53 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, November 30, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Editor's Picks
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The Nutcracker: A One-Hour Version of the Holiday Ballet
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Most exciting compositions for the piano by Mexican composers in the last 100 years.
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Spiritiual vocal pieces and more
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Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Scriabin, and Shostakovich
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Master Class with Kendrick Scott, a premier drummer of his generation
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Tehran Children: On the Trail of WW2 Refugees in Central Asia and Iran
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Children's Chorus presents Christmas songs
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Science Fair (2018): Award-Winning Documentary
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Point of View: Me, New York City, and the Punk Scene: Featuring Blondie's Debbie Harry
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Fugues and Fantasies: works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Chopin and more
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More Editor's Picks for 11/30/18
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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
Editor's Pick
Distance Learning Master Class with Kendrick Scott to the students of the Amsterdam Conservatory/ Named ...
more >> a “Rising Star” by Downbeat magazine and a “drummer whose time is now” by the New York Times, Kendrick Scott is a premier drummer of his generation. Kendrick Scott has toured and recorded with a wide array of artists, including Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, Charles Lloyd, The Crusaders, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kurt Elling, and Terence Blanchard, on whose Grammy-winning Blue Note album, A Tale of God’s Will (2007), he appeared.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
The uncanny is the psychological experience of something as strangely familiar, rather than simply mysterious. ...
more >> It may describe incidents where a familiar thing or event is encountered in an unsettling, eerie, or taboo context. The concept of the uncanny was perhaps first fixed by Sigmund Freud in his 1919 essay Das Unheimliche, which explores the eerieness of dolls and waxworks. For Freud, the uncanny locates the strangeness in the ordinary.
New York City, NY; NYC
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During the first months of WWII, over a million Polish citizens, Jews and Poles, escaped to the Soviet ...
more >> border. More than half were exiled by the Soviets in 1940, released in 1941, and spent the remainder of the war in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, with some continuing on to Iran, India, and Palestine. The majority of Polish Jews who survived Nazi extermination survived as refugees in these lands. Mikhal Dekel will outline some of their paths and talk about her forthcoming book. .
New York City, NY; NYC
Scientifically-based dance-exercise program. Gentle warm-up, light aerobics and targeted strengthening ...
more >> that is safe, fun and enjoyable for all.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 am
free, no reservation required
This seminar features Terry Boston, former CEO and President of PJM, an electric utility serving nearly ...
more >> one fifth of the US population. When Boston started his career at the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1972, the mission was clear: "To serve the people; to serve the region; to raise the standard of living for the people we serve." Nothing has improved our standard of living or our productivity more than electricity. We must remember that there are about 1.2 billion people in the world today that have no electricity. This energy poverty is unacceptable and must be corrected.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 am
free, no reservation required
A 45-minute tour of some 700 works of Native art from throughout North, Central and South America demonstrates ...
more >> the breadth of the museum's renowned collection and highlights the importance of many of these iconic objects. Start times:, 11 a.m., 1 p.m.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Coloring is an activity we think of as being for kids. However, it can be beneficial for adults. Coloring ...
more >> helps us de-stress because when we focus on a particular activity, we focus on it and not on our worries. Coloring generates wellness, quietness and also stimulates brain areas related to motor skills, the senses and creativity.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
After surviving the blitzkrieg of World War II and escaping from three Nazi prison camps, Soviet soldier ...
more >> Azamat Altay fled to the West and was charged as a traitor in his homeland of Kyrgyzstan in Soviet Central Asia. Chingiz Aitmatov became a hero of Kyrgyzstan, propelled by family loss to write novels about the everyday lives of his fellow citizens. While both came from small villages in the beautiful mountainous countryside, they found themselves caught on opposite sides of the Cold War struggle between world superpowers. With author Jeffrey B. Lilley.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Sarah Nagle's He’s Not Touching Her is a conceptual performance game designed to expose the gender ...
more >> socialization that leaves female-identifying people vulnerable to patterns of abuse on a micro and macro level. Set in a storefront space in Midtown Manhattan, it secondarily references the insidious relationship between gender oppression and consumerism. A male dancer follows a blindfolded female dancer closely, and the only rule is: don’t let him touch you. If she comes into contact with him, he resets her and the game starts from the beginning. Showcasing a man and a woman coupled in the same game, He’s Not Touching Her acknowledges that all genders suffer from societally defined gender expectations, but it highlights the severe disadvantages placed on female-identifying people.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Ready to start researching your family history? This class will help guide your investigations, and provide: ...
