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74 free events take place on Thursday, October 27 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 27 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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74 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, October 27, 2016

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Tour | Alternative New York Tour


Time to learn about the other New York City; the city that nurtured political, cultural and intellectual revolutions. The city that gave birth to punk rock, the beat poets and graffiti. The city that has survived two centuries of mass riots, crime and corruption, murder and mayhem. The city that has flourished in spite of economic and social hardship. Thursdays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Downtown Manhattan 3-Hour Tour


The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World Trade Center, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. These are neighborhoods that simply can’t be fully appreciated from a bus. There will be one or two opportunities to sample tasty treats. Daily.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Master Class | Trumpet Master Class: David Krauss


David Krauss joined The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as Principal Trumpet in 2001 and occupies the Beth W. and Gary A. Glynn endowed chair. He has has performed with James Levine in the MET chamber series at Carnegie Hall and has appeared as guest principal trumpet with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Photoshop for Beginners


Learn how to enhance photos using the number 1 photo editing software in the world; Adobe Photoshop. In this class you learn the features of Photoshop and learn about layers and use them to manipulate images to your desire. Class is conducted on Macintosh computers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Film | Woody Allen's Oscar-Nominated Broadway Danny Rose (1984): Talent Agent in Trouble


Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte. In his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster. 84 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
Free

Workshop | Knitting and Crochet


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   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Workshop | Writing Your Family History


If you have been collecting the information, now it is time to shape your genealogy research into a cohesive family history for others to read. Learn the different types of family history writing styles and explore the writing manuals that will match your writing style. Explore the history of the places where your family lived, tips for creating a cohesive narrative, and why writing a family history is the ultimate goal of genealogy research.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Mary Pan, organ scholar. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 13, 2016 to May 25, 2017.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Lecture | Anti-Terrorist Sanctions and the European Court of Human Rights: The Al Dulimi Ruling


A lunchtime event with Mr. Jörg Polakiewicz, Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law (Legal Adviser) of the Council of Europe. Come and join what is bound to be a lively and interesting discussion! Lunch will be served from 12:30 PM and the presentation will begin at 1:00 PM.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Workshop | A Moment of Zen: Meditation Group


Scientific studies show that just 10 minutes of meditation a day relieves stress and improves your health and well-being. Take time out of your busy schedule to come to the New Amsterdam library to learn meditation and find inner peace. Once a month we will teach, practice and discuss meditation. No prior experience necessary -- just bring an open mind!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Pop and Classical Sounds: A Singer-Songwriter and a Violinist


Performances by: Tara Hack, Singer/Songwriter Tara Hack is a singer and songwriter who writes pop songs informed by the stories and everyday struggles of her hometown, New York City. She is known for her acoustic performances in Penn Station and Atlantic terminal and currently plays with the MTA’s Musicians Under New York (MUNY) program. James Graseck, Violin James Graseck, a Juilliard-trained artist, began his unorthodox path to fame quite by accident while practicing on a Long Island Rail Road platform during a delay in service. Over the ensuing years Graseck has enthralled tens of thousands of straphangers and concert-goers, many of them now a faithful following, with a repertoire ranging from Bach and Paganini to Gershwin and Cole Porter. His virtuosity and riveting style are well represented with virtuoso pieces, popular standards, show music, and rock classics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Retro Board Gaming for Adults


Share your passion for gaming the old-fashioned way. If words excite or inspire you, and crossword puzzles keep you going, then Scrabble is your game. Are you a Chess or Checkers champion? Whether you're a master or just starting out, show off your best moves. If you like wheeling and dealing, Monopoly's the game for you. Join for some lively board time. All levels of play welcome. Please feel free to bring your own game set, and friends.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Albert Magnoli's Purple Rain (1984): Prince Makes a Splash


Stars: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day. A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise. 111 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Tour | Downtown Manhattan 3-Hour Tour


