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46 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, October 12, 2014
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
City Walk | Fulton Street Walk
Approx. 12 miles. Begin in Manhattan and walk the length of Fulton Street, cross the Brooklyn Bridge and continue walking Fulton Street through Brooklyn and ending in Queens. Many subway line stops near the start of the walk. Bring lunch. Brisk, steady pace.
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9:15 am
$3
$3
City Walk | Liz And Jack’s 1 Bridge, 2 Fulton Streets, 3 Boroughs Walk
Approx. 12 miles. Begin in Manhattan and walk the length of Fulton Street, cross the Brooklyn Bridge and continue walking Fulton Street through Brooklyn and ending in Queens. Many subway line stops near the start of the walk. Bring lunch. Brisk, steady pace.
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9:15 am
$3
$3
Festival | Autumn Crafts Festival
250 juried craft displays selected from every region of the United States. Continuous entertainment, craft demonstrations.
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Baylander Tour
Join a public tour of this historic U.S. Navy vessel that was originally deployed during Vietnam and later used to train U.S. helicopter pilots.
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Birdwatching | Birding for Families
Experience the coming of Fall in Central Park when it becomes a precious bird habitat and migration hot spot! Join experts from NYC Audubon Society and Conservancy Discovery Guides on this walk to learn how to spot our feathered neighbors and their foreign cousins as they make their trip across the globe. Binoculars can be borrowed from the Dana Discovery Center.
Ages 5+.
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Brooklyn All-in-One Tour
Brooklyn is New York City’s largest and most populous borough. Once a separate city from New York, Brooklyn still retains an independent streak and possesses an atmosphere quite unique from the island of Manhattan. And at roughly 70 square miles (180 sq. kilometers) it’s the city’s second largest borough. It’s so large, you could spend your whole trip to New York just here. If you want to get to know the Boogie Down, but you only have a short time to visit, then this is the Brooklyn tour for you.
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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 | Open House New York: Historic Synagogue
Take a tour of the synagogue’s authentically restored main sanctuary and learn about its architecture and history as part of openhousenewyork, America’s largest architecture and design event. Family-friendly activities offered all day.
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Fair | Street Fair
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
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.
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11:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Workshop | Gotham Writers’ Workshop: Article Writing
Free article writing class with Ken Derry.
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11:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
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.
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11:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Talk | How America's Values and Institutions Shape Our Influence
With Dr. Joseph Chuman.
We are at war again. The rationale is our security. But the regardless of aims, dropping bombs and wreaking destruction on others with a ferocity hard to imagine inevitably generates backlash, resentment and hatred of American power. Making war in the service of protecting our interests is an example of America's hard power.
But there is another way to influence foreign peoples and that is through our values and our example; so-called "soft power." To inspire others to want to emulate who we are is in the long run of greater power than to coerce to them to conform to our policies and objectives through brute force. But is America a shining example to the rest of the world?
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11:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Other | Mansion Open House
Celebrate Open House New York weekend, enjoy free admission and events including docent led tours, scavenger hunts, and family art activities or dress up in colonial style costumes.
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11:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Open House New York: Behind the Scenes of a Curatorial Center
Join museum archivists for a tour of the collections of rare photography and works on paper. Highlights from the Manuscripts and Ephemera Collections and the Theater Collection — including props, posters, and annotated manuscripts from the museum’s Broadway Production files — will be on view.
Tours will be given every 30 minutes and are limited to 12 people.
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11:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair
Manhattan’s favorite artisan market is back for a fifth season of amazing vintage finds, artisan creations and delicious local food.
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11:00 am
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Festival | 12th Annual Open House New York Weekend
From private residences and historic landmarks to rooftop farms and sustainable skyscrapers, OHNY Weekend offers you rare access and insight into hundreds of architecturally and culturally significant sites in all five boroughs. This annual weekend of urban exploration and architectural discovery also includes free talks; fun youth and family activities; and tours on foot, bicycle, and even by canoe. Join us in exploring and discovering the history, diversity and architecture of our city. Become inspired and enjoy your OHNY Weekend.
