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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 2, 2025?

8 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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8 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, April 2, 2025

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Workshop | Downtown Beats Chorus


Directed by Church Street School of Music, the Downtown Beats adult chorus is open to all who love to sing! Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events throughout the year.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshops, April 02, 2025, 04/02/2025, Downtown Beats Chorus

Discussion | Fashion at the 1925 Art Deco Exhibition


Deputy Director Patricia Mears, Swann Gallery owner Nicho Lowry, and jewelry specialist Virginia Salem in a panel moderated by Couture Council member Gordon Kendall in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Paris' 1925 Art Deco Exhibition. Speakers will discuss the exhibition's continuing influences on fashion and design at this important event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
Free
Discussions, April 02, 2025, 04/02/2025, Fashion at the 1925 Art Deco Exhibition

Talk | Artist Talk: Harmonia Rosales (in-person and online)


Renowned Afro-Cuban American artist Harmonia Rosales in an in-depth exploration of her artistic journey. In this talk, Rosales will delve into the significance of her visual storytelling, the role of spirituality in art, and cultural reclamation in both academic and artistic spheres. Following the talk, there will be a conversation with Dr. Akissi Britton, a scholar whose work focuses on the intersections of race, gender, African diasporic religions, and Black feminism. Together, Rosales and Britton will engage in a dynamic discussion about the how visual culture can empower the reclamation of narratives that have been historically erased.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talks, April 02, 2025, 04/02/2025, Artist Talk: Harmonia Rosales (in-person and online)

Discussion | Of Orpheus, Eurydice, Vivaldi, and More


Last year, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo captivated audiences at the Metropolitan Opera with his moving portrayal of Orpheus in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. This spring, Sarah Ruhl’s celebrated play Eurydice returns to New York City, following the success of its operatic adaptation. Now, the two artists are collaborating on The Seasons, a “new Baroque opera about the weather,” with music by Antonio Vivaldi and an original libretto by Ruhl, running this March at Boston Lyric Opera. Who better to explore the art of adaptation, the echoes of the past in the present and future, and the transformative power of performance and voice? How do they illuminate memory, loss, nature, and trauma? Join us for an evening of insight and artistry, where music and words come together to explore timeless human questions. Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo has performed across opera, concert, film, and Broadway since his professional debut at age 11. In June 2024, he became General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia. He has performed with major opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and English National Opera, and appeared with top orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra. His recordings include Only an Octave Apart and the GRAMMY-winning Akhnaten. A champion of new music, he has premiered works by leading composers and curated productions for institutions like the BBC Proms and the New York Philharmonic. Costanzo has won numerous prestigious awards, including the Beverly Sills Award and Operalia. A Princeton and Manhattan School of Music graduate, he now serves on multiple boards and has held fellowships at Oxford and Harvard. His artistic vision continues to push boundaries in classical music. Sarah Ruhl is an award-winning playwright, author, librettist, and professor. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, her acclaimed plays include The Oldest Boy, Dear Elizabeth, Stage Kiss, In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (Pulitzer finalist, 2010); The Clean House (Pulitzer finalist, 2005; Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2004); Passion Play (Pen American Award, Fourth Freedom Forum Playwriting Award from the Kennedy Center); Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Helen Hayes Award); Melancholy Play; Demeter in the City (nine NAACP Image Award nominations); Scenes From Court Life; How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday; Eurydice; Orlando; and Late: a cowboy song. Her work has been produced on Broadway, across the U.S., and internationally. She has received numerous honors, including a MacArthur Fellowship, a Whiting Writers’ Award, a PEN Center Award, and a Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. Ruhl earned her M.F.A. from Brown University. She teaches at Yale School of Drama and lives in Brooklyn with her family.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussions, April 02, 2025, 04/02/2025, Of Orpheus, Eurydice, Vivaldi, and More

Book Discussion | Heartwood: Lost Hiker Struggles to Survive


Author Amity Gaige in conversation with Jennifer Egan. In the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, April 02, 2025, 04/02/2025, Heartwood: Lost Hiker Struggles to Survive

Film | Free for All: Inside the Public Library (2025): Documentary on American Sanctuary


Free for All: Inside the Public Library explores the journey of the visionaries behind the "Free Library Movement" and today's librarians who continue to serve the public amid challenges like closures and book bans, creating a civic institution where all are welcome and everything is free. Followed by a talkback with the filmmakers, Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free
Films, April 02, 2025, 04/02/2025, Free for All: Inside the Public Library (2025): Documentary on American Sanctuary

Concert | Jazz, Afro-Caribbean Music, and the Sounds of San Juan Hill


The historic neighborhood of San Juan Hill was alive with theaters, clubs, and dancehalls. A cultural hotbed in the first half of the 20th century, music and dance thrived in the area. It was home to one of the largest Black populations in New York City before 1910, including a diverse African American and Afro-Caribbean community, as well as a large immigrant population from across Western and Eastern Europe, and later, a sizable Puerto Rican enclave. In this cosmopolitan environment, musical influences across cultures created a thriving home for artistic innovation. Musicians of diverse backgrounds found opportunities to play in the jazz bands that were gaining popularity, as well as to make their own music. Musical styles that would become international phenomena, including swing and bebop, were forged through the cultural exchange that took root in San Juan Hill. This is a program celebrating the cross-cultural musical innovation of San Juan Hill, with performances by rising star Andre Perlman and his jazz ensemble and moderated by Loren Schoenberg, Founding Director and Senior Scholar at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, April 02, 2025, 04/02/2025, Jazz, Afro-Caribbean Music, and the Sounds of San Juan Hill

Classical Music | Mannes American Composers Ensemble Spring 2025 Concert


Founded in 2012 by composer Lowell Liebermann, MACE represents works by iconic American composers such as Elliott Carter, Milton Babbitt, John Zorn, George Lewis, Augusta Read Thomas, Philip Glass, John Adams, and Steve Reich, as well as works by young, and up-and-coming composers. Composer and conductor David Fulmer has been directing the Ensemble since 2016, and has presented a kaleidoscopic lens of different aesthetics and styles, while exploring diverse musical programs of established 20th and 21st century masterpieces, together with presentations of newly commissioned works and premieres.  This season's artistic curation and programming includes four innovative initiatives for the Ensemble; a two-year composer-in-focus workshop, collaboration and integration with the Vocal Performance Department, student composer commissioning projects, and collaboration with the International Contemporary Ensemble and JACK Quartet. Fulmer's imaginative vision for the Ensemble has resulted in collaboration with the world's most renowned and trailblazing composers and performers.  The 2024-25 concert season will begin with works of Carola Bauckholt, Augusta Read Thomas, Matthew Ricketts, George Lewis, Pierre Boulez, and a world-premiere by Ryan Brideau. The spring edition will include works of Matthias Pintscher, Gyorgy Ligeti, and new works by student composers. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, April 02, 2025, 04/02/2025, Mannes American Composers Ensemble Spring 2025 Concert
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