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53 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, September 28, 2013
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Conference | Urban Convergences
Following hard-won liberation struggles against various forms of colonialism, India, Brazil, and South ... more >> Africa have now emerged as power players on the global stage. While their governments are imbued with the history and rhetoric of past left movements, these countries’ major cities are spaces of contestation, pitting the need for universal housing, water and electricity access and employment against the realities of global austerity in the neoliberal age.
This tension is brought closer to home through mega events such as Brazil’s upcoming World Cup (2014) and Olympics (2016), as well as South Africa’s World Cup (2010) and India’s Commonwealth Games (2010). These events seek to transform urban centers of the Global South into cosmopolitan world cities, at the expense of retracting public spaces and services, displacing hundreds of thousands, and further marginalizing the urban poor. How do left governments in these countries address the contradiction of fighting for social justice in a neoliberal world?
Urban Convergences will take this framework as an opening for a series of discussions on how activists, government actors, and academics are confronting these new realities for a vision of a socially just city in the 21st century.
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9:00 am
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Workshop | Health and Race Walking
Enjoy views of the Park's landscapes as you get fit. Coach Lon Wilson of the New York Walkers Club leads ... more >> walks at a moderate to brisk pace over mostly flat surfaces. Wear comfortable sneakers! Ages 18+.
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9:30 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Brooklyn Heights Tour
Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of ... more >> America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Catch and Release Fishing
Grab a pole and relax on the Harlem Meer while you wait for a bite from one of the many species of fish ... more >> that live in its diverse aquatic ecosystem! Poles available to borrow; must release fish after catching them. Free for families and individuals; groups larger than 5 must reserve at least 2 weeks in advance. Adult with photo I.D. must accompany all children.
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Drawing in the Park
Sketch and paint the Hudson River and neighboring parks with an artist/educator. Materials provided.
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10:00 am
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free, no reservation required
Festival | Fête Paradiso, the World's First Festival of Vintage French Carnival Rides and Carousels
Fête Paradiso, the world's first festival of vintage French carnival rides and carousels, will make ... more >> its American debut this summer. The rare, museum-quality collection, which includes a diverse array of attractions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as carousels, flying swings and a pipe organ, will be available for the public to ride and enjoy.
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Garden Yoga Class
A great way for the entire family to stay fit. These hour-long sessions, led by certified yoga teachers, ... more >> will educate participants about proper form, tempo and mindset needed for a fulfilling and exciting workout. Mats will be provided for temporary use.
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Spring Into Yoga
Teachers trained in different styles will be giving classes throughout the afternoon, with the scenic ... more >> park lake in the background. Please bring your own mat, as there will be none provided.
Class Schedule:
10:00-11:00am
11:30am-12:30pm
1:00-2:00pm
2:30-3:30pm
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10:00 am
$10 suggested donation...
$10 suggested donation...
Hike | Bronx River Greenway Walk
Walk the Bronx River Greenway from Allerton Avenue to the end of the Greenway in Soundview Park and then ... more >> take a bus to the 6 train station at Morrison Avenue. About 7 miles, moderate pace, mostly paved trails, some dirt paths, some hills. Leave the Greenway to stop for lunch along the way, but most of the walk will take place in the woods so bring some water. There will be mosquitoes and may be ticks or other pesky creatures, so wear pants and bring bug repellent.
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10:30 am
$3 plus bus...
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Park Walk | Garden Tour
Experience the Park's only formal garden with the Garden staff. See exuberant perennial and annual beds, ... more >> and delight in an abundance of color and fragrance while learning about the Garden's history and design.
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Shape Up Zumba
Shape Up NYC (an NYC Parks program run in partnership with Equinox, NYC Service, and Empire Blue Cross ... more >> Blue Shield) offers more than 175 free fitness classes every week at locations across the five boroughs to help New Yorkers get and stay fit.
