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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 17, 2024?

21 free events take place on Wednesday, 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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21 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, January 17, 2024

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

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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10:00 am
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Classical Music | Alexis Gregory Vendome Prize International Piano Competition: Semi-final Round, Session 1


The purpose of the Vendome Prize is to seek out, reward, support, and guide future professional artists who are technically perfect, magnetic, original, ambitious, in possession of a large repertoire and ready to undertake the challenges of a performing career. Throughout the years the prize has built an enviable reputation of discovering extraordinary talent and bringing it to the attention of the music world. Many of the pianists who first triumphed at the Vendome have gone on to win major awards and now have resonant international careers. Pianist Matei Varga, who has been associated with Vendome for 14 years, will serve as Artistic Director of the prize for the five-year period. Varga is a celebrated performer and recording artist who has been described by the international press as “the greatest young Romanian pianist before the public today." Vendome is a recommendation-based only competition. Each year its Advisory Board submits their recommendations of outstanding young pianists whom they believe to be at the highest level of excellence in this field. The 10 semi-finalists for the 2024 Vendome Prize: Robert Bily, Roman Fediurko, Yuzhang Li, Anthony Ratinov, Julian Trevelyan, Andrzej Wierciński, Zihao Wu, Jialin Yao, Dmitry Yudin, Ido Zeev
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Discussion | Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change Mitigation (online)


A discussion of how artificial intelligence (AI) can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. David Sandalow, lead author of the Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change Mitigation Roadmap, which was released earlier this month, will explore that topic along with seven of the report’s co-authors.  The report’s findings and recommendations include: -- AI could make significant contributions to climate change mitigation. Areas of opportunity include emissions monitoring, the power sector, the manufacturing sector, materials innovation, the food system, and road transport. -- Barriers to using AI to reduce greenhouse gas emissions include a lack of trained personnel and high-quality data. All institutions with a role in climate change mitigation should prioritize AI skills-development and explore ways to develop and share relevant data. -- Risks related to AI – including bias, privacy, and safety issues – require careful attention when using AI for climate mitigation. -- Greenhouse gas emissions from computing infrastructure for AI are currently modest. The amount of such emissions in the years ahead is very uncertain. -- The Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change Mitigation Roadmap is the 12th roadmap released as part of the ICEF Innovation Roadmap Project. Information on previous roadmaps can be found in this booklet. Speakers: -- Zhiyuan Fan, Research Associate, Center on Global Energy Policy  -- Julio Friedmann, Chief Scientist, Carbon Direct -- Antoine Halff, Chief Analyst and Co-Founder, Kayrros; Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy -- Alp Kucukelbir, Chief Scientist, Fero Labs; Adjunct Professor of Computer Science -- Elena Méndez Leal, MIA Candidate at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs -- Colin McCormick, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Chief Innovation Officer,  Carbon Direct -- Trishna Nagrani, Business Development, Climeworks
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Tour of New York City Hall


One of the oldest continuously used City Halls in the nation that still houses its original governmental functions, New York's City Hall is considered one of the finest architectural achievements of its period. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, the building was an early expression of the City's cosmopolitanism. City Hall is a designated New York City landmark, and its rotunda is a designated interior landmark as well.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)


Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Workshop | 6 Things to Improve Your Nature Photography (online)


Improving at photography doesn’t always involve what happens with our camera. Sometimes, the answer to better nature photography comes from some surprising places. Photographer Russell Graves offers a refreshing take on elevating your nature photos.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Chorus


Directed by Church Street School of Music, the chorus is open to all who love to sing. Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events throughout the year.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Standards from the American Songbook


Jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests play standards from the American Songbook. Bill Wurtzel began playing guitar at age 9, and was a radio and TV country music performer by age 12. He attended art school and had a career as an award-winning advertising creative director. He continued to play professionally and switched to music full time in 1989. Bill has played worldwide with many jazz legends, including the Count Basie Countsmen, Wild Bill Davis, Bill Doggett, Jimmy McGriff, the Harlem Blues & Jazz Band, singers Gloria Lynne and Terri Thornton, as well as Paul Simon. Bill is a director of the Jazz Foundation of America.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Film | Cool Runnings (1993) with John Candy


