56 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, October 30, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
One hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises. For a breath of fresh air, take your workouts ...
more >> outdoors. Parks are becoming a logical alternative environment for those who want to add variety to their workouts, or who just don't like the gym. And, it's an affordable way to increase physical activity opportunities, because there's nothing special to build. Exercise with a view, in natural sunlight, with green scenery all around bestows health benefits that can’t be found indoors. Scientific studies have shown that the pleasure of being outdoors for example gives your brain, psyche, and immune system an extra boost. Led by trained professionals, and suitable for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water. Tuesdays and Thursdays through December 28, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 am
free, no reservation required
Kundalini Yoga is also called the Yoga of Awareness. It combines the physical practice of Asanas with ...
more >> Pranayama (breathing) and Meditation/Chanting – it targets the whole body system (nervous system, glands, mental faculties, chakras) to develop awareness and consciousness, strength and flexibility. Everybody is welcome, no previous knowledge of Yoga is necessary. Please bring a Yoga mat and possibly a blanket and a shawl.
New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 am
free, no reservation required
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
Strategy board game for two players. Learning, interacting and having fun with Chinese chess.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 am
free, no reservation required
The tour of City Hall includes a discussion of the building's history, art, architecture, and civic function. ...
more >> Non-reservation City Hall tours take place each Wednesday.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 am
free, no reservation required
A fitness dance party with upbeat Latin music of Salsa, Merengue, Hip Hop and more! Enthusiastic Instruction ...
more >> creates a fun community of dancers who learn new dance steps each week. Bring your friends! Tuesdays, October 2 through December 18, 2018
New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 am
free, no reservation required
Enjoy the sublime pleasure of coloring. Coloring sheets, Crayons, coloring pencils, and reading materials ...
more >> will be provided to participants by the Library.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Applying for a job? Update your resume, or even start from sratch. Learn how to craft a resume that will ...
more >> help you land that interview.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, reservation required
Editor's Pick
This seminar series focus on one of today's greatest public health challenges: the global epidemic of ...
more >> chronic diseases, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and the pandemic of obesity. Key questions include the role of prevention and health preservation, how to reduce disparities, determining which policies and interventions will be most impactful and at what points in the life-course, and how to set goals and measure progress.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:30 am
free, no reservation required
A talk by social activist Beverly Gooden, creator of the #WhyIStayed hashtag and global movement. Gooden ...
more >> will discuss the complex factors that may keep people in abusive relationships and challenges the question “Why did they stay?” Discussion will include her personal story, reveals the most important questions to ask victims and ways to help address this critical community issue.
New York City, NY; NYC
After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes ...
more >> from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie. Director: Dean Cundey. Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis. 92 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
The Gotham Jazzmen bring their take on Dixieland Jazz. The band features: Ed Bonoff on drums; James Collier ...
more >> on trombone; Lee Lorenz on cornet; Pete Sokolow on piano; Dick Waldburger on bass; Ernie Lumer on clarinet; and Bill Wurtzel on guitar. Doors open at 11:45 am.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts take ...
more >> place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 11, 2018 to May 22, 2019.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:20 pm
free, no reservation required
Don’t wait until the end of your life to heal what is broken, ask for forgiveness or forgive, accept ...
more >> responsibility for misunderstandings and hurts, express your love, gratitude, or support. Authentic connection with ourselves and with those we love is at the core of writing forever letters. Through inspirational stories, sample letters and writing guidance, Rabbi Elana Zaiman’s book, The Forever Letter, serves as your companion on a transformational journey of self-discovery, and of healing, deepening and uplifting relationships. Join Elana as she reads selections from her book, shares stories from her workshops, and encourages you to become a forever letter writer.
New York City, NY; NYC
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.
New York City, NY; NYC
Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city ...
more >> life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
Rosalind Fredericks is an Associate Professor of Geography and Development at the Gallatin School of ...
more >> Individualized Study at New York University. Her first book chronicles Dakar's volatile municipal garbage politics in the wake of structural adjustment.
