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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 5, 2011?

62 free events take place on Wednesday, October 5 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 5 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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62 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, October 5, 2011

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Birdwatching | Birding Tour of the Park


Discover the varieties of birds that call the Park home during the migratory season with guided tours.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Park Walk | Fitness Walk NYC


This free fitness walk is one hour long and led by experienced Instructors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Talk | Learn about the Peoples of the Plains


With Laura Browarny.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Festival | New Green City


GrowNYC presents NEW GREEN CITY welcoming more than 100,000 visitors to New York City’s largest annual green event in Union Square Park. This year's family-friendly all-day event showcases government agencies, non-profits, entrepreneurs and community & corporate partners at the forefront of environmental stewardship, education and awareness.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 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 | Petanque in the Park


Learn to play pétanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie from members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC’s championship-winning club.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 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" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Workshop | Elements of Nature Drawing


Enjoy drawing in the parks and gardens with an artist/educator. Materials provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Lecture | Reading Empire: Colonial Archive and Euroamerican Discourse on Sovereignty and Law in the Contact Zone of South China, 1720s-1830s


A Brown Bag Lecture with Li Chen, Assistant Professor of History and Global Asia Studies, University of Toronto, as part of the series Rereading China's Legal Past.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:15 pm
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Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


Tour of this magnificent Beaux-Arts landmark.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Jazz | Sue Maskaleris, Grammy-Nominated Jazz Pianist


Maskaleris has performed worldwide solo and as bandleader for over three decades. Her CD Unbreakable Heart features jazz legends Eddie Gomez, Lenny White, Mark Murphy and others on her songs and has received airplay worldwide. She has a seemingly endless repertoire of songs and styles. Her music has been the ticket to such remote ports as Easter Island, Oman, Vietnam, and hundreds more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Park Walk | “Views from the Past” Tour


As you promenade through the heart of the Park, imagine yourself living in 19th Century New York City. Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all. Tour lasts approximately one hour.
   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 | Daily Screenings: Mother Earth in Crisis | Indigenous Lands and Forests


With: Los Derechos de la Pachamama/The Rights of Mother Earth and Sisa Ñambi Starts at 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Fencing in the Park


Take a stab at the modern sport of fencing with masters from Manhattan Fencing Center. No prior experience needed and equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Guided Tour of the Exhibition Infinity of Nations


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Midtown Jazz


A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Harpsichordist Gavin Black performs Buxtehude's Variations on La Capricciosa -- rarely heard masterpiece


Black performs Dietrich Buxtehude's rarely heard masterpiece. Gavin Black is the director of the Princeton Early Keyboard Center, and has recorded for the PGM label. The concert will last approximately 35 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
Free

Workshop | Figure Al Fresco Drawing


Learn figure drawing outdoors with a clothed model and an artist/educator. Materials provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Lecture | Truth and Lies in Mozart's Don Giovanni


With: Elaine Sisman is the Anne Parsons Bender Professor of Music at Columbia University, where she has taught since 1982, serving six years as department chair (1999-2005). The author of Haydn and the Classical Variation and Mozart: The 'Jupiter' Symphony, and editor of Haydn and His World, she has also published numerous essays on instrumental and vocal music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including the operas of Mozart and Haydn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:40 pm
Free

Workshop | Stay Well Exercise


A free Stay Well exercise session. Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC's Department for the aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided. All participants are required to sign a personal medical waiver at the beginning of the class. The class is limited to 10 participants.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Tour | U.S. Customs House Building Tour


Museum Ambassadors provide a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Club: The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich


Publishers Weekly called this novel "a provocative read elevated by beautiful imagery."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: Lauren Flanigan, Vocal


Flanigan (born May 18, 1959) is an American operatic soprano who has had an active international career since the 1980s. She has enjoyed a particularly fruitful partnership with the New York City Opera, appearing with the company almost every year since 1990. She has sung more than 100 different opera roles on stage during her career, often appearing in contemporary works or more rarely staged operas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Curator's Tour of the Exhibition Beauty Contest


Beauty Contest deals with one of the most trivial everyday experiences: the daily encounter with human beauty and its social construction - a perennial anthropologic subject dating back to the writings of ancient Greek philosophers. The exhibition features works by 20 internationally acclaimed and emerging artists who reflect critically on contemporary global society’s obsession and fascination with physical appearance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Author Reading | James Gleick discusses his book The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood


The author of the bestsellers Chaos and Genius will discuss his bestselling new book. From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long-misunderstood talking drums of Africa, Gleick tells the story of information technologies that changed the very nature of human consciousness. His compelling characters include: Charles Babbage, the idiosyncratic inventor of the first great mechanical computer; Ada Byron, the brilliant and doomed daughter of the poet, who became the first true programmer; pivotal figures like Samuel Morse and Alan Turing; and Claude Shannon, the creator of information theory itself. And bringing us up to date in a time when we often feel we are drowning in a deluge of information, Gleick tells us how we got here and where we’re heading.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Knitting Together Group


A new knitting circle. Please bring your projects to work on, and share your patterns with others. Light, basic instruction will be provided, but you must bring your own needles and yarn. Beginners to experienced knitters are all welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Beat the Sugar Blues


This workshop is about the effects of sugar on our bodies and how we can effectively change our relationship with sugar to improve our health.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:45 pm
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Discussion | An Art Book - Performa


In celebration of the newest Performa publication Performa 09: Back to Futurism, the library hosts a conversation between Performa Founding Director and Curator RoseLee Goldberg, Performa 09 Commission artist Wangechi Mutu, and Performa 11 Commission artist Shirin Neshat. They discuss what it means to commission a new work in live performance and the impact that the Performa biennial has had on the history and future of live performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Symposium | Dealing with Disaster: Caring for Japan Post 3-11


To mark the six-month anniversary of the Japan earthquake and tsunami, Consortium for Japan Relief is hosting a symposium that will feature a multidisciplinary panel composed of renowned experts on radiation, disaster preparedness, economics, politics, mental health and complicated grief.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Designing Transformative Affordable Housing in New York


A public lecture series on alternative and innovative forms of design and urban practice by Brenda Rosen, executive director of Common Ground in New York. She speaks about the project, winner of an AIA National Award, a Drucker Award for Non-Profit Innovation, and a World Habitat Award.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Getting the Most Out of Your Money


Figuring out how much money you have and your cash flow enables you to create and live within a budget. Learn how to stretch your dollars and keep more of them.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Talk | Palestine at the U.N.: Implications for Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking, a Talk by Martin Indyk


Martin Indyk is Vice President and Director of the Foreign Policy Program at The Brookings Institution. He previously served twice as U.S. Ambassador to Israel (1995-7 and 2000-1), Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Senior Director for Near East and South Asia at the National Security Council. He was the founding director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings. His latest book is Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peacemaking Diplomacy in the Middle East. His current research focuses on American foreign policy, as well as Middle East affairs. He was the first (and second) Jewish ambassador of the United States to Israel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Performance | Super Free Wednesday Comedy Shows


Featuring: Recess, Watson + Tuscarora Fire Company Picnic, The Whiskey Rebellion + Stranger, Local 154 and Borealis, Handsy + The Faculty and Friends, and Improdome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | The Spanish Civil War Photographs of Agustí Centelles


A photo exhibit curated by Joaquín D. Gasca and Michael Nash and organized in conjunction with the Centro Documental de la Memoria Histórica (Historical Memory Archives), Salamanca. It features 40 photographs taken during the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1936) and Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), and subsequently at the French concentration camp in Bram, by the celebrated Catalan photo journalist Agustí Centelles. All of the photographs are being exhibited for the first time, in conjunction with the parallel exhibit at the Centro Documental de la Memoria Histórica in Salamanca, which recently purchased Centelles' archive.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
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Talk | Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal discusses his work


Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal is known for his on-line performance works intended to provoke dialogue about international politics. For his current project, 3rdi, Bilal had a camera surgically implanted on the back of his head that transmitted images to the Web 24 hours a day, a statement on surveillance, the mundane, and the things we leave behind.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
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Lecture | Bend/Skin: Dreaming the Global City


Focusing her research on cities of Central Africa, scholar Dominique Malaquais looks at how cities like Douala in Cameroon and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo are hubs of globalization that are uniquely different from Western cities. In this talk, she will present how these cities with overwhelmingly young populations are responding to movement, migration, and change that results in nearly-daily radical (re)shaping of urban spaces and cultures in Africa and beyond.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Calvin Trillin reads from his book Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff


The "funniest columnist in America" joins us for an evening of his distinct humor. Trillin selects the best of his funny stuff and organizes it into topics like high finance and the literary life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Reading | Chapbook Program Reading


An intimate reading with 2011 Chapbook Contest winner Nehassaiu deGannes, along with poets Mark McKain and Sue Burton, plus Guest Curator Kimiko Hahn and Series Curator Sharon Dolin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | German Cinema: Caroline Link’s Academy Award Winner Nowhere in Africa (2001)


A German Jewish refugee family moves and adjusts to a farm life in 1930's Kenya. 141 min. In German with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Katharine Greider on her book The Archaeology of Home: An Epic Set on a Thousand Square Feet of the Lower East Side