The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World Trade Center, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. These are neighborhoods that simply can’t be fully appreciated from a bus. There will be one or two opportunities to sample tasty treats.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | George Abbott and Stanley Donen's Oscar-Nominated Damn Yankees! (1958): Stage Musical Adapted


Stars: Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston. A frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant. 111 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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City Walk | Greenwich Village, High Line and Chelsea Tour


Join a three-hour journey through some of New York City's most historic areas. They'll begin in Greenwich Village, one of the cultural centers of America. Once a pastoral green oasis, and later a home for Irish and Italian immigrants, Greenwich Village has been at the forefront of some of the most important political, social, and artistic movements of the 20th Century. Filled with 19th century townhouses, and now one of the most desirable and high priced neighborhoods in America, the Village tells a multi-generational New York story. From secluded wealthy enclave to emerging Bohemian and Beat communities, from Dylan Thomas and Bob Dylan to the Stonewall Inn. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm and Sundays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 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. This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 2pm, and Saturdays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Intermediate Photoshop: Photo Retouching


In this class you will use Photoshop to clean up and modify digital images. Learn how to minimize blemishes, use the clone stamp tool, alter backgrounds, recolor images, and more. This class is taught on Mac computers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Kirk Jones' My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016): Comedy Sequel


Stars: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine. A Portokalos family secret brings the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding. 94 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Meditation Session


Join the session and lessen the stress in your life. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 29.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Thea Sharrock's Me Before You (2016): Caregiver's Journey


Stars: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer. A girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she's taking care of. 110 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Master Class | Jazz Drumset Master Class: Obed Calvaire


Obed Calvaire, a native of Miami and of Haitian descent, has performed and recorded with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Seal, Eddie Palmeri, Vanessa Williams, Mark Murphy, David Foster, Mary J. Blidge, Stefon Harris, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Music Soulchild, Nellie McKay, Yellow Jackets, Joshua Redman, Steve Turre, and Lizz Wright to name a few. He has also performed with large ensembles such as the Village Vanguard Orchestra, Metropole Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, Roy Hargrove Big Band, and the Bob Mintzer Big Band. Currently, Obed Calvaire can be found playing with Peter Cincotti, Richard Bona, Monty Alexander, Sean Jones, Yosvany Terry, The Clayton Brothers Quintet, Mike Stern among others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Lecture | Superpower in Decline: Angola and the Domestic Divisions of the Late Cold War


A lecture by Joseph Parrott of Yale University. A reception with wine and cheese will follow the Q+A session. View Larger Map Date: Thu, Oct 27, 2016 Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm EDT Location: The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Contact: tamiment.events@nyu.edu Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Michael Quill Conference Room 70 Washington Square South, 10th Floor New York, NY 10012 Cost: Free
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Talk | The Dynamics of Guanxi in China's Transitional Economy


A talk with Yanjie Bian, Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Discussion Group: The Gap of Time


Discuss the book by Jeanette Winterson.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Author Reading | Sara Goldrick-Rab discusses her book Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream


Sara Goldrick-Rab’s singular mission is to identify novel approaches to making higher education the accessible and affordable place that American families want and need it to be. She is recognized as one of the architects of President Obama’s free college proposal, America’s College Promise, and has helped craft state and federal legislation to lower the price of college across the country. In Paying the Price, Goldrick-Rab proves in damning detail why the assumption that if a young person works hard enough, they’ll be able to get a college degree and be on the path to a good life is painfully untrue today. Quite simply, college is currently far too expensive for many people, and the confusing mix of federal, state, institutional, and private financial aid leaves countless students without the resources they need to pay for it. Drawing on an unprecedented study of 3,000 young adults who entered public colleges and universities in Wisconsin in 2008 with the support of federal aid and Pell Grants, Goldrick-Rab reveals the devastating effect of these shortfalls. She doesn’t merely identify the problem and its causes, she also lays out a number of possible solutions, including a public sector-focused “first degree free” program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Lecture | Opening the Black Box: Police Torture and the Craft of Ethnographic Lettering


