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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on August 14, 2010?

54 free events take place on Saturday, August 14 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 August 14 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 August . 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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54 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, August 14, 2010

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Other | Summer Streets 2010


This summer, for the third year in a row, the city will temporarily close select streets to motor vehicles and open it up to people.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Workshop | Kayaking on the Hudson


Enjoy breathtaking views of NYC while kayaking on the Hudson River. Completely free. Must know how to swim. A changing room and shower and hose to rinse off with are available. They have a limited number of locks available. Please bring your own lock.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Workshop | “Relieve The Stress” Morning Exercise


A “Healthy Living” Initiative.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Other | Big City Fishing


Yes, you can fish in the Hudson River! They provide rods, reels, bait and instruction. So come on down and try your luck at fishing while enjoying the warm sun and cool breezes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Other | Book Swap Social


Want to make sure your gently used books get a good home? Then join us for our first ever book swap social. Bring TEN (please adhere to the limit) great titles you wish to exchange with other library patrons.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | Historic Districts Walking Tour


The tour lasts approx 2.5 hours and has a total distance of approx 2.5 miles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Other | Kayaking on the Hudson


Join 20-minute instructional paddles, then explore the Hudson River firsthand. Please wear a bathing suit or shorts and a t-shirt, and know how to swim. Weather permitting. Daily Weather Status: 1-646-613-0740.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | “Amble Through the Ramble”


Over streams, under arches, through the woods along a maze of pathways in a 38-acre woodland respite. Tour will be approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Trees of the Park Tour


On this fascinating tour, you will explore and identify the different trees in the park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Park Walk | Garden Tour


The tour highlights the history, design, and unique plantings of the 70-year-old Garden, led by staff. (Approximately 75 mins.) Features blooming perennial and annual borders (over 250 varieties) as well as ornamental trees and shrubs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Kayaking and Community Rowing


Get out on the water for kayaking and community rowing! No training or prior experience is needed. Bring clothes you don't mind getting wet, and shoes or sandals suitable for walking on a rocky beach. The only requirement is that you know how to swim. All equipment is provided free. Please note that there will be some variation in times due to tide conditions. Kayaking and canoeing will be inside a protected cove. Rowing will be in a group rowboat with an experienced guide. Children under 18 must have an adult guardian present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Other | Play Petanque in the Park


Learn to play petanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie, from members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC's championship club.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Other | Play Ping Pong


Hone your ping pong skills at one of two state-of-the-art tables. Paddles and balls are provided free of charge. Sign up with an attendant in the park to reserve a time slot.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Other | Reenactment of Famous World War II Victory Kiss


On the anniversary of the end of World War II, couples from all generations and of all types to celebrate again, in honor of the US Armed Forces and in celebration of the universal ideals of peace, love and hope. The Kiss-In event will feature a guest appearance from Dancing with the Stars’ Maksim Chmerkovskiy. 11:00am - 11:30am: National grassroots campaign Keep the Spirit of '45 Alive! remembers those who served during World War II. 12:00pm: Reenactment of the legendary lip-lock.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Hike | Rockaway Park Beach Hike and Swim


Along boardwalk from Beach 116th Street to 9th Street and back. Dropout points along the way. Stop for lunch. Optional swim depending on the weather. Moderate pace, 10 miles, 6-8 hrs. Bring lunch and water and bathing suit (optional).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$3

Fair | Street Fair


   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


   New York City, NY; NYC
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Fair | Street Fair


   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Dance Performance | Choreographer Paul–André Fortier's Solo 30x30


A 30-minute dance performance presented in the same location, at the same time for 30 consecutive days. Created by choreographer and performer Paul-André Fortier, one of the leading figures in Canadian contemporary dance, this minimalist work is stripped of the stage’s artifice and grounded in the urban décor to form a bond between performer, audience and place.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Church Tour with Organ Music


Free organ music and tours of the church.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | La Casita: A Home for the Heart/ Un Hogar Para El Corazon


A 10th Anniversary festival of spoken word and music with M.C: La Bruja, Aracelis Girmay, Ayisha Knight, Carvens Lissaint, Denizen Kane, Grace Nono, Jamila Lysicott, Kathy Yogi Collins, Kurtis Lamkin, Aracelis Girmay, Liza Garza, M.A.K.U., Mandingo Ambassadors, Natalio Hernandez, Vlada Tomova’s Balkan Tales, The Welfare Poets, Willie Perdomo, and Yerbabuena.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | “A Road Once Traveled”


Holding the Park's northern highlands was key in the American Revolution and the War of 1812 because armies could see their enemies approach as they sailed down the East River. History buffs will love this tour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6

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
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1:00 pm
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Concert | New York Opera Forum performs Ponchielli's La Gioconda


