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49 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, September 19, 2016

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Birdwatching | Falll Birding Tour


Go birding! Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season ... more >> with guided tours. The location is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will's-widow. Mondays and Thursdays throught October 20.
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8:00 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for ... more >> over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
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Tour | Central Park All-in-One Tour


It is easy to forget that you are in a crowded city while walking through this spectacular park. The ... more >> original plan for the City of New York, laid out by the City Commissioners in 1811 did not include the park. But as the city grew rapidly in size, that changed.
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Tour | Downtown Manhattan 3-Hour Tour


The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World ... more >> Trade Center, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. These are neighborhoods that simply can’t be fully appreciated from a bus. There will be one or two opportunities to sample tasty treats.
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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. Tour takes place Mondays and Fridays.
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Tour | New York One-Day Tour


Don't have enough time to take all of the tours? Prefer to experience Manhattan with a smaller group, ... more >> but a private booking is out of reach? Then consider our All-in-One New York Tour. This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, the World Trade Center, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, Chelsea Market and the Highline Park. Tour takes place Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central ... more >> Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. Takes place daily.
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Film | Peter Atencio's Keanu (2016): action comedy


Clarence and Rell, cousins who live in the city but are far from streetwise. When Rell2s beloved kitten, ... more >> Keanu, is catnapped, the hopelessly straight-laced pair must impersonate ruthless killers in order to infiltrate a street gang and retrieve the purloined feline. But the incredibly adorable kitten becomes so coveted that the fight over his custody creates a gang war, forcing our two unwitting heroes to take the law into their own hands. Starring Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Method Man, Nia Long and Will Forte
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome ... more >> to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. The event is offered daily, except Sundays.
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Piano in the Park


With: Pianist and composer Yuka Aikawa began playing piano at the age of five in her native country, ... more >> Japan. She studied at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, where she received her M.A. in jazz performance under the guidance of Sir Roland HannaandJimmy Heath. During this time, she received the prestigious Michael Feinstein Award for “Outstanding Talent.” When not at Bryant Park, you can hear Yuka at various Jazz clubs in and around the New York area - including the Blue Note, Kitano Hotel, and Birdland Jazz Club, as an accompanist for the jazz choir - the Lance Hayward Singers, or on Carline Ray's beautiful album Vocal Sides, produced by Catherine Russell (www.facebook.com/CarlineRay). Yuka's new trio album, Clouds and Water, a tribute to Sir Roland Hanna, has been released in Japan, where she will be touring this fall.
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international ... more >> monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Change Your Mindset Workshop


Our judgmental inner critic and all the negative thoughts it triggers often influence the way we feel ... more >> about our body. Ultimately, this takes away our happiness and ability to feel good about our body and our self. In this workshop, you will: Learn about the real effects of negative thoughts; Learn ways to recognize negative thoughts and challenge negative thoughts; Learn ways to challenge your inner critic and the negative thoughts it triggers; You will gain skills needed to regain control of how you feel about you. Feeling good about your body begins with changing your mindset.
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2:00 pm
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Film | George Sidney's Oscar-Nominated Young Bess (1953): Life of Elizabeth I


Stars: Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr. The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood ... more >> until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, ... more >> however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all. Tours are Mondays and Fridays at 2pm, and Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10am.
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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. This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 2pm, and Saturdays at 10am.
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Lantern Building Workshops for the 5th Annual Morningside Lights


Help create a fleet of lanterns for the fifth annual Morningside Lights Procession. Collaborate with ... more >> friends and neighbors to create lanterns inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry. For 100 years, the Pulitzer Prizes have celebrated the great writers and artists of our time. This fall, makers and marchers participating in our community-created lantern procession will have a chance to illuminate favorite passages by great poets who have received this unique honor over the past century. All materials will be provided and no experience is required. Artists Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles, co-directors of Processional Arts Workshop, will lead the collaborative workshops. These drop-in sessions are free and you may sign up for as much or a little time as you'd like. Please Note: The workshops are geared toward adults, but kids 10 and up working with an adult are welcome. Workshops take place Sep. 17-23.
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2:00 pm
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Other | Nature Sanctuary Open Hours


