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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on December 13, 2015?

34 free events take place on Sunday, December 13 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 13 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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34 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, December 13, 2015

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Editor's Picks

free events nyc Downtown Symphony performs Handel's Messiah
free events nyc 42nd Annual Merry Tuba Christmas
free events nyc Parlor Jazz with Marjorie Eliot
free events nyc Play Reading: Brushes
free events nyc New York Holiday Lights Tour
free events nyc The Barnard/Columbia Chorus performs Handel's Messiah
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing. This tour takes place every day at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Lower Section


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 among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park. This tour takes places Sundays and Mondays at 10am and Wednesdays at 4pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Middle Section


This tour focuses on the middle of Central Park, starting in front of the beautiful American Museum of Natural History. From there enter the park and explore, seeing everything from a castle to the wild-looking Ramble. See an Ancient Egyptian obelisk and the place where Stuart Little raced his sailboat in the E.B. White children’s classic. Don’t forget to bring along your camera. There will be many wonderful photo opportunities throughout. This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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. This tour takes place Sundays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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. This tour takes place every day at 10am, and Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Flatiron District Walking Tour


Join professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the city’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building. This tour repeats every Sunday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Historic Orchard Street Tour


Take a historical three-hour journey through the Lower East Side and explore some of the rich history tracing the arrival of immigrants to modern times. This tour repeats every Sunday through December 27.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Talk | Racial Literacy in Schools


Are children colorblind? Is nine years old too young to discuss race? How do students understand concepts about race and ethnicity? Speaker Mariama Richards serves as the Director of Progressive and Multicultural Education at Ethical Culture Fieldston School.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Ultimate Frisbee Workshop


Combining the nonstop movement and athletic endurance of soccer with the aerial passing skills of football, a game of Ultimate Frisbee is a great way to get in a Sunday workout. All skill levels and ages. Parks staff will be on hand to organize and facilitate the games - keeping the focus on fun. Discs will be provided. This event occurs every Sunday through February 28.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: A Constellation


Like a figure glimpsed in a group of stars, the exhibition A Constellation traces connections among twenty-six artists of African descent: eight who emerged in the mid- to late twentieth century, and who are represented in the exhibition by now-historical works from the museum's permanent collection, and eighteen younger artists whose works are being shown at the Studio Museum for the first time. A Constellation presents a dazzlingly diverse group of more than thirty artworks made in a wide variety of media, ranging from oil on canvas to mixed media works and installations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Metropolitan Museum of Art Historic District Tour


Highlights: the home of former mayor Michael Bloomberg, The Ukrainian Institute of America, The Neue Gallery, the New York home of Paul McCartney, and The American-Irish Historical Society.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
$20...

Dancing | Quiet Clubbing


Join like-minded enthusiasts for this communal music experience. Grab some headphones and let the Quiet Events DJs transport you to a high energy dance party. Pick up your headphones and check your coat at the entrance and dance the night away. This events occurs Dec. 12 and 13.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recitals


Chamber Music Recital 1 p.m. Chamber Music Recital 3 p.m. Chamber Music Recital 5 p.m. Chamber Music Recital 7 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recitals


1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Marcelina Suchocka, percussion 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Electronic Music Concert 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM MSM Saxophone Orchestra 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Junior Opera Theater Scenes
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Tour | Brooklyn Graffiti and Street Art Tour


New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick. This tour takes place Thursdays through Sundays at 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Felipe Galindo's New York Stories


A series of works created on disposable objects and sketches of New York City life, made during the past three decades. Guided by the graphic qualities of throwaway materials (milk cartons, shopping bags, Chinese food containers, to name a few), Galindo's work makes humorous commentaries on everyday life and comments on today’s consumer society while celebrating life in the artist’s adopted city.
   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. This tour takes place every day at 10am, and Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Downtown Symphony performs Handel's Messiah


The Downtown Symphony is a community orchestra serving downtown Manhattan. This is their 28th annual Handel’s Messiah Singalong.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Concert | Greenwich Village Orchestra's Annual Holiday Concert for Families


Music by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Bizet, Strauss and a special piece written by Gabriel Lit. Don't miss the instrument petting zoo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
$20 suggested donation...

