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free events nyc The Miser's Daughter: Adapted from Molière
free events nyc The New York Virtuoso Singers present an International Day of Peace Concert
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Workshop | Park Boot Camp


Join The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness group, for a Boot Camp in the park. Rotations through more exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back--and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high-fives encouraged. Rain or shine. Every Wednesday. less
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6:30 am
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Workshop | Walking Meditation Workshop


This class, presented by the Shinnyo Center for Meditation and Well-Being, translates fundamental Buddhist more principles into experiences that can be accessible to anyone in contemporary society. With the Walking Meditation class, you'll have already had a powerful experience by the time you go into work. less
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7:30 am
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Workshop | Body Positive Conversation


As women, we're trained from an early age to bond with others over our hatred of our bodies, and/or various more different parts of our bodies. We’re taught to believe that loving our body as it is, is inappropriate. We’re taught that our body should look and be a certain way, in accord with socio-cultural standards. Time has come to change this pattern and begin a positive conversation about our body. In this workshop, Dr. Baker will guide you through a simple exercise that will begin a positive body image conversation. Of course, you will be invited to join in the discussion and share your thoughts and opinions with the group. less
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10:00 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for more over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing. less
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10:00 am
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Tour | Downtown Manhattan 3-Hour Tour


The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World more Trade Center, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. These are neighborhoods that simply can’t be fully appreciated from a bus. There will be one or two opportunities to sample tasty treats. less
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10:00 am
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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. Tours are Mondays and Fridays at 2pm, and Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10am. less
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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. Takes place daily. less
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Workshop | Urban Sketching Workshop


Learn the basic skills of watercolor, urban sketching, and drawing taught by the professionals from the more Painter in Residence Program. Workshops are limited to 10-12 participants per class. :Limited supplies will be provided. less
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Film | William Keighley's Bullets or Ballots (1936): gangster film


When police detective Johnny Blake is fired, he takes a job with the city's top gangster, who is eager more for an insider's help in defeating the law, but he can never seem to get away from the watchful eye of rival gangster Bugs Fenner, who has always been suspicious of the "former" cop. Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart. less
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11:15 am
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Classical Music | Rhapsody in Blue and more: all Gershwin program


Pianist Alexander Wu performs works of Gershwin in celebration of the composer's birthday. “Wu’s more exuberant etudes on Gershwin songs and the dreamy Ellington’s Reflections in D – sounded assured and settled…he is uncommonly attractive and entertaining.” - The Washington Post less
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Are You in Your 40’s, 50’s or 60’s and Looking for Work?


Have you hit a wall with your career? Maybe you are contemplating a different path? Something more meaningful? more Are you asking yourself, “Now what?” Are you brave enough to ask yourself, “What do I WANT to do?” Harry Prichett explores the four stages of career reinvention that he’s identified. He’ll explore these stages with you, as well as the creative possibilities and opportunities for the second half of your life. This is an interactive, engaging and thought-provoking workshop. less
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | 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. The event is offered daily, except Sundays. less
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of more choristers, and Mary Pan, organ scholar. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 13, 2016 to May 25, 2017. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:20 pm
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Discussion | Food for Thought Foodie Forum


This informal lunchtime food discussion group will include topics such as nutrition, greenmarkets, cooking more techniques, knife skills, and a presentation of books from our collection. They'll highlight a seasonal vegetable and share recipes that give it a starring role. This week's vegetable is everyone's favorite: KALE! They'll "chiff" through some of those large green leaves and if you don't know what that is, c'mon over with your favorite kale recipes to share and find out. Don't forget to bring your lunch! less
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Concert | Piano in the Park


With: Pianist and composer Yuka Aikawa began playing piano at the age of five in her native country, more Japan. She studied at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, where she received her M.A. in jazz performance under the guidance of Sir Roland HannaandJimmy Heath. During this time, she received the prestigious Michael Feinstein Award for “Outstanding Talent.” When not at Bryant Park, you can hear Yuka at various Jazz clubs in and around the New York area - including the Blue Note, Kitano Hotel, and Birdland Jazz Club, as an accompanist for the jazz choir - the Lance Hayward Singers, or on Carline Ray's beautiful album Vocal Sides, produced by Catherine Russell (www.facebook.com/CarlineRay). Yuka's new trio album, Clouds and Water, a tribute to Sir Roland Hanna, has been released in Japan, where she will be touring this fall. less
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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. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays. less
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Investing In Stocks: The Basics


