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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on December 10, 2014?

43 free events take place on Wednesday, December 10 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 10 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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43 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, December 10, 2014

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Editor's Picks

free events nyc No Man of Her Own (1932) with Clark Gable
free events nyc Holiday Harmony: Juilliard School
free events nyc Theatre Group Dzieci presents Fools Mass
free events nyc Park Tree Lighting and Sing-Along
free events nyc New York Chamber Music Festival: Masterpieces for Violin and Guitar
        

Workshop | Park FitClub: Boot Camp with The Rise NYC


Energize your day with a workout before work. Join The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness group, for a Boot Camp. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back - and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high-fives encouraged. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 am
Free

Workshop | Advanced MS Word 2011 for Mac Workshop


Learn the more advanced features of Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac, a word processing program you can use to create documents. Topics include creating tables, using text boxes, headers and footers, as well as footnotes and endnotes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour


Stroll through the park and tell the epic story of New York's green oasis. Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today amongst the world's most famous and beloved public parks. Originally intended to bring people of all walks of life together -- a people's park -- Central Park lives up to it's original designs. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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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10:00 am
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Concert | Singing in Russian Class Recital


The concert is a special presentation by students of the Singing in Russian Class, under the direction of Inessa Zaretsky.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Film | No Man of Her Own (1932) with Clark Gable


Stars: Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Dorothy Mackaill. A card cheat has to go on the lam to avoid a pesky cop. He meets a lonely, but slightly wild, librarian. 82 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:15 am
Free

Concert | Lighthouse Guild Vocal Ensemble


From the Filomen M. D'Agostino Greenberg Music School, the nation's only music school dedicated to helping people pursue their interest in music while overcoming the challenges of vision loss.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 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
Free

Concert | A Community Carol Sing


Come sing your favorite Christmas carols.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:15 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Concert | Holiday Harmony: Juilliard School


Celebrate the season with The Juilliard School as they return to turn up the holiday cheer. Get into the spirit, step out of the cold, and enjoy an afternoon of lively classical music sure to energize and inspire!
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

Concert | Lighthouse Guild Vocal Ensemble


From the Filomen M. D'Agostino Greenberg Music School, the nation's only music school dedicated to helping people pursue their interest in music while overcoming the challenges of vision loss.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Infinity of Nations


Join a Museum Ambassador for a guided tour through the permanent exhibition. This exhibition presents works of art from throughout Native North, Central, and South America, with more than 700 works on display. The rich exposition of focal objects, including a magnificent Apsáalooke (Crow) warrior’s exploit robe, demonstrates the degree to which Native America was interconnected before European peoples arrived and how cultural exchange has profoundly shaped our shared histories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Juilliard Lab Orchestra Concert


Juilliard artists share their talent with the community in these free, hour-long lunchtime concerts on Wednesdays afternoons throughout the season.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Midday Jazz


A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

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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Park Walk | High Line Photography Tour


Tour the High Line with a licensed guide, renowned photographer, and a downtown Manhattan resident of 40 years. See spectacular views and vivid details of the west side of mid -Manhattan. Your guide will provide you with photo opportunities galore and will direct you in how to get your shots - views over the Hudson River, a vast range and display of wild self-seeding plants, and a time-capsule (mid–19th century into the 21st) of urban architecture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Exhibition: Lenin: Icebreaker Revisited


Artists include: Amy Balkin, Judith Fegerl, Yvgeniy Fiks, Jim Finn, Lisa Kereszi, Marko Lulić, Lisi Raskin, Isa Rosenberger, Leonid Tishkin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Festival | Park Tree Lighting and Sing-Along


The Rob Susman Brass Quartet and children and grown-ups alike will sing holiday songs. The sparkling lights on the resplendent tree will be turned on to mark the beginning of festive winter evenings. Santa Claus himself has promised to appear and lead the children in the illumination countdown. Complimentary songbooks provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Theater | Theatre Group Dzieci presents Fools Mass


Actors playing medieval village idiots have been invited to take over cathedrals, churches, and other places of worship in New York City this December to enact their own Christmas Mass. Theatre Group Dzieci presents its signature creation, Fools Mass, returning for its 15th year. This absolutely unique theatrical experience has been embraced by theatre lovers and an array of spiritual communities (spanning a multitude of paths and practices) across the nation. The piece celebrates the sacred, the miracle of life and the enigma of death, with lovely choral singing, riotous comic buffoonery, and extraordinary dramatic invention. Fools Mass, like no other event, captures the heart of the holidays this winter season.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Opening Reception | Metaplay, an Exhibition Featuring Czech and American Abstract Painters


Exhibition featuring Liz Ainslie, Nils Folke Anderson, Jana Bernartová, Patricie Fexova, Mark Masyga, Josef Mladějovský, Evžen Šimera, Ryan Russo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Aaron Rezny and Jordan Schaps read from their book Eating Delancey


