free things to do in New York City
Free events for Friday, 07/17/09
<

July 2009

>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
Free Events, Free Things to Do in New York City!  Read More

Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on July 17, 2009?

38 free events take place on Friday, July 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 July 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 July . 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.
Join the Club!

Go!
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.

So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!

38 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, July 17, 2009

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Concert | The All-American Rejects, Platinum-selling Emo Rockers


The Oklahoma emo rock band have scored several hits, including "Move Along," "Dirty Little Secret" and "Gives You Hell." Their latest CD, When the World Comes Down, was released in 2008.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 am
Free

Lesson | Tai Chi


Learn the ancient Chinese Martial art with an expert. No experience necessary. Taught by Alex Hing, who has practiced martial arts for over 25 years in San Francisco and New York City, including 10 years with the Tai Chi grand master William C.C. Chen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:30 am
Free

Concert | Third Eye Blind, Multiplatinum Alternative Rockers


The San Francisco alternative rock band known for songs like "Semi-Charmed Life," "How's It Going to Be" and "Jumper" returns with a new CD, Ursa Major.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:30 am
Free

Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


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. Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
9:30 am
Free

Other | Fishing in the Hudson River


Catch-and-release fishing gives anyone and everyone the chance to fish. It’s an appropriate and fun activity for those as young as five. All of the necessary supplies including rods, reels and bait, as well as complete instructions, are provided. Fishing poles are provided on a first come, first served basis, with a half-hour limit when others are waiting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
10:00 am
Free

Other | Fishing in the Hudson River


Catch-and-release fishing gives anyone and everyone the chance to fish. It’s an appropriate and fun activity for those as young as five. All of the necessary supplies including rods, reels and bait, as well as complete instructions, are provided. Fishing poles are provided on a first come, first served basis, with a half-hour limit when others are waiting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
10:00 am
Free

Tour | Cathedral Tour


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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
11:00 am
$5

Other | Skate Boarding and Roller Blading


The Skate Park is open to all skate boarders and roller bladers willing to sign a waiver and wear proper protective gear. Individuals under 18 years of age must have a waiver signed by a parent or guardian.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
11:00 am
Free

Other | Knitting and Crocheting Club


Are you a crafter? Join this knitting and crocheting club to create garments for charitable organizations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
12:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Piano in the Park with Dona Carter


Pianist/composer Carter has directed a variety of ensembles, large and small, composing and arranging many original pieces. She has performed in a variety of venues, in the United States and abroad - often sharing the stage with other outstanding musicians.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
12:00 pm
Free

Tour | Times Square Tour


Learn about history of world-famous neighborhood with its 40 miles of neon supersigns, prominent theaters, and multiple megastores. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
12:00 pm
Free

Dance Performance | Daniel Arsham, Jonah Bokaer & Judith Sanchez Ruiz's Untitled Corner


This site-specific collaboration examines pattern recognition and perceptual faculties as they apply to the human body. Sculptural objects, lighting and media create the illusion of expanded space.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
12:30 pm
Free

Jazz | Emmet Cohen Trio, 17-year-old Jazz Prodigy


The 17-year-old jazz prodigy founded of the Emmet Cohen Jazz Ensemble, which began as a quartet and became a trio this year. Cohen regularly dazzles audiences with his sophisticated compositions and professional performance style. A twelfth grader, he was selected by the Grammy Foundation from among hundreds of student applicants across the nation to perform at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles this spring. He will be playing piano as part of a four-piece Jazz Combo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
12:30 pm
Free

Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
12:30 pm
Free

Tour | Cathedral Tour


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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
1:00 pm
$5

Workshop | Genealogy: Using Library Databases


Hands on using wireless laptops. Enhance your genealogical research by using historical newspapers, records, maps and databases. Prerequisite: "Genealogy: an Introduction" or prior genealogy research experience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
2:30 pm
Free

Workshop | “Cooked Books”: Cooking Resources at the Library


Explore the delicious world of all things culinary in the Library’s vast and interdisciplinary cookery collection. In this class, investigate sources in the Library, around the city, and on the web.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
3:15 pm
Free

Film | Brazilian film: Should Nothing Else Work Out (2008)


A group of friends living life near the edge persevere as one endeavor after fails. 120 min. New York premiere.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
5:00 pm
Free

Lecture | “The Port of New York During the Civil War”


During the most divisive time in our nation’s history, Manhattan exploded with the 1863 Civil War draft riots, while Brooklyn made history by launching the Monitor. Come learn more about New York City during the Civil War both on land and at sea.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
5:00 pm
Free

Concert | Superchunk, indie rock


Fresh from an acclaimed performance at this year's Coachella Festival, Superchunk show an unwavering dedication to the indie tradition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:00 pm
Free

Concert | Sunset Jam on the Hudson


Improvise on African, Latin and Caribbean rhythms in a drumming circle led by master drummers. Instruments provided or bring own.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:30 pm
Free

Theater | William Shakespeare's Hamlet


The Bard's classic tragedy, probably the most famous play ever, is set in Denmark and recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered his father, the King, and then taken the throne and married his mother.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Ampersand Books Reading


