September 2, 2008

Today in NY: Wynton Marsalis, Ben-Hur, free gardens

It is Tuesday, September 2 and here are a few items on today’s NYC calendar:

Day 9 schedule for the U.S. Open

Author event at 7:30 p.m. Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle: Wynton Marsalis, Ward Geoffrey C.: Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life

Off-Broadway’s 20at20 $20 ticket program begins.

“Karen Finley - Free Speech Zone: Our Sympathies to Minneapolis” with Lauren Flanigan, John Kelly, Matthew Modine, Ron Amber Deloney, John Sims, Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw and DJ Lori E. Seid at Joe’s Pub at 7 p.m.

Ben-Hur screens at 1 p.m. as part of the Cinematic Atlas: The Triumphs of Charlton Heston film series at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

The Music of Duke Ellington & More … with David Berger & The Sultans of Swing at Birdland

Staten Island Yankees home game

Runway show across the Brooklyn Bridge at 6 p.m. to kick off Fashion Indie Week Brooklyn

Christina Aguilera appearance at Macy’s at 5 p.m.

Tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. for Carnegie Hall’s ‘08-‘09 season

Access is free all day today at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Wave Hill gardens. The China Institute Gallery is free from 6 to 8 p.m. and the Morgan Library & Museum opens its McKim rooms (Mr. Morgan’s library and study) for free from 3 to 5 p.m. today.

Additionally, the Society of Illustrators is open until 8 p.m.

For more ongoing exhibits and shows, see NewYorkology’s Now in NYC list, and for upcoming events, the calendar.

Image source: Barnes & Noble, cover shot of “Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life” by Wynton Marsalis with Geoffrey C. Ward

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