50 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, June 7, 2011
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
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. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Five tours daily on the hour.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
An expert leads informal discussions in the room and answers questions. Two sessions: 10am-1pm and 1:30pm ...
more >> -3pm.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Expert instructors, provided by lululemon athletica, lead all levels of yogis. Mats are provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history ...
more >> of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
Test your skills at state-of-the-art tables. Paddles and balls are provided free of charge.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Get an up-close visit with exotic birds from the Arcadia Bird Sanctuary and Education Center. Sanctuary ...
more >> Director, Terri Jones, and her sociable, people-friendly birds can be found every Tuesday this summer, weather permitting. Stop by to watch, ask questions, interact with the birds, or just take pictures.
11:30 am
free, no reservation required
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Over streams, under arches, through the woods along a maze of pathways in a 38-acre woodland respite. ...
more >> Tour will be approximately one hour.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A rich vision of the pain, loveliness, mystery, and promise of New York City in the 1970s, the story ...
more >> weaves together seemingly disparate lives, unexpectedly drawn together by hope, beauty, and a mysterious tightrope walker dancing between the Twin Towers.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
In this unflinching and inspiring autobiography, the boxer faces his single greatest competitor: himself.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
A tour of Downtown — its history, architecture, and art, and its fascinating denizens. Tour includes ...
more >> Federal Hall, the U.S. Stock Exchange, Trinity Church, Fraunces Tavern, U.S. Custom House, and Bowling Green. Led by a professional tour leader. Adults, please bring photo ID.
12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Program:
SCHUBERT “Grand Duo” in A Major, Op. 162
BRAHMS Scherzo from F-A-E Sonata in C Minor, ...
more >> WoO2,/br>
KODALY Adagio in C Major
LISZT Grand Duo Concertante in A Major, R.V. 462
With the G-Sharp Duo, Emilie-Anne Gendron & Yelena Grinberg.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Brazilian/American pianist Luiz Simas is a versatile performer who feels totally at ease with both the ...
more >> music of his native Brazil and the American genres of jazz, ragtime and stride. Keyboard Magazine has described his playing as "sassy, clear and vibrant," and his music as sounding "fresh, smart and witty."
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history ...
more >> of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Hands on using wireless laptops. Explore free dictionaries and thesauruses available on the web. Find ...
more >> authoritative bilingual and subject dictionaries to look up everyday words, scientific and other specialized terms, names, synonyms and more in the Credo Reference and Oxford Reference Online collections.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the ...
more >> wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This evening of conversations with a diverse group of artists, choreographers, writers, and thinkers ...
more >> is organized to avoid the usual dreaded post-performance discussion, and to side-step the hackneyed question: "What is your work about?" Instead we offer actual conversation on topics of interest to Susan and her guests. There will be time slots allotted to particular topics, though the structure of the conversation will be loose. Topics include, but are not limited to, "emotion and space," "writing about dance," "describing the indescribable," and "the need for meaning."
Guests include 2010 Whitney Biennial artist Dawn Clements, architects from the international design/architectural team Snøhetta Craig Dykers and Elaine Molinar, choreographer Ursula Eagly, cross-disciplinary artist Ralph Lemon, cinematographer Babette Mangolte, choreographer Tere O'Connor, choreographer Melinda Ring, and internationally acclaimed visual artist Pat Steir.
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Dhani Jones, defensive captain of the Cincinnati Bengals and host of the Travel Channel's Dhani Tackles ...
more >> the Globe, discusses his book.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The gallery will host two separate guest exhibitions by Professional Women Photographers (PWP) during ...
more >> the month of June, featuring award-winning images by American and European women photographers. The first exhibition, from June 7 - 18, includes photographs from PWP's 35th Anniversary international competition that was juried by Eleanor Carucci and Stephen Perloff.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The author presents an eye-opening look at the new phenomenon called the aerotropolis - a combination ...
more >> of giant airport, planned city, shipping facility, and business hub - and gives us a glimpse at the way we will live in the near future and the way we will do business. Learn about the aerotropolis- the intersection of air travel and urban planning and explore how air travel and transportation are largely responsible for the shape and scope – and winners and losers – of globalization. He examines how cities such as Hong Kong, Dallas, Detroit and Dubai are changing (or being built anew) to reflect the interests of corporations that effectively scattered pieces of themselves across the world, relying on the Internet and Airbus planes to tie themselves together.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn how to create a slideshow presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint ...
more >> 2003. Topics include creating and editing slides, inserting images and clip art, and running your slideshow.
Editor's Pick
A collaboration unlike any other: an evening of music, dance, art and stories with legendary cellist ...
more >> Yo-Yo Ma, his internationally acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble, and NYC students.
