21 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, October 14, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Sharyn Hahn lead you through some warm-up poses and a vinyasa flow as well as several short meditations, ...
more >> creative visualization, and intention-setting writing or sketching activities. You will leave feeling more flexible, relaxed, energized, with a mantra that you can carry with you throughout the week. Please bring a yoga mat if you have one, and they do have some if you need to borrow one for the class. Also bring a journal and something to write with. You will be writing a few times during the class, and if you prefer to sketch or want to do both, that is fine. Wear comfortable clothing, and feel free to bring a warm or cool drink to keep you hydrated (with a secure lid). All levels are welcome. If you have never done yoga you will be able to participate as well.
New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 am
free, no reservation required
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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
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
A journey through the vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the City’s most notable landmarks, including ...
more >> the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building. Tour guides: Miriam Berman, historian and the author of Madison Square: The Park and Its Celebrated Landmarks and New York in Words and Images, a book of New York postcards. Fred Cookinham, historian, author of The Age of Rand: Imagining an Objectivist Future World. Mike Kaback, a native New Yorker, has an unquenchable enthusiasm for everything about this city. No advance registration is required. This tour repeats every Sunday.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
New York City is the site of ancient earth-shaking and earth-shaping events. The bedrock that anchors ...
more >> the city’s skyscrapers tells a story of a place going back more than a billion years. The island of Manhattan is built on three strata known as Manhattan Schist, Inwood Marble, and Fordham Gneiss. Urban Park Rangers lead this hike.
New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
No experience is necessary though rowing does require some physical dexterity. Community Rowing events ...
more >> are free sessions that include a basic introduction to rowing for first timers (safety orientation, rowing technique, and terminology) and of course plenty of actual rowing on the Hudson River. The rows take place in five-person wooden rowboats built on site. The rows last, depending on river conditions and crew experience, between one and three hours. Please arrive on-time as the crews will be assigned before 1PM. Bring extra water, a hat, and sunscreen as you will be rowing outdoors in the hot sun. Rowing is weather dependent and will be canceled for high winds, rain, or thunderstorms. All participants must sign a waiver and be able to climb a ladder. Every Sunday from June 10-October 21, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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New York’s quintessential fall festival is back and ready for pickle fanatics from all over the world. ...
more >> A dill-ightful collection of merchants will fill Orchard Street with the divine scent of brine offering everything from the simple pickle on a stick, to ice cream flavored with dill and garnished with gherkins. Pickle Day is a slice of the city’s history, reminiscent of when the streets of the Lower East Side were lined with pushcarts peddling their goods and wares for sale to a neighborhood of immigrants from far and wide.
New York City, NY; NYC
Come alone, with a friend, or with the whole family and take a West African Dance Class led by world-renowned ...
more >> master drummer Yahyah Kamate. Yahyah began his training in his native Cote D'Ivoire and has choreographed and danced for such renowned companies as Fotemoban Dance Company, Djensia Group, Camodgen of N’guatta Dolikro Dance Company of Cote d’Ivoire, and Affoubenou Sakassou Dance Company of Senegal. For the past 15 years, he has worked as lead dancer and choreographer for several companies in the United States, including Kulu Mele Dance Company and The Seventh Principle. Sundays, June 24-October 14, 2018.
New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Juilliard's AXIOM; Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor. Program Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Concerto in E-flat ...
more >> Major "Dumbarton Oaks" Louis Andriessen (b.1939) De Staat (1972-76) About the Performers Juilliard’s “brilliant” (The New York Times) contemporary ensemble AXIOM is dedicated to performing the masterworks of the 20th- and 21st-century repertoire. Jeffrey Milarsky is one of the leading conductors of contemporary music in New York City. He has premiered and recorded works of many contemporary composers, including Charles Wuorinen, Milton Babbitt, Elliott Carter, Lasse Thoresen. He has conducted such accomplished groups as the American Composers Orchestra, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Columbia Sinfonietta among others.
New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
free tickets required
Editor's Pick
Sue Hassel, soprano; Michael Scales, pianist. The program features operatic excerpts of Meyerbeer (1791-1864), ...
more >> Von Flotow (1812-1883), Donizetti (1797-1848); Songs of Strauss (1864-1949), Schubert (1797-1828), Hugo Wolff, Brahms (1833-1897), Faure (1845-1924) , as well as J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Cantata #51 and Mozart’s (1756-1791) Exsultate Jubilate.
New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
ShowDown is a performance and feedback series for works-in-progress. The program provides emerging and ...
more >> mid-career dance artists an opportunity to show unfinished work in an informal, welcoming setting. Showings by Doron Perk, Cia-Hui Cheng, and Sara Denise.
New York City, NY; NYC
3:30 pm
free, no reservation required
French food critic François-Régis Gaudry and editor-in-chief of Condé Nast Traveler Pilar Guzman will ...
more >> discuss Let’s Eat France!, a mouthwatering sum of 1,250 specialty foods, 375 iconic recipes, 350 topics, 260 personalities, plus hundreds of maps, charts, tricks, tips, and anecdotes and everything else you want to know about the food of France. Throughout the pages of this unprecedented encyclopedia, you’ll come across French food icons like Colette, Victor Hugo or Bocuse; meet endive, the belle of the north; discover the croissant timeline; understand the art of tartare; find a chart of wine bottle sizes, from the tiny split to the Nebuchadnezzar; learn the classic recipes of pâté en croûte, ratatouille and crème brûlée; and follow the family tree of French sauces. \
New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Forty-five minute organ meditations celebrating the diverse repertoire of the pipe organ. The program ...
more >> 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 and Boody Organ Builders. Takes place every Saturday and Sunday from 9 September 2018 to 26 May 2019.
New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This monthly book discussion focuses on reading anarchist and radical left texts, alternating between ...
more >> fiction and non-fiction. These books are chosen by participants in advance. October’s book: Times Square Red, Times Square Blue by Samuel R. Delany.
New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Pianist Nargiz Aliyarova and violinist Byungchan Lee perform works by Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Medtner ...
more >> (1880-1951), Prokofiev (1891-1953) and Schittke (1934-1998).
New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, reservation required
David Briggs' schedule includes more than 60 concerts a year, spanning several continents. Deeply committed ...
more >> to making organ music vibrant for future generations, he enjoys giving pre-concert lectures designed to make organ music more accessible to audiences. In addition, he teaches at Cambridge (UK), frequently serves on international organ competition juries, and gives masterclasses at colleges and conservatories across the U.S. and Europe.
New York City, NY; NYC
Pianist Eleni Traganas's deep affinity for the Romantic repertoire hasled to innumerable appearances ...
more >> in all-Chopin and all-Russian recitals and lectures in Carnegie Recital Hall, a concert which the New York Times applauded for its “volatile temperament, intensity, and impressive dramatic impetus. She also has performed at New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Town Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Stephen Buzard served as organ scholar at Trinity on the Green, New Haven, Connecticut; as principal ...
more >> organist of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University; and as organist for Marquand Chapel, Yale Divinity School.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:15 pm
free, no reservation required
A serial killer who douses her targets with red wine, a math professor who falls in love online with ...
more >> a mysterious Russian opera singer, a Thanksgiving dinner done in by Donald Trump, and a world where falling is an unpardonable sin: it all happens in this evening of Ben Alexander's old and new one-act plays.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required