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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on January 13, 2024?

24 free events take place on Saturday, January 13 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 13 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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24 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, January 13, 2024

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

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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Tour | Tour of Gracie Mansion, Home of New York's Mayors


In 1799, a prosperous New York merchant named Archibald Gracie built a country house overlooking a bend in the East River, five miles north of the then-New York City limits. Little did he know that, more than 200 years later, his home would be serving as the official residence of the First Family of New York City - a place where history is made, not merely recorded. As a historic house museum run by the Parks Department, sitting on 11 acres of grounds now known as Carl Schurz Park, Gracie Mansion has served as the home of 11 mayors, beginning first with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942. Start times: 10:30am, 12pm, 1:30pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Dance Performance | Roundz of Flame: Dance of All Styles


Roundz of Flame is a dance platform for dancers of all styles and cultures to unite and share their beautiful differences in the dance world. Serving the community with entertainment, dance battles, live Dj, dance games and special performances as they progress on their mission to gather the dance community and youth, to build performances and engage in our dance activities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Gallery Talk | Something Beautiful: Reframing La Coleccion


A tour to explore and discuss the on-view sections of the exhibition, the gallery's most ambitious presentation of its unique, complex, and culturally diverse permanent collection in over two decades. Start times: 1pm, 2:30pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Hike | Advanced Winter Tree ID Hike


Trees have a special place in our environment. This hike takes a deeper dive into learning the intricacies of winter tree identification.        
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Historic New York: The Highbridge Water Tower


Kick off the new year with the Urban Park Rangers on a tour inside the iconic Highbridge Water Tower to learn about the history of New York City's water supply and enjoy the panoramic views from the top of the 200-foot tower. Arrive between 1:00 p.m. and 3:45 p.m, to gain admittance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | SharQui: The Bellydance Workout


In a SharQui class, you’ll learn new moves and combinations in flow. You’ll gradually build up to more complex movements starting with the very basics! If you can walk in place, you can belly dance with SharQui. This class is taught to music with easy-to-follow steps that will surely get your heart pumping. Instructor: Kaitlin Hines-Vargas
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Sketch Session


Teaching artists lead an informal drawing session focusing on select works from the Partisans of the Nude exhibition. This program is geared towards adults. No prior drawing experience is required and all materials are provided. The program repeats every 30 minutes on a first-come/ first-served basis.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Missing (2023): thriller


When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June's search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it's too late. However, as she digs ever deeper, her digital sleuthing soon raises more questions than answers. Directors: Will Merrick, Nick Johnson Cast: Storm Reid, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Nia Long
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Spaceballs (1987) Directed by Mel Brooks, Starring Rick Moranis, Joan Rivers, and More


In a distant galaxy, planet Spaceball has depleted its air supply, leaving its citizens reliant on a product called "Perri-Air." In desperation, Spaceball's leader President Skroob orders the evil Dark Helmet to kidnap Princess Vespa of oxygen-rich Druidia and hold her hostage in exchange for air. But help arrives for the Princess in the form of renegade space pilot Lone Starr and his half-man, half-dog partner, Barf. Director: Mel Brooks Cast: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Joan Rivers Mel Brooks is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, songwriter, and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 18 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. Rick Moranis is a Canadian actor, comedian, musician, songwriter, writer and producer. He appeared in the sketch comedy series Second City Television (SCTV) in the 1980s and several Hollywood films, including Strange Brew (1983), Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Spaceballs (1987), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989, and its 1992 and 1997 sequels), Parenthood (1989), My Blue Heaven (1990), and The Flintstones (1994). Joan Rivers was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer, and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona that was heavily self-deprecating and acerbic, especially towards celebrities and politicians, delivered in her signature New York accent. She is considered a pioneer of women in comedy. She received an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award, as well as nomination for a Tony Award.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Staged Reading | Everything In New York Goes BANG! by Robert Galinsky


Following a sold out one-night performance in Hollywood CA, Robert Galinsky brings a vigorous reading of his newest solo show Everything in New York Goes BANG!  Everything in New York Goes BANG! is executive produced by Tony Award winning producer Terry Schnuck. In this much-anticipated-one-person show, Galinsky recounts his journey from childhood in the suburbs of Connecticut, through his interactions with hipsters in the Lower East Side of New York City, to his work with young people incarcerated on Rikers Island Jail. Expertly embodying multiple characters through storytelling and rock-star level poetry, he explores the harmony and turmoil of living in New York City from his arrival in the late 1980s to his exile and banishment from the notorious Rikers Island Jail in 2022. “Galinsky’s ‘BANG!’ is touching, sweet, grungy, and saturated with humor. The word play has a musicality to it that is likened to the beat poets of the 50s and at times, dips into the coolness and complexity of a Charlie Parker bebop jazz piece.” Mark Schoenfeld, Creator of “Brooklyn the Musical” “Robert Galinsky, playwright and the de facto Mayor of New York’s East Village, is a most inspiring breed of human being. Part time poet, part-time artist, part-time digital entrepreneur, part-time actor and full-time street philosopher.” Upscale Living Magazine
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | J Jan Groeneboer: Selected Views: Exhibition Discussion


J Jan Groeneboer's new multi-channel video installation Selected Views takes the singular view from the artist’s studio in Brooklyn as a starting point for a durational study of the politics of viewership. To create this work, Groeneboer undertook over three years of preparatory research, photography, and writing about the view, after which he began a daily practice of filming over the subsequent two-and-a-half years. By training his attention on the unfolding repetitions and rhythms of weather and industries, the artist creates space in Selected Views to reflect on how elements of the cityscape indicate relationships between democracy, global capitalism, the prison-industrial complex, and environmental crises. Conceived as a site-specific video installation for The Kitchen’s loft at Westbeth—a setting defined by a row of windows overlooking the Hudson River—Selected Views highlights the interconnections between the waterway visible outside the gallery and the bays that are central to the artist’s own view. In tandem with the installation, Groeneboer will convene a panel discussion on January 13 exploring themes and processes that are central to Selected Views, such as observational practices in contemporary art, the ethics of looking, and the role of public monuments. Panelists include artist and scholar Malik Gaines; artist Zoe Leonard; and cellist, artist, and writer Ethan Philbrick.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Screening | Self-Orientations: Turkish and Lebanese Short Films


This event brings together Turkish and Lebanese artists whose moving image works incorporate queer and feminist self-makings using, manipulating, and correcting the orientalist gaze, voluptuous fantasies, and perennial expectations from the oriental other. Curated by Alper Turan, the screening includes artists’ video, documentary, essay film, performance documentation, and desktop film by İz Öztat & Ra, Deniz Pasha, Şükran Moral, Nadir Sönmez, Ardıl Yalınkılıç, Nil Yalter and Akram Zaatari. This screening program flips the oriental lens reduced to passive imagery and objectification, bringing forth fervent narratives of libidinal energies, feminist audacities, queer storytelling and black revisionism of orients and orientations. Through the scenes from photography studios, Ottoman harem, İstanbul brothel to Amed streets, selected works vibrate the positions of the viewer and the viewed, exposed, and exposer, the urge to show and the need to hide the bodies.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Hike | Sunset Hike


A hike led by the Urban Park Rangers as the air chills and the critters come out while the sun sets over the park. Explore the trails as the day turns into night and observe the amazing winter sunset atop Paulo's Peak.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North: Exhibition Tour


A tour of the exhibition which offers a new window onto Black representation in a region that is often overlooked in narratives of early African American history.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Classical Music | Serene organ meditations in an intimate venue (In Person AND Online)


Enjoy a program of hymns, anthems, and voluntaries for the organ.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Jazz | 6th Annual Martin Luther King Jazz Celebration (online)


