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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 20, 2010?

43 free events take place on Monday, September 20 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 September 20 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 September . 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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43 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, September 20, 2010

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Other | Get a Free Cup of Gourmet Coffee


3,000 free cups of richly flavored gourmet Illy coffee will be given away. IIly representatives will be outside the store giving out empty Illy cups, which customers can bring into the café to obtain their free cup of coffee. (Restrictions apply.)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 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" Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free

Workshop | Laptop Open Lab


Want a quiet setting where you can work on a computer? Do you have questions about computer use, programs, devices, or software? Stop by the Laptop Lab. A staff member will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about using a computer. You are welcome to use a library laptop or your own laptop.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Park Walk | Walk NYC


A program that encourages New Yorkers of all ages to get fit while enjoying the outdoors. With funding provided by Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Park is staffed with trained walking instructors to lead walks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

City Walk | Walk NYC


A program that encourages New Yorkers of all ages to get fit while enjoying the outdoors. With funding provided by Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Park is staffed with trained walking instructors to lead walks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Computer Open Lab


Hands on using wireless laptops. Are you having trouble with your email? Don't know how to cut and paste? Curious about Twitter? Bring Technology questions and get one-on-one assistance!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 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
Free

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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Author Reading | Bestselling writer Nicholas Sparks discusses his book Safe Haven


When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Dan Manjovi, Award-Winning Pianist


Dan Manjovi is an award-winning musician and composer, and a New York favorite. His song "Somethin's Comin' My Way" is featured in the film and soundtrack to the 2009 Oscar-award winning film Precious. As a singer/songwriter he has released two solo albums, Dan Manjovi (2005) and Woke Up This Morning (2008). His current project is an original musical, I AM I WILL I DO, for which he has written book, music, and lyrics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

Park Walk | Garden Tour


Those on the walking tour will also be introduced to the “hot” gardens, featuring red, yellow and orange flowers, and “cool” gardens, featuring blue, purple and pink flowers. Many plants will be blooming and/or taking on autumn colors. Late summer roses will also share the limelight.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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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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Other | End Child Mortality with Emmy-winning actress Claire Danes


Around the world, a child dies every 3 seconds from a preventable disease and treatable causes due to lack of basic health care, which is the equivalent of 20 children every New York minute. On the first day of the United Nations Global Millennium Development Goals Summit, Save the Children and Emmy Award-winning actress Claire Danes invite New Yorkers to support a major campaign to end child mortality. New Yorkers can add their voice and ink their thumbprint on a huge mosaic, created by famed artist Ian Wright, to join the fight to prevent needless deaths of children everywhere.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Laughter Yoga


Laughter Yoga is a revolutionary idea that can change your personal outlook on life. No special clothes needed– nor yoga mat, just the willingness to laugh on purpose.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Lecture | Learn about Taino Culture


Jorge Estevez discusses Taino culture past and present using traditional handling objects in an interactive informal setting each Monday afternoon.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Anima: From the Vatican to Versailles


Anima will present works composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII (1623 to 1644) including compositions by Stefano Landi and Girolamo Frescobaldi. Anima will also explore the influence of Italian composers who were brought to the French Court. With: Beth Anne Hatton, soprano; Vita Wallace, Baroque violin; Motomi Igarashi, viola da gamba; Christa Patton, harp.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Microsoft Office 2003: MS Word 2


Hands on using wireless laptops. Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Word 2003. Topics include tables, text boxes, headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Jazz | Linda Ciofalo performs from his CD Dancing with Johnny


The scintillating jazz vocalist returns with a wonderful collection of Johnny Mercer songs. The selections range from classics such as "Moon River" to more obscure numbers such as "Talk to Me Baby."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Park Fall Festival Concert


Experience the best of the 2010–2011 New York City performing arts season. This is an after-work performance featuring artists from NYC's premiere classical music, jazz, dance, and opera institutions. Performances to be announced. Tables, chairs and picnics are welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Park Walk | Walk NYC


A program that encourages New Yorkers of all ages to get fit while enjoying the outdoors. With funding provided by Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Park is staffed with trained walking instructors to lead walks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Yoga for Everyone


A variety of yoga classes taught by some of the area’s most enlightened instructors. The philosophy of yoga, which aims to unite all aspects of the individual – body and mind and soul – to improve health, happiness and tranquility is deeply beneficial on its own or as a complement to other wellness programs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
Free

Discussion | Cultural Ecology


A panel with Faustin Linyekula, internationally renowned dancer and founder of Studios Kabako, a space for contemporary dance serving his native Democratic Republic of the Congo. Exploring the question of sustainability, Linyekula will appear on a panel with scholars and architects discussing the role of the artist in driving social change. The panel is designed to increase awareness of contemporary culture in Africa and open up the question of how art and culture can act as catalysts for sustainable development. Also appearing will be noted author, poet, and curator Okwui Enwezor and Mamadou Diouf, Professor of History.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Emma Tarlo discusses her book Visibly Muslim


While Muslim dress has been at the center of much international debate, western media almost always fail to consider it on its own terms, from the perspective of the people who design and wear this clothing. Join Tarlo for a discussion of her new book on British Muslim fashion, as she explores the impact Islamic fashion has had on the development of transnational cultural formations and multicultural urban spaces.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Genealogy 2: Using Library Databases


