Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 22, 2011?
40 free events take place on Sunday, May 22 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 May 22 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 May . 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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The quality and quantity of free events, free things to do that happen in New York City every day of the year is truly amazing.
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40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, May 22, 2011
The Department of Consumer Affairs and the Mayor’s Office of the Criminal Justice Coordinator, in partnership with Department of Parks & Recreation and the Department of Sanitation, will be conducting the City’s Fourth Annual Shred Fest. A free paper-shredding event to increase public awareness of identity theft prevention.
5 miles. Easy pace & terrain. Shore hike on beach and boardwalk. Wear hiking boots or sneakers. Scenic coastal views throughout walk. Bring lunch and water.
This five block Arts Festival features a wide-range of collectible and functional art presented directly for sale by individual artists. No food vendors nor junky resale items allowed for sale. Interesting craft demos are presented plus live acoustic music helps create an
atmosphere of pleasant tranquility allowing leisurely browsing, shopping and schmoozing.
Join professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the city’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building.
Take a historical three-hour journey through the Lower East Side and explore some of the rich history tracing the arrival of immigrants to modern times.
An event to build bridges of cultural understanding between the people of Japan and the U.S. , and to say thank you to the people of New York for providing a nurturing home for America's largest Japanese community. Reflecting the current situation in Japan, Japan Day has made the theme of "GANBARE! JAPAN" in hopes of uplifting the spirit of Japanese people and supporting Japanese efforts to recover from the disaster.
Japan Day will feature origami and calligraphy workshops as well as an artist line-up that will include Ten-You, Senri Oe, Keiko Matsui, Aisha, Mai Fukui and many more.
It's time for the always popular Cupcake Crawl. Savor the best cupcakes in The Lower East Side and the East Village. Purchases are optional. Start with BabyCakes, vegan baker that's gluten-free and delicious. Then head to Sugar Sweet Sunshine, experienced baker from Magnolia. Next stop is Butter Lane, excellent quality very cute shop. And lastly Dessert Club, great flavors with signature smooth frosting. Walking distance is 1 1/4 mile, tour lasts 1 ½ hours.
America's go-to guy for foraging, "Wildman" Steve Brill, will lead one of his world-famous foraging tours of the Park. Because the Park includes so many varied habitats, it's loaded with shoots and greens in mid-spring, and many of these are edible and medicinal.
Moms Rock! Celebrate mothers and the people who love them at this annual music- and art-filled afternoon featuring mom bands, an especially fabulous lady emcee, as well as a Gymboree Play Tent, arts & crafts, eco-environmental information, food, vendors, interactive fun, and more! Special PURE Yoga-Thon pre-event at 11 am.
As you promenade through the heart of the Park, imagine yourself living in 19th Century New York City. Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all. Tour lasts approximately one hour.
Following its lauded production of Gatz at the Public Theater, Elevator Repair Service joins forces with artist Ben Rubin and statistician Mark Hansen to present Shuffle, a new performance installation that provides a fresh look at literature we thought we knew. The script is generated in real time by computer algorithms that recombine phrases from classic works by Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway.
Performances run throughout the day in approximately 30-minute segments.
How do contemporary photographers view New York's vibrant street culture? Co-curators of the exhibition Moveable Feast, Sean Corcoran, Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Museum of the City of New York, and Denise Wolff, from Aperture Foundation, host a special gallery tour exploring the different aesthetic influences and photographic styles of the five photographers commissioned for this fascinating look at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Green Cart initiative.
Featuring UNRESERVED: The Work of Louie Gong, Writing the Land, Airplane, Button Blanket, and Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows. Start times are 1pm and 3pm.
Events and activities for all ages!
DELICIOUS FOOD DEMOS, ETSY MARKET PLACE, ECO-ARTISTS, GUEST SPEAKERS, FILMS, ADAMAH PRODUCTS, COMMUNITY SERVICE, SOCIAL ACTION.
