Give a gift of CFT!
free things to do in New York City
Free events for Monday, 12/05/11
<

December 2011

 >
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
Free Events, Free Things to Do in New York City!  Read More

Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on December 5, 2011?

45 free events take place on Monday, December 5 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 December 5 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 December . 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.
Join the Club!

Go!
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.

So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!

45 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, December 5, 2011

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Workshop | MS Word 1 Workshop


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn the basic features of Microsoft Word 2003, a word processing program you can use to create documents. Topics include entering and editing text, saving files, and formatting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
10:30 am
Free

Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


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: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
11:15 am
Free

Workshop | Open Computer Lab


Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter? Bring your technology questions and get one-on-one assistance!
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
11:30 am
Free

Other | Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen signs autographs


Fred Armisen, co-creator, co-writer and co-star of Portlandia, is also in his ninth season on Saturday Night Live. On SNL, Armisen took on the role of then Democratic Presidential nominee and now U.S. President, Sen. Barack Obama, as well as New York Governor David Paterson. Other characters include the vaguely European home design enthusiast "Nuni," the Native American comic Billy Smith, the political comedian Nicholas Fehn, and Prince, the often-silent host of the musician's talk show, "The Prince Show." Armisen has also contributed memorable impressions of Muammar Gaddafi, Queen Elizabeth, Steve Jobs, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the popular Digital Short "Iran So Far Away."
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
12:30 pm
Free

Screening | Native American Films


Featuring films by and about Native Americans. At 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
1:00 pm
Free

Tour | U.S. Customs House Building Tour


Museum Ambassadors provide a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Introduction to Bibliocommons


Learn all about the New York Public Library's Bibliocommons catalog - a new way to not only search for library materials, but also post reviews of items, make and publish lists, and interact with library users all over the Bibliocommons community that extends throughout North America! They'll show you how to conduct effective searches as well as use all of the new and fun features Bibliocommons offers. Come with questions!
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
2:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Getting More Out of Cloud Storage


This will be a Lecture/Demonstration. Uploading photos to Facebook? Storing documents in Google Docs? Streaming movies from Netflix? Understand what it means to store data in and access content from the Internet “cloud,” and explore its pros and cons.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
2:30 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A 45-minute in-depth look at the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
3:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Dreamweaver and CSS Workshop


Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are *essential* on websites. If you have been avoiding them up to now, here’s a chance to bring yourself up to date. If you are using them now, you still may want to attend to see their full potential.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
3:00 pm
Free

Other | The 2nd Clive Barnes Foundation Awards Ceremony


Valerie Taylor-Barnes announces the second annual Clive Barnes Foundation Awards, honoring talented young performers from the worlds of theater and dance. Presenter of the theater award is actress Nina Arianda, star of the recent Broadway revival of Born Yesterday and currently appearing in Venus in Fur; presenter of the dance award is revered 98-year old Frederic Franklin, one of the dance world's treasures - great dancer/teacher still performing with American Ballet Theatre. The Selection Committee, described by Ms. Taylor-Barnes as "a strong-minded panel," has attended many performances and seen some wonderful talent. They have selected nominees from the worlds of theater and dance, and the two winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony. Nominees: Theatre Annaleigh Ashford, "Rent" MJ Rodriguez, "Rent" Jennifer Damiano, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" Josh Grisetti, "Enter Laughing" Dance Isabella Boylston, American Ballet Theatre Barrington Hinds, Stephen Petronio Company Natalie Mackessy, Stephen Petronio Company Michael Novak, Paul Taylor Dance Company
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
3:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Chess Circle


Are you a chess champion? Show off your best moves against other chess fans! Whether you're a chess master or just starting out, come for some board time.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
3:30 pm
Free

Lecture | Coming of Age: The Politics of Family, Aging and Social Work in a Newborn Indian Nation


A talk by Kavita Sivaramakrishnan, a public health historian with a focus on the history of medical global health concerns. Her most recent research is on the cultural politics of aging in South Asia. Prior to joining the faculty, she was a David Bell Research Fellow at the Center for Population Studies and Development Studies at Harvard University and was awarded the Balzan Fellowship for her work on social inequalities and health by University College London.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
4:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Recital: Henrik Heide, Flute


   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
4:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Jewelry Making


