71 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, June 22, 2017
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
A sweaty yoga flow that will leave you breathless, refreshed and ready to tackle your day.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 am
free, no reservation required
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
A beat-bumping, butt-kicking class that will leave you feeling some seriously good vibes. Sneaker recommended.
New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 am
free, no reservation required
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.
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.
Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Word 2010. Topics include mail merge, tables, text boxes, ...
more >> headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes.
Enjoy a game station that is free and open to the public with giant games, board games, and cornhole ...
more >> sets. Games will be available beginning at 11:00 a.m. Local businesses and organizations will join in on the fun to provide free cultural education and entertainment from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. New this year: Eataly and Shake Shack to host "Summer Scoops" featuring complimentary servings of Eataly's Gelato at our "Summer Scoops Kickoff" and Shake Shack's Frozen Custard at "Mid-Summer Scoops".
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Learn the fundamentals of computer programming with the popular language Python. This class will cover ...
more >> concepts fundamental to all programming languages and provide an introduction to coding more generally. Note that this is a two-part class, the first session will be from 11am - 1pm, the second from 2pm-4pm, with a one hour lunch break between. You must attend the first session in order to attend the second. You must be comfortable using a computer in order to code, especially typing. They highly recommend being able to type at least 20 words per minute.
Stars: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone. An attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich ...
more >> man, who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway. 92 min.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Come down to the park for lunch and let the students from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music ...
more >> provide the soundtrack.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
An afternoon of fitness with Argentine Tango. The eventwill include two hours of open dance and instruction, ...
more >> and the last event on June 29th will include tango with live musicians. The event will be held on June 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Houston’s commanding 10-piece ensemble is here to shake up the notion that they’re just another soul ...
more >> revival band. The Suffers’ signature “Gulf Coast Soul” sound is as much influenced by classic rock ‘n’ roll, country, Latin, and Southern hip-hop as by the eras of Stax/Volt records and Muscle Shoals studio. Boasting a powerful horn section, reggae vibes, and massive vocals from Kam Franklin, they have garnered 20 Houston Press Music Awards and made appearances on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Jimmy Kimmel Live! in support of their 2016 self-titled debut album.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The Play About the Bridge re-imagines artist Nancy Nowacek’s quest to build a bridge to reconnect Brooklyn ...
more >> and Governors Island (as they once were by a walkable sandbar at low tide). Though her vision is clear and persistent, the forces with which she must engage—natural, political, economic, and bureaucratic—construct a never-ending field of obstacles through which she an the bridge must navigate towards success, always just on the edge of failure.
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
Join a tour of The Battery, a 25-acre park at the tip of Manhattan. Learn about the park's rich history, ...
more >> many important landmarks and monuments, the Seaglass Carousel, 134,000 square feet of beautiful perennial gardens designed by renowned Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, and so much more. Every Thursday from May 11 to June 29, 2017.
Scientific studies show that just 10 minutes of meditation a day relieves stress and improves your health ...
more >> and well-being. Take time out of your busy schedule to come and learn meditation and find inner peace. No prior experience necessary -- just bring an open mind.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Join a tour of the current exhibitions with Valérie Rousseau, the museum’s curator for self-taught ...
more >> art and art brut. Meet in the museum atrium.
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
Share your passion for gaming the old-fashioned way. If words excite or inspire you, and crossword puzzles ...
more >> keep you going, then Scrabble is your game! Are you a chess or checkers champion? Whether you're a master or just starting out, show off your best moves. If you like wheeling and dealing, Monopoly's the game for you. Join them for some lively board time. All levels of play welcome. Please feel free to bring your own game set, and friends.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn. The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at ...
more >> age 39 in 1921 and how his family (and especially wife Eleanor) cope with his illness. From being stricken while vacationing at Campobello to his triumphant nominating speech for Al Smith's presidency in 1924, the story follows the various influences on his life and his determination to recover. 144 min.
1:00 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.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt. A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los ...
more >> Angeles. 128 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson. A working-class African-American father tries ...
more >> to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life. 139 min.
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.
