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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 18, 2023?

40 free events take place on Monday, September 18 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 18 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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40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, September 18, 2023

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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free events nyc 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
free events nyc CANCELLED***American Symphony Orchestra Performs New Work***CANCELLED
free events nyc Moulin Rouge (2001), Directed by Baz Luhrmann, Starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor
free events nyc Try Not to Hold It Against Me: An Evening with Film Producer Julian Schlossberg
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Birdwatching | Fall Birdwatching


What birds live in your backyard? This fall migration season will help you find out. This series of birdwatching outings is fun for beginners, hobbyists, and lifelong birders alike. Together, you'll explore the parks of BPC, and see what makes this spot a hang-out for urban birds and marvelous migrators. Binoculars and field guides provided, or bring your own.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Workshop | Morning Meditation


Start your day by balancing your mind, body, and spirit during instructor guided meditation. This renowned practice lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and strengthens the immune system.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 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
10:00 am
Free

Dance Lesson | Learn to Tango


Led by Karina Romero, this program is designed to introduce you to the basic steps of Argentine Tango. Originated in Argentina, Tango is danced around the world by people of all sizes and ages. It is said that if you can walk, then you can tango. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced Tango aficionado, all are welcome to join this program. Requirements to participate: You must register for each individual session you wish to attend. Comfortable clothing and footwear should be worn. Must arrive 15 minutes early to the class. Participants must bring a release form filled out and signed, available on the registration page. About the Instructor Karina Romero is a profesional Tango dancer and instructor. Originally from Argentina, Karina arrived in New York City in 2000 as an ambassador of Argentine Tango. She has studied with the most influential Tango teachers in the world, performed in many Tango shows and festivals, coordinated countless Tango shows, and taught at renowned schools and cultural centers throughout New York City. Currently she is the Executive Director of New Generation Dance Company, hosts La Romeria milonga in Times Square, and teaches Tango every Friday at the Argentine Consulate in NYC.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Jugglers use the park throughout the year to provide free classes to the public. Stop by for a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Discussion | From Advocacy to Action: Climate Activists and the Climate Crisis


Climate defenders from across the world gather for an interactive discussion on strategies to address the climate crisis. The speakers will be the following: Christiane Juliao, Pankararu indigenous leader & co-founder of the National Articulation of Indigenous Women Warriors of Ancestality (ANMIGA), Brazil Eduardo Mosqueda, Executive director of the civil society organization Tsinki, Mexico Dr Annette Mbogoh, Executive Director oheria-Legal Advice Centre, Kenya, Javier Garate, US Policy Advisor, Global Witness Moderation by: Tor Hodenfield, Managing Director, Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:10 pm
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Concert | Piano in the Park


Come on by and tap your toes to The Big Apple's finest ragtime, stride, and jazz pianists around! Featuring special events and performances by distinguished musicians. Today's pianist: Marc Devine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Anniversary Building Tour: Celebrate Eldridge at 136


Happy 136th anniversary to the Eldridge Street Synagogue! In this special anniversary tour, explore what the original congregants would have experienced as they navigated Jewish life on the Lower East Side. This tour will include rarely-seen objects from the Museum's permanent collection, such as an original golden embroidered ark curtain and High Holiday Torah mantle.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Symposium | Strategic Climate Change Litigation in Brazil, 2020 to 2023


An event that aims to foster insightful discussions surrounding Brazil's climate change litigation between 2020 and 2023. Notably, Brazil has surged ahead with more than 50 climate litigation cases, firmly establishing itself as the foremost jurisdiction in the Global South in terms of case numbers. The significance of recent rulings, exemplified by the Climate Fund case, wherein the Paris Agreement was acknowledged as a treaty safeguarding human rights, underscores Brazil's emergence as a jurisdiction of notable importance. In the presence of distinguished Brazilian and international experts, the event will provide a platform to delve into both the current landscape and future prospects pertaining to socio-environmental and climate litigation. This exploration will encompass the national Supreme Court, the judiciary's common instances, and extend to the realm of international courts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Talk | Meet the Beekeeper


