32 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, September 24, 2018
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Discover the surprising diversity of birds that call the park home during migratory season with guided ...
more >> tours. Located in the heart of midtown, the park is a hot spot for avian visitors and birders alike. Past sightings include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, and even a Chuck-will’s-widow.
8:00 am
free, no reservation required
In 2017, China was the world’s leading emitter of heat-trapping gases by a wide margin. Its policies ...
more >> for limiting emissions will have a significant impact on the global climate for decades to come. David Sandalow’s book provides background on Chinese emissions, the impacts of climate change in China and the history of China’s climate policies. The bulk of the Guide discusses China’s climate policies, explaining the principal tools the Chinese government uses to address climate change. A conclusion provides an assessment of those policies.
These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations ...
more >> for as many tours as your schedule allows.
SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO
3 Hour Lower Manhattan
Harlem
Chelsea and the High Line
6 Hour Downtown Combined
Greenwich Village
Central Park
Lower Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Graffiti and Street Art Tours
World Trade Center
In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend ...
more >> in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” This tour repeats every Monday.
In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend ...
more >> in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” This tour repeats every Monday.
This talk with Dr. Stephan Sander-Faes features the more or less criminal deeds of individuals in the ...
more >> Austrian monarchy around the turn of the nineteenth century. Continuity and change, widely understood, as well as an increasingly activist central government were the hallmarks of the Josephi(ni)st state during an era characterised by the French Revolution (1789), the ensuing Napoleonic wars, the end of the Holy Roman Empire (1806), and the incipient industrialization. Dr. Sander-Faes will investigate a largely overlooked source type: wanted notes from Lower Austria during these momentuous decades. In looking at the communication, circulation, and modification of the relevant media, he will also touch upon the construction of ‘the criminal’, what he or she looked like, and how state officials described these offenders. Analysis of these (written) wanted notes further enables us to consider three additional aspects: the diffusion of body knowledge among a mostly illiterate peasantry, which highlights how judicial-bureaucratic sources may be used to analyze shifts in media use, and, finally, allows for insights into the material culture of the rural underclasses.
12:15 pm
free, no reservation required
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy... so swing on by for toe-tappin’ performances by New York’s ...
more >> finest, playing ragtime, stride, and jazz to your heart’s delight. Deanna Witkowski is the winner of the Great American Jazz Piano Competition.
12:30 pm
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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city ...
more >> life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
Based on the Edna Ferber bestseller about Texas cattlemen, oil, troubled romances and racial injustice ...
more >> chronicles the lives of one proud family from the 1930s to the '50s. Directed by George Stevens. 3 hours 31 minutes.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Walk straight through the heart of Central Park on this east-to-west tour led by guides. Enjoy a great ...
more >> variety of the scenic, sculptural, and ar chitectural elements the Park has to offer. Visit some of the Park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Cherry Hill, The Lake, and Strawberry Fields.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Enjoy nutrition information, preparation demonstrations and tastings. Includes helpful research findings, ...
more >> healthy recipes, portion planning and shopping tips for the reason. Nutritionist Lauren C. Kelly offers creative twists on cuisines of many cultures, fermenting food for better health. Mondays, September 24-October 29, 2018.
2:30 pm
free, reservation required
Need help with resume writing? Not sure how to edit it? Get one-on-one assistance with writing your resume. ...
more >> Please bring a hard copy of your resume or a USB flash drive to save and edit it.
2:30 pm
free, no reservation required
In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend ...
more >> in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 10 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Today, Gracie Mansion is occupied by the de Blasio family, which has opened its doors in the spirit of the administration's motto: one city, rising together. In keeping with that theme, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray have introduced a new art installation, titled “Windows on the City: Looking Out at Gracie’s New York.” This tour repeats every Monday.
The Italian restaurant and hospitality industry, and how different issues affect the ardent cuisine enthusiasts ...
more >> (essentially the general public). Features: Maurizio Forte, Director Italian Trade-Agency, New York Stefano Pezzini, Director of Latteria San Pietro, Mantova Davide Paolini, Italian Food Journalist and Author, Milan Gianfranco Sorrentino, Restaurateur, Il Gattopardo Group, New York Jordan Frosolone, Executive Chef “10 Corso Como”, New York Piero Selvaggio, Restaurateur, “Valentino” Restaurant, Los Angeles Moderated by Michael Colameco, American Chef, Author and Media Personality, New York
During WW2, husband-less New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific ...
more >> theater. Directed by Robert Wise. Stars: Jean Simmons, Paul Newman, Joan Fontaine. 94 min.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP) will present the Helen Rice Award to Edward Guo, Founder of the ...
more >> International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP). Wine and refreshments to be served, with a musical performance.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
A concert of new music by Broadway composers and lyricists sung by Broadway vocalists. Produced and ...
more >> directed by John Znidarsic.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
As one of the best biographers of her generation, Claire Tomalin has written about great authors—including ...
more >> Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, and Mary Wollstonecraft—to huge success. Now she turns to look at her own life in an enthralling memoir, following from her wartime childhood in London, to her marriage to journalist Nicholas Tomalin (who was killed on assignment), through her own brilliant literary career.
