63 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, September 21, 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.
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
Use this supervised lab time to sign up for a free email account with Yahoo! The account you create will ...
more >> be required for later email classes. (Please note: this is not a class on how to use email.
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
Topics include working with formulas, data sorting and hiding and freezing columns. Introduction to Excel ...
more >> is a prerequisite.
11:30 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
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Walk through a scenic area on the western edge of the Park, much of which is off the beaten track for ...
more >> most visitors. See rolling meadows, lake views, bridges of different styles, and a garden with flowers and plants mentioned by Shakespeare.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
12:20 pm
free, no reservation required
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
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
Editor's Pick
Program:
Gil Evans - "Miles Ahead"
George Shearing - "Conception"
Patrick Cornelius - "Le Rendezvous ...
more >> Final"
John Coltrane - "Giant Steps"
Chick Corea - "Windows"
Patrick Cornelius - "Maybe Steps"
Patrick Cornelius - "Brother Gabriel"
Charlie Parker - "Bloomdido"
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Franklin Coleman, organist, will perform works by Bach, Buxtehude, Sowerby, Muffat, and Wesley
New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Suggested contribution is...
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
The entertainment and media industry’s showcase for previewing and learning about the latest trends ...
more >> and ground-breaking technology for the content creator. The Entertainment Technology Expo in New York, formerly known as HD EXPO, is where future technology and creative vision converge. Now expanded to two days, the Expo brings together industry experts and technical innovators for lively panel discussions, informative workshops, and a show floor where the technology comes to life.
Hands on using wireless laptops. Read current issues of over 1,000 local and international newspapers ...
more >> in full-color, full-page format in Press Display. Search and view images from the annual Associated Press photo report and image library in AP Multimedia Archive.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Prix de Beaute (1930, 93 min.) Directed by Augusto Genina; with Louise Brooks. A typist and bathing beauty ...
more >> decides to enter the 'Miss Europe' pageant sponsored by the French newspaper she works for.
Tonight or Never (1931, 80 min.) A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances until she finds romance with a handsome admirer. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy; with Gloria Swanson and Melvyn Douglas.
2:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn to find consumer health information online, including doctors' ...
more >> credentials, hospital information, drug side effects, conventional and alternative medical treatments of diseases, diets, weight loss, nutrition and exercises, and how to evaluate these websites.
CS5 is out and has some amazing new features. They want to shock and awe you with the latest and greatest ...
more >> in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Be ready to be awed.
In today's world, finding a job can be overwhelming. Technology plays an integral role in how jobs are ...
more >> advertised by employers, and sought by job seekers. This workshop will equip participants with knowledge of the Library's collection of job resources and services. The focus is to train users to navigate the library's job search web site and to use these resources with confidence and success. They will also discuss how social networking sites have become an important tool in the job search process.
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A bicyclist is kidnapped from the Tour de France by mysterious strangers. His grandmother travels to ...
more >> the city of Belleville where she tracks him down with the help of the Belleville Triplets.
81 min. In French with English subtitles.
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
The York Theatre Company's hit off-Broadway revival of this joyful musical has now been recorded before ...
more >> it heads to Broadway, and the leads will perform a half hour of highlights from the show.
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Author Peter Beinart will deliver this public lecture, which will be followed by a question-and-answer ...
more >> session. Beinart is a Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation and Associate
Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York. He is also senior political writer for The Daily Beast and a contributor to Time. His
first book, The Good Fight: Why Liberals - And Only Liberals - Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again, was published in 2006. His second book, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris, was published in June 2010.
Stoopz chronicles New York's fledgling skateboard scene from the early 90s. These photographs document ...
more >> the charismatic individuals composing this specific group of skaters and the urban locations they frequented. The work poignantly captures the mood of the time, and its pioneers, just as this now legendary skate movement began to take form.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Do you need to spruce up your resume and learn basic interview skills? Paula Marks will conduct the ...
more >> workshop. Her expertise falls mainly into the areas of staffing, employee relations, retention and workplace enhancement. She has conducted career presentations at events held at Cornell University, New York University, the American Corporate Counsel Association.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
CS5 is out and has some amazing new features. They want to shock and awe you with the latest and greatest ...
more >> in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Be ready to be awed.
