45 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, September 9, 2010
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are instructed by members of the Tai Chi Chuan Center. Classes are for all ...
more >> ages and experience levels. Classes are rain or shine.
7:30 am
free, no reservation required
One hour of walking, stretching, strengthening, and body toning using only the park, your own bodies, ...
more >> and gravity. All levels welcome; they modify the program to meet your level of ability.
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. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Five tours daily on the hour.
This will be a Lecture/Demonstration. Learn about threats to computers and their users, such as viruses, ...
more >> hackers, and spam, and solutions to minimize them.
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history ...
more >> of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
Learn to play petanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie, from ...
more >> members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC's championship club.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Hone your ping pong skills at one of two state-of-the-art tables. Paddles and balls are provided free ...
more >> of charge. Sign up with an attendant in the park to reserve a time slot.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
This seminar, presented by executive recruiter Gerry Hart, focuses on helping you prepare, organize and ...
more >> conduct a productive job search using both traditional and contemporary tools.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Over streams, under arches, through the woods along a maze of pathways in a 38-acre woodland respite. ...
more >> Tour will be approximately one hour.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Ayako Shirasaki is a virtuoso pianist who performs in and around the New York City area. Her techniques ...
more >> range from a "tender touch" (like the late Tommy Flanagan) to "brisk runs" (like Bud Powell) which can be heard on her recent CD Home Alone.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Designed to provide visitors with an overview of the exhibition's themes as well details about each artist ...
more >> and the works included, the tour will visit each of the ten figurative sculptures on view and last approximately 30 minutes.
Statuesque brings together a dynamic group of six international artists--Pawel Althamer, Huma Bhabha, Aaron Curry, Thomas Houseago, Matthew Monahan, and Rebecca Warren--whose work reinvigorates the tradition of figurative sculpture. This exhibition marks the New York debut of each work included and is also the first time this international group of artists has been shown together.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history ...
more >> of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
A showing of the short films Aboriginal Architecture and Living Architecture. Starts at 1pm and 3pm.
New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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1:00 pm
$2 suggested donation
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Pincus will sing Beethoven’s An Die Ferne Geliebte (To The Distant Beloved), written in the time period ...
more >> when Beethoven’s deafness was nearly total. Pincus will also sing songs by Franz Schubert, including Im Abendrot, An Sylvia, and others.
1:15 pm
free, no reservation required
This will be a Lecture/Demonstration. Learn how to find full-text articles from thousands of magazines, ...
more >> newspapers and journals that are available through NYPL.
Susan Butler will lecture on her forthcoming book. The two leaders exchanged more than three hundred ...
more >> hot-war messages and worked together at two conferences: together they agreed on how to prosecute the war against Germany, the treatment of Germany after the war, and had come to a meeting of minds on the general outlines of a world organization to keep the world at peace.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Enjoy breathtaking views of NYC while kayaking on the Hudson River. Completely free. Must know how to ...
more >> swim. A changing room and shower and hose to rinse off with are available. They have a limited number of locks available. Please bring your own lock.
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A showing of the short films Aboriginal Architecture and Living Architecture. Starts at 1pm and 3pm.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
The first solo exhibition in the United States of the Berlin-based photographer. This mid-career survey ...
more >> features fifty images selected from her four published monographs.
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
These New York-based artists who are tied by bonds of age, friendship, alma mater, attitude towards art ...
more >> making and artistic sensibility.
Elaine Stocki (b. 1979, Winnipeg, MB) has an interest in what one could term the happening of content; or, as she states: "The ideas I get most excited about are always really intuitive and entirely unacademic, because they have the potential to explode into something much more complex in the visual."
Whitney Claflin (b. 1983, Providence, RI), like Stocki, engages in a dialectical discussion between medium and content. In her displays, she intersperses small-scale abstract paintings with digitally printed posters. While the paintings have a physically collaged surface, the posters are composed of layered photographs of abstractions Claflin finds in the world around her.
Ian Campbell (b. 1982, Long Island, NY) is working on a series of vintage, found Polaroids - mounted onto salvaged book covers - on which he uses pastels to erase all figures, a viewer's immediate point of identification. Similarly, in his music (which he performs with the band Behavior), his monochrome paintings, poetry or plays, Campbell is interested in existent, widely available material or modes of production.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This work updates the crude brilliance of old-fashioned collage with the application of very simple video ...
more >> technology.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A selection of work situated between the recognizable and the indistinguishable. Featuring 12 artists.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Directed by Frances Hill. With Susan Greenhill, Susan Louise O'Connor and Thom Rivera. Caitlin and her ...
