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87 free events take place on Tuesday, April 3 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!
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Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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87 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Speaker Özcan Mutlu has been Spokesperson for Education and European Policies for the Green Party in the Berlin House of Representatives since 1999. From 1992 until 1999, he was a member of the district council of Berlin-Kreuzberg. He has been a member of Alliance 90/The Greens since 1990. Since 1995, Mr. Mutlu has been particularly active in the fields of education, migration, and environmental policies, and has participated in multiple Green Party committees. He is also a member of the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Migration Forum.
This workshop is targeted for adults 55 and older and will meet for ten consecutive weeks. Enrollment and all materials are free to participants. Enrollment is limited to twelve participants and is accepted on a first-come-basis, no experience is necessary.
Hands on using wireless laptops. Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Excel 2003. Topics include using formulas and functions, data sorting and conditional formatting.
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
This open-ended workshop is designed for people already familiar with the tools found at the library. Users will learn from one another through Q&A, and get assistance with their specific projects or areas of interest. It’s also a great way to collaborate with other Citizen Cartographers.
Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international 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"
Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
Peter Eldridge ranks “in the celebrated tradition of melodic poets, most famously represented by such disparate voices as Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison and Steely Dan – singer/songwriters who create catchy, beautiful tunes with insightful lyrics that are both personal and universal” (allmusicguide.com).
Can Alain Locke, the black cultural critic and public intellectual now best known for his lifelong commitment to black art and for his editorship of the 1925 anthology, The New Negro: An Interpretation, be read as a political theorist? What would it mean to engage Locke as a political theorist instead of as a cultural critic, and his art criticism as an example of black political thought instead of as a tool in service of his alleged group partisanship?
Contemporary scholarship usually treats Locke in the now-familiar terms of identity, multiculturalism, or the politics of recognition. As a consequence, black artistic production comes to be reduced to a cultural means for achieving the political end of building black identity. In this lunchtime lecture, Assistant Professor of Political Science Michelle Smith seeks to move beyond this theoretical impasse, arguing that Locke’s art criticism illuminated and sought to magnify diametrically opposed forces at the core of modernity that would disrupt the structuring hold of “race” on human relations.
Speaker Michelle R. Smith, Assistant Professor of Political Science,taught at Cornell University, at Auburn Prison as part of the Cornell Prison Education Program, and at the University of Florida. She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including most recently the 2011 Western Political Science Association Best Paper in Black Politics. She published “Blackening Europe/Europeanising Blackness: Theorizing the Black Presence in Europe” in Contemporary European History Journal.
Program:
BRAHMS Sonatensatz
BACH Chaconne,/br>
RACHMANINOFF/KREISLER Liebesleid & Liebesfreud
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 7 in C Minor
With Juilliard musicians Samuel Katz, violin, and Robin Giesbrecht, piano.
Ron Guidry got to know Yogi Berra, the beloved baseball legend and notable quotable, in 1977, when he was a curious young ace pitcher for the New York Yankees and Berra was a venerable coach with answers. When Berra joined the Yankees as a spring training instructor in 2000, Guidry volunteered to pick up Berra, eventually becoming his valet and companion during their monthlong stay in Florida.
Olmsted and Vaux designed the North Woods to replicate the forests of the Adirondack Mountains with its 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.
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
Artist and fine jeweler Mia Fonssagrives-Solow creates beautiful reflections of nature, fantasy, and glamorous cityscapes. These bold and sophisticated works of art will be the focus of a pop-up shop. The shop, 'Mia Fonssagrives Solow Celebrates New York,' will introduce new pieces by Solow, designed exclusively for the Museum, along with her signature jewelry collection.
Speaker Carlo Pantano is distinguished professor of Materials Science and Engineering and director of the Materials Research Institute at Pennsylvania State
University.
Beaded moccasin-making demonstration with Cody Harjo. Visitors are invited to interact with Cody Harjo by observing, listening and asking questions. Please note: This is not a workshop.
