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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 23, 2025?

36 free events take place on Wednesday, April 23 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 23 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 23, 2025

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free events nyc Jazz Standards from The American Songbook in an Art Gallery
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Workshop | Boot Camp Workout in the Park


An early-morning core body Boot Camp. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back, and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high fives welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshops, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Boot Camp Workout in the Park

Workshop | Spring Yoga


Yoga instructor Meg SantaMaria leads a morning practice. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Workshops, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Spring Yoga

Museums | New York City: History, Architecture, Social Movements, Cultural Diversity


This museum holds over 1,5 million artifacts, including photographs, paintings, decorative arts, costumes, and documents that tell the story of New York's development and its inhabitants. Explore the galleries and discover the rich history and vibrant culture of New York City!
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free
Museumss, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, New York City: History, Architecture, Social Movements, Cultural Diversity

Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers


Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Park Walks, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers

Workshop | Visual Narrative Workshop


Discover your narrative voice and tell your story through drawing and painting. Each week will feature a different prompt, helping you to create images and words. Explore creating character, using perspective, drawing the human figure, and incorporating text and simple bookmaking techniques that will allow you to put your stories into a readable form.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshops, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Visual Narrative Workshop

Open Studios | Creative Climate Exhibition


This exhibition showcases visual and installation-based works that highlight community resilience, environmental justice, and our deep interconnection with nature. By sparking emotion and conversation, this exhibit aims to inspire individual and collective action for a just and livable future. Drop in anytime.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Open Studioss, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Creative Climate Exhibition

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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Workshops, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Learn Juggling in the Park

Tour | New York City Hall Guided Tour


One of the oldest continuously used city halls in the nation that still houses its original governmental functions, New York's City Hall is considered one of the finest architectural achievements of its period. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, the building was an early expression of the City's cosmopolitanism. City Hall is a designated New York City landmark, and its rotunda is a designated interior landmark as well. Note: When registering, choose the "Individual Tour" option. You must register!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tours, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, New York City Hall Guided Tour

Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation (online)


Take a break and calm your mind and nourish your soul with this 30-minute meditation excersize to reduce stress and build resilience. All levels meditators are welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshops, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Lunchtime Meditation (online)

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 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Downtown Beats Chorus

Jazz | Jazz Standards from The American Songbook in an Art Gallery


Guitarist Bill Wurtzel has played worldwide with many jazz legends, including the Count Basie Countsmen, Wild Bill Davis, Bill Doggett, Jimmy McGriff, the Harlem Blues & Jazz Band, singers Gloria Lynne and Terri Thornton, as well as Paul Simon. Capacity for this program is limited; to ensure your space, organizers strongly recommend you arrive early.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free
Concerts, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Jazz Standards from The American Songbook in an Art Gallery

Film | Blue Car (2002): Drama Film


A troubled young woman is encouraged by a teacher to enter a poetry contest. Director: Karen Moncrieff Cast: David Strathairn, Agnes Bruckner, Margaret Colin, Frances Fisher
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Films, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Blue Car (2002): Drama Film

Museums | Afternoon in a Magnificent Museum


Internationally recognized as a premier museum and research center, this museum is known for its distinguished Old Master paintings and outstanding examples of European sculpture and decorative arts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
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Museumss, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Afternoon in a Magnificent Museum

Play | Classic Shakespeare Comedy: A Midsummer Night's Dream


This play is an enchanting journey of love, mischief, and magic under the stars! Don't miss this whimsical adventure! Directed by Diane Dowling
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free
Plays, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Classic Shakespeare Comedy: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Plays, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Drama About Legendary Figures of the 20 Century

Classical Music | Clarinet Works by Schubert and More (In Person AND Online!)


Jin Yingcun, clarinet, performs Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century works. Program Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Sonatina in D Major, D 384 Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994) Dance Preludes Alban Berg (1885-1935) Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op.5 Elliott Carter (1908-2012) Hiyoku for two clarinets Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884) Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Clarinet Works by Schubert and More (In Person AND Online!)

Classical Music | French Horn Works by Mozart, Scriabin, and More (In Person AND Online!)


Drew Morgan, french horn, performs works from various musical eras. Program Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Romance for Horn and Piano Gregory Schaffer (arr. Drew Morgan) Improvisations and Postlude for Horn and Organ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Horn Concerto in D Major, K. 386b Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free
Concerts, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, French Horn Works by Mozart, Scriabin, and More (In Person AND Online!)

