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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 19, 2019?

30 free events take place on Saturday, January 19 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 19 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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30 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, January 19, 2019

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free events nyc Origami Meetup Group
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Festival | Annual Black Comic Book Festival


Each year, the Comic Book Festival brings creators, illustrators, writers, and independent publishers together with thousands of collectors, blerds and nerds for two days of programming and activities. The highly-anticipated community event includes interactive panel discussions, a vendor marketplace featuring exclusive titles by Black creators, a cosplay show, and more. Black Comic Book Festival participants are encouraged to wear their favorite cosplay costumes and to register on-site for the annual cosplay show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Roosevelt House Public Tour


Roosevelt House - the landmark former double townhouse of Franklin, Eleanor and Sara Delano Roosevelt, and now owned by Hunter College - offers visitors a chance to get closer to a family as unique as the city they inhabited, and to explore the private spaces where some of the most iconic public policy of the 20th century was shaped. Hear about FDR's rise to the presidency after his struggle with polio, Eleanor's activism for civil rights and human rights, and Sara's support for interracial and interfaith initiatives. Hear the voices of the Roosevelts and their visitors, and see Roosevelt memorabilia, photographs, and documents. Start times: 10am, 12pm, 2pm. ·
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Braille Study Group


Join staff, peers and volunteers who can help you with your braille study plan and assignments and recommend strategies for taking your braille proficiency to the next level. Braille games and activities will help you put your skills into practice. This study group welcomes blind and sighted learners alike. Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired. It is traditionally written with embossed paper. Braille users can read computer screens and other electronic supports using refreshable braille displays. They can write braille with the original slate and stylus or type it on a braille writer, such as a portable braille notetaker or computer that prints with a braille embosser.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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City Walk | MCNY & Cernegie Hill Walk


2 miles, easy pace. Visit the Museum of the City of NY and walk around the Carnegie Hill Historic District. Museum admission is pay what you wish. Any rain, ice or snow cancels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Origami Meetup Group


A group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - the ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. Origami, from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper" is the art of paper folding, which is often associated with Japanese culture. In modern usage, the word "origami" is used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin. The goal is to transform a flat square sheet of paper into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
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Tour | Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House Tour


A tour of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, home of the National Museum of the American Indian in New York. Tour highlights include a discussion of the history of the site, architect Cass Gilbert, and sculptor Daniel Chester French; viewing the Collectors Office with Tiffany woodwork; Reginald Marsh murals; and the 140-ton Rotunda dome by Rafael Gustavino.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | 2 Folk Art Shows: Exhibition Walkthroughs


A tour of John Dunkley: Neither Day nor Night and Paa Joe: Gates of No Return, led by museum gallery guides.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Easy Living (1937) and Midnight (1939): Double feature of screwball comedies


Easy Living (1937) During the Great Depression, a wealthy banker throws away his wife's expensive fur coat; it lands on the head of a stenographer, leading to everyone assuming she is his mistress and has access to his millions. 88 min. Director: Mitchell Leisen. Starring Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland. The song "Easy Living" was composed for the film by composers Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin, and it has since become a jazz standard, made famous by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and many other jazz singers. Midnight (1939) A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver. Director: Mitchell Leisen. Starring Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John BarrymoreIn. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Split (2017) with James McAvoy:a psychological horror thriller


The film follows a man with 23 different personalities who kidnaps and imprisons three teenage girls in an isolated underground facility. One of his darker personalities manifests within his psyche and results in his eventual transformation into a merciless and cannibalistic sociopath with superhuman abilities. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. M. Night Shyamalan's most well-received films include the supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense (1999), the superhero thriller Unbreakable (2000), the science fiction thriller Signs (2002), and the historical thriller The Village (2004). For The Sixth Sense, Shyamalan received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. 117 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Art workshop using crayons


