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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 11, 2015?

44 free events take place on Monday, May 11 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 May 11 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 May . 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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44 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, May 11, 2015

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Workshop | Barre Class


Energize your day with a workout before work. Balance, strengthen, and lengthen the body with moves inspired by ballet, yoga, and Pilates. Focusing on a unique combination of dynamic movement and isometric holds, the sequences work strategically to transform the body and develop long term postural benefits. Taught by the experts from barre3. No equipment necessary. Bringing a water bottle is encouraged.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Birdwatching | Spring Birding Tour


Discover the birds that call the park home, as well as those that may stop by during migration. A surprising diversity of avian visitors drop in, even in the heart of midtown. Sightings could include warblers, tanagers, vireos, thrushes, even an American Woodcock.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Workshop | Broadway Dance Workout


Brooklyn resident James Martinelli’s Cardio Dance and Range of Movement workout offers improved strength and increased flexibility.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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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10:00 am
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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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10:00 am
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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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10:00 am
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Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour


Travel from Grand Army Plaza, past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and stop at the Dairy on this trip through the southern Park highlights. Route involves moderate inclines and some stairs. 45 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Lesson | Beginner Brazilian Portuguese Language Class


Learn a new language in this standalone beginner classes. Classes are not cumulative, so you may attend any class throughout the season without needing to play catch up.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:45 am
Free

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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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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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2:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Staged Reading | PEN World Voices: International Play Festival 2015


As part of the 2015 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, the event will showcase play readings by nine of the world’s most respected dramatists Afghanistan, Argentina, Cuba, France, Germany, Indonesia, Kenya, and Uganda. The International Play Festival generates a conversation on art, politics, dreams, war, and philosophy, meant to give American audiences a rich awareness of the greater global dialogue. Selected readings will be followed by a discussion with the playwright. Today: 2PM: Picnic, Written by Joned Suryatmoko (Indonesia) and translated by Barbara Hatley 5PM: Black Maria on Koinange Street, Written by Sitawa Namwalie (Kenya) 7:30PM: Spam, Written by Rafael Spregelburd (Argentina) and translated by Jean Graham-Jones
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Legal Resources Workshop


A tour of consumer related print and non-print resources, including databases and websites, to get you started when looking for a legal professional, local government and other related information.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


Pre-College Student Recital 4 p.m. Katherine Siochi, Harp 6 p.m. Virginie Verrez, Mezzo-Soprano 6 p.m. Hannah McDermott, Mezzo-Soprano 8 p.m. Anna Jane Lester, Baroque Violin 8 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Jane Yu, piano 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Tao Jiang, accompanying 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Yehong Shi, piano 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Mengchen Xu, piano 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Alaysha Fox, soprano 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Zhuxi Wang, cello 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Georgina Rossi, viola
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Screening | 26th Dusty Film and Animation Festival


The festival showcases more than 100 films and animations from students graduating this spring.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Pierre Paulin: L’Homme Moderne: An Exhibition of One of Europe's Top Designers


The exhibition surveys Paulin’s breakthroughs of the 1960s through early 1980s, and will showcase designs commissioned by the Mobilier National of France in a living environment inspired by Paulin's unique architecture. Featuring more than twenty exceptional works, including many never before exhibited publicly, L’Homme Moderne will provide a fresh look at Paul’s full vision and contributions to modern design beyond the confines of Pop-inflected pieces for which he has until now been best known.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Computer Programming for Developing a Better Society


A talk with Nick Montfort, Associate Professor of Digital Media, MIT. Programming is usually thought of in narrow, instrumental ways, as a means of producing commodities in the form of apps and websites. However, it is also used by many to inquire about important questions in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, and can be used to make arguments about and build consensus on the direction of one's city and world. In this talk, Nick Montfort will make the case for general programming literacy and how this can enhance social and political discourse.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Contemporary Classics Book Discussion


Colson Whitehead's The Intuitionist
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Exhibition: Leon Golub: Riot


The gallery’s inaugural exhibition devoted to renowned postwar American figurative painter Leon Golub. Spanning five decades and including a selection of paintings and late drawings, the show surveys the late artist’s politically charged and profoundly emotive oeuvre.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Tour | High Line Tour


The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, French Cheeses and Russian caviar as well as fresh meats to City markets. The hustle and bustle of the streets induced the City to elevate the railroad trains delivering goods to the commercial buildings. When interstate truck traffic made the railway outdated, it fell into ruin, only to be regenerated as a park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | League of Professional Theatre Women interviews Tony Award winner Judy Kaye


Judy Kaye is a Tony Award–winning American singer and actress. She has appeared in stage musicals, plays, and operas. Kaye has been in long runs on Broadway in the musicals The Phantom of the Opera, Ragtime, Mamma Mia!, and Nice Work If You Can Get It.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Paintings: Garth Weiser


