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34 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, November 3, 2014

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free events nyc Harlem Tour
free events nyc Electoral Dysfunction: Documentary followed by discussion with humorist Mo Rocca
free events nyc Charles and Mirella Affron read from their book Grand Opera: The Story of the Met
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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
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and 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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Workshop | Photoshop CS6 for Beginners


Learn how to enhance photos using the #1 photo editing software in the world; Adobe Photoshop. In this more class you will get acquainted with the features of Photoshop and learn about layers and use them to minpulate images to your desire. less
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10:30 am
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory more Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs. 90 minutes. less
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12:00 pm
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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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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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. less
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1:00 pm
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Concert | The Great Organ: Midday Monday


Cathedral organists provide a 30-minute break for mind, body and spirit on Mondays at 1 pm with an entertaining more and informative demonstration of the Cathedral’s unparalleled Great Organ. 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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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, more food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
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Workshop | Saving and Recovering Data Workshop


Learn about the various types and components of computers, including basic computer terminology, an overview more of operating systems, and popular software applications. less
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2:30 pm
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Author Reading | Jennifer Vanderbes reads from her book The Secret of Raven Point


From the award-winning writer of Easter Island comes a powerful story of love, loss, and redemption amid more the ruins of war-torn Italy. less
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5:30 pm
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Film | Electoral Dysfunction: Documentary followed by discussion with humorist Mo Rocca


A screening and discussion of ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION, an award-winning documentary in which political more humorist Mo Rocca discovers that there’s something funny about voting in America. The screening will be followed by a Q and A with political humorist Mo Rocca, and filmmakers David Deschamps and Bennett Singer, who directed the film with Leslie D. Farrell. less
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6:00 pm
Free

Concert | Chamber Music, Medium Rare: counter)induction Plays American Music Center Gems


Composers Marion Bauer, Aaron Copland, Howard Hanson, Harrison Kerr, Otto Luening, and Quincy Porter more established the American Music Center on November 11, 1939 to promote new music in America. Over its storied history, AMC compiled over 60,000 new works by American composers, and now that collection finds a home at the library. Celebrate the AMC archive with a performance by the renowned composer performer collective counter)induction. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Intro Class: Awakening Your True Voice


With Jean McClelland. Every person possesses a powerful, natural voice that reveals who he or she more truly is. Often, mental and physical tension, past experiences and fears lead to inhibitions that restrict the natural flow of the voice, resulting in a forced, unnatural sound and blocked energy centers. This course creates a supportive environment in which self-consciousness will dissolve and the natural voice will emerge. less
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Jonathan Jackson and Enation perform from their CD Radio Cinematic


Jonathan Jackson and Enation will have a short performance followed by a CD signing. Priority seating more with purchase. Wristband event. Call store for details. less
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Staying Out of the Torture Room: The Post-Realist Documentary


A discussion featuring Jill Godmilow, Independent Filmmaker and Emeritus Faculty at University of Notre more Dame. Since 1966, Jill Godmilow has been producing and directing non-fiction and narrative films including the Academy Award nominated Antonia: A Portrait Of The Woman (1974); Far from Poland, (1984) the post-realist documentary feature about the rise of the Polish Solidarity movement; Waiting for the Moon (1987), a feminist/modernist fictional feature about the lives of the literary couple Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein (1st prize, Sundance Film Festival); Roy Cohn/Jack Smith (1995), a cinematic translation of a theater piece by performance artist Ron Vawter; What Farocki Taught, a replica and interrogation of a short film by German filmmaker Harun Farocki about the production of Napalm B during the Vietnam war, and most recently, a 6 hour, DVD archive, Lear ’87 Archive (Condensed) about the work of the renown New York City theatrical collective, Mabou Mines, at work on a fully gender-reversed production of Shakespeare’s “King Lear”. less
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Slide Lecture | CANCELLED!!! Ross Padluck discusses his book Catskill Resorts: Lost Architecture of Paradise


This illustrated lecture takes a step back in time to revisit the architectural legacy of what was once more most famed resort destination in the world, the Catskills. New York's bygone Borscht Belt district helped shape American culture and history. This presentation relives the stories behind the the majestic mountain houses of the nineteenth century and the glamorous mid-century hotels of the Borscht Belt: Grossinger’s, the Concord, and the Nevele, the theaters and nightclubs, the lavish lobbies where bellhops welcomed celebrities, and the large dining rooms that served thousands of rich kosher meals each day. less
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Connecting to the Cloud Workshop


Learn all about the Cloud, what it is and how you use it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | MS PowerPoint 2010 for Beginners Workshop


