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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 14, 2017?

75 free events take place on Thursday, September 14 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 September 14 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 September . 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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75 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, September 14, 2017

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Workshop | Morning Tai Chi


These morning classes provided by the Tai Chi Chuan Center are led by teachers and students who train at CK Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Master Hyland Harris. All ages and levels are welcome. Classes are rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 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 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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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 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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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, 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 am
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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 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 am
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Film | Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles (1974): Oscar-Nominated Comedy


Stars: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens. In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. 93 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | Stroll to Strawberry Fields


Explore the southwest of Central Park with Central Park Conservancy tour guides, and see it like never before. From a planned military parade ground to the site commemorating a famous activist for peace, one of the most-visited areas of the Park has some secrets to share with even the most seasoned Park-goer. Highlights of this tour include: Maine Monument, the Children’s District, Sheep Meadow, Tavern on the Green, and Strawberry Fields.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Dance fitness party led by Broadway dancers


Garjana dance workout is led by a team of Broadway performers, featuring choreography from Mamma Mia’s Monica Kapoor and debuting all-original music from Douglas Romanow, whose credits include Justin Bieber, Tyga, and hundreds more. “Feel good and sweat!” - Time Out New York “A vigorous class w. abundant smiles, encouragement, laughs” - Billboard
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 12, 2017 to May 23, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Author Reading | Adam Greenfield reads from his book Radical Technologies


Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with the networked objects, services and spaces that define us. It is time to re-evaluate the Silicon Valley consensus determining the future.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Choral Works by Webern, Tallis


Program: Tallis: Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater Isaac (ed. Webern): Virgo prudentissima Sheppard: Media Vita Webern: Im Sommerwind Webern: Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen Dorman: The Seventy Names of Jerusalem (2014)
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1:00 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 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Gene Saks' Cactus Flower (1969): Sorry, Baby, He's Married


Stars: Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn. A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife. 103 min.
   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
$10 suggested donation

Workshop | Retro Board Gaming and Jigsaws for Adults


Share your passion for gaming the old-fashioned way. If words excite or inspire you, and crossword puzzles keep you going, then Scrabble is your game! Are you a chess or checkers champion? Whether you're a master or just starting out, show off your best moves. If you like wheeling and dealing, Monopoly's the game for you. Join them for some lively board time. All levels of play welcome. Please feel free to bring your own game set, and friends.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Robert Z. Leonard's Dancing Lady (1933): Breaking into Broadway


Stars: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone. An attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man, who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway. 92 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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City Walk | Tour The Battery


Join a tour of The Battery, a 25-acre park at the tip of Manhattan. Learn about the park's rich history, many important landmarks and monuments, the Seaglass Carousel, 134,000 square feet of beautiful perennial gardens designed by renowned Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, and so much more. Every Thursday from September 7 to October 26, 2017.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Gold and Glitter: Telemann in Paris


To commemorate the 250th anniversary of Telemann's death, the ensemble Gold and Glitter perform two of his Paris Quartets. Performers: Sang Joon Park, Baroque flute Daniel Lee, Baroque violin Martha McGaughey, Viola da gamba Arthur Haas, Harpsichord
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Workshop | Social Security: How it Will Fit into Your Retirement Plan


This class provides an overview of the major social security provisions. It reviews the basics that you need to know and what resources are available to help you understand when and how to apply for your Social Security Retirement Benefits.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Book Discussion | Lucky: Murder in Chinatown


Discuss the book by Henry Chang.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Prismatic Park: Dance in the Park


Jodi Melnick provides free dance in the park. The final dance artist of three Danspace-curated participants in Josiah McElheny's summer-long Prismatic Park, Melnick and guest artists activate McElheny's installation with movement from September 12-24.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Ernst Lubitsch's Trouble in Paradise (1932): His-and-Her Thieves


Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall. A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme. 83 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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City Walk | Greenwich Village, High Line and Chelsea Tour


Join a three hour journey through some of New York City's most historic areas. Begin in Greenwich Village, one of the cultural centers of America. From there, make your way through the Gansevoort Market and the Meatpacking Historic Districts and then onto the extraordinary High Line. Then relive the bygone days of a thriving cruise ship and industrial waterfront along the Hudson; we'll see where trains ran along "death avenue", where the New York harbor along the Hudson was perhaps the most significant waterfront in the world at one time.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Raoul Peck's I Am Not Your Negro (2016): Oscar-Nominated Documentary


