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39 free events take place on Sunday, May 17 in New York City.
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39 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, May 17, 2015

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Workshop | Tai Chi on the Hudson


Join Silvana Pizzuti on Sunday mornings to learn and practice Tai Chi, a slow moving martial art with health benefits for all fitness levels.
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
8:00 am
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Festival | Ninth Avenue International Food Festival and Street Fair


The Ninth Avenue International Food Festival has become a favorite weekend for New Yorkers since it began in 1973. Ninth Avenue closes to cars and the festival takes over. More than a million people visit the festival each year. It's unique and amazing, celebrating the joys of ethnicity through food, entertainment and every kind of street fair stall.
   New York, NY
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9:30 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for 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.
   Lower Manhattan,
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Lower Section


Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.
   
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10:00 am
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Tour | Manhattan Street Art Tour


Join a Manhattan Street Art Tour and experience the Lower East Side - SoHo, NoHo, Nolita and Little Italy. 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.
   Lower Manhattan,
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10:00 am
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Tour | Rockefeller Center-'Island of Art Deco' Tour


A city within a city complex of stores, offices, entertainment, estaurants and public art. Hear the history of this iconic NYC sightseeing attraction.
   
10:00 am
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour


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.
   Lower Manhattan,
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Essay and Opinion Writing Workshop


Taught by Melissa Petro.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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11:00 am
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Tour | Flatiron District Walking Tour


Join professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the city’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building.
   Midtown,
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11:00 am
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Tour | Historic Orchard Street Tour


Take a historical three-hour journey through the Lower East Side and explore some of the rich history tracing the arrival of immigrants to modern times.
   East Village,
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | North Woods Tour


View tumbling cascades, rustic bridges, and picturesque pools in the "Manhattan Adirondacks." Route involves many hills and stairs. 75 minutes.
   Central Park,
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11:00 am
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Talk | Other People’s Rights


The ACLU was founded in 1920 by an unlikely coalition of conscientious objectors to WWI, women’s suffragists, dissenters, progressives, liberals, libertarians, and even Communists. The people behind the ACLU included Roger Baldwin, NYSEC founder Dr. Felix Adler and Leader John Lovejoy Elliott, and some extraordinary women: Jeannette Rankin (the first woman in Congress), Crystal Eastman, Jane Addams, and Helen Keller. The talk will look back at the personalities and issues of that era, look around at how the ACLU functions as a multi-issue organization today, and look ahead to the organization’s second century. Speaker Susan N. Herman was elected President of the American Civil Liberties Union in October 2008, after having served as a member of the ACLU Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and as General Counsel.
   Lincoln Square, New York, NY
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Vinyasa Yoga


Instructors from neighborhood studios will help you get your stretch on. Please bring your own mat.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | Waterfront Walk: Guided Park Tour


Join docents on a tour to learn about the history of the Brooklyn waterfront, the park's sustainable design, and how the park came to life.
   New York, NY
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11:00 am
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Festival | Mamapalooza Outdoor Extravaganza


Celebrate mothers and the people who love them at the annual music and art-filled festival featuring all-ages bands, kids activities, Gymboree Play Tent, crafts, momentrepreneures, eco-environmental information, food, vendors, interactive fun, and more! Everyone is welcome.
   Lincoln Square, New York, NY
12:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Art Museum Day


Celebrate Art Museum Day with an engaging guided tour of the current exhibitions. Led by a museum educator, the tour will have something for everyone—adults, families and kids of all ages are welcome.
   Upper Manhattan,
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1:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


1:30 PM NEXT Chamber Music Concert 7 1:30 PM Barbara Kits, soprano 4:30 PM AmberRose Dische, soprano 4:30 PM Rebekah Priestly, soprano 7:30 PM NEXT Chamber Music Concert 8 7:30 PM Richard Rituper, trombone
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
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1:30 pm
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Tour | Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art Tour


New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists 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.
   East Williamsburg,
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | Family Art Tour and Workshop: The Real World


Join our contemporary art historian for a tour of The Real World. Tom Otterness’ artwork is a fanciful collection of bronze sculptures, both human and animal, each a whimsical scene in a larger tale about animal behavior and human nature. Kids and grown-ups alike will have fun creating their own clay figure inspired by their part of The Real World. All art making materials are provided.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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2:00 pm
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Film | George Cukor's Oscar Nominee Camille (1936): French Triangle


Starring Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, and Lionel Barrymore. A Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her, even as her own health begins to fail. 108 min.
   Midtown,
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2:00 pm
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Film | Ghanaian Documentary: Yaba Badoe's The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo (2014)


The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo explores the artistic contribution of one of Africa's foremost women writers. Director Badoe charts Aidoo's creative journey over seven decades, from colonial Ghana, through the tumultuous era of independence, to a more sober present day Africa where nurturing women's creative talent remains as hard as ever. 78 min.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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2:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Tour | Harlem Tour


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.
   Upper Manhattan,
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2:00 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare Outdoors: The Two Gentlemen of Verona


Presented by The Drilling Company.
   Midtown,
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2:00 pm
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Film | Documentary: Felix Moeller's Forbidden Films: The Hidden Legacy of Nazi Film


