Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on November 16, 2014?
24 free events take place on Sunday, November 16 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!
New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out November 16 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of November . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!
Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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The quality and quantity of free events, free things to do that happen in New York City every day of the year is truly amazing.
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24 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, November 16, 2014
Following the tremendously successful inaugural event in 2012 and a Kickstarter campaign this summer, the Moby-Dick Marathon NYC returns next month for a three-day marathon-style reading of Herman Melville’s epic novel. Over 150 readers — including Touré, Jami Attenberg, Phil Klay, Téa Obreht, Nathaniel Philbrick, Lynne Tillman, Alex Karpovsky, Matt Kish, and many more — will each read a ten-minute section of the novel.
Experience the coming of Fall in Central Park when it becomes a precious bird habitat and migration hot spot! Join experts from NYC Audubon Society and Conservancy Discovery Guides on this walk to learn how to spot our feathered neighbors and their foreign cousins as they make their trip across the globe. Binoculars can be borrowed from the Dana Discovery Center.
Ages 5+.
Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.
For nearly 100 years, the Beaux-Arts beauty known as Grand Central Terminal (a.k.a Station) has been a testament to the ingenuity and ambition of a great city, impressing both travelers and visitors with it's wonderful architecture and pulsating vibe. It's history is a story of immense wealth, great engineering, a few accidents, a planned sabotage and one terrific ceiling, but most importantly a story of survival and rebirth.
You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central 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.
Join professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the city’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building.
Activist Steve Knight will be speaking on his involvement as a fossil fuel divestment activist, which he pursues within both faith-centered (GreenFaith) and secular (350NYC) communities.
Speaking of People: Ebony, Jet and Contemporary Art explores the ways in which contemporary artists use Ebony and Jet as a resource and as inspiration in their practices. The show features over thirty works by a multi-generational, interdisciplinary group of sixteen artists. It includes photography, painting, sculpture and sound works that will occupy the Museum's Main galleries and Project Space.
Join Chelsea for sessions appropriate for all levels of fitness. Awesome Asana is a budding yoga project in Washington Heights developed by teacher Chelsea Best.
Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, 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.
Starring: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, and Claude Rains.
A piano teacher believes that her fiancé, a cellist, was killed on the battlefield. When he returns alive, they marry, but are menaced and threatened by a wealthy, egotistical composer she started dating on the rebound.
115 min.
Christoph Eschenbach began studying piano at the age of eight, taught by his adoptive mother. She quickly realized his talents and enrolled him in the Hamburg Hochshule fur Muisk, where she studied both piano and conducting. As a boy he won first prize in the 1952 Steinway Piano Competition, and in 1962 he took second prize in the Munich International competition; however, it was with his first prize at the Clara Haskil Competition in Montreux, France, in 1965, that he finally made his mark. This notoriey led to his London concert debut in 1966 and his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra and George Szell in 1969.
Program:
ROSSINI Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
FALLA The Three Cornered Hat, Suite No. 1
RODGERS Selections from The Sound of Music
The Senior Concert Orchestra of New York is an ensemble comprised of senior musicians who are veterans of major symphony and opera orchestras nationwide, including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
A stellar musical event. A concert showcasing the artistry of internationally acclaimed performers and distinguished faculty members at a leading New York conservatory.
In celebration of the restored Great Organ, the Cathedral presents a concert series following Sunday Evensong. This recital is free and open to the public.
With: Ryan Kennedy, New York, NY.
The Organ Recital Series is free and open to the public. Today's recital is by Wyatt Smith of New Haven, CT. He performs works by Dietrich Buxtehude, Girolamo Frescobaldi, and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Without a Paddle at Mad River
Standup Comedy Showcase
Every month comedians Simon Zais and Doug Key present some of New York's hottest stand up comics. This month showcases Corinne Fisher, Kyle Ploof, Sameer Naseem, and Ricky Velez.
No food/drink minimum.
About the Performers
Doug Key and Simon Zais are nationally touring comics now living in NYC. They bring in their funniest friends to perform every month.
Ricky Velez just won New York's Funniest Comedian at Caroline's Comedy Club.
Corinne Fisher is a host of the podcast "Guys We F*&ked," which has half a million subscribers.
Kyle Ploof has been seen on MTV and tours nationally.
Sameer Naseem hosts his own very popular show in Brooklyn.