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25 free events take place on Sunday, October 28 in New York City.
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25 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, October 28, 2018

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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free events nyc 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many
free events nyc Heart of the Park Tour
free events nyc Halloween Pumpkin Flotilla
free events nyc Pianist who performed with Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra among others
free events nyc The Thorns of Flower Children: Aging Hippies Reflect
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Tour | Public Art Retrospective Tour Part Two: The Real World, Teardrop Park, and Irish Hunger Memorial


Contemporary art historian Dorothea Basile leads two walks highlighting the public art that was originally ... more >> commissioned to celebrate the threshold where city meets Hudson River waterfront-park landscapes and the more recent installations which have continued that vision.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Workshop | Deep Yoga and Journaling


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
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9:00 am
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many


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
10:00 am
free

Birdwatching | Hawk Watch


New York City is home to an amazing abundance of wildlife. Urban Park Rangers will guide you to the best ... more >> wildlife viewing spots in the urban jungle. Birding programs are appropriate for all skill levels and beginners are welcome. To enhance your experience they encourage you to bring binoculars and field guides, or ask a Ranger to borrow a pair.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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
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Tour | Flatiron District Walking Tour


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.
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | Waterfront Walks: Guided Park Tour


Docents lead a tour to learn about the history of the Brooklyn waterfront, the park's sustainable design, ... more >> and how the park came to life. Wear comfortable shoes, these tours traverse the beautiful park landscape. All tours last about an hour. Every 4th Sunday of the month from June 24-October 28, 2018.
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


Walk straight through the heart of Central Park on this east-to-west tour led by guides. Enjoy a great ... more >> variety of the scenic, sculptural, and ar chitectural elements the Park has to offer. Visit some of the Park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Cherry Hill, The Lake, and Strawberry Fields.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Workshop | The Art of Mime


Bill Bowers, mime extraordinaire, will present his popular Art of Mime workshop. In this family-friendly ... more >> workshop, which tours in libraries throughout NYC, Bowers will demonstrate the mime moves that made him rise to the top of his craft, and get the whole family playing along too.
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2:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Light & Glory: Varieties of Love


Nina Carey Tassi reads from her new book of poetry about love in its varieties.
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3:00 pm
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Classical Music | Organ works by Brahms, Debussy and more


The Merlin Duo: Béatrice Piertot & Yannick Merlin. Program Brahms (1833-1897) from Symphony No. 4 in ... more >> E Minor, Op. 98 (1885) Debussy (1862-1918) from String quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 (1893) Jean-Baptiste Robin (b. 1976) A Look towards Agartha (2014) Jean-Charles Gandrille (b. 1982) After a reading of Reich Béatrice Piertot is professor of organ and harpsichord at the Conservatory of Bourg-la-Reine/Sceaux and Viroflay. She has studied with famous teachers, including Laurent Cabasso, Marie-Louise Langlais, Eric Lebrun, and Francoise Levéchin. Yannick Merlin is the titular organist at Notre-Dame-Des-Champs Church in Paris and the substitute organist at the Cavaillé-Coll organ of Val-de-Grâce Church in Paris.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Performance | Lights Up/Fade to Black: 3 Short Plays


Theater of Light presents the fourth bi-annual production of Lights Up/Fade to Black, an hour of rejuvenating ... more >> and light-hearted theater made of three short new plays. Play I: A conversation could be a flirtation, she is charming but there is something alarming, what she is planning for today? Play II: It is true, love is for forever but this guy is in a deep haze, figuring out just which who is who; two wives what is he going to do? Play III: She comes to see the doctor about all her crazy quirks, he has quite a diagnosis, will she need hypnosis?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Classical Music | Afternoon Organ Meditations


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.
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4:00 pm
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Festival | Halloween Pumpkin Flotilla


