74 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, September 22, 2010
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
This conference, co-sponsored with the New York Women's Foundation, will explore how reproductive justice ...
more >> and women's economic security are inextricably linked and will highlight the work being done in these areas by 17 organizations here in New York. With the leadership predominantly of women of color and young people, these organizations focus on diverse issues within the reproductive justice framework, including immigrant rights, environmental justice, alternatives to violence and incarceration, education, community health, economic justice, labor reform, and HIV/AIDS prevention and education.
Seventeen different organizations, all involved in important and innovative work for reproductive justice across NYC, will present on their work, their organizing models, and how they've been able to effect change. The conference will also feature a panel discussion with leaders in the field of reproductive justice research, advocacy, and activism.
With speakers from: African Hope Committee; Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective; DAMAYAN Migrant Workers Association; Girls Education & Mentoring Services; Girls for Gender Equity; Love Heals; New York Civil Liberties Union; Red Hook Initiative; RightRides; Sauti Yetu Center for African Women; Sistas on the Rise; SMART; Sylvia Rivera Law Project; Voces Latina; Women's HIV Collaborative; Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition; and Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice.
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.
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Program:
Wynton Marsalis, Swing Symphony
Richard Strauss, Don Juan
Paul Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphoses ...
more >> on Themes by Carl
Maria von Weber
With Alan Gilbert, Conductor.
9:45 am
free, no reservation required
Co-curator Jennifer Farley will lead a tour of the an
exhibition that surveys 250 years of fashion's ...
more >> complex relationship with the environment. The show features brands such as Stella McCartney, Bodkin, EDUN, FIN, Martin Margiela, and NOIR.
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.
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.
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 Fiction Writing, Memoir Writing, Screenwriting, Children's Book Writing, Article Writing, and Creative Writing 101.
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
Enjoy drawing in the parks and gardens with a professional artist/educator. Materials provided or bring ...
more >> your own.
11:30 am
free, no reservation required
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Olmsted and Vaux designed the North Woods to replicate the forests of the Adirondack Mountains with its ...
more >> crystal streams, calming cascades, and rustic bridges. This scenic and meditative walk is right in New York City's backyard. Tour will be approximately one hour.
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
12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation
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
Lush, trickling, fountain-like window curtains grow mixed baby greens, herbs, snap peas, cherry tomatoes, ...
more >> peppers, kale, small squash, edible flowers and more. These living sculptures are spreading virally through city windows of the world. You too can grow about 25 vegetable plants in your apartment windows with hydroponics using city recyclables & join a open design project of 14,000+ people determined to make an impact on the food system. Founding artist Britta Riley and the Windowfarms Team showcase the newest windowfarm design.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Are you a 40+ job seeker? WorkSearch is an online system which provides links to job openings, skills ...
more >> assessment tools, and training programs at no cost to individuals. After taking the orientation, WorkSearch is accessible to registrants through the Internet, or through Library computers. Attendees will be shown how to download the information to a USB flash drive. (Bring your own USB drive.)
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
With Gwendolyn Toth, harpsichord. Music by Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, Louis Couperin, Francois Couperin, ...
more >> and Jean-Philippe Rameau.
1:15 pm
free, no reservation required
Bill Wurtzel is a renowned guitarist with the experience to play jazz that fits any event or venue. He ...
more >> has performed worldwide with many great jazz artists. His groups have played for countless private affairs featuring mainstream jazz and the Great American Songbook.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Learn how email works using your free email account. You will send, reply to and forward email messages. ...
more >> Be introduced to maintain a contact/address book on your email account and maintaining your security.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Screenings are on a first-come first-served basis. No appointment is needed. Testing is quick and painless.
New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Take a walk around the lands dominated by the Castle, situated high on Vista Rock. Visit the tiny 55-acre ...
more >> realm on an eclectic tour of history and nature. Tour is approximately one hour.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Is fear and anxiety preventing you from enjoying life? This workshop will provide you with ideas, support, ...
more >> tools and coping strategies. The lecture's given by Sandra Grassby, a licensed professional therapist helping clients improve their quality of life for over 17 years.
2:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Learn figure drawing outdoors with a clothed model and an artist/educator. Materials provided or bring ...
more >> your own.
2:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Hands on using wireless laptops. An introduction to the Internet, including getting connected, using ...
more >> a web browser, and navigating web pages.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are essential on websites. If you have been avoiding them up to now, here’s ...
more >> a chance to bring yourself up to date. If you are using them now, you still may want to attend to see their full potential.
Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC's Department for the Aging will lead participants in a well-balanced ...
more >> series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided. All participants are required to sign a personal medical waiver at the beginning of the class.
