Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on July 23, 2014?
64 free events take place on Wednesday, July 23 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 July 23 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 July . 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.
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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.
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64 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Energize your day with a workout before work. Join The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness group, for a Boot Camp. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back - and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high-fives encouraged. Rain or shine.
Stroll through the park and tell the epic story of New York's green oasis. Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today amongst the world's most famous and beloved public parks. Originally intended to bring people of all walks of life together -- a people's park -- Central Park lives up to it's original designs. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find
Join to meet up with like-minded players interested in the same games as you. The Early Bird Game Social gives you a chance to start the day in the park, and warm up your mind with games that get you thinking like dominoes, Scrabble, cards or Boggle.
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: 10:00am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, 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.
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
Get some history in the round at the best-preserved circular fortification in the nation. Fantastic views available from the roof.
Tours of the roof every half hour, 11 AM till 5 PM. About 30 minutes.
Tickets are available one hour before each tour begins, and may be picked up inside the Castle.
Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
Pianist, composer, music educator, and mentor to students of all ages, Dona Carter has directed a variety of ensembles - large and small - composing and arranging many original pieces. Recent performances with her band include Cleopatra's Needle, the Hartford/Bushnell concert series and the CUNY Graduate Center.
The author of the memoir that inspired the popular Netflix series stops by to talk about season 2 of the breakout hit, as well as discuss the very story the show is based on - her own. Hosted by Emily Nussbaum, TV Critic, The New Yorker.
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
This class will explore the editing of photos using PIXLR. Please bring a flash drive or SD card with pictures to be edited. Following the tutorial, bring your technology questions for some one-on-one help. Laptops are provided but you can bring your own too.
About 30 minutes. Did you know that for decades, Governors Island housed not one, but two military bases? Explore Governors Island's very own "heat-packing district" where the US Army managed munitions and arms during the 19th and 20th centuries.
About 90 minutes. See the whole history of the island in one go. Our most comprehensive program takes you to nearly every highlight in the historic district. Visitors should be prepared to stand for a full 90 minutes and walk a distance of about 1.5 miles.
It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled 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 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 what you need to know before buying or selling an old book.
Have you ever wondered how the experts on TV can look at an old book and know about its value? Do you have an old book? Do you wonder how much it is worth? If you want to learn more about what makes an old book rare or valuable, then come explore the world of antiquarian books.
Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, 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.
Learn the basics of working with spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel 2003. Topics include entering data and formulas, moving and copying data, formatting & print previewing worksheets.
The international artist and native New Yorker performs all over the world, bringing her uplifting blend of jazz, folk, and soul with deep grooves and conscious lyrics.
Leave your workday behind and join other adults for good-natured and fun pick-up games of VOLLEYBALL overlooking the Hudson River. Everyone gets to play. Participants will also learn the basic rules and strategies of volleyball. Scorekeeper and volleyballs are provided. No experience is necessary.
This illustrated lecture looks at John Lindsay’s tenure as mayor of New York City during the tumultuous 1960s, when President Lyndon Johnson launched his ambitious Great Society Program. Compelling archival photos and a timeline give the audience a window into the mythic 1960s, a period animated by civil rights marches, demands for black power, antiwar demonstrations, and a heroic intergovernmental effort to redistribute national resources more evenly.
Lamelas invites a group of people to stand along a line, beginning the piece by announcing the time at that very moment to the first participant in line, who then “holds” the time for an estimated one minute, at which point they then announce the time out loud and “pass” it to the next person, and so on, eventually revealing the subjective nature of time. Visitors are encouraged to join the line at any point as well as using their native language to announce the time, adding their own subjective sense of time to the performance’s duration, both temporally and physically.
Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Fran̤ois Truffaut and Teri Garr.
After an encounter with UFOs, people around the world feel irresistibly drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
137 min.
End your day with relaxing Hatha yoga in a beautiful sunset setting. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
Yogamaya invites you to flow, sweat, chant, and breathe with us - to move dynamically, with grace and precision - here on the mat and out in the world. Yogamaya Yoga is a workout for your body, mind, and spirit. Classes are limited to 75 people. Bring your own mat.
