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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 18, 2014?

45 free events take place on Tuesday, March 18 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 18 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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45 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, March 18, 2014

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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free events nyc Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen
free events nyc Experiments in Dance: Luciani's Absolute Theater / Maya Orchin / Gwen Rakotovao
free events nyc Legendary Authors Recorded Reading from Their Works
free events nyc Introduction to Meditation
        

Tour | 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
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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: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Tour | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy & Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Jazz | Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen


The Gotham Jazzmen bring their take on Dixieland Jazz. The band features: Ed Bonoff on drums; James Collier on trombone; Lee Lorenz on cornet; Pete Sokolow on piano; Dick Waldburger on bass; Ernie Lumer on clarinet; and Bill Wurtzel on guitar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter


Enjoy a 45-minutes docent-led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 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
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Film | Richard Weise's Harold of Orange (1984): Comedic Short Film


The beloved comedian Charlie Hill (1951-2013) plays an Anishinaabe trickster extraordinaire who knows how to fund his latest project, a chain of “pinch-bean” coffeehouses to be built on reservations around the world. 35 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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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1:00 pm
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Tour | 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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Film | Richard Weise's Harold of Orange (1984): Comedic Short Film


The beloved comedian Charlie Hill (1951-2013) plays an Anishinaabe trickster extraordinaire who knows how to fund his latest project, a chain of “pinch-bean” coffeehouses to be built on reservations around the world. 35 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: David Russell, Guitar


Classical guitarist David Russell is renowned for his superb musicianship and artistry, having earned the highest praise from audiences and critics alike. In recognition of his great talent and his international career, he was named a Fellow of The Royal Academy of Music in London in 1997. Russell was a Grammy award winner in 2005 for his CD Aire Latino, in the category of best instrumental soloist in classical music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | The Rise and Fall of Neo-Developmentalism? Brazil from Lula to Dilma Rousseff


Speaker Alfredo Saad-Filho teaches at the University of London.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | BFA Advertising and BFA Design Spring Exhibition


A selection of works by students in BFA Advertising and BFA Design.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Film | Melissa Nicolardi's The Pass It On Project (2012): Documentary on a Civil Rights Road Trip


The Pass It On Project follows a group of Brooklyn eighth-graders on a road trip to the sites of the Civil Rights Movement during the summer following President Obama's 2009 inauguration. 46 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Concert | College Violin Recitals


6p Yiying Li, Violin 8p Soo Yeon Kim, Violin
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Feminism and Architecture: Intergenerational Conversations


Susana Torre, editor and curator of the Women in American Architecture exhibition and catalog, organized in 1976 by the Architectural League of New York through its Archive of Women in Architecture, will deliver a keynote address on the impact that feminism has already had on architecture and urbanism in the past 30 years, and speculate on why this has not been broadly acknowledged. Following will be a discussion examining necessary changes for our recalcitrant professional and academic architectural cultures. This exchange, across a broad spectrum of practitioners and educators, focuses on analysis as well as setting a new agenda for change.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Latine American Fashion


Join designers Paula Mendoza, Yliana Yepez, Ricardo Seco, and Angel Sanchez to discuss the current fashion scene in Latin America and the importance of local and global perspectives in fashion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Cell by Cassandra Medley


The story of an African American family in Flint, Michigan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | The Concept of 'Self-Binding' In Constitutional Theory - A Critique


Hubertus Buchstein, professor and chair of Political Theory and the History of Political Ideas at Greifswald University, Germany, delivers a talk. Buchstein's main research topics are procedures of political will formation and electoral rules, modern theories of democracy, the history of political ideas, and right-wing extremism in Germany. He was an affiliated faculty member of the New School for Social Research from 1995-2003.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Winter Poetry


Featuring Michael Broder, Julie Enszer and Cheryl Clarke.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Peter Wächtler raeds from his book Come On


Passivity and contemplation characterize the narrators of Peter Wächtler's stories of his new book. They muse about their lives and recall formative experiences and decisive moments. Peter Wächtler lives and works in Brussels. He creates narrative works in a wide range of media.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poetry Forum: David Lehman


