46 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, April 25, 2017
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for ...
more >> 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.
The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World ...
more >> 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.
Don't have enough time to take all of the tours? Prefer to experience Manhattan with a smaller group, ...
more >> but a private booking is out of reach? Then consider our All-in-One New York Tour. This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, the World Trade Center, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, Chelsea Market and the Highline Park.
Jeff Cable is coming back to share his favorite tips for photographing sporting events. Even though Jeff ...
more >> is a 5-time Olympic photographer, he will have advice for photographers of all levels. Jeff will recommend camera gear, camera settings, and ways to grab unique sports photos. His casual and fun style of teaching has made him one of the most popular speakers at B&H for the last 5 years. Regardless of whether you are photographing Michael Phelps or your grandchild’s first swim meet, if you would like to learn how to capture great sports photos of our own, you should come to this class.
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In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend ...
more >> in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” Tours take place every Tuesday at 10am, 11am, 2pm, and 3pm until Dec. 12, 2017.
On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory ...
more >> Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs. 90 minutes.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Ecuadorian-American pianist Washington García was awarded first prizes at the Guillermo Wright-Vallarino ...
more >> National Piano Competition held in Quito, the Elizabeth Davis Memorial Piano Competition and the 19th International Young Artist Piano Competition in Washington D.C., the 2004 Baltimore Music Club Piano Competition, and the Harrison Winter Piano Competition. As the winner of the Harrison Winter at the Peabody Institute, Dr. García was selected to perform with the Peabody Concert Orchestra. He was also a top prizewinner at the Yale Gordon Piano Competition and the Russell Wonderlic Piano Competition. Dr. García’s international debut took place in Santiago, Chile, where he performed for former President Patricio Aylwin at the Claudio Arrau International Piano Seminar. Subsequently, he was chosen from a large field of contestants from 33 countries by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. to receive one of two $25,000 grants awarded to pianists in its Fellowships of the Americas Program. As a result, he came to the United States to begin intensive piano studies with Professor Julian Martin at the Peabody Institute.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Stars: Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson. A chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning ...
more >> adulthood of a young, African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. 111 min.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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12:00 pm
Free-will offering
The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of ...
more >> choristers, and Mary Pan, organ scholar. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 13, 2016 to May 25, 2017.
12:20 pm
free, no reservation required
Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international ...
more >> 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.
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Jeff Cable is coming back to share his favorite tips for taking photographs while traveling the world. ...
more >> Even though Jeff is a 5-time Olympic photographer, he has not limited himself to just sports photography. He travels the world teaching photography and has a passion for landscape, wildlife, night photography and taking photos of just about anything and anyone. He will have great advice for photographers of all levels. His advice will help you get better photos, regardless of where you are traveling. Jeff will recommend camera gear, camera settings, and ways to grab unique photos of both exotic locations and your nearest inner city. His casual and fun style of teaching has made him one of the most popular speakers of the last 5 years. If you want to get better photos on your next getaway, you should come join this class.
Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city ...
more >> 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.
1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
Need help getting started with eBooks? Bring your laptop, eReader, tablet or smart phone to eBook Help ...
more >> Hour. Get assistance loading electronic library books on your Kindle, create your free Adobe ID, learn about 3M Cloud Library, and so much more. Make sure you bring your library card and any necessary access passwords for your devices so they can help you as quickly as possible.
Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, ...
more >> 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 daily.
You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central ...
more >> 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.
Since the late 1970s, Sophie Calle (b. 1953) has made work that investigates provocative and often controversial ...
more >> methods for confronting her emotional and psychological life. She is well known for her sleuth-like explorations of human relationships, which have led her to follow a stranger in the streets of Venice and document his every move, or to find work as a hotel chambermaid in order to photograph the belongings of the hotel’s guests. Calle’s new book, And So Forth, presents many of her recent projects from the last decade, including her renowned exhibition, Take Care of Yourself, first exhibited at the 2007 Venice Biennale. In this “tour de force of feminine responses…executed in a wild range of media,” Calle orchestrated a virtual chorus of women’s interpretations and assessments of a breakup letter she received in an email.
2:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Statistics show that criminals scam victims out of billions of dollars every year using various types ...
more >> of fraudulent activities. Avoid becoming a victim yourself. Learn how to recognize the tricks of a con artist and the tell-tale warning signs of a scam.
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Dicuss the book by James McBride. National Book Award winner McBride goes in search of the “real” ...
more >> James Brown after receiving a tip that promises to uncover the man behind the myth. His surprising journey illuminates not only our understanding of this immensely troubled, misunderstood, and complicated soul genius but the ways in which our cultural heritage has been shaped by Brown’s legacy.
