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56 free events take place on Thursday, October 3 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 3 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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56 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, October 3, 2019

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free events nyc After Hitler: The Untold Story (2016): France Between 1945 and 1949
free events nyc Unforgettable: Celebrating the Songs of of Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole
free events nyc Arabic Dabke Dance Music and Afrofuturist Funk
free events nyc To Life: Meet the Rosens
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Workshop | Morning Fitness


One hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises. For a breath of fresh air, take your workouts outdoors. Parks are becoming a logical alternative environment for those who want to add variety to their workouts, or who just don't like the gym. And, it's an affordable way to increase physical activity opportunities, because there's nothing special to build. Exercise with a view, in natural sunlight, with green scenery all around bestows health benefits that can't be found indoors. Scientific studies have shown that the pleasure of being outdoors for example gives your brain, psyche, and immune system an extra boost. Led by trained professionals, and suitable for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water. Every Tuesday and Thursday
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Workshop | Juggling Workshop


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in Midtown Manhattan. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Workshop | Sun Salutations and Intentions Morning Yoga


Starts your day with a morning yoga practice. You will experience luxurious stretching warm-ups, empowering standing poses, and energizing breath work as we align the movements with the inhales and exhales. You will feel more awake, strong, balanced, and positive as a result of this time spent on the mat. Sun Salutations and warrior poses stimulate the seratonin in your brain (the “happy hormone) and improve self-esteem! You will be ready for anything that meets you as your day unfolds. Bring a yoga mat if you have one. You may bring your own coffee or tea.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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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
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10:00 am
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Tour | City Hall Tour For Individuals


The tour of City Hall includes a discussion of the building's history, art, architecture, and civic function. The building is the oldest city hall in the United States that still houses its original governmental functions, such as the office of the Mayor of New York. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, New York City Hall is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Festival | The Festival of New


Since 1919, The New School has been home to scholars, creators, and activists who challenge convention and boldly make their mark on the world. To celebrate this groundbreaking legacy, they are opening our doors to the public for a weeklong festival of dozens of innovative performances, talks, workshops, screenings, exhibitions, and more.  Taking place October 1–6, 2019, the festival reflect on a century of world-changing ideas and together imagine a new kind of future.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Midtown Recess: Games and Activities


Relive your favorite part of the school day with Midtown Recess. De-stress and clear your mind with activities including giant chess, oversized Connect 4, ping pong tables, jump ropes, hula hoops, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Master Class | Violin


Greek violinst and conductor Leonidas Kavakos has worked with world class orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic. He has appeared at festivals such as the Verbier Festival, Salzburg Festival. As a violinist, he has won prizes at several international violin competitions, including the Sibelius, Paganini, and Indianapolis competitions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. "The term 'baroque' has been widely used since the 19th century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750... Many famous composers from the first part of the baroque period came from Italy and have a link with Venice, including Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi. Monteverdi was born in Cremona, but moved to Venice where he was 'maestro di capella' at the San Marco basilica. Vivaldi was born in Venice and was one of the greatest baroque composers. It is thanks to these strong musical traditions of Venice that we have today's music. Without Venetian church music and Monteverdi's advances with polyphony, the great traditions of choral music in England, France, and Germany would never have developed. Without the operas written by Monteverdi, Cavalli and Vivaldi, not only would the later styles of opera never have been invented. There would be no basis for the American Musical or the German and Viennese Operetta, the Spanish Zarzuela, and even rock, pop, and contemporary music as we know it." The Venice Insider Bach at Noon concerts take place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 10, 2019 to May 20, 2020.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Concert | Piano in the Park: Ragtime, Stride, and Jazz


Summertime, and the livin’ is easy... so swing on by for toe-tappin’ performances by New York’s finest, playing ragtime, stride, and jazz to your heart’s delight. With: Charlie Judkins, Ragtime, Protégé of Terry Waldo
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Tour The Battery


Learn about the park's rich history, many important landmarks and monuments, the Seaglass Carousel, 195,000 square feet of beautiful perennial gardens designed by renowned Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, and so much more! Tours last about an hour. Thursdays, April 25-October 31, 2019
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12:50 pm
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Gallery Talk | Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler: Exhibition Tour


