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free events nyc Dante: Inferno to Paradise, Documentary Exploration
free events nyc Space Shuttle Stories: Firsthand Astronaut Accounts from All 135 Missions (in-person and online)
free events nyc The Tempest: Shakespeare's Stranded Wizard
free events nyc Psychedelic Rock & Soul Ensemble, Featuring Works by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd, and More
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Concert | Chris Stapleton, Grammy-Winning Country Star


The Kentucky singer-songwriter has won 10 Grammys since bursting on the scene in 2013. His new album more is Higher. Check-in: By 5:15 a.m. (concert concludes at 9:30 a.m.) less
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:15 am
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Workshop | Tai Chi


Improve balance, strength and focus through gentle exercises. The sights and sounds of the river provide more a serene background for the ancient flowing postures. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Forum | Towards Sustainable Cities: Clean Air and Energy


A special event on data science and technology for clean air and sustainable energy in cities.  Air more pollution is a global public health crisis, causing more than 8 million premature deaths annually. The environmental damage of air pollution must be reversed hand in hand with addressing the climate challenge. Sensing, data science, and sustainable energy technology all help remove barriers towards progress towards cleaner air and sustainable climate. We will highlight creative and innovative work at the interface of environmental science, engineering, public health, data science, economics, policy, and community engagement. SPEAKERS: George Deodatis, Vice Dean of Research, Columbia Engineering V. Faye McNeill, Vice Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University  Daniel Westervelt, Lamont Associate Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University Darby Jack, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Mailman School of Public Health Bianca Howard, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University Vinay Jaju, SwitchON/EarthON  less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Symposium | Health Care at Reasonable Cost: The Hatch-Waxman Act at 40 and Beyond


The Hatch-Waxman Act created the current system of generic drugs in the United States. Is it working more 40 years later?   less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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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 more 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 less
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9:30 am
$4

Workshop | Adult Zumba


Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working more 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. less
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10:30 am
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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 more 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. less
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10:45 am
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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. more 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. less
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | MidDay Music Concert


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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 more in an intimate venue. less
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12:20 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 more special events and performances by distinguished musicians. Today's pianist: Victor Lin. less
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12:30 pm
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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 more 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. less
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12:45 pm
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Film | Ferrari (2023) with Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz


During the summer of 1957, bankruptcy looms over the company that Enzo Ferrari and his wife had built more 10 years earlier. He decides to roll the dice and wager it all on the iconic Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1000-mile race across Italy. Director: Michael Mann Cast: Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O'Connell, Patrick Dempsey Adam Driver is an American actor. Recognized for his collaborations with auteur filmmakers, he is the recipient of various accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. Penelope Cruz is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
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Film | Quiz Show (1994) Directed by Robert Redford, Starring John Turturro and Ralph Fiennes


Queens-born Herbie Stempel becomes an unlikely hero after winning on America's beloved game show, "Twenty more One." When the network decides to bring in a more telegenic contestant, the WASP-ish Charles Van Doren, Stempel takes aim at the show, announcing that the game is rigged. Congressional investigator Dick Goodwin is brought in to examine the claim that winners were given the answers. Goodwin wrote the book on which this true story is based. Director: Robert Redford Cast: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, David Paymer, Paul Scofield Robert Redford is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades such as an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1994, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1996, the Academy Honorary Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2005, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and the Honorary Cesar in 2019. He was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2014. John Turturro is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his varied complex roles in independent films. He has appeared in over sixty feature films and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers, Adam Sandler, and Spike Lee. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for four Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Ralph Fiennes is an English actor, film producer, and director. A Shakespeare interpreter, Fiennes excelled onstage at the Royal National Theatre before having further success at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Widely regarded as one of Britain's most well-known and popular actors, he has received various accolades, including a BAFTA Award and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and an Emmy Award. less
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1:00 pm
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Book Discussion | The Good Life: Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness (online)


What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In Robert Waldinger's new book, the directors more of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted, show that the answer to these questions may be closer than you realize. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
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Master Class | Piano Master Class


Piano Master Class with Michal Tal.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Book Discussion | 2 Books on Literature and Climate Change


