58 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, August 9, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
A sweaty yoga flow that will leave you breathless, refreshed and ready to tackle your day. Every Thursday ...
more >> from June 14-August 9, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 am
free, no reservation required
A morning class provided by the Tai Chi Chuan Center and led by teachers and students who train at CK ...
more >> Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Master Hyland Harris.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 am
free, no reservation required
A beat-bumping, butt-kicking class that will leave you feeling some seriously good vibes. Sneakers recommended. ...
more >> Every Thursday from June 14-August 9, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 am
free, no reservation required
Get your yoga on in the park this summer and fall with Sacred Sounds Yoga. Breathe, move, and stretch. ...
more >> Please bring your own yoga mat. Every Wednesday and Thursday from June 6-September 12, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 am
free, no reservation required
Tai Chi is an art that promotes balance, strength, grace, and flexibility, and promotes a meditative ...
more >> mood with its “dance of quiet motion." Every Thursday from June 14-August 9, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 am
free, no reservation required
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations ...
more >> for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
The tour of City Hall includes a discussion of the building's history, art, architecture, and civic function.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, reservation required
A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. ...
more >> Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas. 97 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Looking for a job? Discover what tools to use to find vacancies, learn inside tips from a certified Talent ...
more >> Acquisition Strategist on where to find job postings and what HR is looking for in your application. Laptops will be first-come-first-served; bring your own if you have one. Also bring paper copies of your resume/cover letter, or have the file accessible via email or flash drive. Please do not arrive late interrupting the class.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:30 am
free, RSVP in-person...
Legendary electric bassist and renaissance man Marcus Miller's resonant funk fusions can be heard on ...
more >> over 500 recordings across the musical spectrum—including tracks by Chaka Khan, Roberta Flack, Jay-Z, Eric Clapton, Luther Vandross, Billy Idol, and countless other heavy hitters—and he was Miles Davis’ last primary collaborator. In 2012, Miller returned to composing with Renaissance, which featured a new band of curious-minded young musicians on a mission to travel the world and take their innovative movement straight to the hearts, souls, and minds of the people.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Enjoy special performances by students from The New School for Jazz. Let these incredible artists provide ...
more >> the soundtrack for your meal while enjoying the park's beauty. Every Thursday from June 14-August 9, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Discover the abundant uses of historical newspapers for local history information in the numerous microfilm ...
more >> and digital collections.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The most popular shows on and off Broadway perform their biggest hits. Featuring musical numbers from ...
more >> hit shows: Avenue Q Jersey Boys Smokey Joe’s Café Summer: The Donna Summer Musical 106.7 LITE FM host: Victor Sosa Co-host: cast of The Play That Goes Wrong Pre-show: Vitaly: An Evening of Wonders
New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy... so swing on by for toe-tappin’ performances by New York’s ...
more >> finest, playing ragtime, stride, and jazz to your heart’s delight. Russ Kassoff is a jazz pianist, Broadway conductor, and music director.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
The wife of a doctor immersed in his medical research has an affair with a British diplomat; but she ...
more >> chooses to go with her husband when he must travel to the interior of cholera-ridden China. Director: Richard Boleslawski. 83 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 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.
New York City, NY; NYC
The exhibition explores the confluence of art, love, science, and religion in the extraordinary art of ...
more >> Orra White Hitchcock, one of America’s first female scientific illustrators. White exhibited a prodigious scientific mind and abundant artistic talent at an early age. The exhibition traces her development from schoolgirl projects to highly accomplished renderings of the natural scenery of the Connecticut River Valley used in her husband’s many geology publications. Less well known are colorful paintings on cotton—some more than twelve feet long—that were used to illustrate her husband’s many college lectures on geology, botany, zoology, and anatomy. A tour of led by museum gallery guides.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Do you want to find time for literature in your busy life? Join to celebrate literature in bite-size ...
more >> servings! Read aloud, enact, and discuss passages of classic and contemporary literature from across the globe. This session's theme will be reading and discussing contemporary American poetry published in 2017 and 2018. All literary enthusiasts are welcome.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately ...
more >> 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377–1399) and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's successors: Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; and Henry V.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A tour of The Battery, a 25-acre park at the tip of Manhattan. Learn about the park's rich history, many ...
more >> important landmarks and monuments, the Seaglass Carousel, 134,000 square feet of beautiful perennial gardens designed by renowned Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, and so much more.
