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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 19, 2024?
63 free events take place on Thursday, September 19 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 19 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.
Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 19, 2024?
63 free events take place on Thursday, September 19 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 19 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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The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
63 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, September 19, 2024
All events are free unless otherwise noted.Editor's Picks
Workshop | Rooftop Yoga
Sputnik Yoga presents yoga sessions throughout the entire summer.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
Free
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Jazz | Jazz at the Palace of Arts in Budapest (online)
A jazz performance by the Senior Big Band at the the cultural hall in Hungary. The event can bve streamed anytime between 8AM and 11:30PM.
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
Free
Free
Park Walk | Nature Walk by the Water: Learn About Ecosystem, History, Birds and More
This nature tour of the park will focus on the restored tidal marsh ecosystem, with some ecological history of NYC weaved in. Learn about the great potential these habitats have both as an oasis for migrating birds and how they serve as buffers from storms and sea level rise, and increase the resiliency of our waterfront and neighborhoods. Please make sure you arrive 5-10 minutes before the start time.
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
Free
Free
Workshop | Pick Up Pickleball
An exciting fusion of badminton and tennis, pickleball has been proven to strengthen muscles, boost cardiovascular health, and enhance brain function.
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
Free
Free
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 costly tours are listed on top). Daily tours may include: Brooklyn Bridge SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Lower Manhattan Harlem Downtown Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Graffiti and Street Art Tours
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
$4
$4
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Tour of New York City Hall
One of the oldest continuously used City Halls in the nation that still houses its original governmental functions, New York's City Hall is considered one of the finest architectural achievements of its period. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, the building was an early expression of the City's cosmopolitanism. City Hall is a designated New York City landmark, and its rotunda is a designated interior landmark as well.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Film | The Breakfast Club (1985) Directed by John Hughes, Starring Molly Ringwald
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian, and Andrew the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same. Director: John Hughes Cast: Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy John Hughes was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He wrote, produced, and sometimes directed some of the most successful live-action comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s. He directed such films as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, She's Having a Baby, and Uncle Buck; and wrote the films National Lampoon's Vacation, Mr. Mom, Pretty in Pink, The Great Outdoors, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, Dutch, and Beethoven. Molly Ringwald is an American actress, writer, and translator. She began her career as a child actress on the sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life (both 1979-1980) before being nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the drama film Tempest (1982). Ringwald became a teen idol following her appearances in filmmaker John Hughes' teen films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986). These films led to the media referring to her as a member of the "Brat Pack."
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free
Free
Film | Film Festival: Hawaiian Stories and Traditions
11 AM-12:30 PM: pre-screening talk about the film industry in Hawai'i with a filmmaker Angela Laprete, highlighted by Forbes magazine as one of the "six visionaries shaping the Hawaiian filmmaking scene." 1PM - 3 PM: The Queen's Flowers A magical retelling of a true story about depicting a Native Hawaiian girl in Honolulu, as she crafts a special gift for the final monarch of Hawai'i. Director: Ciara Leina'ala Lacy (Kanaka Maoli), USA, 2024, 11 min. Kukini At the end of the 18th century, an elite warrior is forced to leave his family behind on a dangerous mission to report on the brutal war led by Kamehameha against Maui. Captured by the enemy, he is unexpectedly rescued by someone with their own message. Written by Mitchel Merrick and Paula Fuga. Director: Mitchel Merrick, USA, 2024, 26 min. In 'Olelo Hawai'i with English subtitles. For mature audiences: contains scenes of violence and blood. Hokulea: Finding the Way of the Navigator In the early 2000's, cultural anthropologist embarked on a voyage with a Native Hawaiian navigator to study the art of wayfinding. Years later, the two explorers reflect on the enigmas of traditional navigation and envision a future inspired by the navigator's language. Director: Ty Sanga (Native Hawaiian), USA, 2023, 40 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free
Free
Lecture | Progress Stalled? The Uncertain Future of Mortality and Healthy Aging in the US and UK (in-person and online)
