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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 14, 2009?

44 free events take place on Thursday, May 14 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 May 14 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 May . 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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44 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, May 14, 2009

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Lesson | Tai Chi in the Park


A tai chi class are for all ages and experience levels. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 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. Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$5

Park Walk | “Views from the Past”


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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11:00 am
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Tour | Wall Street and Downtown Tour


Weaves together history, events, architecture, and people of birthplace of NY, financial capital of the world, and hottest new neighborhood in the city. Stops include U.S. Custom House, Trinity Church, Wall Street, NY Stock Exchange, other architectural and cultural sites. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


This series features the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 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
$5

Concert | Manhattan String Quartet performs work by Beethoven


Program: Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in B flat major, op. 133, Ludwig van Beethoven Musicians: Eric Lewis, violin; Calvin Wiersma, violin; John Dexter, viola; and Chris Finckel, cello. Described by The Boston Globe as "a national treasure," the Manhattan String Quartet has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, and South America. After a series of concerts in Moscow and Leningrad in the fall of 1985, the MSQ became the first American classical ensemble to give a full tour of the Soviet Union under that era's new cultural agreement. The first sold-out series of performances in 1986 was followed by an equally successful tour in 1989.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Singer Vlada Tomova performs Balkan folk songs


Accompanying the vocalist will be: Kyle Sanna, acoustic guitar; Uri Sharlin, accordion; Harvey Valdes, oud; Mike Savino, bass; Mathias Kunzli, percussion; and Rich Stein, percussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$2 suggested donation

Park Walk | West Side Stories Tour


Walk through a scenic area on the western edge of the Park, much of which is off the beaten track for most visitors. See rolling meadows, lake views, bridges of different styles, and a garden with flowers and plants mentioned by Shakespeare.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Performance | Momus and Aki Sasamoto's “Love is the End of Art”


A performance by Momus in collaboration with performance artist Aki Sasamoto. Momus will take the dual roles of art critic and unrequited lover, framing and critiquing Sasamoto's performance (which involves lectures, potatoes, stretched utensils, and bungee elastic) with a narrative that slips awkwardly between the abstract and the specific, the public and the private. Dressed as a kuroko, a kabuki stagehand, Momus will hover over Sasamoto's performance like a ghost, occasionally breaking off to sing along with a track from Martin Rev's strange 1996 album "See me Ridin." Sasamoto will completely ignore Momus, as a kabuki actor ignores the stagehands bustling around. She originally created her piece within the insular environment of her psyche, where the only type of love she was concerned with was platonic love for her mother. She did not consider how others might frame her. Love is the End of Art exists between Sasamoto's personal intention and Momus's interpretation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Calhoun School Chorus


Singers from the Calhoun School.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:15 pm
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Opening Reception | Looped and Layered : A Selection of Contemporary Art from Tehran


The exhibition focuses on the post revolution generation in Tehran; home to a large, self-sustaining, vibrant and progressive art community. Drawn in by art’s intrinsic, hermetic codes - both visual and formal - its space is sought out by an astounding number of students for its ability to allow for expression. Multiple media spanning from more traditional forms to graphic design and video are employed and included in this presentation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | PAPER! PAPER!


While the use of ink on paper has always been associated with classical Chinese art, many younger artists today use paper in unconventional ways ranging from paper-cuts, mixed-media works and watercolors. This exhibition is built on contrasts; featuring works that use paper as pure medium, to exploration of historical practices, to memorable naturalistic images formed by marvelous experiments with watercolor. Artists: Guo Hongwei, Hong Hao, Lu Shengzhong, Qiu Zhijie, Wang Tiande and Wu Jian'an.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | a kirtan, talk, meditation and performance


The speaker and meditation leader is Dada Vaswani. He will speak on Prosperity. Members and guests of Raga-Time, a sub-group of the Open Music Ensemble, will provide music for this occasion. Dawoud Kringle will open with a sitar solo at 6. Vocalists Devirose and Derek Newman will lead kirtan, supported by Tripp Dudley on tabla, from approximately 6:30 to 6:40, and Eric Fraser will present a flute solo, backed by Tripp Dudley on tabla, from 8 to 8:30 to conclude the evening.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Alice Neel: Selected Works


   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Dutch artist Melanie Bonajo: As Thrown Down From Heaven photo series


As Thrown Down from Heaven, is a photo series that focuses on a theme that Bonajo continually explores; the relationships that human beings have with the environment, both private and public, and the desire to create harmony within this. The images in this series combine seemingly opposing elements, nude figures with disposable objects, but when combined these figures become a fusion of the individual and the material, becoming a hybrid that expresses our modern age.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Old Photo Restoration with Photoshop


In this seminar, learn how to restore an old photo. You’ll learn how to remove marks and scratches, how to adjust contrast and color, use layers to work non-destructively and much more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Richard Koszarski reads from her book Hollywood on the Hudson


A look at the history of movie and television filming in New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lesson | Yoga in the Park


Yoga classes for all ages and levels. Some of yoga’s benefits include weight loss, deeper sleep, release from pain and arthritis, and a more youthful appearance. Wear comfortable clothing that allows easy movement. Mats are provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | YOLANDA SHASHATY's New Works


Shashaty’s atmospheric paintings, mysterious and inviting, evoke the natural world, with an added dimension.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Digging Greenwich Village


Archaeologists who excavate in and under modern cities face unique challenges, including the techniques that they use in excavations and the strictly-imposed time and location restraints that circumscribe their scholarly discoveries. Professor Diana di Zerega Wall, co-author of Unearthing Gotham: The Archaeology of New York City and professor of anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center and City College, will explore some of these challenges and also discuss her own work excavating in the backyards of Greenwich Village and the snapshot-like images that her work has provided of middle-class domestic life in the 19th century city.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Symposium | Site-Specific Performance Symposium 2009


