Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 23, 2014?
35 free events take place on Monday, June 23 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!
New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out June 23 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of June . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!
Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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35 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, June 23, 2014
Alex & Sierra have been working with Julian Bunetta, Sam Watters, John Shanks, Toby Gad, Jason Mraz, and Grammy-winning singer/songwriter John Legend on their upcoming debut album. They have already released a single, "Scarecrow."
Attendees are advised to arrive early.
Energize your day with a workout before work. Join park neighbor Pilates on Fifth for an al fresco mat Pilates class. Studio owners Katherine and Kimberly Corp help you target the deep muscles of the abdomen to and spine to build a strong body from the inside out. The hour-long class is paced for an energetic workout and open to all skill and age levels. Some mats will be provided, but class participants are encouraged to bring their own.
Join to meet up with like-minded players interested in the same games as you. The Early Bird Game Social gives you a chance to start the day in the park, and warm up your mind with games that get you thinking like dominoes, Scrabble, cards or Boggle.
It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled 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.
You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
Twenty-two pianists aged 16-21 from all over the globe were selected from a large pool of applicants participate, and a unique feature of the competition is that not one of those twenty-two pianists will be eliminated - each contestant will perform in all four rounds, and will return home either as a prize winner or finalist award recipient. Includes works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev and Scriabin.
Ciao! Ola! Konnichiwa! Hola! The Park speaks Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and Spanish with instruction by inlingua. Learn a new language in these standalone beginner classes.
On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs. 90 minutes.
Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
Every Monday this summer, Magic Brian and his team will be onstage. Magic Brian’s internationally award-winning show has been performed in festivals around the world for the last 10 years. It is a family friendly, high-energy, and interactive comedy show with plenty of surprises.
Jazz pianist and composer Larry Ham tours and records with many of today's top jazz artists, and has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and in Japan, Russia, and West Africa. David Dupont of Cadence Jazz Magazine writes, "He glides over the keys, with every note articulated cleanly... his playing is masterful."
Tere O’Connor creates a new duet for Micheal Ingle and Silas Riener. This work is constructed by allowing lines in space created by onsite buildings to intersect with those traced by the dancing body. The choreographic relationship between human figure and monolith forms the basic structure of this work examining the coexistence of spectacle and anonymity in public spaces.
Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international 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"
Tour times: 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
Theatre group CollaborationTown present staged readings of two new pieces in development, Henry IV written by Geo Decas O’Donnell and The Fun Pain written by Jordan Seavey.
Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, 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, 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.
Inspired by the horrific devastation of Japan following the 2011 earthquake, Ludic Proxy explores the tenuous line between memory, reality, and fantasy experienced through a lens of three narratives: Nostalgia, Virtual Reality, and The Future Age.
Charming, thoughtful, and immutably good-humored Tony-winning actor Alan Cumming hates talking about acting, but that is exactly what he is being asked to do. Having transformed himself into such varied characters as the Emcee in Cabaret, Dionysus in The Bacchae, Mac the Knife in Three Penny Opera, plus every role in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Cumming has learned with each new production. Through the display of personal photos, rehearsal notes, and other materials, Cumming will share the stories behind his most celebrated performances, providing rare insight into the craft of a master artist.
Curators Miguel Trelles and Juan Fernando Morales, along with Centro’s senior archivist Pedro Juan Hernández, will discuss the aesthetic significance and historical relevance of the posters featured in Posters on the Wall: Our Nuyorican Story.
The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, 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.
With Frances Goldin, founder of a literary agency, Michael Steven Smith, a New York City attorney and author, and Debby Smith, a longtime supporter of the Brecht Forum/New York Marxist School.
The panel looks at what the United States could be if capitalism collapsed and socialism was instated. Socialism has long been a dirty word in American society and yet most people in this country lack a coherent understanding of what it truly represents. The long-time activists seek to upend our collective ignorance while presenting a portrait of what our lives could be like in a country where well-paying jobs; affordable housing; universal healthcare; and free, public education through the university level were the norm.
Composer Paola Prestini curates the second iteration of the Ex-Situ series and showcases work inspired and created by iconic composer and musician Terry Riley.
Lying below the base of Mt. Fuji is the forest Aokigahara, which has long been associated with demons and spirits in Japanese mythology and, in recent decades, has become a popular place for suicides. Inspired by the lure of Aokigahara, innovative Finnish accordion player Kimmo Pohjonen and former Kronos Quartet cellist Jeffrey Zeigler collaborate to weave a potent and energetic musical tapestry rife with hope, faith, and resignation.
This play tells the story of Jacob Garrett, a transplant southern minister living in New York City in the late 80s, believes he is doing God's will by trying to get a young gay man to pray away the gay. But while sharing stories of his past that included drugs, homosexuality, and an arrogant lifestyle, Jacob's own life as a married father seems to have more turmoil than peace.
The program juxtaposes VALIE EXPORT’s expanded cinema, Carolee Schneemann’s films, and Pipilotti Rist’s single-channel videos. Playing off a title of one of Schneemann’s performance pieces, this two-part program—Performing the Body and Sonic Immersion, Sonic Subversion—explores how these radically creative women have challenged patriarchal modes of seeing and domination and have opened alternative spaces and perspectives from which to think about the body, sexuality, and performativity.
A unique, almost behind the scenes atmosphere for catching some of New York’s grittiest performers working out away from the comedy club circuit, right into the coolest bar in the neighborhood, and best of all, you can catch these acts for free.
New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline.
NOTE: THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Metropolitan Opera stars Amber Wagner (soprano), Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), and Russell Thomas (tenor), accompanied by pianist Dan Saunders, offer an enchanting evening of favorite opera arias and duets featuring.
Stars: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone.
A young aristocrat must masquerade as a fop in order to maintain his secret identity of Zorro as he restores justice to early California.
93 min.
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).