Karen Pinkus and Phillip John Usher will discuss their recent book publications --Pinkus's Subsurface and more Usher's Exterranean -- that ask how literature can examine our relationship to the underground and the subsurface in our current moment of climate change. Subsurface is s bold new consideration of climate change between narratives of the Earth’s layers and policy of the present. Long seen as a realm of mystery and possibility, the subsurface beneath our feet has taken on all-too-real import in the era of climate change. Can reading narratives of the past that take imaginative leaps under the surface better attune us to our present knowledge of a warming planet? Exterranean concerns the extraction of stuff from the Earth, a process in which matter goes from being sub- to exterranean. By opening up a rich archive of nonmodern texts and images from across Europe, this work offers a bracing riposte to several critical trends in ecological thought. less
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1:30 pm
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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 more crafting workshop. The workshop will include materials for sewing, knitting, crochet, coloring, paper crafts, and puzzles. less
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1:30 pm
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Film | A Good Person (2023) Directed by Zach Braff, Starring Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman


Allison is a young woman with a wonderful fiance, a blossoming career, and supportive family and friends. more However, her world crumbles in the blink of an eye when she survives an unimaginable tragedy, emerging from recovery with an opioid addiction and unresolved grief. In the following years, she forms an unlikely friendship with her would-be father-in-law that gives her a fighting chance to put her life back together and move forward. Director: Zach Braff Cast: Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman, Celeste O'Connor, Molly Shannon, Chinaza Uche, Zoe Lister-Jones Zach Braff is an American actor and filmmaker. He portrayed John Michael "J.D." Dorian on the NBC/ABC television series Scrubs (2001-2010), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005 as well as for three Golden Globe Awards from 2005 to 2007. He starred in The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), The Last Kiss (2006), The Ex (2006), and In Dubious Battle (2016). Florence Pugh is an English actress. Pugh's international breakthrough came in 2019 with her portrayals of professional wrestler Paige in the biographical sports film Fighting with My Family, a despondent American woman in the horror film Midsommar, and Amy March in the period drama Little Women. For the last of these, she received nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. Morgan Freeman is an American actor and producer. He is known for his distinctive deep voice and roles in a wide variety of film genres. Throughout a career spanning five decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Freeman has also been awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Screening | Dante: Inferno to Paradise, Documentary Exploration


A two-part documentary on the life and work of the great 14th century Florentine poet, Dante Alighieri, more and his epic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy. The film blends dramatic reenactments, interviews with scholars, and more. Part One (114 min.): Inferno explores the background of medieval Florence and recounts the details of Dante's childhood, education and early literary and political career, culminating in his exile in 1302. --break-- Part Two (113 min.): Resurrection explores Dante's exile, and his finishing the last two parts of the Comedy before his death. Follwed by a panel discussion. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Museums | Arts and Cultural Heritage of Spain and Portugal: Goya, El Greco and Others - Guided Tour


Explore the best items this museum has on display with this guided tour. Paintings, sculptures, ceramics, more antiquities, and more by world-famous artists. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Lecture | Rebel Islands: Decolonial Theory and the Recovery of Caribbean Agency


Speaker: Don Robotham
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:15 pm
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Book Discussion | Space Shuttle Stories: Firsthand Astronaut Accounts from All 135 Missions (in-person and online)


Hear from former NASA astronaut and author Tom Jones who will discuss his latest book Space Shuttle Stories: more Firsthand Astronaut Accounts from All 135 Missions while in conversation with former NASA astronauts Mike Massimino and Sidney M. Gutierrez. Experience all 135 shuttle missions through firsthand accounts from astronauts who flew them in the book, and hear a few from these actual astronauts as well! less
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

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 more 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. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
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Birdwatching | Fall Migration Birding Tour


Spot the wonderful diversity of birds that visit the park during migratory season, with guided tours more 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! less
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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 more also have access to the museum's fine art galleries with rare and noteworthy collections and a wide variety of exhibitions. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Museums | Modern Art: From The 19th Century to the Present Day


Experience the exhibits in the museum galleries which include paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, more photographs, films, videos, and much more. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
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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 more range of fun board games every Friday. less
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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 more numbers roll out and each game winner receives a prize. less
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Book Discussion | Abolishing Surveillance: Digital Media Activism and State Repression


Chris Robe's book is the first in-depth study of how activist organizations are resisting state surveillance more and repression with the aim of creating  a better world. Robe is a Professor at Florida Atlantic University. less
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Lend & Rule: Fighting the Shadow Financialization of Public Universities


