32 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, March 13, 2017
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
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.
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.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Take a 30-minute lunch break for your soul with Claudia Dumschat, Organist/Choirmaster at the Church ...
more >> of the Transfiguration.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Program: J. Schenk: Le Nymphe di Rheno, Op. 8, Sonata XII J. S. Bach: Clavier-Übung III: Allein gott ...
more >> in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 675 D. Buxtehude: Jubilate Domino, BuxWV 64 J. M. Nicolai: Ciaconi a tre viol da gamba D. Buxtehude: An filius non est Dei, BuxWV 6 Marin Marais: Pièces de viole, Livre IV, Suite No.2 in G Features musicians from the period-instrument ensemble New York Baroque Incorporated and soloists from The Choir of Trinity Wall Street.
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.
Cathedral organists provide a 30-minute break for mind, body and spirit on Mondays at 1 pm with an entertaining ...
more >> and informative demonstration of the Cathedral’s unparalleled Great Organ.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Bringing to vivid life the emotions of the people of ancient Greece, and prompting questions about how ...
more >> we express, control, manipulate, or simulate feelings in our own society, A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC–200 AD is a path-breaking exhibition.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
During these limited hours, visitors can explore the normally closed sanctuary at their own pace along ...
more >> the rustic trail. See how the conservancy has restored this native woodland garden for birds and other wildlife. The wood-chipped trail is uneven; please wear appropriate shoes. This ecosystem is a protected area and home to many flora and fauna. No groups, dogs, bikes, or strollers. Free and self-guided. Space is limited.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright. In the near future, a charismatic leader summons the ...
more >> street gangs of New York City in a bid to take it over. When he is killed, the Warriors are falsely blamed and now must fight their way home while every other gang is hunting them down. 92 min.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The reclamation of spaces, ideas, and paradigms by female-identified and informed bodies and queer bodies ...
more >> embodying feminist ethos must be made paramount at this moment in American Life. Half Straddle’s Here I Go, pt. 2 of You is an open work period and colloquy that encompasses rehearsals and showings of new theater and video work; the launch of an online journal of performance writing; public lectures; and communal zine-making activities that will act as accessible discussion periods. Here I Go, pt. 2 of You engages company members, peers, and their artistic heroes to expand critical artistic discourse to interrogate and reflect on how we codify; and to consider why various performances are made and ask what their making means at this time. The installation includes art work by John Davis and Heidi Hahn, and is designed by Parker Lutz and Tina Satter. Series runs March 8-March 18. Speaker Schedule: Monday, March 13 2pm Tina Satter + Jess Barbagallo
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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. This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 2pm, and Saturdays at 10am.
Stars: Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix. A secretary tries to help her boss, who is framed ...
more >> for a murder. 99 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This presentation addresses the types of crimes that can be committed against the elderly and how to ...
more >> protect seniors from falling prey to such crimes. Pre4sented by the New York County District Attorney’s Office.
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Dicterow distinguished himself at a young age winning numerous awards and competitions and made his solo ...
more >> debut at age 11 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has been a guest soloist with many symphony orchestras, has made numerous recordings, and has been the featured soloist in such film scores as The Untouchables and Beauty and the Beast. Mr. Dicterow is on the faculty at The Julliard School.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This course will cover the basic features of the iPad. Learn the basics of navigating between apps, changing ...
more >> settings, how to customize your tablet, and much more.
Join Frank Pawlowski, long time meditator for this deep and engaging meditation workshop. Dr. Pawlowski ...
more >> regularly on the benefits of meditation and has been practicing himself for many years. During this workshop he will talk about the journey of finding lasting peace, happiness and a greater sense of well being.
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
School Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell will engage Trustee Professor David Schoenbrod in a discussion ...
more >> of his new book, which argues that members of Congress and presidents of both parties use tricks to benefit themselves at the expense of their constituents.