During these limited hours, visitors can explore the normally closed sanctuary at their own pace along ... more >> the rustic trail. See how the conservancy has restored this native woodland garden for birds and other wildlife. The wood-chipped trail is uneven; please wear appropriate shoes. This ecosystem is a protected area and home to many flora and fauna. No groups, dogs, bikes, or strollers. Free and self-guided. Space is limited.
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2:00 pm
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central ... more >> Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. Takes place daily.
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour


Travel from Grand Army Plaza, past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and stop at the Dairy on this trip through ... more >> the southern Park highlights. Route involves moderate inclines and some stairs. 45 minutes.
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Tour of one of the best collections of street art and graffiti in the world


Spanning over 5 years of public work and over 130 murals, Welling Court is one of the best collections ... more >> of contemporary street culture. The Welling Court Mural Project has been a labor of love by many in support of street art and graffiti.
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Advanced Photoshop: Compositing Techniques


Take your Photoshop skills to the next level with Layer Styles, Layer Comps, Advanced Text Tools, and ... more >> Alternate Transform modes.
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4:30 pm
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Workshop | Quilting with a Purpose


Come help make quilts to be given to needy children. Sewing experience required!
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4:45 pm
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Book Signing | Dramatists Play Service's 80th Anniversary Celebration


Commemorating Dramatists Play Service's 80th year with The Anniversary Collection, a distinctive boxed ... more >> set of eight definitive titles, one from each dacade of the Play Service's history, with introductions by eminent contemporary theater artists.
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Digital Media Basics


Learn all about downloading music, videos, images and more, including streaming and sharing.
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5:30 pm
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Author Reading | Ed Hamilton discusses his book The Chintz Age: Tales of Love and Loss for a New New York


In seven stories and a novella, Ed Hamilton takes on the clash of cultures between the old and the new, ... more >> as his characters are forced to confront their own obsolescence in the face of a rapidly surging capitalist juggernaut.
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Meditation for a Healthy Lifestyle


In this fast-paced world, inner peace can seem elusive. You are invited to join Dr. Frank Pawlowski, ... more >> long-time meditator, for an engaging workshop teaching you practical strategies to reduce stress and create a more healthy and positive lifestyle. Dr. Pawlowski will offer effective meditation techniques which can help you connect within to gain a real and profound sense of serenity and joy.
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5:30 pm
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Author Reading | Andy Puddicombe discusses his book The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness: How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day


Andy Puddicombe is the co-founder of Headspace, the app that's bringing meditation to the mainstream. ... more >> He has been featured in the New York Times, appeared on The Today Show, has a TED talk and was a keynote speaker at SXSW 2016. There will be a brief meditation during his talk.
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Lecture | Astrology: guidance to wellness


Astrological coach Lisa Karmen will inform your mind, vitalize your body and empower your spirit. The ... more >> symbolism and language of astrology is a powerful tool on the journey of wellness.
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Christopher Bram reads from his book The Art of History


The latest in The Art of series edited by Charles Baxter, The Art of History engages with both fiction ... more >> and narrative nonfiction to reveal varied strategies of incorporating and dramatizing historical detail. Christopher Bram is a novelist and critic, and teacher.
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Classical Music | Francesco Cilea's Vocal Chamber Music. A Presentation and Performance by Tenor Giuseppe Filianoti


Tenor Giuseppe Filianoti returns to present the complete works for piano and voice by Francesco Cilea ... more >> (1866-1950), the celebrated composer of Adriana Lecouvreur, which was recently published by Ricordi, edited by Filianoti himself.
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Exhibition: The Book Show