A lecture by Laurence Ralph, Anthropology Professer at Harvard.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Talk | Artist Talk: A.K. Burns


A.K. Burns is a visiting artist at the university.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Discussion Group: Round House


Discuss the book by Louise Erdrich.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:45 pm
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Author Reading | 2 Writers from the World of Comedy Writing


Greg DePaul is the author of Bring the Funny: The Essential Companion for the Comedy Screenwriter (Focal Press, 2016). DePaul is a screenwriter (Bride Wars,Saving Silverman) and teacher of screenwriting. Joe Toplyn has written and produced comedy/talk shows for over fifteen years. He began his television career on the writing staff of Late Night with David Letterman, where he won four Emmy awards. He went on to become co-head writer of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and head writer of Late Show with David Letterman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 118 Years of Colonialism: Exhibition on Puerto Rican Protest


MA Curatorial Practice presents an exhibition of work that addresses the current spirit of protest in Puerto Rico and the unsustainable political and economic relationship between the country and the United States. The work in the exhibition calls attention to the ongoing suppression of Puerto Rican sovereignty by American force and legislation, which claims to offer stability while collapsing any sense of the commonwealth’s independent identity. Participating artists include Christopher Gregory, Karlo Andrei Ibarra, Rafael Miranda Mattei, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz and Mónica Rodríguez.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | NOOL: Paintings by Eric Helvie


Helvie’s partially photorealistic oil painting, Pipe Smoker (Cyclops), greets viewers with two enthusiastic thumbs up, its overwhelming optimism clashing with its own distorted predicament. The horned, fleshy, pipe smoking mass seems to say, “cool", but everything is clearly, "not cool." Things are only as good as they can be when you're the lovechild of a horror film and an emoji. Other works included in the exhibition, such as Nool, Cave Ghost, and Peter, are layered in both visual reference and textured material. Thick oil paint and bubbling scales are veiled by richly pigmented scraps of fleece which were aggressively cut from pink, purple, and green Snuggies. The paintings are rich, striking, and intriguingly cryptic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Selected Works from The Democratic Forest: Photographs by Williams Eggleston


Over the course of nearly six decades, William Eggleston—often referred to as the “father of color photography”—has established a singular pictorial style that deftly combines vernacular subject matter with an innate and sophisticated understanding of color, form, and composition. Preceded at 5:30pm by a guided tour of the exhibition with Mark Holborn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Alberto Negrin's A New World (2014): Italian Drama


1941. While Nazifascism triumphs and conquers Europe, a group of youths dream up a Utopia: a free Europe, united as a federal state. Altiero Spinelli, Ernesto Rossi, Eugenio Colorni, Ursula Hirshmann and Ada Rossi, during these dark days, secretely write a booklet that will become the milestone for the building of a united Europe: the Ventotene Manifesto. 100 min. In Italian with English subtitles. Followed by a Q+A with actor Vinicio Marchioni.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Ciara Torres-Spelliscy discusses her book Corporate Citizen? An Argument for the Separation of Corporation and State


The 2016 presidential election has spurred debate about the role of corporate money in politics. Over time, corporations have engaged in an aggressive campaign to dramatically enlarge their political and commercial speech and religious rights through strategic litigation and extensive lobbying. At the same time, many large firms have sought to limit their social responsibilities. What role does this play in our current political system? Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, corporate lawyer turned election law scholar, will explore this resistance and offer reforms to support these new understandings of the corporation in contemporary society. She’ll be joined by Alyssa Katz, member of the New York Daily News editorial board and author of The Influence Machine: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Corporate Capture of American Life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Creature Double Feature: Dracula / Creature from the Black Lagoon


DRACULA (1931) Starring Bela Lugosi, directed by Todd Browning, based on the novel by Bram Stoker. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) Starring Julia Adams and Richard Carlson.
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Opening Reception | Exhibition: Achilles and Other Paintings by Mark Zimmerman


