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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 1, 2013?

34 free events take place on Friday, March 1 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 1 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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34 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, March 1, 2013

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

City Walk | All-in-One Downtown Tour


This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway* to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. There will be ample opportunities for memorable pictures. You'll get the chance to savor NY's best pizza and cannoli and other treats, learn how to play NY handball, maybe bargain with a shopkeeper in Chinatown, observe a game of street chess in Greenwich Village, people watch and window shop in SoHo, and kick back on the Highline Park. Along the way, you'll master the subway and learn about New York's Finest!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Other | Bridge Club


Are you a Bridge buff? Put on your game face and show off your best plays. For Advanced beginners, and Intermediary players. Join the fun and meet new friends!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
Free

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. Tour times: 11am & 1pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

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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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


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 explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Park Walk | “Views from the Past” Tour


As you promenade through the heart of the Park, imagine yourself living in 19th Century New York City. Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all. Tour lasts approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 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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1:00 pm
Free

City Walk | Greenwich Village Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Film | Rian Johnson's Looper (2012): Mafia Time Travel


With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt. In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back Joe's future self. 113 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | The Crisis of Democracy in Europe


A roundtable discussion with: -Sheri Berman, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College -Sylvana Habdank-Kołaczkowska, Project Director and Editor of Nations in Transit, Freedom House -Jessica Pisano, Associate Professor of Politics, New School for Social Research -Marlene Spoerri, Program Officer for Ethics Matter Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs; and -Susan L. Woodward, Professor of Political Science, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York There is a crisis of democracy in Europe. This roundtable will reflect on this critical juncture in the development of the Old Continent. The roundtable will examine the state of democracy in the EU and in Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Ukraine – four countries that represent different trajectories of democratization in the post-communist space and various relationships with the EU.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Lecture | Empire in Latin America


With Greg Grandin, New York University, History, and discussant Timothy Mitchell, Columbia University, Political Science from the series "After the Postcolonial Turn: Global Perspectives." On the premise that post-colonialism (the theory and scholarly practice) and post-coloniality (the historical condition) have both reached a new stage, this series of informal workshop-discussions will compare the specificities of colonial histories across the globe in order to identify commonalities and differences toward the goal of a new conceptualization of those all-too-well-worn words: colonialism and empire.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Symposium | Media Archaeology


With Matt Kirschenbaum and Wendy Hui Kyong Chun. Too often we view “new” media technologies as though they exist outside the longer historical trajectory of technological development. The hype and enthusiasm surrounding the rise of the information society praises each new technology as a brilliant and dramatic innovation, when in fact there is often very little “new” in the “new media.” At the very least that “newness” has a rich historical context for analysis and critique, and at most it is in fact nothing new at all. Media archaeology is both an examination of the new and a focus on the material functionality of these “new” media technologies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Author Reading | 3 Writers: Nicholas Christopher / David Shields / Terese Svoboda


Poet and novelist Nicholas Christopher’s novel “Tiger Rag” is new from Dial Press. David Shields reads from his new nonfiction title “How Literature Saved My Life” (Knopf, February 2013). Fiction writer and poet Terese Svoboda’s novel “Tin God” will be reissued by University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books in April.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Symposium | Negotiating the Terrain of Design Studies: Research, Reflection, Practice


This symposium marks the inauguration of the MA Design Studies program. An international roster of scholars and practitioners examine the growing field of design studies as a branch of the humanities and the social sciences, and as a critical force in industry. They consider how design shapes experience and embodies fundamental assumptions about social relations and values. Their presentations offer a deeply contextual investigation of the social and environmental consequences of products and places.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Student Saxophone Recital


Featuring Robert Harvey.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Americana Jamboree


Two Boots presents this celebration of the release of Odetta Hartman's EP Tally Marks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Group Photography Show: Beyond the Barrier


Beyond the Barrier seeks to highlight contemporary work being made by a group of emerging artists around science fiction themes. Originating out of an interest in blurring the line between fact and fiction, the work by these artists investigates different facets of science and fiction. The artists included in the exhibition – Leah Beeferman, Brice Bischoff, Dillon DeWaters and Adam Ryder – all succeed in creating fanciful new worlds and objects that are able to take the viewer away from the familiar world and present images that transform our existence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Silhouette