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11:00 am
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11:00 am
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11:00 am
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free, no reservation required
11:00 am
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free, no reservation required
Conference | Ticket 2 Bollywood: Cinema Beyond Boundaries
An insider’s view of filmmaking in Bollywood and New York City. Over three days of panels, workshops ... more >> and receptions, some of today’s hottest writers, directors, actors and composers recount lessons learned, discuss professional best practices and forecast changes for filmmaking globally.
This being the centennial year of Indian film, panelists will reflect on the history and triumphs of Subcontinent cinema. Other highlights include a panel on practical advice from Western filmmaking professionals on production in New York City. Additional topics include screenwriting trends, coproduction opportunities and international film financing. Bringing together professionals from two of the world’s largest filmmaking communities, the event is also a networking opportunity for aspiring and established talent.
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11:00 am
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Tour | 8th Street & St. Marks Place Tour
A walking tour highlighting the unique, bizarre and beautiful bohemia we call Greenwich Village. Rain ... more >> or shine. Tour is led by a licensed guide who focuses on the various social, architectural and/or historic aspects of the neighborhood.
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11:30 am
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Park Walk | See the Park in Progress with a Behind-the-Scenes Hard Hat Tour
A sneak peak of the construction of the 30 acres of new park and public spaces at the center of the Island. ... more >> This tour takes visitors through the park construction site. Space on the tours is limited and is available on a first-come, first served basis. Hardhats and vests will be provided and closed-toe footwear is required. Children over the age of 7 are welcome on tours.
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11:30 am
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Conference | Gender Amplified Music Festival
Gender Amplified celebrates, supports, and unites women in the world of music production in the hopes ... more >> of creating both a more vibrant music industry and greater opportunities for women within it. Despite many successes, women working in music production remain largely unrecognized. Young women interested in entering the field are rarely given opportunities to get involved in the technical and business side of music, which limits their autonomy and their careers.
Looking to turn the tide, the Gender Amplified Music Festival brings together girls and young women who want to learn more about music production for a day of discussions about music, gender, education and careers; production workshops; networking sessions; and live musical performances. The festival features Abhita Austin, Missy Cohen, DJ Reborn, Maureen Mahon, Barb Morrison, Angela Piva, Brian Smith, Ebonie Smith, THEESatisfaction, and more.
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Movement Workshop
Movement Research provides free movement workshops outdoors. The classes are open to all; no previous ... more >> dance or movement experience necessary. The park is concrete so please wear comfortable shoes.
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12:00 pm
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Other | Open Studios
Visit with visual and performing artists who have been working on the Island since March.
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12:00 pm
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Festival | The DUMBO Arts Festival
The DUMBO Arts Festival is a feast for the senses that attracts 200,000 visitors over 3 days with the ... more >> participation of over 500 artists from a variety of disciplines, 100 studios, 50 galleries and stages and 100 programming partners.
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12:00 pm
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Film | Shane Black's Iron Man 3 (2013): Superhero Blockbuster
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow.
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable ... more >> terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
130 mins.
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12:15 pm
Free
Free
Dance Performance | 2013 Dumbo Dance Festival
A 3-day dance extravaganza! Presenting 116 companies with over 450 performing artists from throughout ... more >> the United States, South America, Italy, Canada, Korea, Japan and Germany. A multi-disciplinary celebration of dance, this year’s festival features the freshest & most original dancemakers. Audiences will be able to enjoy up to 8 different companies every hour!
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history ... more >> of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
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1:00 pm
$6
$6
Festival | FAB! Festival
The 10th annual FAB! Festival promises fun for all ages. This one-day-only arts explosion features FREE ... more >> performances, exhibits, and activities. Enjoy original dance, theater, and musical performances by artists from across the Lower East Side (and beyond). Sample tasty bites from local food vendors. Learn about local greening efforts with your neighbors, and experience more culture per square foot than at any other NYC festival.
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1:00 pm
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Film | Oscar-Winning Italian Film: Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Starring Roberto Begnini, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini.
