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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 28, 2016?

45 free events take place on Friday, October 28 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 28 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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45 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, October 28, 2016

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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
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Symposium | Manaháhtaan Symposium: Conversations on Lenape Identity


How can we mutually expand our knowledge of Indigenous Manhattan? We begin by hosting a symposium in Manaháhtaan to encourage new conversations on diaspora, identity, and the centering of Lenape and Original peoples in NYC’s past and future. These sessions (including performances and roundtables) will gather Lenape leaders, artists, and scholars in dialogue, acknowledging issues of environmental stewardship and concerns for futurity. Full schedule TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 am
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Workshop | Bridge Club


Are you a Bridge buff? Put your game face on and show off your best plays. Join the fun and meet new friends! All players welcome!
   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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Symposium | Hurston@125: Engaging with the Work and Legacy of Zora Neale Hurston


Zora Neale Hurston has received great acclaim for her literary work, particularly the highly influential novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. In honor of the 125th anniversary of her birth, the school celebrates Hurston’s legacy with a one-day symposium that brings together emerging scholars whose work builds upon Hurston’s less-known training in anthropology and interdisciplinary modes of expression. Don’t miss the opportunity for a rare look at one of America’s brightest artists and thinkers. Participants include Alex Alston, John L. Jackson, Jr., Meg McLagan, Adrianna Garriga-Lopez, Tami Navarro, Mariel Rodney, Patricia Stuelke, Deborah Thomas, Sarah E. Vaughn, Bianca Williams, and Autumn Womack.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | New York One-Day Tour


Don't have enough time to take all of the tours? Prefer to experience Manhattan with a smaller group, but a private booking is out of reach? Then consider our All-in-One New York Tour. This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, the World Trade Center, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, Chelsea Market and the Highline Park. Tour takes place Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Cheeses of Europe Event: Meet Mimolette


Mimolette, the French cheese that can be carved like a pumpkin, is the star of this 4-day extravaganza. The Cheeses of Europe will transform the place into a haunted house, complete with Mimolette cheese carvings by world-class sculptor Krai. Hourly cheese carving workshops will be held and treats will be served. Krai is a world-renowned cheese sculptor who was born in a tiny village in Thailand. He moved to Bangkok and was greatly influenced by the members of the Royal Family, all of whom only ate intricately carved fruit. When Krai went to Paris, it was not lost on him that Parisians fancied cheese as much as the people of Thailand revered fruit. Inspired, Krai began to carve French cheese and voila! A career handcrafting exquisite carvings from cheese was born. Takes place Oct. 28-31.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Beginner Jewelry Making Workshop


No experience necessary. All materials and tool provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | 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. The event is offered daily, except Sundays.
   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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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood Tour


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate. This tour takes place every Friday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Film | Ben Falcone's The Boss (2016): Melissa McCarthy Comedy


Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage. A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget. 99 min.
   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 | 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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1:00 pm
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Tour | Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art Tour


New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick. Tour takes place Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood 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. Tours are Mondays and Fridays at 2pm, and Wednesdays and Saturdays 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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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).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Other | Nature Sanctuary Open Hours


During these limited hours, visitors can explore the normally closed sanctuary at their own pace along the rustic trail. See how the conservancy has restored this native woodland garden for birds and other wildlife. The wood-chipped trail is uneven; please wear appropriate shoes. This ecosystem is a protected area and home to many flora and fauna. No groups, dogs, bikes, or strollers. Free and self-guided. Space is limited.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Robert Aldrich's The Frisco Kid (1979): Rabbi in the Old West


Stars: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri. A Polish rabbi wanders through the Old West on his way to lead a synagogue in San Francisco. On the way he is nearly burnt at the stake by Indians and almost killed by outlaws. 119 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Rockefeller Center Tour


Rockefeller Center is one of the most popular public spaces and tourist attractions in New York City. This depression-era commercial complex takes up over three full city blocks and is rich with history, public art, and art-deco architecture. Built by business mogul John D. Rockefeller Jr. with his own money, he instructed his team of designers and architects to build the most beautiful commercial complex of it’s kind in the world. That vision resulted in what is still one of NYC’s greatest treasures and gave rise to some of NYC’s favorite traditions including the Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring the famous dance team the Rockettes and the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Spanish Class


So you want to learn how to speak Spanish? Good choice. Spanish is relatively easy to learn, because once you’ve learned how to pronounce the letters, you can sound out any word. There are no complicated pronunciation rules, as there are in English.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Uli Edel's Pay the Ghost (2015): Father's Search for Son


Stars: Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Veronica Ferres. A professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween parade. 94 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Screening | Reel China Film Festival


2:30 pm Opening remarks 2:45 pm Every Meeting Seems Parting (Wang Ping, 2015, 35 min) 3:30 pm My Land (Fan Jian, 2015, 83min) Q+A with director Fan Jian and producer Isabella Zang 6:00 pm Reception 7:30 pm The Shoeshiner’s Journey (Li Xiaofeng and Jia Kai, 2015, 76min)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Master Class | Percussion Master Class: Zoltan Racz


Born in Budapest (1960) Racz founded Amadinda Percussion Group in 1984, remaining its artistic director to this day. In 1985 the group won the first prize at Gaudeamus Contemporary Music Competition in Rotterdam. In past years, Amadinda became one of the most renowned percussion groups all over the world - performing at all prestigious music festivals in Europe like Paris Autumn, Prague Spring, Zagreb Biennale and Warsaw Autumn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Lecture | Scripting Battered Women: Paths Not Taken