The pastor’s house should contribute to improve the state and society. That’s how the reformers had ...
more >> imagined it. The parishioner’s expectations of a pastor’s daughter in the 1960s were simple: She ought to be less cheeky than her girlfriends, less funny and less selfish. Tensions were inevitable. The filmmaker Angela Zumpe, who grew up in the rectory, composes a mosaic of film fragments, old photos, her father’s Super 8mm films, Christian paintings, all guided by the search of her protagonists for answers on the question: Is there still a myth of the parsonage? The film gives voice to pastors’ children. Featured are the former Minister of State in the Federal Chancellery, Eckart von Klaeden, the GDR punk Mechthild Katzorke, and the young pastor of 11 churches, Valentin Kwaschik, who never wanted to be a pastor like his father. The publicist Hans Hütt fondly remembers the eloquence of his father and how tightlipped he reacted on his coming out as gay. Family Thimme exemplifies the modern parsonage today. In her search, Angela Zumpe encounters funny, sad, and absurd stories, and a recurrent fundamental need for meaning and security. 84 min. In German with English subtitles.
This illustrated lecture offers a daring and original history of dining out in America as told through ...
more >> ten legendary restaurants.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Ecology has historically focused on natural environments, but scientists are increasingly turning their ...
more >> attention to understanding urban ecosystems. With 50% of the world’s population living in cities — and the heightened risks associated with climate change, green spaces, and flooding — studying urban habitats offers keys to design and planning that can help cities work better. Charles Vörösmarty, director of the Environmental Sciences Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center, moderates a panel of CUNY experts in this growing field, including Deborah Balk, Peter Groffman, Peter Marcotullio, and Andrew Reinmann.
Editor's Pick
A performance of Reed's The Raven, which reimagines the work of Edgar Allan Poe through music and spoken ...
more >> word, along with recitations of Reed's original poetry—some publicly recited for the first time. Join Laurie Anderson and other special guest musicians and readers for a celebration of Reed's work and legacy.
For new and experienced students, Essential Kundalini Yoga presents the core principles and practices ...
more >> of this revered tradition in an inviting and accessible guide. Karena Virginia and Dharm Khalsa offer practical guidance in kundalini yoga for happiness, health and fulfillment. Demonstrations will be integrated throughout the discussion.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Larson will read excerpts from her book Hidden Mother, which tells the story of the adoption of her daughter ...
more >> from Ethiopia as mapped through nineteenth-century hidden mother photographs. Durant will read excerpts from 27 Contexts: An Anecdotal History in Photography, a series of linked essays that weave memoir with photographic history and theory to examine how photographs are inextricably bound in our personal and collective histories. Followed by a Q+A and a book signing reception.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Modern medicine is infatuated with high-tech gadgetry, yet the single most powerful diagnostic tool remains ...
more >> the doctor-patient conversation, which can uncover the lion’s share of illnesses. But often the difference between what patients say and what doctors hear is vast. Patients, anxious to convey their symptoms, feel an urgency to “make their case” to their doctors. Doctors, under pressure to be efficient, multitask while patients speak and often miss the key elements. Add in stereotypes, unconscious bias, conflicting agendas, and fear of lawsuits and the risk of misdiagnosis and medical errors multiplies dangerously. Dr. Ofri will speak with WNYC host Mary Harris about her new book, What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear, which proves that medicine doesn’t have to work that way, and how better communication can lead to better health for all of us.
For some performers, the show must go on… even after death! The Ghosts on Broadway Tour, led by a veteran ...
more >> New York City talent agent, will introduce you to these notorious theater legends who appear after the lights go dim. You’ll hear about the Broadway impresario who haunts the theater that bears his name. His apparition shows up on opening nights to congratulate the cast or “pinch” the leading ladies’ bottom. Jazz age parties are heard almost nightly from his long abandoned apartment over his theater.
Refracting the Piano with CUNY DMA Candidate Imri Talgam - World Premieres by CUNY composers; Vicente ...
more >> Alexim, Daniel Fox, and Peter Kramer; and selections from the Ligeti Etudes.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Actress and Emmy Award-winning commentator Nancy Giles (CBS' Sunday Morning) curates / hosts "The Mosquito," ...
more >> her fast and furious monthly variety show with stand-ups, sit-downs and music. Nancy Giles, who starred on ABC-TV's China Beach and Delta series, will be joined by a rotating cast of regulars who have in the past included: Pat Candaras, Cynthia Kaplan, Peri Gaffney, Kathryn Rossetter, Sheila Head, Susan Burns, Sue Giles, Nancy Shayne and more.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Learn what a blog is, see examples of blogs, learn how to blog and to create your own using Blogger/Word ...
more >> Press.