43 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, July 7, 2017
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Big Sean fourtrh studio album, I Decided, recently debuted at number one of the Billboard album chart. ...
more >> His hits include "Bounce Back" and "Clique."
7:00 am
free, no reservation required
Flo Rida is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter from Carol City, Florida. His 2008 breakout single ...
more >> "Low" was number one for 10 weeks in the United States and broke the record for digital download sales at the time of its release. Other hits include "Whistle," "Right Round" and "Sugar."
7:00 am
free, no reservation required
Lauren Alaina is an American country music singer and songwriter from Rossville, Georgia. She was the ...
more >> runner-up on the tenth season of American Idol. Her debut studio album Wildflower was released on October 11, 2011. Her second album, Road Less Traveled was released January 27, 2017.
7:00 am
free, no reservation required
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.
It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled ...
more >> and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
Are you a Bridge buff? Put your game face on and show off your best plays. Join the fun and meet new ...
more >> friends! All players welcome!
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
It is easy to forget that you are in a crowded city while walking through this spectacular park! The ...
more >> original plan for the City of New York, laid out by the City Commissioners in 1811 did not include the park. But as the city grew rapidly in size, we needed a place for New Yorkers to get a breath of fresh air! Central Park, with its 843 acres of meadows, lawns, ponds, lakes and more, was the solution. Today it is one of the best-known parks in the world and is enjoyed by millions-both locals and tourists alike.
A fitness dance party with upbeat Latin music of Salsa, Merengue, Hip-Hop and more. Enthusiastic Instruction ...
more >> creates fun community of dancers who learn new dance steps each week. Bring your friends.
10:30 am
free, no reservation required
Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome ...
more >> to join in the fun. Equipment is provided.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery ...
more >> in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate. This tour takes place every Friday.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Isaac ben Ayala has performed and recorded with many notable bands and greats - from Quincy Jones, Ray ...
more >> Charles, Louis Bellson, Leon Thomas, Frank Foster, David Murray, James Spaulding, Roy Hargrove, and Wynton Marsalis, to The New York City Ballet, The Sultans of Swing, The Donald Byrd Dance Company and Joe Piscipo. He has scored numerous films and can be heard on the piano in Dave Chappelle’s Block Party.
12:30 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.
Yasmeen Abdallah is an artist and educator who takes discarded remains and transforms them into works ...
more >> that speak of their past histories while fulfilling new destinies. She sees these remnants as artifacts of human activity, and creates works from these findings. Zoey Hart will weave most-loved tee-shirts into her sculptural costume installation: Empathy Channels. Participants will learn how to make cotton rope from worn-out tee-shirts, and have the opportunity to mingle and meditate within/around the handwoven piece. Bring an old shirt, leave with a new experience. Veronika Szkudlarek will discuss her hybrid painting practice which combines digital technology and traditional oil paint. She will explore themes of sustainability and growth through that practice and discuss its challenges, successes and opportunities.
1:00 pm
free, RSVP required
Access over 3,000 courses in web design, web development, IT, education/instruction, media production, ...
more >> and business for free. Track your course progress, create playlists of potential coursework, and keep course notes. You will need your Library card and PIN to sign into Lynda.com during class.
1:15 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford. It's time for a young African American to ...
more >> meet with his white girlfriend's parents for a weekend in their secluded estate in the woods, but before long, the friendly and polite ambience will give way to a nightmare. 104 min.
1:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney. A cop with a connection to the criminal underworld ...
more >> scours a nightclub in search of his kidnapped son. 95 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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.
Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, ...
more >> however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
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.
Stars: Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks. When a Russian musician defects in Bloomingdale's ...
more >> department store in New York, he finds adjusting to American life more difficult than he imagined. 115 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Rockefeller Center is one of the most popular public spaces and tourist attractions in New York City. ...
more >> This depression-era commercial complex takes up over three full city blocks and is rich with history, public art, and art-deco architecture. Built by business mogul John D. Rockefeller Jr. with his own money, he instructed his team of designers and architects to build the most beautiful commercial complex of it’s kind in the world. That vision resulted in what is still one of NYC’s greatest treasures and gave rise to some of NYC’s favorite traditions including the Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring the famous dance team the Rockettes and the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.
Travel from Grand Army Plaza, past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and stop at the Dairy on this trip through ...
more >> the southern Park highlights. Route involves moderate inclines and some stairs. 45 minutes.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Attendees will engage in transforming (joining, gluing, sanding, cutting, hanging, arranging, folding, ...
more >> spreading) their choice of ordinary everyday item(s) into self-portraits using various materials with Sohee Koo. Through this exploration, one can discover an individual way of looking at, thinking of, and making art. It is relevant in our culture today that so many items are being manufactured, consumed, and discarded without much consciousness (awareness). This workshop invites attendees to reflect on themselves through creative re-use of found objects as materials with a sense of wonder, curiosity, excitement, and fun.
