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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 9, 2019?

22 free events take place on Saturday, February 9 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 February 9 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 February . 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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22 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, February 9, 2019

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Editor's Picks

free events nyc Historic Greenwich Village Tour: Beats, Bohemians, and Icons from the 1950's to Today
free events nyc Lunar New Year 2019
free events nyc Silent Movies Starring Larry Semon; Live Accompaniment
free events nyc A Bright New Boise: The Meager Profits of Modern Faith
free events nyc Vocal Works by British Composers of 19C and 20C
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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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City Walk | 57th Street River-to-River Walk


The northern end of midtown is the nexus between art and commerce. Start by a sculptural building near the Hudson; pass by landmarks like Carnegie Hall and newly erected Billionaires' Row. Continuing east, the walk ends by Sutton Place and the Queensboro Bridge. Call to confirm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
$3

Workshop | Examining An Unusual Book Of Music 


The Director of Columbia Computer Music Center Brad Garton creates immersive iPad applications with original music, text, and graphics, chronicling his life, his joys, and his struggles with illness. This is a gathering for an interactive exploration of Garton’s newest creation, My Memory Book. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | A day full of meditation


A meditation day from 10:15 to 5:00 with lots of guidance. Each segment of the day will be short enough so that beginners can feel comfortable, and long enough for experienced meditators to enjoy it. There will be sitting and walking meditation, meditation on the breath, the body, thoughts and feelings, some poetry for inspiration, loving-kindness meditation, and some gentle stretching. There will be an overall practice of learning to stay with our experience, joyfully. No need for special clothing. Chair provided. If you wish to sit on a floor cushion, please bring one.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Workshop | Achieving Financial Adulthood


Financial success relies on smart decision plus good financial habits. Are you confident about your finances? Learn the financial rules used to evaluate your financial success along with strategies to manage your financial life. Erika Safran shares important financial principles to help you live the life you envision for yourself. Topics covered include: emergency funds, savings and expenses, credit card debt, tax withholding, investment allocation, retirement plans, insurance selection, and necessary estate documents. Erika Safran, CFP ® is principal and wealth manager at Safran Wealth Advisors, an independent fee only wealth management firm providing high level financial planning and investment management services. As a financial advocate, Erika has lectured at the NYPL Business Library, AARP, and 92nst St Y., and contributed her financial expertise to articles published in national news and trade magazines such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Investment News. Erika has also appeared in media outlets such as CBS, CNN , and CNBC.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | 2 Folk Art Shows: Exhibition Walkthroughs


A tour of John Dunkley: Neither Day nor Night and Paa Joe: Gates of No Return, led by museum gallery guides.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Opening Reception | The Sculpture Series: Recent Paintings by Robert Bunkin


This series of acrylic on canvas paintings began in 2014, when figurative artist Robert Bunkin moved from Staten Island to Westbeth Artists Housing in the West Village. At the time Bunkin was Curator of Art at the Staten Island Museum, and was deeply involved with world art history, both as curator and as an adjunct professor of art history at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. This engagement, along with his passion for sculpture, led him to develop a series of portraits of figurative sculptures that he found on his frequent visits to local and international museums, as well as sculptural works that were loaned to him by friends or in his possession. The series includes works from ancient Egypt, Rome, Meso-America, Tibet, West Africa, Gothic Italy, 19th Century America and Japan, and continues to grow. Artist Talk: Saturday, February 9, 2019, 1 PM Opening Reception: Saturday, February 9, 2019, 2-4 PM.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Play | A Bright New Boise: The Meager Profits of Modern Faith


In the mundane and dusty break room of a craft store in Idaho, someone is summoning The Rapture. Will, who has fled his rural hometown after a scandal at his Evangelical church, comes to the Hobby Lobby, not only for employment, but also to rekindle a relationship with Alex, his brooding teenage son, whom he gave up for adoption several years ago. Alex works there along with Leroy, his adopted brother and protector, and Anna, a hapless young woman who reads bland fiction but hopes for dramatic endings. As their manager, foul-mouthed Pauline, tries ceaselessly to find order (and profit) in the chaos of small business, these lost souls of the Hobby Lobby confront an unyielding world through the beige-tinted impossibility of modern faith. Samuel D. Hunter's A Bright New Boise is a earnest comedy about the meager profits of modern faith. A tudent production.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | In the Heat of the Night (1967): Five time Oscar winning mystery drama


An African-American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town. 110 min. Director: Norman Jewison. Starring Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates. In the Heat of the Night won five Academy Awards, including the 1967 awards for Best Picture and Rod Steiger for Best Actor. The film was followed by two sequels, They Call Me Mister Tibbs! in 1970, and The Organization in 1971. In 1988, it also became the basis of a television series adaptation of the same name. Although the film was set in the fictional Mississippi town of Sparta (with supposedly no connection to the real Sparta, Mississippi), most of the movie was filmed in Sparta, Illinois, where many of the film's landmarks can still be seen. In 2002, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Little Boy (1977): The town in which the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima was designed


The Little Boy bomb that was dropped on the people of Hiroshima was designed and tested in New Mexico, not far from Bernalillo, a town of Albuquerque where the director Danny Lyon constructed an adobe house for his family in the early 1970s. Willie Jaramillo, a friend of Lyon’s who previously appeared in his 1971 film Llanito. At age eighteen, he has just been released from prison for a series of minor offenses. As Lyon pounds his beat around town, asking friends and neighbors about Willie or about themselves, the film jumps back in time to scenes from Willie’s childhood, now idyllic next to his current troubles, and the history of one man’s life emerges as a fact of greater significance than the atom bomb itself. 54 min. Director: Danny Lyon.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017): Life of an idealistic lawyer starring Denzel Washington and Colin Farrell


Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action. 122 min. Director: Dan Gilroy. Starring Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo. Washington was widely praised for his performance, for which he received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Tour | Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House Tour


Highlights include a discussion of the history of the site, information about architect Cass Gilbert and viewings of the Collectors Office with its Tiffany woodwork, Reginald Marsh murals and the 140-ton rotunda dome, designed and built by Rafael Gustavino.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Disney's Christopher Robin (2018): Winnie The Pooh Comes To Ask A Favour


A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life. 104 min. Director: Marc Forster. Starring Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael. Christopher Robin received an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 91st Academy Awards. The film grossed over $197 million worldwide, becoming the highest grossing film in the Winnie the Pooh franchise. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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City Walk | Historic Greenwich Village Tour: Beats, Bohemians, and Icons from the 1950's to Today


Bob Dylan, Richard Pryor, Edgar Allen Poe, Jane Jacobs, James Baldwin, Jack Kerouac, Dave Attell, Patti Smith, Joan Baez, and Truman Capote are just a few of the thousands of accomplished artists, writers, radicals, and performers who made their way through Greenwich Village. This tour, primarily focusing on the 1950s onward, visits the hangouts that have defined legendary people and the spirit of this iconic neighborhood.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Performance | Lunar New Year 2019


Ring in the Lunar New Year with a family-friendly performance.  A dynamic Lion Parade led by lion dancers launches an afternoon filled with bursts of energy and color with traditional Chinese dance and music, a martial arts demonstration, and theatrical players in full traditional make-up and regalia!
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Screening | Silent Movies Starring Larry Semon; Live Accompaniment


Screening of silent movies starring Larry Semon; Dunces and Dangers (1918), Frauds And Frenzies (1918), The Sawmill (1922), Her Boyfriend (1924), Kid Speed (1924). Larry Semon was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent filmera. In his day, Semon was considered a major movie comedian, but he is now remembered mainly for working with both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardybefore they started working together. He is also sometimes noted for directing (as well as appearing in) the 1925 silent film The Wizard of Oz, which had a slight influence on the better-known 1939 talkie The Wizard of Oz released by MGM. Live accompaniment by Ben Model, preshow Q&A with Steve Massa.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:30 pm
Free

Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress


Curated by Ishmael Houston-Jones, the DraftWork series hosts informal, free Saturday afternoon performances that offer choreographers an opportunity to show their work in various stages of development. Performances are followed by discussion and a reception with the artists and curator. With: Camilo Godoy Christopher Núñez
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Classical Music | Afternoon Organ Meditations


Diverse programs of music celebrating the great repertoire of the organ. Takes place every Saturday and Sunday from September 9, 2018 to May 26, 2019.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Fred Watkins, Photographer: 3 Decades of Key Moments Captured


This exhibition features a collection of photographs taken by Washington, D.C. photographer Fred Watkins. The images are a journey through the last three decades honoring some of our most cherished heroes in Black History. Fred's assignment has placed him in rooms with some of the most powerful men in the world. Men such as President Barack Obama, President Nelson Mandela, President George H.W. Bush, President George W. Bush, President Bill Clinton, President Vladimir Putin have all been seen through the lens of Fred Watkins. Fred currently photographs White House and Capitol Hill assignments and will certainly be there to capture every moment of the drama about to unfold in 2020.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Play | A Bright New Boise: The Meager Profits of Modern Faith


In the mundane and dusty break room of a craft store in Idaho, someone is summoning The Rapture. Will, who has fled his rural hometown after a scandal at his Evangelical church, comes to the Hobby Lobby, not only for employment, but also to rekindle a relationship with Alex, his brooding teenage son, whom he gave up for adoption several years ago. Alex works there along with Leroy, his adopted brother and protector, and Anna, a hapless young woman who reads bland fiction but hopes for dramatic endings. As their manager, foul-mouthed Pauline, tries ceaselessly to find order (and profit) in the chaos of small business, these lost souls of the Hobby Lobby confront an unyielding world through the beige-tinted impossibility of modern faith. Samuel D. Hunter's A Bright New Boise is a earnest comedy about the meager profits of modern faith. A tudent production.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Reading | Eastern European Writers


Eastern Europe is not Western Europe, but its impoverished, uncool cousin. Eastern Europe lost the Cold War and everybody else won it, without even trying. Statistics show that Eastern Europeans are among the most pessimistic people on earth.  This is a multi-genre evening featuring writers with deep personal, family, and linguistic ties to the region. You’ll be entertained by Angela Ajayi, Marek Kulig, Maia McPherson, Ileana Nachescu, and Claudia Serea.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Vocal Works by British Composers of 19C and 20C


Gretchen Windt, mezzo-soprano. Program Vaughan Williams (1894 - 1950) English Folk Song Suite Elgar (1857 - 1934) Sea Pictures Moeran (1872 - 1958) Symphony in G minor Mezzo-soprano Gretchen Windt has performed with Opera Southwest, Chesapeake Chamber Opera, Opera Idaho, and various regional companies in Chicago including Bowen Park Opera, OperaModa, and DuPage Opera Theatre. Internationally, she performed the title role in La Cenerentola in Italy with La Musica Lirica. Recent performances include Salome (Page) with Utah Opera, Le nozze di Figaro (Cherubino) with both Opera Idaho and University of Utah Lyric Opera Ensemble, Die Fledermaus (Prince Orlofsky) with Ohio Light Opera, and the title role in Massenet’s Cendrillon with University of Utah Lyric Opera Ensemble.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free
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