Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 8, 2015?
30 free events take place on Sunday, February 8 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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30 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, February 8, 2015
Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.
For nearly 100 years, the Beaux-Arts beauty known as Grand Central Terminal (a.k.a Station) has been a testament to the ingenuity and ambition of a great city, impressing both travelers and visitors with it's wonderful architecture and pulsating vibe. It's history is a story of immense wealth, great engineering, a few accidents, a planned sabotage and one terrific ceiling, but most importantly a story of survival and rebirth.
Join a Manhattan Street Art Tour and experience the Lower East Side - SoHo, NoHo, Nolita and Little Italy. The Lower East Side of Manhattan is a playground for street artists, Soho is known to be one of NYC first permit Joint Live-Work Quarters for artists and the area received landmark designation in 1973. Noho and Nolita’s street art is either hidden in courtyards or on the more prominent street art facades. Learn about the history of the art of many famous and unknown artist.
Join professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the city’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building.
With Dr. Joseph Chuman.
The horrific massacre at the offices of the satiric magazine "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris raises a complex of questions as to causes and how to respond. Among them are whether religion deserves any special immunity from ridicule. Whether freedom of speech is exclusively a legal matter or whether prudence in exercising freedom of speech is warranted and to what extent.
As humanists we are strongly dedicated to both free speech and respecting the dignity of human human beings. How are we to assess these values when they conflict as they ostensibly do when employed for satirical purposes? Does the massacre in Paris reflect a "clash of civilizations" or was it and kindred initiatives a product of a constructed political ideology? How are we in the West to respond?
Join the LOVE LOCAL Treasure Hunt, come snow or come shine.
Hunt for NoLita and Little Italy neighborhood shops and restaurants floating green balloons outside and complete fun activities inside to enter grand prize drawings for treasure — more than $3,000 worth of amazing booty donated by participating businesses. Prizes include gift certificates, dinners out, personal services, clothing, jewelry ... to name a few. The more establishments visited, the more chances to win.
The exhibition continues Dahan’s investigation into the experience of the city streets as a source for visual experimentations, a location for public art interventions and a place to disseminate philosophical content.
Travel from Grand Army Plaza, past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and stop at the Dairy on this trip through the southern Park highlights. Route involves moderate inclines and some stairs. 45 minutes.
Speaking of People: Ebony, Jet and Contemporary Art explores the ways contemporary artists use Ebony and Jet as a resource and as inspiration in their practices. Considering Ebony and Jet from a variety of perspectives—as journalistic material and important documenters of black life, as metaphor for African-American culture and as theoretical spaces for black thought and exchange—the exhibition examines the magazines' material and cultural legacy as artists perceive them.
Tatiana Ogan, mezzo-soprano
A uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers - the freshness and excitement of a solo recital by a gifted young artist at one of the world's leading conservatories.
Olga, Masha and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Presented by the Harold Clurman Lab Theater.
New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick.
Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
Amphitryon is a comedic tale of Roman gods in disguise meddling in the affairs of mortals. Molière’s fantastical farce runs the gamut, from slapstick comedy to poetry. This darkly funny and poignant neoclassical adaptation of Greek myth poses important questions about identity, power, injustice, and those who are “above the law.”
Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, and Charles Coburn.
A trio of classy cardsharps targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, till one of them falls in love with him.
94 min.
The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
Happy Days actor and director Henry Winkler is joined by partner Lin Oliver to bring the very funny fourth installment of the 'Here's Hank' series. This event will be wristbanded; please call the store for more details.
With pianist Eric Siepkes. Siepkes was born in 1983 in Pittsburgh, PA, and began studying piano in 1998. He won first prize for piano that same year in the Century Club Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. In 1999 Siepkes began studies in both piano and chamber music at City Music Center at Duquesne University's School of Music in Pittsburgh, with Professor Igor Krayevsky.
Today's recital is by Eugene Lavery of Louisville, KY. The New Zealand-born organist is highly sought after as a keyboard artist, conductor and teacher. Recent and upcoming engagements include solo recitals at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom; Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos, Nigeria; Cathedral of the Assumption, Louisville; and The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York.
Five actors. Five actors that Hollywood chewed up and spit out. Now this is their last chance, their last chance to score big and produce that dream movie. They’ve studied their craft, rehearsed for months, learned every line, and now it’s gonna take all their acting chops to pull off the heist of the century.
During the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbles. The United States has only a skeleton crew of diplomats and military operatives still in the country. As Communist victory becomes inevitable and the U.S. readies to withdraw, some Americans begin to consider the certain imprisonment and possible death of their South Vietnamese allies, co-workers, and friends. Meanwhile, the prospect of an official evacuation of South Vietnamese becomes terminally delayed by Congressional gridlock and the inexplicably optimistic U.S. Ambassador.
98 min.
Q&A with director Rory Kennedy.
Ensemble-in-residence The Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo is a creative locus of the guitar world and presents an annual recital and masterclass. Hailed by the New York Times as “Fresh, hot, and headed for fame,” the Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo, consisting of Michael Newman and his spouse, Laura Oltman, continue to fulfill that promise with more than 30 years of international touring, 12 critically acclaimed recordings, and new works developed for the ensemble.
Founded in early 2013 by artist/performer Carly Monardo and indie-folk band Ibex (Giancarlo Sutton, Eli Taylor, & Jason Loomis), Now We Are Friends brings together improv, sketch comedy, and live music in a fun and friendly environment! The night is expertly emceed by stand-up comedian Justin Morgan.