A lecture by Elizabeth Dunn of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dunn’s early work focused on ...
more >> economic transformation and regulation in Poland. Her book, Privatizing Poland: Baby Food, Big Business and the Remaking of Labor won the 2005 Orbis Book Prize. In 2005, she was the first non-economist to win the Ed. A Hewett Prize from the National Council on East European and Eurasian Research. Her current work focuses on the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A lecture by David Baltimore. Appointed President Emeritus and the Robert Andrews Millikan Professor ...
more >> of Biology. Awarded the Nobel Prize at the age of 37 for research in virology, Baltimore has profoundly influenced national science policy on such issues as recombinant DNA research and the AIDS epidemic. He is an accomplished researcher, educator, administrator and public advocate for science and engineering and is considered one of the world’s most influential biologists.
4:30 pm
free, no reservation required
With Biljana Djurdjević, Uroš Djurić, Johanna Kandl, Marko Lulić, Marko Peljhan, Darinka Pop-Mitić ...
more >> and the curators Branislav Dimitrijević and Andreas Stadler. The official reception, with Michael Spindelegger, Austrian Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, immediately follows.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
All are invited to a free evening of dance — open dance rehearsals, dance music, dance drinks and dance ...
more >> chats! Come see the new studios, meet with the teachers, touch base with
friends and see amazing performances.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are essential on websites. If you have been avoiding them up to now, here’s ...
more >> a chance to bring yourself up to date. If you are using them now, you still may want to attend to see their full potential.
This exhibition intends to draw parallels between the genre of landscape and the current preoccupation ...
more >> with "green" in popular culture. With Betty Beaumont, Jennifer Bolande, Vija Celmins, Neil Jenney, Barbara Ess, Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson, Mathias Kessler, and Gerhard Richter.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Steeped in the style of the big band and swing eras, the dynamic King David and his back-up group, The ...
more >> Talk of the Town, delight with a collection of classic American tunes. Come and hear a sample live.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
President Bob Kerrey engages in a one-on-one discussion with Judis, a senior editor, whose articles and ...
more >> blogs offer shrewd insights into today’s top issues, trends, and political figures. Judis has written for The New Republic since 1984. He has also been a contributing editor of GQ, a columnist for The American Prospect, and a founding editor, and for many years the Washington correspondent, of In These Times. Judis is the author of William F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives; Grand Illusion: Critics and Champions of the American Century; The Paradox of American Democracy: Elites, Special Interests, and the Betrayal of Public Trust; The Emerging Democratic Majority (with Ruy Teixeira); and The Folly of Empire.
A conversation between Bernard Kouchner, French Minister of Foreign and European affairs, and Miguel ...
more >> Angel Moratinos, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Join other adults for good-natured games of volleyball. Scorekeeper and balls provided. No experience ...
more >> necessary.
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, Parks will have 30 park locations throughout the city 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.
Relive the triumph and tragedy of the thrilling race between Norwegian Roald Amundsen and British Royal ...
more >> Navy Captain Robert Falcon Scott. The evening will begin with dramatic readings from the explorers’ journals by Wabash College Theater actors, who will bring to life the teams’ 1,800-mile journeys to the South Pole and back with each side battling extreme weather conditions, starvation, and frostbite while pushing the limits of human endurance.
After the readings, a panel featuring modern-day polar adventurers and an Antarctic scientist will discuss the historic race and share unique insights on how it helped shape Antarctic exploration and science today. The panel will include Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, who captivated millions when they became the first women to ski across
Antarctica in 2001, and Felicity Aston, who spent two-and-a-half continuous years in the Antarctic, living and working at Rothera Research Station monitoring ozone depletion and climate on the Antarctic Peninsula.
6:30 pm
Free tickets on...
Davis’ book Classic Chic: Music, Fashion, and Modernism was short-listed for the Costume Society of ...
more >> America’s Millia Davenport Publication Award. Davis is also the author of the biography I>Erik Satie and the editor of Waiting for a Train: Jimmie Rodgers's America.
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, music, and dance.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
This panel looks at changing attitudes towards notions of decency over the past twenty years. It addresses ...
more >> how representations of nudity and sexuality have changed in contemporary art, and proposes a redefinition of what is considered offensive or inappropriate under our current political climate. The panel brings together artists whose work provoked the culture wars twenty years ago and those who deal with taboo topics today.
Moderator: Laura Flanders, journalist, GritTV. Participants:
Wafaa Bilal, Iraqi American artist whose installation "Virtual Jihadi" was closed down by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York; Holly Hughes, performance artist, one of the NEA4; and Carolee Schneemann, filmmaker and visual artist who has fought against censorship for fifty years.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn how email works, including sending, replying to and forwarding ...
more >> messages.
Rita Vogt is a radical West German terrorist who abandons the revolution and settles in East Germany ...
more >> with a new identity provided by the East German secret service. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, which unavoidably happens after the German re-unification.
