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34 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, October 5, 2019
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Workshop | Morning Fitness
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.
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8:30 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Symposium | Urbanization and China: Understanding Impacts, Projecting Future
The 2019 Urban China Forum explores the impact of China’s sweeping urbanization on the country’s ... more >> economic growth, environment and land resources, urban form and lifestyle, social fabric and welfare, and population and health. The magnitude and scope of change occurring through China’s urbanization are unprecedented, with impacts on nearly all facets of the society. With: -- Deborah Davis, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Yale University -- Jane Duckett, Professor of Politics, University of Glasgow -- Peilei Fan, Professor of Urban Planning, Michigan State University -- Qin Gao, Professor of Social Work -- Shi Li, Professor of Economics, Beijing Normal University -- Justin Remais, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley -- Alan Smart, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Calgary -- Jeremy Wallace, Associate Professor of Government, Cornell University -- Ya Ping Wang, Professor of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow -- Weiping Wu, Professor of Urban Planning
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9:00 am
Free
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Park Walk | 36th Street 3 Boroughs Walk
In this walk they'll connect 36th Street in the three boroughs of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. The ... more >> walk explores a variety of neighborhoods from industrial, residential, commercial, and parks. Begin in Brooklyn and end at Ditmars Avenue, Queens. Brisk, steady pace. Please no slow walkers. Bring lunch/snacks and water. Rain cancels.
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9:15 am
$3
$3
Festival | The Festival of New
Since 1919, The New School has been home to scholars, creators, and activists who challenge convention ... more >> and boldly make their mark on the world. To celebrate this groundbreaking legacy, they are opening our doors to the public for a weeklong festival of dozens of innovative performances, talks, workshops, screenings, exhibitions, and more. Taking place October 1–6, 2019, the festival reflect on a century of world-changing ideas and together imagine a new kind of future.
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9:30 am
Free
Free
Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many
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
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10:00 am
free
free
Workshop | Drawing in the Park
Paint in watercolor, or use pastels, chalk, and charcoal to capture the magical vistas of the Hudson ... more >> River and the unique landscape. An artist/educator will help participants of all levels with instruction and critique. Art materials provided.
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky. Guided 75-minute walking tours led by knowledgeable ... more >> volunteer guides will offer you an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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10:00 am
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free, no reservation required
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Concert | A Fresh World Roots Band
A fresh world roots band jamming towards global solidarity, Brown Rice Family provides the masses with ... more >> distinctively organic global music, which encompasses reggae, hip-hop, dancehall, Afrobeat, jazz stylings, rock, Brazilian, Latin, and funk. Always growing, the band now comprises eight members hailing from all over the world--Japan, Jamaica, Haiti, Nigeria, South Africa, and the USA. Their diverse backgrounds set the stage for a unique coexistence, musical creativity, and, of course, dancing.
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11:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Meadow Walk: Sensational Seeds
Tour the Hell Gate Wildflower Meadow and learn about the beautiful native fall blooms and their diverse ... more >> seeds and seed pods, from milkweed to coneflower.
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11:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Workshop | Qi Gong Class
This class is open to all and will be a great way to connect with yourself, to others, and the world ... more >> around you. You will be guided through exercises and practices that build energy and balance and tap into the natural strength and vitality of your body. Wear comfortable clothing. Saturdays, September 28-October 19, 2019
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11:45 am
Free
Free
Tour | Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House Tour
Highlights include a discussion of the history of the site, information about architect Cass Gilbert ... more >> and viewings of the Collectors Office with its Tiffany woodwork, Reginald Marsh murals and the 140-ton rotunda dome, designed and built by Rafael Gustavino.
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12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Screening | Animation Nights New York's Best Of Fest
Animation New York is thrilled to present the fourth annual Best of Fest! The two-day annual festival ... more >> and conference will feature animation screenings, a fine arts exhibit, VR workshop presentation, XR showcase, professional panels, and industry events.
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Festival | Little Red Lighthouse Festival
Celebrate Manhattan's only remaining lighthouse with Urban Park Ranger educational presentations, visits ... more >> to the lighthouse interior, readings of eponymous children's book, fishing clinics, live music, food vendors, and fun family activities.
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12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations: Exhibition Tour
A 45-minute tour of some 700 works of Native art from throughout North, Central and South America demonstrates ... more >> the breadth of the museum's renowned collection and highlights the importance of many of these iconic objects.
