Upcoming Free Events in Senate District 26: December 2010 Courtesy of State Senator Liz Krueger
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Wednesday 12/1/10
9:30 AM Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave, Newman Library, Rm 750, 516-732-0547 Conference: The New Marketing Revolution: The impact of social media and viral marketing on political advertising and branding
12:00 PM Central Park The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370 Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour
12:00 PM Bryant Park, North Side of Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Exercise: Bryant Park Juggling
2:00 PM Central Park, North Side of Tavern on the Green at 67th St, 212-794-4064 Walking Tour: Tavern and its Green
6:15 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Books & Poetry: Colin Beavan “No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself”
7:00 PM Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Zadie Smith “Changing My Mind”
Thursday 12/2/10
12:00 PM Bryant Park, North Side of Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Exercise: Bryant Park Juggling
5:00 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave, Proshansky Auditorium, 212-817-2005 Discussion: Tony Kushner “A Political Theater for the 21st Century: Restaging „Angels in America‟
6:00 PM Bryant Park, Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Event: Tree Lighting Celebration
6:00 PM NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142 Theater: “Alwin Nikolais: Preserving the Legacy” 6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Books & Poetry: Nathan Ward “Dark Harbour: The War for the New York Waterfront”
7:00 PM Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Charles Elton “Mr. Toppit”
Friday 12/3/10
12:00 PM Bryant Park, North Side of Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Exercise: Bryant Park Juggling
3:00 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave, Room 6112, 212-817-8770 Lecture: “ The Neighborhood Effect: Inequality, Community, and the Social Structure of the American City”
Saturday 12/4/10
10:00 AM Central Park, Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, in front of the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour
12:00 PM Central Park, North Side of Tavern on the Green at 67th St, 212-794-4064 Walking Tour: Tavern and its Green
2:00 PM Central Park, The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370 Walking Tour: A Road Once Traveled Tour
2:30 PM NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142 Movies: “Show People” (1928)
7:00 PM Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Bill Knight “The Way We Get By”
Sunday 12/5/10
12:00 PM Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street, 212-794- 4064 Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour
1:30 PM NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142 Music: Concert Version of “Hansel und Gretel”
2:00 PM Central Park: Belvedere Castle Mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: “Amble Through the Ramble”
2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Movies: “In the Realms of the Unreal”
5:00 PM Carl Schurz Park, East End & 86th Street, 212-459-4455 Event: Annual Tree Lighting Celebration
Monday 12/6/10
12:00 PM Bryant Park, North Side of Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Exercise: Bryant Park Juggling
12:00 PM Barnes & Noble 555 Fifth Ave 212 697 3048 Books & Poetry: Joel Osteen “The Christmas Spirit: Memories of Family, Friends, and Faith
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Books & Poetry: Ronald Brown “Sacred Languages in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
7:30 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave, Elebash Recitall Hall, 212-817- 8607 Music: Jonathan Wriggle Presents Swing Era Music
Tuesday 12/7/10
12:00 PM Central Park, Inside the Park on the north side of West 81st Street at Central Park West 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour
12:00 PM NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142 Music: Dixieland Jazz
12:00 PM Bryant Park, North Side of Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Exercise: Bryant Park Juggling
12:00 PM Barnes & Noble 555 Fifth Ave 212 697 3048 Books & Poetry: Steve Harvey “Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man”
2:00 PM Central Park The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370 Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour
2:30 PM NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142 Movies: “Meet me in St. Louis”
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Books & Poetry: Ari Berman “Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party”
7:00 PM Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Andrew O‟Hagan “The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and his Friend Marilyn Monroe
Wednesday 12/8/10
12:00 PM Bryant Park, North Side of Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Exercise: Bryant Park Juggling
2:00 PM Central Park, Belvedere Castle, mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Books & Poetry: Mary Catherine Bateson “Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom”
6:30 PM CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Ave, Martin E. Segal Theater, 212-817-1860 Theater: Ohio Theater: 29 Years of Downtown Theater
7:00 PM Barnes & Noble 150 East 86th Street, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Ken Burns “Baseball: The Tenth Inning”
Thursday 12/9/10
12:00 PM Central Park, North Side of Tavern on the Green at 67th St, 212-794-4064 Walking Tour: Tavern and its Green
12:00 PM Bryant Park, North Side of Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Exercise: Bryant Park Juggling
2:00 PM Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street, 212-794- 4064 Walking Tour: Waterways and Vistas Tour
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Books & Poetry: Sarah Johnson “Jacques Marchais‟ Passion for Tibet: Her Monastery and the Beginnings of American Buddhism”
Friday 12/10/10
12:00 PM Bryant Park, North Side of Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Exercise: Bryant Park Juggling
12:00 PM Central Park, Inside the Park at the southeast corner of 85th Street and Central Park West. 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: Seneca Village Tour Friday 12/10/10 cont’d
6:30 PM CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Ave, Room 9204, 212-817-7571 Lecture: “Kill the Paradigm-Win the War in Afghanistan”
7:30 PM Hunter College, 695 Park Ave, Assembly Hall, 212-772-448 Music: Hunter College Choir
Saturday 12/11/10
10:00 AM Central Park: Belvedere Castle Mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: “Amble Through the Ramble”
12:00 PM Central Park, Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, in front of the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour
2:00 PM Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street, 212-794- 4064 Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour
Sunday 12/12/10
12:00 PM Central Park, The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370 Walking Tour: A Road Once Traveled Tour
2:00 PM Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, 331 East 70th St, Auditorium, 212-744-5022 Play: “If U Want Me U Can Have Me, Right Now”
2:00 PM Central Park, North Side of Tavern on the Green at 67th St, 212-794-4064 Walking Tour: Tavern and its Green
2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Movies: “Sketches of Frank Gehry”
Monday 12/13/10
12:00 PM Bryant Park, North Side of Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Exercise: Bryant Park Juggling Monday 12/13/10 cont’d
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Discussion: Alana Newhouse “New Old Judaism?”