Bring the whole family and celebrate Halloween in the park. Enjoy pumpkin carving, Halloween crafts, ... more >> spooky stories, a costume parade, and most of all the Conservancy’s signature Pumpkin Flotilla, which sets sail across the water at twilight.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Concert | Choral Marx: Manifesto for the Communist Party in Eight Movements


Choral Marx is a singing adaptation of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’s Manifesto for the Communist ... more >> Party composed by Ethan Philbrick. It is a piece for mixed chorus—mixed not just in terms of gendered voice parts but also in terms of training and ability—made up of vocalists from both the contemporary music scene and socialist organizing communities, accompanied by the composer on cello. Choral Marx re-sounds Marx and Engels’s 1848 critique of capitalism in 2018 and explores the resonance of the Manifesto today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
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Classical Music | Organ Recital


James Wetzel has been the Organist and Choirmaster of the Church of Saint Agnes in Manhattan since 2010, ... more >> directing one of the most respected Catholic music programs in the nation. T
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Classical Music | Pianist who performed with Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra among others


Josu De Solaun is a Spanish classical music pianist and winner of the First Prize at the XIII George ... more >> Enescu International Piano Competition. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica della Fenice, George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Ploiești Philharmonic Orchestra, INSO - Lviv State Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works from Baroque era


Program Franz Tunder (1614-1667) Ein feste Burg
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5:00 pm
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Classical Music | Organ Performance


Organist Thomas Bara has performed widely as soloist and as accompanist to The Saint Thomas Choir of ... more >> Men and Boys, including concerts at the Royal Cathedral, Copenhagen; King's College, Cambridge; Saint John's Smith Square, London; and Saint Paul's Cathedral, London.
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5:15 pm
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Staged Reading | The Thorns of Flower Children: Aging Hippies Reflect


It’s another “Big Chill”, this time 30 years later as a gathering of friends in their 60’s, with ... more >> a young millennial in their midst, experience an evening of strong emotions, unbridled joys and deep longings. What these “aging hippies” have gone through in life brings about a multitude of revelations for themselves as well as their new young friend. Over the course of a long night each character accepts the “thorns” in their lives as they begin a journey toward the perfect way to age to perfection. A poignant, and often humorous celebration of growing old and all the wonders and mysteries that go with it. Written by Michael McGovern
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Author Reading | The Order of the Day: Behind the Scenes of the Anschluss


French author Éric Vuillard will discuss his 2017 Prix Goncourt-winning book, a behind-the-scenes account ... more >> of the Anschluss, or annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in March 1938. In this short, dazzling narrative, Vuillard exposes the mechanics of hubris, manipulation, and bluff that led to the meeting of 24 German captains of industry with Nazi officials to extract funds for the National Socialist Party in 1933; then to the annexation of Austria in 1938.
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6:30 pm
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Play | A Midsummer Night's Dream: Classic Shakespeare Comedy Updated


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.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Perfect Me: Beauty as an Ethical Ideal


Heather Widdows looks at how beauty has become a moral imperative in today’s society. While beauty ... more >> has been somewhat of a prerequisite in our society for some time now, what is new here is that Widdows argues that beauty ideals are becoming shared ethical ideals— ideals by which we judge ourselves and others as good or bad. Increasingly we believe attaining some aspect of the beauty ideal – being thin or firm enough – will deliver the goods of the good life – relationship success, work success and happiness. Therefore, if we fail physically, we fail everywhere else.
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Masterpieces by J.S. Bach, Domenico Gabrielli and more


Cellist Stephen Ballou, performing a program ranging from the first known music for solo cello, by Domenico ... more >> Gabrielli (1659-1690), to the twelve tone sonorities of Roger (1911-1995) Sessions, alongside landmark masterpieces by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) and Kodály (1882–1967).
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Classical Music | It Runs in the Family: works by J.S. Bach and his sons


It Runs in the Family, curated by Irina Morozova will feature music by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) and his ... more >> sons C.P.E. Bach (1714-1788), J.C. Bach (1735 -1782) , and W.F. Bach (1710-1784).
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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