Gallery Talk | The Artist's Voice: Kia Labeija


Commemorate the 26th annual Day With(out) Art with The Artist's Voice: Kia Labeija. This multi-part program will begin with the uptown screening of RADIANT PRESENCE, a digital slideshow of images from the Visual AIDS Artist Registry, the largest database of works by artists with HIV/AIDS. Following the screening will be an artist talk in which Harlem Postcards artist and 2014 Visual AIDS Vanguard Award recipient, Kia Labeija, will be joined by Antwaun Sargent to discuss Labeija's multi-disciplinary art in photography, performance and installation, and explore the intersections of community, politics and fine art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Richard Spotts, Organist


Spotts is from Doylestown, Penn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Concert | 42nd Annual Merry Tuba Christmas


Hundreds of tenor and bass tuba players will congregate to play Christmas carols and other crowd favorites. Tubists of all ages will line up under the famous Christmas tree and fill the plaza with the organ-line sound of low brass. Spectators are encouraged to sing along with the Christmas carols and holiday favorites.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:30 pm
Free

Jazz | Parlor Jazz with Marjorie Eliot


Every Sunday afternoon, writer, performer and impresario Marjorie Eliot hosts in her apartment Parlor Jazz — a free, two-hour concert that for nearly two decades has attracted musicians, jazz lovers and interested passerby. A central figure in helping preserve and continue Sugar Hill's lustrous jazz legacy, Marjorie Eliot is the founder of Parlor Entertainment, an all-star jazz collective that plays concerts citywide.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:30 pm
Free

Concert | A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten


Featuring the Girls' Choir and alumni and members of the Adult and Parish Choirs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Jazz | Student Voice Recital


22-year-old Kim Foxen is in her final semester with a major in jazz voice. She has performed at many venues in New York City including Silvana’s, Cornelia Street Café, The Mercury Lounge and Pianos.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Bach Vespers


Program: Michael Praetorius: Selections from Musae Sioniae V (1607) Heinrich Schütz Magnificat for 4 solo instruments and double choir
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Organ Recital Series


The Organ Recital Series is free and open to the public and occur most Sundays from September through May. Today's recital is by Iain Quinn of Tallahassee, FL.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
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Opening Reception | Mixed Media Works: Sunny Side Down by Swiss Duo Aubry/Broquard


In their practice, the Swiss artist duo Bastien Aubry (b. 1974, lives in Zürich) and Dimitri Broquard (b. 1969, lives in Brussels) skilfully test the boundaries between art, design and popular culture. The duo flirts with traditional craft, do-it-yourself, the flawed and the deficient as well as the fake as a reaction to the perfection and stylistic confidence of modern design and art. Drawing, collage, photoshop painting, papier mâché and particularly ceramics are their preferred media. With a tongue-in-cheek attitude, Bastien Aubry and Dimitri Broquard roam through the realm of modern and postmodern art, pick up motifs and references and give them a grotesque and trivial twist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Brushes


by Cathy Hamilton and Carol Starr Schneider. Brushes: A Comedy of Hairs is about the complicated relationship between women and their hair since time immemorial. Brushes with disaster, vanity, envy, self-doubt, sex, death - even the law - are explored in hilarious and poignant style. Woven together with strands of universal wisdom by a b-list goddess, the follicular follies flow from ancient Greece to the Bad Hair Days Inn to a new salon on the block called Blow Me Now. Grab your mother, daughter, best friend, better half and ex-stylist as we drink to our mistakes and celebrate our collective crowning glory.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Will Holder and Alex Waterman read from Yes, But Is It Edible?


Some years ago, Will Holder and Alex Waterman proposed to Robert Ashley that musicians and non-musicians might produce new versions of his operas, by way of typographical scores. The book, Yes, But Is It Edible? The Music of Robert Ashley for Two or More Voices, is a result of that proposal, containing scores for Dust (1998) and Celestial Excursions (2003). Through public readings of the scores-in-progress, Holder and Waterman gained a better sense of what to put on the page, for any reader who follows. With the book's completion, three additional singers will be invited to workshop these scores with the aim of producing a full version of Dust (1998), for five voices and book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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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. Experience the holidays in the city as only New York can offer. Take advantage of the subway to beat the street traffic, keep warm and catch some underground holiday music. Learn about the artists and backgrounds to these wonderful displays. This tour takes place daily at 7pm and Fridays through Mondays at 7:30pm from December 3 to January 3.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Film | Mexican Documentary: Raúl Cuesta and Anaïs Huerta's Cuates de Australia (2009)


Residents from the ejido (communal land) Los Cuates de Australia in Northeast Mexico perform every year a massive exodus to look for water during drought. In this exile, men, women, elders, and children wait for the first drops of water to return to their lands, metaphor of a small town that hides from death. 67 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

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. Experience the holidays in the city as only New York can offer. Take advantage of the subway to beat the street traffic, keep warm and catch some underground holiday music. Learn about the artists and backgrounds to these wonderful displays. This tour takes place daily at 7pm and Fridays through Mondays at 7:30pm from December 3 to January 3.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | The Barnard/Columbia Chorus performs Handel's Messiah


Join the colleges' music programs for a performance of this holiday favorite.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
$5
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