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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 22, 2010?

33 free events take place on Friday, January 22 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 January 22 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 January . 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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33 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, January 22, 2010

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Workshop | Daily Instructed Meditation


Learn some serenity to cope with your busy day.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Other | Ice Skating in the City


The 170' x 100' rink features free admission ice skating. Whether you are looking to skate before going to the office, through the lunch hour, with friends at a party, with a date, or for a spin under the stars at a holiday party, this is the perfect destination.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 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" Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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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11:00 am
$6

Tour | Times Square Tour


Learn about history of world-famous neighborhood with its 40 miles of neon supersigns, prominent theaters, and multiple megastores. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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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
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Workshop | Advanced MS Word


Learn to create documents and reports using this word processing program. Topics include: mail merge, tables, text boxes, headers & footers, footnotes & endnotes, etc. Introduction to MS Word is a prerequisite.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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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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1:00 pm
$6

Workshop | Bonds & Bond Mutual Funds: Investment Resources


Introduces the best library print and electronic resources, including Web sites, for researching bonds and bond mutual funds. Those who attend should be comfortable using a mouse and keyboard.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Film | Jerry Zucker's Oscar-Winning Ghost (1990): Love and the Afterlife


With Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg. A ghost teams up with a psychic to protect his girlfriend from the people who conspired to murder him. 126 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:30 pm
Free

Film | Tay Garnett's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949): Twain's Novel Adapted


With Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming and Cedric Hardwicke. A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics. 107 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Lecture | The Dutch Influence on the American Kitchen


Food historian Peter G. Rose explores the foodways brought to America by the Dutch more than three centuries ago, and the way these foodways were adapted to new circumstances. Slides of 17th century Dutch art works depicting various foodstuffs are part of this lecture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Lecture | Out of the Blacking Factory: Charles Dickens at The Library


Aside from Shakespeare, no writer has more thoroughly engaged the public’s imagination than Charles Dickens; no gallery of characters is more varied or memorable. This presentation covers various aspects of Dickens’ life and reputation, and the various illustrators who added a crucial visual element to Dickens' verbal design. Some notable editions of his work will be on display.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:15 pm
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Workshop | Basic Mouse Skills


Hands on using wireless laptops. How to hold, move, and click a mouse; how to scroll, how to highlight words, and other topics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Film | Elia Kazan's Academy Award-Winning A Streetcar Named Desire (1951): Tennessee Williams' Momentous Play


With Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando and Karl Malden. Set in the torrid squalor of a New Orleans slum, this is the story of Blanche DuBois, a fading Southern belle whose refined sensibilities are shattered by the vulgarity of her brother-in-law. 122 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Interpreting Financial Statements


Learn more about how to intrepret the financial statements of companies, to understand their financial picture more clearly.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Screening | Cinema of China: Zhang Chi's The Shaft (2008)


A collection of three short stories in which all the characters live or work in a mine in a small Chinese town. The first story is a simple love story with a twist, the second concerns a miner's son who dreams of being a singer and the third concerns an old miner approaching retirement. 98 min. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda (1953): A Transvestite's Dilemma


With Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi. Cross-dressing B-movie auteur Wood was unleashed upon an unsuspecting world with this purportedly sincere attempt at understanding transvestism rendered unintelligible by an unfathomable script, bizarre pantomime-esque vignettes and a visibly morphine-addled Lugosi shouting about big green dragons. 65 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Catherine Howe / Wells Street Gallery Revisited


Catherine Howe's new series of paintings resemble still lives, portraiture, or landscapes. They are all bound to the story of Proserpina, the innocent maiden abducted by Hades and whisked away to a winter in hell. Wells Street Gallery Revisited is a group show featuring Robert Natkin, John Chamberlain, Gerald Van De Wiele, Aaron Siskind, and Judith Dolnick.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | R. Larry Todd reads from his book Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn


Todd will discuss both this and his other book, Mendelssohn: A Life in Music. Fanny was Mendelssohn's sister and a composer in her own right. With a performance by The Colorado Quartet.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Reading | An Evening of Prose, Poetry and Film


Olga Ast and Julia Druk present "Fleeing from Absence," an interpretion of nature and time as experienced. Matvei Yankelevich reads from Boris by the Sea and Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms. Ast will screen her short films A Tale, dedicated to Kharms, and Space TRAPs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested donation

