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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 3, 2010?

44 free events take place on Sunday, October 3 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 October 3 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 October . 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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44 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, October 3, 2010

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Workshop | Kayaking on the Hudson


Enjoy breathtaking views of NYC while kayaking on the Hudson River. Completely free. Must know how to swim. A changing room and shower and hose to rinse off with are available. They have a limited number of locks available. Please bring your own lock.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Hike | Pocantico River Path-Rockefeller Preserve Hike


Walk from Philipse Manor station via Sleepy Hollow Cemetery to the Rockefeller Preserve. Pleasant woods walk along the Pocantico River, then through rolling hills to visit Swan Lake and Stone Farms, returning same way. About 8 moderate miles. Bring lunch, water, wear sturdy shoes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Other | Kayaking on the Hudson


Join 20-minute instructional paddles, then explore the Hudson River firsthand. Please wear a bathing suit or shorts and a t-shirt, and know how to swim. Weather permitting. Daily Weather Status: 1-646-613-0740.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Dance Performance | Collaborative Art: iLAND presents SIP (Sustained Immersive Process)/watershed


The interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art Nature and Dance presents this investigation into the NYC watershed viewed as a meta-choreography of the historical, geological, and cultural layers of the interaction of built and natural phenomena of water in the region. Choreographer and iLAND Artistic Director Jennifer Monson, Sound Artist Chris Cogburn, Costume Designer Katrin Schnabl, Architect Kate Cahill, and Choreographer/Dancer Maggie Bennett will create a process that interweaves their forms through listening, observing, moving in and with water affecting the NYC watershed – from along the edges of NYC’s shoreline to the headwaters of the Hudson in the upper reaches of the Adirondacks. The SIP collaborators invite the public into their process through a dynamic structure that frames and reflects the constantly shifting nature of the watershed. The event builds a system of listening, observing, and moving that creates a porous and fluid experience - the intimacy of which is designed to sustain an immersive experience for both the public and the artists. The performance will last 30 minutes and is limited to eight people.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 am
Free

Birdwatching | Hawk Migration on the Landfill


This special bird walk will follow the hawk migration as they stop to "fuel up" in the Park on the way back to their warm winter homes. Bring your own binoculars if you have them.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Knitting Circle


Knit, purl & crochet too! Bring your knitting and crocheting needles and yarn to join the circle. All are welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free

Other | Play Petanque in the Park


Learn to play petanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie, from members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC's championship club.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Other | Play Ping Pong


Hone your ping pong skills at one of two state-of-the-art tables. Paddles and balls are provided free of charge. Sign up with an attendant in the park to reserve a time slot.
   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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Fair | Street Fair


   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Festival | 2010 Medieval Festival


The Medieval Festival brings to life the customs and spirit of the Middle Ages. The Park is transformed into a medieval market town decorated with bright banners and processional flags. Performers, guests and festival goers dress in medieval costume. Visitors are greeted by authentic medieval music, dance, magic, and minstrels, as well as jugglers and jesters. The afternoon is concluded with a thrilling joust between four knights on horseback. Costumed vendors will be on hand to demonstrate and sell a wide variety of medieval crafts as well as food and drink.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Dance Performance | Collaborative Art: iLAND presents SIP (Sustained Immersive Process)/watershed


The interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art Nature and Dance presents this investigation into the NYC watershed viewed as a meta-choreography of the historical, geological, and cultural layers of the interaction of built and natural phenomena of water in the region. Choreographer and iLAND Artistic Director Jennifer Monson, Sound Artist Chris Cogburn, Costume Designer Katrin Schnabl, Architect Kate Cahill, and Choreographer/Dancer Maggie Bennett will create a process that interweaves their forms through listening, observing, moving in and with water affecting the NYC watershed – from along the edges of NYC’s shoreline to the headwaters of the Hudson in the upper reaches of the Adirondacks. The SIP collaborators invite the public into their process through a dynamic structure that frames and reflects the constantly shifting nature of the watershed. The event builds a system of listening, observing, and moving that creates a porous and fluid experience - the intimacy of which is designed to sustain an immersive experience for both the public and the artists. The performance will last 30 minutes and is limited to eight people.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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City Walk | East River Walk


