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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 18, 2011?

33 free events take place on Tuesday, January 18 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 18 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 Tuesday, January 18, 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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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

Workshop | Take the “New Year, New You” Challenge


Begin the “New Year, New You” challenge by getting your measurements taken at this Shape Up NYC fitness classes, and tracking progress through April. “New Year, New You” is a 12-week challenge that encourages physical activity, healthy eating, and overall wellness. Trainers and staff volunteers will take “before” measurements including height, weight, strength (# of pushups and sit-ups), flexibility (sit and reach), and body-fat percentage. The challenge will conclude on April 8, 2011 with a Celebration Day, where prizes will be awarded to the Top 3 “Most Improved” participants at each site, based on weight loss, inches lost, improved strength, and healthy behavior.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 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

Concert | Tavern and Its Green Tour


Discover the sheepfold that became a world famous restaurant, a parade ground that became the Sheep Meadow, the Children's District, The Mall including its statues.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

Jazz | The Gotham Jazzmen


Dixieland jazz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

Tour | Downtown: Where New York Began Tour


A tour of Downtown — its history, architecture, and art, and its fascinating denizens. Tour includes Federal Hall, the U.S. Stock Exchange, Trinity Church, Fraunces Tavern, U.S. Custom House, and Bowling Green. Led by a professional tour leader. Adults, please bring photo ID.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Piano Works by Bach and Mussorgsky


Program: Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne transcribed by Busoni Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition Featuring Anna Shelest, Juilliard pianist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
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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1:00 pm
$6

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

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
Free

Workshop | Teach Yourself Using Online Resources


Hands on using wireless laptops. Explore Library databases and free websites that will help you learn a variety of skills and subjects. Prepare for many academic, civil service and professional licensing exams using LearningExpressLibrary, available from home with your library card.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Photoshop Digital Darkroom Techniques


Photoshop can transform any photograph into something beautiful if the right tools are used.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Student Exhibition: Night Shift


A photography exhibition of work by current students in the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department featuring contemporary approaches to night photography.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
Free

Workshop | It’s Never Too Late to Start Investing


Learn how to invest for large, long-term goals and about the principals of compounding and the risks associated with investing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Meditation at the Library


Sahaja Yoga Meditation is a holistic approach to living in balance. The simple technique gives the experience of inner silence, calm and contentment. Sahaja Yoga is an inner yoga (connection), meaning no mental or physical effort is required. Whatever the issue is facing us - frustration, anger, anxiety, bad habits, loneliness - Sahaja Yoga Meditation awakens a vibrant energy within each of us that empowers us to achieve our genuine self-expression and fulfillment. Classes are taught by experience volunteers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Photoshop Digital Darkroom Techniques


Photoshop can transform any photograph into something beautiful if the right tools are used.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Staged Reading | A Reading of Charles Mingus III's Play Words in My Mouth: Cooking Live!


Mingus III presents his take on the ingredients of Western iconography, politics and propaganda in a new form: the play. For an evening of fun and philosophy, attend a staged reading of this political sitcom, murder mystery and diabolically funny stand-up routine, directed by Lois Kagan Mingus, with performers Amber, Jerry Goralnick, Babs Gray, Robert Hieger, Mort Kroos, Betty LaRoe, Tom Walker, Joanie Fritz Zosike, and Carlo Zucci.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Talk | Health Insurance Options in New York State


Losing employer-provided health insurance is a major concern. Elizabeth Jois of the New York Legal Assistance Group will talk about COBRA, private and the various public health insurance options for kids and adults.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | A Salon on Giving


A Conversation Exploring How the Web is Advancing Service and Philanthropy across the Social Graph. Who: Panelists Charles Best, founder and Executive Director of DonorsChoose—the citizen philanthropy platform for schools; Pankaj Shah, founder of Tonic—a media company that creates and aggregates socially relevant content; Rachael Chong, founder and CEO of Catchafire—the world’s first scalable pro bono service platform, and moderator Antonio Neves—award-winning journalist, MSN business columnist, and correspondent the NBC-produced Business on Main Web series “Cool Runnings.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | A Workshop Production of The Belle of Amherst by William Luce


Based on the life of poet Emily Dickinson from 1830-1886 and set in her Amherst, Massachusetts home, this 1976 one-woman play makes use of her work, diaries, and letters to recollect her encounters with the significant people in her life - family, close friends, and acquaintances. It balances the agony of her seclusion with the brief bright moments when she was able to experience some joy. Directed by Abigail Zealey Bess, featuring Anne O'Sullivan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Chris Cleave discusses his book Incendiary


The bestselling author of Little Bee reads from his novel, a tragicomic open letter to Osama bin Laden.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Czech Cinema: Juraj Herz's The Cremator (1968)


Based on a novel by Ladislav Fuks, the film is set in Prague during the Nazi occupation, and follows Karl Kopfrkingl, a man who works in a massive, ornate crematorium. Kopfrkingl is obsessed with his work, believing death to be a release from the suffering of life, and that by incinerating corpses he is in fact liberating souls. The coming of the Nazis pushes his eccentricity into madness, perverting his already twisted ambitions and offering him the opportunity to live out his fantasies in horrifying fashion. 96 min. In Czech with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Elliot Tiber discusses his book Palm Trees on the Hudson


Tiber has written and produced numerous award-winning plays and musical comedies for the theater, television, and films around the world. This past year, his celebrated memoir Taking Woodstock was turned into an acclaimed feature film by Ang Lee. Palm Trees on the Hudson is the prequel to Taking Woodstock, chronicling Tiber's climb to becoming one of Manhattan's leading interior designers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction To Meditation


With Sharon Salzberg.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Author Reading | Kris Carr discusses her book Crazy Sexy Diet: Eat Your Veggies, Ignite Your Spark, and Live Like You Mean It!


Author, filmmaker and inspirational speaker Carr, who wrote the award-winning books Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips and Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor, offers her new book with dietary choices to help you live life like you mean it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Pia Wilson's Drama The Flower Thief: The Lone Twin


The Flower Thief is about a young man named Clark and the exploration of his grief after he loses his twin brother in a drowning accident. Jumping through time and mind, we also see Clark through the lens of his troubled relationship with a young woman named Angela.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Performance | Pitch! Storytelling Show


A live storytelling show with a twist. Four established storytellers will perform for the audience, but will simultaneously be "pitching" their ideas to the editor of a magazine or a producer from a popular TV show or network. The editor will give their input after each story, and even a possible yes or no. Hosts Greg Walloch & Mark Allenwill act as emcees, keeping things moving at an irreverent, funny pace, poking fun at the publishing and entertainment industry itself, and the very idea of "pitching" and "being published."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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
$5

Discussion | The 30th Anniversary of the End of the Iran Hostage Crisis


Best-selling NYT veteran Stephen Kinzer and Emmy-nominated Mike de Seve are co-hosting a debate to re-examine the crisis from the perspective of today's wired world. Syndicated news anchor Amy Goodman will moderate the debate on how new technologies are changing our understanding of that event, and potentially altering the course of US-Iran relations. A new iPad app by Mr. Kinzer, designed to do just that, will be unveiled, as well as a new Iran Revolution game by the director of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, Iran-born Navid Khonsari.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Open Mike | Penny's Open Mic


Spoken word artists, musicians, comedians, and other creative folks are invited to put their two cents in at this gathering hosted by Penny Pollak.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
$3

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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9:30 pm
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Performance | Bring It! Stand-Up Open Mike


Jay Welch hosts this stand up comedy open mike. Sign up and you can be a part of the show! Each week, Jay and his special guests will be joined by 10 additional acts whose names will be drawn from the golden bowl of destiny. Win "joke of the night" and you are guaranteed a slot on the following Tuesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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Concert | Christmas Concert

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Classical Music | Works by Mozart, Dvorak and More

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