more >> mother Marilyn are locked in a profoundly disturbed relationship based on a lifetime of secrets and lies. But, in this highly charged and ever-shifting drama, determining where the truth lies is a complex and sometimes dangerous task.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Join Lou Cornacchia, founder of Cobble Hill's Body in Balance Studio, for sunset pilates on Pier 6 for ...
more >> an Intermediate Pilates Mat Class. His teaching remains true to the basic tenets established by Joseph Pilates. Students will learn proper technique, core muscle strength, spinal alignment and shoulder stabilization. Classes are open to all, but Pilates experience is suggested. Students should bring a good thick mat and a Dynaband.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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The Shodo artist's third solo exhibition. ShinRaBanSho literally translates as "All Things in Nature, ...
more >> or Universe." Shodo, the traditional practice of Japanese calligraphic art, translates to "The Way of Writing." The subtle nuances and the ebb and flow of the line created with brush and ink on rice paper seem to perfectly mimic the harmony that exists in nature. It is only fitting that Inkyo should use nature as inspiration for her calligraphy as the two intrinsically go hand in hand.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A walking program that encourages New Yorkers of all ages to get fit while enjoying the outdoors. With ...
more >> funding provided by Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Parks hired trained walking instructors who will keep participants active, exercising and having fun.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
lululemon athletica provides free yoga classes for all ages and levels. Awaken the body’s potential ...
more >> with revitalizing movement, stretching, breathing, and poses. Some of yoga’s benefits include weight loss, deeper sleep, release from pain and arthritis, and a more youthful appearance. Wear comfortable clothing that allows easy movement. Mats are provided. In case of rain, please call.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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In June 2001, Rizzuto left her two sons and husband in New York for a six-month visit to Hiroshima in ...
more >> search of testimony from survivors of the atomic bombing. The rehearsed and guarded memories offered by the hibakusha-literally, the "bomb-affected people"-break open after the shared trauma of 9/11 into intimate, difficult remembrances. Join in celebrating this genre-stretching memoir, which weaves together the personal and historic, Hiroshima and 9/11, past and present. Get your party-favor note pad, grab a glass of wine or lemonade, and listen to her advice on how to collect difficult stories from strangers and families, and anecdotes on what she wish she had and had not asked the survivors, showing us how to write our own histories.
7:00 pm
$5 suggested donation
The National Book Award nominee and author of Dreaming in Cuban reads from her latest novel, a sensual ...
more >> portrait of modern life.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Step into the glittering lives of Hollywood, America, as scrubbed, wiped and polished by immigrant women.
New York City, NY; NYC
Ken Chen's debut book of poems Juvenilia won the 2009 Yale Younger Poets Prize. Gillian Conoley is the ...
more >> author of numerous collections of poetry, including The Plot Genie. Geoffrey Nutter's most recent collection is
Christopher Sunset. Hosted by poet and faculty member Matthew Rohrer.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Camuto is a wickedly charming citizen of New York and France, but for his latest venture into the wilds ...
more >> of oephilia he introduces us to the vineyards of Sicily. It's a detailed tour of the wine culture of the region, as well as the best vintages. To accompany the discussion they will be hosting a tasting of Sicilian wines provided by Chamber Street Wines. This is a rare free guided wine tasting by an expert on the region.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Program:
Telemann’s Gulliver Suite
Fauré’s Piano Quartet in G minor, op. 45
Jonathan Berger’s ...
more >> Sink or Swim (New York premiere)
With: Geoff Nuttall, violin; Livia Sohn, violin; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola; Nina Maria Lee, cello; and Pedja Muzijevic, piano.
A reading of a new play, featuring Austin Tidwell as Pox and Ian Quinlan as Scratch. Scratch the Jester ...
more >> and Pox the Executioner are your typical everyday roommates. Drinking beers, baking muffins, complaining about work. Everything changes when they decide to switch jobs, only for a day. In this poignant and dark comedy, the consequences of humor and honor, discipline and punishment are challenged and put to the test with the help of one of the quirkiest odd couples you'll ever meet.
Explore the sights, sounds, and creatures of the park at night. With Mike Feller, Chief Naturalist for ...
more >> NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, as your guide.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Hear all about the behind-the-scenes drama of the insipid yet oddly enduring 70s sitcom. Joining Schwartz ...
more >> will be a few surprise cast members.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Thomas has long been captivating audiences throughout NYC at venues like Rockwood Music Hall, Crash Mansion, ...
more >> the Bitter End, and Joe's Pub with her crafty lyrics and powerhouse voice. She'll be accompanied by Matt Wigton on upright bass, and Clarice Lappe and Angela Carroll on backing vocals.
8:30 pm
$5 suggested donation
A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of ...
more >> Manhattan.