Today's free events in NYC City

Wednesday, December 6

Afternoon
Ballet
New York Theatre Ballet
The Nutcracker
World Financial Center (Battery Park City)
12:30 pm

Classical Music
Wednesdays at One Concert Series
Juilliard conductors on stage with the Juilliard Lab Orchestra
Lincoln Center (Upper West Side)
1:00 pm

Walking Tour Outdoors
Views from the Past
Learn about the Park's history and how its designers struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all
The Dairy (Central Park)
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Jazz
Midtown Jazz at Midday
Tomas Janzon, guitar; Ken Filiano, bass
Saint Peter's Church (Midtown East)
1:00 pm

Classic Film
Flower Sellers on Film
Pygmalion (1938), starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller; with the animated short Margaritka (1965)
Donnell Library (Theater District)
2:30 pm

Lecture
Fine Arts Lecture Series
The sculptor Jonathan Schipper speaks about his work
Swayduck Auditorium at The New School (Greenwich Village)
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Discussion
Edwin Black
Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives
Science, Industry and Business Library (Midtown East)
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Evening
Music
Wired Music Spotlight Series
Featuring DJs and live performances
The Wired Store (SoHo)
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Staged Reading
Anton Chekhov's One-Act Comedies
Rodney Hakim directs staged readings of The Anniversary and The Bear
Mid-Manhattan Library (Midtown East)
6:30 pm

Ballet
New York Theatre Ballet
The Nutcracker
World Financial Center (Battery Park City)
7:00 pm

Discussion
Lauren Bacall
By Myself and Then Some
Barnes & Noble - Lincoln Triangle (Upper West Side)
7:00 pm

Panel Discussion
The Writer's Conscience: Remembering Anna Politkovskaya and Russia's Forgotten War
An evening of readings from Anna Politkovskaya's work and a conversation about the costs of an ongoing but forgotten war
CUNY Graduate Center (Midtown East)
7:00 pm

Reading
Jeff Shaara
The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II
Barnes & Noble - 82nd & Broadway (Upper West Side)
7:00 pm

Reading
Daniel Kehlman
Measuring The World
McNally Robinson Booksellers (Little Italy)
7:00 pm

Reading
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi's Big Book of Manners
Borders (Upper West Side)
7:00 pm