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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 2, 2014?

44 free events take place on Wednesday, April 2 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 2 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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44 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, April 2, 2014

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Editor's Picks

free events nyc A Conversation with legendary songwriter, producer, recording artist and performer Valerie Simpson
free events nyc Arianna Huffington signs copies of her book Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom and Wonder
free events nyc La Voce del Violoncello: Italian Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries
free events nyc Webber/Stemeseder/Gray, Avant-Garde Jazz Improvisers
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour


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
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10:00 am
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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: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Lecture | Gender, Labor, Healing: Irish Immigrant Experiences in 19th-Century NYC


Meredith Linn, assistant professor of urban studies, shares her research into the experiences of illness, injury, and healing among 19th-century Irish immigrants in New York City. In particular, Linn explores the different kinds of injuries (and sometimes permanent scars
 and disabilities) that male and female Irish immigrants suffered in New York as a result of the gendered division of labor and how they responded to these injuries.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | North Woods Tour


View tumbling cascades, rustic bridges, and picturesque pools in the "Manhattan Adirondacks." Route involves many hills and stairs. 75-minutes.
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12:00 pm
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Talk | The Role of Technology and the Coast Guard in a Constrained Budget Environment


With Captain Charles Cashin, Coast Guard Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations. Moderated by Dr. Stephanie Neuman, Director, Comparative Defense Studies Program.
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12:15 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
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12:20 pm
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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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1:00 pm
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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.
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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

Film | Richard Weise's Harold of Orange (1984): Comedic Short Film


The beloved comedian Charlie Hill (1951-2013) plays an Anishinaabe trickster extraordinaire who knows how to fund his latest project, a chain of “pinch-bean” coffeehouses to be built on reservations around the world. 35 min. Start times: 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Reading | Story Time for Grown-Ups


Love a good story? Sit back and relax as they read you a story or two. Featuring stories about libraries and librarians.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy & Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


Niv Ashkenazi, Violin 4:00 PM Caeli Smith, Violin 6:00 PM Brian Yuebing Lin, Piano 8:00 PM Hulda Jonsdottir, Violin 8:00 PM
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4:00 pm
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Tour | 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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4:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: Glenn Dicterow, Violin


One of the most prominent American concert artists of his generation, Glenn Dicterow joined the New York Philharmonic as Concertmaster in 1980 and has since performed as its soloist every year. He made his solo debut in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the L.A. Philharmonic at the age of 11 and went on to win the Young Musicians Foundation Award, the Julia Klumpke Award, and the Bronze Medal in the International Tchaikovsky Competition. Chairman of MSM’s Graduate Program in Orchestral Performance, he served as Associate Concertmaster and Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic before joining the New York Philharmonic and has been a guest artist with, the Baltimore, Hong Kong, Kansas City, London, Mexico City, Montreal, and San Diego symphonies, among many others. A graduate of Juilliard, he was a student of Ivan Galamian.
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | Brain Plasticity Two Ways


Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki, an expert on memory and cognition, will deliver this lecture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Talk | Audrey Yue and Peter Jackson discuss their book Asian Cityscapes: Singapore and Bangkok


In this book launch, Audrey Yue and Peter Jackson will speak to the theoretical projects in Asian Queer Studies that underpin their respective recent books published in the Hong Kong University Press Queer Asia Monograph Series.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Photography: Peter Coffin's pp.


The photographs foster an engagement inspired by freed associations in contrast to the tradition of conceptual photography, which tends to establish prescribed interpretations and fixed meanings.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poet Susan Kinsolving reads her work


The acclaimed poet and librettist author Susan Kinsolving will present poems and commentary. In the realm of science, her poems have explored cortical atrophy, prosthetic eyes, botany and radiolarians. "Religion and the Body" are also addressed intensely and metaphorically.
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Arts, Artists, and de Blasio’s New York: The Arts and Profound Change


Mayor de Blasio ran and won on a platform of a "tale of two cities." His election prompts us to ask what a vision for a more egalitarian society could mean for the arts in our city. Take a fresh look at how a progressive administration could - with public support - reshape and revitalize our attitudes and priorities on a wide range of pressing issues for the arts and culture broadly. What value do we place on ensuring dynamic cultural experiences for all our citizens?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Talk | Author Talk: Nicoletta Leonardi


The author addresses the relationship between photography and materiality in Italy during the 1960s and 70s.
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6:30 pm
Free

Discussion | Can Consumption Save the World?


From the popularity of fair trade products to the growth of the “sharing economy” and the prevalence of sustainable businesses, consumers and corporations are thinking about our shopping habits in new ways.
 Join a panel of environmentalists, economists, anthropologists, and entrepreneurs as they examine the
 life cycle of the goods we buy — from conception and design to labor and manufacturing, through repair and disposal. How are each of these stages interconnected, and what changes to our consumption habits could truly be impactful? Panelists include: Dean Cycon, founder of Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company; Paige West, Professor of Anthropology; Sandra Goldmark, assistant professor of professional practice; and Eleanor Sterling, director of 
the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History. Moderated by award-winning journalist, writer and editor Alison Craiglow Hockenberry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Slide Lecture | Colin Jerolmack discusses his book The Global Pigeon