3:00 pm
free, RSVP required
Art exhibits and talks: Resurrecting Refuse by Yasmeen Abdallah PULL it TOGETHER/PULL it APART by Zoey ...
more >> Hart Hybrid Painting As Metaphor: Incorporating Digital Technology In A Traditional Practice by Veronika Szkudlarek Re-re-re Transforming the Ordinary by Sohee Koo Find your Park Twin by Isha Patel, Pavithra Sriram, Ishita Dimri, and Ankita Nalavade An original set of music by Nick Dunston
5:00 pm
free, RSVP required
Every Friday on the lawn, the park has a free picnic, featuring over 100 free blankets to borrow, lawn ...
more >> games, entertainment, and food vendors from the Hester Street Fair, with wine and beer also for purchase from ARK Restaurants. Each week, the park will bring to the picnic a theater, music, or dance production. Every Friday from May 12 to September 1, 2017. Bryant Park Lawn in Bryant Park Manhattan Directions to this location Cost Free Event Organizer Bryant Park Corp. Related Links Bryant Park Website Categories Accessible, Concerts, Dance, Art, Festivals, Games, Theater, Free Summer Concerts, Free Summer Theater, Food Additional Media
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Amaze the crowd when you rock the mic at #TotallyPublicKaraoke nights. Bring your friends, your voice, ...
more >> and your courage. All ages.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
With: Limón Dance Company The Moving Architects Black Boys Dance Too and Harlem School of the Arts Dance ...
more >> Ensemble and Junior Dance Ensemble
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, ...
more >> French Cheeses and Russian caviar as well as fresh meats to City markets. The hustle and bustle of the streets induced the City to elevate the railroad trains delivering goods to the commercial buildings. When interstate truck traffic made the railway outdated, it fell into ruin, only to be regenerated as a park.
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
Editor's Pick
Stars: Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins. Four inner-city teenagers get caught up in ...
more >> the pursuit of power and happiness, which they refer to as 'the juice.' 95 min. Followed by a talkback with the film’s director Ernest Dickerson, actor Kahlil Kain ("Raheem"), and surprise guests on the 25th anniversary of the film. Following the film will be a 90s music-themed after party.
This beloved "problem play" offers side-splitting comedy interlaced with gut-wrenching pathos. July ...
more >> 6-22, 2017, Thursdays through Saturdays.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
ANTIDIMENSION by Prague based art collective SpermOnTheClothes (SOTC) as a part of the New Bohemia series. ...
more >> Established by Jakub Ra and Michaela Mazalová, SOTC confronts topics within the current fashion industry, linking fine art with aesthetics of the body and blurring the boundaries between art and the routine.
7:00 pm
free, RSVP required
Friday nights mean great local music on the pier. Hear some of NYC’s best local artists.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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
Strike, punch, kick and kata your way through calories to superior cardio fitness with this martial arts-inspired ...
more >> workout. Your instructor will lead you through a workout which combines upper and lower body moves using power training, muay thai and karate. Fridays at 7 pm, July 7 - August 11
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This Dodge YMCA class gets your heart pumping with Hip-Hop music and hot step-by-step dance moves. Fridays ...
more >> at 7 pm, July 7 - August 11
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The ghosts of Greenwich Village are too numerous and interesting to meet in just one evening! Due to ...
more >> popular demand, they are offering a new tour, “Ghosts of the East Village,” as a companion tour to one of their biggest crowd-pleasers, Ghosts of the West Village.
7:30 pm
Free plus subway...
Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an ...
more >> unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point for the residents of St. Louis, Missouri. Grief, long-standing racial tensions and renewed anger bring residents together to hold vigil and protest this latest tragedy. Empowered parents, artists, and teachers from around the country come together as freedom fighters. As the National Guard descends on Ferguson with military grade weaponry, these young community members become the torchbearers of a new resistance. 7:30PM: Doors Open 8:00PM: Live Music 8:30PM: Film Begins 10:00PM: Q&A ID is required. Seating is first come, first served. Please arrive early.
7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation,...
With twelve Grammy nominations under his belt, two platinum records and two gold records, Musiq Soulchild ...
more >> visits with a goldmine of timeless hooks, and a hot-as-embers band.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Stars: Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart. The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when ...
more >> his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes. 87 min. Free Popcorn. Beverages and snacks available for purchase. Movie begins at dusk (around 8:30pm).
8:15 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset. A newly hired maid for a rich countryside ...
more >> family befriends a post-office clerk, who encourages her to rebel against her employers. 112 min. In French with English subtutles.
8:15 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
It's all for one and one for all as D'Artagnan and the Musketeers fight to protect the ones they love ...
more >> from the revolting exploits of Cardinal Richelieu. A story of double crossings, kidnappings, and carefully-guarded secrets, complete with lavish fights and sweeping romance, The Three Musketeers reminds us that through strength, courage and unity, you can always defend what you believe in. Directed by Jenny Bennett, Choreographed by Tiffany Rea-Fisher, Fight Director: Manny Brown. July 7-30, 2017, Tuesdays through Sundays.
8:30 pm
free, no reservation required