Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Bored? Don't be. Sit in line (EARLY) for FREE Shakespeare in the Park tickets through The Public Theater...


Much Ado About Nothing
King Lear

Free tickets are distributed on each performance day via the Free Lines at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. We recognize that free ticket lines can sometimes be long and we appreciate the time and dedication of everyone. These ticket policies are designed to maximize fairness for visitors and to make everyone’s experience as smooth and pleasant as possible.​ ​
Free tickets are distributed at 12pm (noon) every day there is a public performance.​ 
Performance days will vary from week to week, so be sure to check the performance calendar. People often line up several hours ahead of the distribution time, so plan ahead.
Each person (age 5+) may receive up to 2 tickets, until we run out.​ 
Seat locations are distributed randomly; not based on a person’s position in the line. There are separate lines for accessible tickets for senior citizens (65+) and for patrons with disabilities.​
Things to know once you receive your tickets:
1. You may bring food and drink inside the theater, but please no glass containers.
2. The theater will open approximately 30 minutes prior to the start of the show. Arriving late may disrupt a quiet moment in the show, so latecomers will be seated at the discretion of theater management.
3. Children under 5 should sit on the lap of a parent or other adult. When entering the theater through your assigned gate, please ask for a lap voucher from the staff member who takes your ticket. Strollers of any kind are not allowed in the theater. ​
If you do not receive tickets, you may join the stand-by line after the final ticket is distributed for that day's performance.
The Public Theater staff will begin to monitor this line starting at 6pm. Free stand-by tickets will be distributed if and when they become available, 1 per person.
To allow as many different people as possible to enjoy Shakespeare in the Park, each person is limited to receiving free tickets to 2 performances of each production. 
This limit applies not just to the particular performance for which you are currently in line, but for the entire run of that production at the Delacorte Theater. ​


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Bored? Don't be. Be outdoors! Consider this NYTimes list of FREE and (relatively) low cost summer 2014 suggestions...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/nyregion/what-to-do-in-new-york-city-in-summer-2014.html?_r=0&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=N.Y.%20%2F%20Region&action=keypress&region=FixedLeft&pgtype=article

 For the first time since public access began in 2004, Governors Island will be open seven days a week, with 30 newly landscaped acres of park equipped with 50 red hammocks, two natural ball fields and site-specific art by Mark Handforth and Susan Philipsz. Bring your own bike or take advantage of Free Bike Mornings, borrowing one for an hour between 10 a.m. and noon on weekdays (May 24-Sept. 28, $2 round-trip ferry for adults, free for children under 12, govisland.com). Biking works up an appetite, hence A Bikeable Feast, combining a 90-minute ride through the vistas of Greenpoint and Williamsburg with a four-course meal with wine at North Brooklyn Farm near the base of the Williamsburg Bridge (alternating Saturdays May 31-Aug. 9, $140, getupandride.com). Those who feel that the ride itself is the destination can show up for Brooklyn Critical Mass, a slightly less militant iteration of its Manhattan cousin, wheeling into its 10th year. The second Friday of every month, bicyclists gather at Grand Army Plaza near Prospect Park at 7 p.m. and dominate the streets to show what pollution-free transportation looks like (June 13, July 11, Aug. 8, free, times-up.org). To work all your muscle groups, there’s no greater outdoor gym than the Central Park Circuit in the East Meadow, a first-come-first-served class that meets several evenings over the summer. Top trainers devise workouts around the park’s hills, dales and rocks (through August, free, centralparknyc.org). Catch-and-release fishing at the park’s Harlem Meer is a more meditative pastime. Fishing poles can be borrowed and bait is free at the Charles A. Dana Center on the meer’s north shore at 109th Street (Tuesday-Sunday, centralparknyc.org). Farther north, in the Bronx, birders gather at Van Cortlandt Park Nature Center on Saturday mornings. Members of the Audubon Society lead walks and help identify a wide range of species (through August, free, nycaudubon.org). A new waterside activity for landlubbers arrives when the Grand Banks schooner Sherman Zwicker, built in 1942, drops anchor at Pier 25, Hudson River Park at North Moore Street. Visits are free, though there is a charge for onboard oysters and drinks from the Brooklyn tastemaker Mark Firth, co-founder of Marlow & Sons (June 15-Oct. 31, grandbanks.org). Fans of pro sports have a full plate of baseball teams, World Cup soccer matches and United States Open Tennis champions to cheer for, but you can root for the little guys, too, like the Brooklyn Cyclones (brooklyncyclones.com) in Coney Island and the Staten Island Yankees (milb.com) in St. George. Or rustle up your own game at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s newly opened Pier 2, with five acres of basketball, handball and bocce courts (150 Furman Street,brooklynbridgepark.org). Spectators inclined toward a different kind of intensity can indulge in a Gotham Girls Roller Derby match. The league, now in its 10th year, will have its biggest face-off of the summer with the Manhattan Mayhem against the Queens of Pain (John Jay College of Criminal Justice Gymnasium, 524 West 59th Street, June 7, $19.99,gothamgirlsrollerderby.com).
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Bored? Don't be. FREE summer 2014 movies in NYC!