A Jewish man has a wonderful romance ... more >> with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp.
116 min. In Italian with English subtitles.
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1:00 pm
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Film | Sam Raimi's Oz the Great and Powerful (2013): Magical Fantasy
With James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz.
A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted ... more >> land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches.
130 min.
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1:00 pm
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Opera | New York Opera Forum performs works by Wagner and Saint-Saens
Program:
Richard Wagner, Parsifal Act 2
Camille Saint-Saens, Samson et Dalila
Concert versions. ... more >> Musical Director: Richard Nechamkin.
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1:30 pm
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free, no reservation required
Dance Performance | Ballets with a Twist performs Cocktail Hour, an Evening-Length Dance Experience
Ballets with a Twist presents an evening-length dance experience that will have you asking for a second ... more >> round. Cocktail Hour is a sassy suite of dances, each inspired by a well-known beverage. The show both reinvents ballet and pays respect to the rich creativity of American cocktail culture, launching the Martini, Gimlet, Manhattan, and more off the menu and onto the stage. The Wall Street Journal praises the company’s signature show as “Inventive… Ballets with a Twist is all about trying new things.” You’ve never seen cocktails like these!
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour
Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, ... more >> food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
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Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour
It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled ... more >> and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | Public Art Tour
Join a contemporary art historian for a tour of the Park’s public art. Bring family and friends to ... more >> this memorable outing.
Take a fascinating look at playfully political sculptural installation The Real World by Tom Otterness, a bustling miniature society cast in bronze in the northeast corner of the Park.
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Union Square: Crossroads of New York
The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions ... more >> of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more!
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2:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour
A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander ... more >> Hamilton Customs House.
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Concert on Water
The concert is at the coolest classical music concerts location in New York City. Program and musicians ... more >> TBA.
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Eclectic Sounds: Luke Winslow-King & His Band / Brother Sun
Luke Winslow-King is a guitarist, singer, composer, and lyricist known for his slide guitar work, and ... more >> interest in pre-war blues and traditional jazz. Winslow-King’s work consists of an eclectic mix, taking in delta-folk music, classical composition, ragtime, and rock and roll; juxtaposing original songs with those from a bygone era.
National touring artists Joe Jencks, Greg Greenway and Pat Wictor have made their mark as veteran touring singer-songwriters. But Brother Sun is no songwriter’s round. The trio’s harmonies, as much as their lyrics, tell what they are about: warm as a campfire, stirring as a gospel church, rousing as a call to arms. Fusing folk, Americana, blues, pop, jazz, rock, and a cappella singing, Brother Sun is an explosion of musical diversity and harmony, in the finest of male singing traditions.
Bring a blanket for lawn seating; no chairs are allowed.
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Nolafunk RiverFest
Featuring Brother Joscephus & The Love Revival, High & Mighty Brass Band, The Great Apes, The Rooks, ... more >> & DJ Cochon de Lait.
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3:00 pm
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Discussion | Reflections on Walking and Dancing Across the Rubble
This discussion continues the dialogue started last year in a conversation that responded to the aesthetic ... more >> and historic dialogue proposed by Some Sweet Day, a series of performances in the Museum of Modern Art atrium curated by Ralph Lemon and Jenny Schlenzka.
Participants consider how choreography acts as translation, as occupation, and as insurgent conversation. How do movement, stillness, silence, sound, and spacing interrupt theoretical and ideological patterns? How might the experiential qualities of dance effect curatorial process? What is black music? Where do we go next?
Participants to be announced.
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3:00 pm
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Film | Shane Black's Iron Man 3 (2013): Superhero Blockbuster
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow.
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable ... more >> terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
130 mins.
