999. Her latest book is Neighbor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Author Reading | Awards-winning author E. L. Doctorow reads from his book Homer and Langley


Doctorow's other novels include The March, City of God, The Waterworks and Welcome to Hard Times. Among his honors are the National Book Award, three National Book Critics Circle Awards, two PEN/Faulkner awards, and the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal. Doctorow holds the Lewis and Loretta Glucksman Chair of English and American Letters at NYU. With an introduction by Jonathan Safran Foer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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8:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Second Avenue Dance Company


The Second Avenue Dance Company is an integral part of the professional training program in the Department of Dance. It is comprised of students in the final year of training and is designed to serve as the dancers' transition into the professional world of dance. SADC functions as a contemporary professional repertory dance company with daily company class and rehearsals of works by guest choreographers and members of the company.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Staged Reading | Work-in-Progress: Vacuum by Arlene Hutton


Part of the theater's "Octoberfest" event.
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Concert | Christmas Concert

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Classical Music | Works by Mozart, Dvorak and More

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