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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 11, 2015?

45 free events take place on Saturday, April 11 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 April 11 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 April . 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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45 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, April 11, 2015

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Tour | Natural Beauty of Hudson River Walk: Manhattan and The Bronx


Distance: 6 miles, some hills, duration 4 to 5 hours. Walk over the Henry Hudson Bridge to Wave Hill. Bring lunch, water binoculars or camera with optical zoom lens. Heavy rain cancels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 am
$3

Workshop | Health and Race Walking


Enjoy views of the Park's landscapes as you get fit. Coach Lon Wilson of the New York Walkers Club leads walks at a moderate to brisk pace over mostly flat surfaces. Wear comfortable sneakers! Ages 18+.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free

Tour | Alternative New York Tour


Time to learn about the other New York City; the city that nurtured political, cultural and intellectual revolutions. The city that gave birth to punk rock, the beat poets and graffiti. The city that has survived two centuries of mass riots, crime and corruption, murder and mayhem. The city that has flourished in spite of economic and social hardship.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Concert | Faculty Recital: Marion Feldman, Cellist


Marion Feldman is recognized as a leading performer and pedagogue of cello and chamber music. She is a member of the artist cello faculty in NYU Steinhardt School, Music and Performing Arts Professions. Professor Feldman's studies include those with her mentor, Luigi Silva as well as with Leonard Rose, Bernard Greenhouse, and Zara Nelsova. Chamber music studies were with William Primrose, Artur Balsam, Louis Persinger, and Hans Letz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Lower Manhattan, Chinatown, Little Italy and SoHo Tour


A multi-neighborhood tour of the Lower Manhattan area. The tour begins on Wall Street, where you will see the New York Stock Exchange and Trinity Church before moving on the the World Trade Center and City Hall. We then move on by subway to visit the largest Chinatown in the United States. Following Chinatown, the tour will continue on through Little Italy and on to SoHo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Manhattan Street Art Tour


Join a Manhattan Street Art Tour and experience the Lower East Side - SoHo, NoHo, Nolita and Little Italy. The Lower East Side of Manhattan is a playground for street artists, Soho is known to be one of NYC first permit Joint Live-Work Quarters for artists and the area received landmark designation in 1973. Noho and Nolita’s street art is either hidden in courtyards or on the more prominent street art facades. Learn about the history of the art of many famous and unknown artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Roosevelt House Public Tour


Roosevelt House - the former double townhouse of Franklin, Eleanor and Sara Delano Roosevelt, and now owned by Hunter College - offers visitors a chance to get closer to a family as unique as the city they inhabited, and to explore the private spaces where some of the most iconic public policy of the 20th century was shaped. Hear about FDR's rise to the presidency after his struggle with polio, Eleanor's activism for civil rights and human rights, and Sara's support for interracial and interfaith initiatives. Tour times: 10am, 12pm, and 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Book Discussion | Book Discussion Group


The Hours by Michael Cunningham
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshop | eBook Help Hour: Get Started with eBooks


Need help getting started with eBooks? Bring your laptop, eReader, tablet or smart phone to eBook Help Hour. Get assistance loading electronic library books on your Kindle, create your free Adobe ID, learn about 3M Cloud Library, and so much more. Make sure you bring your library card and any necessary access passwords for your devices so they can help you as quickly as possible.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Book Discussion | The Classic Literature Reading Group


You are invited to a free ongoing drop-in group reading and discussion of a collection of short stories with additional background lectures on their place in literature. Featuring: Wilde's The Sphinx without a Secret and Wells' The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Concert | College Recitals


