50 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, April 10, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
One hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises. For a breath of fresh air, take your workouts ...
more >> outdoors. Parks are becoming a logical alternative environment for those who want to add variety to their workouts, or who just don't like the gym. And, it's an affordable way to increase physical activity opportunities, because there's nothing special to build. Exercise with a view, in natural sunlight, with green scenery all around bestows health benefits that can’t be found indoors. Scientific studies have shown that the pleasure of being outdoors for example gives your brain, psyche, and immune system an extra boost. Led by trained professionals, and suitable for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water.
7:30 am
free, no reservation required
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.
Kundalini Yoga is also called the Yoga of Awareness. It combines the physical practice of Asanas with ...
more >> Pranayama (breathing) and Meditation/Chanting – it targets the whole body system (nervous system, glands, mental faculties, chakras) to develop awareness and consciousness, strength and flexibility. Everybody is welcome, no previous knowledge of Yoga is necessary. Please bring a Yoga mat and possibly a blanket and a shawl.
9:30 am
free, no reservation required
The Gotham Jazzmen bring their take on Dixieland Jazz. The band features: Ed Bonoff on drums; James Collier ...
more >> on trombone; Lee Lorenz on cornet; Pete Sokolow on piano; Dick Waldburger on bass; Ernie Lumer on clarinet; and Bill Wurtzel on guitar.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Russia’s focus on East Asia policy has been stimulated by its bid to achieve a more balanced foreign ...
more >> policy and to foster economic, political, and security cooperation in the most rapidly developing region of East Asia, as well as stimulate the development of Siberia and the Far East. Although it was declared a strategic priority at the beginning of the 21st century, the level of actual engagement could be characterized as critically insufficient. Deterioration of relations with the U.S. and Europe made Russia accelerate its Asian pivot, or turn to the East, as a safeguard against Western sanctions to guarantee Russia’s development. Speaker Anna Kireeva is Associate Professor at Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays ...
more >> through Fridays, from September 12, 2017 to May 23, 2018.
12:20 pm
free, no reservation required
A docent-led tour of items on display, drawn exclusively from the Library’s collections, exploring ...
more >> the breadth and significance of this pivotal era. The tour last approximately 45 minutes and covers highlights of the show.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
12:30 pm
$6 suggested donation
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.
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
On this tour, learn about some of the most significant acts of heroism and the people who sacrificed ...
more >> their lives to save others, but we also discover the history of the World Trade Center, starting with the strategies in the 1950s that were put in place to build it, how it was designed, constructed, how it came down, and the new buildings that are redefining the center today.
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.
Walk straight through the heart of Central Park on this east-to-west tour led by guides. Enjoy a great ...
more >> variety of the scenic, sculptural, and ar chitectural elements the Park has to offer. Visit some of the Park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Cherry Hill, The Lake, and Strawberry Fields.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A docent-led tour of items on display, drawn exclusively from the Library’s collections, exploring ...
more >> the breadth and significance of this pivotal era. The tour last approximately 45 minutes and covers highlights of the show.
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Manjie Yang, Violin 4:00PM ShengYao Wu, Double Bass 4:00PM David Milazzo, Jazz Alto Saxophone 6:00PM ...
more >> Byungchan Lee, Violin 6:00PM Matthew Liu, Composition 8:00PM En-chi Cheng, Viola 8:00PM
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
4:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Discuss the book by Ada Calhoun. Drawn from countless interviews, Calhoun tells the story of the many ...
more >> artistic and political movementst that began right around the corner from the library.
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
A performance in three parts investigating Mayfield Brooks’s ongoing project, Improvising While Black ...
more >> (IWB), which uses dance improvisation as a tool to create atmospheres of care and inquiry while listening to ancestral whispers of the middle passage.
The title makes reference to the master key of fantasy and lore, but also the strange biomorphic shapes ...
more >> the artist often employs in her "bulbous, raunchy" paintings as Artforum described the work on the eve of her two-person show at ICA Philadelphia alongside Jessi Reaves. Perhaps both women could be regarded as making furniture sculpture, only one of them exclusively in two-dimensional form.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This presentation and discussion will trace the development of the Designer/Manufacturer movement based ...
more >> in Brooklyn; its roots, evolution and explosive growth from 2010 to 2018. In Brooklyn, what began as loose collectives of young, mutually supportive, independent designers that integrated design and manufacturing, sharing space, and resources eventually found favor with design press and critics, helping transform a borough into a brand. Reflecting the cultural diversity of the borough, burgeoning design communities in Brooklyn have diversified a large segment of the American design identity. Design in Brooklyn has driven cultural change, from institutions such as NYCXDesign and Brooklyn Designs, to development and rezoning initiatives such as Industry City and The Brooklyn Fashion and Design Accelerator.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy meets Eurovision in an over-the-top galactic science fiction spectacle ...
more >> from bestselling author Catherynne Valente where sentient races compete for glory in a universe-wide musical contest—where the stakes are as high as the fate of planet Earth.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
How can animal rights and fashion work together toward a sustainable future? Joshua Katcher, author of ...
more >> the forthcoming Fashion Animals, will discuss the complicated relationship between fashion and animals, and how this relationship has significant environmental impact.