The collection of Audrey B. Heckler is emblematic of the growth of the field of self-taught art in the United States, which manifests a strong interest for African American artists, a consistent attention on American classics, a curiosity for European art brut, and a search for international discoveries. For the last twenty-seven years, Heckler has surrounded herself with excellent examples by the most significant artists associated to this art niche, among them Emery Blagdon, Aloïse Corbaz, William Edmondson, August Klett, Augustin Lesage, Martín Ramírez, Thornton Dial, and Anna Zemánková.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Europe's Green New Deal: Transitioning to a Low Carbon Economy for the 21st Century


Europe is responding to the climate challenge and the Paris Agreement with a strong vision on a low carbon society. Building on 20 years of developing climate policies, it has formulated a ‘net zero emissions’ target for 2050. This means a commitment towards fundamental sustainability transitions of the energy, transport, and food systems. The climate target is part of a broader agenda for a Green Deal, as formulated by the new European Union Commission President. Speaker Hans Bruyninckx is the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency since 1 June, 2013.
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Juggling Workshop


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in Midtown Manhattan. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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

Gallery Talk | T. C. Cannon: At the Edge of America: Exhibition Tour


A 45-minute tour. One of the most influential, innovative and talented Native American artists of the 20th century, T.C. Cannon embodied the activism, cultural transition and creative expression that defined America in the 1960s and 1970s. Learn how Cannon interrogated American history and popular culture through his Native lens and exercised a rigorous mastery of Western art historical tropes while creating an entirely fresh visual vocabulary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Film | The Big Heat (1953): Experienced Cop After Corruption 


Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate. 89 min. Director: Fritz Lang. Starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando.  The Big Heat was selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2011. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945): Oscar Winning Horror Drama Based On A Novel


A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. 110 min. Director: Albert Lewin. Starring George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed. The Picture of Dorian Gray won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, it also got two nominations for Academy Award Best Art Direction and Best Actress. The movie is based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel of the same name.
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House Tour


Highlights include a discussion of the history of the site, information about architect Cass Gilbert and viewings of the Collectors Office with its Tiffany woodwork, Reginald Marsh murals and the 140-ton rotunda dome, designed and built by Rafael Gustavino.
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2:00 pm
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Conference | Disinformation and Elections in East and Southeast Asia: Digital Futures and Fragile Democracies


A recent series of elections in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and indeed across Asia has highlighted the salience of digital media in political campaigns and insidious modes of electoral manipulation. This two-day workshop aims to gather evidence into the operations and impact of digital disinformation in the context of recent Asian elections.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | Cash Money and the Politics of Resentment in a Brazilian Peripheral Community


John Collins follows across nearly three decade the circulation of money, favor, goods, and debt in a working class, peripheral neighborhood. The paper is therefore about survival and different forms of connection, and obligation, among people largely excluded from the cash economy by lack of formal employment and hyperinflation until the late 1990s. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Birdwatching | Fall Birding Tour


Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season with a guided tour. Located in the heart of midtown, the park is a hot spot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will's-widow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Word Game Social


Play boggle, scrabble, bananagrams and appletters with other word game enthusiasts.
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Film | Two Flags (2019): State, Citizenship and Home in the Post-Colonial Era


Two Flags chronicles the life and politics of Pondicherry, a former French colony in South India where 6,000 Tamils who identify as French gear up for the French presidential elections of 2017. The film explores the idea of state, citizenship and home in the post-colonial era.   Post-screening discussion with director Pankaj Rishi Kumar. 60 mins. In English and French with subtitles in English.
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5:30 pm
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Talk | Artist Talk


Joanne Greenbaum (b. 1953, New York, NY) has exhibited widely at international venues including at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS; Kusthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany; and MoMA PS1, New York, NY; among many others. In 2008, a career spanning survey of her work, with corresponding catalogue, was mounted by Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich, Switzerland and travelled to the Museum Abteiberg in Monchengladbach, Germany. In 2018, The Tufts University Art Galleries at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA mounted Joanne Greenbaum: Things We Said Today, a comprehensive solo exhibition that travelled to the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, CA.
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Opening Reception | Myths and Mirrors: Investigations of Scale, Color, and Composition


James Gortner.continues to refine and expand on subjects and forms he has explored throughout his career, all the while pushing his work into new terrain. The artist views the exhibition as a significant opportunity to lay bare and test what his paintings can do within these new environments. The unique qualities of Gortner's work will be highlighted within the gallery, where his investigations of scale, color, and composition will be fully on display.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | New York Unseen: The Majesty and Essence Of a Great City


