54 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, November 15, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Sharyn Hahn starts your day with a morning yoga practice. You will experience luxurious stretching warm-ups, ...
more >> empowering standing poses, and energizing breath work as we align the movements with the inhales and exhales. You will feel more awake, strong, balanced, and positive as a result of this time spent on the mat. Sun Salutations and warrior poses stimulate the seratonin in your brain (the “happy hormone) and improve self-esteem! You will be ready for anything that meets you as your day unfolds. Bring a yoga mat if you have one. You may bring your own coffee or tea.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:45 am
$5 requested donation...
One hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises. For a breath of fresh air, take your workouts ...
more >> outdoors. Parks are becoming a logical alternative environment for those who want to add variety to their workouts, or who just don't like the gym. And, it's an affordable way to increase physical activity opportunities, because there's nothing special to build. Exercise with a view, in natural sunlight, with green scenery all around bestows health benefits that can’t be found indoors. Scientific studies have shown that the pleasure of being outdoors for example gives your brain, psyche, and immune system an extra boost. Led by trained professionals, and suitable for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water. Tuesdays and Thursdays through December 28, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 am
free, no reservation required
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations ...
more >> for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
New York City, NY; NYC
The tour of City Hall includes a discussion of the building's history, art, architecture, and civic function.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, reservation required
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A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina. ...
more >> Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Starring Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer. 134 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Resident Artists Minor Theater, Morgan Green + Milo Cramer, Sally Silvers, James Sprang, and Alexa Rivera ...
more >> invite audiences into their spaces for an opportunity to see works in varying stages of development.
New York City, NY; NYC
Looking for a job? Discover what tools to use to find vacancies, learn inside tips from a certified Talent ...
more >> Acquisition Strategist on where to find job postings and what HR is looking for in your application. Laptops will be first-come-first-served; bring your own if you have one. Also bring paper copies of your resume/cover letter, or have the file accessible via email or flash drive. Please do not arrive late interrupting the class.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:30 am
free, RSVP in-person...
Artist Kwang Young Chun discusses his craft and the techniques used to create his acclaimed artwork. ...
more >> Followed by a reception with light lunch.
New York City, NY; NYC
The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts take ...
more >> place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 11, 2018 to May 22, 2019.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:20 pm
free, no reservation required
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A responsible engineer clashes with the industrialist who has hired him to build a railroad across South ...
more >> America. The engineer wants to build a longer and safer route, while the employer wants to build a risky path through the mountains. Directors Richard Wallace. Starring John Wayne, Laraine Day, Cedric Hardwicke, Judith Anderson, James Gleason. 128 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
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.
New York City, NY; NYC
Do you want to find time for literature in your busy life? Join to celebrate literature in bite-size ...
more >> servings! Read aloud, enact, and discuss passages of classic and contemporary literature from across the globe. This session we'll be reading and discussing some of our library's vast offerings of brand new American poetry. Come for a discussion of poets published within the last year, who tackle themes of identity, American culture, and what it means to be a poet in today's artistic and political climate. All literary enthusiasts are welcome.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
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At the Meadowlands racetrack, Tom and Ted get a fast-track racetrack education that they’ll never forget. ...
more >> Staged reading of Edgar Chisholm's play. With the actors Chauncey deLeon Gilbert, Toni Ann DeNoble, Stacey Dotson, and David Lamberton.
New York City, NY; NYC
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A colorful array of characters compete at a national dog show. Director: Christopher Guest. Starring ...
more >> Fred Willard, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara. 90 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist. Director: William Dieterle. Starring Jennifer Jones, ...
more >> Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore. 86 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A security expert must infiltrate a burning skyscraper, 225 stories above ground, when his family are ...
more >> trapped inside by criminals. Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber. Starring Neve Campbell, Chin Han. 102 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The Gambler is a short novel about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. ...
more >> The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky completed the novella under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts. Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. His literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His books have been translated into more than 170 languages. Please read the book before arriving at the book discussion.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, registration required
Political theorist Adom Getachew will moderate a discussion between Harvard philosopher Tommie Shelby ...
more >> and Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies Faculty Fellow Michael Dawson of the University of Chicago. Shelby and Dawson will discuss what implications an analysis of the intersection of race and capitalism have for the argument Shelby advanced in his book Dark Ghettos.