Students will learn the basics of suminagashi, a Japanese marbling technique using just water and ink. ...
more >> Students will learn how to create and pull suminagashi monoprints on paper and fabric, and leave with enough knowledge and skills to continue exploring on their own. All ages. Materials provided.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Mia Bendixsen. A recently widowed woman is on the road with ...
more >> her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer. 112 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
New documents and interviews reveal previously unknown facets about Hannah Senesh, the legendary Israeli ...
more >> hero who parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe. With Dr. Lou Levine, former Director of Collections.
Many people think of the New York City subway as one of the largest, most efficient, if not the cleanest ...
more >> mass transit systems in the world. Few, however, think of it as the largest and longest art gallery on the planet. Well, they don't know what they are missing. This lively walking AND subway riding tour visits over a dozen subway stations to experience a selection of these striking often whimsical works that go largely unnoticed by the general public. Join this climate controlled subway and walking art tour. Along the way you'll learn about and become expert at navigating the (in)famous NYC subway system. There's also the invaluable opportunity to confer about your other sightseeing plans with the acclaimed Bronx born, vastly experienced licensed NYC tour guide, Darryl Reilly. Tour takes place every Thursday.
2:00 pm
Free plus subway...
Stars: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins. The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested ...
more >> as a result of the American Civil War. 137 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Discover free computer tutorials on the web. Search NYPL’s Catalog for books, DVDs and eBooks to help ...
more >> you learn computer programs and concepts on your own. Find resources on Word, Excel, Office 2010 and 2013, the Internet, typing and other topics.
In her new solo, Memoirs of a…Unicorn, contemporary choreographer and performer Marjani Forté-Saunders, ...
more >> teams with set designer Mimi Lien, media designer Meena Murugesan and sound designer Everett Saunders, to ritualistically re – member, interrogate, and relish in the properties of Black American magic and resilience. Spurring from stories of her Arkansas born Father’s life, this provocative work explores the tenets of his identity, while digging in the wound of its creation story.
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
2015: a year when the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on marriage equality coincided with a record number ...
more >> of trans women being murdered. Reckoning: Furies from a New Queer Nation examines the most pressing issues affecting Queer America today: gay white male privilege, homelessness, and racism. It follows the parallel lives of characters sharing one city and one community—yet experiencing opposing realities. Because when a Supreme Court ruling like marriage equality passes, we must ask: what did we accomplish and who did we leave behind? Written by Geraldine Inoa.
Stars: Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton. The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose ...
more >> arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision. 123 min.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Shantrelle P. Lewis will lead participants in a discussion on the connections between spirituality and ...
more >> landscape. The conversation will be based on the book, Mojo Workin': The Old African-American Hoodoo System by Katrina Hazzard-Gordon.
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Two artists at the top of their trade will perform their best work to determine who is the ultimate champion. ...
more >> The judge? YOU. Each week experience a different performance – pianists, electric violinists, guitarists, beat boxers, DJs, dancers, artists and more – and decide who the dueling performance champion is. Billy the Artist is an internationally renowned painter, based in the East Village, known for his work in galleries and his live painting shows. Craig Collins paintings are inspired by the streets of Los Angeles and New York City, weaving together fascinations with the human form with the energy of the cities.
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Join New York Health & Racquet Club’s Ebonny Fowler for PlyoJam. This innovative new fitness method ...
more >> seamlessly blends high-energy fun dance moves with the plyometric training of elite athletes. Dance your way through the hottest hits on the radio and burn up to 1,000 calories with moves that tone, shape and transform. Sneakers recommended.
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Playwright David Caudle s best known for his award-winning coming-of-age play, The Sunken Living Room, ...
more >> set in his hometown of Miami, 1978. He is an alumnus of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages, where he developed several plays, including Likeness, Leg Man, South Beach Rapture, Damsel and The Common Swallow.
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
In this class you will use Photoshop to clean up and modify digital images. Learn how to minimize blemishes, ...
more >> use the clone stamp tool, alter backgrounds, recolor images, and more. This class is taught on Mac computers.
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.
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
5:45 pm
free, no reservation required
My Favorite Things is a group show organized by Sara Conklin. With artists: Cristina Biaggi * Dare J. ...
more >> Boles * Jo-Ann Brody * Elizabeth Myers Castonguay * Regina Corritore * Fran Venardos Gialamas * Susan Grabel * Marsha Heller * Hollis Hildebrand-Mills * Patricia Hill Cresson * Madelon Jones * Tania Kravath * Carole Kulikowski * Libbet Loughnan * Christine Mottau * Masayo Nishimura * Elizabeth Downer Riker * Ann R. Shapiro * Irina Sheynfeld * Jane Stevens * Michelle Stone * Maria Torffield * Vivian Tsao * Kathlene Tracy * Elizabeth R. Weiner-Cohen * Joyce Ellen Weinstein Beyond Water is a photography exhibition by artist Pauline Chernichaw, making it her second solo show with the gallery. The exhibition presents a captivating selection of Chernichaw's water series. Pauline Chernichaw's minimal and pictorial photographic abstractions evoke a sense of visual stimulation, emotive delight and spiritual meditation. By exploring the core of water's life-force, Chernichaw reveals her multi-layered perception and inherent connection to what is "beyond the water's surface.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Emerging teaching artist Jamaal Levine discusses current work of abstract oil paintings that tap into ...
more >> his ancestral spirit.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Named after the great 20th-century Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski, the Lutoslawski Quartet is one ...
more >> of the world's most ascendant international music ensembles. Traveling from Poland, they present a concert with conversation, introducing new works and revealing the creative process behind their celebrated interpretations and virtuosic performances.
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.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
After work take an evening stroll along part of Central Park’s West Side. A guide leads you on a casual ...
more >> walk from the southwest corner of Central Park to Tavern on the Green. Learn about the Maine Monument, west side arches, Heckscher Ballfields, Sheep Meadow, and Tavern on the Green on this tour designed for New York summer evenings.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
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
Enjoy behind-the-scene stories of Takahiro Kaneyama's While Leaves Are Falling..., currently on view. ...
more >> Kaneyama and our guest Russet Lederman will discuss this very personal collection of portraits and landscapes that became a poignant bridge between the artist and his schizophrenic mother and two unmarried aunts. They will also talk about the critically praised photo book of the same series launched last year.
Join New York Health & Racquet Club’s Bryan Davis for a special Dance HIIT workout. This class offers ...
more >> a challenging dance party workout that blends high intensity interval training with dance genres ranging from Caribbean to hip hop. Get your hips moving. Sneakers recommended.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Enjoy an introductory lesson in Argentine Tango music and dancing led by Strictly Tango NYC. Takes ...
more >> place Thursdays in June and July.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Lissa Rivera (photographer and curator) and BJ Lillis (historian and museum professional) will discuss ...
more >> their project ‘Beautiful Boy.’ Rivera’s photographs of BJ, her romantic partner and muse, reference historical examples of gender construction in art. The techniques, fantasies and narratives of femininity are at once dissected and indulged. Their work is obsessive, decadent and unabashedly pleasurable. Rivera and Lillis will discuss the role of the artist in transcending identity categories and breaking down double standards, the boundaries between public and private expression, embracing fluid identities and recognizing that truth and fantasy do not have to be opposites.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Link mindful breathing with movement in this full spectrum yoga practice that includes modifications ...
more >> and intensifications depending on experience level. Veteran Nina Semczuk helps you cultivate strength, flexibility, balance, and focus while enjoying yoga outdoors. Bring your own mat. This event repeats every Thursday until September 28, 2017.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
A new theatrical experience by En Garde Arts, Harbored is a site-specific work that weaves together stories ...
more >> from the last two centuries of immigration in the U.S.— a stone’s throw from Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Written and directed by Jimmy Maize with music by Heather Christian sung by the Downtown Voices choir, a cast of 50+ performers tell the stories of twentieth-century author Willa Cather and her character Antonia, Lewis and Clark pursuing their dream of the American West, and everyday citizens who came through Ellis Island. Immigration stories will be gathered each day from passersby and integrated into the script that evening, tying the past to the present and making for an entirely new theatrical experience each time. Championing an immersive process of understanding and discovery, Harbored redefines the ways in which we think about America’s past, present and future.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
She He Me is a Amahl Khouri's documentary play based on interviews with several transgender people in ...
more >> the Arab world. Witty and affecting, and in many ways, surprising, it focuses on the challenges encountered and discoveries made by three unique individuals who “just want to be themselves.”
With comedic host Andy Ross and music by DJ Flip Bundlez Free to play. Prizes for every win. Game on!
