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48 free events take place on Friday, 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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48 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, September 13, 2024

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free events nyc New York Latin Food Festival with Salsa, Jazz, Reggae and Activities in the Park
free events nyc Jazz with Brazilian and Spanish Flair and Art Exhibitions at a Museum
free events nyc The Man with the Golden Horn: Music from James Bond Films - Outdoors
free events nyc Friday the 13th Silent Disco
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Concert | Keith Urban, Country Star


The Australia-born singer became an American country sensation in the 2000s, scoring more than a dozen number ones on the country singles chart. His new ablum is High. Check-in: By 5:15 a.m. ID required (concert concludes at 9:30 a.m.)
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:15 am
Free
Concerts, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Keith Urban, Country Star

Workshop | Tai Chi


Improve balance, strength and focus through gentle exercises. The sights and sounds of the river provide a serene background for the ancient flowing postures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshops, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Tai Chi

Tour | NYC Walking Tours: A Variety of Neighborhoods - Choose One Tour Or Many


These tours take place at various times. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. See link for details: scroll down to find the daily scheduled tours at $4 (more expensive tours are listed on top). Daily tours may include: SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Lower Manhattan Brooklyn Bridge Harlem Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Graffiti and Street Art Tours
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Tours, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, NYC Walking Tours: A Variety of Neighborhoods - Choose One Tour Or Many

Workshop | Adult Zumba


Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Bring your friends and come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training and a lot of fun.
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Park Walk | Island Walking Tour


Look into the past of the Island and learn about its excit-ing trans-for-ma-tion and future. In this walk-ing tour led by volunteer guides, you'll explore the Island's historic district and new 43-acre park. Tours exam-ine how his-toric preser-va-tion, inno-v-a-tive design, and envi-ron-men-tal stew-ard-ship make the Island what it is today: one of the most unique pub-lic places in New York City. The tour route is approximately 1 mile on paved, wheelchair accessible paths. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Park Walks, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Island Walking Tour

Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Get in 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.
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Workshops, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Learn Juggling in the Park

Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)


Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
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Concerts, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)

Gallery Talk | Far and Away: Drawings from the Clement C. Moore Collection: Exhibition Tour (online)


A virtual docent-led exploration and discussion of several works in the Morgan's exhibition. Look closely at some of the highlights from the exhibition, exploring master drawings assembled by collector Clement C. Moore that make up one of the preeminent collections of Dutch drawings.
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Gallery Talks, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Far and Away: Drawings from the Clement C. Moore Collection: Exhibition Tour (online)

Book Discussion | How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History (in-person and online)


Award-winning Oxford history professor Josephine Quinn overturns the way the West thinks about itself, tracing its innovations and traditions to societies from all over the world and making the case that the West is, and always has been, truly global.
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Book Discussions, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History (in-person and online)

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: Luis Simaz.
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Concerts, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Piano in the Park

Park Walk | Island Walking Tour


Look into the past of the Island and learn about its excit-ing trans-for-ma-tion and future. In this walk-ing tour led by volunteer guides, you'll explore the Island's historic district and new 43-acre park. Tours exam-ine how his-toric preser-va-tion, inno-v-a-tive design, and envi-ron-men-tal stew-ard-ship make the Island what it is today: one of the most unique pub-lic places in New York City. The tour route is approximately 1 mile on paved, wheelchair accessible paths. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Park Walks, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Island Walking Tour

Film | The Beekeeper (2024) with Jason Statham


One man's brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after it's revealed he's a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as Beekeepers. Director: David Ayer Cast: Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi Jason Statham is an English actor and martial artist. He is known for portraying characters in various action-thriller films who are typically tough, gritty, or violent. Statham has been credited for leading the resurgence of action films during the 2000s and 2010s.
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Films, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, The Beekeeper (2024) with&nbsp;Jason Statham

Film | The Book Thief (2013): drama


In 1938, young orphan Liesel arrives at the home of her new foster parents, Hans and Rosa. When Hans, a kindly housepainter, learns that Liesel cannot read, he teaches the child the wonders of the written language. Liesel grows to love books, even rescuing one from a Nazi bonfire. Though Liesel's new family barely scrape by, their situation becomes even more precarious when they secretly shelter a Jewish boy whose father once saved Hans' life. Director: Brian Percival Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nelisse
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Films, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, The Book Thief (2013): drama