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1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Workshop | Warm from Within Deep Breathing Workshop
Come to enjoy deep breathing with Wim Hof/Tsa Lung- inspired techniques! This program is easy to join ... more >> as the breathing is (as always) a continuous flow. -- Learn how to warm from within -- Experience the "energy body" within minutes with e.g tingling sensations -- Improve health, avoid sickness -- Gain mood boosts -- Learn about the science on breath, the latest studies on improving immune system, from depression/anxiety to happier states
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1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Jazz | Autumn in New York Jazz Fest
With: Dr. John Satchmo Mannan Alvin Wink Flythe Celebrating jazz from Parker to Coltrtane. Pianists ... more >> Ryan Slatko will be featured along with Carl Jackson on bass, Jamey Affourmado on drums and others.
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1:30 pm
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free, no reservation required
Dance Performance | Mourning Loss/Celebrating Survival: Dance Against Domestic Violence
Choreographer Gabriela Estrada to present a program of dance, music, and the spoken word designed to ... more >> raise awareness of the increasing number of incidences of domestic violence. Estrada shares the program with: solo dancer Sonali Skandan Vissi Dance Theatre solo dancer Ivanka Figueroa Jeannine Otis, musician storyteller Regina Ress storyteller Joy Kelly.
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2:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Play | Oliver Twist: Charles Dickens' Classic Adapted
An adaptation of Dickens' second novel, written by Neil Bartlett, about an orphan who escapes a workhouse, ... more >> travels to London, and becomes a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin. The production will be directed by Melissa Maxwell, and feature the entire cohort of MFA Third Year Actors: Hannah Adrian, Olivia Battle, William Berger-Bailey, Jazmyn Boone, Yun-Chin Chang, Caroline Hertz, Racquel Jean-Louis, Ian Lawrence, Philip Lopez, Kasey O'Brien, Riley Jo Payne, Kyle Ryan, Carla Smith, Michael Spara, and Jacqueline Theoharis.
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Film | The Amityville Horror (1979): Oscar Nominated Horror
Newlyweds move into a large house where a mass murder was committed, and experience strange manifestations ... more >> which drive them away. 117 min. Director: Stuart Rosenberg. Starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger. The Amityville Horror was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
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2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Talk | A Towering Figure in Guyanese Literature
In this session of Storytelling Saturdays, Dominican artist manuel arturo abreu will engage with the ... more >> work of Wilson Harris, Guyanese quantum fiction writer. Author of over thirty books of poetry, literature, and theory, Harris is a towering figure, yet fairly obscure outside of the Anglophone Caribbean. In this program, abreu will discuss Harris' aesthetic and philosophy in both the original post-colonial and contemporary context. The afternoon will include a screening, short theatrical performance, and a divinatory reading, then close with an open discussion.
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | New Earth Ceremony Workshop and Performance
Artist Tattfoo Tanasks you to join him in a ceremony to ground and engage yourself within the universe. ... more >> This workshop has limited capacity. Heal the man in order to heal the land. When we know who we are and why we are here, we will be grounded and able to engage in the play of the universe. We will be able to see the invisible thread which links all our internal decisions (thinking, action, feeling) and our external decisions (food, job, health, housing, human right, ecology). In the process, we will transform the egocentric “I” to the love supreme “I AM.” Although participants will not be transformed in a single ceremony, a seed is planted. Please bring a memento to introduce yourself.
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Portable Altar Workshop
Artist Tattfoo Tan has prepared objects and offerings for the public to include in little boxes that ... more >> they can take away and carry with them as a portable altar, to bring peace and focus to the heart. Drop in to this workshop anytime from 2pm-5pm.
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2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Performance | Performance for One: Slippery Memory
Performance for One is a one-on-one performance event written and directed by Edward Einhorn, presented ... more >> in 10-minute slots at venues across Manhattan. The performance is about memory, but even more so, it is about relationship between performer, audience member, and author. What is the responsibility of the audience member, and how is it felt differently when there is only one audience member? Who is the story teller, the author or the performer? What happens to a memory that two people share after one of those people is gone? Presented by Untitled Theater Company.
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2:30 pm
Free
Free
Classical Music | Works By Mendelssohn And More By Woodwind Quintet
L'Amore della Musica Woodwind Quintet with guest pianist David See bring a delectable tasting of classic ... more >> works. The program includes Andriessen's Sciarada Spagnuola by Jurriaan, a Sonata by Giuseppe Tartini featuring the clarinet, and the first movement of the energetic String Quintet Op. 16 of Felix Mendelssohn. A quintet for piano and winds from one of our classical masters will round out the program.
