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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 16, 2016?

29 free events take place on Saturday, January 16 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 16 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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29 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, January 16, 2016

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Workshop | Health and Race Walking


Moderate-to-brisk walks led by the NY Walkers Club for people 18 years and older of all abilities. This low-impact fitness program is perfect for those who want to get in shape, build muscle tone, strength and increase cardiovascular health while enjoying Central Park's beautiful landscapes. This event takes place every Saturday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing. This tour takes place every day at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Discussion | Beethoven Encounters: From the Toscanini Archives


Join a morning of casual classical music coffee talk and hear rare recordings from the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. Featured will be non-commercial recordings from the Toscanini Legacy Collection, including the maestro’s string orchestra arrangements of some the most profound movements of Beethoven’s late quartets, plus NBC Orchestra string players presenting a private string quartet concert at Toscanini’s Villa Pauline in 1955.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 am
Free

Workshop | Get Photoshopped! Brush Basics


Learn to use Photoshop's powerful brush tools to enhance your digital painting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour


Travel from Grand Army Plaza, past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and stop at the Dairy on this trip through the southern Park highlights. Route involves moderate inclines and some stairs. 45 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free

Performance | Stories of New York


Stories about living in the great city of New York. Cyndi Freeman and Dawn Frazer, both veteran performers and instructors share short personal stories about living in NYC and then open up the floor to for the audience to share their own.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Writing for Wellness Workshop


Please bring paper (preferably in a fresh notebook) and pens for this fun, meaningful, fast-paced class. Together the class will do several fast-writing exercises and will also discuss how to best incorporate writing into our lives as a daily tool for health, wellbeing and creativity. Writers and non-writers welcome. Instructor Alissa Torres has experienced firsthand the power of therapeutic writing. Her book, American Widow, an award winning graphic novel memoir about her experiences as a 9/11 widow and new mother, is a result of this process.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Film | Gennady Tartakovsky's Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015): Animated Sequel


Stars: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez. Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half-human, half-vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel. 89 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:15 pm
Free

Opera | New York Opera Forum presents Strauss' Die Fledermaus


A concert version.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:30 pm
Free

Tour | Brooklyn Graffiti and Street Art Tour


New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick. This tour takes place Thursdays through Sundays at 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Brooklyn Heights Tour


Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers. This tour takes place Saturdays at 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Bruce Beresford's Driving Miss Daisy (1989): Best Picture Oscar


Starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd. An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years. 100 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Jazz | Music and conversation


Jazz by the Mannan band. Watch, listen to clips from the Oral History of Harlem and share memories, photos and stories of beloved Harlem.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Union Square-Crossroads of New York Tour


The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more! This tour takes place every Saturday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Union Square-Crossroads of New York Tour


The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more! This tour takes place every Saturday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Chamberfest: Schumann, Messiaen


Program: Schumann's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63 with violinist Alissa Mori, cellist Jessica Hong, and pianist Irfan Tengku Messiaen's Vision de l'Amen for two pianos (1943) with pianists Wei Lin Chang and Chi Wei Lo
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Awesome Asana Yoga


Certified yoga instructor Chelsea Best conducts Awesome Asana Yoga, an open-level Vinyasa class designed to accommodate beginners and experts alike. All are welcome, and mats, if you haven’t one, are provided. This class repeats Jan. 2, 16, 23, and 30.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
$5

Film | Gennady Tartakovsky's Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015): Animated Sequel


Stars: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez. Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half-human, half-vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel. 89 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Concert | Hilliard Greene, Internationally Renowned Double-Bassist


Hilliard Greene, who has long performed traditional jazz, free jazz, and historic roots music to great critical acclaim as both soloist and as leader of several ensembles, is currently composing and performing a new body of work for piccolo-bass for an upcoming solo recording.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Concert | Orchestral works by Tchaikovsky, Piazzolla, and more


Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra Strings; Amos Fayette, Violin; Chris Whittaker, Conductor Program Lasser (b. 1963) So Says the Wind Piazzolla (1921-1992) Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Serenade for Strings
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Book Signing | Photographer Christian Cravo signs his book "Twenty Five Years"


Brazilian artist's works have been exhibited at El Museo del Barrio in NYC, Ministry of Culture in Brasília, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Billedhusets Galeri in Copenhagen, the S.F. Camera Works Gallery in San Francisco, and many more places.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Concert on Water: Classical Music


The concert is at the coolest classical music concerts location in New York City. Program and musicians TBA. This event repeats Saturdays through January 16.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Concert | Saturday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the organ on the 101-rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor and Boody Organ Builders. The Organ Meditation takes place every Saturday from Sept. 12, 2015 to May 28, 2016.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Other | Free Weekly Wine Tastings


   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Soprano Michelle Bradley and Pianist Michael Gaertner: Competition Winners in Concert


Soprano Michelle Bradley and pianist Michael Gaertner were the 2014 winners of Music Academy of the West’s Marilyn Horne Song Competition in recognition of their excellent performances of song repertoire and the high levels of audience engagement they achieved. This past fall, Bradley made her New York City debut as Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte with Opera Ebony. A rising collaborative pianist, Gaertner is the resident pianist at the Shreveport Opera.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Student Piano Recital


Audra Loyd, piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Choral works by Handel, Verdi, and more


Schiller Institute NYC Community Chorus will perform traditional spirituals and classical music from Handel to Verdi.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | Chamberfest: Brahms, Ravel, Druckman


Program: Ravel's Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet (1905) with harpist Katy Wong, flutist Yerim Choi, clarinetist Sydney Lusby, violinists Carolyn Semes and Lucas Stratmann, violist Esther Kim, and cellist Ye Jin Choi Jacob Druckman's Animus 2 for two percussionists, voice and tape (1968) with vocalist Caitlin Redding and percussionists Tony Guarino and Gregory LaRosa Brahms's String Sextet in G Major, Op. 36 with violinists Rannveig Marta Sarc and Alice Ivy-Pemberton, violists Aekyung Kim and Natasha Galitzine, and cellists Chloe Hong and Clara Abel
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Jazz | Onaje Allan Gumbs and New Vintage


Gumbs — a veteran sideman best known as a member of the legendary trumpeter Woody Shaw’s band and for playing alongside greats like Nat Adderley, Betty Carter, and Cassandra Wilson — is renowned for the beautifully reflective, lyrical touch he brings to the piano.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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