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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on November 17, 2025?

27 free events take place on Monday, November 17 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 November 17 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 November . 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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27 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, November 17, 2025

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free events nyc Fashion and the Unconscious: Nearly 100 Striking Garments!
free events nyc Agnieszka Holland's The Secret Garden (1993): Fantasy Drama Film with Maggie Smith
free events nyc The World's Most Important Accordionist Performs Works of Romantic Composer
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Master Class | Learn the Ins and Outs of Violin Mastery


Violinist Maria Milstein, a prizewinner of major international competitions both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, provides her expertise in the fine details of great violin playing via a distance learning lesson.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Workshop | Start the Day with Morning Meditation


Start your day by balancing your mind, body, and spirit during instructor guided meditation. This renowned practice lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and strengthens the immune system.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:45 am
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Tour | Discover One of New York's Most Famous Parks


Discover how Bryant Park Corporation successfully transformed "Needle Park" of the 1970s into Manhattan's Town Square of today. The guides are loaded with expertise on the park's rich history, award-winning design, distinct amenities, and ongoing maintenance efforts. Tours will continue as scheduled in light rain, but will be cancelled in heavy rain or inclement weather. Bring an umbrella if needed!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Master Class | Broadway Musician Teaches the Ins and Outs of Violin Mastery


Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins--who performed as "The Fiddler", in the Grammy and Tony-nominated Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof, and who has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Dallas Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of New York, and more--provides her expertise in the fine details of great violin playing via a distance learning lesson.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:40 am
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Workshop | Learn Photography: Post-Processing Multiple Exposures


Multiple exposures are a great way to expand your creative palette and learn to see in a new way. Photographer Leo Mascaro will show the ins and outs of post-processing multiple exposures that were taken in-camera—for those who have this option on their camera—as well as how to create multiple exposures in Photoshop—for those who don’t. If you’ve been looking to try something new with your photography, this is the workshop for you!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Film | The Out-of-Towners (1970): Dark Urban Comedy


Ohio sales executive George Kellerman accepts a higher position within the company and travels to New York City with his wife Gwen for his job interview. But things start badly and only grow worse. Director: Arthur Hiller Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Party | Fiber/Textile Arts Meetup


Are you a knitter? Do you like to crochet? Maybe you like a different type of fiber art? Whichever it is, bring your supplies and lose yourself in the meditative world of creating art with fiber. Invite your friends, or make new connections there. This is a meet-up, not a class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Lecture | Experts Speak on Syrian Refugees in Turkiye & Jordan


Postdoctoral researcher Shaddin Almasri and Postdoctoral fellow Sam Dinger will discuss the evolution of Syrian refugee policies in Turkiye and Jordan over the last decade and explore the role of embedded (im)permanence in their governance. The surprise fall of the Assad-led government in Syria in late 2024 by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied forces triggered a wave of responses across the region and beyond. These were characterized most prominently by uniformity: nearly all host states of Syrian refugees called for returns. What explains this phenomenon in refugee rentier contexts that had previously spent significant time and resources supporting Syrian refugee integration? 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Author Reading | Comics & Fiction Author Shares His New Book, Moscow 93 (In Person AND Online!)


Fiction author Jose Alaniz presents his new novel, Moscow 93. Blending horror and farce, Moscow 93 presents Russia in the first decade after communism through the lens of a sordid expat scene. A scene that, one day, exploded into a war zone.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Photography Basics: Color & Editing


Photographer Derek Fahsbender guides you from the basics to better photos, from settings and gear to photo theory—and everything in between. Taking photos should be fun and getting the results you want should be easy, so make this part of your photography learning journey and be on your way to creating images you love. This workshop will focus on: Basic editing principles and techniques Color vs. black and white Editing/organizing workflow
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Workshop | Zumba: Latin-Inspired Dance Fitness


Get your heart pumping with Zumba, a dynamic workout set to Latin, international, and popular music. This fun, easy-to-follow class combines fast and slow rhythms for aerobic interval training that challenges both heart and muscles. Perfect for all fitness levels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
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Gallery Talk | Fashion and the Unconscious: Nearly 100 Striking Garments!


