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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 30, 2009?

51 free events take place on Friday, October 30 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 30 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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51 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, October 30, 2009

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Hike | Boundbrook, NJ to Kingston, NJ Hike


Moderate pace, 16 miles along a canal towpath which is almost flat. Bring lunch and something to drink. No pets or children. Return from Kingston by bus.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:10 am
$3 plus fare

Lesson | Tai Chi


Learn the ancient Chinese Martial art with an expert. No experience necessary. Taught by Alex Hing, who has practiced martial arts for over 25 years in San Francisco and New York City, including 10 years with the Tai Chi grand master William C.C. Chen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" 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

Tour | Times Square Tour


Learn about history of world-famous neighborhood with its 40 miles of neon supersigns, prominent theaters, and multiple megastores. Rain or shine.
   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
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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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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate.
   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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Lecture | “City of Water - The Future of New York’s Waterfront”


Carter Craft, an urban and transportation planner and expert on the New York City waterfront, lectures and presents his latest documentary, City of Water. New York City's harbor, shores, and waterways are integral to the region's economy and quality of life. The documentary presents the perspectives of public officials, environmentalists, academics, community activists, recreational boaters, and everyday New Yorkers who aspire to create a diverse and vibrant waterfront.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Master Class | Cello Master Class with Anita Leuzinger



   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Festival | Day of the Dead Celebration


Day of the Dead has been one of Mexico’s most important festivals since pre-Hispanic times. It is a time for families to gather and welcome the souls of the dead on their annual visit home. Cempasúchil (marigold) flowers, burning copal incense, fresh pan de muertos bread, candles, sugar skulls, photographs and mementos of the departed adorn special altars. In Mexico, Day of the Dead Mano a Mano recreates the magical space of a village churchyard during the celebration and has organized a series of events including altar-building, workshops, dance, poetry and music. This is a great opportunity for New Yorkers to remember their own departed loved-ones by bringing photographs, candles and flowers to adorn the altar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)


With Kevin McCarthy and Carolyn Jones. In a small California town, giant pods from outer space duplicate the citizens and take over their functions. A doctor, returning to his hometown, notices the gradual eerie loss of will and emotion in his neighbors, but is thwarted in his attempts at discovery by the disbelief of the town's officials. 80 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 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 | Kim Kashkashian - Viola Master Class


Students coached by the distinguished artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Baking Demonstration with Hungarian Pastry Chef László Mihályi


Combining innovation and tradition, Mihályi will dazzle any tastebuds with his mastery in combining spices, flavors, and forms which he gathered in Europe and the Middle East. His mantra is to use only fresh and natural ingredients. Learn how to create breathtaking visual experiences and succulent flavors that leaves everyone wondering about its secrets. Mihályi started at Budapest’s five-star Forum Hotel’s Viennese Confectionary and is now Head Pastry Chef at Sofitel Budapest. The demonstration will feature dobos dessert (dobos sponge cake, fine cocoa cream and caramellized sugar) and esyterháyz cake (a flourless walnut biscuit, French walnut butter cream with cointreau).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Lecture | Atlantic Studies: The Brink of Freedom


A seminar in the humanities with David Kazanjian, who is is Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, where he specializes in transnational American literary and historical studies through the nineteenth century. He is the author of The Colonizing Trick: National Culture and Imperial Citizenship in Early America and co-editor of Loss: The Politics of Mourning and The Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S. Women Writers, Volume One: Seventeenth through Nineteenth Centuries. He is currently completing work on The Brink of Freedom, a study of social movements at the edges of the early U.S. empire.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Party | Halloween “Spooktacular” featuring The Phantom of the Opera


Halloween comes a day earlier with games, ghost tales and a nighttime screening of the silent 1920’s thriller The Phantom of the Opera. From 4-6 PM, crafts, face-painting, a photo booth and treats as ‘ghosts from the churchyard’ roam around telling stories of New York’s past. From 6-8 PM, music and dancing as parents are invited to enjoy a Haunted Hamilton cocktail (non-alcoholic beverages also available). In the evening, all are welcome to stick around and enjoy a free screening of Rupert Julian’s silent screen adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s unforgettable novel The Phantom of the Opera (1925). Starring Lon Chaney as The Phantom, this classic story will be accompanied by a dramatic score by acclaimed organist Robert Ridgell on Trinity’s virtual pipe organ. All are welcome to enjoy a safe night filled with good old-fashioned fun. Costumes are encouraged.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Screening | Hungarian Film: Putyi Horváth’s Death Rode Out of Persia (2006)


