There’s never a dull moment in the greatest city on the planet, including mid-January week.
Get more NYC for less money with FREE museum admission, FREE financial seminars and trivia contests, a FREE discussion about presidential power with top legal and political experts, a week of FREE Metropolitan Opera broadcasts featuring Renee Fleming, FREE Black Comic Book Festival, and more.
Add these virtual and in-person events to your calendar for this week, Monday, Jan. 11 to Sunday Jan. 17.
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Mondays in January
FREE Broadway Theater 101 Four-Part Online Class
Last week – Monday, January 4 was – Annie Get Your Gun and Kiss Me Kate
Today – Noon and 8 pm ET Monday, January 11 – Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady
Next Week – Noon and 8 pm ET Monday, January 18 – The Music Man and Gypsy
Final Week – Noon and 8 pm ET Monday, January 25 – Hair and Grease
- Registration is required for each session.
- A hard maximum of 1,500 virtual seats is available for each session.
FREE Digital Trivia Tuesdays
Test your trivia IQ at home with your friends and family, during the digital Trivia Tuesdays series sponsored by Brookfield Place.
Taking place Tuesday nights at 7pm.
Follow along on Zoom and enter your answers via Kahoot, as you compete for a variety of fun BFPL prizes with hosts The Union of Quizzers.
Plus, there is a theme nights on the last Tuesday of every month
Click here to register to play!
LINKS:
- Missed the most recent game? Test your knowledge to the questions asked HERE.
- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83984900042?pwd=a3ZJa05zZ3VHdHJEcDZ2VVJZWlgzQT09
Tuesday – FREE Discussion on Presidential Power and Transition
Debate Defends Democracy: Presidential Power & Presidential Transition | |
When George Washington was inaugurated as first president at Federal Hall, the world was watching the birth of a new government. The world will be watching again on January 20, 2021, after a period of historic electoral turbulence. What lessons can we learn from November’s tumultuous election? Is it time for legislative change — or even additional constitutional amendments — to restore order for future American presidential elections? Join us to explore the roots of presidential power in the Constitution and the sometimes contentious processes, historically and today, by which we select and confirm the president. | |
This event is produced in partnership with National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy at Federal Hall, New York University, and the National Park Service. | |
Participants: Michael Waldman, President, Brennan Center for Justice; Franita Tolson, Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law; David Frum, Staff Writer, The Atlantic; Moderator: John Avlon, Senior Political Analyst, CNN | |
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Wed. to Sunday – Black Comic Book Festival
The annual Black Comic Book Festival returns, this time virtually, and expanded from two days to four, all celebrating the rich tradition of Black comix with FREE panel discussions, film screenings, exhibit tables with top comic creators, comic book giveaways for kids and more.
The 9th Annual Black Comic Book Festival is FREE to attend, and includes a tribute to Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, a workshop with Tim Fielder and his upcoming release INFINITUM, and launch event for Megascope with Jon Jennings, and more.
Money Matters: FREE Stock Market Investing Course
The Stock Market Game
If you don’t have experience investing in stocks, bonds and mutual funds, and would like to better understand how these instruments work, this is your chance.
Start the new year with this FREE investment course, offered by the NYPL Business Center begins Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at Noon.
This program requires a 10-week commitment. Participants are expected to attend all sessions. Space is limited to 25 participants. The deadline to register is December 28, 2020.
Register for a seat in the Stock Market Game. For 10-weeks you’ll play the role of a portfolio manager with a virtual $100,000 to invest.
Learn how to set an investment strategy, make adjustments and see in real-time how your portfolio is performing compared to the portfolios of other players. Learn how to use NYPL’s resources to manage your portfolio.
The Stock Market Game is a program of the SIFMA Foundation.
Ice Skating in NYC
FREE Ice Skating in Bryant Park
The annual Winter Village has returned for the season, with holiday shops and the magical ice skating rink, now open daily .
New this year is that reservations are required for skating sessions.
Ice Skating in Rockefeller Center
The iconic rink has opened for the season. Reservations are now required for skating sessions.
