52 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, June 20, 2017
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
These morning classes provided by the Tai Chi Chuan Center are led by teachers and students who train ...
more >> at CK Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Master Hyland Harris. All ages and levels are welcome. Classes are rain or shine.
7:30 am
free, no reservation required
Start your Tuesdays off right. Rise above the city streets and begin your day focused, centered, and ...
more >> connected with nature. Join the Integral Yoga Institute, Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, and other guests for guided meditations. Open to people of all ages and experience levels. Meditation is subject to cancellation due to weather. Every Tuesday, June through September.
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.
Don't miss this amazing opportunity to discover a new discipline and find balance and relaxation in a ...
more >> beautiful park. Guides from the Taoist Tai Chi Society will host an introductory practice of the different moves included in the basic Tai Chi set. Tai Chi is learned by doing: the instructor will demonstrate, then perform the moves with the class, and finally watch the students as they repeat them. Movements are believed to help calm the emotions, focus the mind, and strengthen the immune system. Every Tuesday, June through September.
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.
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.
Perfect your downward dog under the trees at this 14th season of outdoor yoga classes presented by Manduka ...
more >> with instructors curated by Yoga Journal. A colorful selection of mats is provided by Manduka, no need to bring your own.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
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In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend ...
more >> in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” Tours take place every Tuesday at 10am, 11am, 2pm, and 3pm until Dec. 12, 2017.
Learn the basic features of Microsoft Word 2010, a word processing program you can use to create documents. ...
more >> Topics include entering and editing text, saving files, and formatting.
On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory ...
more >> Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs. 90 minutes.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
The Gotham Jazzmen bring their take on Dixieland Jazz. The band features: Ed Bonoff on drums; James Collier ...
more >> on trombone; Lee Lorenz on cornet; Pete Sokolow on piano; Dick Waldburger on bass; Ernie Lumer on clarinet; and Bill Wurtzel on guitar.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Davis will be reading an expert from the final installment of the notorius Renee series and she'll be ...
more >> answering questions and autographing copies.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Joel Forrester is the composer of more than 1600 tunes, a versatile and accomplished jazz pianist, leader ...
more >> of his own quintet and prolific recording artist. He has performed in an extraordinary diversity of settings – from large ensembles to a duet setting with a tap dancer! His playing draws from stride, boogie-woogie, bebop, trance and what he likes to call ‘salon pieces’ but each composition bears the stamp of this most individual artist.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Public speaking is an essential skill in today's workplace and a valuable ability to have to further ...
more >> your endeavors in whatever you're doing. Toastmasters present a continuing series held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. It is led by experienced public speakers in a supportive environment. All materials for this workshop are provided.
12:30 pm
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.
1:00 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.
Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city ...
more >> life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
In Thank You for Coming: Play, Faye Driscoll fractures the relationship between what we say and how we ...
more >> move when we say it, lingering in the mutual shadows, gaps, repetitions, stutters and spirals. How does language at once define and reduce our lived experience? How are we at once organized and undone by personal and societal narratives?
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Join a three hour journey through some of New York City's most historic areas. Begin in Greenwich Village, ...
more >> one of the cultural centers of America. From there, make your way through the Gansevoort Market and the Meatpacking Historic Districts and then onto the extraordinary High Line. Then relive the bygone days of a thriving cruise ship and industrial waterfront along the Hudson; we'll see where trains ran along "death avenue", where the New York harbor along the Hudson was perhaps the most significant waterfront in the world at one time.
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor. Autobots must escape sight from a bounty hunter who ...
more >> has taken control of the human serendipity: Unexpectedly, Optimus Prime and his remaining gang turn to a mechanic, his daughter, and her street-racing boyfriend for help. 165 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan. Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg ...
more >> in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms. 106 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Learn the basics of Adobe's vector graphic creation program and how to create exciting digital art for ...
more >> print, video, and web Class is taught on Mac computers.
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After work take an evening stroll along part of Central Park's East Side. Guides lead you on a casual ...
more >> walk from the southeast corner of the Park to Bethesda Terrace. Learn about the Zoo, the Arsenal, Balto, The Mall, Bethesda Terrace and Fountain, and the Lake on this tour designed for New York summer evenings. Terrain: Some stairs and a few inclines Length of tour: approximately 60 minutes
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Sahaja Meditation is a holistic approach to living in balance. The simple technique gives the experience ...
more >> of inner silence, calm, and contentment. Sahaja Meditation is an inner yoga (connection), meaning no mental or physical effort is required. Whatever the issue facing us—frustration, anger, anxiety, bad habits, loneliness—Sahaja Meditation awakens a vibrant energy within each of us that empowers us to achieve our genuine self-expression and fulfillment .
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A fun al fresco fitness series consisting of three 45-minute classes starting at 6pm, 7pm and 8pm. Classes ...
more >> will consist of a variety of modalities including yoga, bootcamp, dance cardio, boxing, pilates and more. Tuesdays, June 6-August 29, 2017.
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Spend Tuesday evenings in June experiencing the not-to-be-missed “authentic Buenos Aires Tango”. ...
more >> Make friends or dance while enjoying tango music, stories, and classes! All are welcome!
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Robert Oxnam, well-known China specialist and former Asia Society president, will give a talk in conjunction ...
more >> with his exhibit Spirits of the Sea: Sculpture and Photography. Over the past decade, Oxnam has focused what he calls “a Chinese eye” on the coastline of the North Fork of Long Island. The exhibition is the first comprehensive show of Oxnam’s works – featuring thirty sculptures and ten photographs.
