40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, March 16, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
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.
Stars: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn. A couple's attitudes are challenged when their ...
more >> daughter introduces them to her African American fiancé. 108 min.
11:30 am
free, no reservation required
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.
12:20 pm
free, no reservation required
A docent-led tour of items on display, drawn exclusively from the Library’s collections, exploring ...
more >> the breadth and significance of this pivotal era. The tour last approximately 45 minutes and covers highlights of the show.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery ...
more >> in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate. This tour takes place every Friday.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
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Stars: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas. A young blade runner's discovery of a long-buried secret ...
more >> leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years. 204 min.
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.
Weekly recitals showcasing the new organ, featuring New York City's leading organists. Today: Patrick ...
more >> Allen of Grace Church, NYC
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale. A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins ...
more >> forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad. 164 min.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton. In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has ...
more >> been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate. 89 min.
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.
Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, ...
more >> however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
Walk straight through the heart of Central Park on this east-to-west tour led by guides. Enjoy a great ...
more >> variety of the scenic, sculptural, and ar chitectural elements the Park has to offer.Visit some of the Park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Cherry Hill, The Lake, and Strawberry Fields.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Salma Hayek, John Lithgow, Connie Britton. An holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy ...
more >> client's dinner party after her car breaks down. 82 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden. An insane general triggers a path to nuclear ...
more >> holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop. 95 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A docent-led tour of items on display, drawn exclusively from the Library’s collections, exploring ...
more >> the breadth and significance of this pivotal era. The tour last approximately 45 minutes and covers highlights of the show.
3:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Program: Thomas Morely Sing We and Chant It Lloyd Larson Prayer Daniel Gawthrop Sing Me to Heaven arr. ...
more >> Petere Knight You Are the New Day arr. Chrisoph Dalitz Ubi Caritas arr. Joyce Eilers-Bacak The Irish Blessing Kinley Lange Esto Les Digo Rosephayne Powell Non Nobis Domine Arr. Cecila McDowall Ave Maria Kenny Potter Sinnuh Man With: Clyde A. Erwin High School Advanced Chorus (Asheville, NC)
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Glenn Dicterow (born December 23, 1948), is an American violinist and former concertmaster of the New ...
more >> York Philharmonic Orchestra. He is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music, as well as a faculty artist at the Music Academy of the West, following three years of participation in Music Academy Summer Festivals. He also holds the Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Speakers: "Fiscal Space for Sustainable Growth in Brazil" Viviane Luporini, Federal University of ...
more >> Rio de Janeiro "Government and Development" Zadia M. Feliciano, Queens College, CUNY Moderator: Kenneth Erickson, Hunter College, CUNY
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
4:15 pm
free, no reservation required
5:30 pm Benjamin Cartel - Pop-laced singer/songwriter 6:05 pm Lucas and the Melodic Miners (pictured) ...
more >> - Acoustic folk/Americana 6:40 pm Norwood - Acoustic rock
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
A compelling conversation on China's technology revolution and its global implications with Ravi Hiranand ...
more >> (executive producer of Abacus News and a former producer at CNN International) and Malcolm Ong (South China Morning Post and Abacus News). Additional topics will include China's product development culture/philosophy and the influence of AI on news meadia
About 4 smiles. Brisk pace. The walk will be tracing the route of several lost bodies of water described ...
more >> in the book Gotham Unbound which used to serve important ecological and utilitarian functions in pre-aqueduct New York. In particular, the main highlight will be the now-buried Sunfish Pond and its source streams in the neighborhood of Kips Bay. Walk northward from Kips Bay through Murray Hill, Turtle Bay and the Midtown East and see the shoreline neighborhoods that can only exist in this once marshy area because of aggressive landfilling practices of the 19th and 20th centuries.
