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Events and Ceremonies Commemorating 9/11 - An Hourly Schedule
The events are color-coded, so that you can find the type of commemoration
you are looking for.
Official city ceremonies are blue
Concerts, films and plays are purple
Conferences, talks and panel discussions are green
Religious services, vigils and demonstrations are red
Other commemorations and miscellaneous events are white.
8:00 AM
Official city ceremonies are blue,
Concerts, films and plays are purple,
Conferences, talks and panel discussions are green,
Religious services, vigils and demonstrations are
red,
Other commemorations and miscellaneous events are white
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In the official city ceremony, bagpipe processions
from each of the five boroughs will converge at Ground
Zero and descend the ramp. At 8:46, the time that the
first tower was hit, Mayor Bloomberg will call for a
moment of silence. This will be followed by several
readings, with Gov. George Pataki reading the Gettysburg
address.
Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will then start the reading
of the names of all victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Those readings will be continued by family members and
others. The ceremony will continue until 10:29 A.M.,
when houses of worship across the nation are being asked
to toll their bells. After the ceremony, families of
the victims will be allowed to descend the ramp for
the first time into the lower level of the Trade Center
site and place a rose in a vase there. |
One Year After 9/11
This conference about the physical, mental and environmental health
consequences of September 11 includes experts like Dr. Tom Frieden, commissioner
of the New York City Department of Health, Dr. Philip Landrigan from the
Mount Sinai School of Medicine and David Vlahov from the
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies.
Time: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street
Admission: $25 general public; $15 for academy fellows and New York City Department of Health; free for students
Contact: (212) 822-7200 |
"Celebrate America's Freedoms"
Continental breakfast with Flushing Council on Culture and
the Arts.
Time: 8:00 AM
Location: Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing.
Admission: Free
Contact: (718) 463-7700
New York University Commemorates 9/11
Ceremony of Remembrance.
Time: 8:30 AM
Location: Gould Plaza, 44 W. Fourth St.
Contact: (212) 998-6840
One Year Later: An Open Mike
for Poetry Reading
The theater will be open all day as a place to reflect
and remember, with a microphone available for poetry
readings.
Time: 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.
Location: Symphony Space (www.symphonyspace.org)
2537 Broadway (at 95th Street)
Contact: (212) 864-1414 |
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A Day In Synagogue
The largest Reform congregation in the world holds a daylong
reading of psalms during an afternoon of reflection, with
moments of silence at 8:46 AM and 10:29 AM. The shofar will be
sounded after the last moment of silence.
Time: 8:30 AM
Location: Temple Emanu-El
10 East 66th Street at Fifth Avenue
Admission: Free
Contact: (212) 744-1400
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September 11 Memorial
The program begins with a moment of silence at 8:46
a.m. Names of the victims will be read by a cross-section
of people, including survivors of the tragedy and Cathedral
School students, with musical interludes.
Time: All day, beginning 8:46 AM
Location: Cathedral of St. John the Divine (www.stjohndivine.org)
1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street)
Admission: free
Contact: (212) 316-7540 |
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Death, Bereavement, and
Mourning: What We Have Learned a Year After 9/11
Day-long memorial conference (until 5 P.M.) featuring
scholars and specialists from many fields including
anthropology, psychology, sociology, theology, Jewish
studies, family studies, and folklore studies.
Time: All-Day until 5 PM
Location: 365 5th Avenue
Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center
Contact: Go to
http://soc1.soc.qc.edu/~tsoehl
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"Concert for Freedom"
With the American Concert Band, Kirby Jolly, director.
Put on by the Flushing Council on Culture and the
Arts.
Time: 9 AM
Location: Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing.
Admission: Free
Contact: (718) 463-7700.