Introduces basic investment terms and concepts such as risk and reward, IPO’s, p/e ratios, and relative more p/e ratios. Ways to approach the investment decision and alternative stock investments such as mutual funds and ETF’s are discussed. Seating is limited and is on a first come, first seated basis. less
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1:15 pm
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Workshop | Learn English: Intermediate and Advanced Levels


We Are New York is an Emmy Award-winning half hour TV show created to help people practice English. more Each story is about everyday situations, like going to the doctor or talking with a child's teacher. The characters speak slowly and clearly. Adult learners will have the opportunity to learn English by watching We Are New York videos. The program works best for people who speak some English and want to practice. less
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1:30 pm
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Talk | Visual Language Is Language: The Importance of Reading the Pictures in Visual Culture


Michael Shaw, publisher of Reading the Pictures, discusses how the publication analyzes news and media more images for meaning, trends, context and fairness. Shaw will also describe how fluency in pictures is central to engagement in the current information, media and social media sphere. Big Room 120 214 East 21st Street »Fax: 212.592.2360 mfaphoto@sva.edu less
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1:30 pm
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Workshop | Adult Coloring Club


Stressed? The latest craze is artistic coloring for adults, and the adult coloring books have more intricate more designs and patterns than those designed for children. This program allows adults to create wonderful pictures and offers a fun and unique way to unwind and express creativity. Plus, it can actually lower stress. All materials will be provided. less
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Lantern Building Workshops for the 5th Annual Morningside Lights


Help create a fleet of lanterns for the fifth annual Morningside Lights Procession. Collaborate with more friends and neighbors to create lanterns inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry. For 100 years, the Pulitzer Prizes have celebrated the great writers and artists of our time. This fall, makers and marchers participating in our community-created lantern procession will have a chance to illuminate favorite passages by great poets who have received this unique honor over the past century. All materials will be provided and no experience is required. Artists Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles, co-directors of Processional Arts Workshop, will lead the collaborative workshops. These drop-in sessions are free and you may sign up for as much or a little time as you'd like. Please Note: The workshops are geared toward adults, but kids 10 and up working with an adult are welcome. Workshops take place Sep. 17-23. less
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2:00 pm
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Other | Nature Sanctuary Open Hours


During these limited hours, visitors can explore the normally closed sanctuary at their own pace along more the rustic trail. See how the conservancy has restored this native woodland garden for birds and other wildlife. The wood-chipped trail is uneven; please wear appropriate shoes. This ecosystem is a protected area and home to many flora and fauna. No groups, dogs, bikes, or strollers. Free and self-guided. Space is limited. less
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2:00 pm
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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. Takes place daily. less
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Figure Al Fresco


Many people are challenged when trying to draw the human figure. This class offers everyone a chance more to improve their skills through a wonderful outdoor figure drawing class. less
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Old Books, Rare Books: Learning About the Value of Your Books


Learn what you need to know before buying or selling an old book. In this class, you will examine an more old book, look to see who else owns a copy, and review the sale records and current booksellers’ catalogs to learn about its value. Along the way attendees will learn about the tools and resources that the antiquarian community uses to value a book. less
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | The New Retirement: Finding Purpose in Your 'Third Act'


Are you retired? About to retire? Thinking about retiring? Welcome to the “new” Retirement. Come more join speaker, trainer, and certified professional coach, Barbara Phillips, to clarify what is most important to you at this stage of life and learn from other retirees. You will learn how to identify your purpose, clarify your values and life priorities and turn them into meaningful goals. less
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Online with MorningStar & ValueLine


Learn to retrieve important information on individual stocks and mutual funds, including analysts’ more reports and opinions. You will be demonstrated the advanced search capabilities of each database. Turn a concept into a short list of potential investments. First come, first seated basis. less
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3:15 pm
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Concert | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Concert Choir


Program: Ralph Vaughan Williams - Valiant For Truth Melissa Di Marco - Omni Die Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart more - Ave Verum Rubén Colón-Tarrats - Padre Nuestro Rafael Hernandez - Lamento Borincano Rafael Hernandez - Preciosa Drake, Graham,Shirl - Creo en Dios Judgement (Spiritual) Hold On (Spiritual) René Clausen - Kyrie less
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4:00 pm
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Workshop | Poetry class


No experience necessary. Just bring your pen or pencil, and your love for poetry!
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4:30 pm
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Workshop | Falun Dafa Exercise Class


Practice meditation and slow moving exercise. Eliminate stress and enjjoy peace of mind.
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4:45 pm
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Park Walk | Central Park Sunset Tour


Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded more urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park. less
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Colloquium | The Lightning Challenge: Doctoral Students


