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16 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, May 23, 2022

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free events nyc YIVO Folksong Project: East European Jewish Folksong in its Social Context (online)
free events nyc National Tap Dance Day Open House
free events nyc Salute to America's Jazz Royalty: Count Basie, Nat King Cole and Duke Ellington
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Jazz | Piano in the Park


New York City’s finest ragtime, stride, and jazz pianists perform.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Film | Annihilation (2018): Sci-Fi Thriller with Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh


A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature more don't apply. Director: Alex Garland Stars: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson 115 min. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Dancing | National Tap Dance Day Open House


In celebration of National Tap Dance Day, enjoy sample classes, jam sessions, film presentations, and more more. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Discussion | YIVO Folksong Project: East European Jewish Folksong in its Social Context (online)


From 1973-1975 YIVO collected 2,000 Yiddish folk songs and oral histories. The project, directed by Barbara more Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, created a one-of-a-kind audio resource which includes recordings of Yiddish folk songs from genres and groups which are rarely documented and gives insight into the songs traditional Eastern European Jewish singers sang, the range and variety of their repertoire, how they learned to sing, and what singing meant to them on a personal and communal level. Thanks to a "Recordings at Risk Grant" from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), this collection has now been digitized and is available to researchers anywhere in the world. This is a discussion of the YIVO Folksong Project including examples of material from the project, and a demonstration of how to access this material. This panel will feature the original project director Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin, singer and composer Joshua Waletzky, and YIVO Sound Archivist Eleonore Biezunski. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Deep Listening: Contemporary Composers of the New York Scene


What’s that sound? Music possesses a unique ability to stir our emotions, call forth memories, or more even transport us to another realm of being. Listen deeply to some of New York’s most exciting emerging classical composers, including award-winning artists Bradley Harris and Cheng Jin Koh. Meet composers. Explore some of the composers’ works, other musical examples and influences.  Explore the fascinating and far-reaching associations in music, giving participants the tools to appreciate the rich web of meaning that lies below the surface of the music. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Birdwatching | Birding Tour of the North Woods


Discover birding in the more serene northern part of the Park during the height of songbird migration. more Mondays, April 25-May 23, 2022 less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Jazz | Salute to America's Jazz Royalty: Count Basie, Nat King Cole and Duke Ellington


The American Symphony Orchestra presents this jazz ensemble as a salute to America's jazz royalty: New more Jersey-native jazz pianist, organist, and composer Count Basie, considered one of the all-time greatest bandleaders; singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole, the first Black American to host a TV variety show; and Duke Ellington, whose totally original musical style used a unique blend of both classical and jazz compositional techniques that combined improvisation with written works. Musicians: Alexa Tarantino, Alto Sax/Flute Dion Tucker, Trombone Lee Musiker, Piano Lou Bruno, Bass Kory Grossman, Drums less
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | VNGRD: A Retrospective of the Cult Milanese Clothing Brand


Giorgio Di Salvo's book serves as a retrospective of the Milan-based clothing brand VNGRD, created by more designers and artists at the heart of the city's underground scene. VNGRD is a clothing brand created in Milan in 2005 as the natural creative expression of a group of designers and artists who lived at the heart of the city's underground for years. Thanks to the creative direction of Giorgio Di Salvo—one of the two co-founders—and a mixture of extreme graphic design and unprecedented product research for the time, VNGRD quickly gained cult status. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Film | Jean-Luc Godard's Weekend (1967): Surrealistic French Film


A surreal tale of a married couple going on a road trip to visit the wife's parents with the intention more of killing them for the inheritance. Director: Jean-Luc Godard Stars: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon 105 min. In French with English subtitles less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Shadowboxing Workout


Move with the city. Stay active in the bustling heart of Midtown Manhattan. A high-energy workouts that more will make you sweat. Mondays, May 9 - September 26, 2022 less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Sunset Yoga


All are invited to attend an Open Level Flowing Yoga Class in this beautiful location. Practice yoga more to create balance in our bodies and minds, while you celebrate the summer sun. All yoga levels are welcome. Bring your own mat. Mondays, May 16-June 20, 2022 less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Tony-Winning Broadway Composer of Parade and The Bridges of Madison County Jason Robert Brown


The Tony-nominated musical Mr. Saturday Night includes the first full Jason Robert Brown score on Broadway more since Honeymoon in Vegas opened in 2015. To mark the occasion, and in honor of over a quarter century of scores that have introduced a generation of artists and fans to musical theatre, celebrate the musicals of Jason Robert Brown in a live event. The evening will include an interview with Brown and feature video clips from his shows documented in the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive. Jason Robert Brown is an equally skilled composer, lyricist, conductor, arranger, and pianist best known for his dazzling scores to several of the most renowned musicals of our time, including the generation-defining The Last Five Years, Songs for a New World, 13 (coming to Netflix this summer), The Bridges of Madison County (2014 Tony Award for Best Score), Honeymoon In Vegas, and the seminal Parade, for which he won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Score. He is a 2022 Tony nominee for his score for Mr. Saturday Night (written with lyricist Amanda Green). less
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Acts of Service: A Novel of Contradictions and Sexuality


In the way only great fiction can, Acts of Service takes between its teeth the contradictions written more all over our ideas of sex and sexuality. At once juicy and intellectually challenging, sacred and profane, Lillian Fishman's riveting debut is bold, unabashed, and required reading of the most pleasurable sort. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress


A high-visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas, and works-in-progress. Artists more are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | As She Appears: Singing of Queer Women of Color (online)


In Shelley Wong's debut collection of poems sings of queer women of color in their being and becoming, more of ecstatic joys and layers of memory. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Classical Music | Songs by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer: Explore the Breadth of Life Through Music


Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano; Kristin Gornstein, mezzo soprano; Joseph Tancredi, tenor; Mario Diaz-Moresco, more baritone; Spencer Myer, Ryan McCullough, piano Pulitzer Prize winner Ned Rorem's magnum opus explores the entire breadth of life in this evening-length song cycle. Evidence of Things Not Seen captures everything that makes up the human experience in song. Vaccination proof required. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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