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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 21, 2012?

31 free events take place on Friday, September 21 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 21 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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31 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, September 21, 2012

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Workshop | Morning Tai Chi


Increase physical balance, strength, and mental focus. Learn the ancient Chinese martial art with expert Alex Hing. No experience is necessary. Hing also teaches Tai Chi at the China Institute. He has practiced martial arts for over 30 years in San Francisco and New York City, including 10 years with Tai Chi grand master William C. C. Chen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Other | 2012 New York Motorexpo


Motorexpo returns for its fifth annual Lower Manhattan event! Unlike any other auto show, the 2012 New York Motorexpo will tantalize New Yorkers with a free automotive display of the latest vehicles from many of the world's leading motor manufacturers. Get unrivalled access to the exteriors and interiors of the most exciting models from BMW, Cadillac, Ford, Lincoln, MINI, Mercedes-Benz, and more!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Other | Tatzu Nishi: Discovering Columbus: Visit the Famous Statue Up Close and 70 Feet in the Air


This major new artwork has been created by the Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi. The work places the 13-foot-tall statue of Columbus in the center of an American living room six stories above the city streets, recontextualizing the historical monument and temporarily transforming it into a contemporary artwork. The room will feature many of the trappings of a domestic living room—lamps, a couch, a coffee table, a television, and more—as well as custom wallpaper by the artist. Through large, loft-style windows, visitors will have dramatic views of Central Park and Midtown Manhattan that will be seen from Columbus’s perspective for the first time. Pass holders are asked to climb six flights of stairs to a height of 70 feet above street level and to descend by a second set of stairs. Flat, rubber-soled shoes are strongly recommended. This exhibition is ADA accessible. If a visitor requires the use of a mobility device (e.g. wheelchair, crutches, or a cane) or has a condition that prevents him or her from using the stairs, a hoist is available. Visitors under 13 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Those between the ages of 13 and 18 may visit without an adult, however a parent or guardian must obtain a pass for them. Given the physical demands of visiting the exhibition, it is not recommended for children under the age of 5. Strollers are not permitted.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Screening | Israeli Documentary: Dani Menkin & Yonatan Nir's Dolphin Boy (2011)


After being brutally tortured by his classmates, Morad, a teenage boy from an Israeli Arab village, suffers from severe post-traumatic shock and has disconnected himself from the world around him. In a last effort to save his son, Morad's father leaves his job and family and brings Morad to the Red Sea to try dolphin therapy. This documentary is the tale of a parent's patient and tender love and the friendship between a teenager and the group of dolphins who helped him heal. 72 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Other | Bridge Club


Are you a Bridge buff? Put on your game face and show off your best plays. For Advanced beginners, and Intermediary players. Join the fun and meet new friends!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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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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11:00 am
$6

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
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Concert | Bach at Noon


This Organ Meditations Series features the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Jazz | 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 Lionsgate film Precious. As a solo artist singer/songwriter he has released two solo albums, Dan Manjovi (2005), and Woke Up This Morning (2008).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Park Walk | “Views from the Past” Tour


As you promenade through the heart of the Park, imagine yourself living in 19th Century New York City. Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all. Tour lasts approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 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

Performance | David Levine's Habit, a Durational Performance Installation


Habit is a durational performance installation created by provocateur David Levine, with a commissioned script by playwright Jason Grote (NBC’s Smash) and environment by Marsha Ginsberg. Within a four-walled, fully furnished and functional American ranch house (stocked refrigerator, working stove, plumbing, running water), three actors perform a 90-minute drama on a continuous loop for eight hours a day. Although the language never changes, they improvise the staging to suit their needs—when they’re hungry, they cook; when they’re dirty, they wash. Spectators will circulate around the outside of the house, observing the action through the open windows and doors. A play contained within a sculpture, Habit fuses conventional theater, reality TV, and visual arts performance, short-circuiting our assumptions about spectatorship, performance, routine, and realism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Film | French Film: Julian Schnabel's Oscar-Nominated The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (2007)


The story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, French editor of Elle magazine, who suffered a stroke at the age of 43, paralyzing his entire body except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind. 112 min. In French with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Concert | Piano Competition Finals


Featuring RACHMANINOFF's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Free Music Fridays


Live Music Featuring Justin Tracy, Jessi Robertson, Justin King
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Volleyball Clinic with Metro Beach Sports


Sharpen your skills with knowledgeable instructors who will cover the fundamentals of beach volleyball in this series of free, public clinics. More advanced techniques including serving, setting, spiking, passing and ball control, and diving and rolling drills will also be reviewed. This class is best suited for adults.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Conference | A New German Critique: Cinema and the Legacies of Critical Theory


