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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 18, 2015?

39 free events take place on Monday, May 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 May 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 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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39 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, May 18, 2015

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Workshop | Barre Class


Energize your day with a workout before work. Balance, strengthen, and lengthen the body with moves inspired by ballet, yoga, and Pilates. Focusing on a unique combination of dynamic movement and isometric holds, the sequences work strategically to transform the body and develop long term postural benefits. Taught by the experts from barre3. No equipment necessary. Bringing a water bottle is encouraged.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
Free

Birdwatching | Spring Birding Tour


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
Free

Workshop | Broadway Dance Workout


Brooklyn resident James Martinelli’s Cardio Dance and Range of Movement workout offers improved strength and increased flexibility.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Lower Section


Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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 and 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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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs. 90 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free

Lesson | Beginner Italian Language Class


Learn a new language in this standalone beginner classes. Classes are not cumulative, so you may attend any class throughout the season without needing to play catch up.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Film | Documentary: Felix Moeller's Forbidden Films: The Hidden Legacy of Nazi Film


A thoughtful, provocative analysis of the 40 Nazi-produced movies still banned from broadcast or public screening in Germany (except in a scholarly context) because they are considered too inflammatory or offensive. The Third Reich’s anti-Semitic films are well-known (among them THE ETERNAL JEW, THE ROTHSCHILDS, JEW SÜSS), but less famed are their anti-British and anti-Polish dramas, featuring heroic young Germans, mercilessly bullied by greedy, deranged foreigners. Nearly 70 years after the demise of the Nazis, do Joseph Goebbels’s notorious propaganda movies still pose a threat to civil society? See this galvanizing documentary and judge for yourself. Start times: 12:30pm, 2:30pm, 4:40pm, 7:00pm, 9:10pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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
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2:00 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
Free

Workshop | Mango Language Lab Workshop


Hola! Ni Hao! Bonjour! Konnichiwa! Dobryi den'! Come try out the Mango Languages program and start learning one of 35 languages today. This is a conversation-based language learning program with a built-in recording option. Record your voice and compare your speech to the narrator’s to hear your progress.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
Free

Concert | Marywood University Chamber Singers


From Marywood University (Scranton, PA). Choral works and arrangements by Tye, Mealor, Barber, Cornelius, Elgar, Schumacker, Unander, Nystedt, and Edenroth.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | New Music in in the Park


Award-winning classical and jazz ensembles perform back to back each week, showcasing works commissioned by Chamber Music America. Performers TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free

Opening Reception | College Exhibition: Designing Multiplicity


Designing Multiplicity celebrates thesis work by the class of 2015. Guests will be able to view projects by graduating students and speak with the creators about their work. Drinks and light refreshments will be provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


Douglas Marriner, Jazz Drums 6 p.m. JeongHoon Kim, Violin 8 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Tour | 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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Concert | Songbook: Broadway's Future


A concert of new music by Broadway composers and lyricists sung by Broadway vocalists. Presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul and directed by John Znidarsic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Tedeschi Trucks Band, an 11-Piece Roots Band


Formed in 2010 with a spirit of adventure that saw Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks shelve their equally successful solo careers, Tedeschi Trucks Band, an 11-piece tour-de-force, has quickly become the vanguard of modern roots music. Driven by Trucks, #16 of the top 100 Guitarists of All Time (Rolling Stone), and Tedeschi, blessed with a voice that passionately delivers a range of powerful R&B belters to gentle ballads, the group enlists dual drummers, two vocalists, a three-piece horn section, bass, and a multi-instrumentalist keyboard player for what is a greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts collective.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Issa Rae reads from her book The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl


Follow the title character as she navigates through her job, love and other uncomfortable social situations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Mapping and Motors: The Creative Strategies of Choreographer Trisha Brown


