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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 7, 2019?

38 free events take place on Monday, October 7 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 7 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 7, 2019

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free events nyc Crossfire (1947): Five Time Oscar Nominated Crime Film-Noir
free events nyc Tour of Gracie Mansion, Home of New York's Mayors
free events nyc Projeto Chernobyl: Contamination Made Visible
free events nyc Minimalism/Maximalism: Exhibition Tour
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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
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8:00 am
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Symposium | Human Rights in an Age of Inequality


9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. - Opening Keynote 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Citizenship, Migration, Stateless Persons, and Refugees 2:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. - Social Media, Big Tech, Democracy, and Human Rights 3:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m. - Human Rights, the Law, and Public Policy 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. -  Evening Keynote: Human Rights and Inequality
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:15 am
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 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 | 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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Film | Bride of Frankenstein (1935): Oscar Nominated Sci-Fi


Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate. 75 min. Director: James Whale. Starring Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive. In 1998, the film was added to the United States National Film Registry, having been deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". Bride of Frankenstein was nominated for one Academy Award, for Best Sound Recording.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations: Exhibition Tour


A 45-minute tour of some 700 works of Native art from throughout North, Central and South America demonstrates the breadth of the museum's renowned collection and highlights the importance of many of these iconic objects. Start times:, 11 a.m., 1 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Film | Shazam! (2019): A Fourteen Year Old Superhero


We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson's case, by shouting out one word - SHAZAM - this streetwise fourteen-year-old foster kid can turn into the grown-up superhero Shazam. 132 min. Director: David F. Sandberg. Starring Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel. Shazam! has grossed $140.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $224.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $364.5 million.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
Free

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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11:00 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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Film | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): Sixth Of The Series


As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past. 153 min. Director: David Yates. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint.  The film was nominated at the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Cinematography.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Film | 1999 (2018): Documentary on Teen Suicides


When death haunts a high school in a small town in the late 1990s, everyone is forever transformed. In this gentle, prismatic film, the director returns to the town she fled as a teen to re-immerse herself in the memories still lurking there, in its spaces and within the dusty boxes of diaries, photos, and VHS tapes. 1999 is not a ghost story, but the ghosts are palpable at every turn. The snow-covered streets, the school’s hallways and lockers are preserved as in a dream.  94 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | A Star Is Born (2018) With Bradley Cooper And Lady Gaga: Oscar Winning Story Of A Musician And A Singer


A musician helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral. Director: Bradley Cooper. Starring Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott. The film received eight nominations at the 91st Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Cooper), Best Actress (Gaga) and Best Supporting Actor (Elliott), and won for Best Original Song ("Shallow"). It received five nominations at the 76th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture-Drama and was chosen by both the National Board of Review and American Film Institute as one of the Top 10 Films of 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | The Painted Veil (1934): Romantic Drama With Greta Garbo


A wife neglected by her husband, a medical researcher in China, falls in love with a dashing diplomatic attaché. 85 min. Director: Richard Boleslawski. Starring Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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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
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Lecture | Learn The Basics Of Investing In Stocks


Introduces basic investment terms and concepts such as risk and reward, IPO’s, p/e ratios, and relative p/e ratios. Ways to approach the investment decision and alternative stock investments such as mutual funds and ETF’s are discussed.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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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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2:00 pm
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Film | Crossfire (1947): Five Time Oscar Nominated Crime Film-Noir


A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why? 86 min. Director: Edward Dmytryk. Starring Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan. Crossfire received five Academy Award nominations, including Ryan for Best Supporting Actor and Gloria Grahame for Best Supporting Actress.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Discussion | How To Find The Contacts Of Companies


Learn how to find Companies and Executive contacts for your next job. Search by industry as well as location, size, and sales.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Book Discussion | On Sex, Race, Nation, Humanity: Reading Derrida’s Geschlecht III


This event focuses on a recently discovered text by the late Franco-Algerian philosopher Jacques Derrida. Geschlecht III, rediscovered in the Derrida archive and newly forthcoming in English, is the “missing” installment in Derrida’s four-part series on Martin Heidegger and the German word Geschlecht (meaning, among other things, “sex,” “race,” and “species”). Geschlecht III presents us with one of Derrida’s most sustained engagements with Martin Heidegger, in which Derrida tracks a subtle but powerful nationalistic undercurrent in Heidegger’s thought. With: -- Katie Chenoweth (Princeton University) is one of the co-editors of Geschlecht III in French (Seuil, 2018) and co-translator of the English edition (Chicago, forthcoming 2020). -- Rodrigo Therezo (University of Freiburg) is the author of the preface to Geschlecht III. He is co-editor of the French edition and co-translator of the forthcoming English edition. -- David Wills (Brown University) is the author of many books, most recently Killing Times: The Temporal Technology of the Death Penalty (Fordham, 2019). He is one of the foremost translators of Derrida’s work into English. -- Moderated by Emily Apter, Professor, Department of French Literature, Thought, and Culture, and Chair of Department of Comparative Literature.. In English
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Master Class | Viola Masterclass


Nokuthula Ngwenyama is an American solo violist and composer of Ndebele and Japanese descent. Gramaphone proclaimed Ms. Ngwenyama as providing “solidly shaped music of bold, mesmerising character,” and the Washington Post described her as playing “with dazzling technique...and deep expressiveness.” She has since performed with the the Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra.  She has appeared in recital at the Kennedy Center, Japan's Suntory Hall, the Louvre, and the White House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | Envisioning Ukrainian Literature 2019


