Upcoming Free Events in Senate District 26: December 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 liz@lizkrueger.com, 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.

Saturday 12/1/12 10:15 AM St. Josephs Church, 404 East 87th Street Workshop: Jr. League Seminar Depression 11:00 AM St. Josephs Church, 404 East 87th Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Movies: A Thousand Words 12:30 PM Central Park, Samuel F. B. Morse Statue (Fifth Ave @ 72nd Street) Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 2:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Gift Shop (mid-Park @ 65th Street) Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour 2:30 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Music: Haul Out the Holly

Sunday 12/2/12 12:30 PM Central Park, Belvedere Castle (mid-Park @ 79th Street) Walking Tour: Amble Through the Ramble Tour 1:00 PM Bryant Park, Le Carrousel Magique Activity: Le Carrousel Magique with Chris Capehart 1:30 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Music: NY Opera Forum Presents Mozarts Die Zauberflote 2:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Movies: Holiday Films The Man Who Came to Dinner 2:30 PM Central Park, West 81st and Central Park West Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour 4:30 PM Central Park, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (110th Street) Activity: Holiday Tree Lighting in Central Park 5:00 PM Carl Schurz Park, 86th Street Mall at East End Avenue Activity: Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony

Monday 12/3/12 10:30 AM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave. Exercise: Arthritis Exercise Program 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 1:15 PM NYPL, Science, Industry and Business Library Lecture: Social Security: How it will Fit in your Retirement 2:00 PM Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street RSVP Required: 212-980-1700 Walking Tour: Guided Tour of the Exhibition (organized through Health Advocates for Older People) 2:30 PM Central Park, Belvedere Castle (mid-Park @ 79th Street) Walking Tour: Castle and Its Kingdom Tour 3:00 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Fifth Avenue @ 42 nd Street) Workshop: Kindle Books @ NYPL 6:00 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Theater: Sounds Like Love 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Margaret Cuomo A World without Cancer: The Making of a New Cure and the Real Promise of Prevention

Tuesday 12/4/12 12:00 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Music: Toe-Tappin Tuesdays Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM Central Park, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (110th Street) Walking Tour: A Road Once Traveled Tour 12:30 PM Barnes & Noble, Fifth Avenue, 555 Fifth Ave 212-697-3048 Books & Poetry: Gabby Douglas Grace, Gold and Glory: My Leap of Faith 1:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Lecture: Living Comfortably and Safely at Home: Fall Prevention with NY Department for the Aging 3:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Exercise: Tai Chi 5:30 PM Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace Activity: Juggling 6:30 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Lecture: TransDance 2012 Body Documents from 1960s Reda Troupe Dance 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Ellen Noonan The Strange Career of Porgy and Bess: Race, Culture and Americas Most Famous Opera 7:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Mixed Bag PM: Story Time for Grownups 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Corey Olsen Exploring J. R. R. Tolkiens The Hobbit 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, Union Square, 33 East 17th Street 212-253-0810 Books & Poetry: Rachael Ray My Year in Meals

Wednesday 12/5/12 11:00 AM Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55th Street Exercise: Strength and Weight Exercise 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM Central Park, Belvedere Castle (mid-Park @ 79th Street) Walking Tour: Castle and Its Kingdom Tour 1:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Mixed Bag: Story Time for Grownups 6:00 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Fifth Avenue @ 42 nd Street) Books & Poetry: Theater and the Politics of Style in Great Expectations 6:30 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Lecture: TransDance 2012 Egypt Dances 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Joshua L. Gleis Hezbollah and Hamas: A Comparative Study 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, Union Square, 33 East 17th Street 212-253-0810 Books & Poetry: Tyler Florence Tyler Florence Fresh