In Tribute to September 11
Memorial chamber music concert on a barge moored beside
the Brooklyn
Bridge
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: Bargemusic (www.bargemusic.org)
Fulton Ferry Landing
(at the foot of Old Fulton Street)
Admission: Free
Contact: (718) 624-2083
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Voices of Inspiration at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Readings in the Charles Engelhard Court of works by
Auden, Dickinson,
Hughes, Tennyson and others. On view in the American
Wing will be the two chalkboards used by firefighters
from the Met's neighboring companies that still bear,
printed in chalk, the names of the firefighters who
signed out of the firehouse on that morning. Also, to
mark the anniversary of Sept. 11, curators in many of
the museum's departments have selected works of art
from the permanent collections that express humankind's
indomitable spirit.
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art (www.metmuseum.org)
1000 Fifth Avenue (Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street)
Contact: (212) 535-7710 |
Day of Remembrance
The historic sanctuary of the synagogue will be open
for reflection, with a display of drawings by local
school children depicting New York City buildings and
ideas for rebuilding the World Trade Center site.
Time: 10 AM - 4 PM.
Location: Eldridge Street Project (www.eldridgestreet.org)
12 Eldridge Street (between Division and Canal Streets)
Contact: (212) 219-0888 |
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Celebration of Life
New York Botanical Garden(www.nybg.org)
offers special family-oriented activities to commemorate
the day, including bulb planting, nature crafts and
storytelling in the Everett Children's Adventure Garden.
Time: From 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location: Bronx River Parkway (Exit 7W) and
Fordham Road
Admission: Free
Contact: (718) 817-8700
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Trolley Tours
Garden adjacent to Town Hall; escorted trolley tours
along Flushing's Freedom Mile, sponsored by Flushing
Council on Culture and the Arts.
Time: 10:15 AM
Location: Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing.
Admission: Free
Contact: (718) 463-7700.
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Interfaith Service of Prayer for Children
A memorial interfaith prayer service marking the opening of the General
Assembly, the service begins with an address by United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan.
Time: From 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: St. Bartholomew's Church
Park Avenue and 51st Street
Admission: Free
Contact: (212) 378-0222
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Music of Remembrance at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art
This concert in the Sculpture Hall, free with museum
admission, features Judith Serkin, Stephanie Chase,
Paula Robison, Edward Arron and Parthenia. On view
in the American Wing will be the two chalkboards used
by firefighters from the Met's neighboring companies
that still bear, printed in chalk, the names of the
firefighters who signed out of the firehouse on that
morning. Also, to mark the anniversary of Sept. 11,
curators in many of the museum's departments have
selected works of art from the permanent collections
that express humankind's indomitable spirit.
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art (www.metmuseum.org)
1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)
Contact: (212) 535-7710
Poets House Observes 9/11: A Day of Quiet Reading
and Remembrance
The reading room is dedicated to silent reading, writing
and meditation in observance of the tragedy of Sept.
11
Time: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM.
Location: Poets House www.poetshouse.org
72 Spring Street (at Cleveland Place)
Contact: (212) 431-7920
Sacred Music from Asia
Sacred music from different traditions of Asia, including
India, Afghanistan, Japan, China and Indonesia.
Time: 11 AM-6 PM.
Location: Asia Society (www.asiasociety.org)
725 Park Avenue (between 70th and 71st Streets)
Contact: (212) 288-6400
Memorial Performance
Dances dedicated to heroes, victims and their families,
performed by the Saeko Ichinohe Dance Company.
Time: 11 AM
Location: Ken Zen Institute 54 Thomas Street
(between West Broadway and Church Street)
Admission: Free
Contact: (212) 757-2531
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Groundbreaking for the Garden of Healing
At the Staten Island Botanical Garden,
a three-acre natural garden and permanent memorial
exhibit conceived by members of Rescue 5 and Engine
Company 136 of the Fire Department. A seedling from
the only tree to survive at ground zero will be planted.
Time: 11 AM
Location:1000 Richmond Terrace (at Snug Harbor
Road)
Contact: (718) 273-8200
Doll Making
Doll-making as art therapy to help children and adults
heal after Sept. 11.