This visual lecture explores the history of the author's own New York City house, which is the framework for an evocative meditation on the growth of America, and the meaning of home.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Michael Ondaatje reads from his book The Cat's Table


Ondaatje’s latest novel takes place in the early 1950s, where an eleven—year—old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the “cat’s table”—as far from the Captain’s Table as can be—with a ragtag group of “insignificant” adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all over the place like freed mercury. As the narrative moves between the decks and holds of the ship and the boy’s adult years, it tells a spellbinding story—by turns poignant and electrifying—about the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | MS PowerPoint 1 Workshop


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn how to create a slideshow presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint 2003. Topics include creating and editing slides, inserting images and clipart, and running your slideshow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Paul Shaw discusses his book Helvetica and the New York City Subway System


More than a tale of a typeface. If you use subways or select fonts, you'll enjoy this book talk. There is a common belief, reinforced by Gary Hustwit's documentary film Helvetica, that Helvetica is the signage typeface of the New York City subway system. But it is not true - or rather, it is only somewhat true. Helvetica is the official typeface of the MTA today, but it was not the typeface specified by Unimark International when they created the signage system at the end of the 1960s. Why was Helvetica not chosen originally? what was chosen in its place? why is Helvetica now used? when did the changeover occur? Paul Shaw answers these questions and then goes beyond them to look at how the subway's signage system has evolved over the past forty years. The resulting story is more than a tale of a typeface. It is a look at the forces that have molded a signage system. Paul Shaw an award-winning graphic designer, typographer, and calligrapher in New York City, teaches at Parsons School of Design and the School of Visual Arts. He is the coauthor of Blackletter: Type and National Identity and writes about letter design in the blog Blue Pencil.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Signing | Sarah Cavallaro signs copies of her book Dogs Have Angels Too


Cavallaro officially announces the launch of her latest novel, a comedy of errors for all dog lovers of the twenty-first century. Join her for a fun and furry night.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Alphabet and Idiogram: Toward a Global Calligraphy


A lecture by Christopher Calderhead, the editor of Letter Arts Review, a calligrapher and an independent scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Anime Night: Last Exile


It's the dawn of the Golden Age of Aviation on planet Prester, and retro-futuristic sky vehicles known as vanships dominate the horizon. Claus Valca - a flyboy born with the right stuff - and his fiery navigator Lavie are fearless racers obsessed with becoming the first sky couriers to cross the Grand Stream in a vanship. But when the high-flying duo encounters a mysterious girl named Alvis, they are thrust into the middle of an endless battle betwenn Anatoray and Disith - two countries systematically destroying each other according to the code of chivalric warfare. Lives will be lost and legacies determined as Claus and Lavie attempt to bring peace to their world by solving the riddle of its chaotic core.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Contributors read from Best American Travel Writing 2011


The hilarious Sloane Crosley is this year's editor of Best American Travel Writing. She'll join contributors Ariel Levy and Emily Witt for a panel discussion about the anthology.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Conversaciones: Latinos in the Arts


The New York metropolitan area’s Latino population numbered 50 million in the 2010 census, up from 35 million in the 2000 census. The number of Hispanic-owned businesses is consistently growing, along with the consumer clout of the Spanish speaking community. Despite significant gains, challenges and barriers to growth remain, obstructing the advantages of full economic potential at the individual level and limiting expansion and productivity at the macroeconomic level. And yet, there remains a growing need for creative talent in a bilingual market that demands media that can address the cultural needs of the Latino community. The upcoming mesa redonda, which will be moderated by MTV2’s Desi Sanchez, will address jobs in the bilingual marketplace and how individuals can use their Latino background as an advantage in an increasingly competitive job market.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Debunking the Scientific Myth of Race


Enjoy cocktails, cutting-edge science, and conversation at this popular after-hours series. What is the latest scientific evidence about the nature of race and “racial” differences? Museum Curators Ian Tattersall and Rob DeSalle, who recently co-authored a book on the subject, will lead a lively discussion for the first SciCafe of the season. Join DeSalle, an evolutionary geneticist, and Tattersall, a physical anthropologist, for a conversation about the lack of biological evidence for “racial” boundaries among human populations, the evolutionary processes that account for distinctions among Homo sapiens, and the growing body of research from the fields of physical anthropology, genetics, and genomics that indicates there’s no scientific justification for the concept of race.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Food Network's Aaron Sanchez discusses his book Simple Food, Big Flavor


An informative night with one of the country's leading Latin American chefs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | From Irish Exile to Welsh Celebrity: The Queer Self-Fashioning of the Ladies of Llangollen


