40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, December 11, 2011
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
4-5 miles. Take the Yellow Trail from Richmond Road & Spring Street to the top of Todt Hill and then ...
more >> wander through residential areas with interesting homes and holiday decorations. If time and weather permit, have lunch at a bench overlooking a golf course with a great view of the shore and then continue to High Rock Park where there are several lakes and ponds. You MUST call to confirm and register for this hike. Heavy rain/snow cancels.
Join professional guides 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.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Featuring over 75 artists and designers selling their work for generally under $50, some offerings include ...
more >> traditional craft items such as handmade jewelry, ornaments, and knitwear but also include original paintings, artist books, teeth sculptures, curious creatures and more!
First 50 visitors receive a tote bag full of goodies!
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Walk and learn about the intricate design of the Park's web of pastoral landscapes and formal romantic ...
more >> vistas.
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
1:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Follows photographer Edward Burtynsky, internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of nature ...
more >> transformed by industry, as he travels through China photographing the effects of that country's massive industrial revolution.
90 min.
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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A concert of new holiday music by Broadway composers and lyricists sung by Broadway vocalists. Presented ...
more >> by Arts and Artists at St. Paul, directed by John Znidarsic.
2:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Olmsted and Vaux designed the North Woods to replicate the forests of the Adirondack Mountains with its ...
more >> 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.
2:30 pm
free, no reservation required
The Chorus Tree Lighting Spectacular lights up the cobblestone streets with a musical performance by ...
more >> the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus.
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
3:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
Every Sunday since 1993, Marjorie Eliot has hosted a jazz performance in her living room, keeping the ...
more >> jazz tradition alive by featuring veteran performers and up and coming musicians.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker ...
more >> and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Program
On Night by David Fulmer
The Argento New Music Project continues its weekly recital series ...
more >> highlighting virtuoso players in an intimate acoustic space. The recital features composer-conductor David Fulmer and saxophonist Eliot Gattegno. Inspired by the works of Edvard Munch and the woodblock prints of Hideo Hagiwara, Fulmer’s four-part On Night focuses on contrasting profiles of light and dark. A discussion with the composer and performers will follow; the recital will also be followed by a reception featuring microwbrews created especially for the occasion by BrewHeister Custom Ales and Lagers.
4:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
4:30 pm
free, no reservation required
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Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat, BWV 243
Hieronymus Praetorius: Choral Motet Magnificat ...
more >> 6. Toni.
With The Bach Choir and Bach Players (on period instruments). Soloists: Marcy Richardson & Sarah Brailey, sopranos; Bryan DeSilva, countertenor; John Kawa & Erik Gustafson, tenors; Joe Chappel, bass; Peter Kupfer, concertmaster; Rick Erickson, cantor.
Professor Michael Marissen will give a PRE-VESPERS TALK at 3:45 PM.
5:00 pm
Free-will offering
Emil Altschuler, violin, and Artem Belogurov, piano perform Mozart, Bartók, de Falla, and Schemmer.
New York City, NY; NYC
5:15 pm
free, no reservation required
ALL work and NO play? NO WAY! 10,000 Hours is a program designed for improv students of all levels to ...
more >> get more practice to build their improv skills without breaking their budget. With the help of some of The PIT’s most talented faculty, staff, and House Team members volunteering their valuable time to coach, these ambitious students are ready to showcase all their hard work. Support your improv community by checking out a fun, inspiring, and FREE show full talented individuals.
Pianist Kariné Poghosyan performs a special program celebrating 200th anniversary of one of her most ...
more >> beloved composers and his connection to the timeless beauty of
Italian culture.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
This series presents sit-down readings of new and revisited scripts, generally followed by a moderated ...
more >> dramaturgical discussion.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Student Driver is thrilled to be hosting this FREE, weekly show in the basement. Each week they will ...
more >> feature indie improv teams from all over the improv world. You might even get to see a new team have their very first show! Magic and lots of funnies are guaranteed to be made and it’s all FREE. Need they say more?
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
1. Dom Minasi and Cristian Amigo guitar duet
2. Anne Bassen voice, Daniel Carter reeds&brass, Steve ...
more >> Wishnia bass
3. An Open Session
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7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Less well-known than other works in Coward's canon, Hay Fever demonstrates the playwright's unique way ...
more >> with controlled mayhem and eccentric family characters. Featuring Drama's 4th-year actors.
This concert is a chamber music recital featuring ensembles from the College Division Chamber Music Program.
New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
This orchestra concert, under the direction of Yuri Vodovoz, features students from the Extension Division ...
more >> and members of the community.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Howard Pflanzer will read/perform with El Tahra Ibrahim from his new book, DEAD BIRDS or AVIAN BLUES, ...
more >> celebrating the birds and animals commenting on the human condition in edgy short plays and poems with surreal illustrations by Juliane Pieper. Pflanzer is a playwright and poet. His plays and musicals have been performed at LaMaMa ETC, Playwrights Horizons, Symphony Space, Medicine Show Theatre (Living with History: Camus, Sartre, De Beauvoir), Kraine Theater (Cocaine Dreams) and The Living Theatre and broadcast over WNYC and WBAI FM. He has received fellowships and commissioning grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, ASCAP, the Puffin Foundation, the NEA (Media Arts co-winner), the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, as well as a Fulbright Scholar award to conduct theatre workshops and direct in India.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Come to the most refreshing night of stand-up comedy in the city. If calories were laughs and sticks ...
more >> and stones were if’s and but’s, then the only way to escape this mangled sentence would be to see this amazing show.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Program:
Richard Wagner - Vorspiel from Tristan und Isolde
Samuel Barber - First Essay for Orchestra, ...
more >> Op. 12
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
With the University Orchestra.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
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Program:
Dvorak Piano Concerto in G minor
Andrew Sun, Piano Competition Winner
Debussy “Nocturnes”
New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Improv group Ladies & Gentleman hosts a night of improv featuring themselves, 1 rotating group, and a ...
more >> live solo musician providing the soundtrack. After the 2 groups perform, they close the show by becoming 1 super group to unleash a Vin Diesel-style final, fast and furious set based on an event from the day of an audience member. You will leave The Mishmosh Pit with your mouth agape and your eyeballs in a sling.
Come to the new Sunday open mic. Names are written, put in the bucket, then picked at random. Comics ...
more >> get 4 minutes. And the next week it happens again. It’s kinda like… a Vicious Cycle. Hosted by Molly Austin and Mike Brown.
9:30 pm
free, no reservation required