Free Things To Do Online While Social Distancing

[PlatinumPearl]

I know that this is a very stressful time for some and thought that it would be a good idea to share things others could do from the comfort of their home to help them get through this time of social distancing and self-isolation.

I came across a website where you can watch Broadway Musicals free online through a trial offer for a limited time only... https://www.broadwayhd.com/

I will be adding more to this thread as I come across free or trial offers for online events, training websites and videos etc. Feel free to contribute as well.

[Kelt]

19 immersive museum exhibits you can visit from your couch (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/19-immersive-museum-exhibits-you-can-visit-from-your-couch://)

[PlatinumPearl]

Yale's Most Popular Course 'Science of Well-Being' Is Being Offered Free Online... https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being?ranMID=40328&ranEAID=a1LgFw09t88&ranSiteID=a1LgFw09t88-gj6ypBd_LqMpNwPE3RgqqQ&siteID=a1LgFw09t88-gj6ypBd_LqMpNwPE3RgqqQ&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=a1LgFw09t88

[C0LLETTE]

19 immersive museum exhibits you can visit from your couch (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/19-immersive-museum-exhibits-you-can-visit-from-your-couch://)

I checked this out. How wonderful!!!!Thank you so much Kelt.

Platinum Pearl this thread is an excellent idea, virus or no. Many thanks. Great way to escape thinking about the virus and politics , too.

[PlatinumPearl]

Virtual tours and other really cool links... https://www.floridatoday.com/story/entertainment/2020/03/17/coronavirus-social-distancing-tips-home-entertainment/5066014002/

[~ocean]

ty Platinum very good thread :) and ty Kelt interesting link :)

[PlatinumPearl]

Adobe gives students free home Creative Cloud access
Free temporary licenses available during Covid-19 outbreak

https://www.techradar.com/news/adobe-gives-students-free-home-creative-cloud-access-heres-how-to-get-it


If you're an existing subscriber, follow the steps below and you'll be taken to an offers page that includes a 'best offer' of getting your next two months for free.

https://www.techradar.com/news/want-free-adobe-creative-cloud-for-two-months-heres-how-to-get-the-hidden-offer

[PlatinumPearl]

25+ Fitness Studios and Gyms Offering Live-Stream Workouts During the Coronavirus Outbreak
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/fitness/a31792038/coronavirus-live-stream-workout-classes/


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[GeorgiaMa'am]

The New York Times is offering "free access to the most important news and useful guidance on the corona outbreak." See available articles and sign up (no subscription required) here:
https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/coronavirus?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

[GeorgiaMa'am]

You might be surprised how many webcams there are of cute animals out there. Just Google "zoo" and "webcam". Here's one of my favorites, the sea otter cam at Georgia Aquarium: https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/southern-sea-otter-webcam/

[C0LLETTE]

Ok, watching that website is almost more fun than having sex...also, please note that I am "senior" now and watching otters floating on their backs is a lot more relaxing than watching dogs humping in the park across the road.

[ksrainbow]

https://nationalmall.org/bloomcam

Ks-

[easygoingfemme]

This is awesome. Thank you.

[GeorgiaMa'am]

A friend of mine had a GREAT idea. He is going through his old photographs - actual photographs from long ago, not digital photographs - and finding pictures of times that he shared with friends. Then he takes a digital pic of the photograph with his phone, and emails or texts it to that person - saying "remember this?"

He sent me a picture of a sand sculpture we both made at the beach about 30 years ago. It has kept me smiling all day.

[ksrainbow]

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

[homoe]

A friend of mine had a GREAT idea. He is going through his old photographs - actual photographs from long ago, not digital photographs - and finding pictures of times that he shared with friends. Then he takes a digital pic of the photograph with his phone, and emails or texts it to that person - saying "remember this?"

He sent me a picture of a sand sculpture we both made at the beach about 30 years ago. It has kept me smiling all day.


What a neat idea......:hangloose:

[PlatinumPearl]

I just went to check our public library's website and noticed that due to the Covid-19 closures they are providing incentives for library card holders to access eBooks, movies, and music online by increasing credits and providing unlimited streaming.

I thought I would share this info. with you so that you can check your library's website to see if the same or similar offers are available to you as well.


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[C0LLETTE]

The Camino de Santiago, or Way of Saint James, is a Catholic pilgrimage to Spain’s Santiago de Compostela. An increasingly popular route for hikers and cyclists, you can recreate the experience at home – though it may take a tad longer than the 30 to 35 days it would require to complete the course IRL. Log onto walking4fun.com, then choose one of three routes: the famous Camino Francés, which starts in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France, and two Portuguese trails: the coastal, which starts in Porto, or the central, which starts in Lisbon. Log in to track your steps as you walk around your own neighbourhood, then apply them to the route you choose. And while you won’t get to see actual views of your chosen trail, the site does have photos from the journey to help you pretend that you’re there.

