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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 22, 2018?

38 free events take place on Monday, October 22 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 22 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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38 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, October 22, 2018

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Editor's Picks

free events nyc 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many
free events nyc Bach at One Concert
free events nyc Tour of Gracie Mansion, Home of New York's Mayors
free events nyc The Counterrevolution: The Current Crisis of the Liberal World Order
free events nyc Fear Itself: The Night Mom Died
free events nyc The Podkamieners: Animated Short Films
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Workshop | Morning Meditation


Balance mind, body, and spirit in this Primordial Sound Meditation led by an instructor. Work with a personal mantra, a specific sound or vibration. Take part in a regular meditation practice that lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and strengthens the immune system. Mondays, October 15 through December 17, 2018
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 am
Free

Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Tour | Tour of Gracie Mansion, Home of New York's Mayors


In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” This tour repeats every Monday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | City Hall tour


The tour of City Hall includes a discussion of the building's history, art, architecture, and civic function. Non-reservation City Hall tours take place each Wednesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Dance Class


Scientifically-based dance-exercise program. Gentle warm-up, light aerobics and targeted strengthening that is safe, fun and enjoyable for all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at One Concert


The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; The Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, chorusmaster and continuo; Robert Mealy, concertmaster; Julian Wachner, conductor. Program J.S.Bach (1685-1750) Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 2 Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Chinese Calligraphy Class


Please bring your own calligraphy pen.
   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

Classical Music | Organ Performance


Cathedral organists provide a 30-minute break for mind, body and spirit on Mondays at 1 pm with an entertaining and informative demonstration of the Cathedral’s unparalleled Great Organ.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$8

Film | The Collector (1965): based on the best-selling novel by John Fowles


A deranged young man kidnaps the object of his obsesson and imprisons her in his finished basement. Hoping to avoid abuse, she pretends to stay willingly, but a tense psychological game ripples beneath the surface. Director: William Wyler. Starring: Terence Stamp & Samantha Eggar. 119 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


Walk straight through the heart of Central Park on this east-to-west tour led by guides. Enjoy a great variety of the scenic, sculptural, and ar chitectural elements the Park has to offer. Visit some of the Park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Cherry Hill, The Lake, and Strawberry Fields.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Talk | Meet Me in the Kitchen: Harvest Time Nutrition


Enjoy nutrition information, preparation demonstrations and tastings. Includes helpful research findings, healthy recipes, portion planning and shopping tips for the reason. Nutritionist Lauren C. Kelly offers creative twists on cuisines of many cultures, fermenting food for better health. Mondays, September 24-October 29, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Talk | Resume Help


Need help with resume writing? Not sure how to edit it? Get one-on-one assistance with writing your resume. Please bring a hard copy of your resume or a USB flash drive to save and edit it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
Free

Play | The Little Dog Laughed: A 'Slight Recurring Case of Homosexuality'


The Little Dog Laughed is a 2006 comedy play by Douglas Carter Beane. The four characters are an actor, Mitchell, his acerbic agent Diane, a hustler named Alex, and Alex's girlfriend Ellen. When Mitchell and Alex become involved in a physical relationship, Diane is concerned that what she describes as Mitchell's "slight recurring case of homosexuality" will derail his career before it gets started.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
$0-$5

Lecture | Hegel's Logic and the Neoplatonic Tradition (With a Hint of King Lear)


Gregor Moder is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is a member of the editorial board of Problemi, as well as the book series editor at Maska publishing house. Moder is the author of Comic Love: Shakespeare, Hegel, Lacan and recently of Hegel and Spinoza: Substance and Negativity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Tour | Tour of Gracie Mansion, Home of New York's Mayors


In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” This tour repeats every Monday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Discussion | American Policy, Propaganda, and Food in World War I


Join Dr. Libby O’Connell as she tells the story of America during World War I, at home and at the front, through the lens of food. She’ll draw from her own text and use slides of colorful posters and archival photographs illustrate the history. There will be Q&A after the presentation. Libby O’Connell, Ph.D., was appointed by President Obama to serve on the US World War I Centennial Commission. She is also chair of the World War I Centennial Committee for New York City and author of The American Plate: A Culinary History in 100 Bites. After working as a professor, preservationist, and museum educator, O’Connell spent over twenty years at History Channel, where she continues to serve as a consultant and Chief Historian Emeritus. She has received four Emmys for her work in television and history.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Dance and sculpt


Move your body to the beat! Have fun while you exercise! Bring a towel or an exercise mat. Come in comfortable clothing. This workshop takes place every Monday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | How to Ask for the Money and Opportunities You Want?


