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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 17, 2011?

31 free events take place on Monday, October 17 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 17 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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31 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, October 17, 2011

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Talk | Learn about the Peoples of the Plains


With Laura Browarny.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Visual Resources Online


This class is a lecture/demonstration. Learn about online image databases and research strategies, including NYPL digital collections.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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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" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
Free

Book Signing | Bestelling author Nicholas Sparks signs copies of his book The Best of Me


In the fall of 1984, high school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell deeply, irrevocably in love. Though they were from opposite sides of the tracks, their love for one another seemed to defy the realities of life in the small town of Oriental, North Carolina. But as the summer of their senior year came to a close, unforeseen events would tear the young couple apart, setting them on radically divergent paths.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Park Walk | Garden Tour


Tour gardens with horticulturists and learn about innovations in organic gardening on a public scale.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Colloquium | CNN's Fareed Zakaria: Educating Students To Lead In A Global Context


In an increasing global society, how do we build a foundation to sustain freedom and preserve democratic values? What are the challenges and opportunities of educating citizens and future leaders to take their place in the world community? An impressive panel will examine the role of education in this country at a Pre-Inaugural Colloquium marking the installation of Cooper Union’s 12th President, Dr. Jamshed Bharucha, with keynote speaker Fareed Zakaria of CNN, Time and The Washington Post Moderated by Vikas Kapoor, the discussion will also feature Vali Nasr, Professor of International Politics, Tufts University and Atina Grossmann, Professor of History, The Cooper Union.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Screening | Daily Screenings: Mother Earth in Crisis | Indigenous Lands and Forests


With: Los Derechos de la Pachamama/The Rights of Mother Earth and Sisa Ñambi Starts at 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | U.S. Customs House Building Tour


Museum Ambassadors provide a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Talk | Learn About Taino Culture


Jorge Estevez discusses Taino culture past and present using traditional handling objects in an interactive informal setting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Conference | Violence, Memory and Representation: The Paris Massacre of October 1961 in Historical Perspective


On the night of October 17, 1961, a peaceful demonstration of pro-FLN Algerians residing in Paris was brutally suppressed by French police. As many as 200 Algerians were killed, some when they were thrown, unconscious, into the Seine. Though long subject to historical repression, the memory of this episode of urban violence has resurfaced in force over the last decade. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of this event, Columbia faculty and invited speakers will consider this process of historical reconstruction and explore the haunting presence of October 17, 1961 in contemporary literature and film. Speakers: -Seth Graebner, Associate Professor of French and International and Area Studies, Washington University in St. Louis, "The Perfect Massacre: Victimhood and Villainy in Public Memory" -Phil Watts, Chairman of the Department of French, "October 17th on Film" Roundtable discussion with: -Kristin Ross, Professor of Comparative Literature, NYU -Muhsin al-Musawi, Professor of Arabic Literature, Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies -Judith Surkis, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of History, Columbia and Barnard -Madeleine Dobie, Associate Professor, Department of French, Columbia (moderator)
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Workshop | HTML Email Seminar


HTML email has become a popular form of communication for Enewsletters, advertisements, and other forms of information. This seminar will show you how to send HTML email in a variety of ways.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Master Class | Master Class: Andrew Marriner, Clarinet


Andrew Marriner has toured the world as a soloist, chamber musician and as Principal clarinet for the LSO and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, performing concertos with conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Sir Colin Davis, Richard Hickox, Antonio Pappano, André Previn, Mstislav Rostropovich, Michael Tilson Thomas and Sir Neville Marriner. He is a member of both the LSO and Academy Chamber Ensembles and has also performed with the Chilingirian, Lindsay, Endellion, Moscow, Warsaw, Orlando, Sine Nomine and Belcea string quartets, as well as with individuals such as Alfred Brendel, Andre Previn, Andras Schiff, Lynn Harrell, Stephen Isserlis, Emmanuel Ax, the late Sandor Vegh, Manoug Parikian, Vlado Perlemuter and George Malcolm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Author Reading | Jennifer Bloom & Lillian Luterman discuss their book In! College Admissions and Beyond


Practical advice to students, their parents and educators assisting students in the choices available to them as they prepare to transition from high school to college.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Book Signing | Hercules actor Kevin Sorbo signs copies of his book True Strength: My Journey From Hercules to Mere Mortal -- And How Nearly Dying Saved My Life


The story of transformation, persistence, and hope in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Sorbo reflects on his childhood in Minnesota and his early acting days in Hollywood, to his charmed life as television’s beloved Hercules, and where he is today. He recounts the onset of his symptoms, his frightening hospitalization, and his arduous path to recovery. With this honest account of personal tragedy and triumph, Sorbo aims to blaze a trail for those who have ever suffered acute illness or a serious setback in life and are now struggling to find their way back.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | America and Israel-Palestine: War & Peace, a Lecture by Noam Chomsky


How does America's strategic alliance with Israel affect the prospects of peace in the Middle East, and why has the US been so involved in the region in the first place? Scholar and activist Noam Chomsky considers this question and ruminates on the causes and consequences of American foreign policy in Israel-Palestine. Don't miss this rare opportunity to discuss some of the most challenging questions in contemporary global politics, including the factors that determine US policy; the two-state solution and other options; Palestinian rights; Arab democracy; and what we can do to influence policy decisions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Dr. Queen’s Drag Academy: The Martin Worman Papers


A celebration of actor, playwright, lyricist, director, female impersonator, activist, and academic Martin Worman, as documented in the papers now available at the Billy Rose Theatre Division. This event, which features Daniel Osman, includes a panel discussion and performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Other | Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration


Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer joins honorees Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director of Make the Road New York, and Juan González, columnist for The Daily News.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | HTML Email Seminar


HTML email has become a popular form of communication for Enewsletters, advertisements, and other forms of information. This seminar will show you how to send HTML email in a variety of ways.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Slide Lecture | A New Look at the Great War


With Adam Hochschild, the author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918. With a slide show of photographs, posters, documentary film footage and a little music, the author presents his new book. This unusual account of the First World War treats the conflict not as a battle between two sides, but as a battle between those who saw the war as a noble crusade and those who saw it as mutually destructive madness—and who refused to fight. The historical figures through whom he tells this story include generals, cabinet ministers, conscientious objectors, feminists, a circus lion-tamer turned antiwar activist, and an editor who, in prison, published a clandestine newspaper for his fellow war resisters on toilet paper.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Michael Dinges talks about his exhibition The Dead Laptop Series


Michael Dinges uses discarded Apple laptops as his canvas, scratching their surface, just like sailors engraved whalebone to create scrimshaw. Dinges’ work is firmly rooted in the present. Entwined with the dense images he inscribes on the shiny white MacBooks and the emblematic Apple logo, are a stream of 21st-century concerns and warnings. Also included in the exhibition are several other mass-produced items Dinges has rescued from the landfill and embellished, as well as his hyper realistic drawings of products that have withstood the test of time despite rapid technological progress.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Lecture | Biennials and Curatorial Ambivalence


A lecture by Jens Hoffmann, a writer and exhibition-maker based in San Francisco where he is the director of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts at the California College of the Arts. In his talk, Hoffmann will discuss the increasing tendency of what he calls 'deskilling' in the field of exhibition making, despite the growth of curatorial MA programs. Hoffman is the co-curator of the 12th Istanbul Biennial currently on view through November 13, 2011.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Forum | Nonfiction Forum: Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts


Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts is the author of Harlem Is Nowhere. Her work has appeared in Transition, New York Times, and Boston Globe. She has received awards from the Rona Jaffe Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Rhodes-Pitts is now writing a trilogy on African-Americans and utopia. Moderated by Jeffery Renard Allen, faculty member of the School of Writing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
$5

Reading | Chapter & Verse: Jerry Adler on Raymond Carver


Great actors read timeless literature! Jerry Adler is a veteran of over 50 Broadway productions as producer, director, and production stage manager, including the original My Fair Lady (the Broadway revival he directed), Coco, The Homecoming, Annie, and many more, as well as his Tony Award-winning Good Evening which he directed with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Greil Marcus reads from his book The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years


The acclaimed music critic presents his latest rock 'n' roll biography.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | New Treatments for Depression


Dr. Alan Manevitz is a practicing clinical psychiatrist, a clinical associate professor at Payne Whitney-Weill Cornell Medical Center, and has been named amongst the Top Doctors in America by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., New York Time’s Super Doctors, New York Magazine’s Best Doctors, and Best Doctors of America. He will be discussing his work in difficult-to-diagnose medical cases and the revolutionary new treatment for hitherto recalcitrant depressions, after which he will answer questions from the audience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Told: An Evening of Themed Storytelling


Told is a monthly storytelling show hosted by Seth Lind. Each month New York's best performers take the stage to tell true stories related to a central theme. A special guest provides interludes to glue the evening together into a collective experience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Congo in Harlem 3: Congo-Related Films


This the third annual series of Congo-related films and special events. This year's program features a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, representing some of the most important issues facing the Democratic Republic of Congo today. Most screenings will be followed by panel discussions, special events, musical performances, and receptions. Congo in Harlem 3 will provide audiences with more than the traditional movie-going experience -- it will offer opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about the ongoing humanitarian crisis, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested admission

Discussion | Ordinary Witnesses: A Conversation with Choreographer Rachid Ouramdane


Through the innovative use of multimedia and video testimonies, French-Algerian choreographer Rachid Ouramdane has created poetic and visually astonishing performances that often blur the boundaries between documentary and dance. His work Ordinary Witnesses transforms extensive interviews conducted with victims of war and violence from Rwanda to Brazil, into a performance that creates a powerful dialogical discourse with the audience on the limitations of brutality and the resilience of the human spirit.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free
7:30 pm
Free

Performance | Fresh Comedy Show


Michelle Wolf and Erin Lennox host this FREE stand up open mic. Sign up and you can be part of the show! Each week Michelle & Erin (and special guests) will be joined by additional acts whose names will be drawn from the golden bowl of destiny. FRESH gives you the chance to work that new joke or rework an oldie but goodie. This show is FREE for all audiences.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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