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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 13, 2018?

65 free events take place on Thursday, September 13 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 13 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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65 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, September 13, 2018

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free events nyc John Huston's The Misfits (1961): Marilyn Monroe’s and Clark Gable's final film
free events nyc A Fusion of Bluegrass and Hip-Hop
free events nyc The King and the Mockingbird (1980): A Masterpiece of Traditional Hand-Drawn Cell Animation
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Workshop | Morning Fitness


One hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises. For a breath of fresh air, take your workouts outdoors. Parks are becoming a logical alternative environment for those who want to add variety to their workouts, or who just don't like the gym. And, it's an affordable way to increase physical activity opportunities, because there's nothing special to build. Exercise with a view, in natural sunlight, with green scenery all around bestows health benefits that can’t be found indoors. Scientific studies have shown that the pleasure of being outdoors for example gives your brain, psyche, and immune system an extra boost. Led by trained professionals, and suitable for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water. Tuesdays and Thursdays through December 28, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Lesson | Become Certified in Mental Health First Aid


This 8 hour course will help you: •Identify signs and symptoms of anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses •Learn how to respond if you see these signs in your colleagues, friends, and loved ones •Acquire a valuable tool for professional development •Receive a certificate for becoming trained in Mental Health First Aid that is good for 3 yrs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Film | The Pajama Game (1957): based on a Broadway musical


An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay rise. Director George Abbott & Stanley Donen. Starring Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy Jr., Reta Shaw. 101 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Essentials for Job Seekers: Resumes


Looking for a job? Discover what tools to use to find vacancies, learn inside tips from a certified Talent Acquisition Strategist on where to find job postings and what HR is looking for in your application. Laptops will be first-come-first-served; bring your own if you have one. Also bring paper copies of your resume/cover letter, or have the file accessible via email or flash drive. Please do not arrive late interrupting the class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Author Reading | Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color


Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator, will discuss her exhibition and book Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color. A book signing will follow the presentation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts take place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 11, 2018 to May 22, 2019.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Jazz | Piano in the Park: Ragtime, Stride, and Jazz


Summertime, and the livin’ is easy... so swing on by for toe-tappin’ performances by New York’s finest, playing ragtime, stride, and jazz to your heart’s delight. Kuni Mikami played for 12 years with Lionel Hampton’s Big Band.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Film | Wait Until Dark (1967) with Audrey Hepburn: Blind Woman Terrorized


A recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment. Directed by Terence Young. 108 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | Chamber Music on Fifth: Carter, Mozart, Piazzolla


A program of chamber works performed by gifted artists of the music performance program. Performers include Federico Diaz, guitar; Patrick Doane, violin; Matthew Griswold, piano; Jonathan Heim, trumpet; Jocelyn Lai, piano; Chelsea Lane, harp; Andrea White, flute; Xiangyu Zhou, clarinet; and Stephanie Zyzak, violin. Works by Berio, Carter, Corigliano, Mozart, and Piazzolla will be presented.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Charting the Divine Plan: The Art of Orra White Hitchcock (1796–1863)


The exhibition explores the confluence of art, love, science, and religion in the extraordinary art of Orra White Hitchcock, one of America’s first female scientific illustrators. White exhibited a prodigious scientific mind and abundant artistic talent at an early age. The exhibition traces her development from schoolgirl projects to highly accomplished renderings of the natural scenery of the Connecticut River Valley used in her husband’s many geology publications. Less well known are colorful paintings on cotton—some more than twelve feet long—that were used to illustrate her husband’s many college lectures on geology, botany, zoology, and anatomy. A tour of led by museum gallery guides.
   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. Mondays through Thursdays
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Tour | Tour The Battery


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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Chappaquiddick (2018): the 1969 car accident


Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne. Directed by John Curran. Starring Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms. 101 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Tomb Raider (2018): action-adventure


Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she discovers the island where her father disappeared. Director: Roar Uthaug. Starring Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, and Walton Goggins. 118 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar-Nominated The Paradine Case (1947): Just Don't Eat Her Muffins


A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending. Starring: Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, and Charles Laughton. 125 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


Walk straight through the heart of Central Park on this east-to-west tour led by guides. Enjoy a great variety of the scenic, sculptural, and ar chitectural elements the Park has to offer. Visit some of the Park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Cherry Hill, The Lake, and Strawberry Fields.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Oscar Winning Fame (1980): The Original High School Musical


