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37 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, October 30, 2011

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Other | Ice Skating in the Heart of the City


Manhattan's first and only free-admission ice skating rink. Back for it's seventh season, it is one of more NYC's most treasured winter destinations. Whether you enjoy a day of family skating, share a romantic evening spinning under the stars, celebrate the holidays at a company bash, or join us for the many special events and ice activities this season, ice skating truly offers a bit of magic for everyone. Bring your own skates and you can rent a pair. less
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8:00 am
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Hike | Batt-to-Bear Trail Legs 4 and 5 Hike


Over the George Washington Bridge, into the woods on top of the Palisades. Walk down 400 stone steps more to the Hudson shore and then north 6-8 miles. No New Yorker should die without having walked over the GWB. Spectacular views and fresh air. Wear hiking shoes, hat. Bring water, food, binoculars. Bad weather cancels. less
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10:00 am
$3

City Walk | Flatiron District Walking Tour


Join professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the more city’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building. less
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11:00 am
Free

Screening | Food, Celebration and Day of the Dead


A showing of the short films Corn Is Who We Are, La Cumbia del Mole and Las de Blanco/Dressed in White. more Start times are 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, and 4pm. less
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11:00 am
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City Walk | Historic Orchard Street Tour


Take a historical three-hour journey through the Lower East Side and explore some of the rich history more tracing the arrival of immigrants to modern times. less
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11:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


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11:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


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11:00 am
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Festival | Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead


Program Highlights include: Worshops on paper making, pan de muerto bread, calavera poetry in English, more Nahuatl, and Spanish; prehispanic dance and procession from Union Square; Norteño and Mariachi music and a special presentation on human trafficking by the organization Cause Vision and as always Amnesty International will be collaborating with the main altar to raise the issue of the women of Juarez. Mexican food and altar building materials will be for sale throughout the event. less
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12:00 pm
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Tour | “Manhattan Adirondacks” Tour


Olmsted and Vaux designed the North Woods to replicate the forests of the Adirondack Mountains with its more crystal streams, calming cascades, and rustic bridges. This scenic and meditative walk is right in New York City's backyard. Tour will be approximately one hour. less
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12:30 pm
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City Walk | Art Tour


A guided walking tour of artists’ spaces and galleries. Robotic sculptures, honeycomb hives, and more outdoor installments are just some of the artistic treasures that regularly pepper the neighborhood’s eclectic galleries. less
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


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

Concert | Extension Chamber Music, 2011-2012, Recital 1


Informal recital featuring ensembles from the Extension Division chamber music class.
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1:30 pm
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Screening | At the Movies: Mayan Eye


The annual series of outstanding feature films celebrates the work of Native Americans in the movies—directors, more producers, actors, writers and cultural activists—and cinema’s capacity to tell important Native stories. Award-winning filmmaker Pedro Daniel López follows the stories of young adults who leave their rural communities to seek artistic and intellectual life in the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas in his feature documentary La Pequeña Semilla en el Asfalto/The Little Seed in the Asphalt. Lopez’ short films document traditions and music in his own community of Zinacantan, Chiapas. Discussion with the filmmaker follows the screening. Films: K’in Santo Ta Sotz’leb/Day of the Dead in the Land of the Bats K'evujel ta Jteklum/Song of Our Land Batik Xa Ta Sna' K'ak'al/Let's Go to the House of Father Sun Nuestro Barro/Our Clay less
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Broadway Bach Ensemble performs works by Brahms, Shostakovich and Tchiakovsky


Program: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a, Johannes Brahms Variations on a Rococo Theme, more Op. 33, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 9 in Eb Major, Op. 70, Dmitri Shostakovich Diane Wittry returns as guest conductor this October, joined by cellist Jacqueline Choi. less
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2:00 pm
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Screening | Cameroonian Documentary: Jean-Marie Teno's The Colonial Misunderstanding (2004)