6:15 pm
free, no reservation required
Getting fit in New York City has never been better! This exercise series will take place every Tuesday ...
more >> and Wednesday all summer long. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, June 6-Spetember 26.
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 Tuesdays May 2 -October 31 2017.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Broadway musicals have delighted audiences for well over a century. Naturally not all musicals have been ...
more >> successful but those that have succeeded have given us many memorable moments. This illustrated lecture features videos of some wonderful songs sung by legendary performers, including Jerry Orbach, Ethel Merman, Ezio Pinza, Jennifer Holliday, and John Raitt, among others. The songs "Try to Remember," “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “Some Enchanted Evening," "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," "If I Loved You," and many more, are spotlighted. With: Mel Haber.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Join Melissa Ricci of Base Fitness for a multi-level class that tones and balances your muscles, aligns ...
more >> your body, and strengthens your core. Bring your own mat. Tuesdays from June through August.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Veteran Donald Calliste leads a series of exercises with varied tempos that send your body into fat-burning ...
more >> overdrive and continue fat burning after you’ve completed your workout. This event repeats every Tuesday until September 26, 2017. Terrace at 108th Street in Riverside Park Manhattan Directions to this location Cost Free Event Organizer Summer on the Hudson Contact Number 311 Contact Email Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park West 89th Street and Riverside Drive Manhattan Directions to this location Cost Free Event Organizer Summer on the Hudson Contact Number 311
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
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InViolet Theater Company will present readings of new works by women writers from their company.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Gavin Browning, creator of Housing Works History, will present the project, a multimedia timeline which ...
more >> tells the story of the grassroots AIDS organization that continues to transform New York City through advocacy, services, and housing. Jeanne Vaccaro and others of the NYC Trans Oral History Project, will present on their groundbreaking project, a community archive, organized in collaboration with the New York Public Library, devoted to the collection, preservation and sharing of trans histories. Performer, activist, and Housing Works' director of Advocacy Communications, Elizabeth Koke will facilitate a conversation about archiving activist histories.
Stars: Eminem, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger. A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, ...
more >> wants to make it big but finds it's harder than it may seem. 110 min.
Detective sergeant Denny Malone leads an elite unit to fight gangs, drugs and guns in New York. For eighteen ...
more >> years he’s been on the front lines, doing whatever it takes to survive in a city built by ambition and corruption, where no one is clean.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress, for artists at all ...
more >> stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion moderated by a Movement Research Artist-in-Residence or an occasional guest, where we will experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform the artists’ process. With: Ian Spencer Bell Zachary Richardson Kate Seethaler
7:00 pm
$3 suggested donation
Few people have had as many influences on as many different fields as true Renaissance man Blaise Pascal. ...
more >> At once a mathematician, philosopher, theologian, physicist, and engineer, Pascal’s discoveries, experiments, and theories helped usher in a modern world of scientific thought and methodology. In this singular book on this singular genius, distinguished scholar Mary Ann Caws explores the rich contributions of this extraordinary thinker, interweaving his writings and discoveries with an account of his life and career and the wider intellectual world of his time.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
From bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed historical and contemporary commercial ...
more >> novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller combining history, science, magic, mystery, intrigue, and adventure that questions the very foundations of the modern world. Restrictions may apply. Call stores for details.
7:00 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
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Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones. Lion cub and future king Simba searches for ...
more >> his identity. His eagerness to please others and penchant for testing his boundaries sometimes gets him into trouble. 88 min. Film starts at sundown.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Up and coming Asian comics share the stage for an unforgettable night of laughter. Starring: Roberto ...
more >> Garcia Jocelyn Chia Pranav Behari
7:00 pm
free, registration required
This introductory meditation class was featured as a New York Magazine top pick. Room is set up with ...
more >> both meditation floor mats and traditional western chairs with back support. No special clothing or equipment is necessary.
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
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Program: W.A. Mozart: Horn Quintet K 407 Arnold Schoenberg “Verklaerte Nacht” (Transfigured Night) ...
more >> Anton von Webern “Langsamer Satz” for soprano and string quartet Luigi Boccherini: Quintet #1 in G Major, for flute and strings, G 438 With soprano soloist Ariadne Greif.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The North/South Chamber Orchestra concludes its 37th consecutive season performing music by composers ...
more >> from Argentina, Canada and the US. Works by Max Lifchitz, Leonardo Suarez-Paz, Leslie Opatril and Meira Warshauer will be featured. Soloists will include soprano Carol Wilson, flutist Mary Byrne; violinist Leonardo Suarez-Paz and cellist Leo Grinhauz.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Uninspired by one-size-fits all strategies to make amends for centuries of spiritual and physical turmoil? ...
more >> Tired of the same-old-same-old offers of animals and land you have no use for? Why shouldn’t the currency of your reparations be as specifically and thoughtfully tailored to you and your lifestyle as the uniquely ingrained burdens of white supremacy? Shouldn’t the settlement reflect damages? And why should the offender get to decide what retribution looks like? At Reparations, Live! I'll invite some of today’s brightest thinkers and makers to tell us what America owes them, and brainstorm the infinite paths to getting paid. With: Morgan Parker Tonight's panel: Doreen St. Felix Ashley C. Ford Saeed Jones