Career Coaching with Kate White. You know it’s important to ask, but how do you do it so you don’t seem either pushy on the one hand or timid on the other? In this workshop Kate will offer strategies for asking for the money, promotions, and opportunities you want—and getting them. She’ll also answer any questions you have on the topic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Lecture | Strengthen Your Resume


This hands-on class will guide you through formatting your resume in Microsoft Word. Please bring a written draft of your resume and a USB drive to save your resume.
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | Thinking about Food Insecurity


Am I Food Insecure? What is a Food Desert? These are two questions that you should ask yourself. Over a million New Yorkers live everyday not knowing where their next meal is coming from, while others travel long distances just to reach their nearest grocery store. Join to discuss food insecurity and other related topics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Screening | Disobedience (2017): a drama based on a novel


A woman returns to her Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her for her attraction to a female childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality. Director: Sebastián Lelio. Starring Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola. 114 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Reading | History, Memory, Craft: 2 Writers Read


How do fictional narratives woven through intimate and collective histories allow us to imagine futures where we are all more free? This is a reading and discussion with award-winning writers Zinzi Clemmons, author of What we Lose, and Crystal Hana Kim, author of If You Leave Me, whose works explore the intimate legacies of political upheaval, race, migration, sexuality, motherhood, trauma and loss, and the malleability of memory.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Film | Pressing On: The Letterpress Film Screening (2016): An Old Technology Endures


A documentary that explores the question: why has letterpress survived in a digital age? Worlds of each character emerge as unusual narratives—joyful, mournful, reflective and visionary—are punctuated with on-screen visual poetry, every shot meticulously composed. Captivating personalities blend with wood, metal and type as young printers strive to save this historic process in a film created for the designer, typographer, historian and collector in us all. 99 min. After the screening, Jonathan Hoefler and film co-director Erin Beckloff will discuss letterpress printing's role as a tool of connection between people through time in design and typography.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Riddance: ghosts, stuttering, and learning the value of your voice


In her first novel in twelve years, Shelley Jackson travels to the border separating life and death and asks us to listen. When eleven-year old Jane Grandison receives an invitation to join the Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children, she thinks she has finally found a safe place where she can learn to control her stutter. However, rather than rid the children of their speech impediments, Headmistress Sybil Jones, a dedicated pioneer of the field of necrophysics, considers their stutters “gifts” that can be used as a channel to access the other side of reality: the land of the dead.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | We Met in Paris: Grace Frick and Her Life with Marguerite Yourcenar


Joan E. Howard will discuss her intimate and scrupulously documented biography of translator Grace Frick and acclaimed author Marguerite Yourcenar. We Met in Paris is both an intimate account and a thorough investigation of the relationship between famous French author of Mémoires d’Hadrien and the translator who introduced her to English-language readers in 1954. This enthralling portrait contains a great deal of information that will disrupt long-held beliefs about Yourcenar, and might even surprise some of her longtime fans.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | On Your Marx: The Fate of the Commons -- A Trotskyite View


From the Marxist standpoint, "Communism" refers to the multiple versions of our commons (the commons of nature, the commons of our biogenetic inheritance, the commons of our intellectual substance) which are all threatened by today's global capitalism. Perhaps the most important version of our commons is the world-wide digital grid which more and more controls and regulates our lives. How can a new emancipatory movement fight for the public control of the digital commons? In preparing and executing the October Revolution, Trotsky showed us the way when he focused on the seizure of power over the technical and material base of a state (electricity, railways, phone, etc.). How can we apply Trotsky's insight to our contemporary predicament? Speaker Slavoj Žižek is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a visiting professor at a number of American Universities (Columbia, Princeton, New School for Social Research, New York University, University of Michigan).
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Lecture | The Counterrevolution: The Current Crisis of the Liberal World Order


We have lived through a global liberal revolution—from the defeat of fascism and the rise of NATO, through the overthrow of dictatorships in 1989 and the Arab Spring. Now, argues Paul Berman, we have entered the age of counterrevolution. A critic-at-large for Tablet magazine, Berman will address the current crisis of the liberal world order, drawing upon ideas from his book Terror and Liberalism (“one of the most challenging accounts of the post-9/11 world”—The New York Times). He has written for The New Republic, The New Yorker, and Slate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Poetry Reading | bury it: Poems of Death and Personhood