Make something with your personal touch! Take glass beads and wire to make your original bracelets, necklaces, and more. All materials will be provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
5:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Dreamweaver and CSS Workshop


Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are *essential* on websites. If you have been avoiding them up to now, here’s a chance to bring yourself up to date. If you are using them now, you still may want to attend to see their full potential.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Parkinson's NOW: Advances in Parkinson's Research


Join the team from the NYU Parkinson and Movement Disorders Center, including Alessandro Di Rocco, for an update on the landscape of Parkinson's research today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:00 pm
Free

Concert | Singers in Recital


Student of Robert White's Recitalist Seminar class in concert.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Kate Ascher talks about her book The Heights: Anatomy of a Skyscraper


From the author of The Works: Anatomy of a City comes a graphic tour through the inner workings of skyscrapers. No detail is too small, no difficulty too big to escape Ascher's encyclopedic eye.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Melissa Clark discusses her book Cook This Now: 120 Easy and Delectable Recipes You Can't Wait to Make


The author, who writes about cuisine, wine, and travel for numerous publications, including the New York Times where she writes the enormously popular “A Good Appetite” Dining Section column, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Martha Stewart and the website Gilt Taste. will inspire everyone from the novice to the seasoned homecook to visit their local farmer’s market and rush home to create the ultimate seasonal meal. She demystifies the principles behind cooking seasonally with a broad range of savory, sweet, and wholly satisfying recipes for an entire year of good eating.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:30 pm
Free

Discussion | Remembering Arturo Toscanini


The third Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season will be a special event on one of history's greatest conductors, Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957), featuring author of Toscanini (1978), Reflections on Toscanini (1991), and The Letters of Arturo Toscanini (2002) Harvey Sachs, and other special guests.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Discussion | What Is the Future of the Independent Bookstore?


With the rise of the e-book, the collapse of Borders, and the changing nature of bookselling, what is the future of that neighborhood fixture, the great independent bookstore? Literary agent Eric Simonoff, co-head of the book department at WME Entertainment, will host a freewheeling conversation with two successful and beloved booksellers in New York City. They will each bring along an author closely associated with their store. Featuring Jonathan Ames, author of The Extra Man and Wake Up, Sir and creator of the hit HBO series Bored to Death; Simon Van Booy, author of The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter, winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award; Sarah McNally, owner of McNally Jackson Books; and Zack Zook, general manager of BookCourt.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:30 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: People’s Sketch Association


PSA is a group of renegade writers, actors, directors and designers brought together by a shared belief that theatricality, production value, and the form of sketch comedy are not mutually exclusive. PSA was an official selection of the Boston Comedy Festival, Los Angeles Comedy Festival, and are the 2010 INNY Award winners for Best Sketch Group in New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
$5

Screening | Documentary: Jonas Elrod & Chloe Crespi's Wake Up (2009)


Jonas Elrod was leading an ordinary life until he woke up one day to a totally new reality. He suddenly could see and hear angels, demons, auras and ghosts. The documentary follows this fascinating story of an average guy who inexplicably developed the ability to access other dimensions. With his loving but skeptical girlfriend by his side, Jonas crisscrosses the country as he searches for answers and delves deeper into this thrilling world of the phenomenal and spiritual. 97 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
$10 suggested admission

Talk | Iris Cornelia Love, archeologist, discusses her work


Iris Cornelia Love, the archeologist who discovered the long lost Temple of Aphrodite off the coast of Turkey, was also the recipient of a Humanity Award for her archeological discoveries, which she shares by serving as editor-at-large for Architectural Digest and Parade Magazine. There will be a questions and answer session after her lecture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Jazz Listening Party: Bill Frisell's All We Are Saying...


