35 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, August 29, 2021
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Search for hidden gems as you browse antiques, vintage goods, architectural salvage and collectibles. ...
more >> There is also a selection of food vendors and a bar. The fair takes place rain or shine, each Sat and Sun 8 am - 5 pm.
8:00 am
free, no reservation required
A Jewish family has to flee from the Nazis from Berlin. First, they go to Zurich, then Paris and London. ...
more >> Director: Caroline Link Stars: Riva Krymalowski, Marinus Hohmann, Carla Juri 119 min. In German with English subtitles
Dutch paintings of the 17th century: the Golden Age of Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer. Through sixty-seven ...
more >> works of art organized thematically, In Praise of Painting orients visitors to key issues in 17th century Dutch culture--from debates about religion and conspicuous consumption to painters' fascination with the domestic lives of women. The presentation also provides the opportunity to conserve and display rarely exhibited paintings, including Margareta Haverman's A Vase of Flowers--one of only two known paintings by the artist. The exhibition takes its title from one of the period's major works of art theory, Philips Angel's The Praise of Painting (1642), a pioneering defense of realism in art.
10:00 am
Pay-what-you-wish for NY...
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Shop for vintage clothing, furniture, collectibles, antiques, jewelry, art, handicrafts, and more. About ...
more >> 40-50 vendors. Every Sun 10 am - 5 pm.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
From the hand made to the hand-picked, find every Sunday all one-of-a-kind art, fashion, vintage, collectibles, ...
more >> jewelry, antiques, global treasures and furniture you can't find anywhere else. A wide array of artisanal and international treats make the shopping excursion complete. Come hungry and support over 80 of local independent merchants. Masks are required. Reduced capacity.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
Classes of Vinyasa Yoga – a series of flowing poses linked to awareness of the breath – with instructor ...
more >> Yojaida Estrella. Classes are designed for all experience levels. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and bring a mat or a towel. Sundays, July 25-September 19, 2021
Connect with the earth and the skies above in this all-level Vinyasa Yoga class in Brooklyn Bridge Park. ...
more >> This class will help all yogi's build towards peak poses and postures and grow your foundational knowledge of the practice of yoga. Sundays, May 9-October 24, 2021. Advanced registration is required. Registration opens every Tuesday at 10:00am for classes the following week.
The market offers food, shopping, family-friendly activities and entertainment: music, accessories, clothing, ...
more >> jewelry, pet supplies, beauty products, pottery and much more. Every Sat and Sun, 10 am - 5 pm.
10:00 am
free, no reservation required
The market offers one-of-a-kind, handmade items from local artisans. This weekly event features more ...
more >> than twenty vendors offering artwork, jewelry, fashion, home and apothecary goods, and more.
10:30 am
free, no reservation required
Conservancy docents lead a walking tour traversing the Park's beautiful landscape. Learn about the history ...
more >> of the Brooklyn waterfront, how the Park came to life, and its sustainable design.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
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Join a professional guide on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the ...
more >> City's most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse, and the famous Flatiron Building. Every Sunday.
A family-friendly class. Experience the grace and joy of hula dance and truly embrace a tropical summer ...
more >> vibe with teacher Na Pua Mai Ka Lani Nuiok.
The museum's collection includes more than eight thousand works of art from four centuries and nearly ...
more >> every continent--from compelling portraits and dazzling quilts to powerful works by living artists in a variety of mediums. Museum is open Wednesday - Sunday, 11:30 am - 6:00 pm.
11:30 am
free, registration required
Thanks to its varied habitats and combination of native and introduced species, this world-famous park ...
more >> overflows with wild food. Thickets will still be lined with sweet, juicy European cut-leaf blackberries. There is a peach tree growing near the lake, where someone had once tossed a peach pit. These sweet, juicy peaches are way better than commercial peaches, which have been bred for shelf life, not flavor. This is also the season for black cherries. Cornelian cherries and heritage apples are very tasty and abundant. Wild greens also thrive in meadows and along trail edges. You'll find purslane, lamb's-quarters (a wild spinach), wood sorrel, sheep sorrel, poor man's pepper, lady's thumb, and Asiatic dayflower. There will be culinary and medicinal herbs such as epazote, wild bay leaves, field garlic, sassafras, and common spicebush leaves as well as gourmet wild mushrooms. The tour will last for about 4 hours.