103 min. In German with English subtitles.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Full of fascinating facts and anecdotes, this compelling illustrated lecture gives a unique glimpse at ...
more >> what lies behind and beneath urban life in the twenty-first century. Have you ever wondered how the water in your faucet gets there? Where your garbage goes? What the pipes under city streets do? How bananas from Ecuador get to your local market? Why radiators in apartment buildings clang? Using New York City as its point of reference, this presentation will take you down manholes and behind the scenes to explain exactly how an urban infrastructure operates. Explore the systems that manage water, traffic, sewage and garbage, subways, electricity, mail, and much more.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
End your day with relaxing Hatha yoga in a beautiful sunset setting. Suitable for all fitness levels. ...
more >> Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
In this fresh take on the modern musical, seven performers take on multiple roles and create every note ...
more >> with their own voices for a rich theatrical experience unlike anything you've ever seen (or heard) on stage before. Inspired by the rhythms and sounds of life on the subway, In Transit follows an aspiring actress, a fledgling financier, a street-savvy beatboxer, a cab driver, and others as they find their way in New York City.
Book, music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James Allen-Ford, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth. Directed by Joe Calarco. With* Steve French, Celisse Henderson, Hannah Laird, Chesney Snow, Graham Stevens, Denise Summerford, and Tommar Wilson.
7:00 pm
Pay-what-you-can admission policy...
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A trilingual anthology of literary works by contemporary Mayan writers from the Yucatán Peninsula. The ...
more >> primary literary voices for their people, these writers produce short stories, essays, poetry, and plays in Mayan and in Spanish that explore traditions and contemporary life in their communities. Edited by Dr. Carlos Montemayor (1947-2010) and Dr. Donald Frischmann, with English translations by Frischmann (Instituto de Cultura de Yucatán, 2009). Followed by a reception.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
What books have the smartest things to say about conjugal love? A panel of critics and writers gather ...
more >> together to discuss love and literature from Shakespeare to Jacqueline Susann. With Lore Segal, Gary Giddins, Brenda Wineapple, and Stephen Koch. Moderated by James Marcus.
Set amidst the rural landscape of Allegany County, New York, this intimate cinematic portrait captures ...
more >> the testimonies of life in small towns. Live music at 7:00 p.m., film screening at 7:30 p.m.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Have You Heard from Johannesburg is a seven-part series follows the worldwide movement and deftly illustrates ...
more >> the power of people coming together to bring down an oppressive regime. It is produced and directed by Connie Field. This screening, subtitled "The Bottom Line," is of one of the seven parts of the series.
Following the film, there will be an expert-led discussion and Q&A, and a complimentary beer and wine reception sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery. Speaker: Professor Teboho Moja, Clinical Professor of Higher Education at New York University. She was appointed the Executive Director and Commissioner to the National Commission on Higher Education appointed by President Mandela. Before coming to NYU, Teboho Moja served as a Special Advisor to the South African Minister of Education.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
These mysterious, interrelated stories create a portrait of the author’s life, both real and imagined, ...
more >> as he appears in each tale variously as hero, bystander, artist, and ghost, yielding an enchanting autobiography of the imagination.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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 Songwriting, Humor Writing, Screenwriting, Fiction Writing, Article Writing, and Creative Writing 101.
A novel about a marriage and a family and the unseen forces of nature and desire that seem to threaten ...
more >> them both. It is the heartbreaking story of a life taken for granted and what happens when that life is abruptly and irrevocably taken away.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...
Raya Dunayevskaya (1910-1987) founded the paper News & Letters and wrote four books on a variety of freedom ...
more >> struggles - particularly focusing on women's liberation and gender bias. Her writings provide the philosophical underpinnings of Marxist-Humanism. Join Franklin Dmitryev of the News & Letters Committee, Paul Geist, musician and social
justice activist since World War II, Susan Van Gelder, writer and activist in the women's liberation movement since the early 70's, and union organizer Steve Katz for a celebration and discussion of the work of Dunayevskaya.
7:00 pm
$5 suggested admission
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The author of nine novels, including the massive bestseller Endless Love, presents a taught thriller ...
more >> about violence, manhood, and self-delusion. It is also, in classic Spencerian style, witty, smart, and a compulsive read. He'll be here talking about the book with Francince Prose, novelist, critic, and former president of Pen America.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The beloved star of both West End and New York musical theater (Evita, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd) ...
more >> discusses with columnist Peter Filicia her amazing career and life in a rare visit to the United States.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
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A program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress, for artists at all ...
more >> stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion moderated by a Movement Research Artist-in-Residence or an occasional guest, where they will experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform the artists’ process.
A reading featuring Tony O'Neill, Jeff Simmermon, Royal Young and Edith Zimmerman. Hosted by Blaise Allysen ...
more >> Kearsley.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Continuing to foster a dialogue between the music world’s most significant and inspired artists and ...
more >> students from the Jazz Studies Program.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Be in the audience to hear tomorrow's celebrated artists right now when award-winning pianists Sean Chen ...
more >> and Eric Zuber perform. They've been chosen for the honor as winners of the 2010 Gina Bachauer Piano Competition.
Zuber's prorgram:.
Chopin - Étude, Op. 10 No. 1; Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2,; Scherzo in B-flat Minor, Op. 31.
Chen's program:
Luigi Dallapiccola - Sonatina Canonica
Elliott Carter - Caténaires
Liszt/Paganini - Etude No. 6
9:00 pm
free, no reservation required