Join a free Stay Well exercise session. Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC's Department for the aging will lead participants in a well-balanced 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.
In celebration of Immigrant Heritage, Metropolitan Klezmer will perform new and old regional and popular songs with Russian-Jewish roots. Featuring traditional and original instrumentals, and songs in Yiddish, Russian and English.
Metropolitan Klezmer is hailed as “one of the finest American klezmer bands” by Songlines Magazine (UK). They perform an exhilarating range of musical treasure with astonishing agility and refreshing depth. Formed in 1994, this group of exceptional New York musicians combines the best of downtown, classical and World Music scenes to create inspired neo-traditional interpretations and compositions around a panoply of eclectic Yiddish repertoire.
Internationally recognized as one of the world’s foremost quartets, the American String Quartet celebrates its 36th season in 2011–2012. Critics and colleagues hold the Quartet in high esteem and many of today’s leading artists and composers seek out the Quartet for collaborations.
Renowned sociologist and author Eric Klinenberg explores the dramatic rise of solo living and examines the seismic impact it's having on our culture, business, and politics. Conventional wisdom tells us that living by oneself leads to loneliness and isolation, but, as Klinenberg shows, most solo dwellers are deeply engaged in social and civic life.
Come join Jennifer Ryan Professional Organizer and Motivator and learn what to keep and how to keep it to live easier in your world with less clutter! Wardrobe basics and furniture suggestions will be part of the workshop. Come and create your new order.
Culture critic and author Cintra Wilson discusses the process and thinking behind her forthcoming book, a meditation on Wilson’s belief that the American psyche manifests itself in what we wear. Wilson was previously a retail reviewer in The New York Times Fashion & Style section (Critical Shopper).
Coming Out Muslim is a poignant performance piece that captures stories and experiences of being at the intersections of Islam and queerness and its relationship to family, lovers, one’s sense of self and relationship with our faith.
The stories range from tales about other people’s theories about where queerness comes from, the gifts of being queer and Muslim, the tension between one’s culture and religion, and love—romantic and spiritual.
Linda Kunkin will perform new and old regional and popular songs in Russian, Yiddish, Hebrew, and English. Including traditional and original music and dance. Linda sings in various languages and has performed in cabarets throughout Israel, the United States and Europe. Mr. West, also known as Vladimir Sermakashev, is an internationally recognized jazz musician whose story and music inspired the movie "Moscow on the Hudson."
A lecture by Ramona Hernández.
More than 5,000 Dominicans came to New York City through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924, and many of them came with the idea of staying permanently. How do these Dominicans differ from those who followed them in the 1960s? How do Dominicans who came through Ellis Island resemble other Caribbean Hispanics who lived in New York City at the dawn of the 20th century? Using Ellis Island documents and other institutional archival records, Ramona Hernández paints a compelling portrait of Dominicans who wanted to make New York their permanent home.
Hernández is director of the Dominican Studies Institute of the City University of New York, CUNY, and professor of sociology at City College and the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of several works on migration and labor, including The Mobility of Workers Under Advanced Capitalism: Dominican Migration to the United States.
For many of us a capacity for intimacy is a key element to a happy life, but is often difficult to achieve. In this class we will explore what interferes with and fosters intimacy in our relationships, whether it be with a friend, spouse, or family member. Using lectures, group discussion, meditation, yogic breathing, writing and experiential exercises, we will explore: common myths about intimacy and look at what true intimacy is; the role of genuine self-care and expressing needs in deepening intimacy; how to recognize and defuse emotional triggers and minefields; how to cultivate empathic listening and compassionate feedback; how to develop the ability to honestly reveal ourselves and still feel safe; and much more.
