48 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, March 28, 2017
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
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.
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.
Featuring violinist Harumi Rhodes, this special event provides music lovers with a rare opportunity to ...
more >> witness the interaction between gifted students and great artists as they examine and explore the arts of performance on the highest level.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
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
The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of ...
more >> choristers, and Mary Pan, organ scholar. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 13, 2016 to May 25, 2017.
12:20 pm
free, no reservation required
These organ concerts are performed on the Gabe M. Wiener Memorial Organ, an extraordinary instrument. ...
more >> The organ was constructed by the renowned firm of Casavant Frères of St. Hyacinthe, Canada, and built for the specific requirements of the congregation's worship services and music program.
12:30 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
Need help getting started with eBooks? Bring your laptop, eReader, tablet or smart phone to eBook Help ...
more >> Hour. Get assistance loading electronic library books on your Kindle, create your free Adobe ID, learn about 3M Cloud Library, and so much more. Make sure you bring your library card and any necessary access passwords for your devices so they can help you as quickly as possible.
Come dance! Here’s your chance to experience the ballerina in you. Learn basic ballet steps and experience ...
more >> the joy of dancing in a class that combines ballet and exercise specifically for older adults. You’ll have fun as you dance and see for yourself the benefits of ballet for good balance, agility and grace. Wear comfortable clothes and be ready to have fun. Instructor: Jennifer Grambs.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer. Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall ...
more >> in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. 152 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Ariel Colonomos latest book investigates the modern marketplace of ideas where those who can predict ...
more >> revolution or state failure are highly sought, provides a cautionary investigation of the global futures business - political risk, investment funding, think tanks, and shows how such predictions distort our understanding of the world we live in. Ariel Colonomos is Senior Research fellow at the National Center for Scientific Research and Research Professor at Sciences Po in Paris, where he teaches courses on international relations theory and the ethics of war.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
An afternoon of light gaming. Chess, checkers, dominoes and all manner of board and strategy games welcome. ...
more >> Basic chess instruction can be provided depending on demand. If you have a favorite board game please bring it in. Mature children and young adults welcome.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
US diplomat George F. Kennan (1904-2005) was widely known as the premier American expert on Russia during ...
more >> the Cold War and the intellectual author of the US policy of containment of the Soviet Union. But he also played a profoundly influential role in US policy toward East Asia during the early years of the Cold War. This presentation will examine Kennan's approach to East Asia, how it evolved, and the legacies of his involvement with American policy in the region. Speaker: Paul Heer, Professorial Lecturer in International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University; Former National Intelligence Officer for East Asia (2007-2015)
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A discussion by economic advisors to the Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton presidential campaigns on ...
more >> theory and practice in the political economy of the left. There will be a reception afterwards. Speakers: Stephanie Kelton Chief Economic Advisor to Bernie Sanders, Economics Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Teresa Ghilarducci Economic Advisor to Hillary Clinton, Director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, Economics Professor
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Learn how to enhance photos using the number 1 photo editing software in the world; Adobe Photoshop. ...
more >> In this class you learn the features of Photoshop and learn about layers and use them to manipulate images to your desire. Class is conducted on Macintosh computers.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Cornelia Dean, former editor of the New York Times/Science Times talks about her recently published Harvard ...
more >> University Press book which “seeks to equip nonscientists with a set of critical tools to evaluate the scientific claims and controversies that shape our lives.”
Omar López-Chahoud has been the artistic director and curator of Untitled since its founding in 2012. ...
more >> As an independent curator, López-Chahoud has curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions in the United States and internationally. He curated the Nicaraguan Biennial in March 2014 and has participated in curatorial panel discussions at Artists’ Space, Art in General, MoMA PS1, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. He is currently a member of the Bronx Museum Acquisitions Committee. López-Chahoud earned MFAs from Yale University School of Art, and the Royal Academy of Art in London.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Program: Guillaume de Machaut Rose, liz, printemps, verdure Guillaume Dufay Adieu ces bons vins Gabriel ...
more >> Aquella mora garrida Francisco Guerrero Quasi cedrus Sermisy Changeons propos Heinrich Isaac Donna di dentro Anonymous Canto di donne maestre Rodrigo de Ceballos Hortus conclusus Juan Ponce Ave color vini clari Matthias Greiter Von Eyren Anonymous Trinkt und singt Welcomes spring with the beautiful voices of Britain’s Orlando Consort, celebrated for their deep insight and inspired performances of early music. The ensemble’s Pop-Up Concert, titled “Music for a Renaissance Chateau,” will transport us to an earlier time to explore serene landscapes and exquisite chambers. Performers: Matthew Venner countertenor Mark Dobell tenor Angus Smith tenor Donald Grieg baritone
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
Scholars are collaborating with artists and art galleries on innovative digital projects. Join to learn ...
