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39 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, September 4, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Workshop | Tai Chi Class
Improve your balance, strength, flexibility, and coordination in this Taijiquan class open to beginner ... more >> and experienced alike. This martial art, created in the 19th century in Beijing, China, is a gentle, non-impact exercise benefiting both body and mind. Practitioners Tina and Juan want you to join them in their practice—northern Wu style.
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8:30 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
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 | Yoga Outdoors
Perfect your downward dog under the trees at the 16th season of outdoor yoga classes presented by KeVita. ... more >> A colorful selection of mats is provided by Gaiam.
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Lesson | Chinese chess
Strategy board game for two players. Learning, interacting and having fun with Chinese chess.
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10:30 am
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free, no reservation required
Talk | A Conversation on Fashion Design
Narciso Rodriguez, 2018 recipient of the Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion, and Dr. Valerie ... more >> Steele participate in a lively discussion of his extraordinary, more than 20 years long, design career. As Steele has observed, Rodriguez’s “sublime artistry in cut and draping are placed in the service of a pure and seductive vision of the human body.”
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Jazz | Piano in the Park: Ragtime, Stride, and Jazz
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy... so swing on by for toe-tappin’ performances by New York’s ... more >> finest, playing ragtime, stride, and jazz to your heart’s delight. Pianist Roy Eaton is a music veteran, having played Carnegie Hall in 1937.
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12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour
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.
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation
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. Mondays
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
$10 suggested donation
Workshop | Adult Colormania Club
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.
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2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Workshop | Lantern-Building Workshops
This year Morningside Lights takes flight, joining with The Audubon Society to recognize 2018 as the ... more >> Year of the Bird. Make a lantern and march on Sep. 8th with in a magical procession of animated and illuminated birds, honoring the resilience and hope of populations on the move—avian and human.
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour
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.
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2:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Workshop | How to write a Resume
Learn how to create a professional resume. Please be prepared with job history, education, and other ... more >> important information and bring it with you to the session along with a flash drive.
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3:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Lecture | From Projects to Processes: Participatory Approaches to Urban Integration
A lecture by Juan Maquieyra, President of the Housing Department of the City Government of Buenos Aires. ... more >> The Housing Department of the City Government of Buenos Aires is responsible for the construction and management of public housing in the city. Its President, Juan Maquierya, brings an innovative and dynamic approach to the housing sector, emphasizing the importance of participatory processes in design and implementation of housing programs. The IVC is currently upgrading several major slums in the city.
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3:30 pm
Free
Free
Author Reading | How Much Income Inequality Is Fair? Surprising Insights from Game Theory and Statistical Mechanics
Venkat Venkatasubramanian, Professor of Engineering at Columbia University, synthesizes concepts from ... more >> economics, political philosophy, game theory, information theory, statistical mechanics, and systems engineering into a mathematical framework for a fair free-market society.
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4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Concert | Broadway Buskers Concert
Concerts present original music, hits from yesterday and today, and musical theater tunes with singer-songwriters ... more >> who happen to be Broadway actors and composers. Tuesdays in August and September.
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5:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Workshop | iPhone Photography Crash Course
Focusing on the people, plants, and architecture of the park, this introductory course also covers basic ... more >> camera handling, composition, light, and subject matter. Bring your own camera! The best camera in the world is the one that’s with you and for most people that camera is their iPhone. In this rapid-fire crash course you’ll learn how to become a better iPhone photographer by understanding the fundamental principles of photography, learning the ins and outs of the iPhone’s camera, it’s advantages as well as it’s limitations. They’ll discuss the difference between “good light” and “bad light,” framing and composition as well as tips and tricks you can put to work immediately to create better images. Instructor: Clint Weldon, Brooklyn-based portrait photographer, actor and director. He is an instructor at the International Center of Photography and a co-founder of the Global 48 Hour Guerrilla Film Challenge.
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5:30 pm
Free
Free
Lesson | Wellness Series: Strokes
According to the centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stroke kills approximately 140,000 Americans ... more >> annually-the equivalent of 1 out of every 20 deaths. Join for a talk exploring modifiable risk factors, signs, symptoms, and the latest treatments available.
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5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Discussion | A moderated discussion on current events
Is the 24 hour news cycle driving you nuts? Need to vent about what’s going on in our country? A moderator ... more >> will come prepared with two or more topics that have been in the news recently. Participants will vote on which topic they’d like to discuss the most, or bring their own topics for the group to vote on. The discussion will last about an hour. Refreshments will be served.
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6:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Dance Lesson | Strictly Tango
Put on your dancing shoes and learn with Strictly Tango NYC Dance School. They bring you “the authentic ... more >> Buenos Aires Tango feeling.” Come with your partner, your friends or come by yourself and find a new dancing partner! Tuesdays, July 10-September 11, 2018.
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6:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Workshop | Tuesday Trivia
Grab a team and join this weekly al fresco battle of the wits! Fun prizes go to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. ... more >> Teams must be 4 people or fewer. Hosted by TriviaNYC.