Talented students audition for, train at, and graduation from the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Directors Alan Parker. With Irene Cara, Boyd Gaines and Paul McCrane. 114 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Chappaquiddick (2018): the 1969 car accident


Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne. Directed by John Curran. Starring Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms. 101 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Coloring Club


Discover the fun and calming benefits of coloring. Color, relax and enjoy. Coloring supplies will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own materials too.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Workshop | Human Chess


Play as your favorite game piece and navigate the chess board from inside at this Human Chess game, where chess becomes an embodied team sport. All levels welcome. Thursdays, September 6-27, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | John Huston's The Misfits (1961): Marilyn Monroe’s and Clark Gable's final film


A divorcee falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle. Written by Arthur Miller. Director: John Huston. 124 min. John Huston has been referred to as "a titan", "a rebel", and a "renaissance man" in the Hollywood film industry. Author Ian Freer describes him as "cinema's Ernest Hemingway"—a filmmaker who was "never afraid to tackle tough issues head on." He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
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Author Reading | The Hamlet Fire: A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives


Author Bryant Simon is professor of history at Temple University. He is the author of Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America and Everything but the Coffee: Learning About America from Starbucks. His work and popular commentary have been featured in The New Yorker, Washington Post, Raleigh News and Observer, and numerous other outlets.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Workshop | 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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Workshop | Tai Chi to the People


A walk-in tai chi class with a curriculum tested at the Tai Chi World Cup. Breathwork, visualization, and body mechanics unite in this unique evolution of the Tai Chi system that gives practitioners something tangible to take with them in every class. Taught by former US Tai Chi Push Hands Team captain and World Cup silver medalist Jan Lucanus. Thursdays, July 12-September 27, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Writers Group


A class of writing and sharing work in a supportive and respectful environment. Writers of all genres and levels of experience welcome. No prior writing experience is necessary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: unmapped territory / Migrants Roulette


Sara Conklin's unmapped territory comprises recent works thast tackle the mysterious emotionally driven passage of death, interpreting the journey as a peaceful exploration of past and present experience. Regina Araujo Corritore's Migrants Roulette works with the ideas of gaming and migration - ageless topics. She looks at the historic movements of people, and how such movements across borders have become illegal. People have always been drawn to these travels in hope of reversing their fortunes. A turn of the migrants’ karmic wheel often means loss of family or death.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Stuart Davis / Lee Krasner


Lines Thicken: Stuart Davis in Black and White is an exhibition of black and white paintings and works on paper by Stuart Davis (1892-1964). As Barbara Haskell notes in the catalog for the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 2016 Davis exhibition, “Stuart Davis has been called one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century and the best American artist of his generation.” Mural Studies brings together eight of Lee Krasner’s rarely exhibited small-scale, gouache-on-paper studies for an unrealized Works Progress Administration mural painting. Created in 1940 (the same year Krasner produced, in her own words, her “first abstract work”) the gouaches investigate varying configurations of geometric and biomorphic forms alongside linear elements reminiscent of Jean Arp and Joan Miró.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Domicile: Interior Spaces


A group show examining our relationship to interior spaces and domestic objects, Domicile is a contemporary survey of painting, sculpture, photography and mixed-media works engaging with our intrinsic, insistent relationship to the idea of Home.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Her garden, a mirror: New Works in Printmaking, Sculpture and Video


Chitra Ganesh continues her exploration of gender and power in a futurist imaginary in this solo exhibition taking as a point of departure the utopian, feminist, sci-fi novella from 1905 called Sultana's Dream by Bengali author and social reformer Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. These new works in printmaking, sculpture, and video engage art historical and literary sources to further reimagine the roles of the individual and the collective during periods of societal turbulence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Lucid Dreaming: Selected Abstract Works


Oksana Prokopenko is a Ukrainian NYC artist well versed across multiple disciplines including painting micro mosaics, sculpture and installation. Some of Prokopenko's work has been recently included into the permanent collections of the Museum of Russian Art and the Siena Art Institute. With live music by Tom Placido Dou.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Mantra in Motion: Masterful Calligraphy


This exhibition presents a series of exquisite, recent works by master calligrapher Jamyang Dorjee Chakrishar. The central theme of the collection is the Medicine Buddha, and Jamyang explores various paths to elaborate the extraordinary and precious healing nature of the Medicine (Blue) Buddha, who comes from the eastern Pure Land, also called the Lapis Jewel Land. The Medicine Buddha is the supreme healer in Tibetan medicine and holistic healing tradition, a refuge in times of illness, and helps put an end to the three poisons: attachment, hatred, and ignorance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Mind the Gap: Black-and-White Photographs