Ampersand Books celebrate the release of their first two full-length books: Under What Stars, poetry by Ryan J. Davidson; and do something! do something! do something!, a novel by Joseph Riippi. The readers are Adam Gallari, Ashley Gamell, Evan R. Burton and Melissa Broder.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free

Dance Performance | Dance Gang, site-specific dance


Guerilla art duo Dance Gang is back with a brand new one-of-a kind dance event created just for the park. Expected some unexpected art-in-the park happenings.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | Dave Ippolito, guitar


Enjoy the gorgeous sunset and mellow sounds of New York’s acclaimed Guitar Man David Ippolito from this spectacular grass covered pier that stretches 900 feet into the majestic Hudson River.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free

Party | GlobeSonic Sound System Dance Party


Join hundreds of partygoers in celebrating the 5th anniversary of GlobeSonic on the Hudson open-air summer dance parties, and dance the night away with the GlobeSonic Sound System DJs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | The children’s choir Rolnička Praha


The choir was founded by director Karel Virgler in 1978. Now the choir has 130 children from 5 to 18 years of age. Rolnička Praha sings classical Czech and European choral music, both sacred and secular, as well as Czech and foreign folk songs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Vanessa Rubin, Jazz Vocalist and Composer


Cleveland-born Rubin recently completed international tours with Herbie Hancock, the Woody Herman Orchestra, and the Jazz Crusaders. Her releases include New Horizons, Language of Love and Girl Talk.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | 5-time Grammy Winner Robert Cray / The Sweet Divines, Blues and Soul Music


According to Rolling Stone, Stratocaster legend Robert Cray (pictured) makes “soul-infused blues [that] has become the bridge between traditional and contemporary.” He remains a strong persuader, as potent as ever after three decades of recording and touring. Opening for him will be The Sweet Divines, four young ladies with a fierce band behind them. The group pays homage to the traveling soul revues of the `60s with an authentic sound that evokes Stax, Aretha, James Brown and funky New Orleans.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
$3 suggested contribution...

Theater | A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen's Classic Drama


A Scandinavian housewife chafes under her oppressive husband and circumscribed life. Directed by Joe Ward.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Film | Brazil's Beyond Ipanema (2009)


What makes Brazilian music such a powerful force? Why does bossa nova still lure DJs and producers fifty years after it was created? Why does the Tropicália movement resonate so deeply with the alternative-rock crowd? This documentary explores the Brazilian music experience outside of Brazil, accompanied by a specially produced soundtrack featuring Brazilian classics reinterpreted by a new generation of artists. 93 min. World premiere.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:00 pm
Free

Film | Mark Osborne and John Stevenson's Kung Fu Panda (2008)


With Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Angelina Jolie. In the Valley of Peace, Po the Panda finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts. Animated. 92 min. Free popcorn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:00 pm
Free

Theater | Peter Nickowitz' Songs & Statues


The play is about an assimilated Jewish family in 1958, suburban Connecticut whose lives are turned upside down when the father is passed over for a promotion because of their Judaism. Directed by Tom Oppenheim with Steve Cook. With Chase Fein, Tom Oppenheim, Betsy Parrish, Ben Rathbun, Elizabeth Shepherd and Angela Vitale
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:00 pm
$10...

Concert | The New York Philmarmonic performs works by Mozart, Copland and Mahler


Program: Copland: Old American Songs (selections) Mozart: Selected arias Mahler: Symphony No. 1 With Nathan Gunn, baritone. Alan Gilbert is the conductor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Theater | William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream


An outdoor presentation of the Bard's romantic comedy about the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke of Athens, Theseus, the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta, and with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works and is widely performed across the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:00 pm
Free

Screening | “Reel Harlem”: Uptown Kids Urban Dance Theatre and Marcus Garvey: Look For Me In The Whirlwind


A night of music and movies. First, there will be live dance performance by Uptown Kids Urban Dance Theatre. At 8:30 p.m. watch Marcus Garvey: Look For Me In The Whirlwind, directed by Stanley Nelson. Garvey was both a visionary and a manipulator, a brilliant orator and a pompous autocrat. This film is the dramatic story of the rise and fall of an African American leader who influenced politics and culture around the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:00 pm
Free

Film | French Comedy: Works (2005)


A happily divorced Parisian attorney decides to remodel her apartment. She hires Eduard, a brilliant Colombian architect. He and his illegal immigrant crew are highly qualified; however, as they begin to redo her home, they also start to remodel other aspects of her life. 95 min. In French with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
Free

Film | Watch Steven Speilberg's Jaws on an Aircraft Carrier


Bring your lawn chairs, picnic baskets and blankets to a public screening of the 1975 shark thriller starring Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss that will be held on the flight deck. Visitors are encouraged to bring food and beverages to the screening, however alcohol is not permitted.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Join the Club!
Go!
8:30 pm
Free
Complimentary Tickets

to shows, concerts ... (CFT Deals!)

Concert | Christmas Concert

Regular Price: $55
CFT Member Price: $0.00

Classical Music | Works by Mozart, Dvorak and More

Regular Price: $50
CFT Member Price: $0.00
Join the Club!

Go!