56 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, June 23, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
One hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises. For a breath of fresh air, take your workouts ...
more >> outdoors. Parks are becoming a logical alternative environment for those who want to add variety to their workouts, or who just don't like the gym. And, it's an affordable way to increase physical activity opportunities, because there's nothing special to build. Exercise with a view, in natural sunlight, with green scenery all around bestows health benefits that can’t be found indoors. Scientific studies have shown that the pleasure of being outdoors for example gives your brain, psyche, and immune system an extra boost. Led by trained professionals, and suitable for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water.
New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 am
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
A free annual participatory arts event that celebrates creativity by challenging artists and participants ...
more >> to find new ways to create, share, and dream. The festivals vision for art looks past the white-walled galleries and into the realm of participation. Art is not just something that you stand still and quietly look at—it is something you participate in. You touch it, smell it, write on it, talk to it, dance with it, play with it, learn from it.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Veteran Donald Calliste leads you to tone and define your core, lower back, and glutes with cardio exercises ...
more >> that keep your heart rate up and fat burning. Please bring a mat.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Step on board one of the identical Clipper 70 yachts for a tour from crew members who have competed in ...
more >> this unique race. Have a glimpse at what life is like above and below decks to find out where the crews race, eat, sleep and navigate as they sail around the clock for up to four and a half weeks at a time. June 18-23, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
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).
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Learn the basics of fly fishing for free. Join expert instructors from Orvis. Equipment provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Experience the joy of movement and dance. Led by dancers from the world-renowned Limón Dance Company, ...
more >> this modern dance class is now in its seventh year. Open to all levels and ages. Saturdays, June 23-September 8, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky. 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. Tuesdays and Saturdays, June 23 -September 29, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
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
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
Want to flow through your chaturanga with views of NYC's future mega-neighborhood? From May through September, ...
more >> this yoga session will happen every Saturday morning. Mats and blocks for the first 20 participants.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Bring a project, an idea or a desire to learn. For all skill levels. Please bring knitting needles, ...
more >> size 9-10.5.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 am
free, no reservation required
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Tours take place at various times during the day, all day long: SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn ...
more >> Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
pay-what-you-wish
Whether you call it soccer, football, or futbol, join to celebrate the passion of the sport. Screening ...
more >> of the major event that only happens every four years where the best of the best nations compete for triumph. All matches will be live.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
The weather is finally warm and beautiful! Why not enjoy a nice book in a beautiful courtyard. *Space ...
more >> is limited! To ensure everyone has a chance to read in the courtyard, sessions will be 1 hour long. If no one is waiting, you may be granted extra time.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Test your coordination and dexterity with juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome ...
more >> to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Mondays through Saturdays.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
It's Shape Up NYC's fun Zumba class! Colorful outfits are encouraged! Zumba is a fusion of Latin, International, ...
more >> and popular music dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting, and effective fitness system! The routines feature aerobic, fitness interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body with easy-to-follow dance steps.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
11:00 am
free, reservation required
In this session you will learn simple but powerful yoga postures to balance and stabilize your system. ...
more >> No prior experience with yoga is necessary. - Can relieve chronic ailments. - Can relieve back pain, stress, anxiety and tension. - Strengthens the spins. - Takes only 5-10 minutes to practice daily.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Anthea Perkinson discusses strategies for saving and investing for college using tax-advantaged and taxable ...
more >> accounts, how to optimize the generosity of friends and family, and how to avoid shortchanging your own retirement in pursuit of your child's education.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Starring Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw. Paddington Bear tries ...
more >> to buy an antique book for his aunt's 100th birthday, but his quest brings him into conflict with an unscrupulous actor who also wants the tome. Director: Paul King. 105 minutes.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A Brooklyn teenager feels his only chance to succeed is as the king of the disco floor. His carefree ...
more >> youth and weekend dancing help him to forget the reality of his bleak life. Director: John Badham. 118 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Hailed by the New Yorker as “expert and versatile musicians,” NOVUS NY String Quartet perform works ...
