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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 29, 2013?

37 free events take place on Monday, April 29 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 April 29 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 April . 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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37 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, April 29, 2013

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Birdwatching | Birding Tour of the Park


Discover the varieties of birds that call the Park home during the migratory season with guided tours.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
Free

Forum | Gun Control: Safe Streets, Safe Cities


The 16th Annual David N. Dinkins Forum will examine proposed federal legislation aimed at increasing requirements and restrictions for gun purchase, and will review other strategies for reducing gun violence in urban settings. Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League and 59th Mayor of the City of New Orleans, will deliver the keynote address following opening remarks by SIPA Interim Dean Robert Lieberman and former New York City Mayor and SIPA Professor David Dinkins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:30 am
Free

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 | 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. Tour times: 11am & 2pm.
   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., 12:45 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Lecture | How to Undermine Democracy and Development: Lessons from Russia


A talk by Kathryn Stoner, the author of two books: Resisting the State: Reform and Retrenchment in Post-Soviet Russia (Cambridge, 2006), and Local Heroes: The Political Economy of Russian Regional Governance (Princeton, 1997). She is also co-editor (along with Michael McFaul) of After the Collapse of Communism: Comparative Lessons of Transitions (Cambridge, 2004). She received a BA and MA in Political Science from the University of Toronto, and a PhD in Government from Harvard University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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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. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade” Tour


You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Craft Workshops


Create a craft with the gentle guidance of instructor Ngoi Wah "Cindy" Cheng.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

City Walk | Greenwich Village 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
2:00 pm
Free

City Walk | 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
Free

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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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Other Farmers' Fields by Riti Sachdeva


Since 1995, over 300,000 farmers in India have committed suicide to escape their debt to corporations that manipulated them into buying genetically modified seeds that don’t reproduce. In this sensual and macabre revenge fantasy, what goes around comes around for bio-tech CEO Darren Warren when Asha, the widow of one of these farmers, comes to work in his home and care for his pregnant wife, Hope.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Chess for Adults


Are you a chess champion? Show off your best moves against other chess fans! Whether you're a chess master or just starting out, come for some board time.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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City Walk | The High Line Sunset 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. Reservations Required RESERVE NOW
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Jazz and American Song: An Italian Affair


With GIANCARLO MAZZÙ & LUCIANO TROJA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Lecture | Living Side by Side: On Culture and Security


The first annual Global Thought Lecture delivered by Homi K. Bhabha (Harvard University) asks whether the concept of security assumes a distinctive cultural form in the midst of deafening patriotic calls for protection and precaution. Professor Bhabhas lecture will be followed by a discussion with Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Co-Chair of the Committee on Global Thought.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Postmodern American Poetry Reading


Readings in celebration of the publication of the new edition of the Norton anthology. With editor Paul Hoover and guests to be announced.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
Free

Screening | First Run Film Festival Community Screening


The annual First Run Film Festival showcases innovative works by students at the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television. Winners are selected from over 120 submissions. Past winners have included Spike Lee, Ang Lee, and Nancy Savoca.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Lynn Povich reads from her book The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace


The author recounts her involvement, with forty-six of her female colleagues, in a class action lawsuit against Newsweek for hiring and promotion discrimination on March 16, 1970. She recalls the lead-up and execution of the lawsuit, filed the same day the magazine ran a cover-story on the women's movement, and the affect the lawsuit had on the litigants and future female journalists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | Authors Alex Dimitrov and Angelo Nikolopoulos read from their work


Poets Alex Dimitrov (Begging for It) and Angelo Nikolopoulos (Obscenely Yours) read selections from their new books and sit down for a conversation about their work and the renewed interest in poetry among gay and straight New Yorkers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | Cartography of “Racial Democracy”: Race, Affect, and the Production of Abject Subjects among Brazilians and Puerto Ricans in Newark


