53 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, June 10, 2017
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
The 6th Annual Hudson River Loop Walk is a one-day 30-mile walk along the Hudson bordering NYC and NJ. ...
more >> The official start is at the PATH station at Exchange Place, Jersey City where the walk begins north along a nearly continuous Hudson River Waterfront Walkway on the NJ side to the George Washington Bridge. Walking over the bridge we connect to the Hudson River Greenway trail heading south and ending at the World Trade Center. Take PATH train back to Exchange Place to get back to start.
Looking to practice yoga in the company of like-minded outdoor enthusiasts? This session accommodates ...
more >> individuals taking yoga for the first time and can also challenge yoga enthusiasts. This session focuses on proper postures and flow between poses. No experience necessary. Yoga mats available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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.
Moderate-to-brisk walks led by the NY Walkers Club for people 18 years and older of all abilities. This ...
more >> low-impact fitness program is perfect for those who want to get in shape, build muscle tone, strength and increase cardiovascular health while enjoying the Park's beautiful landscapes. This event takes place every Saturday.
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.
Paint in watercolor, or use pastels, chalk, and charcoal to capture the magical vistas of the Hudson ...
more >> River and the unique landscape. An artist/educator will help participants of all levels with instruction and critique. Art materials provided. Please note that this program is for adult participants (age 18 and up).
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Learn the basics of fly fishing for free. Join expert instructors from Orvis for lessons on fly casting ...
more >> and outfit rigging. Equipment provided.
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky. Weekly guided 75-minute walking tours led by knowledgeable ...
more >> volunteer guides will offer you an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape. Takes place Saturdays May 2 -October 31 2017.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
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Glide along the water while kayaking with the boathouse at the floating dock. Children under 18 must ...
more >> have an adult guardian present. All levels are welcome and no experience is necessary. Additional Rules for Kayaking: - Singles are for adults, or any kayaker with a parent/guardian present that is at least 14 years old. - Doubles are for one adult and no more than one child under 14 or paddler that needs assistance. - Please show up at least 1 hour before closing, as that is when the line closes and the last boats go out. - Weather permitting. Thursdays 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm and Saturdays 10 am - 3 pm, June 3 - August 26, 2017.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Experience the joy of dance with dancers from the Limón Dance Company. Open to all levels.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Don't have enough time to take all of the tours? Prefer to experience Manhattan with a smaller group, ...
more >> but a private booking is out of reach? Then consider our All-in-One New York Tour. This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, the World Trade Center, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, Chelsea Market and the Highline Park.
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
A community yoga class during the exhibition Reflections by Aya Rodriguez-Izumi. Bring your own mat and ...
more >> water.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
10:30 am
free, no reservation required
Veteran Donald Calliste leads a class to tone and define your core, lower back, and glutes combined with ...
more >> cardio exercises that will maximize your fat-burning potential. This event repeats every Saturday until September 30, 2017.
10:30 am
free, no reservation required
The 116th Street Festival started in 1985 as ‘Abrazo Fraternal’ and has grown to encompass 20 blocks, ...
more >> and on the day of the festival, people for miles will hear the sounds hispanic and various music and smell the aromas of mouthwatering hispanic dishes. The famous festival continues to bring an economic advantage to the neighborhood as well as offer a communal atmosphere for hispanics and anyone who wishes to learn more about the fun-loving culture that boasts decadent music, food, and more. The 116th Street Festival offers various performances, new and classic Hispanic foods, and a fun, electrified atmosphere that will be amplified by the added celebration of a third decade of the festival. Aside from musical performances, this year’s festival will honor multiple acts with a Talent Recognition Award for their continued support in the arts.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Showcasing Harlem sites associated with the Black Power and Civil Rights movements beginning in the 1960s ...
more >> through present day, this tour is an educational and entertaining field experience to complement our Black Power! exhibition, which explores the Black Power movement.
