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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 29, 2014?

42 free events take place on Wednesday, October 29 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 29 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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42 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, October 29, 2014

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free events nyc Dance on Film: Ashton’s Tchaikovsky
free events nyc Masha Gessen discusses her book Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot
free events nyc Piano Works by Ravel, Prokofiev, Chopin
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Workshop | Park FitClub: Boot Camp with The Rise NYC


Energize your day with a workout before work. Join The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness group, for a Boot Camp. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back - and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high-fives encouraged. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 am
Free

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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Workshop | MS Excel 2010 for Beginners Workshop


Learn the basics of working with spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel 2010. Topics include entering data and formulas, moving and copying data, formatting & print previewing worksheets.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
Free

Workshop | Elements of Nature Drawing


Enjoy drawing nature in the parks and gardens with an artist/educator. Materials provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Second Sandy Anniversary Walk


4-5 miles, lunch at Costco. Continue to Roosevelt Island bridge for tram back to Manhattan. The walk includes views from Astoria Park and Socrates sculpture garden. Rain cancels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$3

Park Walk | Garden Tour


Learn about the thousands of trees, flowers, shrubs, and perennials that decorate the Garden from horticulturalists who take care of this special place within the Park. Route involves a few stairs. 75 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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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. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Author Reading | Sam Roberts reads from his book A History of New York in 101 Objects


Sam Roberts is the urban affairs correspondent for The New York Times. He is the host of The New York Times Close Up, an hour-long weekly news and interview program on cable channel NY1 that he inaugurated in 1992. He is the author or editor of eight previous books.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | The Choir of Liverpool Cathedral


The Choir of Liverpool Cathedral under the direction of David Poulter will offer a program of choral music.
   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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Screening | Dance on Film: Ashton’s Tchaikovsky


Interpolations by Frederick Ashton into Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, introduced by David Vaughan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

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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Jazz | Midday Jazz


A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Workshop | MedlinePlus Database Workshop


Use the MedlinePlus website, produced by the National Library of Medicine, to find reliable, up-to-date information about diseases, medical conditions and wellness issues in language a non-specialist can understand. Learn about treatments, look up information on drugs and supplements and much more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Lecture | Propaganda and Political Spectacle


This talk will focus on the theories of Edward Bernays and his Freudian influences, with particular focus on Bernays’ work with Woodrow Wilson and the affective relationship of key policies during and after WW1. How can we critique commodities, production, consumption and propaganda in relation to Debord’s concept of the society of the spectacle and Marx’s commodity fetish? Speaker Nina Trivedi is a PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art, in London in the department of Critical and Historical Studies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Jazz | Bill Wurtzel, Jazz Guitarist


Enjoy free live music performed by jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guest musicians.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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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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2:00 pm
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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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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Figure Al Fresco: Drawing Outdoors


Learn figure drawing outdoors with a clothed model and an artist/educator. Materials provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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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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4:00 pm
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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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5:00 pm
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Lecture | Fred Herko: Warhol’s First Superstar


As part of a weeklong program of events to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Fred Herko, his biographer Gerard Forde talks with Herko’s friend and collaborator Billy Name about Herko, Judson Dance Theater, Warhol and the birth of the Factory.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Roxanne Lowit / Christopher Thomas


Paris City of Light by Christopher Thomas captures the streets and sights of Paris devoid of people in the photographer’s signature, hauntingly beautiful style. Yves Saint Laurent by Roxanne Lowit presents a personal photographic history of Yves Saint Laurent from 1978, the year Roxanne Lowit first met him, to the last show he gave in 2002.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 23/7, a College Exhibition


An exhibition of thesis work by the MPS Digital Photography class of 2014. Curated by New York City gallerist and faculty member Michael Foley.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Group: Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debate, and the African Adventure That Took Victorian World by Storm by Monte Reel


The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beast — the gorilla — only to stumble straight into the center of the biggest debate of the day: Darwin's theory of evolution.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Silences


With: Cristian Segura, Lorena Guillen Vaschetti, Miriam Peralta, and Julian Teran.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Chris Martin’s Pirate Utopias


Pirate utopias are fictional islands where inhabitants can be unburdened of social constraints and other normative traditions stifling individuality. The term was coined by writer Peter Lamborn Wilson who most recently collaborated with Chris Martin on a book entitled, "Opium Dens I Have Known."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | College Exhibition: Towanda: An American Town Pictured