Steady and significant improvements in life expectancy have been a bright spot for human progress for the last century or more. Recently, this success has shown signs of faltering in some high-income countries such as the US and UK, where mortality improvements have slowed or even reversed since the early 2010s. Combined with the large mortality shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, guaranteed forward progress feels less certain. This talk reviews recent trends and discuss prospects for the future of mortality in high-income countries, including lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, challenges and opportunities related to the obesity epidemic, and emerging reasons for both optimism and pessimism. Speaker: Jennifer Beam Dowd, Professor of Demography and Population Health Deputy Director, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:45 am
Free
Free
Screening | Hispanic Heritage Celebration: TV Show and Concert Recordings with Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Grammy Awards, and More
Immerse yourself in a curated selection of TV shows and musical programs celebrating some of the most influential and groundbreaking contributions by legendary Hispanic and Latino/a performers. Screenings will include the Latin Grammy Awards, Saturday Night Live with Desi Arnaz, performances by Celia Cruz and Tito Puente as well as children's shows such as Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go, The Brothers Garcia, etc.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
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.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
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.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
Free
Free
Book Discussion | Disinformation, Misinformation, and Democracy: Legal Approaches in Comparative Context (in-person and online)
In today's digital age, the spread of dis- and misinformation across traditional and social media poses a significant threat to democracy. Yet repressing political speech in the name of truth can also undermine democratic values. This volume brings together prominent legal scholars from democracies worldwide to explore and evaluate different regulatory approaches for addressing this complex problem – all taking into account that the cure must not be worse than the disease. Using a comparative lens, the book offers important and novel insights into methods ranging from national regulation of politicians' speech to empowering civil-society groups that are well-positioned to blunt the effects of disinformation and misinformation. The book also provides solutions-oriented recommendations for policymakers, judges, legal practitioners, and scholars seeking to promote democratic values by encouraging free political speech while combatting disinformation and misinformation.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
Free
Free
Discussion | A Conversation with Cookbook Author Joan Nathan (online)
Julie Salamon (New York Times bestselling author) sits down with award-winning cookbook author Joan Nathan, author of twelve cookbooks including her latest work, My Life in Recipes: Food, Family, and Memories. Her books Jewish Cooking in America and The New American Cooking both won James Beard Awards and IACP Awards. Nathan’s PBS television series, Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan, was nominated in 2000 for the James Beard Award for Best National Television Food Show.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Voice, Percussion, and Harp (In Person AND Online!)
Concordian Dawn (Amber Evans, soprano & percussion; Clifton Massey, countertenor; Thomas McCargar, baritone; Niccolo Seligmann, vielle & percussion; Christopher Preston Thompson, tenor & Medieval harp) performs Le Roman de Fauvel. Le Roman de Fauvel is a fourteenth-century interdisciplinary collection of poetry, music, and art, rife with political and social commentary. It tells the story of an orange-hued half-donkey/half-human named Fauvel, whose contentious rise to power unsettles a nation. In this ever-important election year, Concordian Dawn brings this storied tale back to life as a reminder of the ways both political hypocrisy and deceit have the power to poison society.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Film | The Fall Guy (2024) with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt
After leaving the business one year earlier, battle-scarred stuntman Colt Seavers springs back into action when the star of a big studio movie suddenly disappears. As the mystery surrounding the missing actor deepens, Colt soon finds himself ensnared in a sinister plot that pushes him to the edge of a fall more dangerous than any stunt. Director: David Leitch Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Teresa Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Winston Duke Ryan Gosling is a Canadian actor. Prominent in both independent film and major studio features of varying genres, his films have accrued a worldwide box office gross of over 1.9 billion USD. He has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a BAFTA Award. Emily Blunt is a British actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards. Forbes ranked her as one of the highest-paid actresses in the world in 2020.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Historical House of The Distinguished American President of the Early 20th Century
This historic site honors the early life of a renowned American figure. The restored brownstone reflects late 19th-century architecture and offers insights into the family's daily life. Learn about various exhibits and artifacts that showcase the cultural and historical context of the era, providing a glimpse into the formative years of this visionary leader-to-be. First-come, first-served; this guided tour may reach capacity before your desired tour time, so please be sure to arrive early. Tour duration: 45 minutes. This tour also takes place at 11 am, 12 pm, 3 pm.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Jazz | Sarah Vaughan: Tribute to the Jazz Legend!