Time: 11 AM.-1:00 PM
Location: Doll and Toy Museum of New York City
(www.dollandtoymuseumofnyc.org)
Middle School 142, 610 Henry Street, Classroom 103
(between Second Place and Third Place)
Contact:(718) 243-0820
Tiles for America
Our Name Is Mud, a paint-a-pot store in the West Village, has a collection
of decorated tiles on which visitors have painted messages of support. On September 11
visitors can come to the store to buy and paint blank tiles all day. Proceeds
from the studio fees will be donated to the
Fire Department of New York Widows and Orphans Fund.
Time: 11:30 AM - 10:00 PM (no children after 5:00 PM)
Location: Our Name Is Mud
59 Greenwich Avenue at Seventh Avenue and 11th Street
Cost: $4-6 per blank tile; $10 per hour of painting
Contact:(212) 647-7899
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12:00 PM
Official city ceremonies are blue,
Concerts, films and plays are purple,
Conferences, talks and panel discussions are green,
Religious services, vigils and demonstrations are
red,
Other commemorations and miscellaneous events are white.
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The Voices of 9/11
Steven H. Jaffe, senior projects historian at The
New-York Historical Society, will present material
illustrating how oral historians have responded by
interviewing and recording a wide variety of New Yorkers
with diverse viewpoints, memories, and experiences
relating to the events of September 2001. On September
11, admission to the New-York Historical Society will
be free all day, and the hours will be extended 9
a.m. to 11 p.m.
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: New York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street at Central Park West
"As the World Looked On: International Coverage
of the Attacks of September 11, 2001"
Television exhibit, plus additional 9-11 programs
Time: 12:00 to 6:00 PM.
Location: The Museum of Television & Radio
25 West 52nd Street, Manhattan
New York University Commemorates 9/11
"Extraordinary Times -- Remembering 9/11," seminar
by the faculty staff assistance program.
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: 12 Waverly Pl.
Contact: (212) 998-6840
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"Five Bells For 9/11"
Written by Rich Swingle and directed by Mac Nelson,
this play looks at the separate stories of a fireman,
a clergyman and a Morgan Stanley employee from 9/11.
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Lamb's Theater
W. 44th between 6th Ave. and Broadway
Admission: Donations accepted, proceeds go
to families of victims.
Manhattan 9/11: Tragedy, Leadership, Recovery
Many people and communities came to the aid of New
Yorkers shortly after the Sept. 11 tragedies. To honor
these efforts, Location One presents this exhibition
of the many gifts of sympathy presented to the Borough
of Manhattan. Begins today - Until Oct. 12.
Time: 12:00-6:00 PM
Location: Location One (www.location1.org)
26 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand Streets)
Contact: (212) 334-3347
September Concert
This series of concerts features a variety of music genres, from classical to rap,
in citywide parks, schoolyards, restaurants and street corners. A full schedule of the
day's performances is on the September Concert website.
Time: 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Locations throughout the city
Contact: Call (212) 681-6430 or go to the September Concert website.
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Interfaith Service of Prayer for Children with Music
A memorial interfaith prayer service marking the opening of the General
Assembly, this service features music by the St. Bartholomew's Choir.
Time: 12:05 PM
Location: St. Bartholomew's Church
Park Avenue and 51st Street
Admission: Free
Contact: (212) 378-0222
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Attack and Aftermath: Documenting Sept. 11
The American Museum of the Moving Image is showing
the documentary "WTC Uncut." Also at 3 P.M.
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: American Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria
Admission: Free
Contact: Call (718) 784-0077
Reflections: Youth Respond to September 11
At the Studio Museum in Harlem, high school students
reflect on 9/11 and are invited to share their perspectives
through prose, spoken word and song.
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Studio Museum in Harlem
Contact: (212) 864-4500
Sept. 11 Memorial Tribute Community Sing: Mozart's
Requiem
In remembrance of the tragic events of Sept. 11, music
lovers across the region are invited to come join
Judith Clurman and the Juilliard Orchestra & Choral
Union for a free afternoon performance of Mozart's
'Requiem.' Concertgoers may join in the choir -- please
bring your own score -- or use the time for inspired
meditation and reflection.