Learn how to create a slideshow presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Topics include creating more and editing slides, inserting images and clipart, and running your slideshow. less
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | The Legacy of James Baldwin in Contemporary Art


Conceptual artist Leslie Hewitt joins award-winning cinematographer and artist Bradford Young in a conversation more with Thomas J. Lax, Associate Curator of Media and Performance Art, MoMA. For a half-decade, Hewitt and Young have worked together, making site-specific moving-image installations that have been on view at The Kitchen, The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Menil Collection, the MCA Chicago, and the Lofoten International Art Festival. Together, their work considers fluid notions of time, the relationship of still to moving images and the specificity of place. The evening begins with a short screening and reading, and will be followed by a dialogue informed by James Baldwin's relationship to collaboration, visuality and representation. less
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | What Is 'Narrative?'


Dean Moss and Samita Sinha and others discuss the term "narrative."
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Charles and Mirella Affron read from their book Grand Opera: The Story of the Met


Join Charles and Mirella Affron as they discuss their comprehensive new book, a survey of America's foremost more opera company and an essential companion to all classic music lovers. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | College Flute Recital


Yerim Choi, flute
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Jorie Graham reads from her book What the End is For


A selection of poetry by Jorie Graham with prints by Julian Lethbridge and an introductory essay by Helen more Vendler. less
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7:00 pm
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Book Signing | Martin Short signs copies of his book I Must Say: My Life as Humble Comedy Legend


In this engagingly witty, wise and heartfelt memoir, Martin Short tells the tale of how a showbiz-obsessed more kid from Canada transformed himself into one of Hollywood’s favorite funnymen, known to his famous peers as the “comedian’s comedian.” less
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Nicola Gardini reads from her book Lacuna


Nicola Gardini's new book originally explores holes, omissions, and cuts in fiction. Gardini takes his more readers through a vertiginous range of examples from ancient and modern literature, both in Italian and in other languages, constructing a whole anthropology of literature and tackling such essential questions as the essence of narratives, the function of the reader, and the meaning of the unsaid. Lacuna cogently demonstrates that lacunosity is one of the organizing paradigms of human experience and that literature is not merely art, but a fundamental mode of thinking. In ENGLISH. less
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7:00 pm
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Reading | The Catapult Live: Be There for the Podcast Recording


Featuring Alan Hanson, Alice Sola Kim, Kevin Nguyen, Gabriel Roth, Nicole Steinberg and host Jaime Greene. more The Catapult is a podcast of new writing, read aloud. It showcases the best new writing in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction — work that is exciting, beautiful, weird, smart, funny, sent directly to your ears. Every episode brings great writers reading their work straight to you, via podcast, wherever you are. less
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Tyler Knott Gregson reads from his book Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series


Pinterest, Instagram and Internet favorite Tyler Knott Gregson brings us his stunning book of awesome more poems and quotes typed on vintage-looking parchment and recycled papers. less
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7:00 pm
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Concert | College Piano Recital


JuYoung Park, piano
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7:30 pm
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Concert | A South African Musical Sampler


Program: Robert Fokkens Mzantsi Nights (2014) Bongani Ndodana-Breen Mayibuye! (2014) Michael Blake more Rural Arias (2007) Kevin Volans Looping Point (2012) Clare Loveday Fever Tree (2013) Paul Hanmer Minuet and Trio, kometgruppen 80-151-222 (2010) Adile Khumalo Shades of Words (2011) The New Juilliard Ensemble, led by Joel Sachs, explores the incredibly dynamic and diverse culture of South Africa. The festival is dedicated to the legacy of Nelson Mandela. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Concert | College Guitar Recital


With Shane Cahill.
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Timothy Eddy, cello, and Gilbert Kalish, 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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8:00 pm
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Performance | Nat Towsen’s Downtown Variety Hour


With: Cipha Sounds (HOT 97, Chappelle's Show) Yannis Pappas (Comedy Central Standup) more Alan Starzinski (UCB) Cultural Icons podcast, featuring Laura Willcox (Inside Amy Schumer, MTV's Hey Girl) Downtown History NYC Trivia less
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8:00 pm
$5

Performance | One Night Stand: Only in New York


Come see original plays written by: Jennifer Bowen, Bixby Elliot, Richard Etchison, Megan Hart, Erin more Mallon and Samantha Thomson. Featuring the acting talents of: Andrew Blair, Jennifer Bowen, Bernardo Cubria, Peter Graham, Megan Hart, Leah Henoch, Timothy Mullins, Angela Razzano, Gerardo Rodriguez, Shetal Shah, Samantha Thomson and Tara Westwood. less
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