Recognizing the centennial of one of the all-time great vocalists, the magnetic singer Pucci Amanda Jhones leads a trio of her peers (with Nikita White and Grace Young), as well as an all-star rhythm section (Joseph Tranchina, Hilliard Greene, Bobby Sanabria), through the music of the legendary Sarah Vaughan.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Book Discussion | The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World (online)
Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat discusses his book and its insights on fifty years of U.S. foreign policy and conflict. At a time when the world is in turmoil and American leadership is being challenged, the veteran diplomat has published a major book which is being hailed as an indispensable guide to understanding American foreign policy and American diplomacy over the last fifty years. He will be in discussion with AJU president Jeffrey Herbst to discuss when diplomacy is successful, what must be done to bring peaceful resolution to conflicts, and the lessons of his work for the current conflict in the Middle East.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Lecture | Responsible AI: Ethics and Regulation in the New Era (in-person and online)
The AI revolution created a disruptive change in the way we consume technology and is currently part into almost every work environment and service. Robots of various types are an integral part of industry, medicine and social applications - this is no longer science fiction. Ethics, on the other hand, is an abstract concept and its content depends on time and geography. (The first attempt to connect artificial intelligence and ethics was made by the writer Isaac Asimov in 1950, in which rules were established regarding the harm of robots to humans, their obedience to human commands and the protection of robots for their existence.) In recent years with the implementation of Gen AI, ChatGPT, CoPilot, and similar implementations, it seems that the sky is the limit and the amount of "intimidating rumors and prophecies" intensifies the concern and the need for regulation, legislation and clear boundaries. In the lecture, we will raise essential questions both about the technology, about the need, and the meanings of creating a set of values. Who is the responsible bod? Are there already efforts in the world? Is it possible to control the AI technology, and perhaps there is no real need as it has not been done so far in the Internet technology? Those and more issues that concern our professional life will be discussed. Speaker: Nava Shaked, Holon Institute of Technology
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:15 pm
Free
Free
Lecture | Merging Conspiracy with Pro-Kremlin Narratives: An Analysis of European QAnon Influencers (in-person and online)
This talk explores the spread of the "biolab" conspiracy and por-Kremlin rhetoric found within European digital spaces, particularly QAnon influencers. The analysis traces the origins of the conspiracy. Speaker Dusan Bozalka is a PhD candidate at Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
Free
Free
Book Discussion | From Pushkin to Popular Culture: Essays on Russia
This volume includes many of the best essays by Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy (1951-2015), one of the most original scholars of Russian culture of her generation. Nepomnyashchy's broad interests ranged from Pushkin to contemporary Russian popular culture. Her work speaks to issues that remain central to Slavic studies today, including imperialist impulses and rhetoric in Russian culture; the resiliency and post-Soviet afterlife of Stalinist mythic and cultic formulas; and problems connected with dissent, censorship, and displacement. In addition to some of Nepomnyashchy's best previously published scholarly work, this volume includes excerpts from The Politics of Tradition: Rerooting Russian Literature After Stalin, the book manuscript that Nepomnyashchy was working on in the last years of her life.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Hannah Arendt Quits Smoking: Thinking and Addiction
Hannah Arendt loves smoking. It is part of her intellectual process. The image of her constantly with a cigarette in hand is iconic. It is interwoven into the very idea of the European expatriate thinker in the United States after WWII. And she wants to quit. Now. So on the advice of her friend, the famed novelist Mary McCarthy, Arendt arrives at a fashionable therapist’s office on a rainy day in 1970s New York.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
Free
Free
Discussion | Eisenhower and Civil Rights After 70 Years
A panel discussion marking the 70th anniversary of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s transformative presidency. The panel will include some of the most distinguished scholars and writers on Eisenhower, civil rights, and what those times say to our times. Participants in this conversation include: Justin Driver, Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law, Yale Law School William I. Hitchcock, James Madison Professor of History, University of Virginia Olatunde C. Johnson, Ruth Bader Ginsburg '59 Professor of Law, Columbia Law School Jermey Kessler, Stanley H. Fuld Professor of Law, Columbia Law School James F. Simon, Martin Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, New York Law School Paul B. Stephan, John C. Jeffries, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law Discussion moderated by Nicholas Rostow, Senior Research Scholar, Yale Law School
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
Free
Free
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!
