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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 1, 2013?

49 free events take place on Wednesday, May 1 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 May 1 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 May . 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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49 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, May 1, 2013

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Workshop | Catch & Release Fishing


Grab a pole and relax on the Harlem Meer while you wait for a bite from one of the many species of fish that live in its diverse aquatic ecosystem! Poles available to borrow; must release fish after catching them. Free for families and individuals; groups larger than 5 must reserve at least 2 weeks in advance. Adult with photo I.D. must accompany all children.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | Greenwich Village Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 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. Tour times: 11am & 1pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Workshop | Elements of Nature Drawing


Enjoy drawing nature in the parks and gardens with an artist/educator. Materials provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 12:45 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A Museum Ambassador gives a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Lecture | The Role of Diplomacy in a Changing World


Featuring Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering with Professor Jean-Marie Guehenno. The Saltzman Forum is an annual event held in honor of Ambassador Arnold A. Saltzman. Each year, the Saltzman Forum touches on one issue or region of global importance and examines its political and security implications.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


Tour of this magnificent Beaux-Arts landmark.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Tour | “The Castle and its Kingdom” Tour


Take a walk around the lands dominated by the Castle, situated high on Vista Rock. Visit the tiny 55-acre realm on an eclectic tour of history and nature. Tour is approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Juilliard Chamber Ensembles


Juilliard students share their talent with the community in a free hour-long lunchtime concert.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Midtown Jazz


A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Reading | Mixed Bag: Story Time for Grown-Ups


Love a good story? Sit back and relax as they read you a story or two at lunchtime. Bring your lunch, bring your knitting, bring a friend. Brown bag lunches welcome!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Pipes at One Concert


The mechanical-action pipe organ of the church was built in 1964 by the Schlicker Organ Company of Buffalo, New York, and re-built by the Andover Organ Company of Methuen, Massachusetts in 1981. It boasts the oldest pipe organ case in New York City, made of mahogany and dating from 1802, and contains 1,632 pipes. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center situated directly across the street from St. Paul’s, the organ was silenced, but has since been partially cleaned and made payable by Mann & Trupiano organ-builders from Brooklyn. The organ is featured weekly in live broadcasts on WWFM of “Bach at One” liturgical presentations by the Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra. Today: Gwendolyn Toth, Music Director, Immanuel Lutheran Church, NYC
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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City Walk | 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Figure Al Fresco


Learn figure drawing outdoors with a clothed model and an artist/educator. Materials provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Choral Works by Carter, Byrd and Bach


Featuring the concert singers of Charleston Southern University (Charleston, South Carolina). Choral works and arrangements by Farrant, Byrd, Bach, Hogan, Carter, and Gibbs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | College Violin Recital


Su Hyun Park, Violin
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | David O. Russell's Oscar-Winning Silver Linings Playbook (2012): Out of the Asylum


With Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert Deniro. After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own. 122 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Bethany Ammon, Mezzo-soprano 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Celia Hatton, Viola 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM Rachelle Pike, Mezzo-Soprano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Park Walk | Central Park Sunset Tour


Join Free Tours by Foot as they stroll through the park and tell the epic story of New York's green oasis. 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 amongst the world's most famous and beloved public parks. Originally intended to bring people of all walks of life together -- a people's park -- Central Park lives up to it's original designs. 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | Children's Literary Salon: Talks on Contemporary Children's Illustration


Olivier Tallec and Oliver Jeffers are both avid world travelers and illustrators whose bold and colorful children’s books are bestsellers in the US. Join them for an animated conversation moderated by Pamela Paul, Children's Book Editor of the New York Times Book Review.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Film | Classic Italian Cinema: Federico Fellini's Oscar-Winning La Dolce Vita (1960)


A comedy-drama written and directed by Fellini, capturing a passive journalist's week in Rome and his search for both happiness and love that will never come. This is Fellini's sixth film and marks the transition between his earlier neorealist films and his later art films. 114 min. In Italian with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Concert | College Piano Recital


Brian Yuebing Lin, Piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | College Violin Recital


Su Hyun Park, Violin
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Hatched: New Ventures in Entrepreneurial Design


MFA Design students premiere their thesis products in a new, dynamic digital format. Curated by Ada Whitney and presented by the MFA Design Department.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | John Strausbaugh reads from his book The Village: 400 Hundred Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues


Strausbaugh covered downtown Manhattan history and culture as a writer and editor of New York Press. He has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, NPR and PBS.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | May 2012 in Moscow: Revolt? Civil Disobedience? Student Fun?


