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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on August 27, 2010?

41 free events take place on Friday, August 27 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 27 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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41 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, August 27, 2010

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Concert | Katy Perry, Provocative Pop Singer


Her debut alnum contained four Top 40 hits. She tries again with her new album, Teenage Dream.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Concert | Lady Antebellum, Platinum Country Trio


The pop/country crossover stars have racked up a near unheard-of (these days) double platinum hit with their second LP Need You Know. Those attending are advised to arrive at 6:00am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Talk | Photographer Rachel Sussman discusses her latest project


Sussman is on a mission to identify, find and photograph the oldest living things in the world. For the past 5 years she has been researching, working with biologists, and traveling all over the world to find continuously living organisms that are 2,000 years old and older. This event includes a 15-20 minute lecture, followed by a 20-minute group discussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Other | Get a Free Pair of Levi's Jeans


Levi's invites you to stop by and donate something that no longer fits (which will be donated to Goodwill) in exchange for something that does - a free pair of Levi's Curve ID jeans. The event includes one-on-one consultations with Curve ID fit specialists, tips from celebrity stylist Bobbie Thomas, and a performance by songstress Janelle Monae. Supplies are limited and event admission is first come, first serve. One pair of jeans per attendee.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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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10:00 am
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Workshop | Open Computer Lab


Do you want to open an email account or need help sending attchments? Do you want to practice your computer skills? Come to ask your questions and practice at your own pace. Sign up at the Information Desk to guarantee your spot.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 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

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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Tour | Times Square Tour


Learn about history of world-famous neighborhood with its 40 miles of neon supersigns, prominent theaters, and multiple megastores. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Jazz | Victor Lin, Jazz Pianist


A former student of jazz legend Kenny Barron, Victor Lin is currently a jazz music instructor at Columbia University, Teachers College and The Calhoun School.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 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

Tour | Governors Island Tour


Learn how the role of Governors Island evolved to meet the changing needs of New York City and the nation. 45 - 60 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:25 pm
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Workshop | Elusive Jane: In Search of Jane Austen at the Library


Jane Austen's life and works are examined through the collections of the library.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | George Stevens' Oscar-Winning Woman of the Year (1942): The Big Story


With Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and William Bendix. Rival reporters fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when one comes to resent the other's hectic lifestyle. 114 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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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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2:00 pm
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Concert | Jungeun Hong, piano, performs works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninoff


Program L. V. BEETHOVEN - Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Opus 109 J. S. BACH - Invention No. 1 in C major F. KUHLAU - Sonatina Opus 55 No. 1 F. SCHUBERT - Impromptu Opus 142 No. 2 in A-flat Major Impromptu Opus 90 No. 2 in E-flat Major F. CHOPIN - Fantasie - Improptu Opus 66 in C-sharp Minor S. RACHMANINOFF - Prelude Opus 3 No. 2 in C-sharp Minor Etude-Tableau Opus 39 No. 1 in C Minor A native of Korea, Jungeun Hong began her piano studies at the age of five. She attended the Pusan Arts High School, Korea majoring piano performance and earned Bachelors degree of Music from the Pusan National University, Korea where she appeared at the Special Presentation Annual Concert as a scholarship student. 2002 Piano Summer at New Paltz, NY hosted by Vladimir Feltsman inspired her to come to New York for her further studies in Music, when she was a senior at the Pusan National University. Hong has performed in master classes presented by Oxana Yablonskaya, Karl-Heinz Kämmering, Arie Vardi, Vladimir Feltsman, Daniel Pollack, Frederic Chiu, Solomon Mikowsky, Alexander Braginsky, T.I. Ignojan, and Yuri Kim. Her Chamber coaches were Daniel Epstein at the Manhattan School of Music, Sarah Watkins at the SUNY Purchase. Her other mentor are Deirdre O'Donohue, Gumi Ogano, Igor Lebidev, Jungsoon Choi, and Moonjung Jung.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | PC vs. Mac


This class is a lecture/demonstration. Are you a Mac, PC... or neither? This class discusses the differences between Apple's Mac computers and Windows-based PC computers by highlighting the advantages, and limitations, of each platform.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Introduction to E-mail


Learn hands-on how email works. Participants can sign up for a free email account, learn how to compose and send an email, reply-to and foward messages, and attach files. This is an introductory class for beginners who do not use email.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction to MS Word


Learn the basic features of Microsoft Word 2003, a word processing program you can use to create documents. Topics include entering and editing text, saving files, and formatting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Tour | Governors Island Tour