Mark Zimmermann's work is based on the fusion of meditative fields, architectonic structures and an organic gestural line that is one-part intentional and one-part accidental. Zimmermann clearly demonstrates his deftness of hand though labored bands of color, building and editing one band upon other, until the editing process renders compositions that combine both hard-edge and action-painting abstraction.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Performance | Fourth Annual Cicero Speech Contest


Susan B. Anthony famously wrote, “No advanced step taken by women has been so bitterly contested as that of speaking in public. For nothing which they have attempted, not even to secure the suffrage, have they been so abused, condemned, and antagonized.” More than 150 years later, women are still vastly outnumbered by men when it comes to speaking in the public sphere to influence people, policies, and events. This fourth annual event brings the college’s best public speakers together for a lively competition in two categories: persuasive advocacy speech and impromptu speech. Come to be persuaded, to be entertained, and to meet promising young voices as they debate the topics that matter most.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Tour | Historical Lantern-Light Tour: The Graves Tell the Story


As night falls, explore the final resting place of Revolutionary War heroes, early New York citizens and other characters at the oldest church building in Manhattan. The Historical Lantern-Light Tour will let the graves tell the story of the city from colonial times onward. Highlights include the grave of John Bailey, who made George Washington's battle sword; Elizabeth Franklin, Ben Franklin's daughter-in-law; and actor George Frederick Cooke, considered the greatest tragedian of his era. In addition, attendees will hear about the New York no longer seen in the churchyard, including the girls' school and an early firehouse. The 45-minute tours will be given at 6, 7 and 8 PM.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Hugh Scott-Douglas' Trade Winds: Printed Canvases


A new series of UV cured inkjet and resin printed canvases and a recent digital video work. Scott-Douglas works from a studio space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, an urban industrial park with a long varied history of changing roles ranging from naval shipyard to film studio lot. Reflecting on this environment, he began researching the global shipping trade and found a mapping software able to track all thoroughfare of sea transport. Utilizing the capabilities of the program in a manner different from the software's intent, Scott-Douglas isolates the environmental conditions in each location - which appear as real-time graphemes of lines, arrows, and triangles - by removing all of the boats from the water. Specific to current, wind, and wave directions, these symbols are mapping the shifting conditions of the various trade routes, and become the basis of his artworks in layers of printed ink and resin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Laura & Greg and Django Voris: indie pop


Nestled in the midst of some great eats, and boutique shops, Paper Garden Records brings some of NYC's best underground artists!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Non-Ideal Philosophy of Language


Jason Stanley, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, gives this lecture. Science requires idealizations. Physicists, for example, often work with ideal models of reality that abstract from the existence of friction. The theory of meaning, both in philosophy and linguistics, is no different. Virtually all work in the theory of meaning presupposes an idealized model, which Stanley calls the standard model, in which various idealizations have been made to focus on attention on the putatively most central aspects of linguistic communication. In this talk, part of co-authored work with the linguist David Beaver, Stanley isolates five idealizations that are made by the vast majority of work in the theory of meaning, and argues that these idealizations are scientifically problematic and politically flawed. Stanley uses the critique of the standard model to sketch a new program for the theory of meaning, one that places at the center of inquiry into linguistic communication precisely the features of communication that the idealizations of the standard model seem to almost deliberately occlude.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Signing | Photographer Slim Aarons signs copies of his book Women


As a chronicler of the good life, as lived by the upper classes and aristocracy in the 1950's, 60's, and 70's, Slim Aarons has no peer. Born in New Hampshire in the early years of the century, he was a classic outsider looking in, and as such he idealized the rich. The women are beautiful and exquisitely dressed, the men handsome and poised. The houses, shown in detail, range from European palazzos and castles to Palm Beach to suburban and Southhampton castles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Wraparound: inviting and unsettling paintings


More than five years after the Eastern Japan Great Earthquake struck Fukushima and its surroundings in 2011, Manika Nagare still continues to explore its aftermath and traumatic effects. Inspired by the nature's myriad facets, her 10 new oil paintings (four of them forming the set of two large diptychs that are the show's centerpiece) feature delicately rendered organic lines and carefully glazed and layered colors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Alternativas/Alternatives: Contemporary Spanish Architects