6:00 p.m. Opening Comments - Andreas Huyssen, Alexander Kluge’s television interview with Miriam Hansen, Introduced by David Bathrick 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Symposium on Cinema and Experience - Moderated by Rick Rentschler Panelists: Ed Dimendberg, University of California Irvine Tony Kaes, University of California Berkeley Laura Mulvey, Birkbeck College, London David Rodowick, Harvard University Heide Schlüpmann, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Show: Question for Revolution and Universal Brotherhood


This multimedia exhibition is an examination and reinterpretation of the historical allegiances and projected intentions of socially engaged art of the 1930s WPA era. Responding to the school's mural series by Jose Clemente Orozco—a leading member of the Mexican mural public art movement—a group of young artists, including students and alumni of the Parsons MFA Fine Arts program, explore the performative potential of Orozco's mythology. Participating artists will create new works during the course of the exhibition, which will serve as a centerpiece and backdrop to a roster of performances.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Guided Tour of Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan


A major exhibition that explores the Buddhist cave temples of Xiangtangshan, the crowning cultural achievement of the sixth-century Northern Qi dynasty (550-77 CE). Carved into the mountains of northern China, the temples were once home to a magnificent array of sculptures—monumental Buddhas, divine attendant figures, and crouching monsters framed by floral motifs. These statues are among the finest embodiments of Chinese Buddhist sculpture and are seminal to our understanding of the history of Chinese Buddhist style and iconography.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | To Have And To Owe, a Research Platform and Event Series


The New York City opening of To Have And To Owe, a research platform and event series for thinking about debt. Focused on the social relations that debt engenders, To Have And To Owe has invited a range of artists, theorists, designers and more to offer lectures, workshops, performances, discussions, and visualizations to explore the subject of debt, and open up a space in which its aesthetic and social dimensions may be considered as part of its economic register. Featuring events with: Arts & Labor, Richard Dienst, Brendan Griffiths, Fran Ilich, Zak Klauck, Randy Martin, Annie McClanahan, Mylinh Trieu Nguyen, Jennifer Flores Sternad, Cassie Thornton, and Caroline Woolard.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Performance | Messages for World Peace Featuring the Inamori Art Project Group


Commemorate the International Day of Peace 2012 with an event highlighting the devastating impact of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Inamori Art Project Group has brought us a play of beauty with musical performances and dance to inspire and entertain.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | 2012 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards Reading


With Julia Elliott, Christina Nichol, Lauren Goodwin Slaughter, Rachel Swearingen, Kim Tingley, and Inara Verzemnieks. The Rona Jaffe Foundation provides support to women writers in the early stages of their careers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Damien Echols reads from his book Life After Death


In 1993, teenagers Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr.—who have come to be known as the West Memphis Three—were arrested for the murders of three eight-year-old boys in Arkansas. The ensuing trial was marked by tampered evidence, false testimony, and public hysteria. Baldwin and Misskelley were sentenced to life in prison; while eighteen-year-old Echols, deemed the “ringleader,” was sentenced to death.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Davida Singer reads from her book Port of Call


Poet/performance artist Davida Singer mixes it up with jazz/klezmer artists Frank London (trumpet) and Daniel Kelly (keyboard) to perform excerpts from her new collection. Written with a strong feminist voice, the book follows the journey of a woman at the turn of the 3rd millennium, where personal experiences morph into a lyrical meditation on space and time, and where loss, rebirth, and unsettled relationships mirror global shifts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | No Name and A Bag O’ Chips Comedy/Variety Show


“No Name... & A Bag O' Chips" Comedy / Variety show producer, Eric Vetter will feature the funky sounds of The Summer Replacements” including Carl (BabyFreak) Fortunato.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Solar-Powered Film Series: Eco-Docs


The Film Series returns for one week of dance films and live performances, and one week of cutting-edge environmental features and shorts. Expect trivia, expert speakers, Q&As with the directors - and fresh-made popcorn!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand Giving Thanks to the Godhead (in the Lydian Mode), a New Stage Comedy


With Ayn Rand in the headlines this week thanks to Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, a new stage comedy premiering next month will put a fresh and funny spotlight on the right-wing diva. From the provocateurs who won acclaim with The Ted Haggard Monologues and the Wall Street satire Righteous Money - longtime collaborators Michael Crowley and Michael Rau.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Alumna Recital - Yael Weiss, piano


   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Talea Ensemble opens the season with 3 US premieres


Talea Ensemble opens its 2012-2013 Season with free concert. features US premieres by James Dillon, Pierluigi Billone and Ondrej Adamek. The program features the US premiere of three works: James Dillon's New York Triptych, Pierluigi Billone's Dike Wall and Ondrej Adamek's Ca tourne ca bloque. This summer, Talea Ensemble performed the world premiere of New York Triptych and Dike Wall at the renowned Darmstadt International Music Institute in Germany.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Performance | Thank You, Robot Comedy Show


A showcase for independent and established improv teams. For each show, two teams join Thank You, Robot to perform sets of unscripted comedy, never seen before and never to be seen again.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 pm
$5
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