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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 22, 2024?

36 free events take place on Tuesday, October 22 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 22 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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36 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, October 22, 2024

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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 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, 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 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, 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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Workshops, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Adult Zumba

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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Workshops, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Learn Juggling in the Park

Classical Music | Piano Works by Vivaldi, Rachmaninoff, J.S. Bach, and More


Chaeyoung Park, piano. Program Vivaldi (1678-1741), Sicilienne, from Concerto in D minor, BWV 596 Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Prelude No. 5 in G Major, Op. 32 Messiaen (1908-1992), Le Baiser de L'Enfant Jesu from Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jesus J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Adagio, from Concert in D minor, BWV 147 Franck (1822-1890), Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, FWV 21
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free
Concerts, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Piano Works by Vivaldi, Rachmaninoff, J.S. Bach, and More

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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Concerts, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)

Book Discussion | Laughing All the Way to Freedom: The Americanization of a Russian Emigre


All immigrants of the world coming to America expect it to be like their home country—only better. What they rarely consider is that, like that of any other nation, America’s DNA differs from that of their country. It may take a lifetime to adjust to the unfamiliar country’s culture, mentality, and way of doing many things differently from the way they have known. It is especially true when immigrants come to America from a country based on different principles, in this case, collectivist Russia versus individualist America, with opposing political systems—the democratic American one and the totalitarian Soviet. Emil Draitser's book is part mem­oir and part cultural study about the challenges of immigration and American acculturation. With self-deprecating humor, the author, a former Soviet satirist who was punished for trespassing the boundaries of public criticism, recollects his growing pains as he overcame his indoctrinated upbringing in a totalitarian society to embrace America’s defining values.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Laughing All the Way to Freedom: The Americanization of a Russian Emigre

Classical Music | Baroque to Neoclassical Organ Works


Eddie Zheng, organ, performs French Baroque to Neoclassical: Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703), Cesar Franck (1822-1890), and Jehan Alain (1911-1940).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Baroque to Neoclassical Organ Works

Reading | Tales from The Times: Selections from the Metropolitan Diary


Readers present and discuss short vignettes based on the popular and often hilarious New York Times Saturday section.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Readings, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Tales from The Times: Selections from the Metropolitan Diary

Classical Music | Organ Works


Nicole Keller, organ.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Organ Works

Film | The Conjuring (2013): horror


In 1970, paranormal investigators and demonologists Lorraine and Ed Warren are summoned to the home of Carolyn and Roger Perron. The Perrons and their five daughters have recently moved into a secluded farmhouse, where a supernatural presence has made itself known. Though the manifestations are relatively benign at first, events soon escalate in horrifying fashion, especially after the Warrens discover the house's macabre history. Director: James Wan Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Films, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, The Conjuring (2013): horror

Lecture | Understanding the Covid-19 Retirement Boom (in-person and online)


The Covid-19 pandemic upended labor markets, leading to a sharp and sustained increase in the share of U.S. adults who are retired. In this talk, Owen Davis explores the drivers of the retirement boom and its unexpected persistence.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lectures, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Understanding the Covid-19 Retirement Boom (in-person and online)

Book Discussion | For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today (online)


Navigate a new era of Jewish life with Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, one of American Jewry’s leading thinkers, through faith, resiliency, and identity. In the wake of the October 7th attack on Israel, the Jewish community has faced a new reality marked by a steep rise in antisemitism. Yet, amidst this darkness, there is a deepened connection to Jewish culture, community, and faith. Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, in conversation with his former classmate Rabbi Sherre Hirsch, will discuss his new book. They will explore the enduring questions of Jewish identity and resilience, reflect on ways to navigate this new era, draw on ancient teachings to help Jews reconcile their past with the present, and face the future with hope and unity.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today (online)

Film | The Beekeeper (2024) with Jason Statham


One man's brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after it's revealed he's a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as Beekeepers. Director: David Ayer Cast: Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi Jason Statham is an English actor and martial artist. He is known for portraying characters in various action-thriller films who are typically tough, gritty, or violent. Statham has been credited for leading the resurgence of action films during the 2000s and 2010s.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Films, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, The Beekeeper (2024) with&nbsp;Jason Statham

Talk | Artist Talk: Sculptures and Experimental Films (in-person and online)


A talk by the artist Alice Wang. Wang makes sculptures and experimental films that interrogate medium-specificity as both a conceptual schema and in the exploration of forms.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
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Talks, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Artist Talk: Sculptures and Experimental Films (in-person and online)

Discussion | A Conversation with a Ukrainian Poet Marianna Kiyanovska (in-person and online)


In her new poetry collection, Kiyanovksa remembers the victims of the Holocaust by writing about the horror and survival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussions, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, A Conversation with a Ukrainian Poet Marianna Kiyanovska (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 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Drop-In Chess - Outdoors

Book Discussion | My Women: Flash Fiction from Ukraine


Yuliia Iliukha, a Ukrainian writer from Kharkiv, reads from her newly published collection of flash fiction, translated into English by Hanna Leliv and released by 128 Lit. This collection brings together forty stories—at times excruciatingly difficult yet deeply moving—about women confronted by the countless brutalities of war. It locates the voices and devastating experiences of those who have been silenced, those who have lost loved ones, those who have fought and persevered, and those who have broken down.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, My Women: Flash Fiction from Ukraine

Book Club | The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza


Sara Marsala barely knows who she is anymore after the failure of her business and marriage. On top of that, her beloved great-aunt Rosie passes away, leaving Sara bereft with grief. But Aunt Rosie’s death also opens an escape from her life and a window into the past by way of a plane ticket to Sicily, a deed to a possibly valuable plot of land, and a bombshell family secret. Rosie believes Sara’s great-grandmother Serafina, the family matriarch who was left behind while her husband worked in America, didn’t die of illness as family lore has it . . . she was murdered. Thus begins a twist-filled adventure that takes Sara all over the picturesque Italian countryside as she races to solve a mystery and learn the story of Serafina—a feisty and headstrong young woman in the early 1900s thrust into motherhood in her teens, who fought for a better life not just for herself but for all the women of her small village. Unsurprisingly the more she challenges the status quo, the more she finds herself in danger. As Sara discovers more about Serafina, she also realizes she is coming head-to-head with the same menacing forces that took down her great-grandmother.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Clubs, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza

Film | What You Wish For (2023): thriller


A struggling chef takes on the identity of an old friend who is a chef for the very wealthy. But soon, he realizes the nefarious motives of his mysterious clients, and he tries desperately to find a way out. Director: Nicholas Tomnay Cast: Nick Stahl, Tamsin Topolski, Randy Vasquez, Penelope Mitchell
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Films, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, What You Wish For (2023): thriller

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.
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Workshops, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Learn Juggling in the Park

Book Discussion | Postindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rust Belt Icons (online)


Dan Campo's book chronicles grassroots efforts to recover, rebuild, and enjoy architecturally iconic but economically obsolete places in the American Rust Belt.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Postindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rust Belt Icons&nbsp;(online)

Film | Wild Life (2023): Conservationists on a Mission


A sweeping portrait of conservationists Kris and Doug Tompkins chronicling their fight to preserve one of the last truly wild places on earth. Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi 93 min. Followed by a discussion with Chai Vasarhelyi
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Films, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Wild Life (2023): Conservationists on a Mission

Lecture | On Civil Disobedience: Thoreau, Arendt, King (online)


“If the machine of government requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then I say break the law.” So said Henry David Thoreau in his essay “Civil Disobedience,” his theory of resistance to injustices in civil government. This talk looks at three classic and very different accounts of civil disobedience by Thoreau, Hannah Arendt, and Martin Luther King, Jr. With Roger Berkowitz of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics & Humanities at Bard College    
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lectures, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, On Civil Disobedience: Thoreau, Arendt, King (online)

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
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Workshops, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Play bridge in a stress-free environment

Lecture | The Modern Concrete Skyscraper: One Shell Plaza, Houston (online)


Travel to Texas where, at the time of its completion in 1971, One Shell Plaza in Houston was the tallest reinforced concrete structure in the world. Designed by SOM's extraordinary collaborators, architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Khan, working for the developer Gerald D. Hines, the 50-story skyscraper continued the evolution of Khan's “tube-in-tube” structure they had pioneered in Chicago in the mid-1960s. Colaco, who as a young engineer worked directly with Khan on One Shell Plaza and other projects, will discuss the engineering principles and refinements that make this skyscraper so expressive as both form and structure. Speaker Joseph Colaco received his Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1965, the same year he began to work in the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill under the firm's lead engineering partner Fazlur Khan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lectures, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, The Modern Concrete Skyscraper: One Shell Plaza, Houston (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 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Stargazing in the Park