Gallery Talk | Artists in Conversation: Pearl Lines (online)


Walter Price lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Greene Naftali, New York (2022; 2020); Camden Art Centre, London (2021); Aspen Art Museum (2019); MoMA PS1, New York (2018); and Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2018). His work was included in the 2019 Whitney Biennial, and is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Tate, London; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Aïshti Foundation, Lebanon; and Rollins Museum of Art, Orlando, among others. Michelle Grabner Wisconsin-born and based artist Michelle Grabner is known for her broad perspective developed as teacher, writer, and critic over the past 30 years. Her artmaking—which encompasses a variety of mediums including drawing, painting, video and sculpture—is driven by a distinctive value in the productivity of work and takes place outside of dominant systems. Grabner finds a creative center in operating across platforms and towards community. She is currently Professor of Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is also the founder and co-director of two non-profit art spaces in Wisconsin, The Suburban and The Poor Farm, with her husband, artist Brad Killam. In the Rail: Michelle Grabner
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Gallery Talks, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Artists in Conversation: Pearl Lines (online)

Workshop | Enjoy an afternoon of crafting and conversation


Bring your own project or choose something from a provided collection to work on during this freeform crafting workshop. The workshop will include materials for sewing, knitting, crochet, coloring, paper crafts, and puzzles.
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Workshops, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Enjoy an afternoon of crafting and conversation

Film | Drive-Away Dolls (2024) Directed by Ethan Coen


In search of a fresh start, two women embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, Florida. However, things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way. Director: Ethan Coen Cast: Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein Ethan Coen is a movie director who has made eight critically acclaimed feature films. The recipient of numerous awards, he received an Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1997 for Fargo.
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Films, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Drive-Away Dolls (2024) Directed by Ethan Coen

Park Walk | Island Walking Tour


Look into the past of the Island and learn about its excit-ing trans-for-ma-tion and future. In this walk-ing tour led by volunteer guides, you'll explore the Island's historic district and new 43-acre park. Tours exam-ine how his-toric preser-va-tion, inno-v-a-tive design, and envi-ron-men-tal stew-ard-ship make the Island what it is today: one of the most unique pub-lic places in New York City. The tour route is approximately 1 mile on paved, wheelchair accessible paths. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended.
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Park Walks, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Island Walking Tour

Conference | Cine-Memoria: Past and Present in Latin American Cinemas


Cine-Memoria: Past and Present in Latin American Cinemas is a three-day conference and screenings that consider two times in the history of regional Latin American filmmaking. They return to the radical women’s movement and collective filmmaking of the 1960s and 1970s in screenings of rare short titles and reconsider this work in the light of political developments and the emergence of “global auteurs” with international recognition. The first day is dedicated to remembering the critical work of Cuban-American scholar Ana M. López.
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Conferences, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Cine-Memoria: Past and Present in Latin American Cinemas

Festival | New York Latin Food Festival with Salsa, Jazz, Reggae and Activities in the Park


Celebrate the cuisine and culture of the Latin diaspora. The largest Latin Food Festival in New York will highlight incredible Latin and Caribbean food, live performances featuring salsa, reggae, rumba, jazz, Latin pop and hip-hop and host a selection of family-friendly activities, art installations and more. Celebrate the vibrant traditions and rhythms of Latin America.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
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Festivals, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, New York Latin Food Festival with Salsa, Jazz, Reggae and Activities in the Park

Museums | American History, Artifact Collections and Some Laughs in Between


Enjoy a stroll through galleries of an extensive collection of American art, learn about the history of New York and the USA. You can also catch a stand up comedy show from 6 pm to 7 pm. Last admission is at 7 pm.
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5:00 pm
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Museumss, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, American History, Artifact Collections and Some Laughs in Between

Birdwatching | Fall Migration Birding Tour


Spot the wonderful diversity of birds that visit the park during migratory season, with guided tours led by environmental educator and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow. Located in the heart of Midtown, the park is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow!
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Birdwatchings, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Fall Migration Birding Tour

Jazz | Jazz with Brazilian and Spanish Flair and Art Exhibitions at a Museum


The instrumental ensemble BeBimBop performs jazz infused with Brazilian and Spanish flair. Visitors also have access to the museum's fine art galleries with rare and noteworthy collections and a wide variety of exhibitions.
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5:00 pm
Free
Concerts, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Jazz with Brazilian and Spanish Flair and Art Exhibitions at a Museum