[C0LLETTE]

For real history buffs, Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, is a must-visit. For now, take a guided virtual tour of the site.

Get unobstructed views of sites like the Acropolis, the ancient citadel that sits on a hill overlooking Athens, or the Colosseum, the ancient amphitheatre in Rome. Find both, as well as other historical sites and cityscapes, here.

Or explore the Great Wall of China. A 360-degree video tour offers three options for taking in the ancient structure: the view along Jinshaling to Simatai, one of the most popular hiking routes, the view from one of the thousands of watchtowers and the view during winter.

[C0LLETTE]

CULTURE
A wide swath of the world’s museums are accessible via Google’s Arts & Culture app. You’ll find everything from the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, Musée d’Orsay and Frida Kahlo Museum (also known as the Blue House) to hidden gems like Turkey’s Museum of Innocence, a museum set up by Turkish author Orhan Pamuk to accompany his 2008 novel of the same name. And if you didn’t get a chance to check out now-closed exhibits, like Kara Walker’s “A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby” or Ai Weiwei’s 2015 takeover of Alcatraz, here’s your chance.

Closer to home, take a new guided tour through the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The 20-minute video covers two galleries, Indigenous Perspectives and Canadian Journeys.

Music lovers should take advantage of Boise State’s virtual field trips to music destinations . Visitors can experience Vienna, Austria; New Orleans, La.; Cleveland; and Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia through text, photos, audio and video.

[C0LLETTE]

Sorry. The links haven't copied properly but all of this should be relatively easy to find and all the sites that can do this...for free.

[PlatinumPearl]

Play cards online with friends... http://playingcards.io/

I haven't tried the site yet so not sure how it works or if it's any good but if anyone does please provide a review.

[Kelt]

Re-create famous pieces of art with found items around the house (https://www.sadanduseless.com/recreated-art/?fbclid=IwAR0HkXny3zDxFAHTwBzlZBuaGUXfKtz1Vu-kMpz8PWVDpZfHbLDpXJZJ4C0) :jester:

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Re-create famous pieces of art with found items around the house (https://www.sadanduseless.com/recreated-art/?fbclid=IwAR0HkXny3zDxFAHTwBzlZBuaGUXfKtz1Vu-kMpz8PWVDpZfHbLDpXJZJ4C0) :jester:

Really funny! There are tears in my eyes. I also enjoyed Ugly Medieval Cat Paintings (https://www.sadanduseless.com/ugly-cat-art-gallery/).

[Orema]

Here's a link to the Smithsonian National Zoo Webcams: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams

And here's the link to the Cheetah Cub cam where a mama Cheetah recently gave birth to four cubs: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/cheetah-cub-cam

It's pretty quiet over there right now.

[Orema]

Virtually Tour 500+ Museums and Galleries (https://lifehacker.com/you-can-virtually-tour-these-500-museums-and-galleries-1842343589)
By Emily Price

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Social distancing means that we’re all spending a lot more time at home, canceling or rescheduling vacations, and probably not going out to things like movies and museums. Staying at home doesn’t mean you can’t experience a little travel, and maybe a little culture, from your home computer.

Google Arts & Culture has a collection of more the 500 different museums and galleries up on its site that you can visit virtually. Clicking through to each one will bring up images of some of the museum or gallery’s collection, and in some cases full virtual tours of the museum you can take to pretend like, in a way, you’re actually there.

You can check out the full (massive) list of included galleries and museums. The list defaults to listing some of the most popular options first, but you can also sort them in alphabetic order or look at where they all are on a map.

Google Arts & Cultural Link to galleries and museums online:
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en

[GeorgiaMa'am]

x-posted in What did you watch on Hulu, etc. other streaming sites . . .

The National Theatre of London is showing its plays recorded live, a different one each week, on YouTube. Plays change on Thursdays. Showing now: "Polly Findlay's acclaimed production of Treasure Island featuring Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who), until Thursday 23 April."

https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at-home

[charley]

x-posted in What did you watch on Hulu, etc. other streaming sites . . .

The National Theatre of London is showing its plays recorded live, a different one each week, on YouTube. Plays change on Thursdays. Showing now: "Polly Findlay's acclaimed production of Treasure Island featuring Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who), until Thursday 23 April."

https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at-home

thanks, that was fun :)

Patsy Ferran was really good as Jim Hawkins.

