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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 15, 2024?

30 free events take place on Tuesday, October 15 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 15 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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30 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, October 15, 2024

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Workshop | Shape Up NYC Bodyweight Blast


Shape Up NYC offers free fitness classes to help New Yorkers get and stay fit.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshops, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Shape Up NYC Bodyweight Blast

Tour | NYC Walking Tours: A Variety of Neighborhoods - Choose One Tour Or Many


These tours take place at various times. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. See link for details: scroll down to find the daily scheduled tours at $4 (more costly tours are listed on top). Daily tours may include: Brooklyn Bridge SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Lower Manhattan Harlem Downtown Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Graffiti and Street Art Tours
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tours, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, NYC Walking Tours: A Variety of Neighborhoods - Choose One Tour Or Many

Workshop | Adult Zumba


Featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography. Work on your balance, coordination and range of motion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshops, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Adult Zumba

Discussion | Immigration & the 2024 US Election: Mass Deportation (online)


Professor Alina Das and Natasha Iskander, Director of the Migration Network, in dialogue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussions, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Immigration & the 2024 US Election: Mass Deportation (online)

Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshops, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Learn Juggling in the Park

Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)


Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Concerts, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)

Classical Music | Organ Works


Claudia Dumschat and Anabel DeCastro Duo, organs, perform music by Charles Callahan (1951-2023).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Organ Works

Film | I Am Legend (2007) with Will Smith


Robert Neville, a scientist, is a survivor of a man-made plague that transforms humans into mutants; he wanders alone through New York City, calling out for other possible survivors, and works on finding a cure for the plague using his own immune blood. Neville knows he is badly outnumbered and the odds are against him. the infected wait for him to make a mistake that will deliver Neville into their hands. Director: Francis Lawrence Cast: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Dash Mihok Will Smith is an American actor, rapper and film producer. He has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards. As of 2023, his films have grossed over $9.3 billion globally, making him one of Hollywood's most bankable stars.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Films, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, I Am Legend (2007) with Will Smith

Book Club | The Thing in the Snow by Sean Adams


A thought-provoking and wryly funny novel—equal parts satire and psychological thriller—that holds a funhouse mirror to the isolated workplace and an age of endless distraction. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Clubs, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, The Thing in the Snow by Sean Adams

Classical Music | Organ Works


Gail Archer, organ.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Organ Works

Film | Unsung Hero (2024): drama


When David Smallbone's music company collapses, he moves his family from Australia to the United States to search for a brighter future. Struggling to make ends meet, the couple soon realize the talents of their children, who go on to become two of the most successful acts in contemporary Christian music. Directors: Richard Ramsey, Joel Smallbone Cast: Daisy Betts, Joel Smallbone, Kirrilee Berger, Jonathan Jackson, Lucas Black, Candace Cameron Bure ,Terry O'Quinn
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Films, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Unsung Hero (2024): drama

Talk | Artist Talk: Tension & Tethers (in-person and online)


On Tension & Tethers from artist Kris Grey: “Trans bodies are impacted by overlapping systems of power and control, fastening contemporary lived experience to a history of scrutiny and surveillance. These negative effects are experienced by many other bodies at different intersections of physical configuration. Through individual and collaborative performances that display extreme vulnerability, Grey uses transness as a radical laboratory for building communities of affinity across identity and embodiment to interrogate the effects those systems have on access to life chances. For Grey, the tethers of tension connecting folks across individual differences serve as the queer worldmaking network to build foundations for feminist, anti-racist, and decolonized futures for all. Code switching between professional roles as an artist, educator, and activist, Grey’s social practice takes many forms. This lecture traces their unique, process-based approach to interrupting inherited systemic violence through different avenues of cultural and social engagement.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talks, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Artist Talk: Tension & Tethers (in-person and online)

Workshop | Drop-In Chess - Outdoors


Play the popular strategy game while getting pointers and advice from an expert. Chess improves concentration, problem solving, and strategic planning -- plus it's fun. For ages 5 and up.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshops, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Drop-In Chess - Outdoors

Film | To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) with Willem Dafoe


When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters. Along with his new, straitlaced partner, John Vukovich, Chance sets up a scheme to entrap Masters, resulting in the accidental death of an undercover officer. As Chance's desire for justice becomes an obsession, Vukovich questions the lawless methods he employs. Director: William Friedkin Cast: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, Jane Leeves Willem Dafoe is an American actor. Known for his prolific career portraying diverse roles in both mainstream and arthouse films, he is the recipient of various accolades, including nominations for four Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and four Golden Globe Awards.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Films, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) with&nbsp;Willem Dafoe

Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Workshops, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Learn Juggling in the Park

Film | After Sherman (2022): Documentary on Preserving Gullah Culture


A story of inheritance and the tension that defines our collective American history which explores coastal South Carolina as a site of pride and racial trauma through Gullah cultural retention and land preservation. Director: Jon Sesrie Goff 88 min. Followed by a conversation with the director.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Films, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, After Sherman (2022): Documentary on Preserving Gullah Culture

Film | It'll Be OK (1990): Documentary on German Punk Scene


In 1988, director Bernd Sahling put out Living My Way, which traced the punk Stummel's life in East Germany from November 1987 to March 1988. It'll Be OK comprises the earlier film, and footage shot after the fall of the Berlin Wall and until March 1990. 78 min. Sahling will introduce and discuss the film.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free
Films, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, It'll Be OK (1990): Documentary on German Punk Scene

Opening Reception | Code Switch: Distributing Blackness, Reprogramming Internet Art


