46 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, March 23, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
From the Oroville dam crisis to the lead contamination in Flint, Michigan, and California’s drought, ...
more >> today’s water problems are widespread and complex. That’s why the Water Center’s signature initiative, the America’s Water Project, takes a comprehensive look at the past, present, and future of this precious resource. They are collecting data on water availability and usage patterns, flooding and drought history, infrastructure vulnerabilities and more for every county in the nation. This high-resolution data is being combined into an interactive tool to help water managers and private citizens make smarter decisions on how to sustainably use their region’s water. The project will identify at-risk areas, discover water use inefficiencies, and expose infrastructure needs to protect against droughts and floods.
8:00 am
free, no reservation required
A guide to hope and healing after the death of a child, from a grief counselor and psychotherapist who ...
more >> has been there.
9:00 am
free, no reservation required
A one-day conference on conflict and cooperation in U.S.-Russia security relations. Specialists from ...
more >> Russia, the US, and Europe will come together to discuss whether there is any hope for U.S.-Russian cooperation on a variety of key security issues, or whether we are doomed to dangerous conflict. Special attention will be paid to nuclear and strategic issues, and to cyber and intelligence issues.
9:45 am
free, no reservation required
Join a Manhattan Street Art Tour and experience the Lower East Side - SoHo, NoHo, Nolita and Little Italy. ...
more >> The Lower East Side of Manhattan is a playground for street artists, Soho is known to be one of NYC first permit Joint Live-Work Quarters for artists and the area received landmark designation in 1973. Noho and Nolita’s street art is either hidden in courtyards or on the more prominent street art facades. Learn about the history of the art of many famous and unknown artist.
The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays ...
more >> through Fridays, from September 12, 2017 to May 23, 2018.
12:20 pm
free, no reservation required
A docent-led tour of items on display, drawn exclusively from the Library’s collections, exploring ...
more >> the breadth and significance of this pivotal era. The tour last approximately 45 minutes and covers highlights of the show.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
While it is a truism that post-Apartheid South Africa is still wrestling with a long history of colonialism, ...
more >> segregation and racial capitalism, we know less about how people handle the remains of the past. This talk by Sharad Chari (University of California, Berkeley) lays out what remains of various periods in a long 20th century of racial capitalism and struggle, particularly in “Indian” and “Coloured” neighborhoods in the shadows of oil refineries in the Indian Ocean city of Durban in South Africa.
12:30 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
Stars: Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts. A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family ...
more >> of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty. 127 min.
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.
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder. A tale of nineteenth-century New York high ...
more >> society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin. 139 min.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Weekly recitals showcasing the new organ, featuring New York City's leading organists. Today: Janet ...
more >> Yieh of Christ Church, New Haven
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson. About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American ...
more >> Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases. 118 min.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Program: Singh Proclaim the Day Berlin God Bless America Brinsmead Spiritus Sanctus Lopes Capelinha de ...
more >> Melao Lauridsen O Nata Lux Meader Danny Boy Davis Gospel Train Blickhan The Lamb Snyder The Tapestry arr. Riggs Sinner Man Ticheli There Will Be Rest With: Clyde A. Erwin High School Advanced Chorus (Asheville, NC)
1:30 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.
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.
Walk straight through the heart of Central Park on this east-to-west tour led by guides. Enjoy a great ...
more >> variety of the scenic, sculptural, and ar chitectural elements the Park has to offer.Visit some of the Park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Cherry Hill, The Lake, and Strawberry Fields.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles. A mod London photographer finds something very ...
more >> suspicious in the shots he has taken of a mysterious beauty in a desolate park. 111 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid. A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the ...
more >> bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment. 101 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Explore the southwest of Central Park with Central Park Conservancy tour guides, and see it like never ...
more >> before. From a planned military parade ground to the site commemorating a famous activist for peace, one of the most-visited areas of the Park has some secrets to share with even the most seasoned Park-goer. Highlights of this tour include: Maine Monument, the Children’s District, Sheep Meadow, Tavern on the Green, and Strawberry Fields.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
U.S. immigration laws criminalize unauthorized immigrants and render many of immigrants’ daily activities ...
more >> “illegal.” How does this affect immigrants' attitudes and practices toward the law? Drawing on interviews with unauthorized Mexican immigrants in Philadelphia, Amada Armenta of the University of Pennsylvania shows how time spent in the United States transforms migrants’ legal attitudes from one of “resolviendo” (solving problems or getting by) to one of “doing things the right way.”
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A docent-led tour of items on display, drawn exclusively from the Library’s collections, exploring ...
more >> the breadth and significance of this pivotal era. The tour last approximately 45 minutes and covers highlights of the show.
3:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Álvaro Pierri (born 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a classical guitarist. He is a professor at the ...
more >> Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Meagan Turner, Viola 4:00PM Jonathan Slade, Baroque Flute 4:00PM Momo Wong, Violin 6:00PM Jordan ...
more >> Bak, Viola 8:00PM Hae Jee (Ashley) Cho, Flute 8:00PM
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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4:15 pm
free, no reservation required
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Supporting a declaration fundamental to Russian body culture of the 1920s—“In the Beginning Was the ...
more >> Body”—The Russian Art of Movement, 1920-1930 highlights the development of modern dance, the language of movement and its representation during Russia’s revolutionary decade of 1920-1930.
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross. A disillusioned college graduate finds himself ...
more >> torn between his older lover and her daughter. 106 min.