"Pieces of eight, pieces of eight!" (CACKLING parrot) lol

[Ginger]

Really funny! There are tears in my eyes. I also enjoyed Ugly Medieval Cat Paintings (https://www.sadanduseless.com/ugly-cat-art-gallery/).

That is HILARIOUS!!

[PlatinumPearl]

Home Depot has activities for kids
Check out the link below.

https://www.homedepot.com/c/alp/activities-for-kids/qz47

[AlexF]

HBR offers 15 articles per month for free when you register on their website. You may save these articles in My Library created fro your account for later reading. Non-registered users can access 5 articles. Apart from this, you may also download The TIP, a mobile application, from Harvard Business Review.

[PlatinumPearl]

Free games, movies, ebooks, video tools and more to help you cope with self-quarantine.... https://www.cnet.com/news/the-best-free-stuff-while-youre-stuck-at-home/

[Orema]

Virtual Walking Tours by Wind Walk Travel Videos

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Links to Wind Walk Travel Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPur06mx78RtwgHJzxpu2ew

[C0LLETTE]

Drive up to the WH (close as possible ) and hand in a note that you want to be repaid for travel and hotel expenses like all those people that were there on Sunday.

[nycfem]

Collette, your post was reported. As per the creator of this thread: "This thread was created to help those that are struggling during this time by providing resources to them to give them some peace and happiness." Your style of humor can feel trivializing / mocking / negative to some who are coming to a thread for the purpose of the thread. No public response please- just for you to think about, since it's a report we've received about you from others as well on different threads.

Drive up to the WH (close as possible ) and hand in a note that you want to be repaid for travel and hotel expenses like all those people that were there on Sunday.

[PlatinumPearl]

This is for the UK. I'm not sure if non-residents can apply or not but If you're interested in inquiring I've attached the link below.

https://chdliving.co.uk/adopt-grandparent

[Stone-Butch]

Platinum Pearl, I was glad to see your post concerning adoptive grandparents. Six years ago I was introduced by a friend to a lovely young couple from Turkey who had no relatives or friends here in Canada. I got to know them very well and she informed us that she was pregnant. Well, that beautiful daughter of theirs showed up four years ago and when she was born I was asked if I would want to be her Canada grandmother. I accepted with pride. I visit her every few days on Skype and I get all the latest stories from her. After all, four year olds have tons of stories LOL. I see her once in a while as they do not live far but we all have the masks going on. To get smiles and hugs from this precious child is more than I could ever ask, not having kids of my own. That lovely couple are like kids I never had.

[Orema]

Visit Hoopla @ https://www.hoopladigital.com/ and use your library card to view movies and tv shows or listen to audio books for free.

Very nice resource.

[Orema]

Check out Women’s History Month on PBS.org at: https://www.pbs.org/articles/2021/03/what-to-watch-womens-history-month-2021/

And here’s a link to the American Experience: Voice of Freedom at: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/voice-freedom/

[PlatinumPearl]

Learn a language for free!

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https://www.duolingo.com/

[PlatinumPearl]

Houseparty is a face to face social network.

Houseparty is a social networking app that allows up to eight people to video chat at once in a “room.”
Users can have infinite rooms and easily float between rooms. Users receive a notification when friends
open the app and can join chats with friends (and friends of friends).

Available on iOS, Android, Mac, PC, and as a Google Chrome extension.

https://houseparty.com/

[Orema]

Visit Hoopla @ https://www.hoopladigital.com/ and use your library card to view movies and tv shows or listen to audio books for free.

Very nice resource.

Another resource for viewing movies online for free is Kanopy at https://www.kanopy.com/

I signed up using my library card.

And Hoopla and Kanopy are available on ROKU

[PlatinumPearl]

A virtual reality pop-up museum that is dedicated to the history and future of plant-based milk is launching for the month of February. Milk Future will allow visitors to experience a multi-room, interactive virtual-reality exhibition featuring profiles on prominent plant-based milk innovators, such as Califia Farms and Miyoko’s Creamery, facts and figures about the environmental impacts of dairy farming, as well as photography from participating animal sanctuaries in the United States, Canada, England, and Israel. Special events will include “Doctors Talk Dairy: A Conversation About Dairy and Your Health” in partnership with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a dairy-free cook-off, and a milk mixology workshop.

The Milk Future main exhibits are free and open to the public, and the optional virtual events are ticketed, pay-what-you-can events. The museum will also feature a virtual gift shop where visitors can purchase branded products and a Milk Future Dairy-Free Discovery Box, containing an assortment of plant-based dairy items from various brands.

https://www.milkfuture.com/ (https://www.milkfuture.com/)