Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 22, 2015?
19 free events take place on Sunday, February 22 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 22 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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19 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, February 22, 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.
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 Curt Collier.
Democracy has always been about the expansion of rights. Movies like “Selma” remind us that this has never been easy for humans to conceive and understand, and unfortunately, the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” is still seen as expressly a human attribute. And yet, there is a legal basis for the expansion of rights to the nonhuman. Do we need a bill of rights for Nature and is it something that we must pursue in order to save the planet. What would this bill of rights contain, and how practically could it be construed and enforced.
Maria Zollo, soprano and Tal Heller, mezzo-soprano 1:30 pm
Stella Papatheodorou, soprano 4:30 pm
InYoung Park, cello 7:30 pm
Sarah Guilmartin, soprano 7:30 pm
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.
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, and Alexis Smith.
Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally whilst on holiday in the country. A romance develops but he doesn't tell her he's already married. Suffering from mental illness, Geoffrey returns home where he paints an impression of his wife as the angel of death and then promptly poisons her. He marries Sally but after a while he finds a strange urge to paint her as the angel of death too and history seems about to repeat itself.
99 mins.
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.
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.
Colin MacKnight is currently a fourth year organ major at The Juilliard School and just began his Master’s degree in the Accelerated Bachelor of Music/Master of Music program. He is in the studio of Paul Jacobs, chair of the organ department. In September of 2013, he was selected as the winner of the Ruth and Paul Manz Organ Scholarship. In October, he was awarded the first place prize in the Rodgers North American Classical Organ Competition. In July of 2014, he won the M. Louise Miller Scholarship. In June of 2014, he was awarded the Associate certification of the American Guild of Organists.
The Ancient Greeks defined seven kinds of love, but didn’t categorize the many sub-genres, variations, adaptations, and permutations. Let’s talk. Moderated by Eric Jarosinski. Featuring: Marjana Gaponenko, Navid Kermani, Monique Schwitter, and Tiphanie Yanique.
The first US solo exhibition by British artist Matthew Darbyshire is comprised of eight polycarbonate sculptures of consumer objects, domestic animals, designer furniture, standard utilities and classical art. Working from stock digital models, Darbyshire constructs the sculptures by layering 16mm sheets of semi–transparent, corrugated thermoplastic (a material that is primarily used in place of glass in architectural facades and skylights), which have been individually cut, colored and assembled by hand.
21 years after the release of Nas's groundbreaking debut album "Illmatic," Nas: Time Is Illmatic takes us into the heart of his creative process. Returning to his childhood home in Queensbridge, Nas shares stories of his upbringing, his influences - from the music of his jazz musician father Olu Dara to the burgeoning hip-hop scene in New York City - and the obstacles he faced before his major label signing at age 20.
74 min.