Alternativas/Alternatives features 22 jury selected projects completed between January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2015 by contemporary Spanish architects. The exhibition, which also includes an additional 20 shortlisted works, features large-scale image displays and audiovisual commentary about the winning projects, as well as drawing reproductions and architectural models. Many of the works presented, under the categories of Heritage, Planning and Innovation, employ sustainable practices and rely on local materials. The projects – which vary from small-scale works, such as residential homes, to mid-size interventions, such as schools and public parks – showcase the ability of Spain’s architects to formulate innovative solutions with both a limited budget and modest resources.
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Talk | Artist Talk: Bruno Boudjelal


The scale of African and Arab migration to Europe has reached unprecedented levels. Never before has the journey across the Mediterranean been more dangerous or more documented. Stretched between two continents and two cultures, the work of the artist Bruno Boudjelal—a Frenchman of Algerian origin—inhabits these distances. Boudjelal has a unique photographic language, one concerned with the fleeting and intimate moment. It lends his photographs an illegitimate quality, as though they were extracted against the wishes of history. During this, his first visit to the United States, Boudjelal joins us to discuss his work, including his most recent book, Frantz Fanon, in which he responds to the life and ideas of the Martinique-born French-Algerian thinker.
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Cecily Brown


Join Cecily Brown and Senior Curator Claire Gilman in a walkthrough of the exhibition Rehearsal. Attendees will receive a limited-edition coloring book featuring works from the show.
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Discussion | Bobby Seale and Stephen Shames discuss the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party


Stephen Shames, a student at the University of California, Berkeley, first encountered and photographed Panther Chairman Bobby Seale in April 1967 at an anti–Vietnam War rally. Seale became a mentor to Shames, and Shames, in turn, became the most trusted photographer to the party, remaining by Seale’s side through his campaign for mayor of Oakland in 1973. Seale and Shames, in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, will be in conversation. Shames' new book, Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers, features memorable images accompanied by Seale’s colorful in-depth commentary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Camille DeAngelis talks about her book Life Without Envy: Ego Management for Creative People


Camille DeAngelis will discuss the creation of her practical and compassionate guide to dealing with feelings of jealousy, frustration, and inadequacy, all in service of a happy life—regardless of how your work is (or isn’t) going. The event is ideal for writers or other artists entering and working in a world where "zero sum" seems to be the name of the game. DeAngelis would like you to imagine another world, where someone’s gain does not mean your loss (and vice versa). There will be a Q&A with the author, book sales and signing, and light refreshments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Odessa / Оде́сса: Babel, Ladyzhensky, and the Soul of a City


Join scholar Jess Olson for a gallery talk and tour of the exhibition exploring the vital creative character and dramatic social context of pre- and post-revolutionary Odessa, Ukraine (formerly Russia) through the work of two of the city’s most important artists – the writer Isaac Babel and the painter Yefim Ladyzhensky.
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Discussion | Interventions in the Narrativization of the AIDS Crisis


Focusing on the period of 1981-1996, this conversation proposes to undo and to disrupt dominant and static narratives of the AIDS Crisis in favor of producing new approaches, through convening senior and junior scholars and archivists including Tara Burk (Art Historian, Rutgers University), Lesley Farlow (Performer and Dance Historian, AIDS Oral History Project, NYPL), Thomas F. DeFrantz (Professor and Chair of African and African American Studies, Duke University), David Román (Professor of English and American Studies, USC), and Janet Werther (Dance Artist and PhD Student in Theatre, CUNY GC). Moderated by Jaime Shearn Coan (PhD Candidate in English, CUNY GC).
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Talk | Loving Yourself Is the Solution


