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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on December 16, 2013?

30 free events take place on Monday, December 16 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 16 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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30 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, December 16, 2013

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Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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
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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. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter


Enjoy a 45-minutes docent-led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Festival | Watch Renowned Sculptors Carve Ice Sculptures


Celebrate the winter holidays with two free afternoons of live ice carving in midtown. For the third year in a row, master artisans from the renowned New York City-based artist collective Okamoto Studio will transform ordinary blocks of ice into a menagerie of frolicking canines. Chainsaws will roar and ice chips will fly as spectacular pooches take shape.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
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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2:00 pm
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Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Wii Fit for Adults


Calling all Adults who want to lose or maintain current weight: Join Wii Fit for Adults and benefit from burning calories, socializing, maintaining current weight and/or tracking your BMI. Use the various workouts including yoga, strength training, boxing, stepping, hula hooping, running, and regaining balance through using the balance exercises. The Wii tracks your weight and BMI as well as your progress and allows you to compete with others. It is a fun way to keep a record of your progress while exercising.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter


Enjoy a 45-minutes docent-led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Concert | New holiday music by Broadway composers and lyricists


Holiday Songbook: a concert of new holiday music by Broadway composers and lyricists, sung by Broadway vocalists, presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul, and directed by John Znidarsic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:30 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A Museum Ambassador gives a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | College Guitar Recital


Ye-Eun Lee, Guitar
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers


Known for originality and diversity of its programming and the beauty of its sound.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
Free

Concert | College Violin Recital


Julia Choi, Violin
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Intro Class: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction


With Amy Gross. Learning to be mindful—to pay attention in the moment without resistance or judgment-—can shift the course of our lives. Instead of being highjacked by our fears and hopes, we learn how to listen to ourselves and others, to pause and respond wisely.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Recitalist Practicum Concert


Vocal Arts students enrolled in Robert White's Recitalist Practicum class perform.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poets Robert Kelly and Anna Moschovakis read their work


Robert Kelly is the co-director of the Program in Written Arts at Bard College. His first book of poems was published in 1961 and his most recent books in prose are the novel The Book from the Sky and his fifth collection of shorter fiction, The Logic of the World. Anna Moschovakis is a poet, translator, and editor. Her most recent books are You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Thornton Wilder Writes for Alfred Hitchcock


Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock often cited his 1943 thriller Shadow of a Doubt as a personal favorite, and it is easy to see why. Featuring playwright Thornton Wilder’s sublime original screenplay, this dark melodrama masquerading as a comedy of manners focuses on a mysterious, charismatic outsider (Joseph Cotten) with a checkered past who mesmerizes his gullible small town relatives and arouses the suspicions of his worshipful niece (Teresa Wright). Wilder wrote the script quickly before beginning his wartime service, so the extent of his impact on the final film has often been called into question. Using examples of several original screenplay drafts, author-historian Max Alvarez has finally succeeded in resolving the matter – and the results are in Thornton Wilder’s favor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Reading | Story Time for Grown-Ups


Love a good story? Sit back and relax as they read you a story or two. Marley’s Ghost from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Readers world-wide are familiar with the character of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge, whose cranky response to “Merry Christmas!” was always “Bah, humbug!” This selection is the first part of the popular novella where Scrooge is visited by Jacob Marley’s ghost on Christmas Eve.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | The Moth High School GrandSLAM: Face to Face


The first-ever Interschool GrandSLAM Competition, featuring all-star storytellers from five participating schools.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested donation

Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


For nearly 100 years, the Beaux-Arts beauty known as Grand Central Terminal (a.k.a Station) has been a testament to the ingenuity and ambition of a great city, impressing both travelers and visitors with it's wonderful architecture and pulsating vibe. It's history is a story of immense wealth, great engineering, a few accidents, a planned sabotage and one terrific ceiling, but most importantly a story of survival and rebirth.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Opera | Opera Performance Lab Winter Concert


Under the direction of Susan Caldwell, this semester-end performance will feature opera excerpts presented by the Extension Division opera class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Film | Wojciech Staroń's Two Lessons (1998-2013): Polish Documentary


In 1996, Wojciech Staroń documented Malgosia, his girlfriend, as she traveled the Siberian city Usolie-Sibirskoe and gave Polish language lessons to the descendants of exiled Poles. Captured on beautiful 16mm film, Siberian Lesson is the candid diary of a young teacher acclimating and falling in love, as well as a portrait of a community still reeling from the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many years after their Siberian journey, now a married couple with two children, Wojciech and Malgosia traveled to a very different place: Azara, a remote village in northern Argentina, where Malgosia once again taught Polish to fellow emigrants. In the gorgeous, startlingly intimate Argentinian Lesson, Wojciech also turns his 16mm camera on Janek, his 8-year-old son, and his friend Marcia, a bright Argentinian girl of Polish descent bravely contending with poverty. 114 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested admission

Concert | College Cello Recital


Julian Schwarz, Cello
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | College Harp and Piano Recital


Katherine Siochi, Harp and Piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | College Percussion Recital


Joshua Vonderheide, Percussion
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress: Sophia Cleary / Zack Fuller / Joanna Kotze / Gillian Walsh


A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas and works-in-progress held in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists, and join artists-in-residence and international guests each season in performing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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