As novel coronavirus spreads throughout the United States, millions of Americans are spending more time at home.
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But whether you’re doing so because of a job loss, working from home situation or otherwise taking part in the mass effort to stay safe, chances are you’ve been bored once or twice while living under quarantine.
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Thankfully, some very talented people have been creating extra-special performances and experiences that you can enjoy to help you cope with the new normal and that don’t break any social distancing rules. Additionally, some services are extending their free trial periods or dropping their paywalls in order for you to access their content.
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To help navigate the Golden Age of “Quaranstreaming,” “GMA” presents this guide of entertainment that you can stream, some of it live (just click the time next to each event to be taken to the right place) and much of it for free.
Check back often, as this guide will be updated with new events and services. Times listed are Eastern Daylight Time.
ANIMALS & PETS
“QuaranStream” at the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station (Monday, Wednesday & Friday @ 11 a.m.-noon)
Elmwood Park Zoo “Zoo School Live” (Weekdays @ 11 a.m.)
Houston Zoo “Bringing the Zoo to You” (Weekdays @ noon)
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden “Home Safari” (Weekdays @ 3 p.m.)
Georgia Aquarium: California Sea Lion Cam
San Diego Zoo: Koala Cam
San Diego Zoo: Penguin Cam
Smithsonian National Zoo: Cheetah Cub Cam
Smithsonian National Zoo: Giant Panda Cam
Taronga Zoo Sydney: Seal Cam
Tropical Reef Camera
Warrior Canine Connection: Puppy Cam
ARTS, CRAFTS & DIY
#DrawTogether with WendyMac (Weekdays @ 1 p.m.)
Make Paducah Art Classes (Weekdays @ 1:50 p.m.)
Draw Every Day with Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Weekdays @ 2 p.m.)
Birmingham Museum of Art Director’s Cut with Graham Boettcher (Monday, Wednesday & Friday @ 3 p.m.)
Crayola Live (Tuesday & Thursday @ 1 p.m.)
How to Draw Live with Will Sliney (Tuesday @ 3 p.m.)
Good Housekeeping Craft Classes (Wednesday & Friday @ 3 p.m.)
Aspen Art Museum Art Studio Live! (Wednesday @ 4:30 p.m.)
Draw with Drew and Rosie: Virtual lessons
The Morgan Library & Museum: Rembrandt Prints Online
BEAUTY, FASHION & STYLE
Camara AUnique Beauty Live Makeup Class (Monday, Wednesday & Friday @ 5 p.m.)
BOOK CLUBS & STORY TIMES
Live From the Chicago Public Library (Weekdays @ 11 a.m.)
Storytime with Fergie and Friends (Weekdays @ 11 a.m.)
Levar Burton Reads for Children (Monday @ noon)
Stay at Home Story Time with Oliver Jeffers (Weekdays @ 2 p.m.)
Lambda Literary x Jane Wagner, Lily Tomlin & Hilton Als (6/30 @ 8 p.m.)
National Portrait Gallery Story Time (Wednesday @ 11 a.m.)
Marvel Let’s Play Live (Wednesday @ 4 p.m.)
Levar Burton Reads for YA (Wednesday @ 6 p.m.)
Nerdist Book Club (Wednesday @ 8 p.m.)
Drag Queen Story Hour with Angel Elektra (Thursday @ 11 a.m.)
Drag Queen Story Hour with Harmonica Sunbeam (Friday @ 3 p.m.)
Levar Burton Reads for Adults (Friday @ 9 p.m.)
Harry Potter at Home
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Save With Stories
COOKING & FOOD
Bread Ahead Bakery Online Baking Classes (Every Day @ 9 a.m.) (ingredients)
Bake Club with Christina Tosi (Every Day @ 2 p.m.)
Savor Pride: Chef Liz Alpern (6/27 @ 6:30 p.m.)
Kitchen Quarantine with Massimo Bottura (Weekdays @ 2 p.m.)
HalfSmoke Virtual Bartending Series (Monday & Thursday @ 6 p.m.)
