Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 18, 2013?
29 free events take place on Monday, March 18 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 March 18 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 March . 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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29 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, March 18, 2013
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.
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
Tour times: 11am & 2pm.
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. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional"
Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 12:45 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
Explores the high price of success in the life of one woman--the first female president of an Ivy League university--and her hold upon her self-identity in the face of darkly shrouded secrets from her past.
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.
Calling all Adults who want to lose or maintain current weight: Join Wii Fit for Adults and benefit from burning calories, socializing, maintaining current weight and/or tracking your BMI. Use the various workouts including yoga, strength training, boxing, stepping, hula hooping, running, and regaining balance through using the balance exercises. The Wii tracks your weight and BMI as well as your progress and allows you to compete with others. It is a fun way to keep a record of your progress while exercising.
Program:
CAGE 0'00", Selections from Song Books, Selections from Indeterminacy, Variations IV, Winter Music, Aria, Selections from Concert for Piano and Orchestra, Selections from Atlas eclipticalis
CHARLIE WILMOTH TBD (World Premiere)
CONLON NANCARROW Player Piano Study No. 2A (arr. Gavin Chuck)
VARÈSE Poème électronique (arr. Evan Hause)
ELLIOTT SHARP Coriolis Effect
Sometimes new music is challenging; with Alarm Will Sound, it’s mind-blowing. Playing the most innovative performances of contemporary classical music with fierce talent and enjoyment, this 20-member ensemble is “as close to being a rock band as a chamber orchestra can be” (The New York Times).
Are you a chess champion? Show off your best moves against other chess fans! Whether you're a chess master or just starting out, come for some board time.
Join curators Julia Borden and Cathy Zaret for a tour of an exhibition by graduate students in the Fashion and Textile Studies program. Featuring creations by some of the most innovative designers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries—including Paul Poiret, Martin Margiela, and
Christian Louboutin—the exhibition explores what makes boots the perfect accessory for the fashionable modern woman. A special section provides visitors with a behind-the-scenes look at the conservation of boots.
Diana Gregor recently published this endearing portrait of 10 Vienna-born Holocaust survivors who escaped from the Nazis and made their way to New York, where they live today. For this event she will be joined by New York-based photographer David Plakke, who produced beautiful visual portraits, and Kurt Sonnenfeld and Gerda Lederer, two of the ten survivors featured in the book. Rachel Libeskind will lead the conversation about how this project came about.
On March 19, 2013, Philip Roth, the irreverent and iconic American author, turns 80! Join literary critic Adam Kirsch, communications scholar Liel Leibovitz and professor of Jewish Civilization Jacques Berlinerblau as they talk about the author's exploration of intermarriage, assimilation, the return to Orthodoxy, and the future of secular Judaism.
According to NY Times journalist Kevin Baker, "cities don't count anymore — at least not in national Republican politics," though four-fifths of Americans live in densely populated locales. Baker leads a conversation exploring this paradox and the future of urban politics.
The radio and television documentary writer and producer chronicles one of the most celebrated—and most misunderstood—kidnapping cases in American history. It took nearly a century, a curiosity that had been passed down through generations, and the science of DNA to discover the truth.
In his new memoir, Spitz (We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of LA Punk) recounts partying and posing during the 90s—the music industry’s heady, decadent last gasp. Spitz will be in conversation with novelist, essayist and critic Chuck Klosterman.
Jasmine Dreame Wagner and Lauren Waterman will read short stories; Jessica Smith, Peter Cole Friedman, Emmalea Russo, Kathleen Kraft and Matthew Daddona will read poetry; other readers may be announced.
East Coast Chamber Orchestra performs works by Purcell, Britten, Mozart and Bartók
Program:
Mozart Divertimento for Strings in F Major, K. 138
Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10
Purcell Selected Fantasias
Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz. 113, BB 118
Beloved for their "sheer exuberance" (New York Times) and high-octane virtuosity, conductor-less ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra) is the trailblazer of a new generation of string orchestras. Comprised of soloists, chamber musicians in today's leading ensembles, and principals in major American orchestras, together they blend "the transparency and coherence of a string quartet with an orchestra's warmth and heft." (New York Times)
A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights throughout the fall/winter and spring seasons that supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists.
Come to Singers Space jazz open mic, 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.
Praised for his insightful artistry, soloist and Juilliard String Quartet member Ronald Copes performs Beethoven's sonatas with international artist and concert pianist Seymour Lipkin, who has earned acclaim for his interpretations of Beethoven's repertoire.