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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on December 15, 2022?

29 free events take place on Thursday, December 15 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 15 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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29 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, December 15, 2022

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free events nyc German Music for Viols and Harpsichord (In Person and Online)
free events nyc Lecture-recital with West-African Kora Virtuoso
free events nyc Open Studios
free events nyc Holiday Lights Tour
free events nyc Ancient Lives: Cleopatra, Crassus, Demetrius (online)
free events nyc Piano Works by Chopin, Debussy, and More
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Other | Luminaries: A Mesmerizing Display of Colorful Lanterns


Conceived by the LAB at Rockwell Group, Luminaries’ glowing canopy consists of 640 twinkling custom lanterns that change in color and intensity. View a special light show at the top of every hour from 8am to 10pm, set to holiday songs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Tour of New York City Hall


One of the oldest continuously used City Halls in the nation that still houses its original governmental functions, New York's City Hall is considered one of the finest architectural achievements of its period. Constructed from 1803 to 1812, the building was an early expression of the City's cosmopolitanism. City Hall is a designated New York City landmark, and its rotunda is a designated interior landmark as well.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Concert | Performance By Classical Violinist & Guitarist


Featuring Benita Beneitez, violin; Matthew Kaplan, guitar. Benita has played as a soloist with several orchestras in Spain, including the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, and has toured all over Europe and America as a chamber musician. As an orchestral player she has performed with the Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Asturias Symphony Orchestra, The Richmond Symphony, The Manhattan Symphonie, and many others. Mattew has brought his music to Peru at the Universidad Nacional de Musica in 2007. In Italy he performed as a soloist with the Rome Festival Orchestra in 2010 and in 2018 he performed in Lanciano as a fellowship recipient of the 2018 Lanciano International Guitar Seminar. Matt also regularly performs in Santiago de Chile and Barcelona, Spain. Currently, Matt works for the New York City Classical Guitar Orchestra and is a section leader helping to prepare the group towards recording an album of new music commissioned for the orchestra. COVID-19 Notice: Vaccination and mask are required to attend.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Discussion | A Converation with the Chef of NYC Restaurant Agi's Counter (online)


Writer Julie Salamon (The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times) sits down with her nephew Jeremy Salamon, chef and owner of NYC restaurant Agi's Counter. Jeremy Salamon knew at an early age he wanted to be a chef. He moved to New York in 2012 to attend the Culinary Institute of America and worked alongside great chefs in restaurants such as Locanda Verde, Prune, Buvette & Via Carota. In 2017, he created a Hungarian pop-up dinner series called Fond and shortly after, became the Executive Chef of Manhattan restaurants The Eddy and Wallflower. He's been graciously recognized by publications such as Food & Wine, Jarry Magazine, The Village Voice, Thrillist and more. Agi's Counter is his first restaurant. His cookbook, Second Generation will be published in 2024.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Talk | Breath Taking: A Brief Discussion of Timelessness in Photography (online)


The greatest photographs are ones that have the feel of a breath held expectant. When the photographer was so taken by the moment, the gasp of moment caused the shutter to be released and that breath of a moment is forever held in an image. This webinar will have a brief discussion about the gift of giving the echo of time, showing a moment of the past in the future to be the present every time it is seen. Hosted by BenQ.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
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Concert | German Music for Viols and Harpsichord (In Person and Online)


Empire Viols explores the Rhine through music of German composers of the Baroque. The tour includes two Rhine pieces: renowned gambist Johannes Schenck's Le Nymphe di Rheno and Johann Jakob Froberger's travelogue, Le Passage du Rhin, as well as a passacaglia by Johann Friedrich Meister. Transcriptions of Johann Sebastian and son Wilhelm Friedemann Bach complete the trip. Founded in 1994, Empire Viols focuses on the rich repertoire for two viols and harpsichord, expanding it with adventurous transcriptions of music originally for other instruments. The ensemble includes Martha McGaughey, viol; Carlene Stober, viol; and Arthur Haas, harpsichord.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
Free

Lecture | Ötzi the Iceman: Frozen in Time (online)


Lecturer Patrick Hunt explores the astonishing story of Ötzi, the Ice Mummy from 5,300 years ago. Dr. Hunt, alpine archaeologist and National Expeditions Expert, explores the perplexing life, medical condition, and demise of Ötzi, found by two hikers in 1991 at an elevation of 10,500 feet in a melting glacier on the Italian-Austrian border.The remarkable preservation of his mummy and belongings in the Südtirol Museum, Bolzano, as well as the only authorized copy of the Ötzi mummy at Brooklyn’s DNA Learning Center additionally provide details regarding the transition from Europe’s Neolithic to Copper Age.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Classical Music | Lecture-recital with West-African Kora Virtuoso


