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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 16, 2013?

49 free events take place on Wednesday, October 16 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 16 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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49 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, October 16, 2013

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free events nyc Jazz Trumpet Master Class with Grammy Nominee Tim Hagans
free events nyc Photographer Harvey Stein signs copies of his book Harlem Street Portraits
free events nyc Ruth R. Wisse reads from her book No Joke: Making Jewish Humor
free events nyc The 2nd Annual East Village Cavalcade of Pomp After-Party
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Tour | Greenwich Village Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy & Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Other | Attend a Taping of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, with Cedric “The Entertainer”


Attend a live taping of Who Wants to be a Millionaire with new host Cedric "The Entertainer." You are guaranteed to laugh yourself silly. Studio audience members will also have the opportunity to audition to be on the show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Elements of Nature Drawing


Enjoy drawing nature in the parks and gardens with an artist/educator. Materials provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Park Pétanque


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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Festival | BeBrasil Pop-Up Festival


BeBrasil is a pop-up festival that will introduce Brazil’s innovations to the world by celebrating new creative products and services developed through inspiring and collaborative work. During the week of October 15-22, 2013, the creativity of Brazil will take over New York. The weeklong festival will bring together Brazil’s most creative professionals and innovative companies from the following sectors: Fashion, Architecture, Design, Food and Beverages, Plastics, Cosmetics, Film, Music, Aerospace and Technology.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | City Hall Lunchtime Tour


Constructed from 1803 to 1812, New York's City Hall is one of the oldest continuously used city halls in the nation and one of the finest architectural achievements of its period. In 2010, the Bloomberg Administration launched a rehabilitation project to correct structural issues and preserve the historic building. This tour is limited to 20 people and is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade” Tour


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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Lecture | Is There an Arms Race in Asia?


With Richard A. Bitzinger, Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Military Transformations Program at the S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies, where his work focuses on security and defense issues relating to the Asia-Pacific region, including military modernization and force transformation, regional defense industries and local armaments production, and weapons proliferation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:15 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 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
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Park Walk | Garden Tour


Offering constantly changing floral displays, Battery Park City’s parks and gardens contain more than 400 species of perennials, shrubs, and trees. On these garden tours, horticulturists share their considerable knowledge of plants, pointing out the species that give each garden its own identity and style.
   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

Reading | Mixed Bag: Story Time for Grown-Ups


Love a good story? Sit back and relax as they read you a story or two.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Other | Attend a Taping of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, with Cedric “The Entertainer”


Attend a live taping of Who Wants to be a Millionaire with new host Cedric "The Entertainer." You are guaranteed to laugh yourself silly. Studio audience members will also have the opportunity to audition to be on the show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Figure Al Fresco


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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Master Class | Jazz Trumpet Master Class with Grammy Nominee Tim Hagans


Tim Hagens is a jazz trumpet player, arranger, and composer. He has been nominated for three Grammy awards: for Best Instrumental Composition for “Box of Cannoli” on The Avatar Sessions (Fuzzy Music 2010); for Best Contemporary Jazz CD for Animation*Imagination (Blue Note 1999); and again for Best Contemporary Jazz CD for Re-Animation (Blue Note 2000).
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Old Books, Rare Books: Learning About the Value of Your Books


Learn what you need to know before buying or selling an old book. Have you ever wondered how the experts on TV can look at an old book and know about its value? Do you have an old book? Do you wonder how much it is worth? If you want to learn more about what makes an old book rare or valuable, then join them as they explore the world of antiquarian books.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Park Walk | Central Park Sunset Tour


Join Free Tours by Foot as they stroll through the park and tell the epic story of New York's green oasis. Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today amongst the world's most famous and beloved public parks. Originally intended to bring people of all walks of life together -- a people's park -- Central Park lives up to it's original designs. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Book Signing | Photographer Harvey Stein signs copies of his book Harlem Street Portraits


The first photographic encounter renowned New York street photographer Harvey Stein had with Harlem was when he documented the annual African American parade on Malcolm X Boulevard in 1990. Swept away by the spirit and humanity of the legendary neighborhood and its inhabitants, Stein continued to photograph Harlem for 23 years from 1990 to 2012. His close-up, evocative portraits of the people of Harlem are published for the first time in Harlem Street Portraits.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
Free

