Upcoming Free Events in Senate District 28: May 2013 Courtesy of State Senator Liz Krueger Also available on the web at www.lizkrueger.com If you would like to receive this list via email instead of regular mail, let us know. Send your name, address, and email address to [email protected], with the subject “Free Events List” Please note: This schedule is subject to change – it is recommended that you call ahead to confirm these events. Wednesday 5/1/13 10:00 AM Central Park, 110th St. btwn 5th and Lenox Ave. Activity: Catch and Release Fishing (event recurs every Tues-Sun through October) 10:00 AM Central Park, 110th St. btwn 5th and Lenox Ave. Activity: The Wild Garden: Discovering Central Park Woodlands Exhibit (event recurs every Wed-Sun through end of May) 10:30 AM Marble Church, 2 West 29th Street Exercise: Exercise Session 11:00 AM Fifth Ave Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55th Street Exercise: Strength and Weight Exercise 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM CUNY, Baruch College Activity: Exhibition: Germany after 1945 (event recurs daily through 5/13/13) 12:30 PM Central Park, mid-park at 79th St. Walking Tour: Castle and its Kingdom Tour 1:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Activity: Mixed-Bag: Story Time for Grown-Ups: Guy de Maupassant 2:00 PM CUNY, Graduate Center Books & Poetry: After Lorca: A Day of Poetry and Performance 6:00 PM Bryant Park, The Tables at 42nd St. Allee Exercise: May Ping Pong Tournament (registration required at http://bryantpark.org/plan-your-visit/event_registration.html?EVTID=2907) 6:00 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Lecture: Children’s Literary Salon: Talks on Contemporary Children’s Illustration 1 6:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Movie: screening of Federico Fellini: La Dolce Vita 6:00 PM CUNY, Hunter College Books & Poetry: Meet the Author: Documentary, Memories on the Wall: Education and Enrichment Through Community Murals 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Lecture: "War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865," with James M. McPherson 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th St. Books & Poetry: The Dervish by Frances Kazan 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, Union Square Books & Poetry: In the Body of the World by Eve Ensler Thursday 5/2/13 7:30 AM Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace Exercise: Bryant Park Tai Chi 10:30 AM Church of the Intercession, 550 West 150th Street Exercise: Arthritis Exercise 11:15 PM CUNY, Baruch College Lecture: Eduardo Halfon on Writing, Bilingualism, and Translation 12:30 PM Central Park, mid-park at 65th St. Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour 1:00 PM CUNY, Graduate Center Music: Music in Midtown 1:00 PM CUNY, Baruch College Lecture: “Can You Commit Suicide with Tofu?:Translating American Fiction into Japanese” with Motoyuki Shibata 2:00 PM Church of the Transfiguration, 1 E. 29th St. Workshop: “Volunteering is Ageless” with Health Advocates for Older People and the Volunteer Referral Center 2:00 PM Our Lady of Peace, 237 East 67th Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 2 3:30 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Workshop: eNYPL: eBooks, Digital Images, and More 4:00 PM CUNY, Baruch College Lecture: Resonances: Contemporary Writers on the Classics 5:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Workshop: eBook Help Hour 5:00 PM Bryant Park, 42nd St. and 6th Ave. Activity: Birding Tours of Bryant Park 6:00 PM NYPL, Library for the Performing Arts Movie: screening of Fool’s Gold: California Roadtrip in an Election Year (2012) followed by discussion with filmmaker Lili White 6:30 PM CUNY, Graduate Center Lecture: Art History Education Goes Digital: The Problem (& Promise) of the Digital Image 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Lecture: "The Lenox Library: A Treasure House for Gilded-Age New York," with Sally Webster 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th St. Books & Poetry: Read My Lips by Sally Kellerman 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, Union Square Books & Poetry: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham Friday 5/3/13 8:45 AM - 6:00 PM CUNY, Graduate Center Lecture: Inventing Victorian Race 10:00 AM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Lecture: Jewish Geography in America: Who Went Where When and Why (registration required - email [email protected]) 12:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Activity: Bridge 12:00 PM CUNY, Graduate Center Books & Poetry: The 2013 Chapbook Festival 3 12:30 PM Central Park, 5th Ave. and 72nd St. Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 1:00 PM Bryant Park, 5th Ave. Terrace at 41st St. Exercise: Bryant Park Fencing 2:00 PM CUNY, Graduate Center Lecture: Carceral Aesthetics: Art and Visuality in the Era of Mass Incarceration 2:00 PM Abyssinian Towers, 50 West 131st Street Exercise: Arthritis Exercise 4:00 PM James Lenox House, 49 East 73rd Street Activity: Ballroom Dancing 5:00 PM CUNY, Graduate Center Lecture: Orientations: Female-Female Eros in Renaissance Neoplatonism with Todd Reeser 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, Union Square Books & Poetry: VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 by Mark Bittman Saturday 5/4/13 7:30 AM Central Park, W. 71st St. Activity: Central Park Bagel Bark 9:30 AM Central Park, mid-park at 97th St. Exercise: Health and Race Walking 10:00 AM Central Park Workshop: Saturday Green Team (registration required at https://app.volunteer2.com/Public/Signup?organizationGUID=f769cf6f-f21f-4dd9- 8e93-ce8ea968bfa5&signUpFormId=1&communityHubGUID=) 10:00 AM Barnes & Noble, Union Square Music: The Special Music School Bookfair 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace Exercise: Mayflower Petanque Tournament 10:15 AM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87th Street Activity: Jr. League Seminar “Listening Skills” 4 10:30 AM Central Park, mid-park at 79th St. Walking Tour: Amble Through the Ramble Tour 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Free Comic Book Day 2013 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Exercise: Sports for All: Find out What Sport is Right For You 11:00 AM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87th Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 11:00 AM Central Park, mid-park at 64th St. Activity: Chess Clinic 11:00 AM Central Park, 5th Ave. btwn 104th and 105th St. Walking Tour: Conservatory Garden Tour 12:00 PM Central Park, mid-park at 79th St. Workshop: On a Wing: Ladybugs 12:30 PM Central Park, 81st St. and Central Park West Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour 12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Movies: “Secretariat” 1:00 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Lecture: Children’s Literary Salon: Reaching the Reluctant Reader - 21st Century Techniques 2:30 PM Central Park, mid-park at 65th St. Activity: Boats, Balls, Bikes & Blades 2:30 PM NYPL, Library for the Performing Arts Movie: Film: For Heaven’s Sake (1926) 2:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Lecture: Tamara Gonzales and Sharon Butler - An Artist Dialogue Series Event 2:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Poetry to Song: An Afternoon of Russian Bard Songs and Poetry with Vasily Kolchenko 5 Sunday 5/5/13 10:00 AM Bryant Park, 5th Ave Terrace at 41st St Activity: Fly Fishing 10:00 AM Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace Activity: New York-London Challenge: Petanque Tournament 12:30 PM Central Park, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour 2:30 PM Central Park, 85th and CPW Walking Tour: Seneca Village Tour Monday 5/6/13 8:00 AM Bryant Park, 42nd St. and 6th Ave. Activity: Birding Tours of Bryant Park 10:30 AM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave. Exercise: Arthritis Exercise 11:45 AM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace Gravel across from the BP Grill Activity: Beginner French Language Class 12:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Gift Shop, Mid-park at 65th Street Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour 3:30 PM Space Science Center, 220 Henry Street Walking Tour: Museum Visit RSVP Required 212-980-1700 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th St. Books & Poetry: Burt Bacharach “Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music” 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, Union Square Books & Poetry: John Freeman “Granta 123: The Best of Young British Novelists, 4” 7:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Activity: Mixed-Bag: Story Time for Grown-Ups: Guy de Maupassant Tuesday 5/7/13 7:30 AM Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace Activity: Tai Chi 11:30 AM Bryant Park, Le Carrousel Activity: Meet the Birds 6 12:30 PM Central Park, 5th Ave. and 72nd St. Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 1:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Workshop: Access-a-Ride 2:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Movies: American Sabor on Film “From Mambo to Hip-Hop: A South Bronx Tale” 3:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Exercise: Tai Chi 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Poetry Reading and Reception 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th St. Books & Poetry: Brian Stelter “Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV” Wednesday 5/8/13 11:00 AM Fifth Ave Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55th Street Exercise: Strength and Weight Exercise 11:45 AM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace Gravel across from the BP Grill Activity: Intermediate French Language Class 12:30 PM Central Park, Belvedere Castle, mid-park at 79th Street Walking Tour: Amble Through the Ramble Tour 2:00 PM Ann Frank Museum, 44 Park Place Walking Tour: Museum Tour, RSVP Required 212-980-1700 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Workshop: Dr.