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free events nyc Soviet Drama: Shukhrat Abbasov's You Are Not an Orphan (1962)
free events nyc 11th Annual CoolNY 2014 Dance Festival
free events nyc Elisabeth Lohninger, Austrian-American Singer
        

Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled more and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway. less
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10:00 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history more of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present. less
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11:00 am
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international more monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 12:45 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. less
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11:15 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome more to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow! less
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | Northern Park Welcome Tour


See the Park’s northernmost highlights on this walk from Conservatory Garden along the Harlem Meer more and past the North Woods. Route easy to negotiate, a few stairs. 45 minutes. less
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of more choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar. less
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12:20 pm
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood Tour


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery more in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate. less
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history more of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present. less
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1:00 pm
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Film | Shane Black's Iron Man 3 (2013): Top Film of Last Year


Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow & Don Cheadle. When Tony Stark/Iron Man finds his entire more world reduced to rubble, he must use all his ingenuity to survive, destroy his enemy, and somehow protect those he loves. But a soul-searching question haunts him: does the man make the suit-- or does the suit make the man? 130 Minutes less
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, more however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all. less
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2:00 pm
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Film | Mike Nichols' 5-Time Oscar Winner Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966): Slashing Albee Drama


With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal. A couple is invited to the home of a professor more and his sharp-tongued wife, and are treated to verbal battles by their hosts. 131 min. less
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2:00 pm
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Forum | Percussion in the 21st Century


Steven Schick moderates a conversation about the future of percussion music with an incredible group more of musical luminaries, including composer Kaija Saariaho, jazz vibraphonist Stefon Harris, and So Percussion founder Adam Sliwinski. Percussion players, educators, and students are especially encouraged to attend and join in the discussion. less
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3:00 pm
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Lecture | Listening to Italian Oratorio around 1700


Huub van der Linden (University College Roosevelt in Middelburg, The Netherlands and Italian Academy more for Advanced Studies in America) will speak on "Listening to Italian oratorio around 1700: Circulations, contexts, and comparisons." The presentation will be followed by a reception. less
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | Translating Eastern Europe


An afternoon of readings and discussion. The literature of East Europe, during the Communist era and more no less after 1989, refers to realities unfamiliar to North American readers and does so with idiosyncratic language. Its milieu and language pose a challenge to translate and to publish. Opening Remarks, Doina Uricariu (poet, editor, critic, Director, Romanian Cultural Institute in New York), less
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4:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Pulitzer winner Rae Armantrout reads from her book Just Saying


Pulitzer Prize winner Rae Armantrout and Mark Bibbins read from their latest poetry collections. Rae more Armantrout’s latest collection is Just Saying. Mark Bibbins’s third book, They Don’t Kill You Because They’re Hungry, They Kill You Because They’re Full, is due in spring 2014. less
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5:00 pm
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Concert | 3 Folk Music Acts


5:30 TBA 6:05 News Of Your Departure - Dreamy folk 6:40 The Dust Engineers - Lilting country
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Group Fitness Classes


Women's Fitmaxx Bootcamp 5:30pm (All Levels) Kru Rob's Muay Thai PADWORK at 6:30pm (Advanced) Muay more Thai Techniques 7:30pm (All Levels) >> All that you need to participate is workout cloths, ID and some sort of slip-on shoes. less
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5:30 pm
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Concert | College Piano Recital


Jen Tao Yu, Piano
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6:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress: Sam Kim


The Studio Series offers an opportunity for research and development in a creative residency format, more providing resources of time, space and a commission. The Studio Series is a research laboratory for physical explorations and new movement investigations with a focus on process, not final performance/product. The “performances” are intended to be informal public showings to share ideas with an audience in the intimate working space of the studio. less
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6:00 pm
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Film | Soviet Drama: Shukhrat Abbasov's You Are Not an Orphan (1962)


A screening of the moving drama, which was once a major film, but is largely forgotten today. Behind more the plot is a real-life story of an Uzbek couple who adopted fourteen wartime orphans, one of them Jewish. You Are Not an Orphan is a rare film depicting a difficult life in war-time Central Asia, and paying tribute to the events of the Holocaust. 75 min. The film will be introduced by Olga Gershenson, Associate Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. There will be refreshments available at the start of the event. less
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Labor of Love: A Curator Talks


