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25 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, January 12, 2019

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free events nyc 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many
free events nyc How to Manage Your Money to Create the Life You Want
free events nyc Goal Setting: Make 2019 Your Best Year Ever
free events nyc A Thousand Clowns (1965): a film adaptation of a Broadway play
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Birdwatching | The New York City Naturalist Club: Eagle Watch


Winter is a great time to spot bald eagles. In the winter, many raptors—birds of prey—tend to fly more further south to New York City in search of food. Urban Park Rangers will guide you to the best wildlife viewing spots in the urban jungle. To enhance your experience, they encourage you to bring binoculars and field guides, or ask a park ranger to borrow a pair. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Lecture | Mental Health First Aid Training


Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a groundbreaking public education program which introduces participants more to risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems, builds understanding of their impact, and overviews common treatments. MHFA is an 8-hour certification course, which uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to assess a mental health crisis; select interventions and provide initial help; and connect persons to professional, peer, social, and self-help care. The program also teaches about the risk factors and warning signs of specific illnesses like anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and addictions. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations more for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center less
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Workshop | Volunteer Fair


Do you want to make a difference? Find out how you can! Meet non-profit organizations in the neighborhood. more Learn what they do and how you can be an important part of that work. Get information or make a commitment on the spot! less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Braille Study Group


Join staff, peers and volunteers who can help you with your braille study plan and assignments and recommend more strategies for taking your braille proficiency to the next level. Braille games and activities will help you put your skills into practice. This study group welcomes blind and sighted learners alike. Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired. It is traditionally written with embossed paper. Braille users can read computer screens and other electronic supports using refreshable braille displays. They can write braille with the original slate and stylus or type it on a braille writer, such as a portable braille notetaker or computer that prints with a braille embosser. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Tour | Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House Tour


A tour of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, home of the National Museum of the American Indian more in New York. Tour highlights include a discussion of the history of the site, architect Cass Gilbert, and sculptor Daniel Chester French; viewing the Collectors Office with Tiffany woodwork; Reginald Marsh murals; and the 140-ton Rotunda dome by Rafael Gustavino. less
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | How to Manage Your Money to Create the Life You Want


No matter where you are in your financial life, everyone needs a budget. Martisha Patterson offers tips more on how to manage your money to create the life you want. Martisha Patterson is a Certified Financial Planner ™ and a Senior Relationship Manager for the Family Office Services group at BNYM Wealth Management in New York City. She joined the firm in 1999. In this role she works directly with family offices, ultra-high net worth clientele and their advisors in servicing their wealth management needs. As a CFP®, she works with individuals as a financial planner to meet their financial goals through budgeting, retirement investing, education funding, insurance, and estate planning. Martisha received a bachelor’s degree from Pace University. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | 2 Folk Art Shows: Exhibition Walkthroughs


A tour of John Dunkley: Neither Day nor Night and Paa Joe: Gates of No Return, led by museum gallery more guides. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | The Writer's Room


Would you like feedback on your writing? Do you have an idea, but don't know how to get started? Sign more up for a 20-minute session with an experienced writer and editor. less
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1:00 pm
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Film | A Thousand Clowns (1965): a film adaptation of a Broadway play


A free-living New Yorker fights to retain custody of his nephew. 117 min. Director: Fred Coe. Starring more Jason Robards, Jr. and Barry Gord. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Film | BlacKkKlansman (2018): Comedy crime by Spike Lee


Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to more infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events. Starring John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier. 135 min. less
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2:00 pm
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Film | Ocean`s 8 (2018) with Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway: an all-female heist


Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's yearly Met more Gala. Director: Gary Ross. 110 min. less
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2:00 pm
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Film | Salt of the Earth (1954): Written by an Oscar winning screenwriter


Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, more and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers and daughters, that they eventually triumph. 94 min. Director: Herbert J. Biberman. Starring Juan Chacón, Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer. In neorealist style, the producers and director used actual miners and their families as actors in the film. In 1992 the Library of Congress selected Salt of the Earth for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. less
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2:00 pm
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Film | Same Kind of Different As Me (2017): Life changing experience


International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling more marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives. 119 min. Director: Michael Carney. Starring Greg Kinnear, Renée Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou. The movie is based on the 2006 book of the same name by Ron Hall, Denver Moore and Lynn Vincent. Same Kind of Different As Me is the feature directorial debut of director Michael Carney. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Colormania Club


If you're an adult looking for a fresh, new activity that will help bring stress relief to your busy more life, try the new coloring club. Sitting down to color a picture can be effective as meditation in reducing stress. Materials will be provided. less
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Creative Writing Class