Park Walk | The High Line Night Tour


The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, French Cheeses and Russian caviar as well as fresh meats to City markets. The hustle and bustle of the streets induced the City to elevate the railroad trains delivering goods to the commercial buildings. When interstate truck traffic made the railway outdated, it fell into ruin, only to be regenerated as a park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: James Romberger / Rick Prol


Rick Prol was born and raised in NYC where he currently lives and works. Prol’s work exemplifies and helped define with “anarchical impudence” the more dangerous and harrowing aspects of urban reality with images both horrific and absurd, with a touch of humor. Prol’s aesthetic employs Art Brut Expressionism to convey images of human folly and suffering in a variety of media including the drawings and paintings in this exhibition. James Romberger is a fine artist and cartoonist who lives and works in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. In the mid-1980s, he was co-founder of the seminal East Village installation gallery Ground Zero. Romberger's pastel drawings are in many private and public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Group: Cast Into Doubt by Patricia McDonald


Shelby Sloan, a successful Philadelphia businesswoman in her early forties, has one child, a daughter whom she raised on her own. She gives her daughter, Chloe, and son-in-law, Rob, a Caribbean cruise as a gift, while she takes the opportunity to mind her four-year-old grandson. But life becomes a nightmare when Rob calls to tell her that Chloe has disappeared overboard. The police decide it was an accident, but Shelby refuses to accept the official verdict.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Don Witter Jr., Spanish and Latin American Guitarist


Don Witter Jr. performs various works and styles of showcasing the flexibility of the classical guitar and the influence of Spain and Latin America on music thru the centuries. Works by Sanz, Granados, De Falla, de la Maza, Yupanqui, Morel, Cardoso and Riera will be presented. Trained as Classical Pianist from the age of four, Witter debuted at Carnegie Recital Hall at five years old. He graduated from the High School of Music and Art where he was known as an accompanist for the High School Chorus and Vocal Students, and has appeared on the "TED MACK AMATEUR HOUR."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Kristiina Ehin will read from her books 1001 Winters and In a Single Breath


Kristiina Ehin will also introduce Paleontoloogi päevaraamat (Paleontologist’s Diary), a book of memoirs which appeared recently in Estonia and is currently being translated into English. Silver Sepp will accompany her on fantastical instruments of his own creation, and will also introduce his new solo CD Mis asi see on? (What’s this?). They will sing some songs together and tell stories that won’t let go.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Film | Loretta Fahrenholz's My Throat, My Air (2013): A Quiet Semi-Fictional Family Drama


Fahrenholz will show My Throat, My Air, shot in Munich’s petty-bourgeois Westend, starring former Fassbinder actor, Warhol collaborator, and horror movie director Ulli Lommel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Ruth R. Wisse reads from her book No Joke: Making Jewish Humor


Humor is the most celebrated of all Jewish responses to modernity. This talk evokes and applauds the genius of spontaneous Jewish joking--as well as the brilliance of comic masterworks by writers like Heinrich Heine, Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Babel, S. Y. Agnon, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Philip Roth and draws attention to the precarious conditions that call Jewish humor into being--and the price it may exact from its practitioners and audience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Concert | 5 World-Premiere Works by Contemporary Composers


Program: Giacomo Manzoni Cygnus Quintet (World Premiere) Daniele Venturi Alla Luna (after Giacomo Leopardi) (World Premiere) Peyman Farzinpour (ri)percorso (World Premiere) Dina Koston In Memory of Jeanette Walters John McLachlan Youtunes (World Premiere) Martin Boykan Diptych (World Premiere) Fred Lerdahl Imbrications Robert Martin Diary of a Seducer Georg Friedrich Haas Quartett für 4 Gitarren The program of short works features the Cygnus Ensemble, Bodies Electric (an electric guitar quartet) and Sheer Pluck, the Queens-based guitar ensemble.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | American Contemporary Music Ensemble performs the music of Caroline Shaw, 2013 Pulitzer Prize winner


ACME, the American Contemporary Music Ensemble, performs The Music of Caroline Shaw, 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music winner. A composer, vocalist, violinist and violist, Caroline Shaw is, at 30 years old, the youngest-ever winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Music; she has performed in a number of ACME’s most lauded performances since joining the ensemble in 2011. At the Winter Garden, ACME gives the world premiere of Shaw’s work Ritornello for strings, alongside her chamber pieces Entr’acte for string quartet, Limestone & Felt for cello and viola, and In Manus Tuas for cello. The performance is part of a two-night concert series dedicated to Shaw’s extraordinary work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Book Signing | Anne Rice and Christopher Rice sign copies of their new books


