Upcoming Free Events in Senate District 26: September 2010 Courtesy of State Senator Liz Krueger Please note: This schedule is subject to change it is recommended that you call ahead to confirm these events. Wednesday 9/1/10 12:00 PM Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Frank Owens 2:00 PM Walking Tour: Waterways and Vistas Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-park at 65 th Street 212-794-4064 6:00 PM Music: John Farnsworth Quintet Thursday 9/2/10 11:30 AM Nature: Meet the Birds Bryant Park, Le Carrousel, 6 th Avenue & 42 nd Street, 212-768-4242 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Frank Owens 6:00 PM Exercise: Bryant Park Yoga Bryant Park, Southwest Corner of the Lawn, 6 th Avenue & 42 nd Street, 212-768-4242 6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Francis Morrone: 10 Architectural Walks in Manhattan Friday 9/3/10 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Frank Owens
Saturday 9/4/10 10:00 AM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 12:00 PM Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-park at 65th Street, 212-794-4064 2:00 PM Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour Sunday 9/5/10 12:00 PM Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-park at 65th Street, 212-794-4064 2:00 PM Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour Monday 9/6/10 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Ayako Shirasaki Tuesday 9/7/10 10:00 AM Exercise: Yoga Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 212-768-4242 11:30 AM Nature: Meet the Birds Bryant Park, Le Carrousel, 6 th Avenue & 42 nd Street, 212-768-4242 12:00 PM Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour Central Park The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Ayako Shirasaki 12:30 PM Books & Poetry: Jorge and Laura Posada: The Beauty of Love Barnes & Noble 555 Fifth Ave 212 697 3048
Tuesday 9/7/10 Cont d 2:00 PM Walking Tour: Waterways and Vistas Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-park at 65 th Street 212-794-4064 6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Eric Ferrara: The Lower East Side: Beyond the Melting Pot 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Terry McMilan: Getting to Happy Wednesday 9/8/10 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Ayako Shirasaki 2:00 PM Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-park at 65th Street, 212-794-4064 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Jonathan Franzen: Freedom Thursday 9/9/10 12:00 PM Walking Tour: Amble Through the Ramble Central Park: Belvedere Castle Mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Ayako Shirasak 6:00 PM Exercise: Bryant Park Yoga Bryant Park, Southwest Corner of the Lawn, 6 th Avenue & 42 nd Street, 212-768-4242 Friday 9/10/10 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Ayako Shirasaki 6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Samira Aghacy Masculine Identity CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave, Room 9206, 212-817, 7570 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Paul Harding: Tinkers
Saturday 9/11/10 10:00 AM Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour Central Park, Inside the Park on the north side of West 81st Street at Central Park West 212-772-0210 12:00 PM Walking Tour: Seneca Village Tour Central Park, Inside the Park at the southeast corner of 85th Street and Central Park West. 212-772-0210 2:00 PM Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour Sunday 9/12/10 12:00 PM Walking Tour: Amble Through the Ramble Central Park: Belvedere Castle Mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210 2:00 PM Walking Tour: A Road Once Traveled Tour Central Park, The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370 2:00 PM Movies: Good Food Monday 9/13/10 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Larry Ham 6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Vincent Cannato: American Passage: The History of Ellis Island // Tuesday 9/14/10 10:00 AM Exercise: Yoga Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 212-768-4242 11:30 AM Nature: Meet the Birds Bryant Park, Le Carrousel, 6 th Avenue & 42 nd Street, 212-768-4242 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Larry Ham
Tuesday 9/14/10 Cont d 2:00 PM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Robert Brandes Gratz: Battle for Gotham: NY in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Per Petterson: I Curse the River of Time 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Alexandra Lebenthal: The Recessionistas Wednesday 9/15/10 12:00 PM Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour Central Park, Inside the Park on the north side of West 81st Street at Central Park West 212-772-0210 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Larry Ham 2:00 PM Walking Tour: Waterways and Vistas Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-park at 65 th Street 212-794-4064 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Daphne Kalotay: Russian Winter Thursday 9/16/10 12:00 PM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 12:00 PM Lecture: Political Economy, Gender, and Hindutva in India CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave, Room 6112, 212-817-8905 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Larry Ham
Thursday 9/16/10 Cont d 6:00 PM Exercise: Bryant Park Yoga Bryant Park, Southwest Corner of the Lawn, 6 th Avenue & 42 nd Street, 212-768-4242 6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Jeff Byles: Rubble: Unearthing the History of Demolition 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Erin McHugh: Coffee, Tea, or Kool-Aid: Which Party Politics are You Swallowing // Friday 9/17/10 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Larry Ham Saturday 9/18/10 10:00 AM Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour Central Park, Inside the Park on the north side of West 81st Street at Central Park West 212-772-0210 12:00 PM Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour Central Park The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110 th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370 2:00 PM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour Sunday 9/19/10 12:00 PM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 2:00 PM Walking Tour: Amble Through the Ramble Central Park: Belvedere Castle Mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210 2:00 PM Movies: Addicted to Plastic Monday 9/20/10 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Dan Manjovi
