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64 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, September 5, 2019

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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free events nyc Green Book (2018): Three Time Oscar Winning Biographical Drama
free events nyc Forms Larger and Bolder: Eva Hesse Drawings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College
free events nyc Look at Us Now, Mother! (2015): Documentary Screening Followed By An Q&A With The Director
free events nyc Reflecting Memory (2016): Repairing the Invisible
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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. Every Tuesday and Thursday
   Inwood, Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:30 am
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Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park


A morning class provided by the Tai Chi Chuan Center and led by teachers and students who train at CK Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Master Hyland Harris. Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 7-September 26, 2019
   Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:30 am
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Workshop | Sunrise Yoga


Rise and shine and begin your morning with an outdoor yoga class that will help align your chakras and invigorate your day. Instructors focus on movements meant to enhance posture alignment and increase flexibility and balance. All levels welcome. Bringing your own mat is encouraged, as provided accessories are first come first serve. Thursdays, July 11-September 5, 2019
   Battery Park City, Manhattan, New York, NY
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8:00 am
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Workshop | Sacred Sounds Yoga


Get your yoga on in the park this summer and fall with Sacred Sounds Yoga. Breathe, move, and stretch. Please bring your own yoga mat.   Wednesdays and Thursdays, June 6-September 19, 2019
   Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, NY
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8:30 am
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Workshop | Sun Salutations and Intentions Morning Yoga


Starts your day with a morning yoga practice. You will experience luxurious stretching warm-ups, empowering standing poses, and energizing breath work as we align the movements with the inhales and exhales. You will feel more awake, strong, balanced, and positive as a result of this time spent on the mat. Sun Salutations and warrior poses stimulate the seratonin in your brain (the “happy hormone) and improve self-esteem! You will be ready for anything that meets you as your day unfolds. Bring a yoga mat if you have one. You may bring your own coffee or tea.
   Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, NY
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9:00 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
   Unknown, Manhattan, New York, NY
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10:00 am
free

Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   Financial District, Manhattan, New York, NYC, NY
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10:00 am
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Film | That Forsyte Woman (1949): Oscar Nominated Romantic Drama


Love among the Forsytes is strange, full of tradition, melancholy and gold digging in this film treatise on Victorian-age rigidity and vestiges of a flawed society. Director: Compton Bennett. Starring Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon. That Forsyte Woman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color.
   Unknown, Manhattan, New York, NY
11:00 am
free, no reservation required

Lesson | Adult Coloring Group


Coloring can be done by anyone of any age, not just artists or creative types. Coloring can have therapeutic benefits such as alleviating stress and anxiety. Many have compared the benefits of coloring to achieving relaxation from meditation. Materials will be provided, but feel free to bring your own!
   Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York, NY
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Essentials for Job Seekers: Networking


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.
   Harlem, Manhattan, New York, NY
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11:30 am
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Workshop | Guided Falun Dafa Meditation Class


Stress relief, gain wisdom and work toward enlightenment
   Unknown, Manhattan, New York, NY
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12:00 pm
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Concert | 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. With: Sue Maskaleris, Composer
   Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Tour The Battery


Learn about the park's rich history, many important landmarks and monuments, the Seaglass Carousel, 195,000 square feet of beautiful perennial gardens designed by renowned Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, and so much more! Tours last about an hour. Thursdays, April 25-October 31, 2019
   Battery Park City, Manhattan, New York, NY
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12:50 pm
Free

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.
   Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, NY
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Pipes At One Organ Recital


Student from Rice University, Houston, Texas. 
   Financial District, Manhattan, New York, NY
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Performance By Classical String Trio


The Vivaldi Project presents the rarely explored genre of the classical string trio. While modern audiences are familiar with Mozart's grand Divertimento in E-flat and the op. 9 trios by Beethoven, The Vivaldi Project introduces mostly unknown, but important compositions by JC Bach, Haydn, Sammartini, Campioni, and many others. Performers Elizabeth Field, violin; Allison Edberg-Nyquist, violin; Stephanie Vial, cello.
   Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY
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1:15 pm
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Film | Green Book (2018): Three Time Oscar Winning Biographical Drama


