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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 29, 2009?

32 free events take place on Friday, May 29 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 29 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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32 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, May 29, 2009

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Concert | Taylor Swift, country/pop


Teenage country music sensation Swift is known for hits like "Tim McGraw," "Love Story" and "White Horse."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 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. Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free

Workshop | Using NYPL's Website in Your Job Search


Hands-on introduction to the NYPL collection of electronic resources for job seekers and career changers. Laptop computer will be provided. Veterans and Unemployment Insurance Compensation recipients are welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Workshop | Introduction to Email


Sign up for a free email service, obtain an email address, and send and receive email.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
Free

Workshop | Typing And Keyboarding Basics


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn keyboard skills and practice typing.
   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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$5

Lesson | Resume Preparation with Microsoft Word


Instruction on how to write and design a resume with Microsoft’s Resume Wizard.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free

Hike | Presby Iris Gardens Hike


1 mile, can be extended to about 3 miles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Jazz | Deanna Witkowski, jazz pianist


Winner of the 2002 Great American Jazz Piano Competition, Witkowski brings an exuberance and vitality of spirit to her fusions of jazz, brazilian, afro-cuban, and sacred music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

Tour | Times Square Tour


Learn about history of world-famous neighborhood with its 40 miles of neon supersigns, prominent theaters, and multiple megastores. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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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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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

Discussion | Film Scoring Critique Panel


With Ron Sadoff, Director of the NYU/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in Memory of Buddy Baker.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free

Film | Fred Zinnemann's High Noon (1952)


With Gary Cooper, Lloyd Bridges and Grace Kelly. On the day of his marriage to a strict Quaker and his retirement as marshall of a small frontier town, Will Kane is warned that a band of outlaws, who have previously terrorized the community, will return on the noon train. 85 min. Won 4 Oscars.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Intermediate Word Processing with MS Word 2003


Hands on using wireless laptops. Pre-requisite: Basic knowledge of MS Word. Topics include inserting header & footer, page breaks, footnotes or endnotes, creating page borders, margins, page orientation, newspaper columns, working with tables, printing labels and envelopes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Film | 5 Early Shorts Featuring Animals and Children


The shorts are: An Elephant on His Hands (1912). Directed by Frederick Thomson. With George Ober. 10 min. Cat, Dog, and Co. (1929). Directed by Anthony Mack. With the Our Gang kids. 18 min. Mind the Baby (1924). Directed by Al Herman. With Pal the dog. 18 min. The Knockout (1923). Directed by Len Powers. With the Dippy-Doo-Dads. 10 min. When Summer Comes (1922). Directed by Roy Del Ruth. With Billy Bevan. 18 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Other | Texas on Tour Roadshow


Texas on Tour is a high-tech, interactive roadshow featuring virtual reality, green screen video and photography, interactive games and more. Texas on Tour simulates unique outdoor Texas experiences that are highly entertaining, educational and personalized – from a virtual reality kayaking trip through Texas waterways to a dome theater offering a glimpse of the seven diverse regions of Texas. Visitors can “picture themselves in Texas” and stroll along a Texas beach through the use of green screen technology. Live performances from a variety of Texas musicians and entertainers will also be featured: •Texas musicians Asleep at the Wheel, Will Sexton and Charlie Faye •Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders •SeaWorld San Antonio animals (3-ft. alligator, 3-ft. wallaby and 11-ft. python) •Texas Two-Step instructor, Wendell Nelson •2008 Champion Trick Roper Kevin Fitzpatrick •Amazin’ Walter “The Sandcastle Wizard”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | The Korean Poetic Form of Sijo


The sijo is Korea’s classical vernacular verse form. But what about writing sijo in English? The answer will be the subject of David McCann’s lecture and reading. He has studied and translated many sijo texts over the course of his engagement with Korean poetry, starting back in 1966 when he first went to Korea as a Peace Corps Volunteer. His presentation will present an overview of the Korean sijo form, especially its performance dimensions, followed by a reading of some of the poems. And perhaps some in the audience may find themselves moved to try writing one themselves.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Park Walk | Twilight Tour: Flora and Fauna


