6:30pm

Concert: Guitarfest

The star students of master guitarists Mark Delpriora, David Leisner and David Starobin come together for a special program of guitar ensemble music spanning the centuries. In this performance, Mark Delpriora makes a cameo appearance.

6:30pm

Discussion: “Who Knows One! Profiling the Citizen/Client ”

Following on the heels of the American presidential election, this panel discussion focuses on the techniques and implications of behavioral studies, corporate ethnography, political polls and profiling by which populations are defined and segmented into distinct target groups. The panel is moderated by Victoria Hattam, chair and associate professor of Political Science at The New School for Social Research, and will bring together artists, academics and marketing experts.

7:00pm

Book Reading: Jason Del Gandio, author of “Rhetoric for Radicals”

Jason Del Gandio gives an interactive presentation about his book "Rhetoric for Radicals: A Handbook for Twenty-First Century Activists," which posits that activism, organizing for social change, public perception, and revolutionary swarming the streets have a common thread in the use of rhetoric.

7:30pm

Jazz: Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto performs from his CD,

Famed Brazilian pianist, flutist, and composer Jovino Santos Nero Quintero will perform selections from the album Canto do Rio.

7:30pm

Concert: Mozart and Haydn in intimate setting

Program:
Mozart Concerto in C Major #13, K. 415
Mozart Concerto in A Major #12, K. 414
Roumi Petrova String Quartet #6 (1970) (World Premiere)
Haydn Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVII, #11

Presented under the patronage of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture.

The program is performed by THE FORTE STRING QUARTET (Mikhail Kuchuk and Alexander Abayev, violins; Krasi Ivanov, viola; Kalin Ivanov, cello) with guest pianist DIDIER CASTELL-JACOMIN

THE FORTE STRING QUARTET was founded in 1990 and is currently comprised of award-winning artists originally trained in the classic schools of old Ukraine and Bulgaria. Each of THE FORTE STRING QUARTET members emigrated to other parts of the world to study with noted teachers and perform with ensembles and orchestras in Odessa, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, France, U.K., South Africa, and the U.S.

8:00pm

Theater: Federico Garcia Lorca's “As Five Years Pass”

The drama is both the most intimate and most ambitious play by Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936), the Spanish poet and playwright whose impact on world poetry and theatre has been immense.

Begun in New York in 1929 and finished in Lorca's home town of Granada on August 19, 1931, it is the fruit of his quest to write the "theatre of tomorrow" (strangely, he was shot to death near Granada on August 19, 1936, once precisely five years had passed).

Though it was condensed into a ballet (with music by Paul Bowles, for Merce Cunningham) in 1943 and was a great success as a radio play in France, only now is the theatre coming to claim this remarkable work for its own.

The plot outline is as archetypal as a fairy tale's: a Young Man goes to claim his young bride. He had agreed--or demanded--to wait five years to marry her, and at last the time is up. He arrives at her house only to find that she has [fallen in love] with a large and brutal Football Player, who does nothing but squeeze her and blow cigar smoke in her face. Heartbroken, the Young Man wanders home through a forest and a circus, taunted on his way by a Clown, a Harlequin and a girl.

Lorca once called the work "a mystery play about time, in prose and verse." The structure is circular, beginning and ending in the Young Man's library. Echoes double voices and clock chimes, but it is clear that no time has passed during the entire course of the play's action, making all that has transpired take on the character of the Young Man's dream.

2:00pm
to 3:30pm

Tour: Union Square: Crossroads of New York

The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community.

You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more!

3:00pm

Dance Performance: The Polish American Folk Dance Company

The Polish American Folk Dance Company presents authentic and energetic performances of Polish folk songs and dances for all ages.

5:00pm

Book Signing: “Magic” Johnson signs copies of his book, “32 Ways To Be a Champion in Business”

6:00pm
to 8:00pm

Opening Reception: “M/M (Paris): Just Like an Ant Walking on the Edge of the Visible”

The first U.S. museum exhibition devoted to the work of Paris-based designers M/M (Paris). Founded in 1992 by Mathias Augustyniak and Michaël Amzalag, M/M (Paris) works at the intersection of art, commerce, and design.

8:00pm
to 9:30pm

Workshop: Argentine Tango - Absolute Beginners' Workshop

Learn the world's most romantic dance. No experience, partner or advance registration required. Come as you are, and come have a good time!

8:30pm

Concert: Mozart and Haydn at Weill Recital Hall a Carnegie Hall

Program:
Mozart Concerto in C Major #13, K. 415
Mozart Concerto in A Major #12, K. 414
Roumi Petrova String Quartet #6 (1970) (World Premiere)
Haydn Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVII, #11

Presented under the patronage of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture.

The program is performed by THE FORTE STRING QUARTET (Mikhail Kuchuk and Alexander Abayev, violins; Krasi Ivanov, viola; Kalin Ivanov, cello) with guest pianist DIDIER CASTELL-JACOMIN

THE FORTE STRING QUARTET was founded in 1990 and is currently comprised of award-winning artists originally trained in the classic schools of old Ukraine and Bulgaria. Each of THE FORTE STRING QUARTET members emigrated to other parts of the world to study with noted teachers and perform with ensembles and orchestras in Odessa, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, France, U.K., South Africa, and the U.S.