Join Trisha Brown Dance Company’s Archive Creative Director and former company member Cori Olinghouse, along with former company member Neal Beasley, in looking at Brown’s systems of structuring and mapping her work. Examining her creative practice over time, through published drawings related to early works and archival footage of both rehearsal and performance, Beasley and Olinghouse will discuss Brown’s elaborate and detailed choreographic structures and processes, tracing the development of a multidisciplinary mind and singular body of work. Using seminal works such as Locus and Glacial Decoy, among others, this evening will take a closer look at Brown’s methods — from mathematic systems and logical “machines,” to the wild kinetic stream of idiosyncratic vocabulary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Film | Morris Dickstein discusses his book Why Not Say What Happened: A Sentimental Education


The leading critic/historian tells his own deeply engaging story of growing up in the turbulent American culture of the postwar decades and how he comes into his own as a teacher and writer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | MS Word 2010 for Beginners Workshop


Learn the basics features of Microsoft Word 2010, a word processing program you can use to create documents. Topics include entering and editing text, saving files, and formatting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Screening | Richard Foreman, Filmmaker


The very first retrospective of Richard Foreman’s work for film, including films about Richard Foreman, and an evening panel. The legendary New York auteur-du-theatre stopped working for the theatre and now considers himself a filmmaker. Screenings to include excerpts of an untitled new work, as well as: Out of the Body Travel, video play (1975) City Archives, video play (1977) Strong Medicine, feature film (1978) Radio Rick in Heaven and Radio Richard in Hell, film (1987) Total Rain, video play (1990) A Film about Richard Foreman (MINDFLUX, 2010) Collateral – Richard Foreman’s Bridge Project (2010) Once Every Day, feature film (2012) Untitled (2015)
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Slide Lecture | Twenty Degress Cooler Inside: How Air Conditioning Rescused the Movies (and the Rest of Show Business)


When the weather gets steamy, do you like to escape to the great indoors? Take in a Broadway show, perhaps head to your neighborhood multiplex for the latest summer blockbuster, all of it in cool comfort? For years, theater owners tried everything to beat the heat: gigantic fans and tiny atomizers, human power and chemical power, ice, steam, electricity ... none of it helped. Until an invention called “air conditioning” made theaters comfortable — and, almost by accident, changed history. TWENTY DEGREES COOLER INSIDE, an illustrated program with accompanying book signing, will be presented by Salvatore Basile, author of the critically-lauded book COOL: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Dan Ariely reads from his book Irrationally Yours: On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles


Psychology and behavioral economics professor Dan Ariely, bestselling author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality, discusses his latest work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Story Time for Grown-Ups


Love a good story? Sit back and relax as they read you a story or two.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | The Super Trios Ensemble


The Super Trios Ensemble covers the musical contributions of piano trios including those led by Nat King Cole, Bill Evans, Paul Bley, Hampton Hawes, McCoy Tyner, and Keith Jarrett. Enrollment is limited to pianists, acoustic bassists, and drummers. Particular emphasis is placed on the communication and support among the various members of the ensemble and the individual role of each player.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Theater | May Daze: A Musical Comedy by Peter Holbrook


A takeoff on the life of Saint Cecilia, presented in the tradition of the Medieval Miracle plays, featuring vocalists from the church’s Choir. Reception to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Suggested donation

Tour | Ghosts of Greenwich Village Tour


New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native tribes, lost opportunities and political intrigue. With almost every step one takes through the West Village, one encounters the ghosts and spirits of New York City’s past. Every corner has its stories, every building has its haunted spirits.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress


A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights. Movement Research at the Judson Church supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists. With: Anna Conner +CO, Macklin Kowal, Yanghee Lee/The Limbo Project, Juliette Mapp.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Tour | Midtown 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. Please note they do utilize the subway on this tour so you will need $5 for subway tickets.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | National Association of Composers Annual Concert


The National Association of Composers, USA presents its annual concert featuring vocal and instrumental music by Allen Brings, Stefania de Kenessey, Max Lifchitz, Barbara Wesby and Betty Wishart.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Singers Space


Hosted by D'Ambrose Boyd with David Pearl at the piano. Where New York's finest professional and aspiring singers come to sing their favorites and hear their peers perform before an intimate audience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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