This symposium explores site-specific performance featuring leading artists, funders, and critics. "Site-specific" is a term used to describe artwork that has a relationship with its surroundings, architecture and/or landscape. Its many permutations intersect with land art, performance art, conceptual art, installation art, community-based art, public art, and experimental dance and theatre.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | A community choir welcomes all those who love to sing


A community choir that does not audition and where not sight reading is needed. In fact you do not even have to know how to read, as all the songs are taught in an oral tradition! The repertoire is eclectic: sing three and four part harmony songs, songs of spirit, freedom and celebration from around the world, taught in the oral tradition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Aleksandar Hemon reads from his book Love and Obstacles


Hemon earned his reputation — and his MacArthur "genius grant" — for his short stories, and he returns to the form with a powerful collection of linked stories that stands with The Lazarus Project as the best work of his celebrated career.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music Workshop


Geoffrey Burleson, director.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Chamber Music Workshop


Geoffrey Burleson, director.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Colm Toibin reads from his book Brooklyn


The author of The Master returns to read from his new novel, a story set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950’s about a young woman torn between her family and past in Ireland and the American who wins her heart in Brooklyn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Emily Chenoweth reads from her book, Hello Goodbye


In Chenoweth's debut novel, the members of the Hansen family cope with a mother's terminal cancer by throwing a decadent goodbye party at a swanky New Hampshire hotel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Eva Hoffman reads from her book Appassionata


In this story of contemporary love and conflict, Hoffman illuminates the currents and undercurrents of modern times, as she explores the luminous and dark faces of romanticism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Jazz Orchestra


Directed by Charles Tolliver.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Karen Schaler reads from her book Travel Therapy: Where Do You Need to Go?


Getting away as a form of therapy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Neil MacFarquhar reads from his book, The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday


New York Times UN bureau chief MacFarquhar shares tales from his thirteen years as a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press and The Times. MacFarquhar reveals a region primarily covered for its violence to be a place of warmth, humanity and generous eccentricity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Ted Sorensen reads from his book, Counselor


Sorensen, one of the few surviving principal players in President Kennedy’s administration (and JFK’s chief speechwriter) discusses his engaging memoir with New York Times columnist Bob Herbert.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Café de Concert : Brahms, Mozart, Kreisler, Schumann


Aksel Kolstad, piano; Catharina Chen, violin; Nicholas Gallas, clarinet Program: Brahms Scherzo for violin and piano Mozart Sonata for violin and piano in E minor Fritz Kreisler solo pieces for violin Schumann/Kolstad solo works for piano Brahms Sonata for clarinet and piano in F minor Café de Concert redefines Classical Music: performed with great young musicians the concerts mimic the 18th and 19th century classical performances at cafés, with none of the stodginess that accompanies most classical concerts today, and brings the atmosphere of a rock and roll concert to the music of Grieg, Schumann, Handel and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Concert | Mariachi Real de Mexico


Celebrate the music of Mexico with one of the finest Mariachi bands in New York City. Founded in 1991, Mariachi Real de Mexico has been busy ever since, serving the Mexican community and beyond. They have appeared at major venues in New York City and on national TV. They have also established the Mariachi Academy of New York, a community-based initiative dedicated to passing on the tradition of mariachi. The concert will also feature some of the next generation of mariachis.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Concert | Piano works by Haydn, Prokofiev, Schubert...


In this solo piano recital, Gottlieb Wallisch will be perfoming works by Joseph Haydn, Sebastian Themessl, Sergej Prokofiev, Ernst Krenek, Franz Schubert. Gottlieb Wallisch (photo by Oliver Wia), born into a family of musicians, received his first piano lessons at the age of four. At the age of six and half, he began his studies as the then youngest student at the Vienna University of Music. Wallisch then studied piano in Vienna, Berlin and Paris. A concert in 1996 under the baton of Yehudi Menuhin was the starting point of Gottlieb Wallisch's international career. Since then, the Viennese musician has been performing solo recitals and appearing with distinguished conductors and orchestras throughout the world. His numerous CD recordings, radio broadcasts, and prizes testify to his enormous individuality. Hallmarks of his playing are its analytical depth and the balance between sensitivity and sovereign virtuosity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Concert | Puppet Playlist List 2: The Magnetic Fields


Puppet Playlist takes talented puppeteers and musicians and slams them together into an evening of live theater to stir the senses. This second Playlist will feature new works of puppetry set to a litany of love songs by The Magnetic Fields. Between sets, hear new interpretations of Magnetic Fields music -- on cello, accordion, guitar and more. Second set is at 9:30 pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Na Li Youm, soprano


Student Recital.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Three New Exhibitions


Three New Exhibitions: Mary Ivy Martin: Untitled Abstract No. 3 Christine Sciulli: planeSPACE Dan Waber: A Depiction of a Broken Allegory
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | William Shakespeare's Othello


The Bard's classic directed by Rebecca Guy and featuring Juilliard's third-year actors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | The Luvely Rae's One Night Stand NO PEFORMANCE; listing it here is a Club freeTime error - SORRY ABOUT THAT!


An evening of burlesque where naughty novices and experienced ecdysiast entice you to surrender to the possibilities. Audience Participation is advised. Performances by: Lily Stitches, Blackie Deuce, Lefty Lucy, Scout, Lana La Rue and her Boomer Revue, Plum Manchego, and many more. Special guest performance by Go Go Killers! Hosted by The Luvely Rae.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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Jazz | Music of Sun Ra


Directed by Ahmed Abdullah.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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