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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on December 12, 2010?

26 free events take place on Sunday, December 12 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 December 12 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 December . 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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26 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, December 12, 2010

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City Walk | Flatiron District Walking Tour


Join professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the city’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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City Walk | Historic Orchard Street Tour


Take a historical three-hour journey through the Lower East Side and explore some of the rich history tracing the arrival of immigrants to modern times.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Opening Reception | Group Show: In The Ceramics Studio


Featuring 30 artists from New York area ateliers and focuses on hand-made functional and conceptual ceramic artwork. Artists: Posey Bacopoulos, Yasha Butler, Colleen Carlson, Nadeige Choplet, Sarah Cihat, Peggy Clarke, Mark Davies, Jennifer Cotton, Georgann Freeman, Nonna Hall, Molly Hatch, Julie Hadley, Gail Heidel, Sin-ying Ho, Stepanka Horalkova, Bill Hudnut, Gitte Jungersen, Paul Krause, Nicholas Kripal, Jessie Lazar, Firth MacMillan, Judy Moonelis, Jeffrey Mongrain, Lai Montesca, Sana Musasama, Bob Pesce, Robert Silverman, Richard Stauffacher, Maria Weisman, and Katie Westgate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Screening | Short Films on Native Americans


Showing: Clay Beings and With the Grain: The Life and Art of Willard Stone. Starts at 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

Concert | Studio Piano Recital - Students of Hugo Goldenzweig


This recital features the piano students of Hugo Goldenzweig.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Lecture | 97 Orchard: An Edible History


The Lower East Side in 19th-century New York was the nation’s largest immigrant enclave, a city within a city where Germans, Irish, Italians and Eastern European Jews attempted to forge a new life. Intrepid New Yorkers who ventured into the Lower East Side reacted to the foreigners’ baffling food habits with a combination of fear, amusement and sputtering disgust. While health officials worried that pushcarts were unsanitary and that pickles made immigrants too excitable to be good citizens, a culinary revolution was underway in the streets of what had been a culturally English city. In time, native-born Americans overcame their culinary -- and other -- fears to sample the edible enticements of their foreign-born neighbors, and adopt them as their own. Jane Ziegelman will explore key moments in the gastronomic exchange between native and foreign-born Americans, exposing the roots of our culinary heritage. She is the director of the forthcoming culinary program at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. The founder and director of Kids Cook!, a multi-ethnic cooking program for children, she has presented food-related talks and cooking classes in libraries and schools across New York City. Her writing on food has appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and books.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
$5

Workshop | Jewelry Making Workshop


Join artist and jewelry designer M. Lumiere Miller as she guides you through the art of making jewelry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free

Screening | Sydney Pollack's Documentary Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006): The Architect Speaks


A look at the work of visionary, artist, and well-known architect Frank Gehry. Pollack, a long time friend of the architect, chats with Gehry about his art. There are also special appearances by Philip Johnson, Sir Bob Geldof, Barry Diller, and Dennis Hopper. 82 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Concert | Tavern and Its Green Tour


Discover the sheepfold that became a world famous restaurant, a parade ground that became the Sheep Meadow, the Children's District, The Mall including its statues.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Concert | Holiday Songbook


A concert of new holiday music presented by Broadway composers and lyricists sung by Broadway vocalists. Directed by John Znidarsic and co-sponsored by Arts and Artists at St. Paul.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:30 pm
Free

Lecture | Curator Weng Choy Lee talks about his work


This lecture will highlight art critic and curator Weng Choy Lee's recent critical scholarship on biennials, analyzing art criticism of these mega-shows and evaluating this now pervasive exhibition format, particularly in Asia. Weng Choy Lee is an art critic based in Singapore, and director of Projects, Research & Publications, Osage Art Foundation. Weng Choy's essays have been published inBroadsheet, Forum On Contemporary Art & Society, Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique,Over Here: International Perspectives on Art and Culture, Theory in Contemporary Art since 1985, and Yishu.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Author Reading | Dan Charnas discusses his book The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop


Charnas takes us from the first $15 made by a "rapping DJ" in 1970s New York to the recent multi-million-dollar sales of the Phat Farm and Rocawear clothing companies in 2004 and 2007. On this four-decade-long journey from the studios where the first rap records were made to the boardrooms where the big deals were done, The Big Payback tallies the list of who lost and who won. Read the secret histories of the early long-shot successes of Sugar Hill Records and Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC's crossover breakthrough on MTV, the marketing of gangsta rap, and the rise of artist/entrepreneurs like Jay-Z.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Open Mike | SOS: The Sunday Open Series


An open poetry reading. No Sign-Up. No Time Limit. No BS.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
$3

Jazz | Fernando Arruda, saxophone


A senior student recital.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Sunday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Studio Piano Recital - Students of Inessa Zaretsky


This recital features the piano students of Inessa Zaretsky.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Concert | Adult Division Musicians Concert


A student recital.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Bach Vespers


Program: Johann Sebastian Bach - MAGNIFICAT, BWV 243 The Bach Choir and Bach Players; with soloists: Soprano Jennifer Bates; Soprano Sarah Brailey; Alto Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek; Tenor John Kawa; Bass Joe Damon Chappel; Concertmaster Peter Kupfer; under the direction of Cantor Rick Erickson.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Concert | Piano Works by Bach, Mozart, Shostakovich, and Schumann


With Joan Rowland, piano.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Performance | Stand Up Straight Comedy Show


A monthly topical stand up comedy show featuring 4-5 topical and political stand ups musing on a different theme each month. Upcoming headliners are Mike Lawrence, Jay Welch, Harry Terjanian, Hank Chen, and Meghan Hanley.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
$5

Concert | In-Store Gig: Ben Gerstein & Garth Stevenson, trombone-and-bass duo



   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Student Recital - Adam Starkopf, drums


A senior recital.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Chamber Music Department Evening Concert


This concert is a chamber music recital featuring ensembles from the College Division Chamber Music Program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Community Orchestra Concert


This orchestra concert, under the direction of Peter Bellino, features students from the Extension Division.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | An Evening of Chamber Music


Chamber music performed by students from the Program in Instrumental Performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Sketch Comedy with Beaches 2


"Tyler Perry’s Beaches 2: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" is the first effort by sketch comedy team Beaches 2, which aims to take a type of joke and see if they can make you laugh about it for one half of one hour. First up: "fart jokes." Starring Mary Crosbie, Tanya O'Debra, and Bob and Tobly McSmith.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
$5
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