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A VARIETY OF STAY AT HOME RESOURCES WITH FREE ACCESS FOR ADULTS




Courses, Lectures, Educational ....

Coursera - Coursera is an American online learning platform founded in 2012 by Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller that offers massive open online courses, specializations, and degrees.

Open Culture - The best free and educational media on the web. Includes free class, lectures, movies, ebooks, audio books and more.

Open Yale Courses — Free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale.

List of free online coding courses

Khan Academy  Free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale.

Milk Street Cooking School has made its classes free. 

AARP Podcasts  timely informational podcasts for seniors.

Cultural....

NY City Ballet - for programs of interest to adult and children (free classes)

Lincoln Center at Home - daily performances, free access. Set up your own calendar for reminders.

Virtual Tours, Met Media Videos - Metropolitan Museum of Art - searchable; categories include concerts, lectures, MetKids programs, etc.

Virtual Tours  - The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

The Smithsonian Museum Podcasts   A wide variety of podcasts including art, science, history and more.

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Art Zoom Videos — Explore images, artifacts and more in high resolution.  Narrated videos which explore famous artworks up close.

3D Models of Historic Places — Chauvet Cave Horse Paintings, Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, Easter Island, Chichen Itza

Nightly Opera Stream -- available online until 3:30pm the following day, Metropolitan Opera

NY Philharmonic Plays On - Recorded performances

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

P. Allen Smith's Gardening Tips -   what better time to get started?
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Fun...

Free Online Games

​Stay at Home Fest — Calendar of virtual events with links to planned events around the web, many on Facebook Live

Caveat Livestreams — Entertaining, informal lectures, discussions, presentations, and storytelling events hosted by comedians, musicians, drag queens, scientists, lawyers, professors, etc. in a NYC basement bar on the Bowery.

Massive list of all kinds of fun

Animals...

Livestream (Beekman 1802) Baby Goat

Live Cams — Animal Habitat Livestreams San Diego Zoo

Live Cams -- Monterey Bay Aquarium

Massive list of all kinds of fun


Fitness...

Dancing Alone Together -- Livestream dance classes

National Institute of Mental Health -- Includes an “Emotional Wellness Toolkit” with information and easy directions for home exercises

Calm.com -    Meditations and music for stress relief

Fitnessblender.com - Great free fitness videos for all levels 

Jessicasmithtv on YouTube  - more great fitness videos

​Volunteering...
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Charity Navigator

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