They are underfoot, nearly 52 million of them in the U.S.—living in our homes, eating our food, sleeping ...
more >> in (or by) our beds: domestic dogs. But how well do we know this species with which so many of us share our lives? Join Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Natalie Angier and three leading researchers in dog behavior and cognition for a discussion of what dogs know, understand, and perceive.
Best-selling author Ray Coppinger, a founding member of the Hampshire College faculty and emeritus professor of biology, has spent decades working with and studying herding dogs. Clive Wynne, a psychologist at the University of Florida, compares the behavior of dogs to socialized wolves. Alexandra Horowitz, author of The New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog, is empirically testing anthropomorphisms that humans make of dogs, while also using scientific results to understand the perspective of the dog.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
McFetridge is a graphic artist and director in Los Angeles. In 1996, he founded his own design studio, ...
more >> Champion Graphics. He also worked as the art director for Grand Royal Magazine.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Green, who has covered American business for over a decade, offers a compelling analysis of the emergence ...
more >> of these communities and their role in shaping the American economy, beginning in the country’s earliest years.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Next Wave Art returns for its ninth year, opening up spaces to some of Brooklyn's most exciting artists. ...
more >> Curated by Dan Cameron. With Amber Boardman, Jesse Bransford, Jim Gaylord, Charles Goldman, Michael Greathouse, Karen Heagle, Nina Katchadourian, Naomi Reis, Matthew Ronay, Katy Schimert, and William Villalongo.
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
The Stockholm-based artist photographed an outdoor scene at Västeraspa, near Stjärnholm, Sweden, over ...
more >> a full day near the summer solstice. This series of images will be turned into a time-lapse project for visitors to interact with. The launch date for this project was chosen to coincide with the fall solstice. There will be a conversation between the artist and Sara Tucker at 7pm.
Preparing to fight China's nineteenth-century Opium Wars, a motley assortment of sailors and passengers ...
more >> establish family-like ties that eventually span continents, races, and generations.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
While New York’s murder rate has plummeted in recent years, the city remains a favorite setting for ...
more >> mystery novels, especially those in the sub-genre known as “noir.” What is it about New York that draws hard-luck cases, private investigators, femmes fatales… and writers? Is it the people? The place? The history? Explore New York’s heart of darkness with moderator Hilary Davidson and panelists Russell Atwood, Henry Chang, Katia Lief, Reggie Nadelson and Jason Pinter of Mystery Writers of America -- New York City Chapter.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Carlin’s new book of poetry Quantum Jitters was recently released by March Hawk Press. She is also ...
more >> the author of the book of poems Original Green and the book of prose Shakespeare’s Mortal Men. She co-edits Barrow Street. Moderated by David Lehman.
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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
In her talk, Kelley will discuss the process of stop-animation she uses to activate an array of protagonists, ...
more >> embodied by Barbie-style dolls. Flight attendants, medical assistants and food-servers, they enact the passing soap operas of everyday life, with edgy wit and
a sharp sense of social critique. Kelley mines vernacular contexts—flirtations at the fast food counter, squabbles among flight attendants—to probe into common conflicts of race, gender, and class.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Join artist Demetrius Oliver in celebrating the day Jupiter is most clearly visible from Earth by listening ...
more >> to performances of John Coltrane’s song of the same name, and stargazing with the Amateur Astronomers Association.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Kehlmann is the universally acclaimed young German novelist behind the bestseller Measuring the World ...
more >> and Me and Kaminski. Fame is his funny, smart new encroachment into Tom Wolfe territory. His visits to the states are rare, so this is a great treat for lovers of contemporary literature in translation.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The inimitably witty author of the bestselling Don't Get Too Comfortable discusses his latest essay collection ...
more >> in an on-stage interview with New York Times Magazine columnist Randy Cohen.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A maverick business journalist investigates how global economic power is increasingly controlled by foreign ...
more >> countries.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
In these one-hour sessions, they will introduce you to the faculty and give you a glimpse of how the ...
more >> classes work. While they're at it, they'll try to rev up your creative engines.
