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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 24, 2012?

38 free events take place on Monday, September 24 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 24 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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38 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, September 24, 2012

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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

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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Discussion | From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia


Pankaj Mishra and Ian Buruma discuss Mishra's new book, "From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia." Through a mix of history and biography, Mishra writes with equal acuity about East and West, the past and the present, the complexities of globalization and the current emergence of Asian nations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Talk | From the Campaign Trail to the Oval Office with NBC News's Chuck Todd


Join NBC News's Political Director and Chief White House Correspondent and host of MSNBC’s Daily Rundown, Chuck Todd, for a journey through pivotal political speeches from history through the current campaign. Get insight into the electoral politics of the 2012 election, behind-the-scenes campaign tactics, and electoral trends.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

Jazz | Yuka Aikawa, Jazz Pianist


Pianist and composer Yuka Aikawa began playing piano at the age of five in her native country, Japan. She studied at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, where she received her M.A. in jazz performance under the guidance of Sir Roland Hanna and Jimmy Heath. During this time, she received the prestigious Michael Feinstein Award for "Outstanding Talent." (photo: Yukio Yanagi)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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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
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1:00 pm
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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2:00 pm
$6

Workshop | Wii Fit for Adults


Calling all Adults who want to lose or maintain current weight: Join Wii Fit for Adults and benefit from burning calories, socializing, maintaining current weight and/or tracking your BMI. Use the various workouts including yoga, strength training, boxing, stepping, hula hooping, running, and regaining balance through using the balance exercises. The Wii tracks your weight and BMI as well as your progress and allows you to compete with others. It is a fun way to keep a record of your progress while exercising.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


Museum Ambassador Asia Tail gives a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free

Workshop | State of the Art Web Design: What Can I Do Now?


Web design is always evolving. New technologies let us do more, and do it easier and faster! As exciting as these improvement are, it is tough to keep up to date with all of the changes. In this seminar, they'll bring you up to speed on what's happening today in web development. You'll learn what new things are viable for you to be using in websites today. Come see a slew of new, cool things that you can start using right away
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Jazz | Los Mas Valientes, Cutting-Edge Latin Jazz Band


Formed in 1995 by Jessica Valiente, Anna Milat-Meyer and Yasuyo Kimura, the group brings together some of today’s finest Latin musicians. Collectively, the band’s resume reads like a who’s-who of New York’s jazz and Latin music scene. Its members have played with Chico O’Farrill, Louis Bauzó, Charlie Persip, Max Roach, Orlando Marín, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, the Kit McClure Band, Jimmy Bosch, Grammy-nominated Juan Carlos Formell, and the list goes on.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | The Book Show, a Student Exhibition


An exhibition of book projects completed during Spring 2012 by students in the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay class of 2013. Curated by Department Chair Marshall Arisman and Carl Nicholas Titolo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Capturing the Gains from Globalization: Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains


This panel discussion will look at international business and economic development, and will feature Will Milberg, economics professor; Gary Gereffi, professor of Sociology, Duke University; and Stephanie Barrientos, professor of Development Studies, University of Manchester.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Dancing | Park Square Dance


Square dance hits the big city. Do-si-do and promenade at a dance party like no other, with a whole lot of country food, music, and fun to midtown. - Live Appalachian music - Follow the calls of Dave Harvey from NYC Barn Dance - Down-home fixings and drinks by 'wichcraft - Ticket giveaways from Southwest Airlines Country festive attire welcomed. No experience or partner necessary. They'll pair ya up and teach ya the steps. All dances taught all night.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Concert | Songbook: Broadway’s Future


A monthly series where they introduce to you new music by an emerging Broadway composer and lyricist, sung by Broadway vocalists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | State of the Art Web Design: What Can I Do Now?