Garth Weiser’s paintings explore the nature of perception. Weiser’s process often begins by making a three dimensional model of an abstracted form as a ‘sketch’ or model from which to paint. Coating his canvases with thick impasto grids or relief outlines of his composition, Weiser underscores each painting with a textured foundation which enforces the illusionary elements of scale and perspective and the gives a mimetic quality of architectural space.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Shakespeare at Work: An Introduction to the Plays in Nine Talks


With William Germano, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Shakespeare’s plays exert their power over us through the beauty of language, the craft of drama, and something else we can’t easily name. Or maybe we can. These talks are designed as an introduction – or reintroduction – to Shakespeare the poet-playwright-player and to the world of his plays. Tonight: The Winter’s Tale: theater after the end of time It is recommended attendees read the play before the talk.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Sophie Jaff reads from her book Love Is Red


This electrifying, hypnotically beautiful debut spins dark suspense and literary fantasy into a mesmerizing story of survival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | The IBLA Grand Prize International Competition Winners


Featuring World Class Performers from Europe, Russia, Asia and the U.S. Details TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Martin Mosebach discusses his book What Was Before


Winner of Germany’s most prestigious literary award, the Georg Büchner Prize, in 2007, Martin Mosebach’s critically acclaimed novels have not been available in English in the past. In the US, Mosebach is still best known for his controversial essays on the Catholic Church and the reintroduction of the Latin liturgy (The Heresy of Formlessness, 2006). To mark the publication of his novel What Was Before in English translation, the author will be in conversation with New York-based editor and writer Eric Banks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Photographer Rose Hartman discusses her book Incomparable Couples


This illustrated lecture chronicles a world of beauty and style. The photographer has captured fashion's trendsetters for three decades, and in doing so has helped to define what we remember most about glamour and those who create it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Jazz | College Recitals


7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Matt Chalk, Saxophone 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM Susan Huh, Singer
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Laura Markham reads from her book Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How to Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life


Psychologist blogger and parenting coach Dr. Laura Markham fosters emotional connections between parents and children in her new guide.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Monday Night Reading Group


The Monday Night Reading Group discusses The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro. Read the book and join in. They're a welcoming bunch.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Say It to My Face 4: Confronting the Comments Section


Tyler Coates, Jolie Kerr, Drew Grant, Madeline Davies, Jen Doll, and Myles Tanzer take back the comments section and regale you with some of the meanest, dumbest, most ridiculous online comments that strangers (or friends!) have published about them.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | Diller-Quaile Ensembles


The Diller-Quaile School of Music's Spring Concert features the school's choral and orchestral ensembles. The winner of this year's Concerto Competition will perform Saint-Saëns' Concerto for Cello in A minor with The Diller-Quaile Orchestra.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Tour | Ghosts of Greenwich Village Tour


New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native tribes, lost opportunities and political intrigue. With almost every step one takes through the West Village, one encounters the ghosts and spirits of New York City’s past. Every corner has its stories, every building has its haunted spirits.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Concert | Hearing Voices: Music of Kate Soper


Program: Soper Opera scenes from Here Be Sirens Machaut Two Formes Fixes Bingen O Virtus Sapeitniae; Karitas habuntat J.S. Bach Music for solo Violin Soper cipher Soper Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say Soper The Top Kate Soper, soprano | Gelsey Bell, soprano | Brett Umlauf, soprano | Erin Lesser, flutes | Ian Antonio, percussion | Joshua Modney, violin Recent recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an opera commission from the Met Museum, New York-based composer and singer Kate Soper has emerged as a leading creative voice of her generation. Her "erudite, hilarious, furiously inventive" works (New Yorker) combine a literary sensibility, quirky theatricality, and command of instrumental and vocal idioms that are "...consistently astounding" (New York Times).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | “No Name“ Presents The Uptown Cabaret, a Singers Showcase


The multi-talented Alex DeSuze returns to host the “No Name Uptown Cabaret Second Monday” monthly singers showcase. DeSuze, whose background includes acting, directing and singing at venues throughout the NYC-metro area, will be joined by a guest musical director. Producer Eric Vetter calls the Cabaret an opportunity to enjoy and share your art with your fellow singers, composers and lyricists in a safe and fun place!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | College Recitals


8:00 PM Baroque Chamber Players Spring Concert 8:00 PM Natalie Kozlova, piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress


A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights. Movement Research at the Judson Church supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists. With: Sunny Jain, Malcolm Low/Formal Structure, Okwui Okpokwasili, Patricia Noworol Dance Theater
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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. Please note they do utilize the subway on this tour so you will need $5 for subway tickets.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Singers Space


Hosted by D'Ambrose Boyd with David Pearl at the piano. Where New York's finest professional and aspiring singers come to sing their favorites and hear their peers perform before an intimate audience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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