Director Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished – a radical narration about race in America, using the writer’s original words. He draws upon James Baldwin’s notes on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. to explore and bring a fresh and radical perspective to the current racial narrative in America. 93 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Researching with E-Resources: Periodicals and Newspapers


Explore current and historical newspapers and periodicals available online through NYPL
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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 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.
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Subway Art Tour


Many people think of the New York City subway as one of the largest, most efficient, if not the cleanest mass transit systems in the world. Few, however, think of it as the largest and longest art gallery on the planet. Well, they don't know what they are missing. This lively walking AND subway riding tour visits over a dozen subway stations to experience a selection of these striking often whimsical works that go largely unnoticed by the general public. Join this climate controlled subway and walking art tour. Along the way you'll learn about and become expert at navigating the (in)famous NYC subway system. There's also the invaluable opportunity to confer about your other sightseeing plans with the acclaimed Bronx born, vastly experienced licensed NYC tour guide, Darryl Reilly. Tour takes place every Thursday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Zach Braff's Going in Style (2017): Elderly Bank Robbers


Stars: Michael Caine, Richie Moriarty, Josh Pais. Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money. 96 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Other | Human Chess


Become your favorite game piece and navigate the chess board as a team sport. Thursdays until September 28, 2017.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Talk | Photographer Michael Kaminski: The Backbone Of Havana


Michael Kaminski started in the photography industry 30 years ago, developing E6 film by day and photographing live performances of bands by night. Recently hel had the good fortune to accompany School of Visual Arts to Cuba (twice). Mentored by world renowned photographers Jaime Permuth and Alex Garcia, he was able to explore the city of Havana. Michael has tried to stay away from the classic cars and cigars, and capture moments of everyday life in Havana, the butchers, the bakers, the baseball players, the boxers and others who are the backbone of this unique city.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | The Pianists of NYU Steinhardt


The pianists of NYU Steinhardt, joined by members of NYU's Program in Vocal Performance, bring special ambience to this performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | Ry Russo-Young's Before I Fall (2017): Last-Day Replay


Stars: Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Cynthy Wu. February 12 is just another day in Sam's charmed life, until it turns out to be her last. Stuck reliving her last day over and over, Sam untangles the mystery around her death and discovers everything she's losing. 98 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:15 pm
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Lecture | How Do Multiracial People Identify Their Children and What Does This Tell Us?


While there has been significant growth in studies about ‘multiracial’ (or ‘mixed race’) individuals – that is, the children of so-called interracial unions – very few studies have investigated the experiences of people who are the descendants of multiracial individuals (such as the children or grandchildren of multiracial people). As ‘mixing’ continues in many societies, and down the generations, what are the social, political and theoretical implications of this? Speaker Miri Song is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, in Canterbury, England.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Birdwatching | Fall Birding Tour


Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season with guided tours. 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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5:00 pm
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Conference | The Gallatin Climate Change Initiative


When it comes to climate change, the work of scientists is conclusive: in the past half-century, that work has produced a widely accepted consensus that the planet is warming and that humans are responsible. Though scientists must continue to monitor the amount of warming and to track its effects, climate change is a complex problem whose unfolding will reach beyond such analysis. Recognizing this, scholars in fields other than the natural sciences have recently begun to mobilize their disciplinary expertise to respond to climate change. How can we use that study to imagine the transformations and losses of climate change? How can we make concrete the challenges that humans will face in the next century? How can we grapple with the ethical issues presented by a problem whose most intense effects will be experienced by populations other than those most responsible for planetary warming? How can we inspire people in the present to create a different future, to slow warming, or to mitigate its effects?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Orphan Train: Two Women, One Friendship


Discuss the book by Christina Baker Kline.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Jeff Sonhouse: Masked Reduction: Paintings


Sonhouse's subject is the African American male within Western culture. In Masked Reduction, he continues his focus on the figure, more specifically, the African American male portrait, drawing inspiration from media images as well as the long history of portraiture, and employing a visual language he's developed over the years. Repeated and edited over time, these characters have become his own. Jeff Sonhouse was born in New York in 1968. He received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York in 1998 and his MFA from Hunter College, New York in 2001. His work has been included in exhibitions such as Frequency and The Bearden Project, at The Studio Museum in Harlem in 2005 and 2012 respectively; 30 Americans, at the Rubell Family Collection, Miami in 2009 which traveled widely throughout museums across America through 2016; and Face to Face: Los Angeles Collects Portraiture, at the California African American Museum, Los Angeles in 2017.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Leonard Freed: Six Stories: vintage black and white photographs