Thursday 12/6/12 10:30 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Exercise: Alexander Technique 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Visitor Center (mid-Park @ 65th Street) Walking Tour: Art of the Park Tour 2:00 PM Our Lady of Peace, 237 East 62nd Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 6:00 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Music: Forgotten Melodies: The Songs of Claude Debussy (II) 6:00 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Books & Poetry: Meet the Scholar: Author Adam Abraham 6:15 PM NYPL, Science, Industry and Business Library Lecture: Investing in Stocks: The Basics 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, Union Square, 33 East 17th Street 212-253-0810 Books & Poetry: Michael Connelly The Black Box

Friday 12/7/12 12:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Activity: Bridge 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM Central Park, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (110th Street) Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour 1:00 PM Abyssinian Towers, 50 West 131st Street Exercise: Arthritis Exercise

Saturday 12/8/12 10:15 AM St. Josephs Church, 404 East 87th Street Workshop: Jr. League Seminar Vision 11:00 AM St. Josephs Church, 404 East 87th Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Movies: Joyful Noise 12:30 PM Central Park, West 81st and Central Park West Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour 2:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Music: One Ring Zero 2:30 PM Central Park, Jose Marti Statue (6th Ave & Central Park South) Walking Tour: Exploring Hallett and the Pond Tour 2:30 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Music: The Musical Parlor of Emily Dickinson

Sunday 12/9/12 12:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Gift Shop (mid-Park @ 65th Street) Activity: Boats, Balls, Bikes & Blades 1:00 PM Bryant Park, Le Carrousel Activity: Le Carrousel Magique with Ben Nemzer 2:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Movies: Holiday Films Meet Me in St. Louis 2:00 PM Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Auditorium, 331 E. 70th Street Theater: Second Sundays Performance Series Action Racket Theatre: Tailored Tales Radio Plays 2:30 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Music: Holiday Songbook

Monday 12/10/12 10:30 AM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave. Exercise: Arthritis Exercise Program 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Lecture: Downsizing Seminar 12:30 PM Central Park, 85th and CPW Walking Tour: Seneca Village Tour Human Rights Day Special! 12:30 PM New York Classical Theater, One Liberty Plaza (165 Broadway) Theater: A (15-Min!) Christmas Carol adapted from the work of Charles Dickens 1:15 PM New York Classical Theater, One Liberty Plaza (165 Broadway) Theater: A (15-Min!) Christmas Carol adapted from the work of Charles Dickens 2:30 PM Central Park, 85th and CPW Walking Tour: Seneca Village Tour Human Rights Day Special! 3:00 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Fifth Avenue @ 42 nd Street) Workshop: E-Books for Smart Phones and Tablets @ NYPL 7:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Movies: Soul Food Junkies

Tuesday 12/11/12 12:00 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Music: Toe-Tappin Tuesdays Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM Central Park, West 81st and Central Park West Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour 1:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88th Street RSVP Required: 212-980-1700 Activity: Holiday Party 3:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Exercise: Tai Chi 5:30 PM Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace Activity: Juggling 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Alex MacLean Up on the Roof 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, Union Square, 33 East 17th Street 212-253-0810 Books & Poetry: Ina Garten Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust 7:00 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Fifth Avenue @ 42 nd Street) Books & Poetry: Lunch Stories with Ian Frazier, Karen Russell, Danny Meyer and Molly ONeill

Wednesday 12/12/12 11:00 AM Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55th Street Exercise: Strength and Weight Exercise 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Visitor Center (mid-Park @ 65th Street) Walking Tour: Art of the Park Tour 12:30 PM New York Classical Theater, One Liberty Plaza (165 Broadway) Theater: A (15-Min!) Christmas Carol adapted from the work of Charles Dickens 1:15 PM New York Classical Theater, One Liberty Plaza (165 Broadway) Theater: A (15-Min!) Christmas Carol adapted from the work of Charles Dickens 1:30 PM NYPL Main Branch, fifth Ave @ 42nd Street RSVP Required: 212-980-1700 Walking Tour: Lunch Break A Guided Tour of the Librarys Popular Exhibition 3:00 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Fifth Avenue @ 42 nd Street) Workshop: Old Books, Rare Books: Learning About the Value of Your Books 6:00 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Fifth Avenue @ 42 nd Street) Books & Poetry: Dickens, Scrooge and Autobiography 7:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Mixed Bag PM: Story Time for Grownups