more >> about some of this work. They hope this event will serve as an opportunity for all those interested in the field to gather, connect, and discuss. Projects will be presented by: - Glenn Wharton, Clinical Associate Professor of Museum Studies, NYU - Jonathan Hay, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Professor of Fine Arts, NYU - Sarah Demott, Data Services Specialist, NYU Libraries - Deena Engel, Clinical Professor, Computer Science, NYU & Joanna Phillips, Conservator, Time-Based Media, Guggenheim Museum - This event is moderated by Marion Thain, Associate Director of Digital Humanities, NYU.
Spirits of Rebellion traces filmmakers identified with the L.A. Rebellion, including Charles Burnett, ...
more >> Ben Caldwell, Julie Dash, Haile Gerima, and others. Topics include the importance of public education to this group and in today’s world, asks “what is a Black film?” as these filmmakers historicize their legacy on film and in society. 100 min. Director Zeinabu Irene Davis will be present for discussion after the screening.
Drawing on the author's recent book as well as current events, this illustrated lecture analyzes several ...
more >> examples of jokes—American, Jewish, Irish, Egyptian, Eastern European, etc.—and some hard cases of offensive jokes and cartoons that have provoked visceral reactions from various cultural communities. It also considers the uses of humor for enhancing cross-cultural understanding in contemporary social and political life.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Martino Marazzi of the University of Milan will offer a critical presentation of his most recent research, ...
more >> which will be a part of the forthcoming edited volume The History of New York City Literature (Cambridge University Press). The book aims at offering a new insight into the literature of New York by examining its global connections. The multilingual and multifaceted literature and written culture produced by immigrants at the height of the great exodus from Europe (in English as well as in Yiddish, Italian, German, Polish, Greek, etc.) witnesses the fascinating growth of a peculiar form of modern subjectivity, infused with gritty realism. One of its most striking peculiarities is the high degree of urban rootedness - so much so that one is tempted to refer to this new subject - well represented in the novels, poetry, and drama of the late 19th-early 20th century - as a form of "city-self". Marazzi will also read excerpts from some of the most significant works of that era.
The 2014 deaths of Michael Brown, an unarmed black man killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, ...
more >> and Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who died during an arrest, ignited nationwide protests, outcry, and debate over the state of policing in the United States. After additional incidents of police force, some resulting in death, tensions between police and civilians have galvanized media and public attention. Consensus around the most effective way to keep every community safe and ensure accountability continues to be a matter of debate among policymakers, police, and activists alike. Featuring: Samuel Sinyangwe, policy analyst, data scientist, Black Lives Matter activist, and Campaign Zero co-founder; Eugene O’Donnell, veteran NYC police officer, prosecutor, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor Moderated by: Elizabeth Glazer, Director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.
Since the early 2000s, Gabi Ngcobo has been engaged in collaborative artistic, curatorial and educational ...
more >> projects in South Africa and on an international scope. Based in Johannesburg, Ngcobo is curating the upcoming 10th Berlin Biennale. She also co-curated the 32nd Biennale de Sao Paulo and was a co-founder of the collaborative platform Center for Historical Reenactments (CHR), a project that responded to and explored how historical legacies impact and resonate within contemporary art. Her new initiative, NGO (Nothing Gets Organised) focuses on processes of self-organization that take place outside of predetermined structures, definitions, contexts or forms. Ngcobo will be in conversation with New York-based Adrienne Edwards, Performa curator and curator-at-large at the Walker Art Center, to discuss Johannesburg’s art and culture scene through the prism of South Africa’s post-apartheid era and contemporary curatorial practice.
