38 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, April 3, 2017
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
This day-long conference will feature presentations by six outstanding MSW students, selected from nearly ...
more >> two dozen applications, on how to “walk the talk” and incorporate social justice and diversity into direct practice.
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.
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.
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.
Learn how to create a slideshow presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Topics include creating ...
more >> and editing slides, inserting images and clipart, and running your slideshow.
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.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Take a 30-minute lunch break for your soul with the Winner of the Regional Competition for Young Organists.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 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.
Cathedral organists provide a 30-minute break for mind, body and spirit on Mondays at 1 pm with an entertaining ...
more >> and informative demonstration of the Cathedral’s unparalleled Great Organ.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Bringing to vivid life the emotions of the people of ancient Greece, and prompting questions about how ...
more >> we express, control, manipulate, or simulate feelings in our own society, A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC–200 AD is a path-breaking exhibition.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre. A man and his wife receive a clue to an imminent assassination ...
more >> attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet. 75 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, ...
more >> 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, ...
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.
Learn how to protect your computer from viruses and perform regular maintenance functions to keep it ...
more >> running smoothly.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Jocelyn H. Zhu, VIolin 4 p.m. Cherie Renee Roe, Collaborative Piano 6 p.m. Julia Wolcott, Soprano ...
more >> 6 p.m. Seohee Min, Violin 8 p.m.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Erica Baum (born in New York City, 1961) is an American photographer who lives and works in New York ...
more >> City. She is known for her work that uses printed paper and language as subject.
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Learn what it takes to start your own business. This course provides a basic overview of the steps you'll ...
more >> need to take to start a business and how NYC Business Solutions can guide you through each step along the way. You will learn about: How to determine your legal structure How to set up your bookkeeping How to get permits and licenses How to obtain financing
Geraldine Brooks' luminous second novel that imagines the Civil War experiences of Mr. March, the absent ...
more >> father in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, ...
more >> 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. The tour is every Monday.
Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy. In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally ...
more >> wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories. 102 min.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
An Amato Opera-In-Brief production of Così fan tutte Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo ...
more >> Da Ponte English adaptation by Andrew Porter Dialogue and narration by Gordon Ostrowski Also: The Opera Duckling A musical adaptation by Mark Janas and the DISCOVER OPERA! cast
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
This illustrated lecture chronicles the riveting history of New York's iconic public hospital and America's ...
more >> oldest hospital. It charts the turbulent rise of American medicine, the path from butchery and quackery to a professional and scientific endeavor, and the rise of New York to the nation's preeminent city,.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Come and test your knowledge in a challenging though entertaining 30 question trivia quiz. There are ...
more >> questions and categories for all comers, spanning subjects from Music and Movies to New York History, Sports, Literature and others in between. Individuals and teams welcome. Bring your friends and be prepared to have a good time. Trivia Master Chris Vaccari is a New York-based trivia host with the answers to (almost) all of your questions. He has hosted fun-filled trivia events in the Tri-State area since 2007.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
A reception and launch for The Hidden Art: 20th- & 21st-Century Self-Taught Artists from the Audrey B. ...
more >> Heckler Collection, with photography by Visko Hatfield. Celebrate this important publication with us and many of the contributors.
From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, ...
more >> its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
It's time for the third evening of mocking self-important men of letters. Come for loving jokes about ...
more >> the writers you hate to love, stay for the merciless jokes about the writers you love to hate. (Literary insight sold separately.) Roasts: Jason Diamond on David Foster Wallace Emily Hughes on Lovecraft Kari Paul on Henry Miller Brittany Spanos on Bob Dylan
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Deployed to Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, US Marine Michael Zacchea's mission was to build ...
more >> and lead in combat the first Iraqi Army battalion trained by the US military. The Ragged Edge chronicles how Zacchea overcame language and cultural barriers to unify and lead his troops to fight bravely at the Battle of Fallujah against the forces that would eventually form ISIS.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Throughout the tumultuous years of the mid-20th century, Sylvia Plath's writing provided a voice for ...
more >> women everywhere, striving for equality and understanding. Today the legendary novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Rose Leiman Goldemberg continues to forge new pathways for women writers into the 21st century. As the Library celebrates the acquisition of the Goldemberg archive, witness two pioneering women writers collaborating across time with a staged reading featuring Kathleen Chalfant of Letters Home, Goldemberg's groundbreaking theatrical adaptation of Plath's personal correspondence, not staged in New York City since 1979.
For some performers, the show must go on… even after death! The Ghosts on Broadway Tour, led by a veteran ...
more >> New York City talent agent, will introduce you to these notorious theater legends who appear after the lights go dim. You’ll hear about the Broadway impresario who haunts the theater that bears his name. His apparition shows up on opening nights to congratulate the cast or “pinch” the leading ladies’ bottom. Jazz age parties are heard almost nightly from his long abandoned apartment over his theater.
Program: Shuci Wang's Abyss (2015-16) Theo Chandler's Songs From Brooches (2016) with soprano Anneliese ...
more >> Klenetsky, a fourth-year undergraduate, and mezzo-soprano Kara Dugan, an alumna of the school Chen Yihan's Dust (2016) Ross S. Griffey's Essay (2015) Jeffrey Milarsky conducts.
A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights. Movement Research supports experiments in performance ...
more >> rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists. Tonight: Sylvestre Akakpo, Rebecca Davis, Sarah Lifson, Nehemoyia Young
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Program: Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Opening work by Alex Symcox, winner of the ...
more >> Orchestral Composition Competition
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Learn how to enhance photos using the number 1 photo editing software in the world; Adobe Photoshop. ...
more >> In this class you learn the features of Photoshop and learn about layers and use them to manipulate images to your desire. Class is conducted on Macintosh computers.