GAMES & ACTIVITIES
EduHam at Home: “Hamilton” curriculum and performances
Guinness World Records: GWR at Home
HOLIDAYS & EVENTS
Global Pride 2020 (6/26-6/27 @ 8 p.m.-8 p.m.)
LA Pride 50th Anniversary Celebration (6/27 @ 11 p.m.-2 a.m.)
NYC Pride Special Broadcast (6/28 @ noon-2 p.m.)
San Francisco Pride (6/28 @ 5-10 p.m.)
MOVIES, TV, FILM & CELEBS
Bright Sided with Miley Cyrus (Weekdays @ 2:30 p.m.)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Out of the Closet (Tuesday @ noon)
The CherryPicks presents CherryChat with women in film (Tuesday, Thursday & Friday @ 4 p.m.)
“The Culture” Trivia Show (Wednesday @ 8 p.m.)
The Chat with Samantha Barry (Thursday @ 3 p.m.)
Disney Magic Moments: Free content
HBO Now and HBO Go: 500 hours of free content
Outfest Always On: Changing collection of LGBTQIA films
Robin Williams: Official YouTube channel
Women’s Voices Now: Film Archive
MUSIC & CONCERTS
A Concert a Day for MusiCares (Every Day @ 4 p.m.)
Porch Pride: A Bluegrass Pride Queer-antine Festival (6/27-6/28 @ 4 p.m.)
Club House Global (Saturday @ 5 p.m.)
At Home with Michael Buble + Luisana Lopilato (Every Day @ 5 p.m.)
The Fat Joe Show (Every Day @ 8 p.m.)
5:01 Live musical performance (Every day @ 8:01 p.m.)
Kitchen Covers with Drew Holcomb (Every Day @ 9 p.m.)
Diplo presents Coronight Fever DJ set (Saturday @ 11 p.m.)
DJ set with Raj Smoove (Sunday @ noon-3 p.m.)
BET Awards Pre-Party with DJ D-Nice (6/28 @ 6 p.m.)
All Day I Stream (Sunday @ 2 p.m., 7 p.m. & 10 p.m.)
Diplo presents A Very Lazer Sunday DJ set (Sunday @ 4 p.m.)
Catholic Extension “Songs in Solidarity” Concert Series (Sunday @ 4 p.m.)
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Front Row: Arnaud Sussmann (6/28 @ 5 p.m.)
Memorial For Us All: Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra (6/28 @ 6 p.m.)
At Home With Gustavo Dudamel Spanish broadcast (Sunday @ 10 p.m.)
Kidz Bop Dance Break (Weekdays @ 3 p.m.)
Tori Kelly Livestream (Weekdays @ 4 p.m.)
Edwin McCain Mondays (Monday @ 8 p.m.)
Grace Potter Monday Night Twilight Hour (Monday @ 8 p.m.)
Skain’s Domain: An Intimate Weekly Conversation with Wynton Marsalis (Monday @ 9 p.m.)
Quarantine Sessions with Morgan Page (Monday, Wednesday & Friday @ 10:30 p.m.)
Tequila Tuesdays with Lucas Hoge (Tuesday @ 7:30 p.m.)
Twitch Tuesdays with Trixie Mattel (Tuesday @ 9 p.m.)
DJ set with Raj Smoove (Tuesday @ 10 p.m.-midnight)
Live with Krystle dos Santos (Tuesday @ 10 p.m.)
Diplo presents Ronatronix DJ set (Tuesday @ 10 p.m.)
From the Vault: Full Concerts at Jazz at Lincoln Center (Wednesday @ 8:30 a.m.)
Guitar Lessons with James Bay (Wednesday & Friday @ noon)
CMA Summer Stay-Cay (7/1 @ 6 p.m.)
Brandy Clark’s You Can’t Come Over But You Can Come In (Wednesday @ 7 p.m.)
DJ set with Raj Smoove (Thursday @ 1-3 p.m.)
Catholic Extension “Songs in Solidarity” Concert Series (Thursday @ 8 p.m.)