Join Shape Up NYC for Zumba in the park. Dance in the sun and get fit with friends. Colorful outfits ...
more >> are encouraged! This event repeats every Saturday until Sept. 30, 2017.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
11:30 am
free, no reservation required
An in-depth look at the unique architecture and exquisite beauty of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom ...
more >> House. Designed by famed architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1907, the Custom House is a National Historic Landmark. The building’s interior splendor includes an elliptical rotunda with a 140-ton dome skylight designed by Valencia-born engineer Raphael Gustavino and murals by New York painter Reginald Marsh, as well as monumental marble arches and columns. Tours include a visit to the Collectors Office, not normally accessible to the public. Takes place daily.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Over 380 craft displays will be showcased over two weekends with unique handmade pieces from crafters ...
more >> hailing from all over the US and abroad. Delicious food and entertainment will accompany the crafts, along with craft demonstrations by the artists themselves. This event will take place rain or shine.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Summer on the Hudson and Lamprophonic amplify fresh voices in the literature and bring authors center ...
more >> stage with readings, workshops, panels, and a community market to make one of life’s most solitary acts—writing—a public celebration.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A guided tour through the permanent exhibition. This exhibition presents works of art from throughout ...
more >> Native North, Central, and South America, with more than 700 works on display. The rich exposition of focal objects, including a magnificent Apsáalooke (Crow) warrior’s exploit robe, demonstrates the degree to which Native America was interconnected before European peoples arrived and how cultural exchange has profoundly shaped our shared histories.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Join the Instant Shakespeare Company for a dramatic reading of William Shakespeare's King John. Bard ...
more >> fans of all ages are welcome.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
1:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Showcasing Harlem sites associated with the Black Power and Civil Rights movements beginning in the 1960s ...
more >> through present day, this tour is an educational and entertaining field experience to complement our Black Power! exhibition, which explores the Black Power movement.
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. Tour takes place Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
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.
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From iconic actor and best-selling author Alan Alda, an indispensable guide to communicating better - ...
more >> based on his experience with acting, improv, science, and storytelling. Restrictions may apply. Call store for details.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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The Richard Tucker Opera Gala was filmed at David Geffen Hall on Sunday, Nov. 1 2015. Renée Fleming ...
more >> and 2015 Richard Tucker Award winner Jamie Barton are joined by Andrea Bocelli, Lawrence Brownlee and other great voices for one of the perennial highlights of the opera season.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan ...
more >> is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
Sam Oglesby has spent most of his life working in Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, the Kingdom ...
more >> of Bhutan, Bangladesh, and other faraway places. In this memoir covering more than sixty years, he takes us through palaces, slums, a war, revolutions, and a disastrous cabaret performance. Oglesby has been educated at the University of Virginia and the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. He worked as a diplomat and an international Civil Servant.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee. A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves ...
more >> dogged by cheap-labor agents out West. 102 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Taking the shape of a roundtable discussion, Tea Party brings together female artists, researchers, performers, ...
more >> and curators. Utilizing the format of a Tea Party, the participants revisit, reflect, and simultaneously act out questions about identity, representation, and performance, and the accompanying risk of reinforcing the stereotypes that they aim to challenge (especially when addressing a western audience). Lali Khalid, Madyha Leghari, Zoya Siddiqui, Bushra Rehman, Rabbya Naseer, and others host a performative tea party addressing issues of identity and its performance through creative practices.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions ...
more >> of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more! This tour takes place every Saturday.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions ...
more >> of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more! This tour takes place every Saturday.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Contribute your barbaric yawp to the thirteenth annual Song of Myself Marathon! Hosted by Whitman scholar ...
more >> and NYU professor Karen Karbiener. If you’d like to read, please email songofmyselfmarathon@gmail.com with your favorite three sections of “Song of Myself” (using the 1891-‘92 edition’s breakdown of 52 sections). Karen Karbiener be in touch with you as the event draws closer, to provide the final list of readers. Original interpretations of your passage are encouraged. Last year they had several folks give dramatic or musical interpretations of their passages; others recited from memory or in different languages. Celebrate Whitman and his poem in your own way—Walt would love that!