Guitarist Bill Frisell will play tracks from and discuss the three CDs that make up his remarkable last year's worth of recordings - Beautiful Dreamers, Sign Of Life and All We Are Saying..., which features the songs of John Lennon.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Launch Party for John Hill's Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture


This essential walking companion and guide features 200 of the most notable buildings and spaces constructed in New York's five boroughs since the new millennium-The High Line, by James Corner Field Operations/Diller Scofidio + Renfro; 100 Eleventh Avenue, by Ateliers Jean Nouvel; Brooklyn Children's Museum, by Rafael Vinoly Architects; 41 Cooper Square, by Morphosis; Poe Park Visitors Center, by Toshiko Mori Architect; and One Bryant Park, by Cook + Fox, to name just a few. Projects are grouped by neighborhood, allowing for easy, self-guided tours, with photos, maps, directions, and descriptions that highlight the most important aspects of each entry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free

Film | Rachid Bouchareb's London River (2009): Victims and Lovers


With Brenda Blethyn. After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attack on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks. 87 min. Followed by a discussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
$5-$10 suggested donation

Jazz | West African Heritage Ensemble


Directed by Yosvany Terry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | An Evening of Chamber Music with Piano


   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:30 pm
Free

Concert | Student Recital - Quartet for the End of Time Project


   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:30 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: The Enemy and TrapDoor


The Enemy is Christine DeNoon, Dan Kramer, Gary Denoia, Lorie Steele, Kindel Ingham, Nick Markovich, Stephen Mazur, and Tanisha Long. TrapDoor is Bradley Anderson, Charlotte Rabbe, Dewey Caddell, Garrett Willingham, Nicole Ayache, Ted Butler, and Zoe Farmingdale.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:00 pm
Free

Screening | Documentary: Allan Sekula & Noël Burch's The Forgotten Space (2010)


The Forgotten Space follows container cargo aboard ships, barges, trains and trucks, listening to workers, engineers, planners, politicians, and those marginalized by the global transport system. It visits displaced farmers and villagers in Holland and Belgium, underpaid truck drivers in Los Angeles, seafarers aboard mega-ships shuttling between Asia and Europe, and factory workers in China, whose low wages are the fragile key to the whole puzzle. 112 min. Followed by a discussion with Sekula.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Dance Performance | Experiments in Dance: Karen Bernard / Rhiannon Newton / Melanie Maar / Claire Fleury


A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights throughout the fall/winter and spring seasons that supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Jazz Vocal Workshop


Priscilla Owens, director.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | NYU Philharmonia plays works by Beethoven and Sejorne


Program: Sejorne, Concerto for Marimba and Strings Beethoven, Symphony No. 4
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Percussion Ensemble, Fall 2011


The Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of James Baker, is dedicated to performing both new and classic solo and ensemble works for percussion in two performances each year.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Recital: Brook Speltz, Cello


   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Recital: Joel Harder, Collaborative Piano


   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Recital - Terell Davy, Voice


   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:30 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: Technicolor and The Faculty 2


Technicolor is Erin Singleton, Jason Specland, Laura Moran, Margaret Lyons, Mike Cirelli, Paul Wielunski, Peter Velez, and Phil Magbitang. The Faculty Part 2: Electric Boogaloo is Ali Farahnakian and friends.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
9:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Electric Miles Ensemble


Directed by Adam Holzman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
9:00 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: I.T.: Improv Techicians


I.T.: Improv Technicians bring it across the river from the joint NJIT/Rutgers Theater program in Newark, NJ.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
9:30 pm
$5

Performance | Comedy: Base Jam


Leap — and then look! — into the newest open-improv session. Base Jam lets improv students of all stripes to jump head-first into the wonderful and frightening world of long-form improvisation. Let’s face it: Getting better at improv is about flight hours — the time spent on a stage, in a scene, in front of people — leaping first, and then looking for a place to land. Or to keep flying. Hosted by Gary DeNoia and Keith Huang.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
10:30 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: Fresh


Michelle Wolf and Erin Lennox host this FREE stand up open mic every Monday night. Sign up and you can be part of the show! Each week Michelle & Erin (and special guests) will be joined by additional acts whose names will be drawn from the golden bowl of destiny. FRESH gives you the chance to work that new joke or rework an oldie but goodie. This show is FREE for all audiences.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
11:00 pm
Free
Complimentary Tickets

to shows, concerts ... (CFT Deals!)

Play | A Play with Tony Nominated Director

Regular Price: $60.55
CFT Member Price: $0.00

Play | Drama with Broadway Actors

Regular Price: $77
CFT Member Price: $0.00
More CFT Deals
Join the Club!

Go!
Today's Events All 856 Events Events This Week Events This Weekend
Contact FAQ Reviews About Terms of Use Privacy Policy
All events are free unless otherwise stated. All programs subject to change. Please confirm before going.
© Copyright Club Free Time. All rights reserved.