Eating Delancey captures the significance of Jewish food in beautiful photographs, recipes, and heartwarming reminisces by notable New Yorkers. Come share in the stories of knishes, kasha, herring, Russ & Daughters, Sammy's Roumanian, and Katz's with authors Aaron Rezny and Jordan Schaps, who will be joined by contributors to the book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | David Cross discusses his book Chasing History: One Man's Road Trip Through the Presidential Libraries


In this illustrated lecture, the author recounts his road trip to all the 13 presidential libraries in the United States.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Elizabeth Foundation Times Three


PANEL DISCUSSION: LAUREN BIERLY (EFA PROJECT SPACE) BILL CARROLL (EFA STUDIO PROGRAM) PHIL SANDERS (EFA ROBERT BLACKBURN PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP) The panel will feature representatives from the three programs of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Signing | Photographer Erwin Olaf signs copies of his book Volume II


Internationally celebrated Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf talks about his most recent work, the follow-up to the best-selling book Erwin Olaf (2008). In this lush monograph, Olaf expands on his established style of highly polished and stylized color studio images to include a series drawn from his sculptural video installation, Keyhole; black-and white images he has exhibited as carbon prints; and photographs created on location in Berlin — a departure from the constructed mise-en-scènes of earlier work produced in his Amsterdam studio.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Reading | Poetry Forum: Mark Bibbins / Kathleen Ossip


Mark Bibbins received a Lambda Literary Award for his first collection of poems, Sky Lounge; his second, The Dance of No Hard Feelings was published by Copper Canyon Press (2009), and in 2014, his third They Don’t Kill You Because They’re Hungry, They Kill You Because They’re Full was also published by Cooper Canyon. Kathleen Ossip is the author of The Cold War, which was named one of Publishers Weekly's 100 best books of 2011; The Search Engine, which was selected by Derek Walcott for the American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize; and Cinephrastics, a chapbook of movie poems. Her new book The Do-Over will be published in 2015.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Robert Motherwell, the Great American Abstract Expressionist


A panel discussion on Robert Motherwell with artists Darja Bajagic, Dean Levin and Jessica Sanders. The discussion will focus on the influence of Motherwell’s oeuvre on artists from the current generation working across all media.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | 'Zombie Formalism' and Other Recent Speculations in Abstraction


A panel discussion moderated by artist and faculty member Amy Wilson. Panelist information TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | At the Inkwell: Monthly Literary Showcase


Created and curated by Monique Antonette Lewis, the event will feature readings from the acclaimed nonfiction and poetry collections. Scheduled writers/poets will include: SJ Sindu, Bibi Wein, Maria Terrone and Gregory Fletcher.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Berio in NYC Concert


Pianists Sarah Cahill and Adam Tendler will return to the theme of “Berio in NYC” to perform Luciano Berio's “Wasserklavier,” “Rounds,” “Sequenza IV”, “5 Variazioni,” “Erdenklavier,” and “Memory.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Mary Bounds reads from her book A Light Shines in Harlem


The story of New York's first charter school and the movement it led.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | New York Chamber Music Festival: Masterpieces for Violin and Guitar


New York Chamber Music Festival proudly presents two internationally acclaimed stars - violinist Elmira Darvarova and guitarist George Vassilev, in a splendid program of masterpieces for violin and guitar - immortal works by Bach, Paganini, Piazzolla, Albeniz, Villa-Lobos, Ibert.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Tour | New York Holiday Lights Tour


It's time to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year as Midtown Manhattan lights up like no other place in the world. Mechanical window displays, synchronized light and sound shows, not to mention Santa Claus and toy soldiers surely await you in this winter wonderland. Check them all our on the New York Holiday Lights Tour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Taking Television Seriously


NPR’s Fresh Air TV critic, David Bianculli and founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture Bob Thompson were some of the first advocates of “taking television seriously.” With an increasing number of critically acclaimed shows with internationally celebrated actors like Showtime’s Knick, HBO’s True Detective, and even web-based series like Amazon’s Transparent, it seems like the world is finally catching up with them. Bianculli and Thompson will discuss what’s changed since they first started teaching classes on TV to college students, why these changes have occurred, and where they see this ubiquitous medium heading in the future.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | The Annual Messiah Sing- and Play-Along


A free, participatory concert of George Handel’s Messiah. Attendees are invited to sing and play along with the performance (RSVP required for instrumentalists).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Brain Games


Don’t just play them, learn with them. Reward and exercise your brain the fun way. Master your strategy skills with Chess or Go. Learn about finance with Monopoly and The Game of Life. With many games to choose from, it’s not all just fun and games.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music of Schubert Class Recital


Under the direction of Victor Rosenbaum, this concert is the semester-end performance by the Chamber Music of Schubert class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | College Chamber Music Concert


This concert is a chamber music recital featuring ensembles from the College Division Chamber Music Program. The program for this concert will be announced a week before the event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Film | Documentary: Jesse Moss' The Overnighters (2014)


Broken, desperate men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor risks everything to help them. 102 min. There will be a skyped Q&A with director Jesse Moss following the screening.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | The NYU Community Orchestra


Roger Mahadeen, Music Director
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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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). 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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