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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 16, 2014?

34 free events take place on Thursday, 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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34 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, January 16, 2014

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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free events nyc Guitar alla Ingharese: Viennese Romantic Music
free events nyc Harlem Tour
free events nyc Paintings: John Grande's Oh You Pretty Things
free events nyc Alicia Olatuja, Singer Who Performed at the Presidential Inauguration
free events nyc The 13th Annual ChamberFest, Featuring Work by Dvorak
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Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


For nearly 100 years, the Beaux-Arts beauty known as Grand Central Terminal (a.k.a Station) has been a testament to the ingenuity and ambition of a great city, impressing both travelers and visitors with it's wonderful architecture and pulsating vibe. It's history is a story of immense wealth, great engineering, a few accidents, a planned sabotage and one terrific ceiling, but most importantly a story of survival and rebirth.
   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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 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" 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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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter


Enjoy a 45-minutes docent-led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Talk | John Wasik discusses his book Keynes's Way to Wealth: Timeless Investment Lessons from the Great Economist


You'll find little disagreement that John Maynard Keynes was one of the most influential economists of the 20th century whose legacy continues to shape how policymakers view the global economy and markets. What few students of Keynes know, however, is that he was also a daring, steel-nerved investor, who built a multi-million-dollar fortune in the stock market, while acting as a virtually unpaid counselor to world leaders like Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Though typically thought of solely as an economist, Keynes was a rabid speculator, major commodities trader, and, ultimately, one of the greatest investors of all time. In Keynes's Way to Wealth, John F. Wasik describes Keynes’s investment strategies and explains how contemporary investors can learn from, and imitate, his success. Talk will be followed by Q&A and book signing. Feel free to bring your lunch.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$5

Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A Museum Ambassador gives a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition.
   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
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Concert | Guitar alla Ingharese: Viennese Romantic Music


Guitarist Pascal Valois plays Italian and Hungarian musical jewels on a period Viennese “Stauffer” guitar, as heard at the beginning of the 19th century.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
$10 suggested donation

Lecture | When Men Were the Fashionable Sex: The Fashion Revolution of the Fourteenth Century


Over the course of the fourteenth century, a truly revolutionary change took place in the clothing of upper-class European men. Beginning around 1325, the long, flowing, nearly unisex robes which had formed the foundation of aristocratic men’s clothing for centuries were suddenly replaced by much shorter, tighter clothing. Far from being unisex, these clothes were cut and carefully tailored, using newly invented techniques, to hug the body and display the legs, demonstrating gender differences in the clearest possible way, something which Western clothing has done ever since. Laurel Ann Wilson, the speaker, is associated with the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies. A self-described opsimath, that is, one who acquires learning late in life, she earned a Masters and a Ph.D. from Fordham UniversityColleges respectively.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Group: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley


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 | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Tour | Subway Art Tour


Many people think of the New York City subway as one of the largest, most efficient, if not the cleanest mass transit systems in the world. Few, however, think of it as the largest and longest art gallery on the planet. Well, they don't know what they are missing. This lively walking AND subway riding tour visits over a dozen subway stations to experience a selection of these striking often whimsical works that go largely unnoticed by the general public. Join this climate controlled subway and walking art tour. Along the way you'll learn about and become expert at navigating the (in)famous NYC subway system. There's also the invaluable opportunity to confer about your other sightseeing plans with the acclaimed Bronx born, vastly experienced licensed NYC tour guide, Darryl Reilly.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador 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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Film | Zack Snyder's Man of Steel (2013): Superman Reboot


Cast: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon. Superman flies back onto the big screen. Born on the alien planet of Krypton, Kal-El is sent by his parents to live on planet Earth. When his new world is attacked by a force that humans are powerless to defend themselves against, Clark assumes the identity of Superman and fights to protect the entire human race. 148 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Jess / Richard Baker


JESS: Looking Past Seeing Through - A selection of paintings and collages from the 1950s-1990s. Richard Baker: Holiday - A group of new works that comprise word paintings, abstractions, and sculpted objects.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Discussion | Discussion and Video Excerpts of Choreographer Paul Taylor


With Suzanne Carbonneau, dance scholar and Taylor's biographer. Many of Taylor's works explore the nature of war, particularly its devastating effects on the citizens in whose name it was waged. Dance videos included are Company B, Changes, Sunset, and Banquet of Vultures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Someone Like Me


Someone Like Me includes works that depend on an interaction of several consciousnesses. The artists convey a frustration with linear composition and language structure and present unresolved dialogues often addressed to an absent listener. It is through this open-ended relationship between author and character, artist and subject, that each of the artworks perform as an autonomous reflection, continuous in its formation of meaning.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: They Sicken of the Calm Who Know the Storm


