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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 4, 2017?

47 free events take place on Wednesday, October 4 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 4 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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47 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, October 4, 2017

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Workshop | Park Boot Camp


Join The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness group, for a Boot Camp in the park. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back--and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high-fives encouraged. Rain or shine. Every Wednesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 am
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Workshop | Fitness Class


With: Nancy Bruning Wednesdays through October 25, 2017
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 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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9:30 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Lower Section


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 among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. 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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9:45 am
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 am
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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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9:45 am
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Screening | The African Burial Ground Film Festival


10:00am-11:00am: Screening of The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery Part 1: Search -- Followed by a brief Q&A session. Park Ranger Jesse Ponz 11:00am-12:00pm Screening of The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery Part 4: Analysis -- Followed by a brief Q&A session. Park Ranger Derrick Head 2:00pm-3:00pm Screening of The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery Part 2: History -- Followed by a brief Q&A session Dr. Sherill Wilson 3:00pm- 4:00pm Screening of The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery Part 3: Politics -- Followed by a brief Q&A session. Sherill Wilson
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Career Finders Club: Facing a Job Search in Multi-Generational Environment


Renee Rosenberg, in this interactive, content-rich, fun session, shares seven important steps to an effective job search process no matter what age. Attend this presentation to review important tips to conduct a more positive and rewarding job search or career change. (Note: these strategies will work for both those under 50 and over 50.)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs. 90 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | Public Park Tour


Join an enjoyable walking tour of the park, and discover how they successfully transformed "Needle Park" of the 1970s into Manhattan's Town Square of today. The guides are loaded with expertise on the park's rich history, award-winning design, distinct amenities, and ongoing maintenance efforts. Every Wednesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | The Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue


This talk by David L. Phillips, Director, Program on Peace-building and Human Rights, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, will focus on Phillips' work in his recent report "Implementation Review of the Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue.". The report is based on extensive interviews with current and former U.S., EU, Republic of Kosovo, and Republic of Serbia officials, as well as civil society including Kosovo Serbs (July/August).
   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. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 12, 2017 to May 23, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Dance Performance | Prismatic Park: Dance in the Park


Drawing from an elaborate installation of acoustic instruments—pendelstrings, hardwood and granite stone rows, viola, voice, soprano timpani, cymbals and a variety of tube, metal and snare drums—dancer Limpe Fuchs will transform her Prismatic Park stage into a sanctuary for sound. Through a series of spontaneous improvisations and studied compositions, interactive demonstrations of her instruments and scheduled workshops for players both trained and untrained, her presence will foster a fertile web of feedback between different people and musicians in contact with their own instruments or with hers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | Clarinet Works by Brahms, Ravel


Program: Maurice Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte Germaine Tailleferre Arabesque for clarinet and piano Miklos Rozsa Toccata Capricciosa, Op. 36 for solo cello Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 Featuring the clarinet rio of Alec Hone, Tim Diovanni and Harvey Wu.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Tour | Guided Historical Tour of the Columbia University Campus


Join this tour to learn more about the history, architecture, and sculpture of Columbia and the Morningside Heights campus. Whether you're an amateur New York City historian or visiting campus for the first time, you will leave the tour knowing more about our storied past. Given that the tour route is outdoors, please be aware that tours are occasionally suspended due to inclement weather.
   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

Tour | High Line 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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2:00 pm
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Figure Al Fresco Outdoor Drawing Class


Many people are challenged when trying to draw the human figure. This workshop offers everyone a chance to improve their skills through a wonderful outdoor figure drawing class. Meets each Wednesday afternoon from May 6 through October 28, 2017.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Dance in the Park Workshop


Drawing from an elaborate installation of acoustic instruments—pendelstrings, hardwood and granite stone rows, viola, voice, soprano timpani, cymbals and a variety of tube, metal and snare drums—dancer Limpe Fuchs will transform her Prismatic Park stage into a sanctuary for sound. Through a series of spontaneous improvisations and studied compositions, interactive demonstrations of her instruments and scheduled workshops for players both trained and untrained, her presence will foster a fertile web of feedback between different people and musicians in contact with their own instruments or with hers. Workshop limited to 10.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Book Discussion | The Underground Railroad: Slaves Make Escape


Discuss the book by Colson Whitehead.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Author Reading | Daniel Friedrich discusses his book Resonances of El Chavo del Ocho in Latin American Childhood, Schooling, and Societies


El Chavo del Ocho is one of the most influential pieces of popular culture to have hit Latin America in the last 50 years having, at the peak of its popularity in the mid-1970s, reached an approximate audience of 350 million across the Americas. It is also a rare example of a cultural product that has travelled through Latin America, leaving a lasting impact for several decades.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Author Reading | Peter Desberg discusses the book Now That's Funny! The Art and Craft of Writing Comedy