Germany's genocidal war against the Herrero people in Namibia was a precursor to the policies of the more Nazi regime. The film shows a bold exploration of Germany's “African past.” Specifically, its attempts to colonize parts of Africa through religion and trade. This film is a provocative picture of the relatively short, but horrific colonial history of Germany in Africa. 78 min. less
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Historic Gravesend Walk


2 miles, easy walk. See historic houses and roads and study this historical area. Optional early dinner more after walk. less
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2:00 pm
$3

Theater | Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun: A Dream Deferred


The Graduate Acting Program in association with the Department of Design for Stage and Film present the more Class of 2013's production of Hansberry's play about a black family's experiences in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood. less
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2:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: Menahem Pressler, Piano


“…a poet, time and again revealing unexpected depths in works that have been endlessly plumbed and more surveyed.” –The New York Times less
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2:30 pm
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Concert | Piano Works by Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Shostakovich


Pianist Daniel Beliavsky plays Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, and Shostakovich. Daniel Beliavsky more is a concert pianist, composer, music theorist, and educator. In 2002, in honor of Lukas Foss’ 80th birthday, Daniel recorded the first complete collection of Foss’ solo piano music on the Sonatabop.com label. Since then, he has released two additional CD recordings on the same label: From Italy to Russia, which includes sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, the Italian Concerto by J.S. Bach, and Pictures from an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, and Ecstasy and Poetry, which consists of multiple pieces by Franz Schubert and Frédéric Chopin. John France, of Musicweb-International (UK), noted several first-rate performances on Ecstasy and Poetry, writing, “Could Beliavsky have set a benchmark for all interpretations of the Schubert Impromptu in Gb?” Daniel has been reviewed by the American Record Guide, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the Topeka Capital-Journal, Musicweb-International, Musical Pointers (UK), Sequenza21.com, the New Yorker Magazine, and the New York Times. less
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2:30 pm
Free

Park Walk | West Side Stories Tour


Walk through a scenic area on the western edge of the Park, much of which is off the beaten track for more most visitors. See rolling meadows, lake views, bridges of different styles, and a garden with flowers and plants mentioned by Shakespeare. less
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2:30 pm
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Lecture | American Jews in Search of a Home


Everyone wants a safe space to feel at home. When Jews were repeatedly transplanted over the course of more two millennia, they brought sacred objects and institutions with them. Yet in America, institutions such as home, synagogue and school no longer seem adequate. What might sacred space mean for us today? How can both old and new institutions help us feel at home? With Dr. Regina Stein. less
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3:00 pm
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Open Mike | SOS: The Sunday Open Series


An open poetry reading. No Sign-Up. No Time Limit. No BS.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
$3

Concert | The Omega Ensemble performs works by Haydn, Chopin, Beethoven, and others


Program: Haydn Sonata in F Major Hob. XVI: 23 Chopin Waltz in Db Major Op. 64
 Beethoven Sonata more for Piano and Violin in A Major Op. 30 No. 1 Schumann Fantasiestucke for Cello and Piano Op. 73
 Sergei Taneyev
 String Trio in B Minor
 The OMEGA Ensemble: Ayano Ninomiya, violin
; Molly Carr, viola
; Brook Speltz, cello
; Doris Konig, piano; Carrie Chen, piano (age 9). less
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Opera | Voices À La Carte: Company


Book by George Furth. Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
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3:00 pm
$5

Master Class | Master Class: Alfred Brendel, pianist


A rare public master lesson with one of the foremost pianists of the 20th Century VERY LIMITED FREE tickets more available 10/24 less
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4:00 pm
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Jazz | Parlor Jazz


Every Sunday since 1993, Marjorie Eliot has hosted a jazz performance in her living room, keeping the more jazz tradition alive by featuring veteran performers and up and coming musicians. less
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Sunday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker more and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders. less
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Victor Rosenbaum, piano


