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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 19, 2014?

28 free events take place on Monday, May 19 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 19 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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28 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, May 19, 2014

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Editor's Picks

free events nyc Greenwich Village Neighborhood Tour
free events nyc Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize winner, reads from his book The Snow Queen
free events nyc Dance Works-in-Progress: Martín Lanz / laura shapiro/quicksilverdance / Rosy Simas
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Birdwatching | Spring Birding Tour of the Park


Discover the birds that call the Park home, as well as those that may stop by during migration. A surprising diversity of avian visitors drop in, even in the heart of midtown. Sightings could include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, even an American Woodcock!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Workshop | Early Bird Game Social


Join to meet up with like-minded players interested in the same games as you. The Early Bird Game Social gives you a chance to start the day in the park, and warm up your mind with games that get you thinking like dominoes, Scrabble, cards or Boggle.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   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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Workshop | Beginner Italian Language Class


Ciao! Ola! Konnichiwa! Hola! The Park speaks Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and Spanish with instruction by inlingua. Learn a new language in these standalone beginner classes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:45 am
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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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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12:00 pm
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Reading | CANCELLED***Story Time for Grown-Ups***CANCELLED


**THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED*** Love a good story? Sit back and relax as they read you a story or two. Featuring stories about cowboys and outlaws.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

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: 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.
   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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2:00 pm
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Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

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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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A Museum Ambassador gives a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals: Voice, Piano


6pm Kiseung Ray Lee, Tenor 8pm Siyi Fang, Collaborative Piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Songbook: Broadway's Future


A concert of new music by Broadway composers and lyricists, sung by Broadway vocalists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Park Walk | The High Line Tour


The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, French Cheeses and Russian caviar as well as fresh meats to City markets. The hustle and bustle of the streets induced the City to elevate the railroad trains delivering goods to the commercial buildings. When interstate truck traffic made the railway outdated, it fell into ruin, only to be regenerated as a park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Slide Lecture | Alexandros E. Washburn discusses his book The Nature of Urban Design: A New York Perspective on Resilience


This illustrated lecture offers a road map for the urban design process — a tool that can transform cities while breaking down barriers between those who change cities and those who are changed by them. Join the author in a conversation about how we can redefine urban design to empower citizens to more effectively shape their cities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Leslie Hewitt


Leslie Hewitt speaks on Carl Andre. Leslie Hewitt was born in New York in 1977, where she lives and works. Hewitt’s work, which occupies a space between photography and sculpture, investigates how visual representation shapes readings of history, collective memory, and political consciousness. Recent group exhibitions include Test Pattern, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2013) and Body Language at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (2013). Her most recent solo exhibition was presented at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2012).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Film | German Film: Alain Gsponer's Lila Lila (2009)


David Kern is a socially awkward waiter who works a dead end job in a chic cafe. One day he stumbles upon the biggest break of his life, an unpublished manuscript which he finds in a jammed nightstand drawer. He reads the manuscript, and thinking there might be something to it, claims it as his own in order to impress Marie, a pretty literature student who frequents the cafe. 107 min. German with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Reading | Emerging Writers Reading


Celebrate the work of the nine 2013 Emerging Writer Fellows: Lexi Freiman, Patricia Park, Jane Rose Porter, Onnesha Roychoudhuri, Ricco Villanueva Siasoco, Bezalel Stern, Lauren Wilkinson, Brennen Wysong, and Courtney Zoffness.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Graywolf Press 40th Anniversary Celebration


With readings from Jeffery Renard Allen, Deborah Baker, Kevin Barry, Matthea Harvey, Leslie Jamison, Jessica Francis Kane, Salvatore Scibona, Tracy K. Smith, and Mary Syzbist. Wine and dessert will be served.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction Stanford Compassion Class


This is a one-time free class that introduces compassion meditation, the science of compassion, and the recent work of the Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize winner, reads from his book The Snow Queen


In his latest work, Cunningham follows two brothers as each travels down a different path in his search for greatness.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Screening | Outside In: 4 Short Films


This film screening draws on a range of cinematic approaches to examine the links between environment, sensory experience, and well-being. The selected films take us on a journey through varied urban landscapes—from the density of the city to the sublime views of San Francisco, from digital mines in contemporary Ghana to the instant cities of contemporary China—offering poignant observations on the visual and sonic stimuli around us. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Paul Dallas, writer and curator; Jeff Risom, Partner, Head of Gehl Institute at Gehl Architects; Sukhdev Sandhu, Associate Professor of English, Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University; and Mabel Wilson, Associate Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University’s GSAPP.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | What Can Robots and Economics Teach Us About Humanity?


While we may think of our intelligence and ability to make choices as properties of the human brain, insights from the fields of artificial intelligence and economics paint a more complicated picture. Thoughts and actions arise from complex interactions among the brain, body, and environment — both physical and social. Rolf Pfeifer and Ernst Fehr, two of the world’s leading experts in artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, make a rare New York appearance to discuss their groundbreaking work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | College Piano Recital


Teng Fu, piano. 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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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress: Martín Lanz / laura shapiro/quicksilverdance / Rosy Simas


A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas and works-in-progress held in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists, and join artists-in-residence and international guests each season in performing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free
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Concert | Christmas Concert

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