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Juilliard Theater, Lincoln Center
Broadway at West 65th Street
Admission: Donations accepted, proceeds go
to families of victims
On Walls in Ears
See work by children completed during the foundation's
free Summer Art Workshop.
Time: 1:00PM-5 PM
Location: Foundation for Filipino Artists
319 Broadway, third floor (entrance on Thomas Street)
Contact: (212) 942-0386
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An Afternoon of Chanting and
Meditation in Remembrance
Monks from the Staten Island Buddhist Vihara will lead
a memorial
Time: 2:00-5:00 PM
Location: Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan
Art
(www.tibetanmuseum.com)
338 Lighthouse Avenue (near Richmond Road)
Contact: (718) 987-3500 or (718) 850-2488 |
What People Did Last Time
Kathleen Hulser, public historian at The New York Historical
Society, will facilitate a discussion of some of the
ways New Yorkers have dealt with citywide tragedy in
the past.
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: New York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street at Central Park West
Admission: Free |
"One Year Later: Remembering
Sept. 11."
An afternoon of reflection, concert hall open for contemplation
and continuous readings by contributors to "110 Stories:
New York Writes after Sept. 11." No tickets required.
Time: 2-6 PM
Location: 92nd Street Y
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street.
Contact: (212) 415-5500 |
Commemorative Tree Planting
The Freedom Community Center in the Mott Haven section is planting
a pair of white pines on the anniversary of the tragedy. A brief ceremony
will honor the victims.
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Millbrook Houses
137th Street between Cypress and Saint Ann's Avenues, Bronx
Cost: Free
Contact: (718) 402-2236 |
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3:00 PM
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Music of Remembrance at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art
This concert in the Sculpture Hall, free with museum
admission, features Judith Serkin, Stephanie Chase,
Paula Robison, Edward Arron and Parthenia. On view
in the American Wing will be the two chalkboards used
by firefighters from the Met's neighboring companies
that still bear, printed in chalk, the names of the
firefighters who signed out of the firehouse on that
morning. Also, to mark the anniversary of Sept. 11,
curators in many of the museum's departments have
selected works of art from the permanent collections
that express humankind's indomitable spirit.
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art (www.metmuseum.org)
1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)
Contact: (212) 535-7710
Attack and Aftermath: Documenting Sept. 11
The American Museum of the Moving Image is showing
the documentary "WTC Uncut."
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: American Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria
Admission: Free
Contact: Call (718) 784-0077
Peace: Responses to September 11
An intergenerational open mike poetry event for adults
and teenagers.
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: New York Public Library
96th Street Regional Branch
112 East 96th Street (at Lexington Avenue)
Contact: (212) 289-0908
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4:00 PM
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Voices of Inspiration at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art
Readings in the Charles Engelhard Court of works by
Auden, Dickinson, Hughes, Tennyson and others. On
view in the American Wing will be the two chalkboards
used by firefighters from the Met's neighboring companies
that still bear, printed in chalk, the names of the
firefighters who signed out of the firehouse on that
morning. Also, to mark the anniversary of Sept. 11,
curators in many of the museum's departments have
selected works of art from the permanent collections
that express humankind's indomitable spirit.
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art (www.metmuseum.org)
1000 Fifth Avenue ( 82nd Street)
Contact: (212) 535-7710
Staten Island Chamber Music Players Concert
Part of the Staten Island Historical Society 9/11
Commemoration.
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Staten Island Historical Museum
441 Clarke Avenue,Staten Island
Admission: Free
"Manhattan"
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) (www.bam.org)
presents one of three free screenings of Woody Allen's
valentine to the city.
Time: 4:30PM
Location: Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Avenue
(between St. Felix Street and Ashland Place)
Admission: Free
Contact: (718) 636-4100
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Barnard College 9-11 Commemoration
Tree planting on Lehman Lawn to commemorate September 11.