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Thursday 12/13/12 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 1:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Exercise: Reiki II 2:00 PM Our Lady of Peace, 237 East 62nd Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 6:00 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Music: DREAM/CAGE 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Sarah Murray Making an Exit: From the Magnificent to the Macabre How We Dignify the Dead 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Two Graves(Special Agent Prendergast Series #12)

Friday 12/14/12 12:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Activity: Bridge 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM New York Classical Theater, One Liberty Plaza (165 Broadway) Theater: A (15-Min!) Christmas Carol adapted from the work of Charles Dickens 1:00 PM Abyssinian Towers, 50 West 131st Street Exercise: Arthritis Exercise 1:15 PM New York Classical Theater, One Liberty Plaza (165 Broadway) Theater: A (15-Min!) Christmas Carol adapted from the work of Charles Dickens 1:15 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Fifth Avenue @ 42 nd Street) Workshop: Out of the Blacking Factory

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Saturday 12/15/12 10:00 AM Carl Schurz Park, 86th Street Mall at East End Avenue Activity: Volunteer Gardening 10:15 AM St. Josephs Church, 404 East 87th Street Workshop: Jr. League Seminar Pain Management 11:00 AM St. Josephs Church, 404 East 87th Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 12:30 PM Central Park, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (110th Street) Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour 12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Movies: Seven Days in Utopia 2:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Gift Shop (mid-Park @ 65th Street) Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour 2:30 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Music: Colleagues in Concert

Sunday 12/16/12 12:30 PM Central Park, Samuel F. B. Morse Statue (Fifth Ave & 72nd Street) Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 1:00 PM St. Thomas, 1 West 53rd Street at Fifth Avenue Activity: Christmas Pageant 1:00 PM Bryant Park, Le Carrousel Activity: Le Carrousel Magique with Justin the Magician 2:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Movies: Holiday Films Christmas in Connecticut 2:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Visitor Center (mid-Park @ 65th Street) Walking Tour: Art of the Park Tour 2:30 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Music: Deck the Halls 5:00 PM Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Avenue at 90th Street Music: Lessons in Christmas Carols 12

Monday 12/17/12 10:30 AM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave. Exercise: Arthritis Exercise Program 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM Central Park, Belvedere Castle Tour (mid-Park @ 79th Street) Walking Tour: Amble Through the Ramble Tour 3:00 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Fifth Avenue @ 42 nd Street) Workshop: E-Books for Nooks @ NYPL 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, Union Square, 33 East 17th Street 212-253-0810 Music: Polyphonic Spree Holiday Dream

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Tuesday 12/18/12 12:00 PM NYPL, Library of the Performing Arts Music: Toe-Tappin Tuesdays Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM New York Classical Theater, World Financial Center (220 Vesey Street) Theater: A (15-Min!) Christmas Carol adapted from the work of Charles Dickens 1:15 PM New York Classical Theater, World Financial Center (220 Vesey Street) Theater: A (15-Min!) Christmas Carol adapted from the work of Charles Dickens 1:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Activity: Travelogue 3:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Exercise: Tai Chi 5:30 PM Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace Activity: Juggling 6:00 PM NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Fifth Avenue @ 42 nd Street) Books & Poetry: Dickens and the Criminal Mind 7:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Dickens @ the Library: Dramatic Reading of A Christmas Carol with the Fiends of dickens New York

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Wednesday 12/19/12 11:00 AM Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55th Street Exercise: Strength and Weight Exercise 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:00 PM St. Thomas, 1 West 53rd Street at Fifth Avenue Music: Lessons in Christmas Carols 12:30 PM Central Park, Samuel F. B. Morse Statue (Fifth Ave & 72nd Street) Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 12:30 PM New York Classical Theater, World Financial Center (220 Vesey Street) Theater: A (15-Min!) Christmas Carol adapted from the work of Charles Dickens 1:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Mixed Bag: Story Time for Grownups 1:15 PM New York Classical Theater, World Financial Center (220 Vesey Street) Theater: A (15-Min!) Christmas Carol adapted from the work of Charles Dickens 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Sandy Miller Unexpected New York

