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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 29, 2016?

32 free events take place on Friday, April 29 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 29 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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32 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, April 29, 2016

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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing. This tour takes place every day at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Fair | PEN World Voices 2016 Street Fair


PEN reimagine this New York City street festival as an open air indie book fair with special literary and musical guests. Nestled among the cobblestone street, the Literary Mews Festival will feature writers’ workshops in the morning and readings in the afternoon. Wander the streets and explore, or stop to take in busking musicians or a puppet show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 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. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 15, 2015 to May 26, 2016.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
Free

Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood Tour


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate. This tour takes place every Friday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Paul Feig's I Am David (2003): Escape from Labor Camp


Stars: Ben Tibber, Jim Caviezel, Joan Plowright. A 12-year-old boy escapes from a Bulgarian Communist concentration camp and sets out on a journey to reach Denmark. 95 minutes
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Steven Spielberg's Oscar-Nominated Bridge of Spies (2015): Cold War Drama


Starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Scott Shepherd. During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers. 140 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Fencing in the Park


Take a stab at the modern sport of fencing with masters from Manhattan Fencing Center. No prior experience needed and equipment is provided. Must be 16 or older to participate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs. 90 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Other | Nature Sanctuary Open Hours


During these limited hours, visitors can explore the normally closed sanctuary at their own pace along the rustic trail. See how the conservancy has restored this native woodland garden for birds and other wildlife. The wood-chipped trail is uneven; please wear appropriate shoes. This ecosystem is a protected area and home to many flora and fauna. No groups, dogs, bikes, or strollers. Free and self-guided. Space is limited.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Film | Steven Spielberg's Oscar-Nominated Bridge of Spies (2015): Cold War Drama


Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda. During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers. 140 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Talk | A Conversation with Andreï Makine, Russian-Born French Author


Makine was recently elected to the Académie Française. His notable works include Dreams of My Russian Summers, which won both the Prix Goncourt and Prix Médicis, and his most recent novel, Brief Loves That Live Forever. In 2011, Makine confirmed suspicions that he had published four books over the course of a decade under the pseudonym "Gabriel Osmonde."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Author Reading | Three New Books in Disability/Deaf Studies


Michele Friedner (Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stony Brook University) VALUING DEAF WORLDS IN URBAN INDIA (2015, Rutgers University Press) Laura Mauldin (Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut) MADE TO HEAR: COCHLEAR IMPLANTS AND RAISING DEAF CHILDREN (2016, University of Minnesota Press) Rebecca Sanchez (English, Fordham University) DEAFENING MODERNISM: EMBODIED LANGUAGE and VISUAL POETICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE (2015, NYU Press) Wine and cheese reception to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Author Reading | Allen Feldman discusses his book Archives of the Insensible: of War, Photopolitics and Dead Memory


A panel discussion of Allen Feldman’s new book featuring Talal Asad (CUNY), Avital Ronell (NYU), Drucilla Cornell (Rutgers), Nicholas Mirzoeff (NYU), Jon Beller (Pratt), and Allen Feldman (NYU). Allen Feldman pioneered the ethnography of embodied and sensorial violence as political philosophy. This jarring book weds warfare or biapolitics to photopolitics. Feldman argues that sovereign power installs itself in infinite war as a will to truth and implants regimes of truth as a will to war. He excavates the sensory defacement of war that severs factuality from actuality to render violence just. Feldman uses deconstructive description to place accelerationist power at a standstill to salvage the embodied actualities that war reduces to the ashes of collateral damage, the automatism of drones, and the opacities of black sites.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | CantoMundo Poetry Reading


David Campos is the author of Furious Dusk (University of Notre Dame Press, 2015). Willie Perdomo is the author of The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon (Penguin Poets, 2014), Smoking Lovely (Rattapallax, 2004), and Where a Nickel Costs a Dime (Norton, 1996). Natalie Scenters-Zapico is the author of The Verging Cities (CLP, 2015). Hosted by Deborah Paredez. Co-sponsored with CantoMundo and the PEN World Voices Festival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Author Reading | Ron Kubati discusses his book Voyage of No Return: Finding Identity Between Albania, Italy, and America


Ron Kubati emigrated to Italy from Albania in 1991 and began writing in the language of his host country, exploring themes of nostalgia, identity, and belonging. In dialogue with Rebecca Falkoff, Kubati will discuss his work and will reflect more broadly on Italian literature of migration and on the cultural politics of the genre.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Other | Wine and Spirits Tastings