Based on the novel by Péter Hajnóczy. After three years of sustained drunkenness, an author decides he needs to write to keep drinking. He begins a romantic novel in which a young man—the writer’s alter ego—must choose between a woman and his love of alcohol and cigarettes. 86 min. In Hungarian with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Theater | Tony Kushner's Angels in America - Part Two: Perestroika


Performed by members of the 2nd Year Grad Acting company. New Yorkers of all stripes struggle to deal with the AIDS epidemics in the 1980s in this second half of Kusher's epic, Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Film | John Cassavetes’s Oscar-nominated A Woman Under the Influence (1974)


With Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk. Mabel, a wife and mother, is loved by her husband Nick but her madness proves to be a problem in the marriage. 155 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Concert | Cast members from Wicked perform


Celebrate the new book, Wicked: A Pop-Up Compendium, that captures the heart and spirit of this beloved musical. Current cast members will offer highlights from the score.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Author Reading | Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage discusses Ruined


Playwright Lynn Nottage, author of this year's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined, will discuss and sign copies of her plays. Ruined recently ended its run at Manhattan Theatre Club. Nottage’s other plays include Intimate Apparel (New York Drama Critics’ Award for Best Play), which was the most widely produced play of 2005-06 theater season in America; Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine (OBIE Award); Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Las Meninas; Mud, River, Stone; and Por’knockers and POOF! She is recipient of numerous awards, including a 2007 MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | Nejla Yatkin: Words on the Wall


To mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, internationally recognized choreographer Nejla Yatkin is working on a new group piece entitled Dancing with the Berlin Wall, a three-part work culminating in a site-specific performance. This will be a free-ranging discussion on how The Wall has affected all of us, and about how the lines between the personal and the historic can often blur. Come for an interesting discussion, to share your own Wall story, and to make an important contribution to Yatkin’s newest work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Day of The Dead Celebration


6:30 Traditional Dance Procession assembles. With Cetiliztli Nauhcampa Quetzalcoatl in Ixachilan and Mesa de la Virgen de Guadalupe Atl Tlatinolli. 7-8 pm Traditional Dancers arrive for A Ceremony at the Altar with the Consul General of Mexico in New York, Ambassador Rubén Beltrán 8-9 pm Performance of Mujeres de Arena, ACES Collective. Theater honoring the Women of Juarez.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Halloween Treats with Organists William Trafka and Mollie Nichols


Halloween organ favorites including Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” and Dukas' “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Staged Reading | Aditi Brennan Kapil's Agnes Under the Big Top


A staged reading of a quintessentially American story, a surreal journey tracing the intersecting paths of a handful of immigrants as they struggle to form a new identity in America without losing connection to their past.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Contributors read from CALYX: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women


Now celebrating its thirty-third year of publishing, CALYX is America’s foremost feminist literary journal, first publishing the likes of Julia Alvarez, Paula Gunn Allen, and Barbara Kingsolver. Please join contributors Cass Dalglish, Tess Taylor, Kathleen McCormick and Rhonda Zangwill for a reading of some of their remarkable poetry and prose.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Contributors read from My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them


Scott Hightower, Paul Lisicky, Michael Montlack, Michael Schiavi, and Richard Tayson represent this anthology.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Emile Zola’s The Belly of Paris


The Friday Fiction Book Group will be discussing the French master's 1873 tale of an escaped prisoner hiding out in Paris who becomes entangled with a group of Socialists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Festival | Halloween on Bike


Grab a bike, and your scariest costume, and get ready to ride through the streets screaming on the Halloween Critical Mass. Become the positive and "spooky" demonstration of what our streets could look like with non-polluting sustainable transportation and community.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Hungarian Film: György Fehér's Passion (1998)


This Hungarian adaptation of James M. Cain's novel The Postman Always Rings Twice delivers maximum intensity with minimalistic stylization. Pregnant silences and a slow pace enhance the erotic charge between the two decidedly non-glamorous protagonists, and brilliant cinematography makes the mise-en-scéne sparkle—even amid the almost constant rain and mud. 136 min. In Hungarian with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Panoply Performance Laboratory's Workforce/Forcedwork


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. Using 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Renaissance Open Sing



   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Short films from Spanish Speaking Countries