The Lightning Challenge: Doctoral Students showcases the academic and creative excellence of the college's more doctoral students, challenging them to impart the significance of their dissertation research to a general audience with engaging and exciting presentations limited to just three minutes. less
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Book Discussion | The Short Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs


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Book Discussion | Pulitzer Prize winning novel Tinkers by Paul Harding


An old man lies dying. As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited more with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth. At once heartbreaking and life affirming,Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature. less
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Park Walk | Design Tour: Elevated Design


Get an insider's look at the unique design elements of the High Line and the notable architecture in more the neighborhood with Patrick Hazari, Director of Design and Construction. Third Wednesdays, May through October. less
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Opening Reception | Group Exhibition: The Biophilia Hypothesis


Taking its name from biologist and author E.O. Wilson’s belief that human beings share an instinctive more bond with other living systems, the work in The Biophilia Hypothesis reflects on humanity’s “urge to affiliate with other forms of life,” as Wilson describes it. Participating artists Leman Akpinar, Viktorea Benois, Sebastian Cocioba, Andrew Cziraki, David Hanlon, Marguerite Li, Bo Liu, Steph Mantis, Kirin Pino, Shannon Pollak, Gina Proenza, Tarah Rhoda, Victor Taboada, Darya Warner and John Wells. less
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Workshop | Laughter Yoga


Laugh for your physical, mental and spiritual health exercising your heart, lungs and funny bones. With: more Jonathan Applefield, Certified Laughter Leader less
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Poetry Reading | Poets Read: Tim Tomlinson / Barry Wallenstein


Tim Tomlinson has lived and published work all over the world, including his recent poetry collection more Requiem for the Tree Fort I Set on Fire (Winter Goose Publishing, 2016). He currently teaches in the Global Liberal Studies program. Barry Wallenstein is an emeritus professor of literature and creative writing at City College (CUNY), an editor at American Book Review, and the author of nine books of poetry. His poetry has been recorded with jazz accompaniment: At the Surprise Hotel and Other Poems (Ridgeway Press, 2016) is his most recent poetry collection. less
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Workshop | Turn Job Interviews into Offers


Have you ever walked out of an interview thinking it went well, but then you didn’t get the job? Or more felt a great conversation come to a halt as soon as you answered their salary question? Perhaps in one interview you felt a bit too nervous, or you simply want to polish up your interviewing skills. If any of these are true for you, then you’ll want to attend this seminar. Robert Hellmann of www.hellmannconsulting.com shares field-tested strategies and techniques that will boost your likelihood of acing the interview. less
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Discussion | What Makes a Great City? A discussion with The New York Times’ Michael Kimmelman


Find out what makes a great city—not a good city or a functional city but a great city. Join Alex Garvin, more Regina Myer, and Dan Biederman for a discussion with The New York Times’ Michael Kimmelman about the attributes of great cities and what other cities can learn and replicate. A great city is not an exquisite, completed artifact but a dynamic, constantly changing place that residents and their leaders can reshape to satisfy their demands. The panelists discuss what people who shape cities can do to make a city great. less
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Workshop | Adult Sampler: Fall 2016


Featuring American Realness performances, pop-up exhibition by Beverly’s, free arts workshops, adult more beverages, and snacks. Featured workshops include: UNSUITABLE FOODS: PERFORMATIVE COOKING AND DINING - How do Renaissance dinner party gags connect to the avant-garde recipes of the Futurist Cookbook, artist-run restaurants like Gordon Matta-Clark and Carol Godden’s FOOD, and the glow of a florescent jello mold? Discuss artists’ interpretations of food ranging from celebrations of whimsy and wealth to social critique, and back again. Then, put your research into action, staging our own performative dinner party. Learn how to plan, prep, execute, style, and serve an unorthodox dish or cocktail of your own invention, and (this is key) how to convince your guests to try it. No actual cooking skills required. CHORAL MARX - This is a class that is also a chorus. We will encounter pivotal political and theoretical texts written by Karl Marx through a variety of experiments in collective reading and singing. Paying special attention to the contemporary significance of Marx for anti-racist, anti-misogynist, anti-heterosexist, and anti-imperialist struggles, we will sound-out Marx in the present through a series of reading assignments and original choral music. No prior training in political economy or vocal performance is necessary. less
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Film | Edward Zwick's Oscar-Nominated Defiance (2008): WW2 Drama


With Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell. Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape more into the Belarussian forests, joining the Russian resistance to protect themselves and 1,000 Jewish non-combatants. 137 min. less
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum discuss their book Obfuscation: A User's Guide for Privacy and Protest


This illustrated lecture offers ways to fight today's pervasive digital surveillance -- the collection more of our data by governments, corporations, advertisers, and hackers. less
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Lecture | Religious Freedom or License to Discriminate


