Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 12, 2014?
36 free events take place on Wednesday, March 12 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 12 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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36 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Over the last decades, the world has witnessed a number of seminal accomplishments for women globally, yet stubborn contradictions remain for women in the Global South. This is a daylong symposium to take stock of women’s rights movements in Africa.
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: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.
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.
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.
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. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
“Voices of Freedom” is a lunchtime jazz concert series honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Each performance in February will showcase exciting pairings with a pianist and celebrated musicians from New York City's jazz scene.
March 12: Elena Bezprozvannykh (piano) and Joanne Brackeen (piano).
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.
A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
The beloved comedian Charlie Hill (1951-2013) plays an Anishinaabe trickster extraordinaire who knows how to fund his latest project, a chain of “pinch-bean” coffeehouses to be built on reservations around the world.
35 min.
The church's mechanical-action pipe organ was built in 1964 by the Schlicker Organ Company of Buffalo, New York, and re-built by the Andover Organ Company of Methuen, Massachusetts in 1981. It boasts the oldest pipe organ case in New York City, made of mahogany and dating from 1802, and contains 1,632 pipes.
Today: Christopher Jennings, Associate Organist-Choirmaster, St. James’ Episcopal Church, NYC
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.
The beloved comedian Charlie Hill (1951-2013) plays an Anishinaabe trickster extraordinaire who knows how to fund his latest project, a chain of “pinch-bean” coffeehouses to be built on reservations around the world.
35 min.
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.
Aryan Kaganof is a South African film maker, novelist, poet and fine artist who has been active since 1983.
The director will join Richard Pea (Columbia), Hlonipha Mokoena (Columbia), Sean Jacobs (The New School) and Anna Grimshaw (Emory University) in a panel discussion about his work.
Stroll through the park and tell the epic story of New York's green oasis. 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 amongst the world's most famous and beloved public parks. Originally intended to bring people of all walks of life together -- a people's park -- Central Park lives up to it's original designs. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find
Audiences are invited to engage in a conversation about the creative process across sectors featuring composer Paola Prestini and digital agency co-founder Henry Lee of HD Made. Together the two will discuss the process of developing and realizing ideas as it relates to music and technology.
Join Matthew Pillsbury for a walk-through of his exhibition City Stages, followed by a signing of his monograph of the same name. Over the past decade, Pillsbury has built several extensive bodies of work—Screen Lives, Time Frame, and City Stages—that deal with different facets of contemporary metropolitan life and the passage of time.
The acclaimed photographer, accustomed to documenting intimate moments, used her camera to deal with the maelstrom of emotions that are part of every new mother's experience. This illustrated lecture follows her babies as they grew into toddlers, then children, with their own complex relationships.
From a young age, the poet Diana Bellessi wanted to travel. At a time when few women traveled the roads alone, she hitchhiked her way across the continent, looking for the lands promised by the books of her childhood. In time, she found that going to a nearby place could be an equally intense adventure. Secret Garden accompanies the poet on the journey she makes at the end of each year from Buenos Aires to an island in the Paraná river.
80 min.
In Spanish with English subtitles. Reception to follow. Claudia Prado and Diego Panich will be present for a Q&A.
Hakan Topal is an artist and scholar living and working in New York City. He was the co-founder of international art collective, xurban_collective (2000-12) and exhibited his collective and individual art works and research projects extensively, in institutions such as the 8th and 9th Istanbul Biennials; apexart, New York; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), Vienna; Kunst-Werke, Berlin; ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe; MoMA PS1; Platform, Istanbul and the 9th Gwangju Biennial.
In her work, Katrin Sigurdardóttir explores the way physical structures and boundaries define our perception. Through unexpected shifts in scale, she examines distance and memory and their embodiments in architecture, cartography and traditional landscape representations. While alluding to real locations, her works question the verity of these places, as well as our account of them.
From empathy to epilepsy, from cognitive disorders to the mystery of memory, an evening of writing that draws on—and deviates from—what we know about the brain. With fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by Stefan Merrill Block, Meehan Crist, Timothy Donnelly, Leslie Jamison, Miles Klee, Elissa Schappell, and Lynn Schmeidler.
Adichie's newest novel is a story of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face difficult choices in the countries they immigrate to - America and Britain. The book was recently nominated as a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by the New York Times.
The Ik were described as sadists who starved their own children and relieved themselves in front of each others' homes for fun. They were reviled as the worst and most depraved beings on earth, and it was recommended that their culture be destroyed for its own good. No one has dared to film them in the 40 years since they were first studied. Ikland recounts a quest to reconnect with a lost corner of humanity. Soling and his crew risked their lives by traveling through war-ravaged northern Uganda to reach them.
88 min.
Q&A with directors Cevin Soling and David Hilbert to follow the film.
The only group of its kind, the Alturas Duo was formed with the idea of playing South American and classical music by bringing together the unusual combination of the viola, charango, and guitar. In doing so, they created passionate music that moves with ease between the baroque, South American folk rhythms, and new pieces written especially for the Duo. Don’t miss this rare musical treat.
Eugenio Solinas, cello. Experience the freshness and excitement of a solo performance by a gifted young artist - a uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers. The program for this event is TBA.
Program:
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
Faure Pavane
Anderson Whispers of Weeping: Mozart (an iconoclasm) World Premiere
Beethoven Symphony No. 7