52 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, June 6, 2017
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
These morning classes provided by the Tai Chi Chuan Center are led by teachers and students who train ...
more >> at CK Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Master Hyland Harris. All ages and levels are welcome. Classes are rain or shine.
7:30 am
free, no reservation required
Start your Tuesdays off right. Rise above the city streets and begin your day focused, centered, and ...
more >> connected with nature. Join the Integral Yoga Institute, Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, and other guests for guided meditations. Open to people of all ages and experience levels. Meditation is subject to cancellation due to weather. Every Tuesday, June through September.
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.
Don't miss this amazing opportunity to discover a new discipline and find balance and relaxation in a ...
more >> beautiful park. Guides from the Taoist Tai Chi Society will host an introductory practice of the different moves included in the basic Tai Chi set. Tai Chi is learned by doing: the instructor will demonstrate, then perform the moves with the class, and finally watch the students as they repeat them. Movements are believed to help calm the emotions, focus the mind, and strengthen the immune system. Every Tuesday, June through September.
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.
Don't have enough time to take all of the tours? Prefer to experience Manhattan with a smaller group, ...
more >> but a private booking is out of reach? Then consider our All-in-One New York Tour. This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, the World Trade Center, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, Chelsea Market and the Highline Park.
Perfect your downward dog under the trees at this 14th season of outdoor yoga classes presented by Manduka ...
more >> with instructors curated by Yoga Journal. A colorful selection of mats is provided by Manduka, no need to bring your own.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend ...
more >> in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” Tours take place every Tuesday at 10am, 11am, 2pm, and 3pm until Dec. 12, 2017.
On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory ...
more >> Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs. 90 minutes.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
The Gotham Jazzmen bring their take on Dixieland Jazz. The band features: Ed Bonoff on drums; James Collier ...
more >> on trombone; Lee Lorenz on cornet; Pete Sokolow on piano; Dick Waldburger on bass; Ernie Lumer on clarinet; and Bill Wurtzel on guitar.
12:00 pm
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
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
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12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Public speaking is an essential skill in today's workplace and a valuable ability to have to further ...
more >> your endeavors in whatever you're doing. Toastmasters present a continuing series held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. It is led by experienced public speakers in a supportive environment. All materials for this workshop are provided.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
An in-depth look at the unique architecture and exquisite beauty of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom ...
more >> House. Designed by famed architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1907, the Custom House is a National Historic Landmark. The building’s interior splendor includes an elliptical rotunda with a 140-ton dome skylight designed by Valencia-born engineer Raphael Gustavino and murals by New York painter Reginald Marsh, as well as monumental marble arches and columns. Tours include a visit to the Collectors Office, not normally accessible to the public. Takes place daily.
1:00 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.
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.
1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
Here’s your chance to experience the ballerina in each of us. Learn basic ballet steps and experience ...
more >> the joy of dancing in a class that combines ballet and exercise specifically for older adults. You’ll have fun as you dance and see for yourself the benefits of ballet for good balance, agility and grace. Wear comfortable clothes and be ready to have fun.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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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.
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Celebrated actor of stage and screen William Daniels (1776, Boy Meets World, St. Elsewhere) for a discussion ...
more >> to celebrate the publication of his new memoir. Daniels will sit down with playwright Steven Carl McCasland for an intimate conversation about his life on stage and off.
5:00 pm
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.
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
A gallery-wide show exploring the energy, eccentricities and eccentrics that give New York City its unique ...
more >> character. With: Anthony Almeida Norman Borden Susan Bowen Carol Julien Neil O. Lawner Moshe Katvan Rivka Katvan (pictured) Katarzyna Derda
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Program: Dai Fujikura: White Rainbow (2016) for Indian harmonium world premiere Drew Baker: Skulls (2016) ...