2:00pm

Tour: Styvesant Square/Gramarcy Park: Islands of Gentility

Highlights: Statue of Edwin Booth, The Players Club, the home where Actor John Garfield died, Pete’s Tavern, the former home of painter George Bellows and More!

2:00pm

Tour: Islands of Gentility: Styvesant Square/Gramercy Park

Highlights: Statue of Edwin Booth, The Players Club, the home where Actor John Garfield died, Pete’s Tavern, the former home of painter George Bellows and More.

5:00pm

Concert: Bach Vespers

Program:
J.S. Bach Cantata 140 – Wachet auf!
Max Reger O Herr Wachet auf, Op. 52, No. 2.
Michael Bach Herr, ich warte auf dein Heil

With the Bach Choir, Soprano Jennifer Bates, Tenor John Kawa, Bass Joe Damon Chappel, the Bach Players (on Baroque period instruments), Concertmaster Peter Kupfer; under the direction of Cantor Rick Erickson.

Bach Vespers is currently in its 41st Season featuring renderings of the cantatas of J.S. Bach on their appropriate Liturgical Sundays

8:00pm

Jazz: Trio (reeds, cello, drums) and an open session

-Riwik Banerji reeds, Hamilton Berry cello, and Jordan Paul drums; - An Open Session

6:30pm

Lecture: New York for the Holidays

H.R. Britton and his professional storytellers share their most memorable stories of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Hanukkah in the City. From turkeys locked in ovens to nights spent at La Guardia, they’ll recount tales that could only take place around the holidays. You probably have your own unforgettable story of drunken aunts, snowstorms, or football games in the street – if it’s three minutes or less, come down and share.

The professional storytellers sharing the stage include:
DJ Hazard
Ten years of Commercial Art, Theater and Rock Bands brought DJ Hazard to the comedy stage. A founding member of the infamous Ding Ho Club, Hazard went on to tour nearly all of North America, achieving near cult status along the way.

Michele Carlo
Michele Carlo is a frequent contributor to NYC's storytelling community, appearing with The Moth (two-time Grandslammer and MainStage), Speakeasy, TalkingStick, The L.I.A.R. Show and her own show, It Came From New York.

Ophira Eisenberg
A MAC (Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets) Award Finalist for Best Female Comic, Ophira Eisenberg has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and Fresh Faces of Comedy, VH-1's Best Week Ever and All Access, E! Channel, the Oxygen Network, and the Discovery Channel.

Margot Leitman
Margot’s off beat, brutally honest, fearless comedy has earned her two ECNY “Best Female Stand Up” nominations and the “Joke of the Week” in Time Out New York.

6:30pm
to 8:00pm

Discussion: The City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and Premonitions of New York's Destruction

At each stage of New York's development over the past century, visions of how the city would be demolished, blown up, swallowed by the sea, or toppled by monsters have proliferated in films and science fiction novels, photography, painting, graphic arts, television advertisements, postcards, cartoons, and computer software. In a project begun well before September 11, but given a new importance in its wake, Max Page, Professor of Art History, University of Massachusetts–Amherst, seeks to offer a critical historical perspective to our understanding of the recent disaster.

7:00pm

Theater: “HILLARY: A Modern Greek Tragedy With a (Somewhat) Happy Ending”

Mia Barron, last seen on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-winning Best Play The Coast of Utopia, and stage and television's Darren Pettie will head up the eight-member cast as Hillary and Bill Clinton.

Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love, have been at war since time immemorial. When a young girl named Hillary Rodham devotes herself to Athena alone-spurning romance, makeup, and attractive hairstyles-Aphrodite takes revenge by having her fall in love with a man of mythical charm and appetites: Bill Clinton.

Directed by Julie Kramer.

Monday night performances and Wednesday, November 26 are "pay-what-you-will" (at the door only), while it costs $20 on Wed.-Sun.

1:15pm
to 1:50pm

Concert: BaroQue Across the River ensemble host an 18th-century "coffee break"

Selections from a well-known favorite, J. S. Bach's "Coffee Cantata" (BWV 211), as well as the delightful lesser-known cantata "Le Café" by Nicolas Bernier.

Featuring co-directors Michèle Eaton, soprano and Kathy McDonald, baroque flute; also with Lisa Terry, viola da gamba and Dongsok Shin, harpsichord.

8:00pm

Theater: “HILLARY: A Modern Greek Tragedy With a (Somewhat) Happy Ending”

Mia Barron, last seen on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-winning Best Play The Coast of Utopia, and stage and television's Darren Pettie will head up the eight-member cast as Hillary and Bill Clinton.

Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love, have been at war since time immemorial. When a young girl named Hillary Rodham devotes herself to Athena alone-spurning romance, makeup, and attractive hairstyles-Aphrodite takes revenge by having her fall in love with a man of mythical charm and appetites: Bill Clinton.

Directed by Julie Kramer.

Monday night performances and Wednesday, November 26 are "pay-what-you-will" (at the door only), while it costs $20 on Wed.-Sun.

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of free entertainment throughout Manhattan,

on concerts and performances,

such as concerts and discussions,
and more!...