New York City, NY; NYC
If you're an adult looking for a fresh, new activity that will help bring stress relief to your busy ...
more >> life, try the new coloring club. Sitting down to color a picture can be effective as meditation in reducing stress. Materials will be provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Learn basic ballet steps and experience the joy of dancing in a class that combines ballet and exercise. ...
more >> Wear comfortable clothes and be ready to have fun. Come for the whole month or just drop in. No experience necessary. Consent/release waiver must be signed in order to attend. Limit 18 persons per class. Doors close at 2pm. Late arrivals will not be admitted.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, reservation required
An introduction to some of the southern Park highlights, including Grand Army Plaza, the Pond, Gapstow ...
more >> Bridge, Wollman Rink, Chess and Checkers House, and the Dairy.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
An upwardly mobile man jogs down Ocean Parkway, stumbling on his Jewish roots, his impending mortality, ...
more >> and his craving for Nanna’s banana marshmallow kugel. Written by Adam Kraar.
New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Barbara Crossette, former foreign correspondent for The New York Times, is senior consulting editor and ...
more >> writer for Passblue, independent electronic coverage of the UN and related development issues. She is a recognized expert in the journalism of gender and development, and has devoted her career to reporting on critical issues of global politics and policy. An award winning journalist, Crossette is now United Nations correspondent for The Nation and a freelance writer on foreign policy, international gender issues, and international affairs. This is an opportunity to meet this renowned journalist who has devoted her career to covering international development and gender issues. The meet and greet will be followed by a discussion about political empowerment and gender as global issues.
New York City, NY; NYC
Through lessons and activities you will learn basic French with a library volunteer. Commitment to 5 ...
more >> classes strongly preferred. Space is limited - show up early!
New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This sixty-minute session will help you experience Japanese origami art through verbal description and ...
more >> the physicality of a piece of paper transforming into a variety of shapes.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Experience an old-school animator's journey into sentiment and soul imprints. Artist Sarah Jane Lapp ...
more >> will screen her thirty-minute animation "Chronicles of a Professional Eulogist" and facilitates a discussion regarding legacy, inflections of memory, community responsibility for individuals, language, funeral ritual, clergy burnout, and humor. Director: Sarah Jane Lapp 25 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Do you want a strong, confident, and compelling speaking voice? Do you want to sound natural? This program ...
more >> can be helpful to anyone interested in making the most of their speech delivery and in polishing their pronunciation. During each class students will learn the basics of breath control, articulation, pronunciation and resonance. They will perform simple and easy exercises related to theater and performance skills. Tuesdays, October 2nd, 16th and 30th, November 13th and 27th, December 11th 5.45-7PM.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:45 pm
free, reservation required
Frank Bradfield’s first solo art show in New York City is an exploration into the evolution of man. ...
more >> Evolution is nature’s answer for survival. Evolution is nature’s way of resolution. Resolution is sudden and born of human intervention. The results of human intervention and the possibilities of what might evolve within species is the central theme that Bradfield has captured in his works.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Beyond the urban density of Mumbai and the IT centers of Bangalore and Hyderabad lies the Ganges River ...
more >> basin, the world’s most densely populated river basin. Not only is it densely populated, agriculturally productive, and monsoonal, but also one of the most hyper-engineered landscapes on the planet. Presenting original research from his award-winning book, Ganges Water Machine, Anthony Acciavatti will present how and why this basin became a laboratory for testing out and building a new culture around water management. In particular, he will share why he spent a decade walking and boating across the Ganges and combing through dusty archives to write the first environmental history of the basin in half a century, but also why it led him to develop new ways of mapping and visualizing environmental change.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
A very special evening as award-winning presidential historian Michael Beschloss discusses his brand-new ...
more >> book, a magisterial account of how our commanders-in-chief have led the military into, and through, armed combat against both foreign and domestic enemies over the course of two-and-a-half centuries of history. Through deep research and new interviews, Beschloss covers a range of wars and leaders, from Madison, Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, and LBJ, all the way to George W. Bush.
New York City, NY; NYC
Peter Manseau presents his new book. In the early days of photography, in the death-strewn wake of the ...
more >> Civil War, one man seized America’s imagination. A “spirit photographer,” William Mumler took portrait photographs that featured the ghostly presence of a lost loved one alongside the living subject. Mumler was a sensation: The affluent and influential came calling, including Mary Todd Lincoln, who arrived at his studio in disguise amidst rumors of séances in the White House.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Bestselling author Emily Spivack presents a contemporary cultural history of well-loved clothes and the ...
more >> people who wore them. Contributors in and out of the public eye share personal, wild, poignant, funny stories about the clothes that are part of their New York lives.