Four Jamaican bobsleighers dream of competing in the Winter Olympics, despite never having seen snow. With the help of a disgraced former champion desperate to redeem himself, the Jamaicans set out to become worthy of Olympic selection, and go all out for glory. Director: Jon Turteltaub Cast: John Candy, Leon Robinson, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba John Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian who is best known for his work in Hollywood films. Candy first rose to national prominence in the 1970s as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its SCTV sketch comedy series. He rose to international fame in the 1980s with his roles in comedic films such as Stripes (1981), Splash (1984), Brewster's Millions (1985), Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Spaceballs (both 1987), Uncle Buck (1989), and Cool Runnings (1993).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Classical Music | Alexis Gregory Vendome Prize International Piano Competition: Semi-final Round, Session 2


The purpose of the Vendome Prize is to seek out, reward, support, and guide future professional artists who are technically perfect, magnetic, original, ambitious, in possession of a large repertoire and ready to undertake the challenges of a performing career. Throughout the years the prize has built an enviable reputation of discovering extraordinary talent and bringing it to the attention of the music world. Many of the pianists who first triumphed at the Vendome have gone on to win major awards and now have resonant international careers. Pianist Matei Varga, who has been associated with Vendome for 14 years, will serve as Artistic Director of the prize for the five-year period. Varga is a celebrated performer and recording artist who has been described by the international press as “the greatest young Romanian pianist before the public today." Vendome is a recommendation-based only competition. Each year its Advisory Board submits their recommendations of outstanding young pianists whom they believe to be at the highest level of excellence in this field. The 10 semi-finalists for the 2024 Vendome Prize: Robert Bily, Roman Fediurko, Yuzhang Li, Anthony Ratinov, Julian Trevelyan, Andrzej Wierciński, Zihao Wu, Jialin Yao, Dmitry Yudin, Ido Zeev
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Book Club | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) by Muriel Spark


Set in Edinburgh in the 1930s, this is the story of a schoolteacher, her unorthodox approach to life, and its effect on her select group of adolescent girls. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Idlewild: An Intense Teenage Friendship


James Frankie Thomas’s novel is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school novel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Jennifer Guidi: Rituals


Rituals features a series of paintings that explore the sublime beauty of mountainscapes and the color spectrum. These carefully crafted compositions are not mere representations; they imagine elevated terrains inspired by the artist’s deep connection to nature and her personal and artistic rituals. Developed through repetitive actions and processes, each painting emerges as if from a meditative journey, manifested through Guidi’s investigations of color, form, texture, and material.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Edgar Allan Poe: The Man, the Mystery, the Legend (online)


In celebration and observance of his birthday on January 19 (his 214th), thanatologist Matilda Garrido and Poe expert Andrea Janes take a deep dive into Poe's early life and evolution as a writer, his time in New York, when he lived just steps from the Tredwells, and his mysterious death in Baltimore. If you join us live, you'll have an opportunity to submit questions in the chat as well. Q&A follows.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | New York Sports: Legendary Moments (online)


Let sports historian Len Deluca be your personal guide through some of the greatest moments in New York sport history -- moments that every New Yorker should know. This is a reflection on sports that hold a special place in the heart of New Yorkers everywhere. First of two sessions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Modest Homes: A New Monograph


On the occasion of the publication of Benjamin Hirte’s first monograph Modest Homes (Mousse, 2023), this is a panel discussion exploring the complex relationship between artists, architecture, and public spaces. The artist Benjamin Hirte will be in conversation with curator Jody Graf and art historian Pujan Karambeigi discussing key episodes such as modernist housing developments in the 1920s which sought to reimagine living spaces for the masses, urban interventions and guerrilla art actions in the 1960s-70s that challenged rules of public property, and the recent resurgence of iconoclasm that questions national symbols and histories displayed in municipal areas. Through these examples the panelists examine the evolving and often contradictory roles artists have taken on as they engage with public spaces: as engineers and architects designing new models of habitation, reimagining the aesthetics of urban environments, as poets and writers articulating new visions for the city, as enlighteners seeking to educate and protest social issues through public art, and as activists directly intervening in spaces to claim them for communities. The discussion will explore the scope and impact of these different artistic approaches, asking how and why one approach may be adopted over others for certain contexts and goals. It will also consider the challenges and opportunities artists currently face in utilizing or disrupting public spaces, and their capacity to meaningfully impact conflicts over how such spaces are defined and used.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Dharma Friends: A Monthly Community Gathering


