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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 13, 2010?

29 free events take place on Saturday, March 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 March 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 March . 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, March 13, 2010

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Park Walk | Bridges & Waterways Of New York's Central Park Walk


This moderately paced adventure will take you under, over, around and through many of the amazing architectural wonders of Central Park (arches, bridges and waterways). Begin the journey at the southwest tip of Central Park South and zig-zag our way up the eastern half of Central Park to The Harlem Meer at 110th St. Then circle back along the western half of the park and finish at Columbus Circle. Please bring water and lunch or snack for this fascinating 5-hour trek of approx. 8 miles. Rain or Shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 am
$3

Concert | Precollege Concert Orchestra


Fawn Wiener, Conductor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free

Other | Music Memorabilia Show


Over 10,000 items. From 1800s to 1980s. Records – LPs (33 1/3 rpm), 45rpm, 78rpm – jazz, rock and roll, R & B - soul, blues, gospel-spiritual, soundtracks, theatre music, disco, pop, vocals, country, folk, opera, classical, Latin, world music, TV-radio, comedy, spoken word, big bands, swing, instrumentals, Christmas and religious, sweet bands, sports, etc. Collectors and nostalgia lovers will be able to find Jazz Concert Posters of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and many more. Rock and roll rarities feature LPs and 45rpm records of Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jim Morrison, The Beach Boys, The Who, The Rolling Stones, et al. Rhythm and blues classics include the music of Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye and other Motown favorites. Folk finds are there from Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, The Weavers, Ed McCurdy et al. Country legends include Webb Pierce, Bob Wills, Johnny Cash, Sons of the Pioneers and many more. Big bands arerepresented by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Artie Shaw and Quincy Jones. There is opera and classical music plus reggae from Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff, blues from B.B. King and Ray Charles etc. etc. Rare African American sheet music from the early 20th century, others from the 1800s, photographs of rock and rollers from the 1950s on and so much more!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Conference | Soil in the City: Growing Healthy Neighborhoods from the Ground Up


Kick off the spring gardening season with this daylong conference on how to green up our communities by revitalizing our soil, the foundation of life in the garden. This free event features a keynote address by Dr. Nina Bassuk, Director of the Urban Horticulture Institute at Cornell University, developer of Cornell Structural Soil, and author of Trees in the Urban Landscape. Visit over 15 exhibits and workshops covering such topics as “Rooftop Farming,” “Community Composting,” and “Testing Your Soil.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Discussion | Book Brunch with Dr. Danielle Ofri


Join a lively discussion with Ofri, a noted essayist, editor and practicing internist. She will be sharing her insights into being a practising physician at Bellevue Hospital, the largest public hospitalin the country and a crossroads for the world's culture. Ofri is the recipient of many prestigious awards and honors in the medical field. She has written several books and has appeared in noted journals and newspapers andon National Public Radio. Light refreshments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Symposium | Between Hope and History: When Disaster Strikes, with Francine Prose, Lewis Lapham and Others


Recent and continuing calamities, man-made and natural, continue to provoke profound and disturbing questions. At their root, almost all the issues are bound up in the vexing and complicated relationship of history to hope. “Between Hope and History: When Disaster Strikes” will bring together over a dozen writers, thinkers, and activists who have reflected deeply about the strange dialectic between suffering and solidarity. Participants: David Rieff, a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and the author of eight books, including Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West and A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis, will deliver the keynote address at 2pm. New Yorker writer Philip Gourevitch, author of The Ballad of Abu Ghraib and We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families. Francine Prose, a contributing editor at Harper’s and the author, most recently, of Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife. Lewis Lapham, editor of Lapham's Quarterly and the author of, among other books, Waiting for the Barbarians, Theater of War, and Pretensions to Empire. Bard College President Leon Botstein. Jonathan Schell, journalist and author of The Fate of the Earth, The Village of Ben Suc, and The Unconquerable World, among other books. Laura Secor, a journalist who covered the conflicts in Serbia and Kosovo and is currently working on a book about Iran.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Workshop | Knitting Circle