6pm: Meet and greet with artist Rosmarie Tissi. The first 50 visitors will receive signed copies of ...
more >> the poster for the exhibition Albers, Lustig Cohen, Tissi, 1958 – 2018. 6:30 PM A conversation with artists Rosmarie Tissi, Jiminie Ha, and Samantha Bittman. Moderated by Juliette Cezzar.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
An exciting new documentary that examines the body image crisis. Ninety percent of women and young girls ...
more >> say that they feel unrepresented in the fashion industry and that the imagery they consume daily makes them feel “disgusting” and “less than.” The film showcases fashion leaders who are fighting for more diversity of size, race, and age. After the screening, director Jenny McQuaile and Meredith Rollins, editor in chief of Redbook magazine, will discuss topics addressed in Straight/Curve.
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
Featuring: Emilie Storrs, soprano (pictured) Vita Wallace, violin Ishmael Wallace, baritone and piano
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6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Explore the work of the seminal abstract artist in honor of the catalogue raisonné of her work, the ...
more >> most definitive and comprehensive study of her paintings to date. The legacy of Agnes Martin can be found in the generations of artists who have been inspired by her limited palette and geometric vocabulary. Probably best known for her paintings of lines and grids using understated colors, Martin’s work has been hailed as "pure abstraction, in which space, metaphysics, and internal emotional states are explored through painting, drawing and printmaking. Discussing the catalogue, Martin's life, and her career are Tiffany Bell, editor at Artifex Press, and Richard Tuttle, the contemporary American artist who knew and worked with Martin from the 1960s until her death in 2004.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
An autobiography in letters recalls the life of the 94-year-old theoretical physicist and mathematician ...
more >> between 1936 to 1978, and the great scientific advances and political upheavals which he encountered.
Aaron Coleman is a poet whose chapbook, St. Trigger, won the 2015 Button Poetry Prize, and whose first ...
more >> full-length collection is titled, Threat Come Close (Four Way Books, 2018). Camille T. Dungy is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently Trophic Cascade (Wesleyan University Press, 2017), and the essay collection Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys Into Race, Motherhood and History (W.W. Norton & Company, 2017). Shane McCrae is the author of several poetry collections including Mule (2011), Blood (2013), The Animal Too Big to Kill (2015), and In the Language of My Captor (Wesleyan University Press, 2017), which was a finalist for the National Book Award.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
How can we define the elusive quality of "Italian-ness" in music? This discussion group gives voice and ...
more >> vocabulary to our intuitions about Italian music, both instrumental and vocal. You'll listen to music from the sublime Palestrina, pinnacle of the Italian Renaissance; through Monteverdi, Lulli, Cherubini, Puccini, Respighi and more; to John Corigliano and our modern world, naming Italian characteristics and asking whether they stand the test of time. What Makes It Italian is a music listening and discussion group that is open to everyone. It is free and open to the public without regard to participation in the earlier series. Attendance at all meetings, which take place on Tuesdays from April 10 to May 15, is encouraged, as the discussions are cumulative. Led by Gina Crusco, who also guides listening at the Riverdale Y, formerly music instructor at The New School and director of Underworld Productions Opera. Tonight: Gesualdo the destroyer, Monteverdi the creator
Garth Risk Hallberg, Maaza Mengiste, Tom Roberge, Caroline Weber, and H.C. Wilentz engage in a joyful ...
more >> and witty debate about the merits of the five titles nominated for the Albertine Prize. The book champions participating in the battle will include the following: Garth Risk Hallberg, defending Compass by Mathias Énard Maaza Mengiste, defending The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis Tom Roberge, defending Not One Day by Anne Garréta Caroline Weber, defending Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou H. C. Wilentz, defending Incest by Christine Angot
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
The ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what ...
more >> he or she can or can't do about it. Restrictions apply. Call store for details.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A conversation between Singapore comic critic Lim Cheng Tju and comic artist Ye Zhen presents a different ...