If asked why we repeatedly burrow into an exacting gesture, task, or form, the phrase "a labor of love" more may come to mind in response. Curator and writer Fionn Meade will consider the role of intention and repetition in dialog with works by artists Hanne Darboven, Tacita Dean, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles, among others. less
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Translating Kafka


A panel discussion with Susan Bernofsky, Jay Cantor, Glenn Kurtz, and Peter Mendelsund. Few writers' more works are as self-contained---or as all-consuming---as the literary world created by Franz Kafka. Perhaps for that reason, compelling descriptions and interpretations of Kafka have been rare. Translating Kafka addresses the challenges of grasping Kafka in a variety of different media: in English translation, in graphic artwork, and in fiction. less
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6:30 pm
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Dance Performance | 11th Annual CoolNY 2014 Dance Festival


CoolNY Dance Festival presents its eleventh year of contemporary dance programming, This two-week extravaganza more will present the vast spectrum of facility by burgeoning ensembles led by inventive rising choreographers along with dancemakers with a definitive national and international zeal. Featured companies include: 277DanceProject, 4thrightdance, Allison Jones Dance, Amos Pinhasi, ANAHATA Dance with Kate Corby, The Andrea Torres Dance Company, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Azul Dance Theatre/Yuki Hasegawa, BARKIN/SELISSEN PROJECT, Benjamin Briones Ballet, BIODANCE, The Brooklyn Dance Ensemble, Catherine Cabeen–Hyphen, Dance Sudeikis, Eidolon Ballet/Melanie Cortier, Erick Montes-Chavero, Inclined Dance Project, James Hansen/Assemblage Dance, Janice Rosario, Kathleen Dyer/KDNY, Kathleen Hiley Solo Projects, Kip Martin/Namja Yoja, La Petite Chouette Aerial Dance Company, Laura Neese, Li Chiao-Ping, Malini Srinivasan, Mary Love Dance Projects, Mich-Mash Productions, Monkeyhouse, NEVILLE Dance Theatre, Oniin Dance Company, Peggy Choy Dance, Raw Delivery/Carrie J. Brown, Sue Bernhard Danceworks, SunHwa Chung/Ko-Ryo Dance Theater, Texture Contemporary Ballet, Theodora Boguszewski, Thomas/Ortiz Dance, Tiffany Spataro/Visions Contemporary Dance, The Ume Group, Tomomi Imai, Zullo/RawMovement, and more. less
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Conehead Buddha, Venerable Jam Band


Conehead Buddha has built a solid career as one of the top drawing acts on the East Coast jam band scene. more True originals in the genre, the band started alongside veteran acts such as moe. and God Street Wine. After taking a much-needed hiatus, front man and founder Chris Fisher reunited with his friends Terry and Shannon Lynch (brother-sister duo and longtime Conehead Buddha horn players). The three gathered a crew of seasoned musicians to rejuvenate the band. In 2011, they hit the road hard with a newfound intensity, releasing new material and playing high-profile venues and events throughout the northeast. less
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Eddy Malave, Viola


Eddy Malave was born on Long Island, where he began his musical training on the viola under Irene Stitt. more From this time onward, he has won many awards and competitions, participated in various summer music festivals such as Meadowmount (NYS), Bowdoin (Maine), Killington (VT), Hart Summer School of Music (CT), The International Music Festival of Costa Rica, (San Jose, Costa Rica) and the International Music Festival of Evian (France), studied privately and coached with renowned teachers such as Robert Mann, Lillian Fuchs, Felix Galamir, Roland Vamos, Margaret Pardee, Albert Fuller, Patinka Kopec and Arnold Steinhardt as well as performed with orchestras, chamber music and in recitals extensively throughout the USA, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Canada, the South Pacific, as well as Central and South America's. less
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Lecture | Human Sacrifice and Its Social Implications: The Balkans and Beyond


A lecture by with Tatjana Aleksić.
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Concert | Sounds of Serendipity, with Composer Victoria Bond