more >> * an overview of library resources * an introduction to essential research methods and strategies * tips on how to locate relevant records and documents * a framework to keep your information organized.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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
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 historians Peter Laskowich and Madeleine Levi. This tour takes place every Friday.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated ...
more >> employee. A remake of the 1987 comedy. Director: Rob Greenberg. Starring Eugenio Derbez, Anna Faris, Eva Longoria, Omar Chaparro, Mel Rodriguez. 112 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
An American hit man befriends a priest and a woman while he waits in a small Italian village for his ...
more >> next assignment. Directors Anton Corbijn. 101 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A lecture on threats to mankind: overpopulation, famine and climate change, led by Eugene Linden, writer ...
more >> on environmental issues in a series of books and articles for Time, Foreign Affairs and National Geographic.
New York City, NY; NYC
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
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
Organist Janet Yieh has performed concert tours throughout the United States and across the globe, with ...
more >> highlights including New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Washington’s National Cathedral, Yale University’s Woolsey Hall, Taipei's Aletheia University Chapel, Malaysia’s St. Thomas’s Cathedral, and Japan’s Momoyama St. Andrew’s University Chapel. She has appeared in collaboration with the Paul Winter Consort, the Washington Chorus at the Kennedy Center, and Trinity’s NOVUS NY orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Weekly recitals showcasing the new organ, featuring New York City's leading organists.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Honoring the centenary of the world premiere Puccini’s triptych of one-act operas -- Il trittico -- ...
more >> at the Metropolitan Opera, celebrate with a one-day event featuring outstanding experts in the field, special archival videos and photographs, and musical interludes. Featured speakers are Met archivist Peter Clark, Met radio commentator and staff writer William Berger, Puccini specialist and Boston University Associate Professor Deborah Burton, Verdi and Puccini expert and Cornell Professor emeritus David Rosen, Santa Fe Opera Dramaturg Cori Ellison, and Met historian and Associate Professor of Musicology at the SUNY-College at Buffalo Carolyn Guzski.
New York City, NY; NYC
A screening of the films Early Cranes (1979) and White Ship (1975) by prominent Kyrgyz and Soviet film ...
more >> director Bolot Shamshiev, followed by a discussion between Shamshiev and Dr. Peter Rollberg of George Washington University.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
When tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique ...
more >> talent for cooking. Director: Alfonso Arau. Stars: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné. 105 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A marksman is drafted in World War I and ends up becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes. Director: ...
more >> Howard Hawks. Stars: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie. 134 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Wishing to become a successful Reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record ...
more >> producers and drug pushers. Director: Perry Henzell. Stars: Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw. 108 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her ...
more >> fears when she meets a good guy. Starring Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson. 125 min.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The True, Heroic Life of the Extraordinary Captain Smalls. On May 13, 1862, a 23-year-old slave named ...
more >> Robert Smalls attempted to steal a Confederate gunboat, sail it through the most heavily defended harbor in the South, and give it to the North—so great was his desire for freedom for himself, his wife and his child. Charleston Harbor is the forgotten story of one of the greatest military feats in American History. By Scott Winfield Sublett. Directed By Christopher Scott.
New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
free, reservation required
This workshop is most appropriate for adults who have had several different employers or at least 10 ...
more >> years of work experience. These days, workers are apt to change jobs frequently and many are taking the leap of switching careers or industries. Turn what could be a daunting ordeal into an invigorating inner journey of self-reflection. Sherry Natkow takes you on a scenic journey of your own work history. You'll assess your interests, values, and skills from your past jobs. By looking backward, you'll move forward more thoughtfully and uncover new insights for a rewarding new career direction.
New York City, NY; NYC
3:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
NYC Children's Chorus; Andrew Henderson, organist. Program Randall Thompson The Carol of the Rose arr. ...
more >> Norman Luboff A La Nanita Nana arr. Norman Luboff Still, Still, Still arr. Johannes Brahms Wiegenlied arr. John Jacob Niles Carol of the Birds arr. Ed Henderson Lullay arr. Erica Phare-Bergh Noel Nouvelet arr. Paul Halley The Huron Carol Paul Halley The Bright Daystar Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols Daniel Roihl Angel arr. Paul Halley Good King Wenceslas
New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The U.S. is one of thirteen countries globally that has a maternal mortality rate -- the rate that measures ...
more >> the deaths of women related to pregnancy or childbirth -- that is worse now than it was 25 years ago. Moreover, racial disparities in maternal mortality are staggering. According to the CDC, black women in the U.S. are over three times as likely to die from childbirth or pregnancy-related causes than white women. This is an interdisciplinary conversation on the causes of this public health crisis, potential policy solutions, and current advocacy efforts.