An afternoon with Gambian jalis (musician-historian), Salieu Suso exploring the history, culture, and sounds of African and Afro-Cuban rhythms. Salieu Suso is an internationally renowned session musician who traces his lineage to nearly one thousand years of traditional instrumentalists, including JaliMady Wulayn Suso, the recognized inventor of the kora (the 21-stringed West African Harp).
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Conversations About Crafting (Online)


Join a community of fellow crafters and talk your latest creation. Whether you knit, stitch, sketch, or sculpt, you can chat and share tips with crafty people just like you.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Tour | Christmas Caroling Through NYC


Spread holiday cheer in a family-friendly singing event. No singing experience is required or necessary!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | Artist Talk: What Color Courage? (online)


Artist Mary Frank is joined by author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams for a conversation. They will discuss Mary Frank's current exhibition, What Color Courage?.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Party | Listening Party for Richard Ojijo and Marcel Odenbach's MO_RO_20


In conjunction with Marcel Odenbach's eighth exhibition at the gallery, this is an after-hours listening party for MO_RO_20, a compilation of Odenbach’s film soundtracks of the last twenty years by the composer, producer, and musical collaborator Richard Ojijo. What you'll experience: rich atmospheric content with the absorbing, richly evocative sonic dramaturgy of Ojijo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Open Studios | Open Studios


Meet artists from around the world who are pursuing an MFA in Fine Arts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Share What You're Reading With Others (Online)


Reading a cool comic book you'd like to share? Or an interesting mystery book? Share any book that you are currently reading, plan to read, a previous book you enjoyed, or your reading goals for the rest of the year. Or if you would rather just listen-in to hear about a book you'd like to read, that's fine too.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Exposure C: 13 Photographers


A unique, rotating exhibition of multiple, one-week, one-person shows bringing the personal vision of a diverse group of artists to Chelsea. With: Christian Pietrapiana • Danielle Eubank • Janet Culbertson • Krisanne Baker • Marcia Annenberg • Lisa Reindorf • Noreen Dean Dresser • Susan Hoffman Fishman • Lois Bender • Ann Shapiro • Angela Manno • Kathy Levine • Walter Brown •
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | The Human Side of Innovation: The Power of People in Love with People


PepsiCo’s award-winning chief design officer Mauro Porcini discusses his new book with Indra Nooyi, moderated by Paola Antonelli. It is in part a memoir by one of the world’s leading designers—the first chief design officer at both 3M and Pepsi. But even more, it is a manifesto for a genuine, authentic, and deeply humanistic approach to design, one that aims to create personal and social value first and financial and economic value afterward. In every industry, new technologies have lowered the barrier to entry like never before. Either you design exceptional products or somebody will beat you to it. Porcini shows, through example after example and story after story, that the key to real, world-changing innovation is to put people first—not only the people we innovate for but also the people who lead the innovation process. Putting people first requires what Porcini calls unicorns: people who are in love with people, who have a genuine fire in them to create meaningful solutions for actual human beings. In this book, he describes them, celebrates them, and details their superpowers so you can find them, hire them, grow them, and retain them.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Classical Music | Music for Two Violins - From the Era of Virtuosos to Modern T imes


Polish Violin Duo: Marta Gidaszewska and Robert Laguniak Program Grazyna Bacewicz (1909 - 1969) Suite for 2 violins Anna Roclawska-Musialczyk (1987 - ) Two Contrasts for a duo Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880) Etude-Caprice No. 1 Op. 18 Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919 - 1996) Sonata for 2 violins, Op. 69 Roman Twardowski (1930 - ) Polish fantasia for 2 violins Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880) Etude-Caprice No. 1 No. 3
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Screening | Exterior Night (2022): 3 Episodes of an Italian Series


The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists Directed by Marco Bellocchio Starring Fabrizio Gifuni, Margherita Buy, Toni Servillo In Italian with English subtitles 165 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Discussion | Spirit of Sound: Where Poetry and Music Meet