This groundbreaking exhibition explores the cultural history of fashion through the lens of psychoanalysis. Nearly 100 striking garments by designers such as Alexander McQueen, Rei Kawakubo, Vivienne Westwood, and Rick Owens are reinterpreted through themes of the body, sexuality, and the unconscious. This five-year research project delves into how desire is stitched into the fabric of what we wear.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
Free

Museums | Remembrance, Reflection and Resilience


A place of commemoration: exhibition, artifacts, photographs, stories and more. Reservations available starting each Monday at 7:00 a.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Film | Agnieszka Holland's The Secret Garden (1993): Fantasy Drama Film with Maggie Smith


A young, recently-orphaned girl is sent to England after living in India all of her life. Once there, she begins to explore her new, seemingly-isolated surroundings, and its secrets. Director: Agnieszka Holland Cast: Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott, Maggie Smith. Holland is best known for her films Europa Europa (1990), for which she received a Golden Globe Award as well as an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination,[3] The Secret Garden (1993), Angry Harvest and the Holocaust drama In Darkness, the last two of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[4][5] In 2017, she received the Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) for her film Spoor at the Berlin International Film Festival. She is also a four-time winner of the Grand Prix at the Gdynia Film Festival. In 2020, she was elected President of the European Film Academy.[6][7] In 2023, her film Green Border won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Chicago and the Rise of the Concrete Skyscraper


Architectural historian Thomas Leslie explores how postwar Chicago shaped the development of high-rise concrete construction. The talk highlights the city's innovations in engineering, materials production, and collaboration between research institutions and industry, showing how concrete, once a craft material, became an industrially engineered solution that challenged the steel industry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Learn & Practice Chess with an Expert


Learn to play chess or develop your strategies with chess expert Tamar Chanadiri from the Marshall Chess Club. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions, as each one builds on the previous. Bring a friend or join on your own--all levels and ages are welcome! Chess sets are provided but you're welcome to bring your own. From 6-7 PM Tamar will provide instruction for beginner-level players. From 7-8 PM there will be open play for all levels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Low Impact Bodyweight Circuit Training


Build strength and endurance with this full-body circuit workout using only your bodyweight. This low-impact class combines resistance and conditioning exercises for an effective, easy-on-the-joints session. Perfect for all fitness levels. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Prize-Winning Writer Shares His New Essay Collection, Wild Fictions (+ Signing)


2025 recipient of the Pak Kyongni Prize Amitav Ghosh celebrates his newest collection of essays, Wild Fictions: Essays on Literature, Empire, and the Environment, writings on subjects such as literature, climate change, travel, and discoveries thread together with reflections on the spaces that we inhabit and how we occupy them. He will be in conversation with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, followed by a signing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Classical Music | The World's Most Important Accordionist Performs Works of Romantic Composer


Dr. William Schimmel discusses Hector Berlioz' body of work and performs Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) pieces transcribed for accordeon. "The World's Most Important Accordionist, Dr. Schimmel, is an extraordinary man at so many levels. No musician, no scholar under the sun can match the talent, the creativity, the musical knowledge and musical accomplishments of this superman of the world of accordion and music" Accordion Star Magazine
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Staged Reading | An Accidental Murder?: Drama Exploring Domestic Abuse & Italian-American Hardships


An Accidental Murder? is set in a small suburban town in New York. The year is 1965, the day is March 7th, or more importantly, remembered as "Bloody Sunday." While watching the movie Judgement at Nuremberg, Margie is reminded of the horrors of prejudice and hatred during the holocaust. Then the movie is abruptly interrupted to show the visual images of peaceful marchers struggling to fight for dignity and equality while being met by government-sanctioned violence. Soon after, the violence is intertwined in the everyday life of Mrs. Costa, living with an abusive Italian husband, tormented by the prejudice he has had to endure. Margie becomes a witness to the violent abuse of Mrs. Costa. An Accidental Murder? Unmasks the hidden epidemic of domestic abuse and how, at that time, our lack of laws to protect the abused became societal-sanctioned cruelty. Domestic abuse causes lingering damage, not only to the direct victim but to all the others in that person's life who love them and try to protect them, for they are the victims too. By the end of the play, Margie has a moral dilemma to solve. Written by Diana M. Grillo. Directed by Laura Caparrotti. Diana M. Grillo is an award-winning short story author and playwright.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Performance | Indigenous Voices: Celebrating Playwrights & Composers


Join a vibrant showcase of works by Native American, Austronesian, Global Indigenous, Aboriginal, and First Nations playwrights and composers. This two-day celebration highlights creativity, fosters collaboration, and connects artists with New York City’s theatrical community.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Staged Reading | New Play Adaptation: Internee Number 6