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Lehman Lawn at Columbia University
3009 Broadway, Manhattan
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5:00 PM
Official city ceremonies are blue,
Concerts, films and plays are purple,
Conferences, talks and panel discussions are green,
Religious services, vigils and demonstrations are
red,
Other commemorations and miscellaneous events are white.
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Curatorial Perspectives on Collecting
Tragedy
Jan Ramirez, New-York Historical Society Museum Director
and Vice-Presiden, will discuss curatorial perspectives
on collecting the artifacts of disaster, including when
to collect, how, and how much, if at all?
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Staten Island Historical Museum
441 Clarke Avenue,Staten Island
Admission: Free |
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Remembering and Responding to 9/11
A time for reflection, meditation and music.
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Theatre of the Riverside Church (www.theriversidechurchny.org)
490 Riverside Drive (at 120th Street)
"Images of Storm"
Art exhibition by Erich J. Preis dedicated to a friend
who was lost at the Pentagon, through Sept. 30;
Time: opening reception 5-7 p.m.
Location: Huntington Public Library
338 Main St., Huntington.
Contact: (631) 423-0022.
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"9/11: Art and Observance"
Juried art exhibit by School of Visual Art's faculty,
opening reception, Time: Opening reception 5--8
PM; show runs through Oct. 9.
Location: Visual Arts Museum, 209 E. 23rd St.
Contact: (212) 592-2010 |
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Writers and Poets Reflect upon 9/11
WNYC Radio's Leonard Lopate will host a program of
readings by Andre Aciman, Edward Rothstein, Galway
Kinnel, Rick Moody, Paula Fox and others.
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army
Plaza
(between Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway)
Admission: Free
Contact: (718) 230-2100 or see www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org
AfterImages
A marathon of "reflective performances"
by 33 artists from all disciplines, described as a
consideration of how 9/11 continues to resonate in
our personal and artistic lives. Performances every
hour on the hour. Audiences welcome to stay for all
shows or a single hour.
Time: Every hour on the hour, starting at 6:00
PM
Location: Dixon Place Theater
309 E. 26th St.
Admission:Suggested donation $10.
Contact: (212) 532-1546
Staten Island Chamber Rotary Chorus Concert
Part of the Staten Island Historical Society Commemoration
of 9/11.
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Staten Island Historical Museum
41 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island
Admission: Free
Alice Austen & Firefighters: Remembrance September
11
The museum and Staten Island firefighters hold a memorial
for those
lost on Sept. 11.
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Alice Austen House Museum (www.aliceausten.8m.com)
Two Hylan Boulevard (at Edgewater Street)
Contact: (718) 816-4506
The Juilliard School Commemorates Sept. 11.
"Spring Will Come Again," an evening of song
and poetry led by Juilliard faculty, students and
alumni.
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Lincoln Center's Rose Building
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
165 W. 65th St., 10th floor.
Box office at 60 Lincoln Center Plaza.
Admission: Free.
Contact: (212) 769-7406.
Poetry After 9/11: An Anthology of New York Poets
Contemporary poets read works produced in the aftermath
of Sept. 11.
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: New York Public Library
Mid-Manhattan Library 455 Fifth Avenue (at 40th Street)
Contact: (212) 340-0833
Poetry After 9/11: An Anthology of New York Poets
Contemporary poets read works produced in the aftermath
of Sept. 11.
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: New York Public Library
New Amsterdam Branch (www.nypl.org/branch/man/lm.html)
9 Murray Street (between Broadway and Church Street)
Contact: (212) 732-8186
"Seen But Not Heard"
A documentary about four Mexican immigrants who were
lost in the World Trade Center tragedy.
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: El Museo del Barrio www.elmuseo.org
1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th Street)
Admission: Free
Contact: (212) 831-7272
NY Yankees vs. Baltimore Orioles Pre-Game 9/11
Commemorative Ceremony by the Boys Choir of Harlem
(www.boyschoirofharlem.org)
The Boys Choir of Harlem performs during a pre-game
ceremony of reflection.
