10 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, March 22, 2021
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Martin Blake (Orlando Bloom) is an ambitious but anxious young doctor, eager to impress his superiors ...
more >> and colleagues. But things are not going Martin's way and he can't seem to shake off his insecurities. When 18-year-old patient Diane (Riley Keough) is admitted for a kidney infection, Martin steps in, getting the much-needed boost of self-esteem he craves. The situation takes a dark turn as his enthusiasm transforms into an obsession.
12:00 am
free, no reservation required
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Founded in 1970, Ballet Hispanico is a premier American dance company that has performed for more than ...
more >> two million people in the United States, Europe, and South America, and has worked with 45 choreographers from around the world. In this presentation, Ballet Hispanico Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro guides viewers on a journey through his company's past, present, and future. The event showcases some of dance's most influential, innovative, and inspiring artists.
12:00 am
free, no reservation required
Learn the basics of houseplant care, from tools of the trade, best practices when choosing a green friend ...
more >> - from aroids to succulents, understanding the parameters, such as humidity and light, of your home, and what plants will thrive in your environment. Presented by Jocelyn Perez-Blanco, the Founder of Herban Garden, an educator, herbalist, naturalist, Flower Essence Therapist, Essential Oil Coach, and avid gardener with a background in biology, animal husbandry, ethnobotany, and agriculture.
11:30 am
free, registration required
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In Letters Live series, remarkable letters are read by iconic stars of stage and screen. This episode ...
more >> features performances from Taron Egerton, Claire Foy, Alan Carr, Thom Yorke, Jordan Stephens, Sue Perkins, Benedict Cumberbatch, Asa Butterfield, Adrian Edmondson, Olivia Colman, Damian Lewis, Louise Brealey, Helen McCrory and Nick Cave! The event will be available for streaming for 7 days after the premiere.
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Frothy beer, feminist thought, and fascinating stories of local lore are an excellent combination, don't ...
more >> you think? Join the hosts of NYC's Literary Pub Crawl as they raise a glass and celebrate International Women's Day and some of the great women authors who made their mark upon the City's rich and rebellious history. Dorothy Parker, Toni Morrison, Dawn Powell, Jennifer Egan, Willa Cather, Audre Lorde, and Ada Clare are just some of the literati to be discussed in this event hosted by The Bootscrape. Cheers!
7:00 pm
free, registration required
What did freedom mean to Black New Yorkers in an era of mounting sectional conflict? This talk will take ...
more >> you on a tour of neighborhoods and dockyards, schools and churches, newspaper columns and civil rights conventions, and of almshouses and juvenile reformatories in a quest to illuminate the full panoply of African American history from emancipation through the NYC draft riots. You will meet working poor African Americans who, against the backdrop of rising racism, used public reform and relief institutions to supplement their survival strategies and thwart slave catchers. You will learn about a school teacher who challenged segregated horsecars in lower Manhattan, and a network of working poor New Yorkers who drew upon the law to operate an “Underground Railroad” in the city. You will reflect on the sources and implications of the orgy of racial violence that engulfed New York months after President Abraham Lincoln issued an Emancipation Proclamation that held the promise of transforming a war for Union into a struggle against slavery. Presented by professor Gunja SenGupta of Brooklyn College.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Recorder virtuoso Vincent Lauzer is joined by a group of early music specialists in a concert of Trio ...
more >> Sonatas by Vivaldi and two of his French contemporaries. Musicians: Vincent Lauzer, recorder Mathieu Lussier, baroque bassoon Amanda Keesmaat, baroque cello Mélisande McNabney, harpsichord Sylvain Bergeron, archlute and baroque guitar
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Galatea is a trans love story set against the backdrop of a climate crisis. Loosely based on John Lyly’s ...
more >> 1585 play Gallathea, MJ Kaufman's play tells the story of two young women from a village threatened with flooding who escape to the nearby woods disguised as boys and fall in love.
7:30 pm
free tickets required
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Director and choreographer Mark Morris's production of Gluck's masterpiece updates the immortal story ...
more >> from its ancient Greek roots to the timeless present, where, he says, "the union of chorus and dancers feels inevitable and inseparable." With costumes by Isaac Mizrahi and a set designed by Allen Moyer, this production surrounds the action with the superb Met chorus dressed as a crowd of historic characters who bear witness to the transformative power of love. Orfeo (Stephanie Blythe) is so consumed with grief at the death of his beloved Euridice (Danielle de Niese) that the gods (Heidi Grant Murphy as Amor) allow him to lead her back from the underworld--if he will not look at her on the way. Of course he can't resist looking, but the gods are truly merciful.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
The acclaimed actor/writer/director's first novel in 20 years is the blistering story of a young man ...
more >> making his Broadway debut in Henry IV just as his marriage implodes. Four-time Academy Award nominee, twice for writing and twice for acting, Ethan Hawke's new novel is a bracing meditation on fame and celebrity and the redemptive, healing power of art; a portrait of divorce; and a poignant consideration on fatherhood. It's also a passionate love letter to the world of theater. His narrator is a young man in torment, disgusted with himself after the collapse of his marriage, still half-hoping for a reconciliation that would allow him to forgive himself and move on. But he might find his redemption in the challenge of performing Hotspur in a production of Henry IV under the leadership of a brilliant director, helmed by one of the most electrifying--and narcissistic--Falstaffs of all time.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required