Loenard Freed was one of the leading photographers of the post-War era. Culled from Freed’s extensive archive, this exhibition presents over 75 vintage black and white prints from six of the photographer's most important bodies of work representing his most personal stories. Two examine his Jewish roots, in Brooklyn and in Israel. Two portray blacks in white America, people with whom he identified strongly. Two portray the defeated enemies of the recent World War, as Freed seeks to come to terms with them.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Rediscovery, Restoration and Rediscovery: The Eldridge Street Synagogue in Photographs


Visitors will have the opportunity to view the show and tour the synagogue to see the results of the restoration.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Silhouettes and Modern Spirit: photography


Erica Deeman presents Silhouettes. She has had domestic and international group exhibitions at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, UK; The Hive, Worcester, Worcestershire, UK; Municipal Gallery, Library and Cultural Centre, Dublin, Ireland; Old Truman Brewery, London, UK; Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA; and SF Cameraworks, San Francisco, CA; and University of Derby, Derbyshire, UK. Modern Spirit is an exhibition of vintage photographs from a private collection.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Vintage: Italy 1964: Photographs by Hope Wurmfeld


The black and white photographs featured in this exhibition were first shown in the Graphics Department of the Princeton University Library and some were bought by the Museum of Modern Art, NYC. The portraits and landscapes of Italian life during that year, primarily of Rome but also of the South and Sicily, give us a glimpse into the heart of a country at the cusp of profound industrial and political change. With two m-3 Leicas, several lenses and a light meter, Wurmfeld spent 1964 living in Trastevere exploring the city and the surrounding countryside. A strong graphic sense and an eye for the revealing detail are distinguishing characteristics of this body of work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | VULNERABLE: photography by Alain Willaume


Alain Willaume’s unusual photos evoke a ghostly undercurrent in our everyday lives. Depicting lone and meditative figures in barren landscapes and dusty roads, they highlight the fractures in the places we call home. Working outside of the mainstream and of the traditions of documentary photography, Willaume creates an arresting personal cartography of engaged metaphors and enigmatic imagery. His haunting body of work evokes the lurking violence and vulnerability in the world as well as in the human beings who inhabit it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Disaster Preparedness and the Constructed Environment


Get the results from a week-long design intensive on Disaster Preparedness, in collaboration with The Japan Foundation. This school-wide intensive is one of several “stepping-stone” events leading to the first North American exhibit of Hirokazu Nagata’s The Earth Manual Project in Fall 2018. Speaker: Hirokazu Nagata, Chair of NPO Plus Arts
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Park Walk | Garden Tour: Spring Ephemerals and Bulbs


Get to know every detail of the park's plant life while walking through the park with one of our knowledgeable staff horticulturists. Discover how our perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees change as seasons pass, what plants are native, which are edible and medicinal, and how we take care of more than 500 varieties of plants growing in the park. This tour will highlight the spring bulbs and native spring ephemerals growing in the park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Park Walk | Garden Tour: Tall Grasses and Wildflowers


Get to know every detail of the High Line's plant life while walking through the park with one of our knowledgeable staff horticulturists. Discover how our perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees change as seasons pass, what plants are native, which are edible and medicinal, and how we take care of more than 500 varieties of plants growing in the park. This tour will highlight the ornamental grasses and wildflowers growing in the park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Discussion | Listening to Images


What happens when we shift our way of engaging with photography? When we go beyond looking at images and, instead, listen to them? Tina Campt, director of the Center for Research on Women, delves into lost archives of historically dismissed photographs to deepen our understanding of the lives of black subjects throughout the black diaspora. Campt invites us to open our ears to photographs of rural African women in the late 19th century and 1960s mug shots of the Freedom Riders, and to hear in them the quiet intensity and quotidian practices of refusal. Originally intended to dehumanize, police, and restrict their subjects, these photographs convey the low hum of resistance and subversion, and the anticipation of a boldly imagined and more just future. With Tina Campt, Rizvana Bradley, Nicole Fleetwood, Jack Halberstam, and Deborah Thomas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Mikiko Hara: In the Blink of an Eye 1996-2009: color photographs


Hara's square color snapshots involve no noticeable high drama. Her portraits - men and women, adults, adolescents, and children - are often alone hovering in the bay of everydayness: a schoolgirl at a train platform, mother and daughter asleep in a subway car, a middle-aged woman sternly looking off-camera. Although these scenes were shot in Tokyo and its suburbs, the settings and activities have an ambiguous quality, the images evoke emotion and mood through nuanced facial expressions and body language.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Outdoor Yoga


