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Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park


Increase physical balance, strength, and mental focus. Learn the ancient Chinese martial art with expert more Alex Hing. No experience is necessary! Hing also teaches Tai Chi at the China Institute. He has practiced martial arts for over 25 years in San Francisco and New York City, including 10 years with Tai Chi grand master William C. C. Chen. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 am
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Park Walk | Fitness Walk NYC


This free fitness walk is one hour long and led by experienced Instructors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Other | 9/11: A Uniform Response, a Photography Exhibit Honoring the NYPD


To mark the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of Sept. 11, The Associated Press and the Museum have more collaborated on an exhibition of 30 compelling photographs drawn from the AP archives. 9/11: A Uniform Response pays tribute to the New York City Police Department and all first responders, honoring their role on and after Sept. 11. Poignant images taken by award-winning AP photographers depict the morning of the attacks, the courageous response in the days and weeks afterward, the long road to recovery, and the building of 1 World Trade Center, formerly known as the Freedom Tower, the rising symbol of rebirth at Ground Zero. In addition, the show features a brief documentary film offering interviews with AP photographers represented in the exhibit. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Talk | Learn about the Peoples of the Plains


With Laura Browarny.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | MS Word 2 Workshop


Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Word. Topics include inserting tables, applying styles and more learning to control formatting. less
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10:00 am
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Fair | 85th Annual Feast of San Gennaro


   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 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
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Workshop | Petanque in the Park


Learn to play pétanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie from more members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC’s championship-winning club. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Ping Pong in the Park


Test your skills at state-of-the-art tables. Paddles and balls are provided free of charge to all skill more levels. Sign up with an attendant in the park to play. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


   New York City, NY; NYC
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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
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Workshop | Experience America's Art: Free Art Classes


Led by an outstanding faculty of professional artists and art educators, free art classes are offered more during the reopening weekend. Bring out the artist in you and join these drawing, painting and printing sessions. Learn how to copy and recreate an old masterpiece, sketch from a live model or still life tableau. Enjoy art, make art. For artists of all ages. Space for the classes is limited and will be offered on a first-come basis. less
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | In the Loop Knitting & Crocheting Club


Are you a crafter? Join this knitting and crocheting club, led by teacher and designer Ina Braun of Tante more Sophie Knitting Studio, to create garments for charitable organizations. less
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Art Now, Accordionist


Enjoy a taste of Paris in the park at lunchtime with musette style accordion music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Discussion | Crowd-Gathering: Enhancing Civic Engagement with Authentic Digital Practices


Since the mid-1990s all sectors of society began the process of grappling with the possibilities and more limits presented by new digital media and networks. Today, community organizations, government, planning, design, and architecture, all are looking for ways these new digital "environments" can enhance public dialogue in the civic realm. This new digital media mix allows new strategies for civic engagement that, when integrated with traditional offline practices, can radically enhance the way we think about cities, from the way we make our places to the ways we build movements for community change. This round-table discussion will examine this paradigm shift, share tested strategies and best practices, and point out how tool-centered approaches don’t work as well as human-centered approaches. Speakers will include Scott Heiferman, CEO of Meetup.com; Brandon Whitney, co-founder of IOBY.org; and Alnoor Lahda, Director of Strategy at Purpose, and Daniel Latorre, VP for Digital Placemaking at the Project for Public Spaces. less
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12:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance Work-in-Progress: Foreverandaday by Anna Sperber


An abstracted celebration of the individual within the cycles of the generations they come from, and more those that come from them. Choreographer Anna Sperber deepens her exploration of light and texture, creating intimate portraits and focusing on singular details to heighten the awareness of sensation and the distillation of time and place. Featuring performers Julie Alexander, Natalie Green, Jennifer Lafferty and Rebecca Serrell Cyr, and a score composed and performed live by experimental trumpeter Nate Wooley, with lighting design created in collaboration with Joe Levasseur. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


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 | Russ Kassoff, Pianist for Liza Minnelli and Frank Sinatra


Russ Kassoff concluded his stint as Conductor/Pianist on Broadway in Twyla Tharp's critically acclaimed more Come Fly Away in September 2010, featuring 15 magnificent dancers accompanied by a 19-piece big-band playing live to the recorded voice of Frank Sinatra now on its 1st National Tour. He toured as pianist to Frank Sinatra by request from '80-'91- including the Ultimate Event tour with Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin and Liza Minnelli. He served as pianist/accompanist for Liza Minnelli from '82 -'01 and Minnelli's music director and conductor for the highly acclaimed Minnelli on Minnelli National Tour ('00). In '07 and '08, Kassoff appeared as a featured guest on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on NPR. He conducts and accompanies Rita Moreno, will perform with his Big Band THE RKBB in concert at the Bahai Center in NYC and is a regular featured performer at The Knickerbocker in NYC with Jazz legend Bucky Pizzarelli! His new CD Bird Fly By achieved #1 on Music Choice plus much critical acclaim! 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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Screening | Daily Screenings: Mother Earth in Crisis | Elders’ Wisdom