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Free Summer Movies in New York City 2014Central Park Film Festival, New York City Free Outdoor Movies

Enjoy free outdoor movies in New York City each summer! From classics, family movies, comedies, horror flicks, and sing-a-longs, there's something for everyone! The following is a list of free summer movies from 2013, so check back soon for details on 2014 free summer movies in NYC!
HBO Bryant Park Film Festival, New York City Free Outdoor MoviesNYC Free Film Festivals include: Bryant Park Film Festival, Central Park Film Festival, River to River Festival, SummerScreen at McCarren Park, Hudson River Park's Riverflicks, Brooklyn Bridge Park's Movies With a View, Films in Tompkins Square Park, Coney Island Flicks on the Beach, Films on the Green, Socrates Sculpture Park's Outdoor Cinema, Summer on the Hudson Movies Under the Stars in Riverside Park, Intrepid Free Summer Movie Series, and Movie Nights at Astoria Park.
2014 HBO Bryant Park Summer Film FestivalMonday evenings from June 16 - August 18 in Bryant Park, 42nd Street and 6th Avenue. The gravel area surrounding the Lawn opens at 4pm. The Lawn opens at 5pm.
Film Festival Hotline: 212-512-5700
No chairs, tables, dogs, plastic sheets, tarps, bags, or pads are permitted on the lawn.
Free bike parking available in the park at the Pétanque Courts (6th Avenue and 41st Street).Film Festival Hotline: 212-512-5700No chairs, tables, dogs, plastic sheets, tarps, bags, or pads are permitted on the lawn.Free bike parking available in the park at the Pétanque Courts (6th Avenue and 41st Street).
June
16 - Saturday Night Fever
23 - The Mark Of Zorro
30 - A Soldier’s Story
July
7 - Blazing Saddles
14 - Suddenly Last Summer
21 - National Lampoon’s Vacation
28 - Key Largo
August
4 - The Karate Kid
11 -  Lover Come Back
18 - The Shining


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Central Park Film Festival, New York City Free Outdoor MoviesCentral Park Film Festival 2014
August 18-22, 2014, nightly at 8pm, rain or shine. Gates open to the public at 6:30pm. 2014 marks the 12th annual Central Park Film Festival. This year, the theme is "Scenes from our City" and focuses on films in which New York plays a prominent role. The event is FREE and films will be shown rain or shine.

Enter the park at East 72nd St. The festival will be held just north of the Sheep Meadow, beside the cafe (mid-Park at 69th Street)All films are close captioned. Don't forget to bring a picnic!Please note that glass bottles, video cameras, tape recorders or flash cameras are not allowed and all bags may be searched.
Monday, August 18: BigTuesday, August 19: The Royal Tenenbaums
Wednesday, Wednesday, August 20: The Way We Were
Thursday, Thursday, August 21: Ghostbusters
Friday, Friday, August 22: Rear Window
More details about the Central Park Film Festival 
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Summerscreen Film Festival McCarren Park, Brooklyn, NY2014 SummerScreen at McCarren Park, Williamsburg BrooklynWednesday evenings from July 9 through August 13 at McCarren Park Ballfields (the corner of Bedford Avenue and North 12th streets, right next to the tennis courts in Williamsburg, Brooklyn). We'd recommend getting there early; doors to the park open at 6pm, bands go on at 6:30pm, and films start at sundown. No dogs allowed.
July 9 - Back to the Future
July 16 - Zoolander
July 23 - Cry Baby
July 30 - HeathersAugust 6 - The Big Lebowski
August 13 - Audience Pick! 
July 9 - Back to the FutureJuly 16 - ZoolanderJuly 23 - Cry BabyJuly 30 - HeathersAugust 6 - The Big LebowskiAugust 13 - Audience Pick!
Take the G train to Nassau or the L train to Bedford.
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Hudson River Park's RiverFlicks, New York City2014 Hudson River Park's Family Fridays Riverflicks
Fridays from July 11 - August 22 at Pier 46 in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, at Charles Street and the Hudson River. Enjoy new and classic films for the whole family to enjoy!
There’s something for everyone in the family on Friday nights in Hudson River Park… and one special Wednesday night too!
July 11 - Despicable Me 2 PG                  
July 18 - Ghostbusters PG                  
July 25 - Ghostbusters II PG                  
August 1 - Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 PG                  
August 8 - Groundhog Day PG                  
August 15 - Smurfs 2 PG                  
August 22  - The Wizard of Oz PG
2014 Hudson River Park's Riverflicks Big Hit Wednesdays
Heroes and hustlers come together on the waterfront this summer in Hudson River Park! See the Stars, under the stars - watch all of your favorite blockbusters from last year on the big screen, again! This time around, they’re all FREE. Hudson River Park’s RiverFlicks has all of last year’s favorite big screen hits!
Wednesdays from July 9 - August 20 on the Pier 63 lawn in Chelsea (enter at West 22nd or West 24th). 
 
