33 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, September 28, 2015
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Discover the birds that call the park home, as well as those that may stop by during migration. A surprising ...
more >> diversity of avian visitors drop in, even in the heart of midtown. Sightings could include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, even an American Woodcock.
8:00 am
free, no reservation required
This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway* to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the ...
more >> birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. There will be ample opportunities for memorable pictures. You'll get the chance to savor NY's best pizza and cannoli and other treats, learn how to play NY handball, maybe bargain with a shopkeeper in Chinatown, observe a game of street chess in Greenwich Village, people watch and window shop in SoHo, and kick back on the Highline Park. Along the way, you'll master the subway and learn about New York's Finest!
10:00 am
Free plus $6.75...
This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for ...
more >> 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.
Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded ...
more >> 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.
It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled ...
more >> and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central ...
more >> Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
Travel from Grand Army Plaza, past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and stop at the Dairy on this trip through ...
more >> the southern Park highlights. Route involves moderate inclines and some stairs. 45 minutes.
11:00 am
free, no reservation required
Castle Williams, the centerpiece of the system of fortifications designed to guard New York City just ...
more >> prior to the War of 1812, has long been off-limits to the public. After an extensive rehabilitation project in 2011, the National Park Service opened the Castle's to the general public for the first time in the fort's 200-year history.
Tours of the Castle take visitors through all three levels and the roof. Tours are approximately 30 minutes in length. Visitors are advised that tours require climbing three flights of stairs. The Castle's upper floors are not handicap-accessible.
Start times: 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm.
11:30 am
Free tickets required,...
Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome ...
more >> to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting.
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
12:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international ...
more >> 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.
Need help getting started with eBooks? Bring your laptop, eReader, tablet or smart phone to eBook Help ...
more >> Hour. Get assistance loading electronic library books on your Kindle, create your free Adobe ID, learn about 3M Cloud Library, and so much more. Make sure you bring your library card and any necessary access passwords for your devices so they can help you as quickly as possible.
Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, ...
more >> however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, ...
more >> 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.
You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central ...
more >> Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
Meditation can bring about a sense of calm and balance that benefits both your emotional, physical and ...
more >> spiritual well-being. It is easy to learn and can have many lasting and beneficial effects. After you meditate the benefits don’t end when your session ends. Join Dr. Frank Pawlowski, long time meditator, for this enjoyable and informative workshop.
5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, ...
more >> French Cheeses and Russian caviar as well as fresh meats to city markets. The hustle and bustle of the streets induced the city to elevate the railroad trains delivering goods to the commercial buildings. When interstate truck traffic made the railway outdated, it fell into ruin, only to be regenerated as a park.
This show joins the work of Ernest Briggs, Ann Arnold, Sonia Gechtoff, and Jon Schueler, cluing viewers ...
more >> into the shared aesthetic and close relationships that these artists enjoyed during the rise of Abstract Expressionism.
6:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
Please join the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and the Harriman Institute for ...
more >> Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies for a panel discussion featuring Kimberly Marten, Rajan Menon, Jack Snyder, and Greg Whisler, moderated by Austin Long.
This illustrated lecture channels the author's grief for two friends lost to suicide into a search for ...
more >> history's most persuasive arguments against the irretrievable act.
Editor's Pick
Break A Leg Productions presents this staged reading of The Brother. Written by John Hancock and Dorothy ...
more >> Tristan and based on the book by Times reporter Sam Roberts, The Brother looks at the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg from the viewpoint of Ethel's brother David Greenglass.
Immediately following the reading, there will be a talkback with Sam Roberts, whose conversations with Greenglass formed the basis of the play.
During the Second World War, David Greenglass was a U.S. Army Machinist assigned to the Manhattan Project, giving him a prime opportunity to steal atomic secrets for the Soviet Union. Recruited by his brother-in-law Julius Rosenberg, David did just that, feeling he was doing nothing wrong by providing a then-ally of the United States with such information. But when the political winds changed, and when the FBI closed in, David's only chance to protect both himself and the wife he loves dearly was to tell the authorities exactly what they want to hear, even if it meant his sister might pay the ultimate price.
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required
Everyone has an opinion about graphs and charts. “That’s beautiful!” “That’s misleading!” ...
more >> But few people have precise language to describe what they like or don’t like about data visualization. Drawing on ten years producing the Junk Charts blog, the premier source of online dataviz criticism, speaker Kaiser Fung has developed the Trifecta Checkup framework for appreciating data graphics. This framework also serves a guide for improving one’s charts, as good artists must develop a discriminating eye for the strengths and weaknesses of artwork.
Editor's Pick
Drew Grant and Jennifer Wright host a night of women reading the most telling published letters of great ...
more >> literary men.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
French graphic designer Philippe Apeloig has found inspiration in the modernist movements seeking a fusion ...
more >> of art and design - Constructivism, the Bauhaus, De Stijl - and in his passion for painting, the performing arts, and literature. He works on design projects such as posters, logos, typefaces, and communication materials, primarily for major cultural institutions (the Musée d’Orsay, the Louvre, and the Théâtre du Châtelet), publishing houses (La Martinière, Robert Laffont, Phaidon Press), art galleries (Gagosian, Achim Moeller), and major brands (Puiforcat and Hermès).
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Julie Budd, the celebrity artist-in-residence of Manhattan's Metropolitan Room, talks Sinatra with Tom ...
more >> Santopietro and performs selections from her new tribute album. Music director Herb Bernstein leads the band. This event will be wristbanded.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Author Leslie Zemeckis restores Lili St. Cyr, the highest paid stripteaser in America, to her rightful ...
more >> place in history. Goddess of Love Incarnate reveals that behind the glamour stood a complicated woman, much loved and little understood.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Catch some jazz standards performed by elder legends or up-and-comers. Or, get up on stage if you have ...
more >> what it takes.
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Editor's Pick
From speaker Bálint Magyar: "After the collapse of the Soviet Empire, many of us lived under the illusion ...
more >> that communist dictatorships were going to be replaced by liberal democracies. Although the road ahead appeared to be bumpy, there was consensus that we were going through a process of a linear progression. Deviances from the norms of liberal democracies seemed to be children’s diseases rather than characteristics of adulthood. However, the chronic symptoms of such deviances caused analysts to interpret the political processes of certain post-communist states and describe their systems, which got stalled and even turned back on the road, along the liberal democracy-autocracy axis."
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required
PROGRAM:
Brahms:
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78
Cello and Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. ...
more >> 99
Piano Trio in C Major, Op. 87
A faculty recital with Tom Muraco, piano. Also with Peter Winograd, violin; and Wolfram Koessel, cello.
7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights. Movement Research at the Judson Church supports experiments ...
more >> in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists.
With: Marc Arthur, Jasmine Hearn, Launch Movement Experiment, Rosalind Goldberg
This series takes place on Mondays, September 14-28, 2015.
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
Hosted by D'Ambrose Boyd with David Pearl at the piano. Where New York's finest professional and aspiring ...
more >> singers come to sing their favorites and hear their peers perform before an intimate audience.
Singers Space takes place Mondays September 7, 14, and 28, 2015.
9:00 pm
free, no reservation required