New York City, NY; NYC
Sahaja Meditation is a holistic approach to living in balance. The simple technique gives the experience ...
more >> of inner silence, calm, and contentment. Sahaja Meditation is an inner yoga, meaning no mental or physical effort is required. Whatever the issue facing us—frustration, anger, anxiety, bad habits, loneliness—Sahaja Meditation awakens a vibrant energy within each of us that empowers us to achieve our genuine self-expression and fulfillment.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
To celebrate the publication of the Bellevue Literary Review’s latest issue, on the theme of "Displacement," ...
more >> editor-in-chief Danielle Ofri hosts an evening of readings by actors from stage and screen. Ryan Duncan who recently appeared on Broadway in Gettin' the Band Back Together, and before that, Shrek (on Broadway and on Netflix). His off-Broadway credits include Liberty, Altar Boyz (Drama League nomination), Soul Doctor, The Yellow Brick Road, and The Fifth Column. In TV and film, Ryan has appeared in Blue Bloods, He's With Me, Obits, In Stereo, and I Don't Believe in That, among others. Ingeborg Riedmaier is a South African-German born actress, voice artist, and writer based in New York. She's best known for her lead role in the indie feature film Expiration and is a proud member of Dirty Little Secrets—a monthly improv show at The Niagara Bar in NYC’s East Village. Recent career highlights include narrating, producing and directing for season one of the podcast Restoration Row and completing narration for the international bestselling romance trilogy Alpha Men written by Natasha Anders.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
In his multi-volume social and religious history of the Jews, Salo Baron, one of the most influential ...
more >> Jewish historians of the 20th century, decried how Jewish history had been told and retold as an endless tale of woe. Instead, Baron stressed that, in the diaspora, Jews did not necessarily suffer more than other members of the societies in which they resided, and often lived creatively within Christian and Islamic lands. This evening Benjamin Gampel will explain how Baron’s claims about the Jews grew out of the social and religious landscape of the early twentieth century Europe. Gampel will argue, based on his understanding of medieval Jewish history, that a newer understanding of the lachrymose history of the Jews could well be seen as an appropriate way to appreciate the saga of this minority people and be of importance, as well, to the social and religious challenges facing contemporary Jewry.
New York City, NY; NYC
An evening of free-form creative writing! No formal writing experience is required, just enthusiasm and ...
more >> curiosity to see where writing takes you. In this session come prepared to write an eerie tale, poem, or scene in the Gothic tradition.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Chesil Beach, where Edward and Florence spend the first (and last) night of their marriage, is on the ...
more >> English Channel. The beach is distinctive for its “shingle,” or pebbles washed up along its eighteen miles, graded by the sea with larger ones to the east. Locals claim they can identify where a pebble was found by its size. Ian McEwan is an English novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, The Times featured him on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 19 in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture". Please read the book before arriving at the book discussion.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:15 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
A tight-knit group of friends travel to Cumberland County, North Carolina – the 2016 “poster child” ...
more >> for voter suppression – intent on proving that small acts of individual people can make a difference. What they find at the polls serves as both a warning and a call to action for anyone troubled by organized and often racist efforts around the country to disenfranchise voters, and anyone interested in protecting the ‘One Person, One Vote’ principle of U.S. democracy. Following the screening, filmmaker Anne de Mare and Flora Davidson, Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies, will engage in a lively discussion with the audience. 76 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
Visiting artist Ellen Rothenberg will discuss her book Shadowed! with longtime friend and professional ...
more >> collaborator Katherine Carl.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
With the rise of digital communication, social media has become a major source for the consumption of ...
more >> news and current events. Yet with click-bait headlines, anonymous sources, and the loose use of the term "fake news," trust in the news media is in decline. Hear from journalists at Elite Daily, Refinery29, and MSNBC discuss how their outlets are covering the news, how they decide what to cover, and their advice on how to wisely consume the news. Andrea Gonźález-Ramírez, News & Politics Editor, Refinery29 Kyle Griffin, Segment Producer, The Last Word, MSNBC Alexandra Svokos, News Editor, Bustle Moderator: Kyle Pope, Editor & Chief/Publisher, Columbia Journalism Review
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Veteran Donald Calliste leads exercises with varied tempos that send your body into fat-burning overdrive ...
more >> even after your workout is done. Please bring a mat. Every Tuesday from June 5-October 30, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
In this second volume of his Jewish history trilogy, Schama studies a crucial time period—from the ...
more >> expulsion of the Jews from Spain to the beginnings of Zionism—by immersing readers in the lives of individuals both well-known and obscure. The TimesLiterary Supplement calls it“an extraordinary feat of historical imagination.” Schama’s accompanying television series, The Story of the Jews, was broadcast by PBS in 2014.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
This fall, a classic New York City block party becomes the enchanted setting where fairies work their ...
more >> mischief in Shakespeare’s beloved play. Acclaimed director Jenny Koons takes you to the royal wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta, where a celebratory play is being rehearsed. But the real drama is unfolding in the concrete jungle of fairy King Oberon. There, four young New Yorkers discover the course of true love runs anything but smooth, as supernatural sprites and the lovable Puck conspire to reveal what fools we mortals be, and draw us all into the collective dream of romance and merriment.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free tickets required...
