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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 17, 2013?

39 free events take place on Thursday, January 17 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 17 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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39 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, January 17, 2013

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Tour | All-in-One Downtown Tour


This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway* to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. There will be ample opportunities for memorable pictures. You'll get the chance to savor NY's best pizza and cannoli and other treats, learn how to play NY handball, maybe bargain with a shopkeeper in Chinatown, observe a game of street chess in Greenwich Village, people watch and window shop in SoHo, and kick back on the Highline Park. Along the way, you'll master the subway and learn about New York's Finest!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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. Tour times: 11am & 1pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

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., 12:45 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade” Tour


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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12:30 pm
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Other | Scrabble Mania


All levels of play welcome. Please bring with you...your Scrabble set (be sure it has all 100 tiles!), a Scrabble dictionary and, of course, a love of the game!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Featured Library Database: LearningExpressLibrary


Hands on using wireless laptops. Use LearningExpressLibrary to find skill-building courses, practice tests and eBooks for students at all levels as well as for job seekers. Materials include selected civil service and professional certification exams, college and graduate school entrance exams, GED, TOEFL and U.S. Citizenship exams and many other courses.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Book Group: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


Monthly book discussions to explore titles you've been meaning to read, or reread, and discuss with other lovers of literature. Participants should read each title before the discussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


Museum Ambassador Yvonne provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 3 Art Shows: Katherine Mangiardi / Randall Rosenthal / First Look


The gallery is pleased to announce its first three exhibitions of 2013 featuring an array of artists with a commitment to the representation of reality. All the exhibitions will feature artists who are part of the First Look program, an initiative in showcasing artists new to New York and working in all media. Katherine Mangiardi’s Painting Lace, Randall Rosenthal’s Painted Wood Sculpture, as well as a group exhibition of new, emerging talent will be on view. Some artists included in the group exhibition are Johan Abeling, David Eichenberg, Robin Eley, Stacy Leigh, and Adam Normandin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Student Piano Recital


Peng Wang, Piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | This Is THIS, a Group Exhibition


With Darren Bader, Alex Da Corte, Nick Darmstaedter, N. Dash, Mark Flood, Brendan Lynch, Grayson Revoir and Zachary Susskind. This Is THIS explores a selection of works engaging the potential of commonplace objects. With selfless restraint, each artist demonstrates respect for the material's original character, altering only enough to subtly manifest a statement. These works are not readymades, having been subjected to specific adjustment. Nuanced through reduction, assemblage, portraiture and alchemy, each piece retains a strong tie to its original form.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Yoga


Join on Thursday evenings for open-level yoga with a certified instructor. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring your yoga mat or a beach towel. All participants must sign a waiver form before they join in. For adults 18+.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | MFA Fine Arts Exhibition


The first of two thesis exhibitions presented by the MFA Fine Arts Department.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Painting & Sculpture: Charles Lutz's Ends and Means


Ends and Means brings together a group of related paintings and sculptures that exemplify Lutz’s investigation into the value structures of American identity. Each group of works is derived from a relationship to the American experience - its abstraction of value and transience - both monetarily and morally.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Christopher Mir's Static Is Singing


Christopher Mir’s first solo exhibition with the gallery will feature an installation of all new paintings. Mir draws on imagery culled from social media, the internet, film stills and other sources to create a series of non-sequiturs that appear to be out of a strange graphic novel. For the viewer, there is little point in trying to create relationships to each of the works in this exhibition other than stylistically. Mir is rejecting the notion of a formalistic show and has thus decided to offer us a new, diverse body of work in his oeuvre. The result is sixteen new paintings with an energizing movement and engaging color palette.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Jose Luis Fariñas' Soul's Documents


The nightmares of Bosch and Brueghel return in contemporary form in the grotesque, metamorphosing creatures of Jose Luis Fariñas, a Havana-based Cuban painter, draftsman and illustrator. In his 2011 artist statement, Fariñas says, "more than pictures, I like spectators will see my work as living landscapes of the inner self singularity from a transparent position of their minds beyond their personal values, traumas or hopes. Maybe only faith stands up there as a kind of revelatory blindness. It is an effort to see somehow the mutations of enigmas never can reach a definite form, texture or shape."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Photos: Amy Stein & Stacy Arezou Mehrfar's Tall Poppy Syndrome


In 2010, American photographers Amy Stein and Stacy Arezou Mehrfar embarked on a month-long road trip throughout New South Wales—Australia’s most populous state. They were interested in investigating “Tall Poppy Syndrome.” Is the syndrome even real? Can it be documented or observed? The resulting photographs present their findings. Also opening: Evžen Sobek's Life in Blue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Speak with Power and Confidence


Diane DiResta teaches you the skills of confident speaking to be more successful in job interviews, meetings or presenting your business.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Suzanne Treister's Hexen 2.0, a Show on Science and Government


Suzanne Treister's second solo exhibition looks into histories of scientific research behind government programs of mass control, investigating parallel histories of countercultural and grass roots movements. Treister's HEXEN 2.0 charts, within a framework of post-WWII U.S. governmental and military imperatives, the coming together of scientific and social sciences through the development of cybernetics, the history of the internet, the rise of Web 2.0, increased intelligence gathering and implications for the future of new systems of societal manipulation towards a control society.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk with Patricia Wynne


In 2011, Patricia Wynne was selected by the American Museum of Natural History to create line drawings accompanying each diorama in Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals as well as the medallion in Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall. During her Artist Talk, Wynne will describe this project from start to finish. She will discuss the application, her creative process and show sketches, preliminary drawings and a presentation of the finished illustrations. Wynne will also discuss her career as a freelance illustrator, the role of printmaking in her fine art practice, and pass around examples of her published work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Elizabeth H. Pleck discusses her book Not Just Roommates: Cohabitation after the Sexual Revolution


