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31 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, December 18, 2013
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Tour | Cathedral Tour
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history ... more >> of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6...
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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 ... more >> 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 ... more >> 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
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Book Signing | Sara Cedar Miller signs copies of her book Seeing Central Park
Sara Cedar Miller, the official historian and photographer of the Central Park Conservancy, will be holding ... more >> an exclusive book signing event during two sessions: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Please note she will not be available 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm.
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12:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Concert | Bach at Noon
The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of ... more >> choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
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
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Cathedral Tour
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history ... more >> of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6...
$6...
Jazz | Midtown Jazz
A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. ... more >> The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
$10 suggested donation
Concert | Performance of early music
In the context of European classical music, which had its best-known pieces written in the 1700s & 1800s, ... more >> the "early music" means earlier than that.
In this way, early music usually designates the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods of Western music.
Medieval music is Western music written during the Middle Ages. This era begins with the fall of the Roman Empire.
Consensus among music historians – with notable dissent – has been to start the Renaissance era music around 1400, with the end of the medieval era, and to close it around 1600, with the beginning of the Baroque period, therefore commencing the musical Renaissance about a hundred years after the beginning of the Renaissance as understood in other disciplines.
Baroque music is a style of Western art music composed from approximately 1600 to 1750. This era was followed by the Classical era. The word "baroque" comes from the Portuguese word barroco, meaning misshapen pearl, a negative description of the ornate and heavily ornamented music of this period. Later, the name came to apply also to the architecture of the same period.
(All the info above is compiled from Wikipedia).
Juilliard musicians share their talent with the community in these free, hour-long lunchtime concerts on Wednesday afternoons throughout the season.
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1:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
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 ... more >> 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.
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1:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Jazz | Bill Wurtzel, Jazz Guitarist
Enjoy free live music performed by jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guest musicians.
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2:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Harlem Tour
Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, ... more >> 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.
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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.
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2:30 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
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 ... more >> Hamilton Customs House.
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3:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
4:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Other | Free Cheese Tasting
A free cheese tasting with New York favorite Murray’s Cheese, including Q&A about Murray’s Cheeses ... more >> of the Month. In addition, New York travel expert Lisa Loverro will provide tips for enjoying New York City's best holiday attractions and dining.
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4:30 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Concert | Sirens of Gotham, an A Cappella Ensemble
A fresh take on women’s a cappella and member of Manhattan chapter of Sweet Adelines International.
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5:30 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Book Signing | Arielle Eckstut & Joann Eckstut discuss their book The Secret Language of Color
Arielle Eckstut and Joann Eckstut take the audience on a journey through time and space, visiting color ... more >> past and present, and revealing along the way myriad surprising facets of color in both the natural and man-made worlds. Come learn how color colors nearly every aspect of our universe.
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6:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Book Discussion | Book Group: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expression: honeysuckle for devotion, asters ... more >> for patience, and red roses for love.
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6:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
6:00 pm
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Lecture | Harpist Ashley Jackson talks about her instrument
Jackson is a harpist who is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts. Jackson holds a B.A. from Yale ... more >> College and a Master of Music in harp performance from the Yale School of Music.
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6:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Opening Reception | Renowned Russian Artist Zorikto Dorzhiev's Steppe Nirvana
An exhibit of works by renowned Russian artist and sculptor Zorikto Dorzhiev in an exhibit that will ... more >> run from December 18th through 27th. Dorzhiev is known for his visceral and dynamic work that pays tribute to his Buryat heritage.
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6:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Discussion | Chef Einat Admony discusses her book The Balaboosta Cookbook
"The Balaboosta Cookbook," with Einat Admony, the chef-owner of New York City’s popular Balaboosta ... more >> and Taïm restaurants and Leah Koenig, a writer and the author of "The Hadassah Everyday Cookbook: Daily Meals for the Contemporary Jewish Kitchen."
Join the celebrated chef and a 21st-century balaboosta (Yiddish for “perfect housewife”), in conversation with an esteemed cookbook author. Don’t miss the ode to the modern balaboosta and the handbook for how to be one, exploring the connections between food and life stories. This stimulating evening will include ample time for audience Q&A.
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6:30 pm
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free, no reservation required
Workshop | Group Dance Exercise Class
A fun dance workout to preview the group exercise classes that will be offered at the Manny Cantor Center, ... more >> a new Lower East Side community center opening in early 2014.
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6:30 pm
Free
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Opera | Hänsel und Gretel, an Opera in Concert
A student performance.
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7:30 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Tour | Ghosts of Greenwich Village Tour
New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native ... more >> tribes, lost opportunities and political intrigue. With almost every step one takes through the West Village, one encounters the ghosts and spirits of New York City’s past. Every corner has its stories, every building has its haunted spirits.
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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 ... more >> 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
$10 suggested admission
8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Concert | College Chamber Music Recital
Featuring Anna Litrinenko, Cello
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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free, no reservation required
Concert | College Percussion Recital
Charles Rosmarin, Percussion
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8:00 pm
free, no reservation required
free, no reservation required
Performance | Gandhi, Is That You? Comedy Show
Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). ... more >> The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza!
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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