more >> for guitar and harp Mikel Kuehn: Entanglements (2016) for harp and guitar Ann Cleare: luna (the eye that opens the other eye) (2014) for solo saxophone Suzanne Farrin: Polvere et Ombra (2009) for solo harp Alex Mincek: Pendulum III (2009) for saxophone and piano Musical instruments have always had distinct personalities, displaying ferocity, tenderness, and everything in between. This concert features members of the ensemble investigating the animal behavior of instruments. Duos will explore how instruments camouflage each other’s sound, while the natural and unnatural tendencies of harp, saxophone, and Indian harmonium are studied in solo works. The intimate setting of this concert is perfect for budding musical zoologists. Performers Jacob Greenberg, piano Nuiko Wadden, harp Ryan Muncy, saxophone Dan Lippel, guitar
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This book combines a personal insight into the mind of a working mathematician with the story of one ...
more >> of the biggest adventures in mathematics: the search for symmetry. This is the story of how humankind has come to its understanding of the bizarre world of symmetry — a subject of fundamental significance to the way we interpret the world around us.
Sahaja Meditation is a holistic approach to living in balance. The simple technique gives the experience ...
more >> of inner silence, calm, and contentment. Sahaja Meditation is an inner yoga (connection), meaning no mental or physical effort is required. Whatever the issue facing us—frustration, anger, anxiety, bad habits, loneliness—Sahaja Meditation awakens a vibrant energy within each of us that empowers us to achieve our genuine self-expression and fulfillment .
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A fun al fresco fitness series consisting of three 45-minute classes starting at 6pm, 7pm and 8pm. Classes ...
more >> will consist of a variety of modalities including yoga, bootcamp, dance cardio, boxing, pilates and more. Tuesdays, June 6-August 29, 2017.
Spend Tuesday evenings in June experiencing the not-to-be-missed “authentic Buenos Aires Tango”. ...
more >> Make friends or dance while enjoying tango music, stories, and classes! All are welcome!
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This program will feature a presentation by architect Robert Arthur King, a passionate observer and photographer ...
more >> of NYC building sculpture. King has put the program together featuring sculptures on buildings from West 72nd to West 110th Street. His talk will be preceded by Stonefaced, an excellent short film by Vivian Ducat that focuses on King’s decades-long fascination with the subject. A Q and A with King and Ducat will follow the presentation.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Getting fit in New York City has never been better! This exercise series will take place every Tuesday ...
more >> and Wednesday all summer long. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, June 6-Spetember 26.
Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky. Weekly 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. Takes place Tuesdays May 2 -October 31 2017.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Historian Ibram X. Kendi and Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, author of The Condemnation of Blackness, discuss ...
more >> Kendi’s latest book. A book signing will follow.
Join Melissa Ricci of Base Fitness for a multi-level class that tones and balances your muscles, aligns ...
more >> your body, and strengthens your core. Bring your own mat. Tuesdays from June through August.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Veteran Donald Calliste leads a series of exercises with varied tempos that send your body into fat-burning ...
more >> overdrive and continue fat burning after you’ve completed your workout. This event repeats every Tuesday until September 26, 2017. Terrace at 108th Street in Riverside Park Manhattan Directions to this location Cost Free Event Organizer Summer on the Hudson Contact Number 311 Contact Email 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
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Swing dancing returns. The Baby Soda Jazz band performs while New Yorkers dance the night away. Beginner ...
more >> Swing dance lessons run from 6:30-7:15pm, Baby Soda Jazz Band hits at 7:15pm. Dance lessons provided by Dance Manhattan. Tuesdays from June 6 to June 27.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams. The true story of how The Boston Globe uncovered ...
more >> the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. 128 min.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Hoven and Krug will present their explorations of German identity in their graphic work and will discuss ...
more >> ways of weaving the personal, cultural, and historical into new forms of storytelling. Line Hoven, born in 1977, lives and works as a freelance illustrator and comic artist. Her graphic novel »Liebe schaut weg« (Love looks away) has been translated into a number of languages, won the ICOM Independent award and has been awarded with the e.o. Plauen Förderpreis (e.o. Plauen sponsorship award). Together with Jochen Schmidt her books Dudenbrooks and Schmythologie were recently published. Nora Krug is an author and artist whose drawings and visual narratives have appeared in periodicals including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian and le Monde Diplomatique,
Stars: 'Lee' George Quinones, Lady Pink, Fab 5 Freddy. Street artist Zoro tries to stick to his outsider ...
more >> roots once graffiti goes mainstream. 82 min. Director Charlie Ahearn will be present for a Q&A following the screening.
