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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 24, 2025?

7 free events take place on Thursday, 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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7 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, April 24, 2025

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Discussion | Israel on Our Minds with Ambassador Ido Aharoni (in-person and online)


Even those of us who follow the news from Israeli regularly are left with more questions than insight: How should we think about Israel security in the face of a rapidly changing Middle East? What is the government doing in response to the worldwide condemnation of the Jewish State . . . and what could it do? Has the Start-Up Nation sputtered out? Can the breach between the religious and the secular populations be healed — and how? Does the Israeli government take the concerns and opinions of the Jewish diaspora seriously enough? Should it? With so many questions — and so much confusion — they have recruited the ideal person to pull back the curtain on the complicated situation: an Israel diplomat, university professor, writer and investor, Ido Aharoni.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussions, April 24, 2025, 04/24/2025, Israel on Our Minds with Ambassador Ido Aharoni (in-person and online)

Book Discussion | Reds in Blue: UNESCO, World Governance, and the Soviet Internationalist Imagination


Louis Porter's book investigates Soviet relations with UNESCO to present a novel way of thinking about the role of the United Nations in the Soviet experience of the Cold War. Drawing on unused archival material, the book examines the forgotten stories of Soviet citizens who contributed to the nuts-and-bolts operations of world governance. These unexamined dimensions of everyday participation in the UN’s bureaucracy, conferences, publications, and technical assistance show the body’s importance for a group of Soviet “one-worlders,” who used the UN to imagine and work for a better world amidst the realities of the Cold War.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, April 24, 2025, 04/24/2025, Reds in Blue: UNESCO, World Governance, and the Soviet Internationalist Imagination

Museums | Tour of Historical House of The Distinguished American President of the Early 20th Century


This historic site honors the early life of a renowned American figure. The restored brownstone reflects late 19th-century architecture and offers insights into the family's daily life. Learn about various exhibits and artifacts that showcase the cultural and historical context of the era, providing a glimpse into the formative years of this visionary leader-to-be. First-come, first-served; this guided tour may reach capacity before your desired tour time, so please be sure to arrive early. Tour duration: 45 minutes. This tour takes place at 11 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, and 3 pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Museumss, April 24, 2025, 04/24/2025, Tour of Historical House of The Distinguished American President of the Early 20th Century

Lecture | Say It with Flowers – Oriental Style: Semiotics, Botany and Affection in 19th Century Germany


No Valentine’s Day goes by without countless billboards and online ads from floral companies urging us – and with the same success every year – to ‘say it with flowers’. Apparently, we still attribute to flowers a latent ability to ‘say’ things felt to defy verbal articulation on account of their coming ‘straight from the heart’. The lecture traces our persistent trust in flowers as a medium for expressing the ineffable back to what was known in the 19 th century as the “Oriental Language of Flowers”, a then ubiquitous practice of communicating through ‘talking’ bouquets. Analysis shows that the principles underlying this practice (and the wealth of popular writings on the subject) were largely the result of the workings of a contemporary dispositif that combined botany, semiotics and hermeneutics with concepts of eroticism and affect poetics in an attempt to overcome a veritable language crisis. The Language of Flowers not only played an important part in the shaping of the still prevalent idea that the ‘flowery language’ of lyrical poetry was the natural vehicle of implied, hidden meanings, and the genre itself practically tantamount to oblique speech, but also inspired the notion that “symbols” could act as somehow universal signs. The lecture aims to explore the interconnections between these phenomena and to shed light on the vital role played by oriental topoi, scenarios, and export products in this particular context. Light reception to follow
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lectures, April 24, 2025, 04/24/2025, Say It with Flowers &ndash; Oriental Style: Semiotics, Botany and Affection in 19th Century Germany

Reading | Fiction New Salon: Katie Kitamura


A reading by Katie Kitamura followed by a conversation/Q&A with Tess Gunty, and reception/signing. Katie Kitamura’s latest novel is Audition, forthcoming in April 2025 from Riverhead Books (USA) and Fern Press (UK). Her previous novell is Intimacies. One of The New York Times’ 10 Best Books of 2021, it was longlisted for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award, and was a finalist for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. It was also one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2021. In France, it won the Prix Litteraire Lucien Barriere, was a finalist for the Grand Prix de l’Heroine, and was longlisted for the Prix Fragonard. Her third novel, A Separation, was a finalist for the Premio von Rezzori and a New York Times Notable Book. She is also the author of Gone To The Forest and The Longshot, both finalists for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award. Her work has been translated into 21 languages and is being adapted for film and television. She is a recipient of the Rome Prize in Literature, as well as fellowships from the Lannan, Santa Maddalena, and Jan Michalski foundations. Katie has written for publications including The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, Granta, BOMB, Triple Canopy, and Frieze. She teaches in the creative writing program at New York University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Readings, April 24, 2025, 04/24/2025, Fiction New Salon: Katie Kitamura

Classical Music | An Evening of Sonatas: Mozart, Brahms, Prokofiev


Duo works for violin and piano and flute and piano performed by students in the collaborative piano department and their instrumental partners Program: Mozart Sonata for violin and piano in G major, K. 301 Prokofiev Sonata for flute and piano in D major, Op. 94 Brahms Sonata for violin and piano in G major, Op. 78
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, April 24, 2025, 04/24/2025, An Evening of Sonatas: Mozart, Brahms, Prokofiev
7:30 pm
Regular: $30
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Concerts, April 24, 2025, 04/24/2025, World-Famous Opera - Tragic Love Story
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Musical | Hit Show Musical Parody

Regular Price: $58.50
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Classical Music | Chorus and Orchestra at a Landmark Venue

Regular Price: $55
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