A presentation and talk led by Alveole beekeepers. Learn more about the importance of urban beekeeping and it’s benefits to sustainability efforts in BPC and throughout the city.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Tour | Tour of Gracie Mansion, Home of New York's Mayors


In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 11 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Lecture | Short Films by Crystal Z Campbell


Crystal Z Campbell to discuss her short films, including Currency, On the Way to the Moon, We Discovered the Earth, Go-Rilla Means War, Revolver, and Futures for Failures. Campbell’s works perform critical excavations of history, drawing on archival research. They use collage, oral histories, and sonic recording to expose public secrets, historical gaps, structural violence, acts of omission, failures of collective memory, and sociopolitical narratives. Campbell’s most recent film, Revolver, is an archive of pareidolia (a situation in which someone sees a pattern or image of something that does not exist) narrated by a descendent of Exodusters.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Lecture | Russia’s Muslims at War (in-person and online)


Since February 2022, the Russian state has attempted to mobilize its Muslim citizens—and Islam—as pivotal elements in support of the invasion of Ukraine. In turn, the war has confronted Muslim communities in Russia with a host of challenges. This talk explores the spectrum of responses that key Muslim elites have offered in adapting to the Kremlin’s agenda in Ukraine and assesses the role of Islam in shaping the course of the war and the politics of the region. Speaker Robert Crews is professor of history at Stanford U., where he writes and teaches about global history and politics, focusing on Russia, Afghanistan, Central Asia, South Asia, and Islam.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Birdwatching | Monday Evening Fall Birding


Witness the beauty of fall migration with Gabriel Willow as birds follow the Atlantic Flyway northwards. Look for warblers, thrushes, and other migrants in the landscape of in the park, and learn about the finer points of their identification and ecology.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Discussion | Praxis of Human Rights in the Era of 21st Century Capitalism


Alicia Ely Yamin’s new second edition of When Misfortune Becomes Injustice makes a compelling case for why the praxis of human rights—human rights for social change—must be rethought to meet the challenges of finance and monopoly capitalism in the twenty-first century. Yamin brings to life the history of human rights law, as it relates to the exacerbation of extreme inequity and wealth disparity and their direct impact on health and prosperity, especially amid the recent covid-19 pandemic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Discussion | Reimagining Climate Action Across the Caribbean and Diaspora


This event will gather members of a dynamic community committed to advancing social, environmental, and climate justice in the Caribbean. The panel session will serve as a platform for sharing diverse forms of knowledge and for raising fundamental questions about resilience and justice in the context of climate change and increasing social inequality. This event will bring together scholars, activists, artists, and others interested in Caribbean, diaspora, and climate change issues. Conversations will focus on the imperative that climate action should not only acknowledge past and current disadvantages but actively address them. This entails recognizing the uneven distribution of climate impacts and the costs and benefits of adaptation measures across Caribbean and diaspora communities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Classical Music | CANCELLED***American Symphony Orchestra Performs New Work***CANCELLED


A new work commissioned by the American Symphony Orchestra, written by composer and percussionist Javier Diaz, whose studio credits include Steven Spielberg's West Side Story and Lin Manuel Miranda's In The Heights. The piece for chamber ensemble incorporates stylistic elements from music across the Americas and takes us on a journey through history, spaces, and generations. It evokes the idea of ancestral sounds, and it is inspired by traditional musics from the Western Hemisphere: ancient songs from the Afro-Cuban tradition, Mexico, the African-American tradition, Venezuela, Haiti, and a "merging" between a J.S. Bach Chorale and a Venezuelan Merengue. America UNBOUND is a unique artistic experience that exalts the human condition and underlines the importance of multi-cultural influences in the shaping of the musics of the Americas. This new work is eclectic and multi-cultural, with a robust compositional design: the American continent unbound through a journey of musical histories and inter-generational melodies, making palpable the universality of sound, word, and song. Performed by a chamber ensemble of ASO musicians (violin, percussion, double bass, clarinet and trumpet) featuring GRAMMY nominated Imani Winds' oboist Toyin Spellman-Diaz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Chita: A Memoir by Tony Winner Chita Rivera