An enjoyable walking tour of the park. Discover how it was successfully transformed from the “Needle ...
more >> Park” of the 1970s into Manhattan’s Town Square of today. Guides are loaded with expertise on the park’s rich history, award-winning design, distinct amenities, and ongoing maintenance efforts. Tours last approximately 45 minutes to an hour.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress, for artists at all ...
more >> stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion moderated by a Movement Research Artist-in-Residence or an occasional guest, where we will experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform the artists’ process. With: Anamaría Amador Rebecca Hadley Liz McAuliffe & Zavé Martohardjono Michelle Duvall Dance Collective
7:00 pm
$3 suggested donation
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.
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
Retired FBI Special agent Marc Ruskin divulges his secret identities and discusses his various missions ...
more >> targeting public corruption, corporate fraud, Wall Street scams, narcotics trafficking, La Cosa Nostra, counterfeiting and more. The Pretender is the definitive narrative of undercover ops--the procedures, the successes, the failures--and the changes in the culture of the new-era FBI.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Michael Frank's family is uncommonly close. A series of shattering scenes compel Michael to reconstruct ...
more >> both himself and his family narrative as he tries to reconcile the aunt he once adored with the troubled figure he discovers her to be. A conversation with Heller McAlpin, a New York-based book critic who reviews regularly for NPR.org and other publications.
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
With: Jean Le Bec (Moth Story Slam Champ) Jennifer Glick (“Talkingstick” @ The Rubin Museum of Art) ...
more >> John Asante (The Moth, NPR”s Talk Of The Nation) Julie Threlkeld (“Modern Stories Mix” podcast) Thomas Pryor (I Hate the Dallas Cowboys: Tales of a Scrappy New York Boyhood) This month's theme is Sayonara: Stories about leave-takings, bon voyages, goodbyes and moving ons. Going off to school, breaking off a friendship or relationship or being broken up with, quitting a job or getting fired, leaving home, going out for that pack of cigarettes or....
7:00 pm
Free, donations welcome
Tai’Chi is a Chinese mind/body/spirit practice that can bring practitioners fitness, balance, coordination, ...
more >> vitality, mental focus and also open doors to heightened levels of consciousness. In this class, Rick Barrett, a leading t’ai chi teacher with 25+ years’ experience, will teach graceful, supple movements; meditative and mental focus practices; techniques to root and center ourselves and connect to and draw from the earth’s energy; and much more.
The North/South Chamber Orchestra performs four recent compositions by Latino composers including Aurelio ...
more >> de la Vega, Jose Lezcano, Max Lifchitz and Icli Zitella. Soloists will include flutist Lisa Hansen, violinist Francisco Zalazar and guitarist Jose Lezcano.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Rome’s leader, Julius Caesar, is a force unlike any the city has seen. Magnetic, populist, irreverent, ...
more >> he seems bent on absolute power. A small band of patriots, devoted to the country’s democratic traditions, must decide how to oppose him. Shakespeare’s political masterpiece has never felt more contemporary. Runs May 23-28, May 30-June 3, June 6-13 and June 15-18.
8:00 pm
Free tickets required
Program: Georges Bizet: Overture to Carmen Carl Orff: Carmina Burana, world premiere of transcription ...
more >> by Charles Kiger. Soloists: Ariadne Greif, soprano; Lindell O. Carter, tenor; Michael Kelly, baritone, and The Stonewall Chorale, the nation’s first LGBT chorus.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required