This presentation considers the kinds of affective social entanglements and emotive practices required of US-born Latinos and Latin American migrants as they "learn race" in the US. By focusing on the experiences of Brazilian and Puerto Ricans in Newark, it examines the impact of US racial projects on transnational individual's affective worlds and perspectives on the emotional subjectivities of the racialized others they encounter. A reception will precede the meeting at 6:00 pm. Speakers: Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas, Baruch College, CUNY; Edgar Rivera Colon, Columbia University
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Signing | Isabel Allende signs copies of her book Maya's Notebook


Neglected by her parents, nineteen-year-old Maya Nidal has grown up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandparents.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Music of Charlie Parker


Directed by Dave Glasser.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Staged Reading | Play Reading: Other Farmers' Fields by Riti Sachdeva


Since 1995, over 300,000 farmers in India have committed suicide to escape their debt to corporations that manipulated them into buying genetically modified seeds that don’t reproduce. In this sensual and macabre revenge fantasy, what goes around comes around for bio-tech CEO Darren Warren when Asha, the widow of one of these farmers, comes to work in his home and care for his pregnant wife, Hope.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Shame and Love, Secrets and Families


Deborah Cohen, a former Cullman Center fellow and the author of the newly-published Family Secrets: Shame and Privacy in Modern Britain, talks with Andrew Solomon about shame and families, past and present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Suzanne Steinbaum reads from her book Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum's Heart Book: Every Woman's Guide to a Heart-Healthy Life


Cardiologist Suzanne Steinbaum discusses her revolutionary new approach to heart health for women in this new book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | The Beethoven Cycle, Part XII: The String Quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven


Program: Beethoven String Quartet Opus 130 in B-flat Major 1825-26 (with the original Grosse Fuge finale) Preview of Opus 131 in C# minor 1826 The Tribeca Chamber Players in the twelfth free, informal presentation of the 16 string quartets by Beethoven in the order in which they were composed, with additional works by Beethoven and other composers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | The Kitchen L.A.B.: Sam Green, Maria Hassabi, Tina Satter, Alex Waterman


The Kitchen L.A.B. is a new program devoted to presenting, discussing, and developing interdisciplinary works revolving around themes of common interest to artists in different fields—and, more specifically, considering the meaning and uses of specific words in contemporary art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Triggering Wounds (2013), a Documentary on Gun Violence


The moving real-life story of a young man from Harlem coming to terms with the impact of gun violence on his life and his community. Scenes with families, emergency responders, community leaders, and law enforcement interweave in this youth-produced documentary film to provide an intimate portrait of a community struggling to understand, heal, and transform in the face of this devastating violence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested admission

Concert | 2013 Contemporary Music Festival: Percussion Ensemble


The College Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of James Baker, is dedicated to performing both new and classic solo and ensemble works for percussion in two performances each year.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | College Violin Recital


Anna Hiemstra, violin
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Experiments in Dance: Justin Cabrillos / Courtney Krantz / Marissa Niederhauser / Karis Zidore Christensen


A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights throughout the fall/winter and spring seasons that supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Screening | Lucien Smith introduces his short film A Clean Sweep


A new short film by artist Lucien Smith, with photography direction by Deering Regan and editing by Benjamin Morsberger, is a companion to an exhibition of brooms and polaroids presented by the Suzanne Geiss Company. Motivated by the transformation of downtown in the Giuliani era, Lucien has documented the relics of a bygone New York. Join Lucien, writer Glenn O’Brien, producer Jake Hanly, and Half Gallery’s Bill Powers for a screening of the film and a discussion with Lucien about his inspiration and process.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Symphonic Works by Elgar and the 2013 Orchestral Composition Competition Winners


NYU Symphony performs works by Elgar, Andrzej Panufnick, and the 2013 Orchestral Composition Competition Winners.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | The Post Card Plays


InViolet playwrights Bernardo Cubria, Bixby Elliot, Richard Etchison, and Erin Mallon have written four new plays inspired by this post card image. Featuring the acting talents of: Andrew Blair, Jen Bowen, Megan Hart, Joseph Mancuso, Tim Mullins, Angela Razzano, Deanna Sidoti, Amy Kim Waschke. Directed by: Michelle David, Jeffrey Kurtz, Darren Lougee, Tara Westwood.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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Jazz | Music of Herbie Hancock


Directed by George Cables.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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