43 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, September 20, 2010
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
3,000 free cups of richly flavored gourmet Illy coffee will be given away. IIly representatives will ...
more >> be outside the store giving out empty Illy cups, which customers can bring into the café to obtain their free cup of coffee. (Restrictions apply.)
6:30 am
free, no reservation required
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.
Want a quiet setting where you can work on a computer? Do you have questions about computer use, programs, ...
more >> devices, or software? Stop by the Laptop Lab. A staff member will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about using a computer. You are welcome to use a library laptop or your own laptop.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
A program that encourages New Yorkers of all ages to get fit while enjoying the outdoors. With funding ...
more >> provided by Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Park is staffed with trained walking instructors to lead walks.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
A program that encourages New Yorkers of all ages to get fit while enjoying the outdoors. With funding ...
more >> provided by Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Park is staffed with trained walking instructors to lead walks.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Hands on using wireless laptops. Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? ...
more >> Curious about Twitter? Bring Technology questions and get one-on-one assistance!
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
When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her ...
more >> sudden arrival raises questions about her past.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Dan Manjovi is an award-winning musician and composer, and a New York favorite. His song "Somethin's ...
more >> Comin' My Way" is featured in the film and soundtrack to the 2009 Oscar-award winning film Precious. As a singer/songwriter he has released two solo albums, Dan Manjovi (2005) and Woke Up This Morning (2008). His current project is an original musical, I AM I WILL I DO, for which he has written book, music, and lyrics.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Those on the walking tour will also be introduced to the “hot” gardens, featuring red, yellow and ...
more >> orange flowers, and “cool” gardens, featuring blue, purple and pink flowers. Many plants will be blooming and/or taking on autumn colors. Late summer roses will also share the limelight.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
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
Around the world, a child dies every 3 seconds from a
preventable disease and treatable causes due to ...
more >> lack of basic health care, which is the equivalent of 20 children every New York minute. On the first day of the United Nations Global Millennium Development Goals Summit, Save the Children and Emmy Award-winning actress Claire Danes invite New Yorkers to support a major campaign to end child mortality. New Yorkers can add their voice and ink their thumbprint on a huge mosaic, created by famed artist Ian Wright, to join the fight to prevent needless deaths of children everywhere.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Laughter Yoga is a revolutionary idea that can change your personal outlook on life. No special clothes ...
more >> needed– nor yoga mat, just the willingness to laugh on purpose.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Jorge Estevez discusses Taino culture past and present using traditional handling objects in an interactive ...
more >> informal setting each Monday afternoon.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Anima will present works composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII (1623 to 1644) including compositions ...
more >> by Stefano Landi and Girolamo Frescobaldi. Anima will also explore the influence of Italian composers who were brought to the French Court.
With: Beth Anne Hatton, soprano; Vita Wallace, Baroque violin; Motomi Igarashi, viola da gamba; Christa Patton, harp.
Hands on using wireless laptops. Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Word 2003. Topics include ...
more >> tables, text boxes, headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes.
The scintillating jazz vocalist returns with a wonderful collection of Johnny Mercer songs. The selections ...
more >> range from classics such as "Moon River" to more obscure numbers such as "Talk to Me Baby."
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
A program that encourages New Yorkers of all ages to get fit while enjoying the outdoors. With funding ...
more >> provided by Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Park is staffed with trained walking instructors to lead walks.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A variety of yoga classes taught by some of the area’s most enlightened instructors. The philosophy ...
more >> of yoga, which aims to unite all aspects of the individual – body and mind and soul – to improve health, happiness and tranquility is deeply beneficial on its own or as a complement to other wellness programs.
A panel with Faustin Linyekula, internationally renowned dancer and founder of Studios Kabako, a space ...
more >> for contemporary dance serving his native Democratic Republic of the Congo. Exploring the question of sustainability, Linyekula will appear on a panel with scholars and architects discussing the role of the artist in driving social change. The panel is designed to increase awareness of contemporary culture in Africa and open up the question of how art and culture can act as catalysts for sustainable development. Also appearing will be noted author, poet, and curator Okwui Enwezor and Mamadou Diouf, Professor of History.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
While Muslim dress has been at the center of much international debate, western media almost always fail ...
more >> to consider it on its own terms, from the perspective of
the people who design and wear this clothing. Join Tarlo for a discussion of her new book on British Muslim fashion, as she explores the impact Islamic fashion has had on the development of transnational cultural formations and
multicultural urban spaces.