Tour | Zoomed In Tour of Museum Gallery Featuring Works by Madalena Santos Reinbolt


Gallery guides lead a public tour of an exhibition on artwork by Madalena Santos Reinbolt. Reinbolt was a Brazilian painter and textile artist who created art depicting rural scenes based on her childhood.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tours, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Zoomed In Tour of Museum Gallery Featuring Works by Madalena Santos Reinbolt

Classical Music | Barqoue Violin Works by Couperin and More (In Person AND Online!)


Lara Mladjen, Baroque violin, performs works by significant pieces from the Baroque era. Program Marco Uccellini (1603 or 1610-1680) Sonate, correnti et arie, Op. 4: No. 2 "La Luciminia contenta" Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Sonata in E Minor, Op. 5, No. 8 Francois Couperin (1668-1733) Deuxieme Concert, from Les Concerts Royaux Johann Joseph Vilsmayr (1663-1722) Partita No. 1, selections from Artificiosus Concentus pro Camera Johann Georg Pisendel (1688-1755) Violin Concerto in D Major, JunP 1.5
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
Free
Concerts, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Barqoue Violin Works by Couperin and More (In Person AND Online!)

Classical Music | The Cello Suite Across the Centuries


Alice Ford, viola, performs works by J. S. Bach and Britten. Program J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Suite for Solo Cello No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1012 Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, The Cello Suite Across the Centuries

Classical Music | Violin Works by Janáček, Franck, and More (In Person AND Online!)


Anna Wei, violin, performs a series of Romantic and 20th Century pieces. Program Rodion Shchedrin (1932-) In the Style of Albeniz Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) (arr. Ruggero Ricci) Recuerdos de la Alhambra Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) Violin Sonata César Franck (1822-1890) Violin Sonata in A Major
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Concerts, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Violin Works by Jan&aacute;ček, Franck, and More (In Person AND Online!)

Book Discussion | Box Girls: What Happens on the Brink of Collapse


For nearly twenty years, the events behind the Strasbourg hotel's closure have remained a mystery known only by the few who frequent the back alleys of Hollywood Boulevard. There are whispers there, of girls in glass boxes, legendary art installations wiped from the record, after one of the performers was found dead in her box. The Box Girls are a myth or a memory that only few can recall, until now. From the detritus, a transcript emerges and, with it, an intimate narrative, the definitive record of what really happened that summer to the Box Girls of the Strasbourg hotel. Over one hundred and twenty-eight interviews, and hundreds of hours of recordings, a frenzied tapestry of voices reveals answers to the mystery few knew existed, and explores visibility, identity, and the boundaries of perception in a world teetering on the brink of collapse.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Box Girls: What Happens on the Brink of Collapse

Book Discussion | Fallingwater: Living With and In Art


Fallingwater is a total work of art, seen in this new monograph for the first time in its fullness. Featuring a conversation with Justin Gunther, Director of Fallingwater; Scott W. Perkins, Senior Director of Preservation and Collections; and architectural and interior design photographer Dave Bryce, followed by a signing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free
Book Discussions, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Fallingwater: Living With and In Art

Museums | Celebrate a New Addition to an Arts & Culture Museum


This event celebrates the recent gift from the Consulate General of Spain in New York of a facsimile of the monumental collection Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reyno de Granada by José Celestino Mutis. Mauricio Diazgranados Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer and Dean of Science of the New York Botanical Garden will present followed by refreshments.
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Book Discussion | Futurism: Histories and Afterlifes, from Tech Bro Mystics to AfroFuturism


Author of Futurism: A Very Short Introduction and Fragments of Totality: Futurism, Fascism, and the Sculptural Avant-Garde, Ara H. Merjian, in conversation with Lauren P. Bernard, Columbia University and Anthony White, University of Melbourne. RSVP does not guarantee entry, but is required.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Book Discussions, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Futurism: Histories and Afterlifes, from Tech Bro Mystics to AfroFuturism

Lecture | Other Egypt: The Power and People of the Nile Delta


This lecture will focus on life at Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit from the Late Dynastic to the Late Roman period. An interdisciplinary project investigating the two connected settlements of Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit (ancient Metelis) began in 2012 with the aim of exploring the role of the Western Delta in Egyptian history and addressing unanswered questions about ancient societies, human adaptation, religious practices, and daily life.  Key aspects of the Ptolemaic residential district and a public tholoi (bathhouse) will be discussed, along with an overview of the material culture, including Greek pottery and numismatic finds. The Western Nile Delta (chora of Alexandria) was a hub of commerce and trade, actively engaging with Mediterranean ports and facilitating cultural and economic exchanges. The speaker, Mohamed Kenawi, is a Research Associate at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lectures, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Other Egypt: The Power and People of the Nile Delta