11:00 AM - Holly Kim, Cello 11:00 AM - Shao-Che Hsi, Violin 11:30 AM - Cheng-Hsuan Chen, Violin 12:00 PM - Qingxi Meng, Piano 12:00 PM - Haoguo Chen, Piano 1:00 PM - Sidarth Jayadev, Composition 2:00 PM - Bihn Park, Cello 2:00 PM - Jessica Niles, Voice 3:00 PM - Patrick Wilhelm, Voice 3:00 PM - Daniel Giebisch, Cello 4:00 PM - Emily Sturdivant, Bassoon 4:30 PM - Po-Yu Peter Lin, Violin 5:00 PM - Viola Students of Molly Carr and Yi-Fang Huang 5:00 PM - Caroline Zhao, Voice 6:00 PM - Composers Concert 6:00 PM - Chamber Music 7:30 PM - Pre-College Chamber Music 8:30 PM - Hannah Haesung Ji, Violin 8:30 PM - Michael Casimir, Viola
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 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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11:00 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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11:00 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Living Large on Less in NYC


Living beneath your means is one way to accumulate wealth. Get tips on lowering your expenses and taking advantage of free or nearly free stuff.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Film | Steve Carr's Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009): Wannabe Lawman Steps Up


Stars: Kevin James, Keir O'Donnell, Jayma Mays. When a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day. 91 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:15 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | An-My Lê discusses her exhibition Hasselblad Center


An-My Lê’s art explores conflict by avoiding simple representations of war and the military machine. She maintains a certain distance from her subject, in order to create nuanced scenes that hover between documentary, fiction, play and battle. Driven both by personal experience, and by empathy, the resulting images embody a quiet and intense emotion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Joseph Smolinski


The exhibition Second Nature ponders the dynamic relationship between humans and nature and its impact on our current landscape. His choice of media reflects these ruminations, using technology to envision the future and ever-changing silver point to resist a fixed vision of our present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Colloquium | Assuming Boycott: Resistance, Agency, and Cultural Production


Boycott as a political and cultural strategy has rarely been more prominent than in our current moment. From art institutions and universities to cities and entire countries, many have been affected by positions that pose as "withdrawal" or "disengagement" and in fact often result in various actions and pointed engagement around a specific issue or question. This colloquium is the culmination of a yearlong cycle of seminars and programs on cultural and academic boycotts as special conditions for discourse and art making starting in spring 2014. The seminars addressed timely questions of the agency of artists in the social and political sphere, and how culture can enact and perform change within a politics of disengagement.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Avery Pong Senior Piano Recital 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM Emily Mantone and Yan Jin, Cello 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Geneviève Rivard, clarinet 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Suzzanne Douglas Cobb, jazz voice 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Yeonji Kim, soprano 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM Coco Leung, piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Brooklyn Heights Tour


Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Gil Junger's 10 Things I Hate About You (1999): Sex Romp


Stars: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. A new kid must find a guy to date the meanest girl in school, the older sister of the girl he has a crush on, who cannot date until her older sister does. 98 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Latin Sounds: Sonido Costeno Band


A high-energy, modern band that fuses Latin music with various world music traditions to capture the spirit of New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | Mid-Park Welcome Tour


Explore the Park’s central features including the Lake and Ramble woodland, then marvel at the views from Belvedere Castle. Route involves many hills, stairs, and uneven paths. 45 minutes.
   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.
   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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | The Harlem Renaissance Choir


See the ever-inspiring Harlem Renaissance Choir do their thing in a cultural theatre. The choir loves performing here, and they look forward to seeing your smiling faces.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Union Square-Crossroads of New York Tour


The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Grandjany Revealed: Canta Libre Performs Chamber Music for Harp


The adventurous chamber ensemble Canta Libre presents a concert of music for harp and strings, pulled from the library’s collection of manuscripts by harp master Marcel Grandjany.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:30 pm
Free

Talk | Putting Vibrant Communities on the Map


The original Green Map of NYC sparked a global movement: today there are over 900 locally-led Green Map projects in 65 countries, as seen at www.greenmap.org. Find out about the award-winning iconography, engagement resources, and technologies developed by Founding Director Wendy Brawer and her team at the non-profit Green Map System. This talk will explore the most recent NYC Green Maps, global impacts, and the new archive, located at the New York Public Library Map Division.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance Works-in-Progress