Knitting instructor: Mary Isham Keith Chapter, D.A.R., Fort Worth, Texas. Knit, purl & crochet. Bring your knitting and crocheting needles and yarn to join the circle. All are welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Hike | Van Cortlandt Park-to-Tibbetts Brook Park Hike


6-8 miles, moderate pace, mostly flat, some hilly up and downs. Hike either or all of 3 trails: Old Putnam Railway, Old Croton Aqueduct, Van Cortlandt Woodland. Return to the starting point. Lovely woods, 2 lakes, and birds in season. Bring lunch, beverage. Bad weather cancels. Wear hiking shoe and expect some wet spots.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Film | Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad & Marcos Martínez's Planet 51 (2009): Aliens Are Us


With the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel and Gary Oldman. When Chuck the astronaut lands on a distant planet filled with little green people, the residents mistakenly believe that his presence is the start of an alien invasion of the human kind in this CG-animated flick. 91 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Views from the Past”


As you promenade through the heart of the Park, imagine yourself living in 19th Century New York City. Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all. Tour lasts approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6

Screening | Short Films: Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers / Yukon Circles


Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers (2008, 30 min.) A collaboration between indigenous filmmakers (a central Brazilian Xavante and a Wayuu from Venezuela) and an anthropologist explores a campaign headed by the Xavante to protect the Rio das Mortes River Basin from the uncontrolled soy cultivation that brings deforestation and pollution to the watershed. The Xavantes' May 25, 2006 blockade of a national highway in Mato Grosso raises awareness of their concerns and builds support for their efforts. In Xavante and Spanish with English subtitles. Yukon Circles(2006, 30 min.) The 2300–mile Yukon River flowing through Canada and Alaska is threatened by pollution from military installations, mining, manufacturing, and settlement, and the tribes and First Nations develop a historic agreement to work together to protect it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Lecture | The Muse of the Revolution: Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation


Nancy Rubin Stuart, an award-winning journalist and author of six nonfiction books, presents a lecture on Founding Mother Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814), America's first female playwright and historian of the American Revolution. The lecture traces her life and work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade”


You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Screening | 2 Films on Ill-Fated Artists


Christopher Higham's Vincent, A Dutchman (1985)- Narrator Christopher Reeve follows Van Gogh's extraordinary life from his childhood in Holland through his years in a socialist commune in Paris where he worked with Degas, Gauguin, Pissaro and Toulouse-Lautrec and his flight to the south of France. The program explores Van Gogh's incredibly productive though tormented period in Arles and St. Remy and concludes with his death at Auberge sur Oise in 1890. Xiaoshuai Wang's Frozen (1996) - This film provides a rare look at the avant-garde art world of Beijing. A young performance artist decides to make his own suicide his last work of art. On the longest day of the year, he plans to melt a huge block of ice with his own body heat and die of hypothermia. The artist who Jia's character was based on had actually died performing the freezing piece.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad & Marcos Martínez's Planet 51 (2009): Aliens Are Us


With the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel and Gary Oldman. When Chuck the astronaut lands on a distant planet filled with little green people, the residents mistakenly believe that his presence is the start of an alien invasion of the human kind in this CG-animated flick. 91 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | New York Portry Forum Spring Festival


Featuring: PIANO SOLO: Performed by Georgette Wegh Lichtenstein LECTURE: “Four African-American Poets: Their Lives and Poetry” PRESENTED BY JUANITA TORRENCE-THOMPSON PIANO SOLO: Two Rhapsodies, Opus 79 Performed by Mark Fiedler POETS OF THE MONTH: Fran Bolinder, Richard Bolinder, Edward Fisher, Katherine Hogan An open reading
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
$4

Tour | Union Square: Crossroads of New York


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!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | “Amble Through the Ramble”


Over streams, under arches, through the woods along a maze of pathways in a 38-acre woodland respite. Tour will be approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Basic Internet E-Mail