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
Free
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Jazz | Jazz at the Crossroads of the World
New York City’s jazz scene comes to Broadway, creating the feeling of an intimate club amidst the lights and sounds. Featuring: Josh Evans Big Band
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
Free
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Screening | Rarely Screened Works from the Film Reserve
The What's Happening? bimonthly film series features films on issues of public concern and notable topics. The series aims to provide information on and stimulate conversation through the screening of new and historic works in the Reserve Film and Video Collection (RFVC) and discussion with special guests. Join for an evening of "deep cuts" from the RFVC's historic 16mm film holdings, specially curated by renowned archivist, film historian, and programmer Jon Gartenberg. A mix of rarely screened works will be followed by a Q&A with Mr. Gartenberg and RFVC Film Collection Specialist, Elena Rossi-Snook. Registration required.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Reggae-Rooted Rock & Roll in the Park
British Dependency, hailing from the British Isle of Anguilla, brings its eclectic sound that’s bluesy, soulful, funky, laced with rock & roll, and always rooted in reggae.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
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Classical Music | Works by Pachelbel, Purcell, and More for Violin, Cello, and Organ
Robert Mealy, Beth Wenstrom, Ravenna Lipchik, violins; Ezra Seltzer, cello; Avi Stein, organ. Program Pachelbel (1653-1706), Canon in D Major Pieces by Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612) Purcell (1659-1695), Three Parts Upon a Ground
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | Beaux Mendes: The Manzanita Loop
The show comprises thirty-two 'en plein air' observational paintings, mostly landscape and figure paintings. They interact in a continuum of unusual materials, such as animal hide, wood, marble dust, and distemper on linen.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
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Opening Reception | Beyond Patchwork: The Abstractions of Yvonne Wells
Born in 1939 in Tuscaloosa, Yvonne Wells is a self-taught textile artist living and working in the same region that was home to the enslaved female quilters of the rural community known as Gee’s Bend. While versed in the heritage techniques associated with them, Wells possesses a deeply maverick attitude that has freed her to break the rules of traditional quilt- making and forge a decidedly individualistic artistic path with her own invented visual vernacular. Wells has attracted acclaim over past decades for works that assert a bold narrative figuration, taking on cultural and sociopolitical topics that range from portraits of Pop icons to the ongoing struggle for rights and equality. Against that backdrop, the exhibition will be the very first to elucidate a different aspect of Wells’ practice— her unique relationship to abstraction as an intuitive and improvisational method of construction and a liberating form of self-expression.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Gala Porras-Kim: The motion of an alluvial record
The motion of an alluvial record is an atmospheric installation by artist Gala Porras-Kim that explores the complex relationships between cultural institutions, the objects they preserve, and the environments from which these objects originate. Central to this exhibition is a mud work composed of clay sourced from the wetlands of the Yucatán Peninsula. This material, layered with centuries of sediment, serves as a living archive—a tangible record of both geological and human histories. When submerged in water, the clay's particles, each from a range of eras, defy linear chronology and form a tableau that captures a holistic and cyclical view of time, thus echoing the Maya understanding of the fluidity of time.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist's Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India
Rollo Romig's gripping investigation into the mysterious assassination of a journalist in India, revealing the courage and vulnerability of those who are fighting the decline of democracy around the world
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Jiro Takamatsu: Shadow and Perspective
Jiro Takamatsu was a profoundly influential artist, theorist, and teacher who emerged in postwar Japan in the early 1960s. The presentation will focus on Takamatsu’s Shadow and Perspective concepts—throughout his entire oeuvre, Takamatsu used the term “concept” to denote certain ideas or phenomena. Bringing together a selection of his paintings, drawings, and sculptural objects dating from 1966 to 1997, this exhibition will showcase his inventive, deeply philosophical practice and his important role in the development of Conceptual Art.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Jon Serl: No straight lines
