plugin:Events-Manager Exclude Recurring via Custom Taxonomy

//  MOVED THIS QUERY OUTSIDE THE LOOP AND IT WORKED
                //      TODO:       GET THIS AS A UNIQUE FUNCITON I CAN CALL

// saving the original / existing wordpress query
$temp_query = clone $wp_query;

//  What we're doing is looking for featured events that are also recurring events
//  Then excluding those recurring events
//  if you just want to exclude recurring events , you could remove the noted section
$pagesorter = array(
    //  if you wanted to further filter by a specific tag
    //  I don't so its commented out but you may need it
    //'tag' => 'resource',
        'post_type' => 'event',
    'tax_query' => array(

    //  START OPTIONAL
    //  If you want recurring events that are ALSO Featured Events
    //      Then just remove the slash star /**/
/*
            'relation' => 'AND',
        array(
            'taxonomy' => 'event-categories',
            //  you could list more than one term here as follows
            //'terms' => array( 'featured-events', 'comedy' )
            //  I only need the one I want to include
                        'terms' => array( 'featured-events'),
                        'field' => 'slug',
                        'operator' => 'IN'
        ),
*/
    //  END OPTIONAL

        //  note how tax_query MUST BE a nested array
            //  ie. "array(    array("
        array(
            'taxonomy' => 'event-categories',
            //  you need to have an Event Category with the slug "recurring-events"
            //  then you need to edit your recurring events to add this term
                        'terms' => array( 'recurring-events'),
                        'field' => 'slug',
            'operator' => 'NOT IN'
        )
    ),
        'posts_per_page' => -1,
        'paged' => $paged,
);
//  lets run a new Query
//  to do this you would need this code to be outside the main loop
$customPosts = new WP_Query($pagesorter);

$cat_post_ids = array();
// starting loop
while ($customPosts->have_posts()) : $customPosts->the_post();

    //  some optional tests to make sure we're returning the correct data
    //$count++;
    //echo 'count'.$count;  //  lets get a count of how many posts get returned
    //    echo '+ + + ID'.get_the_ID().'- - -'; //  lets see the id of each returned post
    //the_title();  //  lets see the title of each returned post

    array_push($cat_post_ids, $post->ID);

endwhile;
    //  optional test - lets see if we get the array we wanted.
    //print_r($cat_post_ids);

 // restoring the original query so it can be later used to display our posts
 $wp_query = clone $temp_query;