11:45 am
$20 suggested donation,...
A daylong event featuring more than 20 dancers with chances for the public to participate.
New York City, NY; NYC
This series shows works-in-progress designed to draw in the audience as they react to the evolving dance.
New York City, NY; NYC
A play about a young lady named Rose, who is studying to be a nurse. She takes a job in a nursing home ...
more >> so that she will be able to pay her tuition, books, and living expenses. But COVID-19 rears its ugly head, and Rose has a big fight on her hands, to help to save her city and her own future as a pediatric nurse. In this beautiful story, the old and the new, the old and the young, all come together, to assure us that this pandemic will end, and together, we shall survive.
This walk visits sites in the neighborhood to examine on the evolving gay community along the New York ...
more >> waterfront.
Educators host a rod-and-reel fishing clinic. The public can learn about to the ecology of the East River.
New York City, NY; NYC
This series shows works-in-progress designed to draw in the audience as they react to the evolving dance.
New York City, NY; NYC
Breaking traditional theatrical molds, this acclaimed theater company invites people to gather in public ...
more >> venues and play a role in creating each show. It will offer the audience an opportunity to participate in a kind of narrative that speaks to the collective and individual resilience, healing, and joy in this long-awaited moment to be together again.
Featuring a singer whose tunes meld folk, rock, soul, jazz, experimental and Indian sonic textures.
New York City, NY; NYC
This event will have a DJ, an outdoor art exhibit, vendors, a panel discussion on activism, and screenings ...
more >> of activist films, which will start at 8:30pm.
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Shakespeare-based opera Otello was first performed at La Scala, Milan, in 1887. It proved to be a resounding ...
more >> success, and further stagings of the operao soon followed at leading theatres throughout Europe and America. The work has brought Verdi to the peak of his dramatic power and it remains a staple of the genre. Enjoy an HD recording of the 2015 Met production by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher. At the helm of this performance is maestro Yannick Nezet-Seguin, who brings out all the cascading emotions in Verdi's turbulent score. Tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko sings the title role of the triumphant general who is ultimately brought down by the sly insinuations of his friend Iago (baritone Zeljko Lucic). Soprano Sonya Yoncheva gives a heartrending performance as Desdemona, Otello's faithful and long-suffering wife. First-come, first-served, beginning 10 minutes before the show. Masks are required.
This band has a bold and ferociously unique vision of brass, as works originally written for string quartet, ...
more >> solo piano, and the human voice are reinvented through the kaleidoscopic lens of this standout ensemble.
Legends collide in Godzilla vs. Kong as these mythic adversaries meet in a spectacular battle for the ...
more >> ages, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Kong and his protectors undertake a perilous journey to find his true home, and with them is Jia, a young orphaned girl with whom he has formed a unique and powerful bond. But they unexpectedly find themselves in the path of an enraged Godzilla, cutting a swath of destruction across the globe. The epic clash between the two titans--instigated by unseen forces--is only the beginning of the mystery that lies deep within the core of the Earth. Adam Wingard | 2021 | US | 113 mins. 8:00 PM: Doors Open 9:00 PM: Films Begin Masks required at all times.
8:00 pm
free, registration required
The repertoire includes works by jazz and blues stalwarts Billy Strayhorn and Porter Grainger, as well ...
more >> as songs popularized by Bessie Smith, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters, and "Ma" Rainey. The evening also gives voice to Gladys Bentley, a popular cross-dressing entertainer in 1920s Harlem whom Langston Hughes called "an amazing exhibition of musical energy--a large, dark, masculine lady...animated by her own rhythm."