A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. 130 min. Director: Peter Farrelly. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini. Green Book won the National Board of Review award for the best film of 2018, and was also chosen as one of the top 10 films of the year by the American Film Institute. The film received numerous accolades and nominations, and at the 91st Academy Awards won Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali.
   Unknown, Manhattan, New York, NY
2:00 pm
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Film | It Happened in Brooklyn (1947): Musical Romantic Comedy With Frank Sinatra


After returning home from the war, soldier Danny Miller (Frank Sinatra) heads straight to his old stomping grounds in Brooklyn, N.Y. He's determined to attain success as a singer -- and help his friends reach their own dreams along the way. Danny moves in with old chum Nick Lombardi (Jimmy Durante) and falls head-over-heels in love with schoolteacher Anne Fielding (Kathryn Grayson). But will an upper-crust acquaintance (Peter Lawford) wreck his new romance? 104 min. Director: Richard Whorf. Starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford.
   Unknown, Manhattan, New York, NY
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2:00 pm
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Film | King of Thieves (2018): Largest Burglary In English Legal History


A true crime movie about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah, quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on infamous true events. 108 min. Director: James Marsh. Starring Michael Caine, Charlie Cox, Michael Gambon. 
   Unknown, Manhattan, New York, NY
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2:00 pm
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Film | Us (2019): Doppelgängers Terrorize The Vacation


A family's serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them. 116 min. Director: Jordan Peele. Starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss.  Us grossed $254 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million.
   Unknown, Manhattan, New York, NY
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2:00 pm
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Lesson | An Introduction To African American Genealogy


From 1565 to 1790, Africans comprised over a third of the roughly one million newcomers to what would become the United States. A majority of these nearly 360,000 men and women crossed in bondage. Centuries of local and federal laws related to the livelihood of black Americans have created a complex paper trail of genealogical resources. This class aims to provide introductory historical context and recommend basic research methods in the pursuit of African-American family history.
   Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY
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2:00 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.
   Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY
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4:00 pm
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Slide Lecture | Before Photoshop: Experimental Photography and Hand Colored Photographs


Nona Hatay will be presenting her one-of-a-kind experimental photographs printed in the 70's and hand-colored photographs from the 80's that she called "color expanded."
   Midtown West, Manhattan, New York, NY
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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 the Human Chess games, where chess becomes an embodied team sport. All levels welcome! Thursdays, September 5-26, 2019
   Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, NY
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | Immigrant Integration and Social Solidarity in Pluralist Welfare States


Social solidarity is a key element of redistributive welfare states. Such solidarity is, however, not a given and must be built through political, legal, economic and cultural means. Each of the agents of that solidarity has weakened over the past generation: social democratic parties, legislatures, trade unions, and the various institutions that create a shared national culture. With the austerity of neo-liberalism, the growth of migration of various sorts, and the emergence of identitarian politics, we have moved from “what belongs to whom” to “who belongs to us.” David Abraham of the University of Miami will review and assess each of these developments for Germany and for the U.S. and then examine the prospects for immigrant integration policies that might build or rebuild solidarity.
   Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NYC, NY
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4:30 pm
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Opening Reception | the sound i saw: Photography with a Painterly Aesthetic


Approaching photography with a painterly aesthetic and leaving behind the standard practices of documentary photography, Roy DeCarava accepted the modernist challenge to understand the medium as an artistic expression and brought an entirely new vocabulary and thinking to the field. He defined his art, not as existing in the polarities of black and white, but as encompassing an infinite scale of gray tonalities, “sliding into each other,” creating new aesthetic challenges for his silver gelatin process.
   Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York, NY
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | A New Vocabulary: A Designer's Career


A solo exhibition of the late American designer Wendell Castle (1932-2018). Throughout a celebrated career spanning six decades, Castle introduced new ways of looking at, thinking about, and making furniture. In doing so, he created a new sculptural vocabulary that defied categorization and became the cornerstone of his practice. Wendell Castle: A New Vocabulary brings together rare, early, formative pieces with key works from the last decade of Castle’s long career, during which time he realized a body of work of critical importance and boundless ambition. Both periods are represented by seminal works that are exemplary achievements of the decades that bookend the unparalleled oeuvre of one of America’s most iconic figures in design.
   Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Alex Prager: Play the Wind


