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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 16, 2011?

26 free events take place on Sunday, January 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 January 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 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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26 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, January 16, 2011

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Other | Ice Skating in the Heart of the City


Bring your own skates and skate for free in the heart of the city.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Conference | Music School's Graduate Student Theory Conference


9:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:30 a.m. – noon Session I: “Motivic Temporality and Temporal Coherence in Haydn’s Piano Sonata in C major, XVI: 50, I” Diego E. Cubero, Indiana University “Subdominant Recapitulations in Schubert’s Piano Sonatas” Steven Smith, CUNY Graduate Center “‘Where Shall I Find You on Earth?’: The Six-four as a Symbol of Longing” Steve Grazzini, Indiana University “The Sarabande from Bach’s Suite for Violoncello in C minor, BWV 1011” Edward Klorman, CUNY Graduate Center noon – 1.30 p.m. Buffet Lunch 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Session II: “Hypermetrical Conflict and Prolongational Ambiguity in Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonata in G major, K. 455” Charity Lofthouse, CUNY Graduate Center “Hearing Pace Manipulation in Brahms’s Adagio Genre: The Phrase Prototype and Its Temporal Distortion at the Foreground” Andreas Metz, Indiana University “Structural Closure vs. Formal Closure: The Coda as a Crucial Part of the Sonata-Form Narrative in the Two Piano Trios of Robert Schumann, op. 63 and 110” Cecilia Oinas, Sibelius Academy (Helsinki, Finland) 3:45 p.m. Keynote Address, Eric Wen, The Edward Aldwell Professor, Mannes College 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Reception
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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City Walk | Hudson River Walk


Walk from Hotel Millennium along Hudson River Walkway until 97th Street. Optional late lunch at Hunan Balcony Restaurant, Broadway and 97th Street. Snow or rain on day of hike cancels. Must call to confirm that hike is on. Distance: 6.5 miles. Time 4-4.5 hours. Bring water.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
$3

City Walk | 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
Free

Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade”


You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Guided Tour of Lynette Yiadom-Boayke's exhibition Any Number of Preoccupations


Yiadom-Boakye creates haunting, compelling portraits of fictional characters, encouraging viewers to create their own backstories. On this guided tour, enjoy and discuss selections from the exhibition with fellow visitors and a knowledgeable museum educator. There will be something for everyone – all ages are welcome on a participatory and fun tour!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Screening | Short Films on Native Americans


Showing: On & Off the Res’ w/ Charlie Hill. Starts at 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Vocal Recital - Johnson, Kirou, Amero, Knight


A uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers - the freshness and excitement of a solo recital by a gifted young artist at one of the world's leading conservatories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Book Signing | Christopher Bell discusses his book East Harlem Revisited


For nearly a decade, East Harlem author Christopher Bell has been documenting the history of the East Harlem community. Join him as he discusses the photographs and oral histories he has collected for a revision of East Harlem Revisited, a fresh look at this historic neighborhood through rare photographic images. Photographs taken from rooftops, at family gatherings, and of sports and other events celebrate a bygone era and the neighborhood's diversity. Photographs of the neighborhood's tenements and public housing depict East Harlem's changing landscape, while images of famous residents celebrate the many talented individuals who have called East Harlem home.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Screening | Harry Rasky's Oscar-Nominated Documentary Homage to Chagall (1976)


Portrait of Russian painter Marc Chagall, with photographs of over 300 of his paintings, murals and stained-glass windows. Included are interviews with the artist and his wife. 90 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Other | Ice Skating in the Sky


Bring your owns skates and skate for free on this fifth-floor terrace-turned-ice rink.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | “The Castle and its Kingdom”


Take a walk around the lands dominated by the Castle, situated high on Vista Rock. Visit the tiny 55-acre realm on an eclectic tour of history and nature. Tour is approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Works by Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, and Tchaikovsky for violin and piano


Ray Iwazumi, violin; Toshiki Usui, piano.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Dyke Knitting Circle


