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24 free events take place in New York City on Monday, July 19, 2021.
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24 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, July 19, 2021

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Museums | British Decorative Arts, Design, Sculpture


Almost seven hundred works of art: British decorative arts, design, and sculpture created between 1500 and 1900. The exhibition provides a fresh perspective on the period, focusing on its bold, entrepreneurial spirit and complex history. You will find a 17th century staircase with exquisite naturalistic carvings; three magnificent historic interiors from Kirtlington Park, Croome Court, and Lansdowne House; one hundred English teapots; an array of enameled candlesticks, silver toys, necessaires, gold boxes and more.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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10:00 am
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Slide Lecture | Early Broadway: History Behind Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Annie Get Your Gun, Kiss Me Kate (virtual)


Trace the early history of Broadway with this exploration of early shows like Show Boat, Anything Goes, Pal Joey, On the Town, Oklahoma!, Annie Get Your Gun, Kiss Me Kate, Carousel, Brigadoon, and Finian's Rainbow. The shows will be introduced (with clips) and analyzed in the context of musical theater as a developing art form. Led by David Benkof, the Broadway Maven.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
12:00 pm
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Discussion | Reel Talks: After Happily Ever After


With Maria San Filippo, author of After "Happily Ever After": Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age. Hosted by Scott Adlerberg.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Ping Pong


Grab a paddle and play! Equipment is provided. Mondays, July 12 – August 16, 2021
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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5:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Book Club | Cookbook Club: Coconut & Sambal: Recipes from My Indonesian Kitchen (virtual)


Led Erin Orr of the blog Big Sis Little Dish, the Cookbook Club comes together to create connection and build community through food. For July, the group will be cooking recipes from Lara Lee’s Coconut & Sambal. Be transported to the bountiful islands of Indonesia by this collection of fragrant, colorful and mouth-watering recipes.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Physical Therapy-Based Workout


The bodyART method is a physical therapy based approach to movement training (PTBT). The objectives are injury prevention, pain reduction and sustainability for the knees, hips, shoulders, ankles, elbows and spine. You will leave class sweaty, energized, and feeling amazing. Also great for people looking to improve their cardiovascular stamina, strength, flexibility, mental focus and concentration in a holistic environment. Bring your own mat.
   Brooklyn, New York, NY
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Fitness: Dance, Cardio, Choreography


Stay fit and healthy with these Monday classes that empower, promote fun with fitness, confidence, body positivity and inspire non-dancers to move their bodies. Each Monday at 5:45 pm. Masks are required.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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5:45 pm
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Workshop | Amp'd Workout


Start your week with Chelsea Piers Fitness! Hit the pavement and push your body to new limits in this class.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities (virtual)


Acclaimed artist Julie Mehretu joins Shahzia Sikander to discuss the exhibition Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities, an investigation into the first fifteen years of Sikander's career, and Julie Mehretu, a mid-career survey on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art. .
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Open Studios | Open Studios (virtual)


As a conceptual multidisciplinary artist, Arlene Rush's art expands to incorporate sculptural objects, installations, and mixed media, challenging conventional artistic boundaries. Bob Clyatt updates longstanding sculptural forms to explore contemporary questions. His current projects include CoPortraits: collaborative sculpted portraits made with another artist from a different culture and history, Shared Spaces: engaging diverse communities around the US in creating a sculptural collage of the American flag with their chosen objects, and Conversations: pairing two or more bust sculptures in ways that probe what they might be discussing together if they could. Kate Fauvell - "As a native New Yorker, I'm accustomed to change. Over the course of my lifetime, its residents have transformed the city more times than I can count. That experience informs my art. I believe all things change and make art that alludes to this process."
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Re-Framing Black Music (virtual)


Justin Patch, Assistant Professor of Music at Vassar College, discusses how we might listen to and think about contemporary African American music from the standpoint of subjective listening and emotional need. Rather than searching for transcendent aesthetics, grand theories about “good” music, or deciding which music belongs in the canon, we should consider the lived experience of communities of color and how music meets their varied needs. Songs like Ruth Brown’s “Lucky Lips”, Run DMC’s “My Adidas” or Slave’s “Slide” are often written off as disposable culture, but this discussion argues that what they represented to listeners was inspirational and meaningful.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Zumba in a Park


Zumba is a fusion of Latin and International music, utilizing dance themes that create a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness program. This socially-distanced class features aerobic training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body. Sneakers are recommended. The class takes place every Monday until Oct 25, 2021. Check-in begins at 5:30 pm. Masks are required. Must sign a waiver before participating. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
   Brooklyn, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Bluegrass, Rock and More


The Haggard Kings perform country classics, original tunes, bluegrass and rock. Rain dates will be announced as needed (check the link for the event).
   Manhattan, New York, NY
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required

Workshop | Healthy on the Hudson: HIIT Class


A dynamic and challenging HIIT class (adaptable to all levels of ability) on one of the park's newest piers. Mondays, June 14-September 27, 2021.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:30 pm
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Concert | The Haggard Kings: Country Music