Sahaja Meditation is a holistic approach to living in balance. The simple technique gives the experience of inner silence, calm and contentment. Sahaja Meditation is an inner yoga (connection), meaning no mental or physical effort is required. Whatever the issue facing us—frustration, anger, anxiety, bad habits, loneliness—Sahaja Meditation awakens a vibrant energy within each of us that empowers us to achieve our genuine self-expression and fulfillment.
Jill Alexander Essbaum is author of numerous books of poetry, including The Devastation, Necropolis, Oh Forbidden, Harlot,
and Heaven, which won the 1999 Bakeless Prize. She is a recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and has served as an editor for the online journal ANTI- and for the Nanopress Project. Moderated by David Lehman.
For many Americans, retiring is a mystery. Earlier generations of workers could rely on employer-provided pensions, but now many workers will need to rely on their own work-related and personal savings plus Social Security benefits. Americans are living longer, so these savings must last longer.
Robin Paradowski of the Employee Benefits Security Administration discusses how to identify your individual goals and what steps to take to prepare yourself for your future years. Lisa Boily of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics explains the different types of plans available and what these plans typically cost employees in our region.
John and Caroline Schneider's saloon enlivened 97 Orchard from 1864 to 1886. VP of Education Annie Polland explores the vital role Caroline played in organizing the saloon. Food historian Sarah Lohman introduces recipes Caroline might have used.
Michael E. Lewitt, founder and president of the investment advisory firm Harch Capital Management, discusses the relationship between choice and debt. He is the author of The Death of Capital: How Creative Policy Can Restore Stability, and his widely read newsletter, The Credit Strategist, covers economics, politics and the financial markets. Moderated by Mark C. Taylor, Chair of the Department of Religion and Co-Director of the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life.
Dietrich Buxtehude was one of the greatest composers of his generation, and an important influence on Johann Sebastian Bach. Composed in 1680, Membra Jesu nostri (The limbs of our Jesus) is a remarkable cycle of seven cantatas each addressing a different part of Christ’s crucified body: feet, knees, hands, side, chest, heart, and head.
Performers:
• Jolle Greenleaf and Molly Quinn, sopranos
• Geoffrey Williams, countertenor
• Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor
• Craig Phillips, bass
• The Sinfonia Players
• Vita Wallace, violin
• Dongmyung Ahn, violin
• Rachel Evans, viola
• Jessica Troy, viola
• Christine Gummere, cello
• Kevin Kwan and Hank Heijink, continuo
• John Scott, conductor
Program:
Sibelius Pohjola’s Daughter
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Esa-Pekka Salonen makes his only NYC appearance of the season conducting the Juilliard Orchestra for the first time.
Breakdancing was born on the streets of New York City in the 1970s, emerging alongside graffiti writing, deejaying and emceeing as a cornerstone of hip-hop culture, and it continues to be seen everywhere in the city's streets and subways. In his book, German photographer Nicolaus Schmidt provides a portrait of break dancers from the Bronx and Brooklyn.
Meet and discuss Science Fiction you have recently read. Bring your imagination and creativity - and make your presentation truly out of this world! The group may also discuss Science Fiction-related topics, including books, comic books, films, television programs, and conventions.
With moderator Richie Narvaez and panelists Marco Conelli, Alison Gaylin, Chris Grabenstein, and Jonathan Maberry of Mystery Writers of America -- The New York Chapter.
Do writers have access to a secret idea store or do their dreams work overtime, conjuring up characters and plots? Do overheard conversations spark ideas that inspire novels? Does real life, either their own or items ripped from the headlines, sneak into their books? Join a diverse panel of crime writers – comedic, Nuyorican, horror-mystery, young adult, and suspense – to get the real story.
Catherine BarnettAuthor of Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced and The Game of Boxes, Catherine Barnett is the recipient of a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers' Award, the Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers, and a Pushcart. Barnett is currently teaching Poetry Writing at Barnard.
James Fenton is a poet and librettist whose most recent books include The Strength of Poetry, A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seeds, and The Love Bomb. He is the recipient of the Queen’s Medal for Poetry.