With: Elderly Words: Who’s Threatening the Water?, Elderly Words: How Did We Do Elderly Words? and more Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers. Starts at 1pm and 3pm. less
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1:00 pm
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Film | Silent Thriller: Fritz Lang's Spies (1929)


This silent crime thriller puts a government agent against a scheming international banker who is stealing more government documents. 143 min. less
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1:00 pm
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Tour | U.S. Customs House Building Tour


Museum Ambassador Lois Kaminsky gives a 45-minute free public tour of the U.S. Customs House, the home more of the National Museum of the American Indian in New York. Tour highlights include a discussion of the history of the site, architect Cass Gilbert, and sculptor Daniel Chester French; viewing the Collector's Office, with Tiffany woodwork; Reginald Marsh murals; and the 140-ton Rotunda dome by Rafael Gustavino. less
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1:00 pm
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Talk | Learn About The Buffalo


Learn about the importance of the Buffalo to Nations of the Plains with William Chimborazo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Clues from Family Photos


The best clues about old family photographs are found in the images themselves. This class introduces more techniques for dating images as well as resources for researching photographs. less
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3:15 pm
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Film | Roman Polanski's Death and the Maiden (1994): Torturer or Not?


With Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley. Shooting in sequence and limiting himself to three characters more Polanski creates a claustrophobic yet surprisingly cinematic rendition of Ariel Dorfman’s intimate revenge drama. 103 min. less
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4:30 pm
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Author Reading | Authors Susanna Kaysen and Rachel Sherman read their work


Susanna Kaysen is the author of the bestselling memoir Girl, Interrupted (Vintage, 1994). Her most recent more book is The Camera My Mother Gave Me (Vintage, 2001). Rachel Sherman’s debut novel, Living Room, was published by Grove Press in 2009. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Free Music Fridays


Featuring Mark Geary, E.W. Harris and Martin Rivas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Lesson | Coffee “Cupping” Class


Cupping: Learn the professional way to taste and evaluate coffee.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Moving Sounds Festival 2011: Czechsplorations I


Program: Leoš Janáček, Prelude from the House of the Dead (1930) Arranged by Kimmy Szeto for violin more and chamber ensemble (WORLD PREMIERE) featuring violinist David Fulmer Jiří Kadeřábek, Don Hamburger (2010) Gustav Mahler, Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (1910) Arranged for chamber ensemble by Michel Galante (NEW YORK PREMIERE) Janáček, Violin Sonata (1914) Arranged by Eliot Gattegno for tenor saxophone and chamber ensemble (WORLD PREMIERE) featuring tenor saxophonist Eliot Gattegno and pianist Lilli Xibei Jia Featuring the Moving Sounds Collaborative: Argento Chamber Ensemble and fourbythree. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Party | People Make Parks Launch Party


Join Partnerships for Parks and Hester Street Collaborative as they launch the online toolkit for People more Make Parks (PMP), a project to help New Yorkers participate in the design of their parks. The PMP interactive website gives communities tools and resources to contribute to the Parks’ design process. An interactive exhibit of PMP tools, media, and case study park sites will be on view. less
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | New Photography: Selections from the 2010-2011 Darkroom Residency Program


The work of eight photographers selected for its 2010 and 2011 Darkroom Residency Program. Chosen annually more by a jury, these artists are Emile Dubuisson, Lauren Fleishman, Theresa Ganz, Cara Phillips, Tina Schula, Motohiro Takeda, Rona Yefman, and Arin Yoon. Each artist’s work presents a diverse range of methods and attitudes, from Theresa Ganz’s photo-collage sculptures to Motohiro Takeda’s reflections on memory and death. less
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | Aesthetic Aspects of Character: Integrating Movement Theory


The body in motion is the foundation of how we think, how we interact, how we shape our choices and ultimately more who we are. When, like an artist, we can take a close and detailed aesthetic perspective on movement interaction, we grasp character. In this talk, Dr. Frances LaBarre develops and demonstrates her application of this point of view in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and everyday life. less
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Author Reading | Jean-Vincent Blanchard discusses his book Éminence: Cardinal Richelieu and the Rise of France


