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

36 free events take place on Wednesday, November 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 November 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 November . 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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36 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, November 11, 2015

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free events nyc The Neurochemistry of Musical Pleasure: Why Is Listening Pleasurable?
free events nyc Jazz Wednesdays with the Bill Wurtzel Trio
free events nyc Resisting Anti-Haitianismo Through Music and Dance
free events nyc Richard Fuller discusses her book The Brown Agenda: My Mission to Clean Up the World's Most Life-Threatening Pollution
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Tour | Broadway Theater District Tour


Come discover the history of Great White Way. Explore Times Square, the Broadway Theater District, and 42nd Street, an area synonymous with American entertainment from stage to screen. These are the stories of dreams fulfilled and hopes dashed; a neighborhood that has seen Broadway Theater District Toureverything from huge celebrations to desolation and neglect. Where everyone from Mary Pickford and Helen Hayes to Bradley Cooper and Denzel Washington have plied their craft on the boards; you will hear stories of the men and women who have made made this the center of the world of theater. With a veteran New York actor as your tour guide, you will the beautiful old theaters where famous shows such as Oklahoma, Cabaret, A Chorus Line, and My Fair Lady premiered and stars such as Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and Shirley McClain got their start. You will uncover the secrets, stories, and strange superstitions of the institutions in the area and discover little-known parts of the Theater District often overlooked in the tour books. This tour takes place Wednesdays at 10am.
   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. This tour takes place every day at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Middle Section


This tour focuses on the middle of Central Park, starting in front of the beautiful American Museum of Natural History. From there enter the park and explore, seeing everything from a castle to the wild-looking Ramble. See an Ancient Egyptian obelisk and the place where Stuart Little raced his sailboat in the E.B. White children’s classic. Don’t forget to bring along your camera. There will be many wonderful photo opportunities throughout. This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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. This tour takes place Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10am and Mondays and Fridays at 2pm.
   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. This tour takes place every day at 10am, and Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Lecture | Geographies of Risk, Environmental Injustice, and the Caring State


With: Raul Lejano, Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | Memorial Walk Tour


Walk through Central Park and see how generations of New Yorkers have used the Park as a place to remember their veterans. Route involves a few stairs. 120 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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. This workshop occurs every day through December 31.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Student Cello Recital


Featuring MICHAEL CHANG-FRIEDEN.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | The Neurochemistry of Musical Pleasure: Why Is Listening Pleasurable?


Speaker Dr. Daniel Levitin earned his B.A. in Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Science at Stanford University, and went on to earn his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Oregon, researching complex auditory patterns and pattern processing in expert and non-expert populations. He has consulted on audio sound source separation for the U.S. Navy, and on audio quality for several rock bands and record labels (including the Grateful Dead and Steely Dan), and served as one of the “Golden Ears” expert listeners in the original Dolby AC3 compression tests. He worked for two years at the Silicon Valley think tank Interval Research Corporation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

Concert | Bach at One Concert


Program: Bach: Singet dem Herrn Brandenburg III Arvo Pärt – Te Deum Bach at One takes place every Wednesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | David Ball, Organist


David Ball (New York, N.Y.), organ, and Trevor Nuckols (New York, N.Y.), horn, perform a premiere work by composer Ryan Dodge.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Jazz | Jazz Wednesdays with the Bill Wurtzel Trio


Jazz+Wednesdays features exhibition-themed music performed by jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests Mike Gari and Sharon Fisher. Look and learn about Jean Dubuffet’s art brut collection and soak in the ambience of the 1950s American music scene with the sounds of playful jazz improvisation and whimsical counterpoint performed by the Bill Wurtzel trio. This event recurs every Wednesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

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. This tour takes place every day at 10am, and Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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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. This tour takes places Sundays and Mondays at 10am and Wednesdays at 4pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Choral Works by Britten, Gounod, and More


The Adult Chorale and Youth Choir of the Church of Saint Patrick of Huntington, NY performs choral works and arrangements by Britten, Stanford, Gounod, Manz, Koraus, Unterseher, Dawson, and Hogan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

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. This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 2pm, Wednesdays at 4pm, and Saturdays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance: FIYAH! by Jessica Phoenix


This performance is an energetic vibrant cultural dance experience specific to the African Caribbean Diaspora. FIYAH! will bring dynamic song and dance to Times Square. Part staged and part organically formed as many African and Caribbean dance forms are community dances. The performance will include live drum, call and response, freestyle soloists and more, such as a Bob Marley/Reggae Dancehall tribute; hoping to get the crowd moving, singing, smiling and full of joy. This performance occurs November 11-13.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Master Class | Julian Gray, Guitar Master Class


Julian Gray is recognized as one of the outstanding guitarists on the current music scene, performing in recital and as a chamber musician and concerto soloist. He has appeared at many of the most prestigious guitar gatherings, including the Second American Guitar Congress and the Guitar Foundation of America Festival, as well as concert series and festivals in London, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Washington, D.C., St. Louis, and on tour throughout the United States and Canada. His recording of music for guitar and strings by Paganini with the Diaz Trio was hailed by Stradivarius magazine as the finest example of that genre on record and recordings with former duo partner Ronald Pearl, The Magic Circle , Baroque Inventions, Homages and Evocations and Scarlatti 15 for Dorian, have received enthusiastic accolades from critics and music lovers alike.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Book Signing | Joseph Bobrow signs copies of his book Waking Up from War: A Better Way Home for Veterans and Nations