Web design is always evolving. New technologies let us do more, and do it easier and faster! As exciting as these improvement are, it is tough to keep up to date with all of the changes. In this seminar, they'll bring you up to speed on what's happening today in web development. You'll learn what new things are viable for you to be using in websites today. Come see a slew of new, cool things that you can start using right away
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Artist Carol Bove on Donald Judd


Carol Bove was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1971. Raised in Berkeley, California, she graduated from New York University in 2000. Bove’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland (2004); the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2004); and the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2010). Her sculptural installations have been included in several major group exhibitions: among them, the 54th Venice Biennale (2011), the Whitney Biennial (2008), and, most recently, Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany (2012). Bove’s art has also shown at the Guggenheim Museum, New York (2010) and the Tate Britain, London (2008). She lives and works in Brooklyn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Frank Moore: Together in Art and Activism


In this panel discussion, Gregg Bordowitz, artist and writer, Joy Episalla, artist, and Harvey Weiss, artist and designer, will discuss the collaborative and creative nature of Frank Moore’s AIDS activism, paintings, and theater work, including his community efforts in forming The Archive Project and the Red Ribbon. Moderated by Barbara Hunt McLanahan, Executive Director, Judd Foundation and Director Emeritus, Visual AIDS.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Impact: On the Beat with a Gun and Camera


With Antonio Bolfo, awarding winning photographer. This illustrated slide lecture on his work photographing New York City police doing their work within some of the most dangerous housing projects in the city is a unique story, that reveals a symbiotic relationship within a backdrop of strife and sadness, as citizens and cops co-mingle on difficult terrain on a day to day basis.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Party | Tribeca Meet & Greet


Start the autumn with a get-together celebrating Lower Manhattan neighbors and an ever-growing always changing community. If you have never attended a Tribeca Meet and Greet, now’s the time. Exchange some ideas, do some networking and have a drink with the neighbors. Some people show up for the full evening, some just drop by to say hello. Frankly Wines has kindly provided some beverages; MaxDelivery will bring some nibblybits. The Downtown Express will raffle off an ad and T-shirts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Forum | Writer's Forum: Carmen Boullosa


Carmen Boullosa’s novel set in Cervantes' time, La otra mano de Lepanto, was published in Spain (2005) and in Mexico (2006), and was named by Reforma's distinguished critic Sergio González Rodríguez, the best novel published in Mexico in 2005. Reforma also designated Boullosa's book Salto de mantarraya (y otros dos) as the best book of poems published in Mexico in 2004. Her next book, La novela perfecta was published by Alfaguara in Mexico and selected by Reforma as the best novel published in Mexico in 2006. Her latest novel, El velázquez de París (The Parisian Velázquez) was published in Spain (2007). Moderated by Jeffery Renard Allen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
$5

Author Reading | Alan Licht discusses his book Will Oldham on Bonnie “Prince” Billy


Celebrate the release of a new book which offers a captivating and revelatory glimpse into the life of one of the most critically acclaimed and enigmatic musicians working today, and may be the most in-depth look we ever get of this fascinating cult figure. With editor Alan Licht.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Emma Straub and Peter Straub discuss their new books


Emma Straub and Peter Straub discuss their latest works, their family and the writing life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Live Screening of 2012-13 Metropolitan Opera Season Opening: Donizetti's L’Elisir d’Amore


The Metropolitan Opera’s 2012-13 Season Opens September 24 With a New Production of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore starring Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani. Maurizio Benini conducts the new staging of Donizetti’s comic opera, which also stars Mariusz Kwiecien and Ambrogio Maestri Approximately 1,500 seats will be available on a first-come first-served basis, with additional standing room viewing available for the new production of Donizetti's delightful comic gem.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Staged Reading | Play Reading: Treasure Island, FL by Bixby Elliot


Looking for high sea adventures, rum swilling and gold-toothed pirates? Keep looking! This is the other Treasure Island - Treasure Island, Florida - where the upcoming sand castle competition would top the front-page news (if there were a newspaper). But don't put away the maps and guidebooks just yet; dare to dig around and you might discover some buried treasures and family secrets on this island.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | The Art and Craft of Biography