Sam Sax’s bury it, winner of the 2017 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets, begins with poems written in response to the spate of highly publicized young gay suicides in the summer of 2010. What follows are raw and expertly crafted meditations on death, rituals of passage, translation, desire, diaspora, and personhood. What’s at stake is survival itself and the archiving of a lived and lyric history.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Cancer as a Wake-Up Call: An Oncologist's Integrative Approach to What You Can Do to Become Whole Again


Dr. Laura Nasi will present an integrative look at cancer treatment and prevention—and all the things besides traditional therapies like chemo and radiation that patients can do to feel better. Drawing from her decades of experience as an integrative oncologist, she’ll present whole body-mind-spirit approaches that include boundary setting and picking your cancer “team”; mental health strategies; mindfulness and meditation; astrology; nutrition; and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Fear Itself: The Night Mom Died


In a small Texas town of Eugene Lee's play, Cornelius is a figure of bravery and masculinity. Except that time he froze up and didn’t try to save his wife as she died screaming in a fire. His son, Harry Lee, is set to follow in his footsteps as a star football player. Secretly, Harry Lee writes poems. Unique and sensitive poems that long to know what really happened on the night of his mother’s death.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | The Dragonfly Tale: Trusting God to Heal


Faith and trust in God to heal lives sets the stage for this powerful award-winning play. Inspired by a true story, The Dragonfly Tale is a two-act drama laced with laughter and light-hearted moments that examines victimization, public scrutiny and personal accountability. 1964. In a small Texas town, still reeling from the Kennedy assassination, a Russian immigrant and a World War II veteran risk their lives and freedom to help a young black boy and his mother escape the devastation of domestic violence. It is the story of spiritual and emotional warfare that unearths the depths of human courage buried in us all. Experience a special ensemble of talented, accomplished, and illustrious actors participating in a powerful reading of Lorey Hayes and Robert Crear's latest work. Broadway, film and television stars include: Chinua Baraka Payne (Simba from Broadway's The Lion King), Roscoe Orman, (Sesame Street), Marcus Naylor, Pauletta Pearson Washington, Lisa Bostnar, Marie Toms, Hristo Hristov, Darryl Dillard and Michael Anthony Green.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Play | The Little Dog Laughed: A 'Slight Recurring Case of Homosexuality'


The Little Dog Laughed is a 2006 comedy play by Douglas Carter Beane. The four characters are an actor, Mitchell, his acerbic agent Diane, a hustler named Alex, and Alex's girlfriend Ellen. When Mitchell and Alex become involved in a physical relationship, Diane is concerned that what she describes as Mitchell's "slight recurring case of homosexuality" will derail his career before it gets started.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
$0-$5

Classical Music | Carnegie Hall Citywide: Grammy winning composer


Pianist, composer, and arranger Billy Childs has performed with an honor roll of jazz luminaries that includes Freddie Hubbard, J. J. Johnson, Joe Henderson, and Wynton Marsalis. A highly sought-after composer, his music has been performed by a wide range of artists in the worlds of jazz, classical, and pop, including Yo-Yo Ma, Chick Corea, Renée Fleming, and Sting. As a recording artist, Childs has won multiple Grammy Awards; most recently, his album Rebirth won the 2018 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Revealed: The Nude Body in Performance


Marjorie Folkman moderates a discussion with choreographers/directors Martha Clarke, Adrienne Truscott, and Mariangela Lopez on the naked body in contemporary dance and theatrical performance, and its role as a site of meaning, activism, advocacy, agency, and art. What are the negotiations in crafting nakedness as a choreographer? What challenges and opportunities does the unclothed body in performance present to the art maker, performer, or viewer? By examining these creators' groundbreaking works, involving the nude performing body, the panel and audience explore what vital understandings are embodied in this traditional and radical theatrical practice.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | The Podkamieners: Animated Short Films


Through her series of poignant animated short films, filmmaker Sarah Kamaras tells the stories of Holocaust survivors who were forced to flee their small town of Podkamien, Poland during World War II—and explores the history of her own family. Following a screening of her remarkable work, Kamaras is joined by Noah Lederman (author of A World Erased: A Grandson’s Search for His Family’s Holocaust Secrets) for a conversation about the “third generation.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Dance Performance | Experiments in Dance


A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas and works-in-progress held in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists, and join each season in performing at the historic church. Featuring: Justin Allen Janis Brenner Ambika Raina Alex Romania
   New York City, NY; NYC
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