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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 12, 2013?
40 free events take place on Saturday, October 12 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 12 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.
Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 12, 2013?
40 free events take place on Saturday, October 12 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 12 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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The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, October 12, 2013
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Workshop | Health and Race Walking
Enjoy views of the Park's landscapes as you get fit. Coach Lon Wilson of the New York Walkers Club leads walks at a moderate to brisk pace over mostly flat surfaces. Wear comfortable sneakers! Ages 18+.
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free
Free
Conference | Verdi's Third Century: Italian Opera Today
9:30-10:30 • Musical Traditions and Italian Opera
Andreas Giger (Louisiana State University), Chair
Marco Pollaci (University of Nottingham), “Pedagogic Tradition in Verdi’s Early Works: Innovation, Culture, and Politics”
Marcelo Campos Hazan (University of South Carolina), “Nabucco’s Band”
11:00-12:30 • Position Paper and Round Table: Scores and Editions in Today’s Opera House
Cori Ellison, Chair
Philip Gossett (University of Chicago), “Scores and Editions in Today’s Opera House”
Round-table: participants include Linda B. Fairtile (University of Richmond), John Mauceri (New York)
2:30-4:30 • Reception, National Identity, and Monuments
Roberta Montemorra Marvin (University of Iowa), Chair
Francesca Vella (King’s College London), “Simon Boccanegra and the 1881 Milan Exposition”
Davide Ceriani (Rowan University), “Asserting Identity, Defying Stereotypes: The Reception of Verdi’s Operas in New York at the Height of Italian Migration to America (1908-1915)”
Harriet Boyd (University of Oxford), “1951 Verdi and the Cult of Posterity”
Emily Richmond Pollock (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), “Life Cycle: Celebrating Verdi at the Sarasota Opera”
5:00-6:00 • Un ballo in maschera
David Rosen (Cornell University), Chair
Andreas Giger (Louisiana State University), “Verdi’s Gustavo III and the Critical Edition”
Maria Beatrice Giorio (University of Trieste), “Verdi’s Un Ballo in maschera through the Eyes of Two Artists: Oskar Kokoschka and Arnaldo Pomodoro”
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free
Free
City Walk | Westside River Walk
6-miles. River vistas, from the South Ferry to 57th Street along the Hudson. At 57th St., a tour of some selected art galleries and a finish at Parnells on 1st Ave. for an optional late brunch. Excellent fare and generous servings, inclusive of a choice of drink for about $20, incl. tip.
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 am
$3
$3
Tour | Brooklyn Heights Tour
Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Festival | Morris-Jumel Mansion Culture and Arts Festival, Featuring Tony and Grammy Winner Lin-Manuel Miranda
The third annual MJM CAFé will feature the vibrant music, artistry, crafts and cuisine that make Washington Heights and the neighboring communities of Harlem and Inwood so diverse and dynamic.
This year, Lin-Manuel Miranda is the guest of honor. He is writing a new musical about the life of Alexander Hamilton. Where better to perform 3 songs from this work-in-progress than Aaron Burr's former residence? He will be accompanied by Tony-winning orchestrator and musical director Alex Lacamoire. Miranda will perform at 1:30PM, following the performance he and the cast will also participate in an audience talk-back session.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
Free
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
Free
Free
Book Discussion | Book Group: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
Leaving her home in post-World War II Ireland to work as a bookkeeper in Brooklyn, Eilis Lacey discovers a new romance in America with a charming blond Italian man before devastating news threatens her happiness.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
Free
Free
Festival | 24th Annual Autumn Crafts Festival
Two hundred and fifty displays of quality American Craftsmanship were selected from approximately 1,200 applicants and are expected to again attract a huge audience of individual craft enthusiasts. The AUTUMN CRAFTS FESTIVAL is consistently recognized as the finest craft exposition in the New York metropolitan area.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free
Free
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
$6...
$6...
Park Walk | Garden Tour
Experience the Park's only formal garden with the Garden staff. See exuberant perennial and annual beds, and delight in an abundance of color and fragrance while learning about the Garden's history and design.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free
Free
Book Discussion | Book Group: The Whisperer by Donato Carissi
Got a taste for crime and a yen for travel? Like being transported by both crafty plots and exotic locales? Then join this group of armchair detectives for a killer discussion of murder and mayhem that spans the globe.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
Free
Free
Festival | 11th Annual Little Red Lighthouse Festival
Celebrate Manhattan’s famous lighthouse with Ranger-led lighthouse tours with readings of “The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge,” fishing clinics, live music, a theatre performance, an interactive reptile experience, arts & crafts, festival food, and more.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Festival | An unparalleled citywide celebration of New York City’s extraordinary architecture and design
11th Annual OHNY (Open House NY) Weekend.
From private residences and historic landmarks to rooftop farms and sustainable skyscrapers, OHNY Weekend offers you rare access and insight into hundreds of architecturally and culturally significant sites in all five boroughs. This annual weekend of urban exploration and architectural discovery also includes free talks; fun youth and family activities; and tours on foot, bicycle, and even by canoe. Join us in exploring and discovering the history, diversity and architecture of our city. Become inspired and enjoy your OHNY Weekend.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Festival | Fall Festival
Celebrate the fall! There will be tours of the art installations, gardening, kite-flying competitions and demonstrations, arts activities for kids led by Children's Museum of the Arts, interactive capoeira performances by the New York Capoeira Center, and taste offerings from local food trucks. Work by: Nanna Debois Buhl, Interboro Partners, Jennifer Wen Ma, Mary Mattingly, and Chat Travieso.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Park Walk | Hallett Nature Sanctuary and the Pond Tour
Take a break to enjoy this walk through the Park’s smallest woodland area, open to visitors only on guided tours. Route involves hills and wood chipped trails. 60 minutes.
Tour limit: Due to limited space in the Hallett Nature Sanctuary, only the first 20 people to sign in at the beginning of the tour will be able to participate.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Movement Workshop
Movement Research provides free movement workshops outdoors. The classes are open to all; no previous dance or movement experience necessary. The park is concrete so please wear comfortable shoes. With Jaime Ortega.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Film | Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000): 4-Time Oscar Winner
With Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang.
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically skilled, adolescent nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.
120 mins.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:15 pm
Free
Free
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...
$6...
Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Danish Paintings from the Golden Age to the Modern Breakthrough
A docent-led tour of Danish Paintings from the Golden Age to the Modern Breakthrough: Selections from the Collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr., which presents 37 works by leading Danish painters of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Discussion | Self-Discovery and Indigeneity in the Caribbean
Scholars and community leaders discuss historical aboriginal and contemporary indigeneity amoung the peoples of the Caribbean. Panelists include Jose Barreiro, Robert Mukaro Borrero, James Lovell, and Irka Mateo.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
Free
Free
Discussion | Curator discusses the exhibit The ABC of It
Join Bank Street’s Center for Children’s Literature Interim Director Jenny Brown as she interviews historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus and his assistant Patrick Kiley about their current exhibit and the importance of children’s literature as a whole.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
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
Free
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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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Performance | Performance: Maria Hupfield's An Artist Tour Guide
Brooklyn-based Canadian artist Maria Hupfield presents a site-specific, 30-minute performance and tour of the exhibit Before the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Union Square-Crossroads of New York Tour
The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more!
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
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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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade” Tour
You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
Free
Screening | The 10th Annual CortoCircuito Latino Short Film Festival
The 10th annual CortoCircuito Short Film Festival will present more than 60 films. A not-to-miss opportunity to watch samples of today’s best Latino short filmmaking, including award winners from the Cannes, Guadalajara, Locarno and San Sebastian film festivals; shorts that are rarely screened in the U.S.; premieres from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Salvador, Peru, Puerto Rico and Uruguay; as well as a rich selection of short films by Latinos living in the US.
Filmmakers will be present to introduce their films and participate in panel discussions. All films have English subtitles. Start times at 2:45 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 5:40 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:45 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Alexandra Mullins, Pedal Harpist
Mullins is the National Winner of the American Harp Society Competition, 2013.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Suggested donation
Suggested donation
Concert | Concert on Water
The concert is at the coolest classical music concerts location in New York City. Program and musicians TBA.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Film | James Watkins' The Woman in Black (2012): Ghost Story
With Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciarán Hinds.
A young lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.
95 mins.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Japanese Flute Performance
Experience the meditative and relaxing sounds of traditional Japanese music performed on the Shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese Flute. Traditionally made of bamboo, the Shakuhachi is a Japanese end-blown flute. The Shakuhachi evolved from the bamboo flute, which first came from China to Japan in the 6th Century. In medieval times, it played an important spiritual role for Fuke Zen Buddhist traveling monks.
Shortly after 9/11, Dominic Shodo Cammarota picked up the Shakuhachi as a means to deal with the events of that day. Cammarota has played the Shakuhachi around New York for nearly 10 years. He studied the Tozan style under Sholom Shozan Gold, a member of the Tozan Ryu in Japan and Native American Flute with John Sarantos.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
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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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Saturday 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
Free
Free
Concert | Joe Arndt, Organist
Part of the Second Saturday Organ Series. Joe Arndt is from Grace Church in Newark.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
$10 suggested donation
$10 suggested donation
Performance | Shirley Lauro's A Piece of My Heart: A Play about Women in the Vietnam War
Based on 26 interviews with women who served in Vietnam during the war, this play opened on Veterans Day, 2011 at The Tank Theatre in NYC. Women who participated in the Vietnam War, all of whom were volunteers, were forced to put an “m” next to their names (signifying male). As a result, there is no official list of how many women served in Vietnam during the war, though estimates range between 10,000-100,000.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
Free
6:00 pm
Free
Free
Performance | Jeanne Mordoj's La Poème, a Multi-Disciplinary Work
La Poème is a multi-disciplinary work joyfully surrounding the female body, featuring movement and singing. Mordoj reconnects with her origins and addresses new modes of expression. Each program also includes talks with international artists and thinkers dealing with gender identity and the representation of women, including Bruno Perreau, Elizabeth Povinelli and Beatriz Preciado. Hosted by Quentin Girard and Damien Bright.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation
$10 suggested donation
Tour | 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.
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
Free
Free
Jazz | Magos Herrera, Latin Jazz Singer
Already an acclaimed Latin jazz singer in her native Mexico, Magos Herrera is now garnering attention stateside for her highly accomplished melding of classic jazz and beguiling South American rhythms. Heralded by JazzTimes for her “warm, sultry tone…bluesy feeling and strong command of the jazz language,” Herrera has recorded seven solo albums to date.
New York City, NY; NYC
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