Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 13, 2015?
40 free events take place on Monday, April 13 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!
New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out April 13 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of April . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!
Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, April 13, 2015
Discover the birds that call the park home, as well as those that may stop by during migration. A surprising diversity of avian visitors drop in, even in the heart of midtown. Sightings could include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, even an American Woodcock.
Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.
It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
Also known as Falun Gong, Falun Dafa is the practice of meditation and slow moving exercise. Learn how to eliminate streee, and enjoy peace of mind, and begin the process of toward a strong and comfortable body that is ar ease, and develop a calm and serene mind.
Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting.
Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all.
Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
Cathedral organists provide a 30-minute break for mind, body and spirit on Mondays at 1 pm with an entertaining and informative demonstration of the Cathedral’s unparalleled Great Organ.
Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
For almost 200 years, the Mughal emperors ruled supreme in northern India. How was it possible that a Muslim, ethnically Turkish, Persian-speaking dynasty established itself in the Indian subcontinent to become one of the largest and most dynamic empires in the early-modern period?
Using the figure of the Mughal prince, Munis D. Faruqui offers a new interpretive lens through which to comprehend Mughal state formation.
A conversation between New York-based art expert Cay Sophie Rabinowitz and filmmaker Arne Birkenstock about his film Beltracchi – The Art of Forgery, which has won last year’s German Film Award for Best Documentary.
Looking for a little something to liven up your Monday evening? Join us after work for the second Contemporary Classics book discussion. This month's book up for discussion will be Jonathan Franzen's darkly hilarious novel, The Corrections.
This season, Derek McLane has created Carole King’s recording studio for Beautiful, the woods for the Broadway- bound revival of Into the Woods, Never, Never Land for NBC’s Peter Pan, and the glittering tinsel-town set of the 2014 Academy Awards. In this Selfie Session, McLane shares unseen personal photos documenting recent projects and discusses how he conceives and constructs sets for theater and television.
The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, French Cheeses and Russian caviar as well as fresh meats to City markets. The hustle and bustle of the streets induced the City to elevate the railroad trains delivering goods to the commercial buildings. When interstate truck traffic made the railway outdated, it fell into ruin, only to be regenerated as a park.
With: Constantina Rhodes, PhD.
Intuition is being increasingly appreciated as a key component of decision-making. In this class, one of New York’s most experienced intuitive consultants and teachers of intuition will help you begin to develop a range of intuitive skills that we all possess in latent form but usually don’t know how to access, understand, or use.
This evening, welcome producer, director, philanthropist, activist and singer-songwriter Pauley Perrette. She'll be joined on stage by entrepreneur Darren Greenblatt and Matthew Sandusky, who is co-owner and head baker of Donna Bell's Bake Shop.
With William Germano, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Shakespeare’s plays exert their power over us through the beauty of language, the craft of drama, and something else we can’t easily name. Or maybe we can. These talks are designed as an introduction – or reintroduction – to Shakespeare the poet-playwright-player and to the world of his plays.
Tonight: Othello: the theater of race
It is recommended attendees read the play before the talk.
A talk with Melissa Gregg, Principal Engineer, Intel Corporation. Gregg will explain productivity as a form of secular athleticism, while also posing the question: are we prepared for a future in which we bring a virtual companion to work?
After graduating from Brown University, Akhtar moved to Italy and studied acting with Jerzy Grotowski. He returned to the U.S. to teach acting classes with André Gregory and earn his Master of Arts in directing from Columbia University School of the Arts. His playwriting credits include Disgraced, which premiered at The American Theater Company in January 2012 and which was staged at LCT3/Lincoln Center in New York in October 2012, and won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His first novel, American Dervish, was published by Little Brown Publishing in January 2012.
With Adam Sobel, author of "Storm Surge: Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future." This illustrated takes the audience through the devastating and unprecedented events of Hurricane Sandy, using the storm to explain our planet’s changing climate, and what we need to do to protect ourselves and our cities for the future.
Twyla Tharp brings her year as Distinguished Guest Artist to a close with an informal presentation. Tharp has created more than 160 works ranging from concert, television, and Broadway dances to best-selling books. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Tony Award, two Emmy Awards, 19 honorary doctorates, the Vietnam Veterans of America President’s Award, a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship, the 2004 National Medal of the Arts, the 2008 Jerome Robbins Prize, and a 2008 Kennedy Center Honor.
With Loren Kleinman. Poems are about expression of the self. Our deepest thoughts and ideas sneak out when put paper to pen in those moments of solitude. Think of each poem you write as a chance to reinvent yourself; each utterance as a moment of reflection and self-love. This workshop will take you on a journey through poetic self-expression and work to tap into your core thoughts and memories using poetic imagery, line and form. Change is often scary, but we can use poetry to help us explore and touch the surface of new places we want to go, or new people we wish to be. The workshop will guide the writer through reading and writing life altering poetic narratives. Each participant will complete a poem fit for revision to publication.
After receiving poetry submissions from across the country for the first annual William Dickey Memorial Broadside Contest, contest judge Tony Hoagland selected “Autobiography” by Karen Schubert, from Youngstown, Ohio. hit and run press publisher Larry Rafferty hosts an event for winning poem and introduce poet Mark Doty, who will read from his forthcoming book, Deep Lane (W.W. Norton & Co.). Meryl Natchez, a Berkeley, CA poet, will read several Dickey poems and the winning poem.
David W. Jacobsen performs catchy, acoustic songs
mixing humorous social commentary and melancholy reflection. His newest album contains humorous and reflective songs about failing to communicate. It deals with misunderstandings and their lighthearted or heartbreaking repercussions.
New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native tribes, lost opportunities and political intrigue. With almost every step one takes through the West Village, one encounters the ghosts and spirits of New York City’s past. Every corner has its stories, every building has its haunted spirits.
The multi-talented Alex DeSuze returns to host the “No Name Uptown Cabaret Second Monday” monthly singers showcase. DeSuze, whose background includes acting, directing and singing at venues throughout the NYC-metro area, will be joined by a guest musical director. Producer Eric Vetter calls the Cabaret an opportunity to enjoy and share your art with your fellow singers, composers and lyricists in a safe and fun place!
A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights. Movement Research at the Judson Church supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists.
With: Jeanine Durning, Erin Ellen Kelly, Johanna Meyer, Elisa Osborne
Program:
George Crumb:
The River of Life (American Songbook #1)
The Winds of Destiny (American Songbook #3)
With: Caitlin Redding, mezzo-soprano; Tiffany Townsend,soprano; TBA, piano; Daniel Druckman, director
Hosted by D'Ambrose Boyd with David Pearl at the piano. Where New York's finest professional and aspiring singers come to sing their favorites and hear their peers perform before an intimate audience.