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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 24, 2020?

27 free events take place on Friday, January 24 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 24 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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27 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, January 24, 2020

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free events nyc Bach at Noon
free events nyc The Syrian Revolution: how the world has turned away from one of the the biggest human catastrophes of the 21C
free events nyc Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War Through the Cold War
free events nyc Five Time Grammy Awarded Trumpeter Performs With Orchestra
free events nyc Angie Aquavitae Is Aggravated and She Is Going to Tell You About It: Poignant and Funny One-Woman Show
free events nyc Cabaret Night
        

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
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Job Search Workshop By Indeed Experts


Let's be honest. A job search is hard work. This event provides free job search services by the job search market, "Indeed" experts! The event will include a workshop where you'll learn how to use digital tools to find and land the job, followed by one-on-one consultations with Indeed employees where you'll receive personalized guidance on your job search. Job search consultations will be done on a first-come-first-served basis, so please be prepared to wait if you decide to participate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. "The term 'baroque' has been widely used since the 19th century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750... Many famous composers from the first part of the baroque period came from Italy and have a link with Venice, including Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi. Monteverdi was born in Cremona, but moved to Venice where he was 'maestro di capella' at the San Marco basilica. Vivaldi was born in Venice and was one of the greatest baroque composers. It is thanks to these strong musical traditions of Venice that we have today's music. Without Venetian church music and Monteverdi's advances with polyphony, the great traditions of choral music in England, France, and Germany would never have developed. Without the operas written by Monteverdi, Cavalli and Vivaldi, not only would the later styles of opera never have been invented. There would be no basis for the American Musical or the German and Viennese Operetta, the Spanish Zarzuela, and even rock, pop, and contemporary music as we know it." The Venice Insider Bach at Noon concerts take place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 10, 2019 to May 20, 2020.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:20 pm
Free

Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood Tour


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban historians Peter Laskowich and Madeleine Levi. This tour takes place every Friday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Film | Being Frank (2018): His Dad Has Another Family


A normal father's family life is turned upside down when his son discovers his dad has another family. 109 min. Director: Miranda Bailey. Starring Danielle Campbell, Michelle Hurd, Samantha Mathis.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler: Exhibition Tour


The collection of Audrey B. Heckler is emblematic of the growth of the field of self-taught art in the United States, which manifests a strong interest for African American artists, a consistent attention on American classics, a curiosity for European art brut, and a search for international discoveries. For the last twenty-seven years, Heckler has surrounded herself with excellent examples by the most significant artists associated to this art niche, among them Emery Blagdon, Aloïse Corbaz, William Edmondson, August Klett, Augustin Lesage, Martín Ramírez, Thornton Dial, and Anna Zemánková.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | The Jungle Book (2016): Oscar Winning Fantasy Adventure


After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo. 106 min. Director: Jon Favreau. Starring Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley. The Jungle Book won an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951): Four time Oscar Winning Drama By Elia Kazan


Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her. 122 min. Director: Elia Kazan. Starring Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter. The movie is adapted from Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 play of the same name. In 1999, A Streetcar Named Desire was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". A Streetcar Named Desire won four awards at the 24th Academy Awards. The film set an Oscar record when it became the first film to win in three acting categories (a feat only since matched by Network). The awards it won were for Actress in a Leading Role (Leigh), Actor in a Supporting Role (Malden), Actress in a Supporting Role (Hunter), and Art Direction. Upon release of the film, Marlon Brando, virtually unknown at the time of the play's casting, rose to prominence as a major Hollywood film star, and received the first of four consecutive Academy Award nominations for Best Actor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Before Sunset (2004): Oscar Nominated Romantic Drama With Ethan Hawke And Julie Delpy


Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour. Director: Richard Linklater. Starring Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff. Before Sunset is the sequel to Before Sunrise (1995). The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Tootsie (1982): Oscar Winning Comedy Drama


Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap. 116 min. Director: Sydney Pollack. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr.  In 1998, the Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. Tootsie was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Toy Story 4 (2019): Fourth Of The Series


When a new toy called "Forky" joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy. 100 min. Director: Josh Cooley. Starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts. Toy Story 4 has grossed $1.073 billion worldwide, becoming the highest grossing installment of the franchise, the sixth highest-grossing film of 2019. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Disney's The Lion King (1994): Two Time Oscar Winning Animation


A Lion cub crown prince is tricked by a treacherous uncle into thinking he caused his father's death and flees into exile in despair, only to learn in adulthood his identity and his responsibilities. 88 min. Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff. Starring Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones.  The Lion King garnered two Academy Awards for for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. The song Can You Feel the Love Tonight also won the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance.In 2016, 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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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Drawing Workshop


The Chicago 400 leads an interactive drawing workshop inspired by the visual materials on view in the exhibition The Chicago 400 are Chicagoans with past convictions who are listed on a public conviction registry—most of whom are also subject to lifelong housing and public space banishment. Because they are also experiencing homelessness, these people must report and re-register weekly at Chicago Police Headquarters. The penalties for missing even one day of registration are extreme—often resulting in a prison sentence or a decade of additional registration time. This complex maze of laws often forces people and their families into dire situations, such as sleeping in their cars, camping overnight outside the police station, living in trains and buses, losing employment, and becoming homeless with their families.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | A Global History of Victimhood Nationalism


Professor Jie-hyun Lim of Sogang University in Seoul uses his well-known thesis on "victimhood nationalism" to explain how national memories compete with one another in the global memory space, highlighting entangled histories across postwar and contemporary Japan, Korea, Poland, Germany, and Israel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Doug Wheeler: Luminous Space


A new light installation by American artist Doug Wheeler (b. 1939). Over the past five decades, Wheeler has become known for his innovative constructions and installations that engage with the perception and experience of light, space, and sound. On view will be an immersive environment by the artist that further expands on his groundbreaking investigations of the possibilities of luminous space. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opera | Eine florentinische Tragodie: Excerpts from Zemlinsky's Opera


LOTny (The Little Opera Theater of New York) presents "Zemlinsky's Zimmer," selections from Alexander von Zemlinsky's Eine florentinische Tragodie (1917). This performance is part of Europa's Opera: Three Acts. In the late 16th century, in what could be described as a revolutionary act, a group of intellectuals, from an array of different backgrounds, gathered to conceive a musical art form that would update the supposed ancient Greek practice of comprehensibly setting words to music. This method of reciting through song (recitar cantando) expanded very quickly throughout the European continent, reaching the ears and hearts of people normally separated by country, class, language, and gender. Curated by Gina Crusco (Underworld Productions), Europa's Opera: Three Acts draws upon this rich history and presents three semi-staged productions by Philip Shneidman's The Little Opera Theater of New York, Dorian Bandy, and Judith Barnes' Vertical Player Repertory. These performances and an in-depth moderated conversation among the producers aim to demonstrate the power of art and music to transcend national borders, and to act as a binding force, uniting people in a shared experience and common cause.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War Through the Cold War


A Juilliard-trained musician and professor of history explores the fascinating entanglement of classical music with American foreign relations. With author Jonathan Rosenberg of Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Comedy Club | No Name Comedy/Variety Show


With: Kevin Berrey, Anne Born, Menuhin Hart, Nancy Parker and Camille Theobald Music provided by The Summer Replacements
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | The Syrian Revolution: how the world has turned away from one of the the biggest human catastrophes of the 21C


This program will trace the roots of the Syrian Revolution, the bloody and brutal repression of the 2011 peaceful uprising and how the world has turned away as Syria has become one of the the biggest human catastrophes of the 21st Century. Participants will include: AbdAlaziz Alhamza, award winning journalist, founder of Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and subject of the film City of Ghosts; Marcelle Shehwaro, journalist, writer, and human rights activist from Aleppo, Syria; and Shiyam Galyon, Syrian-American feminist and activist. Q and A to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | Works By Schubert, Prokofiev and Gershwin For Viola and Piano


