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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 30, 2015?

21 free events take place on Friday, January 30 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 30 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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21 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, January 30, 2015

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Master Class | Choral Clinic


Featuring choral educator, conductor, composer and clinician Russell Robinson, Professor of Music and Director of Music Education at the University of Florida.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Festival | 1st Annual Winter Carnival: A Frosty Celebration


Bundle up and come on out for the 1st annual Winter Carnival. Embrace the frosty weather for a celebration of the winter season. This jam-packed weekend will get you out into the elements, try some wintery spins on park favorites, as well as exciting events making their Winter Village debut.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

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
12:20 pm
Free

Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood Tour


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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
Free

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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Tour | U.S. Custom House Tour


Join a Museum Ambassador for an in-depth look at the unique architecture and exquisite beauty of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, home of the museum. Designed by famed architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1907, the Custom House is a National Historic Landmark. The building’s interior splendor includes an elliptical rotunda with a 140-ton dome skylight designed by Valencia-born engineer Raphael Gustavino and murals by New York painter Reginald Marsh, as well as monumental marble arches and columns. Tours include a visit to the Collectors Office, not normally accessible to the public. The Collectors Office features woodwork by Tiffany Studios and can be seen on Boardwalk Empire and in films like Spike Lee’s Inside Man.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Connecting to the Cloud Workshop


Learn all about the Cloud, what it is and how you use it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
Free

Film | Robert Stromberg's Maleficent (2014): Witch's Curse


Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley. A vengeful fairy is driven to curse an infant princess, only to discover that the child may be the one person who can restore peace to their troubled land. 97 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Workshop | MS Word 2011 for Mac for Beginners


Learn the basics features of Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac, a word processing program you can use to create documents. Topics include entering and editing text, saving files, and formatting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
Free

Master Class | Master Class: Vadim Karpinos, Innovative Percussionist


Vadim Karpinos has appeared as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony and at Roosevelt University, where he has been an adjunct faculty member since 2005. He is also on the board of advisors to The New Music School in Chicago, and he gives percussion clinics nationwide. He endorses Zildjian and Innovative Percussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Reading | Authors Read: Will Boast / Edie Meidav / Laura Esther Wolfson


Will Boast is the author of the short story collection “Power Ballads,” winner of the 2011 Iowa Short Fiction Award, and most recently “Epilogue,” a memoir. Edie Meidav is most recently the author of “Lola, California.” Laura Esther Wolfson's writing has appeared in Bellingham Review, Gettysburg Review, The Rumpus, The Sun and elsewhere, and has been repeatedly listed as notable in Best American Essays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | 3 Folk Music Acts


5:30 pm Anna/Kate - Folk-pop duo 6:05 pm Shonda Holman - Bluesy, jazzy folk 6:40 pm Andi Rae Healy - Foot-stompin’ country
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Samra Amiraslanova, piano 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Caitlin Beare, clarinet 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Elizabeth Wright, violin
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


6PM - Elizabeth Lim, Composition Lecture-Performance 6PM - Sam Bae, Cello 8PM - Leo Wexler-Mann, Piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Group Show: Lift Off


With: Jesse Chung, Magali Duzant, Michelle Claire Gevint, Rehan Miskci, Charles Sainty, Jesse Wakeman
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Friday Night Fiction Group


This month's selection is On the Edge by Edward St. Aubyn. Read the book and join in.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Rock: The Tony Castles / Strange Kids


Following a brief hiatus after the departure of their original drummer, the band teamed up with engineer/producer Yale Yng Wong for their forthcoming full length release tentatively titled NEW ITEM, recorded this spring/summer. It’s coming to a boogie near you real soon. Previously, the band made waves with the release of their 2010 EP No Service, touring with Jamie Lidell, Tom Tom Club, Das Racist and Cibo Matto among others. Strange Kids is 4-piece band consisting of Dave Otto (ex-Slam Donahue), Colin Sullivan, Kyle McEvoy and Adam Straus of The Guru. Pretty melodies on top of rock ’n roll.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Tour | New York 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. Check them all our on the New York Holiday Lights Tour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Nippon Gendai Ongaku: Japanese Music Since 1945


Program: CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Nuages from Trois Nocturnes (1897-99) TŌRU TAKEMITSU (1930-1996) Twill by Twilight (1988) AKIRA MIYOSHI (1933-2013) Noesis (1978) TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU (b. 1953) Threnody to Toki (1980) TŌRU TAKEMITSU Far Calls. Coming, Far! (1980), for solo violin and orchestra Japanese and British conductor of the NHK, Tokyo, and Sapporo symphony orchestras, Tadaaki Otaka makes his Juilliard Orchestra debut in the finale concert of the 2015 Focus! festival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Jazz | Emilio Teubal Ensemble, Imaginative Jazzers


“One of the deepest thinkers as well as one of the most ‘painterly’ pianists in modern music.” — Latin Jazz Network Led by renowned pianist and composer Emilio Teubal, this seven-piece outfit makes wondrously imaginative, dreamy jazz infused with Latin rhythms and folk music influences from Teubal’s native Argentina. Unique-to-jazz instruments like the cello, flugelhorn, and electric bass add dashes of unexpected color to Teubal’s beautifully melancholic, almost impressionistic melodies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
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