65 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, September 14, 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.
The hottest new vehicles and motorcycles. Vehicles will be showcased throughout the indoor lobbies and ...
more >> outdoor areas. Attendees are invited to check out the latest vehicles and sit behind the wheels of the latest models from across the automotive spectrum. From ultra high-end exotics to the latest alternative fuel vehicles, this annual event showcases all that is hot on two and four wheels.
10:00 am
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.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn how to attach files and send attachments using Hotmail, Yahoo ...
more >> Mail, and Gmail.
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
Get an up-close visit with exotic birds from the Arcadia Bird Sanctuary and Education Center. Terri Jones, ...
more >> her granddaughter Caitlyn, Leslie Wallace, and their sociable, people-friendly birds can be found, weather permitting. Stop by to watch, ask questions, interact with the birds, or just take pictures.
11:30 am
free, no reservation required
Take a break to enjoy the Park! Take this half-hour walk through the Park's smallest woodland area and ...
more >> learn its history, enjoy its peacefulness, and discover the mystery behind the waterfall. Due to limited space in the Hallett Nature Sanctuary, the first 20 people to sign in at the beginning of the tour will be able to participate! Call for directions.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
12:20 pm
free, no reservation required
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
A tour of Downtown — its history, architecture, and art, and its fascinating denizens. Tour includes ...
more >> Federal Hall, the U.S. Stock Exchange, Trinity Church, Fraunces Tavern, U.S. Custom House, and Bowling Green. Led by a professional tour leader. Adults, please bring photo ID.
12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation
Program:
Mike Cottone - "Slow Down"
Kris Bowers - "Selah"
Mike Cottone - "Old Blue"
Kris Bowers - ...
more >> "In My Dreams"
Mike Cottone - "Gyroscope"
Bill Evans - "Waltz for Debbie"
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Larry Ham tours and records with many of today's top jazz artists, performing throughout the United States, ...
more >> Europe, and in Japan, Russia, and West Africa. He is also a noted composer, and leads his own bands.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Program:
Bach Toccata in D minor, BWV 565 and "Little" Fugue in G minor
Henri Mulet Tu es Petra
New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
$5 suggested contribution
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Sarah Wolfson is the First Prize Winner of the 2007 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. ...
more >> Highlights from her 2008-2009 season included her recital debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, as well as recitals for Columbia University’s Italian Academy and the International Performing Arts Series at the University of Missouri/St. Louis. In addition, she is a featured soloist with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and conductor Mischa Santora. Wolfson recently made her Lincoln Center recital debut at Alice Tully Hall as a winner of The Juilliard School’s Vocal Arts Alice Tully Recital Debut.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Since the MillionTreesNYC campaign started, over 220,000 trees have been planted throughout the City, ...
more >> more than 30,000 just in street trees. They need your help to keep these trees healthy and green. Trees face many natural and man-made threats from the urban environment and require ongoing maintenance to survive. Without stewards offering protection through regular watering and tending to the soil, a tree's health and heartiness is compromised. You’ll also receive free tools.
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 on the Native American food that changed the world: The Gift, Na Florentina, ...
more >> La Cumbia del Mole and Corn Is Who We Are. Starts at 1pm and 3pm.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Hands on using wireless laptops. Find information on more than 380,000 people from throughout history, ...
more >> around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Search for a specific person by name or use biographical facts, such as occupation or nationality, to identify relevant individuals.
Program
D. Shostakovich: "Suite" Op. 6
Schumann/Debussy "Six Etudes in canon form" Op. 56
D. Shostakovich ...
more >> "Concertino" Op. 94
The Fini-Giorgini duo (Pietro Giorgini and Sena Fini) was formed in October 2009 after an invitation to perform together in a concert benefiting victims of AIDS. This concert, in the city of Massa, Italy, was the duo's debut, which attracted a great audience and critical acclaim. Following their concert activity around Italy, the duo won third prize at "San Gemini" International Two Piano Competition. Their concert programs include repertory for piano four hands and two pianos from classicism to the contemporary, with particularly predilection for Italian composers.
