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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 24, 2013?

36 free events take place on Wednesday, April 24 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 24 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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36 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, April 24, 2013

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Workshop | Catch & Release Fishing


Grab a pole and relax on the Harlem Meer while you wait for a bite from one of the many species of fish that live in its diverse aquatic ecosystem! Poles available to borrow; must release fish after catching them. Free for families and individuals; groups larger than 5 must reserve at least 2 weeks in advance. Adult with photo I.D. must accompany all children.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

City Walk | Greenwich Village Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present. Tour times: 11am & 1pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 12:45 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A Museum Ambassador gives a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | Garden Tour


Experience the Park's only formal garden with the Garden staff. See exuberant perennial and annual beds, and delight in an abundance of color and fragrance while learning about the Garden's history and design.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


Tour of this magnificent Beaux-Arts landmark.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Park Walk | The Art of the Park Tour


Walk and learn about the intricate design of the Park's web of pastoral landscapes and formal romantic vistas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Juilliard Student Percussionists


Juilliard students share their talent with the community in a free hour-long lunchtime concert.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Midtown Jazz


A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Pipes at One Concert


The mechanical-action pipe organ of the church was built in 1964 by the Schlicker Organ Company of Buffalo, New York, and re-built by the Andover Organ Company of Methuen, Massachusetts in 1981. It boasts the oldest pipe organ case in New York City, made of mahogany and dating from 1802, and contains 1,632 pipes. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center situated directly across the street from St. Paul’s, the organ was silenced, but has since been partially cleaned and made payable by Mann & Trupiano organ-builders from Brooklyn. The organ is featured weekly in live broadcasts on WWFM of “Bach at One” liturgical presentations by the Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra. Today: Paolo Bordignon, Associate Director of Music and Director of the Choristers, St. Bartholomew’s Church, NYC
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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City Walk | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Old Books, Rare Books: Learning About the Value of Your Books


Learn what you need to know before buying or selling an old book. Have you ever wondered how the experts on TV can look at an old book and know about its value? Do you have an old book? Do you wonder how much it is worth? If you want to learn more about what makes an old book rare or valuable, then join us as we explore the world of antiquarian books.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Sweet by Harrison David Rivers


The Baker sisters have always been the best of friends, but when their next door neighbor returns home from college, desire threatens to tear them apart. A bittersweet coming of age story about the sacrifices we make in order to hold onto the ones we love.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Park Walk | Central Park Sunset Tour


Join Free Tours by Foot as they stroll through the park and tell the epic story of New York's green oasis. Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today amongst the world's most famous and beloved public parks. Originally intended to bring people of all walks of life together -- a people's park -- Central Park lives up to it's original designs. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | A Talk on Self-Taught Artist Paul D. Humphrey


Artist and curator Greg Blasdel discovered the work of Vermont self-taught artist Paul D. Humphrey, whose drawings are included in the current exhibition Women’s Studies. Blasdel will discuss Humphrey’s “Sleeping Beauties” series and the deeply psychological and obsessive nature of the artist’s renderings of his subjects.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Group: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs


A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Michael “Kaves” McLeer discusses his book Skin Graf


Acclaimed graffiti artist turned tattooist Michael “Kaves” McLeer discusses his groundbreaking new book. He explores the relationship between graffiti and tattoo art, delving into their deep connection and highlighting some of the most cutting-edge artists in the community today. Fellow experts Billy Burke and Sacha Jenkins also join Kaves for a conversation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opera | Opera Preview: Kurt Weill & Bertoit Brecht's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogonny


Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny) is a political-satirical opera composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht. Weill's score uses a number of styles, including rag-time, jazz and formal counterpoint, notably in the "Alabama Song" (covered by multiple artists, notably Ute Lemper, The Doors and David Bowie). Following the Leipzig premiere, the opera was presented in Berlin in December 1931. Other productions within Europe waited until the end of the Second World War, some notable ones being in January 1963 in London at Sadler's Wells Opera conducted by Colin Davis and in Berlin in September 1977 by the Komische Oper.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Videos: Helke Bayrle's Portikus Under Construction


