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29 free events take place on Monday, April 15 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!

New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out April 15 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of April . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!

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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29 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, April 15, 2019

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Lecture | Mental Health First Aid Training


Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a groundbreaking public education program which introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems, builds understanding of their impact, and overviews common treatments. MHFA is an 8-hour certification course, which uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to assess a mental health crisis; select interventions and provide initial help; and connect persons to professional, peer, social, and self-help care. The program also teaches about the risk factors and warning signs of specific illnesses like anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and addictions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Workshop | Morning Meditation


Balance mind, body, and spirit in this Primordial Sound Meditation led by an instructor. Work with a personal mantra, a specific sound or vibration. Take part in a regular meditation practice that lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and strengthens the immune system.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 am
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations 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
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Film | Instant Family (2018): Couple Adopts Three Children


A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children. 118 min. Director: Sean Anders. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Moner. Instant Family grossed $67.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $52.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $118.8 million, against a production budget of $48 million.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Reading | Wall to Wall Selected Shorts Featuring Liev Schreiber, Tony Shalhoub, Cynthia Nixon, Jane Curtin, and More (in-person and online)


This joyful all-day celebration of Selected Shorts features the debut of newly commissioned short stories brought to life by actors, musicians, dancers, artists, and filmmakers. Readers include: Krystina Alabado o Joan Allen o Purva Bedi o Becca Blackwell o Kathleen Chalfant oDeborah S. Craig o David Cross o Crystal Dickinson o Mike Doyle o Santino Fontana o Zach Grenier oJulie Halston o Zainab Jah o Jane Kaczmarek o Vanessa Kai oPatricia KalemberoKennedy Kanagawa o Stephen Lang o Sonia Manzano o Arian Moayed o Javier Munoz o James Naughton o Cynthia Nixon o Kelli O'Hara o Anika Noni Rose o Dawn Akemi Saito o Liev Schreiber o Tony Shalhoub o Michael Shannon o Miriam Shor o Emily Skeggs o Calvin Leon Smith o Amber Tamblyn o TL Thompson o Sam Underwood oRita Wolf and more!
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
Free

Poetry Reading | Express Yourself Series: Haiku + Tanka Poetry Workshop


Celebrate National Poetry Month by expressing yourself. Tap into your inner poet for this 5-session workshops series. Each session will start with a brief overview of the form, various readings, and time to write and share. Other sessions in this series include: April 22, 5:30 PM: Villanelle April 29, 11:30 PM: Prose No registration or commitment to the series is required.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Author Reading | In Putin's Footsteps: Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia's Eleven Time Zones


The book follows the authors as they traveled across Russia’s eleven time zones and examined how a town in each time zone is defined by certain factors – politics, natural resources, educational institutions, society, ethnic and religious diversity, and strategic geographic assets – to create a portrait of Russia. They ultimately argue that these factors make Russia one of the two indispensable nations on Earth, the other one being the United States. With Nina Khrushcheva.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach Plus One Concert


The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Julian Wachner, conductor. This season, Bach at One evolves into Bach + One: featuring one Bach cantata each week paired with a complementary work from composers early to modern. Trinity’s presentation of Bach’s entire monumental output of vocal sacred music has been praised by The New York Times for its “dramatic vigor.” Program Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7 Johann David Heinichen (1683 – 1729) Concerto in A Major for Oboe d’amore, S228 Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. "The term ‘baroque’ has been widely used since the 19th century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750... Many famous composers from the first part of the baroque period came from Italy and have a link with Venice, including Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi. Monteverdi was born in Cremona, but moved to Venice where he was ‘maestro di capella’ at the San Marco basilica. Vivaldi was born in Venice and was one of the greatest baroque composers. It is thanks to these strong musical traditions of Venice that we have today’s music. Without Venetian church music and Monteverdi’s advances with polyphony, the great traditions of choral music in England, France, and Germany would never have developed. Without the operas written by Monteverdi, Cavalli and Vivaldi, not only would the later styles of opera never have been invented. There would be no basis for the American Musical or the German and Viennese Operetta, the Spanish Zarzuela, and even rock, pop, and contemporary music as we know it." The Venice Insider
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Chinese Calligraphy Class


Chinese calligraphy is a form of aesthetically pleasing writing (calligraphy), or, the artistic expression of human language in a tangible form. This type of expression has been widely practiced in China and has been generally held in high esteem across East Asia. Please bring your own calligraphy pen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Author Reading | Cradle to Kindergarten: A New Plan To Combat Inequality


Issues in early care and childhood education in the United States, and ways to address deficiencies through policy solutions. With Ajay Chaudry
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:03 pm
Free

