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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 31, 2020?

28 free events take place on Friday, January 31 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 31 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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28 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, January 31, 2020

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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Cozy Igloo Knitting Sessions


For your ultimate dose of hygge, cozy up in an igloo under the midtown Manhattan sky and partake in a knitting session. Create a scarf that you can take home or donate to the Found But Not Lost initiative. Materials and instruction provided by Knitty City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Discussion | How To Interview with Confidence


David Lees discusses the job interviewing process and the tools to use so that you effectively stand out from other candidates. This pro-active approach will help you better manage the job interview. The discussion includes: The big secret to communicating and managing interviews How best to be prepared prior to your interview How to answer those troubling questions before you begin interviewing The three steps to score points while interviewing Since 2008, David Lees has been coaching professionals in career transition at the NY State Department of Labor. He has also proudly worked with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, including returning Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan re-entering the workforce. David has been a featured motivational speaker for corporate retreats and with non-profit organizations in New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Video Skills: Getting Started with iMovie


Go from recording videos to creating a visual story using iMovie for iPad. You’ll capture video and get hands-on with editing techniques like trimming, timing, and rhythm. Then learn how to add audio and titles. Bring your iPad or they’ll provide one. Recommended for all skill levels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. "The term 'baroque' has been widely used since the 19th century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750... Many famous composers from the first part of the baroque period came from Italy and have a link with Venice, including Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi. Monteverdi was born in Cremona, but moved to Venice where he was 'maestro di capella' at the San Marco basilica. Vivaldi was born in Venice and was one of the greatest baroque composers. It is thanks to these strong musical traditions of Venice that we have today's music. Without Venetian church music and Monteverdi's advances with polyphony, the great traditions of choral music in England, France, and Germany would never have developed. Without the operas written by Monteverdi, Cavalli and Vivaldi, not only would the later styles of opera never have been invented. There would be no basis for the American Musical or the German and Viennese Operetta, the Spanish Zarzuela, and even rock, pop, and contemporary music as we know it." The Venice Insider Bach at Noon concerts take place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 10, 2019 to May 20, 2020.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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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 historians Peter Laskowich and Madeleine Levi. This tour takes place every Friday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Workshop | Video Walk: Manipulating Time


Add energy to your videos by manipulating time. Bring drama to a moment using Slo-mo. Capture a sunrise with time-lapse or hyperlapse. You'll learn how to shoot and create these videos using iPhone. Get hands-on with the latest iPhone in this session or bring your own. Recommended for all skill levels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Film | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019): Action Comedy With  Dwayne Johnson And Jason Statham


Lawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity. 137 min. Director: David Leitch. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba.  As of October 27, 2019, Hobbs & Shaw has grossed $173.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $586.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $760.2 million.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Disney's The Lion King (1994): Two Time Oscar Winning Animation


A Lion cub crown prince is tricked by a treacherous uncle into thinking he caused his father's death and flees into exile in despair, only to learn in adulthood his identity and his responsibilities. 88 min. Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff. Starring Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones.  The Lion King garnered two Academy Awards for for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. The song Can You Feel the Love Tonight also won the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance.In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Video Skills: Recording Techniques with iPhone


Capture your best video right from your iPhone. Learn recording techniques and how to control exposure, set focus, and more. Get hands-on with the latest iPhone in this session or bring your own. Recommended for beginners.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Master Class | Principal Timpani Of San Francisco Symphony 


Principal Timpani of San Francisco Symphony Edward Stephan has appeared as a guest with the Chicago Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, The Philharmonia Orchestra of London, the Kansas City Symphony, The Aspen Festival Orchestra and the Dallas Opera Orchestra. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works By Mozart, Brahms And More For Violin


Valerie Kim, violin. Program Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin in B-Flat Major, K454 Krzysztof Penderecki Cadenza  Johannes Brahms Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in G Major Niccolo Paganini Caprice Op. 1, No. 24 in A Minor
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Festival | Lunar New Year Celebration


Welcome the Year of the Rat with New York Chinese Cultural Center, featuring professional dancers, a lion parade, and arts & crafts.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Author Reading | Conversion Disorder: Listening to the Body in Psychoanalysis


"Jamieson Webster's new work reflects upon that aspect of hysteria--or conversion disorder--that has eluded the attention of most commentators: the indifference of the subject at the very moment that the symptom is most clearly enacted. This point of departure allows Webster to think about what the body contains but also what traverses the body at a level that is prior to speech, that is perhaps the condition of speech itself." -- Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Nigel Cooke: New Paintings


Nigel Cooke is known for his evocative paintings which blend personal memories with art historical influences, classical themes with abstract interpretations of the natural world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Positive, Negative: 3 Artists


The exhibition explores the interplay of positive and negative space through the artists’ structured and intuitive practices. The role of opposition holds a distinct meaning in the context of this exhibition, creating tension, balance, and conversation between the works.  With Joan Witek, Jonathan Ryan Storm and Seamus Heidenreich. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Art Inspired by Camilla D’Errico


Come create your own masterpiece inspired by work from famous artists and various techniques. The series will include an overview of the artist or technique, followed by a hands-on workshop.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works By J.S.Bach, Brahms, Haydn and More For Piano