You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the ...
more >> wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn advanced search strategies to narrow results and find the best ...
more >> information online.
3:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Join Bentley, one of the greatest drama critics in theater history, to celebrate the reprint of the fourth ...
more >> edition of his definitive work. The event will also be a celebration of his 94th birthday.
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
An exhibition of work focusing on finding the macrocosm of the universe within the microcosm of the human ...
more >> body.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
To be confident of achieving your retirement goals, it is important for you to know where you are in ...
more >> life and what steps need to be taken to build or maintain your retirement nest-egg. Since retirement has become for many of us the longest stage of our lives, understanding asset accumulation, asset growth and asset preservation is critical.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Learn Basic Mandarin Chinese in this first of a 7-session introduction. No prior Chinese language experience ...
more >> is required. Learn using the Mango Language Database. First session: Orientation to the Mango Program. Accurate pronunciation is emphasized.
An exploration of John V. Lindsay's criminal justice legacy, featuring a keynote address by New York ...
more >> City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly. The panel will be moderated by Sam Roberts of The New York Times and feature Jay Kriegel, former Chief of Staff/Special Counsel to Mayor Lindsay; Michael Amstrong, Partner, Lankler & Carrager, LLP; Jerome Skolnick, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Herb Sturz, co-founder of the Vera Institute of Justice; Clarence Taylor, Baruch College/CUNY; and William vanden Heuvel, former Chairman of the New York City Board of Corrections.
Focusing on the exhibition that he devised for the Moravian Gallery in Brno, British design critic and ...
more >> curator Rick Poynor will examine curating as an extension of writing and editing practices. Poynor was the founding editor of Eye and a co-founder of Design Observer. He has written about design and visual culture for Blueprint, Icon, Creative Review, Frieze, Financial Times, The Guardian, Adbusters, Harvard Design Magazine, Metropolis and Print.
An intelligent and outspoken only child, Satrapi--the daughter of radical Marxists and the great-granddaughter ...
more >> of Iran's last emperor--bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
An innovative exhibition illustrating the ubiquitous presence of the designer in food packaging, store ...
more >> and restaurant branding, cookbooks, magazines, menus and other objects.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The artists in this show use formal and conceptual approaches to address diversity, pluralism and multiculturalism ...
more >> in New York. The artists are current students and recent graduates of the BFA Fine Arts Department.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Experience the best of the 2010–2011 New York City performing arts season. This is an after-work performance ...
more >> featuring artists from NYC's premiere classical music, jazz, dance, and opera institutions. Performances to be announced. Tables, chairs and picnics are welcome.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Two years after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and the US economy slid into its Great Recession, ...
more >> can New York and the nation depend on a stable financial sector and more effective government oversight? Lecturer: Richard Parsons, Chairman of Citigroup and Senior Advisor for Providence Equity Partners.
Parsons will then join in a discussion with: Adam Davidson, International Business and Economist Correspondent, National Public Radio; and Jeff Madrick, senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.
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The exhibition juxtaposes 21 recent paintings with a seminal work from 2002 depicting an oil spill in ...
more >> the ocean, resulting in a moving statement about man's relationship to the natural world. Also opening: Michael Heizer's Markings.
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
Egan (A Visit from the Goon Squad) and Strauss (More Than It Hurts You) are both Guggenheim fellows.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
The Cuban-American writer presents another off-beat love story full of oddball characters in absurd situations.
New York City, NY; NYC
Alexi Worth is a painter whose work combines formal simplicity and humor, often relying on interrupted, ...
more >> cropped or overshadowed views. Writing in The New York Times, critic Roberta Smith described Worth's paintings as marked by "quirky realism and deliberate surfaces." A senior critic at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate Program in Fine Art, Worth has curated exhibitions in Boston and New York; and has written about art for Art in America, Artforum, The New Yorker and other publications.
Towle is the author of 13 books of poetry, most recently Winter Journey. Towle has received a number ...
more >> of prizes and honors, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Poetry Foundation, and the Ingram Merrill Foundation. Moderated by Paul Violi.
