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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 17, 2015?

44 free events take place on Friday, April 17 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 17 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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44 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, April 17, 2015

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Tour | All-in-One Downtown Tour


This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway* to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. There will be ample opportunities for memorable pictures. You'll get the chance to savor NY's best pizza and cannoli and other treats, learn how to play NY handball, maybe bargain with a shopkeeper in Chinatown, observe a game of street chess in Greenwich Village, people watch and window shop in SoHo, and kick back on the Highline Park. Along the way, you'll master the subway and learn about New York's Finest!
   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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Tour | Central Park Photography Tour


Ready. Set. Shoot! Join a Central Park Photography Tour like no other. A Licensed guide and talented Photographer will take you around Central Park’s most scenic spots! He will explain all there’s to know about your surroundings while instructing you on how to make your trip memorable and improve your photography. These two-in-one tours are fun for all ages, camera type (even iPhones and smart devices), and levels of photography. So join us to have a great time if your passion is New York and photography while visiting the lungs of Manhattan. You will pass the Ramble, the Bow Bridge, The Point and more.
   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 | Manhattan Street Art Tour


Join a Manhattan Street Art Tour and experience the Lower East Side - SoHo, NoHo, Nolita and Little Italy. The Lower East Side of Manhattan is a playground for street artists, Soho is known to be one of NYC first permit Joint Live-Work Quarters for artists and the area received landmark designation in 1973. Noho and Nolita’s street art is either hidden in courtyards or on the more prominent street art facades. Learn about the history of the art of many famous and unknown artist.
   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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Workshop | Bridge Club


Are you a Bridge buff? Put on your game face and show off your best plays. Join the fun and meet new friends. All players welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Protecting Your Privacy and Security


This course will cover how important it is to be safe when providing your information on the internet as well as ensuring your computer is safe from those that want to hack it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Dance Performance | An Excerpt from Dzul Dance's Pixom


This free concert will have a 1/2 hour excerpt of Pixom followed by 1/2 hour of QandA. Dzul Dance presents the World Premiere of Javier Dzul's Pixom (Maya for "spirit"), based on Mayan fables for children, inspired by ancient tales of the Aluxes, Kizin and Ixtabay. Dzul Dance fuses dance with aerial arts and contortion as a means to communicate pre-Hispanic, Latin and Mexican culture, creating a bridge between contemporary art and historical heritage. Artistic director/choreographer Javier Dzul feels a special connection with these fascinating legends, having been born and raised in a Mayan tribal comnmunity in Southern Mexico performing ritual dances, speaking Mayan and studying ancient teachings until the age of sixteen.
   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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 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 | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood Tour


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Discussion | Script and Screen: Act Your Age


With filmmakers Felix Thompson, Ido Mizrahy, Jeppe Ronde-Bridgend, Gordon Cox.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Fencing in the Park


Take a stab at the modern sport of fencing with masters from Manhattan Fencing Center. No prior experience needed and equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Tour | Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art Tour


New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick.
   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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Film | Howard Hawks and Arthur Rosson's Oscar-Nominated Red River (1948): Western-Cum-Family Drama


With John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan. Dunson is driving his cattle to Red River when his adopted son, Matthew, turns against him. 133 Minutes
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Advanced MS Word 2010 Workshop


Explore more advanced features of Microsoft Word 2010. Topics include mail merge, tables, text boxes, headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | MS Word 2011 for Mac for Beginners


Learn the basics features of Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac, a word processing program you can use to create documents. Topics include entering and editing text, saving files, and formatting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Mendi and Keith Obadike


Mendi and Keith Obadike's public sound art installation dedicated to writer and public intellectual James Baldwin (1924-1987), who explored a politics of listening across many of his works and was keenly aware of the social role of blues. The 12-hour, immersive sound artwork quietly resonates within the glass façade, transforming the building itself into a speaker for its slow moving harmonies, melodicized language from Baldwin's writings, ambient recordings from the streets of Harlem, and an inventory of sounds contained in Baldwin's short story "Sonny's Blues."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Author Reading | Marci Cohen Ferris discusses her book The Edible South: The Power of Food and the Making of an American Region


The Edible Southis a social history of southern foodways — the cultural, social and economic practices that relate to food in the American South. Throughout this text, the author examines the visceral connection between southern food and the politics of power.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 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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3:30 pm
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Workshop | Digital Story Telling Using iMovie


Did you learn how to use iMovie? Come put your skills to use in our Digital Story Telling class. Create a movie that explores a topic using pictures, video clips and sound.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:45 pm
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Other | Open Studios