New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Andy Karl, Orfeh, and Eric Anderson perform selections from Broadway's hit musical Pretty Woman, followed ...
more >> by CD signing. Restrictions apply. Call store for details.
New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Did you know Central Park has several waterfalls? Join Sony Artisan of Imagery Tony Gale on a photowalk ...
more >> exploring the waterfalls in Central Park. Visit and photograph three waterfalls in the park and go over some composition tips and helpful techniques to get the best results. Attendees are welcome to bring tripods, since it will be getting dark earlier.
New York City, NY; NYC
A life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienna and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as ...
more >> a Ziegfield girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein. Directed by William Wyler. 149 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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A remarkable collection built around an inspired notion - pull together a diverse group of first rate ...
more >> American playwrights to write original pieces inspired by the work of one of this nation's indispensable songwriters. With editor Joan Herrington.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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In this illustrated lecture, geographer and photographer David Zurick explores the connections between ...
more >> visual culture, landscape change, and the loss of cultural memory in small-town India.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
The intention is to provide artists in the community the opportunity to develop works-in-progress of ...
more >> writing pieces, theater texts, performance pieces and related projects. In addition to writers and performers, musicians, singers, dancers, etc., are welcome to participate.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
free, reservation required
A solo exhibition of the pioneering feminist artist. Lyons (b. 1937) is one of the major unsung photographers ...
more >> of her generation. The exhibition features nine of Lyons’ pivotal projects. Lyons’ groundbreaking work intuitively combines feminist theory and personal experience. Her work is intimate and introspective, and at the same time fully invested in the indexical quality of photography.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Gayatri Gopinath’s book brings queer studies to bear on studies of diaspora and visuality, tracing ...
more >> the interrelation of affect, archive, region, and aesthetics through an examination of a wide range of contemporary queer visual culture. Spanning film, fine art, poetry, and photography, the book stages unexpected encounters between work by South Asian, Middle Eastern, African, Australian, and Latinx artists such as Tracey Moffatt, Chitra Ganesh, Akram Zaatari, and Allan deSouza. Unruly Visions shows how their art functions as regional queer archives that express alternative understandings of time, space, and relationality.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
An exhibition of images and texts from two very special artist's books published on two enigmatic figures ...
more >> of pop - David Bowie and Nico - for Bartleby & Co. With Hannah Darabi and Benoît Grimbert.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
In this course, you will spend time thinking about the meaning of tyranny in the 21st century. To do ...
more >> this, the group will read theoretical accounts of tyranny given by different writers, scholars, and philosophers ranging from Plato to Hannah Arendt. This workshop will seek to understand what leads a society to embrace a tyrannical leader and how citizens of a society ensconced in tyranny can resist the totalitarian actions of such a leader. About the Professor: Erik Zimmerman is a PhD candidate in philosophy at The New School for Social Research where he teaches courses in gender and sexuality studies and philosophy. In addition, Erik is an editor at Routledge Press, where he publishes books on the sociology and gender studies lists, and he is a regular contributor to publications such as Into and OUT Magazine. This course will take place on Thursdays, October 18, 25, November 1, 8, and 15 from 6:00 - 7:30pm.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, reservation required
The Italian sixteenth century offers the first sustained discussion of women’s militarism after antiquity. ...
more >> Women’s role in armed combat was debated and celebrated in didactic treatises, comportment manuals, poetry, and biographical prose. Based on research for the book Moral Combat: Women, Gender, and War in Italian Renaissance Literature, this talk by Gerry Milligan will provide a brief survey of the debate of women’s militancy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Program: Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B-minor, Op 115 Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A-major, K. 581 (Larghetto) ...
more >> Brahms: Sonatensatz (Scherzo in c-minor from the F.A. E. Sonata) Bloch: ‘Nigun’ from Baal Shem Kreisler: Liebesleid and Liebesfreud from Alt-Weiner Tanzweisen George Gershwin: Lullaby A concert commemorating the life of Freda Silberman (1922-2017), arts patron ands life-long friend of the college. Reception to follow the concert. Featuring the Alexander String Quartet & special guests: Yeeha Chiu (piano) Michal Beit- Halachmi (clarinet) Charles Neidich (clarinet) Sergiu Schwartz (violin)
New York City, NY; NYC
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Design historian Maureen Footer and TV producer and award-winning author Marie-France Pochna will be ...
more >> discussing Footer’s latest book, the first in-depth account of the two Parisian interior designers associated with Christian Dior.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Considered one of the most influential contemporary American artists, Carrie Mae Weems has investigated ...
more >> family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class, political systems, and the consequences of power.