The future of public higher education is being held hostage by financial institutions and actors. How more did it get this way?  less
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Book Discussion | The City of the Living: Murder in Rome


A spellbinding work of true crime about one of the most shocking murders in recent Italian history and more set in a Rome that will be a constant revelation to anyone who knows only the city’s well-worn tourist paths. With author Nicola Lagioia.   less
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Movie in a Park | You've Got Mail (1998): Classic RomCom with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan


Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity more of the internet, both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business. Director: Nora Ephron Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear 119 min. less
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Gallery Talk | Celebration and Resistance: Mexican Prints at the Vanguard


Learn about the role that aesthetics play in shaping and circulating political ideologies across a range more of artforms, including printmaking, poetry, and performance. Listen to panelists as they reflect on works in the exhibition Mexican Prints at the Vanguard and consider the continued potential that the arts have to advocate for and enact social change today. With: Mónica de la Torre, poet Daniel Guzmán, artist Gabriela Rangel, independent curator Moderated by Miriam M. Basilio Gaztambide, Associate Professor, Art History and Museum Studies, New York University less
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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 more 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. less
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Concert | Voices Unbound: An Evening of Music and Literary Defiance


"Voices Unbound: An Evening of Music and Literary Defiance" is a unique event dedicated to honoring the more writers whose works have faced censorship and challenge. The evening will feature: Musical Performances by Krystofer Maison: Experience diverse musical styles that resonate with themes of resistance and liberation. Musicians will perform pieces that amplify oppressed voices and celebrate art's transformative power. Readings from Banned Books: Hear stirring readings from some of the most influential banned books in literary history. Passionate readers will bring these passages to life, shedding light on their enduring relevance and profound impact. less
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Lecture | Balancing Architecture Works and Social Contributions


Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban will explore his past and recent works as well as his disaster more relief efforts from over the last 30 years. less
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Concert | Modern Twist on Hillbilly Jive in the Garden


Rock group Everloving pays tribute to Henry Flynt's hillbilly music with a modern twist. Band: Jonathan more Kane, drums; Dave Soldier, violin, vocals; Jim McHugh, guitar, vocals; Peter Kerlin, bass. less
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Movie in a Park | Encanto (2021): Non-Magical in a Magical World


A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical more powers. Directors: Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith Stars: Stephanie Beatriz, Maria Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo 102 min. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Play | The Tempest: Shakespeare's Stranded Wizard


After being marooned on a remote island, the wizard Prospero contends with his daughter Miranda, and more his two servants: Caliban, a savage monster figure, and Ariel, an airy spirit. A student production. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Lecture | Myths and Secrets of Waterloo (online)


Military historian and game designer Dana Lombardy is the speaker. Lombardy is ex-editor of Armchair more General and author of the soon-to-be-released Napoleon's Last Army. less
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Movie in a Park | Luca (2021): Human Befriends Sea Monster


On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster more disguised as a human. Director: Enrico Casarosa Stars: Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman 95 min. less
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Concert | Funk, Old-School Surf Rock, Afro-Cuban Beats Mix


Chupacabras band blends old-school surf rock, funk, Afro-Cuban tunes and jazz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Classical Music | The Composer Gabriel Faure's Centenary


2024 marks the hundredth anniversary of the death of Gabriel Faure (1845-1924). This French composer more was one of the most important European musical figures of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Author of an immense body of works for piano and symphony, he was also a genius of French melody and choral singing. His Requiem is still renown across the world. Yet, to a certain extent, Faure remains a discreet and marginal figure who deserves more sustained attention.  This concert with pianists Eteri Andjaparidze, Nicolas Salloum, and Alex Tuchman hopes to shine a light on this extraordinary artist through a series of events and performances that will bring joy to longtime Faure fans and introduce his work to new audiences. less
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Screening | Best of 2024 Student Short Films


An evening of exceptional live action, documentary, and animated short films by 2024 graduates from nine more different academic departments. less
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Concert | Psychedelic Rock & Soul Ensemble, Featuring Works by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd, and More


The Psychedelic Rock and Soul Ensemble explores Psychedelic music from its origins in the late 1960s more through the 1970s. The group will perform music by artists including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd, Sly and the Family Stone, Parliament Funkadelic, Isaac Hayes, and others. less
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8:00 pm
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