Workshop | New Games Social - Outdoors


Curious about a board game or looking to try something new? Hosts will be teaching how to play a wide range of fun board games every Friday.
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Workshop | Bingo in the Park


BYO food and beverages to this all ages, free to enter, B-I-N-G-O night. A mix of music plays as the numbers roll out and each game winner receives a prize.
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Birdwatching | Birding Walk in the Park


Explore on a family-friendly bird walk in partnership with NYC Bird Alliance. 
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Concert | 3 Folk Music Acts (online)


The museum’s critically acclaimed performance series returns via. Music featured at the Free Music Fridays series thematically reflects the spirit of self-taught art on view at the museum. Hosted by Lara Ewen. Lineup: 6:00 pm Cassidy Andrews - Acoustic indie-folk 6:30 pm Victor Gurbo - Folk singer-songwriter 7:00 pm Anana Kaye - Alternative folk rock
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Concerts, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, 3 Folk Music Acts (online)

Movie in a Park | A Cinderella Story (2004): Updated Fairy Tale


Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance. Director: Mark Rosman Stars: Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge 95 min.
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Movie in a Parks, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, A Cinderella Story (2004): Updated Fairy Tale

Opening Reception | Brandon Ndife: Clearance


Ndife’s material transformations cultivate an intimate dissonance between the natural and the manufactured, nesting organic shapes (branches, roots, and gourds) within sculptural shells that resemble domestic furniture—ingeniously hand-built to evoke the mass-produced items that order our private lives. His work confounds the lifecycle of consumer objects with its uncanny mix of ripening and rot, and functions for the artist as a conduit to broader systems of uneven distribution. The exhibition design embeds the work in a sprawling environment that recalls a city street, where discarded items left curbside are vulnerable to weathering and prying eyes, yet also made available to fresh encounter—to change hands and find new use.
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Opening Receptions, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Brandon Ndife: Clearance

Opening Reception | Divine Violence: 3-Artist Show


Divine Violence is conceived around “Jin, Jîyan, Azadî (ژن، ژیان، ئازادی),” or “Women, Life, Freedom.” Not just a slogan; “Jin, Jîyan, Azadî (ژن، ژیان، ئازادی),” is the discourse that came to light following the killing of a woman, Mahsa Amini, at the age of 22 by morality police in Iran. The phrase defines the actions taken by women toward freedom and gender equality in the Islamic state. The death of Amini, was the sacrification of the woman, which is both sanctified and cursed. In other words, the finger cut by the Sharia doesn’t hurt. The action ignited the feminist revolutionary struggle in Iran.  This exhibition seeks to investigate the ordinary and extraordinary emancipatory actions for women’s lives and freedom in the Middle East from post-revolutionary Iran to today.. Moreover, this exhibition will provide an alternative reading of Middle Eastern history through the lens of Islamic feminism and feminist solidarity. The controversial role of Middle Eastern women in the Islamic world will be critiqued.. The geography of violence will be reinterpreted through the narratives, realities, testimonies, and distorted memories in Islamic feminist history.  The exhibition brings together an artist/lawyer SB Arch Lab, a researcher/curator Gülistan Kenanoğlu, and an artist/architect Çağlar Hanaylı who stand opposite the feudal, sexist, and patriarchal system. Through their similar stories and the stories they have witnessed they will reinterpret Islamic feminist history through the lens of women’s liberation.  
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Opening Receptions, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Divine Violence: 3-Artist Show

Gallery Talk | Far and Away: Drawings from the Clement C. Moore Collection: Exhibition Tour


Sarah Mallory, Annette and Oscar de la Renta Assistant Curator of Drawings and Prints, will lead a tour.
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Film | Mikey and Nicky (1976): Unusual Gangster Drama


Elaine May's gangster drama, Mikey and Nicky, has polarized audiences since its release. It bombed at the box office, and critics like John Simon considered it "one of the worst pictures of 1976." Some years later, Stanley Kaufman hailed it as "one of the ten best pictures of the decade." Although it alienated the mass audience that Hollywood films are normally designed to please, it has engaged a coterie of devoted fans for almost 50 years, with revival screenings at MOMA, the Lincoln Center, and countless other venues. Film scholar Todd Berliner will explain the film's unusual appeal and May's unorthodox directing methods on the notoriously troubled production. Elaine May couldn't make a professional Hollywood movie, so instead she made a masterpiece.
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Films, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Mikey and Nicky (1976): Unusual Gangster Drama