Monday 9/20/10 Cont d 12:30 PM Books & Poetry: Nicholas Sparks: Safe Haven Barnes & Noble 555 Fifth Ave 212 697 3048 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Nick Zinner: Please Take Me Off the Guest List 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Aryn Kyle: The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway Tuesday 9/21/10 10:00 AM Exercise: Yoga Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 212-768-4242 11:30 AM Nature: Meet the Birds Bryant Park, Le Carrousel, 6 th Avenue & 42 nd Street, 212-768-4242 12:00 PM Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour Central Park, Inside the Park on the north side of West 81st Street at Central Park West 212-772-0210 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Dan Manjovi 1:00PM Music: Dixieland Jazz by the Gotham Jazzman NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142 6:00PM ******* State Senator Liz Krueger Presents: What is an Educated Citizen? Community Forum on Education************ Lighthouse International, 111 East 59 th Street, 212 490 9535 6:30 PM Panel: New York Noir: Life in the Big Apple Can Be Murder Mystery Writer panel // 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: David Rakoff & Randy Cohen: Half Empty 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Robert B. Reich: Aftershock: The Next Economy and America s Future //
Wednesday 9/22/10 12:00 PM Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour Central Park The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Dan Manjovi 1:00 PM Lecture: Know Your Rights: Welfare Hunter College, 695 Park Ave, Room 1413, 212-650-3592 2:00 PM Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour 6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Kate Ascher: The Works: Anatomy of a City 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Sara Gruen: Ape House 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Matt Burgess: Dogfight: A Love Story Thursday 9/23/10 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Dan Manjovi 1:00 PM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 6:00 PM Exercise: Bryant Park Yoga Bryant Park, Southwest Corner of the Lawn, 6 th Avenue & 42 nd Street, 212-768-4242 6:30 PM Immigrant Families in One Tenement Building Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave., 1-212-340-0833 Books & Poetry: Jane Ziegelman 97 Orchard Street: An Edible History of Five 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: William Gibson: Zero History Friday 9/24/10 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Dan Manjovi
Saturday 9/25/10 10:00 AM Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 12:00 PM Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour Central Park The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370 2:00 PM Walking Tour: Amble Through the Ramble Central Park: Belvedere Castle Mid-Park at 79th Street, 212-772-0210 Sunday 9/26/10 12:00 PM Walking Tour: Seneca Village Tour Central Park, Inside the Park at the southeast corner of 85th Street and Central Park West. 212-772-0210 Sunday 9/26/10 Cont d 2:00 PM Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour Central Park, Inside the Park on the north side of West 81st Street at Central Park West 212-772-0210 2:00 PM Movies: The Greening of a Southie Monday 9/27/10 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Kuni Mikami 12:30 PM Books & Poetry: Jimmy Carter: White House Diaries Barnes & Noble 555 Fifth Ave 212 697 3048 6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Jeffrey Kroessler: The Greater New York Sports Chronology 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: John Knowles: A Separate Peace 8:00 PM Books & Poetry: Jon Stewart: Daily Show Presents: Earth (The Book): A Visitor s Guide to the Human Race
Tuesday 9/28/10 10:00 AM Exercise: Yoga Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 212-768-4242 11:30 AM Nature: Meet the Birds Bryant Park, Le Carrousel, 6 th Avenue & 42 nd Street, 212-768-4242 12:00 PM Walking Tour: The Castle and its Kingdom Tour 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Kuni Mikami 1:00PM Music: Dixieland Jazz by the Gotham Jazzman NYPL for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza :Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium ( 212) 642-0142 Tuesday 9/28/10 Cont d 2:00 PM Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-park at 65th Street, 212-794-4064 6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Alice Sparberg Alexiou: Flatiron: The New York Landmark and the Incomparable City that Arose With It 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: Scott Spencer: Man in the Woods 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: John Prendergast: The Enough Moment: Fighting to End Africa s Worst Human Rights Crimes Wednesday 9/29/10 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Kuni Mikami 2:00 PM Walking Tour: Waterways and Vistas Central Park, Outside the Dairy Gift Shop, mid-park at 65 th Street 212-794-4064
Wednesday 9/29/10 Cont d 6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Lisa Kahane: Do Not Give Way to Evil: Photographs of the South Bronx Thursday 9/30/10 12:00 PM Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour Central Park The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 212-860-1370 12:30 PM Music: Piano in the Park: Kuni Mikami 6:00 PM Exercise: Bryant Park Yoga Bryant Park, Southwest Corner of the Lawn, 6 th Avenue & 42 nd Street, 212-768-4242 6:30 PM Books & Poetry: Gerard Koeppel: Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire 7:00 PM Books & Poetry: James Gabbe: The Universe of Union Square