David Lehman’s New and Selected Poems appeared in November 2013 from Scribner. His other books of poetry include Yeshiva Boys (2008), When a Woman Loves a Man (2005), The Evening Sun (2002), and The Daily Mirror (2000), from Scribner, Operation Memory (1990) and An Alternative to Speech (1986) from Princeton.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
$5

Slide Lecture | Samira Kawash discusses her book Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure


This lively illustrated talk explores the cultural history of candy and how candy in America became food and how food became more like candy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | The Book and the Bicycle


Why do we enjoy riding bicycles? Why do we take pleasure in reading books? In both cases, the design of the object is an excellent fit for both the human body and the human mind. Books and bicycles have a way of inviting us to use them; and they reward that use with pleasure. With the book’s future the subject of debate, Sharon Helgason Gallagher of ARTBOOK | D.A.P. looks at the book from a functional design perspective and challenges digital forms of content publishing and information design to take the human body—and its sense of pleasure—into account.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Experiments in Dance: Luciani's Absolute Theater / Maya Orchin / Gwen Rakotovao


A program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress, for artists at all stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion moderated by an Artist-in-Residence or an occasional guest, where we will experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform the artists' process.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Harlan Coben reads from his book Missing You


From #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben, a heart-pounding thriller about the ties we have to our past...and the lies that bind us together.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction to Meditation


These introductory meditation classes were featured in New York Magazine’s top picks (4 stars).
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Reading | Legendary Authors Recorded Reading from Their Works


Lynne Sharon Schwartz, author and co-director of Calliope Author Readings, will present a two volume CD collection of legendary authors reading from their works. These readings were recorded from the late 40's to early 60's and include such authors as James Baldwin, James Jones, Philip Roth, and John Updike. The CDs are being reissued this February.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Lori Ann LaRocco reads from her book Opportunity Knocking: Lessons from Business Leaders


Known as the producer with the trillion-dollar Rolodex, Lori Ann LaRocco knows how to get people to talk. Readers will learn the full stories and secrets of success from some of the world's smartest and most innovative.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Monumentality: On Monuments, Countermonuments and Commemoration


With Stamatina Gregory, Yevgeniy Fiks and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Symposium | NY Comics & Picture-Story Symposium


This week's guest speaker is CUNY Professor Patricia Mainardi, a leading authority on nineteenth-century European art and European and American modernism who is currently working on a book on early comic strips and picture stories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd discuss their book A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran


In 2009, three young Americans were captured by Iranian forces and held captive for two years. The authors discuss their ordeal.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Siri Hustvedt reads from her book The Blazing World


Internationally best­selling author Siri Hustvedt returns to the New York art world in her most masterful and urgent novel since What I Loved.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Takashi Hiraide reads from his novel The Guest Cat


A bestseller in France and winner of Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat by the acclaimed poet Takashi Hiraide is a subtly moving and exceptionally beautiful novel about the transient nature of life and idiosyncratic but deeply felt ways of living.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Reincarnation: The Soul’s Eternal Voyage


Explore the mysteries of the cycle of life, death and rebirth.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | CANCELLED***College Violin Recital***CANCELLED


THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Yada Lee, violin. Experience the freshness and excitement of a solo performance by a gifted young artist - a uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers. The program for this event is TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | College Double Bass Recitals


8p Andrew Sommer and Annabel Chiu, Double Basses
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Tour | Manhattan Night Tour


New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline. NOTE: THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tour | Manhattan Night Tour


New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline. NOTE: THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Open Mike | The Open Mic Downstairs


Hosted by Dan Ricker, Mike Milazzo and Kaitlyn O’Connor. Sign-ups get seven minutes to try anything in one of the most supportive rooms in New York. Whether it be a performance art piece, comedy, music, storytelling, dance, something entirely off the top of your head, or you just would like to have a drink and watch the show, you'll find a home in the welcoming community every Tuesday night.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
$3
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Musical | A Heart-Warming Musical

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Classical Music | Piano Works by Robert Schumann

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Concert | Rock Concert at NYC's Renowned Jazz Club

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