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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on December 23, 2011?

26 free events take place on Friday, December 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 December 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 December . 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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26 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, December 23, 2011

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Park Walk | Fitness Walk NYC


This free fitness walk is one hour long and led by experienced Instructors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Workshop | Open Computer Lab


Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter? Bring your technology questions and get one on one assistance!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Other | Bridge Club for Advanced Beginners


Are you a Bridge buff? Put on your game face and show off your best moves. For advanced beginner players only.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
Free

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
$6

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: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
Free

Concert | Bach at Noon


This Organ Meditations Series features the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
Free

Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
Free

Tour | “Manhattan Adirondacks” Tour


Olmsted and Vaux designed the North Woods to replicate the forests of the Adirondack Mountains with its crystal streams, calming cascades, and rustic bridges. This scenic and meditative walk is right in New York City's backyard. Tour will be approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
Free

Screening | Native American Films


Featuring films by and about Native Americans. At 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

Tour | U.S. Customs House Building Tour


Museum Ambassadors provide a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Denis Héroux's Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris (1975): Puppets and People


A plotless four-person musical revue based on the songs of Belgian balladeer Jacques Brel, the show opens on a dark and rainy Parisian night. Three strangers -- a cab driver, a soldier, and a meek woman -- find themselves in a theater. After watching a puppet show, they venture backstage and then onto a beach, where they sing songs during increasingly surreal events. Features twenty-six songs written by Jaques Brel, performed in English or French. 97 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free

Screening | Holiday Screenings of Native American Films


Featuring holiday films by and about Native Americans.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Talk | Learn About The Buffalo


Learn about the importance of the Buffalo to Nations of the Plains with William Chimborazo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Getting More Out of Google


Hands on using wireless laptops. Come and explore the depths of Google. Speed your search for precise results & discover some of the amazing new features Google is offering.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A 45-minute in-depth look at the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Film | Italian Film: Elio Petri's The Tenth Victim (1966)


With Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress. Some people like violence so much, that they decide to create a club in which human hunts are organized - members being alternately hunters, and prey, until they end up dead. 92 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Film | French Film: Henri-Georges Clouzot.'s Woman in Chains (1968)


A lonely, morose art gallery owner with a penchant for sadomasochistic role-playing and kinky photo sessions introduces an avant-garde painter’s wife to a secret world of degrading, voyeuristic pleasures. 106 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Concert | Chorus Tree Performance


The Chorus Tree Lighting Spectacular lights up the cobblestone streets with a musical performance by the Big Apple Chorus.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: Nobody’s Token / NorthCoast


New York City’s premiere African-American improv group creates a hilarious half-hour sitcom exploring all the things you’ve come to love in your favorite TV shows. Whether having problems at the office or struggling to pay your rent, no matter if you’re secretly in love with an alien or your mother’s a car, give us two of your wackiest problems and a product you want to buy and we’ll give you a half-hour of laughs. With commercials! Now that the east coast – west coast beef has subsided, North Coast is stepping up to throw down. Watch as New York’s only freestyle rapping, beatboxing, long-form improv teams performs a fully improvised “hip-hopera” right in front of your face. North Coast has been doin’ big things in the New York City improv scene for over 2 years. They have held it down at The Peoples Improv Theater, The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, The Tank Theater, comedy festivals around the country, and multiple universities. The show is upbeat and energetic from start to finish. You provide your favorite rap lyric and North Coast will make your gut bust and your head bop. And if you don’t know, now you know.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5

Performance | Comedy: Swords and Taco Supreme


Swords brings you a night of beautifully crafted improvised theater. Every show features performances from a celebrity guest improviser. The ladies of Taco Supreme bring the heat with their fast paced comedy! Seasoned (like tacos!) improvisors Alexis Saarela, Brigid Boyle, Elizabeth Findlay and Ashley Ward use an audience suggestion to create a whirlwind of characters and scenarios not meant for the faint of heart or those with severe acid reflux. Now with more Jessica Eason and Tara Copeland!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Italian Film: Luchino Visconti's Bellissima (1951)


A working-class woman desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies. 113 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Performance | No Name and A Bag O’ Chips Comedy/Variety Show


Now in its 12th year, the show will also feature the funky sounds of "No Name" house band The Summer Replacements.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
No cover...

Film | French Film: Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2010)


A project cut short by Clouzot’s heart attack Inferno is one of the most tantalizing unfinished films in the history of cinema, the culmination of Clouzot’s search for a unique aesthetic language to evoke psychological torment, obsession, and perversion. In this award-winning documentary, Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea draw disturbing parallels between Clouzot’s feverish working method and his notorious handling of actors. 102 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:15 pm
Free

Concert | Like Trains & Taxis, Indie-Pop Trio


Like Trains & Taxis prides itself on combining an indie-pop sensibility with respect for songs as art objects, unafraid to let melodies assert themselves in fits of lyrical fancy. Based in keyboards, drums, and guitars, the group’s sound recalls Ben Folds or Fiona Apple with a little more soul thrown in—an upbeat mix of craft and crooning.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
No cover

Performance | Comedy: The Grass Route


The Grass Route is an all star comedy show featuring the best stand up comics in NYC! This Isn’t amateur night, these comics are performing for the purpose of an audition tape, so they will bring their A game. Come show your support and possibly be seen in the audience. Highlights from the live event will be broadcast on The Grass Route Comedy Show, an uncensored stand up comedy program meant to give comics a new level of exposure without compromising their creative freedom.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
$5

Performance | Comedy: Bleak Presents: Iron Sketch


Bleak! Comedy presents IRON SKETCH: the ultimate sketch comedy show down! Each month, New York sketch group Bleak! Comedy and three of the hottest and wildest sketch comedy groups enter Sketch Stadium to perform a prepared sketch including this month’s “secret ingredient” chosen by the audience. At the end of the show, a CHAMPION is announced (by audience vote and celebrity judges)! The Champion will then return next month for another showdown! Every show promises 4 brand new sketches that may never be seen again.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 pm
$5
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