July 9 - Iron Man 3 PG-13
July 16 - American Hustle R
July 23 - This is The End R
July 30 - The Lego Movie PG
August 6 - Lone Survivor R
August 13 - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire PG13
August 20 - Captain Phillips PG13
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Brooklyn Bridge Park Movies With a View, Free movies in New York City2014 Brooklyn Bridge Park's Movies With a View
Every Thursday from July 10 - August 28; DJs at 6pm, movies at Sundown
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, in cooperation with Brooklyn Bridge Park, announced the lineup for the fifteenth year of its signature movie series. This year’s theme is animals.
The movies take place Thursday evenings in July and August on the Harbor View Lawn of Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Last year, more than 35,000 viewers enjoyed the outdoor movie nights with the river view of lower Manhattan as the backdrop. Syfy has been a presenting sponsor of Syfy Movies With A View since 2008.
Park concessionaires: Ample Hills Ice Cream, Luke’s Lobster, No. 7 Subs, Lizzmonade Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Bridge Garden Bar will be offering food and drink for purchase.
Note: The park gets crowded and lawn is first come, first served, so we suggest getting there early.
To maintain our luscious and green lawns, chairs are not permitted on the park lawns.
July 10: Duck Soup (1933). The Marx Brothers take fictional Europe in this Depression-era classic.
Short: Silo by David Soll
July 17: Sharknado (2013). Regulars of a beachside bar including owner Fin (Ian Ziering/Beverly Hills 90210), bartender Nova (Casie Scerbo/Make It Or Break It) and local drunk George (John Heard/Home Alone) team up with Fin’s ex-wife April (Tara Reid/Scrubs) to investigate the ecological nightmare that has sharks swimming through the streets of Los Angeles and falling from the skies.
Short: Phoebe’s Birthday Cheeseburger by Will Lennon
July 24: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). One of Roald Dahl’s classics hits the big screen in Wes Anderson’s quirky, stop-motion animated film. Mr. Fox (voiced by George Clooney) and his thieving ways are threatened by three mean farmers, but his friends, family and neighbors come to his aid.
Short: Font Men by Dress Code
July 31: Beetlejuice (1988). A young couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) lead an idyllic country life until they accidentally drown and become trapped in their old house as ghosts. This ghost couple attempts to scare off a family of cosmopolitan New Yorkers that move into their home, eventually enlisting the help of an insane poltergeist, Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton). A darkly funny vision of the afterlife that made director Tim Burton a household name.
Short: Passer Passer by Louis Morton
August 7: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). The Tennessee Williams play comes to life as Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor) and Brick (Paul Newman) duke it out while celebrating the 65th birthday of his father, Big Daddy (Burl Ives). The temperatures are high, but the tensions are higher in this classic.
Short: Unlocking the Truth by Luke Meyer
August 14: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999). Hip hop, samurai culture, and italian gangsters come together in this oddly quiet action movie by independent spirit Jim Jarmusch. Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is a reclusive hitman who lives by a strict samurai code. When his mafia employers turn against him, Ghost Dog must go to war against an gang of old-school Italians that simply do not understand his ways.
Short: The Roper by Ewan McNicol, Anna Sandilands
August 21: The Birds (1963). Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece of horror, mystery, and slow-burning suspense. A beautiful socialite (Tippi Hedren) visits the sunny town of Bodega Bay, where the weekend’s peace is shattered by a series of inexplicable bird attacks, one more violent than the next. These attacks grow increasingly bigger and more gruesome until the entire town finds itself under siege from above.
Short: Woodhouse by Fred Rowson
August 28: (Public vote). As is tradition, Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and Syfy invite the public to vote on the last film of the summer.
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2014 Films in Tompkins Square Park
The event is free as always, and gates open at 6pm, with the movies starting at sundown.
Tompkins Square Park is a 10.5 acre public park in the Alphabet City section of the East Village neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is square in shape, and is bounded on the north by East 10th Street, on the east by Avenue B, on the south by East 7th Street, and on the west by Avenue A. St. Marks Place abuts the park to the west. 
Schedule TBA
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2014 Coney Island Flicks on the Beach
On Mondays during July and August, a giant 40-foot inflatable screen turns the beach at W. 10th Street into an outdoor movie theater!  Come on down and see great flicks, representing a mix of modern, classic, and indie movies.
Get ready for a great lineup for the fourth annual Coney Island Flicks on the Beach!  
Schedule TBA
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2014 Films on the Green Festival 
May 30 - August 1, 2014
Films on the Green is a free outdoor French film festival produced annually in New York City parks by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the City of New York Parks & Recreation. Since 2008, the festival has brought classic and contemporary French cinema to New Yorkers, each season's films cover a different theme from environment to musicals and literary adaptations.
Jealousy, seduction, passion...  In its seventh year, Films on the Green explores the many facets of love with works by established and new directors. French is the language of love, or so the saying goes. But behind this cliché is a multitude of cinematic possibilities.
Free and open to the public.
All films are in French with English subtitles