Sounds of Serendipity, a concert series curated by NY-based conductor and composer Peter Breiner, incorporates more the latest developments in technology while firmly rooted in musical traditions and connection to Czech musical culture. less
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Film | Christian Chapman, P.J. Hoffman and Cody Troyer's La Selva Tranquila (2013): Saving the Rainforest


An original look at conservation in the Peruvian Amazon, interweaving three stories of locals who must more cut, capture, and sell anything they can to survive. Governments and activists speak of the importance of conservation, but we rarely hear the voices of people at the ground level. When locals struggle to survive each day at the jungle's expense, how can they protect the land they love so deeply? 52 min. Post-screening Q&A with directors Christian Chapman and Paul Jason Hoffman, and reception with Peak Organic Brewing Company and original cocktails from American Juice Company. less
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Faculty Recital: Thomas Sauer, piano


A stellar musical event. A concert showcasing the artistry of internationally acclaimed performers and more distinguished faculty members at a leading New York conservatory. less
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Concert | FOCUS! 2014: Alfred Schnittke's World


Program: SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem (Märchen-Poem) (1971) GIYA KANCHELI And Farewell Goes more Out Sighing... (1999) ALFRED SCHNITTKE Symphony No. 8 (1993) A chamber concert commemorating the 80th anniversary of the birth of Soviet-Russian composer Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) and his circle of composers. less
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Talk | Meet the Producer: Amadeus


Antwan “Amadeus” Thompson is the CEO of Platinum Boy Music Inc. and has served as a record producer more for Sean “Diddy” Combs’s legendary production team, The Hitmen. Amadeus is a multiplatinum record producer with credits for over 50 artists, including Jennifer Lopez, Chris Brown, and 50 Cent, as well as clients like ESPN’s First Take, BET, EA Games, and more. Join Amadeus as he discusses what it takes to make it as a producer, shares some tips from the studio, and answers questions from the audience. less
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8:00 pm
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Concert | College Piano Recital


Sara Hong, Piano
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8:30 pm
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Dance Performance | 11th Annual CoolNY 2014 Dance Festival


CoolNY Dance Festival presents its eleventh year of contemporary dance programming, This two-week extravaganza more will present the vast spectrum of facility by burgeoning ensembles led by inventive rising choreographers along with dancemakers with a definitive national and international zeal. Featured companies include: 277DanceProject, 4thrightdance, Allison Jones Dance, Amos Pinhasi, ANAHATA Dance with Kate Corby, The Andrea Torres Dance Company, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Azul Dance Theatre/Yuki Hasegawa, BARKIN/SELISSEN PROJECT, Benjamin Briones Ballet, BIODANCE, The Brooklyn Dance Ensemble, Catherine Cabeen–Hyphen, Dance Sudeikis, Eidolon Ballet/Melanie Cortier, Erick Montes-Chavero, Inclined Dance Project, James Hansen/Assemblage Dance, Janice Rosario, Kathleen Dyer/KDNY, Kathleen Hiley Solo Projects, Kip Martin/Namja Yoja, La Petite Chouette Aerial Dance Company, Laura Neese, Li Chiao-Ping, Malini Srinivasan, Mary Love Dance Projects, Mich-Mash Productions, Monkeyhouse, NEVILLE Dance Theatre, Oniin Dance Company, Peggy Choy Dance, Raw Delivery/Carrie J. Brown, Sue Bernhard Danceworks, SunHwa Chung/Ko-Ryo Dance Theater, Texture Contemporary Ballet, Theodora Boguszewski, Thomas/Ortiz Dance, Tiffany Spataro/Visions Contemporary Dance, The Ume Group, Tomomi Imai, Zullo/RawMovement, and more. less
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9:00 pm
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Concert | Elisabeth Lohninger, Austrian-American Singer


Elisabeth Lohninger puts her distinctive stamp on songs by the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, K.D. Lang, and more others with a rich, husky alto and unique phrasing. A gifted composer in her own right, her original compositions are imaginative, poetic odes to love and heartbreak. Backed by her dynamic band, Lohninger brings a mix of both, delivered with an artistry all her own. less
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