An exhibition of photographs by artist Marc Yankus. Yankus’s newest photographs continue his investigation of bustling New York City, but without the noise, traffic, and people—an unseen New York. The artist expertly eliminates extraneous movement and distractions, and distills his images down to an essence—the majesty of more than a century of architecture. The work from the past few years still includes a selection of lesser-known, more nondescript buildings, but Yankus now incorporates many of the city’s iconic structures as well, including a handful of the world’s most celebrated museums (several in panoramic format). Another departure from previous work is the inclusion of dramatic, oblique, aerial perspectives, providing views of famous buildings and familiar city streets from a decidedly unfamiliar vantage point.
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Author Reading | Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present


Ruth Ben-Ghiat discusses her new book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century


Welcome Clay Risen, deputy op-ed editor at The New York Times, to discuss his new book which tells the dramatic story of the most famous regiment in American history: the Rough Riders, led by Eleanor Roosevelt’s “Uncle Teddy,” whose daring exploits propelled him into the national spotlight and made him an American hero.
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Author Reading | The School of Life: An Emotional Education


Emotional intelligence affects every aspect of the way we live, from romantic to professional relationships, from our inner resilience to our social success. It is arguably the single most important skill for surviving the twenty-first century. But what does it really mean? One decade ago, Alain de Botton founded The School of Life, an institute dedicated to understanding and improving our emotional intelligence. Now he presents the gathered wisdom of those ten years in a wide-ranging and innovative compendium of emotional intelligence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | A Maussian Bargain: Primitive Accumulation in Digital Capitalism


Primitive accumulation in the digital economy—the appropriation of data about people, organizations, and things and their transformation into a form of capital— has often been described, following David Harvey, as a process of “accumulation of dispossession,” a pervasive loss of rights buttressed by predatory practices. Yet this argument does not square well with the fact that enrollment into digital systems is often experienced as a much more benign process: signing up for a “free” service, responding to a “friend’s” invitation, or being encouraged to “share” content. In this lecture, Marion Fourcade of UC Berkeley relies on sociological and anthropological theory to show how digital firms capitalize on spontaneous and engineered forms of reciprocity to build their business and accumulate data assets.
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Classical Music | How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers: A Nature Walk in Concert Form


A nature walk in concert form, with music from “Airs for the Seasons” by James Oswald and “The Bird Fancyers Delight“ by Mr. Hill; readings from the classic work of Robert W. Wood; and original woodcut prints of birds by Liz Rudey. Violinist Vita Wallace is known as a powerful, sensitive, and versatile musician. She and her brother, Ishmael, have performed, recorded, and taught extensively as the Orfeo Duo. Joseph Trent, flutist, has performed with numerous ensembles, including the Mexico City Philharmonic, where he served as associate principal flute, the New York Chamber Ensemble, Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Greenwich Symphony, New Haven Symphony, North Eastern Philharmonic, Jupiter Symphony, Monadnock Music Festival, Radio City Orchestra and numerous Broadway productions using many different ethnic flutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | 3 Art Shows


Three new exhibitions that showcase how the book as a medium that translates across time and space: Walt Whitman’s Words: Inspiring Artists Today 2019 is the 200th birthday year of Walt Whitman (1819-1892), who is known today as one of the most influential poets of the nineteenth century. In addition to his work as a poet, Whitman is also remembered as a book designer and printer, essayist and journalist.   The Traveling Artist: Journals by Lydia Rubio features artistic documentation of artist Lydia Rubio’s travel narratives across linguistic and geographic landscapes. The works record the artist’s experiences across a variation of calligraphic, drawing and poetic compositions.   Witnessing Through Artist’s Books: Clarissa Sligh Clarissa Sligh will exhibit a series of past works in the Print Shop Gallery. Sligh is a visual artist, lecturer, and essayist. Her photo-text images, artists’ books and installations have been exhibited in museums and Book Arts Centers across the United States.   
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Susan Rice, Obama's Ambassador to the UN, Discusses Her Book Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For with NBC's Andrea Mitchell