No matter what your problem is, loving yourself is the solution. It is the basis for living the life you want. If you want more happiness, more health, more abundance or more love, just love yourself more. If you are frustrated, confused, stuck, or you feel unlovable, don't think that it is impossible to create the life you want; don't keep accepting the way things are, or trying to hide your dissatisfaction. Allow me to help you understand what self-love is and how to love yourself unconditionally. You will discover the key to living with ease, passionately, authentically and to being joyful. With: Judith Costa.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Marisa Scheinfeld discusses her book The Borscht Belt


Marisa Scheinfeld's new coffee table book is the result of years of photographing abandon-ed Catskills hotels, capturing their haunting and eerily beautiful state of decline. Reception and remarks by the author.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Festival | The New York Television Festival, Featuring Lena Dunham of HBO's Girls


6:30pm: The Struggle is Real: Gender, Race, Entrepreneurship and the Women of MTV - What is the role of scripted television in illuminating the power and plight of the Millennial Woman? In this exclusive panel event, the creators, writers, and stars of MTV's newest hits -- Loosely Exactly Nicole, Mary + Jane, and Sweet/Vicious -- explore the creative opportunities in tackling heavy subjects (think racial bias, legalization of marijuana and sexual assault) through the lens of funny and empowered young women. The panel will feature actress Nicole Byer and executive producers Executive Producers Christine Zander and Christian Landerfrom Loosely Exactly Nicole; actresses Scout Durwood and Jessica Rothe and executive producers Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont from Mary+Jane, and actresses Taylor Dearden and Eliza Bennett and executive producers Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and Amanda Lasher and from the new upcoming dramedySweet/Vicious. 7:30pm: NYTVF Creative Keynote: A Conversation with GIRLS - The annual NYTVF Creative Keynote Conversation series welcomes Lena Dunham (creator and star), Jenni Konner (showrunner), and Kathleen McCaffrey (VP of Originals, HBO) for an inside look at the generation-defining series from its initial development to the upcoming final season. 8:30pm: Pop and Lionsgate Present: NIGHTCAP at the New York Television Festival - Actress, writer, and all-around funny lady Ali Wentworth stars in this fall's much-anticipated new comedy, NIGHTCAP on Pop, a behind-the-scenes look at a fictitious late-night show, featuring A-List guest stars like Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Paul Rudd, Kelly Ripa, Debra Messing, Whoopi Goldberg, and George Stephanopoulos providing a heightened glimpse of the uproarious backstage antics. In this special NYTVF Primetime event, guests will enjoy a special sneak peek of the show and an all-star panel of real late-night pros, offering Wentworth hilarious insights from a day-in-the-life of producing late-night comedy. NYTVF events takes place Oct. 24, 25 and 27.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Andre Dubus III reads from his book Dirty Love


Andre Dubus III is the author of six books including the National Book Award finalist "House of Sand and Fog," the novel "The Garden of Last Days," the memoir "Townie," and most recently the story collection "Dirty Love" (W. W Norton, 2013).
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Author Reading | Bill Ayers discusses his book Demand the Impossible!: A Radical Manifesto


In an era defined by mass incarceration, war, economic crisis, environmental destruction and a political system offering more of the same, radical social transformation has never been more urgent. Educator and activist Bill Ayers uncovers cracks in that system, raising the horizons for radical change and envisioning strategies for building the movement we need to make a world worth living in.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Cabaret | Blago Bung, the Intergenerational Avant-Garde Performance Poetry Cabaret


The eleventh and twelfth incarnations of Blago Bung, the intergenerational avant-garde performance poetry cabaret series that has delighted audiences in America and Europe since 2007, will be performed.
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Film | Drake Floyd's Troll 2 (1990): Unintentional Comedy


Stars: Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Margo Prey. A family vacationing in a small town discovers the entire town is inhabited by goblins in disguise as humans, who plan to eat them. 95 min.
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Author Reading | Literary giant Salman Rushdie discusses his novel Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights


From Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, comes a spellbinding work of fiction that blends history, mythology, and a timeless love story. A lush, richly layered novel in which our world has been plunged into an age of unreason, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is a breathtaking achievement and an enduring testament to the power of storytelling. Join us for a conversation between Rushdie and author Maaza Mengiste on this new novel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Open Rehearsal: MSM Symphony Orchestra performs Brahms, Copland, Shostakovich