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Yi Hsin Lin, Violin 4 p.m. Philip Sheegog, Cello 6 p.m. Isabelle Seula Lee, Baroque Violin 6 p.m. ...
more >> David Meder, Piano and Organ 8 p.m. Robert Warner, Harpsichord 8 p.m.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Her Again is a portrait of a woman, an era, and a profession: the first thoroughly researched biography ...
more >> of Meryl Streep—the “Iron Lady” of acting, nominated for nineteen Oscars and winner of three—that explores her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling with love, feminism, and her astonishing talent. In 1975 Meryl Streep, a promising young graduate of the Yale School of Drama, was finding her place in the New York theater scene. Burning with talent and ambition, she was like dozens of aspiring actors of the time—a twenty-something beauty who rode her bike everywhere, kept a diary, napped before performances, and stayed out late “talking about acting with actors in actors’ bars.” Yet Meryl stood apart from her peers. In her first season in New York, she won attention-getting parts in back-to-back Broadway plays, a Tony Award nomination, and two roles in Shakespeare in the Park productions.
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome ...
more >> to join in the fun. Equipment is provided.
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Michel Foucault famously argued that Chicago school neoliberalism was beyond normativity, uninterested ...
more >> in the disciplinary categories of perversion or deviance. Yet neoliberal scholars were far from libertarian when it came to the legal regulation of sexuality and entertained a much more complex relationship to moral philosophy than what is suggested by Foucault. In this workshop, Melinda Cooper, (author of Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism), will elucidate what she sees as the moral economy of neoliberalism and its provenance in the poor law tradition of family responsibility. This event will bring together Melinda Cooper with scholars who have worked on the intersection of neoliberalism and sexual politics, Lisa Duggan and Bethany Moreton.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Singer, bestselling cookbook author, and cooking show host Patti LaBelle shares her favorite dessert ...
more >> recipes and kitchen memories.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Poetics of Justice is very much a response to the current political moment in the United States. Claudia ...
more >> Rankine (pictured) and Dionne Brand will discuss the power and necessity of poetry in resisting the contemporary manifestations of racism, anti-blackness, and white supremacy. Moderated by Tami Navarro.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Sahaja Meditation is a holistic approach to living in balance. The simple technique gives the experience ...
more >> of inner silence, calm, and contentment. Sahaja Meditation is an inner yoga (connection), meaning no mental or physical effort is required. Whatever the issue facing us—frustration, anger, anxiety, bad habits, loneliness—Sahaja Meditation awakens a vibrant energy within each of us that empowers us to achieve our genuine self-expression and fulfillment .
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A conversation about various aspects of what it means to live as a vegan. Panelists will discuss their ...
more >> own experiences adopting veganism into their everyday lifestyle and professional work. How does veganism translate into a lifestyle and professional career? Hear from four powerful figures in the vegan spotlight who have made it their lives’ work to adopt a vegan lifestyle and embody what it means to live, not just eat, as a vegan. Panelists include: David Carter — Former NFL Player; Animal Rights Activist Chloe Coscarelli — Vegan Chef; Cookbook Author Joshua Katcher — Instructor of Fashion at Parsons; Founder & Creative Director, Brave Gentleman; Founder & Editor, TheDiscerningBrute.com Dominick Thompson — Healthcare Executive, Multi-Sport Athlete, Animal Rights Activist; Founder & Creative Director, Crazies & Weirdos
The stories of Berlin Jews who emigrated from Germany during the war and returned to the GDR afterward. ...
more >> The documentary revisits them after unification, when they again find themselves in a "new Germany." Post-film discussion with Jeffrey Peck (co-creator of Chronicle of Return and former Dean of Baruch’s Weissman College of Arts & Sciences), Frank Mecklenburg (Director of Research and Chief Archivist at Leo Baeck Institute), Albert Scharenberg (Rosa Luxembourg Foundation), and Katherine Pence (Associate Professor and Chair of German and women’s history at Baruch College). Jessica Lang (Associate Professor of English and Director of the Sandra Kahn Wasserman Jewish Studies Center at Baruch College) will moderate.