Featuring publications illustrated and written by members of the class of 2017. Curated by department ... more >> chair Marshall Arisman and faculty member Carl Nicholas Titolo.
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Tour | High Line Tour


The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, ... more >> French Cheeses and Russian caviar as well as fresh meats to City markets. The hustle and bustle of the streets induced the City to elevate the railroad trains delivering goods to the commercial buildings. When interstate truck traffic made the railway outdated, it fell into ruin, only to be regenerated as a park. The tour is every Monday.
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Film | Jane Campion's Bright Star (2009): Oscar-Nominated Biopic


Stars: Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider. The three-year romance between 19th-century poet John ... more >> Keats and Fanny Brawne near the end of his life. 119 min.
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Lecture | Vanishing Lines, Soluble Boundaries, Sliding Identities


“Identity is, to me, an exploration of all the possibilities of being. It is the opposite of the monolithic. ... more >> I don’t know whether I became a writer because I was made up of so many pieces of the world, or whether being a writer has made me aware of the wealth of this multiplicity. I sometimes feel that it is a dance on the wire of possibilities and this, for me, is both a literary credo and a life credo. As people tend to entrench themselves behind the barriers of a fixed, immutable identity, I believe our chance of survival is in the exact opposite: in embracing our hybridity, in accepting that identities are soluble in one another, in recognizing that the other is ourselves.” Ananda Devi is a novelist and scholar born in Trois-Boutiques, Mauritius in 1957. She has lived in Ferney-Voltaire, France (near Geneva) since 1989, after having spent some years in Congo-Brazzaville. As an ethnologist and a translator, Devi is sensitive to the interconnection between identities and languages. Choosing to write in French, her novels and short stories also incorporate Creole and Hindi. Her incisive, lyrical and shrewd style offers the French language new cultural and linguistic scope linked to her native island.
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Talk | A Theater and a Battleground: Professions of Childhood in the Arts and Public Policy of 1940s New York


BFA Visual and Critical Studies presents Sean McCann, author and professor of English at Wesleyan University, ... more >> discussing urban childhood and adolescence in 1940s New York City, the political and historical issues behind urban policy of the time and why artists became fascinated with stories and images of children in the city.
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Talk | Charmed Visions: E.T.A. Hoffmann’s 'Sandman' on Screen


Hardly another German gothic story has had as sustained an impact as E.T.A. Hoffmann’s The Sandman. ... more >> One year after the end of the first World War, Sigmund Freud places it at the center of his essay on the uncanny, while Ernst Lubitsch recasts it in his romantic comedy Die Puppe. At the heart of both re-visitations lies the omnipotence of an enchanted vision that endows in-animated objects with a life of their own. Hitchcock’s Vertigo, in turn, explores the dark inversion of such visual screen magic, not without its own touch of black humor. Speaker Elisabeth Bronfen is professor of English and American Studies at the University of Zürich, and, since 2007 Global Distinguished Professor in the German department. She specializes in the interface between literary and visual culture, historical transformations through various media, psychoanalysis, and gender studies. Her publications include Specters of War: Hollywood’s Engagement with Military Conflict, Night Passages: Philosophy, Literature and Film, and Mad Men, Death and the American Dream.
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Slide Lecture | Lynne Cox discusses her book Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart


Lynne Cox, International Swimming Hall of Famer, delivers this illustrated lecture about super athleticism ... more >> and human frailty, about invincibility and the sudden (mind-altering) repercussions of illness, and about the triumph of spirit, surrender, and love against it all.
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Other | Trivia Night


Come and test your knowledge in a challenging though entertaining 30 question trivia quiz. There are ... more >> questions and categories for all comers, spanning subjects from Music and Movies to New York History, Sports, Literature and others in between. Individuals and teams welcome. With: Trivia Master Chris Vaccari First come, first seated. Doors open at 6:15pm
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Staged Reading | Life and Other Disasters: A Reading of Julie Richardson's New Play