A lecture by Tamara Eidelman, a historian and one of Moscow’s public intellectuals, teaches history at one of Moscow’s top high schools. She is a member of the Moscow and European Associations of History Teachers. Her 2012 public lecture "History of Civil Disobedience from Socrates to Martin Luther King, Jr," presented last year at the "Ocupay Abay" camp, was a highlight of the Moscow “May Days 2012.”
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Bestiary by John Newsom


At first blush these dense oil paintings with owls, raccoons, deer, hummingbirds, wheat fields – seem remarkably American and indeed Newsom, long in New York, comes from the heartland of middle America. But these are no more about a cockatoo bird than is a Phillip Guston painting about a potato or a Susan Rothenberg about a horse. Newsom like them takes the long view as to how imagery is made by hand with paint. He has reverence for the history of modern painting and Velázquez and Goya are as important to him as de Kooning and Twombly.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Rory Freedman reads from her book Beg: A Radical New Way of Regarding Animals


Rory Freedman, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Skinny Bitch, joins us tonight to discuss her latest book Beg. If you are a animal lover than this book is for you.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk with Alice Aycock


Aycock in a conversation about her work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | James M. McPherson discusses his book War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865


Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. The author recounts the war's naval campaigns and their military leaders.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Geometric Propagation, a Student Computer Art Exhibition


The BFA Computer Art Department senior thesis exhibition is based on a randomly configured stream of images. A large-scale, precision-mapped geometric projection will be created using student images, along with light and contrast.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Artist Talk: Fia Backström


Fia Backström’s work explores questions of collective formation and the fabric of the social bond, as worked through image production, pedagogical models, and political and corporate rhetoric, while rethinking the construction of subjectivity and authorship. Her environments, live events and projects challenge our habitual notions of what constitutes an exhibition – its institutional context, its dialogue with the audience, and even the works of art that are presented.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Claire Messud reads from her novel The Woman Upstairs


Claire Messud's latest book is a novel about ambition and betrayal and the story of a tortured woman behind a "good girl" mask.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Defining American: Daily Show writer discusses Bill O'Reilly sketch


The Daily Show recently took Bill O'Reilly to task for lamenting the rise of a new America, where immigrants are the majority and "traditional Americans" fight for cultural survival. Elliott Kalan, who wrote the sketch, joins Hasia Diner and Annie Polland to tackle what it has meant to be -- and become -- American.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Reading | Dish: Readings Featuring Chefs, Restauranteurs, Mixologists, Food Authors, Bloggers and Critics


DISH is a sumptuous four-course literary feast of readings and stories, as told by New York's hottest chefs, restauranteurs, mixologists, food authors, bloggers and critics. Each "course" -- Aperitif, Appetizer, Main and Dessert -- features an expert in their respective field, guaranteed to provide an evening of mind-watering entertainment. The appetizer course will feature mixologist Max Messier, mixing up cocktails featuring Clément Rhum, and the appetizer is Sydney Kramer, food blogger at The Crepes of Wrath. The main course is Lucy Knisley, author/illustrator of the delightful new graphic novel, RELISH, My Life in the Kitchen, in conversation with Helen Rosner, online editor of Saveur Magazine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Signing | Eve Ensler signs copies of her book In the Body of the World


Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues, in conversation With Mark Matousek.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Frances Kazan reads from her book The Dervish


Frances Kazan is a writer, lecturer, producer, and the wife of the late film director Elia Kazan. She reads from her latest book, a historical novel of post-WWI Turkey.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Indian Music Ensemble


Directed by Samir Chatterjee.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | Monotype: 125 Years of Typography and Technology


Typography pioneer Monotype has a long history of innovation in typeface development — from machine and molten lead to microprocessor and bitmap. Monotype type director Dan Rhatigan traces the company’s unbroken chain of development from analog to digital typefaces. He’ll give a glimpse of their extensive collection of type-related artifacts and answer typographic questions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Piano Works by Scarlatti, Beethoven and Others


Program: Natura degli affetti (2010) Eric Maestri (b. 1980) Sonata in A Major, K. 208 Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Etudes Australes (2003, selection) Ivan Fedele (b. 1953) Sonata in f minor, K. 69 Scarlatti Preludio e Filastrocca (2010, rev. 2013) Francesco Filidei (b. 1973) Fantasia nach J.S. Bach BV 253 Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Sonata in E Flat Major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux” Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) A performance by Italian pianist Emanuele Torquati, rapidly gaining international recognition for his poetic and passionate music-making, communicative performances and engaging programming. His flourishing career has taken him to some of Europe, Canada and America's most illustrious venues, in such diverse cities as Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Banff, New York, Chicago, Vancouver, Boston, Paris, Lyon, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Berlin, Prague, Krakow, Munich, Graz, Kiev, Ljubljana and Oslo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Lecture | SciCafe: The Science of Taste


Enjoy cocktails, cutting-edge science, and conversation at this popular after-hours series, which takes place on the first Wednesday of every month. Barb Stuckey, professional food-flavor developer and author of Taste What You’re Missing, will discuss the science of taste.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Screening | Triggering Wounds (2013), a Documentary on Gun Violence


The moving real-life story of a young man from Harlem coming to terms with the impact of gun violence on his life and his community. Scenes with families, emergency responders, community leaders, and law enforcement interweave in this youth-produced documentary film to provide an intimate portrait of a community struggling to understand, heal, and transform in the face of this devastating violence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
$10 suggested admission

Concert | College Cello Recital


Jonathan Lo, Cello
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | College Chamber Music Concert


The Ernst C. Stiefel Chamber Music Series presents College chamber music ensembles in a series performances.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | College Double Bass Recital


Angela Contreras Reyes, Double Bass
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Jazz | M-Base Ensemble


Directed by Andy Milne.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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