This group exhibition - with Greta Alfaro, Julia Chiang, James Clar, Richard Garet, Pryce Lee, Naama Tsabar and Dustin Yellin - features video, sculpture and installation that emanate beautiful danger and living life to the extreme; broken dreams and endless cycles of incurable hope and pain; things that are slick, seductive, stifled and pulsating with a palpable energy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: John Grande's Oh You Pretty Things


The paintings in this exhibition are hybrid images of Damien Hirst's Spot paintings remixed with photographs of 20th and 21st Century icons. Grande, a photo-based painter, was the last artist Colin de Land added to his stable at American Fine Art before de Land's death in 2003. Oh You Pretty Things is a contemporary exploration of appropriation art, merging topical imagery from art history and the media.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Photography: Nir Arieli's Inframen


In Arieli's project, he created a series of portraits using an infrared technique that reveals details that are under the subject's abused skin. Arieli is taking the dancers out of their roles as performers and revealing personal intimate individuals.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Beauty and Health with Do Terra


Find out how essential oils from Do Terra CPTG offer you an effective tool to help you feel better than ever. In the new year learn how Do Terra can help retrieve your figure, reveal your beauty and make your health flourish. Learn about aromatherapy and the many uses of Do Terra products. Silvia Nielsen along with Elena Yordan and Laura Ruiz, invite you to a DoTerra experience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | New York Shale Gas Potential


What can New Yorkers expect if high-volume hydrofracking is permitted here?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
$5-$10 suggested donation

Discussion | Second Bite of the Apple: Bright Lights, Dark Deeds


New York, New York, our town of beautiful people and (sometimes) ugly actions. Join the second program about mysteries set right here. Panelists include an intriguing mix: author of a multi-award winning PI series who has also been called a “hard boiled poet”; a New Yorker who experienced some of the tough life before he wrote about it; a native of farm country who writes about the history and neighborhoods of Brooklyn, her adopted home; and a newcomer who tells tales of international crime that include New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Alicia Olatuja, Singer Who Performed at the Presidential Inauguration


Singer Alicia Olatuja electrified a crowd of a million people on the National Mall at the 2013 presidential inauguration with her richly textured, show-stopping solo with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. Olatuja sings with a strong, lustrous tone, and mixes elements of classical, jazz, gospel, and pop into her fluid vocalism. Her busy performance calendar includes collaborating with bassist and husband Michael Olatuja as the Olatuja Project; performing as a soloist with the Juilliard Jazz Ensemble; and providing back-up vocals for Chaka Khan, Somi, and Christian McBride.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Performance | Ask Roulette: 2nd Anniversary Special Show!


An unscripted conversation in which strangers ask and answer questions of each other in front of a live audience. Hosted by Jody Avirgan. Special guests TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | College Guitar Recital


Rianne Mision, guitar
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | College Piano Recital


Jia Xu, Piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Hunter Maats reads from his book The Straight-A Conspiracy: Your Secret Guide to Ending the Stress of School and Totally Ruling the World


Looking to ace your next exam? Join Hunter Maats and Katie O'Brien for the way to do it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Kevin Jarvis’ A Dangerous Cure (2013): Epidemic in New York


A fame-obsessed tabloid journalist tries to find the cause and the cure of a life-threatening epidemic that is ravaging New York City during the economic recession of 2001. Her journeys take her to various underworlds where she documents people’s opinion of epidemic death, technology, and how the media uses the whole crisis as a platform for glamour. 59 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Talk | Photographer Talk: Sharon Core


Presented by the Camera Club of New York in partnership.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5

Concert | Face the Music, an Under-18 Ensemble Devoted to Living Composers


Called “a force in the new music world” (New York Times), Face the Music is the country's only ensemble for ages 18 and under that is solely devoted to the music of living composers. Under the direction of Dr. Jenny Undercofler, the ensemble performs “Teen Angst,” an exciting program that includes Michael Gordon’s music from the film Gotham; This is Not Spartacus, a ten-minute musical discourse on mob mentality written by a twelve-year-old member of the ensemble; and Steve Martland’s Horses of Instruction, originally written for new-music ensemble Bang on a Can. This concert is all action—much like the young musicians who are playing it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | The 13th Annual ChamberFest, Featuring Work by Dvorak


Program: GOLIJOV The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind (1994) DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 ChamberFest takes place Monday, January 13 through Saturday, January 18, 2014 and features 8 FREE concerts in 6 days of ensemble music-making by 95 school musicians and 2 guest artists from the orchestra academy of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra in Brazil in 20 ensembles, coached by faculty members in intensive sessions during the winter break.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free
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