Free and Cheap NYC Events, Friday May 29th, 2020, Coronavirus Edition

• Editor’s Note: Well NYC, we’ve survived another week under the pandemic, and it seems that there is light @ the end of the tunnel, with the city poised to start reopening the first or second week of June. The Cheap Chick recently came across The Serenity Prayer on a TV show and it really struck a chord with her during this time of crisis. One of the more familiar versions of the prayer goes, “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”* The Cheap Chick thinks that we will all need to take these words to heart as we navigate the new world that will emerge from the ashes of Covid and other diseases afflicting our nation.

Here’s a link to last week’s post, which has been updated since last Friday, the one from two weeks ago, as well as 28 days ago, and my original ongoing Coronavirus coverage. Still lots of great online diversions!

The Great Outdoors
Wave Hill is closed to the public, but is offering virtual outdoor experiences via their “Branch Out” programming.

Lol (Laugh out Loud)
Hopalong Andrew is back @ Bryant Park Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, with his signature “one man show filled with laughs, movement, learning, and songs about city life, buffalo, and more!”

Finding Out About Finance
The Museum of American Finance is hosting a virtual exhibit called “Pandemics and Epidemics: Financial and Economic Effects,” in which “we examine a number, but by no means all, of the epidemics and pandemics that have occurred over the course of US history.”

Chatting About City Life
Open House New York is hosting a series of free virtual talks about living in cities called “Conversations on the City,” “with leading experts and thinkers from a wide array of disciplines, OHNY will explore why cities continue to thrive, what propels them forward, and why our need for the human connection that cities make possible will always prevail over whatever challenges that may arise.”

Be a Virtual Tourist
Big Onion Walking Tours has taken their NYC strolls online, with a variety of walks to take through their Big Onion Virtual Adventures.

Relax and Color
The New York historical Society has some unique coloring pages just for you!

Whew! Please note that all of the information posted was true @ the time of publication. All listings/news are subject to change.

The Cheap Chick is constantly updating this page, so please keep checking back for updates and new content re cheap and free NYC-focused distractions during the coronavirus crisis.

Also please feel free to share the cheap and free ways you’re spending time in isolation or if you’re an org offering online programming, please reach out to the Cheap Chick so she can post it online and/or tweet about it.

And be sure to follow her on Twitter via @cheapchicknyc for more cheap and free NYC happenings.

 

*Source: Wikipedia.org