Mary Gordon is the author of such bestselling books as Pearl, Final Payments, The Company of Women, Men and Angels, Spending, Circling My Mother, and The Stories of Mary Gordon.
Vancouver-based publishing organization Fillip presents a special launch event for the sixteenth issue of Fillip, a contemporary art magazine. Publisher Jeff Khonsary and contributing writer Vincent Bonin will discuss the legacy of institutional critique in Canada.
She was the most famous woman in America. And nobody knew who she was. It is 1850. Margaret Fuller – feminist, journalist, orator – is returning from Europe where she covered the Italian revolution for The New York Tribune. She is bringing home with her an Italian husband, the Count Ossoli, and their two-year-old son. But this is not the gala return of a beloved American heroine. This is a furtive, impoverished return under a cloud of suspicion and controversy.
Carrie Moyer is a painter and writer. Her paintings have been exhibited extensively both in the US and Europe in such venues as MoMA PS1; the Tang Museum, the Weatherspoon Art Museum and the American University Museum. Her first solo museum show, “Carrie Moyer: Interstellar,” will open at the Worcester Museum in February 2012. With photographer Sue Schaffner, she co-founded one of the first queer interventionist projects, Dyke Action Machine!, a public art project which ran from 1991-2008. Moyer is a contributor to Art in America, Artforum, Modern Painters and The Brooklyn Rail. She serves as a governor for the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and is an associate professor in the art department at Hunter College.
In 1974, Dr. Linda Jacobs was invited to participate in an archeological dig in Iran. Digging In reveals an Iran that the West never hears about. This book describes the practice of archaeological excavations, the history of the region, and the early civilizations that inhabited present-day Iran as well as the author’s story of self-discovery.
First Features is a student-run screening series dedicated to the many exemplary and auspicious debuts in cinematic history. While there are certain aesthetic exceptions, the films screened in the series are all "first" works in some sense (debuts, first color films, etc.).
Before each screening, a student or faculty member with an interest/expertise in the feature gives a brief introduction in which they consider just what makes this first feature an exemplary model of a debut, both in thematic and formal terms. Screenings are usually followed by a Q&A with the presenter, with prizes awarded for a particularly thoughtful inquiry or observation. Beverages and food are typically served before and after the screening and attendees are encouraged to stick around for a post-screening reception.
John Donoghue is currently the director of the Brown Institute for Brain Science. He received a Jacob Javits Award from the NIH and won Germany’s Zulch Prize in 2007 for his research. He is the developer of BrainGate and is also a co-founder of Cyberkinetics, a startup company developing neurotechnologies for humans with paralysis and nervous system injuries. A question-and-answer session, plus a book signing and reception will follow.
Jim Abbott, a former Major League baseball player who pitched despite having been born without a right hand, tells the story of his remarkable journey in his new book.
In Hollywood, fame can be found on every corner and behind any door. You just have to know where to look for it. Nineteen-year-old Madison Parker made a name for herself as best frenemy of nice-girl-next-door Jane Roberts on the hot reality show L.A. Candy.
A public mini-symposium highlighting the 1915 World Fair, its Fine Arts pavilion as well as lost Italian futurist and Hungarian modernist art. Much of the lost art is still unaccounted for - some paintings, however, have resurfaced.
Join Heidi Applegate of Columbia University, and Budapest art historian Gergely Barki (the expert who identified a lost chef d'oeuvre of a Hungarian fauve in the background while watching Stuart Little with his children!) in discussing the unique exhibition of 1915 and the fate of the artwork that has gone missing.
Program:
BRAHMS Gesänge für Frauenchor, Op. 17
BRAHMS Nänie, Op. 82
MENDELSSOHN Abendlied
MENDELSSOHN Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich
BRAHMS O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf, Op. 74, No. 2
BRAHMS Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op. 29, No. 2
MARJORIE MERRYMAN Beauty, Grief and Grandeur
SCHUMANN Schön-Rohtraut, Op. 67, No. 2
Featuring the school's Chamber Choir. Kent Tritle, Conductor, with student conductors.