As if being a lesbian trying to get pregnant isn’t hard enough, try throwing in a closeted girlfriend, ... more >> wildly inappropriate mother and a blast from the past no one saw coming. One family is rocked to the core by revelations, threats to their livelihoods and one destructive force who just won’t take no for an answer. One week in the lives of a Long Island family shakes loyalties to the core when Erin’s 
long lost daughter turns up and exposes secrets and skeletons from the past. Join the 29th Street Playwrights Collective for an evening of entertainment and food and the presentation of a rehearsed reading of this brand new play.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Ann Hood discusses her book The Book That Matters Most


The bestselling author of The Knitting Circle presents her enthralling new novel about love, loss, secrets, ... more >> friendship and the healing power of literature. Ann Hood weaves a tale about how a divorced woman and her troubled daughter turn to a mysterious book from the mother's past as a key toward moving forward and rebuilding their lives.
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Author Reading | Marisa Silver discusses her book Little Nothing


A child called Pavla is born to peasant parents. Her arrival brings outrage and scorn; she's born a dwarf. ... more >> Her parents turn to a local charlatan for aid, opening the floodgates of persecution. Part allegory, part subversive fairy tale, the novel spans the beginning of a new century, the disintegration of ancient superstitions and the adoption of industry and invention.
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Gallery Talk | Moving Image Installations and a Talk by Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz


Alongside live readings and an illustrated discussion on the aesthetics of war and conflict, artist duo ... more >> Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz present a unique compilation of their latest moving-image installation works, including I Want (2015), a double-channel video installation that features artist Sharon Hayes performing the voices of punk poet Kathy Acker, imprisoned activist Chelsea Manning, First Lady Jackie Onassis, and abducted heiress-turned-political-revolutionary Patty Hearst. Switching between political biographies, I Want questions whether the channeling of identities both past and present might reveal a slippery composite self—one resistant to pathologization and less susceptible to social control.
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring


For those like Floyd, the trauma of their Residential School for First Nations still lives deep inside ... more >> their hearts. It is a trauma that has been passed down through families for generations. What lies beneath Floyd's pain and isolation? First come, first seated. Doors open 30 min before showtime.
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Author Reading | Story Time for Grown-Ups: Ode to the Subway


Love a good story? Sit back, relax and listen to a story or two! Speak, Hoyt-Schermerhorn by Jonathan ... more >> Lethem What is your local subway station? Everyone has one. Where the station is not just a station, but the embodiment of all things, past, present and, future.
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Concert | The Open Choir


The Open Choir returns for just a few evenings this October, thanks to a visit by the Italy-based Open ... more >> Program, a world-renowned performing group. All are welcome at this unique, inclusive event, and all are invited to participate in the dynamic singing and dancing or to simply sit and take it all in.
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Tour | Ghosts on Broadway Tour


For some performers, the show must go on… even after death! The Ghosts on Broadway Tour, led by a veteran ... more >> New York City talent agent, will introduce you to these notorious theater legends who appear after the lights go dim. You’ll hear about the Broadway impresario who haunts the theater that bears his name. His apparition shows up on opening nights to congratulate the cast or “pinch” the leading ladies’ bottom. Jazz age parties are heard almost nightly from his long abandoned apartment over his theater.
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Author Reading | M. Guy Thompson reads from his book The Death of Desire: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness


M. Guy Thompson, Ph.D., is a Personal and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern ... more >> California and Adjunct Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco. Dr. Thompson lives in Marin County, California.
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress


A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights. Movement Research supports experiments in performance ... more >> rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists. With: Milka Djordjevich, James Gardella, Jasmine Hearn, Kyli Kleven.
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Classical Music | Three Violin Sonatas by Bach


Violinist Louiser Owen presents a celebration of the three magnificent solo violin sonatas by J.S. Bach. ... more >> Owen has presented the complete cycle of solo sonatas and partitas by Bach and Ysaye in past years.
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