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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 19, 2016?
46 free events take place on Thursday, May 19 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 19 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.
Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 19, 2016?
46 free events take place on Thursday, May 19 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 19 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.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
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.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
46 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, May 19, 2016
All events are free unless otherwise noted.Editor's Picks
City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour
This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
This tour takes place every day at 10am.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Tour | Downtown Manhattan 3-Hour Tour
The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World Trade Center, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. These are neighborhoods that simply can’t be fully appreciated from a bus. There will be one or two opportunities to sample tasty treats.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Tour | Lower Manhattan, Chinatown, Little Italy and SoHo Tour
A multi-neighborhood tour of the Lower Manhattan area. The tour begins on Wall Street, where you will see the New York Stock Exchange and Trinity Church before moving on the the World Trade Center and City Hall. We then move on by subway to visit the largest Chinatown in the United States. Following Chinatown, the tour will continue on through Little Italy and on to SoHo.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Tour | Midtown Manhattan Tour
Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Concert | Bach at Noon
The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 15, 2015 to May 26, 2016.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour
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.
This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Spring Fling: Quilts from the Collection
A colorful display of master quilts from the museum’s renowned collection will be on view. The lively selection includes Amish, stenciled, pieced, and appliquéd quilts. Please enjoy these rarely seen textiles while a portion of our space undergoes repairs.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation
Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
This workshop takes place Tuesdays and Thursdays in April.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
$10 suggested donation
Classical Music | Revolutionaries: The Late Works of Beethoven and Ginastera
Program:
Alberto Ginastera Glosse Sobre Temes De Pau Casals op. 46
Richard Strauss Metamorphosen
Knut Nystedt Concerto Arctandriae op. 128
This Third Thursday concert features the award-winning Norwegian string ensemble 1B1, a group dedicated to changing the cultural landscape of the classical music world through progressive performances.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Student Recitals
Concert of Sacred Music 1:00 pm
Anna Fitzgerald, bassoon 1:00 pm
Ki-taek Song, tenor 4:00 pm
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Concentus New York performs 'Delights of the German Baroque'
After the Thirty Years' War, German cities competed against each other for recovery through importing Italian and French culture. Handel, Telemann, and J.S.Bach of the high Baroque period in Germany were admirers of French and Italian music, and composed chamber sonatas in the Italian style with their own sophisticated creativity
Performers:
Alex Yu, recorder
Ka-Wai Yu, baroque cello and viola da gamba
Masayuki Maki, harpsichord
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
Free
Free
Film | Clarence Brown 's Anna Karenina (1935): Tolstoy's Novel
Stars: Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew.
The married Anna Karenina falls in love with Count Vronsky despite her husband's refusal to grant a divorce, and both must contend with the social repercussions.
95 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Book Discussion | Discuss Great Books in a Great Space
This month's title is As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Harlem Tour
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.
This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays at 2pm, and Saturdays at 10am.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Film | Robert Zemeckis's Oscar Winner Back to the Future (1985): Time-Traveling Teen
Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson.
A young man is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence.
120 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour
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.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Subway Art Tour
Many people think of the New York City subway as one of the largest, most efficient, if not the cleanest mass transit systems in the world. Few, however, think of it as the largest and longest art gallery on the planet. Well, they don't know what they are missing. This lively walking AND subway riding tour visits over a dozen subway stations to experience a selection of these striking often whimsical works that go largely unnoticed by the general public.
Join this climate controlled subway and walking art tour. Along the way you'll learn about and become expert at navigating the (in)famous NYC subway system. There's also the invaluable opportunity to confer about your other sightseeing plans with the acclaimed Bronx born, vastly experienced licensed NYC tour guide, Darryl Reilly.