Curated by Ishmael Houston-Jones, the DraftWork series hosts informal Saturday afternoon performances that offer choreographers an opportunity to show their work in various stages of development. Performances are followed by discussion and a reception during which artists and audiences share perspectives about the works-in-progress. ABOUT THE ARTISTS: Stefanie Batten Bland creates work that investigates the human condition and explores our relationship with the natural world. Her works are physically and technically demanding in dance—and are poetic emotionally-driven creations. Each piece is a futuristic environment, encompassing a strong installation and theatrical flavor that immerses performer and spectator and subject in a unique performative experience. Ayo Janeen Jackson received her BFA at North Carolina School of the Arts. She is a former member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Ballet Preljocaj, and the original cast of Spider-Man on Broadway. Her choreography has been presented in New York venues such as PS122, Harlem Stage, and DTW.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Concert | Faculty Recital: Marion Feldman, Cellist


Marion Feldman is recognized as a leading performer and pedagogue of cello and chamber music. She is a member of the artist cello faculty in NYU Steinhardt School, Music and Performing Arts Professions. Professor Feldman's studies include those with her mentor, Luigi Silva as well as with Leonard Rose, Bernard Greenhouse, and Zara Nelsova. Chamber music studies were with William Primrose, Artur Balsam, Louis Persinger, and Hans Letz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
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3:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Barbara Yoshida


In 2003, fine art photographer Barbara Yoshida pitched a tent next to a circle of tall standing stones called the Ring of Brodgar in the Orkney Islands in Scotland (pictured above). Using a 4 x 5 film camera, she photographed the stones from evening to dawn, bathed in moonlight. This experience inspired her to embark on a project to photograph lesser-known stones that were built before Stonehenge. Over the next ten years, she traveled to fifteen countries and three continents to photograph ritual stones, many never documented on film until now. Her exquisite, elegant images of the stones are being shown in a solo exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | College Bass Recital


Ali Levy, Bass
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Concert on Water


The concert is at the coolest classical music concerts location in New York City. Program and musicians TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Concert | Saturday 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 & Boody Organ Builders.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | German director Christoph Hochhäusler discusses his film The Lies of the Victors


A conversation between Christoph Hochhäusler, the director and screenwriter of The Lies of the Victors, and the American artist Amie Siegel about the representation of cities in film, with a particular focus placed on the city of Berlin. This conversation will be moderated by Professor Ulrich Baer, Vice Provost for Faculty, Arts, Humanities, and Diversity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Film | Documentary: Joanne Hershfield's Mama C: Urban Warrior in the African Bush (2012)


The film explores Charlotte O'Neal's, aka Mama C's, decades-long project of coming to terms with who she is an African American raised in Kansas City, KS, the "jazz-capital of the world," who has lived most of her life in Africa, the place from where her ancestors were forced to make the "middle-passage." 54 min. QandA with Charlotte O'Neal, aka Mama C, followed a spoken word poetry performance from Mama C, Mahina Movement, LC The Poet and Intikana.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Tour | Ghosts of Greenwich Village Tour


New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native tribes, lost opportunities and political intrigue. With almost every step one takes through the West Village, one encounters the ghosts and spirits of New York City’s past. Every corner has its stories, every building has its haunted spirits.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Tour | Manhattan Night Tour


New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline. NOTE: THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Bowmont, Electronica-Pop Outfit


Richly textured electronica meets dream-pop in the lustrous, cinematic soundscapes of Brooklyn’s Bowmont. The project of Danish singer and multi-instrumentalist Emil Bovbjerg, Grammy Award-winning Belgian engineer Jeremy Loucas, and German guitarist Elias Meister, Bowmont’s ethereal anthems wrap danceable beats in a gorgeously gauzy sonic haze.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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