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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 11, 2025?

15 free events take place on Friday, April 11 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!

New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out April 11 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of April . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!

Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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15 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, April 11, 2025

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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free events nyc Tour - Modern NYC Buildings: Architecture History
free events nyc Modern Art: From The 19th Century to the Present Day
free events nyc Zero Hour: An Artist in a Time of War
        

Workshop | Tai Chi


Improve balance, strength and focus through gentle exercises. The sights and sounds of the river provide a serene background for the ancient flowing postures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Workshops, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Tai Chi

Workshop | Adult Zumba


Featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography. Work on your balance, coordination and range of motion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshops, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Adult Zumba

Museums | Asian Art and Culture Museum


The museum features a diverse collection of artworks, including traditional and contemporary pieces from various Asian cultures. 2 pm: guided tour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Museumss, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Asian Art and Culture Museum

Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshops, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Learn Juggling in the Park

Museums | Tour - Arts and Cultural Heritage of Spain and Portugal: Goya, El Greco and Others


Explore the best items this museum has on display with this guided tour. Paintings, sculptures, ceramics, antiquities, and more by world-famous artists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Museumss, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Tour - Arts and Cultural Heritage of Spain and Portugal: Goya, El Greco and Others

Museums | Tour - Modern NYC Buildings: Architecture History


Join the curator's tour uncovering the overlooked history of concrete in tall buildings. The exhibit explores why concrete, rather than steel, has become the dominant material for skyscrapers today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free
Museumss, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Tour - Modern NYC Buildings: Architecture History

Lecture | Fascinating Rhythms: Play Between Dance and Music in George Balanchine's Ballets


Speaker Dr. Kara Yoo Leaman is a distinguished scholar in the study of dance and music. Her research appears in numerous scholarly journals. For her work, Dr. Leaman received an Outstanding Publication Award from the Society for Music Theory and an NEH-Mellon Fellowship for Digital Publication, and was a fellow at The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University. Dr. Leaman is a former faculty member in music theory at Oberlin Conservatory.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lectures, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Fascinating Rhythms: Play Between Dance and Music in George Balanchine's Ballets

Museums | American History and Artifact Collections


Enjoy a stroll through galleries of an extensive collection of American art, learn about the history of New York and the USA. Last admission is at 7 pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Museumss, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, American History and Artifact Collections

Museums | Modern Art: From The 19th Century to the Present Day


Experience the exhibits in the museum galleries which include paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, films, videos, and much more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free
Museumss, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Modern Art: From The 19th Century to the Present Day

Performance | Mothers of the Movement: A Celebration of Words, Songs and Scenes with Live Music


Iconic Black women are summoned from the afterlife to reflect on their legacy and contribution to the Civil Rights movement. Presented by  Shades of Truth Theatre and Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performances, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Mothers of the Movement: A Celebration of Words, Songs and Scenes with Live Music

Gallery Talk | Peter van Ham: Tabo Gods of Light: Exhibition Walkthrough


Photographer Peter van Ham gives a captivating lecture and guided tour of the exhibition, where he will share his firsthand experiences and insights into the challenges and rewards of accessing the extraordinary Tabo Monastery.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Gallery Talks, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Peter van Ham: Tabo Gods of Light: Exhibition Walkthrough

Book Discussion | Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age


Author Vauhini Vara presents in conversation with Tony Tulathimutte A personal exploration of how technology companies have both fulfilled and exploited the human desire for understanding and connection.  When it was released to the public in November 2022, ChatGPT awakened the world to a secretive project: teaching AI-powered machines to write. Its creators had a sweeping ambition—to build machines that could not only communicate, but could do all kinds of other activities, better than humans ever could. But was this goal actually achievable? And if reached, would it lead to our liberation or our subjugation? Vauhini Vara, an award-winning tech journalist and editor, had long been grappling with these questions. In 2021, she asked a predecessor of ChatGPT to write about her sister’s death, resulting in an essay that was both more moving and more disturbing than she could have imagined. It quickly went viral. The experience, revealing both the power and the danger of corporate-owned technologies, forced Vara to interrogate how these technologies have influenced her understanding of her self and the world around her, from discovering online chat rooms as a preteen, to using social media as the Wall Street Journal’s first Facebook reporter, to asking ChatGPT for writing advice—while compelling her to add to the trove of human-created material exploited for corporations’ financial gain. Interspersed throughout this investigation are her own Google searches, Amazon reviews, and the other raw material of internet life—including the viral AI experiment that started it all. Searches illuminates how technological capitalism is both shaping and exploiting human existence, while proposing that by harnessing the collective creativity that makes humans unique, we might imagine a freer, more empowered relationship with our machines and, ultimately, with one another.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age

Play | Zero Hour: An Artist in a Time of War


Told through a series of interviews, a woman explores her relationship with her mother as defined by their shared experience during the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This epic tale blurs the line between the political and the personal, shedding light on what it means to be an artist during a time of war. Written and directed by Tea Alagic. A student production.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free
Plays, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Zero Hour: An Artist in a Time of War

Classical Music | Mannes Orchestra, Mavericks: Zorn, Viet Cuong, Berio


Mannes Orchestra returns in a program that breaks orchestral and stylistic boundaries and up-ends the idea of the expected and unexpected. Featuring works by mavericks John Zorn, Viet Cuong, and Luciano Berio with Sandbox Percussion and Stefan Jackiw - it's a radical musical journey not to be missed. Program: Viet Cuong: Re (new)al, featuring Sandbox Percussion John Zorn: Contes de Fees, with soloist Stefan Jackiw Luciano Berio: Sinfonia, with eight amplified singers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Mannes Orchestra, Mavericks: Zorn, Viet Cuong, Berio

Concert | Women in Punk Tribute


The essence of punk music has always been impulsive, spontaneous, eclectic, audacious, and exciting. Those qualities also describe a great mixtape! Prepare yourself for an unpredictable evening inspired by the rich history of women and nonbinary artists in punk rock, including vanguard creators like Siouxsie Sioux, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, The Raincoats, X-Ray Spex, The Slits, Kathleen Hanna, Laura Jane Grace, Beth Ditto, and many more. Mixtape: Women in Punk features the ace lineup of the American Songbook band—Keyanna Hutchinson (guitar), Barbara Duncan (percussion), Flora Lucini (bass), and Elenna Canlas (keyboards and vocals)—joined by an array of musical luminaries TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, April 11, 2025, 04/11/2025, Women in Punk Tribute
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Musical | A Musical with Broadway Actors and Choreographer

Regular Price: $101
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Theater | Storytelling at its Best from Far Away

Regular Price: $51
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