Joshua Lutz’s third solo show at the gallery points to the physical and psychological gap one confronts in daily life. It is a reference to the gap between thoughts as well as the gap between comprehension and confusion. Caught between thinking something is one thing and the reality of what it actually is, Mind the Gap functions as a reminder of the effort needed to let go of the stories we tell ourselves and to rest for a brief moment in the here and now. Joshua Lutz has received many prestigious awards and grants, including The Aaron Siskind Fellowship; The Tierney Fellowship; and the Hudson Year Fellowship. Lutz has exhibited his work internationally in numerous shows over the past fifteen years.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Moment Work: acclaimed playwright discusses new theater works


Acclaimed playwright and director Moisés Kaufman discusses Tectonic Theater Project's new book co-written by Moisés Kaufman and Barbara Pitts McAdams with Leigh Fondakowski, Andy Paris, Greg Pierotti, Kelli Simpkins, Jimmy Maize and Scott Barrow. Moment Work is Tectonic Theater Project's method of devising new theater works, and of analyzing and re-imagining existing works. Used to create classic works such as The Laramie Project, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Moment Work is a groundbreaking process that utilizes all the elements of the stage on equal footing. The book describes Mr. Kaufman's influences, the history of Tectonic Theater Project, and takes the reader through a step by step guide to using Moment Work in creating their own work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World


In Rule Makers, Rule Breakers, celebrated cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand takes us on an epic journey through human cultures, offering a startling new view of the world and ourselves. With a mix of brilliantly conceived studies and surprising on-the-ground discoveries, she shows that much of the diversity in the way we think and act derives from a key difference—how tightly or loosely we adhere to social norms.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Study for Self Reflection : Painting and Sculpture


Turner prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger is recognized for his rich and complex body of work, spanning painting, sculpture, installation, printmaking, video, performance, and photography. This exhibition features new paintings and two large-scale sculptures presented for the first time to an American audience. The works on view extend Wallinger’s career-long engagement with ideas of power, authority, artifice, and illusion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Suspects: Opulent Colors and Wry Imagery


Emilie Stark-Menneg's paintings are imbued with an economical splendor stemming from the heightened sensuality of her opulent colors and wry imagery. Combining airbrush, hard-edge, and post-Photoshop painting techniques that push the viewers' focus from foreground to background and back again, Stark-Menneg’s figures lyrically bleed into the environment as much as the environment stains them-- creating a symbiotic relationship where hierarchies are confused and defused.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | The 'Real Simple' Method to Organizing Every Room


Get organized with help from Real Simple Editor-in-Chief Leslie Yazel and Neat Method co-founders Ashley Murphy and Molly Graves. Come prepared with your organizing questions and conundrums to ask the experts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | The Million Dollar Greeting: Today's Best Practices for Profit, Customer Retention, and a Happy Workplace


Veteran hospitality expert Dan Sachs interviews top business leaders to reveal how extraordinary customer service brings high profit, brand loyalty, and a vibrant workplace, and to share how you can implement their techniques in your own business.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Trade Winds: Hawai'i in Photographs


A solo exhibition of the New York-based photographer Yojiro Imasaka. Developed over several sojourns on the island of O'ahu, Imasaka's newest series captures a vision of Hawai'i far removed from its postcard-perfect beaches. Instead, his photographs transport us to an overgrown landscape, where the crispness of each leaf, frond, and branch is sporadically disrupted by moments of blurry focus, a result of the wind that inhabits the forest.These "trade winds" gently course through every corner of the island all year round, affecting its temperature, air quality, evenocean currents by their presence or absence. Imasaka reflects.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | A Fusion of Bluegrass and Hip-Hop


Gangstagrass was birthed in 2006 by producer Rench, whose initial mix of the two genres took the form of a free download that started an underground buzz, followed by a request from the FX Network for a theme song for the series Justified, “Long Hard Times to Come,” which was nominated for a 2010 Emmy Award. Albums include: Lightning On the Strings, Thunder On the Mic; Rappalachia; Broken Hearts and Stolen Money.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Talk | Barbecue and Its Discontents: Myth, Meat, and Modernity -- Plus a BBQ Reception


Rien Fertel presents a personal, journalistic, and historical reflection on race, labor, and foodways in the American South. An exploration of barbecue as social theory. Fertel is the author of three books exploring myth and memory in the American South. He lives and teaches in New Orleans.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Workshop | Rooftop Painting Workshop


