45 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, September 24, 2010
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
In Le Rire de la Méduse (1975) (translated as The Laugh of the Medusa by Keith and Paula Cohen, 1976 ...
more >> – as well as in some nineteen other languages), Hélène Cixous articulates her notion of “l’écriture féminine” (writing through the body). Her call for women’s coming to writing through a radical restructuring of the patriarchal gaze provided a rallying call for feminist thinkers around the world. Cixous asked women and men to rethink the petrifying Medusa as, rather, joyous and liberating, and to imagine a libidinal economy and thus creativity independent of the need to dominate.
Sessions primarily in English.
9:00 a.m. Welcoming remarks: Profs. Emily Apter, Tom Bishop, and Judith Miller (Dept. of French, NYU)
9:00 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.
This class is a lecture/demonstration. Learn about online image databases and research strategies, including ...
more >> digital collections.
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
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Learn about history of world-famous neighborhood with its 40 miles of neon supersigns, prominent theaters, ...
more >> and multiple megastores. Rain or shine.
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
Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery ...
more >> in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Over the past 60 years, the United States has come to dominate the ranks of the world's best universities. ...
more >> Join Jonathan R. Cole, author of The Great American
University: Its Rise to Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role, and Why It Must Be Protected, as he explores how these universities have become the engines of
innovation and economic and social growth in the nation and why and how they are threatened.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Chris Cooper.
On assignment to write an article for ...
more >> The New Yorker, Truman Capote travels to a small Kansas town, where he began to investigate and report on the gruesome murder of a local family. At first leery of the writer, the townsfolk come to trust Capote and allow him into their lives, giving him his story.
104 min.
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 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
Take a stab at the modern sport of fencing with masters from Manhattan Fencing Center. No prior experience ...
more >> needed and equipment is provided.
A lecture by Timothy P. Stratford, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP. During his tenure at USTR, Stratford ...
more >> was responsible for developing and implementing U.S. trade policy toward Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, and Mongolia. Prior to his work at USTR, Stratford worked professionally in China for more than 25 years, including as General Counsel for General Motors’ China operations, where he was a member of its senior management team in China and oversaw the company’s legal and trade policy work in the region. Stratford also served previously as Minister-Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, and as Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China.
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
For more than 100 years, cabaret has entertained audiences; it has also been instrumental in preserving ...
more >> the great American songbook. Welcome Donald Smith for an afternoon of discussion and performances featuring cabaret legends KT Sullivan and Steve Ross, with accompaniment by James Followell on piano.
Recently, The Oakland Tribune recently described Smith as “the man who has done more than anyone else to keep cabaret alive.” For more that two decades, Smith was closely associated with Mabel Mercer - considered to be the supreme cabaret artist of the twentieth century. Additionally, Smith has managed, promoted and helped develop the careers of the some of the major cabaret performers of our time - Andrea Marcovicci, Michael Feinstein, and Steve Ross.
Join a National Park Ranger for this 45- to 60-minute walking tour experience and discover how the role ...
more >> of Governors Island evolved to meet the changing needs of New York City and the nation.
1:25 pm
free, no reservation required
With Eli Kintisch, author and reporter for Science, and Scott Barrett, Professor of Natural Resource ...
more >> Economics.
With Margaret Rutherford and Robert Morley.
A theatrical repertory company suffers through various trials ...
more >> and tribulations in order to get through their season.
81 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This class is a lecture/demonstration. Are you a Mac, PC... or neither? This class discusses the differences ...
more >> between Apple's Mac computers and Windows-based PC computers by highlighting the advantages, and limitations, of each platform.
Learn hands-on how email works. Participants can sign up for a free email account, learn how to compose ...
more >> and send an email, reply-to and foward messages, and attach files. This is an introductory class for beginners.
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Join a National Park Ranger for this 45- to 60-minute walking tour experience and discover how the role ...
more >> of Governors Island evolved to meet the changing needs of New York City and the nation.
3:25 pm
free, no reservation required
A lecture by Prof. Maryam Moshaver of the University of Alberta. A reception will follow.
New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
At this event, Trisha from Shape Magazine will be leading the discussion on "sugar" and have fun, free ...
more >> giveaways.