An incredibly unique glimpse into the minds of 23 talented and diverse artists all under one roof.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Author Reading | Pulitzer winner Michael Cunningham reads from his book The Snow Queen


This event is hosted by Creative Writing Program faculty member and National Book Critics Circle Award winner Darin Strauss.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


Jae Ook Lee, Violin 6 p.m. Basma Edrees, Violin 8 p.m. Haeji Kim, Violin 8 p.m.
   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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Concert | College Recitals


6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Margarita Kreine, violin 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Sophomore Opera Scenes 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM Jin Young Song, violin
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 19th Annual Mixed Messages Graduate Media Showcase


An annual exhibition of outstanding creative work by graduate students in the School of Media Studies. Selected by a panel of distinguished jurors, Mixed Messages projects include installations, interactive experiences, web-based work, apps and works on paper.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Times columnist Frank Bruni discusses his book Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania


In his new book, Bruni shows how Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process. And it's time for that to change.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | West 10th Launch Reading


Readings by guest author Cathy Park Hong and student contributors to West 10th, the Creative Writing Program’s undergraduate literary journal.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | College Guitar Recital


Joe Vilardi, Guitar
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Isabel Fairbanks, Cellist


Strings faculty member Isabel Fairbanks performs in concert. Fairbanks presents an evening of piano quartets including works by Faure and Brahms. A reception will follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | No Name Comedy/Variety Show


With comedian/podcaster Liam McEneaney (Tell Your Friends), Liz Miele (Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart"), Lisa Corrao (South Beach Comedy Festival).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Documentary: Renard Cohen's Groundswell Rising: Protecting Our Children's Air and Water (2014)


Groundswell Rising documents the opposition from both sides of the political spectrum to the ubiquitous practice of fracking for natural gas, and the health and environmental reasons behind it. 70 min. Following the screening, there will be a panel discussion with director Renard Cohen, Jessica Roff (Catskill Mountainkeeper), Eric Weltman (Food and Water Watch) and Pat Carullo (co-founder, Damascus Citizens).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Dance Performance | Lang Dance 2015: Senior Work Performances


The Lang Dance Senior Show is the culminating project of the students' collective years researching and exploring movement and choreographic practices as dancers and choreographers. As students of a liberal arts college in the heart of New York City, they've participated in theoretical dialogues about dance performance while embodying those critical practices in movement classes. The Senior Show is the final project of their career as students and encompasses all of the work they've been doing individually and as a collective.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Jazz | Octets and Nonets: Cool vs. Hot


MSM Chamber Jazz Ensemble (Justin Dicioccio, Conductor) performs music by Shorty Rogers, Lennie Niehaus, and Willie Maiden vs. Tina Brooks, Elmo Hope, and Hank Mobley.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Concert | College Piano Recital


Youngjin Kim, piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Taka Kigawa and Friends perform works by Stravinsky, Debussy, Boulez, Carmichael


Program: * Pierre Boulez, 'Une Page d'Éphéméride' * Hoagy Carmichael, 'Stardust' * Dan Cooper, 'Unsubscribe' * Claude Debussy, 'Poissons d'Or' * Dai Fujikura 'Joule' * Mauricio Kagel, 'Klangwölfe' * Vasilije Mokranjac, 'Odjeci' * Gene Pritsker, 'Ta-Ka-Ki-Ga-Wa' (premiere) * Astrid Spitznagel, 'Pezzo Pazzo' * Igor Stravinsky: 'Danse Russe' * Wolfram Wagner, 'Fantasie' A concert featuring Taka Kigawa, the pianist and champion of contemporary music described as a "phenomenon" by The New York Times, together with violinist Lynn Bechtold, pianist Dimitri Dover, and trumpeter Gerhard Fluch. As part of Compcord's new Eclectic Virtuosi series, the program will feature a variety of compositions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Jazz | The Lab Sessions: Experimental Jazz Party and Jam Session


Hosted by bassist/vocalist Mimi Jones, exploring genres from traditional and contemporary jazz, eclectic soul, funk, rock, and neo soul. Great music, great vibes, and a great time.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Theatrix! A Festival of New York


With students from the Program in Educational Theatre.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | College Voice Recital


Sedric Perry, Voice
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Concert | Kaufman Music Center’s Face the Music


“A force in the new music world.” — The New York Times Comprised of more than 200 of the New York City area’s most talented teenage musicians, Kaufman Center’s Face the Music is the country’s only contemporary classical ensemble for performers age 18 and under. Developed under the guidance of the acclaimed Kronos Quartet, this program features up-and-coming string quartets performing exciting works by major composers like Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Michael Daugherty, and Peter Sculthorpe.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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