Join the opening and reception for a new collaboration with The Kitchen and its first traveling exhibition, Code Switch: Distributing Blackness, Reprogramming Internet Art. In a moment where technology mediates and has transformed all parts of a visual culture, Code Switch provokes reconsiderations about what “Internet art” is altogether. Legacy Russell, exhibition organizer, Executive Director & Chief Curator of The Kitchen will bring remarks. About the Exhibition Drawing its title from Andre L. Brock’s groundbreaking text Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures (2020), Code Switch: Distributing Blackness, Reprogramming Internet Art explores the relationship between Black cultural production and the legacy of computation as a mode of machinic engagement and creative inspiration. The first part of the exhibition explores the work of visual artists including Tom Lloyd, David Drake (otherwise known as “Dave the Potter”), Benjamin Patterson, Howardena Pindell, Candis Mosely Pettway, Mattie Ross, Ulysses Jenkins, Milford Graves, Faith Ringgold, Blondell Cummings, Lorraine O’Grady, Jack Whitten, and composer and scholar of experimental music George Lewis. It also recognizes the influence of Afrofuturist science fiction writers and thinkers such as Samuel R. Delany and Octavia E. Butler as well as guerrilla archivist, access television producer, and librarian Marion Stokes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Receptions, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Code Switch: Distributing Blackness, Reprogramming Internet Art

Workshop | Play bridge in a stress-free environment


One of the most popular card games of the last century, bridge is still enjoyed by professional and amateur players alike today - and now you can stop by and enjoy it too! Bring your bridge partner, or you will be matched up with someone to play as a pair. There will be instructions and the chance to observe players, making this a perfect event for beginners looking to learn how to play bridge.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free
Workshops, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Play bridge in a stress-free environment

Book Discussion | The Unwritten Enlightenment: Literature between Ideology and the Unconscious (in-person and online)


Nathan Gorelick’s book explores the links between literary criticism and psychoanalysis and their beginnings in the Enlightenment’s novels and discourse, where new ideas of subjectivity and individualism were emerging.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, The Unwritten Enlightenment: Literature between Ideology and the Unconscious&nbsp;(in-person and online)

Workshop | Stargazing in the Park


A walk along the park and a chance to take a closer look at the stars. Peer through high-powered telescopes provided by the knowledgeable members of the Amateur Astronomers Association to see rare celestial sights. No experience is necessary and telescopes will be provided between sunset and park closure.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshops, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Stargazing in the Park

Book Discussion | 2 New Novels: The Time Keepers / The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern


Alyson Richman's The Time Keepers is an unforgettable novel that captures the power of longing, loss, and love, It transports us from 1979 suburban New York to war-torn Vietnam, revealing that sometimes the most unexpected friendships can save us. In Lynda Loigman's The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, the title character is still haunted by the mistakes of her past. What happened all those years ago and how did her plan go so spectacularly wrong?    
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, 2 New Novels: The Time Keepers / The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

Poetry Reading | 3 Poets Share Their Work (in-person and online)


Featuring: Gideon Jacobs AMA Birch Ariana Reines
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Readings, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, 3 Poets Share Their Work (in-person and online)

Discussion | Afromodernism and the Arts (in-person and online)


A discussion as part of the New York Philharmonic's focus on Afromodernism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussions, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Afromodernism and the Arts (in-person and online)

Workshop | Origami Meetup


OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. Ages Adult 18+
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshops, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Origami Meetup

Park Walk | Sunset Waterfront Walk


A docent-led walking tour of the park! Immerse yourself in the breathtaking scenery whilst learning about the history of the Brooklyn waterfront, the park's sustainable design, and how the park came to life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Park Walks, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Sunset Waterfront Walk

Discussion | Translating Italian Nobel Laureate Eugenio Montale


The great poet Eugenio Montale's Butterfly of Dinard is a collection of fifty stories that form an autobiographical novel. The book begins with Montale’s childhood in Liguria and goes on to explore his adult life in pre-Fascist Florence and the onset of Fascism. Late Montale is a selection of the poems Montale wrote in the last decade of his life. This is a discussion with Marla Moffa, a theater director, writer, and translator of Italian literature, Oonagh Stransky, who has translated novels by Domenico Starnone, Carlo Lucarelli, Giuseppe Pontiggia, and Erminia Dell’Oro, and Jonathan Galassi, executive editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux and translator of Italian poetry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussions, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Translating Italian Nobel Laureate Eugenio Montale

Book Discussion | Too Great a Sky: Surviving Siberia


Liliana Corobca's novel of Romanians sent to Siberia and how they kept their humanity in inhumane conditions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Works for Guitar, Harpischord, Violin, and More (In Person AND Online!)


Alec Goldfarb, guitar; Joshua Alvarez Mastel, harpsichord; Austin Wulliman, violin; Daniel Hass, cello; Julian Bennett Holmes, organ. Program Joshua Alvarez Mastel, sky goes dark Alec Goldfarb, The Tree of Heaven
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Concerts, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Works for Guitar, Harpischord, Violin, and More (In Person AND Online!)

Classical Music | Works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Piazzolla, and More for Violin, Horn, and Piano


New York Chamber Music Festival presents Elmira Darvarova (former Concertmaster of The Metropolitan Opera), violin; Howard Wall (former member of The Philadelphia Orchestra and The New York Philharmonic), horn; and Thomas Weaver, piano, performing works by J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Mozart (1756-1791), Piazzolla (1921-1992), Coltrane (1926-1967), and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free
Concerts, October 15, 2024, 10/15/2024, Works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Piazzolla, and More for Violin, Horn, and Piano
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Classical Music | Piano Works by Chopin, J.S. Bach and More at a Landmark Venue

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Musical | Award-Winning Comedy at One of the Major NYC Theaters

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