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Not only is this a hooky idea, it's a classy hooky idea. As a way to celebrate its 166th opening day, the New York Philharmonic is opening its morning dress rehearsal up to the public for free. Here are the details:

9:45AM: FREE Dress Rehearsal. Conducted by Lorin Maazel, with cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma; free tickets (along with discount coupons for future Philharmonic performances) will be distributed beginning at 8:00AM as the New York Philharmonic Principal Brass Quintet serenades you.

Ooh. The website says the free dress rehearsal is a gift from the orchestra and its global sponsor Credit Suisse. The concert is an all-Dvorak program, and tomorrow night is the gala benefit, complete with black-tie event before the concert. For people who don't have tickets, you can still head to Lincoln Center and enjoy the concert, because at 7:30PM, the concert will be projected onto a screen on the plaza (Plaza-cast) for free, with chairs first-come, first-serve.

READING: The New School's wonderful public lectures and reading series are back in swing as the school year revs up, and tonight, the ethereal Mary Gaitskill will discuss her book (a National Book Award finalist) with moderator Jeffrey Renard Allen. - Krissa Corbett Cavouras