FEATURED SPEAKER: Diet For A Hot Planet: A Conversation with Anna Lappé, 3 pm.
FOR TEENS & TWEENS:
Special Eco-Operation Chicken Soup! 2 pm, Free
Pack It Up-Going Green 1 pm, Free
FOR CHILDREN:
Eco Arts Activities & Crafts! 1-5 pm, Free
Adamah Chocolate Cake Food Demo 2-4 pm, Free
Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker magazine leads Rosanne Cash, singer-songwriter and author; Patrick McGrath, novelist; Imam Khalid Latif, Director and Chaplain for the Islamic Center at NYU; and other contributors to Know the Past, Find the Future — the Library’s special Centennial book, generously published by Penguin Classics - in a talk about the item most precious to them in the Library’s vast collections.
A documentary connecting the fate of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to decisions America makes about energy policy, transportation choices, and other seemingly unrelated matters. Caught in the balance are the culture and livelihood of the Gwich'in people and the migratory wildlife in this fragile ecosystem. Discusses the conflict between the oil industry and environmentalists over the future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
90 min.
People's Theatre Project and Seven Stories Institute in partnership with the YM&YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood present Voices/Voces: Our Young People Speak, a theatrical collage of music, words and movement created and performed by local teens.
Holding the Park's northern highlands was key in the American Revolution and the War of 1812 because armies could see their enemies approach as they sailed down the East River. History buffs will love this tour.
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents DANCE AT THE GYM, a four-part series of monthly interactive dance programs designed to attract new audiences and provide a meaningful hands-on dance experience. Each program focuses on a theme fundamental to dance: the body, which is the dancer’s instrument, partnering, dance’s relationship to music, and composition. Part lecture, part performance and part teaching workshop, the aim of the series is to give participants insights into the art form of contemporary dance and to increase their comfort in viewing and speaking about dance. Participants will see the new work as it develops and have an opportunity to ask questions and meet the dancers up-close and personal. With the Company's guidance, all will be encouraged to physically explore movements and concepts from the work.
What better way to end NYPL’s Find the Future weekend than by taking a journey through time to the world of tomorrow? Join them for a sneak preview of life in 2021 with some of the world's leading futurists, who will give us their take on what’s in store a decade from now. Jane McGonigal — creator of the Library's own one-of-kind alternate-reality game Find the Future: The Game — sees a future where we’ll solve real-world problems using techniques and lessons from video games. Other panelists will include leading visionary Stuart Candy, of the widely read sceptical futuryst blog, who will explore the future of libraries and activism, and The New Yorker’s Michael Specter, who will look into the future of science and health to predict how we’ll be living, eating, and aging in the next decade.
Maria the Korean Bride Grand Finale will be a live street theater performance featuring Jimmy McMillan (Rent Is Too Damn High Party) as the wedding officiant and yet to be determined groom.
The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
Authors Jonathan Papernick, Dara Horn and Matthew Lippman celebrate the re-release of Papernick’s The Ascent of Eli Israel as they walk from the Upper West Side to the Lower East Side, selling books from the pushcart of Papernick the Book Peddler. The walk will conclude with a reading and reception. Call for more info
Maria the Korean Bride Grand Finale will be a live street theater performance featuring Jimmy McMillan (Rent Is Too Damn High Party) as the wedding officiant and yet to be determined groom.
Since January, Swing Space artist-in-residence Luke Leonard has been developing a new performance event with his theater group, Monk Parrots. GRBL is a performance bordering on site-specific installation. Loosely inspired by the poetic-documentary style of James Agee's book, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, GRBL examines 'citizens' and follows a family of three rejects while spurring questions about Western heritage and social perception.
Cognac Live Radio Orchestra presents a special ‘Best Of’ edition of their radio plays, audio sketches, and character pieces. Experience foley effects, musical acts, and a professional dance crew bringing you a delightful live comedy hour. Free clementines.