New York City, NY; NYC
Speaker Peter James Hudson is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies at UCLA who works at ...
more >> the intersection of US history and African Diaspora and Caribbean cultural studies.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Is the BQX Streetcar a good idea? Should NJ Transit and the LIRR be combined into one system? When will ...
more >> the Second Avenue Subway be completed? Is congestion pricing an attainable politically? Experts in all areas of transit in the New York City Metro Area debate these proposals and ideas for the future of the city and regional transportation network.
New York City, NY; NYC
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Science Fair is an ode to the young science geeks on whom our future depends. This Sundance award-winning, ...
more >> affectionate and supremely entertaining documentary follows students in the International Science and Engineering Fair, showing their passion for the sciences and the importance of those who cultivate it. 90 min. Q&A after with directors Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster. Pizza will be served.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A talk with writers João Nemi and Katia Gerlach titled "The Personifications of Pessoa." There will ...
more >> also be a poetry reading by the writer Ondjaki accompanied by pianist Renato Diz.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Chris Stein, a founding member of the era-defining band Blondie, and Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry ...
more >> discuss Stein’s new book of photographs. Rob Roth, Blondie’s creative director, moderates. During Blondie’s reign at the epicenter of punk’s golden age, Chris Stein kept an unrivaled photographic record of the downtown New York City scene. Point of View is a personal and visually arresting collection of Stein’s photographs which captures an important but fading chapter in Manhattan’s history. Focusing mainly on a single decade in Stein’s own world, the images presented take us from self-portraits in his run-down East Village apartment to candid photographs of pop cultural icons of the time, like Harry, and evocative shots of New York City streetscapes in all their most longed for romance and dereliction.
New York City, NY; NYC
Kathy Acker was a punk-rock counter-cultural icon, and innovator of the literary underground. The interviews ...
more >> collected here span her amazing, uncompromising, and often misunderstood 30-year career. Editors Amy Scholder and Douglas A. Martin will be present for the New York launch of their book.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A documentary film about the daily odyssey that involves moving from home to work in three different ...
more >> cities around the world: Mexico City, Istanbul and Los Angeles. Three stories, three cities and three characters in different contexts but similar realities that survive long journeys and time of life lost. A panel discussion with filmmaker Luciana Kaplan will follow the screening. 83 min. In Spanish, English and Turkish with English and Spanish subtitles.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
In the heady days of the Cold War, when the Bomb loomed large in the ruminations of Washington’s wise ...
more >> men, policy intellectuals flocked to the home of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter to discuss deterrence and doomsday. The Cold World They Made takes a fresh look at the original power couple of strategic studies. Seeking to unravel the complex tapestry of the Wohlstetters’ world and worldview, Ron Robin reveals fascinating insights into an unlikely husband-and-wife pair who, at the height of the most dangerous military standoff in history, gained access to the deepest corridors of American power.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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This one-hour version of the beloved holiday ballet performed to Tchaikovsky’s cherished score is set ...
more >> Art Nouveau-style circa 1907 with innovative choreography by long-time New York Theatre Ballet choreographer Keith Michael.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Shanda Wooley is principal cellist of the New York Repertory Orchestra. She has performed chamber music ...
more >> with diverse groups - from rock bands to the Artemis Ensemble - at Merkin Concert Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Symphony Space, Riverside Church and Manchester Music Festival.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, reservation required
Described by The New York Times as a "trombonist of vision and composure", trombone player Ryan Keberle ...
more >> has worked with David Bowie, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake among others, and has appeared on five Grammy Award-winning records. Vibraphonist/composer/pianist Joel Ross Parables has performed with Herbie Hancock, Louis Hayes, Christian McBride, Stefon Harris and more. "Bright young vibraphonist on his own rocket-like trajectory,...he’s somebody I’ll keep my eye on in the coming months" -The New York Times.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Pianist Roberto Hidalgo presents some of the most exciting compositions for the piano by Mexican composers ...
