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free events nyc Robert Schwentke's The Time Traveler's Wife (2009): Based on the Bestselling Novel
free events nyc Metaphorically Speaking, Works on Plexiglas & Paper by Judith Ostrowitz
free events nyc Fred Vogelstein reads from his book Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution
free events nyc Faculty Recital: Chin Kim, violin, and David Oei, piano
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Tour | All-in-One Downtown Tour


This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway* to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the more birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. There will be ample opportunities for memorable pictures. You'll get the chance to savor NY's best pizza and cannoli and other treats, learn how to play NY handball, maybe bargain with a shopkeeper in Chinatown, observe a game of street chess in Greenwich Village, people watch and window shop in SoHo, and kick back on the Highline Park. Along the way, you'll master the subway and learn about New York's Finest! less
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10:00 am
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Author Reading | Book Launch: Matias Duville: Alaska


Edited by Brett Littman with texts by Mark Polizzotti, Wells Towers, and Robert Nelson. This publication more documenting Argentine artist Matias Duville’s Alaska project is the first significant American publication devoted to Duville’s work. Duville’s project began in 2008 when he started to produce prolific drawings of the U.S. state—a place he had never visited. The aim of his project lay not in the accurate evocation of Alaska, but in the rendering of the place as it existed in his imagination—through fantastical and often nightmarish vistas and desolate landscapes inhabited only by remnants of human existence. less
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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 | SoHo, Little Italy & Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central more Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. 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., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. less
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11:15 am
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Talk | Artist Rafael Vargas-Suarez discusses his work


A special conversation as the artist Rafael Vargas-Suarez, and project curator Deborah Cullen, Director more and Chief Curator, The Wallach Art Gallery, discuss Vector Composition No. 1, the artist's site-specific work, as well as the practice of working in situ and Vargas-Suarez's long history in the genre. less
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | Belvedere's Kingdom Tour


Take a walk around the landscapes dominated by historic Belvedere Castle, situated high on Vista Rock. more Route involves moderate inclines and a few stairs. 60 minutes. less
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12:00 pm
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Performance | Courtesy the Artists presents a 24-hour improvisational performance


24 Hour Ballad takes a narrative folk ballad and expands its potential through performances and actions more that continuously develop its content throughout the period of a day and night. A rotating group of invited artists and musicians will collaborate, using a shared-text as a starting point for exploration and improvisation. 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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Concert | SCH Trio performs works by Schumann, Haydn and Martinu


The SCH Trio: Yoonmi Hong, violin; Zexun Shen, cello; Matthieu Cognet, piano. Program: Joseph more Haydn: Variations in F minor Hob. XVII:6 Henri Dutilleux: Choral et Variations Bohuslav Martinu: Piano Trio No. 1 (5 short pieces) Robert Schumann: Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor Op. 63 Presented by TMK Musique, LLC. 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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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander more Hamilton Customs House. less
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Central Park Photography Tour


Ready, set, shoot! Whether you possess a professional camera or an Iphone, join a Central Park Photography more Tour like no other. Two professionals will guide you around Central Park’s most scenic spots. A licensed guide will explain all there’s to know about your surroundings. A gifted and talented photographer will educate you on how to make your trip memorable and improve your photography. These two-in-one tours are fun for all ages, camera type, and levels of photography. less
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Greenwich Village 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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Film | Robert Schwentke's The Time Traveler's Wife (2009): Based on the Bestselling Novel


With Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston. Clare has been in love with Henry her entire life. She more believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated: Henry is a time traveler, cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through his lifespan with no control. Despite the fact that Henry's travels force them apart with no warning, Clare desperately tries to build a life with her one true love. 107 Minutes. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
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Talk | Edith Wharton: A Writing Life


Explores the transformation of wealthy New York socialite Edith Wharton into one of America's greatest more authors. less
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2:15 pm
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Conference | Ends of the 18th Century


This conference will bring together literary scholars and historians from French, German, English and more American Studies to explore the various ways that ends and endings—terms connoting closure, finality or break but also destiny, aim or objective—are figured and conceptualized in the transition from the late Enlightenment to our modern age. less
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3:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander more Hamilton Customs House. less
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3:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poetry: Anna Journey / Geoffrey G. O’Brien / Martha Rhodes


Anna Journey’s second book is “Vulgar Remedies” (Louisiana State University Press, 2013). Geoffrey more G. O’Brien’s “People on Sunday” is out this fall from Wave Books. Martha Rhodes is the author of four poetry collections, most recently “The Beds” (Autumn House, 2012). less
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Video Installation: Gu Wenda's Central Park


This will consist of preliminary studies and documentary material for the artist's first venture into more garden design and urban planning. When first exhibited in its entirety in Shanghai in 2010, it was as part of the Shanghai Pujiang OCT 10-Year Public Art Project and was known as China Park but the change of name to Central Park not only underscores its relocation to Manhattan but also its centrality to the grand scheme of which it is the most important component. less
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5:00 pm
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Concert | 3 Folk Music Acts


5:30 Matthew Brookshire - Catchy folk/pop 6:05 Jo Kroger - Lyric-driven singer/songwriter 6:40 Natalie more Salzman - Folk/pop harpist less
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Metaphorically Speaking, Works on Plexiglas & Paper by Judith Ostrowitz


Judith Ostrowitz's body of work synthesizes the universal language of symbols and archetypes, derived more from Alchemy, Qabalah, Tarot and other Western Mystery traditions with images of contemporary objects. Digitized paintings, drawings, and photographs are adhered to Plexiglas and appear to float, suggesting a holographic, ephemeral reality. These fantastical, Neo-Surreal landscapes are akin to our nightly dreams, prompting the viewer to decode its symbol-laden compositions. Through the very act of examination, personal, revelatory interpretations and new meanings are often inferred. less
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | The World and Its Things in the Middle of Their Intimacy, a Group Show of Video, Photography and Sculpture