An exhibition exploring the art and legacy of self-taught American painter Jon Serl (Joseph Searles, 1894–1993), which will take place at the gallery’s East 69th Street location. The son of a vaudeville family, Serl acted in traveling shows as a child, took on other unconventional roles, and came to painting seriously only later, in the 1940s. Drawing from his own freewheeling life and myriad experiences, Serl adopted a pictorial idiom and highly expressionistic style that embrace the spectrum between reality and fantasy; his figurative paintings depict still lifes, landscapes, and a range of everyday subject matter—an artist in the studio, a procession of chapel attendees, a couple waltzing—in bold colors and formations that appear as if presented on stage.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Film | Kiss Me Kate (1953): musical
Divorced Broadway stars Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi agree to star in a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew alongside rising young actors Lois Lane and Bill Calhoun. Backstage complications pile up due to a romantic misunderstanding between Fred and the soon-to-be-remarried Lilli, while Bill's gambling debts cause a pair of lunkheaded mobsters to become part of the show. Director: George Sidney Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Film | The Five Demands (2023): A 1969 Student Strike
This documentary follows the dramatic but little-known story of the 1969 student strike that transformed the face of higher education. Directors: Greta Schiller, Andrea Weiss 74 min. Followed by a panel discussion
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | The Wannabe Fascists: A Guide to Understanding the Greatest Threat to Democracy
Historian Federico Finchelstein offers a precise explanation of why Trumpism and similar movements across the world belong to a new political breed, the last outcome of the combined histories of fascism and populism: the wannabe fascists. This new type of populist politician is typically an legally elected leader who, unlike previous populists who were eager to distance themselves from fascism, turns to totalitarian lies, racism, and illegal means to destroy democracy from within.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts
From the bestselling author Louis Bayard comes Atonement meets The Paris Wife, a brilliantly original, profoundly empathetic story about Oscar Wilde's wife Constance and their two sons in the aftermath of the famous playwright's imprisonment for homosexuality, told against the backdrop of Victorian England and World War I.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Boxing in the Park
Designed to teach all levels, from beginners to professional boxers, focusing on skill, self discipline and endurance conditioning
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Forum | Contesting Futures: Beyond the UN Summit
The United Nations has organized the Summit of the Future for September 2024, prompted by the difficulties in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and new global problems facing regions and peoples. The summit documents focus on a single future assuming that international commitments and goals will be finally achieved. This future is the product of meetings after meetings for the past decades. It is presented as a one-in-a-generation opportunity to get on track and leave no one behind globally. Is this approach ambitious enough? Does it, can it, represent the aspirations of so many different peoples around the world? Is this enough to help different nations, communities, and cultures to identify their paths to empower their own expectations, desires, and capacities? If not, isn’t it time to change the way futures (in plural) are imagined and constructed? In this context, this panel will provide an opportunity to address and contest these questions from diverse national and disciplinary perspectives, and thereby make room for different approaches to imagining multiple and empowering futures.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Nervi's Towers: Milan, Montreal, & Sydney (online)
Thomas Leslie on the famed Italian structural engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, a modernist master of concrete design and construction who collaborated with architects worldwide. Hear how his iconic skyscrapers - Pirelli Tower in Milan with Gio Ponti, the Montreal Bourse with Luigi Moretti, and Australia Square and MLC Centre in Sydney with Harry Seidler - attest to his global influence and provide a rich range of illustrations of the integration of architecture and engineering. Based on his 2017 book, Beauty's Rigor: Patterns of Production in the Work of Pier Luigi Nervi, Leslie, an architect and professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will show how Nervi's principles of structural efficiency and aesthetic expression influenced skyscraper construction throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | The Journey of Becoming a Meditation Teacher (online)
If you are an aspiring meditation teacher, currently teaching meditation, or just interested in the different aspects of teaching meditation, you won't want to miss meditation teachers David Nichtern and Rebecca D'Onofrio for an online discussion on developing one's own meditation practice and supporting others who wish to explore this transformative path.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Women of the FDNY: Fighting Fires and Discrimination