more >> in the last 100 years. Roberto Hidalgo has performed at The Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center, Weill Concert Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Bargemusic, Town Hall, Los Angeles Country Museum, Collegial Saint-Julien en Tournon, Roubaix Cultural Center in France, Eafit University in Medellín and most forums in Mexico City such as Sala Nezahualcoyotl, Sala Carlos Chávez, Sala Ponce, Auditorio Blas Galindo and Anfiteatro Simón Bolívar.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Donté Reid presents an evening of original, classical and negro spiritual vocal selections.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, reservation required
Talea Ensemble returns with two substantial works for chamber ensemble: a new electroacoustic work by ...
more >> Canadian composer David Adamcyk and a work for voice and chamber ensemble by Kate Soper entitled "Voices from the Killing Jar." Soper writes: "A killing jar is a tool used by entomologists to kill butterflies and other insects without damaging their bodies: a hermitically sealable glass container, lined with poison, in which the specimen will quickly suffocate.
New York City, NY; NYC
Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra performs. Led by Paquito D’Rivera, music director and conductor.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
free, reservation required
A standup comedy show featuring comics who have appeared on NBC, TruTV, Comedy Central and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
Dona D. Vaughn, artistic director; Jonathan Brandani, conductor; Laura Alley, director.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
free, reservation required
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Tomer Gewirtzman, piano. Program Shostakovich’s (1906-1975) Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, Op. 87, ...
more >> No. 24; Beethoven’s (1770-1827) Andante favori in F Major, WoO 57; Medtner’s (1880-1951) Fairy Tale, Op. 51, No. 3; Scriabin’s (1872 - 1915) Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor, Op. 19 and Three Etudes, Op. 65; Brahms’ (1833-1897) Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5. Hailed by The Washington Post as an artist of “formidable virtuosity and stylistic sensitivity,” pianist Tomer Gewirtzman has impressed audiences around the world. His performances with orchestra have taken him from New York’s Carnegie Hall, to Israel (with the Israel Philharmonic, Israel Symphony, Jerusalem Symphony) to St. Petersburg, Russia to locations throughout the U.S.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free tickets available...
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Fugues and Fantasies" will feature works by J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Mozart (1756-1791), Beethoven (1770-1827), ...
more >> Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Schubert (1797-1828), Schumann (1810-1856), Chopin (1810 - 1849), Brahms (1833-1897), Barber (1910 - 1981), Scriabin (1872 - 1915), Shostakovich (1906-1975).
New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Ensemble Signal; Brad Lubman, conductor; Wolfgang Mitterer, electronics. All-Wolfgang Mitterer Program ...
more >> Mobile beats (2012) Solo Organ & Electronics Set Wolfgang Mitterer is not only one of the Austrian specialists for electronics as well as being equally brilliant on the keyboard and on the slide controls, but is also one of the most innovative composers. His work oscillates between composition and open form. Apart from music for organ and orchestra, a piano concerto and an opera he has produced electronic pieces, conceptualized sound installations, and engaged in collective improvisation with diverse groups, developing a language of extremes, tension and complexity. Described by The New York Times as "a new-music ensemble that by this point practically guarantees quality performances…” Ensemble Signal is an ensemble dedicated to offering the broadest possible audience access to a diverse range of contemporary works through performance, commissioning, recording, and education.
New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Uninspired by one-size-fits all strategies to make amends for centuries of spiritual and physical turmoil? ...
more >> Tired of the same-old-same-old offers of animals and land you have no use for? Why shouldn’t the currency of your reparations be as specifically and thoughtfully tailored to you and your lifestyle as the uniquely ingrained burdens of white supremacy? Shouldn’t the settlement reflect damages? And why should the offender get to decide what retribution looks like? Host: Morgan Parker Tonight's panel: + Vinson Cunningham + Jasmine Sanders + Jazmine Hughes
New York City, NY; NYC
The wildest comedy show/drinking game/game show in the country returns. Comedians’ Power Hour is a ...
more >> touring comedy show that pits two comedians in head-to-head competition telling jokes and taking shots of beer on an exciting and inebriated journey to be crowned Power Hour Champion. This month’s Comedians Power Hour features a duel between Alex Ptak and Ben Wasserman.
New York City, NY; NYC