Upcoming Free Events in Senate District 26: October 2012 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. Monday 10/1/12 10:30 AM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave Exercise: Arthritis Exercise Program 12:30 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace 212-382-2255 Music: Piano in the Park with Ayako Shirasaki 12:30 PM Central Park, Belvedere Castle 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: Castle and its Kingdom Tour 3:00 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street Workshop: Kindle Books @ NYPL 6:00 PM NYPL, Library for the Performing Arts Books & Poetry: Stephen Michael Shearer “Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life” 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library News: Vanita Gupta, ACLU “Criminal Injustice in America: Breaking Our Addiction to Incarceration” 6:30 PM The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue 212-817-2005 Workshop: Writing Feminism: From Redstockings to Occupy 1 Tuesday 10/2/12 12:00 PM NYPL, Library for the Performing Arts Music: Dixieland Jazz with Gotham Jazzmen 12:30 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace 212-382-2255 Music: Piano in the Park with Ayako Shirasaki 12:30 PM Central Park, Samuel F. B. Morse Statue Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 1:00 PM Bryant Park, Fifth Avenue Entrance at 41st Street Activity: Fencing 3:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Exercise: Tai Chi 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Workshop: Basic Chinese Conversation – Level 2 8:30 PM Barnes & Noble, Union Square, 33 East 17th Street 212-253-0810 Books & Poetry: Stephen Colbert “America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren’t” 2 Wednesday 10/3/12 11:00 AM Fifth Avenue Presbyterian, 7 West 55th Street & Fifth Avenue Exercise: Strength and Weight Exercise Class 12:00 PM Fifth Avenue Presbyterian, 7 West 55th Street & Fifth Avenue Exercise: Zumba 12:30 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace 212-382-2255 Music: Piano in the Park with Ayako Shirasaki 12:30 PM Central Park, The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour 6:00 PM Bryant Park, The tables in the 42nd Street Allee Activity: Ping Pong Tournament 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Paul Schilperoord “The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz: the Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler’s Volkswagen” 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Da Chen “My Last Empress” 3 Thursday 10/4/12 8:00 AM Bryant Park, 42nd Street and 6th Ave Activity: Birding Tour through Bryant Park 10:30 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Exercise: Alexander Technique 12:30 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace 212-382-2255 Music: Piano in the Park with Ayako Shirasaki 12:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Gift Shop Walking Tour: The Art of the Park Tour 1:30 PM Temple Emanu-El, One East 65th Street Activity: Senator Liz Krueger’s 6th Annual Senior Resource Fair 2:00 PM Our Lady of Peace, 237 East 62nd Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 6:00 PM NYPL, Library for the Performing Arts Theater: “Jerry Lee Lewis: He Makes Me Laugh” 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Deborah Feldman “Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots” 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: “Obama’s America: A Transformative Vision of Our National Identity” 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, Union Square, 33 East 17th Street 212-253-0810 Books & Poetry: Ralph Nader “The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas for Our American Future” 4 Friday 10/5/12 12:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Activity: Bridge 12:30 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace 212-382-2255 Music: Piano in the Park with Ayako Shirasaki 12:30 PM Central Park, W81st and CPW 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour 1:00 PM Abyssinian Towers, 50 West 131st Street Exercise: Arthritis Exercise 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Will Schwalbe “The End of Your Life Book Club” 5 Saturday 10/6/12 10:15 AM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87th Street Workshop: Jr. League Seminar “Problem Solving and Decision Making” 10:30 AM Central Park, Belvedere Castle 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: Castle and its Kingdom Tour 11:00 AM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87th Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 11:00 AM Central Park, Chess & Checkers House @ 64th St 212-772-0210 Activity: Chess Clinic 11:00 AM Central Park, Vanderbilt Gate Walking Tour: Conservatory Garden Tour 12:30 PM Central Park, 85th and CPW Walking Tour: Seneca Village Tour 12:30 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Movies: “Fireflies in the Garden” 1:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-371-9306 Books & Poetry: The Dickens Fellowship “Oliver Twist” 2:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Gift Shop Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour 6:00 PM NYPL, Library for the Performing Arts Movies: “Mr. Laurel & Mr. Barrymore…” Sunday 10/7/12 12:30 PM Central Park, The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour 2:00 PM Central Park, North Meadow Recreation Center (mid-park @ 97th Street) Workshop: Self Defense Class for Seniors 2:30 PM Central Park, W81st and CPW 212-772-0210 Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour 6 Monday 10/8/12 12:30 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace 212-382-2255 Music: Jazz Musician Jon Weber 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-369-2180 Music: Betty Buckley Tuesday 10/9/12 12:00 PM NYPL, Library for the Performing Arts Music: Dixieland Jazz with Gotham Jazzmen 12:30 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace 212-382-2255 Music: Jazz Musician Jon Weber 12:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Gift Shop Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour 1:00 PM Bryant Park, Fifth Avenue Entrance at 41st Street Activity: Fencing 1:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Workshop: Jane Rusoff “Senior Finances” 3:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Exercise: Tai Chi 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Laurence Gonzales “Surviving Survival: The Art and Science of Resilience” 7:00 PM Hunter College, 695 Park Ave 212-772-5020 Books & Poetry: Joyce Carol Oates 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-369-2180 Activity: Knitting Group 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Dennis Lehane “Live by Night” 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, Union Square, 33 East 17th Street 212-253-0810 Books & Poetry: Pete Townsend “Who I Am” 7 Wednesday 10/10/12 10:00 AM Union Square Park, South Plaza Activity: GrowNYC presents New Green City 2012 11:00 AM Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55th Street Exercise: Strength and Weight Exercise 12:00 PM Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55th Street Exercise: Zumba 12:30 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace 212-382-2255 Music: Jazz Musician Jon Weber 12:30 PM Central Park, The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center Walking Tour: A Road Once Traveled Tour 3:15 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street Workshop: Introduction to Computers 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Daniel R. Schwarz “Endtimes? Crises and Turmoil at the New York Times, 1999-2009” 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: William J. Mann “Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbara Streisand” 8 Thursday 10/11/12 8:00 AM Bryant Park, 42nd Street and 6th Ave Activity: Birding Tour through Bryant Park 10:30 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Exercise: Alexander Technique 12:30 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace 212-382-2255 Music: Jazz Musician Jon Weber 12:30 PM Central Park, Samuel F. B. Morse Statue Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 1:00 PM The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue 212-817-8607 Music: Violinist Rolf Schulte and Pianist Ran Dank 2:00 PM Our Lady of Peace, 237 East 62nd Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Clifford S. Pukel, MD “Can Cancer ever be Cured or Prevented?” 6:30 PM The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue 212-817-2005 Books & Poetry: Warhol’s Orbit: Three Writers, Thirty Years 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Susan Kushner Resnick “You Saved Me, Too: What a Holocaust Survivor Taught Me About Living, Dying, Fighting, Loving and Swearing in Yiddish” 7:00 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street Books & Poetry: John Tresch in conversation with Simon Crichtley 9 Friday 10/12/12 12:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Activity: Bridge 12:30 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace 212-382-2255 Music: Jazz Musician Jon Weber 12:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Gift Shop Walking Tour: The Art of the Park Tour 1:00 PM Abyssinian Towers, 50 West 131st Street Exercise: Arthritis Exercise 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Susan Isaacs “Goldberg Variations” Saturday 10/13/12 10:15 AM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87th Street Workshop: Jr.