New York City, NY; NYC
Stars: Adepero Oduye, Kim Wayans, Aasha Davis. A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and ...
more >> risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression. 86 min.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The illustrious experimental rock trio YEASAYER makes their bandshell debut in an evening of "pan-ethnic ...
more >> spiritualism, filtered through walls of echo and layers of gossamer synths." (Pitchfork) Over four records as Brooklyn indie darlings they have built a meticulous sound that invites careful inspection, or can simply wash over you like a wave, by turns danceable and disorienting. POLIÇA burst from the same Minneapolis scene that brought us Gayngs and Volcano Choir, and can be described as "a heavily digitized Norah Jones atop Radiohead at its most polyrhythmic." (Pitchfork) In a unique and powerful juxtaposition, singer Channy Leaneagh tackles dark, existential questions with a hazy voice that "sounds more like she's singing brushstrokes than words." (Pitchfork) Shoegazing, shimmering rockers CYMBALS EAT GUITARS round out this triple bill – they met as high school friends in Staten Island, and have gone on to tour with The Flaming Lips and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. The New York Times calls them "a band that lives for dynamic upheavals. One moment its lead singer and guitarist, Joseph D'Agostino, sings in a fragile, breathy high croon; microseconds later, he's screaming and flailing at his guitar, swathed in reverb and effects, while the band bashes behind him."
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
2015: a year when the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on marriage equality coincided with a record number ...
more >> of trans women being murdered. Reckoning: Furies from a New Queer Nation examines the most pressing issues affecting Queer America today: gay white male privilege, homelessness, and racism. It follows the parallel lives of characters sharing one city and one community—yet experiencing opposing realities. Because when a Supreme Court ruling like marriage equality passes, we must ask: what did we accomplish and who did we leave behind? Written by Geraldine Inoa.
Award-winning storyteller Leslie Goshko (Huffington Post, Sirius XM radio) invites some of NY’s top ...
more >> writers and storytellers to share true, bizarre tales about their lives. There’s a challenging trivia game and a free wine giveaway where one lucky audience member will walk away with their very own bottle of Sideshow Sauce! Tonight’s stellar lineup includes stories from: Gail Thomas (Law & Order SVU, Letterman, Beavis and Butthead) Jamie Brickhouse (Moth StorySlam Champion, NY Times, NY Frigid Festival) Giulia Rozzi (Vh1, TEDx, TruTv) Joey Novick (Comedy Central, United Solo Festival)
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A panoramic look at art in America in the second half of the twentieth century, through the eyes of the ...
more >> visionary curator who helped shape it.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Experience great Malian kora works transcribed and performed by a deeply sensitive and virtuosic classical ...
more >> guitarist. South African guitarist Derek Gripper released his ninth album, One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali, late in 2012. Recorded at an all-night session, the album magically conjures anew a centuries-old ancient African musical heritage, interpreting kora compositions (21 string harp) on solo guitar, a feat which classical guitar legend John Williams said he thought was “absolutely impossible until I heard Derek Gripper do it.”
7:30 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.
Join New York Health & Racquet Club’s Alice Jong and wind down your day with Sunset Yoga. This Vinyasa ...
more >> Yoga class emphasizes linking breath with movement, strength and form. Bring your own mat and towel.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Kerry Washington, Anna Simpson, Melissa Martinez. Focusing on the bonding between three girls ...
more >> in Brooklyn's "Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band" and the choices the girls face once their high school closes down for asbestos removal. 95 min.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Comics Mike Brown (Comedy Outliers) and Ayanna Dookie (She Devil Comedy Festival winner) host “King ...
more >> Hippo,” their weekly comedy showcase and afterparty. Mike and Ayanna - who have performed at venues nationally and throughout the tri-state area - will be joined at this launch by Seaton Smith (FOX); Chloe Hilliard (NBC); Dave Lester (SIRIUS XM) and Jon Laster (BET), with music by Thug Passion (Time Out NY).
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.
Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg. The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress ...
more >> who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice. 111 min. You should arrive by 8:00 p.m. to get your spot. Feel free to bring a blanket to sit on; there will be a limited supply of chairs available. Bottled water is OK, but no glass.
8:30 pm
free, no reservation required