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15 free events take place in New York City on Monday, January 21, 2013.

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15 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, January 21, 2013

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Concert | Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar: Open Rehearsal

Department: Performance Operations

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9:30 am
free, no reservation required

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!

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10:00 am
Free plus $6.75...

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.

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10:00 am
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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 & 2pm.

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11:00 am
$6

Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Before and After the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes

Join Museum Ambassador Asia Marie Tail for an engaging tour. Highlights include discussion of underwater panther and thunderbird, figures in Anishinaabe cosmology; and an in-depth look at artists such as Norval Morriseau, George Morrison, and Keesic Douglas.

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12:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Tour | “Seneca Village” Tour

Seneca Village was Manhattan's first known community of African-American property owners, on land that would become the Park. Tour covers the history of the village, the property owners, and what New York City was like at the time. Tour is approximately one hour.

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12:30 pm
free, no reservation required

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
free, no reservation required

Tour | “Seneca Village” Tour

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2:30 pm
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**Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour**

Museum Ambassador Asia Tail gives a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition

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3:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Opening Reception | 2 Painters: Patricia Broderick / Ilse Murdock

Patricia Broderick: Selected Paintings - An exhibition of paintings comprising psychologically charged and muted images of figures. Ilse Murdock: “It’s” - An exhibition of intimate landscape paintings.

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5:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Workshop | Meditation at the Library

Sahaja Meditation is a holistic approach to living in balance. The simple technique gives the experience of inner silence, calm and contentment. Sahaja Meditation is an inner yoga (connection), meaning no mental or physical effort is required. Whatever the issue facing us—frustration, anger, anxiety, bad habits, loneliness—Sahaja Meditation awakens a vibrant energy within each of us that empowers us to achieve our genuine self-expression and fulfillment .

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6:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Sandra O’Day

Sandra O’Day is an ex-con motivational speaker who is actively managing her anger. Join her for 40 life-changing minutes.

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7:00 pm
$5

Concert | East (China) Meets West (Harlem): Music by Chinese, African and Student Composers

Program: CHEN YI Feng HUANG RUO The Three Tenses WINDSCAPE Jazz Suite: Works by Armstrong, Davis, Ellington, Mingus and Parker KYLE WERNER Riverside MARK STAMBAUGH La Belle et la bête ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE: WINDSCAPE - Tara Helen O'Connor, Flute; Randall Ellis, Oboe; Alan R. Kay, Clarinet; Frank Morelli, Bassoon; David Jolley, Horn

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7:30 pm
free, no reservation required

Dance Performance | Experiments in Dance: Jin Ju Song-Begin & Da-On Dance / Barbara Mahler / Nadia Tykulsker/Spark(edIt) Arts / Larissa Velez-Jackson

A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights throughout the fall/winter and spring seasons that supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists.

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8:00 pm
free, no reservation required