more >> by Webern and more. This concert is a part of a concert series focused on the complete works of Anton Webern; the trademark of the series is the juxtaposition of early and modern music. Program Webern (1883-1945) Passacaglia, Op. 1 Webern (1883-1945) Im Sommerwind, Op. 21 Webern (1883-1945) Das Augenlicht, Op. 26 Webern (1883-1945) Kantate #2, Op. 31 Brahms (1833-1897) A German Requiem Anton Webern, the noted Austrian composer and conductor, remembered for his atonal and serial works, was one of the key figures in the Second Viennese School. Unfortunately, with the rise of Nazis, his music was banned and he spent the last decade of his life in financial constraint and musical isolation. He was not very prolific composer, publishing only 31 works during his lifetime. Yet, he left a great impression with his radical compositions, influencing both his contemporaries and younger generations of musicians.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
MPS Directing presents its thesis film festival, featuring screenings of thought-provoking, tearjerking, ...
more >> smile-inducing thesis films from the class of 2018. This year's festival will be broken into two screening sessions: 1:00 – 3:00pm, and 5:00 – 7:00pm, and a reception will follow.
New York City, NY; NYC
Editor's Pick
A series of master classes given by professional instructors from Alvin Ailey. This afternoon: Afro Dance ...
more >> with Angel Kaba.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:30 pm
free, no reservation required
This show features an eclectic potpourri of musicians, vocalists, tap dancers, and African Drummers who ...
more >> can make summer sizzle. With: Vocalist Dr. John “Satchmo” Mannan Saxophonist Alvin Ellington Flythe Percussion master Miguel Sevilla Richard Clements Mike Flythe Nobert Marius Dancers David Gilmore, B ,Moreen and many others Baba Toma African Drum Group
New York City, NY; NYC
1:30 pm
free, no reservation required
The German national soccer team (Die Mannschaft) will defend its title as world champions at the 21st ...
more >> FIFA World Cup taking place in Russia. This will be Germany's 18th appearance at the World Cup and a possible fifth title, which would tie record holder Brazil, is at stake. Watch live streams of all of the German team’s matches. Enjoy light refreshments and cheer for your favorite team together with other fans at this live broadcast.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A classical music school in the heart of troubled Port-au-Prince, Haiti, thrives despite decades of entrenched ...
more >> poverty and political strife. When a catastrophic earthquake completely destroys the school in 2010, a stunned and devastated faculty and student body pick up the pieces and find a way to adapt through the power of music and community. 78 min. Director: Owsley Brown
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...
The tour explores the social and political history of the one of the most active and most famous squares ...
more >> in NYC through discussions about the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped its surroundings. You’ll hear how the 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 famous sculpture and so much more! The tour takes place every Saturday.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Speaker, trainer, and certified professional coach, Barbara Phillips, will help you define, design and ...
more >> experience the life of your dreams. Turn your greatest possibility into your reality!
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A true gem of 1970s American cinema verite filmmaking, this documentary fills a gap in our cinematic ...
more >> history of Vietnam by following a South Vietnamese family recently relocated to the United States. Evoking the realist style and domestic drama of An American Family, the filmmakers lived with the Phans in order to achieve a remarkably intimate and detailed portrait of a family in transition as well as a country in transition. Directors: Stephen L. Forman, Dennis Lanson. 50 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper. A snobbish ...
more >> phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society. 170 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Gather and socialize with others who share your interest, and perhaps pick-up a few tips and tricks as ...
more >> you work your own creations.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Based on Jeff VanderMeer’s best-selling Southern Reach Trilogy, a biologist signs up for a dangerous, ...
more >> secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply. Director: Alex Garland. 115 mins.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Speaker, trainer, and certified professional coach, Barbara Phillips, will help you define, design and ...
more >> experience your dream life. In this fun and highly interactive workshop, you will learn: • What is it that you really want in your life – what makes you come alive? • How to design a dream for your life that reflects your unique life “blueprint” • A 5-point test to determine if your dream is right for you • How to step into your life 3 years from now to see how it feels living a life you truly love • Simple thinking strategies that will guard you from fear, doubt and worry
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Explore the southwest of Central Park with Central Park Conservancy tour guides, and see it like never ...