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3:00 pm
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Discussion | Shining Island: Celebrating 50 Years of the Literary Colloquium Berlin
A weekend of public panel discussions celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Literary Colloquium Berlin. ... more >> This series of conversations between authors and translators will cover a range of topics including the relationship between New York and Berlin as literary cities, literature in the age of technology and surveillance, literary residencies and institutions, and the changing role of the United States in Berlin over the past 50 years from the perspective of writers who have spent time in the city, including Marcel Beyer, Aris Fioretos, Rivka Galchen, Durs Grünbein, Christian Hawkey, Felicitas Hoppe, Karen Russell, Charles Simic, and Uljana Wolf.
3:00pm, How American is It? Past, Present, and Future Berlin
4:15pm, Still a Two-way Street? New Perspectives on Translation
5:30pm, Parallel Worlds: Berlin and New York, the Literary Affinity of Two Cities
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Tae Kwon Do Workshop
Teaches the fundamentals of discipline, balance, Health and Wellness
-Get and Stay Fit
-Weight Control
-Promotes ... more >> Self Awareness
-Promotes Self Confidence
Social Activity
-Safe and enjoyable
-Fun to learn
-Meet and make new friends
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3:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour
A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander ... more >> Hamilton Customs House.
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3:00 pm
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Film | Jon Osman & Jonathan Stack's Justifiable Homicide (2002): Documentary on 2 Police Shootings
On Jan. 12, 1995, two young Puerto Rican residents of the Bronx, Anthony Rosario and Hilton Vega, were ... more >> shot to death by detectives of the New York Police Department. The officers said they were acting in self-defense, firing on two men in the act of committing an armed robbery. A grand jury believed them, and no charges were brought against them. This film suggests that the subsequent firings of the director of the review board and the investigators assigned to the Rosario-Vega case were a result of the Giuliani administration's desire to make the case go away.
85 min.
Post-screening panel discussion.
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4:00 pm
$10 suggested admission
$10 suggested admission
Concert | Saturday Afternoon Organ Meditation
The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker ... more >> and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Avant-garde jazz and classical music performed by The Orfeo Duo
The Orfeo Duo: Vita Wallace, violin, and Ishmael Wallace, piano; Louie Belogenis, saxophone; Lou Grassi, ... more >> drums; Dave Hofstra, bass. Composers include Elizabeth Adams and Todd Tarantino.
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5:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Dancing | Milonga in the Park - with Beginner Lessons
Free Beginner Lessons around 7:30ish pm.
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6:00 pm
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Dancing | West Coast Swing Dance
West Coast Swing combines elements of Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing, Salsa, and straight up booty-shakin’, ... more >> with lots of room for improvisation. It can be danced to pop, blues, rock, hip-hop, R&B, country, soul, and just about everything in between, and has gained a large following worldwide.
Join West Coast Swing enthusiasts to dance from 6-9pm and get a free lesson from 7pm–7:45pm.
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6:00 pm
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Reading | Contributors read from Washington Square
N. Michelle AuBuchon, Corina Copp, and Major Jackson read from the new issue of the national literary ... more >> journal produced by graduate students in the Creative Writing Program.
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7:00 pm
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Film | Deb Ellis & Denis Mueller's The FBI's War on Black America (1991): Documentary on Hoover's Descrediting of the Civil Rights Movement
A thought-provoking look at a government-sanctioned conspiracy, the FBI's counter intelligence program ... more >> known as Cointelpro. This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Combining declassified documents, interviews, rare footage and exhaustive research, it investigates the government's role in the assassinations of Malcolm X, Fred Hampton and Martin Luther King Jr. The film reflects the rigorous research which went into its making, and portrays the nation's unrest during the period it recounts.
47 min.
Post-screening panel discussion with original members of the Black Panther Party.
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested admission
$10 suggested admission
Tour | Manhattan Night Tour
New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the ... more >> sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline.
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8:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Off the Rack by Riley Jones-Cohen
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Margot B, R&B Chanteuse
Margot B’s sultry vocals and cool, confident stage presence ignite both dance-floor-ready rave-ups ... more >> and slinky, sexy slow jams.
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