Explore your creative side with these free art workshops led by teaching artists from the Association of Women Artists. Going back to basics in our visual vocabulary: using crayons/non-toxic oil pastels. The participants are invited will connect the dots of the we were and who we are now; merging Old and New. The National Association of Women Artists (NAWA), the oldest women’s fine art organization in the country, is a vibrant community of professional women artists that strives to support its members and women artists at large through exhibitions, programs and education.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | The Writer's Room


Would you like feedback on your writing? Do you have an idea, but don't know how to get started? Sign up for a 20-minute session with an experienced writer and editor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018): A superhero movie based on marvel comics


As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past. 118 min. Director: Peyton Reed. Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña. The film received praise for its levity, humor, and performances, particularly those of Rudd and Lilly, and grossed over $622 million worldwide, making it the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2018. Ahead of the film's release, Reed noted that he and Marvel were "hopeful" about a third film, having discussed potential story points. Michael Douglas also expressed interest in playing a younger version of his character Hank Pym in a prequel, something which Reed already teased back in 2015.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Crazy Rich Asians (2018): Romantic comedy based on a bestseller


This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family. 120 min. Director: Jon M. Chu. Starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh. Crazy Rich Asians was announced in August 2013 after the rights to the book were purchased. Much of the cast signed on in the spring of 2017, and filming took place from April to June of that year in parts of Malaysia and Singapore. The film grossed $238 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing romantic comedy in a decade.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Overboard (2018): Mexico’s fifth highest grossing picture of 2018


A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee. A remake of the 1987 comedy. Director: Rob Greenberg. Starring Eugenio Derbez, Anna Faris, Eva Longoria, Omar Chaparro, Mel Rodriguez. 112 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | The Main Event (1979): Comedy with two time Oscar winning Barbra Streisand


A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring - an idea her protégé isn't fond of. Director: Howard Zieff. Starring Ryan O'Neal, Paul Sand. 112 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Colormania Club


If you're an adult looking for a fresh, new activity that will help bring stress relief to your busy life, try the new coloring club. Sitting down to color a picture can be effective as meditation in reducing stress. Materials will be provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Creative Writing Class


Attendees will discover the value of their own stories. Registration is required. Participants are requested to commit to attending all sessions if possible.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Creative Writing Class


Attendees will discover the value of their own stories. Registration is required. Participants are requested to commit to attending all sessions if possible.
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Concert | Folk music inspired by books


The Bookshop Band are the musical offspring of an artistic love-affair between a group of award-winning folk songwriters and an independent bookshop in the UK, Mr. B’s Emporium of Reading Delights. The songs are the musical outpouring of the band’s own response to books they have read. About the musicians Beth Porter has worked with some of the biggest names in both the pop (Mel C, Petula Clark, Peter Gabriel, Newton Faulkner, Royal Blood), and contemporary English folk (Bellowhead, Emily Portman, Eliza Carthy, and the Wayward Band, Martin Carthy). Beth has been nominated, as part of Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band for two BBC Folk Awards (Best Album and Best Band in 2018), and her debut solo album ‘Open Doors’ was selected by The Telegraph as one of the best folk albums of 2015. Ben Please - co-founded indie-folk band Urusmen (2001 - 2011) who were signed to Peter Gabriel’s Real World Works. He collaborates regularly with his animator brother to write film scores and in 2011 they won a BAFTA for Best Short Animation for ‘The Eagleman Stag’, which was long-listed for an Oscar in 2012. Ben is an accomplished composer, pianist, guitarist, singer and music producer. A selection of the books that the band will be performing songs inspired by: The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, by Philip Pullman, Bring Up The Bodies, by Hilary Mantel, The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell, The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Richard the Second by William Shakespeare, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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City Walk | Historic Greenwich Village Tour: Beats, Bohemians, and Icons from the 1950's to Today


