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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on December 21, 2012?

31 free events take place on Friday, December 21 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 21 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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31 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, December 21, 2012

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Other | Bridge Club


Are you a Bridge buff? Put on your game face and show off your best plays. For Advanced beginners, and Intermediary players. Join the fun and meet new friends!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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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. Tour times: 11am & 1pm.
   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., 12:45 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
Free

Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Yoga at the Library


Free Yoga Classes at the Library bought to you by Shape up NYC. Expert Instructors. Please bring your own mats.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 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

Park Walk | “Views from the Past” Tour


As you promenade through the heart of the Park, imagine yourself living in 19th Century New York City. Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all. Tour lasts approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Film | Seth Gordon's Four Christmases (2008): Navigating Divorce at the Holidays


With Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Jon Favreau. A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day. 88 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Investing In Stocks: The Basics


Introduces basic investment terms and concepts such as risk and reward, IPO’s, p/e ratios, and relative p/e ratios. Ways to approach the investment decision and alternative stock investments such as mutual funds and ETF’s are discussed.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
Free

Film | Jay Duplass & Mark Duplass' Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011): Slacker Comedy


Stars Jason Segel, Ed Helms and Judy Greer. Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife. 83 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Film | John Huston's Oscar-Nominated Annie (1982): Who Needs Grownups?


Stars Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney and Carol Burnett. Annie, a red-haired girl who dreams of life outside her dreary orphanage, is chosen to stay for one week with famous billionaire “Daddy” Warbucks. One week turns into many and the only person standing in the way of Annie’s fun is Miss Hannigan, the gin-soaked ruler of the orphanage. 127 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Soho Gamelan Walk


Composer Daniel Goode will lead participants, aided by a neighborhood map and suggested drumming rhythms, through a portion of Soho’s cast iron district. Using their hands, the group will drum on the hollow cast iron fronts of the “best” buildings. The piece ends when a select number of buildings have been turned into musical instruments. Just show up. You will all walk as a group through an area of Soho and improvise with hand-drumming on the hollow building façades. Wear gloves!
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Piano Recital


Conor Hanick, Piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Parade | A Love Riot: Harmonabord Parade


Renowned jazz pianist and melodica player Jonathan Batiste leads a pick-up group of 25 jazz musicians, parading down the street playing melodicas (also known as “harmonaboards”) and stopping in at neighborhood landmarks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Parade | Hiroya Miura & Michael J. Smith's Recordare, a World Premiere


A world premiere by composer Hiroya Miura reflects on the ideas of “judgment day” and the cyclical nature of time, for a performance on the date believed to be the end of a 5,000-year cycle on the Mayan calendar. Starting underneath the carillon at the church, two groups of brass musicians will emerge, accompanied by bells, and march through the neighborhood using streets and neighborhood landmarks as musical cues. When the two marching groups cross paths, they will congregate to play Berlioz’s version of Dies Irae before resuming a journey to rejoin the carillon music at the church played by carilloneur Michael J. Smith.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Guided Tour of Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan


A major exhibition that explores the Buddhist cave temples of Xiangtangshan, the crowning cultural achievement of the sixth-century Northern Qi dynasty (550-77 CE). Carved into the mountains of northern China, the temples were once home to a magnificent array of sculptures—monumental Buddhas, divine attendant figures, and crouching monsters framed by floral motifs. These statues are among the finest embodiments of Chinese Buddhist sculpture and are seminal to our understanding of the history of Chinese Buddhist style and iconography.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Parade | Kent Tritle's Pilgrimage with Early Music Singers


Early Music singers led by conductor Kent Tritle walk carrying lanterns through the park while singing medieval melodies once sung along the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. All singers are invited to join, from absolute beginners to early music specialists — no rehearsal necessary. Bring a flashlight and print out the sheet music. A limited number of copies will be distributed for those without.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Student Baroque Violin Recital


Nanae Iwata, Baroque Violin
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Parade | Tilted Axes 2012: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars


Composer and producer Patrick Grant creates and leads a parade with dozens of electric guitarists. The result will be a moving, polyphonic sound cloud layered in compelling, electric rhythms to honor this season’s axial tilt. The public is invited to join the procession and accompany the guitars with light hand percussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Other | Winter Solstice Stargazing


Celebrate the first day of winter and view the sky as guided by the Amateur Astronomers Association. Bring your own binoculars if you have them; telescope provided. Ages 10+.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

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


Hosted by Eric Vetter.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Parade | Village in Volume: Percussion Double Music


Inspired by the collaborations of John Cage and Lou Harrison, So Percussion’s Jason Treuting and Josh Quillen will create a new piece for a chorus of pitched copper pipes in the streets of Greenwich Village. Led by percussionists Amy Garapic and Matt Evans, each participant will receive a length of pipe along with simple instructions for how and when to play it, and how to interact with the NYC percussionists who will join the proceedings at spots along the way. Just show up, and bring a stop watch.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Bell By Bell Performance


Artist Tom Peyton distributes fifty color-coded bells to the crowd, one color per note. At the front of the parade, a team of conductors waves corresponding colored flags to lead the group in slowly moving music, written by a variety of composers: when the conductors raise their red and green flags, everyone with red and green bells start ringing, and so on for each color, creating a sonorous, atmospheric soundscape. With newly composed bell music written by Eric Beach, Nat Evans, Matt Marble, Alex Waterman, and others to be announced. Just show up with your hands free!
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: TFCP and Borealis


Start your Friday night with two of the most theatrical house teams! Tuscarora Fire Company Picnic presents a fully improvised, one-act play that takes place in real-time in a single location. Then Borealis spins a spontaneous web of interrelated worlds from a musical playlist they’ve never heard before.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
$5

Concert | Student Violin Recital


Mariam Machaidze, Violin
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: Mystic Improv


MYSTIC IMPROV is wicked fuckin’ Southie crime noawr imprawv cawmedy (which borrows themes and motifs from such films as Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, The Departed, etc) the lawikes a which you neva seen! You gawtta be thehr, it’s gawnna be a wicked fuckin’ rawiot!!! Featuring Cathleen Carr, Erick Hellwig, Bob Kulhan, Chris Roberti, and Julie Sharbutt.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
$5

Performance | Comedy: Stage Time


Stage Time is a new weekly show aimed at featuring independent improv troupes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
$5

Performance | Comedy: The Vigilante


Most bands write out a set list before a performance. They can direct the ebb and flow of emotions by carefully placing songs in a particular order. The Vigilante approaches a concert with a figurative blank canvass. Our concerts are entirely improvised and evolve organically. The audience decides the emotional swings, the peaks and troughs. We feel our set list. Our show is entirely collaborative. The lead singer, and an occasional band member, will talk to the audience to garner words, phrases, interactions, stories, and even musical requests from the audience to create an entire set list of completely original songs. Our music evolves in real time. And we do covers!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Thank You, Robot


A showcase for independent and established improv teams. For each show, two teams join Thank You, Robot to perform sets of unscripted comedy, never seen before and never to be seen again.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 pm
$5

Jazz | 5/5/5 After Hours Set


A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of Manhattan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Sex in the Late Night Air


Sex in the Air presents Sex in the Late Night Air, a late night talk show hosted by Paul Gutkowski, featuring the musical stylings of Hal McFall and The Haldane McFall 5. Don’t miss the show Susan Sarandon calls, “Sweeter than a plate of yams with extra syrup.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
$5
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