A lecture by Fiona Brideoake, Literature, American University. Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby eloped together from Kilkenny in 1778. They settled in the North Welsh village of Llangollen, their location on the road linking Dublin and London ensuring them a steady stream of prominent guests. Throughout their fifty-one years of domestic ‘retirement,’ Butler and Ponsonby were plagued by insinuations that their relationship was sexual. They responded by transforming their cottage into a Gothic mansion clad in local oak, masking their status as impecunious and sexually suspect exiles with a literal veneer of Welsh historicity. They established an extensive private library and located themselves within gentry and aristocratic networks of literary sociability, consolidating their affective alliances and distancing themselves from the charges of female social and sexual mobility associated with public circulating libraries. They cultivated friends including Edmund Burke; the Duke of Wellington; George Canning, and Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, drawing on Anglo-Irish social capital while asserting their enduring association with the picturesque Vale of Llangollen, this performative identity eventually reified by their designation as ‘the Ladies of Llangollen.’ Accounts of their inscrutable intimacy circulated widely in print and epistolary form, rendering them among the most significant cultural celebrities of late-Georgian Britain.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | Musical Theater: Ben Katchor & Mark Mulcahy's Up from the Stacks


Set in The New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street and in the environs of Times Square circa 1970, Up From the Stacks is the story of Lincoln Cabinée, a college student working part-time as a page, retrieving books for readers from the Library’s collection of 43 million items. This routine evening job inadvertently thrusts young Cabinée into the treacherous crossroads of scholarly obsession and the businesses of amusement and vice that then flourished in the 42nd Street area. The intellectual life of the city and the happiness of a young man hang in the balance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Pianist Akimi Fukuhara and Friends


Akimi Fukuhara has appeared at many prestigious venues in the U.S.A., Europe and throughout Japan. Her solo CD titled “Akimi Plays Chopin and Liszt" on the Platz Record Label received the Critic’s Recommendation Award from Japan’s Recording Arts Magazine, and her live recording with cellist Christine Walevska was recently released. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Akimi is currently a "2011 CHANEL Pygmalion Days Artist" in Japan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Pulitzer winner William Kennedy reads from his book Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes


A young reporter visiting Havana in 1957 finds political upheaval, intrigue, social turmoil, jazz and Ernest Hemingway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Steven Pinker reads from his book The Better Angels of Our Nature


The author of The Stuff of Thought presents his latest work, a book that explores humankind's thrust towards violence and the better angels that attempt to pull us back.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | The Big Read: Why Fantasy Matters


Acclaimed authors Kelly Link, Felix Gilman, Naomi Novik, and Lev Grossman take a look at why fantasy matters in our lives and imaginations. This panel, moderated by Laura Miller, will dive into the genre and go beyond the subject of elves and wizards.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Cafe Jazz


Rotating student jazz combos in an intimate setting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress: Double-Edge Dance / Sydney Schiff / Jeramy Zimmerman


A program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress, for artists at all stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion moderated by an Artist-in-Residence or an occasional guest, where we will experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform the artists’ process.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Jazz | Master Class: Kofo, African Talking Drum


Fostering a dialogue between the music world’s most significant and inspired artists and students from the Jazz Studies Program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Selva Morale e Spirituale: Sacred Works by Claudio Monteverdi


Featuring TENET: Jolle Greenleaf and Molly Quinn, sopranos Ryland Angel, countertenor Philip Anderson and James Kennerley, tenors Christopher Herbert, baritone Alexander Woods & Daniel S. Lee, violins Hank Heijink, theorbo Avi Stein, organ & music director TENET stands as one of New York’s preeminent vocal ensembles. Under artistic director Jolle Greenleaf, TENET presents virtuosic programs sung one voice to a part by distinguished soloists, who are equally at home in an ensemble setting. In February of 2010, Steve Smith of the New York Times praised the TENET’s performance of Monteverdi with “Simply put, the performance was sensational! Presenting repertoire that spans medieval to new music, TENET offers a series of concerts as ensemble in residence at St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church in NYC. Outside of their concert series, last season TENET performed at Rockefeller University, offered service music for St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, on the Beacon Hill Concert Series in the Poconos, and a tour of Costa Rica as part of the country’s International Music Festival. In the 2010-2011 season, TENET will perform on several prominent concert series’, including Miller Theater’s “Bach and the Baroque” and GEMS Showcase. TENET’s series this year includes performances of works by early German baroque composers with Spiritus Collective, a holiday program, tributes by and for composers with John Scott, and Renaissance music from Spain as a special 400th anniversary tribute to Tomás Luis de Victoria with works by his Spanish contemporaries.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Jazz | 5/5/5 After Hours Set


A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of Manhattan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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