Legendary Broadway icon, actress, singer, and dancer Chita Rivera discusses her life and career. In celebration of her acclaimed book, Chita: A Memoir, she will appear in conversation with her co-author, arts journalist Patrick Pacheco. The interview will include photographs, archival documents, and video clips of over six decades of performances. Chita Rivera is one of the most nominated performers in Tony Award history, having earned 10 nominations, won twice, and received the 2018 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. Her performance as Anita in the original Broadway premiere of West Side Story brought her international stardom. Her career is highlighted by starring roles in Bye Bye Birdie, The Rink (Tony Award), Chicago, Jerry’s Girls, Kiss of the Spider Woman (Tony Award), The Dancer’s Life, The Visit, and the original Broadway casts of Guys and Dolls, Can-Can, Seventh Heaven, Mr. Wonderful. Chita was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Kennedy Center Honor; performed her solo concert at London’s Cadogan Hall and Carnegie Hall. Patrick Pacheco is an Emmy Award-winning TV commentator and arts journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The LA Times, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire.com, and other periodicals. He wrote the 2009 Disney documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty and his plays include My Life with Men…and Other Animals, co-written with Maria Cassi, and the new musical, Christmas in Connecticut, with Erik Jackson. He is the author and editor of American Theatre Wing, An Oral History as well as the co-writer of Designing Hollywood Homes: Movie Houses. His research was the basis of Terrence McNally’s libretto for Chita: The Dancer’s Life. Registration required.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Film | Miss Butterfly (1966): Orphans in East Berlin


When their father dies, 17-year-old Helene Raupe and her little sister become orphans. Abandoned by their aunt, they must face the challenges of daily life in East Berlin. Helene is only happy in her dreams, where she can fly or be a stewardess or model. In real life, in contrast, she fails to meet people’s expectations and loses several jobs.  Director: Kurt Barthel Stars: Carmen-Maja Antoni, Carola Braunbock, Sina Fiedler-Engel 68 min. In German with English subtitles
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Moulin Rouge (2001), Directed by Baz Luhrmann, Starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor


A young Englishman in the Paris of 1899, becomes infatuated with Satine, a singer at the Moulin Rouge. However, she has been promised by the manager to a Duke in return for funding his next production. As the young lovers meet in secret, Satine's wedding day draws closer but she hides a fatal secret from both Christian and the Duke. Director: Baz Luhrmann Cast: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh Baz Luhrmann is an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor. With projects spanning film, television, opera, theatre, music and recording industries, he is regarded by some as a contemporary example of an auteur for his style and deep involvement in the writing, directing, design, and musical components of all his work. On the screen he is best known for his "Red Curtain Trilogy," consisting of his romantic comedy film Strictly Ballroom (1992) and the romantic tragedies William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Moulin Rouge! (2001). Following the trilogy, projects included Australia (2008), The Great Gatsby (2013), and Elvis (2022). Nicole Kidman s an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards. Ewan McGregor is a Scottish actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | The Forgotten Borough: Staten Island and the Subway (online)


Is transportation destiny? Historian Kenneth M. Gold argues that the borough's lack of a subway connection is at the heart of its social, political, and historical identity. In his new book, Gold, who is also a co-editor of Discovering Staten Island: A 350th Anniversary Commemorative History, tracks the multiple failed attempts to bring mass transit and transportation infrastructure to Staten Island in the century before the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge changed the borough's relationship to Greater New York in 1964. The Forgotten Borough first focuses on Staten Island in the late-nineteenth century and its incorporation into New York City in the 1890s, then analyzes a succession of plans to connect Brooklyn and Staten Island via a freight and passenger tunnel. Proponents, like real estate developers and residents, were hopeful about potential profits and the ease of commuting, but ultimately the competing interests of organizations such as the Transit Commission, the Port of New York Authority, and the Public Service Commission, could not align. Gold concludes with an account of the alternate connection opportunities which eventually led to the opening of Robert Moses's Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in 1964.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | The Loneliest Revolution: A Memoir of Solidarity and Struggle in Iran