Opening Reception | Richard Tuttle: A Distance From This


An exhibition of new works by an artist who has continually expanded the contours of contemporary practice since the 1960s. The exhibition debuts a suite of works Tuttle created over the past year, following a trip to Guatemala in February 2024. At once exuberant and evanescent, Tuttle’s new works are meditations on form, language, and memory as ligaments that bind art and life.
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Opening Receptions, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Richard Tuttle: A Distance From This

Opening Reception | Spencer Sweeney: The Painted Bride


Centered on the human figure, The Painted Bride features new, large-scale works by Spencer Sweeney, ranging from self-portraits to reclining nudes. 
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Book Discussion | Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline Gumbs


Author Alexis Pauline Gumbs will discuss her new book, Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde, with Cara Page. We remember Audre Lorde as an iconic writer, a quotable teacher whose words and face grace T-shirts, nonprofit annual reports, and campus diversity-center walls. But even those who are inspired by Lorde’s teachings on “the creative power of difference” may be missing something fundamental about her life and work, and what they can mean for us today. Lorde’s understanding of survival was not simply about getting through to the other side of oppression or being resilient in the face of cancer. It was about the total stakes of what it means to be in relationship with a planet in transformation. Possibly the focus on Lorde’s quotable essays, to the neglect of her complex poems, has led us to ignore her deep engagement with the natural world, the planetary dynamics of geology, meteorology, and biology. For her, ecological images are not simply metaphors but rather literal guides to how to be of earth on earth, and how to survive―to live the ethics that a Black feminist lesbian warrior poetics demands. In Survival Is a Promise, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, the first researcher to explore the full depths of Lorde’s manuscript archives, illuminates the eternal life of Lorde. Her life and work become more than a sound bite; they become a cosmic force, teaching us the grand contingency of life together on earth.
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Book Discussion | The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo


A spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age. In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to improve the family's social position.
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Museums | Asia's Diverse Cultures: From Ancient to Contemporary


Discover art that traverses Asia's diverse cultures, regions, and narratives. The Museum's special exhibitions celebrate art forms that range from ancient to contemporary, including photography and multimedia, while its permanent collection galleries are focused primarily on art from the Himalayan region.
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Museumss, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Asia's Diverse Cultures: From Ancient to Contemporary

Concert | Music at the Crossroads of the World


Check out NYC's buzziest up-and-coming talent live. Musicians from New York City and beyond will present free concerts, ranging from indie, pop, and electronic, many of whom will be celebrating the debut of new work or an upcoming summer album release.
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Book Discussion | Everything/Nothing/Someone: Coming-of-Age Memoir with Glamor, Excess and Neglect


A remarkable memoir that tells of a young woman's coming-of-age amid glamor, excess, and neglect, and the love affair that, against the odds, allows her to save herself. Alice Carrière grew up in a converted factory in Greenwich Village in the 1990s, an extravagant home based on the hyper-aestheticized vision of her artist mother, Jennifer Bartlett--with two studios, an indoor swimming pool, a rooftop garden with a koi pond, and multiple, cavernous rooms through which a steady stream of visitors flowed. Alice's iconoclastic European father was a fleeting, atmospheric disturbance. Alice grows up as a child living in an adult's world, with little-to-no boundaries or supervision. As she enters adolescence, a dissociative disorder erases her identity, and overzealous doctors medicate her further into madness. In the absence of self, she inhabits various roles: as a patient in expensive psychiatric hospitals, the ingenue in destructive encounters with older men, a provocateur who weaponizes intellectual dazzle and outrageous candor--until a medication-induced psychosis brings these personas crashing down. Finally, a soulful connection with a generous and sensitive musician allows her to free herself from the pathologies that defined her and recognize her true self. With gallows humor and brutal honesty, Carrière has written a unique and mesmerizing narrative of emergence and, at last, cure.
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Book Discussions, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Everything/Nothing/Someone: Coming-of-Age Memoir with Glamor, Excess and Neglect