Diplo presents The Thomas Wesley Show DJ set (Thursday @ 10 p.m.)
Lang Lang Foundation’s Play It Forward Virtual Concert Series (Friday @ noon)
Family Dance Party with DJ Maj of TobyMac’s Diverse City Band (Friday @ 8 p.m.)
DJ set with Raj Smoove (Friday @ 8-11 p.m.)
Big Freedia Friday Night Shakedown (Friday @ 9 p.m.)
Full Coverage Friday with Trixie Mattel (Friday @ 9 p.m.)
Diplo presents Corona Sabbath DJ set (Friday @ 11 p.m.)
Carnegie Hall: Resources for Families
Grammy Museum: Museum at Home
Harry Connick Jr.: Hunker Down with Harry
Jim Brickman: Soothe
[email protected]: Weekly archive releases
Richard Marx: #SocialDistancing, #Beachin and Tequila Talk series
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Inductee playlists
YouTube: Stay Home #WithMe playlist
PERFORMING ARTS
StimuLive Digital Poetry Reading (6/27 @ 7 p.m.)
The Met Opera presents Massenet’s “Cendrillon” (6/27 @ 7:30 p.m.)
Plays In The House Teen Edition: “Almost Maine” (6/28 @ 2 p.m.)
The Met Opera presents Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” (6/28 @ 7:30 p.m.)
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Virtual Commissions (Sunday & Monday @ 7:30 p.m.)
#TurnItOutWithTiler ballet lessons with Tiler Peck (Weekdays @ 1 p.m.)
Queensboro Dance Festival (Monday & Friday @ 4-5 p.m.)
New York City Ballet Tribute to Balanchine (6/29 @ 8 p.m.)
Nuyorican Poets Cafe Online Open Mic (Monday @ 8 p.m.)
#ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers Conversation Series (Tuesday @ 5:30-7 p.m.)
The Show Must Go On … Show (Tuesday @ 7 p.m.)
Ballet Hispanico presents Noche Unidos: A Night of Dance and Unity (6/30 @ 7:30 p.m.)
“Lipshtick” by Romy Nordlinger (6/30 @ 8 p.m.)
Stars in the House Variety Thursday (Thursday @ 2 p.m.)
Stars in the House Throwback Thursday (Thursday @ 8 p.m.)
Nuyorican Poets Cafe Online Open Mic (Thursday @ 9 p.m.)
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company presents Virtual CrossCurrent Choreographic Festival (7/3 @ 7-8:15 p.m.)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre: All Access
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Classic musicals archive
Stingray Classica: Arts performances (enter gift code freeview)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Great Lakes Science Center “Curiosity Corner Live” (Weekdays @ 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.)
QuaranTime with Science Mom (Weekdays @ 11 a.m.)
Kennedy Space Center on Facebook Live (Weekdays @ noon)
LEGOLAND Discovery Centers North America: STEM videos
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy #WrightVirtualVisits (Thursday @ 1 p.m.)
Balboa Park: Virtual tours
Faroe Islands: Virtual tours
The Hidden Worlds of National Parks: Virtual tours
WELLNESS & MEDITATION
Ziva Global Meditations (Saturday @ 3:30 p.m.)
Ten Percent Happier Morning Meditaton (Tuesday & Thursday @ 11:30 a.m.)
Audible: Audible Sleep
WORKOUTS
Planet Fitness United We Move Workout (Every Day @ 7 p.m.)
Army Warrior Fitness Team Workout (Monday @ 10 a.m.)
#CoachVenus Williams Workout (Weekdays @ noon)
Sculpt Barre Streaming Workout (Tuesday & Thursday @ 10 a.m.)
Kids Gym Class with Amy Kiser Schemper (Tuesday @ 11:30 a.m.)
Living Room Workout with Harley Pasternak (Wednesday @ 6 p.m.)
All Levels Workout with Amy Kiser Schemper (Thursday @ 11:30 a.m.)
Family Workout with Harley Pasternak (Friday @ 6 p.m.)
YMCA: Health and fitness videos
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