Experience a reading of Nurit Chinn’s (UK) new play in development, Internee Number 6, followed by a panel with Chinn and Natalia Indrimi, the Executive Director of the Primo Levi Center. Internee Number 6 is a theatrical adaptation of a memoir by the same name, written by Maria Eisenstein and first published in 1944. It was largely written in the summer of 1940. The play, adapted by Nurit Chinn, explores the little-known experiences of Jewish women imprisoned in Fascist internment camps in Italy during the Holocaust. It follows Eisenstein and other foreign Jewish women as they navigate daily life in the camp ran by Italian fascists—forming friendships, staging quiet acts of rebellion, and grappling with profound uncertainty as Hitler’s forces advance across Europe. The script draws almost entirely from Eisenstein’s original text, the earliest known memoir written from inside an Italian Fascist internment camp.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | Understanding the Food Painted in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper


Enjoy a gastro-philosophical and socio-political angle of looking at The Last Supper. In 1494-98, Leonardo da Vinci painted what is arguably the most famous painting of all times, The Last Supper. And he graces the Lord's Table--inevitably a Jewish meal--with dishes of eels, a Renaissance delicacy but clearly a non-kosher food. Why? Italian essayist, editor, translator and award-winning poet Luigi Ballerini explores the context of real food beginning to be painted in Last Suppers in the second half of the 15th century, as a result of the liceity of pleasure, resurrected by Florentine Humanists' reading of Classical Texts (primarily Lucretius and Aristotle), which, in ever larger quantities and surprising varieties, remains a staple of that painterly subject throughout the 16th century. And a hypothesis is formulated about da Vinci's painting that transcends the painter's minimalistic gastronomic interests, as well as his incessant scientific curiosity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Lecture | Hear from Multidimensional Film Artist about Her Craft


Enjoy a lecture with artist Mika Rottenberg, who is devoted to a rigorous practice that combines film, architectural installation, and sculpture to explore ideas of labor and the production of value in our contemporary hyper-capitalist world. Using traditions of both cinema and sculpture, she seeks out locations around the world where specific systems of production and commerce are in place, such as a pearl factory in China, and a Calexico border town. Through the editing process, and with footage from sets built in her studio, Rottenberg connects seemingly disparate places and things to create elaborate and subversive visual narratives. By weaving fact and fiction together, she highlights the inherent beauty and absurdity of our contemporary existence. Each of Rottenberg’s video works is situated within a theatrical installation, made up of objects from the parallel worlds in her videos. Sacks of pearls, deflated pool toys, plastic flowers and sizzling frying pans seem to open a portal into the realm of the work. Her multidimensional film projects are often accompanied by standalone sculptural works, connected by allegory. Rottenberg was the recipient of the 2019 Kurt Schwitters Prize, which recognizes artists who have made a significant contribution to the field of contemporary art. In 2018, she was the winner of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s James Dicke Contemporary Artist Prize, which recognizes an artist younger than 50 who has produced a significant body of work and consistently demonstrates exceptional creativity. Rottenberg’s work is held in numerous major museum and public collections including the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate, London; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | "Intellectually Rigorous" Quartet Celebrates Album Release


Celebrate the third release in the Westerlies' Songbook seriese, with the quartet celebrating friends and collaborators including Fleet Foxes, Adrianne Lenker, Samora Pinderhughes, Anaïs Mitchell and more on an intimate live recording made at their own Seattle festival. The Westerlies music ensemble (Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands on trumpet, and Andy Clausen and Addison Maye-Saxon on trombone) is a critically-acclaimed group with eight albums. They've played in studio and live alongside artists from Common to Dave Douglas, and on GRAMMY-nominated releases from both Fleet Foxes and Aoife O'Donovan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Workshop | Vinyasa Yoga Flow (Online!)


Join this online yoga community for a Vinyasa flow that includes warm-up, balance poses, gentle inversions, and final relaxation. Designed to promote empowerment and self-affirmation, this class leaves you feeling refreshed, centered, and connected to a supportive community. Mats and props are recommended but not required.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Classical Music | Cello Works by Mendelssohn, Brahms, & More (In Person AND Online!)


Kuan Yu Huang, cello, plays a series of pieces by famous composers of the Classical through Contemporary pieces. Program: Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Variations Concertantes, Op. 17 Johann Brahms (1833-1897) Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 99 Eugene Ysaye (1858-1931) Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 28
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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