Huang Weikai's astonishing film compiles video footage from amateur filmmakers shot on the streets of modern day Guangzhou and creates a dystopic vision of urban life on the brink of anarchy. Filled with surreal events and unbelievable encounters, Disorder is a city symphony film for the 21st century.
58 min. Preceded by the short film Incident by a Bank, Ruben Ostlund, Sweden, 2009 - A cinematic tour de force, this stunning short re-creates a real incident in a single shot.
Iron your capes, unplug the Bat Signal and set your decoder rings on awesome: the Comic Book Club is in session! The Comic Book Club is a weekly comic book talk show featuring the best comedians in New York talking shop with industry professionals from all corners of the comic book world. Hosted by Justin Tyler, Pete LePage, and Alex Zalben.
The show - which has been running live at The PIT in NYC for the past five years, and has been written up in the New York Times twice - will be filming LIVE for the next fifteen weeks, starting on March 27th.
Lady Luck is a Whore follows Leanne’s journey from Waukegan, Illinois to Vegas, baby! Doesn’t every woman want to move to Vegas, sell guns and get married a few times? It would be completely made up if it weren’t totally true.
This movie follows the life of a young German woman, married to a soldier in the waning days of WWII. Fassbinder has tried to show the gritty life after the end of WWII and the turmoil of the people trapped in its wake.
120 min. In German with English subtitles. Presented on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the death of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Medicinal mushrooms and tonic herbs have been used for thousands of years to promote health and longevity and heighten spiritual consciousness. In Chinese medicine some mushrooms are considered to be "superior herbs" for healing. In this class, explore the healing potential of a number of mushroom species and tonic herbs, including reishi, maitake, shitake and cordyceps, looking at how they can stimulate the immune system, reduce stress responses, increase cardiovascular and bone health, strengthen and repair the liver, help balance thyroid and adrenal function, and how we can use them as general rejuvenation tools to fortify our overall health, vitality, and consciousness.
Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major
- Caroline Sonett, flute (Winner of the 2011-12 CUO Concerto Competition)
- Yoshiaki Onishi, conductor
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 4
- Kasia Borowiec, soprano
Instructor: Joshua M. Greene. Here's an ideal course for enriching your yoga in the company of inspired teachers and students. Each session includes readings, analysis, audiovisuals, verse recitations and practical insights in India's essential wisdom text. Attendees will discover the message of the Gita, master basic vocabulary and concepts, and acquire skills for teaching and practicing Gita philosophy.
Hosted by Stone and Stone, twins who have been featured on NBC's Last Coming Standing, in a series of national Verizon commercials, and in a few videos that aired
on Comedy Central.
Spoken word artists, musicians, comedians, and other creative folks are invited to put their two cents in at this weekly gathering hosted by Penny Pollak.
Come to the most refreshing night of stand-up comedy in the city. If calories were laughs and sticks and stones were if’s and but’s, then the only way to escape this mangled sentence would be to see this amazing show.
Roy Arias Studio Presents the newest Open-Mic night in New York...Catch the hottest musical miscreants in Manhattan stealing the spotlight or come steal it for yourself! Sign-up starts at 9:30pm.
Jay Welch hosts this stand up comedy open mic every Tuesday at 11pm. Sign up and you can be a part of the show! Each week, Jay and his special guests will be joined by 10 additional acts whose names will be drawn from the golden bowl of destiny. Win “joke of the night” and you are guaranteed a slot on the following Tuesday.
The newest improv jam. STUDY HALL is an opportunity for students of all levels [and all schools] to get more time on stage to do what’s being taught in their classes. Just bring your student IDs and something to work on. Hosted by Lucas Hazlett.