Susan Rice was President Barack Obama’s national security advisor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. In her new memoir, she reveals pivotal moments from her career on the front lines of U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy with unflinching candor. Mother, wife, scholar, diplomat, and fierce champion of American interests and values, Rice powerfully connects the personal and the professional. Taught early, with tough love, how to compete and excel as an African American woman in settings where people of color are few, Rice shares the wisdom she learned along the way. In a conversation with NBC News's Andrea Mitchell about her book, Rice will share her personal story as well as examine the current state of foreign affairs and the challenges facing American leadership. What are the greatest threats to democracy around the world? To what extent does our current approach to foreign policy advance or endanger our national security? How do we repair our relationships with our democratic allies?  PLEASE READ IN FULL REGARDING SEAT RESERVATIONS: Limit 1 RSVP per person. RSVP does not guarantee a ticket. You can begin picking up tickets at the NYU Box Office (566 LaGuardia Pl) 2 hours prior to event. Tickets must be claimed by 6:10 pm. Unclaimed tickets may be released to those on the standby line. Even if you have picked up a ticket, please be aware that if you are not seated in the theater by 6:20pm, we will open seating to those on the standby line. All tickets are subject to availability. Login to get tickets Date: Thursday, October 3, 2019 Time: 6:30pm EDT Location: Skirball Center for the Performing Arts Contact: NYU Skirball Center 212-998-4941 skirball.boxoffice@nyu.edu Contact boxoffice@nyu.edu Cost: Free Calendar: Skirball Center for the Performing Arts File under:
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6:30 pm
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Film | After Hitler: The Untold Story (2016): France Between 1945 and 1949


What happened in France just after WWII, between 1945 and 1949? An interesting historic documentary looks at the fate of male and female (presumed) collaborators with the Nazis, the use of the POWs in the reconstruction of the plundered and devastated country. Director: David Korn Brzoza 90 min.
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Architecture of Nature/Nature of Architecture: Forces at Play in the History of the Earth


Based on documentation originating in the environmental sciences, history of science, philosophy, and art, Diana Agrest’s Architecture of Nature/Nature of Architecture presents a unique approach exploring the materiality and the forces at play in the history of the earth dating back millions or billions of years through the architect’s modes of seeing and techniques of representation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Letters Written and Not Sent: A New Approach to Poetry


Have you ever composed a letter or an email and then thought better of sending it out with a stamp or a click? Could that letter never sent become a poem? How - and to whom, if anyone - do we address our most intimate poems? Paula Deitz, Phillis Levin, Molly Peacock, and Ellen Rachlin will discuss these and other questions around Letters Written and Not Sent by William Louis-Dreyfus, winner of the 2019 American Fiction Award in Poetry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Botticelli (and Dante) Reborn: The Race to Define the Renaissance and the Rise of the Connoisseur


How did the rediscovery of Sandro Botticelli’s art, especially his blockbuster set of Dante drawings purchased in London in 1882 by the German government, contribute to the race to define “the Renaissance” in 19th-century Europe? Prof. Joseph Luzzi will begin answering this question by showing how Giorgio Vasari’s critical reading of Botticelli helped banish him—and his Dante project—to oblivion for centuries.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival


Paola Antonelli claims that “our only chance at survival is to design our own beautiful extinction.” She will present the potentials of restorative design in the Anthropocene and her curation of over 100 projects for the 22nd edition of the Milan Triennial. Followed by a conversation with Amale Andraos, Dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.  
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Workshop | Yoga Flow


Link mindful breath with movement in this full spectrum yoga practice that includes modifications and intensifications depending on experience level. Veteran Nina Semczuk helps you cultivate strength, flexibility, balance, and focus while enjoying yoga outdoors. Please bring a mat. Every Thursday from May 23 to June 27, 2019, and July 11 to October 31, 2019.
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Talk | A Conversation with Award-Winning Writer Paul Auster


Paul Auster is a successful novelist, essayist, poet, film-writer and director. His complex best-selling mysteries often explore the search for identity and personal meaning. Notable books include New York Trilogy, Moon Palace, The Book of Illusions, The Brooklyn Follies, Invisible, and Winter Journal. His books have been translated into more than 40 languages and have received over 20 awards.
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6:45 pm
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Author Reading | 2 New Books: Breaking Bad and Cinematic Television / Television Rewired: The Rise of the Auteur Series


