46 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, May 10, 2017
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Join The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness group, for a Boot Camp in the park. Rotations through ...
more >> exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back--and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high-fives encouraged. Rain or shine. Every Wednesday.
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.
Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded ...
more >> 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.
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.
Join an enjoyable walking tour of the park, and discover how they successfully transformed "Needle Park" ...
more >> of the 1970s into Manhattan's Town Square of today. The guides are loaded with expertise on the park's rich history, award-winning design, distinct amenities, and ongoing maintenance efforts. Every Wednesday.
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.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
With: -- Lucy Usoyan, President, Ezidi Relief Fund (Washington D.C.) -- Thomas Wheeler, Senior Policy ...
more >> Advisor, Development & Human Rights, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations -- James Cockayne, Head of Office, United Nations University -- Facilitated by: David L. Phillips, Director, Program on Peace-building & Rights
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
The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of ...
more >> choristers, and Mary Pan, organ scholar. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 13, 2016 to May 25, 2017.
12:20 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.
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 the run of the exhibitions Eugen Gabritschevsky: Theater of the Imperceptible and Carlo Zinelli ...
more >> (1916–1974), the Bill Wurtzel trio will perform music that celebrates the creativity and expressiveness of the human mind.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan ...
more >> is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Word 2010. Topics include mail merge, tables, text boxes, ...
more >> headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes.
Learn the basic features of Microsoft Word 2010, a word processing program you can use to create documents. ...
more >> Topics include entering and editing text, saving files, and formatting.
An evening with Andrzej Wirth, the legendary philosopher of theatre and founder of the ‘Applied Theater ...
more >> Studies’ in Giessen (Germany) in conversation with his former student Frank Hentschker. They will be celebrating Wirth’s interview biography, Flucht Nach Vorn (Fleeing Forward) by theatre critic Thomas Irmer, published in Germany by Spector Verlag, Leipzig (Polish translation in 2016 by Theater Institute, Warsaw). In the afternoon, they will screen the 2014 biographical documentary film on Wirth entitled Theatre Without Audience by Pawel Kocambasi, focusing on Wirth’s life and his experiments with Brecht’s play fragments of Downfall of the Egotist. 4:00PM: Screening of Theatre Without Audience by Pawel Kocambasi, 2014, Poland 6:30PM: Conversation
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Program: Daniel Gawthrop To Heaven Z. Randall Stroope Lamentations of Jeremiah William McKee Hakuna ...
more >> Mungu Franz Biebl Ave Maria arr. Craig Hella Johnson Light of A Clear Blue Morning Gabriel Fauré Agnus Dei, from Requiem Moses Hogan O Lord Please Hear My Prayer Z. Randall Stroope Omnia Sol Bob Chilcott MLK
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Join senior director and Columbia University adjunct professor Stephen Noerper in conversation with Tong ...
more >> Yang, Korea Foundation, and Korea Stanford Alumni Chair of Korean Studies Gi-Wook Shin. Professor Shin will appear remotely from Stanford University. This rapid reaction program examines the winner and losers in the election, priorities and next steps for the new Korean President, and implications for United States policy given tensions around the Korean Peninsula.
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Yeonji Kang, piano 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Justin Austin, voice 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Andrew ...
more >> Karboski, jazz composition 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Guanbo Su, basso 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Younji Lee, piano
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A lecture by the distinguished historian and professor Dr. Margaret Humphreys. Many histories have been ...
more >> written about medical care during the Civil War, but the participation and contributions of African Americans as nurses, surgeons, and hospital workers has often been overlooked. Light refreshment will be served.
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded ...
more >> 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.