A group exhibition that views the world through a woman's eyes. Artists featured: Adina Andrus, Aditi ...
more >> Damle, Asia O'Brien, Beverly Rosenberg, Cleopatra Browne, Dame Lori Sutherland, Debbie Dickinson, Echo Shi Volla, Eleni Getos, Elsa Marie, Jean Chiang, Katelyn White, Katina Ansen, Kenna Kindig, Mercy Tyne, Merle Temkin, Petrina Ryan-Kleid, Soheir Khashoggi, Stephanie Fuller, Susan Baron
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The College of Performing Arts welcomes the public to the 7th edition of (Un)Silent Film Night, a popular ...
more >> performance series in which The College of Performing Arts Theater Orchestra performs live music to classic silent films. In an (Un)Silent first, several short films will make up the March 16th program. For each film in this special Improv Edition, faculty members will lead the orchestra in an improvisatory performance of a live score. Shadows Choose Their Horrors - ensemble led by Marc Ribot Charlie Chaplin’s The Pawnshop - ensemble led by Kris Davis Superman a.k.a. The Mad Scientist and The Mechanical Monsters - ensemble led by Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A post–Superstorm Sandy map designates a stunning 147 square miles of New York—nearly half of the ...
more >> entire city and encompassing nearly three million people—as a hurricane evacuation zone. Rising sea level will only complicate the coastal flooding problem. How did America’s largest city arrive at this perilous impasse? What has the city done in the past to address coastal flooding? And what was the response to Sandy? Speaker Ted Steinberg is author of Gotham Unbound: The Ecological History of Greater New York, which examines the history of ‘one of the most drastically transformed natural environments in the world.’” Especially recommended for those who believe intellectuals ought to bear some responsibility for addressing contemporary problems.
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.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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A monthly fireside gathering on the Lower East Side. Hosted by Emily Johnson/Catalyst, expect bonfires ...
more >> in the amphitheater. Sit by the fire and welcome the evening with neighbors, stories, food (bring some to share), star knowledge, and dancing. Gather and be welcome.
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.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Johanna Hedva’s novel is a ferocious and furious operatic dystopian scream, eviscerating the prison-industrial ...
more >> complex, the power dynamics of surveillance, and the drag—both as performance and gravity—of living in crip time and in the body of a first-generation child of undocumented immigrants.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Looking for an early spring show for the senses? This mini art fest in the heart of Chelsea is a heady ...
more >> mix of video, spoken word, musical and theatrical acts, all produced and performed by faculty members, students and alumni.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
An evening of eclectic performances by faculty members Nathan Bellott, saxophone, Chris Irvine, cello, ...
more >> and Jay Sorce, guitar, with Hypercube. This festival will offer listeners a chance to explore boundary-crossing music in an interactive, multi-room setting, with the opportunity for discussion and questions.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Scheduled performers will include comedian / author Leighann Lord (“Real Women Do It Standing Up”); ...
more >> comics Charles McBee (MTV & NY Comedy Festival), Robby Slowik (2015 Laughing Skull Comedy Festival), Jaffer Khan (REALLY REAL GIRL QUOTES) and a few surprises.
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NEA Jazz Master, Carnegie Hall Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and 14-time Grammy Award winner Paquito ...
more >> D'Rivera explores one of his favorite albums: Charlie Parker’s Bird with Strings. D’Rivera will bring members of his ensemble to offer a free pre-concert discussion. Please note that tickets to the concert itself must be purchased.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Piano faculty member Nuno da Silva Marques plays program devoted to the works of the great pianist/composers ...
more >> Frédéric Chopin, Enrique Granados and Sergei Rachmaninov. Their music for piano as well as their own virtuosity at the instrument influenced generations of composers and pianists.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM Jun-Hee Chung, soprano 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Clayton Matthews, tenor 8:30 PM - 10:00 ...
more >> PM Mo Mo, cello 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Wenxi Che, piano
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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One of the most acclaimed pianists of the past 60 years and New York salsa and Latin jazz icon, the nine-time ...
more >> Grammy winner Eddie Palmieri presides over a not-to-be-missed edition of our popular Latin dance party series.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
As a special friendship develops between longtime resident John Dodge and new arrival Mary Swanson, the ...
more >> lives of the other inhabitants of this small American town intersect in strange and poignant ways in a journey that takes them from the local library and hospital to the Milky Way. A student production of the play by Will Eno.