What are the different ways that Ukrainian literature can be defined in 2019? Literature written in the Ukrainian language? Literature written by citizens of Ukraine in any language? Literature written in Ukrainian outside of Ukraine? Literature written by Ukrainians living outside of Ukraine, in any language? Literature written about Ukrainians in any language? This event gathers a panel of writers and scholars at a round table to present their literary works and to discuss various ways of belonging to Ukrainian literature. Panel moderated by Mark Andryczyk featuring Olena Jennings, Alexander J. Motyl, Dzvinia Orlowsky, and Irene Zabytko.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:10 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

Gallery Talk | Minimalism/Maximalism: Exhibition Tour


Minimalism/Maximalism explores the interplay between minimalist and maximalist aesthetics as expressed through fashion. Minimalism celebrates purity and restraint, while maximalism emphasizes the beauty of excess and redundancy. The exhibition features more than 85 garments, accessories, and textiles exclusively from the permanent collection. Tour begins in the museum lobby.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Projeto Chernobyl: Contamination Made Visible


This exhibition presents Alice Miceli's series of 30 radiographs produced in 2006-2010. Miceli developed a method of image making to document the enduring effects of the Soviet nuclear plant explosion of April 26, 1986. Though gamma radiation continues to be present and to cause health problems and deaths in the area, it is invisible to the naked eye and to traditional methods of photography that have been used to document the region's ruins. With Projeto Chernobyl, Miceli made this contamination visible via direct contact between the radiation and film, which was exposed in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone for months at a time. Both technically and conceptually complex, Miceli's work questions our ideas of vision, memory, politics, and environmental issues.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Author Reading | The Resistance in Western Europe, 1940-1945: Clandestine Organizations Across Europe


Olivier Wieviorka talks about his newly translated book, a sweeping analytical history of the underground anti-Nazi forces during World War II. Examining clandestine organizations in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Italy, Wieviorka sheds new light on the factors that shaped the resistance and its place in the grand scheme of Anglo-American military strategy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm


The event will feature author Isabella Tree in conversation with geographer and writer Joshua Jelly-Shapiro as they explore Tree’s latest work and its commentary on the beauty and strength of nature in its freest conditions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | The Skeleton Twins (2014): Estranged Twins Reuniting


Having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship. 93 min. Director: Craig Johnson. Starring Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
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Film | Christ Stopped at Eboli, Part 2 (1979): Italian Epic


Carlo Levi, a painter, writer, doctor, and intellectual, is exiled to Grassano, an impoverished town with only one car and one toilet, in southern Italy. Levi learns to find the humanity in this seemingly backward hamlet. Made for Italian television in four 55-minute parts, this newly restored version by Rialto Pictures is the director's complete, uncut epic. Directed by Francesco Rosi Starring Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Lea Massari, Irene Papas 110 of 220 min. In Italian with English subtitles
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | Disorder Under Heaven: Considering a Radical Reorganization


Slavoj Žižek talks about a radical reorganization of our entire food production and distribution—so how to do it? Is it not clear that a strong global agency is needed with the power to coordinate such measures? And is not such an agency pointing in the direction of what we once called “Communism”? And does the same not hold for other threats to our survival as humans? Is a similar global agency not needed also to deal with the problem of increasing numbers of refugees and immigrants, with the problem of digital control over our lives? Let’s not be afraid to tackle the problem of the new order that the ongoing disorder is calling for. 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 .
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Queer Heroes: The Diverse Achievements of LGBTQ People 


Writer Arabelle Sicardi celebrates this illustrated book documenting the diverse achievements of LGBTQ people throughout history.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Play | The Trojans: Greek Tragedy in 1980s High School


The Trojans is a reimagining by Leegrid Stevens of the epic tale of the Trojan war set in the magical world of high schools in the eighties. Two rival football teams vie for the State Championship and the heart of the prettiest girl in school, Heather.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Discussion | American Diplomacy in a Post-9/11 Era


Diplomacy has long been an essential tool in the American national security playbook, and this proved to be especially true in the aftermath of 9/11. Today, a new era of diplomacy poses fresh challenges for American diplomats. Ronald E. Neumann of the American Academy of Diplomacy, Gérard Araud, former Ambassador of France to the U.S. (2014–2019), and Peter Ammon, former Ambassador of Germany to the U.S. (2011–2014), discuss the future of American diplomacy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Between the Mexican Renaissance and the Harlem Renaissance


100 years after the Harlem Renaissance was born, cartoonist Rafael Barajas “El Fisgón” shares a captivating visual presentation about the legacy of Mexican caricaturist Miguel Covarrubias, whose book Negro Drawings is considered a classic collection of sketches from the vast social movement. Barajas will dissect the profound cultural turmoil of the early 20th century, which questioned most of the Ancien Régime’s social, artistic, intellectual and scientific paradigms. For Mexico, this time translated into a complex social revolution, which led to what local historians call the Mexican Renaissance and turned Mexico City into a significant artistic hub. Simultaneously, African American figures such as Langston Hughes and Louis Armstrong transformed the Harlem neighborhood into a black cultural mecca. This fascinating talk will closely examine how Covarrubias left a significant mark in both movements and will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Screening | The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!: A Filmed Talk


A public screening of a talk by the revolutionary leader Bob Avakian which soberly confronts this unprecedented situation. Fascism in America? Avakian makes the case, as no one else has, that this is in fact a fascist regime--with deep roots in the history of this country, and its role in the world. And he argues for what’s needed in the face of this. Not passively relying on the Democrats pursuing impeachment, or waiting for the 2020 elections. But people stepping outside the bounds of normal politics—taking to the streets in their thousands and millions to drive this regime from power like in Puerto Rico and Hong Kong. Bob Avakian is the leader of the revolution and architect of the new communism. He has spent decades analyzing the particular role of the rise of fascism and Christian Fundamentalism in the US.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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: Monique Muse Dodd Joy Norton Oskar Sinclair Shiloh-Zion Spencer Starshaé Mitchell
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