Monday, March 23, 2009

Freebies-NYC-March 2009

Here's some free or almost free -- fun or useful things to do in NYC.

Please note that all of the events listed below are subject to change.

To confirm or for additional information please contact the organization directly.

March 23, 2009
10:00AM to 8:30PM

Presentations-Various Media

"Celebrating the Living Theatre" with Judith Malina

A celebration of the work of the legendary Living Theatre featuring screenings, readings, discussions, and the presentation of the Edwin Booth Award by the CUNY Doctoral Theatre Students Association.

This is a day of screenings of documentaries and Living Theatre works from 1965-present

For details & location go to:
http://www.livingtheatre.org/

March 24, 2009
2:00PM

Film

“Invitation to a Voyage: Eileen Gray, Designer and Architect” (2007)

Jörg Bundschuh, director. Profiles Irish architect and designer Eileen Gray and discusses the modernist lighting, furniture, and houses she designed in France. (52 min.).

This film is shown as part of Women's History Month.2:00 p.m., Art Study Room, Uris Center for Education.

Price: Pay-What-You-Wish admission policy
Website
www.metmuseum.org

Address & Phone
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth AvenueFifth Ave at 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028-0198
(212) 535-7710
Groups (212) 288-7733


Subways 4, 5, 6 to 86 St

Hours
Mon Closed
Tues-Thurs 9:30am-5:30pm
Fri-Sat 9:30am-9:00pm
Sun 9:30am-5:30pm

Suggested Contribution

General $10
Students/Seniors $5
12 years and under are free, when accompanied by adult.

Parking
The Met's garage is at Fifth Avenue and 80th Street and is open all the time.
If you have your ticket validated at the Uris Center Information Desk, the rates are lowered


March 25, 2009
6:30 p.m.


Fiction Forum: Mary Gaitskill


Writer Mary Gaitskill Discusses Her Work
Moderated by Jeffery Renard Allen, faculty, the Writing Program


Mary Gaitskill's books include The Man Back There: Stories (2008), Two Girls, Fat and Thin (1998), and Bad Behavoir (1989). Her novel Veronica was nominated for a National Book Award in 2005, and her book of short stories Because They Wanted To was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1998. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories (1993) and The O. Henry Prize Stories (1998). She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and teaches creative writing at Syracuse University.

Location:
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission:$5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID

Box Office Information:
In person purchases can be made at The New School Box Office at 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday-Friday 1:00-7:00 p.m. The box office opens the first day of classes and closes after the last paid event of each semester.

Reservations and inquiries can be made by emailing boxoffice@newschool.edu or calling 212.229.5488

Website: http://www.newschool.edu/eventDetail.aspx?id=26743