11 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, October 19, 2021
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Exercise in disguise! Featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, ...
more >> coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training, and a lot of fun. Participants are expected to bring their own equipment: weights, water bottle, hand towel etc.
Play blitz chess, a form of speed chess where each player gets 5 minutes. It is fast and fun.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Being an immigrant or first-generation American is never easy, and is often made more difficult as a ...
more >> woman. Many Persian Jewish women living in the United States understand this struggle as they must straddle the line between adhering to their families' expectations to be najeeb, or pure, and their own desires. This is a program exploring what it means to be a Persian Jewish woman and a refugee living in the United States. This program will consist of a conversation between Esther Amini, the author of Concealed and Roya Hakakian, founding member of the Iranian Human Rights Documentation Center and author of Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran. The conversation will be moderated by Saba Soomekh, Associate Director of the American Jewish Committee - Los Angeles and author of From the Shahs to Los Angeles: Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women Between Religion and Culture.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Combining self-defense, acrobatics, dance, music, and song, capoeira is derived from traditions brought ...
more >> across the Atlantic by enslaved Africans and fueled by the desire for freedom. The class will build confidence, focus, and community. All levels welcome.
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This Brooklyn group is New York's busiest jazz band. This quartet blends the sounds of New Orleans, Paris, ...
more >> and Manhattan hustle and bustle to form a unique and invigorating show.
Escape the hustle and bustle of NYC and join Abhaya Yoga for a socially-distanced sunset yoga class that ...
more >> integrates postures, breathing exercises, relaxation and meditation to stretch, strengthen and condition. Tuesdays, May 4-October 26, 2021 Registration opens every Tuesday at 10:00am for classes the following week.
This storefront installation featuring dance, traditional papercut and a blend of traditional and contemporary ...
more >> Chinese music.
The author of Mexican Gothic discusses her follow-up, a smoky noir set during the Mexican Dirty War of ...
more >> the '70s. Maite works a boring desk job in Mexico City and spends most of her time day-dreaming about slipping off somewhere, away from her dateless nights, late car payments, and overbearing mother. In her mind, she escapes to a tropical island with a hot lover from one of her favorite comic book romances. But when her next-door neighbor Lenora goes missing one day, Maite finds herself thrown into a turmoil of passionate love affairs and a very real war between student protesters and the government-backed units aimed at squashing their leftist ideology.
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A famed choreographer and her company present a performance. Her work has been seen in Alvin Ailey American ...
more >> Dance Theatre, Ailey 2, Nederlands Dans Theater I and II, the Extemporary Dance Company of London, the National Ballet of Bulgaria, Feld Ballets/NY. Her Scheherazade was presented in the National Opera House of Doha, Qatar. Mask and proof of vaccination are required. Limited seating available. Reservations recommended. Without reservation, admission is first come, first served.
Enjoy an arrangement of the timesless classic for organ. The organist will be joined by 12 singers, timpani, ...
more >> and percussion.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required