Pleck is Professor Emerita of History, Professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois. This illustrated presentation is about cohabitation, which has become increasingly common in the U.S. among every age group from the young to the elderly. Yet progress to cultural acceptance and a decline in social stigma has been uneven — and is still stymied by widespread retrograde legal policies. For much of the 20th century, couples were dragged to jail, had their social benefits revoked or lost custody of their children because they decided to live together outside the institution of legal marriage.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Museum Docent Tour


The docent-led tours meet in the lobby.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Other | Social Hour: Wilderness Awareness


Hone your urban survival techniques and connect to the environment by learning skills of our ancestors in this wilderness awareness class taught by Mountain Scout Survival School founder Shane Hobel. Ages 18+. For ages 18+.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Ayana Mathis reads from her book The Twelve Tribes of Hattie


In a debut of extraordinary distinction, Ayana Mathis tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one unforgettable family.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Punchbowl and THEM


Come and see Broadway magic happen right before your very eyes! Based only on a suggestion from the audience, the musical house teams will create a memorable improvised musical that will titillate the senses! Never again spend hours in rush lottery lines for religious based/ superhero centered shows on and near 42nd street. Every week, each team presents a brand new musical that’ll make you bust out laughing, tear up crying and/or cheer like soccer hooligan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Signing | Emmy-winning actress Valerie Harper signs copies of her book I, Rhoda


Award-winning actress Valerie Harper reflects on her career from The Mary Tyler Moore Show and her iconic '70s television series, Rhoda, to her later sitcom, Valerie. Harper will only be signing copies of I, Rhoda.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Photographer Susan Lipper discusses her career


Susan Lipper is a New York-based artist. Among the monographs on her work are Bed and Breakfast, 2000, trip, 1999, and GRAPEVINE, 1994. Recent projects have included The Not Yet Titled Series 1999-2004, which explores themes of narratives and dates, diptychs of gelatin silver prints mounted on aluminum as well as Off Route 80 an installation of video and landscape work from Grapevine, WV starting in 2006. A Q & A to follow the talk.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Student Voice Recitals


Gabriel Rollinson, Baritone and Zoey Preston, Soprano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Writing and Commerce: 3 Readings + Music


Commerce and capitalism rarely smile upon the dedicated writer. Too many of our favorite contemporary authors struggle simply to pay rent. Novelists Porochista Khakpour, Simon Van Booy, and Matthew Aaron Goodman will each address this topic. With music provided by Travis Laplante.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Faculty Jazz Saxophone Recital


Dave Liebman, Jazz Saxophone, and Phil Markowitz, Piano. An evening of contemporary jazz with NEA Jazz Master Liebman and his longtime teaching and performing associate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw


A staged reading of the Shaw classic chronicling one of history's most infamous love stories, featuring Tony Award-winner Richard Easton as the Voice of George Bernard Shaw.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Jazz | The Andrew Cyrille's 21st Century Big Band Unlimited


The Andrew Cyrille 21st Century Big Band Unlimited is a 12-piece ensemble showcasing its leader’s talents as a composer and percussionist. Brooklyn native Andrew Cyrille is perhaps the preeminent free jazz percussionist of the past three decades. Having studied with Miles Davis Quintet drummer musician, Philly Joe Jones, and studying percussion and composition at the Juilliard and the Hartnett Schools of Music, in time, Cyrille’s compositions evolved with his own sounds in the bebop and avant-garde settings.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Concert | 2012 ChamberFest: Works by Reich and Stravinsky


Program: REICH Sextet; Mike Truesdell, Sam Budish, June Hahn, Nick Taylor, Jeremy Smith, and Charlie Rosmarin, percussion STRAVINSKY Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale); Laura Ha, violin; Isac Ryu, bass; Anna Brumbaugh, clarinet; Alex Onieal, bassoon; Miki Sasaki, trumpet; Sam Armstrong, trombone; Ziv Stein, percussion The School’s 12th annual ChamberFest features 8 FREE concerts in six days of ensemble music-making by 95 of the college's musicians and 3 pre-college musicians in 20 ensembles, coached by faculty members in intensive sessions during the winter break.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: Hemlock and Dagger


Come and see Broadway magic happen right before your very eyes! Based only on a suggestion from the audience, our PIT musical house teams will create a memorable improvised musical that will titillate the senses! Never again spend hours in rush lottery lines for religious based/ superhero centered shows on and near 42nd street. Every week, each team presents a brand new musical that’ll make you bust out laughing, tear up crying and/or cheer like soccer hooligan.
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8:00 pm
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Performance | One-Man Show: Peter Michael Marino's Desperately Seeking the Exit


American playwright Peter Michael Marino wrote a huge musical based on the film "Desperately Seeking Susan" featuring the hit songs of BLONDIE. It opened on London’s West End…and closed a month later. WHOOPS! Here’s the crazy-true tale of how it all went down.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Voice Recital


Molly Boggess, Mezzo-Soprano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Piano Recital


Jonathan Koe, Piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Theater | The Fifth Dentist


What do you do when your father owns a strip club, and your mother works there? BECOME A DENTIST! Mike King's One-Man-Show "The Fifth Dentist" is a hilarious true story by America's funniest dentist, cutting-edge comedy from one of New York's brightest comics...has been seen on Comedy Central and has opened for Ray Romano! See this work-in-progress before it's off-Broadway production. "Exceptional story!" - Eric Hansen, Producer of the Montel Williams and Whoopi Goldberg show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: The Scene


The Scene is a weekly showcase of improvised one act plays. Each week the show features New York’s top improvisers from The PIT, Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Baby Wants Candy, Second City and more. The Scene is produced and hosted by Dan Hodapp and Micah Sherman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
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