New York City, NY; NYC
A psychiatrist agrees to hypnotize his friend's girlfriend in order to convince her to accept his proposals ...
more >> of marriage, but she ends up falling for the psychiatrist instead. Directed by Mark Sandrich. Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy. 83 mins.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
An abused wife gets involved with a married doctor in San Francisco. Directed by Richard Lester. Starring ...
more >> Julie Christie & George C. Scott. 105 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A American heist action film that follows a band of thieves who plan to use a Category 5 hurricane to ...
more >> cover their tracks of a bank robbery. Directed by Rob Cohen. Starring Toby Kebbell, Maggie Grace, Ryan Kwanten, Melissa Bolona and Ralph Ineson. 103 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Manhattan Beach tells the haunting World War II-era story of Anna Kerrigan, who becomes the Brooklyn ...
more >> Navy Yard's first female diver, and her search for her missing father. Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short story writer. Her novel A Visit from the Goon Squad won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. As of February 28, 2018, she is the President of the PEN America Center. Please read the boo before coming for the discussion.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
After being wrongly convicted as a traitor, Peter Blood, an English physician, is sent to exile in the ...
more >> British colonies of the Caribbean, where he becomes a pirate. Starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone. 119 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
An introduction to some of the southern Park highlights, including Grand Army Plaza, the Pond, Gapstow ...
more >> Bridge, Wollman Rink, Chess and Checkers House, and the Dairy.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her ...
more >> friend to space in order to find him. Director: Ava DuVernay. 109 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Two people on opposite sides of the world meet via Facebook and begin an online friendship, both separated ...
more >> yet linked by relationships with fathers, lovers and lies. By Barbara Kelly.
New York City, NY; NYC
Vegucated is a guerrilla-style documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who ...
more >> agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks and learn what it's all about. Director: Marisa Miller Wolfson. Q&A to follow with Ellen Mausner (person featured in the film). 76 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A new Dueling Performance each week. Two artists at the top of their trade will perform - YOU will determine ...
more >> who is the ultimate champion. Each week experience a different act from beat boxers, to DJs, to dancers, to drummers, a cappella singers and more. Every Thursday from June 14-August 9, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A walk-in tai chi class with a curriculum tested at the Tai Chi World Cup. Breathwork, visualization, ...
more >> and body mechanics unite in this unique evolution of the Tai Chi system that gives practitioners something tangible to take with them in every class. Taught by former US Tai Chi Push Hands Team captain and World Cup silver medalist Jan Lucanus. Thursdays, July 12-September 27, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Pay-what-you-want admission policy
Spend your Thursday evenings in the park with New York Health & Racquet Club. Experience their specialized ...
more >> dance cardio and have fun! Every Thursday from June 14-August 9, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
A class of writing and sharing work in a supportive and respectful environment. Writers of all genres ...
more >> and levels of experience welcome. No prior writing experience is necessary.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
An exhibition featuring the work of six figurative women artists. Jaclyn Brown, Anne Buckwalter, Hilary ...
more >> Doyle, Sarah Fox, Dominique Fung, and Lynnea Holland-Weiss navigate humanity, identity, womanhood, relationships, gender-related expectations, and aging through their unique, and often humorously contorted works.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show. 94 min. Director: Penelope Spheeris ...
more >> Music starts at 6:00 PM, movie begins at sundown.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
It’s tough to overstate just how influential Charlie Ahearn’s 1983 film Wild Style has been in the ...
more >> development of hip-hop culture. Even legendary rapper Nas once dubbed the piece a “visual Bible of hip-hop.” The evocative film culminates with an infamous, real-life 1982 concert that took place at this venue. 35 years later, the stars of the film invite and special guest DJ Funk Flex fans and friends to celebrate with them at that very place. Featuring pre show hip-hop dance workshop with Fabel, 6pm. Special Guests Include:
Almighty Kay Gee
Busy Bee
Charlie Ahearn
DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore
DJ Tony Crush
Eclipse
EZ AD
Grand Master Caz
Patti Astor
Rodney C
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Dances for a Variable Population master teacher Naomi Goldberg Haas and members of the intergenerational ...
more >> company lead dance workshops for adults of all ages and abilities, with a special focus on seniors. Celebrate moving in strong and creative ways. All fun. All welcome! Thursdays, August 3-31, 2018
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Brasil Summerfest is a weeklong festival celebrating Brazil’s contemporary music and culture.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Get to know every detail of the park's plant life while walking through the park with one of the knowledgeable ...
more >> staff horticulturists. Discover how our perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees change as seasons pass, what plants are native, which are edible and medicinal, and how they take care of more than 500 varieties of plants growing in the park. This tour will highlight the ornamental grasses and wildflowers.
New York City, NY; NYC
Singer/songwriter Ed Cyosis performs songs from the debut album by American rock band the Velvet Underground, ...
more >> The Velvet Underground & Nico, released in 1967.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stretch and strengthen the entire body while calming and centering the mind. Explore the full range of ...
more >> yoga poses—along with breath work and meditation. Students of all levels are welcome at these free classes, offered on the lawn with mats and props provided. Come for fitness, flexibility, stress release—and a moment of quiet in nature. Thursdays, August 2-30, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Perfect your downward dog under the trees at the 16th season of outdoor yoga classes presented by KeVita. ...
more >> A colorful selection of mats is provided by Gaiam.