Discrimination tested the strength and resilience of women serving in the FDNY long before they served with distinction at the World Trade Center on 9/11 and during the rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero afterwards. When women were first admitted to the FDNY Academy in the 1970s, they had to fight not only fires, but for an equal place in the department. Retired FDNY Captain Brenda Berkman, firefighter Regina Wilson, and retired EMS Captain Doreen Ascatigno will discuss history and evolution of women's roles in the FDNY.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Writing While the World is Happening
A reading and conversation with the author Lena Gorelik, and the literary scholars Saskia Fischer (Leibniz University Hannover), and Ela Gezen (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Whether as a journalist, essayist, or author of novels, plays, and short stories, questions of belonging, migration, and the German memory culture, as well as the relationship between literature and sociopolitical engagement in general, play a central role in Lena Gorelik’s writing. In her texts, she not only draws attention to a pluralistic, post-migrant reality, but also presents it in all its ambivalence in an aesthetically complex manner. Her writing reflects on the possibilities of literature, but also on the voices and stories that receive little or no attention in the German public sphere.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Health and Safety: A Breakdown
Emily Witt presents a memoir about drugs, techno, and New York City. In the summer of 2016, a divisive presidential election was underway, and a new breed of right-wing rage was on the rise. Emily Witt, who would soon publish her first book on sex in the digital age, had recently quit antidepressants for a more expansive world of psychedelic experimentation. From her apartment in Brooklyn, she began to catch glimpses of the clandestine nightlife scene thrumming around her. Witt charts her immersion into New York City’s dance music underground. Emily would come to lead a double life. By day she worked as a journalist, covering gun violence, climate catastrophes, and the rallies of right-wing militias. And by night she pushed the limits of consciousness in hollowed-out office spaces and warehouses to music that sounded like the future. But no counterculture, no matter how utopian, could stave off the squalor of American politics and the cataclysm of 2020. Affectionate yet never sentimental, Health and Safety is a lament for a broken relationship, for a changed nightlife scene, and for New York City just before the fall. Sparing no one—least of all herself—Witt offers her life as a lens onto an era of American delirium and dissolution.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | On the Edge (2023): Good Care in a Bad Place
How do you provide good care in a sick institution? In a hospital near Paris, a psychiatrist devotes himself to his mission at the risk of losing ground. Director: Nicolas Peduzzi 103 min. Followed by a Q&A with Rishi Goyal and Thomas Dodman In French with English subtitles
New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | States of Emergency: Love in the Time of Climate Change
In the summer of 2015, a young couple--an American and his French wife--undergo fertility treatment in Paris. They settle in to wait for the results as a heatwave paralyzes the city. As the heat rises, a state of emergency is declared and tempers flare, leaving cracks in the foundation of their marriage. In the months that follow, they find themselves navigating a confluence of world crises and historical forces that affect each in ways the other struggles to understand. Against this backdrop of existential dread, the fissures in their marriage widen as they confront their everyday apocalypse. An ongoing conversation begins: one that moves backward and forward in time, swings between hope and despair, dry laughter and hard fury, all in an effort toward reconciliation. How will their conflicting ideas about how to build a life together--how to love each other--survive in the face of a future that's collapsing before their eyes? With author Chris Knapp.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Bodyroll Workout
Joyful and cathartic dance aerobics with VIVA! Low stakes, all fun, and open to all levels.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | HIIT Workout on the River
At MTHD by Oscar, they take longevity seriously. Their highly methodical, holistic approach to training is based on functional movement. Start with the basics – push, pull, squat, lunge, hinge, and rotation as you build each workout. This approach optimizes strength and stability to create more balance in the body.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Pakistani-American Advocates as Architects of Civic Power (online)
This event will gather Pakistani American advocates, and examine the intersection of their advocacy with voting and democratic participation. The panelists will explore the challenges they’ve encountered while shaping policy and driving social change. Hosted by Khadijah Zahid and moderated by Anaya Sheikh.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Sunset Yoga
A multi-level sunset yoga practice. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Pachelbel, Purcell, and More for Violin, Cello, and Organ
Robert Mealy, Beth Wenstrom, Ravenna Lipchik, violins; Ezra Seltzer, cello; Avi Stein, organ. Program Pachelbel (1653-1706), Canon in D Major Pieces by Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612) Purcell (1659-1695), Three Parts Upon a Ground
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Screening | Incident: Short Film on the Narrative of a Police Shooting