Film | Valley of the Kings (1954): Searching The Tomb Of An Egyptian Prince


In 1900, in Egypt, archaeologist Mark Brandon is asked by Ann Mercedes to find the tomb of Ra-Hotep but their quest is marred by intrigue, betrayal, murder and danger. 86 min. Director: Robert Pirosh. Starring Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Carlos Thompson. The screenplay by Robert Pirosh and Karl Tunberg was "suggested by historical data" in the book Gods, Graves and Scholars by C. W. Ceram. The film's world premiere took place simultaneously on 21 July 1954 in Cairo and Alexandria (as well as New York City). It marked the first time an American film had a world premiere in Egypt.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Resume Help


Need help with resume writing? Not sure how to edit it? Get one-on-one assistance with writing your resume. Please bring a hard copy of your resume or a USB flash drive to save and edit it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Dance and sculpt


Move your body to the beat! Have fun while you exercise! Bring a towel or an exercise mat. Come in comfortable clothing. This workshop takes place every Monday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Screening | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen: The Great Migration and Independent Filmmaking


Works from the Library’s 16mm film collection will accompany special guests in a celebration and discussion of the vibrant history of African-American independent filmmakers in New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Going to the Root: Moving and Being Present to Decolonize


Movement Lab will be hosting the workshop series, Going to the Root: Moving and Being Present to Decolonize, with thinker and dancer Jill Sigman. This intensive workshop series will use movement and presencing exercises to help us regain connections to plants, place, ourselves and each other. Working with ritual, perceptual awareness, dialogue, and movement, she will ask questions about de-colonization and attempt to create new spaces that allow for new forms of relations to emerge. Each workshop will begin with sharing a light meal to further engage in movement exercises. 6-7pm Dinner + Concept discussion 7-9:30 Movement Workshop
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Stonewall 50: Short Films from The Kanbar Institute


Celebrate and commemorate 50 years since the Stonewall riots with a selection of films from the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television at Tisch School of the Arts. This diverse collection of short films from the Kanbar community explores and celebrates LGBTQ+ life. The program features award-winning student films from Alumnae Benedict Campbell, Eugene Salandra, Erin Sanger and Oscar-nominated Dee Rees, as well as Associate Dean of the Kanbar Institute, Michael Burke. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Associate Dean Michael Burke. Lloyd Neck, Benedict Campbell (2007) Pariah, Dee Rees (2007) Faeriefilm, Eugene Salandra (1993) Bombshell, Erin Sanger (2013) Fishbelly White, Michael Burke (1998) All attendees are invited to stay after the event for an informal reception.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom


 In the first major biography of Douglass in nearly three decades, author David Blight gives the most comprehensive and humanizing portrait of the great abolitionist to date. Naming it one of the ten best books of 2018, The New York Times called it, a “monumental work about a monumental figure” … and noted that “Blight’s detailed, cinematic biography is the result of a lifetime of engagement with his subject."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | The Affairs of the Falcóns: Undocumented Woman Struggles To Keep Her Family In New York


Ana Falcón, along with her husband Lucho and their two young children, has fled the economic and political strife of Peru for a chance at a new life in New York City in the 1990s. Being undocumented, however, has significantly curtailed the family’s opportunities: Ana is indebted to a loan shark who calls herself Mama, and is stretched thin by unceasing shifts at her factory job. To make matters worse, Ana must also battle both criticism from Lucho’s cousin—who has made it obvious the family is not welcome to stay in her spare room for much longer—and escalating and unwanted attention from Mama’s husband. As the pressure builds, Ana becomes increasingly desperate. While Lucho dreams of returning to Peru, Ana is determined to persevere in this new country. But how many sacrifices is she willing to make before admitting defeat and returning to Peru? And what lines will she cross in order to protect her family? The Affairs of the Falcóns is a timely novel about the lengths one woman is willing to go to build a new life, and a vivid rendering of an American immigrant experience. Author Melissa Rivero discusses the importance of writing untold stories, her process, and how the novel sheds light on our current political moment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Performance | LGBTQ 10-Minute Plays from Around the World


The event will feature live performance to discover how much LGBTQ topics have been portrayed on stage and by what means. This event will feature a reading of twelve 10-minute plays from around the world, selected by an international jury. The audience and a committee will vote the best three that will receive a staged presentation during the In Scena! Theater Festival in May 2019.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Play | 4 College Plays


An Exploration of the Everchanging by Clara Wiest A Stone Through Time by Malcolm Hoyt A Dignified Exit by Greydon Walker The Grimke Play, (Or When the Vine Thought to Assume the Nature of the Elm) by Michelle Cage These student plays are part of a festival highlighting the culminating work of the BFA Dramatic Arts students, exploring their training in technique, the depth of their critical inquiry skills, and the contextualization of their work through the lens of citizen-artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Brute: Fiery, Hypnotic Poems


