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32 free events take place in New York City on Friday, February 1, 2013.
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32 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, February 1, 2013

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City Walk | 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!
   
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10:00 am
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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.
   
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10:00 am
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Symposium | Rouch After Riuch: Reframing a Legacy


A symposium with scholars and filmmakers explore the legacy of renowned French anthropologist/filmmaker Jean Rouch.
   
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10:00 am
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Other | AARP Tax Aide - Free Tax Help


The AARP will provide free tax help for taxpayers with low to moderate-income with special attention to those age 60 and older. No appointment necessary. Patrons are advised to arrive early as space is limited.
   
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10:30 am
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Other | AARP-Tax Aide: Free Tax Return Preparation Service


AARP volunteers, who are certified by the IRS, prepare all returns. There is no cost to you for preparation and no cost to you for electronic filing (e-file). Certain returns with voluminous data or less common types of income, credits or deductions are beyond the scope of the AARP program. Some materials you should bring with you are: Last year’s Federal and State income tax return. Social Security Cards for you, your spouse & dependents. Tax information statements summarizing your 2012 income: Forms W-2, Forms 1099 for: Social Security payments, interest, retirement benefits, and annual tax statements from brokers, etc. Details including any support for deductions and credits: medical, childcare, education, etc.; which must be totaled and summarized. Any other materials that you believe may be pertinent to your 2012Federal or State taxes. Remember: First come, first served. The best way to have your return completed in a single session is to arrive early and to bring all of your materials with you. To avoid clients having to wait and then not have their returns started and completed, they may stop taking new arrivals well before 2:30 PM if the volume of clients already waiting is such that the new arrivals cannot be served that day.
   
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10:30 am
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Other | Bridge Club


Are you a Bridge buff? Put on your game face and show off your best plays. For Advanced beginners, and Intermediary players. Join the fun and meet new friends!
   
10:30 am
free, no reservation required

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 & 1pm.
   
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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.
   
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11:15 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. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   
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12:00 pm
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Dance Performance | New Dance Group


New Dance Group presents works by Jane Dudley, Sophie Maslow, Donald McKayle, Daniel Nagrin, Pearl Primus and Anna Sokolow. With performances by Jennifer Bauer-Conley, Paul Dennis, the 360° Dance Company, Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble and UMass University Dancers. This program includes a distinguished panel with Muriel Manings, a discussion with historian Victoria Phillips Geduld and archivist Elizabeth Alrich and a Celia Ipiotis interview.
   
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


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.
   
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12:30 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.
   
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12:30 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


Museum Ambassador Yvonne provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   
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1:00 pm
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Film | Nicholas Jarecki's Arbitrage (2012): High-Finance Thriller


Starring Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Brit Marling. A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help. 107 min.
   
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required

City Walk | SoHo, Little Italy & 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.
   
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2:00 pm
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Master Class | Judy Loman, Harp Master Class


Judy Loman is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with the celebrated harpist, Carlos Salzedo. She has been Principal harpist with the Toronto Symphony since 1960, and has appeared as a soloist with that organization in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Ms. Loman's performances are heard frequently on CBC Radio and she has recorded for RCA, Columbia, CBC, Centre Disc, Aquitaine, Marquis and Naxos. Her playing has been featured in two films by Rhombus Media, presented by the CBC and TV Ontario.
   
3:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Video | Goldin+Senneby Performance Video Screening


This performance video screening is in connection with Goldin+Senneby's Headless.
   
3:30 pm
Free

Discussion | Edward Said's Music: A Panel Discussion


A panel discussion with Kinan Azmeh, Stathis Gourgouris, Ara Guzelimian, Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, and Michael Steinberg on "Edward Said's Music."
   
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4:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poetry Reading: Brenda Shaughnessy and Craig Morgan Teicher


Brenda Shaughnessy’s new collection is "Our Andromeda" (Copper Canyon Press, 2012). "To Keep Love Blurry," Craig Morgan Teicher’s latest title, was published by BOA Editions in 2012.
   
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Student Viola Recital


Featuring Tae Young Yoon.
   