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Taikoza has created a new sound using the thunderous rhythms of the ancestral Taiko drums and the magical ...
more >> sounds of the bamboo flutes. Roughly translated, Taiko means big drums, and that’s exactly what Taikoza brings: big drums, powerful rhythms, and electrifying, room-thumping energy. This exciting group draws from Japan’s rich tradition of music and performance to create a highly visual performance. Taikoza was formed in New York City by members of Ondekoza -- the group that started the renaissance of taiko in Japan in the '60s and introduced Taiko worldwide.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Join the Hudson Warehouse as they kick-off their 14th Season of Classical Theater with The Triumph of ...
more >> Love, written by Pierre de Marivaux. June 1 – June 25, Thursday through Sunday nights.
6:30 pm
Pay-what-you-can admission policy
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6:30PM – Doors Open - Artisans and Food Vendors 6:45PM – 7:15PM - Teatro 220 7:15pm - 8:00PM - Pre-Show ...
more >> Musical Act: Bombazo Dance Co. At 8pm, Teatro SEA will present its award-winning, musical revue, "Rafael Hernández... Romance," about the life, career and music of one of the greatest Latin American composers of all time. They will have a special guest from San Juan, his son Alejandro "Chalí" Hernández, Director of the Sala Museo Rafael Hernández who will be interpreting some of his father's songs.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Sheridan's 1775 comedy of manners comes to life in a panormic outdoor professional production.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Once again, perennial favorite and world-renowned jazz bassist Ron McClure opens the season. During his ...
more >> illustrious career, McClure has played with Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, Herbie Mann and Blood Sweat and Tears. Calling all blankets, picnic baskets, and candles to a sunset concert overlooking the Hudson River.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
ALICE SMITH makes "soulful music draped with vocal stylings that run the spectrum from playful, to seductive, ...
more >> to eerily haunting." (Okayplayer) Her voice is a rare and deeply expressive instrument, anchoring her R&B-meets-jazz songwriting with a treasure trove of memorable, personal lyrics. Raised between Washington, D.C. and Augusta, Georgia, on a steady diet of gospel, pop, soul and go-go, Alice is a passionate singer, songwriter, and producer who has an unshakable sense of self and an attitude to match. BILAL is one of the great veterans of New York City neo-soul and "one of the most dynamic and progressive vocalists in contemporary music." (AllMusic) He has collaborated with everyone from Kendrick Lamar to Beyonce, Erykah Badu to Common. Pianist, composer, and "wunderkind" (AllMusic) KRIS BOWERS sets the tone of this triple bill.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native ...
more >> 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.
Performance Space 122’s Ramp residency program is designed to foster the creation of ambitious, new ...
more >> work from New York City-based emerging artists through space, time and invaluable technical resources. Each residency period culminates in free showings open to the public. Tess Dworman will use her week-long residency to experiment with merging very different kinds of choreographic and improvisational material to become part of the same world. She initiated the process with a collage-like structure that pins together brief self-contained dances and situations varying in representationalism, abstraction, emptiness, realism, and fantasy. The performers conjure these qualities through scores that amplify ambiguity as a skill and the craft of oscillating between image and sensation.
New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the ...
more >> sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline. NOTE** THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS. Please note they do utilize the subway on this tour so you will need $5 for subway.
Rome’s leader, Julius Caesar, is a force unlike any the city has seen. Magnetic, populist, irreverent, ...
more >> he seems bent on absolute power. A small band of patriots, devoted to the country’s democratic traditions, must decide how to oppose him. Shakespeare’s political masterpiece has never felt more contemporary. Runs May 23-28, May 30-June 3, June 6-13 and June 15-18.
8:00 pm
Free tickets required
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Join Amateur Astronomers Association to see the moon, planets and stars aided by expert stargazers. Weather ...
more >> permitting.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
With incredible talent and perseverance, Chip Shelton has earned an undisputed reputation as one of the ...
more >> most renowned flutists in the world of jazz. The flute, with its high-pitched tone, didn’t start out as a swinging jazz instrument until Frank Wess first popularized it as a member of Count Basie’s Big Band. He set the standard for such noted flutists as Yusef Lateef, Herbie Mann, Charles Lloyd, and Hubert Laws that further propelled the instrument into the jazz spotlight.
9:00 pm
free, no reservation required