An evening of exploration in the Park. A naturalist and a horticulturalist will help participants identify the insect and birds that become active as dusk descends upon the city. .
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Anarchist Cinema


Anarchist cinema is a difficult idea, but the just published book Arena: On Anarchist Cinema and its author Richard Porton unravel this history - from film collectives formed in the early twentieth century to contemporary video activism. Join Porton for a discussion and showing of movies made by anarchist or having anarchist impetus. Porton is also the author of Film and the Anarchist Imagination.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested donation

Author Reading | Ethan Nichtern reads from his book One City


Nichtern, the creative force behind New York's upstart Interdependence Project, is your guide to the beauty that is everywhere in the urban jungle. With pop-culture savvy, humor, and literary liveliness, the book melds Dr. King’s message with modern Buddhist wisdom to explain how we might best live together -no matter who we are, and no matter where.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Kazuo Ishiguro's When We Were Orphans


The Fiction Reading Group discusses this novel of a boy searching for his missing father.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Rashid Masharawi's “Eid Milad Laila (Laila's Birthday)” (2008)


A moving and humorous tale of a Palestinian taxi driver just trying to get home in time for his daughter’s birthday. 71 min. In Arabic with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Sunset Singing Circle


Raise your voice and join singer/guitarist Terre Roche as the sun sets over the Hudson River for enchanting evenings of folk songs, rounds and chants. Novice and experienced singers of all ages are welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | The Legacy of Bradley's


Jazz guitarist Peter Leitch and a special guest recall the legacy of the Village jazz club. Moderated by Willard Jenkins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | William Shakespeare's King Lear


An outdoor presentation of one of the Bard's greatest plays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Zentrale Intelligenz Agentur (ZIA) presents Slow Capitalism: Slime Economy


Capitalism on speed has enjoyed a long night of hearty partying and excess. But now we’ve woken up with the hangover to end all hangovers with most of our economic certainties shattered. Is it time for a new, a slower capitalism? In a series of talks and performances, the Berlin-based socialist-capitalist joint venture Zentrale Intelligenz Agentur (ZIA) [Central Intelligence Agency] will explore ideas for an economy on the slow, looking at new developments in design, collaboration, digital collaboration, and DIY-cultures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Extension Opera Scenes


This performance will feature opera scenes in a semester-end performance by the Extension Division Opera program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Author Reading | Michael Malone reads from his book Four Corners of the Sky


A novel of love, secrets and the mysterious bonds of family.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | BACH, BYRD, AND BEYOND: Music for Viols and Harpsichord



The concert features the world premiere of “The Beauty Way” by Debra Kaye and includes a varied program of works by William Byrd, J.S. Bach, Orlando Gibbons, Matthew Locke, Henry Purcell, Thomas Lupo, and Marin Marais. Join the players at a post-concert reception.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Theater | Parallax


While covering a labor movement in Argentina, PJ and Mick find themselves in the middle of a shootout that leaves their friend and contact dead. As PJ spirals into alcoholism, and Mick submerges himself in his book, the question of what really happened remains unanswered. Sliding between memory, reenactment, narration and reality, PARALLAX explores how and why we construct narratives, both in our own lives and as a society. Directed by Jeffrey Whitted.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Chase the Devil, praise music


Founded by downtown jazz and blues vocalist Dean Bowman and world-class guitarist Gary Lucas, Chase the Devil explores gospel hymns, Jewish liturgical music, Sufi qawwali, and other varieties of praise music. Drawing inspiration from spiritualists such as William Blake, Blind Willie Johnson, Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan, and Shlomo Carlebach, Bowman and Lucas lend raw, unfiltered soul to familiar themes and melodies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
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Concert | Christmas Concert

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