This talk is part of Kelli Moore’s longer book-length project on legal and extra-legal debates over the subject of trauma and helplessness. In this presentation, she demonstrates surprising links between psychologists Lenore Walker, Martin Seligman, Silvan Tomkins, and Frantz Fanon – who briefly shared an institutional and intellectual milieu in the 1960s and 70s. This shared context, she argues, is a significant yet little remarked aspect of the archival landscape of domestic violence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Party | The12th Annual Halloween Happening


Fun, Food, Fantasy! Come in costume or just as you are!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Callaloo Fortieth Anniversary Celebration Reading


Pulitzer Prize winner and Creative Writing Program senior faculty member Yusef Komunyakaa’s most recent book is "The Emperor of Water Clocks" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015). Airea D. Matthews’s forthcoming collection "simulacra" (Yale University Press, 2017) won the 2016 Yale Series of Younger Poets. Gregory Pardlo is the author of "Digest" (Four Way Books, 2014), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Inauguration: A 3-Artist Exhibition


With: Katharine Kuharic Sandow Birk Martha Wilson, who will also perform as Donald Trump at 7:30 PM.
   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
Free

Film | Stone Tablets and The Ambassador to Bern: Book Launch and Film Screening


6.30pm – Book launch and talk (Stone Tablets) 7.30pm – Wine reception 8.00pm – Film screening (The Ambassador to Bern) Celebrate 60 years since the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and the hit Polish novel inspired by it: Stone Tablets by Wojciech Zukrowski. The novel tells the story of István Terey, a Hungarian diplomat posted to New Delhi just months before the outbreak of the revolution back home. The event will be followed by a wine reception and a screening of the award-winning Hungarian film The Ambassador to Bern (dir. Attila Szász), a fictionalized retelling of the attack on the Hungarian Embassy in Bern, Switzerland in the aftermath of the uprising. The film is based on a true story.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Screening | Filming at the Borders: Migrating to Europe Today


This timely film series will be enriched by the presence of most of the directors, joined in discussion about their films by invited Columbia faculty. The series invites dialogue about the urgent topic of migration and about the role images and narratives play in bringing it to our awareness. Tonight: Special Flight (Vol Spécial) by Fernand Melgar, 2011, 100 min. Genre: Documentary. Swiss production. Language: French, with English subtitles. Film screening followed by discussion with director Fernand Melgar, Professor Bernard Harcourt, and Nicolas Fischer, moderated by Nora Philippe. Films will be shown Oct. 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, and 28.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Greg Mitchell discusses his book The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill


Greg Mitchell chronicles two harrowing attempts to rescue East Germans via tunnels below the Berlin Wall, the U.S. television networks that financed and filmed them, and the Kennedy administration’s attempt to suppress both films. Drawing on a trove of recently declassified documents from the Stasi archives and the JFK Library, personal papers, and dozens of interviews with many of the key players, award-winning author Greg Mitchell offers a new reckoning with the haunting legacy of the Berlin Wall.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Dean Snow discusses his book 1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga


1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga offers a detailed narrative of the final thirty-three days of the Saratoga campaign. Assimilating historical archaeology and the many letters, journals, and memoirs of the men and women who served in both armies, Snow provides an intimate retelling of the two battles. Dean Snow teaches at Pennsylvania State University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Caitlin Lynch, Viola


The LiveSOUNDS series, which features free performances by faculty and their guests on Fridays throughout the school year is a highlight of the school's concert programming. It presents a cross section of a diverse and creative community of Third Street faculty members who are deeply committed to excellence and professionalism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Lola Lafon discusses her novel The Little Communist Who Never Smiled


French author Lola Lafon will join Alexandra Schwartz for a conversation on Lafon’s The Little Communist Who Never Smiled, which won ten prizes when it was released in France. This fictionalized account of the life of Nadia Comaneci, a child of communist Romania and an Olympic gymnast who inspired young girls around the globe, shows how a single athletic event mesmerizes the world and reverberates across nations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | The Frog, the Cat, and the Fiddle: Music in 17th Century Germany


A fascinating concert of rarely heard baroque music from Germany that combines cheerful animal noises and highly virtuosic and vivid string writing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Tour | 9/11 Memorial and Brooklyn Bridge Night Tour


A renaissance is taking place on the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, a concerted effort has been undertaken to redevelop this part of the city, with the redevelopment of the World Trade Center and the construction of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. And from twilight into the night is the right time to pay a visit to this part of New York City. From the Memorial to the Woolworth Building, City Hall to the Brooklyn Bridge, some of the your most memorable experiences in the city await you. Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Tour | Ghosts of East Village Tour


The ghosts of Greenwich Village are too numerous and interesting to meet in just one evening. Due to popular demand, they are offering a new tour, Ghosts of the East Village, as a companion tour to Ghosts of the West Village.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Classical Music | 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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7:30 pm
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Reading | Lamprophonic Emerging Writers Series


The mission of Lamprophonic is to present and promote new voices in the New York writing community. We prepare a diverse and entertaining reading each month that demonstrates the quality and variety of emerging New York writers. In a typical reading, we hear poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and are open to anything that thoughtfully engages listeners.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Musical | Voices À La Carte presents The Boys from Syracuse


Book by George Abbott Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
   New York City, NY; NYC
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