An exhibition of new work by Alex Prager, including the world premiere of her new film, Play The Wind (2019). Well established for her genre-defying approach to image making that timelessly combines eras, cultural references, and personal experiences, the photographs and the film debuted in this exhibition are a fresh reflection on Prager’s place of origin, site of inspiration, and frequent character—the city of Los Angeles.  
   Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | As Above, So Below: Meticulous and Lovingly Rendered Figures


On the surface, Michelle Doll's meticulous and lovingly rendered figures represent the familiar touch between a couple, the closeness between a mother and child and intimate moments of ecstatic love. Beneath the surface lies a deeper esoteric purpose hidden in the wrinkles of vibrating flesh and the weight of the interwoven forms. Although the subjects are literally represented below as observed from above, her paintings are ultimately meditations on spiritual alchemy - an attempt to engage in the illumination of consciousness through the reconciliation of opposing spiritual and terrestrial energies. In this way her work can be viewed as a treatise on the divine connection between the microcosmic individual and the macrocosmic context to which all of us are a part of the universal whole. Her models are her close friends and family and there is a requisite trust and vulnerability between the artist and her subjects that is palpably visible in the compositions. These are real couples sharing moments of real love and tenderness with the artist, (and her audience). As Doll explains, "I want to live in a world where women and men feel loved, understood and nurtured by both giving and receiving love. Where intimacy feels natural and acceptable, it's the starting point for the greater understanding of human desire for acceptance and connection."
   Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | barrioPOP: Reflections of Border Culture


Artist Cande Aguilar's work is being introduced for the first time to New York. In an art community where Latino's have been widely under-represented, this is also an opportunity to view and write about an up and coming star - Cande Aquilar - who has created his own category - barrioPop.
   Tribeca, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Domestic Horror: Group Show


New works
   Lenox Hill, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Explorations: Adventures in Mark-Making


Joseph Meloy's work is an ongoing exploration in mark-making, and each piece is a transcription of a particular moment in time and space. As a visionary artist, Meloy's source material tends to come from within, as he channels energy and inclination into visible notations, which coalesce into dynamic compositions that provide the viewer a chance to see the otherwise unseeable Improvisation is a key element, and while he is the one holding the implement, his belief is that ultimately, the art comes from a place beyond himself.
   Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Forms Larger and Bolder: Eva Hesse Drawings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College


An icon of American art, Eva Hesse produced a prodigious body of work that collapsed disciplinary boundaries and forged innovative approaches to materials, forms, and processes. This show illuminates the important role that drawing played in Hesse's career. The exhibition encompasses 70 works on paper selected from the Allen Memorial Art Museum's collection. Thanks in large part to the generosity of Helen Hesse Charash, the artist's sister, the museum is home to over 300 works by the artist as well as the Eva Hesse Archives.
   Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York, NY
6:00 pm
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Book Signing | Garcon Style : "New York, London, Milano, Paris"


Delve into New York, London, Milan and Paris with close to 300 street-style images by the award-winning photographer Jonathan Daniel Pryce. From impeccable tailoring to vintage finds, these evocative images capture the myriad ways men in the fashion capitals express themselves sartorially. Featuring a foreword by Paul Smith and interviews with a selection of each city's most stylish men, Garcon Style is a stunning showcase of menswear today.
   Gramercy / Flatiron, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | It's Messy Business: Wild World of Dreams


the debut New York solo exhibition of Los Angeles-based artist, Jay Stuckey. The show features paintings that reveal the wild world of the artist’s dreams and visions. In this series, Stuckey provides an intimate view into his personal psyche in order to tap into a universal understanding.
   Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Light Break: Photography with a Painterly Aesthetic


Approaching photography with a painterly aesthetic and leaving behind the standard practices of documentary photography, Roy DeCarava accepted the modernist challenge to understand the medium as an artistic expression and brought an entirely new vocabulary and thinking to the field. He defined his art, not as existing in the polarities of black and white, but as encompassing an infinite scale of gray tonalities, “sliding into each other,” creating new aesthetic challenges for his silver gelatin process.
   Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Film | Look at Us Now, Mother! (2015): Documentary Screening Followed By An Q&A With The Director