New York Opera Forum performs the complete opera as a live musical recital performed in concert with piano accompaniment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Dance Performance | The 29th Annual Downtown Dance Festival


Battery Dance Company kicks off its 35th season with a dozen other local and international companies from India and Japan. With: Buglisi Dance Theatre Lane & Co. Blakeley White-McGuire Erica Essner Performance Co-Op Figures In Flight C. Eule Dance Amy Marshall Dance Company
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Park Walk | Walk NYC


A walking program that encourages New Yorkers of all ages to get fit while enjoying the outdoors. With funding provided by Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Parks hired trained walking instructors who will keep participants active, exercising and having fun.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | WorkSearch Orientation


Are you a 40+ job seeker? WorkSearch is an online system which provides links to job openings, skills assessment tools, and training programs at no cost to individuals. After taking the orientation, WorkSearch is accessible to registrants through the Internet, or through Library computers. Attendees will be shown how to download the information to a USB flash drive. (Bring your own USB drive.)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Theater | Crystal Field's Gone Fission, or Alternative Power, An Operetta for the Street


The award-winning Street Theater Company opens its 34th annual tour with Gone Fission, or Alternative Power, an Operetta for the Street. The rip-roaring production will tour City streets, parks and playgrounds. The production, free to all New Yorkers, will have book, lyrics and direction by Crystal Field and musical score composed by Joseph Vernon Banks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Performance | Laughter in the Park 2010: Bernadette Pauley


Bernadette Pauley has a significant array of TV credits and appearances from Comedy Central to Animal Planet under her belt. She's been a repeat guest on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and RedEye. She's also appeared on TLC's Trading Spaces.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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City Walk | Lower Manhattan Walking Tour


New York City's best and funniest walking tour. This high-energy tour will take you through the heart of the Lower Manhattan, entertaining you, your friends and family with stories, hidden secrets and relevant information about the Big Apple. The USA’s first capital city, a center of global finance and a tribute to over two centuries of immigration and the American experience - New York City's history is the history of America. And on every step of our tour, expert guides - part professors, part performers - will explain why.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | McG's Charlie's Angels (2000): Jiggling for Justice


With Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu. Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal. 98 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Roundtable Readings: Joseph Hullett's The Pledge


Reading directed by Mark Bloom.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Union Square: Crossroads of New York


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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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade”


You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Online Social Networking


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn about online social networks and explore some of the most popular websites, including Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:30 pm
Free

Film | Woody Allen's A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982): Three Couples, One House


With Woody Allen, Mia Farrow and Tony Roberts. A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside. 88 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Concert | Bachata Fest


Featuring: Dominican singer Andy Andy has emerged as one of a handful of musicians on the cutting edge of the bachata craze. Andy began his music career as a merenguero before making the switch to the increasingly popular bachata style. With 5 solo chart-topping bachata albums to his credit, Andy Andy has consistently maintained himself on Billboard‘s Top Tropical album charts. Luis Miguel de la Amargue, known as the King of Bachata, has taken his music worldwide and is one of the most respected artists in the genre. The multi-award winner and recipient of 2009‘s Bachatero of the Year and Bachata Song of the Year‖ is a genre favorite not to be missed. Elvis Martínez aka El Camarón, is a one of the most popular bachata performers around. He got his start in the 1990‘s, and has been on the fast track ever since. Martínez has the distinction of being not only a singer but also a songwriter and guitarist as well. Alexandra is best known as half of the hugely successful, Monchy y Alexandra, who began singing together in 1999. They have been often credited with being instrumental in popularizing bachata music outside of the Dominican Republic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Jazz | Steve Kroon, Jazz Percussionist


Steve Kroon was born in Spanish Harlem. At the age of nine, the family moved to Queens, where the youngster’s interest in music was further sparked by the presence of many noted jazz and R&B musicians. Kroon became a first-call percussionist for recording sessions that required a wide range of talents. Over the years, such diverse artists as Diana Krall, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, The Temptations, Bill Cosby, Kenny G, Ron Carter, Spyro Gyra, Bette Midler, Gary Bartz and Paul Butterfield have tapped Kroon’s seemingly endless array of skills for their projects.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet: Dying for Love


The Hudson Warehouse presents this tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young “star-cross’d lovers” whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. An outdoor presentation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Performance | Theatre 4the People's A Grimm Reality


Nothing grim about this modern adaptation of our favorite Brothers Grimm fairy tales - written by four award-winning playwrights and brought to life by the cutting-edge environmental theatre troupe THEATRE 4the PEOPLE.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | Ativismo & Anarchist Alliances


Welcome Brazilian anarchist Caio Juca and join him for a discussion about building alliances between autonomist collectives. Juca is a member of the Ativismo Collective, which was formed as part of the Peoples Global Action coalition in 2001.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested admission