With: Ira Eduardovna, Jay Gould, Dana Levy, Robert Lobe and Lucia Papco.
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Discussion | Dressing the Screen: Costume Design in Hollywood, with 2 Oscar Nominees


With Paco Delgado and Deborah Nadoolman Landis. Two celebrated costume designers talk about their more careers in film. Delgado has collaborated with Pedro Almodóvar and was nominated for an Academy Award for Les Misérables. Dr. Landis, also an Oscar nominee, designed Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and curated the 2012 Victoria and Albert exhibition, Hollywood Costume. A signing of Landis’ two most recent books will follow the presentation. less
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Opening Reception | Group Show: A Necessary Shift


A special exhibition and event series highlighting the activities of the Shift residency. Formerly titled more Residency for Arts-Workers as Artists, Shift is the first residency to support the artistic development of artists who work for New York City arts organizations and play significant roles through their service to the art community. This exhibition is an overview of work created by former and current residents, celebrating the residency's growing impact, now in its fourth year of development. less
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Charles Hinman's 6 Decades


In six decades, Hinman has proven to be a steadfast and visionary artist who has influenced generations more of artists. His unique hard-edge shaped minimal canvases have evolved and with this his first six decade look we see how seamlessly he has hued to an identifiable and personal language. The earliest work we include is a seminal painting from 1964 and the latest works are from 2013. less
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Christine Cha's Where I've Been


With free drinks, food and live music. Christine Cha’s work is an intensive self-exploration, more translating her own visual and physical experiences. In contrast to current trends of cerebral, conceptual art, Cha focuses on bodily sensation and the unadulterated pleasures of seeing. Combined with the interest in discovering herself, her work becomes an almost masturbatory process, culminating in works that excite the viewer through the body, not the mind. less
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Opening Reception | Video: Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda's The Basic Material


Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda wrote the screenplay for the The Sixth Year, a video series set in the New more York art world. Though undoubtedly a work of fiction, the screenplay is based on recorded interviews with artists, gallerists, art advisors, and curators, each offering their own opinions, anecdotes, and gossip. The interviews include stories about social and professional coups, tragic downfalls, quick hirings and subsequent dismissals. less
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Performance | Performance Art: Einat Amir's Our Best Intentions


Our Best Intentions invites audience members to take part in an intimate participatory performance combining more elements from psychotherapy, theater and art. As individuals walk into a space divided into four domestic areas — a family lounge, a bedroom, a study, and a dining room – each participant selects a vest featuring an array of labels, such as "mother," "doubt," "addiction," "lover," and so forth. Under the direction of four moderators, the performance becomes a collaborative session wherein participants are encouraged to use personal stories and memories to confront unresolved issues, form momentary and intimate connections with strangers, and reveal themselves in unexpected ways. Our Best Intentions is an unpredictable series of interactions between moderators and audience members that seeks to contrast the individual/internal experience of therapy with the more dramatic devices of performance. As the action moves through the demarcated space, the audience is both active and passive, taking turns to watch other groups and participate within their own area, adding to the climatic, often emotional rollercoaster ride of different scenes that unfold in the space. Each interactive, closed session performance is 1 hour. less
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Film | Documentary: Robin Deacon's Spectacle: A Portrait of Stuart Sherman


Robin Deacon describes the film: “The late American artist Stuart Sherman (1945–2001) was a strange more and underexposed figure in the history of performance art and experimental film. Using interviews with friends and colleagues, and original and re-enacted footage of Sherman’s performances, this film explores the life, death, disappearance and rediscovery of this unique artist." The world premiere of a film by Robin Deacon with a post-screening discussion with the filmmaker and Jay Sanders. less
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Author Reading | Fred Vogelstein reads from his book Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution


Fred Vogelstein discusses the rivalry between Apple and Google with a look inside the companies' offices more and boardrooms, describing the deals, lawsuits and allegations. less
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Jessica Alexander discusses her book Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid


Fulbright scholar Jessica Alexander stops by to discuss her gritty and inspiring memoir about responding more to humanitarian crises across the globe. less
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Performance | No Name... & A Bag O' Chips Comedy/Variety Show


With comics Jim Mendrinos (The Complete Idiot's Guide to Comedy Writing), Carole Montgomery (Nick @ Nite's more Funniest Mom in America) and Miguel Dalmau (Hoboken Comedy Festival). less
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Performance | Performance Art: We Live With Animals


An installation and performance event that explores the relationships between animals and humans in the more urban realm. Twelve commemorative bronze plaques highlighting particular human/animal encounters in the five boroughs will be on display as artists and writers, including Aki Sasamoto, Adam Wade and Tamar Ettun expand upon the idea of animals in the city through literal and fantastical storytelling. less
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Author Reading | Pulitzer winner Junot Diaz discusses his book This Is How You Lose Her


Díaz appears on the occasion of the release of the deluxe edition of his book, with illustrations by more Jaime Hernandez. less
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Chin Kim, violin, and David Oei, 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
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Student Choreographers' Showcase


These showings are opportunities for students - from both the Bachelor's and Master's degree programs more - to perform and choreograph. Supervised by experienced faculty, these showings are comprised entirely of student choreographers and serve as a means through which students experiment with different aesthetics, styles, and concepts of dance. less
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Concert | Kidding on the Square, Brooklyn-Based Dance-Punk Outfit


Kidding on the Square ignites indie-rock dance parties with angular guitar riffs, anthemic lyrics, and more four-on-the-floor beats. Like a mash-up of Talking Heads-style new wave and MGMT’s day-glo electro-funk, this six-piece outfit makes unabashedly gleeful noise designed to make you move. less
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