During the Fall of 2013, 15 students collaborated with Documentary Strategies instructor Vincent Cianni in an effort to document the town of Towanda, PA through photography, interviews, and video. The resulting body of work, including a series of photographs by Towanda High School students, formed a portrait of a community that expands received notions of documentation, subject, and observation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | History’s Ghosts: Raqs Media Collective


Welcome the Delhi-based trio Raqs Media Collective, world-renowned artists whose work intersects contemporary art, historical enquiry, and philosophical speculation. In part, their work responds to history’s ghosts, restlessness, and today’s India.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Masha Gessen discusses her book Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot


Masha Gessen is a Russian-American journalist and the author of the startling Man without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin (2012). She contributes frequently to the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, Slate, and many other publications. She left Russia in 2013 and currently lives in New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
$5

Discussion | Meyer London, Legendary Politician


London was celebrated on the Lower East Side when he was elected the second Socialist Congressman in 1914. Biographer Gordon Goldberg, historian Danny Soyer and Rosalyn Baxandall, who is London's grand-niece as well as a professor of American studies, will discuss London's impact and influence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Social Housing Studies: Vienna


For nearly a century, the City of Vienna has built one of the world’s most ambitious social housing programs. Over 60% of all Viennese households live in council housing owned or subsidized by the citygovernment. And unlike the uniform housing blocks associated with other global cities, Vienna’s housing balances low rents with inventive architecture, smart city planning, and deep community involvement. How does the Viennese government finance and maintain its social housing? How are architects and residents engaged in the development process? Is Vienna able to meet the housing demand of today’s growing metropolis? And what could New York City learn from Vienna’s approach?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Vishaan Chakrabarti discusses his book A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America


This illustrated lecture argues that well-designed cities are the key to solving America's great national challenges: environmental degradation, unsustainable consumption, economic stagnation, rising public health costs, and decreased social mobility. If we develop them wisely in the future, our cities can be the force leading us into a new era of progressive and prosperous stewardship of our nation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Reading | 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow': A Round Robin Reading


To celebrate Penguin Classics' reissue of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories, a round robin reading of the famous short story with Lev Grossman, Caitlin Macy, Mandy Keifetz, and Randy Cohen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Contributors read from This Land Press


This Land Press is an Oklahoma-based magazine, website, radio show, and online store telling "courageous, compelling stories from the middle of the country."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Corky, Lori, Dana and Tracy Pollan discuss their book The Pollan Family Table


Meet the Pollan Family as they introduce their new cookbook.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Double Take X Reading


An evening of original works by 3 pairs of authors that trade takes on shared experiences. Featuring: Real Quiet lost the Triple Crown by four inches in 1998. Alexandra Chasin and Robert Lopez take up where the horse leaves off. Filip Noterdaeme and Rick Whitaker sound out the psycho-nightmare of the primal scream. J.C. Hallman and James Marcus eavesdrop on Nicholson Baker’s Vox.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Signing | Jerry Lee Lewis talks with Rick Bragg about his biography of the rock 'n' roll great


The greatest Southern storyteller of our time, New York Times bestselling author Rick Bragg, tracks down the greatest rock and roller of all time, Jerry Lee Lewis—and gets his own story, from the source, for the very first time.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Workshop | Brain Games


Don’t just play them, learn with them. Reward and exercise your brain the fun way. Master your strategy skills with Chess or Go. Learn about finance with Monopoly and The Game of Life. With many games to choose from, it’s not all just fun and games.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | NYU Steel: An Evening with Kendall Williams


Featuring the Crossfire Steel Orchestra in collaboration with the American Composers Orchestra.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Piano Works by Ravel, Prokofiev, Chopin


Program: RAVEL "Ondine" from Gaspard de la nuit SZYMANOWSKI Variations in B-flat Minor, Op. 3 CHOPIN Introduction and Rondo in E-flat Major, Op. 16 PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 87, Movement IV Winner of the 2012 Kosciuszko Chopin Competition, Chinese pianist Yun Wei is a fourth-year student studying with Robert McDonald. Praised for his "assurance and vitality" (New York Times) in his 2010 appearance, Alan Woo is also a fourth-year pianist studying with Robert McDonald.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free
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