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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 19, 2012?

42 free events take place on Thursday, January 19 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 January 19 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 January . 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 Thursday, January 19, 2012

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Workshop | Online Scams and Frauds: How to Protect Yourself


Hands on using wireless laptops. Protect yourself online from scams and frauds. We will be discussing some of the most prevalent online scams and frauds and what you can do to make sure you don't fall prey to them.
   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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Talk | Figuring Out What You Want To Do


The job market is constantly changing – and so are we. As a result we are often interested in changing or required by circumstance to change. Win Sheffield focuses on the functional roles you like and do well in order to help bring your interests and preferences to the marketplace. The discussion includes: Gradual approaches to discover what we want to do How to find out about options we are considering How to adapt our experience to new fields
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Stay Well Exercise


A free Stay Well exercise session. Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC's Department for the aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided. All participants are required to sign a personal medical waiver at the beginning of the class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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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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Tour | “The Castle and its Kingdom” Tour


Take a walk around the lands dominated by the Castle, situated high on Vista Rock. Visit the tiny 55-acre realm on an eclectic tour of history and nature. Tour is 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

Screening | Native American Films


Featuring films by and about Native Americans. At 1pm, 3pm and 5:30pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Piano Works by Ravel, Saint–Saëns and Rameau


Program: Gavotte avec Six Doubles Jean–Phillippe Rameau (1683–1764) Suite, Op. 90 Camille Saint–Saëns (1835–1921) Allegro appassionato, Op. 70 Camille Saint–Saëns Sonata, Op. 1 (1928) Roy Harris (1898–1979) Gaspard de la Nuit Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) With: Geoffrey Burleson, Piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Knitting and Crochet Group


Join to chat with fellow knitters and crocheters, learn new stitches, work on charity projects or personal projects, or sew a sock doll for our "sock dolls for charity" project. All materials and knitting needles are provided (or you can bring your own), but if you have clean socks to donate for dolls, bring them in.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Researching with E-Resources: Newspapers and Periodicals


Interested in reading newspapers and periodicals online? This workshop will show you how to explore NYPL's online resources, both current and historical.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Stay Well Exercise


A free Stay Well exercise session. Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC's Department for the aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided. All participants are required to sign a personal medical waiver at the beginning of the class. The class is limited to 10 participants.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A 45-minute in-depth look at the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recital - Seulki Lee, Cello



   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 3 Art Shows: Figuratively Spealing / Degrees of Abstraction / Portal to Enigma


Three exhibitions which explore the rich potential revealed through the creative power of art. Figuratively Speaking investigates the varying sources of inspiration that motivate and direct artists in their imaginative process. Combining a reflection on the most esoteric levels of experience with an understanding of the innately physical nature of the world, these works display a sensitive and emotive comprehension of what it means to be human. The art in Portal to Enigma looks to the hidden secrets and mysteries that help to define existence as we know it, approaching these intriguing topics from a variety of intelligent and innovative perspectives. The result is appealing, thought-provoking and ultimately represents a call to alter the way we view the world and each other. The artists of Degrees of Abstraction concentrate on encapsulating the essence of what they see and sharing their unique viewpoint with their audience. Focusing on form, shape and color in their determination to portray their personal vision, they achieve the ability to construct their message in universal terms as well.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Every Once Sometimes Now, a Thesis Exhibition


The first of two thesis exhibitions in the MFA Fine Arts Department. Curated by Ron Segev with assistant Richard Goldstein.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Yoga


An open-level yoga with a certified instructor! Please wear comfortable clothes and bring your yoga mat or a beach towel. All participants must sign a waiver form before they join in. For adults 18+.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Daryl Vocat's Playing the Game, an Exhibition on Masculinity


In the place between expectation and desire, worlds of youth and adulthood collide. Vocat's first solo exhibition in New York City, features a collection of etchings and screen prints exploring masculinity through depictions of ritual, subculture and violence. His work plays with adult notions of identity through a boy’s world of wisdom, witticisms and icons. Vocat lives and works in Toronto. He received a BFA from University of Regina in Saskatchewan, and an MFA from York University in Toronto. His main focus as an artist is printmaking.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Sculpture: Marianne Vitale's What I Need to Do Is Lighten the Fuck Up about a Lot of Shit


