23 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, March 2, 2018
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.
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Join a Manhattan Street Art Tour and experience the Lower East Side - SoHo, NoHo, Nolita and Little Italy. ...
more >> The Lower East Side of Manhattan is a playground for street artists, Soho is known to be one of NYC first permit Joint Live-Work Quarters for artists and the area received landmark designation in 1973. Noho and Nolita’s street art is either hidden in courtyards or on the more prominent street art facades. Learn about the history of the art of many famous and unknown artist.
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The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays ...
more >> through Fridays, from September 12, 2017 to May 23, 2018.
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12:20 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson. Tthe inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, ...
more >> an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. 119 min.
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1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Weekly recitals showcasing the new organ, featuring New York City's leading organists. Today: Daniel ...
more >> Brondel of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC
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1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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.
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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.
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You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central ...
more >> Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
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As the rain pours down and the water keeps rising, a mother sits in a flooded basement, weeping. After ...
more >> her son is gunned down by police, Mary, a woman with a cracked past, finds herself paralyzed with grief. So her mother, sister, and daughter try to uplift and help her wade through the water, as she mourns. But when her tears begin to overflow, deep family secrets rise all around them. And once their painful past floats to the top, there's no telling who's going to drown. Written by Donja R. Love Directed by Saheem Ali
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Editor's Pick
Plasticity and networks are today’s metaphors for the brain and mind. The idea that brains are plastic, ...
more >> made of dynamic networks, raises questions about the relation between physiology, selfhood, and social relations. Siri Hustvedt, Joseph E. LeDoux, and Jason Tougaw discuss social implications of recent brain research; artistic responses to theoretical neuroscience; and multidisciplinary circulation, convergence, and conflict surrounding questions about brain, self, and world. The panel discussion will be followed by a musical performance by So We Are, LeDoux’s musical duo with Colin Dempsey. Featuring: Siri Hustvedt, Novelist, essayist, Lecturer in Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College Joseph E. LeDoux, New York University, Center for Neural Science Jason Tougaw, Queens College, English
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4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Sternberg, who recently released a new album, primarily plays the double bass. Other instruments she ...
more >> plays are electric bass, guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica. Joanna sings and writes songs, and regularly performs her original music. Styles of music that Sternberg plays are: folk, country, blues, rock, ragtime, classical, gospel, funk, rhythm and blues, klezmer, and jazz (ranging from the style of the 1920s to the present day.)
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5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Jesse Ball is an American novelist and poet. He has published novels, volumes of poetry, short stories, ...
more >> and drawings. His works are distinguished by the use of a spare style and have been compared to those of Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino. Catherine Lacey is the author of The Answers and Nobody is Ever Missing. She has won a Whiting Award, was a finalist for the NYPL's Young Lions Fiction Award, and was named one of Granta Magazine's Best Young American Novelists.
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5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Author Tim Wu will discuss the industrial history of the media and advertising industries – industries ...
more >> that concentrate on the harvesting of human attention – with a particular focus on the tech industries of the last 20 years. He will discuss those industries’ use of design as a tool to harvest human attention and the recent backlash against their efforts. Tim Wu is a professor at Columbia Law School and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. He is best known for his work on Net Neutrality theory. He is the author of the books The Master Switch and The Attention Merchants, along with Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination, and other works. In 2013 he was named one of America’s 100 Most Influential Lawyers, and in 2017 he was named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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This panel will consider the work of Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine (1931-1998); Jean Dubuffet’s travels ...
more >> in Algeria and concomitant formulation of his definition of “art brut”; and the late Assia Djebar’s writing on Baya at the end of the Algerian War of Independence. With speakers Natasha Boas, Omar Berrada, Kent Minturn, and Denis Hollier.
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6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
A symposium on the vicissitudes of sleep, performer and folklorist Kay Turner presents #7 in a series ...
more >> of participatory performances exploring and reimagining the figure of the witch. Night Hags, cultural variants of which are found worldwide, come unbidden to interrupt dreams and cause frightening experiences of sleep paralysis. With help from dancers Katya Lazor, Lea Fulton and performer Angeli Sion, as well as audience members, Turner reveals new meanings of this hag. Perhaps, she is, in fact, your dream come true….
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Editor's Pick
In conjunction with the exhibition Fossil Tales, a discussion moderated by Frank Ippolito of the American ...
more >> Museum of Natural History.
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6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
When the U.S. Army drafted Elvis Presley in 1958, it quickly set about transforming the King of Rock ...
more >> and Roll from a rebellious teen idol into a clean-cut GI. Trading in his gold-trimmed jacket for standard-issue fatigues, Elvis became a model soldier in an army facing the unprecedented challenge of building a fighting force for the Atomic Age.
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7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Jazz and cocktails! Come out of the cold and into the swing with Deb Auer and her trio of NYC jazz greats. ...
more >> From standards to bebop and text from playwright Jim Neu.
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LiveSOUNDS features free performances by faculty and their guests on Fridays throughout the school year. ...
more >> It presents a cross section of a diverse and creative community of faculty members who are deeply committed to excellence and professionalism.
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7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Much of the art at the museum is centuries old, but provides fresh perspectives on our world today. Take ...
more >> part in a guided tour experience to learn more about the exquisite objects found throughout the galleries. Open your mind to new ideas, and access art through dialogue and close observation with a trained educator. Tours last approximately forty-five minutes.
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7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Faculty members Aundrey Mitchell and Tim McCullough present a concert featuring works for viola and piano ...
more >> composed during the 19th to early/mid-20th Century. The music performed will demonstrate the distinctive styles of the French and English schools of viola playing.
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7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project tell the story of ...
more >> life that goes on after tragedy. It tells the story of distance, of confusion and of loss. In 1998, the town of Laramie, Wyoming became a place known to the whole nation, as Matthew Shepard lost his life due to the hate of others. In 2016, Orlando, Florida became known for the lost of 49 lives for the same reason.
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A weekly standup comedy show. Featuring comics who have appeared on Comedy Central, College Humor, MTV, ...
more >> and more.
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