Artists: Alex Chan, Blythe Cross, Grey Cruz, Claudia Di Maio, Maiya Elliott, Imani Hamilton, Ryan Helfant, ...
more >> Benjamin Hilf, Coco Hirsch, David Holly, Hao Lin, Corinne Mares, Hailey McCracken, Ellie Musgrave, Aliya Nimmons, Sam O’Neill, Mine Paksoy, Jherry Ramirez, Caleb Wesley Young Shelton, Rebecca Steltz, Emmalyn Sullivan, Anastazia Swerer-McNutt, Melissa Tesillo, Christina Washburn, Sydney Wilson, Joan Wyeth, Alexander Zuckerman
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Webb was tapped to revamp the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Scout/Sniper ...
more >> School, incorporating the latest advances in technology and ballistics software to create an entirely new course that continues to test the skills and even the best warriors. In this revealing new book, Webb takes readers through every aspect of this training, describing how Spec Ops snipers are taught each dimension of their art.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Learn the basics of coding using the languages HTML and CSS to create your own basic webpage using Neocities.org.
New York City, NY; NYC
In today’s constantly connected world, bringing some calm to a crowded mind can be difficult. Meditating ...
more >> for just a few minutes a day can make you happier, healthier, and reduce the stress of daily life. Our simple, convenient approach is rooted in history, based in science and comes with some serious benefits. Join us and experience the many benefits of meditation firsthand. In this class, you will: Be taught the basics of meditation and how to start a daily practice Learn more about the effects of meditation on the mind and body Understand how meditation can reduce stress at work and beyond
What happened to the public intellectuals that used to challenge and inform us? Who is the Sartre or ...
more >> De Beauvoir of the internet age? General Intellects argues we no longer have such singular figures, but there are, instead, general intellects whose writing could, if read collectively, explain our times. Covering topics such as culture, politics, work, technology, and the Anthropocene, each chapter is a concise account of an individual thinker, providing useful context and connections to the work of the others. McKenzie Wark’s distinctive readings are appreciations, but are nonetheless critical of how neoliberal universities militate against cooperative intellectual work that endeavors to understand and also change the world. Wine and light refreshments will be served.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid. In Casablanca in December 1941, a cynical American ...
more >> expatriate encounters a former lover, with unforeseen complications. 102 min.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Salsa with Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra and instructors Talia Castro-Pozo + Franck Muhel. Dance Party, ...
more >> hosted and produced by Talia Castro-Pozo, includes superb bands and expert dance instruction for extraordinary dancing experiences each Wednesday evening. Learn the steps from 6pm - 7pm and then test out your new moves to live music from 7pm to 8:30pm. Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra is a stunning band that forgoes the standard repertoire of vintage salsa covers and sound-alike originals and instead plays dynamic arrangements of tunes they love! No bananas in their hair -- this is innovative, astonishing salsa with a new, vibrant aesthetic.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Build your empire and trade your way to 10 victory points, all while practicing for two special Settlers ...
more >> of Catan tournaments. Participants who win a game can enter a raffle to win a valuable Park Prize pack at the end of the Game Social season.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
2016 Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize-winning multidisciplinary artist Derrick Adams will talk about ...
more >> his eagerly anticipated new work inspired by black fashion pioneer Patrick Kelly.
Novelist Siri Hustvedt and multi-media artist and scholar Ellen K. Levy discuss the complex interplay ...
more >> between books, ideas, and emotions on the occasion of Levy’s exhibition, Meme Machines.
What is the role of the costume in a dance performance? How eye-catching and comfortable should a tutu ...
more >> or a leotard be? When and why did fashion - and art - become involved with the ballet? Internationally renown choreographer Marco Pelle will talk about all of the above, share his own experience (he is also a costume designer), and reveal the best-kept "behind-the-scenes" secrets.
When we think of the American Revolution, we think of brave patriots coming together to resist a tyrannical ...
more >> ruler in defense of noble ideals. It’s a stirring narrative, one the Founders did their best to encourage after the war. The truth, Holger Hoock argues, is far more complex: the Revolution was not only a high-minded battle over principles; it was also a profoundly violent civil war—one that shaped the nation in ways we have only begun to understand. In Scars of Independence, Hoock writes the violence back into the story. American Patriots tortured Loyalists and imprisoned them in Connecticut mines; British troops massacred enemy soldiers, raped colonial women, and crowded half-starving prisoners on disease-ridden ships. Both sides conscripted African-Americans, who suffered disproportionately as soldiers and slaves, and Washington’s army waged a genocidal campaign against the Iroquois nation.
