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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 25, 2015?

34 free events take place on Sunday, October 25 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 October 25 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 October . 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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34 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, October 25, 2015

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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing. This tour takes place every day at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Lower Section


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 among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. 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. This tour takes places Sundays and Mondays at 10am and Wednesdays at 4pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


For nearly 100 years, the Beaux-Arts beauty known as Grand Central Terminal (a.k.a Station) has been a testament to the ingenuity and ambition of a great city, impressing both travelers and visitors with it's wonderful architecture and pulsating vibe. It's history is a story of immense wealth, great engineering, a few accidents, a planned sabotage and one terrific ceiling, but most importantly a story of survival and rebirth. This tour takes place Sundays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Festival | Orchestra of St. Luke’s Family Music Day


Orchestra of St. Luke’s invites children, parents, and guardians to Family Music Day. The morning begins with a performance by members of OSL designed especially for children, featuring an arrangement of Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks—a chamber ensemble version known as Till Eulenspiegel with a Twist. This colorful music depicts the adventures of a mischievous folklore character. The musicians will make the performance an exciting experience for young listeners, explaining the unique characteristics of their instruments, pointing out what to listen for in the music, and inviting participation throughout. The performance will be followed by a special showcase by the young musicians of Youth Orchestra of St. Luke's. Children and families will then be invited to try out string and woodwind instruments with the help of YOSL teaching artists, participate in a music composition activity, join in a music-themed coloring project; and win giveaways with a spin on OSL’s prize wheel. The activities at Family Music Day are perfect for children ages four and older.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Tour | Flatiron District Walking Tour


Join professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the city’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building. This tour repeats every Sunday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Historic Orchard Street Tour


Take a historical three-hour journey through the Lower East Side and explore some of the rich history tracing the arrival of immigrants to modern times. This tour repeats every Sunday through December 27.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | Waterfront Walk: Guided Park Tour


Join docents on a tour to learn about the history of the Brooklyn waterfront, the park's sustainable design, and how the park came to life. This tour takes place Sundays in October.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Festival | Just Like a Woman Festival


A three-day program of performances, installations, cabarets, screenings, panels and book launches that examine the performance of identity – the ways femininity can be 'performed' and how representations of gender can be queered through performance. Participating artists include Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw, George Chakravarthi, The Girls, Dickie Beau, Nando Messias, Lucy Hutson, Kris Grey, Laura Bridgeman and The Drakes, Harold Offeh, The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein, Narcissister, CHRISTEENE and more. This event occurs Friday October 23, Saturday October 24, and Sunday October 25.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Festival | Fall Waterfront Celebration


Pack a picnic (and a sweater) for a day of family-friendly outdoor activities. You’ll have the chance to meet the artists and designers who have over the past few months created installations and community-based projects to beautify the pier and engage with the surrounding community. You can also learn more about the future plans for the pier.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Dance the Orange


Stanley Whitney: Dance the Orange is the first New York City solo museum exhibition of the work of a painter whose intensely color-based abstractions have won steadily mounting recognition since the mid-1990s. The exhibition features twenty-nine paintings and works on paper created between 2008 and 2015, including the 2013 title work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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City Walk | Lower East Side-'Home of Immigrants' Tour


Highlights: the Eldridge Street Synagogue, the birthplace of Eddie Cantor, the Tenement Museum, the Old Forward Building, the Lobby of the Blue Moon Hotel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art Tour


New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick. This tour takes place Thursdays through Sundays at 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Frank Capra's Arsenic and Old Lace (1944): Stage Comedy


Starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane and Raymond Massey. A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family. 118 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | 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. This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 2pm, Wednesdays at 4pm, and Saturdays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs. 90 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Plein Air Landscape Painting Workshop


The park offers extraordinary vistas for plein air painting. Led by landscape artist Elissa Gore, in this introductory watercolor painting class, you will make small paintings using warm autumn colors. The workshop will cover planning a sketch, perspective, and basic watercolor techniques. No experience is required and all supplies will be provided. Please dress for the weather outdoors. This workshop recurs Sundays October 11-25.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. This tour takes place every day at 10am and every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday at 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | The Broadway Bach Ensemble performs works by Strauss, Brahms, Wittry


