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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 19, 2011?

37 free events take place on Saturday, March 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 March 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 March . 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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37 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, March 19, 2011

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Hike | Garrison Circular, NY Hike


10 miles at a moderate pace with climbs. Forested rolling hills along generally unimpeded trails. Excursions on the Appalachian Trail, Curry Pond Traverse and a return from the Arden Point River overlook of West Point. Bring lunch and water. Call to confirm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:25 am
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Park Walk | The Bridges & Waterways of New York's Central Park Walk


This is a moderately paced adventure under, over, around and through many of the amazing architectural wonders of Central Park. Begin at the southwest tip of Central Park and zigzag up the eastern half of Central Park to The Harlem Meer at 110th St. Then circle back along the western half of the park and finish at Sheep's Meadow. Bring water and lunch/snack for this fascinating 5-hour journey of approx. 8 miles. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
$3

Workshop | Health and Race Walking Clinic


Moderate to brisk walks led by the NY Walkers Club for people 18 years and older of all abilities. This low-impact fitness program is perfect for those who want to get in shape, build muscle tone and strength, and increase cardiovascular health while enjoying the Park’s beautiful landscapes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free

Park Walk | Scenic Hike throughtthe Park


Enjoy the beautiful hilly landscape of the Park and the breathtaking views of the Hudson River and Palisades during this hike with the Urban Park Rangers. Fun for all ages.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | “The Castle and its Kingdom” Tour


Take a walk around the lands dominated by the Castle, situated high on Vista Rock. Visit the tiny 55-acre realm on an eclectic tour of history and nature. Tour is approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Book Discussion | The Hawthorne Reading Group


Are you interested in participating in reading, discussing and hearing background lectures on classic novels? You are invited to a free sixteen session group reading and discussion of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The House of Seven Gables with additional background lectures on his life and place in literature.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
Free

Gallery Talk | A Talk on the Exhibition Guanyin: The Art of Compassion


Dr. Chang Qing on Guanyin wooden sculptures dating from Song/Jing to the Ming period.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Circle of Friends Celebrity Basketball Clinic


Former professional basketball players will lead a co-ed instructional basketball clinic for all ages at the Circle of Friends Celebrity Basketball Clinic. The pros will demonstrate skills including shooting, dribbling, defense, rebounding and passing. Confirmed pros include Geoff Huston, a former New York Knick and Cleveland Cavalier, Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, a former Baltimore Bullet and New York Nick, John Starks formerly of the Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz and New York Knicks, Hollis Copeland, a former New York Nick, and Lowes Moore, formerly of the New Jersey Jets, Cleveland Cavaliers, and San Diego Clippers. And, lest you forget that basketball is a co-ed sport, Kym Hampton, former New York Liberty and WNBA all-star, will be there to remind girls that basketball is not just for the boys. There will also be an opportunity to receive autographs. The New York Knicks Jam Van will also be stationed at this event and will provide interactive games for youth managed by the Knicks street team who will also distribute promotional materials and provide general assistance and support at the event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Harlem Knitting Circle


Gather with other knitters and perhaps pick-up a few tips and tricks as you work on your own creations!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free

Fair | Street Fair


   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Performance | Soliloquy of a Seamstress: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire


In this all-day street performance, artist LuLu LoLo will present scenes from the Triangle fire and its aftermath, playing shirtwaist workers Sarafina and Teresina Saracino, who died in the fire, and eyewitness reporter William Gunn Shepherd.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Park Walk | Foraging in the Park


"Wildman" Steve Brill, America's go-to guy for foraging, will lead his world-famous foraging tour, the first of hundreds of tours throughout Greater NY in his 29th year of freelance hands-on environmental education. Because of its varied habitats and the combination of wild and cultivated, native and exotic plants, the park is a great place to forage, even in the winter and early-spring.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:45 am
$20 suggested donation...

Festival | Latin American Arts Festival


This family-friendly event will highlight creative art forms practiced in various Latin American cultures. Vibrant music and dance performances, interactive workshops, and multi-media art displays will introduce audiences to this region’s unique cultural heritage. Highlights included Aztec Dancers, Mariachi and Andean music presentations, poetry, storytelling, instrument-making workshops, and a chance to meet contemporary artists
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Pay-what-you-wich admission policy

Workshop | One-on-One Computer Advice


Have computer questions? Want to set up an email account or Facebook profile? Don't know what a tweet is? Come for one-on-one computer advice! Sign up with your questions at the Information Desk.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Stavanger Symphony Orchestra's Carnegie Hall Preview


In connection with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra's upcoming concert at Carnegie Hall, you can come to a small "taste" here.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | “Manhattan Adirondacks” Tour


Olmsted and Vaux designed the North Woods to replicate the forests of the Adirondack Mountains with its crystal streams, calming cascades, and rustic bridges. This scenic and meditative walk is right in New York City's backyard. Tour will be approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 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
$6

Concert | Concert version of Gounod's Opera Romeo & Juliet


New York Opera Forum performs the complete opera. A live musical recital performed in concert with piano accompaniment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Screening | Daily Screenings: Infinity of Nations | Celebrating the Pacific North Coast


With: The Story of Priest Point and Laxwesa Wa: Strength of the River. Starts at 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Guided Tour of the Exhibition Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing


"Mr. Apollo" Billy Mitchell hosts a special gallery tour of Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, on loan from the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Mr. Mitchell has been working for the Apollo Theater for over four decades. Beginning as an errand runner for the likes of such Apollo legends as James Brown and Marvin Gaye, he is now the unofficial Apollo historian and keeper of the storied theater's institutional memory.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Performance | Soliloquy of a Seamstress: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire


In this all-day street performance, artist LuLu LoLo will present scenes from the Triangle fire and its aftermath, playing shirtwaist workers Sarafina and Teresina Saracino, who died in the fire, and eyewitness reporter William Gunn Shepherd.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Video | Brooklyn artist S. Brian Adam presents several unique multimedia videos


Adam masters three art forms---music, visual art and poetry which are presented simultaneously in a video format. The video presentations are part of a book entitled "How Do How Do the Lovely Thing." Although the videos are part of something larger, each one stands alone as a completed artistic achievement.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Knitting Circle


Got knitting skills? If you are a pro or are just starting out join our Knitting Circle. We'll provide some materials but everyone is required to bring their own yarn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Union Square: Crossroads of New York


The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Unseen Dance: Dana Salisbury and the No-See-Ums


Dana Salisbury and the No-See-Ums perform BARK, a dance for blindfolded audiences. Dancers reveal themselves and the space through sound, scent, touch, temperature, and air currents. The audience is placed within the action and periodically moved, causing shifts in their relationship to the environment, the performers, and one another. Based on non-visual perception, this is the first dance form fully accessible to the visually impaired. For adults.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Tour | “Waterways and Vistas” Tour


Learn about the intricate design of the Park's web of pastoral landscapes and formal romantic vistas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Performance | Soliloquy of a Seamstress: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire


In this all-day street performance, artist LuLu LoLo will present scenes from the Triangle fire and its aftermath, playing shirtwaist workers Sarafina and Teresina Saracino, who died in the fire, and eyewitness reporter William Gunn Shepherd.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Maureen Seaberg reads from her book Tasting the Universe


What happens when a journalist turns her lens on a mystery happening in her own life? Maureen Seaberg did just that and lived for a year exploring her synesthesia. The wondrous brain trait is often described as blended senses, but in Seaberg's quest, becomes much more: a window to creativity and the divine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Jazz | Latin Jazz: Chris Washburne & the SYOSTOS Band


In collaboration with Carnegie Hall’s Neighborhood Concert Series, these musicians push the genre of Latin Jazz into uncharted waters with a postmodern mix that embraces dissonance, weaving contemporary up-tempo beats with a driving sound. The New York Times describes their playing as, "… fire with erudition." SYOTOS was founded 19 years ago and has become what Time Out New York calls a "Latin Jazz institution." It has held the longest-running Latin jazz gig in the city's history, playing every week for 18 years. Several of the members are alumni from the bands of Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri, who continue to push the genre into the 21st century in footsteps of those trailblazers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Screening | Merce Cunningham & Elliot Caplan's Short Film Deli Commedia (1985)


Deli Commedia is conceived as a slapstick comedy, Cunningham's nod to the improvised farces of the Italian 18th Century commedia dell'arte. The music, like the action, is a throwback to silent-film days when actors "danced" their story line and exaggeration conveyed emotion, the piano all the while providing dramatic emphasis. Comic kinetic jokes, cakewalking, tango, lindy hop and imaginative juxtaposition of bodies, props and special effects are enhanced by the aural image of an old-time player piano. 18 min. This screening will be followed by a playful debate between David Parker and Body Madness artist Douglas Dunn on the topic of wit vs. humor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Concert | Saturday Afternoon Organ Meditation


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 & Boody Organ Builders.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Screening | The Partner Project/Scene in Public, Filmed Choreography by Risa Jaroslaw & Dancers


A post-screening discussion will be moderated by Carol Mullins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Performance | Student Graduation Comedy Show


Tonight, brilliant students take the stage. The legends of tomorrow show you they're actually the stars of today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
$5

Poetry Reading | Bomba, Plena and Powerful Words


Sheila Maldonado takes the stage with bomba y plena musicians Machete Movement, poet Bonafide Rojas, and Def Poetry’s Mayda del Valle to celebrate the provocative rhythm of words. A night full of soul and moving words, Speak Up! features an exciting line-up curated and hosted by award-winning poet Emanuel Xavier, editor of the anthology Me No Habla With Acento (El Museo del Barrio/Rebel Satori Press, 2011). Before each presentation, the audience members is encouraged to sign up for an open mic session.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Theater | New York Classical Theatre presents The Rover by Aphra Behn


In The Rover, everyone dresses up in costume during the festive days of Carnevale (Mardi Gras). Hidden behind their masks, the men drink and draw their weapons at the slightest provocation,while the women are given the freedom to say and act as they please. Aphra Behn, the first professional female playwright in the English language, lets us see what happens when women are freed from societal conventions to live their lives on their own terms without consideration of social class or fortune! New York Classical Theatre, the company that brought William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Prince of Denmark to life last season, presents The Rover in their signature staging style, panoramic theatre, transforming the space into the wild world of Carnevale in 17th-Century Naples, Italy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | Faculty Recital - Misha Quint, cello


A stellar musical event. A concert showcasing the artistry of internationally acclaimed performers and distinguished faculty members at a leading New York conservatory.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Sofia Rei, Argentine Singer


Rei—“one of the most versatile and in-demand singers on the New York music scene” (All About Jazz)—takes styles from her native South America and thickens them with harmonies and improvisational techniques borrowed from American jazz. The result is gripping and has led her to a European tour with the Grammy-winning Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra and a collaboration with John Zorn. See her at BAMcafé Live as she samples enticing Spanish-language originals from her recent album, Sube Azul.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
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