Reginald Dwayne Betts is a husband and father of two young sons. His latest collection of poetry, Bastards ...
more >> of the Reagan Era, was published in 2015 by Four Way Books. Betts is a recipient of fellowships from Soros Justice Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies, and the Bread Loaf Writing Conference. In 2012, President Barack Obama appointed Betts to the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, where he continues to serve as a practitioner member. Sarah Gambito is the author of the poetry collections Delivered (Persea Books, 2009) and Matadora (Alice James Books, 2004). Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Iowa Review, The Antioch Review, Denver Quarterly, The New Republic, Field, Quarterly West, Fence and other journals.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
In 2002, Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane crafted a new kind of major league baseball draft ...
more >> class. For the next 15 years, Tabitha Soren, who is married to author Michael Lewis, followed the class made famous by Moneyball, chronicling with her camera the vagaries of the players’ lives on and off the field. Some of the subjects, like Nick Swisher and Joe Blanton, have gone on to become well-known, respected players at the highest level of the game. Some left baseball to pursue other lines of work, such as selling insurance and coal mining. Others have struggled with poverty and even homelessness. Please note: There is no seating at this event. They'll mingle over conversation, wine and whiskey. Stop by anytime between 6:30 - 8:30 pm., but you must RSVP to attend.
A lecture by Shannen Dee Williams, assistant professor of history at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville ...
more >> and a historian of the United States and the Black Catholic diaspora. Her research chronicles the epic journey of Black Catholic sisters in the United States from their fiercely contested beginnings in the 19th Century to the present day. It also unearths the largely hidden history of Black sisters in the fight to dismantle racial and gender barriers in the U.S. church and wider American society.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Artist Rachel Rose will discuss her video installation work, which deftly merges moving images and sound ...
more >> with nuanced environments.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Join coeditors Erica Roberts and Facundo de Zuviría, along with curator Gabriela Rangel, for a conversation ...
more >> on the book series Ciudades de América (R&Z Editores), moderated by independent editor Donna Wingate. The series consists of four volumes dedicated to Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Cartagena de Indias, and Rio de Janeiro. Each book features photographs by de Zuviría that focus on the city landscapes, interior spaces, and textures and colors. Interspersed with the images are texts by such recognized writers as Gabriel García Márquez, Eduardo Galeano, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, and Vinicius de Moraes, among others. Presenting a local perspective rather a tourist’s viewpoint, Ciudades de América provides an intimate view of these emblematic Latin American cities.
New York Times science reporter Gina Kolata follows a family through genetic illness and one courageous ...
more >> daughter who decides her fate shall no longer be decided by a genetic flaw. Mercies in Disguise adroitly examines the intertwining issues and advances of science, medicine, family and religion as the Baxley family fights to alter their destiny.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Since 2001, photojournalist John Trotter has been photographing the consequences of the sweeping human ...
more >> alteration of the Colorado River, in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. He will give an overview of this epic project, titled "No Agua, No Vida."
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
With sharp wit and irreverence, author Kory Stamper cracks open the complex, obsessive world of lexicography--from ...
more >> the agonizing decisions about what and how to define, to the knotty questions of usage in an ever-changing language. Throughout, she brings to life the hallowed halls of Merriam-Webster, a world inhabited by quirky, erudite individuals who quietly shape the way we communicate.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
An evening panel discussion of the legacy and future of the work of Marshall Berman. Moderator: Todd ...
more >> Gitlin, Journalism School Panelists: Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus, Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, and former editor of Dissent magazine Andrea Simon, Documentary filmmaker Bob Christgau, Music and cultural critic Marta Gutman, Architecture and urban historian, City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Every week, some of NYC's best established and emerging comics, storytellers, writers and performers ...
more >> try out new material followed up by the OPEN STAGE-- the place where ANYONE can get up and do ANYTHING!
7:00 pm
Free, donations welcome
Praised for her ‘mesmerizing combination of sound and sight’ (Irish Times), the award-winning marimbist ...
more >> Eriko Daimo is one of the leading artists of her field.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation 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
This is the official U.S. fifth anniversary celebration of the international arts journal Music and Literature. ...
more >> Since its inception in 2012, Music and Literature has quickly distinguished itself as "one of the finest and truly rarified journals in circulation" (City Lights), earning acclaim from National Public Radio, the Times Literary Supplement, and The Paris Review, among other standard-bearers, for its devotion to bringing to light the work of underrepresented artists from around the world, as well as its corresponding global events programming. This celebration brings together featured artists and contributors spanning the publication's entire history alongside live music from world-renown musicians.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Arturo Toscanini left an indelible mark on the New York Philharmonic, both musically and politically. ...
more >> Drawing on materials from the Philharmonic’s archives and collections of Toscanini’s letters, writer and Toscanini expert Harvey Sachs surveys the New York Philharmonic milestones that defined Toscanini at the height of his career.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
American fifth grade science teacher from Ohio attends the 2015 Paris Climate Summit, where she meets ...
more >> a prominent climate scientist. Returning home with renewed passion and purpose, her convictions about climate change threaten the pragmatic survival of her family. Written by Cassandra Medley.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required