Friday, May 30, 8:30pm | Central Park, Cedar Hill
Purple Noon
By René Clément
Starring Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet
Friday, June 6, 8:30pm | Washington Square Park
Les Tontons Flingueurs
By Georges Lautner
Starring Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Jean Lefebvre, Francis Blanche
Friday, June 13, 8:30pm | Washington Square Park
Buffet Froid
By Bertrand Blier
Starring Gérard Depardieu, Jean Carmet, Bernard Blier, Michel Serrault
Friday, June 20, 8:30pm | Tompkins Square Park
The Women on the 6th Floor
By Philippe Le Guay
Starring Fabrice Luchini
Friday, June 27, 8:30 pm | Tompkins Square Park
La Haine
By Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui
Friday, July 11, 8:30pm | Riverside Park, Pier I
The Moustache 
By Emmanuel Carrère
Starring Vincent Lindon, Mathieu Amalric
Friday, July 18, 8:30pm | Riverside Park, Pier I
Grand Illusion 
By Jean Renoir
Starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay
Friday, July 25, 8:30pm | Transmitter Park (Brooklyn) 
Le Magnifique
By Philippe de Broca
Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo
Friday, Aug. 1, 8:30pm | Transmitter Park (Brooklyn) 
2 Autumns, 3 Winters 
By Sébastien Betbeder
Starring Vincent Macaigne, Bastien Bouillon
Thursday, Sept. 4, 7:30pm | Columbia University (116th St)
The French Minister 
By Bertrand Tavernier
Starring Raphaël Personnaz, Thierry Lhermitte, Niels Arestrup 
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2014 Socrates Sculpture Park Outdoor Cinema
Wednesdays, July 2-August 20, 2014
Pre-screening performances at 7pm, films begins at sundown
Socrates Sculpture Park and Film Forum, in collaboration with Rooftop Films, present this annual international film festival, which focuses on a different country or culture each Wednesday evening. This program invites visitors to picnic on the grass, see musical and dance performances, enjoy the cool waterfront breeze as the sun sets over the Manhattan skyline, and watch exceptional international films on an outdoor screen.
This season we are also offering FREE Sunset Paddling on the East River! On certain film nights, depending on the tide, free kayaking and canoeing will depart from our beach at Hallets Cove. 
Wednesday, July 2
PUSSY RIOT: A PUNK PRAYER / Russia, UK
Wednesday, July 9
LA PIROGUE / Senegal
Wednesday, July 16
THE DEADLY PONIES GANG / New Zealand
Wednesday, July 23
UMBERTO D. / Italy
Wednesday, July 30
VIOLA / Argentina
Wednesday, August 6
FOREST OF THE DANCING SPIRITS / Central Africa, Sweden
Wednesday, August 13
13 ASSASSINS / Japan
Wednesday, August 27
MICROCOSMOS / France
Directions to Socrates Sculpture Park
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2014 Summer on the Hudson Pier 1 Picture Show in Riverside Park
Wednesdays from July 9-August 13, at dusk (about 8:30 pm); Pier I at 70th St. Pack a picnic, bring a friend and settle in for a night of premier Hollywood movies. Open Captioned.
July 9 - Clueless
July 16 - Back to the Future
July 23 - Harold & Maude
July 30 - The Princess Bride
August 6 - Anchors Aweigh
August 13 - The Outsiders
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Intrepid Summer Movies, New York City2014 Intrepid FREE Summer Movie Series
May 23 - August 14, 2014
Join Intrepid in celebrating some of our favorite heroes from the movies with our 6th annual Intrepid Summer Movie Series.
Bring your lawn chairs, picnic baskets and blankets. Guests are encouraged to bring  their own food, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages, however no outside alcohol is permitted.
Doors open at 7:30pm, film begins at sunset, weather permitting. Space is limited. Seating is on a first come first serve basis, and there is no admission after 8:30pm.

