Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 4, 2011?
35 free events take place on Friday, February 4 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 February 4 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 February . 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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The quality and quantity of free events, free things to do that happen in New York City every day of the year is truly amazing.
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35 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, February 4, 2011
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" Five tours daily on the 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.
Spanning 54 countries and 120 locations, all seen from the air, this film captures the Earth's most amazing landscapes, showcasing its incomparable beauty and acknowledging its vulnerability. Home is a compelling emotional reminder of what is at stake: the Earth, in all its beauty, and the people who live on it.
The man behind the film is the French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, author of Earth from Above and founder and president of the Goodplanet Foundation.
The start times are 11am, 1:50pm, 4:40pm, 7:30pm, and 10:20pm. Each screening will be followed by a chance to meet the director.
Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate.
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.
Hands on using wireless laptops. Find critical thinking and viewpoint articles that present the key points and pros and cons of issues as well as primary source documents, statistics, websites and multimedia covering nearly 5,000 current social topics.
Come to a visual presentation by Ben Tarnoff about the history of counterfeiting from the 17th century to the Civil War. Learn about the individual counterfeiters themselves, colorful characters whose spectacular exploits and jailbreaks made them the outlaw celebrities of their day. The biographies of these men and women tell the story of a country coming of age—from a patchwork of largely self-governing colonies to a loosely assembled union of states and finally, to a single nation under firm federal control. Hear about the conditions that made America a counterfeiter’s haven for much of its history, and the role counterfeiting played in the making of the American financial mind. Find out how the moneymaking mentality has endured to this day, even as actual counterfeiting of currency has declined.
With Mary Steenbergen, John Goodman and Marisa Tomei.
When lonely hearts want to connect, is there any better way, really, than dancing? This is a sweet indie valentine to dance, and to the connection of lost, broken souls.
105 min.
An extraordinary opportunity for connoisseurs of great music and young talent. An outstanding artist of today discusses and critiques performances by outstanding artists of tomorrow at a world-renowned conservatory.
Nina Rappaport, guest-curator and architectural historian, gives a gallery tour and discussion of the impetus behind VUF and the state of manufacturing in cities. Rappaport is the Publications Director at the Yale School of Architecture, author of Support and Resist: Structural Engineers and Design Innovation, and an adjunct professor in the Syracuse in NYC program.
Join Bartlett, author and research fellow at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, as she discusses her new book, which explores the rich history of fashion under
communism in the 20th century. Bartlett examined more than 70 years of fashion in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to create this fascinating study. Her current research, funded by the British Academy, is on the relationship of East European to Western fashion throughout the 20th century, up to today. A book signing will follow.
A group exhibition showcasing works in the genre known as Outsider Art. Including: Keith Pavia, who considers many of his works stories outside of a conventional structure, in which various recurring characters partake in an abstract or surrealistic narrative; Gary Brent Hilsen, whose paint application technique lends his bold, sensuous acrylic paintings the texture of watercolor and oil; and BSpin, who has used colored marker on paper to create her whimsical figurative
Participating Artists: Aveli, Luis Alves, Carlos Aquilino, Laura Boone, Mary Jean Canziani, Erin Dinan, Jeramy Fletcher, Anowar Hossain, Jean Huh, Kevan Lunney, Piero Manrique, Lena Medina, Glen Wielgus.
Henry Tzu Ng, executive vice president of the World Monuments Fund, speaks about the ongoing conservation effort to restore the magnificent Qianlong Garden in the Forbidden City in Beijing. This lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Emperor's Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City.
Americans are being lured into a slew of addictions. And what we are addicted to isn’t necessarily illegal or even hard to come by. Prescription medications are making us high. Fast food is making us fat. The Internet keeps us constantly distracted with everything from porn to gambling to compulsive social networking. Television bombards us with violent scenarios. From billboards, to online pop ups to commercials, we’re seduced into buying more stuff we don’t need while we drown in growing debt. Massive profits fill the pockets of a handful of “pushers” at the expense of everyone else.
Sadly, what’s happening is the exact opposite of what our founding fathers had in mind. The United States of America was created to precisely to celebrate“life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
This book is designed to be a blueprint for change. But, first, we need to wake up to what’s happening.
An improvisational freestyle poetry program. Exciting spoken word artists create free style poems on the spot -- all delivered in poetic verse! Program Host Bob McNeil is a former poetry editor of BLACFAX and author of two books: Secular Sacraments and The Nubian Gallery: A Poetry Anthology, and a spoken word CD, Rapping You with the Facts. This event may be photographed or videotaped. By attending this event, you agree that any photographs or videos in which you appear may be used by the Library.
Rebecca Beers Miller is an artist, art therapist and educator with over 10 years experience working with children, adolescents and adults affected by trauma and other difficult life experiences. In this lecture, she will present a case study of the treatment of an adolescent boy with a history of animal abuse.
Screen a few movies, shorts and longs on various astronomy topics. Between each, you'll discuss them. As many as time allows, given that they can get into lengthy dialog on what at first seems a simple question. The feature film (actually video on DVD) is the BBC show 'Sky at Night' touring the Very Large Telescope in Chile.
A discussion with Elie During, lecturer in philosophy, Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre la Défense; Patrice Maniglier, professor of philosophy, University of Essex; and McKenzie Wark, professor, culture and media, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts. The panel is moderated by Robert Polito.
Alloy Orchestra is a three-man musical ensemble, writing and performing live accompaniment to classic silent films. Working with an outrageous assemblage of peculiar objects and electronic synthesizers, Alloy thrashes and grinds soulful music from unlikely sources. Tonight: The Black Pirate (1926) starring Douglas Fairbanks.
The fabulous drag king, the androgynous couch-crasher, the soft-butch art teacher - these are the collaborators producing The Gender Book Join Mel Reiff Hill, Boston Bostian and Jay Mays for a presentation about their efforts to promote the beautiful diversities of genders. Bring your ideas and help them create a book that provides inspirational options for a wide-range of situations: from transgender friends filling out census forms to educational materials for therapists working with transsexual folks.
Part of winter dance showcase. Featuring the works of 64 contemporary dancemakers, all performances in two-week long extravaganza. (Photo by Young Soon Kim)
Tsunami Dance
Blue Muse Dance
danceTactics performance group by Keith A. Thompson
Gehring Dancetheatre
Namja Yoja
Paul Ibey and Anton Pasquarella
FluidEdge
Artis Smith & Dancers
Faculty are superb instructors AND world-class performers! From classical to jazz to world music, this series presents some of the city's best artists in an intimate and acoustically beautiful environment.
Hailed by The New York Times as “fresh, hot and headed for fame,” the Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo continues to fulfill that promise with 30 years of international touring, 12 critically acclaimed recordings, and development of new works for the ensemble.
Collectively, The Central Brooklyn Jazz All-Stars—the musical ambassadors of the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium—have performed or recorded with a who’s who of jazz, including Tony Bennett, Randy Brecker, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Aretha Franklin, and Oscar Peterson. Don’t miss them as they bring that experience as well as hefty doses of swing and bop.
Part of winter dance showcase. Featuring the works of 64 contemporary dancemakers, all performances in two-week long extravaganza. (Photo by Young Soon Kim)
Movement of the People Dance Company
Vangeline Theater
Unjin Kim/2010 Dance Group
Dorrell Martin
Catey Ott Dance Collective
SITU
ANAHATA Dance