This illustrated lecture traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with the pigeon, the quintessential city bird, in public spaces such as Venice’s Piazza San Marco and London’s Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin. By exploring what he calls “the social experience of animals,” the author shows how our interactions with pigeons offer surprising insights into city life, community, culture, and politics.
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6:30 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Hyejin Jo, Jazz Piano 6:35 PM - 8:00 PM Peter Fancovic, Piano 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Alessandra Rose Johnson, Piano 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Nu Art Ensemble / Vocal Duos 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Peter Newes, voice
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6:30 pm
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Film | Documentary: Zach Niles and Banker White's Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars (2005)


Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars are a band of six Sierra Leonean musicians who came together to form a band while living in a refugee camp in Guinea. 78 min. Q&A to follow screening with Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars members Reuben Koroma (lead vocals, percussion), Ashade Pearce (guitar), Jahson Bull (keys, guitar), Dennis Sannoh (bass), Christopher Davies (drums).
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6:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Talk | Making the World Suck Less: An Evening with Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian


Join the students and faculty of MFA Design for Social Innovation for a conversation with Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and author of the bestseller Without Their Permission. Ohanian will share his vision for the future of the Internet and his views on entrepreneurship.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Reading | Epiphany Magazine Reading


Douglas Watson is the author of a book of stories, The Era of Not Quite. His novel, A Moody Fellow Finds Love and Then Dies, is due to be published on April Fool’s Day by Outpost 19. He lives in New York City. Jason Katzenstein writes and draws, mostly in pajamas, from his apartment in Bushwick. You can find his comics in MAD Magazine, The Toast, Funny or Die and at jasonkatzenstein.tumblr.com.
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Talk | A Conversation with legendary songwriter, producer, recording artist and performer Valerie Simpson


Legendary songwriter, producer, recording artist and performer Valerie Simpson is half of Ashford & Simpson, one of the most prolific and versatile songwriting/performing/producing musical teams in recording history. With her late husband, Nick Ashford, Simpson penned such classic song as, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “You’re All I Need to Get By,” “Reach Out and Touch Somebody’s Hand,” “I’m Every Woman,” “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” “Solid,” “Your Precious Love,” and “Let’s Go Get Stoned.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Book Signing | Arianna Huffington signs copies of her book Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom and Wonder


Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Talk | Artist Talk: Julie Ault


Julie Ault is an artist, curator, writer, and editor for whom curating and editing are often forms of artistic practice. Working both independently and collaboratively, she emphasizes the interrelationships between cultural production and politics, and frequently engages historical inquiry.
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Talk | Artist Talk: Michelle Segre


The Israeli-born artists now lives and works in New York City.
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Talk | Artist Talk: Shadi Habib


Born in Jerusalem, Palestine in 1977, Shadi Habib Allah received a BFA from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in 2003 and an MFA from Columbia University in 2010. He was twice awarded 2nd Prize for the Young Artist Award from the A.M. Qattan Foundation, and has attended residencies at Cittadelarte, Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, Italy and Gasworks in London, England. He was nominated for the Luma Award (2011) and was also the 2012 recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award.
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Author Reading | Craig Nelson reads from his book The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era


New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Craig Nelson brings us the first complete history of the atomic age.
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Author Reading | David O. Stewart discusses his book The Lincoln Deception


In 1900, a prosecutor of the co-conspirators behind the Lincoln assassination revealed on his deathbed to his physician that in 1865 during that prosecution he had learned a secret. To reveal the secret, the prosecutor added, would risk the survival of the Republic, so this was all he ever revealed.
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Reading | Double Take VIII: Writers Reading


Three pairs of authors trade takes on a shared experience. Mónica de la Torre & Adam Fitzgerald re-imagine New York real estate. Eric Banks & Melanie Rehak consider the 1959 edition of L'art culinaire français par nos grands maîtres de la cuisine. Wendy Lesser & Arthur Lubow meditate on a photograph by Diane Arbus.
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Concert | La Voce del Violoncello: Italian Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries


Montreal-based cellist Elinor Frey will perform a solo recital featuring selections from her 2013 CD La Voce del Violoncello, with music by Italian composer-cellists of the 17th and 18th centuries. The program explores the origins of Italian Baroque solo cello music from before and during the time of J.S. Bach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Pulitzer winner Ron Suskind reads from his book Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism


Imagine being trapped inside a Disney movie and having to learn about life mostly from animated characters dancing across a screen of color. A fantasy? A nightmare? This is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the autistic son of the author and his wife Cornelia.
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Screening | Young Masters from Central Europe


An outline of what is really happening with Central European contemporary short films. Pieces will be screened from young Central European directors. In its 10th year, Budapest Short Film Festival collected a great bunch of short films from all over the world but always with a special focus on Central Europe. Enjoy the award-winning pieces and the crisp vision of young directors from Central Europe.
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Tour | Ghosts of Greenwich Village Tour


New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native tribes, lost opportunities and political intrigue. With almost every step one takes through the West Village, one encounters the ghosts and spirits of New York City’s past. Every corner has its stories, every building has its haunted spirits.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Jazz | Webber/Stemeseder/Gray, Avant-Garde Jazz Improvisers


Jagged Spheres is the debut album of the trio Webber/Stemeseder/Gray. These sensitive improvisers are at the forefront of a new wave of the Brooklyn avant‐garde jazz scene. Austrian pianist Elias Stemeseder, drummer Devin Gray, and saxophonist and flautist Anna Webber share a unified aesthetic relating to the developments and outcomes of improvisation, and how these can connect to composition. Their concert, like the new recording, features both composition‐like improvisations and original music written by each of the members.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Performance | Gandhi, Is That You? Comedy Show


Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Christmas Concert

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Classical Music | Works by Mozart, Dvorak and More

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