Despite being one of the most influential artists and writers of the mid-20th Century, Antonin Artaud’s ...
more >> voice remains inadequately deciphered. Jay Murphy’s Artaud’s Metamorphosis is the first book on the transformation from his ‘early’ to ‘late’ work, and it shows how the ‘final’ Artaud leads straight into our digital present. This Artaud will alter how you think of media, the virtual, the political, and thought itself.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Set in a small town in Texas, Chili Queen Is probably the first incident of fake news. A cashless cowboy ...
more >> claims he gave his waitress a $20 bill. She swears it was a $10. Before long, guns are drawn, the sheriff is involved, helicopters fly overhead and everyone is on the nightly news. Written by former PBS newscaster Jim Lehrer, Chili Queen takes a minor spat and puts us in the center of a media event if not the truth.
New York City, NY; NYC
Julie Rieger's inspirational memoir, told with uncensored Southern wit and guidance, recounts the story ...
more >> of a Hollywood film executive who journeys through the cosmic wilderness and, against all odds, discovers psychic superpowers that radically transform her life.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Cecilia Vicuña is a poet, artist, filmmaker and activist. Her work addresses pressing concerns of the ...
more >> modern world, including ecological destruction, human rights, and cultural homogenization. Born and raised in Santiago de Chile, she has been in exile since the early 1970s, after the military coup against elected president Salvador Allende. Vicuña began creating "precarious works" and quipus in the mid 1960s in Chile, as a way of "hearing an ancient silence waiting to be heard."
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
As millions of refugees face increasing scrutiny and are turned away at borders across the world, we ...
more >> will ask basic questions about borders: What are they for? By what right are they created and policed? And how do we live now? With Sophia Azeb, Aleksandar Hemon, and Guillaume le Blanc. Moderated by Masha Gessen.
New York City, NY; NYC
This introductory meditation class was featured as a New York Magazine top pick. Room is set up with ...
more >> both meditation floor mats and traditional western chairs with back support. No special clothing or equipment is necessary. Tuesdays.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
Alessandra Belloni is an Italian musician, singer, dancer, actress, choreographer. Her instrument is ...
more >> the Southern Italian tambourine and her music and dance are focused on the traditional roots of tarantella. Her studies of tarantism are rooted in the culture of Apulia and Calabria, expressing it from women's point of view. Her work has gained international appreciation, especially in the United States and Brazil. Jonathan Haas is an American orchestral timpanist. The New York Times wrote: "Wherever one finds a percussion instrument waiting to be rubbed, shook, struck or strummed, [Haas] is probably nearby, ready to fulfill his duties with consummate expertise ... he is a masterful percussionist." He has been profiled and reviewed over the years in the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Sydney Morning Herald, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Features a mix of some of NYCs best comics, storytellers, and more. Eric Vetter is the MC.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free, donations welcome
Editor's Pick
The lecture, by Clare Fitzgerald, is held in conjunction with the exhibition Devotion and Decadence: ...
more >> The Berthouville Treasure and Roman Luxury from the Bibliothèque nationale de France, on view at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Puppetry has undergone a renaissance in the last twenty years, breaking out of its constricted association ...
more >> with children’s entertainment, and appearing everywhere from avant-garde venues to Broadway houses. It interconnects in new ways with disciplines like dance, film, and robotics. Terms like “performing objects” and “material performance” have emerged to encompass this expanding art. How do scholars and performers understand the new realm of puppetry today? How do we read objects in performance onstage? Speaker Claudia Orenstein is Professor of Theatre at Hunter College.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Take a romantic walk along the park and a chance to take a closer look at the stars. Peer through high-powered ...
more >> telescopes provided by the knowledgeable members of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York to see rare celestial sights. In the event of rain, the event will be cancelled. Tuesdays, July 3-October 30, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
free, no reservation required