A day doesn’t go by without a visitor saying, “Immigrants back then were different.” Or maybe it’s ...
more >> the claim that “back then” they were legal, learned English, or worked hard. As we strive to understand all points of view and engage productive conversation, we bring together an expert panel to examine the pervasive myths about immigrants past and present, why and how they have persisted over time, and ways to address them today. Panelists include: Tyler Anbinder, historian and author of City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum and author of There Goes the Neighborhood Moustafa Bayoumi, journalist and author of How Does It Feel To Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America Nancy Foner, sociologist and author of From Ellis Island to JFK Phil Kasinitz, sociologist and author of Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
This illustrated lecture tells the attendees how to turn your health around in an entirely new and different ...
more >> way, and take charge and improve your wellbeing with actionable steps you can do yourself.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
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A group of thirty-somethings reunite after life puts a damper on their social lives. What happens next, ...
more >> may give them a case of indigestion. A semi-finalist in the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwright Conference, this deliciously decadent, dark comedy is a mediation on what it means to be a member of The Mooching Class amidst the Age of Trump, technology, and student loans.
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Multiple Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer and director Harold Prince is a theater legend. His ...
more >> brilliant influence can be seen again and again. What better way to really understand Prince’s continuing impact on history than to speak with the legend himself? Join Ted Chapin for an interview with Harold Prince, illustrated by rare artifacts from the Library’s Harold Prince archive.
Join New York Times columnist Samuel G. Freedman and historian Jenna Weissman Joselit, author of the ...
more >> brand new book, Set in Stone: America's Embrace of the Ten Commandments (Oxford University Press), as they explore the impact of the ancient biblical code on American culture.
Three writers whose latest works deal with grief and mourning join to investigate the ways in which writing ...
more >> can capture these complex, difficult emotions. With Martha Cooley (Guesswork: A Reckoning with Loss,) Charles Bock (Alice & Oliver) and Max Winter (Exes) and moderator Mira Jacob (The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing).
From award-winning novelist Mary Gordon, here is a book whose 20th century wisdom can help us understand ...
more >> the difficulties we face in the 21st. Marian cut herself off from her wealthy, conservative Irish Catholic family when she volunteered during the Spanish Civil War. Now in her nineties, she finally speaks about what happened to her during those years with her granddaughter Amelia.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This memoir of a decade-long friendship reveals the very private DiMaggio as he really was—sometimes ...
more >> demanding, sometimes big-hearted, always impeccable, loyal, and a true stand-up guy—while serving up illuminating stories and rare insights about the people in his life, including his teammates, Muhammad Ali, Sandy Koufax, Woody Allen, and more.
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Program: Khachaturian: Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola and Piano, ...
more >> Op. 147 Kodály: Serenade, Op. 12 Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90 “Dumky” Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F, Op. 59 “Razumovsky No. 1”
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Program: Tristan Murail Treize couleurs du soleil couchant for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano ...
more >> and live electronics Charles Wuorinen Trombone Trio for trombone, piano and percussion Lee Hyla We Speak Etruscan for bass clarinet and saxophone Jerome Combier Terra d'Ombra for harp, cello and piano Lukas Foss Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird for voice, flute, piano and percussion An exciting evening of chamber music including live electronics, prepared piano, prepared harp and more. The players: Alexandra Selawsky-Group, voice Luisa Bressan, flute Jacqueline Traish, flute; Emmalie Tello, clarinet Louis Arques, bass clarinet Ann-Francis Rakosa, violin Ji-Won Na, cello Aya Terki, cello Kalun Leong, trombone Hanqi Wang, saxophone Skyla Budd, harp Adam Holmes, percussion Anne Riegler, piano Mayumi Tsuchida, piano Beyza Yazgan, piano Daniel Schreiner, piano
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required