NYC Museums & Attractions Now Open Include:
- National September 11 Museum at the 9/11 Memorial
- New York Aquarium at Coney Island
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
- American Museum of Natural History
- The Guggenheim
- New York Historical Society
- The Rubin Museum of Art
- The Museum of Jewish Heritage
- Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
- All museums and attractions have advance ticketing requirements for social distancing, and mask-wearing requirements.
- See the full list here.
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Ongoing Events
Carnegie Hall Fridays
Each week for the the forseable future, Carnegie Hall is streaming a concert from its archived recordings.
Watch each week’s livestream from Friday 3am through Monday at 3 AM
Metropolitan Opera Live Streams
Every night of the week, the world-famous Met Opera is streaming a different performance from its repetoire of recorded performances, including operas by Puccini, Verdi and Mozart, and legendary stars including Luciano Pavarotti and Renée Fleming.
Each day, a different encore presentation from the company’s Live in HD series is being made available for free streaming on the Met website, with each performance available for a period of 23 hours, from 7:30 p.m. EDT until 6:30 p.m. the following day.
The schedule will include outstanding complete performances from the past 14 years of cinema transmissions, starring all of opera’s greatest singers.The streams are also available through the Met Opera on Demand apps for Apple, Amazon, and Roku devices and Samsung Smart TV.
The streams are also available through the Met Opera on Demand apps for Apple, Amazon, and Roku devices and Samsung Smart TV. To access them without logging in, click “Browse and Preview” in the apps for connected TV, and “Explore the App” on tablets and mobile devices.
Met Stars Live in Concert
If you enjoy the Nightly Opera Streams, be sure not to miss our acclaimed pay-per-view concert series, presenting opera’s greatest stars performing live via satellite from striking locations across Europe and the U.S.
Support the Met and Protect its Future
Hundreds of thousands of people have been tuning in daily to our free performance streams, and many of them have kindly been asking how they can help the Met during this economically perilous time. In response, we have added a “Donate Now” button below. We thank you for your help.
Or, donate by text message: Text METOPERA to 44321 in the U.S. or 1-917-999-0700 for other countries. Standard text messaging rates apply.
Week 44
Renée Fleming Week
Monday, January 11
Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro
Starring Renée Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, Susanne Mentzer, Dwayne Croft, and Bryn Terfel, conducted by James Levine. From November 11, 1998.
Tuesday, January 12
Massenet’s Thaïs
Starring Renée Fleming, Michael Schade, and Thomas Hampson, conducted by Jesús López-Cobos. From December 20, 2008.
Wednesday, January 13
Strauss’Der Rosenkavalier
Starring Renée Fleming, Christine Schäfer, Susan Graham, Eric Cutler, Thomas Allen, and Kristinn Sigmundsson, conducted by Edo de Waart. From January 9, 2010.
Thursday, January 14
Rossini’s Armida
Starring Renée Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, Barry Banks, John Osborn, and Kobie van Rensburg, conducted by Riccardo Frizza. From May 1, 2010.
Friday, January 15
Strauss’Capriccio
Starring Renée Fleming, Sarah Connolly, Joseph Kaiser, Russell Braun, Morten Frank Larsen, and Peter Rose, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. From April 23, 2011.
Saturday, January 16
Handel’s Rodelinda
Starring Renée Fleming, Stephanie Blythe, Andreas Scholl, Iestyn Davies, Joseph Kaiser, and Shenyang, conducted by Harry Bicket. From December 3, 2011.
Sunday, January 17
Dvořák’s Rusalka
Starring Renée Fleming, Emily Magee, Dolora Zajick, Piotr Beczala, and John Relyea, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. From February 8, 2014.
Met Stars Live in Concert
If you enjoy the Nightly Opera Streams, be sure not to miss our acclaimed pay-per-view concert series, presenting opera’s greatest stars performing live via satellite from striking locations across Europe and the U.S.
Support the Met and Protect its Future
Hundreds of thousands of people have been tuning in daily to our free performance streams, and many of them have kindly been asking how they can help the Met during this economically perilous time. In response, we have added a “Donate Now” button below. We thank you for your help.
