33 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, July 2, 2017
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Join Silvana Pizzuti to learn and practice Tai Chi, a slow moving martial art with health benefits for ...
more >> all fitness levels. This event repeats every Sunday until August 13, 2017. Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park West 89th Street and Riverside Drive Manhattan Directions to this location Cost Free Event Organizer Summer on the Hudson Contact Number 311
8:00 am
free, no reservation required
Learn about the park’s wildlife by joining knowledgeable naturalists on guided nature walks along the ...
more >> park’s esplanade. Sundays, June 4 to September 24, 2017.
This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for ...
more >> over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World ...
more >> Trade Center, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. These are neighborhoods that simply can’t be fully appreciated from a bus. There will be one or two opportunities to sample tasty treats.
Join a three hour journey through some of New York City's most historic areas. Begin in Greenwich Village, ...
more >> one of the cultural centers of America. From there, make your way through the Gansevoort Market and the Meatpacking Historic Districts and then onto the extraordinary High Line. Then relive the bygone days of a thriving cruise ship and industrial waterfront along the Hudson; we'll see where trains ran along "death avenue", where the New York harbor along the Hudson was perhaps the most significant waterfront in the world at one time.
Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, ...
more >> food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
Dance artists Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener follow their two-week dance residency at the park with ...
more >> a workshop.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
For over 100 years, the Beaux-Arts beauty known as Grand Central Terminal (a.k.a Station) has been a ...
more >> testament to the ingenuity and ambition of a great city, impressing both travelers and visitors with its wonderful architecture and pulsating vibe. Its history is a story of immense wealth, great engineering, a few accidents, a planned sabotage and one terrific ceiling, but most importantly a story of survival and rebirth.
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Adults and kids aged 5+ learn how to fish while engaging with trained environmental educators about river ...
more >> science topics. Sundays from June 4 to October 15 (no program on June 25th and September 17th).
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Adults and kids aged 5+ learn how to fish while engaging with trained environmental educators about river ...
more >> science topics. Sundays from July 2 to August 27.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Join professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the ...
more >> city’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building. This tour repeats every Sunday.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
What is kayak polo? It’s a mix of basketball, water polo, and kayaking and a whole lot of fun. They've ...
more >> got the equipment (kayaks, vests, helmets, paddles), you bring the body, enthusiasm, and sportsmanship (shorts/sandals, too). Your level of experience doesn’t matter. They are limited to 15 participants per game, so reserve your spot for the game at 11 am. They’ll put you in a team and give you a vest number on a first-come first-served basis. Dedicated players and volunteers, though, will end up being teachers to others. They focus on individual attention and kayak mentoring, and offer the best free kayak learning experience you can get in NYC. Please arrive at least 30 minutes before game time to be donned with vest, helmet, paddle, and kayak. Sundays, June 4 - September 24, 2017
For Tejal Yoga, the practice, traditions, and teachings stem from a greater source within, a source that ...
more >> taps into her culture, heritage, and roots. Tejal Yoga began in 2013, after Tejal completed her first vinyasa yoga teacher training at The Yoga Room in Astoria, NY. Her love of teaching and passion for the practice led her to India for a traditional hatha yoga training in 2014. Tejal Yoga offers radiant yoga in a warm environment with a clear voice, helping you to feel acknowledged and aligned.
11:30 am
$10 suggested donation...
Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of ...
more >> America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists ...
more >> from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick. Tour takes place Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis. A one-handed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing ...
more >> a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary. 81 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan ...
more >> is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
In their energetic, high octane performance, Zon del Barrio's members, who span several generations, ...
more >> interpret classic and original tunes, and add a touch of contemporary style from the streets of Latin NYC.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Program: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572 Anania Shirakatsi ( са. 610 - ...
more >> са. 685) For the sake of our salvation J. S. Bach Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731 J. S. Bach Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) Prelude in D minor Makar Grigori Yekmalyan (1856-1905) from Liturgy One Is Holy Chant for Organ (arr. Larry Smith) Daniel Kazaryan (1883-1958) “О, mountains” (Armenian song); “I loved them and took them to my boat” (Armenian folk song, text by Isaakyan, melody from the motion picture Gladiator) Everett Titcomb (1884-1968) Salve Regina With: Marina Omelchenko & Oganes Kazarian
3:15 pm
free, no reservation required
Dodge YMCA fitness instructor Alma Bonilla’s Zumba classes are so much fun you’ll forget that you’re ...
more >> burning calories. Sundays at 4:30 pm, June 4 - August 13
4:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Come enjoy a late afternoon of live acoustic music presented on the front porch of the mansion. This ...
more >> month’s featured artist is eclectic duo, Bookends.