5th Annual Leon Levy Biography Lecture: Robert K. Massie, author of Catherine the Great and Nicholas and Alexandra, will speak on the art and craft of biography.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | The Complete Engraver Workshop


Join design and typography expert Nancy Sharon Collins for a hands-on workshop investigating the history and etiquette of engraved social stationary. Experience the classic process through an immersion in vintage lettering styles, monograms, crests, seals, calling cards, and more. Workshop attendees will learn to make contemporary engraved symbols using vintage paper specimens as inspiration. Real engraving tools will be provided so that all attendees can try their hand with a "graver" or "burin". Take home a custom letterform made with the elegant, almost lost art of engraving.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Forum | Writers Pankaj Mishra and Ian Buruma in Conversation


Pankaj Mishra and Ian Buruma discuss Mishra's new book, From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia. Through a mix of history and biography, Mishra examines the Asian world's responses, in "the ruins of empire," to western modernity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Writers Wally Lamb and David Fitzpatrick read from their work


Wally Lamb, author of the 20th anniversary edition of She's Come Undone, and David Fitzpatrick, author of the new memoir Sharp, read from their work and discuss their writing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | The Daedalus Quartet performs works by Mendelssohn and Dvorak


Program: Mendelssohn Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 12 George Perle Quartet No. 8 Windows of Order (1988) Dvorak Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105 With: Min-Young Kim and Matilda Kaul, violins; Jessica Thompson, viola; Tom Kraines, cello The “refined but passionate” Daedalus Quartet (New York Times) kicks off the ’12-’13 Music Mondays season with its “jet-propelled rockets of blistering virtuosity” (Washington Post). Don’t miss the quartet’s only New York appearance before their extensive tour of Germany later this fall, and hear why the Daedalus has become “one of the finest young groups to emerge in our current golden age of string quartets.” (New Yorker).
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free
8:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Intro Class: Digestion! Digestion! Digestion!


With Karen Purcell. "Death begins in the bowel" is a favorite slogan of many natural medicine practitioners, who view digestive problems as the root of most health imbalances. Without excellent absorption and elimination the intestines can become toxic, resulting in such ailments as bloating, gas, joint pain, insomnia, nausea, and heartburn; other aggravating conditions that can develop are memory loss, eczema, allergies, emotional problems, asthma, long-term immune weakness, etc.. When digestion is impaired for a long time, illnesses can become intractable. In this series, a leading naturopathic physician will share her insights into how to enhance our digestion for better health. The topics covered will include: what, how and when to eat; the gluten-free frenzy; the links between stress, emotions and elimination (i.e. the "gut-brain connection"); addressing such illnesses as Type 2 Diabetes and Candidiasis (yeast); and much more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Juilliard Baroque Ensemble performs Telemann's “Paris” Quartets


One of the most prolific composers of all time, Telemann wrote his "Paris" Quartets in two installments, scored for an unusual instrumentation for the time, featuring elements of the French dance suite and soloistic highlights that showcase the unique nuances of each instrument. With: Monica Huggett, violin; Sandra Miller, flute; Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba; and Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Live Group Sex Therapy Show by Daniel Packard


Come participate in this smart and sexy comedy that gets you more of what you want in dating, love and sex. National romance expert, and award-winning humorist, Daniel Packard, creates a hilarious, secret-revealing, myth-busting joyride that will have you think about love and sex in a whole new way. With stories and interactive texting, the audience gets to anonymously share their inner most secrets. This is a truly fun, experimental piece of theater. Whether you are Straight, Gay or Undecided, this show is for you. Come early for pre-show fun!
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: Base Jam


Leap — and then look! — into the newest open-improv session. Base Jam lets improv students of all stripes to jump head-first into the wonderful and frightening world of long-form improvisation. Let’s face it: Getting better at improv is about flight hours — the time spent on a stage, in a scene, in front of people — leaping first, and then looking for a place to land. Or to keep flying. Hosted by Gary DeNoia and Keith Huang.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Fresh


Michelle Wolf and Erin Lennox host this FREE stand up open mic every Monday night at 11PM. 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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