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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 20, 2013?

52 free events take place on Wednesday, March 20 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 20 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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52 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, March 20, 2013

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Shoe Obsession


Shoe Obsession examines our culture’s continuing fascination with extravagant and fashionable shoes. Join Colleen Hill, co-curator, for an in-depth look at more than 150 examples of the extreme, lavish, and imaginative styles that have made contemporary footwear central to fashion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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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. 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
11:15 am
Free

Film | Rudolph Maté's Union Station (1950): Intrigue on the Train


With Barry Fitzgerald, Nancy Olson, William Holden. A sharp-eyed woman spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police lead to the kidnapping of a blind heiress by a ruthless thug. 81 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Other | Fast Break College Hoops Event


The excitement of college basketball takes over this March! Come down and watch a game on The Big TV or join Asphalt Green on the court for shooting challenges, obstacle courses, skills clinics, knockout tournaments, and open court basketball.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


Tour of this magnificent Beaux-Arts landmark.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Jazz | Jazz Vocal Workshop & Popular Music Combos


Priscilla Owens & D.D. Jackson, directors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Midtown Jazz


A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Reading | Mixed Bag: Story Time for Grown-Ups


Love a good story? Sit back and relax as they read you a story or two at lunchtime. Bring your lunch, bring your knitting, bring a friend. Brown bag lunches welcome! Featuring: Kate Chopin, a 19th Century woman's voice.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Pipes at One Concert


The mechanical-action pipe organ of the church was built in 1964 by the Schlicker Organ Company of Buffalo, New York, and re-built by the Andover Organ Company of Methuen, Massachusetts in 1981. It boasts the oldest pipe organ case in New York City, made of mahogany and dating from 1802, and contains 1,632 pipes. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center situated directly across the street from St. Paul’s, the organ was silenced, but has since been partially cleaned and made payable by Mann & Trupiano organ-builders from Brooklyn. The organ is featured weekly in live broadcasts on WWFM of “Bach at One” liturgical presentations by the Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra. Today: Eric Plutz, University Organist, Princeton University, NJ
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade” Tour


You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Stocks and Mutual Funds: Investment Resources


Discover the library's extensive and unique collection of financial information. This class will feature the best print and electronic tools for researching individual companies and mutual funds. Seating is limited and is on a first come, first seated basis.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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City Walk | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Master Class | Joy in Singing: Art Song Master Class


An art song master class led by American tenor Paul Sperry. JOY IN SINGING is a not for profit organization and award program devoted to helping young singers. Its mission is “to promote knowledge and love of art song literature, assist the careers of recitalists and composers, and educate a wider audience in the joy of song.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Master Class | Clarinet Master Class


With Carey Bell.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Intro to Adobe Photoshop


Photoshop may be a household word, but not everyone knows how to use it. In fact it is still one of the most popular classes. In this seminar they'll cover the basics of Photoshop so you can get started using it for photo retouching, or web and print design.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Old Books, Rare Books: Learning About the Value of Your Books


Learn what you need to know before buying or selling an old book. Have you ever wondered how the experts on TV can look at an old book and know about its value? Do you have an old book? Do you wonder how much it is worth? If you want to learn more about what makes an old book rare or valuable, then join us as we explore the world of antiquarian books.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Basso Recital


With Hans Tashjian.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Student Piano Recital


With Zhen Chen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 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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3:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artists discuss the exhibition EV(e)OLUTION III


Join members of N.A.W.A - National Association of Women Artists - present a gallery talk on their latest exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Master Class | Cello Master Class


With Min Cao, a leading faculty member of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, was the principal cellist of the Texas Opera Symphony Orchestra and Houston Star Musical Theater Orchestra, as well as Music Director of the Asian Chamber Music Association in Houston.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | Robert Townsend's The Five Heartbeats (1991): Music Indusrty Drama


Starring Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon. The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group. 121 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Student Piano Recital


With Christina Naughton.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour


Stroll through the park and tell the epic story of New York's green oasis. Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today amongst the world's most famous and beloved public parks. Originally intended to bring people of all walks of life together -- a people's park -- Central Park lives up to it's original designs. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Group: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See


Book discussion group members must reserve copies of each title through the Library's catalog system. Please reserve your copy by visiting your local branch.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Exhibition Space, a Show on the Space Race


Images, objects, and perceptions from the early days of the space race.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Highlights from BFA Interior Design, a Student Exhibition


An exhibition highlighting exemplary projects from the department’s first- to fourth-year Design Studio courses.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Artist Margaret Evangeline discusses her book Sabachthani: Why Have You Forsaken Me?