Comedy writers don’t see the world quite the way the rest of us do. Take Charlie Peters (Three Men and A Little Lady). He was pitching a project to the head of Paramount Studios. The first question the executive asked was, “What do you think the opening weekend will be?” Most of us would make a guess about how the movie would do at the box office. Charlie met the question with: “Probably be cloudy, maybe like 60, 65 degrees.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Talk | Women’s Health: Cancers of the Reproductive System


An educational talk on gynecologic cancers. Presenter: Ana I. Tergas, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Refreshments will be served.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | Consuming The Museum of African American History and Culture: A Dialogue on Food in the Museum Space


Joanne Hyppolite, Jerome Grant, and Jessica B. Harris of the National Museum of African American History and Culture get together for a dialogue on curating, programming and serving up food in the museum space. Food Studies alumna and adjunct faculty member Jasmine Nielsen will serve as moderator for the discussion. A wine and cheese reception immediately follows the event. .
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Contributors read from The Write Treatment Anthology


This moving and inspirational collection of personal essays and poems explores what life is like after the diagnosis of cancer. The anthology is written by those who have been affected by cancer firsthand, whether directly or through someone they love. Crafted by those who participated in the Write Treatment Workshops, the anthology not only shows the diversity of New York city but also the diversity of experiences of those touched by a life-threatening diagnosis.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | DIY to a Career in Comics


How did these artists start by self-publishing and grow to international success? Zep, a comics phenomenon in Europe, presents his debut graphic novel in English, A Story of Men, joined by his French compatriot Pénélope Bagieu (California Dreamin') and homegrown comics DIY-heroine Julia Wertz , with her new ode to NYC, Tenements, Towers and Trash.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Morgan Simon discusses her book Real Impact


Impact investment is the trillion-dollar trend most people have never heard of — the support of social and environmental projects with a financial return. It has become a hot topic amongst people who care about social change, and is growing exponentially: in the next decade, it is poised to eclipse traditional charitable aid by a factor of ten to one. Yet for all the excitement, there is work to do to ensure it actually realizes its potential.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Party | Slice Out Hunger’s $1 Pizza Party


A night of $1 slices from 50+ of the city’s top pizzerias. Curated by Scott’s Pizza Tours and benefiting The Sylvia Center and City Harvest. Slice Out Hunger is a NYC-based nonprofit focused on supporting hunger relief and prevention organizations through the American pizza community. 100% of proceeds benefit NYC hunger relief organizations, The Sylvia Center and City Harvest
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | An Evening with Bruce Handy, Vanity Fair Contributing Editor


Bruce Handy is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, where he was formerly deputy editor, and the author of a forthcoming book, Wild Things, about the pleasures of reading children’s literature as an adult. He has also worked as a writer-editor at Time and Spy and contributed journalism, reviews, and humor pieces to The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, New York, and The New Yorker.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Contributors read from Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America


The new essay collection features original contributions from 23 leading feminist writers. Its co-editors and two of its contributors come to discuss this landmark new book. Featuring: Kate Harding, co-editor of Nasty Women and founder of Shapely Prose Samhita Mukhopadhyay, co-editor of Nasty Women and Editorial Director of Identities at Mic Kera Bolonik, Editor-in-Chief of Dame Magazine Zerlina Maxwell, Director of Progressive Programming for Sirius XM Moderated by Anna Holmes, founder of Jezebel and Senior Vice President of Editorial at First Look Media
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Lecture | Cristóbal de Villalpando: Mexican Painter of the Baroque


A talk by curator Clara Bargellini on the exhibition she co-curated at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, followed by a conversation with Niria Leyva-Gutiérrez, PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Jean-Luc Godard's La Chinoise (1967): Classic French Comedy


A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism. 90 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | The History of Hostelling International NYC


Learn about HI Hostels around the world, across the US, and in NYC. Featuring HI NYC’s Community Engagement staff, Emily Gallagher, Manager, and Ben Puterbaugh and Indigo Goodson, Coordinators. Pam Tice, former Executive Director of HI NYC, and volunteer historian, will add building history from the days when it served as the Association Residence for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Anima-Sound: Mit 20 km/h durch Europa (1972): Outdoor Performances Documented


Made for German television in 1972, this rare film documents Anima-Sound (duo Limpe and Paul Fuchs) as they caravan across Europe in a homemade trailer pulled by a tractor, intermittently setting up outdoor performances for—often bewildered—bystanders. The film simultaneously captures the nascent countercultural energies of post-1968 Germany, detectable in the Fuchs’ otherworldly improvisations, and the day-to-day of living on the road as the couple tends to their two young children. In German with English subtitles. The screening will be followed by a conversation between Limpe Fuchs and Blank Forms artistic director Lawrence Kumpf.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Play | Blood Wedding: Federico García Lorca's Play About Love and Death