Tuesday 12/14/10
12:00 PM Central Park, North Side of Tavern on the Green at 67th St, 212-794-4064 Walking Tour: Tavern and its Green
12:00 PM NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142 Music: Dixieland Jazz
12:00 PM Bryant Park, North Side of Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Exercise: Bryant Park Juggling
2:30 PM NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142 Movies: “Christmas in Connecticut”
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Panel: “21st Century Witches: Inside the Mind of a Female Killer”
Wednesday 12/15/10
12:00 PM Bryant Park, North Side of Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Exercise: Bryant Park Juggling
12:00 PM Central Park, Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, in front of the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour
2:00 PM Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street, 212-794- 4064 Walking Tour: Waterways and Vistas Tour
6:15 PM CUNY Graduate Center, Martin E. Segal Theater, 212-817-1950 Movies: “Hell on Earth” Documentary on heresienstadt, the "model" ghetto set up by the Nazis to deceive the world.
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Books & Poetry: Scott M. Korb “Life in Year One: What the World was Like in 1st Century Palestine”
Thursday 12/16/10
12:00 PM Bryant Park, North Side of Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Exercise: Bryant Park Juggling
12:00 PM Central Park, Inside the Park on the north side of West 81st Street at Central Park West 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Discussion: Anthony Donovan “Local Faith Communities”
Friday 12/17/10
12:00 PM Bryant Park, North Side of Citi Pond, 212-768-4242 Exercise: Bryant Park Juggling Saturday 12/18/10
10:00 AM Central Park The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370 Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour
12:00 PM Central Park, Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, in front of the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour
2:00 PM Central Park, North Side of Tavern on the Green at 67th St, 212-794-4064 Walking Tour: Tavern and its Green
Sunday 12/19/10
12:00 PM Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street, 212-794- 4064 Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour
2:00 PM Central Park, Inside the Park at the southeast corner of 85th Street and Central Park West. 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: Seneca Village Tour
2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Movies: “Sweet and Lowdown”
Monday 12/20/10
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Books & Poetry: Elizabeth Irvine Bay “Paul Flato: Jeweler to the Stars”
Tuesday 12/21/10
12:00 PM Central Park, Belvedere Castle, mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour
12:00 PM NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142 Music: Dixieland Jazz
2:30 PM NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142 Movies: “Pocketful of Miracles”
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Discussion: Laura Kruger of Hebrew Union College Museum “Living in the Moment”
Wednesday 12/22/10
12:00 PM Central Park, North Side of Tavern on the Green at 67th St, 212-794-4064 Walking Tour: Tavern and its Green Wednesday 12/22/10 cont’d
2:00 PM Central Park, Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, in front of the statue of Samuel F. B. Morse, 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Books & Poetry: Sam Hoffman “Old Jews Telling Jokes”
Thursday 12/23/10
Friday 12/24/10
Saturday 12/25/10
Sunday 12/26/10
12:00 PM Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street, 212-794- 4064 Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour
2:00 PM Central Park, North Side of Tavern on the Green at 67th St, 212-794-4064 Walking Tour: Tavern and its Green
Monday 12/27/10
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Discussion: Olivia Whiteman “Being Green in New York City”
Tuesday 12/28/10
12:00 PM Central Park, Belvedere Castle, mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour 12:00 PM NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142 Music: Dixieland Jazz
2:30 PM NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142 Movies: “Magic Flute”
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Exhibit: “Mark Twain: A Skeptic‟s Progress”
Wednesday 12/29/10
12:00 PM Central Park, Inside the Park on the north side of West 81st Street at Central Park West 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour
2:00 PM Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-Park at 65th Street, 212-794- 4064 Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour
6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Books & Poetry: “9/11…New York City…Days After”
Thursday 12/30/10
12:00 PM Central Park, North Side of Tavern on the Green at 67th St, 212-794-4064 Walking Tour: Tavern and its Green