Free tastings at a boutique retailer specializing in fine wines and craft spirits, and has one of the largest grower champagne selections in New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Discussion | Far Away, and Yet So Close: A Conversation


A conversation between writer-in-residence Monique Schwitter and Professor Johannes Türk on being far away and yet so close and the immunity of literature.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Concert | Student Recitals


Tian Zhao, violin
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Other | Free Weekly Wine Tastings


   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Other | Open Studios


You are invited to meet 31 Workspace artists who have been in residence since September 2015 and experience their in-progress and completed performance, visual, and literary works. Takes place April 29-30.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Peter Scott's Picture City II: A Double-Sided Projection Presentation


A wave of nostalgia for New York City in the 1970's and 80's has descended upon us. From HBO'S retro-rock show Vinyl to exhibitions of Peter Hujar, David Wojnarowicz, and the Ramones, the appeal of an angst-ridden past now asserts itself within the consumer-oriented present. Overlapping film stills from an iconic narrative of urban alienation (Taxi Driver) and its more contemporary counterpoint, which unabashedly celebrates the city as a consumption machine (Sex and the City), Peter Scott's double-sided projection presentation continues his exploration into the ongoing rapport between popular media narratives and the physical alteration of the urban landscape.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Film | German Cinema: Andreas Dresen's Whisky with Vodka (2009)


When actor Otto Killberg misses a shooting day because of a hangover, he gets an understudy, leading to on-set rivalry and intrigue in this tragicomic film about filmmaking. 104 min. In German with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Karim Miské discusses his book Arab Jazz


Miské demonstrates a masterful control of setting, as he moves seamlessly between the sensual streets of Paris and the synagogues of New York to reveal the truth behind a horrifying crime. Kosher sushi, kebabs, a second hand bookshop, and a bar: the 19th arrondissement in Paris is a cosmopolitan neighborhood where multicultural citizens live, love, and worship alongside one another.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Mannes Sounds Festival 2016: AmerKlavier - American Piano Variations


Program: BEACH: Variations on Balkan Themes COPLAND: Piano Variations BERNSTEIN: Touches. Choral, Eight Variations, and Coda RZEWSKI: The People United Will Never Be Defeated Since 1999, Mannes has presented a yearlong music festival every year. Each festival includes more than 20 events performed by the school's gifted young student artists, distinguished faculty members, and renowned guests, at prestigious New York City concert venues and cultural institutions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | The Poems of Stevie Smith


Participating artists include Zoe Brisky, Jonathan Hopkins, Yusef Komunyakaa (Pulitzer prize), Will May, Antonio Merenda, Sarita Louise Moore, Idra Novey, Elizabeth Parrish, Alithea Phillips, Sonia Sanchez (Robert Frost Medal, Langston Hughes Poetry Award), Sam Schacht, Angela Vitale, Jack Wetherall and Elena Zucker.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | What's Your Muse: 4 International Authors Read


In this panel, a group of distinguished international authors will read from their works, and talk about the inspiration for writing, the place of the expat writer, and for whom one writes in the first place. Featuring: Cristina Rivera Garza, Ron Kubati, Glenn Patterson, and Beate Rothmaier.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Performance | CANCELLED***Solas Laughs Comedy Show***CANCELLED


***CANCELLED*** A standup comedy show every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday featuring comics who have appeared on Comedy Central, College Humor, MTV, and more. Free drink and prize raffle.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:45 pm
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Lecture | Go for Baroque! Concert


The Barnard-Columbia Chamber Choir performs works by Bach, Purcell, and Handel with harpsichord, using the harpsichord made by pioneering maker William Dowd, a gift to Barnard from an alumna in Boston. The program will include solo arias as well as vocal chamber music by the featured composers and their contemporaries.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Reading | Lamprophonic Emerging Writers Series


The mission of Lamprophonic is to present and promote new voices in the New York writing community. We prepare a diverse and entertaining reading each month that demonstrates the quality and variety of emerging New York writers. In a typical reading, we hear poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and are open to anything that thoughtfully engages listeners.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Mix Nouveau: New Works for Strings


A collaboration of strings and composition. Stephanie Baer and Tae Hong Park, Directors. From the Programs in String Studies and Composition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Yarn/Wire, Percussion and Piano Quartet


Welcome the percussion and piano quartet Yarn/Wire as they perform Chiyoko Szlavnics’ Mind is Moving. Also on the program is pianist Saskia Lankhoorn performing selections by Kate Moore from her recent release entitled Dances and Canons, and Hollerbrag in a performance of J. Alexander Brown’s Music for Double Bass, winning piece of the 2016 Composers Competition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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