An exhibition of new work by Marianne Vitale. Vitale (b. 1973) graduated in 1996 from the School of Visual Arts, New York. Her work was featured in the 2010 Whitney Biennial, Performa '07, '09 and '11, as well as exhibitions at the Rubell Family Collection (US), Cass Sculpture Foundation (UK), White Columns (NY), The Kitchen (NY) and Kling & Bang (Iceland). Solo exhibitions of her work include Too Much Satan For One Hand, IBID Projects, London (2011), The Clipper presented by Kunstverein NY (2010), Landswab Over Berberis, Sculpture Center, NY (2009), Missing Book of Spurs, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm (2007); and OK/KO at White Columns, NY (2007). In February, Vitale will open If You Expect To Rate As A Gentleman, Do Not Expectorate On the Floor, a show of new work, at UKS in Oslo, Norway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Student Show: Material Magic


An exhibition of work presented by the BFA Fine Arts Department. Curated by Department Chair Suzanne Anker and faculty member Gunars Prande. February 3 – 18 Reception: Thursday, February 9, 6 – 8pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools


With Steven Brill. "Steve Brill has combined extraordinary reporting with smart passion to create one of the most important historical narratives of our era. This inside story of the school reform crusade is an inspiring saga filled with genuine hereos...investigative journalism at its best." - Walter Isaacson
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Group Show: Gym Lessons: The Youngest Art from the Czech Post-Industrial Periphery


A selection of the latest works by students from the Faculty of Art and Design at the J. E. Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem. Exercise in its very real form is the main theme of the exhibition and as such is manifested in the presented works. However, the title also refers to the fact that all of the exhibited works came to life during the university studies as a school exercise of some sort.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | MS Excel 2 Workshop


Hands on using wireless laptops. Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Excel 2003. Topics include using formulas and functions, data sorting and conditional formatting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | The Funny Side of Crime


With moderator, Clare Toohey and panelists Nancy Martin, Tom Straw and Lois Winston of Mystery Writers of America -- The New York Chapter. Smart aleck detectives. Impulsive amateur sleuths. Incompetent crooks. Self-important – or self-deluded – politicians. Mix some of them – or all of them- together and you have the cast for a humorous mystery. While crime might not be funny, human nature is, and the gang that tunnels into the wrong building, the sleuth whose car is always wrecked and the PI who’s always missing a few clues never fail to amuse us. Hear some experts tell us how and why they make us laugh.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Artist Talk: William Lamson


William Lamson is a Brooklyn-based artist who works in video, photography, performance and sculpture. His work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and a number of private collections. Since graduating from the Bard MFA program in 2006, his work has been shown at P.S.1, the Kunsthalle Erfurt in Germany, Franklin Art Works in Minneapolis and the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, among others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Cullen Murphy discusses his book God's Jury


Cullen Murphy has worked at The Atlantic and The Wilson Quarterly and is currently Vanity Fair's editor at large.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Other | Listening Party: Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club


The eighth Listening Party of the 2011-12 season to discuss a new book of photographs and interviews celebrating a legendary jazz club, Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club. Joining Ken Druker will be author and photographer Kathy Sloane, co-editor Sascha Feinstein, Keystone Korner's owner Todd Barkan, and legendary pianist George Cables, who worked frequently at the Keystone Korner. A signing will be held after the event with books available for sale.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | No Name Comedy/Variety Presents “The Uptown Cabaret”


“No Name” producer Eric Vetter calls the Cabaret an opportunity for musical talent to try out new material in a safe and fun place! Hosted by the multi-talented Clara Barton Green whose background includes acting, directing and singing at venues across the country.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | On Bureaucratic Technologies and the Future as Dream-Time


The twentieth century produced a very clear sense of what the future was to be, but we now seem unable to imagine any sort of redemptive future. Anthropologist and writer David Graeber asks how this happened. One reason is the replacement of what might be called poetic technologies with bureaucratic ones. Another is the terminal perturbations of capitalism, which is increasingly unable to envision any future at all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Lecture | The Artist's Voice