Perfect your downward dog under the trees at this 14th season of outdoor yoga classes presented by Manduka with instructors curated by Yoga Journal. A colorful selection of mats is provided by Manduka, no need to bring your own.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Peter Bogyo discusses his book Broadway General Manager: Demystifying the Most Important and Least Understood Role in Show Business


Broadway General Manager is a fascinating, insightful, and entertaining glimpse into the normally closed world of theatrical general management. Penned by veteran Broadway insider Peter Bogyo, readers will gain an appreciation and understanding of what the business half of show business is all about. For the first time ever, gain backstage access to the fast-paced and glamorous world of Broadway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Resume Renovation


John Crant discusses how to increase the value of the items on your resume, and how to make the cuts necessary, to be seen as a stand-out during your job search.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Uprising 13/13: Revolution


"Uprising 13/13" will explore thirteen different forms or modalities of uprising, including insurgencies, revolts, hacktivism, disobedience, liberation, sedition, and more. Each session will focus on one form of uprising in relation to historical events, from modern revolutionary movements to the Arab Spring and the Dakota Access Pipeline. Discussants will address the questions on the basis of a range of archival and theoretical sources, and other media. Discussions will be led by moderators Bernard Harcourt and Jesús Rodriguez-Velasco with invited guest scholars. This session will examine the historical concept of "revolution" and explore the political consequences of conceptualizing revolution in different ways. How do conceptions of revolution relate to theories of history? With: Etienne Balibar, Gayatri Spivak, Bernard Harcourt, and Jesús Rodriguez-Velasco
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Jazz | Vintage jazz and swing by Hot Sardines and more


Fueled by the belief that classic jazz feeds the heart and soul, the Hot Sardines are on a mission to make old sounds new again and prove that joyful music can bring people together in a disconnected world. Music first made famous decades ago comes alive through the group’s brassy horn arrangements, rollicking piano melodies, and vocals from a chanteuse who transports listeners to a different era. The band has performed more than 150 tour dates from Chicago to London, released two albums to critical raves, earning a No. 1 slot on the iTunes Jazz chart in the U.S. and internationally. 6 pm - swing class with Paolo Pasta Lana 6:30 pm - concert
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | A Leap Into the Void: Architecture Graduate Thesis Exhibition


Thesis positions the architectural studio as a space for the exploration, experimentation and production of new forms of knowledge and design innovation. In a semester-long endeavor of architectural research, students both negotiate and interrogate a vast range of issues with complex and often contradictory impulses, particular to the advancement of disciplinary knowledge. Inevitably, it is a leap into the void, an exploration of the uncharted territories where architectural research dwells. A leap into the unknown entails an instance of suspension on the rational to embrace the irrational. This temporary suspension of reason is necessary to challenge the grounds of our architectural clichés. This "leap" has yielded 13 projects across 5 continents, negotiating erotic desires, social struggles, environmental decadences, paranoid secrecies, material instabilities and political folly. The work is deeply personal and provocative, as many students take their theses "home," to research local conditions in familiar sites all over the world, perpetually confronting questions of tradition, difference and architectural particularity with global concerns.
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Lecture | A Cultural Plan for All New Yorkers


Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl discusses art, leadership, institutions, and how to create change at the scale of the city, including CreateNYC, the first-ever comprehensive cultural plan for the City of New York. Studied and produced over two years and released in July 2017, the plan "is intended to serve as a roadmap to a more inclusive, equitable, and resilient cultural ecosystem, in which all residents have a stake."
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Screening | A Tribute to Rodgers and Hart


Before Rodgers and Hammerstein, there was the team of Richard Rodgers, the composer, and Lorenz (Larry) Hart, the lyricist, a partnership that lasted over 20 years. They wrote 28 shows, eight Hollywood musicals, and over 550 songs. Among their most famous songs are "My Funny Valentine," "Manhattan," "Blue Moon," "Spring is Here," "Where or When," and "The Lady is a Tramp." Watch videos of such well-known singers as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé, and Sarah Vaughan. Moreover, you will get a chance to see some singers not as well-known: Johnny Hartman and Lee Wiley. Presented by Mel Haber.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Yoga Flow Workshop