New York City, NY; NYC
The research focuses on the development of neural circuits that underlie affective behaviors across childhood ...
more >> and adolescence, with a particular emphasis on limbic-cortical connections (e.g., amygdala-medial prefrontal cortex). One major focus of her laboratory is to characterize normative human brain development. They use behavioral, physiological, and functional MRI methods with the aim of identifying sensitive periods during which the environment has the largest influence on neural phenotypes. Speakere Nim Tottenham is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Developmental Affective Neuroscience Laboratory.
New York City, NY; NYC
Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of the institutional processes ...
more >> and the human mind as well as a critique of behaviorism and a celebration of humanistic principles. It was adapted into the Broadway (and later off-Broadway) play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman in 1963. Bo Goldman adapted the novel into a 1975 film directed by Miloš Forman, which won five Academy Awards. Time magazine included the novel in its "100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005" list. Ken Kesey (1935-2001) was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Please read the book before arriving at the book discussion.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Artists Lisa Beck, Brainard Carey, Derek Fordjour, and Archie Rand for a panel discussion about Reeves’s ...
more >> life and work and the relevance of her fearless, idiosyncratic aesthetic to the contemporary moment. The panel will be moderated by Melissa Ragona, Associate Professor of Visual Culture and Critical Theory, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University.
New York City, NY; NYC
From the beginning of the movement, Futurist artists actively engaged in proselytizing and spreading ...
more >> their ideas beyond national borders. Despite this, F.T. Marinetti refused to let his artists participate in the first major exhibition of modern art organized in the USA in 1913, The Armory Show – an error in judgment with (art) historical consequences. A more attentive reinterpretation of Futurism and of its intrinsic traits – chiefly a desire to change the daily life of the masses and their political consequence – has yet to be accepted by international critics. Despite the transversality of today's artistic forms, cultural barriers still exist that impede a broader, more comprehensive study of the movement - something this talk will examine in the light of new methodological and museological models. Speaker: Laura Mattioli, Founder of the Center for Italian Modern Art
New York City, NY; NYC
A presentation by William Seraile, Professor Emeritus, Department of Africana Studies, Lehman College ...
more >> and author of five books, the most recent of which is Angels of Mercy: White Women and the the History of New York's Colored Orphan Asylum
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
In an age of plummeting wages and technological uncertainty, what is the future for the profession of ...
more >> writing? Novelist Richard Russo surveys authors, academics, and critics. Featuring: Richard Russo, novelist and Vice President, The Authors Guild Liesl Schillinger, critic and translator Will Slauter, Associate Professor at Université Paris Diderot A recent Authors Guild study showed that full-time incomes for writers have dropped by 30 percent since 2009—from $25,000 to $17,500. While writers struggle to earn a living wage, tech-based platforms that drive demand for content siphon off a disproportionate share of profits as they create opportunities for authors. Yet writers and the work they produce are as vital to society as ever. Engaging writers from across disciplines and platforms—from journalists to screenwriters, novelists to publishers—this installment will examine the perils and possibilities for journalists in the digital age—and the role institutions and corporations can play in sustaining the freedoms of expression on which a democratic society rests.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, reservation required
Karan Mahajan’s first novel Family Planning was a finalist for the International Dylan Thomas Prize ...
more >> and his second novel, The Association of Small Bombs, was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Awards. In 2017, he was named one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists and is currently a fellow at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. Idra Novey is the author of the novels Those Who Knew, forthcoming from Viking in November 2018 and Ways to Disappear, winner of the 2017 Sami Rohr Prize, the 2016 Brooklyn Eagles Prize, and a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize for First Fiction. Her poetry collection Exit, Civilian was selected for the 2011 National Poetry Series.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This fall, a classic New York City block party becomes the enchanted setting where fairies work their ...
more >> mischief in Shakespeare’s beloved play. Acclaimed director Jenny Koons takes you to the royal wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta, where a celebratory play is being rehearsed. But the real drama is unfolding in the concrete jungle of fairy King Oberon. There, four young New Yorkers discover the course of true love runs anything but smooth, as supernatural sprites and the lovable Puck conspire to reveal what fools we mortals be, and draw us all into the collective dream of romance and merriment.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free tickets required...