Director/Producer/Star Gayle Kirschenbaum will be present for the screening of her newest documentary Look At Us Now, Mother! and answering your questions. Look at Us Now, Mother! is about the transformation of a highly charged mother/daughter relationship from Mommie Dearest to Dear Mom, from hatred to love, as told through the filmmaker's story. 84 min. Director: Gayle Kirschenbaum. Starring Ashley Brooke, Olivia Brown, Gayle Kirschenbaum.
   Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY
6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Music of the Spheres: Botanic and Aquatic Images


Chalda Maloff's latest group of artworks offers the viewer a fantastical biosphere of botanic and aquatic images. Rooted in the Greek philosophy of “Music of the Spheres”, these abstract artworks are suggestive of the pulse or rhythm of life.
   Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, NY
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Film | Reflecting Memory (2016): Repairing the Invisible


Kader Attia will present his film Reflecting Memory (48 min.), followed by an in-depth dialogue with Souleymane Bachir Diagne about the idea of "repairing the invisible" in his art and how notions of repair emerge in relationship with art, language and memory. Kader Attia is an internationally prominent French-Algerian artist who lives and works in Berlin and Algiers. Born in 1970, Kader Attia, grew up in Paris and in Algeria. Preceding his studies at the Ecole Superieure des Arts Appliques Duperre and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, and at Escola Massana, Centre d'Art i Disseny in Barcelona, he spent several years in Congo and in South America.
   Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York, NY
6:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Revolution of the Soul: Awaken to Love Through Raw Truth, Radical Healing, and Conscious Action


Celebrated yoga teacher and activist Seane Corn shares pivotal accounts of her life with raw honesty—enriched with in-depth spiritual teachings—to help us heal, evolve, and change the world
   Tribeca, Manhattan, New York, NYC, NY
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Opening Reception | Sarah Sze: Objects Ascribing Meaning


Sarah Sze's work attempts to navigate and model the ceaseless proliferation of information and objects in contemporary life. Incorporating elements of painting, architecture, and installation within her sculpture, Sze investigates the value we place on objects and explores how objects ascribe meaning to the places and times we inhabit.
   Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, NY
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Opening Reception | The Voyeur: Spectators at Museums


Marlon Portales’s first solo show in the U.S. brings together a series of medium and large format paintings portraying spectators in different New York museums. The artist observes viewers in a museum space and their expressions. In the intimacy of the studio, he reinterprets those impressions in painting. The Voyeur analyzes art spectators, converts them into models and places them at the center of artistic discourse. The reception of works of art, the pleasure and the impact that they produce in the subject, captivates Portales.
   Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Black: Trans: Maya: Light


Jung Hee Choi is an artist and musician who works in video, performance, sound and multi-media installations, known for creating a state of immersion that emphasizes the totality of sense perception as a single unit for her viewers. In the process of assessing and defining the nature of reality, Choi’s inquiry focuses on how we perceive being and consciousness, and how ideas representing the interaction of opposites intertwine with one another. Choi’s solo exhibition focuses on her series of light point drawings, graphite drawings, and etchings. Utilizing both traditional and experimental techniques, Choi presents mesmerizing images that capture and transfigure light.
   Midtown East, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Data Colonialism and the Hollowing Out of the Social World


This talk will introduce the argument of the speakers’ new book, The Costs of Connection: How Data Colonizes Human Life and Appropriates it for Capitalism (Stanford University Press, August 2019) and foreground its implications for the social world and social knowledge. Nick Couldry and Ulises Ali Mejías argue that the role of data in society needs to be grasped as not only a development of capitalism, but as the start of a new phase in human history that rivals in importance the emergence of historic colonialism. This new "data colonialism" is based not on the extraction of natural resources or labor, but on the appropriation of human life through data, paving the way for a further stage of capitalism.
   Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, NY
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Film | Double Feature: Three Times / Moonlight