Friday, May 23 - Top Gun (1986)
Thursday, July 10 - Independence Day (1996)
Thursday, July 17 - Gravity (2013)
Thursday, July 24 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Thursday, July 31 - The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Thursday, August 7 - Space Balls (1987)
Thursday, August 14 - Captain Phillips (2013) 

Directions:
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Bored? Don't be. FREE summer 2014 concerts in NYC!



Search by date. 
Search by borough.
Search by type of music.

 FREE summer 2014 concert.
Thanks, NYC!
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Bored? Don't be. Check out dosomething.org's on-going teen campaigns. What are you passionate about? How long do you have? What would you like to do?




Answer three questions:

What are you passionate about?
How long do you have?
What would you like to do?

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Bored? Don't be. Check out these museums (some always FREE, some pay-what-you-wish, some FREE on specific days)...


These New York City museums are always free or free on specific days of the week. 
Find one near you.
Many of New York City's museums cost nothing to visit while others offer free admission on specific days of the week or at certain times. 
For hours and prices of more NYC museums and institutions, see the
Always Free
New York Transit Museum Annex & Store, Grand Central Terminal
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden (grounds and botanical garden only)

Sometimes Free
The following museums typically require paid admission but open their doors free on specific days or times. While many are completely free to visitors, some of them do charge for admission to specific special events or sections. Be sure to consult their websites or call ahead if you hope to see a specific exhibit.   

Mondays
Museum at Eldridge Street (tours, 10am to noon)

Tuesdays
Morgan Library and Museum (The McKim Rooms only)
Wave Hill (free all day, November through April and July and August; 9am to noon in May, June, September and October)

Wednesdays
Pay what you will for grounds access. Does not include admission to special exhibitions like Butterfly Garden, Congo Gorilla Forest and JungleWorld.


Free grounds access all day. Does not include access to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, special exhibitions (such as The Orchid Show), Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, Rock and Native Plant Gardens (April–October) or Tram Tour.

Staten Island Zoo (after 2pm)
Queens Botanical Garden (April through October, free hours on Wednesdays from 3 to 6pm and Sundays from 4 to 6pm. November through March, free at all times)

Thursdays
Museum of Arts and Design (pay what you will, 6 to 9pm)
New Museum (7 to 9pm)

Fridays
Whitney Museum of American Art (pay what you will, 6 to 9pm)
The New-York Historical Society (pay what you will, 6 to 8pm)
New York Aquarium (pay what you will, after 3pm)
International Center of Photography (pay what you will, after 5pm)
Japan Society (6 to 9pm) 
New York Hall of Science (2 to 5pm, September through June)
Rubin Museum of Art (6 to 10pm)
Asia Society (September through June, 6 to 9pm)

First Friday of the Month
Neue Galerie (6 to 8pm) 
The Noguchi Museum (pay what you will, 10am to 5pm)

Saturdays
New York Botanical Garden (free grounds pass, 10 to 11am)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (pay what you will, 5:45 to 7:45pm)
Wave Hill (9am to noon)

First Saturday of the Month
Brooklyn Museum (admission and programs, 5 to 11pm)

Third Saturday of the Month

Sundays
Frick Collection (pay what you will, 11am to 1pm)
The Morgan Library and Museum (The McKim Rooms only, 4 to 6pm)
New York Hall of Science (10 to 11am, September through June)
Queens Botanical Garden (4 to 6pm through October 31)
Studio Museum in Harlem (noon to 6pm)
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