more >> before. From a planned military parade ground to the site commemorating a famous activist for peace, one of the most-visited areas of the Park has some secrets to share with even the most seasoned Park-goer. Highlights of this tour include: Maine Monument, the Children’s District, Sheep Meadow, Tavern on the Green, and Strawberry Fields.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Three grown sisters, Maribel, Leticia, and Carmen try to cope and live with the fact that their father ...
more >> Martin, a veteran chef, is slowly losing his sense of taste. Martin has one simple rule: be at home for Sunday dinner and attendance is both mandatory and non-negotiable. A rift in the family develops when the sisters develop relationships and an obnoxious woman sets her sights on Martin's affections. Director: Maria Ripoll. Starring Héctor Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors, Elizabeth Peña. In Spanish (w/English subtitles). 105 mins.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Maestro Francesco Santoro will talk about Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519), who has been variously called ...
more >> the father of palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture, and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter and tank, he epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal. Maestro Francesco Santoro studied and taught at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. Over the years, Santoro exhibited his work in many places, including Gallery of the Torcello, Venice, Quadrennial of Milan, the Royal Palace of Naples. Lectures in Italian with simultaneous English translation.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
L'Amore della Music, a Woodwind quintet, will perform works by composers of Romantic era as well as contemporary ...
more >> pieces. The members of the woodwind quintet are Cecilia Sparacio, flute; Arianna Kalian, oboe; Simeon Loring, clarinet; Nancy Vizza, horn; and Lori Brand, bassoon. Program Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Holberg Suite Eugene Bozza (1905-1991) Trois piéces pour une musique de nuit Persichetti (1915-1987) Pastorale Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Pas Redouble
New York City, NY; NYC
2:30 pm
free, no reservation required
The exhibition explores the confluence of art, love, science, and religion in the extraordinary art of ...
more >> Orra White Hitchcock, one of America’s first female scientific illustrators. Her marriage in 1821 to Amherst College professor Edward Hitchcock cemented a years-long friendship and collaboration based on a bedrock of faith and science, mutual respect, close observation, and mental capacity for the largest of ideas. Orra White exhibited a prodigious scientific mind and abundant artistic talent at an early age. The exhibition traces her development from schoolgirl projects to highly accomplished renderings of the natural scenery of the Connecticut River Valley used in her husband’s many geology publications. Less well known are colorful paintings on cotton—some more than twelve feet long—that were used to illustrate her husband’s many college lectures on geology, botany, zoology, and anatomy. In these, Orra White Hitchcock communicated complex scientific principles in abstract visual terms that now appear gorgeously fresh and modern.
New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
A jazz trio Lefty Sessions performs from pop and country to post-bop classics, including works by Irving ...
more >> Berlin, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Buck Owens, and many others. With Steve on cornet, Hayes Greenfield on piano, and Dave Hofstra on bass.
New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Featuring rising Met Opera stars Gerard Schneider, Gabriella Reyes de Ramírez, Adrian Timpau, and Dan ...
more >> Saunders.
New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Classical music on a boat with an intimate and romantic setting and beautiful view of New York City. ...
more >> Program and musicians TBA.
New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Saxophonist / multi-instrumentalist Alvin Flythe has worked with Duke Ellington, Roy Haynes, Little Jimmy ...
more >> Scott and the Gap Band. His small-group jazz performances, like this one, offer searing tributes to sax greats like John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt.
New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Have a fun couple of hours of sociable bridge. Whether you're an occasional player or a seasoned champ, ...
more >> they'll find just the right level game for you. You'll be joining players from just above beginners to National Champions courtesy of Honors Bridge Club.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The Mozambique-born, Portuguese-bred singer, Mariza, is one of the pre-eminent musicians to popularize ...
more >> fado, a genre that melds soulful narrative vocals layered with acoustic guitar instrumentation. She’ll be performing with two of her fellow Portuguese talents: Noiserv, who plays a variety of curious and traditional instruments as a “one-man orquestra,” and the pianist and composer Renato Diz.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Shakespeare's comedy portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to ...
more >> Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons. With these outdoor performances, audience members experience the plays how they were originally done at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre 400 years ago – in the open-air, in the round, on the water. The actors wear Elizabethan costumes and perform inside a theatre complete with chairs, audio, and lights.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free tickets required...