A stellar musical event. A concert showcasing the artistry of internationally acclaimed performers and more distinguished faculty members at a leading New York conservatory. less
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4:30 pm
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Reading | Bellevue Literary Review 10th Anniversary Celebration with Pulitzer Prize Winners Paul Harding and David Oshinsky


An evening of poetry and prose to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Bellevue Literary Review. Featured more readers include Pulitzer Prize winners Paul Harding and David Oshinsky, renowned poets Edward Hirsch and Hal Sirowitz, and novelist Louise Blecher Rose. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Concert | Bach Vespers


Program: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 37 Wer da gläubet und getauft wird With: The Bach Choir and more Bach Players (on period instruments). Soloists: Jennifer Bates, soprano; Bryan DeSilva, countertenor; John Kawa, tenor; Joe Damon Chappel, bass; Peter Kupfer, concertmaster; Rick Erickson, cantor. less
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Mannes Liszt Festival


Program: Liszt's Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude from Harmonies potiques et rligieuses, S 173 Mendelssohn's more Rondo Capriccioso in E major; Songs; and Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor,/br> The 2011 Festival, Liszt: A Life In Music, celebrates the 200th birth year of a towering figure in music history, Franz Liszt. From his youth as the first modern superstar to his senior years as the sage of European music, his career spanned the Romantic Era. The breadth and depth of his influence is incalculable. less
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5:00 pm
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Concert | The Braude Ensemble performs Shostakovich


The Braude Ensemble has performed in many prestigious venues such as the Royal Flemish Philarmonie Chamber more Music Series (Antwerp), Philarmonique de Namur (Theatre Royal, Ghent), Series Pont Rouge (Ghent), Astoria Concerts (Brussels), Festival des Arcs (France) (where the ensemble was in residence), Fêtes Musicales de Savoie (France), Musique sans frontieres (France), Musicales Internationales (France), and Mainzer Kammerorchester Chamber Series (Germany). less
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Organ Recital: The Dupré Recordings


With Frederick Teardo, Associate Organist. "The Dupré Recordings" presented in recital. Honoring the more 40th anniversary of Marcel Dupré’s death, featuring the works of Franck, Widor and Dupré he recorded at the Church in 1957. less
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5:15 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Installation: Corin Hewitt's Medium/Deep


Five staggered cast-dirt walls articulate the stage in Corin Hewitt’s exhibition, Medium/Deep. Behind more each, a surrogate figure — off-stage actors composed of concrete, steel, wood, aluminum, simulated pegboard, aprons, makeup, scents and pigments — anticipates an entrance, or its discovery. This minimal scenery, the ground literally up-ended, reveals itself as part of an anxious proscenium: the liminal space of wings, off-stage areas, and what is referred to as crossovers. In a 1927 lecture-demonstration at the Bauhaus, Oskar Schlemmer considered the importance of the theater stage as an “orchestral organism” itself, a space where the metaphysical needs of man are met through illusions that create a transcendent reality. Here, the gallery becomes the backstage of a stalled metaphysical play and its dramatic subjects: the studio space, the artistic performance, and material itself. Corin Hewitt lives and works in Richmond, VA and Vermont. Hewitt has exhibited widely, including solo exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. His work has recently been included in group exhibitions at P.S.1, New York; the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; and Galerie Perrotin, Paris. In the past year, Hewitt was the recipient of the Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in Fine Arts and The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painting and Sculpture. This is his first solo exhibition at the gallery. less
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6:00 pm
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Theater | Arthur Miller's All My Sons: Selling Out the Dream


The Graduate Acting Program in association with the Department of Design for Stage and Film present the more Class of 2013's production of Miller's 1947 play about a man dealing with the consequence of selling faulty airplane parts to the Allies during World War II. less
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7:00 pm
Free

Concert | Experimental Music


The Second Annual COMA Halloween "IN C" by Terry Riley
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Extension Chamber Music, 2011-2012, Recital 2


Informal recital featuring ensembles from the Extension Division chamber music class.
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7:30 pm
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