Concert | Folk& Blues: Steve Tarshish Trio


Calling all blankets, picnic baskets, and candles! Tonight’s performance is by the Steve Tarshish Trio Folk & Blues band
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | New Dance: Complexions Contemporary Ballet / Wideman-Davis Dance


7:00 pm – Open World Jazz dance class with Cecilia Marta 8:00 pm – Wideman/Davis Dance 8:50 pm – Complexions Contemporary Ballet Complexions Contemporary Ballet is a contemporary ballet company founded by Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson. The company uses a wide range of dance forms including classical, modern, and contemporary and has won the New York Times Critics Choice‖ Award. Complexions was also America's first fully multicultural ballet company. Its groundbreaking mix of methods, styles, cultures has created an entirely new and exciting vision of human movement over the past decade-and-a-half. Wideman/Davis Dance (pictured) is a company that brings different artists together to create dialogue about the human condition, by using dance as its central voice but not sole voice. Wideman/Davis Dance is interested in bridging cultural gaps through dance by bringing all communities and ethnicities together to view dance in its contemporary aesthetic. The company is committed to creating work that is accessible to audiences of all ages, by blurring the lines between dance, theatre, and reality.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing: A Comedy of Two Couples


Benedick and Beatrice are engaged in a "merry war"; they both talk a mile a minute and proclaim their scorn for love, marriage, and each other. In contrast, Claudio and Hero are sweet young people who are rendered practically speechless by their love for one another. Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Rubén Blades performs La Raza Latina


Larry Harlow’s 1977 orchestral opus La Raza Latina, a Salsa Suite, starring Rubén Blades, with guest vocalist Adonis Puentes, featuring a large orchestra and chorus conducted by Harlow, will have its long-overdue New York premiere on a bill with the Bobby Sanabria Big Band.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare's Macbeth: A Contemporary Interpretation


The Scottish tragedy is set in an occupied Islamic country, where Macbeth is a power-hungry U.S. Army officer, Duncan is a warlord and the Witches are local war widows. Presented by Pulse Ensemble Theatre.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | A Concert Version of Paul Simon & Derek Wolcott's The Capeman


The Capeman, featuring music by Paul Simon and book and lyrics by Simon and Derek Walcott, will be directed by Tony Award nominee Diane Paulus, who directed the concert version of Hair in 2007. Sergio Trujillo will provide choreography and the Grammy-winning Oscar Hernandez and an extraordinary 12-piece orchestra will play Simon’s haunting score. Originally on Broadway in 1998, this musical tells the true story of a Nuyorican street gang member whose story exploded on to the front pages of the tabloids in 1959, ultimately revealing the cultural and racial tensions beneath the surface of New York in that era. The score is a dazzling blend of Latin music, Doo Wop and artful ballads to tell a gripping and controversial New York story.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Get Lucky Comedy Show


Hosted by Gabe Pacheco and Joe Harrington with the following pros taking the stage: Calise Hawkins (Last Comic Standing, Russell Simmons' Stand-up at the El Rey), Akaash Singh (Laugh Lounge's Comedy on the Hump), Pat O'Shea (Not Friendly comedy CD; Comix), Matty Goldberg (The Comedy Store, in from the west coast), Joyelle Nicole Johnson (NYC/LA up and coming), Matt Nagin (Co-producer: Third Rail of Comedy), Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion contributor; McSweeney's; Co-Producer: Gandhi, Is That You?).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Indie Sounds: Neon Indian / Prefuse 73 / DOM / Nite Jewel


An elusive new project from composer Alan Palomo, Neon Indian delivers equal parts synthetic nostalgia, dreampop lullabies, and grinding guitar noise to create something eerier than the sum of its parts. Prefuse 73 is the alias of Scott Herren, an experimental hip-hop producer whose material often features MCs buried in the mix to become more a part of the sonic texture than a focal point. California native Ramona Gonzalez first began her transcendent minimalist dance-pop escapades in the privacy of her own home in Los Angeles after performing with bands in both the Bay Area and the L.A. area. With the aid of her multitrack cassette recorder and whatever keyboards, drum machines, and other instruments that were available to her, she very quickly developed her own unique sound and began performing live in the L.A. area under the moniker Nite Jewel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: Julius Caesar


The Bard's play in an unusual outdoor setting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Ryan Britt's The Former Waitress: A New Play in One Act


At 32, Lil has worked hard for the good life. But despite having a great apartment, a successful boyfriend, and a powerful job at top cultural magazine, Lil finds herself missing an ingredient from her old life. She misses being a waitress. For reasons that even she herself cannot fully articulate, Lil finds herself waiting tables on her only days off.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:30 pm
$5

Performance | Floating Kabarette


Hosted by Olga & Bjorn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 pm
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