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Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best free things to do in manhattan in New York City the weekend of Oct 2–4, 2026: 4 picks, refreshed weekly.
4 picks · checked Sep 28
Colonels Row, Governors Island, ManhattanA free 20-minute outdoor duet by Guadeloupean choreographer Léo Lérus on Colonels Row, drawn from the Gwoka tradition, three times in one afternoon.
Colonels Row, Governors Island, ManhattanA free 20-minute outdoor duet by Guadeloupean choreographer Léo Lérus on Colonels Row, drawn from the Gwoka tradition, three times in one afternoon.
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Ralph Ellison Plaza, Hamilton Heights, ManhattanDeans Charbal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLocal jazz musicians and vocalists jam beside Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man memorial on Riverside Drive at 150th Street — free.
Ralph Ellison Plaza, Hamilton Heights, ManhattanDeans Charbal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsLocal jazz musicians and vocalists jam beside Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man memorial on Riverside Drive at 150th Street — free.
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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, ManhattanSpielberg's E.T. on the big screen for free at Lincoln Center's library, opened by a rare short pulled from NYPL's reserve film collection.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, ManhattanSpielberg's E.T. on the big screen for free at Lincoln Center's library, opened by a rare short pulled from NYPL's reserve film collection.
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Fred Samuel Playground, Harlem, ManhattanAn animated goat crashes a pro league of fierce animals in 'Goat,' screening free in a Harlem playground as the outdoor movie season winds down.
Fred Samuel Playground, Harlem, ManhattanAn animated goat crashes a pro league of fierce animals in 'Goat,' screening free in a Harlem playground as the outdoor movie season winds down.
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