Trips to Wonderland: Experimental and Animated Marea / Tide Argentina / Animation / 2008 / 7 min, Directed by Pablo Delfini El Pianografo, Costa Rica / Animation / 2008 / 3 min, Directed by Edo Brenes Berbaoc, Spain / Animation / 2008 / 5 min, Directed by Animation workshop at Arteleku El Deseo de Juanita / Juanita's Wish, Colombia / Animation / 2008 / 2 min, Directed by Monica Cifuentes Carros Rojos / Red Cars, Panama / VideoClip-Animation / 2006 / 3 min, Directed by Marco Luque Agua / Water, Argentina / Experimental / 2008 / 1min, Directed by Fabian Saria One by One, Salvador / Animation / 2008 / 3 min, Directed by Lazaro Hernandez Stories from the Streetwise Carretera del Norte / North Road, Mexico / Fiction / 2008 / 10 min, Directed by Ruben Rojo Sueños de America / American Dreams, Peru / Fiction / 2008 / 18 Min., Directed by Danny Cespedes ¡¡¡Todas!!! Spain / Fiction / 2008 / 25 min., Directed by Jose Martret Tiene la Tarde Ojos / The Afternoon Has Eyes, Mexico / Fiction / 2007 / 10 min, Directed by Hari (Carlos Sama) Olimpíadas / Olympics, Argentina / Fiction / 2008 / 13 min, Directed by Magali Bayon Running Time: 96 Min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Theater | Tony Kushner's Angels in America - Part Two: Perestroika


Performed by members of the 2nd Year Grad Acting company. New Yorkers of all stripes struggle to deal with the AIDS epidemics in the 1980s in this second half of Kusher's epic, Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | West Side Opera Society performs opera scenes


West Side Opera Society performing scenes from "La Forza del Destino", "Don Carlo", "Norma" and many more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Staged Reading | Work-in-Progress: Ghost Party: A Cabaret by Megg Farrell


Part of the theater's "Octoberfest" event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Pianists Dana Pielet and Rita Rack perform works by Dvorák, Hindemith and others


With Veronica Parrales, cello, and friends. Also, music by Cassado and Gradel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Concert | Rosanne Cash performs from her CD The List


Cash performs and signs copies of her new album featuring contemporary interpretations of twelve classic songs culled from a list of essential country tunes that her legendary father Johnny gave her.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Alumni Recital - Evelyne Jundt, piano


This concert is a special presentation by Alumna Evelyne Jundt.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Film | Bob Rafelson's The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)


With Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern and Ellen Burstyn. After the success of Five Easy Pieces, Rafelson and Nicholson reunited to make this underappreciated but key work of 1970s Hollywood cinema, a corrosive vision of the American Dream that is a ghostly echo of our own present times. The deserted boardwalks and seedy, decaying splendor of out-of-season Atlantic City—haunted and ethereal in Laszlo Kovacs’s cinematography—form the wintry backdrop to this drama of two brothers, a late-night talk show host and a restless ex-con, who get mixed up with the mob while hatching a get-rich-quick scheme to open a South Seas gambling resort. 103 min. Introduced by Grover Crisp, Senior Vice President of Asset Management, Film Restoration & Digital Mastering, Sony Pictures Repertory.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Lanford Wilson's The Rimers of Eldritch


Directed by Hal Brooks. The play involves a man who has been murdered. The mystery is, who he is, who murdered him and what were the circumstances? And to solve it, one must look at the inhabitants of a tiny, Middle Western town.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Master Class | Percussion Master Class: Ronni Kot Wenzell



   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Voices À La Carte perform First Odd Prime, three short musicals


The three short musicals are: Aloha Flight 243 Words by Sophia Chapadjiev, Music by Allison Leyton-Brown. Theory of Kiss Words by Sophia Chapadjiev, Music by Allison Leyton-Brown. An Orchestra Imagined: In Four Invisible Movements Words by Sophia Chapadjiev, Music by Julianne Wick Davis
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
$5

Staged Reading | Work-in-Progress: Murph by Bill Bozzone


Part of the theater's "Octoberfest" event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Staged Reading | Work-in-Progress: The Skin of Our Teeth by Thorton Wilder


Part of the theater's "Octoberfest" event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | Twilight Theatre's The Dudleys!


The Dudleys!, presented by Twilight Theatre, takes the memories of a young man and translates them into a malfunctioning 8-bit video game. It’s time to play. Featuring a live band with original music composed on vintage video game equipment (Atari, Gameboy, Commodore 64) and 8-bit video footage, THE DUDLEYS! pits the two-dimensional world of happy endings up against the confusion and aimlessness of real life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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Concert | Miss Fairchild, Soul/Pop


The musicians of Miss Fairchild—Daddy Wrall (vocals), Samuel P. Nice (production), and Schulyer Dunlap—have developed their own original soul pop, or what they call “Modern Good Time Music.” Featuring covers from classic R&B tunes along with original songs, their high-energy performances and showmanship make them true entertainers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Work-in-Progress: Ofest After Hours


Part of the theater's "Octoberfest" event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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