On the first anniversary of Iran’s ‘women, life, freedom’ uprising, come hear Ali Mirsepassi discuss his memoir, The Loneliest Revolution, with Adam Shatz, Neguin Yavari, and Azadeh Moaveni, moderated by Arang Keshavarzian. Ali Mirsepassi – Professor, NYU Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Adam Shatz – Essayist and US Editor London Review of Bookss Neguin Yavari – Historian and Senior Research Fellow, Leipzig University Azadeh Moaveni – Director and Associate Professor, NYU Global Journalism Arang Keshavarzian – Associate Professor and Chair, NYU Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Bring into Order: School(ing) as War of Correction (online)


A look at education and prison systems. The existence of the school-to-prison pipeline in the United States is well documented; less so is a conceptualization of correction as a social institution that affects carcerality writ large and other regimes of capitalist and racialized discipline and control. This conversation with Dylan Rodríguez not only pushes beyond “reform” as an objective of collective engagement with, and revolt against, regimes of correction (schooling and otherwise) but also recognizes how reform is already part of the correctional apparatus and its logic of carcerality and policing. Speaker Dylan Rodríguez is Professor and Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Riverside.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Latin American Women Leaders in Foreign Policy: A Fireside Chat


The event will feature Latin American Women Leaders in Foreign Policy in a fireside chat discussing the pressing global and regional challenges of the day. Discussants will bring their perspectives on the state of democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean, and other challenges such as the migration crisis and the economic impacts of COVID and climate change.    
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Orchestral Works by J.S. Bach and More (In Person AND Online)


The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; and Avi Stein and Alcée Chriss, organ, perform works by J.S. Bach and Rosenmüller.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | The Harlem Opera Theater


This event will be a special performance from The Harlem Opera Theater. Edwin Davis, Bass-Baritone Rebecca Hargrove, Soprano Gregory H. Hopkins, Artistic Director/Keyboard The Henry Paul Trio features Henry Paul (piano), Colson Jimenez (bass), and Shado Atlys (drums).  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Yoga with the Sunset


Certified yoga instructor Mary Barnes leads a guided practice in a beautiful and peaceful setting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Radical: A Life of My Own


Acclaimed Chinese-British writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo and Chinese-Scottish poet Jay Gao in a conversation on Radical: A Life of My Own. In Guo’s new memoir, language and translation are the starting points that ask how a diasporic artist might live authentically and radically in the 21st century. Guo and Gao will discuss how their personal lexicons of art can help redefine entanglements across transnational borders and boundaries. Both writers will explore how their experiences of living in the USA, as well as in the UK, have shaped their understanding of nationality, Chineseness, belonging, lineage, and creative freedom. In the belief that literature and writing can help us make better sense of our increasingly globalized and diasporic world, this event will critically engage with the questions of: What does it mean to be rooted? What does it mean to write radically? Event address:  Heyman Center for the Humanities East Campus Residential Center Columbia University
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
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Book Discussion | How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America


Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, author Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping America's collective history.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City


Author Andrea Elliott is a staff writer for The New York Times who has documented the lives of poor Americans, Muslim immigrants and other people on the margins of power. Invisible Child won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. She is also the recipient of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, a George Polk award, an Overseas Press Club award and was awarded a 2007 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things


Renowned social scientist, professor, and bestselling author Dan Ariely delivers his most urgent and compelling book--an eye-opening exploration of the human side of the misinformation crisis--examining what drives otherwise rational people to adopt deeply irrational beliefs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Staged Reading | The Silverfish: Young, in Love, and Desperate


In Megan Loughran's play, Beth and Brandon are young and in love and they have no money. They're living in Brooklyn pursuing careers they are passionate about. Which is another way of saying they have no money. When they're suddenly thrown a Godawful, expensive curveball, they combine their desperation with their underutilized talents and come up with a plan. It might not be a plan that "good people" would go for, but when you're young and in love and desperate and poor, the word "good" can mean a lot of things.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Discussion | Try Not to Hold It Against Me: An Evening with Film Producer Julian Schlossberg