In the memoir Amateur, a trans man learns how to hit and get hit back, absorb the mores of male locker ...
more >> room camaraderie, and confront the limitations and strength of his own body. While training for a charity boxing match at Madison Square Garden, Thomas Page McBeegains insight into the stereotypes and shifting realities of modern masculinity. McBee, the author of the Lambda award-winning memoir Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness, and Becoming a Man, will be joined in conversation by Amanda Hess, a critic-at-large for the New York Times. She writes about internet culture, gender, and society for the Arts section and The New York Times Magazine.
6:30 pm
free, reservation required
Editor's Pick
The Public Theater presents the New York premiere of Sweat, the “extraordinarily moving drama” (The ...
more >> New York Times) by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Ruined, Lynn Nottage. With warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the line of a factory floor. Kate Whoriskey (Ruined) directs this stunning new play about the collision of race, class, family and friendship, and the tragic, unintended costs of community without opportunity.
A talk by Professor Elisabeth Bronfen. Westworld, a postmodern splice between artificial intelligence ...
more >> fantasy and the classic Western, quotes no text more often than Shakespeare’s plays. This lecture explores how the serial return of these citations reflects on the seriality of this prestige television show, itself conceived as a complex narrative loop. At the same time, this lecture looks at how rereading Shakespeare’s plays through the lens of this subsequent recycling might change our understanding of these plays.
Editor's Pick
Attacks on both the message and the messengers of climate science have been disturbingly resilient. Why ...
more >> is that? What are the best ways to reconnect sound science with clear-thinking public action on climate change? What strategies are climate scientists and science communicators developing now? Moderator: John Schwartz, New York Times Science Reporter Panelists Robin E. Bell, Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory David Biello, TEDEd, Science Curator Lisa Garcia, Vice President of Litigation for Healthy Communities, Earthjustice Jeff Nesbitt, Climate Nexus, Executive Director
Editor's Pick
An evening of conversation featuring Gloria Steinem and Barbara Nessim as they discuss their roles as ...
more >> pioneering young women starting their careers in New York City. They will talk about the role their long-lasting friendship has played in sustaining their work and how the context of the city itself influenced their careers. Moderated by Angie Wojak.
The film, which provides a portrait of a life devoted to the pursuit of musical perfection, features ...
more >> André Previn, Maria João Pires, Martha Argerich, and Gerard Schwarz, among others, providing commentary on Ms. de Larrocha’s technique and her passionate approach to performance. In-person introductory remarks will be given at the screening by Alicia and Juan Torra, children of Ms. de Larrocha, whose “beautiful sound, amazing technique, and truly immaculate rhythm” (André Previn) has assured her place among the 20th century’s great pianists.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Susan L. Schulman's second edition of this book includes several new chapters, expanded stories and additional ...
more >> never-before-seen photos from the author's personal collection.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Readings from the anthology selected by Jodi Angel, Lesley Nneka Arimah, and Alexandra Kleeman. Edited ...
more >> by Yuka Igarashi.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
From bestselling author Deborah Harkness comes a passionate and fascinating novel about what it takes ...
more >> to become a vampire. Set in contemporary Paris and London, and the American colonies during the upheaval and unrest that exploded into the Revolutionary War, Time's Convert is a sweeping story that braids together the past and present.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
In 2018, for nearly 3 billion people each day, cooking is conducted on open fires or rudimentary cookstoves ...
more >> that are fueled by coal or unsustainable wood. At a time when pressure to take climate action is increasing, supporting efficient cookstoves climate protection projects is ranked as one of the most efficient solutions to stabilize our climate and make a positive impact on the world. In addition to the climate benefits associated with their use, clean cookstoves and fuels support vulnerable communities around the world in ways that can be life-changing: empowering women and girls, providing new local jobs, improving health, and protecting biodiversity. This panel discussion will present best practices developed to date and then launch into thoughtful discussion around other strategies and tactics that might help businesses, foundations, and other non-profit organizations create the most value in their strategy to implement the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, speakers will also explore the whole range of benefits awaiting those taking decisive action: boosts in trust, quality of stakeholder relationships, and newly-created social value along the value chain.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
From the star Superstore and Ugly Betty comes a vibrant and varied collection of first person accounts ...
more >> from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures. Restrictions apply. Call store for details.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Actress and Emmy award-winning commentator Nancy Giles (CBS News Sunday Morning) hosts this fast and ...
more >> furious monthly variety show with stand-ups, sit-downs and music. Giles, who starred on ABC's China Beach" and Delta series will be joined by a rotating cast of regulars who have in the past included: Pat Candaras, Cynthia Kaplan, Peri Gaffney, Kathryn Rossetter, Sheila Head, Susan Burns, Sue Giles, Nancy Shayne and more.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required