Curated by Bill Carroll, Studio Program Director.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Pop-Up Art Show: M.Dreeland's Scratching the Surface


Defined as a 21st century artist by the nature of his work, M.Dreeland introduces a pop art style that mixes basic acrylics and techniques from the old masters with hi-tech tools of the present and future.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Reading | Reading from Students of Youth Voices Network


Please join students from Youth Voices Network as they read from their award-winning essays and poems. It's a special event you won't want to miss.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Spatialities of Translation


How might our ideas about translation, which literally means a carrying across, change if we consider it as a traversing of space, be it a map, a maze, or some liminal or transitional state? Panelists attempt to reshape the theory and practice of translation by creatively rethinking its very coordinates. Bruno Bosteels is professor of Romance studies at Cornell University. Tom Conley is Abbott Lawrence Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. Brian OKeeffe is lecturer in French. Phillip John Usher is assistant professor of French.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Reading | Dancing on a Rope: Celibacy and Child Abuse in the Catholic Church


Author Michael Göring will discuss with Martin Rauchbauer how in his new novel, Der Seiltänzer [The Dancer on the Rope], a liberal Catholic priest who advocates against celibacy is suddenly confronted with allegations of child abuse.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Faculty Piano Recital


With Hugh Sam, piano.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Jeanine Basinger reads from her book I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies


Film historian Jeanine Basinger talks to writer Tom Santopietro about her meticulously researched and witty new book on how the movies, through the decades, have portrayed the highs and lows of marriage.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Student Production: Exit Carolyn by Jennie Berman Eng


Part of NEW VOICES Playwrights Festival. Five original plays in repertory, highlight Drama’s graduating playwrights, directors, and actors of 2013.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Guilty Pleasures, A Sketch/Improv Show


"Guilty Pleasures", a new NYC-based sketch - improv - stand-up comedy troupe, proudly presents a free live show. The show will feature original sketches, improv, stand-up comedy, and audience participation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Music from the Reign of Louis XIV


Historical Performance faculty member, oboist Gonzalo Ruiz, leads the double reeds of Juilliard415. The program presents a full complement of oboes, bassoons, and percussion performing wide ranging selections showing the public side of the French Baroque. The program includes music by Lully, Philidor, Colasse, and Constantin. Members featured on this concert include oboists Brandon Labadie, Lindsay McIntosh, alumna Priscilla Smith, and bassoonists Allen Hamrick and Clay Zeller-Townson with Historical Performance faculty member, bassoonist Dominic Teresi, and student percussionist Sam Budish.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Baroque Double Bass Recital


With Wen Yang.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Viola Recital


With Ha Ram Choi, Viola.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | The Orion String Quartet


The Orion String Quartet is one of the most sought-after ensembles in the United States. Since its inception, the quartet has been consistently praised for the fresh perspective and individuality it brings to performances, offering diverse programs that juxtapose classic masterpieces with notable works by living composers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Reading | Lamprophonic Emerging Writers Series


The mission of Lamprophonic is to present and promote new voices in the New York writing community. They prepare a diverse and entertaining reading each month that demonstrates the quality and variety of emerging New York writers. In a typical reading, hear poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and anything that thoughtfully engages listeners.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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Concert | Mieka Pauley, Bluesy Singer-Songwriter


Singer-songwriter Mieka Pauley delivers disarmingly candid confessionals in a bluesy voice that packs a raw and immediate punch. Fresh off the release of her new album, The Science of Making Choices, Pauley was recently named the winner of the Starbucks Emerging Artist Award and has performed alongside the likes of Eric Clapton, the Black Eyed Peas, and John Legend.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
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Theater | Student Production: Some Dark Places of the Earth by Claire Kiechel


Part of NEW VOICES Festival: five original plays in repertory, highlight Drama’s graduating playwrights, directors, and actors of 2013.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
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