A thoughtful, provocative analysis of the 40 Nazi-produced movies still banned from broadcast or public screening in Germany (except in a scholarly context) because they are considered too inflammatory or offensive. The Third Reich’s anti-Semitic films are well-known (among them THE ETERNAL JEW, THE ROTHSCHILDS, JEW SÜSS), but less famed are their anti-British and anti-Polish dramas, featuring heroic young Germans, mercilessly bullied by greedy, deranged foreigners. Nearly 70 years after the demise of the Nazis, do Joseph Goebbels’s notorious propaganda movies still pose a threat to civil society? See this galvanizing documentary and judge for yourself. Start times: 2:30pm, 4:40pm, 7:00pm, 9:10pm
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
2:30 pm
free, no reservation required

Concert | Swell the Full Chorus! A Spring Choral Celebration


Come celebrate spring's arrival! Marble’s Festival of Voices choir joins forces with the church's choir to sing songs of spring renewal and beauty. Music directors Kenneth Dake and Cynthia Powell will lead both choruses through repertoire including masterworks of Beethoven and Handel, American folk hymns and foot-stomping Gospel spirituals. Guest instrumentalist Allison Sniffin and soloists Kristin Gornstein and Kevin Rose round out the afternoon's performers.
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
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2:30 pm
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Tour | Riverside Drive-'Opulence and Luxury Along the Hudson' Tour


HIGHLIGHTS: Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Villa Julia, statue of Joan of Arc, former home of Babe Ruth, The Red House, and Pomander Walk.
   Upper West Side,
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3:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   Midtown,
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3:30 pm
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Jazz | College Recitals


4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Gabriel Kuzava, Bass 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM John Crites, Drums
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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4:00 pm
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Film | Documentaries: Mind of a Chef: Senegal / Networks of Hate


Mind of a Chef: Senegal Claudia Woloshin, USA, Senegal, 2013, 23 min. Travel to Senegal with Chef Sean Brock to understand how West Africa influenced the ingredients of America. Networks of Hate Rokhaya Diallo, France, 2014, 52 min. When Rokhaya Diallo, an avid user of social media, received a tweet inciting others' to rape her for her liberal views, the battle against hate speech became personal. Networks of Hate documents her journey for justice. Q and A with director Rokhaya Diallo to follow screening.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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4:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Sunday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
   Lower Manhattan,
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4:00 pm
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Workshop | Worldbuilding Writing Workshop


Inspired by Trenton Doyle Hancock's main gallery exhibition Skin and Bones, 20 Years of Drawing, this creative writing workshop will explore mythology and storytelling in relation to the creation of alternate universes. Led by author, editor and composer Daniel José Older, participants will learn techniques that enhance their skills in character development and explore processes involved in translating diverse source materials into compelling narratives.
   Upper Manhattan,
4:00 pm
Free

Concert | Great Organ Recital


In celebration of the restored Great Organ, the Cathedral presents a concert series. Organist Caroline Robinson, from Rochester, NY, will perform music of Jongen and Dupré.
   Upper Manhattan, New York, NY
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Keith Calmes, Award-Winning Guitarist


Keith Calmes earned degrees in Classical Guitar Performance from California State University Northridge, The Juilliard School, and the University of Southern California. He gave his Carnegie Hall debut as Winner of the Artists International Competition and has performed at the national conventions of the Guitar Foundation of America, the American String Teachers Association and the Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts.
   Upper West Side, New York, NY
5:00 pm
Free

Concert | Organ Recital: Benjamin Sheen


Today's recital is by Benjamin Sheen of New York, NY. Mr Sheen is the church's Assistant Organist.
   Midtown, New York, NY
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5:15 pm
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Dance Performance | ShowDown: Dance Works-in-Progress


ShowDown is a performance and feedback series for works-in-progress on the third Sunday of every month at Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center at 280 Broadway. The program provides emerging and mid-career dance artists an opportunity to show unfinished work in an informal, welcoming setting. Upcoming performances by Liz McAuliffe, Kyli Kleven, and Kit Stanley. Discussion facilitated by Ori Flomin.
   Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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5:30 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: The Call of Cthulhu by Greg Oliver Bodine


In March 1925, a young, neurotic sculptor seeks out a renowned professor and presents him with a strange bas-relief based on his own disturbing dreams, associated with the words ‘Cthulhu’ and ‘R'lyeh’ — words the professor knows from a mysterious cult whose followers worship a gigantic, ancient deity they believe will emerge from the depths of the ocean to once again rule over the earth.
   Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Tour | 9/11 Memorial and Brooklyn Bridge Night Tour


A renaissance is taking place on the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, a concerted effort has been undertaken to redevelop this part of the city, with the redevelopment of the World Trade Center and the construction of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. And from twilight into the night is the right time to pay a visit to this part of New York City. From the Memorial to the Woolworth Building, City Hall to the Brooklyn Bridge, some of the your most memorable experiences in the city await you.
   Lower Manhattan,
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7:30 pm
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Tour | Dark Side of the High Line Tour


The skeletal remains of the High Line’s elevated tracks set the perfect scene for a spooky evening. Join a journey to the creepier side of New York City’s most unique park. On this tour you’ll hear tales of the strange eccentric who lived below the tracks and saved them from demise, the curse of a West Side Cowboy who fell to his death from the elevated track, and the children who haunt the street formerly known as Death Avenue. If the moon hangs right perhaps you’ll witness the spectacle of a ghostly ship floating down the Hudson River; is it the long forgotten crew of Henry Hudson’s Half-Moon warning sailors not to go to sea? Or is it Captain Kidd protecting the treasure he buried on Liberty Island? Venture at your own risk through the dark side of High Line.
   Lower Manhattan,
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