With: Emily Abendroth (]Exclosures[, Ahshata Press), Brett Fletcher Lauer (A Hotel in Belgium, Four Way Books), Frances Justine Post (Beast, Augury Books), and Wendy S. Walters (Troy, Michigan, Futurepoem books).
A neorealist masterpiece from De Sica (The Bicycle Thief), Umberto D. follows a few days in the life of the title character, a retired bureaucrat: the police break up his pensioners’ strike; a canteen hostess catches him feeding his lunch to his dog; his landlady threatens him with eviction; a sympathetic young maid reveals she’s pregnant; and pride quashes his attempts to beg in front of the Pantheon.
88 min.
Pre-screening performance begins at 7PM. Film begins at sundown.
Pelt's recordings and performances have earned him critical acclaim, both nationally and internationally. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal by legendary jazz writer and producer Nat Hentoff, and was voted Rising Star on the trumpet, five years in a row by Downbeat Magazine and the Jazz Journalist Association.
Born in London, Cleary fell in love with the music of Louisiana when he was only seventeen years old, evident in his songs that intertwine uniquely New Orleans-infused compositions with jazz, blues, boogie-woogie, R&B and ’70s funk.
Bring a blanket for lawn seating (no chairs are allowed).
Unreasonable Men takes us into the heart of the epic power struggle that created the progressive movement and defined modern American politics. Recounting the fateful clash between the pragmatic Roosevelt and the radical La Follette, Wolraich’s riveting narrative reveals how a few Republican insurgents broke the conservative chokehold on Congress and initiated the greatest period of political change in America’s history.
Join these Wednesday evening, family-friendly concerts featuring live music and dancing on a beautiful landscaped Plaza. Talented local artists dazzle and entertain in a variety of musical genres. Seating is limited. Lawn chairs and blankets are welcome.
The story of the German-American spy whose efforts resulted in the most successful counterespionage operation in American history is narrated in journalist Peter Duffy's new book.
New York Classical Theatre creates and reinvigorates audiences for the theatre by presenting free and accessible productions of popular classics and forgotten masterpieces in non-traditional public spaces throughout New York City.
Join Lou Cornacchia, founder of Cobble Hill’s Body in Balance Studio, for an Intermediate Pilates Mat Class. Students will learn proper technique, core muscle strength, spinal alignment and shoulder stabilization. Classes are open to ages 16. Students should bring a good thick mat and a Dynaband. Pilates experience is suggested.
Grab your friends and bring your dancing shoes – evenings of live Latin music and dancing are returning this summer.
Sonido Costeño transcends salsa by bringing together guaracha, merengue, bachata, and American jazz influences - a harmonious blend that is sure to bring listeners to their feet.
It's the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King. America's inner cities are on fire, and the city of Boston is looking to James Brown to help stop it from exploding and imploding. The Night James Brown Saved Boston focuses on James Brown's extraordinary, history-making concert at the Boston Garden on April 5, 1968, putting the events of that day into the context of the times, and for the first time, telling the dramatic story of what happened that night, spotlighting this crucial moment in the life and career of James Brown.
90 min.
7:30pm - "Godfather of Soul" DJ Set (DJ TBA)
8:30pm - Screening
Everyday millions of hand-held self-portraits, or ‘selfies,’ are uploaded on to the internet. Yet for decades, experimental filmmakers and video artists have interrogated questions of self-identity and -referentiality. Mirror Me presents a selection of musings on the mirroring of the ‘self’ in self-reflexive film and video auto-portraits and personal diary films in order to weave together something of a ‘pre-history’ of the ‘selfie.’
New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native tribes, lost opportunities and political intrigue. With almost every step one takes through the West Village, one encounters the ghosts and spirits of New York City’s past. Every corner has its stories, every building has its haunted spirits.
Revenge, rage, grief and delusion thunder as John Lithgow takes the stage as one of theater’s great tragic heroes. Tony winner Daniel Sullivan directs Shakespeare’s classic drama about a King who loses everything—including his mind—when he disowns his favorite daughter, and finds himself betrayed in return.
Stars: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote.
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.
115 min.
Stars: Seth Rogen, Craig Robinson, James Franco.
While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
107 min.
Stars: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles.
Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
91 min.
Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza!