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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 11, 2012?

40 free events take place on Wednesday, January 11 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 11 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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40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, January 11, 2012

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

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

Workshop | Old Books, Rare Books: Learning About the Value of Your Books


The Library has many resources to help you develop an appreciation for antiquarian books and to assist you in determining if your books are rare. Learn what you need to know before buying or selling an old book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free

Workshop | Writing Classes


Choose from Creative Writing 101, Fiction Writing, Memoir Writing, Children’s Book Writing, and Screenwriting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Film | Classic French Film: Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1959)


A young car thief kills a policeman and tries to persuade a girl to hide in Italy with him. 90 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:15 am
Free

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" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:15 am
Free

Concert | Bach at Noon


This Organ Meditations Series features the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
Free

Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


Tour of this magnificent Beaux-Arts landmark.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Tour | “The Castle and its Kingdom” Tour


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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12:30 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

Jazz | Midtown 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

Screening | Native American Films


Featuring films by and about Native Americans. At 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

Tour | U.S. Customs House Building Tour


Museum Ambassadors provide a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

Workshop | WorkSearch Orientation


Are you a 40+ job seeker? WorkSearch is an online system which provides links to job openings, skills assessment tools, and training programs at no cost to individuals. After taking the orientation, WorkSearch is accessible to registrants through the Internet, or through Library computers. Attendees will be shown how to download the information to a USB flash drive. (Bring your own USB drive.)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

Concert | Mozartean Players perform work by Haydn


Program: Haydn Trios Hob. XV/22 in E-flat major, and Hob. XV/25 in G major The concert will last approximately 35 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A 45-minute in-depth look at the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Intro to Adobe Photoshop


Photoshop may be a household word, but not everyone knows how to use it. In fact it is still one of our most popular classes. In this seminar we'll cover the basics of Photoshop so you can get started using it for photo retouching, or web and print design.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Stay Well Exercise


A free Stay Well exercise session. Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC's Department for the aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided. All participants are required to sign a personal medical waiver at the beginning of the class. The class is limited to 10 participants.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Workshop | MS Word 2 Workshop


Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Word 2003. Topics include mail merge, tables, text boxes, headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Featured Database: Literature Resource Center


Explore author biographies and overview essays on works by literary figures from all time periods in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history and journalism. Find book reviews, scholarly articles and other information on thousands of literary works.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
Free

Opening Reception | BFA Visual and Critical Studies Senior Thesis Exhibition


An exhibition of work by students in the BFA Visual and Critical Studies Department. The artists in the show have drawn from philosophy, literature and science in order to create their works. Curated by faculty member Amy Wilson.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Book Club: The Lazarus Project by Aleksander Hemon


"This book intelligently unpacks 100 years' worth of immigrant disillusion, displacement and desperation." - Publishers Weekly
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Building Your Professional Network with LinkedIn & How To Use it for Your Job Search


John Crant demonstrates how to start networking with LinkedIn.com’s networking personal profiles and then use your expanded network in your search for your next career challenge. Topics covered include: Your Linkedin Profile, And Creating Your Own Personal Network Networking Strategies To Expand Your Network Whom Should I ‘Link’ With On Linkedin? Joining Groups Will Benefit You In Ways That You May Not Realize Why Your Blog Should Be Linked To Your Linkedin Profile Expert Questions, Answers, Job Listings & More, Right On Linkedin Why Giving & Receiving Recommendations For Your Profile On Linkedin Is More Important Than It Seems
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Design and Style - Typography Sketchbooks