5:15 pm
free, no reservation required
5:30 pm Maddy Wyatt - Melodic folk rock 6:05 pm Lisa Brigantino with special guest Lori Brigantino ...
more >> - Eclectic singer/songwriter 6:40 pm Andi Rae Healy (pictured) - Indie country
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of the American invasion. 116 min.
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Hungary’s international festival for short films comes to the City to meet up with the very best of ...
more >> next-generation filmmakers of Tisch School of Arts. And now, you too can take part in the discussion. Come to a hidden classroom at the largest filmmaking school in the United States to join a celebration of great Hungarian cinematography. The event kicks off with the screening of short films, including the 2017 Oscar winner, Sing! by Kristóf Deák, and Oscar-shortlisted Maestro by Géza M. Tóth and other highlights of the BuSho festival, and followed by an informal discussion with the curator about what’s next in international short film producing. Students will have the chance to discuss ideas with Tamás Gábeli before the deadline for submitting their work to BuSho closes.
A conversation on Cajal’s pioneering cartography of the brain in the context of his fascinating biographical ...
more >> trajectory. With Marisa Carrasco, Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Neural Science, and James D. Fernández, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Flamenco is cultivated in musical legacies across generations. Join us for a conversation with two scions ...
more >> of a legendary musical lineage who are also Grammy-nominated musical innovators: the renowned Pepe Habichuela, patriarch of the Habichuela family of guitarists from Granada, Spain, and his son Josemi Carmona, of Ketama and Barbería del Sur. The artists will speak with K. Meira Goldberg, scholar-in-residence at the Foundation for Iberian Music.
Editor's Pick
In a completely original analysis, prize-winning historian Alfred W. McCoy explores America’s rise ...
more >> as a world power—from the 1890s through the Cold War—and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into the twenty-first century through a fusion of cyberwar, space warfare, trade pacts, and military alliances. McCoy then analyzes the marquee instruments of US hegemony—covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and worldwide surveillance.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Multi-award winning author Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars trilogy; Three Californias trilogy; New York 2140) ...
more >> makes a rare New York appearance to join theatre artist and climate activist Julia S. Levine for a discussion on how art interrogates the climate crisis, and if art can be a catalyst for change.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
LiveSOUNDS features free performances by faculty and their guests on Fridays throughout the school year. ...
more >> It presents a cross section of a diverse and creative community of faculty members who are deeply committed to excellence and professionalism.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Selected students from Columbia University, New York University, Vassar College, Rutgers College and ...
more >> Hunter College take on FNL authors in a lightning round of literary interviews. Featuring all six German-language authors – Nava Ebrahimi, Robert Prosser, Fatma Aydemir, Philipp Winkler, Ursula Fricker, and Meral Kureyshi – as well as students Leonie Ettinger, Agathe Gindrey, Ashley LaMere, Bianca Oliva, Didi Tal, and Steven Weinberg; moderated by festival curator Peter Blackstock.
Much of the art at the museum is centuries old, but provides fresh perspectives on our world today. Take ...
more >> part in a guided tour experience to learn more about the exquisite objects found throughout the galleries. Open your mind to new ideas, and access art through dialogue and close observation with a trained educator. Tours last approximately forty-five minutes.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Faculty members Naho Parrini, Eric Phinney and Marc Peloquin as well as Executive Director Erika Floreska ...
more >> and Marketing Manager Noelle Barbera in a special concert celebrating the genius of Leonard Bernstein's chamber music. The program includes ten Anniversaries for Piano, Halil (Hebrew for flute), two love songs rarely performed, Extinguish My Eyes and When My Soul Touches Yours, with poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke, and the exciting final movement of the Serenade for Violin.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Scheduled performers will include Emmy-winning comic and author Dave Konig ("Good Luck Mr. Gorsky"), ...
more >> Andrew Ian Bayroff (co-producer of The Free Standup Festival!) Tracy Marchand and a few surprises.
It's the city's most cerebral happy hour. The spring equinox is upon us, and things are getting positively ...
more >> celestial. Collections, displays, films, activities, and more celebrate all things cosmic in the collections of the New York Public Library. Check out rare astronomical treatises, watch classic science docs, and get busy with astral crafts. Starry Messengers will include: - A one-night-only collections displaying exploring the art, science, and culture of the history of astronomy. - A curated selection of 16mm films from our archives that will take you to space and beyond - Crafting with the collections: color rare and beautiful astronomical drawings - A chance to explore You Say You Want a Revolution, the Library's exhibition on the counterculture of the 1960s and 70s - Quiet room with games, coloring, and puzzles - Music and dancing courtesy of I Like It - Snacks & drinks available for purchase - 21+ | ID required
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Opera Repertoire Ensemble 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Lok Yan Charlotte Tang, piano 8:30 ...
more >> PM - 10:00 PM Emi Kaneda, piano
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Experience the ecstatic fusion of jazz and Arabic rhythm and harmonies at the performance of pianist ...
more >> and composer Tarek Yamani. The “trailblazing” Beirut-born, New York–based Yamani (CNN) has earned acclaim around the world for his “luminous music anchored in jazz harmony and in Arab traditions” (Télérama). Winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Composers Competition, Yamani has been fortunate to share the stage with luminaries such as Wayne Shorter, Richard Bona, Zakir Hussain, Esperanza Spalding, and Antonio Sanchez.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Join jazz guitarist Matt Wolfe and his trio (Leo Smith on bass, Jarrett Walser on drums) for an evening ...
more >> of standards and original music.
A weekly standup comedy show. Featuring comics who have appeared on Comedy Central, College Humor, MTV, ...
more >> and more.