more >> take on the above questions. Ye Zhen, a sequential art graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, has been quietly producing his Singapore Hip-Hop Horror Comics series for the last 10 years. So far, 10 volumes are out (the latest being the outrageous Singapore Por Kai Zai) with hardly any media attention or public adoration. He is consistently ignored and is an example of outside art in Singapore. But that might change as Ye Zhen has been featured in the last two Singapore Writers Festival.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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. Featuring: Diane Skerbec Donna Carnow J Bouey
7:00 pm
$3 suggested donation
On the 115th anniversary of the Russian pogrom that shocked the world and unleashed the forces that would ...
more >> shape the 20th century, this is a gathering in the hall where Anna Strunsky drew the connection between Russian and American violence against Jews and Blacks, to reflect on the nativist and religion-fueled judeophobia that refuses to die. New York Times staff editor and writer Bari Weiss moderates a conversation with Stanford historian Steven J. Zipperstein, and New York Times deputy Washington editor Jonathan Weisman. This impromptu gathering of the concerned will be hosted by Atina Grossmann, Professor of History.
This is an introductory meditation classes were featured in New York Magazine’s top picks (4 stars). ...
more >> Each session is intended to stand alone, attendence at previous sessions is not required. Room is set up with both meditation floor mats and traditional western chairs with back support. No special clothing or equipment is necessary.
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
An evening of wine and words featuring New York authors Laura Catherine Brown (Made by Mary) and Sweta ...
more >> Srivastava Vikram (Louisiana Catch) as they celebrate their new novels and talk about intersectional feminism, multiple facets of womanhood, what it means to be a grieving daughter, and how not to play an emotional surrogate.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe to America. In this forceful ...
more >> and unsparing work of contemporary history, based on vast research as well as personal reporting, Professor Snyder goes beyond the headlines to expose the true nature of the threat to democracy and law. By revealing the stark choices before us—between equality or oligarchy, individuality or totality, truth and falsehood—Snyder restores our understanding of the basis of our way of life, offering a way forward in a time of terrible uncertainty.
Jennifer Finney Boylan (pictured), author of fifteen books, has been a contributor to the op/ed page ...
more >> of The New York Times since 2007; in 2013 she became Contributing Opinion Writer for the page. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Kinsey Institute for Research on Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. Mary Gordon is the author of eight bestselling novels. She has also published two collections of stories, a book of essays, two memoirs, a biography of Joan of Arc, and Reading Jesus, a writer's encounter with the Gospels. Her latest books are There Your Heart Lies (2017), a novel, and The Liar's Wife (2014), a collection of novellas.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Program: Bruno Mantovani (b. 1974) Streets (2006) David Fulmer (b. 1950) Sky's Acetylene (2017) Vijay ...
more >> Iyer (b. 1971) and Prashant Bhargava (b. 1973): Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi (2013) In the first of a series of events celebrating “Rites of Spring,” Mannes American Composers Ensemble presents a performance bringing together live music and film to depict a journey of devotion honoring the goddess Radha. The evening will conclude with a conversation with composer Vijay Iyer, conductor David Fulmer, and actor Anna George.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Program: Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Acht Lieder, Op. 6 Theodore Wiprud (b. 1958) Songs for Allegra ...
more >> (2010) Milton Babbitt (1916-2011) Du Galen H. Brown (b. 1979) Darkness (2018) Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Pisne Milostné, Op. 83 Student Recital: Nina Berman, soprano with Steve Beck, piano
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM 13th Annual International Students' Concert 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Hohyeon Kyung, collaborative ...
more >> piano
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
In the show a series of quiet object fantasies unfolds in black, white, and grey inside a small fabric ...
more >> stage printed with elementary words — “Resist,” “Bread,” “Yes,” “Sky,” “Riot,” “Byebye.” Outside, an orchestra of nonsense instruments arises, spins, and recedes. A birch forest grows. Sculpted clouds produce hands, chairs, and rain. The storm passes. The episodes that make up The Basic Byebye Show develop in abstract counterpoint to periodic handkerchief-assisted “basic byebyes” to various brutal unnecessities of our current politics. The director of Bread and Puppet theater, Peter Schumann, says of the show, “The Basic Bye-bye Show is based on the fact that our culture is saying its basic bye-bye to Mother Earth by continuing the devastating effects of the global economy on our planet – which is why our show proclaims the Possibilitarian’s basic bye-bye to capitalism in order to welcome the 1000 alternatives to this rotten system.”
7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation,...