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Yankee Stadium
161st Street and River Avenue
Contact: (212) 289-1815
"Manhattan"
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) (www.bam.org)
presents one of three free screenings of Woody Allen's
valentine to the city.
Time: 6:50PM
Location: Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Avenue
(between St. Felix Street and Ashland Place)
Admission: Free
Contact: (718) 636-4100
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9/11 as History: The American
Response
The first of three lectures by John Lewis Gaddis, Robert
A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University and
an internationally renowned historian of the Cold War.
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: New York Public Library (www.nypl.org)
Humanities and Social Sciences Library (www.nypl.org/research/chss)
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Contact: (212) 869-8089 |
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Interfaith Service of Prayer
A memorial interfaith prayer service.
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: St. Bartholomew's Church
Park Avenue and 51st Street
Admission: Free
Contact: (212) 378-0222
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"Evening of Recovery, Reflection and Community Wellness:
Remembering the Events of Sept. 11, 2001."
Respite for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people
and others. In addition, space will be available
at the center for people to gather on Sept. 11, counselors
will be on hand.
Time: 6:00-9:00 PM
Location: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Community Center, 208 W. 13th St.
Contact: (212) 620-7310.
Days of Awe: Reflections From
Ground Zero by the Jewish Chaplains
Jewish Chaplains of the National Guard, Police and Fire
Departments share personal experiences of their time
spent at ground zero. A video installation by Peter
and Lisa Cunningham creates a contemplative environment
for personal reflection.
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Center for Jewish History (www.cjh.org)
15 West 16th Street (between Fifth Avenue and Avenue
of the Americas)
(212) 294-8301
Admission: Free
Contact: Call (917) 606-8200 for reservations |
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7:00 PM
Official city ceremonies are blue,
Concerts, films and plays are purple,
Conferences, talks and panel discussions are green,
Religious services, vigils and demonstrations are
red,
Other commemorations and miscellaneous events are white.
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"Five Bells For 9/11"
Written by Rich Swingle and directed by Mac Nelson,
this play looks at the separate stories of a fireman,
a clergyman and a Morgan Stanley employee from 9/11.
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Lamb's Theater
W. 44th between 6th Ave. and Broadway
Admission: Donations accepted, proceeds go
to families of victims.
Post 9/11 Bronx
At the Bronx Museum of the Arts, an evening that includes
performance by hip hop and spoken word artists, and
a screening of the documentary Hip Hop Hope, directed
by Darrel Wilks. Until 9 P.M.
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concource, Bronx
Admission: Free
Contact: (718) 681-6000 x120
Reading and Performance: Race for the Sky
Folklorist Steve Zeitlin, executive director of CityLore,
will read and discuss poems inspired by the events
of September 11. The program will conclude with a
performance by vocalist Lisa Radakovich Holsberg,
who will be singing excerpts from the larger commemorative
work Race for the Sky, which was set to music by composer
Richard Pearson Thomas.
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: New York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street at Central Park West
Admission: Free
Tribute to Grace and Hope
This night of tribute will feature Christian music
by Fred Hammond, Steven Curtis Chapman, Toby Mac,
Third Day and Marcos Witt. A NYC fire fighter, police
officer, WTC survivors, and local pastors will give
testimonies of grace from Ground Zero.
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Madison Square Garden
7th Avenue at 34th Street
Contact: Go to http://www.jammintribute911.com/
AfterImages
A marathon of "reflective performances"
by 33 artists from all disciplines, described as a
consideration of how 9/11 continues to resonate in
our personal and artistic lives. Performances every
hour on the hour. Audiences welcome to stay for all
shows or a single hour.
Time: Every hour on the hour, starting at 6:00
PM
Location: Dixon Place Theater
309 E. 26th St.
Admission: Suggested donation $10.
Contact: (212) 532-1546
9/11 Short Films Screening
At its landmark firehouse building, Downtown Community
Television
Center (www.dctvny.org) will screen 11 short narrative
films that present a wide array of perspectives on
Sept. 11.