Program: BRAHMS Tragic Overture, Op. 81 COPLAND Suite from Appalachian Spring SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103 ("The Year 1905") Leonard Slatkin, Conductor Kyle Ritenauer and Earl Lee, Conducting Fellows
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Concert | Piano Works by Beethoven, Shostakovich


Downtown Music Productions presents 'The Poets ABC's by Ilsa Gilbert," with music by Nick Scarim, narration by Michael Schilke and Darcy Dunn, artwork by Phyllis Stevens, piano solo by Mimi Stern-Wolfe., and poetry by Ilsa Gilbert. Also on the program are piano trios by Scarim, Beethoven and Shostakovich, performed by the Downtown Chamber Trio: Lynn Bechtold, violin; Mary Wooten, cello; and Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano.
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Performance | Sideshow Goshko: Storytelling


Storyteller Leslie Goshko (Huffington Post, Sirius XM radio) invites some of the writers and storytellers to share true, bizarre tales about their lives. There’s a challenging trivia game and a free wine giveaway where one lucky audience member will walk away with their very own bottle of Sideshow Sauce! The lineup includes stories from: MARTIN DOCKERY (“Outstanding Solo Performer” – NY Innovative Theater Awards, Edinburgh Fringe Festival) SELENA COPPOCK (Red Oaks on Amazon, Vh1, author "The New Rules for Blondes") CAITLIN BRODNICK (Glamour, The People's Improv Theater, The Moth) DANNY ARTESE (Moth StorySlam winner, http://sweetvalleyhighagain.tumblr.com/)
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Author Reading | Simon Sinek discusses his book Together Is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration


This unique and delightful little book makes the point that together is better in a quite unexpected way. Simon Sinek, bestselling author of Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last, blends the wisdom he has gathered from around the world with a heartwarming, richly illustrated original fable.
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Author Reading | Yasmine El Rashidi discusses her book Chronicle of a Last Summer


Chronicle of a Last Summer is told in the voice of a girl growing up in Cairo over the course of three tumultuous summers from 1984 to 2014.
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Concert | Celebrate Mexico Now: Cuatro Minimal


Take a journey with this intrepid quartet that blends roots music and oral traditions from Mexico and Asia with contemporary music, free improvisation, and deep collaborative experimentation. Founded in 2011 in the rice fields of Nanto, Japan, Cuatro Minimal includes singer and composer Juan Pablo Villa and guitarist Fernando Vigueras, both hailing from the contemporary music scene of Mexico City, the traditional Korean percussion master Chang Jaehyo, and one of Japan’s most respected world musicians, Sakaki Mango, who plays African thumb-piano and the gottan, a string instrument from Kagoshima region. Alongside the music, Mexico City–based visual artist Arturo Lopez “Pio” draws live monochrome images with ink and sand in this highly innovative project that presents a kaleidoscope of musical possibilities and a deeply expressive landscape of sounds.
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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.
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Master Class | Piano Master Class: Nina Lelchuk


Nina Lelchuk is one of the most highly praised and respected pianists in the world of classical music today. Her sensational debut in Carnegie Hall was greeted with brilliant reviews by New York critics. The New York Times wrote that she "belongs to the top rank of pianists". Since then, Lelchuk has performed in prestigious concert series and appears as soloist with major orchestras on five continents in 28 countries.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Works by Biber, Mozart, Arensky, and More


Featuring the Quodlibet Ensemble.
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Tour | Midtown Manhattan Night Tour


New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline. NOTE** THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS. Please note they do utilize the subway on this tour so you will need $5 for subway. Takes place Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Comedy Club | The Bombshelter Comedy Show - with Free Pizza


Local Favorites Matt Azark, Jeff Cerulli and Erik Bransteen invite some of their favorites comedians to perform on this weekly showcase. Every Thursday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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