Producer Julian Schlossberg shares stories from his six-decade show-business career, from his time working with Mike Nichols and Woody Allen to his upcoming television series, Witnesses to the 20th Century. Pulling from his memoir, Try Not to Hold It Against Me, Schlossberg will also cover the founding of Castle Hill Productions, one of the largest independent film distributors in the world, as well as his time producing over 60 movies, TV specials, and award-winning stage plays. Schlossberg will be joined by comedian, filmmaker, playwright, and Tony Award-winning actress Elaine May, as well as actor Tony Roberts, who is best known for his collaborations with Woody Allen in films including Annie Hall. Try Not to Hold it Against Me will be on sale and available for book signing at the event. RSVP does not guarantee entry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Discussion | A Conversation on Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein


With Daniel Belasco, executive director of Al Held Foundation, and Scott Rothkopf, senior deputy director and chief curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Organized in celebration of the centenary of the artist's birth and moderated by Alison McDonald, chief creative officer at Gagosian, the discussion will highlight multiple perspectives on Lichtenstein's decades-long career, during which he helped originate the Pop art movement.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Lecture | John Jay and the United States Constitution (online)


Celebrate the signing of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787, featuring Justice Mark Dillon. Dillon is the author of The First Chief Justice: John Jay and the Struggle of a New Nation, published March 1, 2022, and will speak on “John Jay and the United States Constitution.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | 50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution


A celebration of Ms.—the most startling, most audacious, most norm-breaking of the magazine's groundbreaking pieces on women, men, politics (sexual and otherwise), marriage, family, education, work, motherhood, and reproductive rights, as well as the best of the magazine’s fiction, poetry, and letters. For the past five decades Ms. has been the nation’s most influential source of feminist ideas, and it remains at the forefront of feminism today, affecting thought and culture with a younger-than-ever readership. Ms. was the first U.S. magazine to feature prominent American women demanding the repeal of laws that criminalized abortion; explain and advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment; rate presidential candidates on women’s issues; feature domestic violence and sexual harassment on its cover, long before either was widely understood or acknowledged; and commission and publish a national study on date rape. Here is the best reporting, fiction, and advertising, decade by decade, as well as the best photographs and features that reveal and reflect the changes set in motion by Ms., along with the iconic covers that galvanized readers.
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Poetry Reading | Emerald Wounds: A Surrealist Poet from 1950s Paris (online)


Rediscover Joyce Mansour, the most significant Surrealist poet to emerge from 1950s Paris. Joyce Mansour, a Syrian Jewish exile from Egypt, was 25 years old when she published her first book in Paris in 1953. Her fierce, macabre, erotically charged works caught the eye of Andre Breton, who welcomed her into his Surrealist group and became her lifelong friend and ally. Despite her success in surrealist circles, her books received scant attention from the literary establishment, which is hardly surprising since Mansour's favorite topics happened to be two of society's greatest fears: death and unfettered female desire. Now, over half a century later, Mansour's time has come. Emerald Wounds collects her most important work, spanning the entire arc of her career, from the gothic, minimalist fragments of her first published work to the serpentine power of her poems of the 1980s. In fresh new translations, Mansour's voice surges forth uncensored and raw, communicating the frustrations, anger, and sadness of an intelligent, worldly woman who defies the constraints and oppression of a male-dominated society. Mansour is a poet the world needs today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress


A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas, and works-in-progress held in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists Featuring: Lai Yi Ohlsen, Romany Dear with Juan Betancurth & Victoria Keddie, Angie Pittman
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Classical Music | Orchestral Works by J.S. Bach and More (In Person AND Online)


The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; and Avi Stein and Alcee Chriss, organ, perform works by J.S. Bach and Rosenmuller.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Tchaikovsky, Piazzolla, and more for Violin, Viola, and Cello


The Dali Quartet: Ari Isaacman-Beck, violin, Carlos Rubio, violin; Adriana Linares, viola; Jesus Morales, cello. Program Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, op. 11 Piazzolla (1921-1992), Tango Ballet Efrain Amaya (b. 1959), Angelica Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940), String Quartet No. 2, "Magueyes"
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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