In a conservative society, a woman forces herself into a marriage of convenience, only to discover that her true passion lies with her past lover – a passion that drags her down like a river – bringing together a marriage between Love and Death. The College of Performing Arts' School of Drama Directing Festival presents this play by Federico García Lorca, translated by Caridad Svich, directed by Andrés López-Alicea.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Reading | Adam Pendleton reads from Black Dada Reader


This event celebrates the US launch of Adam Pendleton’s Black Dada Reader. Begun as an in-studio spiral bound publication in 2011, the Reader has evolved into a hardcover collection of texts and documents that elucidates Pendleton’s conceptual framework, “Black Dada.” Black Dada—Pendleton’s term for a broad conceptualization of blackness—is the animating force of his work in painting, video, sculpture, and performance. Published by Koenig Books, the Reader brings a diverse range of cultural figures into a shared cultural space, including Hugo Ball, W.E.B. Du Bois, Stokely Carmichael, Joan Retallack, and Gertrude Stein, as well as artists from different generations, such as Joan Jonas and William Pope.L. It also features essays written for the the Reader by Adrienne Edwards, Laura Hoptman, Tom McDonough, Jenny Schlenzka, and Susan Thompson. The event will highlight the book’s contents through readings and performances by the edition’s editor, Stephen Squibb; poet and John Cage scholar, Joan Retallack; a New Orleans-style brass band (SugarTone Brass Band); and Adam Pendleton.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | An Evening with Choreographer Reggie Wilson


Reggie Wilson is Executive and Artistic Director, Choreographer and Performer of Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group. His work draws from the cultures of Africans in the Americas, and is combined with post-modern elements and his own personal movement style to create what he calls "post-African/Neo-HooDoo Modern dances."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Banu Barga and Chiara Bottici discuss their book Feminism, Capitalism, and Critique: Essays in Honor of Nancy Fraser


This celebration of Fraser's work will also feature a panel consisting of Richard Bernstein, Eli Zaretsky, and Johanna Oksala. Going beyond conventional disciplinary distinctions and narrow debates, all the contributors to this project share a commitment to critically understanding the connection between capitalism, exploitation, and the viable roads for emancipation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Bob Schieffer discusses his book Overload: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News


From the explosion of fake news to the challenges of the 24 hour news cycle, legendary journalist Bob Schieffer examines political journalism today and those who practice it. Based on interviews with over 40 media leaders, Schieffer provides an inside look at the changing role of media and asks whether today's citizens are more informed or just overwhelmed. Restrictions may apply. Call store for details
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Talk | Filmmaker Bradley Eros: Disappearing Soon at a Theater Near You


In many ways an animating spirit and catalyzing agent of the NYC underground film scene from the 1980s to the present, Bradley Eros' radical, sumptuous expanded cinema works stand at the forefront of a movement to redefine our understanding of film as an art form. For his experimental lecture, Eros will “attempt to dismantle a few beliefs, by prying history loose, not nailing it down." His lecture will take the form of a series of questions, interrupted by quotations, collaborations, expanded and contracted cinema, jokes & aphorisms, music, poetry, and surprise. Eros will talk on the nature of process, the immaterial, unfixed forms, hybrid works, resistance, desire and its discontents. Eros works in myriad media, in addition to film, including video, collage, photography, performance, sound, text, and installation. His conceptual framework includes: ephemeral cinema, mediamystics, subterranean science, erotic psyche, cinema povera, poetic accidents and musique plastique.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Josh Weil discusses his book The Age of Perpetual Light


This collection spans a decade of writing, and depicts a complex and diverse cast of characters through different eras in American history, from the early days of electrification to an imagined future of perpetual light.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Reading | Reclaiming the Narrative: Stories of Black Women and Breast Cancer


Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among African-American women but their stories often go unheard. This is a reading featuring the works of June Jordan, Audre Lorde, Lucille Clifton and other black women poets and essayists who have faced this disease. Featuring readings by Morgan Jerkins (Writer and Contributing Editor, Catapult), Kaitlyn Greenidge (Author, We Love You, Charlie Freeman), Diamond Sharp, and Evette Dionne.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Piano Works by Bach


Program: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude (improvisation) Toccata in D Major, BWV 912 Capriccio on the Departure of his Beloved Brother, BWV 992 English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810 Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 Improvisation for Harpsichord Partita in Three Movements Concerto in the Italian Style, BWV 971 With: Raymond Erickson, Faculty
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Play | Mutt: Let’s All Talk About Race: A Surreal Comedy


It’s 2013, Obama has just been re-elected, and The Republican Party finally realizes it has a problem with race. In an attempt to win the 2016 presidential election, the GOP backs a candidate who is a mixture of every race on earth. Christopher Chen's wild and surreal comedy skewers all political parties to the point it becomes indiscernible of what is satire – and what is today’s frightening reality. This production is part of The College of Performing Arts' School of Drama New Visions Directing Festival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
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