A conversation between Angelo Restivo, author of Breaking Bad and Cinematic Television, and Martha Nochimson, author of Television Rewired. With its twisty serialized plots, compelling antiheroes, and stylish production, Breaking Bad has become a signature series for a new golden age of television, in which some premium cable shows have acquired the cultural prestige usually reserved for the cinema. In Breaking Bad and Cinematic Television, Angelo Restivo uses the series as a point of departure for theorizing a new aesthetics of television: one based on an understanding of the cinematic that is tethered to affect rather than to medium or prestige. In 1990, American television experienced a seismic shift when Twin Peaks premiered, eschewing formulaic plots and clear lines between heroes and villains. This game-changing series inspired a generation of show creators to experiment artistically, transforming the small screen in ways that endure to this day. Focusing on six shows (Twin Peaks, The Wire, Treme, The Sopranos, Mad Men, and Girls), Television Rewired explores what made these programs so extraordinary.
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Poetry Reading | 2 Poets Read


Deborah Landau teaches in and directs the Creative Writing Program. She is the author of four collections of poetry: Soft Targets, The Uses of the Body, and The Last Usable Hour, all Lannan Literary Selections from Copper Canyon Press, and Orchidelirium, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye for the Robert Dana Anhinga Prize for Poetry. In 2016 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Matthew Zapruder is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently Father’s Day, new from Copper Canyon in September. His other books include the poetry collection Come On All You Ghosts and Why Poetry, a book of prose. An associate professor in the MFA program at Saint Mary’s College of California, he is also editor at large at Wave Books.    
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Dance Performance | Days Go By: A Large-Scale, Site-Specific Performance About the Lost Moments of Our Days


Monica Bill Barnes & Company brings attention to the otherwise lost moments that add up into our days with their new show, Days Go By. The world -premiere of this large-scale, site-specific performance is set amongst the bustle, inviting the audience to take a closer look at the heartwarming, painstaking, heroic events happening to and around us each and every day. Audience members will receive a pair of headphones to tune into a narration that explores the depths of our ideals, the hilarious heartbreaks, and the disregarded moments that add up into a day. Performers embedded throughout the space transform the surroundings into a symphony of movement and interactions. Set to a soundtrack of forgotten tracks and one hit wonders, Days Go By blurs reality with the theatrical and places big-hearted dancing alongside the everyday comings and goings of life in a city. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Film | Eddie the Eagle (2015): Olympic Biopic with Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman (Outdoors)


The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Director: Dexter Fletcher 106 min.
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Play | Oliver Twist: Charles Dickens' Classic Adapted


An adaptation of Dickens' second novel, written by Neil Bartlett, about an orphan who escapes a workhouse,  travels to London, and becomes a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin. The production will be directed by Melissa Maxwell, and feature the entire cohort of MFA Third Year Actors: Hannah Adrian, Olivia Battle, William Berger-Bailey, Jazmyn Boone, Yun-Chin Chang, Caroline Hertz, Racquel Jean-Louis, Ian Lawrence, Philip Lopez, Kasey O'Brien, Riley Jo Payne, Kyle Ryan, Carla Smith, Michael Spara, and Jacqueline Theoharis.
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Author Reading | Parking the Moose: One American's Epic Quest to Uncover His Incredible Canadian Roots


Dave Hill, a quarter-Canadian from Cleveland, explores his roots-and melts your face with joy. There's an idea most Americans tend to learn as children. The idea that their country is the "best." But this never stuck with Dave Hill, even though he was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His grandfather, you see, was from Canada (Clinton, Ontario, to be exact). And every Sunday at dinner he'd remind Dave and anyone else within earshot that it was in fact Canada, this magical and mysterious land just across the mighty Lake Erie, that was the "best."
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Author Reading | Ribbons of Scarlet: Six Women and the French Revolution


Six bestselling and award-winning authors bring to life a breathtaking epic novel illuminating the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosophers—six unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative events in history: the French Revolution. Ribbons of Scarlet is a timely story of the power of women to start a revolution—and change the world. With author Heather Webb.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | The Audubon Mural Project: Photographs by Gail Albert Halaban


More than 350 species of birds pass through New York City each year, seeking out scattered patches of the city’s greenery. Today, more than one hundred are more permanent residents, painted on the walls of bodegas, barbershops, and other buildings. A spectrum of artists—from fine-art painters to graffiti artists—create murals of imperiled birds. The project is inspired by the watercolors of John James Audubon, the pioneering nineteenth-century ornithologist, and the murals are sited in and around the neighborhoods of Harlem and Washington Heights, where Audubon once lived and worked.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Artists for Environmental Justice


