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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 26, 2018?

29 free events take place on Friday, January 26 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 26 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 Friday, January 26, 2018

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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.

New York City, NY; NYC

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9:30 am
Free

Workshop | Yoga and Breathwork

This hourlong class includes a gentle hatha/vinyasa flow with a focus on breathwork and meditation to assist practitioners in going deeper into the body and mind. This inquiry will seek to create more flexibility and allow movement of energy to ultimately find more grounding and presence, in class and throughout the day.

New York City, NY; NYC

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9:30 am
Free

Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Lower Section

Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.

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9:45 am
Free

Symposium | Jerome Robbins Symposium

The Jerome Robbins Dance Division celebrates the centennial of Jerome Robbins, with a day-long symposium, featuring presentations by Library fellows, including Alastair Macaulay, Julie Lemberger, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Ninotchka Bennahum, Robert Greskovic, and Hiie Saumaa.

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10:00 am
Free

Classical Music | Bach at Noon

The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts takes place Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 12, 2017 to May 23, 2018.

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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. This tour takes place every Friday.

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12:30 pm
Free

**Film | Byron Hurt's Soul Food Junkies (2012): Documentary**

To many African Americans, soul food is sacrament, ritual, and a key expression of cultural identity. But does this traditional cuisine do more harm to health than it soothes the soul? 64 min.

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1:00 pm
Free

**Film | David Leitch's Atomic Blonde (2017): Cold War Spy Thriller**

Stars: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman. An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents. 115 min.

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1:00 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. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.

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1:00 pm
Free

**Film | James Ivory's Mr. & Mrs. Bridges (1990): Patriach vs. Changing Times**

Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Saundra McClain. Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children. 126 min.

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1:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | Student Recital: Mozart, Debussy, Faure, Massenet

Program Mozart: Concerto in C Major for Flute and Harp, Mvmnt 1 Debussy: Syrinx Faure: Sicilienne and Pavane Marcel Tournier: Etude de Concert Au Matin Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thais for Flute and Harp With: Aimee Toner, Melody Tai, and Serina Chang

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1:00 pm
Free

**Film | Barbet Schroeder's Reversal of Fortune (1990): Oscar-Winning von Bülow Story**

Stars: Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver. Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal. 111 min.

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2:00 pm
Free

Tour | Bushwick 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.

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2:00 pm
Free

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.

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2:00 pm
Free

**Film | Joseph Rubin's The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017): WW1 Romance**

Stars: Michiel Huisman, Hera Hilmar, Josh Hartnett. A love story between an idealistic American nurse and a Turkish officer in World War I. 106 min.

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2:00 pm
Free

Master Class | Ed Stephan, Dynamic Timpanist

Ed Stephan, recognized as one of the most exciting and dynamic timpanists in the United States, was recently appointed principal timpanist of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Previously, Stephan held principal timpani positions with the Pittsburgh, Dallas, and Fort Worth symphony orchestras. Stephan began his percussion training at the age of six and studied at the University of North Texas and and New England Conservatory. He was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in 2000 and 2001.

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3:00 pm
Free

Lecture | On Benevolence

Lecturer Nomy Arpaly of Brown University writes: "It is widely agreed that benevolence is not the whole of the moral life, but it is not as widely appreciated that benevolence is an irreducible part of that life. This paper argues that Kantian efforts to characterize benevolence, or something like it, in terms of reverence for rational agency fall short. Such reverence, while credibly an important part of the moral life, is no more the whole of it than benevolence."

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3:30 pm
Free

Classical Music | Student Recitals

Thomas English, Bassoon 4:00PM Arthur Williford, Collaborative Piano 6:00PM Joey Chang, Piano 8:00PM

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4:00 pm
Free

Reading | Plays and Poems for Our President

Plays by Liz Fein, Minette Greenberg, Milton Polsky, Lolly Yacker Winderbaum, and Allan Yashin. Poetry by Liz Fein and Lee Schwartz. Plus, a presidential guide to good etiquette by Warren Wyss.

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5:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Writers Read: Christine Schutt / Leni Zumas

Christine Schutt is the author of three short story collections, Nightwork, A Day, a Night, Another Day, Summer, and the forthcoming Pure Hollywood (Grove, March 2018). Her first novel, Florida, was a National Book Award finalist; her second novel, All Souls, a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. Leni Zumas is the author of the new novel Red Clocks (Little, Brown, January 2018); the story collection Farewell Navigator (Open City, 2008); and the novel The Listeners (Tin House, 2012), which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award.

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5:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Paintings by Grace Metzler

Grace Metzler, (b. 1989, New York, NY) received her MFA from Hunter College in 2017. She was the recipient of the Rema Hort Foundation Emerging Artist Grant in 2017. This is Metzler's first solo exhibition in New York City.

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6:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Book Launch: José Leonilson: Empty Man

The book José Leonilson: Empty Man is being published in conjunction with the exhibiton. During the event, Gabriela Rangel engages in a conversation with Brazilian artist Leda Catunda and writer and art historian Luis Pérez Oramas.

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6:30 pm
Free

Concert | Michael Thurber in Transit: Thurber Theater

A concert featuring the composer and bassist’s far-reaching and genre-bounding artistic community performing highlights from both his own independent material and work composed for various Joe's Pub Mobile Unit productions. This musical variety show is quickly becoming one of the most eclectic and entertaining shows in the city. The show features a broad array of genres and performers from diverse musical backgrounds. From rappers to classical violinists to Broadway vocalists to rock guitarists to jazz saxophonists to sitar players and everything in between, the audience will experience culture-crossing collaborations in a casual, entertaining format.

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6:30 pm
Free

**Film | Robert Thalheim’s Parents (2013): German Comedy**

For years, their roles were simply reversed. Theatre director Konrad took care of the household and upbringing of their two children, while Christine tried to work her way up as an anaesthetist at a clinic. But that’s about to come to an end now. Konrad has a chance of directing a readaptation of Hebbel’s “Nibelungen”, and an au pair from Argentina is to take care of the kids. But nothing goes as planned, because the old roles have remained in place and only the line-up has changed. 96 min. In German with English subtitles.

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6:30 pm
Free

**Performance | Brer Rabbit Retold: A Musical and Spoken-Word Performance**

A feminist retelling and reclaiming of the original Brer Rabbit tales compiled from oral slave narratives from the American South. Written by Syracuse University professor and griot, Arthur Flowers, illustrated by Indigenous Indian textile painter, Jagdish Chitara, and set to an original soundtrack, Brer Rabbit Retold straddles many mediums – the visual, tactile, musical and spoken.

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7:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | A Romantic Evening of Music for Cello and Piano

A concert by faculty members Isabel Fairbanks, cello and Zach Mo, piano.

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7:00 pm
Free

Concert | China Today: A Festival of Chinese Composition

Program: Chen Qigang (b. Shanghai, 1951) Luan Tan (2010-2015) Guo Wenjing (b. Chongqing, 1956) Concerto for Erhu and Orchestra, Op. 44, “Wild Grass” (2006, Western Hemisphere premiere) Zhu Jian-er (Tianjin, 1922- Shanghai, 2017) Symphony No. 5 (1991, first performance outside China) Chen Lin, conductor Juilliard Orchestra Wei-Yang Andy Lin, erhu

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7:30 pm
Free