The acclaimed scholar on his insightful new biography of Cardinal Richelieu, the ruthless political strategist, more advisor and statesman behind 17th century France’s rise as a European power. Blanchard portrays the French royal family in its dysfunctional glory: the melancholic and disquieting King Louis XIII; the choleric and stubborn Queen Mother Marie de Medici; the seductive and at times disloyal consort Queen Anne of Austria; and the happy-go-lucky yet lethal brother Gaston d’Orléans. less
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6:30 pm
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Screening | Dutch Documentary: Leonard Retel Helmrich's Position Among the Stars (2010)


Having followed the Sjamsuddin family for 12 years, Helmrich’s camera observes the often strained but thoroughly more human interactions between its members in the final part of a trilogy. 111 min. less
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7:00 pm
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Dance Performance | José Limón Dance Company


Members of the company will perform and discuss aspects of its work and that of its founder.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Screening | MFA Social Documentary Film Thesis Screening


A presentation of graduate thesis films from the MFA Social Documentary Department. This showcase of more both short and long-form documentaries in a variety of genres, from comedy to drama, is a platform for new and highly trained voices emerging in the documentary world. Curated by Department Chair Maro Chermayeff. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | No Name and A Bag O’ Chips Comedy/Variety Show


Now in its 12th year, the show will also feature the funky sounds of "No Name" house band The Summer more Replacements. less
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Starving by S.M. Shephard-Massat


World War II is over, and Bettie and Meeker have moved from rural Florida to urban Atlanta to join a more small but up-and-coming black community. But as pressure mounts at Meeker’s workplace and Bettie’s expectations become bigger than both of them, the better life they dreamed of seems less than certain to be on the horizon. With S. Epatha Merkerson. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Party | SLUM Lab Launch Party


This issue of SLUM Lab magazine, "Last Round Ecologies," edited by Alfredo Brillembourg and Denise Hoffman more Brandt, has a global scope, covering an array of projects from around the world that reveal facets of the destructive capacity of contemporary city-making and ideas for alternative futures. less
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Poetry Reading | Tracy K. Smith reads from her book Life on Mars


Tracy K. Smith’s latest collection of poetry is Life on Mars (Graywolf Press, 2011).
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Concert | A Night of French Romantic Music


A night of French Romantic music featuring the unique combination of violin and voice. Program of art more songs and violin sonatas, including works by Faure, Franck, Poulenc, Debussy, Ravel, and Donizetti among others, and ending with a violin-voice-piano trio, "Dans Le Soir," by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by New York violinist Akiko Kobayashi, praised for her "precise and honest playing, with no artificial effects," and Canadian lyric soprano Vania Chan praised for her "sensitive musicianship" and "lovely effortless singing." less
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Screening | All Aboard! Trains on Film


The first of three open-air film screenings that celebrate the industrial history of the High Line, which more once carried freight trains delivering dairy, meat, produce, and other goods into the warehouses and factories on Manhattan’s West Side. Paying homage to the history of trains in cinema and on the High Line, All Aboard! Trains on Film is a 28-minute compilation of iconic scenes from more than 100 films, ranging from cinematic classics to modern favorites. Featuring moments of passion, sorrow, humor, and more, All Aboard! Trains on Film shows how station platforms, rail corridors, train compartments, and box cars are so often the backdrop for pivotal scenes in film. All Aboard! Trains on Film was directed by Tony Impavido, produced by Wendy Keys, and edited by Brian Angelotti. less
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Screening | Documentary: Jeff Warrick's Programming the Nation (2011)


This film examines the purported uses, influences and potential subconscious side effects of what's going more on beneath the surface of advertising, film, music and political propaganda. It also takes a hard look, with Amy Goodman commenting, at how post-9/11 Defense Department-derived video packages air side by side with legitimate news stories on many TV news shows. 105 min. There will be a Q&A with director Jeff Warrick on Skype. less
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$10 suggested admission

Concert | Moving Sounds Festival 2011: Czechsplorations I


Program: Leoš Janáček, Prelude from the House of the Dead (1930) Arranged by Kimmy Szeto for violin more and chamber ensemble (WORLD PREMIERE) featuring violinist David Fulmer Jiří Kadeřábek, Don Hamburger (2010) Gustav Mahler, Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (1910) Arranged for chamber ensemble by Michel Galante (NEW YORK PREMIERE) Janáček, Violin Sonata (1914) Arranged by Eliot Gattegno for tenor saxophone and chamber ensemble (WORLD PREMIERE) featuring tenor saxophonist Eliot Gattegno and pianist Lilli Xibei Jia Featuring the Moving Sounds Collaborative: Argento Chamber Ensemble and fourbythree. less
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8:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Film | Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate (1999): On the Devil's Trail


With Johnny Depp, Frank Langella and Lena Olin. A literary sleuth searches for a rare demonic text, more a quest that takes him all over Western Europe and includes many delightful (and a few creepy) surprises. 133 min. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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