Bob Dylan, Richard Pryor, Edgar Allen Poe, Jane Jacobs, James Baldwin, Jack Kerouac, Dave Attell, Patti Smith, Joan Baez, and Truman Capote are just a few of the thousands of accomplished artists, writers, radicals, and performers who made their way through Greenwich Village. This tour, primarily focusing on the 1950s onward, visits the hangouts that have defined legendary people and the spirit of this iconic neighborhood.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Abstract-Schmabstract / Altered Edges


Abstract-Schmabstract, a group show, is composed of artists who are known for their strong, lyrical, expressive brushstrokes; their use of color; and their ambitious geometric compositions. We have all heard the different names given to abstract art - Abstract Expressionism, New York School, Lyrical, Geometric, Color Field, Minimalism, Constructivism, etc. This exhibition presents the many different paths that these accomplished artists took. Altered Edges highlights the abstract paintings and paper pieces of Richards Ruben, a post-war artist who constantly searched for new ideas and unexplored territories. He provoked the creative possibilities of sight by utilizing familiar forms and suggestive colors to question the boundaries and limitations with which we restrict ourselves when looking at objects of art or the horizon of our enviornment. He drew with his stretcher bars, carving them and shaping the canvas to reflect his interest in how the inner rhythms of the image corresponded with the outer edges of the canvas, as well as the canvas’ interaction with the wall itself.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Poetry Workshop: A mind of winter, season, landscape, and metaphor


An exploration of Winter Poetry. In this learning space, you will draw upon examples of famous poems to inspire your own verse. This workshop is open to beginners and intermediate writers. In approaching the writing, the class will proceed from the Buddhist concept of “beginner’s mind.” Every new poem is an opportunity to start from scratch, posing its own unique opportunities and challenges. In the first half-hour the class will look at several examples of famous poems that meditate, in some way, upon the season. You will examine how these wintry poems become vehicles (through metaphor, image, and voice) for emotional states and ideas beyond their snowy surface details. Attendees will not be required to share their work with the group, though active participation and collaboration can only enrich the experience for all. Participants will not be obligated to write about winter; the ideas offered in this workshop apply regardless of what you may choose to write about.
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Classical Music | Igor Stravinsky's La Historia del Soldado


Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra presents La Historia del Soldado (A Soldier's Tale) by Stravinsky (1882-1971). About the Program In 1914, after early musical success in Paris, Stravinsky relocated to the Swiss Alps to give his ailing wife respite from symptoms of severe tuberculosis. What was intended as a short stay turned into a six-year exile, as World War I broke out and the Stravinskys decided to remain in neutral Switzerland. While away Stravinsky composed several works inspired by Russian folklore, and collaborated with Swiss novelist Charles Ferdinand Ramuz on “L’histoire du soldat,” a small, portable piece “to be read, played, and danced” with which the two collaborators could amass some income touring in neighboring towns. The orchestration is small and unique reflecting Stravinsky’s fascination with jazz at the time but the orchestra notably lacks piano. The work is composed for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, bass, and percussion, with a narrator portraying the characters alongside actors or dancers. "Soldier’s Tale" is an eclectic version of the medieval “Faustian bargain,” or ‘deal with the devil’ adapted by Ramuz from an anthology of Russian folktales compiled by Alexander Afansiev. The main character, a soldier home from war, trades his prized violin for magic book that predicts the next day’s market, allowing him to amass incredible wealth. This comes at a price, however, first the soldier’s friends and family and then his betrothed, when after winning his violin back from the devil he is tempted to grasp both his past and present fortunes. The narrator concludes, “No one can have it all; That is forbidden. You must learn to choose between.” Featuring: Domingo Estrada Jr., Soldier Aaron Loux, Devil Mica Bernas, Princess The Musicians: Mark Chien, violin; Max Jacob, bass; John Hong, clarinet; Nanci Belmont, bassoon; Andy Kemp, cornet Sara Mayo, trombone ; Sae Hashimoto, percussion; Chris Whittaker, conductor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
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Classical Music | Jazz music