Tour takes place every Thursday.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Birdwatching | Spring Birding Tour
Go birding! Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season with guided tours. The location is a hotspot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will's-widow.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
Free
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Opening Reception | New Public Sculptures by Dee Briggs
The exhibition includes three works that the artist completed in 2015 and 2016. Titles of the sculptures correspond to the components, dimensions, and adjacent street: 3 Rings | 6'/3" Centre; 3 Rings | 6'/3" Lafayette; and 6 Plates | 5'X10'X.5" Worth.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
Free
Opera | Opera with Anne Tormela
Anne Tormela presents highlights of the most beloved opera, operetta, Broadway and popular classics. Special requests welcomed!
A native New Yorker, Tormela specializes in bel canto, operatic and early music style. Tormela is an accomplished concert recitalist and has performed all over the world in Germany, Italy, France, Sweden, Israel and the United States.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | Exhibition: George Sugarman's Painted Sculptures
Completed in the 1980s and 1990s the works continue the artist’s lifelong exploration of the expressive capabilities of minimal form. Coming to prominence in the 1960s his sculptures expand upon formalism with a playful touch.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Author Reading | Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power discuss their book The Career Code: Must-Know Rules for a Strategic, Stylish, and Self-Made Career
The co-founders of Clique Media, Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power, discuss their new book.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Talk | Italians in the Making: From the Risorgimento to the Great War, from the Resistance to Today
A conversation with journalist Aldo Cazzullo, one of the most prominent Italian columnists. Writing for the Corriere della Sera, he is an acute observer of contemporary Italy within the European context. However, of the many books he has published, the most successful ones (with hundreds of millions of copies sold) are historical books that explore - in an unusually lively and engaging way - key moments in the building of an Italian national identity: the Risorgimento (the process of Italian unification), the Great War, and the Resistance.
In ENGLISH.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Juilliard Orchestra Commencement Concert
Program:
WEBERN Im Sommerwind
MAHLER Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
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Concert | Out of the Ashes: Pianist Conor Linehan in Recital
Conor Linehan, acclaimed pianist and composer of the Abbey TheatreIreland’s National Theatre, offers a musical exploration of Irish history. In this informal concert, Linehan performs music from the period of the 1916 Easter Rising, when Ireland began their revolution against British rule, up to contemporary music from Ireland in 2016.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | Paintings: Anthony Adcock's Mark of the Trade
The illusionistic quality allows the paintings to be viewed as sculptures, which brings the viewer to consider the work as found objects or ready-mades. Instead of highlighting facture, the representational paintings question authorship and production, leaving the viewer to question the significance and function of the perceived objects.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | Paintings: Bahar Behbahani's Garden Coup
Bahar Behbahani is an Iranian artist living and working in New York. The exhibition comprises paintings and an installation structured around the conflicted figure of Donald Wilber. Wilber is marked by duality: his writings on Persian gardens distinguish him as a well-respected Middle Eastern architectural scholar, one whose research the artist studied in college. However, Wilber was also a CIA secret agent, responsible for orchestrating the 1953 military coup in Iran.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Opening Reception | Photography: Richard Avedon's Fashion 1948-1995
A retrospective of the famous photographer's work.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reads from her book An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma, the daughter of a tenant farmer and part-Indian mother. She has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than four decades and is known for her lifelong commitment to national and international social justice issues.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | The Principles of Composition
In this lecture Lucie Vítková will present her work as she introduces some of her compositional principles. She will talk about listening to the music of the environment and reveal her practice through an interpretation of her texts and graphic scores in collaboration with the audience.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Make the Park Your Gym: Circuit
Get fit with innovative exercises designed by top trainers to utilize the Park’s best natural features: rocks, trails, stairs, hills, and gorgeous open lawns.