Book Discussion | A Book about Ray: An Artist's Life (in-person and online)


Ellen Levy's book is the first full-career survey of the idiosyncratic life and work of Ray Johnson, a collagist, performance artist, and pioneer of mail art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, A Book about Ray: An Artist's Life (in-person and online)

Book Discussion | Blue Light Hours: Bonding Through Skype


Bruna Dantas Lobato's debut novel of a young Brazilian woman's first year in America, a continent away from her lonely mother, and the relationship they build over Skype calls across borders.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Blue Light Hours: Bonding Through Skype

Screening | Political Advertisement 1952-2024: Screening and Panel


Artists Muntadas and Reese will premiere the 11th edition of their four-decade long collaboration, Political Advertisement 1952-2024, followed by a conversation with Brooke Gladstone, host of WNYC’s Peabody Award-winning podcast On The Media. For 40 years, Antoni Muntadas and Marshall Reese have been compiling a video history of presidential campaign spots that follows the evolution of broadcast political advertising from its beginnings in 1952 to the present. When the artists started this project in 1984, finding broadcast political ads required exhaustive research in archives and often involved personal contact with the candidate’s campaigns, a bit more complicated than today’s internet click and download. The feature length film is a personal vision of how politics and politicians are shaped and presented through the moving image. This engaging critique without voiceover commentary highlights how campaign ads manipulate public perception and affect voter behavior. The experience is an historical stream of consciousness showcasing the political and technological histories of presidential candidates and the broadcast moving image. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Screenings, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Political Advertisement 1952-2024: Screening and Panel

Discussion | Antisemitism as a Pillar of Fascism


Hitler's attempt to seize control of the German state and eradicate Weimar democracy in 1923's beer hall putsch failed and landed him in jail. Hitler used his imprisonment to raise his political profile and write Mein Kampf, his antisemitic and antidemocratic screed. There has been much discussion in our times about political movements centered around personality cults and disillusionment with democracy. While no such movement has succeeded in dismantling democracy in the United States, some have have pointed out that the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 matches up historically with the failed putsch of 1923 as a premature grasping for power by a movement that might still prevail. With: -- Historian Gavriel Rosenfeld, author of The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism from WWII to the Present. --John Ganz, author of When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussions, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Antisemitism as a Pillar of Fascism

Jazz | Jazz Pianist from Austria


Martin Listabarth dives into the topic of personal inspirations, resulting in an album that combines tonal elegance and musical ingenuity with playfulness, wit and a heavy dose of storytelling.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Jazz Pianist from Austria

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 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Origami Meetup

Book Discussion | What If We Get It Right? by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (In Person AND Online!) 


Despite the genuinely dire warnings about climate change, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson believes that our future is not yet written. In her new book, What If We Get It Right, Johnson guides readers through solutions and possibilities at the nexus of science, policy, culture, and justice. In addition to her original essays, she seeks wisdom from an array of visionary farmers, financiers, architects, and advocates who are able to conjure images of a flourishing future. Mixing poetry, data, and art, Johnson demonstrates a multiplicity of futures that are worth the effort they will take—and discusses how we can each play a role in helping all of us get there.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussions, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, What If We Get It Right? by&nbsp;Ayana Elizabeth Johnson&nbsp;(In Person AND Online!)&nbsp;

Slide Lecture | Photographer Talk


Owen Davies (b.1986, Chelmsford, UK) is a British architectural and still life photographer living in New York City. Exploring the eccentricities of the American psyche and its relationship to the built environment, Owen seeks out the strange, surreal and often overlooked landscapes within the spaces we inhabit. Owen’s work has been shown in exhibitions in Paris (2021), London (2019, 2022 & 2023) and Berlin (2023) and his work has been published in Designboom, BROAD Magazine and Grand Designs Magazine. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Slide Lectures, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Photographer Talk

Classical Music | Works by Florence Price and More for String Quartet


Momenta Quartet (Emilie-Anne Gendron, Alex Shiozaki, violins; Stephanie Griffin, viola; Michael Haas, cello). Program: Julian Carrillo (1875-1965), String Quartet #8 Charles Ives (1874-1954), Piano Trio Florence Price (1887-1953), String Quartet #2 in A minor
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concerts, October 22, 2024, 10/22/2024, Works by Florence Price and More for String Quartet
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Classical Music | Piano Works by Chopin, J.S. Bach and More at a Landmark Venue

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