A renowned scholar, painter, collector and curator, Dr. David Driskell's work has been and continues to be important to the Studio Museum in Harlem. Driskell's publications, including Two Centuries of Black American Art, Hidden Heritage: Afro American Art, 1800-1950, Contemporary Visual Expressions, African American Visual Aesthetics: a Postmodernist View, are a resource for reflection and interpretation of work by artists of African descent. As an artist, Driskell's paintings and drawings represent various aspects of modern art, combining figurative, narrative, as well as abstract elements. His works often highlight spiritual dimensions with references to American and African art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Lied: The Art of the Song


A concert with pianist Thomas Bagwell featuring a wide selection of Lieder by two Austrian masters, Arnold Schoenberg and Alexander von Zemlinsky. Pianist Thomas Bagwell will accompany soprano Sharla Nafziger and tenor Michael Slattery for this first concert of the series, in which they will perform early Lied compositions by Schoenberg and Zemlinsky, as well as selections from Schoenberg’s Lieder Op. 2 (1899) and Op. 3 (1899-1903).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | 11th Annual ChamberFest with Works by Ravel and Shostakovich


Program Loeffler Deux Rhapsodies Ravel Trio in A Minor Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 The Loeffler will be with oboist Julia DeRosa, violist Isabel Hagen, and pianist Julius Abrahams; the Ravel with pianist Sean Yeh, violinist Joshua Hong, and cellist Grant Kot; and the Shostakovich with violinists Andrea Jarrett and Julia Choi, violist Caterina Longhi, cellist Jennifer Yunyoung Choi, and pianist Benjamin Michael.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: Improvised Musical


The best of the best musical improv performers to create a kick ass, no two shows are alike, scream like a child, improvised musical. Come see two musical sets for the price of one (FREE if you are a student of improv anywhere in the world!).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Positively Awesome


Abbi Crutchfield (VH1) and Andrew Singer (Atom TV) bring comedy swagger to this amazing stand-up variety show. Guests include outstanding talent with numerous national TV credits. Each show features a signature freestyle, giveaways and surprise guests. The most fun you can have in an hour! It’s Positively Awesome!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Recital - Lok Hin Phoebe Tam, soprano


A uniquely rewarding experience for music lovers - the freshness and excitement of a solo recital by a gifted young artist at one of the world's leading conservatories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Lucia Pulido, Colombian Singer


Lucia Pulido is a Colombian singer with one of the richest voices on the international Latin American musical scene today. She has an experimental style marked by a distinct vocal sophistication, and has participated in various projects, ranging from traditional Colombian music to jazz and world music. Traditional genres such as cumbia and bullerengue from the Atlantic Coast, currulaos from the Pacific Coast as well as joropos from the Colombian Eastern Plains are the point of departure for her musical creativity. Lucía's vocal sophistication is enhanced in genres such as herding songs (cantos de vaquería), funeral laments (alabaos) and harvest chants (cantos de zafra), which give the singer the liberty to explore her voice fully. For this special celebration and a commemoration of 30 years of creation Lucia Pulido will perform music from her old and new repertoire accompanied by some of the greatest musicians she has played with in NY since moving here in 1994.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy Show: Comics Must Wash Hands


Jeff Cerulli and Adam Glyn’s long-running east village stand up comedy show is back and some would say better than ever in a new venue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Playlist Hosted by A/C


Ashley Ward and Chris Grace bring you the best musical improv indie teams in New York, and then perform A/C, their unique two-person musical monoscene.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
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Performance | The Scene Comedy Show


The Scene is a weekly showcase of improvised one act plays. Each week the show features New York’s top improvisers from Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Baby Wants Candy, Second City and more. The Scene is produced and hosted by Dan Hodapp and Micah Sherman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
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Jazz | 5/5/5 After Hours Set


A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of Manhattan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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Performance | New Team Lunacy Comedy Show


All you need to do is show up. Don’t have an improv group? They’ll put you in one! Have a team then bring them down! Five teams get to play for ten minutes each, and everyone has fun. Work on your skills and meet some great new people. New Team Lunacy, hosted by Erick Hellwig.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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