Ann Roggen, viola; Tim McCullough, piano. Program Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Sonatina in D major D. 384. Op. 137, no. 1 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Three pieces from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75 George Gershwin (1898-1937) Three Preludes for viola and piano Violist Ann Roggen maintains an active studio at William Paterson University where she is Professor of Viola, Chamber Music and Orchestral Studies, as well as in New York City where she teaches viola and chamber music. Some of Ann's recent creations include "The Forbidden Music" of composers banned by the Nazis, an evening of music for multiple violas, with violists of the London Symphony Orchestra.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Angie Aquavitae Is Aggravated and She Is Going to Tell You About It: Poignant and Funny One-Woman Show


A one-person show written and performed by A. Aquavitae and directed by Dr. Robert Landy, professor emeritus of the Drama Therapy Program. The play welcomes us into the kitchen of a traditional Italian American family in crisis. Angie takes us on a journey that is funny and poignant, compelling and disturbing. You are invited to join Angie for coffee, cannoli, and chaos.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Theater | Anne Bronte, A Woman of Courage


Anne Bronte: A Woman Of Courage weaves together excerpts from Anne's novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, along with sections of her poems, letters and diary entries. She is less celebrated in the literary pantheon than her sisters, Charlotte and Emily. On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Anne Brontë's birth, this play is a tribute to Anne Brontë's unique voice. Featuring: Miriam Canfield, Alida Rose Delaney, Katrina Michaels, Marshall Taylor Thurman. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Five Time Grammy Awarded Trumpeter Performs With Orchestra


The MSM Studio Orchestra performs A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina), by Terence Blanchard. Featuring special guest Terence Blanchard, trumpet. Five-time Grammy winner, Terence Blanchard is also an accomplished composer of film scores and soundtracks, operas, and Broadway scores.He has served as artistic director of several important entities, including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's jazz series; the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, and the Henry Mancini Institute at the University of Miami. Blanchard mentored several musicians in his bands who have gone on to have significant recording careers of their own including Lionel Loueke, Aaron Parks, Kendrick Scott and one of his current band members Fabian Almazan)
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Classical Music | Works By J.S.Bach, Scarlatti, Benedetto And More For Harpsichord


Jonathan Salamon, harpsichord. Program Improvised Fantasy J.S. Bach Capriccio on the Absence of a Beloved Brother Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre Suite in F, from Pièces de clavecin (1687) Alessandro Scarlatti Toccata in G minor Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in G, K. 455 Intermission J.S. Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 Giovanni Benedetto Platti Sonata in C minor, Op. 4 No. 8 Marianna Martines Sonata in G Harpsichordist Jonathan Salamon has performed at festivals in the U.S. and abroad including the American Bach Soloists Academy, the International Baroque Institute at Longy, Cambridge, MA, and at the Virtuoso & Bel Canto Festival in Lucca, Italy, among others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Works By Pioneering Women Composers Of The 20th Century


New Juilliard Ensemble, led by founding director Joel Sachs, will perform works by pioneering women composers of the 20th century. Program Jacqueline Fontyn (Belgium) Méandres  Ursula Mamlok(Germany/U.S.) Girasol  Ruth Crawford Seeger (U.S.) Three Songs Elisabeth Lutyens (U.K.) 6 Tempi  Galina Ustvolskaya (U.S.S.R.) Octet  Joel Sachs has conducted orchestras and ensembles in Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, El Salvador, Germany, Iceland, Mexico, Switzerland, and Ukraine, and has held new music residencies in Berlin, Shanghai, London, Salzburg, Curitiba (Brazil), Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (U.K.), Helsinki, and the Banff Centre (Canadian Rockies).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Cabaret | Cabaret Night


Cabaret by friend's of NAAP! No cover, no minimum. Mac and cheese will be served.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
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