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12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Festival | Fall Fling: An Italian Style Celebration
To celebrate the first few weeks of Fall and Italian Heritage Month, a Mediterranean-inspired market and café will host its first Fall Fling: An Italian Style Celebration, featuring festivities that are free, family-friendly and open to the public.
To round out festivities, live music will be provided by world renowned Venetian singer, Luca Foffano, and complimentary apple cider from upstate New York will be served.
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12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Harlem Art Walking Tour
Harlem Art Walk Tour is celebrating its 10 year anniversary! Come experience the art and artists Central Harlem.
Spend Saturday or Sunday afternoon of Columbus Day Weekend immersed in Central Harlem and gaining inside access to the studios of local artists. Get to know the people creating vibrant art in this often overlooked art destination. Visit local restaurants and cafes when you need a break from the action in this charming neighborhood. Come discover the warmth of the venues and people in this part of NYC.
Highlights include architectural and historical tours as part of Open House NY, environmental workshops, community gardening projects (including bee keeping in the heart of the city) and most importantly the opportunity to view the work and talk to established and emerging artists living and creating in Central Harlem.
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12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | The Brooklyn Waterfront Tour
Join docents on a tour to learn about the history of the Brooklyn waterfront, sustainable design, and how the park came to life.
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12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Dance Performance | Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama presents The Grass Is Always Greener
Lenzu will perform alongside Lauren Ohmer. The two worked in collaboration with Daniel Pettrow (voice/acting) and Jennifer Johanos (costumes) on this event.
The Grass is Always Greener is a gripping, polemical piece of dance theater that hashes the personal, practical, and political struggles of immigrants to the USA. The piece moves in between the turn of the twentieth century, during the great waves of immigration at Ellis Island, and modern day.
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12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Vantage Point: Expanding the Walls 2014
Enjoy an interactive and informative tour led by a knowledgeable Museum educator. Expanding the Walls: Making Connections Between Photography, History and Community is an annual, eight-month program in which New York high school students explore history and community through photography. Vantage Point presents the students' perspectives and awareness of complex power dynamics, definitions of community, internal conflicts and victories.
The tour will have something for everyone: adults, families and kids of all ages are welcome.
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Yoga at the Mansion
Join Chelsea for sessions appropriate for all levels of fitness. Awesome Asana is a budding yoga project in Washington Heights developed by teacher Chelsea Best.
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1:00 pm
$5
$5
Tour | Yorkville-'Once a Suburb' Tour
Highlights: Glazer's Bakery, Gracie Mansion, The Henderson
Place Historic District, The John Finley Walk
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1:00 pm
$15...
$15...
Concert | Brass Quintet Fall Overlook Concert
This week’s performer: Manhattan School of Music Brass Quintet. A glorious sound floats over the park as these skilled players present traditional and contemporary brass music.
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2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
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.
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2:00 pm
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Film | Edmund Goudling's The Old Maid (1939): Wedding Weepie
Stars: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent.
The arrival of an ex-lover on a young woman's wedding day sets in motion a chain of events which will alter her and her cousin's lives forever.
95 min.
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2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Jazz | Manhattan School of Music Brass Quintet
A glorious sound floats over the park as these skilled players present traditional and contemporary brass music.
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2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Midtown Manhattan Tour
Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan 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.
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2:00 pm
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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.
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour
Travel from Grand Army Plaza, past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and stop at the Dairy on this trip through the southern Park highlights. Route involves moderate inclines and some stairs. 45 minutes.
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2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Park Walk | The High Line Tour
The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, French Cheeses and Russian caviar as well as fresh meats to City markets. The hustle and bustle of the streets induced the City to elevate the railroad trains delivering goods to the commercial buildings. When interstate truck traffic made the railway outdated, it fell into ruin, only to be regenerated as a park.
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Autumn Harvest: Chamber Orchestra Music by American Composers
With: North South Consonance - Elizabeth Bell; Raoul Pleskow; Douglas Ovens; and Max Lifchitz.