This illustrated lecture recounts the story of a serial bomber who stalked the streets of 1950s New York ...
more >> and how the race to catch him gave birth to a new science called criminal profiling.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Michael Lally's first book of poems was published in 1970; his twenty-ninth appeared in 2016. He has ...
more >> received two NEA fellowships, one of which was denounced on the floor of the U. S. Congress as allegedly "pornographic." He served for four years in the U. S. military and has worked as a college lecturer, night guard, limousine driver, and TV and movie actor. He writes the "Lally's Alley" blog. His books include Can't Be Wrong, It's Not Nostalgia, and Swing Theory.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Already translated into twenty languages, The End of Eddy captures the violence and desperation of life ...
more >> in a French factory town. It is also a sensitive, universal portrait of boyhood and sexual awakening. Like Karl Ove Knausgaard or Marguerite Duras, Édouard Louis writes from his own undisguised experience, but he writes with an openness and a compassionate intelligence that are all his own. The result—a critical and popular triumph—has made him the most celebrated French writer of his generation.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Elizabeth Strout's new novel explores the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves ...
more >> and others. One sister trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds a kindred spirit in the pages of a book. A janitor has his faith tested, a grown daughter longs for motherly love and the adult Lucy Barton returns to visit her siblings after 17 years of absence.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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A program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress, for artists at all ...
more >> stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion moderated by a Movement Research Artist-in-Residence or an occasional guest, where we will experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform the artists’ process. With: Suzan D Polat Meghan Schardt Candace Tabbs
7:00 pm
$3 suggested donation
The discovery of long-buried secrets brings three generations of women together to Cape Cod for the summer ...
more >> homecoming of a lifetime. In conversation with The Darlings author Cristina Alger, Jamie Brenner (The Wedding Sisters) discusses the shocking revelations, heartfelt romance and unexpected twists of fate that are guaranteed to make The Forever Summer the perfect beach read.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Food Swings offers the perfect selection of recipes for those days when you want something light, and ...
more >> other times when you want to be indulgent.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Every week, some of NYC's best established and emerging comics, storytellers, writers and performers ...
more >> try out new material followed up by the OPEN STAGE-- the place where ANYONE can get up and do ANYTHING!
7:00 pm
Free, donations welcome
Berndt Thurner of Vienna, Austria studied percussion at the Carinthian Conservatory in Klagenfurt and ...
more >> finished the study with diploma. Engaged with studies of jazz and improvisation. Passionate traveller to regions all over the world, bringing along impressions and instruments which influence his music. By getting a two-year scholarship from the Federal State government of Carinthia, Thurner completed his studies at the Sweelinck Conservatoriurn Amsterdam and graduated as »uitvoerend musicus«.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Program: George Lewis’ Seismologic (2017) for solo bassoonist Dana Jessen Roscoe Mitchell’s Distant ...
more >> Radio Transmission (2017) with the composer on saxophone, baritone Thomas Buckner, and the SEM Orchestra, conducted by Kotik Christian Wolff’s 5 Songs with Thomas Buckner and the orchestra Petr Bakla’s Major Thirds with pianist Joseph Kubera and the Momenta Quartet The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble, founded and directed by Petr Kotik, presents a marathon program which uniquely combines composers from the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians – Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis, and Roscoe Mitchell – with those associated with the New York avant-garde tradition – Christian Wolff, Petr Kotik, Jackson Mac Low, and Czech composer Petr Bakla.
This introductory meditation class was featured as a New York Magazine top pick. Room is set up with ...
more >> both meditation floor mats and traditional western chairs with back support. No special clothing or equipment is necessary.
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
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Program: Piazzolla, Histoire du Tango (excerpts) Crumb, Mundud Canis Jolivet, Heptade Greenhoe, New ...
more >> York Carter, Esprit rude/ Esprit doux II Lansky, Testures (excerpts) MSM Student Project in Performance: Eric Goldberg (BM '17), Percussion
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
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Mark Schonwetter will discuss how he spent his childhood hiding in the forests and farms of Poland with ...
more >> his mother and sister. He will be accompanied by his daughter, Ann Arnold, whose book, Together: A Journey for Survival, will be available for purchase and signing at this event.
Kelly Osbourne may not always have been a typical role model, but no one can say that her perspective ...
more >> isn’t hard won after spending three decades in the spotlight: from growing up completely exposed to the heavy metal scene—replete with crazy antics most readers have only begun to hear about—to spending her teenage years as the wild middle child of an even wilder Ozzy Osbourne, to the family’s popular stint on their wacky eponymous reality show.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
A collaborative performance between Steinhardt Jazz Studies and Classical Composition Programs. Performing ...
more >> compositions by Rebecca Frank, Rohan Ravi Chander, Kyle Alexander Brenn, and Joshua Bartley.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required