Fall in love with running or prepare for your first or next race. With this class, Riverside Run, turn ...
more >> yourself into a well-balanced running machine. Led by instructor Evan Armbrister, this vigorous running class will help you tune up your technique and get an intense workout at the same time – all against the beautiful backdrop of the Hudson River. Weather permitting.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
The titanic clash of wills between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs in the 1960s and how their dueling perspectives ...
more >> helped to define contemporary urban life is the focus of this illustrated presentation. The acclaimed urbanist challenges the conventional wisdom on how cities authentically regenerate. Through the lens of the clashing visions of post-WWII urban renewal (highway building czar Robert Moses on one side and urbanist/author/activist Jane Jacobs on the other), she examines the fall and remarkable comeback of New York City and demonstrates how this story parallels that of many American cities.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Promise Me depicts the moving and inspirational story of Brinker's transformation from bereaved sister ...
more >> to the undisputed leader of the ongoing international movement to end breast cancer. It tells the story of her unshakable commitment to her late sister, Susan G. Komen, and the
phenomenal global impact that she has had in pursuing her life's purpose: to end breast cancer. Brinker will provide an historical overview of breast cancer and its treatment, from ancient Egypt until now; a timeline of major developments in breast cancer detection and treatment; short, inspiring profiles of women who have survived breast cancer; a primer in advocacy and cause-marketing; and an extensive list of resources for people living and dealing with breast cancer.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Joyland is an online but location-centric litmag. They have, for example, a separate page for their New ...
more >> York and Toronto content. This evening, bridge the gap by welcoming contributors to both.
With: Jim Hanas, raconteur, local and Joyland contributor;
Emily Schultz, Joyland co-founder and author of Heaven is Small; Amanda Stern, author of The Long Haul; Zoe Whittall, author of Holding Still for as Long as Possible; and host Brian Joseph Davis, the other half of Joyland and author of Ronald Reagan, My Father.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Myles' chronicle transmits an energy and vividness that will not soon leave its readers. Her story of ...
more >> a young female
writer, discovering both her sexuality and her own creative drive in the meditative and raucous environment that was New York City in its punk and indie heyday, is engrossing, poignant, and funny.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
Ellroy unsparingly describes his shattered childhood, his delinquent teens, his writing life, his love ...
more >> affairs and marriages, his nervous breakdown and the beginning of a relationship with an extraordinary woman who may just be the long-sought Her.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A conversation between designers James Victore, Paul Sahre and Michael Bierut in celebration of the release ...
more >> of James Victore's new book). A book-signing will follow the talk.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Journalist Katherine Lanpher interviews the Norwegian writer, who will read from his latest novel, and ...
more >> musical group Runaway Dorothy, who will perform selections from their debut CD The Arc.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
View the stars using the AAA’s high-powered telescopes, and get a lesson from the experts on the celestial ...
more >> wonders of New York’s night sky. Telescopes will be set up. In the event of rain, it will be cancelled.
CALL AHEAD FOR STATUS OF EVENT.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Hirshman says that the rules of successful dieting are the same rules that apply to money management.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The Fitness Guru returns with Pilates Mat classes! Join instructors as they teach you to properly activate ...
more >> the muscles of your abdomen and back to create an incredible amount of stability in your torso. Open to all skill levels, but space is limited. Registration begins at 6:30pm each evening. A limited number of mats are available for rental for free (with valid ID).
Diaz guides you through the process of defining your authentic style and finding a more confident, beautiful ...
more >> and stylish you in seven days.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Program:
Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, op.34
Tchaikovsky: Serenade, op. 48 C Major
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, ...
more >> op. 34
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525
7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation...
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Come and enjoy Czech films and Manhattan views on the rooftop. Films are screened at dusk. In case of ...
more >> bad weather films will be screened at 8:30 pm indoors. All films in Czech with English subtitles. Tonight: Homolka a Tobolka.
8:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Spoken word artists, musicians, comedians, and other creative folks are invited to put their two cents ...
more >> in at this gathering hosted by Penny Pollak.