Slow, easy pace. A walk along the East River Promenade, all the way to the South Ferry Terminal. Bring lunch and water.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
$3

Festival | Deepavali Festival


Classical and fusion performances, colorful marketplace, Indian cuisine, children's activities, raffles and gifts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

Concert | Resident Music Festival


Including Stan Statlin, Madeleine Yayodele Nelson’s Shekere Class; Val Hawk and 3Spirit, Hal Miller, Gabriel Abularach (flamenco guitar); Miles Evans (trumpet), Nasheet Waits (drums) and Gabriel Abularach (flamenco guitar); Musicians Jam, Eve Zanni and the Sweethots with Mike Holover, Blanca; Bobby Harden.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

Book Signing | The New Yorker Festival Book Signings


Authors sign copies of their books. 12 noon •Wells Tower •Jonathan Safran Foer 1 PM •Paul Muldoon •Jorie Graham 2 PM •Alex Ross •Jaron Lanier 3 PM •Michael Specter •David Grann 4 PM •Ian Frazier •Roz Chast
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 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
$6

Screening | Daily Screenings: Corn Is Life


A showing of the short films on the Native American food that changed the world: The Gift, Na Florentina, La Cumbia del Mole and Corn Is Who We Are. Starts at 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Notorious & Notable: Twentieth Century Women of Style


Phyllis Magidson, Curator of Costumes and Textiles, will lead a guided tour of the Museum's newest exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Tour of Exhibition Notorious & Notable: Twentieth Century Women of Style


Phyllis Magidson, Curator of Costumes and Textiles, will lead a guided tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | History of Governors Island Walking Tour


Join a National Park Ranger for this 45- to 60-minute walking tour experience and discover how the role of Governors Island evolved to meet the changing needs of New York City and the nation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:25 pm
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Concert | Grupo Latin Vibe


Honor Hispanic Heritage Month with a performance by the sizzling Grupo Latin Vibe. So throw on a sweater and your dancing shoes for this early autumn celebration.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Hell's Kitchen-“Midtown West” Tour


Once the turf of gangs and gangsters, now gentrified with international restaurants and Off-Broadway Theater. Highlights: The Actors Temple, The Actors Studio, The Film Center Building, The Hour Glass Tavern, the former home of Charlton and Lydia Heston.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
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Theater | Octoberfest Theater Festival: The Second Tosca by Tom Rowan


A theater festival of 53 plays in 26 days.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...

Film | Sally Potter's Oscar Nominee Orlando (1992): Woolf's Immortal Nobleman


With Tilda Swinton and Quentin Crisp. An English nobleman defies the laws of nature, undergoing a series of sexual transformations in a 400-year span of English history. Based on the novel by Virginia Woolf. 93 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free

Talk | Walking Tour/Author's Talk: My River Chronicles by Jessica Dulong


A personal and historical journey. Author and Hudson River tugboat engineer of the John J. Harvey, JESSICA DULONG, gives an outdoor talk and walk near the Hudson River. In her talk, Dulong will discuss being one of the world’s only female fireboat engineers and shares her experiences of learning to navigate a traditionally male world, interweaving present-day characters and events with four centuries of Hudson River history. After the talk, she will sign copies of her book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Amble Through the Ramble”


Over streams, under arches, through the woods along a maze of pathways in a 38-acre woodland respite. Tour will be approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | A Concert of Music for Winds presented by L’Amore Della Musica


Featuring: Cecilia Sparacio, flute; Simeon Loring, clarinet; Arianna Kalian, oboe; Lori Brand, bassoon; and Nancy Vizza, horn. The group will perform works by Arnold, Danzi, Debussy, Ibert, and Nielsen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
Free

Book Discussion | A Discussion of Michael Kimmel's Book Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men


To a growing list of books about the myths and mysteries of American boys and young males, Kimmel, a sociologist and author of Manhood in America, adds this deft exploration grounded in research.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Concert | Greenwich Village Orchestra perform works by Mozart and Tchiakovsky


Program: Mozart - Die Zauberflöte Overture Mozart - Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 2, "Little Russian"
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
$15 suggested donation

Concert | New York Classical Players' Inaugural Concert


Program: Shostakovich Prelude & Scherzo Op. 11 Schubert Rondo for Violin and Strings Needham Driving Music (World premiere commissioned by NYCP) Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings As one of today’s most exciting young chamber orchestras, this will be the New York Classical Players debut performance. The NYCP reaches out to diverse audiences to enrich the human spirit and to enhance cultural vitality through performances at the highest artistic level.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Tour | History of Governors Island Walking Tour


Join a National Park Ranger for this 45- to 60-minute walking tour experience and discover how the role of Governors Island evolved to meet the changing needs of New York City and the nation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:25 pm
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Dance Performance | Collaborative Art: iLAND presents SIP (Sustained Immersive Process)/watershed


The interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art Nature and Dance presents this investigation into the NYC watershed viewed as a meta-choreography of the historical, geological, and cultural layers of the interaction of built and natural phenomena of water in the region. Choreographer and iLAND Artistic Director Jennifer Monson, Sound Artist Chris Cogburn, Costume Designer Katrin Schnabl, Architect Kate Cahill, and Choreographer/Dancer Maggie Bennett will create a process that interweaves their forms through listening, observing, moving in and with water affecting the NYC watershed – from along the edges of NYC’s shoreline to the headwaters of the Hudson in the upper reaches of the Adirondacks. The SIP collaborators invite the public into their process through a dynamic structure that frames and reflects the constantly shifting nature of the watershed. The event builds a system of listening, observing, and moving that creates a porous and fluid experience - the intimacy of which is designed to sustain an immersive experience for both the public and the artists. The performance will last 30 minutes and is limited to eight people.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Theater | Octoberfest Theater Festival: Henna by Naveen Bahar Choudhury


A theater festival of 53 plays in 26 days.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...

Concert | Sunday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Collaborative Art: iLAND presents SIP (Sustained Immersive Process)/watershed


The interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art Nature and Dance presents this investigation into the NYC watershed viewed as a meta-choreography of the historical, geological, and cultural layers of the interaction of built and natural phenomena of water in the region. Choreographer and iLAND Artistic Director Jennifer Monson, Sound Artist Chris Cogburn, Costume Designer Katrin Schnabl, Architect Kate Cahill, and Choreographer/Dancer Maggie Bennett will create a process that interweaves their forms through listening, observing, moving in and with water affecting the NYC watershed – from along the edges of NYC’s shoreline to the headwaters of the Hudson in the upper reaches of the Adirondacks. The SIP collaborators invite the public into their process through a dynamic structure that frames and reflects the constantly shifting nature of the watershed. The event builds a system of listening, observing, and moving that creates a porous and fluid experience - the intimacy of which is designed to sustain an immersive experience for both the public and the artists. The performance will last 30 minutes and is limited to eight people.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Master Class | French Horn Day


A world-class French horn faculty master classes and a faculty performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Robert Kwan, Organist


Kwan is from Westport, Connecticut.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
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Staged Reading | Doug Grissom's Play Year of Pilgrimage


A reading followed by a discussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Theater | Octoberfest Theater Festival: Dayglo by Randee Smith


A theater festival of 53 plays in 26 days.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...

Theater | Octoberfest Theater Festival: Turnabout by Daniel Reitz


A theater festival of 53 plays in 26 days.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Travel Writing Class


Instructor: David Farley.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Student Concert: Chopin's Polonaises and Mazurkas


One concert in a series of six which will include the complete Nocturnes, Polonaises, Mazurkas, and Etudes of Chopin performed by student pianists. This performance will feature Polonaises and Mazurkas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Resident Music Festival


Including Marya Zimmet (voice), Isaac Basker (Prez Ike,) Ken Wade (folk).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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