Discussion | History & Innovation: Women in the Military


The Museum and the Metropolitan Opera have teamed up for a behind-the-scenes program featuring its newest opera, Grounded. A special performance begins the evening, followed by a panel discussion featuring decorated female officers and artists reflecting on how work affects their domestic life, the roles of service to one's country and one's home, and the challenges of volleying identities between service and domestic life.
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Discussions, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, History & Innovation: Women in the Military

Movie in a Park | Aladdin (1992): Disney's Classic with the NYC Skyline Backdrop


The musical fantasy based on the Arabic folktale "Aladdin" from One Thousand and One Nights. Movie starts at sunset. Bring a blanket and a chair.
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Film | Anima: My Father's Dresses (2022): A Family Secret


Little Uli wants to become a pirate or the pope, but in no case does she want to fit into the role stereotypes of her Bavarian hometown. After her father's death, her mother hands over his secret box to her as an inheritance. The content suddenly changes her view of the father, herself, her family, and the society in which she grew up. Director: Uli Decker 95 min. In German with English subtitles
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Films, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Anima: My Father's Dresses (2022): A Family Secret

Book Discussion | Quarterlife: A Novel of the New India


The Bharat Party has come to power in India after an intensely divisive election. Naren, a jaded Wall Street consultant, is lured by its economic mandate to return to Mumbai. With him is Amanda, eager to escape her New England town through a teaching fellowship in a Muslim-majority slum. Meanwhile, Naren's younger brother Rohit sets out to explore his cultural roots in the country's heartland, where he ends up befriending the fiery young men who feed off the Hindu nationalist machine. From identity politics to corporate avarice to the limits of idealism, each of these characters embodies a hypothesis. As they come to grips with the new India, they also become aware of a deeply fraught and complex milieu. The result is an ever-widening story that builds up to a festive night when all of Mumbai is on the streets, and the simmering unrest erupts. Devika Rege's Quarterlife is as much a social and philosophical inquiry as a political bildungsroman. It is also a brilliantly innovative and ambitious work that tests the limits of what the novel can achieve.
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Book Discussions, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Quarterlife: A Novel of the New India

Workshop | Game Night - Outdoors


Grab your friends for bingo, quiz shows, and more, with prizes for winners.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshops, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Game Night - Outdoors

Workshop | Game Night on the Pier


Grab your friends and come to the pier for bingo, quiz shows, and more, with prizes for winners.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshops, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Game Night on the Pier

Concert | The Man with the Golden Horn: Music from James Bond Films - Outdoors


An all-star lineup of musicians - including Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra and slide trumpet master and arranger Steven Bernstein - perform the iconic music of James Bond films. A very NYC celebration of John Barry's James Bond music: Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra meet up with legendary Downtown composer, arranger and slide trumpet master, Steven Bernstein. Joining the festivities will be a variety of surprise guests to take a wild ride through the iconic music of 007. The classic James Bond scores will be shaken and stirred in an Afro Latin big band setting with a strong dose of NYC underground, and a nod to Charlie Palmieri's organ playing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free
Concerts, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, The Man with the Golden Horn: Music from James Bond Films - Outdoors

Movie in a Park | Ratatouille (2007): Animated Rat Wants to Be a Chef


A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant. Directors: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava Stars: Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt 111 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free
Movie in a Parks, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Ratatouille (2007): Animated Rat Wants to Be a Chef

Dancing | Friday the 13th Silent Disco


Turn your luck around with a silent disco dance party featuring DJ's from QuietEvents. Breath-taking sunset views and Lady Liberty will serve as our backdrop as we dance to the hottest beats pumped through light-up headphones. Headphones are free. ID is required.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free
Dancings, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Friday the 13th Silent Disco

City Walk | Dazzling Lights! Immersive Experience by the Waterfront


Spanning across six acres, this Illuminating display features an array of 18,750 lowlight, fiber-optic stemmed spheres that illuminate with a slow subtle change of hue. Guests are immersed in the installation as they walk a winding path through the ethereal painted landscape framed by the city's iconic skyline and the waterfront.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
Free
City Walks, September 13, 2024, 09/13/2024, Dazzling Lights! Immersive Experience by the Waterfront
Complimentary Tickets

to shows, concerts ... (CFT Deals!)

Classical Music | Orchestral Masterworks at a Landmark Venue

Regular Price: $50
CFT Member Price: $0.00

Play | Broadway Actors in a Play at a Major NYC Theater

Regular Price: $79
CFT Member Price: $0.00
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