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Thursday 12/20/12 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM Central Park, W 81st & CPW Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour 12:30 PM New York Classical Theater, World Financial Center (220 Vesey Street) Theater: A (15-Min!) Christmas Carol adapted from the work of Charles Dickens 1:15 PM New York Classical Theater, World Financial Center (220 Vesey Street) Theater: A (15-Min!) Christmas Carol adapted from the work of Charles Dickens 2:00 PM Our Lady of Peace, 237 East 62nd Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Rich Cohen The Fish that Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of Americas Banana King

Friday 12/21/12 12:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Activity: Bridge 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 6:00 PM Central Park, Belvedere Castle (mid-Park @ 79th Street) Activity: Winter Solstice Stargazing

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Saturday 12/22/12 11:00 AM St. Josephs Church, 404 East 87th Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 12:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Visitor Center (mid-Park @ 65th Street) Walking Tour: Art of the Park Tour 12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Movies: A Separation 2:30 PM Central Park, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (110th Street) Walking Tour: A Road Once Traveled Tour 4:00 PM St. Thomas, 1 West 53rd Street at Fifth Avenue Music: Lessons in Christmas Carols

Sunday 12/23/12 12:30 PM Central Park, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (110th Street) Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour 2:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Movies: Holiday Films The Miracle on 34th Street 2:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Gift Shop (mid-Park @ 65th Street) Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour 4:00 PM St. Thomas, 1 West 53rd Street at Fifth Avenue Music: Lessons in Christmas Carols

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Monday 12/24/12 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM Central Park, Belvedere Castle (mid-Park @ 79th Street) Walking Tour: Castle and Its Kingdom Tour 3:30 PM Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Avenue at 90th Street Activity: Christmas Eve Pageant 4:00 PM St. Thomas, 1 West 53rd Street at Fifth Avenue Music: Lessons in Christmas Carols 5:00 PM Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Avenue at 90th Street Activity: Christmas Eve Pageant

Tuesday 12/25/12 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM Central Park, Samuel F. B. Morse Statue (Fifth Ave @ 72nd Street) Walking Tour: Cross Park Promenade Tour 2:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Gift Shop (mid-Park @ 65th Street) Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour 5:30 PM Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace Activity: Juggling

Wednesday 12/26/12 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 12:30 PM Central Park, Dairy Gift Shop (mid-Park @ 65th Street) Walking Tour: Views from the Past Tour 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Jeremy Waldron the Harm in Hate Speech

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Thursday 12/27/12 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 2:00 PM Our Lady of Peace, 237 East 62nd Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 6:30 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Books & Poetry: Stephen A. Welles Disco Journey: Take a Journey Back in Time

Friday 12/28/12 12:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Activity: Bridge 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling 7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, 86th and Lexington, 212-369-2180 Books & Poetry: Friday Night Book Group Madame Bovary

Saturday 12/29/12 11:00 AM St. Josephs Church, 404 East 87th Street Exercise: Chair Yoga 12:30 PM Central Park, 85th Street & CPW Walking Tour: Seneca Village Tour 12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th Street Movies: We Bought a Zoo 2:30 PM Central Park, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (110th Street) Walking Tour: Manhattan Adirondacks Tour

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Sunday 12/30/12 12:30 PM Central Park, W 81st & CPW Walking Tour: West Side Stories Tour 2:00 PM NYPL, Mid-Manhattan Library Movies: Holiday Films White Christmas 2:30 PM Central Park, Belvedere Castle (mid-Park @ 79th Street) Walking Tour: Castle and Its Kingdom Tour

Monday 12/31/12 12:00 PM Bryant Park, 40th Street Plaza Activity: Juggling

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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