Brandon Vazquez is both a classical and jazz musician. He studied at the Juilliard School, Bloomingdale School of Music, and at Queens College. Brandon has performed with a number of jazz and classical ensembles throughout New York City, including the Hunter Symphony, Ron Carter Jazztet, and Man Bites Dog. Brandon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Hunter College. A former instructor at the Grand Street Campus High Schools in Brooklyn, Brandon is currently on the faculty of the Bloomingdale School of Music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Afternoon Organ Meditations


Forty-five minute organ meditations celebrating the diverse repertoire of the pipe organ. 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 and Boody Organ Builders. Takes place every Saturday and Sunday from September 9, 2018 to May 26, 2019.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Anagen: Language and Materiality


Mira Dayal is an artist, critic, and curator based in New York. She is the founding editor of the Journal of Art Criticism, co-curator of the collaborative artist publication prompt:, co-organizer of the email project of missing out, and an assistant editor at Artforum. Past exhibitions include Object Intimacies at NURTUREart, Brooklyn; Material Metaphors at NARS Foundation, Brooklyn; and Volley at Abrons Art Center, New York. She was recently in residence with Art in General in Brooklyn and previously in residence with A.I.R. Gallery on Governor’s Island.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Reading | 6 authors read from their work


Joseph Grantham is the author of Tom Sawyer (CCM Press, 2018), which Dennis Cooper called one of his favorite books of 2018. He runs Disorder Press with his sister and lives in America. Ashleigh Bryant Phillips is from Woodland, North Carolina. She hasn't written a book. Talk to her after the reading. Bud Smith lives in Jersey City and works construction. He is the author of Teenager (Tyrant Books, 2019) and WORK (CCM Press, 2017), among others. Michael Seidlinger is a Filipino American author of a number of books including Dreams of Being, My Pet Serial Killer, and The Fun We’ve Had. He serves as Library and Academic Marketing Manager at Melville House, Editor-at-Large for Electric Literature, and is a member of The Accomplices. He lives in Brooklyn. Michael Bible is originally from North Carolina. He is the author of Empire of Light (Melville House, 2018) and Sophia (Melville House, 2015). His work has appeared in Oxford American, The Paris Review Daily, Al-Jazeera America, ESPN The Magazine, and New York Tyrant Magazine. He lives in New York. Cam Scott is a poet, critic, and improvising non-musician from Winnipeg, Canada, Treaty One territory. His suite of visual poems, WRESTLERS, was published by Greying Ghost in 2017. New York, NY 10012 MANHATTAN , NY United States
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Classical Music | Works by Beethoven, Debussy, Shostakovich and more


An exciting evening of chamber music with the Altius Quartet and harpist Anastasia Pike. In addition to Debussy’s (1862-1918) Danses Sacrée et Profane, the program also includes Beethoven’s (1770-1827) String Quartet Op. .95, Shostakovich’s (1906-1975) String Quartet No. 8, and Bolcom’s (b.1938) Rags. Deriving their name from the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Latin for Faster, Higher, Stronger); Altius strives to communicate art to a more diverse audience through community engagement and innovative repertoire. Hailed as "rich" and "captivating" by the renowned music blog, "I Care If You Listen," the Altius Quartet is garnering an international reputation and enrapturing the hearts of audiences through their charisma and dynamism. Having recently released their second album, Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartets Nos. 7, 8, and 9, Altius has received critical acclaim from Fanfare Magazine describing them as “thrilling and enthralling” and their performance as “visceral and wrenching.” “Altius really manages to find a way to connect across audience experiences… This is more than just a standard crossover album as you will likely find this album one that can be returned to frequently.” - Cinemusical “Whatever possessed the Altius Quartet to come up with a program blending the talents of Franz Joseph Haydn and William Bolcom with four pop arrangements turns out be a most fortunate inspiration…” - Audiophile Audition “...first-rate performances of some deeply stirring and emotionally trenchant chamber music.” -Infodad.com A dessert reception to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Violin Recital


Emma Zhuang, violin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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