The program will include a special jazz musical presentation by vocalists John Satchmo Mannan, Nikita White and Terri Davis. Musicians Denton Darien Dishan Harper, Tony Mapp and Bertha Hope will support the presentation. Poetess Akonke will do a special reading from Land of Nod Collection of John S Mannan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Touching the Art: What Art Can and Cannot Do


Author Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore will be in conversation about her daringly observant memoir about intergenerational trauma, fine art, and compartmentalization. A mixture of memoir, biography, criticism, and social history, Touching the Art is Sycamore’s interrogation of the possibilities of artistic striving, the limits of the middle-class mindset, the legacy of familial abandonment, and what art can and cannot do. Taking the form of a self-directed research project, Sycamore recounts the legacy of her fraught relationship with her late grandmother, an abstract artist from Baltimore who encouraged Mattilda as a young artist, then disparaged Mattilda’s work as “vulgar” and a “waste of talent” once it became unapologetically queer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Out-FRONT! Fest 2024: A Radical Queer Art + Dance Festival


The 2024 festival features performances by Arthur Aviles and Collaborators, Joey Kipp with Pioneers Go East Collective, Christopher Unpezverde Nunez, Jason Anthony Rodriguez, Paz Tanjuaquio, Ogemdi Ude, and Annie MingHao Wang, as well as films by Fana Fraser, Omega X, and Tourmaline.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Out-FRONT! Fest 2024: A Radical Queer Art + Dance Festival


The 2024 festival features performances by Arthur Aviles and Collaborators, Joey Kipp with Pioneers Go East Collective, Christopher Unpezverde Nunez, Jason Anthony Rodriguez, Paz Tanjuaquio, Ogemdi Ude, and Annie MingHao Wang, as well as films by Fana Fraser, Omega X, and Tourmaline.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Classical Music | Vocal Works from the Baroque to Romantic Periods


Elizabeth Pope, soprano, performs a concert repertoire of arias from the Baroque to the Romantic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Dancing | Anti-Misogynoir Disco


In 2015, the popular London nightspot DSTRKT turned away would-be dancers at the door for being "too fat" or "too dark." That incident, and the ensuing protests at the club, inspired playwright Jessica L. Hagan's choreopoem Queens of Sheba, running this January at Lincoln Center as part of the Under the Radar theater festival. In solidarity with that work's message of inclusion, you are cordially invited to stay up late and join the Queens cast on the dance floor and at the bar to revel in movement and celebrate yourself at the Anti-Misogynoir Disco. An all-star selection of locally based DJs—Twelve45, DJ Shannon, Lady Nik, and Miss Hap—will spin an eclectic and Afrocentric mix of soul, house, pop, and Afrobeat tunes, harnessing the unifying power of music and sisterhood to carve out a welcoming space for Black women, femmes, and those who love them. The evening will also feature a short performance by the Black woman-led dance company EMERGE125.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Soulful Verses Poetry Night


Experience the enchantment of language and the magic of words. This is an evening of poetic expression and literary enchantment as we welcome local poets to share their verses in the cozy ambiance of our store. This magical event will be hosted by Dr. Scott Mesh, who will be reading poems from his new book Tapas: Short, Tasty Poems, to be published in 2024 by Mark Victor Hansen Libraries. Scott's poems have been described as Dr. Seuss for adults with gentle nudges on life challenges as well as poetry for the soul.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | A New York Singing Poet


Hervé Coeur has connected and made lasting impressions on audiences in the United States, the United Nations, India, and throughout Europe. His music is vibrant and engaging, transcending the alternative music movement with a mix-cultural sensibility. This New York singing poet and polyglot draws from the world’s heartbeat and connects us all in an uplifting and memorable manner.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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Complimentary Tickets

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Classical Music | Sacred Choral Works at a Landmark Venue

Regular Price: $49
CFT Member Price: $0.00

Theater | Storytelling at its Best from Far Away

Regular Price: $51
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