Three Times (2005) Three stories set in three times, 1911, 1966 and 2005. Two actors play the two main characters in each story. Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou Stars: Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Fang Mei 120 min. Moonlight (2016) A chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young, African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. Director: Barry Jenkins 111 min.
   Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Rooftop Painting


Join artist Amy Digi for an outdoor watercolor painting and monotype printmaking workshop at sunset on the rooftop. Participants, 18 years of age or older, will learn how to paint from observation, plus the basics about materials, color mixing, and composition. You even get to take home your painting. Supplies are provided and no experience is necessary. Thursdays, August 1-September 5, 2019
   Soho, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Tips For Starting A Small Business


This program focuses on the fundamentals of federal taxes for people who want to start a small business or for those small business owners who just recently started. You will learn about many topics, including: Entity Choice Accounting Methods Recordkeeping Business Income and Expenses Recordkeeping, and Estimated Tax. The program also covers the basics of small business tax forms, including Schedule C (Form 1040), Profit or Loss from Business (Sole Proprietorship), Schedule SE (Form 1040), Self-Employment Tax, and Form 1040-ES, Estimated Tax for Individuals. You will have the opportunity to get answers to a wide range of tax questions about launching a new business venture.
   Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY
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Workshop | Bookbinding Workshop + Poetry Reading


Workshop — 6:30 pm, with artist Ana Paula Cordeiro. This workshop will have attendees create a hand-printed broadside with poetry from Mizna's literary journal. Poetry reading — 7:30 pm, with Hala Alyan, Noor Ibn Najam, Zeyn Joukhadar, and Kamelya Youssef.
   Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:30 pm
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Screening | Thru Her Eyes: Indigenous Films


A night of womxn directors reimagining indigenous narratives and uplifting their communities. The Aymara people of so-called Bolivia, understand time differently than western culture, looking towards the past, and with the future behind oneself. We face the past daily as we work to build our futures. Our filmmakers hold a thorough comprehension of this way of thinking. In this age of cultural amnesia, they recognize the importance of delving deep into the past in order to understand the future. Centering indigenous women directors who have always been cultural creators, this event offer screenings of two short films by Laura Hinman and Barsha Maharjan. The feature film of the night will be Vai. A brief discussion moderated by filmmaker Genesis Abaj will follow. Film Program: One Big Selfie by Laura Hinman (2019) Chagu Bakha by Barsha Maharjan (2019) Vai, Directed by Nicole Whippy, ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Matasila Freshwater, Amberley Jo Aumua, Mīria George, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Dianna Fuemana, Becs Arahanga (2019)
   Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:30 pm
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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 May 23 to June 27, 2019, and July 11 to October 31, 2019.
   Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Yoga in the Park


Stretch, breathe, and find your inner peace at evening yoga classes. Bring a mat. Thursdays, May 2--September 19, 2019
   Unknown, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Yoga on the Hudson


Enhance your yoga practice with skilled instructors and a rejuvenating river view. Bring your own mat! Thursdays, June 6-September 12, 2019 (except July 4)
   West Village, Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | 2 New Books: Sing to It / Godspeed


Amy Hempel’s most recent short story collection, Sing to It, was published in 2019. She is also the author of The Dog of the Marriage, Tumble Home, At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, Reasons to Live, and the coeditor of Unleashed. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, the PEN/Malamud Award for Short Fiction, and the Rea Award for the Short Story.  Casey Legler is an artist, restaurateur, model, and former Olympic swimmer. Born in France to expatriate American parents, Legler grew up in Provence, and went on to swim for France in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The first woman signed to Ford Models to exclusively model men's clothes, she has been featured in Vogue, Le Monde and Time. Her memoir Godspeed was published in 2018.    
   Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Channel of Peace: Stranded in Gander on 9/11


Kevin Tuerff became an American refugee on 9/11 when his trans-Atlantic flight was forced to flee US airspace and ultimately land in Gander, Newfoundland. A small town of 9,000 took in 7,000 from 90 countries for five days, providing compassion and basic needs. Kevin's true story is portrayed on stage in the character "Kevin T" (portrayed by actor Chad Kimball) in the Tony-award winning Broadway musical Come From Away. House of Anansi Press published Kevin's memoir, which shares how this experience in 2001 opened his eyes to the global migrant and refugee crisis.
   Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York, NY
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Movie in a Park | Coco (2017): Disney Adventure (Outdoors)


Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer. Directors: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina Stars: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt 105 min. Grab a blanket or towel and come enjoy a movie in the park. Glass bottles and alcoholic beverages are strictly prohibited. You should arrive before 7:30 p.m. to get your spot. Feel free to bring a blanket to sit on.
   East Harlem, Manhattan, New York, NY
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Author Reading | Cold Storage: Race Against a Deadly Organism


An astonishing debut by David Koepp, the screenwriter of Jurassic Park: a wild and terrifying adventure about three strangers who must work together to contain a highly contagious, deadly organism. Join us on Thursday, September 5th as we welcome David Koepp for a book discussion and signing of COLD STORAGE!
   Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, NYC, NY
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Opening Reception | Eight Tide Jars: A Site-Specific Installation


Celebrate the work of artist Adam Silverman at the opening of his site specific installation Eight Tide Jars. Each of the eight wheel-thrown pieces on display began as a 25-pound extruded brick of industrially processed clay. They were each placed directly on the wheel head (rather than starting with a ball of clay, as is the norm). The top - and the majority - of the clay was then pounded into a ball and thrown from there, leaving a clear, integral square foot for the finished piece to stand on. Each piece typically spends at least a week on the wheel as it is slowly worked from a brick to a ball to a cylinder to an egg to a punched and pounded shadow of its original shape.
   East Village, Manhattan, New York, NY
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Play | Othello: Shakespeare's Devastating Tragedy


The classic tale of betrayal, race, friendship, and loss is reinterpreted through a contemporary lens in this fresh exploration of Shakespeare's devastating tragedy. Produced by The Drilling Company.
   Midtown, Manhattan,
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Author Reading | Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Human-Canine Relationship


From Alexandra Horowitz, bestselling author of Inside of a Dog, an eye-opening, informative, and wholly entertaining examination and celebration of the human-canine relationship for the curious dog owner and science-lover alike.
   Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, NY
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Opening Reception | Václav Havel, Citizen and Dramatist: A Playwright and a Statesman


Come and enjoy this exhibition which is part of the Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival and also features photographs and documents from Havel’s life. The opening night will commence with an introduction by Edward Einhorn, followed by a reading of short excerpts from Havel’s interviews by Untitled Theater Company #61.  
   Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York, NY
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Author Reading | Why Karen Carpenter Matters: Finding a Voice in Suburban Pop


A tale of two Karens, Why Karen Carpenter Matters is a story of displacement in which Karen Tongson brilliantly reveals how those of us who live outside the narrow confines of white, cisgender, capitalist America found a home—and a voice—in the aural landscape of a seemingly quintessential white-bread, suburban American pop star—Karen Carpenter.
   Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, NY
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: The Bomb and the Flood


Evan Calder Williams will give a talk titled 'The Bomb and the Flood.' The lecture departs from the thought of Günther Anders, the philosopher and exile who is one of the central figures in Fatal Act, and examines his accounts of apocalypse, technics, and war within a wider network of anti-nuclear organizing and theories of technological transformation.
   East Village, Manhattan, New York, NY
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Author Reading | Syncope: Surviving Perilous Jouneys


A launch party for Asiya Wadud’s Syncope with readings and performances by Wadud, Sevinç Çalhanoğlu and Okwui Okpokwasili. Through a series of prayers, invocations, and hymns, Syncope eulogizes those who have perished making Central Mediterranean crossings as well as collects first-hand accounts of those who have survived these perilous journeys. Forces of fate brought errant lives together for a hopeful safe passage and ultimately, linked these lives in their untimely deaths. Syncope attempts to shed some light on these lives, as well as the happenstance of living and dying while trying to cross a border.
   West Village, Manhattan, New York, NY
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Concert | A Groove-Heavy Powerhouse of a Band


On the heels of his debut album as a frontman, Aaron Whitby showcases his jazz and funk roots with his "groove-heavy powerhouse of a band" (Time Out New York).
   Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, NYC, NY
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