Through a montage of surveillance and police body-camera footage, a reconstruction of a deadly shooting by a Chicago police officer becomes an investigation into how a narrative begins to take shape in the aftermath. Following the documentary, filmmaker Bill Morrison, journalist Jamie Kalven of the Invisible Institute, and Walter Katz, director of policy at the Innocence Project have a discussion about the film, justice, and accountability around police violence and misconduct.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Jazz | Award-Winning Jazz Vocalist from Italy
Chiara Izzi won the first prize for best voice at the Montreux Jazz Festival's International Competition. A versatile artist with extraordinary musical sensitivity, she blends traditional jazz with newer styles. She gives a concert titled Oltreoceano: Le Hit in Viaggio ("Music Hits on a Journey"), paying homage songs which were adapted into Italian and made into into memorable hits. Expect unexpected stories and surprises, celebrating the link between worlds and cultures that, despite geographical distance, share deep resonances.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Land of My Soul: The Theater of Sholem Asch, one of the most produced Jewish playwrights in history (in-person and online)
Right from the beginning of his career, Sholem Asch, a yeshiva school dropout from a small Polish village, placed himself at the center of global theatrical culture. His 24 dramas were presented on major stages in multiple languages throughout the world making him one of the most produced Jewish playwrights in history. In Land of My Soul, leading Asch interpreter Caraid O'Brien performs excerpts from some of Asch's most successful and controversial dramas including God of Vengeance, Motke Thief, The Dead Man, Rabbi Doctor Silver, On the Road to Zion, Our Faith and Amnon and Tamar. This one-person performance weaves together never before seen in English monologues from Asch's plays (translated by O'Brien) alongside their stunning theatrical histories. The performance will be followed by a talkback with Sholem Asch's great grandson, David Mazower, chief curator of Yiddish: A Global Culture, the Yiddish Book Center's new core exhibition, and Lisa Newman, Director of Publishing and Public Programs, Yiddish Book Center. The program is in English.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Reading and Discussion with Writer Alok Sama
A reading by Alok Sama followed by a conversation/Q&A with Jonathan Safran Foer and a reception/signing. Alok Sama is the former President & CFO of SoftBank Group International. He previously served as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, and has worked in finance and technology for over thirty years in New York, San Francisco, London and Hong Kong. Sama holds an MBA from The Wharton School and an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University. The Money Trap is his first book.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Garden Variety: Music and Performance in an Outdoor Setting
Tweed TheaterWorks presents Garden Variety, a free performance series at historic community space. This summer’s series will include music and performance by artists. Tonight: Lacy Rose and Rebecca Havemeyer.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Discussion | Yiddish on the Move: Yiddish Writing and Publishing after the Holocaust (in-person and online)
The destruction of Eastern European Yiddish-speaking Jewry and its established cultural centers during the Holocaust necessitated a complex reevaluation of the relationship between the perceived former periphery of Yiddish literary capitals, which included Lodz, Warsaw, and Vilnius, and the new, emerging Yiddish centers of Buenos Aires and Montreal. A particularly intriguing case is the literary production on the Soviet territory behind the Iron Curtain. These structural dynamics intricately link the multifaceted roles of writers, editors, translators, and, ultimately, publishers. This is a panel discussion featuring Rachelle Grossman, Matt Johnson, Harriet Murav, and Christin Zuhlke, moderated by Erin McGlothlin, as they delve into the elaborate dynamics of Yiddish writing and publishing across transnational literary networks after the Holocaust. They will also discuss the intertwined topics of audience, translations, self-translations, and the profound impact of Holocaust memory and testimony.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Comedy Club | Bomb Shelter Comedy Show
Bomb Shelter is a free weekly comedy show in New York City where you'll find some of the best comedians performing. Expect free pizza. With: Mike Bramante - New York Comedy Festival Kate Lawler - Comedy Central Sarah Barnitt - Roast Battle Champion Ry Dempsey - Grove 34
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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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
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Movie in a Park | Mulan (2020): Live-Action Disney Adventure
To keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China. Director: Niki Caro Stars: Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Gong Li 115 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Musical | Broadway Actors in a Tony Winner's Musical Comedy
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