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A Becoming Resemblance is an exhibition by Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Chelsea E. Manning, investigating ...
more >> emerging technologies of genomic identity construction and our societal moment. In 2015, Heather began to produce 3D printed portraits derived from the DNA extracted from cheek swabs and hair clippings Chelsea mailed out of prison. Incarcerated since her gender transition and subject to a strict policy on visitation, Chelsea’s image was suppressed from 2013 until her release from prison in May this year. The artistic collaboration with Heather gave Chelsea back a form of visibility, a human face she had been denied.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Occupying the world of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its myriad sequels, Amy Ruhl's ...
more >> Between Tin Men reanimates the fairy tale with the narratives of radical feminism, Marxism, and modern love. Manifesting variously as performance, installation, and video, Between Tin Men follows the ongoing story of Nimmie Amee – a minor character in Baum's bewitching universe – and her infatuation with a Tin Man who has already lost his heart to another metal lover. Ruhl charms life into the various trophies of her adventures through Oz, turning the gallery into a shop that exists in direct opposition to its Disney counterpart.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
The Hudson Warehouse presents this play written by Susane Lee and adapted from the novel by Alexandre ...
more >> Dumas. June 29 – July 23, Thursday through Sunday nights.
6:30 pm
Pay-what-you-can admission policy
While both from Vancouver, Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance coincidentally ran into each other in New York ...
more >> and subsequently teamed up to create the enigmatically named Bob Moses (it’s a reference to the infamous NYC city planner Robert Moses). Howie was a singer in a rock group, and Vallance was busy engineering EDM for Ultra Records, remixing the tracks of Sia and other dance heavies. What they then forged was a powerhouse producing pair of trance, progressive and alternative dance music that quickly became a Brooklyn underground mainstay. less
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Mr. Reed has performed on the many great stages of New York City, including within his hometown of East ...
more >> New York, Brooklyn. Mr. Reed represents a new era of artist, as he has built much of his following through unique viral social media campaigns that have involved him performing in public spaces all around the world and then posting these viral videos to his facebook and youtube pages.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Sheridan's 1775 comedy of manners comes to life in a panormic outdoor professional production.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A renaissance is taking place on the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Since the terrorist attacks of ...
more >> September 11th 2001, a concerted effort has been undertaken to redevelop this part of the city, with the redevelopment of the World Trade Center and the construction of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. And from twilight into the night is the right time to pay a visit to this part of New York City. From the Memorial to the Woolworth Building, City Hall to the Brooklyn Bridge, some of the your most memorable experiences in the city await you.
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The skeletal remains of the High Line’s elevated tracks set the perfect scene for a spooky evening. ...
more >> Join Free Tours by Foot for a journey to the creepier side of New York City’s most unique park. On this tour you’ll hear tales of the strange eccentric who lived below the tracks and saved them from demise, the curse of a West Side Cowboy who fell to his death from the elevated track, and the children who haunt the street formerly known as Death Avenue. If the moon hangs right perhaps you’ll witness the spectacle of a ghostly ship floating down the Hudson River; is it the long forgotten crew of Henry Hudson’s Half-Moon warning sailors not to go to sea? Or is it Captain Kidd protecting the treasure he buried on Liberty Island? Venture at your own risk through the dark side of High Line.
Momenta Quartet: Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin; Alex Shiozaki, violin; Stephanie Griffin, viola; Michael ...
more >> Haas, cello Program Ursula Mamlok: Two Bagatelles (1961) for string quartet Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms No. 9 (1988) for violin and recorded electronic sounds David Glaser: String Quartet No. 5, in memoriam Mario Davidovsky (2022) *world premiere, written for Momenta Julian Carrillo: String Quartet No. 13 (1964) Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in f minor, Op. 95 "Serioso" (1810) Momenta Quartet has premiered over 150 works, collaborated with over 200 living composers and was praised by The New York Times for its "diligence, curiosity and excellence." In the words of The New Yorker's Alex Ross, "few American players assume Haydn's idiom with such ease."
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required