15 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, February 19, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
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.
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Program: Duruflé Messe cum Jubilo Bach Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29 Bach Wir müssen ...
more >> durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen, BWV 146 Celebrate the newly installed Noack three-manual pipe organ. The Noack organ, installed in the fall of 2017, is the sixth organ to resound in New York’s oldest public building and housed in the city’s oldest organ case. With: Trinity Baroque Orchestra and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street featuring soloists Molly Netter, Sarah Brailey, Clifton Massey, Stephen Sands, and Jonathan Woody; Julian Wachner, conductor
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Join this tour to learn more about the history, architecture, and sculpture of Columbia and the Morningside ...
more >> Heights campus. Whether you're an amateur New York City historian or visiting campus for the first time, you will leave the tour knowing more about our storied past. Given that the tour route is outdoors, please be aware that tours are occasionally suspended due to inclement weather.
Bob Dylan, Richard Pryor, Edgar Allen Poe, Jane Jacobs, James Baldwin, Jack Kerouac, Dave Attell, Patti ...
more >> Smith, Joan Baez, and Truman Capote are just a few of the thousands of accomplished artists, writers, radicals, and performers who made their way through Greenwich Village. This tour, primarily focusing on the 1950s onward, visits the hangouts that have defined legendary people and the spirit of this iconic neighborhood.
It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled ...
more >> and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
2:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Universal equality is a treasured political concept in France, but recent anxiety over the country’s ...
more >> Muslim minority has led to an emphasis on a new form of universalism, one promoting loyalty to the nation at the expense of all ethnic and religious affiliations. This timely book offers a fresh perspective on the debate by showing that French equality has not always demanded an erasure of differences. Maurice Samuels is the Betty Jane Anlyan Professor of French and Chair of the Department of French at Yale University.
Natalia Kutateladze, Mezzo-Soprano 6:00PM Yi Qun Xu, Cello 8:00PM Juilliard Songbook 8:00PM
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between ...
more >> 1992 and 1995. The most recent estimates suggest that around 100,000 people were killed during the war, 12,000 of them children. In addition, an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 women were raped, and over 2.2 million people were displaced, making it the most devastating conflict in Europe since the end of World War II. The war was brought to an end after the signing of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Paris on 14 December 1995. Now the country is more divided than at any time since the war ended. The new generations, born in peace, are growing divided. This is the story about them—about the day when six young people from six divided cities met and decided to do a performance about their mutual thoughts and beliefs. 52 min. Followed by a discussion with director Emir Kapetanovic and producer Zana Marjanovic.
6:15 pm
free, no reservation required
In the framework of our group exhibition The Projective Drawing, acclaimed US-percussionist Billy Martin ...
more >> is joined by Austrian bass clarinetist Susanna Gartmayer for a special musical performance interpreting Sara Flores's work in the exhibition.
Seabirds have always entranced the human imagination and Adam Nicolson has been in love with them all ...
more >> his life: for their mastery of wind and ocean, their aerial beauty and the unmatched wildness of the coasts and islands where every summer they return to breed. The Seabird’s Cry is an utterly charming work that breaks down the barriers between poetry and science.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
World-renowned physicist Michio Kaku explores in rich, intimate detail the process by which humanity ...
more >> may gradually develop a sustainable civilization in outer space. He takes us from terraforming beyond the solar system to beyond our galaxy, and even beyond our universe. He takes readers on a fascinating journey to a future in which humanity may fulfill its long-awaited destiny among the stars. Restrictions apply. Call store for details.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Actress and Emmy Award-winning commentator Nancy Giles (CBS' Sunday Morning) curates / hosts "The Mosquito," ...
more >> her fast and furious monthly variety show with stand-ups, sit-downs and music. Nancy Giles, who starred on ABC-TV's China Beach and Delta series, will be joined by a rotating cast of regulars who have in the past included: Pat Candaras, Cynthia Kaplan, Peri Gaffney, Kathryn Rossetter, Sheila Head, Susan Burns, Sue Giles, Nancy Shayne and more.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas and works-in-progress held ...
more >> in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists, and join Movement Research Artists-In-Residence and international guests each season in performing at the historic Judson Memorial Church. Featuring: Zavé Martohardjono, Cross Move Lab, TALL GIRLS DANCING/Sara Gibbons & Doug LeCours
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required