Book Discussion | Rewriting Hisstory: A Fifty-Year Journey to Uncover the Truth About Alger Hiss (in-person and online)


When Alger Hiss was accused by Whittaker Chambers in 1948 of being a secret Communist spy in the 1930s, the subsequent perjury trials were some of the most sensational and politically significant trials of the century. Although Hiss was convicted, he maintained his innocence until his death, and historians have taken sides ever since. In this groundbreaking and revelatory book, Jeff Kisseloff brings new perspective, evidence, and accusations to this historical controversy.
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Book Discussions, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Rewriting Hisstory: A Fifty-Year Journey to Uncover the Truth About Alger Hiss&nbsp;(in-person and online)

Author Reading | To Go on Living: Stories of Surviving War


Set in an Armenian mountain village immediately after the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the early 1990s, Narine Abgaryan's To Go On Living traces the interconnected lives of villagers tending to their everyday tasks, engaging in quotidian squabbles, and celebrating small joys against a breathtaking landscape. Yet the setting, suspended in time and space, belies unspeakable tragedy: every character contends with an unbearable burden of loss. The war rages largely off the book's pages, appearing only in fragmented flashbacks. Abgaryan's stories focus on how, in the war's aftermath, the survivors work, as individuals and as a community, to find a way forward. Written in Abgaryan's signature style that weaves elements of Armenian folk tradition into her prose, these stories of community, courage, and resilience celebrate human life, where humor and love and hope prevail in unthinkable circumstances.
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Lecture | Bridging Generations, Disciplines, and the Atlantic: The Leo Baeck Institute at 70


As they began their salvage of the material and intellectual legacy of European Jewry, the Leo Baeck Institute's founders hoped to assemble a narrative of the German-Jewish past that was comprehensive, synthetic, and "free from apologetic or tendentious coloring." Today, the collections of the LBI inform a corpus of scholarship that surely surpassed the founders' wildest expectations in scope, but whose "coloring" has also changed as much as society and the academy. The 66th Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture will assemble a panel of scholars to discuss the evolution of the field of German-Jewish history over seven decades and its prospects for the future. At the center of their discussion will be the LBI as an institution that has both shaped and been shaped by the many turns of intellectual history. Featuring Michael Brenner (American University / University of Munich), Elisheva Carlebach(Columbia), Raphael Gross (German Historical Museum, Berlin), Marion Kaplan (NYU), and Helmut Walser-Smith (Vanderbilt). After the lecture, visitors will have the opportunity to view LBI's anniversary exhibit, 70 Years of LBI: Bridging Generations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lectures, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Bridging Generations, Disciplines, and the Atlantic: The Leo Baeck Institute at 70

Book Discussion | NBC News Anchor Vicky Nguyen Discusses Her New Memoir, Boat Baby


NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen talks about Boat Baby, her new memoir that tells the story of her family’s daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter, with Tracey Nguyen Mang of podcast and non-profit "Vietnamese Boat People."
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Play | Classic Shakespeare Comedy: A Midsummer Night's Dream


This play is an enchanting journey of love, mischief, and magic under the stars! Don't miss this whimsical adventure! Directed by Diane Dowling
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Plays, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, Mystery Play

Classical Music | 'Fire-Breathing, Passionate' Violinist Performs Works by Britten, Robert Schumann, and More(In Person AND Online!)


Stephen Kim, violin,  Program Nicola Matteis Jr. (c. 1670-1737) Fantasia for Solo Violin in A Minor “Alia Fantasia” Nicola Matteis Sr. (c. 1650-after 1713) Ayres for the Violin Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6 Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Phantasie for Violin and Piano in C Major, Op. 131 Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Mythes, Op. 30 Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta
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Concerts, April 23, 2025, 04/23/2025, 'Fire-Breathing, Passionate' Violinist Performs Works by Britten, Robert Schumann, and More(In Person AND Online!)

Classical Music | Prize-Winning Oboist Performs Works by Mozart and More (In Person AND Online!)


Jamie Yoojin Lee, oboe, performs works from various musical eras. Program Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Twelve Fantasias for Flute without Bass, TWV 40:2-13, no.9 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Oboe Quartet in F Major, K.370 Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra André Jolivet (1905-1974) Serenade for Oboe and Piano
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