Co-founder, president, and Congressional lobbyist of the Institute for Science and Human Values, Toni more Van Pelt will discuss the history of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), and outline the damage it has done to date and the potential for future damage. She will also discuss ways you can help to stem the tide of religious special exemptions to the rule of the law and to assist and insist in the establishment of secular moral principles in American Culture. less
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Forum | Writing for Children and Young Adults Forum: Leonard Marcus


Leonard Marcus is one of the world’s leading authorities on children’s books and their illustration. more He is the author of more than 20 pioneering books in his field including Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom; Minders of Make-Believe; The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth; and Randolph Caldecott: The Man Who Could Not Stop Drawing. less
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Workshop | Yoga – Evening Salute to the Sun


The ever-popular Hatha yoga with Hollis features beautiful sunsets over the Hudson River. Suitable for more all fitness levels. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring your own mat. Every Wednesday. less
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Performance | The Miser's Daughter: Adapted from Molière


Students perform an adaptation of Molière’s The Miser, about a pair of matriarchs and patriarchs each more lusting after the lovers of their own daughters. This is a battle between age and youth, love and money, with all the Commedia characters thrown into the fray. A rollicking joyride of song, dance, and buffoonery. less
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7:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Emeka Ogboh


Emeka Ogboh transforms the exhibition space into a branding zone for a Berlin beer called Sufferhead more Original. Drawing upon a lecture by a leading figure in a German rightwing populist party, who referred to a “life-affirming African mode of propagation” and contrasted African and European reproductive strategies, Ogboh imagines a scenario in which a beer that tastes ‘like home’ to members of the African diaspora takes over the German capital and its beer culture. An infomercial recounts how a black stout brewed by the artist himself subverts the German beer purity law—the so-called ‘Reinheitsgebot’—and becomes so popular in Berlin that it supersedes all other beer brands. A jingle pays an Afrobeat-inspired, Lagos-Berlin tribute to Fela Kuti’s track “Original Suffer Head”, which talks about the economic and political situation in Nigeria in the 1980s, a decade of mass emigration. Questions emerge from the opaque Sufferhead Original beer bottles with their tattoo-style labels: Is the ‘sufferhead’ the result of drinking this spicy beer with high alcohol content? Or might it be related to the complex experiences of migration? Or is it due to the mere fact that Sufferhead Original is the only beer left in Berlin’s bars and stores? Das Afrikanische Bierlaboratorium I stages and swirls investigations, projections, and debates about immigration, blackness, food, and community culture in Berlin and lets them resonate in the city of New York. less
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Author Reading | Emma Donoghue discusses her book The Wonder


The Canada-based Irish author of the bestselling Room (now a major motion picture), presents her newest more novel, in conversation with award-winning Irish novelist Belinda McKeon. The Wonder is the new riveting masterpiece from Emma Donoghue. It’s the compelling story of Lib Wright, an English nurse who is brought to a small Irish village to scrutinize what appears to be a miracle: Anna O’Donnell, a girl said to have survived without food for several months. Lib soon finds herself not just responsible for the surveillance of the child, but fighting to save Anna’s life. less
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Discussion | Filmmaking: What Does It Mean Now?


After 37 years in Manhattan, IFP’s signature event, IFP Film Week is moving across the river to Brooklyn. more As a part of this year’s celebration of Brooklyn, BRIC FLIX teams up with IFP (Independent Filmmaker’s Project) during IFP Film Week for an evening focusing on all expansive forms of storytelling and the definition of a filmmaker in today’s modern age featuring Executive Producer Aziz Isham on the panel and many more. less
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Author Reading | Lev Grossman discusses his book Warp


In the latest novel by sci-fi master Lev Grossman, 20-something Hollis Kessler languishes in a hopelessly more magician-less world. His friends do, too. They read too much, drink too much and work, earn and do way too little. But Hollis has an obsession: there's another world in his head, a world of excitement, danger, romance and starships and it's telling him it's time to stop dreaming. less
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Author Reading | Mychal Denzel Smith discusses his book Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching


Join Nation Institute Knobler fellow Mychal Denzel Smith for a panel dicussion on the themes of his new more book: How do you learn to be a black man in America? This is the question at the heart of the Nation writer’s celebrated new memoir, Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education. With power and poignancy, Smith chronicles his own personal and political education in America, describing his efforts to come into his own in a world that has denied his humanity. Smith will moderate a roundtable discussion of the book's themes with activists Alexis Coe, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, and Rembert Browne. less
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Author Reading | Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler discusses his book Perfume River


