November 4, 2009

The United States Olympic Committee

Celebrate 100 Days To Vancouver Games

11:00 AM

Rockefeller Plaza, Between 49th and 50th Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues, Manhattan

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and presenting sponsor Hilton Worldwide will kick-off the 100 day countdown to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, with an all-day winter sports festival in Rockefeller Center.

FREE For more information, please call

(212) 843-8271

www.teamusa.org

Midtown Concerts

La Follia Barocca: Italian Concertos

1:15 PM

St. Bartholomew's Church), Park Avenue and 51st Street, Manhattan

La Follia Barocca will perform Concerto Grosso #12, “La Follia” by Francesco Geminiani; Cello Concerto in D by Nicolo’ Fiorenza; Violin Concerto in D “La Lingua de Sant’Antonio” by Antonio Vivaldi; and Concerto Grosso op. 1 #5 in D major by Pietro Antonio Locatelli.

FREE For more information, please call

(212) 967-9157 or visit

www.midtownconcerts.org

*Queens Museum of Art

Studio Art Series: Painted Paper Collage

2:00 PM

Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens

In this workshop for seniors, participants use acrylic paints to prepare colored and textured papers that they will then tear in order to create collaged paintings. The Studio Art Series is led by Lorraine Klagsbrun.

FREE For more information, please call

(718) 592-9700 ext. 130 or visit

www.QueensMuseum.org

NTDTV

2009 Chinese International Photography Competition Exhibit

6:30 PM

Calumet Photographic’s HP Gallery, 2nd Floor, 22 West 22nd Street, Manhattan

120 winning photographs in three categories – News and Global Events/Society, Humanity/Nature and Landscapes – go on display at Calumet Photo for 3½ weeks starting November 4. Judged based on traditional aesthetic criteria, the competition presents beauty and grace in a way that is accessible to casual observers and photo experts alike.

FREE For more information, please call

(646) 736-2988 or visit

photo.ntdtv.com

Museum of the City of New York

Creating an Alternative Art World

6:30 PM

Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, At 104th Street, Manhattan

Join Irving Sandler, Lynda Caspe, Lois Dodd, Daria Dorosh and Phong Bui for a conversation about the past, present and future of artist-run galleries and alternative art spaces in New York.

Admission: $12 non-members; $8 students and seniors; $6 Museum members. Reservations are required. To reserve a spot, please call

(917) 492-3395 or visit

www.mcny.org/public-programs

The CUNY Graduate Center

The Audre Lorde/Essex Hemphill Memorial Lecture

7:00 PM

365 Fifth Avenue, At 34th Street, The Skylight Room (9100), Manhattan

Inaugurated by Hortense Spillers, the Lorde/Hemphill lecture is meant to commemorate the lives of the American poets, Audre Lorde (1934 -1992) and Essex Hemphill (1957 -1995). Both Lorde and Hemphill were particularly important for the development of distinctive forms of writing among American poets.

FREE For more information, please call

(212) 817-2005 or visit

www.centerforthehumanitiesgc.org

Roy Arias Theatre

The Robot from Recyclandia

7:00 PM

300 West 43rd Street, 5th Floor, Manhattan

A robot from outer space comes to Earth and produces a reality TV show. But this robot is really on a secret mission to judge humanity and if humans fail the test, he'll exterminate man. The robot observes six people from the Bronx projects who will represent humanity. Will man survive? Is the apocalypse coming? What is the robot's final answer?

Tickets: $10 general admission. For more information, please call

(818) 642-6294 or visit

www.AldoPisano.com

BRIC Rotunda Gallery

Opening reception for Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form

7:00 PM

33 Clinton Street, Brooklyn

Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form is a proposition for the theological aesthetic in contemporary art. Highlights the work of six Brooklyn artists who incorporate a variety of media to abstract the ideology of religious devotion.

FREE For more information, please visit

www.bricartsmedia.org/events/revelatory-tension-op