Set on the coast of Maine and in the high desert of New Mexico, Buddhism for Western Children is a universal ...
more >> and timeless story of a boy who must escape subjugation, tell his story, and reclaim his soul. With author Kirstin Allio.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Renowned cultural historian H. Bruce Franklin will discuss his new book, offering a unique firsthand ...
more >> look at the American Century’s darkest hours. Crash Course is essential reading for anyone who wonders how America ended up with a deeply divided and disillusioned populace, led by a dysfunctional government and mired in unwinnable wars.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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There’s a war in heaven, God is dying, and he’s taking the universe with him: this is the premise ...
more >> of José Rivera’s 1993 Obie-Award-winning play. The story of a young woman from the Bronx, Marisol is rich with the promise and the disappointments not only of life in New York, but of life itself—a life that, in the play at least, always seems to be mysteriously marked by the transcendent.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Based on the true story of a teacher who taught his pupils about sensual relationships and was fired ...
more >> for it in the 1960s. Performed by Malika Franklin. Written by J.E. Franklin, directed by Eric Coleman.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...
Cass Coyne wonders what to do when you need a break from your marriage. It comes as a shock to Jonathan ...
more >> when Cass persuades him to try a marital "intermission": a six-month separation during which they'll decide if the comfortable life they've built together is still the one they both want. Can a marriage experiment go too far for two people who once thought they had it all figured out? With author Elyssa Friedland.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Filmed in widescreen black-and-white, Trace of Stones is perhaps the best-known East German film in today’s ...
more >> Germany, a daring political statement presented in the form of an interpersonal drama, and a great cinematic document of social conflicts in East Germany at the time. On a construction site plagued by shortages and poor planning, two men from different worlds confront each other—the swaggering pragmatist who leads an elite crew of carpenters, and the obedient bureaucrat who represents the Party’s interests. They fall in love with the same woman, an engineer on her first big assignment. Directed by Frank Beyer. With Manfred Krug, Krystyna Stypułkowska, Eberhard Esche. 134 minutes. In German with English subtitles.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:30 pm
$12 General admission,...
In this immersive, indie-folk concert, singer-songwriter Julian Saporiti and vocalist Erin Aoyama illuminate ...
more >> the Asian-American experience through song, storytelling, and imagery. Taking inspiration from interviews with World War II Japanese incarceration camp survivors, his own family’s history living through the Vietnam War, and many other stories of the Asian-American experience, Nashville-raised Saporiti has transformed his doctoral research at Brown University into folk songs to bring these stories to a broader audience. Alongside Aoyama, a fellow PhD student at Brown whose family was incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyoming—one of the 10 Japanese-American concentration camps—No-No Boy aims to shine a light on experiences that have remained largely hidden.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
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As Leontes--King of Sicilia--convinces himself of his wife's adultery, he destroys his family, his friendships, ...
more >> and everything he holds dear. Sixteen years later we pick up with his daughter in the opposing land of Bohemia. The Winter's Tale, directed by Aydan Shahd, explores the space between loss and recovery.
New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Soprano Susan Gonzalez and guitarist Joao Luiz Rezende present works of Spanish composers Campiña (1867 ...
more >> – 1916) and Mompou (1893 – 1987). About the performers Soprano Susan Gonzalez has done solo performances at Avery Fisher Hall with the National Symphony, and Carnegie Hall with the American Composers Orchestra. Guitarist and composer Joao Luiz Rezende has performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, NY Guitar Seminar at Mannes College, Symphony Space and New York Guitar Society as a member of Brasil Guitar Duo. About the composers Enrique Granados Campiña (1867 – 1916) was a Spanish pianist and composer of classical music. His music is in a uniquely Spanish style and, as such, is representative of musical nationalism. Frederic Mompou Dencausse (1893 – 1987) was a Spanish composer and pianist. He is remembered for his solo piano music and his songs.
New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required