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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 14, 2010?

45 free events take place on Friday, 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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45 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, May 14, 2010

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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" Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Birdwatching | Spring Birdwalk


Join birdwatcher Jeff Nulle for a fall birdwalk through the the park's Bird Sanctuary. Please bring binoculars if you have them. Weather permitting.
   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
$6

City Walk | NYU Area and Grey Gallery Walk


Meander around interesting homes and history, end at the Gallery in Washington Square. If weather is good, eat in the Square.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Financial Information: Searching Bloomberg


This hands-on class introduces the Bloomberg menu driven system. The class attendees will learn search methods for information on companies, and how to find securities that match investors' criteria. Market and economic data available on Bloomberg will also be demonstrated.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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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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Workshop | Advanced MS Word


Learn to create documents and reports using this word processing program. Topics include: mail merge, headers & footers, footnotes & endnotes, Introduction to MS Word is a prerequisite.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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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Workshop | Fencing in the Park


Take a stab at the modern sport of fencing with masters from Manhattan Fencing Center. No prior experience needed and equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Screening | Pacific Heritage Films


Daily screenings of films including "Rolling Down Like Pele" and "American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i "
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Performance | Theatre for One


This is a portable, 4-foot-by-9-foot performing arts space for one performer and one audience member that turns public events into private acts, making each performance a singularly intimate exchange. Theatre for One will be presenting magic, poetry, dance, puppetry and theatre pieces created specifically for this venue. Open Hours are 1—3, 4—6 and 7—9pm. Performances are 5-10 minutes long. Weather permitting. Entrance inside the booth is on a first come first serve basis.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Articles: How to Find Them Electronically


Hands-on instruction on the searching of online indexes and library databases to locate articles from thousands of magazines, journals and newspapers, on nearly any topic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 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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2:00 pm
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Film | Classic Swedish Cinema: Ingmar Bergman's The Naked Night (1953)


A circus troupe passing through a provincial town becomes a study in frustrated ambition and sexual humiliation. Bergman's preoccupations with the artist's isolation and the wounds inflicted by sexual interplay are here revealed in complex imagery ranging from the overexposed pallor of the silent flashback to the expressionistic compositions of the theatre scenes. 83 min. In Swedish with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Milos Forman's Hair (1979): Hippies Sing and Dance


With John Savage, Treat Williams and Beverly D'Angelo. A colorful world of flower power find a platform to pound on: the Vietnam War. Based on the stage musical. 113 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Email Attachments


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn how to attach files and send attachments using Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, and Gmail.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Screening | Pacific Heritage Films


Daily screenings of films including "Rolling Down Like Pele" and "American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i "
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | E-mail I


Learn how email works, sign up for a free email account, and learn about sending, replying to and forwarding messages.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Film | 2 Documentaries: La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul / Refugee


La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul (pictured, 2007) Directed by Ela Troyano. A rebel and innovator, pop singer Lupe Yoli, otherwise known as La Lupe, was renowned for her emotional performance style. The legendary Cuban-born star was also a single mother of two, a survivor of domestic abuse, and a Santera who later became an evangelist Christian speaker. Troyano tells La Lupe’s story through character-driven interviews in first-person anecdotes, in an oral history much like those found in a folk ballad or a bolero. 60 min. Refugee (2003) Directed by Spencer Nakasako. A documentary that follows the reunion of three young Cambodian American men—refugees raised on the mean streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district—with their estranged families back in Cambodia. 63 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | Erich von Stroheim's Silent Film Foolish Wives (1922), with Organ Accompaniment


"Count" Karanzim, a Don Juan, is with his cousins in Monte Carlo, living from faked money and the money he gets from rich ladies, who are atracted by his charmes and his title or his militaric aristocratic behaviour. With organ accompaniment by Ben Model. 106 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Concert | 6th Annual Perform-a-thon


Students and faculty perform for three days of nonstop music making and merriment. The event also features a raffle and Miss Patti's Bake Sale!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Discussion | The Addams Family: From Page to Stage, with a Performance by Cast Members


Composer & lyricist Andrew Lippa, book writers Rick Elice & Marshall Brickman, and select cast from the current Broadway hit The Addams Family discuss the evolution of The Addams Family from page to stage with Sarah Henry, curator of the Charles Addams Exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York. There will be a performance by cast members and a signing as well.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Joseph Montgomery's Lie lay lain Lay laid laid


Montgomery’s paintings incorporate bits of wood, concrete, clay and wire into small, considered formal compositions. Each painting is worked on for an extended period of time, creating a material lexicon that records the act of painting and accumulates evidence of a painting’s evolution. His surfaces are heavily worked, and their lumpy and textured pigments both accentuate and sabotage pictorial cohesion, sometimes resulting in sculptural objects that complicate the flatness of painting. Montgomery was born in 1979 in Northampton, MA, and lives and works in New York. His paintings have been included in recent group exhibitions including Cave Painting, curated by Bob Nickas, and To the left of the rising sun at Small A Projects.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | A Reading of June Jordan's His Own Where


When it was first published in 1971, this book was praised and controversial. Written entirely in Black English, it is a young adult novel about urban survival and the power of love. Please join Jan Heller Levi, Donna Masini, Sofia Quintero and Michael Thomas for a reading and performative celebration of the re-release of this notorious book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | An Abridged Teen Version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream


The Bard's beloved classic, directed by Tom Oppenheim. This abridged version is performed by New York City teens.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | An Evening of Scenes


The Body and Spirit Program perform scenes written by Noel Coward, Elizabeth Dewberry, William Inge, Garson Kanin, James Kirkwood, Terrence McNally, Arthur Miller, Neil Simon, Bernard Slade, Renee Taylor & Joseph Bologna, and Michael Weller.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno & Kurt Engefehr's The Yes Men Fix the World (2009): The Joke's on Who?