Hands on using wireless laptops. An introduction to electronic mail, including how to sign up for your own e-mail account.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Screening | Short Films: Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers / Yukon Circles


Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers (2008, 30 min.) A collaboration between indigenous filmmakers (a central Brazilian Xavante and a Wayuu from Venezuela) and an anthropologist explores a campaign headed by the Xavante to protect the Rio das Mortes River Basin from the uncontrolled soy cultivation that brings deforestation and pollution to the watershed. The Xavantes' May 25, 2006 blockade of a national highway in Mato Grosso raises awareness of their concerns and builds support for their efforts. In Xavante and Spanish with English subtitles. Yukon Circles(2006, 30 min.) The 2300–mile Yukon River flowing through Canada and Alaska is threatened by pollution from military installations, mining, manufacturing, and settlement, and the tribes and First Nations develop a historic agreement to work together to protect it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Opening Reception | 2-Person Show: Meredith Nickie / Maki Ueno


2 contemporaries show their latest work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Sculptures & Drawings by Jay Kelly


Kelly has recently shown at the Roy Boyd Gallery in Chicago and the Miller Block Gallery in Boston.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon reads his poetry


Paul Muldoon will read from his poetry and introduce Rachel Galvin. Paul Muldoon was born in 1951 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. From 1973 to 1986 he worked in Belfast as a radio and television producer for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Since 1987 he has lived in the United States. In 2007 he was appointed poetry editor of The New Yorker. Muldoon's main collections of poetry are New Weather (1973), Mules (1977), Why Brownlee Left (1980), Quoof (1983), Meeting The British (1987), Madoc: A Mystery (1990), The Annals of Chile (1994), Hay (1998), Poems 1968-1998 (2001), Moy Sand and Gravel (2002), Horse Latitudes (2006) and Maggot (2010). Rachel Galvin will be reading from her collection Pulleys & Locomotion, which has already received some outstanding praise: Ilya Kaminsky has called her “a visionary poet.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
$4

Party | Be Black Baby: A House Party In Response to Brian De Palma's 1970 film Hi Mom!


With performances by Dean Daderko, David Edelstein, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Tyehimba Jess, Charl Landvreugd, Liz Magic Laser with Andra Eggleston, Nomaduma Masilela, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Khary Polk and Kenya.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Exhibition: GLOBAL / NATIONAL - The Order of Chaos


An exhibition that “addresses the anxieties of economics, environmental tragedies, and societies of control that define the chaos of globalization. It explores these social issues in an aesthetic way to demystify the notion of art only as an ornamental production. This vision includes images from abstraction to figuration, from direct messages to esoteric thoughts,” explains Co-Founder/Artistic Director Papo Colo. The exhibition investigates how local artists from a variety of backgrounds are placed in relation to the rest of the world. Seen through a global lens, this exhibition explores the multiple cultures that populate our general culture and how the local and national are inextricably linked to the global. Artists: John Ahearn, Tina Barney, Jimmie Durham, Nicky Enright, Rico Gatson, Kate Gilmore, Guerra de la Paz, Charles Juhasz-Alvarado, Saeri Kiritani, Tseng Kwong Chi, Robin Lasser, Rebecca Loyche, Miguel Luciano, Jonathan Matas, Mary Mattingly, Eve Mosher, Chris Sollars, Jade Townsend, Jason Villegas, Bernard Williams, Martin Wong, and O Zhang.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
$5 suggested donation

Concert | Indie Rock: Lost Boy / My Summer / Imaginary Weapons


Three indie bands share the bill.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Floating Kabarette


Hosted by Olga & Bjorn. With: Jenny Rocha & Her Painted Ladies: Bawdy Dance Stars Sean Blue Master Juggler Veruca Honeyscotch Aerial Temptress The Maine Attraction Exotic Burlesque Bombshell Amber Ray International Burlesque Sensation Brian Newman Jazz Crooner Lisa Natoli Aerial Beauty Free Haircuts by LB all night
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:30 pm
Free
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