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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 11, 2016?

32 free events take place on Wednesday, May 11 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 11 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 Wednesday, May 11, 2016

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Conference | Reckoning with Homelessness in New York City


This two-day conference features a keynote by New York City Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steven Banks and panels on topics including Rapid Rehousing, Critical Time Intervention, Housing First, Millennial and Youth Homelessness, and Veteran Homelessness. Takes place May 10-11.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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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. This tour takes place every day at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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 | Downtown Manhattan 3-Hour Tour


The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World Trade Center, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. These are neighborhoods that simply can’t be fully appreciated from a bus. There will be one or two opportuniti​es to sample tasty treats.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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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10:00 am
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Tour | Lower Manhattan, Chinatown, Little Italy and SoHo Tour


A multi-neighborhood tour of the Lower Manhattan area. The tour begins on Wall Street, where you will see the New York Stock Exchange and Trinity Church before moving on the the World Trade Center and City Hall. We then move on by subway to visit the largest Chinatown in the United States. Following Chinatown, the tour will continue on through Little Italy and on to SoHo.
   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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Author Reading | Geoff Dyer discusses his book White Sands


A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Geoff Dyer has received the Somerset Maugham Prize, the E. M. Forster Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, a National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism, and, in 2015, the Windham Campbell Prize for nonfiction.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 15, 2015 to May 26, 2016.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at One Concert


A devout Lutheran, Bach composed 200 cantatas using both sacred and secular texts. Many of those cantatas are heard in churches around the world every Sunday, but through Bach at One, your Wednesday lunch hour can be enriched by these timeless works. The New York Times has praised the “dramatic vigor” of Bach performances by Trinity artists, not to mention “the buoyant, elegantly shaped orchestral sound” and “the lithe, immaculate and colorful singing of the chorus.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Other | Nature Sanctuary Open Hours


During these limited hours, visitors can explore the normally closed sanctuary at their own pace along the rustic trail. See how the conservancy has restored this native woodland garden for birds and other wildlife. The wood-chipped trail is uneven; please wear appropriate shoes. This ecosystem is a protected area and home to many flora and fauna. No groups, dogs, bikes, or strollers. Free and self-guided. Space is limited.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Reading | Goldwater Hospital Writing Workshop Reading


Readings by the Golden Writers, participants of a writing workshop for disabled adults. With Special Guest Marie Howe, author of the poetry collections The Good Thief (Persea Books, 1988), What the Living Do (W.W. Norton, 1998), and The Kingdom of Ordinary Time (W.W. Norton, 2008).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recitals


4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Yi Xiang, flute 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Courtney Cutchins, jazz voice 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Hyo Chang An, tenor 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Chenlong Wang, piano 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Jamin Kim, accompanying 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Concert of New Music 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Gee Seop Kim, baritone 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Ziwen Xiang, tenor 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM Jiayue Xin, piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour and Evening Gospel Church Service


Harlem has been the heart of several music revolutions. From jazz to blues to Broadway, Harlem has seen some of the most prolific artists of the 20th Century. Join this two-hour tour of South Harlem and learn about its musical history. They’ll talk about black spirituals, jazz music, R+B, Yiddish singers, Tin Pan Alley writers, minstrel shows, contemporary gospel music, and more. They’ll also discuss how music influences religion and vice versa while visiting the outside of several Harlem churches and mosques. They’ll end the tour around 6:45 pm outside a gospel church. From there, you can enjoy an intimate gospel service featuring a 10-piece band and solo singers—or hop on the nearby subway to your next destination. Following the musical performance, you’ll experience a gospel sermon. The sermon and musical portion take place in an actual Harlem church, so you’ll never experience the same service twice.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Discussion | Hollywood in the New Cold War


How does the entertainment industry continuously permeate the human mind and amplify the list of political adversaries, be it in America, Russia or elsewhere in the world? How does film manipulate the public national opinion? Panelists include: - Eliot Borenstein, Professor, Russian & Slavic Studies, and Provostial Fellow, editor of All The Russias Blog, Jordan Center, at New York University - Todd Gitlin, Professor and Chair at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, author of Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street - Additional Panelists to be announced - Moderated by Nina Khrushcheva, Professor of International Affairs, Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: David Moriarty's The Girls of Mt. Holyoke


David Moriarty has exhibited in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Miami, and Europe. His work is represented in many important public and private collections. This will be his fifth solo show in New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Paintings: David Moriarty's The Girls of Mt. Holyoke


David Moriarty has exhibited in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Miami, and Europe. His work is represented in many important public and private collections. This will be his fifth solo show in New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | German War Drama: Wolfgang Staudte's Murderers Among Us (1946)


Berlin, 1945, a city in ruins. Susanne Wallner returns from a concentration camp to her old apartment, now occupied by Dr. Mertens, a former surgeon distraught by his war experience in Poland. 90 min. In German with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Rebecca Traister discusses her book All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation


Award-winning writer Rebecca Traister returns with her new book, heralded by the New Republic as "a monumental study of the political, economic, social, and sexual consequences of the rise of unmarried women." Alice Kessler-Harris, pre-eminent US women’s historian, joins Traister to discuss the history of single women, with a special emphasis on the "unconventional" women active in the Progressive Era.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Musical | Steppenwolf: A Musical Drama in Two Acts


Written by Jochem le Cointre. Directed by: Samantha Tella Inspired by Steppenwolf, the timeless novel by the German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse, Dutch producer/composer Jochem le Cointre (b. 1994) has created a music drama with original script and score, in collaboration with theatre/dance/design artists from New York City. These world premiere performances feature a live chamber orchestra; actors & singers from the New School for Drama and Lang Theater; and dancers from the Martha Graham Dance Company. Takes place May 11-12.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Matthew C. Lange


In this performative conversation, Matthew C. Lange will engage with a panoply of devices to demonstrate the mind-altering potential of a theoretical social structure referred to as The Plummet Machine. Building upon inquiries related the encyclopedic and bibliographic functions of this machine, Lange will explore techniques for observing our collective audio-visual archives. For those accustomed to its working, and those encountering it for the first time alike, the resulting display will open new perceptual understandings of The Plummet Machine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Bob Fingerman reads from his book Minimum Wage Volume 2


Post-divorce Rob continues struggles both romantic and careerist, divvying up time between dating an Ayn Rand-worshipping, Goth wannabe standup comedian, depicting curious sagacious mutant crustaceans, and landing in the not-so-healthy but all-too-familiar embrace of his ex. Can so many bad decisions lead to enlightenment?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Jennifer Haigh reads from her book Heat and Light


From Flint, Michigan's water crisis to the methane gas leak in Southern California, man-made environmental disasters have become commonplace in the news. In Jennifer Haigh's insightful new novel, the Rust Belt town of Bakerton weighs its future - do the citizens forsake economic solvency or do they risk environmental repercussions in the future? Haigh will be joined in conversation by lauded author Richard Price.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Kander and Ebb Sing Along Show and Tell


The popular sing along series returns to celebrate the incomparable song writing team John Kander and Fred Ebb, on the 20th anniversary year of their Broadway hit Chicago. The Library's collection includes many one-of-a-kind artifacts related to the creation of Chicago, plus correspondence, costume designs, music manuscripts, and other materials from their many hits, including “Ring Them Bells,” “Cabaret,” and “Theme from New York, New York.” Come see these rare materials and sing along to live performances of your favorite Kander and Ebb numbers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Pamela Erens reads from her book Eleven Hours


The story of two soon-to-be mothers who, in the midst of a difficult labor, are forced to reckon with their pasts and re-create their futures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Student Recitals


Brazilian Music Ensemble 7:00 pm Kat Lee, Voice 7:00 pm Mannes NEXT Student Composers Concert 8:00 pm Andrea Domenici, Piano 9:00 pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Tadao Ando, famous Architect


Ando’s notable works include the Church of the Light in Osaka, the Armani Teatro in Milan, and the Benesse Art Site Naoshima. In the United States, he designed The Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, and the expansion of Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He is a self-educated architect who spent time in Kyoto and Nara studying firsthand the great monuments of traditional Japanese architecture, and then melded these with his knowledge of architecture gleaned on travels to Europe, Africa, and the United States. In 1969, Ando established his practice in Osaka. One of Ando’s current projects includes 152 Elizabeth Street, a residential building in New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Concert | Defying Gravity: The Magical World of Stephen Schwartz


Presented by the American Musical Theater Ensemble.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | MACE Ensemble plays works by living American composers


PROGRAM: Thomas Weaver: Into Focus Caleb Burhans: oh ye of little faith Steve Reich: City Life Founded by faculty composer Lowell Liebermann and curated in 2015/16 by Alan Pierson, MACE (The Mannes American Composers Ensemble) is a large ensemble which focuses on the music of living American composers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | New York Philharmonic Biennial: A Player's Guide


In anticipation of the second New York Philharmonic Biennial — a wide-ranging exploration of today’s music by an array of contemporary and modern composers — Music Director Alan Gilbert sits down with artists from across the new-music spectrum to preview highlights of the festival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Gandhi, Is That You? Comedy Show


Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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