19 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, November 4, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Walk about six miles, moderate pace from Forest Hills through Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Botanical ...
more >> Garden (now free), Kissena Park to downtown Flushing. Optional dim sum ($12-$15) follows.
New York City, NY; NYC
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These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations ...
more >> for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
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A journey through the vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the City’s most notable landmarks, including ...
more >> the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building. Tour guides: Miriam Berman, historian and the author of Madison Square: The Park and Its Celebrated Landmarks and New York in Words and Images, a book of New York postcards. Fred Cookinham, historian, author of The Age of Rand: Imagining an Objectivist Future World. Mike Kaback, a native New Yorker, has an unquenchable enthusiasm for everything about this city. No advance registration is required. This tour repeats every Sunday.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
On May 24, 1883, journalist Montgomery Schuyler said "It so happens that the work which is likely to ...
more >> be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us to the most remote posterity, is a work of bare utility; not a shrine, not a fortress, not a palace, but a bridge." This tour will tell the story of the world-famous Brooklyn Bridge, and examine its ever-present historical, technological, and cultural impact. Note: this tour is held early, as to avoid the massive crowds that the bridge continues to attract, 135 years after its completion.
New York City, NY; NYC
Be transported back in time and celebrate your local history. This year marks the 242nd anniversary of ...
more >> the Battle of Fort Washington, a key event during the Revolutionary War. The Brigade of the American Revolution will perform and lead drills. Come to watch a blacksmith demonstration, listen to live 18th-century music, make arts and crafts, and play games from the revolutionary period. Tour the battle scene with a tour guide dressed as heroine Margaret Corbin. Prizes will be offered for the most authentic costumes!
New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually ...
more >> murder and consequently finds himself in danger. Starring Nancy Allen, John Lithgow. 108 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Kevin Zhu, violinist; Gabriel Cabezas, violoncellist; David Fung, pianist perform music by Beethoven ...
more >> (1770-1827), Ravel (1875-1937) and Schumann (1810-1856).
New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Theater of Light presents the fourth bi-annual production of Lights Up/Fade to Black, an hour of rejuvenating ...
more >> and light-hearted theater made of three short new plays. Play I: A conversation could be a flirtation, she is charming but there is something alarming, what she is planning for today? Play II: It is true, love is for forever but this guy is in a deep haze, figuring out just which who is who; two wives what is he going to do? Play III: She comes to see the doctor about all her crazy quirks, he has quite a diagnosis, will she need hypnosis?
New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical music on a boat with an intimate and romantic setting and beautiful view of New York City. ...
more >> Followed by a Q & A session with the musicians. Program and musicians TBA. Doors open at 3:45 pm.
New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Deborah Booth, traverso and recorders; Aya Hamada, harpsichord. An intimate recital on original instruments ...
more >> for flute/recorder, and harpsichord will include selections from Germany, France, & Italy - harpsichord solos by J. S. Bach (1685-1750), Couperin (1668-1733), and Scarlatti (1685-1757), with accompanied pieces for flutes by J. S. Bach (1685-1750), Philidor (1726-1795), and Castello (1590-1658). Traverso performer Deborah Booth has performed with the Handel & Haydn Society, the Orchestra of St. Luke‘s, Boston Early Music Festival, Amherst Early Music, Trinity Bach Vespers and more. She has toured extensively in the United States, Europe, Mexico, and South America. Praised for her “graceful” (The New York Times) performance, Japanese-American harpsichordist Aya Hamada has performed with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, Berkshire Opera Company, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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This special film screening will showcase 20 short films, presenting the latest in contemporary animation ...
more >> by filmmakers from Croatia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Organist Judith Hancock is a former member of the faculty of The School of Music at The University of ...
more >> Texas at Austin, where she taught organ and subjects related to sacred music. "Unusual virtuosity and forcefulness” - The New York Times “Brilliant technique, skillful registration…”- The American Organist
New York City, NY; NYC
5:15 pm
free, no reservation required
An older successful soap opera actor, and a struggling young actor meet onstage at a regional theatre ...
more >> for the first read-through of The Unknown God, a new two-character play. He will be playing a priest teaching theology at a university; she will be playing the student with whom he becomes romantically, and tragically, involved. While rehearsing the play and in performance, Peter and Joanna develop a complicated off-stage relationship; they become mirrors of each other's hopes and regrets...past and future.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Beth Bachmann celebrates the launch of her third poetry collection with a night of readings. She will ...
more >> read from the new book, alongside Hala Alyan, Safia Elhillo, Nick Flynn, and Alex Lemon.
New York City, NY; NYC
Feminist Counterpoint is the ongoing solo project of violist, Kallie Ciechomski, which champions music ...
more >> written in her lifetime by women composers. Through this project, Kallie advocates for underrepresented voices by commissioning new works, programming existing works, and reaching new audiences through lecture/recital style concerts in nontraditional venues.
New York City, NY; NYC