Pre Covid-19 we searched the internet everyday looking for the very best of What’s Happening, primarily on Manhattan’s WestSide, so that you didn’t have to.” We made it as easy as 1-2-3.
Covid has required some changes.
Best Free Things To Do in NYC This Week
“The quality and quantity of free events, free things to do that take place 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 things to do, free events to go to in NYC today!”
Join Club Free Time – I did, and it’s one of the best things I ever did. Here is a sample of FREE events this week. Get more information by going to the Club Free Time website.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Editor’s Pick
Lecture | Is Streaming a Good Business or Destined for Disaster? (online)
It’s easy to appreciate why Netflix, Spotify and other streaming media services are so popular. Who can more New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Mar 1
1:00 pm
Free
Editor’s Pick
Talk | “What Makes it Italian?”: The Music and Architecture of Italy (online)
“What Makes It Italian?” is a music listening and discussion group that meets online and is open to everyone. more New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Mar 1
6:00 pm
Free
Editor’s Pick
Book Discussion | 4-Time Tony Winner Harvey Fierstein Discusses His Memoir I Was Better Last Night (online)
Harvey Fierstein’s career has transported him from community theater in Brooklyn to Broadway and to more New York City, NY; NYC
Tue, Mar 1
6:00 pm
Free
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Editor’s Pick
Film | Imitation of Life (1934): Oscar-Nominated Drama with Claudette Colbert
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper; the two women start a successful business more New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Mar 2
4:00 pm
Free
Editor’s Pick
Classical Music | Chamber Music by Schubert and More
PROGRAM: Friedrich von Schiller Sehnsucht (1821) Karl Gottfried von Leitner Drang in die Ferne (1823) more New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Mar 2
7:00 pm
Free
Editor’s Pick
Discussion | The Exciting Possibilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (online)
Explore outer space and a deeper understanding of the cosmos with a panel of experts discussing the more New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Mar 2
7:30 pm
Free
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Editor’s Pick
Workshop | Exploring the Power of Mindfulness (online)
ERM Mindfulness is an online program designed with positive psychology insights and neuroscience research more New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Mar 3
8:30 am
Free
Editor’s Pick
Film | I Am Here (2021): 100-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor (online)
100-year-old South African Holocaust survivor Ella Blumenthal is a force to be reckoned with. This documentary more New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Mar 3
1:00 pm
Free
Editor’s Pick
Discussion | Russia in the Americas: What Now? (online)
In light of the invasion of Ukraine, a panel of expert speakers will discuss the geopolitical implications more New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Mar 3
2:00 pm
Free
Editor’s Pick
Performance | Three Funerals and a Chimp: Comedy (in-person and online)
Three Funerals and a Chimp is Brian Schiller’s autobiographical stand-up comedy about the deaths of his more New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Mar 3
7:00 pm
Pay any amount…
Friday, March 4, 2022
Editor’s Pick
Gallery Talk | Woody Guthrie: People Are The Song: Exhibition Tour (online)
Morgan docents lead an interactive visual tour of the exhibition. Participants will view (and hear!) more New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Mar 4
12:30 pm
Free
Editor’s Pick
Talk | Franchised Superheroes and the Financialization of Filmmaking (online)
For decades, comic books were a source of speculation in Hollywood; film adaptation rights were bought, more New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Mar 4
6:00 pm
Free
Editor’s Pick
Classical Music | Elegance and Exuberance: Mozart and More
Program: Mozart, Sonata for Piano and Violin in B-flat Major Cesar Franck, Sonata for Piano and Violin more New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Mar 4
7:00 pm
Free
Editor’s Pick
Classical Music | Ekmeles: New Vocal Music from the Americas
Program: Marc Sabat, Seeds of Skies Alibis Hilda Paredes, Fragmentos de Altazor Mauricio Kagel, Der Turm more New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Mar 4
8:00 pm
Free
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Editor’s Pick
Museums | Folk Art: Diverse and Rich
The museum’s collection includes more than eight thousand works of art from four centuries and nearly more New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Mar 5
11:30 am
to 6:00 pm
Free
Editor’s Pick
Concert | Piano Variations, Jazz And Folk Music
Concerts at 2PM, 4PM, & 6PM Throughout its history, the practice of improvisation has been central to more New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Mar 5
2:00 pm
to 7:00 pm
Free
Editor’s Pick
Play | The Acronym Plays: Six New Short Plays
Six new short plays, winners of the Acronym playwright challenge. The Acronym Plays celebrates selected more New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Mar 5
3:30 pm
Free
Editor’s Pick
Classical Music | Works by Schubert, Franck and More at a Historical Venue
Violinist Neta Rudich and pianist Emile Blondel perform works by Franck, Janacek, and Schubert. Covid more New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Mar 5
7:00 pm
Donation, reservation required
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Editor’s Pick
Talk | The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz: Thomas Geve (online)
In June 1943, thirteen-year-old Thomas Geve and his mother were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Separated more New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Mar 6
10:00 am
Free
Editor’s Pick
Play | The Acronym Plays: Six New Short Plays
Six new short plays, winners of the Acronym playwright challenge. The Acronym Plays celebrates selected more New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Mar 6
1:00 pm
Free
Editor’s Pick
Performance | Bathroom of a Bar on Bleecker: Comedy (in-person and online)
Emil Ferzola stars in this tragedy-on-laxatives comedy from Mike Lemme about recording the final episode more New York City, NY; NYC
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