27 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, January 19, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
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.
This hourlong class includes a gentle hatha/vinyasa flow with a focus on breathwork and meditation to ...
more >> assist practitioners in going deeper into the body and mind. This inquiry will seek to create more flexibility and allow movement of energy to ultimately find more grounding and presence, in class and throughout the day.
9:30 am
free, no reservation required
Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded ...
more >> urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.
A conference on the transnational issues of migration and forced migration, taking a comparative approach ...
more >> that considers the European, Eurasian, and North American cases. The event will bring migration experts from Russia and the post-Soviet region together with those in the Columbia community and the wider New York area. The objective is to discuss and learn from various experiences, including across regions, as well as across the fields of migration and refugee studies, in order to develop policy recommendations.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
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Bitcoin is the most disruptive invention since the Internet, and now an ideological battle is underway ...
more >> between fringe utopists and mainstream capitalism. The film shows the players who are defining how this technology will shape our lives. 90 min.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays ...
more >> through Fridays, from September 12, 2017 to May 23, 2018.
12:20 pm
free, no reservation required
Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery ...
more >> in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate. This tour takes place every Friday.
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.
New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists ...
more >> from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick.
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane. After returning to the criminal underworld to repay ...
more >> a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life. 122 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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.
Stars: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe. After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder ...
more >> of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity. 134 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Explore the southwest of Central Park with Central Park Conservancy tour guides, and see it like never ...
more >> before. From a planned military parade ground to the site commemorating a famous activist for peace, one of the most-visited areas of the Park has some secrets to share with even the most seasoned Park-goer. Highlights of this tour include: Maine Monument, the Children’s District, Sheep Meadow, Tavern on the Green, and Strawberry Fields.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale. Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, ...
more >> The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris. 133 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Cornelia Sommer, Bassoon 4:00PM Andrew Robert Munn, Bass 6:00PM Shuaizhi Wang, Piano 8:00PM Katherine ...
more >> Kyu Hyeon Lim, Violin 8:00PM
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Threading together interviews with over forty of the most acclaimed directors working today, Kiely distills ...
more >> the shared knowledge of today’s brightest visionaries into a working process for 21st-century directors. In this panel discussion, Kiely is joined by three of the directors interviewed: Anne Kauffman (Marvin’s Room, Mary Jane), Robert O’Hara (Bootycandy, Bella: An American Tall Tale) and Kimberly Senior (Disgraced).
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A key element of “Julius Eastman: That Which is Fundamental” is an exhibition in two interwoven parts. ...
more >> A Recollection. approaches a historical exploration and remembrance of Julius Eastman as a master of artifice and features original and rarely seen archival material related to the composer's evolving practice, while Predicated. features 14 contemporary artists whose work—steeped in notions of absence, trace presence, duration, and the politics of exhaustion—both illuminates and is illuminated by Eastman's legacy.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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A Pressing Conference brings members of the press, artists, historians, and organizers together to share ...
more >> tactics for survival and solidarity inside a brightly-colored, hand-made sculptural installation based on the White House press briefing room. In the format of a press conference, each invited participant responds to a lesson from Timothy Snyder’s book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century, followed by an open invitation for the press and public to ask questions and have a conversation about how to best move forward together in response to the current political climate. Throughout history authoritarian states often begin their consolidation of power by discrediting the press and spreading propaganda to blur the “real” and “true,” creating a sense of distrust and despondency. In the sea of troubling news and events, it can be easy to feel powerless but history shows that our everyday choices can have tremendous impact. A Pressing Conference will highlight the important histories of everyday people and events, offering tools for a future of continued resistance. The sculptural installation and organizing of A Pressing Conference were completed by artist Macon Reed.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Faculty member Pablo Mayor! Mayor and his Folklore Urbano Orchestra present works from his new “El ...
more >> Barrio” project, highlighting the music and themes from NYC’s diverse neighborhoods through Colombian rhythms and salsa.
New York City celebrates the 1960s this year, and the Library is in on the act with its first After Hours ...
more >> of 2018, Counterculture, presented in connection with our brand-new exhibition You Say You Want a Revolution. Check out the exhibit, meet the curator, watch avant-garde and experimental films, make your own album-cover art, and dance to the sounds of the ’60s, courtesy of Felix Hernandez, the host of WBGO’s Rhythm Revue. Snacks and drinks available for purchase 21+. ID required.
Program: SHUCI WANG (China) New work (2017, world premiere, composed for NJE) LIU SOLA (China) New work ...
more >> for virtual soprano and NJE (2017, world premiere, composed for NJE) Other works to be announced : Joel Sachs, conductor New Juilliard Ensemble Liu Sola, virtual soprano
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New Juilliard Ensemble, conducted by Joel Sachs, performs new works by Shuci WANG, Liu SOLA, and others ...
more >> About the Performers New Juilliard Ensemble, led by founding director Joel Sachs and in its 25th season, presents music by a variety of international composers who write in the most diverse styles. Joel Sachs has conducted orchestras and ensembles in Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, El Salvador, Germany, Iceland, Mexico, Switzerland, and Ukraine, and has held new music residencies in Berlin, Shanghai, London, Salzburg, Curitiba (Brazil), Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (U.K.), Helsinki, and the Banff Centre (Canadian Rockies).
7:30 pm
free tickets required,...
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Wind Ensemble Concert 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM Veronica Mak, mezzo-soprano 8:30 PM - 10:00 ...
more >> PM Katherine Kappelmann, harp
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required