Artist Amy Digi leads an outdoor watercolor painting and monotypes printmaking workshop at sunset. Participants will learn how to paint from observation, plus basics about materials, color mixing and composition. You'll get to take home your painting! Supplies are provided for you. No experience is necessary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Spanish artist shows work from different mediums


The exhibition, the Madrid-based Spanish artist Jeronimo Elespe’s fourth solo exhibition mounted by the gallery, is the most comprehensive exhibition to date in New York of the artist’s work featuring over twenty works across different mediums. The exhibition debuts Elespe’s largest paintings and places his paintings, drawings, and prints in dialogue for the first time.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tour | Summer Garden Tour


Get to know every detail of the park's plant life while walking through the park with one of the 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 they take care of more than 500 varieties of plants growing in the park. This tour will highlight the ornamental grasses and wildflowers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Yoga Outdoors


Perfect your downward dog under the trees at the 16th season of outdoor yoga classes presented by KeVita. A colorful selection of mats is provided by Gaiam.
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Author Reading | 10 Years of Tor.com: best short fiction of the decade


Tor.com’s 10th anniversary anthology release, Worlds Seen in Passing, showcases its best short fiction of the decade, including Hugo and Nebula Award-winners. To celebrate, this event is hosting contributing Tor.com authors Seth Dickinson, Genevieve Valentine, Kai Ashante Wilson, and Maria Dahvana Headley, who will read selections of their work and discuss their literary careers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood by James Baldwin


Novelist and social critic James Baldwin penned his only children’s book Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood in 1971 with illustrator Yoran Cazac. The book follows the adventures of TJ as he navigates childhood as a little black boy in Harlem. This book release and conversation will include readings and dialogue with Jacqueline Woodson (author and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature), Aisha Karefa-Smart (Baldwin's niece), Tejan “TJ” Karefa-Smart (Baldwin's nephew), Kia Corthon (author and playwright), and the book’s co-editors Jennifer DeVere Brody and Nicholas Boggs. Shop and a reception will follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Princess of 42nd Street: Surviving My Childhood as the Daughter of Times Square’s King of Porn


Romola Hodas recounts her life after a chaotic childhood with Romola's father Marty Hodas, portrayed on the HBO’s series The Deuce, the man who almost single-handedly built New York City’s pornography and adult entertainment empire from the 1960s to the 1980s before his spectacular and public fall from grace.
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6:30 pm
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Film | The King and the Mockingbird (1980): A Masterpiece of Traditional Hand-Drawn Cell Animation


Based on a Hans Christian Andersen story, the wildly satirical The King and the Mockingbird follows a chimney sweep and shepherdess on the run from a tyrannical king. A masterpiece of traditional hand-drawn cell animation, it is credited by celebrated Japanese animators Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata as inspiring the creation of their own studio, the now world-famous Studio Ghibli. Director: Paul Grimault 87 min.
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6:30 pm
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Film | Tour Without End (2018): Lives of Indie Rockers


Enter the colorful and conscientious world of American independent rock musicians of the '90's through now, who sought (and still seek) to fuse musical expression with political action, formal experimentation, and other dialectically rigorous endeavors. The result is strikingly unique - a documentary and narrative hybrid comedy that utilizes the subjects as non-actors playing themselves in this exploration of identity, representation, and the arts. Director: Laura Parnes 92 min. Followed by a conversation between Parnes, writer and musician Johanna Fateman and film critic Amy Taubin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Meditation for Inner Peace During Turbulent Times


We are living in a time that feels often confusing and stressful. People are more anxious and there is often a struggle to find ways to stay positive and true to our inner core. Incorporating meditation in our lives can be the change that can make a big difference in our lives and the lives of others. By tapping into the power of Meditation we can learn a powerful technique that is life changing. Through meditation we can experience a profound peace, bliss and happiness unlike any we can find in the world. We can calm the body and the mind. Join Rosanna Jimenez , CHHC for this popular and engaging program. Participants will be guided through a first-hand personal experience of meditation which is the secret to profound personal well-being and global healing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Yoga Flow


Link mindful breath 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. Please bring a mat. Every Thursday from June 7-October 25, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Yoga on the Hudson


Take your workout to the waterfront! This exercise class returns for its 20th anniversary season, giving you opportunities to get fit. Enhance your yoga practice with skilled instructors and a rejuvenating river view. Bring your own mat! Thursdays, June 28-September 13, 2018.
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Author Reading | Sea of Strangers: Poetry and Prose