How can art be a bridge to environmental, economic and community justice? Join this workshop where artists will showcase their work and participate in lively conversation. Featured art may include spoken word, dance, music, film, and visual arts. Special appearances by fashion reformer Isabela Varela of Clothes Minded, and environmentalist and multi-media artist of UNSEEN Chantel Calato. GUEST ARTISTS & CONTRIBUTORS - Amelia Foster & Jerone Hsu “Reef Wake” - Chantal Calato “Unseen” - Isabel Varela “Clothes Minded” - Lisa Russell “Mother’s Cry” - Maira Duarte “Dance to the People” - Michelle Jackson “Seeds to Soil” - Russ Ronat “Project Holocene”   Date: Thursday, October 3, 2019 Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm EDT Location: Woolworth Building Room: 430 Contact: 212-998-7272 Contact sps.cala@nyu.edu Cost: Free
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Comedy Club | Hyperbole! The Weirdest Comedy Show Ever


This month's lineup: Jacob Williams (Colbert) Jeff Scheen (Laughs on FOX) Fumi Abe (Comedy Central) George Civeris (Just For Laughs) Sallie Smith-Fitch (The Buffet Comedy Show) Lucas Connolly (Seeso) *Please   You go to a comedy show. All the comedians are great, you have a fun time, but something is missing. You leave with a gaping hole in your heart - you’re wishing there was something there that simply wasn’t. When it comes down to it....you’re just too weird for regular comedy; you need something WEIRDER. In fact, you need the very weirdest comedians in all of New York City, all in one night, in the same place. From the producers of Hyperbole, The Weirdest Comedy Show Ever brings you the wackiest comedians possible for free, with happy hour drink specials to get your wacky on! 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Music/Science Fiction/Social Justice


Music and science fiction are often used as escapist entertainment. But they are also powerful ways for us to create community and imagine the future. In this panel, four authors talk about how music fits into their writing about oppression and liberation. Topics will include speculative worlds, recreating lost histories, and building a revolution you can dance to.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Sculpturmania Workshop


Workshop participants will be guided by Linus Coraggio in the creation of their own miniature sculptures, utilizing wood, toothpicks, glue sticks, and imagination. Participants may bring their own small found objects to use for their sculptures; however, Coraggio will also bring a large stash of materials. After participants finish their sculpture, they'll have the option of drawing their creation from the angle and distance they prefer. All additional materials for the workshop are provided. No previous experience in sculpture is necessary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Unforgettable: Celebrating the Songs of of Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole


A vocal and musical performance by the sultry jazz singer Lainie Cooke and her phenomenal band of musicians.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Concert | Arabic Dabke Dance Music and Afrofuturist Funk


This global-minded double set mixes 47Soul's Arabic Dabke dance music with the Afrofuturist funk of Chad native, Montreal-based AfrotroniX. 47Soul is known in the underground music scene for their traditional Palestinian street music combined with deep electronic beats and influences from funk, hip-hop, and rock--a genre they coined "Shamstep." They add analogue synthesizers, hypnotic guitar lines, and probing lyrics in both Arabic and English to melodies that have been echoing through the Arab world for centuries. Their powerful shows are a mix of unstoppable dancing and a call for celebration and freedom in the struggle for equality. For the second part of the evening, AfrotroniX merges dubstep, house, reggae, and EDM with Mbalakh rhythms and electric Tuareg blues to create an intoxicating live experience that includes African urban dance and digital art. The musician behind this unique Afrofuturist vision is famed Chadian guitarist Caleb Rimtobaye, who has worked with Young Paris, Mbongwana Star, and singer-songwriter Brian Kennedy. AfrotroniX has been touring the world for a decade and now brings his visionary live show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Play | To Life: Meet the Rosens


The Rosen family, battered and blessed, celebrates Jeffrey's life as their hearts lie gasping on the floor. Backs are turned and accusations hurled as the Rosens come together and fall apart, bound by heartbreak and humor. Nobody escapes a good kick in the tuchas as they expose their foibles, confront their fears, and cling to their fragile connection amidst the chaos. The story is both elegy and eulogy to the death of a family and reminds us that we're not alone. Written by Eve Lederman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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