Concert | Christine Ghezzo & Company: Romanian Folk Music


This special concert will highlight folk and traditional songs from different parts of Romania. Some of the musical traditions included are Colinde (Winter Songs/Carols) , Bocete (Death Laments), Doina (Lyrical Songs) and Wedding Songs. Each song will be presented with sensitivity to traditional methods of interpretation, while bringing in new elements such as sound samples of folk instruments and improvisation by the musicians. The music will express a full spectrum of universal human emotion and experience, while sharing the rich repertoire of Romanian traditional music. Each song will be introduced with a brief description and translation of the words, and time will be set aside for audience questions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Cinema of Uruguay: Enrique Buchichio's Leo’s Room (2009)


Leo is a handsome but secretly troubled young man who wraps himself in the comfort of his music, hides behind the white lies he tells his family and friends, and treasures the privacy of his small rented room. When his relationship with a woman dissolves due to his impotence, he begins tentatively cruising the Internet for male companionship and undergoing analysis with a sympathetic therapist. But an encounter with an old primary school classmate, a woman with secret troubles of her own, leads to a friendship that slowly reshapes their lives and offers new directions. 92 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. North American premiere.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Pulitzer-winning poet C. K. Williams reads his work


Williams is the author of numerous books of poetry, including The Singing (2003), which won the National Book Award, and Repair, winner of a Pulitzer Prize. His new book of poems, Wait, is due in April 2010.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Master Class | Faculty Recital: Alan Stepansky, Cello


Program: FAURÉ: Élégy, op. 24 CHOPIN: Sonata, op. 65 FAURÉ: Papillon, op. 77 PROKOFIEV: Sonata, op. 119 ALLAN STEPHENSON: 4 for 6 for Six Cellos With Marian Hahn, piano, and students of Stepansky.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Works for piano and cello by Beethoven, Bach and Debussy


Shana Wooley, cello, and Fredrica Wyman, piano, perform music by Beethoven, Bloch and Takemitsu; Nathaniel LaNasa, piano, perform Bach and Debussy. Shanda Wooley, born in Santa Clara, CA, has performed at Merkin Concert Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Riverside Church, Manchester Music Festival and in the western United States. Nathaniel W. LaNasa, born in La Mesa, CA, has performed at Weill Recital Hall, PianoFest in the Hamptons, Aspen Music Festival, and Mannes College's Institute & Festival for Contemporary Performance, as well as on Vermont Public Radio and KING-FM in Seattle. Assistant conductor to Dr. Kristina Boerger of Cerddorion, a NY-based chamber choir.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Concert | CD Release Party: In the Midst of the World


Join Devirose and friends for a special CD release party to celebrate the completion of her new CD. In the Midst of the World speaks to the spiritual dimension in the midst of our everyday lives and offers deep, heartfelt singing, glorious harmonies, and nine beautiful, original songs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Film | Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster (1955): A Mad Scientist's Plan


With Bela Lugosi. A Nazi-like scientist conducts experiments to create a race of "super-beings" to help him take over the world. Well-known for the production crew’s unauthorized theft of a studio’s prop octopus for use as the titular monster, this entertainingly inept film features Lugosi in a dignified performance that recalls his Dracula magnetism. 69 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Diane Walsh, Piano



   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | FOCUS! 2010 Music Festival: Composing an American Mainstream


Program: COPLAND Nonet for strings BERNSTEIN Halil: Nocturne for Solo Flute, String Orchestra and Percussion with Fiona Kelly, Flute BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 with Emalie Savoy, Soprano SCHUMAN Symphony No. 5 (Symphony for Strings) The mid-winter festival of contemporary music, created in 1945 by William Schuman (renamed in 1985), comes full-circle with this year's spotlight on American composers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | New Works by Award-Winning Composer Hahn Rowe


New compositions by Bessie Award-winning composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Hahn Rowe. Accompanied by Ha-Yang Kim (cello), Courtney Orlando (violin), Doug Wieselman (clarinet) and Satoshi Takeishi (percussion), Rowe will play electronics, violin, and guitar. This concert will feature new original works that Rowe composed for an electronically processed ensemble. The compositions draw on Rowe’s extensive experience in the wide-ranging genres of rock, classical, improvisational and electronic music, as well as his background in film and theater.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
$10

Concert | Soul Singer Danielle Parente


As comfortable with Jimi Hendrix covers and dirty, electric blues as she is with smooth soul ballads, singer Danielle Parente turns every genre to gold. Magnetic on stage, Danielle and her impressive band are not to be missed.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
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Concert | Open Jam


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   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
$5
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