The film consists of a several pranks on major corporations and governmental agencies that are performed by Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno (in real life, Jacques Servin & Igor Vamos) who fancy themselves serious anti-globalization activists. The two pose as executives from Exxon, Dow Chemical, Halliburton and the H.U.D. They give faux corporate interviews pretending to be Dow executives in which they supposedly announce setting up a $12 billion fund for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal disaster that killed 1,773 people. The BBC fell for this prank and aired the faux interview. This caused Dow's stock plummet. Our mindless heroes celebrate their power, but fail to realize that most of Dow's stock is held by pension funds; in other words, regular working class retirees. The dynamic duo conveniently found a few such victims who claimed to enjoy the hoax and its impact on Dow's stock. 87 min. Introduced by Bichlbaum.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Blues/Jazz Band: Alex Levin Trio


Originally from Philadelphia, Levin has performed as a leader and a sideman for the last fifteen years. He has played with multiple vocalists and instrumentalists since returning to New York in 2001. He has appeared at clubs throughout the city, and can most frequently be found leading his own trio at such clubs as Kavehaz, Detour, Rue B and Night and Day. Besides leading his trio, he performs regularly with vocalists Ayana del Valle and Heather Moran. He has composed numerous pieces, and has arranged music for top vocalists, including Paulette McWilliams.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Celebrating Studio Rivbea, the Jazz Venue


One-on-One with Sam Rivers & Willard Jenkins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Reading | Contributors read from The Thing Quarterly


Join Starlee Kine and friends for the release of issue 10. Kine’s issue is a bamboo cutting board designed only for onion cutting. The issue is about haunted household objects that remain after lovers have broken up. It includes text that has been seared into the surface of the cutting board, a locker poster of a crying McNulty from The Wire (illustrated by Arthur Jones), and a set of Crying Instructions. Starlee and guests David Lipsky, David Rees, and Arthur Jones who will also offer some cooking demonstrations and readings.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Sterlin Harjo's Barking Water (2009): Homeward Bound


Two set out on a journey home and confront the past, love, understanding, and self-discovery. 85 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Student Product Design Exhibition


The BFA Product Design program presents an exhibition of thesis work exploring themes of desire and restraint. The exhibition will coincide with participation in this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), a student exhibition that considers diverse manifestations of flow through material exploration and formal expressions of global and local currents of energies, ideas and resources. BFA Product Design is an intensive undergraduate program that fosters the intellectual practices and technical skills that students need to become professional product designers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Student Recital: Instrumental Blues


   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Sunset Singing Circle


Sing together. Share rounds and folk songs. No experience necessary. All ages welcome. Bring a favorite song. Led by folksinger Terre Roche.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Teens-Only Chamber Music Concert


For teens only! A presntation of “Rêverie,” with Benjamin Hochman, Piano; Yoon Kwon, Violin; Rami Vamos, Guitar; and Nick Canellakis, Cello. Includes pre-concert reception at 6:30pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Meditation on a Theme: Better Late Than Never


A performance series, mediating the balance between words - as they're heard - and words - as they're experienced. Exploring the myriad ways in which a phrase can be interpreted, it's an evening of writers, performers, monologists and raconteurs presenting their individual style/take on the evening's theme. Sketch performance meets dramatic monologue. Social satire meets autobiographical confession.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
$5

Concert | Extension Division Sonata Class Recital


This concert is an end of semester presentation by the Extension Division Sonata Class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Visions of the Empire


An art show in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the film The Empire Strikes Back. Featuring paintings, tattoo artwork, and photography from 25 artists in various fields. All inspired by Star Wars. There will be storm troopers and people dressed up in all sorts of crazy costumes - and free Presidente beer for the opening ceremony.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Student Production: Sarah Kane's 4:48 Psychosis


Kane's last play is her most affecting work. The setting is inside a suicidal mind. Mind versus body: which force decides the fate of the psychiatric patient? 4.48 was written to be presented in various ways as it's structure is poetic and without characters. Come and experience the version that features two actors representing the body and mind and demonstrating the battle between the continuation of life and the progression of death.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recital: Christine Chen, percussion


A uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers - the freshness and excitement of a solo recital by a gifted young artist at one of the world's leading conservatories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Jazz | Funk & Fusion: Burr Johnson Band


Burr Johnson is a terrifyingly good guitar player, blowing through innovative, lightning-quick fusion and funk licks with masterful ease. His band—a regular at the Montreux Jazz Festival—is no less formidable, laying down energetic sets of jazz, rock, and blues that match the fire of their fearless leader note for note.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
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Jazz | Student Recital: Vocal Blues


   New York City, NY; NYC
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Open Mike | No Shame Open Mic Performance


Audience, arm yourself. A performance evening unlike any open mic in New York, No Shame grants performers five minutes to blast beyond the normal duties of pleasing, amusing, and entertaining - in fact, performers are encouraged to risk their audience's displeasure, alienation, boredom, confusion, and rage. You, No Shame participant, are invited to read somber fiction onstage, to take a nap, to take off your clothes, to make a sandwich, to describe graphic sexual acts. "Dare to be brilliant, dare to fail." Sign-up at 11:30pm, show at midnight.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 pm
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