The Wolves of Midwinter - Anne Rice’s surprising and compelling bestselling novel, the first of her strange and mythic imagining of the world of wolfen powers. The Heavens Rise - Christopher Rice conjures the shadowed terrors of the Louisiana bayou—where three friends confront a deadly, ancient evil rising to the surface—in this intense and atmospheric new supernatural thriller.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Talk | Artist Talk: James Siena


James Siena (born October 28, 1957) is an American contemporary artist based in New York City. His art is typically created through a series of self-imposed constraints also sometimes referred to as visual algorithms —rules Siena decides on before sitting down to work. In most of his work he establishes a basic unit and action and repeats it indefinitely.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Artist Talk: Taisha Paggett


Taisha Paggett’s work for the stage, gallery and public sphere include individual and collaborative investigations into questions of the body, agency, and the phenomenology of race, and has been presented nationally and abroad, including The Studio Museum in Harlem, Danspace at St Mark’s City (New York City), Defibrillator (Chicago), The Off Center (San Francisco), and BAK Basis Voor Actuele Kunst.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Artists from La Bienial 2013 in Discussion


Pavel Acosta, Ignacio González Lang, Christopher Rivera, Kenny Rivero, and Patricia Domínguez and Dominika Ksel discuss the importance of creating a narrative or evoking an environment in their own works across a range of media.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Barry Gifford reads from his book The Roy Stories


Barry Gifford is interviewed by NYC-based author Beverly Gologorsky about his long career as a poet, author, and screenwriter, and the inspiration behind his character Roy, who has appeared in several of Gifford's story collections.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | David Thomson reads from his book Moments that Made the Movies


David Thomson shares the stage in conversation with Tom Santopietro to discuss Thomson's Hollywood memories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Reading | Emerging Writer Fellows Reading


The fellows were chosen from 300 applicants to recieve a grant, space to work in our Writers' Studio, as well as opportunities to work with and meet editors and agents. The evening will feature readings by all nine of our writers: Lexi Freiman, Patricia Park, Jane Rose Porter, Onnesha Roychoudhuri, Ricco Villanueva Siasoco, Bezalel Stern, Lauren Wilkinson, Brennen Wysong, and Courtney Zoffness.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Lilacs and Champagne, Eclectic Music Duo


As the producing team behind Grails, Alex Hall and Emil Amos have hybridized and warped various culture’s versions of psych music over the past decade. With their project Lilacs and Champagne, they’ve created another umbrella under which to tweak hip-hop, tape-collage and the darkest creases of 70′s film-soundtracks with their lysergic and perverse style of head-music. The project’s name and imagery evoke a strange thrift-store mystery LP you might come across, unsure if you’ve discovered an exotic dub record, a flowery Bacharach AM radio classic or something by an obscure duo of Swedish avant-techno producers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Lecture | Staring Back: Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon


Janie Cohen, director of the Fleming Museum of Art in Burlington, Vermont, will share her revelatory new work on Picasso’s Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) with our New York audience. This is a unique opportunity to hear Cohen in Manhattan and participate in a post-lecture Q & A with fellow-Picasso enthusiasts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tour | Ghosts of Greenwich Village Tour


New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native tribes, lost opportunities and political intrigue. With almost every step one takes through the West Village, one encounters the ghosts and spirits of New York City’s past. Every corner has its stories, every building has its haunted spirits.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Symposium | The Street Band Scene in NYC


Featuring a panel of musicians, journalists, academics, and organizers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Woodwind Faculty Recital


Featuring new clarinet faculty Pavel Vinnitsky and new works for clarinet with Esther Lamneck and Chris Bush.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Award-Winning College Pianists


Yunqing Zhou and Fei-Fei Dong, pianists, are winners of the 2013 Gina Bachauer Piano Competition in duo recital.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Performance | Gandhi, Is That You? Comedy Show


Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | The 2nd Annual East Village Cavalcade of Pomp After-Party


A sprawling concert and after-party featuring Os Siderais, making their NYC debut. They will be followed by Underground Horns, known for performing their Afro-Funk Bhangra Brass grooves in MTA stations across town. Environmental Encroachment will finish the night by delivering their euphoric mash-up of brass, pop, standards and originals.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 pm
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