Brute is a fiery, hypnotic book that confronts the dark questions and menacing silences around gender, sexuality, and violence. Brute arises, brave and furious, from the dissolution of a relationship, showing how such endings necessitate self-discovery and reinvention. The speaker of these poems is a sorceress, a bride, a warrior, a lover, both object and agent, ricocheting among ways of knowing and being known. Each incarnation squares itself up against ideas of feminine virtue and sin, strength and vulnerability, love and rage as it closes in on a hard-won freedom. With author Emily Skaja. Emily Skaja was born and raised in rural Illinois. She holds an MFA from Purdue University and a PhD from the University of Cincinnati. Her poems have appeared in Best New Poets, Blackbird, Crazyhorse, FIELD, and Gulf Coast, among other journals. She is the winner of the Gulf Coast Poetry Prize, an AWP Intro Journals Award, and an Academy of American Poets college prize. She lives in Memphis. Jenny Xie is the author of EYE LEVEL (Graywolf Press, 2018), finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry, and recipient of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets and the Holmes National Poetry Prize from Princeton University. Her chapbook, NOWHERE TO ARRIVE (Northwestern University Press, 2017) received the Drinking Gourd Prize. Her work has appeared in Poetry, New York Times Magazine, New Republic, and Tin House, among other publications, and she has been supported by fellowships and grants from Kundiman, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and Poets & Writers. She is on faculty at New York University and lives in New York. Tags   Things to do in New York, NY Seminar Arts     Date and Time Mon, April 15, 2019 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT Add to Calendar Location Housing Works Bookstore Cafe 126 Crosby St New York, NY 10012 View Map
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love


A memoir about the staggering family secret uncovered by a genealogy test: an exploration of the urgent ethical questions surrounding fertility treatments and DNA testing, and a profound inquiry of paternity, identity, and love. What makes us who we are? What combination of memory, history, biology, experience, and that ineffable thing called the soul defines us? In the spring of 2016, through a genealogy website to which she had whimsically submitted her DNA for analysis, Dani Shapiro received the stunning news that her father was not her biological father. She woke up one morning and her entire history–the life she had lived–crumbled beneath her.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Everything Ahead of Us: The Future of Fashion Image-Making


For this event, organized in collaboration with curator and writer Charlotte Cotton and Great Bowery’s Pete Forester, Cotton and a panel of creative talent working in styling, casting, photography and independent expression will draw on their experiences to discuss the current fashion landscape for female representation. The conversation will recognize what has and hasn't changed and where there is work still to be done.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Concert | Electronic Music Performance


Composer David Adamcyk was the assistant to Martin Matalon and Philippe Leroux, has collaborated with artist Julia Randall, and has worked with Quasar, Cairn, the MSO, Talea, ECM+, IRCAM, Esprit Orchestra, and SMCQ. David has taken part in the Nouvelles Rencontres composition program at Domaine Forget, in Saint-Iréné, and was selected for the National Arts Center’s Young Composers program in Ottawa. He has won four prizes at the SOCAN Foundation composer’s competition and was one of five finalists in the CBC/SRC Evolution composition competition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Comedy Club | The Mosquito Comedy Variety Show


Actress and Emmy award-winning commentator Nancy Giles (CBS News Sunday Morning) hosts this fast and 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Vocal Recitals


Maitland Peters, coordinator. An award-winning baritone Maitland Peters, with years of in-depth study of the human voice, has had notable success in master classes as a creative innovator throughout the United States and Europe in the field of vocal technique. He has served as the artistic director of the Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium in Italy, on the faculty of the National Opera Center, and a frequent adjudicator for many international and national competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera National Council, National Youth Foundation, and the International Contemporary Opera. His students from Manhattan School of Music have sung at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Santa Fe, San Francisco, Seattle, and Houston and have participated in every major apprentice program including Merola, Santa Fe, Central City, St. Louis, Chautauqua, Glimmerglass, Sarasota, Seattle, and Portland, as well as all the major vocal competitions throughout the U.S. and Europe.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Works By J.S. Bach, Purcell, Britten and More


East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) performs a program ranging from works of J.S. Bach to contemporary composers. Program J. S. Bach Chaconne, BWV Purcell Chacony for Strings in G minor Britten Chacony from String Quartet No. 2 Gabriela Lena Frank Leyendas, an Andean Walkabout Selected Renaissance works The critically acclaimed East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) is a collective of dynamic like-minded artists who convene for select periods each year to explore musical works and perform concerts of the highest artistic quality. Drawing from some of the world's finest orchestras, chamber groups, and young soloists, ECCO strives for vitality and musical integrity; a self-governing organization, each member is equal and has a voice in every step of the artistic process, from programming to performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Experiments in Dance


A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas and works-in-progress held in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists, and join each season in performing at the historic church. Featuring: Paul Singh / Singh & Dance Sarah A.O. Rosner Te Ao Mana Cathy Weis
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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