In fair Verona, the long-standing feud between families Montague and Capulet cause tragic results for ...
more >> their respective children, Romeo and Juliet. After meeting at a masked ball, Romeo and Juliet fall in love, only to discover the surname of their beloved. Revenge, love, and a secret marriage force the lovers to take drastic measures. In the end, both families learn the perils of needless violence. This summer will bring to life one of Shakespeare's most well known tragedies in a dynamic adaptationt. They will transform the park into Verona, with six actors playing all the roles in this fast-paced tour de force production. Tuesdays-Sundays, June 5-24
New York City, NY; NYC
The artist Z’EV passed away this winter. Remembrances will be offered by friends, colleagues, and community ...
more >> members. In addition, a number of musical events presented by friends and collaborators will honor Z’EV. Z’EV (born Stephan Joel Weisser) was a composer/percussionist, visual artist, poet and theorist. Since the late 1970s, he created his own abstract percussion soundscapes out of found materials, and he is regarded as a pioneer of industrial music (though he did not like the term himself). In his long career, he created unique performance strategies to explore sound in spaces, starting with acoustic sound and later working also with electronic sound. Critic Roy Sablosky wrote: "Z'EV doesn't just break the rules, he changes them." Journalist Louis Morra wrote in 1983: "Z'EV is a consummate example of contemporary performance art, as well as modern composition and theater;" and "Z'EV realizes many of modernist art's ultimate goals: primitivism, improvisation, multi-media/conjunction of art forms, the artist as direct creator."
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Becoming Martin explores Martin Luther King Jr.’s journey to understand his own feelings and beliefs ...
more >> during his time at Morehouse College (from the age of fifteen). Through his relationship with Dr. Benjamin Mays, Dr. King discovers that a minister can simultaneously debate theology and philosophy while fighting for justice and equality. For ages 11 and up.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
"The art-pop duo and original poster-boys for New York City's electroclash scene" (NPR) have come storming ...
more >> back with a fresh embrace of sensuality, lust, and love, and a new stage show that is not for the prudish. As pioneers of the early '00s electroclash movement, Fischerspooner combined sly performance art with elements of new wave and techno, leading wild dance parties with unabashed showmanship. Based in Brooklyn, Xeno & Oaklander are a minimal electronics girl/boy duo that began writing music and soundtracks in 2004. Liz Wendelbo, who is French / Norwegian, and Sean McBride, from Maryland, record their songs live in their Brooklyn studio and play analogue synthesizers and instruments exclusively. Having toured the United States, Europe, and Russia, Xeno & Oaklander play extensively in New York in music venues, art establishments, and festivals such as Chaos in Tejas, Buchla Source of Uncertainty, and the Moog showcase at SXSW—and they come to the Bandshell for the first time this year. Juliana Huxtable, "a mind whose output transcends prescribed limitations," (artnet) is a multi-faceted artist who explores the intersections of race, gender, queerness, and identity in various formats—through music, social media, self portraiture, and performance. She also knows her way around a turntable, and will DJ before and in between Xeno & Oaklander's and Fischerspooner's sets.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Xelana Duo balances the refinement of classical music while zigzagging through hip-hop, blues, flamenco, ...
more >> bollywood, and rock n’ roll. The Duo performs an unexpected instrumentation filled with vibrant shades, that are each dazzling on their own, but simply breathtaking when joined together. Daring these two instruments to have a conversation, Xelana Duo commissions electrifying works, creating an ice-breaker for this unusual collaboration.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme ...
more >> Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases. Directed by Reginald Hudlin Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson. Rated PG-13. Arrive before 7:30 p.m. to get your spot. You can bring a blanket to sit on, although there will be a limited supply of chairs available. Bottled waters are OK, but no glass. First come, first served.
New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Jitney, The Piano Lesson) directs a sumptuous new production of Othello. ...
more >> Set amid war and palace intrigue in the 17th-century Mediterranean, this classic drama about a noble Black Venetian general whose marriage is sabotaged by theater’s most infamous villain, Iago, remains Shakespeare’s most urgent and relevant tragedy today. A lush, romantic vision gives way to the violent tangle of love and jealousy, race and revenge in this must-see production. May 29-June 3; June 5-9; June 14-18; June 20-24.
New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free tickets required