Joseph Bobrow presents his pioneering evidence-based model for transforming war trauma called “Turning ghosts into ancestors.” He gives voice to many of the 3,000 service members, veterans, and their families and care providers across all 50 states served since 2006 by Coming Home Project. Joseph plumbs the collective as well as individual impacts of war, provides a new understanding of PTSD, and provides a practical blueprint for how to mobilize the healing power of the wider community and its citizens to heal the wounds of war and build peace.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Talk | A Cultural Visit to Argentina


A virtual trip to Argentina to learn about the culture, art, geography, cuisine and folklore.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Himalayan Happy Hour: Spiral Music


A free concert with artists specializing in music from the Himalayas and South Asia. Featuring Ehren Hanson (tabla) + Abhik Mukherjee (sitar). Spiral Music occurs every Wednesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Laura Lee P. Huttenbach reads from her book The Boy Is Gone: Conversations with a Mau Mau General


The Boy Is Gone portrays the struggle for Kenyan independence in the words of a freedom fighter whose life spanned twentieth century’s most dramatic transformations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Performance Art: Let's Take a Walk...I Need You by Marie Christine Katz


Let's Take a Walk...I Need You merges two ongoing projects, Let's Take a Walk and Knitting... I Need You. The project combines a participatory performance and an installation, using methods of connecting from the old world (knitting together, going on a walk) and the new (Twitter) to open dialogue about social and world issues.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | From Bartok's Homeland: A Concert by the Modern Art Orchestra


Program: Bartók's Allegro Barbaro Péter Eötvös's Paris, Dakar László Melis' Tales of Uncle Pepin Hungarian Cultural Center New York presents the renowned classical and jazz big band Modern Art Orchestra direct from Budapest, led by bandleader/composer/trumpeter Kornél Fekete-Kovács.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
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Video | Video: Arthur Ginsberg's The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd


A special presentation of the newly preserved video The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd (1970-75) by Arthur Ginsberg and Video Free America — a groundbreaking work of video verité that focuses on the unconventional union of Carel Rowe and Ferd Eggan, two self-proclaimed freaky people attempting to conform to the norms of American domestic bliss. 35 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Reading | (Re)Collecting the Vietnam War: A Special Issue of The Asian American Literary Review


With: Anida Yoeu Ali, Viet Thanh Nguyen (pictured), Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, Monique Truong, Thuy Linh Tu, and Ocean Vuong.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Alex Honnold discusses his book Alone on the Wall


The life and death-defying feats of Alex Honnold, a visionary climber of the sort that comes along only once in a generation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Alex Mar reads from her book Witches of America


Alex Mar and Leslie Jamison talk about Mar's debut nonfiction book, their shared obsessions, and some of the stranger challenges of writing non-fiction.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Artist Talk: Glenn Ligon and Carl Hancock Rux


Reflecting on "Comrades and Lovers", Ligon's site-specific, Walt Whitman-inspired neon installation at The New School, Ligon will discuss his exploration of American history, literature, race and society across a body of work that builds critically on the legacies of modern painting and more recent conceptual art. Award-winning poet, playwright and novelist Carl Hancock Rux will respond through a live spoken word performance. Ligon's work has been celebrated internationally, most recently through a curatorial project organized with Nottingham Contemporary and Tate Liverpool; at Regen Project, Los Angeles; and the 2015 Venice Biennale.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Reading | Poetry: Robert Pinsky / Erin Belieu


The poets read from their latest works.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | Resisting Anti-Haitianismo Through Music and Dance


Join an evening of Haitian and Dominican music and dancing. Artists from Cuba, Brazil, and Puerto Rico perform in support of activism and unity around the conditions of statelessness for people of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic. Performances will be by Haitian songstress Emeline Michel, New York-based Haitian dancer/choreographer Peniel Guerrier, Legacy Women (Dominican/Latina), Cindy Peralta a/k/a “Black Angel the Poet” (Dominican), and KONGO Haitian Roots Music. There will also be an informative conversation with New York City activists about the conditions of life and work for Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent living in the Dominican Republic, under the threat of denationalization and forced deportation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Richard Fuller discusses her book The Brown Agenda: My Mission to Clean Up the World's Most Life-Threatening Pollution


Few are aware of the dire brown pollution---places where man-made toxic pollutants have taken root and spread. After witnessing several brown sites, environmentalist and author Richard Fuller founded a global nonprofit that initiates large-scale cleanups.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Concert | MSM Chamber Sinfonia performs works by Mendelssohn, Kodaly, Bartok


Program: MENDELSSOHN Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream KODÁLY Dances of Galánta BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1, Sz. 83
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Concert | From Bartok's Homeland: A Concert by the Modern Art Orchestra


Program: Bartók's Allegro Barbaro Péter Eötvös's Paris, Dakar László Melis' Tales of Uncle Pepin Hungarian Cultural Center New York presents the renowned classical and jazz big band Modern Art Orchestra direct from Budapest, led by bandleader/composer/trumpeter Kornél Fekete-Kovács.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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