Curated by the poet-in-residence Taylor Johnson, Spirit of Sound brings together Jonah Mixon-Webster, M. NourbeSe Philip, Justin Phillip Reed, and Simone White to explore the intersection of poetry, sound, and music. Following brief presentations of their current work, the panelists will come together for a conversation moderated by Johnson that unpacks the relationship between language and auditory experience. This panel is part of a series of conversations conceptualized by Johnson that brings poets into dialogue with practitioners from various fields, highlighting a cross-pollination between different disciplines to explore topics such as movement, sound, and architecture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | "The So Of Itself" in Jazz


In taoist practice, the so of itself refers to the ultimate state of oneness, or being complete from conception. This completeness exists in both people and all that surrounds them: nature. In music, it exists in both professionals and amateurs, born of the practice through which we strip away artifice and all that we confuse with substance, and preserve and respect vulnerability as inherent strength. Not something we can discover, the so is present yet gives no notice. Through lecture and performance, drummer Jeremy Dutton will demonstrate how the so of itself is present, musically, within all of us. Dutton will give concrete examples regarding specific melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic movements that reflect the so’s simplicity, and share personal stories that suggest an early and natural awareness of the so of itself in many of us. To close, he will share activities that help us engage greater awareness of the so, thereby guiding us toward self-acceptance and down our individual artistic paths. Dutton will be joined by Harish Raghavan on bass and Ben Wendel on saxophone.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Club | Cymbeline by WIlliam Shakespeare (online)


Cymbeline tells the story of a British king and his three children, presented as though they are in a fairy tale. The secret marriage of Cymbeline’s daughter, Imogen, triggers much of the action, which includes villainous slander, homicidal jealousy, cross-gender disguise, a deathlike trance, and the appearance of Jupiter in a vision.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Ancient Lives: Cleopatra, Crassus, Demetrius (online)


A celebration of Ancient Lives, Yale University Press's new series of biographies of thinkers, writers, kings, queens, conquerors, and politicians from all parts of the ancient world. The series launches with three titles: Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth by Francine Prose; Demetrius: Sacker of Cities by James Romm; and Crassus: The First Tycoon by Peter Stothard. The discussion will be moderated by Daniel Mendelsohn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Lecture | Building Archives and Writing Histories Through Walking


How to translate the diverse information collected into an archive? In what ways can one speculate about it? How to write, film, and fabulate history from experiences lived on a path of research? These are some of the questions Sónia Vaz Borges will engage with as part of her Fall 2022 IDS Lecture, which will be preceded by a screening of Sónia Vaz Borges's latest film, co-directed with Filipa César: Mangrove School (35 min., 2022). Sónia Vaz Borges is an interdisciplinary militant historian and social-political organizer. Her book Militant  Education, Liberation Struggle, Consciousness: The PAIGC education in Guinea Bissau 1963-1978 focuses on liberation schools. Located in the Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, at 41 Cooper Square (on Third Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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City Walk | Holiday Lights Tour


It's time to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year as Midtown Manhattan lights up like no other place in the world. Mechanical window displays, synchronized light and sound shows, not to mention Santa Claus and toy soldiers surely await you in this winter wonderland. Lighting and window displays we visit on the tour: (tentative until displays are up): Rockefeller Center St. Patrick's Cathedral Saks Fifth Ave Macy's Herald Square Bergdorf Goodman Tiffany and Co. and much more Rain, snow or shine. Dress appropriate for the weather (jackets, scarves, hats, gloves and layers).
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Discussion | The Slow Trek Through China, with Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Paul Salopek (online)


A conversation with Paul Salopek, who is now walking through China as part of his ambitious 24,000-mile Out of Eden Walk journey. Started in 2013 in Ethiopia, "Out of Eden Walk" is a unique "slow journalism" project to walk the pathways of the first humans who migrated out of Africa in the Stone Age. After nine years and nineteen countries, Salopek has traversed 12,000 miles and has 12,000 miles to go until the end of the Out of Eden Walk's global route. Paul Salopek is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and National Geographic Explorer who founded the Out of Eden Walk.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Concert | Piano Works by Chopin, Debussy, and More


Architect, author & musician Jordi Querol performs selections from Chopin, Ginastera, Debussy, and Granados. Afterwards there will be a discussion of Querol's new book Places That Speak, an autobiographical work detailing Querol's journey through life, followed by a Q&A.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Concert | Singers & Pianists Performing Together


Thomas Muraco, Coach and Director.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Comedy Club | Bomb Shelter Comedy Show


Bomb Shelter is a free weekly comedy show in New York City where you'll find some of the best comedians performing. Expect free pizza.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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