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2:30 pm
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free, no reservation required
Discussion | Turning Towards a Radical Listening: How Our Lives Are Shaped by Language
In Turning Towards a Radical Listening, James Allister Sprang will develop a sculptural sound-based installation ... more >> over the course of a five-week residency. The project begins with a series of conversations between Sprang and poets M. NourbeSe Philip, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, and Tracie Morris considering how our lives are shaped (if not, in a sense, programmed) by language. These conversations will be recorded, with the resulting files featured in Sprang's live performances as the artist runs them through voice-to-text software and other applications to highlight--and potentially to make new meaning from--algorithmic alterations and glitches. M. NourbeSe Philip: Saturday, October 5, 4pm Rachel Eliza Griffiths: Wednesday, October 9, 7pm Tracie Morris: Saturday, October 12, 4pm
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4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Classical Music | Concert At The Coolest Classical Music Concerts Location In NYC
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.
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4:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Discussion | Ephemeral Material: Crafting the Fleeting Communal Magic of Performance
Choreographer and hybrid artist Larissa Velez-Jackson asks how artists from different public spheres ... more >> craft the fleeting communal magic of performance. Velez-Jackson gathers artists from her favorite scenes like comedy (Alexandra Tatarsky) queer street punk (Stevie May), nightlife/music (Senerio Baptiste), and embodied interdisciplinary practice (Jasmine Hearn, whose work will be performed by her collaborator Symara Johnson) to create a radically compassionate, honest, sonic space to be together and experience these artists’ “Ephemeral Material.”
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4:00 pm
$5
$5
Museums | Museum Programs of Art, Performance, and Participation for All
At this monthly event, thousands of visitors enjoy free programs of art and entertainment, including ... more >> dynamic performances and participatory experiences.
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5:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Concert | Tambura Folk Music as Never Heard Before
One of the most original folk bands from Vojvodina, Fokos started their career in 2010 and have since ... more >> become one of the most renowned tambura-based folk acts of Hungary. Winning the 2018 edition of the domestic folk music TV contest The Peacock has Risen in 2018, they have toured extensively in the country and abroad. This time they embark on a US tour hitting on Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, D.C., Boston and New York City. Listen to their fiery tunes in the Hungarian House, showing America how tambura music can sound like and if there, be prepared for an all-together folk dance session after their performance!
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6:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Days Go By: A Large-Scale, Site-Specific Performance About the Lost Moments of Our Days
Monica Bill Barnes & Company brings attention to the otherwise lost moments that add up into our days ... more >> with their new show, Days Go By. The world -premiere of this large-scale, site-specific performance is set amongst the bustle, inviting the audience to take a closer look at the heartwarming, painstaking, heroic events happening to and around us each and every day. Audience members will receive a pair of headphones to tune into a narration that explores the depths of our ideals, the hilarious heartbreaks, and the disregarded moments that add up into a day. Performers embedded throughout the space transform the surroundings into a symphony of movement and interactions. Set to a soundtrack of forgotten tracks and one hit wonders, Days Go By blurs reality with the theatrical and places big-hearted dancing alongside the everyday comings and goings of life in a city.
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7:00 pm
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Play | Oliver Twist: Charles Dickens' Classic Adapted
An adaptation of Dickens' second novel, written by Neil Bartlett, about an orphan who escapes a workhouse, ... more >> travels to London, and becomes a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin. The production will be directed by Melissa Maxwell, and feature the entire cohort of MFA Third Year Actors: Hannah Adrian, Olivia Battle, William Berger-Bailey, Jazmyn Boone, Yun-Chin Chang, Caroline Hertz, Racquel Jean-Louis, Ian Lawrence, Philip Lopez, Kasey O'Brien, Riley Jo Payne, Kyle Ryan, Carla Smith, Michael Spara, and Jacqueline Theoharis.
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7:00 pm
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Play | To Life: Meet the Rosens
The Rosen family, battered and blessed, celebrates Jeffrey's life as their hearts lie gasping on the ... more >> floor. Backs are turned and accusations hurled as the Rosens come together and fall apart, bound by heartbreak and humor. Nobody escapes a good kick in the tuchas as they expose their foibles, confront their fears, and cling to their fragile connection amidst the chaos. The story is both elegy and eulogy to the death of a family and reminds us that we're not alone. Written by Eve Lederman.
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8:00 pm
$5
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