A Monthly Community Dharma Gathering with Megan Mook, Kevin Townley, and special guests featuring guided meditation, themed-Dharma talks, and rotating embodiment practices such as sound baths, accessible stretching, and gentle yogic breathing. January: Cultivating Positivity And Hope. Our world — and our hearts, will always face difficult times and situations. How can we stay vibrant and hopeful without bypassing the difficulties? Which practices and communities can we turn to? And how can we support our bodies and nervous systems? In the inaugural meeting of Dharma Friends, Megan Mook and Kevin Townley will offer guided meditation in conjunction with traditional, as well as modern, Dharma advice on staying buoyant during difficult times. Special guest Jackie Stewart will offer an experiential sound meditation to help soothe the nervous system.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | A Middle Eastern Pantry: Essential Ingredients for Classic and Contemporary Recipes (online)


Unlike most professional chefs, Lior Lev Sercarz does not wax lyrical about his grandmother’s culinary skills or the hours he spent cooking at his mother’s side. In fact, his childhood memories of the food on the kibbutz where he grew up in northern Israel are of bland, overcooked and mushy meals. Then he discovered flavor, the complex blend of tastes and smells both familiar and exotic — and found his calling, refined it in France, then served as Daniel Boulud’s sous chef before founding La Boîte, the New York-based global spice brand featuring single and crafted spice blends sourced from farmers and producers from around the world. In his new book, Lior applies what he’s learned by taking readers on a spice journey from Israel to Tunisia, Yemen, Turkey and beyond. It’s both a cultural travel guide, ingredient by ingredient, and a collection of recipes that will spice up your kitchen . . . and your life. Consider stewing lamb in verjuice, pressed from unripened grapes; whipping up creamy Turkish rice pudding; roasting vegetables electrified by the Egyptian nut-and-spice blend dukkah; or serving up snacks of kibbeh with pine nuts. The master spice blender will show you how! Lior Lev Sercarz joins us to extend his special brand of therapy to help you lose your fear of spicing up your culinary life; tell stories of the roasting, grinding and patience behind the exotic blends he creates in order to produce serious flavor; and offer approaches that can animate your palate
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture


From New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself. From trendy restaurants to city grids, to TikTok and Netflix feeds the world round, algorithmic recommendations dictate our experiences and choices. The algorithm is present in the familiar neon signs and exposed brick of Internet cafes, be it in Nairobi or Portland, and the skeletal, modern furniture of Airbnbs in cities big and small. Over the last decade, this network of mathematically determined decisions has taken over, almost unnoticed—informing the songs we listen to, the friends with whom we stay in touch—as we’ve grown increasingly accustomed to our insipid new normal. This ever-tightening web woven by algorithms is called “Filterworld.” Kyle Chayka shows us how online and offline spaces alike have been engineered for seamless consumption, becoming a source of pervasive anxiety in the process. Users of technology have been forced to contend with data-driven equations that try to anticipate their desires—and often get them wrong. What results is a state of docility that allows tech companies to curtail human experiences—human lives—for profit. But to have our tastes, behaviors, and emotions governed by computers, while convenient, does nothing short of call the very notion of free will into question.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration by Jake Bittle


Join Jake Bittle, author of The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration, in conversation with journalist Zoya Teirstein for a fascinating look at how America has changed and will continue to change as climate change wreaks havoc on the nation and the people who live there. Jake Bittle is a journalist based in Brooklyn who covers climate change and energy. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Harper’s Magazine, and a number of other publications. He is also a contributing writer for Grist. Zoya Teirstein is a staff writer at Grist covering the intersection of climate change and health. Her reporting can also be found in Wired, The Washington Post, HuffPost, Rolling Stone, and other outlets.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | Out-FRONT! Fest 2024: A Radical Queer Art + Dance Festival


The 2024 festival features performances by Arthur Aviles and Collaborators, Joey Kipp with Pioneers Go East Collective, Christopher Unpezverde Nunez, Jason Anthony Rodriguez, Paz Tanjuaquio, Ogemdi Ude, and Annie MingHao Wang, as well as films by Fana Fraser, Omega X, and Tourmaline.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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