Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on August 18, 2014?
40 free events take place on Monday, August 18 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 August 18 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 August . 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 Monday, August 18, 2014
Energize your day with a workout before work. Join park neighbor Pilates on Fifth for an al fresco mat Pilates class. Studio owners Katherine and Kimberly Corp help you target the deep muscles of the abdomen to and spine to build a strong body from the inside out. The hour-long class is paced for an energetic workout and open to all skill and age levels. Some mats will be provided, but class participants are encouraged to bring their own.
It is easy to forget that you are in a crowded city while walking through this spectacular park. This tour focuses on the middle of Central Park, seeing everything from a castle to the wild-looking Ramble. See an Ancient Egyptian obelisk and the place where Stuart Little raced his sailboat in the E.B. White children’s classic. Don’t forget to bring along your camera.
Join to meet up with like-minded players interested in the same games as you. The Early Bird Game Social gives you a chance to start the day in the park, and warm up your mind with games that get you thinking like dominoes, Scrabble, cards or Boggle.
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: 10:00am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
Learn the basics of working with spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel 2003. Topics include entering data and formulas, moving and copying data, formatting & print previewing worksheets.
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.
It’s once abandoned waterfront is now is now filled with newly constructed condo towers and magnificent parks and stunning views of Manhattan. Known today as the hipster capital of the United States, Williamsburg is so much more than that, containing enclaves of Puerto Ricans, Polish, Italians, Dominicans and Hasidic Jews.
Hola! Ni Hao! Bonjour! Konnichiwa! Dobryi den'! Come try out the Mango Languages program and start learning one of 35 languages today. This is a conversation-based language learning program with a built-in recording option. Record your voice and compare your speech to the narrator’s to hear your progress.
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.
Ciao! Ola! Konnichiwa! Hola! The Park speaks Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and Spanish with instruction by inlingua. Learn a new language in these standalone beginner classes.
Guts, compassion, & rigor - Crux class will focus on physical awareness of body parts, bodies in space, and bodies as partners. Turn on your awareness through guided improvisation, task based games, and partnered phrase work. With Troy Ogilvie and Nicholas Bruder. Dancers and non-dancers welcome.
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!
Every Monday this summer, Magic Brian and his team will be onstage. Magic Brian’s internationally award-winning show has been performed in festivals around the world for the last 10 years. It is a family friendly, high-energy, and interactive comedy show with plenty of surprises.
Elio Villafranca is at the forefront of the latest generation of remarkable Cuban pianists, composers and bandleaders that for several years has been making major creative contributions to the international development of modern jazz. In the 2010 Grammy Awards he was nominated in Best Latin Jazz Album of the Year, for his performance, composition and co-production in the album Things I Wanted To Do by Chembo Corniel.
A former student of jazz legend Kenny Barron, Victor Lin is currently a jazz music instructor at Columbia University, Teachers College, and The Calhoun School.
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.
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.
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.
Join Sean Corcoran, the Museum’s Curator of Prints and Photographs, to discover what’s behind Aaron Rose’s Coney Island photographs—each capturing beachgoers of all ages, ethnicities, and walks of life, while they remain in a zone of privacy. Also, learn about the Rose’s innovative use of early color technology.
The Downtown Dance Festival is one of lower Manhattan’s most highly anticipated summer events. Initiated in 1982 by Battery Dance Company, the Festival has thrilled audiences in the hundreds of thousands and showcased great dance companies from around the world as well as the best New York City has to offer. The Downtown Dance Festival is NYC’s longest-running dance festival.
Tonight:
6pm: Lori Belilove and The Isadora Duncan Dance Company
7pm: Entomo EA&AE; Nimbus Dance Works; Elena Zahlmann of New York Theatre Ballet
7:45pm: Everybody Dance Now
The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, French Cheeses and Russian caviar as well as fresh meats to City markets. The hustle and bustle of the streets induced the City to elevate the railroad trains delivering goods to the commercial buildings. When interstate truck traffic made the railway outdated, it fell into ruin, only to be regenerated as a park.
Seen through the eyes of activists, farmers, and journalists, Waking the Green Tiger follows an extraordinary grassroots campaign which successfully stopped a huge dam project on the upper Yangtze river in southwestern China.
78 min. In Chinese with English subtitles.
There will be a Q&A featuring Shi Lihong, an environmental activist who contributed footage and is interviewed in this film. Reception to follow.
This illustrated lecture explores the feuds, debates, obstacles and momentous achievements that ultimately led to the building of the first two subways in America.
Learn how to create a slideshow presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Topics include creating and editing slides, inserting images and clipart, and running your slideshow.
Lawyer, writer and psychic medium Susan Lander talks about her unique journey with 22 famous and infamous spirits from Charlemagne and Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut and Steve Jobs.
An intimate portrait of the vivacious John Wojtowicz, the inspiration behind Al Pacino's character in Sidney Lumet's Oscar-Nominated Dog Day Afternoon. The documentary captures the many sides of John Wojtowicz's larger-than-life persona: he is by turns lover, husband, soldier, activist, New Yorker, mama's boy and bank robber.
100 min.
Starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
133 min.
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.
With Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia.
When a boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine, he wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult body.
104 min.
Rain or shine. Gates open to the public at 6:30 pm. A DJ will perform from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Movie will be closed-captioned. Bring a picnic!
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd.
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil presence induces the father to violence while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings.
142 min.
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).