Natalie Vargas Nedvetsky, piano. Program Johann Sebastian Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903 Johannes Brahms 4 Klavierstucke. Op. 119 Joseph Haydn Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII- 6 Bela Bartok Piano Sonata, Sz. 80 Horacio Fernandez Vazquez Jacaradas en el Sueno (flowers on the ground) Pianist Natalie Vargas Nedvetsky has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe, in halls such as Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hall, Harris Theatre, Concert Noble Brussels, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Taking Shape: Exhibition Walkthrough


An exhibition walkthrough with Suheyla Takesh of the Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Film | Transit (2018): Refugee's False Identity


Based on Anna Seghers's novel originally set in 1940s occupied France, the story has been adapted to take place in present-day Marseille. In this disorienting merging of the past and present, follow a political refugee using a false identity as he becomes more deeply involved in a political and romantic crisis. Directed by Christian Petzold 101 minutes. In German with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Revolutionary Witchcraft


Sarah Lyons, activist, witch, and author of Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide To Magical Activism, will host a panel discussion on the political dimensions and possibilities of witchcraft as a practice. The discussion will look at how witchcraft has historically been treated, both by proletarian practitioners, as well as the state, the nature of witchcraft today as a tool of empowerment and marketing buzzword, and finally, we will look to the future and imagine witchcraft as a potentially revolutionary tool. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Shadows Cast by Things and People: A Candlelit Talk


How can we change the relationship between people and things? How can we surround ourselves with things in the right way? In this candlelit conversation, artist Irena Haiduk and Chief Curator Laura McLean-Ferris discuss shifting approaches to living with things, and the powers of destruction and animation in flame, fire, light and darkness.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Woman in Language


The third installment of the Woman in Language series will explore the embattled relationship between women and wisdom. The questions will be posed by MFA Theatre students. The panel will span five generations. Panelists include Victoria Bailey, Maggie Burke, Elaine Carberry, Diana Fathi, Lee Grant, Zizi Majid, Kate Mulley, Brittany Patch, Cori Thomas, and Linda Winer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works By Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Scriabin For Piano


Victoria Schwartzman, piano. Victoria Schwartzman performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician. Victoria has appeared at the Music Mountain Festival with the St. Petersburg String Quartet, in the New York Philharmonic Ensembles series at Merkin Hall, at Summit Music Festival with Dmitri Berlinsky, at Bargemusic, in the Gessner- Schocken concert series in Cambridge, WMP Concert Hall, and the Nicolas Roerich Museum concert series in New York City. As a member of the Yanvar Trio, she was a prizewinner in the Val-Tidone Chamber Music Competition and a finalist in the Zinotti International Chamber Music competition, both in Italy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | Philarmonia Orchestra Performs Works By Wagner, Mozart, Mahler and Prokofiev


MSM Philharmonia Orchestra; George Manahan, Conductor; Sae Lin Kim, mezzo-soprano. Program Wagner Overture to Der fliegende Hollander, WWV 63 Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 ("Prague") Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64B Conductor George Manahan was the Exxon Arts Endowment Conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO), and interim music director of the NJSO from 1983 to 1985. He has also served as conductor of the Steve Reich Ensemble. He was music director of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra from 1987 to 1998.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Classical Music | Works By Pioneering Women Composers Of The 20th Century


Juilliard Orchestra; Anne Manson, conductor; Samuel DeCaprio, cello; Raphael Vogl, organ. Betsy Jolas A Little Summer Suite (2015) Grażyna Bacewicz Cello Concerto No. 2 (1963)           Ethel Smyth On the Cliffs of Cornwall (Prelude to Act II of The Wreckers) (1904) Thea Musgrave Rainbow (1990) Sofia Gubaidulina The Rider on the White Horse (2002) This event is co-curated by Odaline de la Martinez and Joel Sachs. Composer and conductor Odaline de la Martinez has conducted several leading ensembles around the world, including the Ensemble 2e2m in Paris; the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; the Australian Youth Orchestra; the OFUNAM and the Camerata of the Americas in Mexico; and the Vancouver Chamber Orchestra. Joel Sachs has conducted orchestras and ensembles in Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, El Salvador, Germany, Iceland, Mexico, Switzerland, and Ukraine, and has held new music residencies in Berlin, Shanghai, London, Salzburg, Curitiba (Brazil), Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (U.K.), Helsinki, and the Banff Centre (Canadian Rockies).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Composers Concordance


"An unwavering force in giving composers exposure through concert bookings and its own record label, the intrepid new-music organization Composers Concordance". - The Brooklyn Rail "For the past 30 years, Composers Concordance has been a booster for local composers, through both its concerts across the city and a record label". - The Wall Street Journal "Enterprising new music organization".- The New York Times Composers Concordance, William Paterson University, & Composers Guild of New Jersey present the Backpack Music Project. Performed by the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, twelve works, each scored for only as many percussion instruments as can fit in a standard backpack, reveal how creative composition knows no bounds, regardless of the compact size and limited number of instruments in use. The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble has appeared in the United States and Europe as guests of such notable organizations as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the San Francisco Symphony, the Gaudeamus Foundation, and Radio Denmark.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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