Attendees will discover the value of their own stories. Registration is required. Participants are more requested to commit to attending all sessions if possible. less
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Creative Writing Class


Attendees will discover the value of their own stories. Registration is required. Participants are more requested to commit to attending all sessions if possible. less
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2:00 pm
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Film | Documentary: Ain't Nobody's Business (1977): interviews with prostitutes


This examination of prostitution includes interviews with prostitutes, a member of the police vice squad more and Margo St. James, an activist in the fight for women's rights. It includes footage from the First World Meeting of Prostitutes. 52 min. less
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Goal Setting: Make 2019 Your Best Year Ever


Research suggests that setting and making progress on goals that are important to you is a key determinant more of sustainable happiness. Speaker, trainer, and certified professional coach, Barbara Phillips, will help you create a core set of meaningful, realistic goals for the New Year. In this workshop, you will: • Celebrate key accomplishments in the past year • Clarify key elements of the life you would love living in 2019 • Identify a few meaningful goals based on your values • Create a roadmap for achieving them • Learn simple strategies and tools for maintaining momentum • Understand why New Year’s Resolutions don’t work! less
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Workshop | High-Energy Dance Classes for Families


An afternoon of fun and family-friendly activities in Harlem. Children and adults are invited to participate more in exciting, high-energy dance classes, enjoy a performance by the Celebration Team, and learn more about the mission to bring the highest quality arts education programming to children. Visitors under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Sketch Session


Experiment with different drawing techniques as you take a closer look at works on view in the exhibiton more Posing Modernity. Materials will be provided; no previous drawing experience required. All are welcome. Start times: 2pm, 4pm. less
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2:00 pm
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Classical Music | Afternoon Organ Meditations


Forty-five minute organ meditations celebrating the diverse repertoire of the pipe organ. The program more 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 and Boody Organ Builders. Takes place every Saturday and Sunday from September 9, 2018 to May 26, 2019. less
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Celebrating Portugal: A Musical Journey with an Award-Winning Pianist


Discover Portugal through a musical journey of lively, interactive, improvised piano with “I Will Play more Your Soul” by multi-award winning pianist, composer and producer Renato Diz. Born in Porto, Portugal, Renato studied classical piano exclusively for 12 years, under the tutelage of Dr. Rui Pintão, at Fundação Conservatório Regional de Gaia. A chance encounter with jazz at a concert by pianist and composer Carlos Azevedo introduced him to the world of improvised music and he decided to pursue his studies in this art. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:45 pm
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Opening Reception | Assignments and Earlier Works: Exploring Colors, Forms and Relationships


Although truth and beauty are often considered, these works of acrylic paint and scotchlite film on aluminum more panels by Edwin Schlossberg have been created to assign active engagement with both. One by exploring colors, forms and relationships that suggest new ways of seeing and the other that suggest ways of acting. The tension between the two is intended to create contemplation followed by inspiration and hopefully followed by action. less
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Opening Reception | For a Different Future: Shades of Blue


Brooklyn-based artist Abdolreza Aminlari’s solo exhibition is a specially designed installation in more shades of blue featuring five large works on paper and a series consisting of smaller works that are available based on the wages equivalent to one day’s work. Exploring the intersection of contemporary craft and social practice, Aminlari employs geometry and abstraction with a rhythmic intensity matched by ideas surrounding the transnational dissemination and intercultural reception of embroidery, the color blue, and labor. Inspired by a trip to Porto, Portugal, Aminlari discovered the unmistakable Persian influences of blue, the interlocking curvilinear, geometric, and floral motifs used in the Azulejo tiles (painted tin-glazed ceramic tilework found on the interior and exterior of churches, palaces, ordinary houses, schools, restaurants, bars, etc.). Encountering the tiles Aminlari felt a full-circle-effect transcendent of time and place. Returning to New York, Aminlari’s multi-layered process began with coats of blue gouache, followed by meticulously hand-stitching geometric shapes, in colored and 24-karat gold vintage Japanese metallic threads, onto the painted paper. The works are matted and framed in blues and hang in a blue gallery. Abdolreza Aminlara (b. 1979, Tehran) lives and works in Brooklyn. His work has been nationally and Internationally exhibited, including Andrew Rafacz, Chicago; Taymour Grahne, New York; Abrons Art Center, New York; KVKM Kunstverein Cologne; Cuadro Gallery, Dubai; Longhouse Projects, New York; Jackie Klempay, Brooklyn; Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn; and the Derfner Judaica Museum, New York. less
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