Former ballet star Damian Woetzel will direct this one-of-a-kind program featuring the chamber orchestra The Knights and actor Bill Irwin as the Innkeeper, with appearances by vocalist Bobby McFerrin, author Jhumpa Lahiri, jookin dancer Lil Buck and other surprise guests, as well as Silk Road Connect sixth graders from Edward Bleeker JHS 185, Frederick Douglass Academy III, Granville T. Woods MS 584, and PS/MS 161 Pedro Albizu Campos School.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
This total body workout is a great way to develop superior core muscle power and tone, all with a beautiful ...
more >> view of the Hudson. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
During the turn-of-the-twentieth-century smallpox epidemic, "paramilitary vaccination squads" raided ...
more >> New York tenements, forcibly inoculating immigrants and dragging infected children off to pesthouses. This social history of the disease discusses the charged intersection of science, politics, race, and culture.
Meet and discuss Science Fiction you have recently read. Bring your imagination and creativity - and ...
more >> make your presentation truly out of this world! The group may also discuss Science Fiction-related topics, including books, comic books, films, television programs, and conventions.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Enjoy music from Bach to BeBop as students from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and from ...
more >> Mannes College The New School for Music perform on one of the Park’s most beautiful piers.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
The award-winning and bestselling author of Bel Canto returns with her latest novel, a story of morality ...
more >> and miracles, science and sacrifice, set in the Amazon rainforest.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
"First proposed in 1808 and completed 17 years later, the Erie Canal was the first great feat of macroengineering ...
more >> undertaken by the infant American republic. As economic consultant Bernstein (Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk) shows in his eloquent account, the canal—stretching 363 miles from the Hudson River to Lake Erie—reshaped not only the economic landscape of the eastern seaboard but the political and social landscape as well." - Publishers Weekly
It’s a terrible world out there and we all know it. But now that we have this delightful picture book ...
more >> for adults by famed New Yorker cartoonist Bruce Eric Kaplan, it’s just a little bit better.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
A romantic comedy about the complex relationships of a trio of married couples, Teddy Bear is a Czech ...
more >> take on marriage and infidelity.
97 min. In Czech with English subtitles.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A public performance that will bring together the project’s multiple audiences and participants. Through ...
more >> this performance, Bruguera seeks to address the foreclosure of immigrants from political representation.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Mark Crispin Miller hosts Joe Burns, a veteran union negotiator, labor lawyer, and a former local union ...
more >> president. For the past decade, he has negotiated labor contracts in the airline and health care industries.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Like a Korean version of Todd Haynes’s SAFE, this movie starts when a perfectly normal woman develops ...
more >> a meat phobia that shatters her ordinary life. Unable to stand the sight or smell of meat, soon she can’t even stand to be in the same room as her husband if he’s eaten meat that day. Turning darker, from a tale of a phobia to a story of erotic obsession, Vegetarian was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival 2010 and it stars a posse of Korean indie scene veterans.
113 min.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
A mixture of East and West Indian mythology that follows the lives of two brothers (one human, one a ...
more >> deity) through a series of events which have the power to destroy the world of the spirits, trap the world of the gods, and free the world of humans.
Schneider, a bridal magazine editor and writer, reads from her novel described as The Devil Wears Prada ...
more >> for the bridal industry.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Featuring Elaine Equi (Ripple Effect), Joseph Lease (Broken World) and Chris Martin (Becoming Weather).
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
The Fitness Guru returns with Pilates Mat classes overlooking the New York Harbor. Join Guress Lawson ...
more >> Harris and her team as they teach you to properly activate the muscles of your abdomen and back to create an incredible amount of stability in your torso. Pilates is designed to restore the natural curvature of the spine while rebalancing the muscles around the joints.
Registration begins at 6:30pm. A limited number of mats are available for rental for free (with valid ID). In the case of rain, classes are held in the tent located in the Tobacco Warehouse. Classes are open to 16 years old and older. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
In the great tradition of Rogers & Hammerstein and Hall & Oates, Zamboni! takes a single word suggestion ...
more >> and creates an entire musical from it. With made-up choreography that rivals Busby Berkeley and collective vocal power that rivals "We Are the World", Zamboni! will rock you out of your seats and make you feel things you've never felt before.
Measure for Measure sweeps from the corridors of national power to the intimate confines of the bedroom, ...
more >> and from the convent's chapel to the executioner’s block. It is Shakespeare at his grittiest: a bracing and bawdy glimpse of what happens when those in power allow their basest human impulses to range unchecked. Directed by David Esbjornson.
Program:
ALLEN BRINGS Concerto da camera No. 3
MAX LIFCHITZ Yellow Ribbons No. 48
ROBERT MARTIN One ...
more >> Year the Milkweed
DOSIA McKAY Unveiling
With:
Lisa Hansen, flute & alto flute
Richard Kravchak, oboe
Julia Heinen, clarinet
Max Lifchitz, conductor
The North/South Chamber Orchestra
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Tonight, brilliant students take the stage. The legends of tomorrow show you they're actually the stars ...
more >> of today.
Editor's Pick
A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of ...
more >> Manhattan.
Jay Welch hosts this stand up comedy open mic. Sign up and you can be a part of the show! Each week, ...
more >> Jay and his special guests will be joined by 10 additional acts whose names will be drawn from the golden bowl of destiny. Win "joke of the night" and you are guaranteed a slot on the following Tuesday.
11:00 pm
free, no reservation required