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46 free events take place on Tuesday, September 29 in New York City.
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46 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, September 29, 2009

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Lesson | Tai Chi in the Park


A tai chi class are for all ages and experience levels. Rain or shine.
   
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7:30 am
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Forum | Bloomberg and the Mayoralty: Money, Power and a Politics of Independence


Michael Bloomberg, the self-made billionaire turned mayor, challenged the assumptions that businessmen make inept politicians and that charisma is a prerequisite for the job. Joyce Purnick’s new biography illuminates the man behind the public persona. She and others join for a conversation about how Bloomberg and his money have reshaped the mayoralty, remade city politics, and upended notions of independent urban leadership. With: Joyce Purnick, author, Mike Bloomberg: Money, Power, Politics; Glenn Thrush, Senior Congressional Reporter, Politico.com; Doug Muzzio, Professor, Baruch College School of Public Affairs; and others.
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8:30 am
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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. Five tours daily on the hour.
   
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9:30 am
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Workshop | “Basic Web Searching”


Hands on using wireless laptops. Review basic search skills using subject directories and search engines. Prerequisite: Basic Internet.
   
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10:30 am
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Workshop | “Introduction to MS Word”


Learn to create documents and reports using this word processing program. Topics include: creating, editing, formatting, printing, and saving documents. Introduction to Computers is a prerequisite.
   
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10:30 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   
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11:00 am
$6

Birdwatching | Meet the Birds


Get an up-close visit with exotic birds. Terri Jones, her granddaughter Caitlyn, Leslie Wallace, and their sociable, people-friendly birds can be found, weather permitting. Stop by to watch, ask questions, interact with the birds, or just take pictures.
   
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11:30 am
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Book Signing | Congressman Ron Paul signs his extremely important book End the Fed


The Texas congressman and one-time Republican presidential candidate draws on American history, economics, and fascinating stories from his own long political life to argue that the Federal Reserve is both corrupt and unconstitutional. The author explains where citizens and officials have gone wrong and what is needed fix America's economic policy.
   
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | The Gotham Jazzmen, Dixieland Jazz


This sextet is a staple of the New York jazz scene.
   
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | Jon Weber , Jazz Pianist


Weber has recorded and toured all over the world, winning numerous honor for performance and composition - and scoring extensively for television since 1987. Gary Burton, Roy Hargrove, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pederson, and Avishai Cohen have all recorded his music. His newest critically acclaimed release, Simple Complex, rose to #1.
   
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12:15 pm
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Concert | “Bach at Noon”: Organ Works


Features the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
   
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12:20 pm
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Author Reading | Baseball legends Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson discuss their book


A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective. Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, these two legends open up in fascinating detail about the game they love and how it was, is, and should be played: Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher and a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk About How the Game is Played
   
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Downtown: Where New York Began Tour


A tour of Downtown — its history, architecture, and art, and its fascinating denizens. Tour includes Federal Hall, the U.S. Stock Exchange, Trinity Church, Fraunces Tavern, U.S. Custom House, and Bowling Green. Led by a professional tour leader. Adults, please bring photo ID.
   
12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Duo Marchand performs “Jubal's Lyre: A 1770 Musicale”


Featuring Andy Rutherford, English guittar; and Marcia Young, voice and baroque triple harp. This program is designed to showcase Duo Marchand's vintage 1770 English Guittar. This small wire-strung cittern was the popular instrument of Colonial America, played in the homes of Washington, Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin.
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Jennifer Koh, award-winning violinist, performs sonatas and partitas by Bach


Koh is recognized in the United States and abroad for her ability to fuse intensity of temperament with a classical poise and elegance. Since she came to international attention in 1994 as winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition, Koh has gone on to perform as guest soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, National Symphony of Washington, D.C., the Moscow Radio Symphony, and the Helsinki and Czech Philharmonics.
   
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Works by Messiaen, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Debussy


Matthew Odell, piano. Program: Olivier Messiaen Prélude Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in E major, Op. 109 I. Vivace, II. Prestissimo, III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo Felix Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses in D minor, Op. 54 Claude Debussy "Étude pour les Arpèges composés" Olivier Messiaen Extracts from "Préludes": La colombe, Les sons impalpables du rêve, and Un reflet dans le vent
   
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   
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1:00 pm
$6

Tour | “The Castle and its Kingdom”


Take a walk around the lands dominated by Belvedere Castle, situated high on Vista Rock. Visit the tiny 55-acre realm on an eclectic tour of history and nature. Tour is approximately one hour.
   
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | “Teach Yourself: Computer Self-Study”


Hands on using wireless laptops. Discover free computer tutorials on the web. Search NYPL’s Catalog for books, DVDs and eBooks to help you learn computer programs and concepts on your own. Find resources on Word, Excel, Office 2007, the Internet, typing and other topics.
   
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2:30 pm
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Staged Reading | Falling to Earth, a Musical Retelling of Pygmalion


A serio-comic retelling of Pygmalion & Galatea, set in ancient Cyprus but filtered through a skewed, contemporary lens. Pygmalion, frustrated by interference from both his lusty friend and a mysterious serving girl, turns his attention toward his work. He soon discovers that his creation has a life and story of her own. When a beautiful but neurotic Venus brings the statue to life, all the characters are forced to let go of their once secure notions of life, love, and self.
   
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Listen to “The Auerglass,” a two-person pump organ


The Auerglass is a two-person wooden pump organ designed by the artist Tauba Auerbach with her friend Cameron Mesirow of the band Glasser. The instrument cannot be played alone. It requires two people to play. One player has to pump in order for the other to play and vice versa. There is a four-octave scale that is divided so that each of the two players plays every other note. Auerbach and Mesirow will play a composition written specifically for the instrument. It combines music that Auerbach wrote as a child, songs from Glasser and new material. Ida Falck Øien, who creates the costumes for Glasser, has created special costumes with shifting states for the Auerglass players to wear.
   
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5:00 pm
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Lecture | “A Practical Guide to Buying a Co-op, Condo, or House: Things You Should Know and Mistakes to Avoid”


Carmen Lee Shue of Lee Shue Realty will present her highly innovative and successful lecture. This program is meant to educate and empower first time buyers of real estate. Lee Shue states that "If anyone is in the market to purchase real estate, now is the time to do so because a majority of the properties are priced to sell. You certainly do not want to be kicking yourself later when the market picks up knowing that you could have gotten the same property for a lot less."
   
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | The Book Show, a Student Exhibition


An annual show of book projects completed by students in their first year in the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Department.
   
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Opening Reception | The Book Show, a Student Show


An exhibition of 20 book projects completed by students in the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Department. Curated by Department Chair Marshall Arisman and faculty member Carl Nicholas Titolo.
   
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Bargemusic Chamber Ensemble performs Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, and others


Presenting great chamber music of many eras and nations every week of the year at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, Bargemusic is a floating concert hall with excellent acoustics. Here at the park, the Bargemusic Chamber Ensemble, featuring artistic director and violinist Mark Peskanov, will perform music by Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Del Tredici, and Schoenfield. Tables, chairs, and picnics are welcome on the lawn.
   
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Designer Jamer Hunt talks about interdisciplinary design


Hunt will discuss the nature of interdisciplinary design. He is chief scientist at Big + Tall Design, which combines conceptual, collaborative and communication design; associate professor of transdisciplinary design at Parsons The New School for Design; and author of the forthcoming graphic design textbook Form Follows Context.
   
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Staged Reading | John Walch's Craving Gravy or Love in the Time of Cannibalism


Directed by Shana Gold. A post-apocalyptic romantic comedy that tells the tale of two wanderers, Gilroy and Delroy, as they journey through a wasteland of meaning. Their search for sustenance, however, yields something far more magical than the four food groups they discover divinity in the other. Walch is the winner of the Elizabeth Osborn Award for playwriting.
   
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | “Becoming Transdisciplinary”


Designer, writer and educator Jamer Hunt will discuss the nature of interdisciplinary design. He is chief scientist at Big + Tall Design, which combines conceptual, collaborative and communication design; associate professor of transdisciplinary design at Parsons The New School for Design; and author of the forthcoming graphic design textbook Form Follows Context.
   
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Lecture | “Easy to Be Hard: Conservatism and Violence”


Professor Corey Robin of the CUNY Graduate Center will speak on his recent research.
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Lecture | “The Biographer and the Playwright”


Harriet Alonso, historian and professor at CCNY, speaks.
   
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Lecture | Identity and Stereotype Threat: Their Nature and What to Do about Them at School and Work


Provost Claude M. Steele speaks. President Lee C. Bollinger hosts. Drawing on material from his upcoming book, Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us, Steele shares the experiments and studies that show, again and again, that exposing subjects to stereotypes - merely reminding a group of female math majors about to take a math test, for example, that women are considered naturally inferior to men at math - impairs their performance in the area affected by the stereotype. Steele offers insight into how we form our senses of identity and lays out a plan for mitigating the negative effects of "stereotype threat" and reshaping American identities. The lecture will be followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
   
6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Jill Jonnes reads from her book Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count


Discover the richly textured portrait of a visionary, of an architectural icon that became the glamorous symbol of Paris and French culture, and of an era at the dawn of modernity, reveling in the limitless promise of the future.
   
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Joel Meyerowitz discusses his book Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks


A talk and book signing with master photographer Meyerowitz on the occasion of the release of his new monograph. This stunningly beautiful collection of images is the result of a unique commission Meyerowitz received from the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to document, interpret, and celebrate the nearly 9,000 acres of parks in the five boroughs that have been left or returned to their most natural state. Meyerowitz is the first photographer to document New York City’s parks since the 1930s, when they were photographed as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s WPA program.
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Pulitzer winner Neil Sheehan discusses his book A Fiery Peace in a Cold War


Sheehan, a former New York Times reporter, gained outstanding recognition for his coverage of the Vietnam War during his tenure at the paper as well as for his epic account in A Bright and Shinning Lie, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. Sheehan has recently published another book and will discuss elements of his latest publication. The talk will spotlight the influence of science, politics and the military during the Cold War.
   
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | “PowerPoint Basics with MS PowerPoint 2003”


Hands on using wireless laptops. Topics include the basic features of PowerPoint 2003. Start PowerPoint, create a presentation, copy a slide from one presentation into another, create a specified type of slide, delete slides, change the layout for one or more slides, apply formatting, preview and save a new presentation.
   
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Discussion | A Conversation with Painter David Salle


Salle is a figurative painter whose works are in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, as well as many other institutions around the world. He will be in conversation with educator and art historian Karen Lang, who is an associate professor of art history at the University of Southern California and the author of Chaos and Cosmos: On the Image in Aesthetics and Art History.
   
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Author Reading | Bestselling writer Nick Hornby reads from his book Juliet, Naked


The author of About a Boy and High Fidelity reads from his latest tale of music, superfandom, and the truths and lies we tell ourselves about life and love.
   
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Book Discussion | Book Club: Jay Winik's The Great Upheaval


The History Book Group looks at this book about America in the late eighteenth century and the birth of the modern world.
   
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Lecture | Guatemalan artist Regina José Galindo discusses her work


"Experiences/Experiencias" is the lecture by Galindo.
   
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Poetry Reading | M. Hampton Bina Sharif reads from her book The Singing Birds, plus open mike


Sharif reads from her collection of prose poems and dramatic sketches that follow a stream of consciousness toward the therapeutic and the disturbing. With poems that murmur, rumble, and glide, M. Hampton sees slight sparks and bits of ash emanating from each of us, and she writes of the binding structures that mill and flare about us. Followed by an open mike: deliver up to 8 minutes of your poetry, prose, songs and spoken word.
   
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested admission

Author Reading | Nomi Prins reads from her book It Takes A Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street


Prins cuts through the mystery surrounding the federal bailout and how your tax dollars are being spent in her new hard-hitting expose. A former Wall Street manager turned muckraking journalist, she gets inside how the banks looted the Treasury, stole the bailout, and continued with business as usual.
   
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Tad Friend discusses his memoir Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor


Friend, a staff writer at The New Yorker, discusses his book about the long, slow fade of people like himself in American life.
   
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Lecture | Two-Time Pulitzer Winner Robert A. Caro on Writing Biography


Caro, the lauded biographer of Robert Moses and President Lyndon Johnson, will deliver the 2009 Leon Levy Biography Lecture. He will give a unique talk on the process of researching and writing a biography, with a focus on his fourth and final volume of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, an examination of Johnson’s years in the White House.
   
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Workshop | “Introduction to Meditation”


Intended for all levels. No meditation experience necessary. The instructor is Sharon Salzberg, cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. She has played a crucial role in bringing Asian meditation practices to the West. Call to confirm.
   
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Joyce Carol Oates reads from her novel Little Bird of Heaven


The New York Times bestselling author returns with a dark, romantic and captivating tale set in the Great Lakes region of upstate New York.
   
7:30 pm
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Performance | “Punch Up Your Life” Comedy Show


Hosted by Jessi Klein and Pete Holmes. Special guests TBA.
   
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