Come in and knit, make new friends, drink some tea, and learn a craft at a self-help and member-led group. The Dyke Knitting Circle is open to all levels of queer experience and all levels of knitting proficiency. Bring yarn and needles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Sunday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recital - Jen-Hsuan Liao, viola


A uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers - the freshness and excitement of a solo recital by a gifted young artist at one of the world's leading conservatories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Concert | A Piano Recital by Svitlana Syrtsova


Syrtsova has been a 2nd Special Award winner of the 21st Bartok-Prokofiev International Piano Competition, Radford, VA, and a finalist of the 9th Simone Belsky Competition, Litchfield, CT and J.S. Bach Piano Competition, Boston, MA. She performed extensively as a piano recitalist and a chamber musician and developed a diverse repertoire, which included music from Baroque to Contemporary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Group Exhibition: A Strange Affinity to the Beautiful and the Dreadful


With Sue de Beer, Meghan Boody, Julia Chiang, Jen DeNike, Damien Echols, Alexa Gerrity, Leor Grady, Ichiro Iriei, Ragnar Kjartansson, Marilyn Manson, Bjørn Melhus, Trong G. Nguyen, Galia Offri, Gilad Ratman, Ugo Rondinone, Lorna Simpson,Center for Tactical Magic, Ghost of a Dream, Nelson Loskamp’s Electric Chaircut Rapunzel Performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Painting: Michael Patterson-Carver's Loose Lips Do Sink Ships


Patterson-Carver is a self-taught artist, born in Chicago in 1958, and currently living in Northern California. Inspired by childhood exposure to the civil rights movement, he has been a lifelong activist and considers himself a political refugee. In the past two years, Patterson-Carver has exhibited widely, including solo exhibitions at Timothy Taylor Gallery, London; Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris; Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels; and White Columns, New York. A monograph of his work was recently published by Four Corners Books in London. This is his second solo exhibition at the gallery.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings by Jon Pestoni


Pestoni’s paintings reward the careful viewer. His works not only consider the nuances of light, spatial tension, and materiality but they also display an abrupt, visceral engagement with color and gesture. They are aware, direct, forceful, yet understanding them demands perceptive, repeated views. A painting which might appear to be a drab, post-minimal accumulation of quick marks, is also a primal, vibrational study, imbued with thought and economy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Disney in Deutchland by John J. Powers


A staged reading.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Ecstatic Music Festival Panel Discussion


With Ecstatic Music Festival artists. Moderated by Nadia Sirota and featuring Dan Deacon, Nico Muhly, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Missy Mazzoli and Tristan Perich.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | SLAM Playwrighting Competition


Part live theatre game, part battle royale, SLAM is the friendly competition where the stage is the battleground, a free night in our mid-town performance space is the prize and new work is always the winner. Playwrights are given five minutes to showcase their work before our panel of industry professionals and an audience for a chance at a free evening in the theatre space. The competition takes place over four weeks -- a three-week elimination round where the top six plays advance to Finals in week four. PLAYWRIGHTS bring your work. ACTORS bring your talent. AUDIENCE bring your voice.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
$5

Performance | Student Graduation Comedy Show


Tonight, brilliant students take the stage. The legends of tomorrow show you they're actually the stars of today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Tina Fakhrid-Deen reads from her book Let’s Get This Straight: The Ultimate Handbook for Youth with LGBTQ Parents


A short but thorough book that profiles forty-five young adults and shares the experiences and insights they’ve gained as members of LGBTQ households. Fakhrid-Deen is the founder the Chicago chapter of COLAGE, an advocacy organization for daughters and sons of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Cold Soda Comedy Show


Chris Grace hosts the most refreshing night of stand-up comedy in the city.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
$5
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Concert | Christmas Concert

Regular Price: $55
CFT Member Price: $0.00

Classical Music | Works by Mozart, Dvorak and More

Regular Price: $50
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