Hands on using wireless laptops. Enhance your genealogical research by using historical newspapers, records, ...
more >> maps and databases.
Three recent graduates of the MFA Program read from their new books: Nick Burd, The Vast Fields of Ordinary; ...
more >> Elizabeth Fodaksi, Document; and Justin Taylor, Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever. Moderated by Robert Polito.
Learn the basic features of Microsoft Word 2003, a word processing program you can use to create documents. ...
more >> Topics include entering and editing text, saving files, and formatting.
Over the past three years, Reiss has traveled to some of the world's hotbeds of terrorist activity, including ...
more >> Ireland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Israel/Palestine, and Iraq.
He has interviewed hundreds of world leaders across the spectrum, from major political leaders to terrorist groups, ranging from General David Petraeus to Gerry Adams, from ETA, and Hamas leaders.
In Negotiating With Evil, Reiss distills his experience, being at the center of some of America's most
sensitive diplomatic negotiations, and provides his answer to two questions that are more vital today than ever: Should we talk to terrorists? And if we do, how should we conduct the negotiations in order to gain what we
want?
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Inspired by their perceptions of the Cultural Revolution and motivated by utopian hopes, French students ...
more >> and intellectuals incited grassroots social movements and
reinvigorated French civic and cultural life in the 1960's. But what did democracy have to do with Mao?
Wolin's books include Heidegger's Children and The Seduction of Unreason. His articles and reviews have
appeared in Dissent, The Nation, and The New Republic.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
This illustrated talk by Jonathan Zimmerman examines the Little Red Schoolhouse in popular memory, exploring ...
more >> how successive generations of Americans have imagined this quintessential national icon in art, poetry, film, and song. Inevitably, they also distorted its history. Yet the idyllic image of the Little Red Schoolhouse continues to unite us, embodying the nation's best aspirations and--especially--its faith in education itself.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Marton is interviewed by Dr. David G. Marwell, museum director. In this true-life thriller, she draws ...
more >> on her skill as an investigative reporter to discover who her journalist parents really were—and how they survived the Nazis in Budapest and imprisonment by the Soviets during the Cold War.
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...
Najponk (Fender Rhodes piano), Pivec (Hammond B3 organ), and Hutchinson (drums) play from their collaborative ...
more >> recording.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Journalist Katherine Lanpher interviews the photographer and Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The Columbia professor will be here to discuss his new book, the history of the rise of Human Rights ...
more >> as an idea and a phrase. Moyn's contention is that the human rights movement has supplanted earlier twentieth-century utopic thought, and draws upon the same instincts and shares some of the same failings.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Pastor Johnson Cook specifically addresses the modern woman in her new book, and common sense paths to ...
more >> a fulfilling life.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Kindles, iPads, Nooks, and Google books -- the average reader is often bewildered by the rapidly developing ...
more >> world of e-books and has plenty of questions: Will paper
books and book stores continue to exist? What do e-books mean for authors and their publishers? Is piracy a concern? Is reader privacy a concern?
Moderated by agent Eric Simonoff, this panel will explore some of the thorny issues raised by this
ongoing digital revolution and its impact on the publishing world. Featuring Simon Lipskar from Writers House representing the perspective of agents; Jon Sargent, CEO
of Macmillan, speaking for publishers; David Naggar of Amazon; and Roland Lange from new book e-tailer Google.
A storytelling show hosted by Seth Lind. Each month, New York's best performers take the stage to tell ...
more >> true stories related to a central theme. A special guest provides interludes to glue the evening together into a collective experience.
7:00 pm
Pay-what-you-will admission policy
Known for training celebrities, Anderson shows you how to shrink your body in 30 days at home.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Leone is Jesse's mother. Her world was transformed by his brilliant life and untimely death. This is ...
more >> a memoir of joy, grief and triumph, told with humor and honesty.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
A high visibility, low-tech forum that supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. ...
more >> Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
With James Franco, Jon Hamm and Mary-Louise Parker.
A drama centered on the obscenity trial ...
more >> Allen Ginsberg faced after the publication of his poem, Howl. See the film before it opens in theaters later in the week.
90 min.
Preceded by live music at 8:30pm. Following the screening will be a Q&A with the filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.