Sabachthani: Why Have You Forsaken Me? is American artist Margaret Evangeline's powerful new monograph that is a meditation on grief, faith, and doubt during wartime, and a reflection of the artist's personal anguish sitting vigil for her son while on his third tour in Iraq. On the occasion of the release of Sabachthani, the book will be the subject of a panel discussion one day after the 10th anniversary of the start date of The Iraq War. Evangeline, along with curators and art critics Dominique Nahas and Lilly Wei, and writer and poet Jonathan Goodman, will talk about art's potential to mirror social issues without subverting the aesthetic nature of art making. Evangeline and Goodman will read poems.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Book Group: 11/22/63 by Stephen King


A novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Film | Documentary: Dagmar Schultz's Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years, 1984 to 1992 (2012)


2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the acclaimed poet and activist Audre Lorde's passing. Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years, 1984 to 1992 explores a little-known chapter of the writer's prolific life in which she helped ignite the Afro-German Movement and made lasting contributions to the German political and cultural scene before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. 79 min. Followed by a Q&A session and discussion with director Dagmar Schultz, Afro-German author Marion Kraft, and Tina Campt, director of the Africana Studies Program at Barnard College.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Film | Documentary: Henry Chalfant's Style Wars (1983)


Explores the subculture of New York's young graffiti writers and break dancers, showing their activities and aspirations and the social and aesthetic controversies surrounding New York graffiti. Winner of the Grand Prize for Documentaries at the 1983 Sundance Film Festival. 69 min. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker, Henry Chalfant.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Slaughterhouse 90210


Emma Straub, Ron Currie Jr. and Jami Attenberg celebrate Maris Kreizman's literature and TV Tumblr.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Student Mezzo-Soprano Recital


With Rachael Wilson.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | CANCELLED***Tiny Bits of Salt: Quantum Chemistry and Nanoscience***CANCELLED


With Robert Topper, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Filmmaker Raquel Cepeda screens and discusses her work


A screening of selections from her current documentary work-in-progress, Deconstructing Latina, and a book talk about Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Theater | A Modern Feeling by Jason Kim


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
7:00 pm
Free

Talk | Artist Talk: Jack Whitten


African-American artist Jack Whitten came to New York in the 1960s to study at the Cooper Union after attending university in the South, where he began studying art and became involved in Civil Rights demonstrations. Afterwards he remained in New York as a working artist, heavily influenced by the abstract expressionists then dominating the art community. Whitten's work was featured in the Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1972.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Group: Old Filth by Jane Gardam


The Upper East Side Reading Group reconvenes for their monthly book discussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Book Party: Kristopher Jansma's The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards


A book party for this debut novel. Jansma’s debut follows the worldwide travels of our hopelessly unreliable narrator and his two friends: Julian McGann, an alcohol-addled collegiate literary rival, and the high-society Broadway actress Evelyn, also known as the girl who got away.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Russian Film: Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker (1979)


A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes. 163 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Student Soprano Recital


With Ada Pong.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Symposium | The Middlebrow


This symposium will examine the cultural phenomenon of the middlebrow. During the height of middlebrow culture—the postwar era of the Book-of-the-Month Club—critical mandarins made great fun of the cultural aspirations of middleclass Americans. But if, as many argue, we have since undergone a great cultural leveling, is that entirely for the good? Do we miss the middlebrow? Or does it still exist in the form of high-end television and “accessible” literary fiction? Discussion with literary critic Christine Smallwood, and critic and editor Jennifer Szalai. Moderated by Christopher Beha, associate editor, Harper’s Magazine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Cafe Jazz


A performance from Jazz Arts Program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Student Accompanying Recital


With Esther Lim.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Oboe Recital


Featuring Ron Cohen Mann.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Piano Recital


With Hyun-Jee Bae.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Piano Recital


With Sookkyung Cho.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Soprano Recital


With Chae Seon Kim.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Tenor Recital


With Nathan Haller.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Gandhi, Is That You? Comedy Show


Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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