Select from classes including Memoir Writing, Screenwriting, Fiction Writing, Article Writing, and Creative Writing 101.
In these one-hour sessions, they will introduce you to the faculty and give you a glimpse of how the ...
more >> classes work. While they're at it, they'll try to rev up your creative engines.
Select from classes including Nonfiction Writing, Fiction Writing, Article Writing, and Creative Writing 101.
In these one-hour sessions, they will introduce you to the faculty and give you a glimpse of how the ...
more >> classes work. While they're at it, they'll try to rev up your creative engines.
Select from classes including Memoir Writing, Screenwriting, Fiction Writing, Article Writing, Children's Book Writing, Humor Writing, Poetry Writing, Nonfiction 101, Playwriting, Stand-Up Comedy Writing, TV Writing, and Creative Writing 101.
Norris, named "Journalist of the Year" by the National Association of Black Journalists for her coverage ...
more >> of the 2008 presidential campaign, will discuss her memoir. The Grace of Silence asks the difficult question, "how well do you know the people who raised you?" and answers it in a powerful, honest and deeply moving way that will serve as a model for us all to take up the question with our families, communities and country.
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.
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7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This episode from the long-running German cop show is "Manila." In German with English subtitles. With ...
more >> an introduction by director Niki Stein.
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).
Rizzuto will read from her new novel, Hiroshima in the Morning, and Kupperman will read from her collection ...
more >> of essays, I Just Lately Started Buying Wings.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Lauren Kelley will discuss
the process of stop-animation she uses to activate an array of protagonists,
embodied ...
more >> by Barbie-style dolls. Flight attendants, medical assistants and
food-servers, they enact the passing soap operas of everyday life, with edgy wit and
a sharp sense of social critique. Kelley mines vernacular contexts—flirtations at
the fast food counter, squabbles among flight attendants—to probe into common
conflicts of race, gender, and class. Kelley, based in Houston, incorporates
dialogue from overheard conversations, creating documentary-like sound landscapes
for her scripted narratives. Animating an array of black characters, she poignantly
brings to life a large cast of dolls to find resonance in the petty conflicts of the
mundane.
Kelley is just completing a year-long residency at the Studio Museum of Harlem. She
is also a recipient of the Altoids Award in 2008. She received an MFA from the
School of Art Institute of Chicago and has studied at the Skowhegan School of
Painting and Sculpture, in Skowhegan, Maine and is currently a resident artist in
the CORE Program, Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Kelley is included in the collection
of the Artist Pension Trust.
Moscow-born, New York-based curator Yulia Tikhonova graduated from the Center for
Curatorial Studies, Bard College, NY.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
The 10th-year celebration with a new faculty ensemble featuring Carl Allen (drummer and Artistic Director), ...
more >> Ron Blake (saxophone), Eddie Henderson (trumpet), Frank Kimbrough (piano), Ron Carter (bass). They are joined for this concert by faculty friends, trombonist Steve Turre and bassist Ben Wolfe. Where else could you hear these top jazz artists all in one place, performing original compositions with a few newly-arranged jazz standards?
8:00 pm
Free tickets available...
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: Of Parents and Children.
8:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
The IFP Labs Showcase presents short scenes from each of the documentary and narrative feature works-in-progress ...
more >> participating in IFP's 2010 Independent Filmmaker Labs. It's a great opportunity to get a sneak peak at the festival hits of tomorrow, and after the show there will be complimentary beer along the water courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner and all the filmmakers will be in attendance.
Live music precedes the screening at 8:30pm. Following the screening will be a Q&A with the filmmakers.
9:00 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.