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Winners Take All: a call to action for elite
An award-winning journalist Anand Giridharadas travels to the inner sanctums of the new gilded age to ... more >> chronicle the global elites who are setting out to remake the fight for equality and social justice in their own images. In conversation with Joy-Ann Reid, political analyst for MSNBC and host of of “AM Joy,” Giridharadas will discuss Winners Take All, and a call to action—for elite and everyday citizens alike—to action to build more egalitarian institutions.
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6:30 pm
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free, reservation required
Talk | Artist Talk
A talk by faculty member and artist Brad Kahlhamer.
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Bodyroll Workout
Bodyroll is a 90s-inspired dance aerobics class designed to tone, strengthen, and train your body with ... more >> slammin' moves and bangin' grooves that will getchu looking (and feeling) suppa duppa fly! Tuesdays, August 7-September 25, 2018. The Plaza at 66th Street in Riverside Park South Manhattan Directions to this location Cost Free Event Organizer Summer on the Hudson Contact Number 311
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | HIIT Workshop
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.
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6:30 pm
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Park Walk | 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. Tuesdays and Saturdays, June 23 -September 29, 2018.
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6:30 pm
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Book Club | Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly
1977 semi-autobiographical story is set in a dystopian Orange County, California, in the then-future ... more >> of June 1994, and includes an extensive portrayal of drug culture and drug use (both recreational and abusive). The novel is one of Dick's best-known works and served as the basis for a 2006 film of the same name, directed by Richard Linklater. Philip Dick (1928-1982) was known for his work in science fiction. His writing explored philosophical, social, and political themes, with stories dominated by monopolistic corporations, alternative universes, authoritarian governments, and altered states of consciousness. His work also reflected his interest in metaphysics and theology, and often drew upon his life experiences in addressing the nature of reality, identity, drug abuse, schizophrenia, and transcendental experiences. Please read the book before arriving at the book discussion.
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Yoga in the Park
Stretch, breathe, and find your inner peace at evening yoga classes. Bring a mat and join an instructor ... more >> from Sweet Water Dance and Yoga to strengthen your muscles while taking in views of the sunset on water. Every Tuesday from June 5-September 11, 2018.
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | A Room Away from the Wolves: Mother-Daughter Betrayal
In Nova Ren Suma's novel, Bina has never forgotten the time she and her mother ran away from home. Her ... more >> mother promised they would hitchhike to the city to escape Bina’s cruel father and start over. But before they could even leave town, Bina had a new stepfather and two new stepsisters, and a humming sense of betrayal pulling apart the bond with her mother—a bond Bina thought was unbreakable.
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7:00 pm
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Book Club | All for Nothing: A Novel of Idiosyncratic Genius
Discuss German author Walter Kempowski's book. "Kempowski's idiosyncratic genius lies in his ability ... more >> to weave this accumulation of human fallibility into something greater. His perspective on a grim slice of history steadily broadens out to become visionary, lending his novel the irresistible pull of great tragedy." -- The Economist
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7:00 pm
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Film | Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): 6-Time Oscar Winner with Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland ... more >> with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max. Director: George Miller 120 min.
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7:00 pm
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Free
Author Reading | The Man I Never Met: A Memoir of Loss and Hope
Out of the tragic loss of 9/11 comes a true story of hope and love. ESPN sports analyst Adam Schefter ... more >> presents his poignant new memoir and shares his happiness in finding true love. Along the way he also discovers a new meaning of family and comes to embrace and honor the legacy of a man he never knew.
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7:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Workshop | Introduction to Meditation
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.
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
$10 suggested donation
Comedy Club | No Name's Super Storytellers Edition
Vetter brings New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers.
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7:00 pm
Free, donations welcome
Free, donations welcome
Classical Music | Organist who performed at the Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall
Juilliard organist Daniel Ficarri has performed in Lincoln Square’s Winter’s Eve Festival and Juilliard’s ... more >> ChamberFest to concerts with the Chelsea Opera, the New Choral Society, and the Juilliard Orchestra in Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall. His recent performance of John Cage’s Souvenir for organ was listed under the “Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments" in The New York Times.
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | The Poets of Copper Canyon Press
With: Traci Brimhall John Freeman Rachel McKibbens Javier Zamora
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7:00 pm
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Movie in a Park | The Greatest Showman (2017): Oscar-Nominated Musical with Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams
Celebrates the birth of show business, and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle ... more >> that became a worldwide sensation. Director: Michael Gracey 105 min. You should arrive before 7:30 p.m. to get your spot. Feel free to bring a blanket to sit on; there will be a limited supply of chairs available. Bottled waters are OK, but no glass.
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7:30 pm
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Play | The Gospel at Colonus: A Groundbreaking Retelling of Sophocles’s Classic
With book, original lyrics, and direction by Lee Breuer and original music, adapted lyrics, and music ... more >> direction by Bob Telson, the iconic musical returns to New York City for the first time since 2004 to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the original production at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and to honor visionary director Lee Breuer for his lifetime of excellence and historic collaboration with The Public Theater. September 4-9, 2018.
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8:00 pm
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Workshop | Stargazing in the City
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.
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8:30 pm
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