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: DCTV 87 Lafayette Street (between
White and Walker Streets)
Admission: Free
Contact: (212) 966-4510
September 11 Memorial
Memorial concert at the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine.
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street)
Admission: Free
Contact: (212) 316-7540 or www.stjohndivine.org
September 11: In Our Own Words
A collection of personal stories about Sept. 11 combined
with cello,
guitar, violin, drums, singing and modern dance.
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Six Figures
West End Theater, 263 West 86th Street, second floor
(between Broadway and West End Avenue)
Contact: (212) 696-8931
"Friends" by Ton Lakay Dance Theatre
The company will present this sacred dance, dedicated
to the heroes of Sept.11, as part of a memorial.
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church
1116 Avenue of the Americas
(at 39th Street)
Admission: Free
Contact: (718) 377-6738
Admission: Free
Musicians for Peace
Jews and Arabs performing together. Part of the September
Concert
(www.septemberconcert.org.),
different musical events, performed at
venues throughout the city on September 11.
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64th Street at Central Park West.
Contact: (212) 681-6430
Benita Charles and Friends
Part of the September Concert (www.septemberconcert.org.),
different musical events, performed at venues throughout
the city on September 11.
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Triad Theater, 158 West 72nd Street
Contact: (212) 681-6430
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New York University Commemorates
9/11
Candlelight Vigil in Washington Square Park.
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Washington Square Park
Contact: (212) 998-6840 |
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Through a New Lens? Thinking About American History
After September 11
Have the events of Sept. 11 made us think differently
about American history? Distinguished historians Eric
Foner and Thomas Bender consider this question in
a community forum.
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Museum of the City of New York (www.mcny.org)
1220 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street)
Admission: Free
Contact: (212) 534-1672
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Interfaith Service of Prayer
A memorial interfaith prayer service, followed by a candlelight
procession to the fire and police stations on 51st Street.
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: St. Bartholomew's Church
Park Avenue and 51st Street
Admission: Free
Contact: (212) 378-0222
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Richmond County Bank Ballpark Memorial
The recently built home of the minor-league baseball team the
Staten Island Yankees is host to this interfaith assembly, featuring
religious leaders from thec ommunity and a performance by the Richmond
Choral Society.
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Richmond County Bank Ballpark
75 Richmond Terrace at Schuyler Street
Admission: Free
Contact: (718) 816-2133
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The September 11th Testimony Project
An oral history presented by the Worklight Theatre
Company and St. Peter's Church.
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: St. Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
Admission: Donations to benefit the September
11th Fund gratefully accepted.
AntiGravity: An American Band
Benefit performance by an aerial dance and performing-artist
group.
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Exit Nightclub
610 W. 56th St.
Admission: $20 suggested donation benefits
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Contact: ( 212) 279-0790
An Evening of Arts and Expression
Readings and music at Makor.
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Makor
35 W. 67th St.
Admission: free but tickets are required.
Joe Davidson with Special Guest Artists
Part of the September Concert (www.septemberconcert.org.),
different musical events, performed at venues throughout
the city on September 11.
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: The Living Room
84 Stanton Street at Allen Street
Contact: (212) 681-6430
Memorial Concert
In honor of Father Mychal Judge and all the victims
of Sept. 11, a choir of 90 singers performs Fauré's
Requiem accompanied by a chamber orchestra.
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Church of St. Francis of Assisi,
319 Maple Street (between New York and Nostrand Avenues)
Admission: free
Contact: (718) 756-2015
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Memorial Prayer Service
For friends and family members of 9-11 victims
Time: Evening of Wednesday, September 11
Location: Berean Missionary Baptist Church, Brooklyn
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Sunset The City's Official Ceremony Continues
An observance in Battery Park near The Sphere, the
sculpture that once stood in the plaza of the World
Trade Center and that is now part of the temporary
memorial to the victims of 9/11. Heads of state from
around the world will be invited to join that ceremony
during which an eternal flame will be lit. Mayor Bloomberg
will read Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Four Freedoms.