Novelist and poet Lang Leav was born in a Thai refugee camp when her family were fleeing the Khmer Rouge Regime. She spent her formative years in Sydney, Australia. With a combined social media following of 2 million, Lang's message of love, loss and female empowerment continues to resonate with her multitude of readers in her completely original collection of poetry and prose.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Terrorist Assemblages Ten Years On in the Time of Trump


Ten years on, Jasbir Puar’s pathbreaking Terrorist Assemblages remains one of the most influential queer theory texts and continues influencing activism and scholarship. Puar argues that configurations of sexuality, race, gender, class, and ethnicity are realigning into what Puar calls homonationalism—a fusing of homosexuality to U.S. imperialist politics that has continued into the time of Trump. Puar will be on hand to discuss the book with leading scholars and celebrate its tenth anniversary reissue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | The Ghost Script: A Graphic Novel by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist Jules Feiffer


Never has the incomparable Jules Feiffer been more eerily prophetic than in this stunning finale to his best-selling Kill My Mother trilogy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul


Jeremiah Moss offers an unflinching chronicle of gentrification in the twenty-first century and a love letter to lost New York, adapted from the popular blog. Propelled by Moss’s hard-hitting, cantankerous style, Vanishing New York is a staggering examination of contemporary "urban renewal" and its repercussions—not only for New Yorkers, but for all of America and the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Bestselling authors Jeffrey Eugenides and Zadie Smith read from their work


Jeffrey Eugenides is the author of the novels The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex, and The Marriage Plot. His most recent book, the story collection Fresh Complaint, was published in 2017. Zadie Smith was born in north-west London in 1975. She is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, and Swing Time. She has also published two essay collections, Changing My Mind and Feel Free, which was published earlier this year.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Jazz | Jazz on the Pier


George Braith is known for playing multiple horns at once, a technique pioneered by Roland Kirk. Braith is credited with the invention of the Braithophone, two different horns (straight alto and soprano) mended together by extensions, valves and connections. Braith is featured in a mosaic in the 72nd street station of the Second Avenue Subway in the New York City Subway system.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Reading | Poetry World Series


Top-notch poets take turns batting at topics pitched by the audience. Hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and judged by Patricia Smith and Mark Doty.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Antigone in Ferguson: Sophocles and Choral Music


Antigone in Ferguson was conceived in the wake of Michael Brown’s death in 2014, through a collaboration between Theater of War Productions and community members from Ferguson, Missouri. Translated and directed by Bryan Doerries and composed by Phil Woodmore, the project fuses a dramatic reading by leading actors of excerpts from Sophocles’s Greek tragedy with live choral music performed by a choir of activists, police officers, youth, and concerned citizens from Ferguson and New York City. The performance is the catalyst for panel and audience-driven discussions on race and social justice, the core component of the event. This multifaceted production will offer a glimpse not only into the effects of the tragedy in Brown’s local community, but also the trauma of police violence and racial injustice in communities of color in New York and across the nation. Local stakeholders and community leaders will participate as panelists, assisting in opening up dialogues with audiences. These guided discussions, which aim to promote healing and bridge the growing divide between law enforcement and local communities, will focus on the impact of racialized violence against communities of color, and the legacies of the tragic deaths of Michael Brown, as well as Eric Garner, Amadou Diallo, Sean Bell, Saheed Vassell, and numerous other victims. The presentation will feature a rotating roster of acclaimed actors, including Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale), who will reprise the role she portrayed in the premiere of Antigone in Ferguson presented on the stage of Michael Brown’s high school in Ferguson in 2016. Other cast members include: Paul Giamatti (Billions), Tamara Tunie (Law & Order: SVU), David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck), Adepero Oduye (12 Years a Slave), Frankie Faison (The Wire) and Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent). Each week will feature a different group of actors. Tuesdays through Saturdays, September 13-October 13, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | The Greatest Showman (2017): Oscar-Nominated Musical with Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams


Celebrates the birth of show business, and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. Director: Michael Gracey 105 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Concert | Guatemalan Hip-Hop Meets Traditional Mayan Music


A member of Guatemalan hip-hop group Bacteria Soundsystem Crew and founder of the first Mayan rap group, Bayan Ajpu, Doctor Nativo’s solo work explores themes of Mayan spirituality, social justice, and folk wisdom. He brings his thrilling musical blend of reggae, cumbia, hip-hop, and Mayan traditional music for a show celebrating the release of his debut solo album, Guatemaya.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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