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The indie-film legend talks about his life and career. Kimmel is an actor, writer, director, composer, ...
more >> and creator of The First Nudie Musical.
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
The experimental blues/country sound of Thomas Bryan Eaton is captured on his albums Thomas Bryan:Thomas ...
more >> Eaton, Fleeting Thoughts: '03-'05 (Learning to Fly) and Fleeting Thoughts: '02-'03.
Faking Brave plays a combination of folk, indie and emo.
Karl Mullen's folk-pop CD Mercy Me with Curses is richly layered and finely nuanced, with new facets continue to reveal themselves with each listen.
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Tours of this 1799 country house—home to New York City mayors since 1942—are usually not offered ...
more >> in the evenings, making this is a special treat for people who can’t make the regular tour hours. Take a tour and sample cider and cookies based on a historic recipe.
Christofias will address the opening of the conference. The conference, the annual Ranieri Colloquium ...
more >> on Ancient Studies, is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Republic of Cyprus and the 20th anniversary of the Yeronisos Island Excavations.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The tenth anniversary of Rattapallax heralds a new phase in the magazine’s history: It is being published ...
more >> entirely online. Featured readers include Edward Hirsch, author of The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; Eileen Myles, author of The Importance of Being Iceland; Edwin Torres, author of In the Function of External Circumstances; Rachel Zucker, author of Museum of Accidents; and poet and translator Idra Novy, author of The Next Country. Hosted by editor Flavia Rocha.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
This episode from the long-running German cop show is "Martinsfeuer." In German with English subtitles.
New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
The Rona Jaffe Foundation provides support to women writers in the early stages of their writing careers. ...
more >> The event will feature this year's recipients: Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams, Rachel Aviv, Sara Elizabeth Johnson, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, Laura Newbern, and Tiphanie Yanique.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A history of New York City alternative art spaces and projects since the 1960s. Through audio interviews ...
more >> with founders and key staff, a reading room of magazines and publications, documentation, ephemera and narrative descriptions, the exhibition will tell the story of pioneering spaces – like P.S.1, Artists Space, Fashion Moda, Taller Boricua, ABC No Rio, The Kitchen, Franklin Furnace, Exit Art, 112 Greene Street/White Columns, Creative Time, Electronic Arts Intermix, Anthology Film Archives, Storefront for Art and Architecture, Just Above Midtown, and many more – as well as document a new generation of alternative projects such as Live With Animals, Fake Estate, Apartment Show, Pocket Utopia, Cleopatra’s, English Kills Art Gallery, Triple Candie, Esopus, and others.
Also opening: Ecokids, an exhibition that showcases the work of outstanding youth activists who are working to raise awareness and solve environmental issues.
7:00 pm
$5 suggested donation
Join the reading group for a lively discussion of this month's selection, the classic story of a friendship ...
more >> between a white boy and a runaway slave.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
A vital component of New York’s contemporary dance scene, featuring the work of 23 young dance artists ...
more >> and companies. It is a multi-disciplinary celebration of the neighborhood’s diverse artistic community and features exciting work from dance artists in Brooklyn’s vibrant contemporary dance scene, on a bill with rising choreographers from throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
7:00 pm
Pay-what-you-will admission policy
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...
A love story about two young women - one a thief, the other an anarchist escort - and their survival ...
more >> during the well-documented zombie outbreak in 1920's New York. Join Grant for a short presentation of historic zombie-filled news clips and for a discussion of queer sexuality and gender in horror films.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Beginers Swing & Salsa class
LATIN & BALLROOM DANCE PARTY after that: mixed music in the Grand Ballroom ...
more >> with DJ "Brother" Abraham Herrera plus a separate Latin Room with DJ Janet Herrera. Dance Show. Light Snacks & Refreshments!
8:30 pm
free, no reservation required
9:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...
Editor's Pick
Mixed music in the Grand Ballroom with DJ "Brother" Abraham Herrera plus a separate Latin Room with DJ ...
more >> Janet Herrera. Dance Show. Light Snacks & Refreshments! Beg. Swing & Salsa class from 8:30 – 9:30 pm.
9:30 pm
free, no reservation required