The city's official ceremonies will also include candlelight
gatherings in each of the five boroughs, in Central
Park, Van Cortland Park, Prospect Park, Flushing Meadows
Park and Snug Harbor.
Time: Sunset
Location: Battery Park
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8:00 PM
Official city ceremonies are blue,
Concerts, films and plays are purple,
Conferences, talks and panel discussions are green,
Religious services, vigils and demonstrations are
red,
Other commemorations and miscellaneous events are white.
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Brave New World
To commemorate the one-year anniversary of Sept. 11,
New York's theatrical community presents 'Brave New
World,' a benefit honoring Sept. 11 heroes and victims.
All proceeds go to The New York Children's Foundation,
an organization established to assist kids who were
affected by the terrorist attacks. The tribute includes
four different programs.
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
AfterImages
A marathon of "reflective performances"
by 33 artists from all disciplines, described as a
consideration of how 9/11 continues to resonate in
our personal and artistic lives. Performances every
hour on the hour. Audiences welcome to stay for all
shows or a single hour.
Time: Every hour on the hour, starting at 6:00
PM
Location: Dixon Place Theater
309 E. 26th St.
Admission: Suggested donation $10.
Contact: (212) 532-1546
"The Guys"
Play about a fire captain and a journalist who writes
eulogies for eight of his deceased men; The Flea Theater
production features Sigourney Weaver.
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln
Center 150 W. 65th St.
Admission: Free tickets will be distributed
at noon on Sept. 11, two per person.
Contact: (212) 362-7600.
"A Concert for Remembrance"
Chamber music concert in memory of Welles Remy Crowther
and Stacey Sennas McGowen, Grace Episcopal Church
communicants who lost their lives in the attacks on
Sept. 11. Dessert reception follows.
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Grace Episocpal Church
130 First Ave., Nyack, N.Y.
Admission: Free
Contact: (845) 353-6339.
An Evening of Memorial and Renewal
Readings, music and dance.
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: 92nd Street Y
Lexington Avenue and 92nd Street.
Admission: Free but tickets required
Contact: (212) 415-5500.
Soundclock: September 11 Memorial Concert
Twenty composers from the New York area and beyond,
including George Crumb and P.J. Anderson, contribute
to this compilation concert.
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Merkin Concert Hall
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center (www.ekcc.org)
Abraham Goodman House, 129 West 67th Street
(between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue)
Contact: (212) 501-3330
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"9/11 and the High Holidays:
Remembering the Past, Preparing for the Future"
Lecture sponsored by the Mesorah Center for Continuing
Jewish Education.
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Suffolk Jewish Community Center
74 Hauppauge Rd., Commack.
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9:00 PM
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Candlelight Vigil at Barnard
College
Time: 9:00 PM
Location: Barnard College
3009 Broadway AfterImages
A marathon of "reflective performances" by
33 artists from all disciplines, described as a consideration
of how 9/11 continues to resonate in our personal and
artistic lives. Performances every hour on the hour.
Audiences welcome to stay for all shows or a single
hour.
Time: Every hour on the hour, starting at 6:00
PM
Location: Dixon Place Theater
309 E. 26th St.
Admission: Suggested donation $10.
Contact: (212) 532-1546 |
"Manhattan"
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) (www.bam.org)
presents one of three free screenings of Woody Allen's
valentine to the city.
Time: 9:10PM
Location: Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Avenue (between
St. Felix Street and Ashland Place)
Admission: Free
Contact: (718) 636-4100 |
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10:00 PM
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AfterImages
A marathon of "reflective performances" by
33 artists from all disciplines, described as a consideration
of how 9/11 continues to resonate in our personal and
artistic lives. Performances every hour on the hour.
Audiences welcome to stay for all shows or a single
hour.
Time: Every hour on the hour, starting at 6:00
PM
Location: Dixon Place Theater
309 E. 26th St.
Admission: Suggested donation $10.
Contact: (212) 532-1546 |
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