Program: Diane Wittry Mist Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major, Op. 11 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 Guest conductor Diane Wittry returns with music of Strauss, Brahms and a work of her own. Audrey Flores, horn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Screening | Documentary: Wendy Bashi's Rumors of the Lake (2015)


Lake Kivu in DR Congo is portrayed through the stories of local fishermen. They depend on the lake and they know all its secrets. Drifting on their pirogues or during a late night gathering along the water's banks, we hear stories of two warring countries, the rumor of a killer fish, a gigantic reserve of methane about to explode... So many stories about life and death, fishing and legacy, which together form a collection of memories and reveal the secret identity of an amazing place. 52 min. Followed by Q+A with filmmaker Wendy Bashi.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Performance | Haints, Haunts, and Other Whazzits: A Halloween Confabulation


Storytellers: Therese Folkes Plair and Joy Kelly Smith.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Festival | Halloween Parade and Pumpkin Flotilla


Enjoy live music, spooky stories, pumpkin carving demonstrations, and, of course, the signature pumpkin flotilla.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:30 pm
Free

Jazz | Parlor Jazz with Marjorie Eliot


Every Sunday afternoon, writer, performer and impresario Marjorie Eliot hosts in her apartment Parlor Jazz — a free, two-hour concert that for nearly two decades has attracted musicians, jazz lovers and interested passerby. A central figure in helping preserve and continue Sugar Hill's lustrous jazz legacy, Marjorie Eliot is the founder of Parlor Entertainment, an all-star jazz collective that plays concerts citywide.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:30 pm
Free

Concert | Sunday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the organ on the 101-rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor and Boody Organ Builders. The Organ Meditation takes place every Sunday from Sept. 13, 2015 to May 29, 2016.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | aTonalHits performs works by Prokofiev and others


Program: Prokofiev, Galina Ustvolskaya, Nikolai Roslovets aTonalHits: Katha Zinn, violin Illya Filshtinskiy, piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Concert | Bach Vespers


Program: Franz Tunder Ein feste burg Johann Sebastian Bach Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230 Bach Vespers happens October 18th and 25th, 2015.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Great Organ Sunday Recital


In celebration of the restored Great Organ, the Cathedral presents a concert series following Sunday Evensong. Today: David Hurd, New York, NY These recitals occur most Sundays in October and November.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Malini Srinivasan, Traditional Indian Dancer


Malini Srinivasan performs traditional Indian dance in the Bharatanatyam style.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Organ Recital Series


The Organ Recital Series is free and open to the public and occur most Sundays from September through May. Today's recital is by Benjamin Sheen, Acting Organist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
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Opening Reception | Jeffrey Gibson: Sculptures and Paintings


Jeffrey Gibson (b. 1972), who is half Choctaw and half Cherokee, creates sculptures and paintings that intermingle more traditional Native American art with contemporary art and culture. His works are irrefutable evidence that such taxonomies can sit comfortably together, resulting in amalgams of his vast personal interests and unique biography that demonstrate the ease of inclusion. Preceded at 4pm by a conversation with the artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Aimee Meredith Cox reads from her book Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship


Join the author in a discussion of the 10-year ethnographic process of working with young Black women in Detroit and why research with and writing for the interests of Black girls has always been critical – but is especially so in the current social and political climate. Cox will read the compelling narratives from Shapeshifters and be in conversation with the community around questions regarding Black girlhood, researcher accountability, state violence, and how we might rethink citizenship, humanity, and love.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Solas Laughs Comedy Show


A standup comedy show featuring comics who have appeared on Comedy Central, College Humor, MTV, and more. Free drink and prize raffle. This show repeats every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 16 to November 1.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Performance | The Free Pizza and Beer Comedy Show


With stand-up by: Amber Nelson. Sketch by: Alex Estrada (UCB) and Mind Reader Eric Dittleman (America's Got Talent!); Chelsea Gray; Sam Horowitz; Marlesse Marino; Kelsey Murphy; Alex Otis; Bridgette Rizkalla; Katie Rotondi Hosts: Tony Cohen, Stefan Schuette (UCB), Brad Kula (Annoyance)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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