Robert Olen Butler presents his exquisite new novel that examines family ties and the legacy of the Vietnam more War through the portrait of a single North Florida family. Two estranged brothers are forced to make peace with their choices from the past as their father lays on his deathbed. less
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Classical Music | The New York Virtuoso Singers present an International Day of Peace Concert


The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor and Artistic Director, will present an International more Day of Peace concert. Special guests will be The Canticum Novum Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor and The Canticum Novum Youth Choir, Edie Rosenbaum, Director. Celebrating the U.N.’s International Day of Peace, NYVS will perform Pulitzer Prize-winner Ellen Taafe Zwilich’s Memorial, a tribute to the Sandy Hook victims which the ensemble commissioned, an a cappella piece called Peace by Mark Kilstofte, with words by Gerard Manley Hopkins and The Peaceable Kingdom by Randall Thompson, who was inspired by the painting of the same title by Edward Hicks (1780-1849). The concert will conclude with Requiem for the Innocent by Katherine Hoover for choir, soloists, and chamber ensemble. In the words of the composer: “This Requiem was originally written for the 3000 victims of 9/11. Then, in early 2003 the prolonged and intense bombing of Baghdad claimed the lives of tens of thousands. I dedicate this work to the innocent victims of both bombings. Finding Walt Whitman’s poetry was a powerful reminder that the tragedies of war and destruction can return; that the human impulse to reach out and help in times of sorrow is universal, and that the great Force that gives life persists and sustains us continually.” less
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Book Discussion | Upper Eastside Fiction Reading Group: Our Souls at Night


Discuss the book by Kent Haruf.
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Opera | Scenes and Songs from Handel's Operas


In a concert of scenes and songs from G. F. Handel's Italian operas with voice and harpsichord, operamission more presents an original pastiche of the baroque master's richly inventive harmony, discord, character, melody, and drama. Conductor and harpsichordist JENNIFER PETERSON is the director of operamission, an arts organization bringing opera, chamber music, art song, and cabaret to audiences in inventive new ways. less
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Concert | Elliott Schwartz - 80th Birthday Celebration


Music by Elliott Schwartz including Divertimento No. 4; Prelude, Aria, and Variations; Remembering David: more Echo Variations (in memory of David Gamper); Memorabilia; Seven Seasons; Darwin's Dream; and Blossoms and Cannons: A Birthday Collage. With counter)induction, Chris Graham and Marina Kifferstein, Blair McMillen, Emi Ferguson, and Doug Balliett; George Lopez and John McDonald, and special guest Peter Sheppard-Skaerved. less
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Discussion | The Kindred Talks: What Precedes War, and What Follows In Its Path?


The Kindred Talks explores the links between arts and activism on the complex topics raised by MAPP International's more productions, such as climate change, immigration, and more. These public forums gather artists and activists whose work shares a common theme of urgent meaning to us all—as individuals and as a community. What Precedes War, and What Follows In Its Path? is a conversation with four creators whose projects reflect the pre- and post-wartime culture of loss, destabilization, and violence: Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal; Peruvian-born photographer Milagros de la Torre; writer, director, actor, and theater puppet artist Dan Hurlin; and Japanese-born U.S. playwright and theater artist Chiroi Miyagawa. Moderated by journalist and author Chris Hedges. less
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Video | The Sickness Is the Cure: Video Works


The Sickness is the Cure is a program of selected video works that engage the process of healing beyond more the mandates of curative care. Biomedicine defines illness and trauma as a deviation from a normative body, designating upon bodies the necessity of recuperation. The cure is a definitive process: debts are paid; equilibrium is restored. In contrast, alternative healing modalities understand illness to be a mode of communication, a message from the interior about the exterior, and vice versa. Healing disavows the linearity of the cure. It relies on a subjective assessment whereas the cure relies on an external framework. The healing process is endless. The body and its environment are in constant flux. There is no original state to return to. Through these video works, healing emerges as a multivalent process: personal and collective, spiritual and biological, humorous and somber. Mitchell’s Death, Linda Montano, 1977, 22 min Kissing Doesn’t Kill, Tom Kalin/Gran Fury, 1990, 4 min Je Ne Regrette Rien, Marlon Riggs, 1992, 37 min It’s Cool, I’m Good, Stanya Kahn, 2010, 35 min Procedure, Doreen Garner, 2012, 9 min less
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Screening | IFP Filmmaker Lab Showcase


Hosted annually during IFP Film Week, the IFP Filmmaker Labs Showcase gives audiences a first look at more 20 exciting new feature films, before their festival premieres. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Comedy Club | Gandhi, Is That You? Comedy Show


Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). more The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza! less
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