Link mindful breathing with movement in this full spectrum yoga practice that includes modifications and intensifications depending on experience level. Veteran Nina Semczuk helps you cultivate strength, flexibility, balance, and focus while enjoying yoga outdoors. Bring your own mat. This event repeats every Thursday until September 28, 2017.
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Discussion | 150 Years of Capital


On September 14, 1867, the Börsenblatt des deutschen Buchhandels (the German book trade's bulletin) informed its readers about the publication of Karl Marx’s major opus, Capital, Volume I: The Process of Production of Capital. Exactly 150 years after this historic date, celebrate the anniversary of this influential publication. Preeminent Marxist scholar David Harvey will discuss the context of the publication of Capital as well as the book’s relevance to theory and movements from 1867 to 2017. Harvey will be joined by Ajay Singh Chaudhary of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research and another guest. Why was Capital so influential? Why has it maintained its relevance? What have we learned since its publication and how can that strengthen our understanding of the book’s core theoretical message? How does Capital help us comprehend the world we live in and make it a better one for future generations? These are some of the questions that our experts will debate. The discussion will be followed by a reception.
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Opening Reception | Nina Torres Fine Arts | World Tour New York: A Group Show


Featured artists: From Germany, India, China, Korea, France, Italy, Argentina, Mexico, Greece, Switzerland & USA: Rosa Bittner | Cheng Mei Yi | Johanna Blandon | Christina Lappa | Kashfianna Pinto | Paolo Volta | Berti Duccio | Park Mink Yu | Luis Gutierrez | Marcelo Holzinger | Roshi Khalilian
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Author Reading | Action Bronson discusses his book F*ck, That's Delicious: An Annotated Guide to Eating Well


This ain’t no cookbook. This ain’t no memoir. This is Action Bronson’s devotional, a book about the overwhelming power of delicious—no, f*cking amazing—food. Bronson is this era’s Homer, and F*ck, That’s Delicious is a modern-day Odyssey, replete with orgiastic recipes, world travel, siren songs, and weed.
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Discussion | At Home in the World: On Writing, Immigration, and Belonging


Authors Rumaan Alam, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Garnette Cadogan, Rigoberto Gonzalez, and Porochista Khakpour discuss immigration, Brooklyn/New York as a global center, and finding home as a writer. Moderated by Walton Muyumba.
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Poetry Reading | Charles Simic, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet


Charles Simic is the author of numerous poetry collections and translations, including The Lunatic (HarperCollins, 2015), New and Selected Poems, and Master of Disguises. Winner of various awards, including the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, the PEN Translation Prize, and the Wallace Stevens Award, Simic was named the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2007.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Daniel Mendelsohn discusses his book An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic


When 81-year-old Jay decides to enroll in the undergraduate Odyssey seminar his son, author and award-winning memoirist Daniel Mendelsohn, teaches, the two find themselves on an adventure as profoundly emotional as it is intellectual. Rich with literary and emotional insight, An Odyssey is a renowned author-scholar's most triumphant entwining yet of personal narrative and literary exploration.
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Author Reading | Eboni K. Williams reads from her bookPretty Powerful: Appearance, Substance and Success


The political commentator and legal analyst says that to accept the false notion that beauty and power are mutually exclusive is to leave an incredibly powerful tool on the table.
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Author Reading | Jessica Benjamin discusses her book Beyond Doer and Done To: Recognition Theory, Intersubjectivity and The Third


Jessica Benjamin, author of the path-breaking Bonds of Love, expands her theory of mutual recognition and its breakdown into the complementarity of "doer and done to." Her innovative theory charts the growth of the Third in early development through the movement between recognition and breakdown, and shows how it parallels the enactments in the psychoanalytic relationship. Benjamin’s recognition theory illuminates the radical potential of acknowledgment in healing both individual and social trauma, in creating relational repair in the transformational space of thirdness.
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Discussion | We Contain Multitudes: Latinx Representation and Identity


Daniel José Older (pictured), Veronica Chambers, Adam Silvera, Nikki Garcia, and Shelley Diaz in conversation.
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Film | NYsferatu: Symphony of a Century: A Silent Animated Film by Andrea Mastrovito


More Art premieres NYsferatu: Symphony of a Century by Andrea Mastrovito, a spectacular, hand-animated, silent film that combines music and community engagement to create a powerful and poignant statement about the horrors of the unknown and the inspiring search for liberty. Resetting Friedrich W. Murnau’s classic 1922 film Nosferatu in contemporary New York City, Mastrovito and his team of 12 artists have created over 35,000 original drawings to replicate the beautifully eerie flickering shutter effect of early cinema. The reimagined storyline and title-cards of NYsferatu were made in collaboration with recent immigrants and English as new language learners. The film is accompanied by musical improvisations by The Dick Valentine Vampyre Jamboree featuring Dick Valentine of Electric Six and James Wells and Quinn English of The Gay Blades.
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Screening | Where Does the Time Go…: Short Film on Missing Time