Enjoy the band in an outdoor setting.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Well, This Is Exhausting: A Tiresome Balancing Act (virtual)


A virtual event with writer and comedian Sophia Benoit for the launch of her new book. Like so many women, Benoit spent her formative years struggling to do the "right" thing--to make others comfortable, to take minimal and calculated risks, to live up to society's expectations--only to realize that there was so little payoff to this tiresome balancing act.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Disney+’s Turner & Hooch: The Cast Discusses the New Series (virtual)


Join the creator and star of Disney+’s new action-comedy series Turner & Hooch, Matt Nix and Josh Peck, for a conversation about the show with John Stamos. A continuation of the hit 1989 buddy cop movie of the same name starring Tom Hanks, Turner & Hooch follows Peck as US Marshall Scott Turner (son of Hanks’ Detective Scott Turner) as he learns to work with an unruly dog named Hooch to investigate the suspicious circumstances of his father’s death.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Summer Serenades: Orchestra of St. Luke's Musicians Perform Bernstein, Stravinsky, Joplin and More


Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) musicians play wind quintet favorites by Stravinsky and Ibert, as well as selections from Valerie Coleman's piece Portraits of Josephine. The OSL brass quintet weaves this program together, playing pieces by Paul Dukas, Leonard Bernstein, Malcolm Arnold, and Scott Joplin.
   Brooklyn, New York, NY
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Play | The Two Noble Kinsmen: Outdoor Performance of a Rarely Staged Shakespeare Play


The Two Noble Kinsmen is a play by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare that was reprinted in a second folio edition of Beaumont and Fletcher's plays in 1679. Its story is taken from "The Knight's Tale" by Chaucer. It is generally accepted to be The Bard's final play before he retired to Stratford-Upon-Avon and died three years later--a collaboration of an older playwright with one whose career had only begun. The play is a tragicomedy in the manner of Fletcher. Presented by the Drilling Company.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:30 pm
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Workshop | Drawing from a Distance (virtual)


Educator Luned Palmer hosts this artmaking workshop that closely examines scenes from the exhibition Distance Noguchi. These fixed-perspective films feature spaces in The Noguchi Museum where light shifts and nature actively interacts with sculpture. Learn introductory drawing techniques, and then settle into a flow while creating a long sketch. Reflect on your drawings and discuss the integration between art, space, and time. Materials: Pencils, an eraser, and paper. Previous drawing experience is not necessary.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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7:30 pm
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Opera | Met Opera: Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro (virtual, streaming for 23 hours)


One of the most frequently performed operas in the world, The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) was composed in 1786 by Mozart, with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It tells how the servants Figaro and Susanna succeed in getting married, foiling the efforts of their philandering employer, Count Almaviva, to seduce Susanna and teaching him a lesson in fidelity. In this 1998 performance, the Met assembled a vocal dream team for Jonathan Miller's stylish production of the eternal Mozart masterpiece: Renee Fleming as the Countess, Cecilia Bartoli as Susanna, and Bryn Terfel as Figaro. With James Levine--one of the world's great conductors of Mozart--in the pit, Bartoli interpolating two rarely heard alternate arias, and Dwayne Croft as the Count and Susanne Mentzer as Cherubino.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
7:30 pm
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Play | Merry Wives: Shakespeare Adaptation in the Park


Set in South Harlem, amidst a vibrant and eclectic community of West African immigrants, This adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor is a New York story about tricks of the heart, performed in the heart of the city. A raucous spinoff featuring the Bard's most beloved comic characters, this hilarious farce tells the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a new celebration of Black joy, laughter, and vitality. NOTE: Tickets are available only through a digital lottery. Seats are not guaranteed. See below for details.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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8:00 pm
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Slide Lecture | Early Broadway: History Behind Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Annie Get Your Gun, Kiss Me Kate (virtual)


Trace the early history of Broadway with this exploration of early shows like Show Boat, Anything Goes, Pal Joey, On the Town, Oklahoma!, Annie Get Your Gun, Kiss Me Kate, Carousel, Brigadoon, and Finian's Rainbow. The shows will be introduced (with clips) and analyzed in the context of musical theater as a developing art form. Led by David Benkof, the Broadway Maven.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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8:00 pm
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Film | Chavela (2017): Life of a Pioneering Singer (virtual)


The life of pioneering singer Chavela Vargas, from her birth in Costa Rica in 1919 to her death in Mexico in 2012. Directors: Catherine Gund Stars: Eugenia Leon, Jesusa Rodriguez, Tania Libertad In Spanish and English with English subtitles
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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Classical Music | Holiday Concert at a Landmark Venue

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Dance Performance | "Astonishing" Choreographer

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Performance | Mysticism and Music from Broadway Creators

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Performance | Comedy by 13-time Emmy Winner with Broadway Actors

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