Hands on using wireless laptops. Enhance your genealogical research by using historical newspapers, records, maps and databases.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | MFA Alumni Reading: Nick Burd / Elizabeth Fodaski / Justin Taylor


Three recent graduates of the MFA Program read from their new books: Nick Burd, The Vast Fields of Ordinary; Elizabeth Fodaksi, Document; and Justin Taylor, Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever. Moderated by Robert Polito.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Microsoft Word 1 Workshop


Learn the basic features of Microsoft Word 2003, a word processing program you can use to create documents. Topics include entering and editing text, saving files, and formatting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Mitchell B. Reiss reads from his book Negotiating with Evil: When to Talk to Terrorists


Over the past three years, Reiss has traveled to some of the world's hotbeds of terrorist activity, including Ireland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Israel/Palestine, and Iraq. He has interviewed hundreds of world leaders across the spectrum, from major political leaders to terrorist groups, ranging from General David Petraeus to Gerry Adams, from ETA, and Hamas leaders. In Negotiating With Evil, Reiss distills his experience, being at the center of some of America's most sensitive diplomatic negotiations, and provides his answer to two questions that are more vital today than ever: Should we talk to terrorists? And if we do, how should we conduct the negotiations in order to gain what we want?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Richard Wolin reads from his book The Wind from the East


Inspired by their perceptions of the Cultural Revolution and motivated by utopian hopes, French students and intellectuals incited grassroots social movements and reinvigorated French civic and cultural life in the 1960's. But what did democracy have to do with Mao? Wolin's books include Heidegger's Children and The Seduction of Unreason. His articles and reviews have appeared in Dissent, The Nation, and The New Republic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | The Little Red Schoolhouse: An American Icon


This illustrated talk by Jonathan Zimmerman examines the Little Red Schoolhouse in popular memory, exploring how successive generations of Americans have imagined this quintessential national icon in art, poetry, film, and song. Inevitably, they also distorted its history. Yet the idyllic image of the Little Red Schoolhouse continues to unite us, embodying the nation's best aspirations and--especially--its faith in education itself.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Kati Marton discusses from her book Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America


Marton is interviewed by Dr. David G. Marwell, museum director. In this true-life thriller, she draws on her skill as an investigative reporter to discover who her journalist parents really were—and how they survived the Nazis in Budapest and imprisonment by the Soviets during the Cold War.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5

Theater | Octoberfest Theater Festival: The Man from Madisonville by William Jackson Harper


A theater festival of 53 plays in 26 days.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation...

Theater | Octoberfest Theater Festival: Joel Gross' Shoestring Paradise


A theater festival of 53 plays in 26 days.
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Jazz | Ondrej Pivec, Gregory Hutchinson & Najponk perform from their CD It's about time


Najponk (Fender Rhodes piano), Pivec (Hammond B3 organ), and Hutchinson (drums) play from their collaborative recording.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Photographer Nick Zinner discusses his book Please Take Me Off the Guest List


Journalist Katherine Lanpher interviews the photographer and Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Samuel Moyn reads from his book The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History


The Columbia professor will be here to discuss his new book, the history of the rise of Human Rights as an idea and a phrase. Moyn's contention is that the human rights movement has supplanted earlier twentieth-century utopic thought, and draws upon the same instincts and shares some of the same failings.
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Suzan Johnson Cook discusses her book Becoming a Woman of Destiny


Pastor Johnson Cook specifically addresses the modern woman in her new book, and common sense paths to a fulfilling life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | The E-Publishing Debate: What Is the Future of the Book?


Kindles, iPads, Nooks, and Google books -- the average reader is often bewildered by the rapidly developing world of e-books and has plenty of questions: Will paper books and book stores continue to exist? What do e-books mean for authors and their publishers? Is piracy a concern? Is reader privacy a concern? Moderated by agent Eric Simonoff, this panel will explore some of the thorny issues raised by this ongoing digital revolution and its impact on the publishing world. Featuring Simon Lipskar from Writers House representing the perspective of agents; Jon Sargent, CEO of Macmillan, speaking for publishers; David Naggar of Amazon; and Roland Lange from new book e-tailer Google.
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Told: An Evening of Themed Storytelling


A 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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Author Reading | Tracy Anderson discusses her book Tracy Anderson’s 30-day Method


Known for training celebrities, Anderson shows you how to shrink your body in 30 days at home.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Claremont Trio performs works by Beethoven, Faure and Brahms


Followed by a reception at which guests can meet the artists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Marianne Leone reads from ger book Knowing Jesse: A Mother's Story of Grief, Grace, and Everyday Bliss


Leone is Jesse's mother. Her world was transformed by his brilliant life and untimely death. This is a memoir of joy, grief and triumph, told with humor and honesty.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Experiments in Dance: Melanie Maar / Sara Zimmerman / Isabel Nares & Jorge David


A high visibility, low-tech forum that supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Film | See Howl with James Franco -- on a rooftop -- before it hits theaters


With James Franco, Jon Hamm and Mary-Louise Parker. A drama centered on the obscenity trial Allen Ginsberg faced after the publication of his poem, Howl. See the film before it opens in theaters later in the week. 90 min. Preceded by live music at 8:30pm. Following the screening will be a Q&A with the filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
Free
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