Brooklyn-born visual artist Kambui Olujimi’s short film Where Does The Time Go… chronicles the research of Ames C. Vera, a scientist of sorts, who travels door to door across the multiverse conducting interviews about missing time. While some interviewed have lost days or years, others are searching for moments that have slipped away. The film will feature a live score and will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.
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Tour | Ghosts of Greenwich Village Tour


New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native tribes, lost opportunities and political intrigue. With almost every step one takes through the West Village, one encounters the ghosts and spirits of New York City’s past. Every corner has its stories, every building has its haunted spirits.
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Film | John Hughes' Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986): Teen Plays Hooky


Stars: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara. A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that. 103 min.
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Concert | Lecture-Recital Featuring Piano Works by Bach, Scarlatti, Mozart, Schubert, and More


Program: J. S. Bach Chorale from Cantata No. 147 Dinu Lipatti Nocturne in F-Sharp minor Domenico Scarlatti Two Keyboard Sonatas: K 380 in E major K 135 in E major Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo in D major, K 485 Franz Schubert Impromptu in G-flat major, op. 90/3 Maurice Ravel Alborada del Gracioso Dinu Lipatti Sonata Romantica George Enescu Pavane from Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Franz Liszt Two Sonnets after Petrarch: Sonetto 47 & Sonetto 104 Dinu Lipatti Nocturne in A minor on a Moldavian theme Frederic Chopin Heroic Polonaise in A-flat major Mannes alum pianist Matei Varga in a concert dedicated to composer/pianist Dinu Lipatti at the Centennial Anniversary of his birth.
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Workshop | Intro Class - Soul Mending: How to Heal Spiritual Traumas with Soul Retrieval


When we experience trauma, the psyche’s survival strategy is often to suppress difficult feelings in order to carry on, but this takes its toll on the soul. Traditional shamans view this “soul loss”—the wounding of a person’s spirit as a result of trauma, often at an early age—as a leading cause of physical and psychological dysfunction. The shamanic approach to healing this condition, know as soul retrieval or soul mending, is to journey into the inner spirit world, retrieve the lost part of the soul, and reintegrate it into the psyche to return to wholeness. In this class, we’ll learn shamanic techniques for traveling to the spirit world, diagnosing soul-loss symptoms, developing the ability to “see” the source of our own and others’ traumas, and performing soul retrieval. With: Itzhak Beery
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City Walk | Midtown Manhattan Night Tour


New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the 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. NOTE** THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS. Please note they do utilize the subway on this tour so you will need $5 for subway.
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Classical Music | Novus NY performs works by Webern and others


Program: Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10 Webern: 2 Lieder, Op. 8 Webern: 4 Lieder, Op.13 Gubaidulina: Concordanza Webern: Kantate 1, Op. 29 Epstein: Flower World Webern: Das Augenlicht, Op.26 Webern: Variations, Op. 30 Webern: Symphony, Op. 21
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Concert | The Hendrik Helmer Trio


The Hendrik Helmer Trio is comprised of Geoff Burke, George Papageorge and Hendrik Helmer. Geoff Burke is Saxophonist that has performed with Harry Connick, Jr., Wynton Marsalis, the Artie Shaw Orchestra, Natalie Cole, Fred Thomas, and Dispatch. As an arranger he has written for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. He can be seen weekdays performing on Harry Connick Jr.'s new daytime talk show, HARRY. George Papageorge is a jazz blues funk and rock piano player and organist based in New York City. He has performed on stage and on 25 recordings, and has toured and recorded with and co written music for soul singer Mighty Sam Mc Claim and soul/jazz guitar legend Melvin Sparks. Papageorge’s debut album Snowstorm Blues was released in September Hendrik Helmer is a electric and acoustic guitarist who incorporates a wide range of Blues and Jazz styles into his own playing and songwriting. Hendrik performed from a young age on and toured extensively in Europe until his late 20’s. Moving to NYC in 1998 has led him to play with artist such as Carly Simon, Maxwell, Paul Shaeffer and - to his Carnegie Hall debut in 2014. In 2015 he started working for Madonna’s children as the “house” guitar teacher.
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