New York City, NY; NYC
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after ...
more >> landing a spot on a local TV dance show. 117 min. Opens for seating at 6:30 PM. Movies begin at dusk. Please bring a blanket or mat to sit on.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Shakespeare's troubled prince in an outdoor production. Directed by George K. Wells Thursdays-Sundays; ...
more >> August 2-26, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Pay-what-you-can admission policy
Spend your Thursday evenings with New York Health & Racquet Club. Experience a variety of their specialized ...
more >> cardio HIIT and have fun! Every Thursday from June 14-August 9, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Link mindful breath with movement in this full spectrum yoga practice that includes modifications and ...
more >> intensifications depending on experience level. Veteran Nina Semczuk helps you cultivate strength, flexibility, balance, and focus while enjoying yoga outdoors. Please bring a mat. Every Thursday from June 7-October 25, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Take your workout to the waterfront! This exercise class returns for its 20th anniversary season, giving ...
more >> you opportunities to get fit. Enhance your yoga practice with skilled instructors and a rejuvenating river view. Bring your own mat! Thursdays, June 28-September 13, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
Arjun Singh Sethi, a community activist and civil rights lawyer, chronicles the stories of individuals ...
more >> affected by hate. In a series of powerful, unfiltered testimonials, survivors tell their stories in their own words and describe how the bigoted rhetoric and policies of the Trump administration have intensified bullying, discrimination, and even violence toward them and their communities.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the ...
more >> mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George. 97 min. Director: Mark Waters
New York City, NY; NYC
One of the great ambassadors of classic American blues, Gary Clark Jr., will take the stage after Fiona ...
more >> Silver kicks things off.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
International Contemporary Ensemble presents Michael Pisaro's (b.1961) A wave and waves (2007). About ...
more >> the Piece Echoing the environmental themes and communal experience of John Luther Adams's In the Name of the Earth, Michael Pisaro’s 75-minute piece embeds audience members in a grid of 100 performers, where they are slowly submerged in an ocean of sound. Isolated, imperceptibly soft noises—sandpaper on stone, seeds falling on glass, bowed bells—are layered into powerful waves of sound adding to the immersive nature of the experience. A work of monumental scale, presented with uncommon immediacy, A wave and waves melds microscopic moments of friction, gravity, and vibration into a single, pulsing organism. “Quietly epic...mammoth in scale, and microscopic in detail... an iridescent aural landscape, not to mention a truly magical, and deeply meditative, listening experience...the ultimate practice in mindfulness” – Limelight Magazine, Australia “Enthralling and mesmerizing.”– All About Jazz on Michael Pisaro’s music The International Contemporary Ensemble serves as artists-in-residence at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Mostly Mozart Festival, and previously led a five-year residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Other performance stages have included the Park Avenue Armory, The Stone, ice floes at Greenland’s Diskotek Sessions, and boats on the Amazon River.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Spend your Thursday evenings with New York Health & Racquet Club. Experience a variety of their specialized ...
more >> yoga class to tone, work out and have fun! Every Thursday from June 14-August 9, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog. Director: Wes Anderson ...
more >> 101 min. You should arrive before 7:30 p.m. to get your spot. Feel free to bring a blanket to sit on; there will be a limited supply of chairs available. Bottled waters are OK, but no glass.
New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Professional artists and two rotating ensembles of community members from all five boroughs will perform ...
more >> together on the Delacorte stage in this enchanting comedy about Viola (Nikki M. James), a young heroine who washes up on the shores of Illyria, disguises herself as a man, is sent to court a countess, and falls in love with a Duke. Featuring music and lyrics by critically-acclaimed songwriter Shaina Taub, this very special Twelfth Night is a unique partnership between two Public Theater programs that exemplify The Public’s commitment to radical inclusion. Oskar Eustis, The Public’s Artistic Director, and Kwame Kwei-Armah, incoming Artistic Director of London’s Young Vic, helm this unforgettable musical about love in all its many disguises.
New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free tickets required...
A 16-year-old girl is given thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother when her ...
more >> wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King. 101 min. Film begins at 8pm. Free popcorn.
New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
9:00 pm
one drink minimum...
International Contemporary Ensemble presents Michael Pisaro's (b.1961) A wave and waves (2007). About ...
more >> the Piece Echoing the environmental themes and communal experience of John Luther Adams's In the Name of the Earth, Michael Pisaro’s 75-minute piece embeds audience members in a grid of 100 performers, where they are slowly submerged in an ocean of sound. Isolated, imperceptibly soft noises—sandpaper on stone, seeds falling on glass, bowed bells—are layered into powerful waves of sound adding to the immersive nature of the experience. A work of monumental scale, presented with uncommon immediacy, A wave and waves melds microscopic moments of friction, gravity, and vibration into a single, pulsing organism. “Quietly epic...mammoth in scale, and microscopic in detail... an iridescent aural landscape, not to mention a truly magical, and deeply meditative, listening experience...the ultimate practice in mindfulness” – Limelight Magazine, Australia “Enthralling and mesmerizing.”– All About Jazz on Michael Pisaro’s music The International Contemporary Ensemble serves as artists-in-residence at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Mostly Mozart Festival, and previously led a five-year residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Other performance stages have included the Park Avenue Armory, The Stone, ice floes at Greenland’s Diskotek Sessions, and boats on the Amazon River.
New York City, NY; NYC
9:30 pm
free, no reservation required