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3:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Discussion | The Harlem-South Africa Connection
Celebrate Harlem's connection to South Africa and the role Harlem played in fighting the war against apartheid in South Africa. New Heritage Theatre's involvement in bringing South African theater and music to Harlem and New York City will be discussed. With former Mayor David Dinkins, Harry Belafonte, Dr. Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, and others.
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Carlos Pavan, Composer/Guitarist
Program:
Program: All compositions by Carlos Pavan
Special guest: Jessica Schmitz, flute
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4:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...
$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.
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4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Lecture | The Trials of Galileo
The first flowering of scientific truth trampled by the bully church. The Trials of Galileo focuses on the events surrounding his trial for heresy in 1633.
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4:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | The Great Organ: Mickey Thomas Terry
In celebration of the restored Great Organ, the cathedral presents a concert series following Sunday Evensong. This recital is free and open to the public.
With: Mickey Thomas Terry, Washington DC.
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5:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Concert | Windwood Works by Strauss, Gounod, Stavinsky, Mozart
Program:
STRAUSS Serenade in E-flat Major for 13 Winds, Op. 7
GOUNOD Petite Symphonie
STRAVINSKY Octet
MOZART Serenade in C Minor, K. 388
Michael Parloff, conductor
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5:00 pm
Free tickets required
Free tickets required
Concert | Works for Piano and Cello
Nada Radulovich, cello; Cullan Bryant, piano
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5:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Organ Recital: Thomas Dahl
Today's recital is by Thomas Dahl of Hamburg, Germany. He performs works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Daniel Roth, Max Reger, and one of his own compositions: "Improvisation on a given theme."
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5:15 pm
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free, no reservation required
Opening Reception | Exhibition: Fiona Connor and Michala Paludan's Newspaper Reading Club
First established in 2011 by Fiona Connor and Michala Paludan, Newspaper Reading Club is an ongoing project that takes many forms including; performances, radio broadcasts, publications and posters. Central to the project is an investigation of how people retrieve their news and how they engage with larger narratives of current affairs.
In this instance, 10 posters will be pasted based on readings that will take place throughout New York City and the five boroughs, in public and semi-public spaces between October 2 and October 15, 2014. Recordings of these readings are transcribed, and pasted back as posters up in the same spot as the reading was conducted. The posters are site-specific, localized mediations of domestic and international news by individual readers. Their insertion and display in public spaces marks their return to the built environments in which their language and content was generated.
Connor and Paludan ask participants to read from newspapers and periodicals of their choice, as they normally would, but to verbalize the process of skimming, commenting and personal editorializing that naturally occurs. A recording is made of the participants as they read through articles and make accompanying comments. These recordings are later transcribed to produce texts which become personalized documents of wider political trends, and which make visible the structures by which information is transmitted and absorbed. Through this process each edition of the Newspaper Reading Club comes to speak to the location in which it is held and the particular events present on the day of the reading.
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6:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Fat Pig by Neil LaBute
Cow. Slob. Pig. How many insults can you hear before you have to stand up and defend the woman you love? Tom faces just that question when he falls for Helen, a bright, funny, sexy young woman who happens to be plus sized-and then some. Forced to explain his new relationship to his shallow (although shockingly funny) friends, finally he comes to terms with his own preconceptions of the importance of conventional good looks.
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6:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
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.
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7:30 pm
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Performance | Splendors and Miseries of (Un)conscious Thoughts: A Story of Psychology, Neuroscience and Live Performance
French neuroscientist Lionel Naccache discusses conscious and unconscious cognition. Following the talk, French company Oh! Oui... (Joachim Latarjet and Alexandra Fleischer) will perform Songs for My Brain, a performance based on the research of Lionel Naccache. Songs for My Brain explores the power of the mind which at any given moment is creating fiction and inventing scenarios — What tomorrow will bring? What your friend thinks of you? What was that ruckus you heard last night? — in a never-ending stream of thought provoking stories that fuel our consciousness.
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7:30 pm
Free
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Park Walk | The 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.
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7:30 pm
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