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5:00 pm
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Other | Winter Whiskey Festival: Free Whiskey Tasting Every Day in February


A whiskey a day keeps the winter blues away. The first annual Winter Whiskey Festival offers a free tasting of at least one whiskey each day for the entire month of February. Customers will have the opportunity to sample whiskeys from around the globe: American small batch bourbons and ryes, peaty Scotches, smooth Irish whiskeys and even a new whiskey from the Bronx. Free and fun, drop by every day and take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity to educate your palate.
   
5:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Opening Reception | X-tra, a Show of Interdisciplinary Art


With: Lisa Beck, Lydia Dona, Scott Grodesky, Black Lake (Susan Jennings and Slink Moss), Fabian Marcaccio, Peter Rostovsky, Kanishka Raja, and Daniel Wiener. An exhibition of nine mid-career artists, all preoccupied with interdisciplinary relationships. Extra material, extra gaze, extra messy, extra energetic, extra light moving into extra dark, extra blast, extra pull, and extra push. X-tra is an attempt to be about “this is too much,” not as categorical hermeticism, but as a creation of intricacies that allow expression and definitions of mediums into a more charged and dynamic model.
   
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6:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Stage Time


Stage Time is a new weekly show aimed at featuring independent improv troupes.
   
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6:00 pm
$5

Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress: iele paloumpis


The Studio Series offers an opportunity for research and development in a creative residency format, providing resources of time, space and a commission. The Studio Series is a research laboratory for physical explorations and new movement investigations with a focus on process, not final performance/product. The “performances” are intended to be informal public showings to share ideas with an audience in the intimate working space of the studio.
   
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6:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Rachel Hadas reads from her book The Golden Road


Celebrate the launch of a new book by Rachel Hadas. The evening will feature a reading beginning at 6pm, followed by a reception and signing. Rachel Hadas is a professor of English at the Newark College of Arts and Sciences of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She is also a poet, translator, and essayist. Her most recent books are The Ache of Appetite (2010), a collection of poems; and Strange Relation: A Memoir of Marriage, Dementia, and Poetry (2011).
   
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6:00 pm
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Dance Performance | CoolNY 2013 Dance Festival


CoolNY Dance Festival, originating in 2004 as a component of Cool New York, the City’s winter celebration of arts and parks events, honors its milestone 10th Anniversary CoolNY 2013 Dance Festival. This two-week extravaganza will present the vast spectrum of facility by burgeoning ensembles led by inventive rising choreographers along with dancemakers with a definitive national and international zeal. Shows at 7pm & 9pm.
   
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | Piano Works by Bach


This concert features pianist Lee Feldman performing original works and music by Bach.
   
7:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Open Mic | Stark Reality Open Mic


BRING DRUMS, GUITARS, IF YOU WANT TO PLAY. SIGN UP: 7:00 pm. POETS, SINGERS, SPOKEN WORD ARTISTS, PERFORMANCE ARTISTS, COMICS, SINGER/SONGWRITERS. SHARE YOUR POETRY & SONGS & SPOKEN WORD& PERFORMANCE ART & EDGY COMEDY.
   
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7:00 pm
$3

Concert | FOCUS! 2013: The British Renaissance Final Concert - British Music Since World War II


Program: MICHAEL TIPPETT Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage (1947/1952) OLIVER KNUSSEN Horn Concerto (1994) MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE Ceres (2005) BENJAMIN BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1940) With: Mark Wigglesworth, conductor Trevor Nuckols, horn soloist Juilliard Orchestra British conductor and international artist Mark Wigglesworth directs the Juilliard Orchestra in the final concert of Juilliard's FOCUS! 2013 festival, paying homage this season to the creativity, substance, and renaissance of British music after World War II.
   
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Student Piano Recitals


Featuring Yoomi Lee and Young Jin Kim.
   
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Vital, Expansive Alt-Rocker


This former rapper recently made the leap into alternative rock with expansive, driving songs that speak to the restlessness of human aspiration. His lush sound—which earned him a top prize at the 2011 Hollywood Music Awards and was featured at Summerfest 2012—is marked by insistent beats, crisp auxiliary percussion, and ambient washes of sound, all of which can be heard on his new album, (I Hate) The L Word, set to be released on Valentine’s Day.
   
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Jazz | 5/5/5 After Hours Set


A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of Manhattan.
   
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11:00 pm
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