Portikus Under Construction consists of 137 videos, each shot by the artist and documenting the installation of an exhibition at the noted exhibition hall in her hometown of Frankfurt am Main. These "artist portraits," as she calls them, provide an intimate behind-the-scenes view of exhibition making. Artists such as Judith Hopf, Henrik Olesen, Jason Rhoades, Frances Stark, and Wade Guyton are seen unpacking their work, instructing art handlers, interacting with curators, smoking cigarettes, contemplating the installation, and attempting to discursively frame their work by shouting over the background din of drills and tools.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Eric Lohr discusses his book Russian Citizenship: From Empire to Soviet Union


Prof. Lohr, the Susan E. Lehrman Chair of Russian History and Culture at American University, published his most recent book with Harvard University Press in September 2012.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
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Slide Lecture | What a Difference a Frame Makes: Framing Paintings for the White House and Other Public Collections


With Suzanne Smeaton, Gallery Director, Eli Wilner & Company. This illustrated lecture will share many of the projects that the Eli Wilner & Company has worked on in framing and re-framing American masterpieces for the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The White House. See how a beautiful painting can blossom like a rose when appropriately and sensitively framed.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | American Poet Launch


Celebrate National Poetry Month at this poetry reading launching the spring 2013 issue of American Poet, the bi-annual journal of the Academy of American Poets. Poets Sophie Cabot Black, Cynthia Cruz, and Rachel Eliza Griffiths will read from their work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Alexandra Aldrich reads from her memoir Astor Orphan


Alexandra Aldrich is a direct descendant of the famous Astor dynasty and the author of a new memoir that chronicles the downward spiral in the fortunes of a once prominent aristocratic family.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Artist Talk: Pedro Lasch


Pedro Lasch was born and raised in Mexico City. He divides his time between Durham, NC, where he teaches art, art theory, and visual studies at Duke University since 2002, and New York, where he leads ongoing projects with immigrant communities and art collectives, such as 16 Beaver Group since 1999.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Authors Christina Baker Kline and Caroline Leavitt in Conversation


Novelists Christina Baker Kline (Orphan Train) and Caroline Leavitt (Is This Tomorrow) have written very different books with some surprising similarities. Kline writes about the relationship between a 17-year-old Penobscot Indian girl in foster care and a 91-year-old Irish immigrant with a hidden past as an orphan-train rider. Leavitt's novel is about a divorced Jewish woman in a 1950s suburban enclave who, along with her son, is targeted when a neighborhood boy vanishes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Chris Columbus & Ned Vizzini read from their book House of Secrets


From legendary Hollywood director Chris Columbus (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) and bestselling author Ned Vizzini (It's Kind of a Funny Story) comes this first book in an epic new fantasy series.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | For the Love of Lieder: from the 18C to the present


Singers present classical art songs in English, German, French, and Italian from the 18th century to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Pamela Olson reads from her book Fast Times in Palestine


Journalist Pamela Olson discusses how living in the Middle East gave her a whole new perspective on the conflicts there and their human toll, views she shares with readers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Sweet by Harrison David Rivers


The Baker sisters have always been the best of friends, but when their next door neighbor returns home from college, desire threatens to tear them apart. A bittersweet coming of age story about the sacrifices we make in order to hold onto the ones we love.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Catch-Pop String-Strong


String duo Jelena Poprzan and Rina Kacinari bring their unique, humorous stage presence for a fun-filled, energetic evening of music. Catch-Pop String-Strong performs an amazingly diverse range of repertoire: original compositions, Balkan Folk music, classical tunes and improvisations based on the music of Kurt Weil and Bertoldt Brecht. The duo was the recipient of the 2011 Austrian World Music Award which recognizes new and exceptional talent.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Performance | I’m Tawkin’ Here: Storytelling with a New Yawk Accent


Marking the launch of the Five Boro Story Project, producer Bridget Bartolini, author/performer Michele Carlo, and filmmaker Heather Quinlan have come together to present a citywide celebration of New York storytellers and musicians.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Jazz | Cafe Jazz


Students perform.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | College Accompanying Recital


Nathaniel Jinks, Accompanying
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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