Design historian Steven Heller and educator Lita Talarico, co-chairs of the MFA Design program at the School of Visual Arts and their designer guests Viktor Koen, Travis Cain, Matt Luckhurst, Esther K Smith + Dikko Faust (of Purgatory Pie Press), discuss the merits of the graphic designer's typography sketchbook, a creative "work-out" space for generating ideas and drafting unique type that becomes synonymous with brands and institutions around the world. An unrestrained and idiosyncratic collection, the book Typography Sketchbooks includes work by boundary-pushing designers including Ivan Chermayeff, Carlos Segua, Milton Glaser, Maira Kalman, Bob Aufuldish, Matthew Carter, Javier Mariscal, Patrick Thomas, Erik Spiekermann, Viktor Nubel, Peter Bilak, and Jean-Baptiste Levee. This event is a chance to talk type with two type fans.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Performance | Free Wednesday Comedy Shows


Featuring: 6:00 Recess 7:00 Local 154 & TFCP 8:00 Whiskey Rebellion & Stranger 9:00 Someday the Cake & Borealis 10:00 Seersucker & The Faculty 11:00 Improdome
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: A Postcard from Afar: North Korea from a Distance


An attempt to envisage a state and culture that is shrouded in secrecy, being both the producer and victim of oppositional propaganda mechanisms. Through the very lack of images of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea our imagination of the country is created, as an abstract idea rather than a concrete vision. This exhibition brings together new and recent works by a selection of international artists attempting to develop a picture of what the North Korea might be, in the absence of reliable, unbiased information of a nation that operates in exile from the international community.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Intro to Adobe Photoshop


Photoshop may be a household word, but not everyone knows how to use it. In fact it is still one of our most popular classes. In this seminar we'll cover the basics of Photoshop so you can get started using it for photo retouching, or web and print design.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction to MS PowerPoint


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn how to create a slideshow presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint 2003. Topics include creating and editing slides, inserting images and clipart, and running your slideshow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Neil Abramson discusses his novel Unsaid


The author, a partner in a Manhattan law firm, a past board member of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, an award recipient from the ASPCA for his legal work on behalf of animals, and a founding member of the New York City Bar Association Committee on Legal Issues Relating to Animals, will discuss his suspenseful novel whose narrator is deceased and whose story raises fascinating and sometimes controversial questions about the animal-human relationship.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Book Release Party: Alex Gilvarry's From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant


High fashion and homeland security clash in this masterful debut by Alex Gilvarry. Boyet Hernandez is a small man with a big American dream when he arrives in New York in 2002, fresh out of design school in Manila. With dubious financing and visions of Fashion Week runways, he sets up shop in a Brooklyn toothpick factory, pursuing his goals with monkish devotion (distractions of a voluptuous undergrad not withstanding).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Dave Barry & Alan Zweibel discuss their book Lunatics


One of them is a bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist. The other is a winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Together, they form a writing team of pure comic genius, and they will have you laughing like idiots.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Jodi Kantor discusses her book The Obamas


New York Times correspondent Jodi Kantor, who has covered Barack and Michelle Obama since early 2007, explores the President and First Lady in detail, focusing on their partnership and responses to the enormous changes in their lives.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Spanish Cinema: Pedro Almodóvar's Oscar Winner All About My Mother (1999)


Young Esteban want to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his father, carefully concealed by the mother Manuela. 101 min. A brief discussion will follow the screening.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Writing Classes


Choose from Fiction Writing, Travel Writing, Songwriting, and Memoir Writing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Writing Classes


Choose from Memoir Writing, TV Writing, Fiction Writing Article Writing, Screenwriting, and Creative Writing 101.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Writing Classes


Choose from Screenwriting, Humor Writing, Fiction Writing, Children’s Book Writing, and Nonfiction Writing 101.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Intro to Transcendental Meditation


Come find out why the most popular and most thoroughly researched meditation technique is also the easiest to do. This introductory talk explains the value of Transcendence in your daily life. Release stress, develop happiness and creativity, improve physical health and well-being.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Concert | Student Recital - Yosub Kim, violin


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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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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Performance | Sketch Block Comedy Show


Sketch Comedy meets Block Party. This monthly show features a guest host comedian, three guest sketch troupes and drinking. Come meet, mingle, and perform!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
$5

Jazz | 5/5/5 After Hours Set


A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of Manhattan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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