Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 17, 2016?
28 free events take place on Wednesday, February 17 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 17 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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28 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Energize your day with a workout before work. Join The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness group, for a Boot Camp. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back - and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high-fives encouraged. Rain or shine.
This event occurs every Wednesday.
This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
This tour takes place every day at 10am.
Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting.
This workshop occurs Mondays through Fridays.
The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 15, 2015 to May 26, 2016.
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.
Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
Learn how to shoot video with a greeen screen to create a composite video project in iMovie. Also covered: color correction, audio editing, various iMovie effects. Class is conducted on Macintosh computers.
Piano Performance Forum Recital 4 p.m.
Jennifer Liu, Violin 6 p.m.
Honors Chamber Music Recital 6 p.m.
Ji Soo Choi, Violin 8 p.m.
Yuanmiau Li, Violin 8 p.m.
Join Artist-in-Residence Jack Gray in this community-building roundtable, open to all, that offers space for informal, intimate dialogue and knowledge exchange, and will guide Gray’s semester-long residency focused on contemporary indigenous performance.
A free concert with artists specializing in music from the Himalayas and South Asia. Featuring Anjana Roy and Polash Gomes.
Spiral Music occurs every Wednesday.
Moderated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa. Panelists: Maria Bauman, Ali Rosa-Salas, Jack Ferver, and Dan Safer.
Artists share alternative philosophies and strategies for working in the dance profession – from making to marketing to surviving in a difficult economy and competitive city. How do we keep body and soul together, enjoy the creative process and move our work forward? Bring your own experiences and questions.
Fresh from recent, well-received solo shows in New York City at the Brooklyn Museum and Yancey Richardson Gallery, South African photographer and activist Zanele Muholi will discuss her work, including the photography and documentary films she produced with and about black lesbians.
A spectacular mosaic of 12 sensational bridal gowns reflecting Jewish cultural and family traditions from many cultures and countries, including Yemen, Poland, Morocco, Germany, Greece, Ukraine and Iraq.
This unique project has integrated the heritage of the Jewish people with present-day fashion, creating a dialogue among culture, art, tradition and contemporary life.
Alejandro Zambra, the acclaimed Chilean author, presents a bilingual evening of readings and conversation, with translator Megan McDowell and Yasmine El Rashidi, contributor to the New York Review of Books.
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz is an artist based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her work draws from experiments in film, ethnography, and theater, and develops out of periods of observation and documentation in which the camera is present as an object with social implications and as an instrument mediating aesthetic thought.
Calling all Howlers and civilians alike, New York Times bestselling author Pierce Brown presents the exhilarating conclusion to the 'Red Rising Trilogy.' Darrow and his comrades-in-arms lead a rebellion against the imperious Golds to claim a destiny too long denied - and too glorious to surrender. A signing will follow the discussion.
Legendary political insider Roger Stone smashes through the layers of lies and secrecy that has surrounded and protected our country's very own political dynasty. After detailing the vast litany of Jeb's misdeeds, Stone travels back to Samuel, Prescott, George H. W. and George W. Bush to weave an epic story of privilege, greed, corruption, drug profiteering, assassination and lies.
In a staged performance with a live audience, artist Dillon de Give and his 2-year-old son Peregrin collaborate in an attempt to recreate a typical going-to-bed routine, possibly with Peregrin going to sleep.
This performance repeats on Feb. 19.
In their heyday, up-and-coming New Yorkers Eliza and Stephen Jumel owned a hefty chunk of what is now Washington Heights. Margaret Oppenheimer, author of the biography The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel, will talk about what their property looked like in the nineteenth century.
Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza!