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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 28, 2014?

32 free events take place on Tuesday, January 28 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 January 28 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 January . 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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32 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, January 28, 2014

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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free events nyc Experiments in Dance: Daniel Flores Dance / KitchenSink Collective / Florence Nasar
free events nyc Anna Quindlen reads from her book Still Life with Bread Crumbs
free events nyc Korean Film: Kwak Kyung-Taek's Friend: The Great Legacy (2013)
        

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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Jazz | Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen


The Gotham Jazzmen bring their take on Dixieland Jazz. The band features: Ed Bonoff on drums; James Collier on trombone; Lee Lorenz on cornet; Pete Sokolow on piano; Dick Waldburger on bass; Ernie Lumer on clarinet; and Bill Wurtzel on guitar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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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!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter


Enjoy a 45-minutes docent-led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Ballet Exercise Class for Adults


Here’s your chance to experience the ballerina in you. Learn basic ballet steps and experience the joy of dancing in a class that combines ballet and exercise specifically for older adults. You’ll have fun as you dance and see for yourself the benefits of ballet for good balance, agility and grace. Wear comfortable clothes and be ready to have fun.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter


Enjoy a 45-minutes docent-led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Lecture | Living the Life of the Professional Jazz Artist


Jimmy Owens (trumpet, flugelhorn) has over 45 years of experience and is active as a jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and music education consultant. His experience covers a wide range of international musical achievement, including extensive work as a bandleader, soloist, and composer of orchestral compositions, movie scores, and ballets.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Film | Roland Emmerich's White House Down (2013): One Man vs. the Terrorists


With Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal. Capitol Policeman John Cale has been denied his dream job of protecting the President with the Secret Service just as the White House is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. 137 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Author Reading | Marco Martinelli discusses his book Noise in the Waters


There will also be a screening of a documentary of the trittico “Mazara-Ravenna 2010” by Alessandro Renda.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | The Key to a Dream Retirement


To be confident in achieving your retirement goals, it is important for you to know where you are in life and what steps need to be taken to build or maintain your retirement nest egg. Since retirement has become, for many of us, the longest stage of our lives, understanding asset accumulation, growth, and preservation is critical.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Report on the Reconstruction of the Past, a Show of 2 Women Artists


An exhibition that transfers the gallery space into an allegoric cosmic ship presenting two art missions by Barbora Klimova and Eva Kotatkova. The vanishing point of the works of the two female artists presented here is a subjective enunciation concerning the traces of the recent past. Each of them creates a typical body of interpretation of historical images, past events and conceptual references.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Artist Talk: ESSAM


New York-based street artist ESSAM (a.k.a. Essam Attia, BFA 2011 Photography) and Svetlana Mintcheva, founding director of the Arts Advocacy Project at the National Coalition Against Censorship, talk about art in the street as being distinct from art in a museum, regulations of public space and the relationship between an artist’s mission and the constraints of the law.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Chasing the Great Muckraker Seymour Hersh


With Robert Miraldi, author of "Seymour Hersh: Scoop Artist" and an award-winning author, journalist and columnist who teaches at the State University of New York. This talk captures the author’s many years pursuing Seymour Myron Hersh as he wrote the first-ever biography of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning and controversial investigative reporter. He highlights some of his major "scoops," paying particular attention to the time Hersh spent in New York City as a reporter for The New York Times.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | College Bassoon Recital


Sasha Gee Enegren, Bassoon
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | Corporate Avant Garde and the Return of Disruption


Eva Franch i Gilabert, executive director and chief curator of the Storefront for Art and Architecture, discusses the need for contemporary forms of radical practice in a world dominated by consumer culture, user-experience-oriented interfaces and disarticulated expertise. Franch i Gilabert has lectured internationally on art, architecture and the importance of alternative practices in the construction and understanding of public life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Talk: Boru O’Brien O’Connell / Jen Rosenblit / Jay Scheib


Drawing upon divergent interpretations of memory, cognition, and language, these two artists share deep affinities conceptually and aesthetically, demonstrating an equal fluency in photography, video, sculpture, and installation. The artists’ visions are juxtaposed on either side of a central gallery wall, allowing viewers to encounter the two exhibitions simultaneously upon first entering the gallery, then leaving space for separate consideration.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Inka Parei reads from her book The Cold Centre


East Berlin provides the bleak landscape for The Cold Centre. The anonymous narrator’s ex-wife is in hospital with cancer, and the doctors can only treat her if the cause can be identified. Was it radiation?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Forum | Nonfiction Forum: Lucas Mann


Lucas Mann is the author of Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere. He received his MFA from the University of Iowa, where he was also the Provost's Visiting Writer in Nonfiction. His essays and stories have appeared in or are forthcoming from Barrelhouse, New South, Wigleaf, The Kenyon Review, and others. He is a member of the faculty at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, teaching writing and journalism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
$5

Author Reading | Anna Quindlen reads from her book Still Life with Bread Crumbs


A superb love story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rise and Shine, Blessings, and A Short Guide to a Happy Life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Discussion | CANCELLED***The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking***CANCELLED


THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Author Olivia Laing in conversation with Lorin Stein (The Paris Review) on writers and drinking.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Experiments in Dance: Daniel Flores Dance / KitchenSink Collective / Florence Nasar


A program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress, for artists at all stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion moderated by an Artist-in-Residence or an occasional guest, where we will experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform the artists' process.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Jonathan Barli discusses his book VIP: The Mad World of Virgil Partch


Jonathan Barli is the co-founder and art director of Rosebud Archives.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Korean Film: Kwak Kyung-Taek's Friend: The Great Legacy (2013)


With no memory of his father, Sung-Hoon was raised and surrounded by gangsters. As he grew up, he fell into a life of crime. Now imprisoned, his only hope for survival is Joon-Seok, an unexpected role model. 124 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Linda Yellin reads from her book What Nora Knew


The assignment for Linda Yellin's (Such a Lovely Couple) latest protagonist, a nearing-40 web writer, is to write a New York City romance ala Nora Ephron.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Lecture | Photographer Talk: Brad Smith


Brad Smith, director of photography for Sports Illustrated and the former senior sports photography editor at The New York Times, discusses the editor’s craft, trends in sports photography and how photographers find work at magazines.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Recital: Thomas Bagwell, piano


A stellar musical event. A concert showcasing the artistry of internationally acclaimed performers and distinguished faculty members at a leading New York conservatory.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Classical Music | Choral Work by Haydn and More at a Landmark Venue

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Play | A Play About a Famous Artist

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