The Central Park Circuit is a variety of in-Park classes that will help you maximize your strength and agility, as well as increase flexibility and muscle tone. Classes are drop-in and open to all fitness levels.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 10 – June 16 and July 5 – August 11.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free
Free
Reading | Bad: The Autobiography of James Carr Readings from a Career Criminial's Life
Three Rooms Press presents an evening of reading and storytelling in support of prison reform at the NYC launch of Bad: The Autobiography of James Carr, the harrowing, brutal, and unapologetic 1972 memoir by the notorious African-American career criminal who went straight out of Compton to a ongoing cycle of prison terms after burning down his school at age 10.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
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Discussion | Adrien Bosc discusses his book Constellation with Gay Talese
French novelist Adrien Bosc and American legendary author Gay Talese will discuss Bosc’s best-selling debut novel based on the true story of the 1949 disappearance of Air France’s Lockheed Constellation aircraft and its famous passengers.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | An Evening of Eastern and Western Sacred Music
Join the Cathedral Choir as they conclude the 2015-2016 season with an evening of Eastern and Western Sacred Music. Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic musicians unite during this important concert to promote ecumenism. The concert will include works of Louis Lambilotte, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Camille Saint-Saëns, Eleni Traganas and plainchant.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Author Reading | Andrew Nagorski reads from his book The Nazi Hunters
As the era of the Nazi Hunters draws to a close, former Newsweek journalist Nagorski chronicles the postwar quest to bring Nazi war criminals to justice. From the Nuremberg Trials to lesser known cases, The Nazi Hunters examines how the initial impulse of revenge was transformed into a struggle for justice and how they have transformed our fundamental notions of right and wrong.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Film | Cinema from Malta: Rebecca Cremona's Simshar (2014)
Young Theo is sent on his first trip with his Maltese sea faring family, but things go terribly wrong when the 'Simshar' sinks, leaving the crew stranded in the Mediterranean.
101 mins.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Corinne Bailey Rae performs from her CD The Heart Speaks in Whispers
The English singer, songwriter and guitarist scored platinum with her first album. She tries again with this CD of eight new songs.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Author Reading | Mike Edison reads from his book You Are a Complete Disappointment: A Triumphant Memoir of Failed Expectations
"You are a complete disappointment." On his deathbed, author Mike Edison's father gasped those words to his son. This often hilarious yet intensely heartbreaking memoir from the former High Times publisher provides both solace and laughter. After years of criticism, expectations and competition, the author unravels a relationship that could never be fixed--but perhaps didn't need to be.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Performance | One-Woman Show: Dora Maar by Michele Farbman
Picasso’s most fiery muse shares songs and stories about her love affair with photography and the great painter.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
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Poetry Reading | Pellegrino D'Acierno reads from his book The Fat Man Arpeggios
Pellegrino D'Acierno presents a ludic portrait of the Fat Man -- a metaphysical dandy and “foolosopher” -- who voices, through the lightness of arpeggios, his existential and amorous dilemmas.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Dance Lesson | Tango Open House
The event will include:
· Introductory, beginner, and advanced tango classes
· Tango music and multimedia
· Special performances by students and teachers
· A Q+A with staff and students
· Discount class and event packages
· Tango games and gifts
Light refreshments will be served.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:15 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Ghosts of Greenwich Village Tour
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.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
Free
Free
Performance | Voices of A People’s History of the United States: Students Performances
Following a year-long curriculum, students from the High School for Arts, Imagination and Inquiry perform their stories inspired by historian Howard Zinn’s seminal work.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Midtown Manhattan Night Tour
New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline.
NOTE** THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Please note they do utilize the subway on this tour so you will need $5 for subway.
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
Free
Free
Comedy Club | The Bomb Shelter Comedy Show
Local Favorites Matt Azark, Jeff Cerulli and Erik Bransteen invite some of their favorites comedians to perform on this weekly showcase. Lineups include comedians from Comedy Central, Late Night & MTV. The show includes two free pizzas so come early.
Takes place every Thursday.
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Play | Much Ado About Nothing: A 20th-Century Version of Shakespeare's Beloved Comedy
The Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot ensemble presents Much Ado about Nothing set in the Post-World War I Suffragette movement.
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
Free
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