Learn how the role of Governors Island evolved to meet the changing needs of New York City and the nation. 45 - 60 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:25 pm
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Workshop | Shape Up NYC -Yoga Sculpt


Build strength, stamina, and flexibility as you flow from one pose to the next while working toward harmony in body and mind. Combines traditional body sculpting with yoga for optimal results.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Film | S. Sylvan Simon's Lust for Gold (1949): Driven by Greed


With Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford and Gig Young. Based on the novel Thunder God’s Gold by Barry Storm, this film noir rarity attempts to explain the mystery of the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine in Apache Junction, Arizona. 90 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Jazz | Live Jazz


Celebrate the store's first year.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Musicfest 2010


A concert featuring four acts. 4Troops are United States combat veterans - three young men and one woman who served on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan. Their debut album consists of well-known positive pop and country songs and some new songs. J. Cole is the first hip hop artist signed to Jay-Z's new label Roc Nation. J.Cole's upcoming album is filled with brilliantly penned reality raps rooted in society's shared struggle. Already proven as a talented, sought after songwriter and revered platinum-selling artist, Marsha Ambrosius is meeting the next challenge in her already impressive musical career by reinventing herself as a solo artist with her J Records debut disc Late Nights & Early Mornings. Alexis Jordan, the Star Roc/Roc Nation artist, has scored her first #1 atop the Billboard Dance Airplay chart. Produced by Deadmau5 and Stargate, "Happiness" is the first single from Alexis' upcoming debut album.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Free Music Fridays


Explore the galleries free of charge, have a refreshment in the café, and enjoy live music in the stunning atrium. Free Music Fridays are hosted by Matt Jones.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | The Art Bazaar


With Luis Alves, Jerome Aoustin, Mary Jean Canziani, Christopher Colvin, Marcia Cooper, Rustam Davletshin, Yumi Higgins, Jane Lubin, Eugina Song, Janet Tsakis, Charlotte Walters, Stuart Warner, Hans Wolf, Simon Zafrany.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 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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Concert | Sunset Jam on the Hudson: Drumming Circles


Improvise on African, Latin and Caribbean rhythms at the SUNSET JAM ON THE HUDSON drumming circles. The gatherings are led by master drummers MAGUETTE CAMARA, MARY KNYSH and PAMELA PATRICK. After beginning with the teaching of traditional drumming patterns, and establishing a steady heartbeat pulse, participants are then asked to contribute their own rhythmic patterns as part of a call-and-response chanting and drumming.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Jazz | Antoinette Montague, Jazz Singer


“Antoinette Montague has a powerful voice, the ability to hold long notes without wavering, and a knack for making every song sound bluesy.” —Scott Yanow, Los Angeles Jazz Scene
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Camerata Virtuosi of NJ perform works by Schubert, Shostakovich and Chopin


Program: Schubert’s Andantino from string quartet in A minor Rosamunde Handel's Halvorsen’s Passacaglia for violin and cello Piazzola’s Oblivion for violin, cello and piano Shostakovich’s Second Waltz from Jazz Suite #2 for 2 violins, cello, piano Chopin’s Piano concerto No.1 op.11 in E minor with the string quartet The final concert of the Summer Music Festival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Concert | Experimental Dance Music: DJ/rupture / Tanlines


DJ/rupture (nee Jace Clayton) is a turntablist who has performed live in over 30 countries, bringing with him his signature mix of beats both party-rocking and suggestive of complex political undertones. Rupture spends time cultivating an audience for his border-crossing style as a much-loved DJ on NYC-area radio station WFMU 91.1 FM, as well as on his blog at negrophonic.com. His last album, Uproot, was one of the 10 Best Albums of 2008 by Pitchfork. Tanlines is Jesse Cohen and Eric Emm, Brooklyn-based pop experimenters who make textured yet danceable music jams. Their ever-listenable palette of sounds includes R&B synths, wistful wordless vocals, sega beeps, keyboard riffs, and polyrhythmic drum beats.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Meir Shalev's Novel A Pigeon and a Boy


From the internationally acclaimed Israeli writer comes a mesmerizing novel of two love stories, separated by half a century but connected by one enchanting act of devotion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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 | Across the Alps - Handel in Italy


Young Handel's first trip abroad brought him to the flourishing musical scene of Italy. The centerpiece of the program is Handel's monumental Dixit Dominus, a work of dazzling virtuosity encompassing Handel's youthful energy and experimentation. With: Katharine Dain and Nacole Palmer, Kirsten Sollek, Steven Caldicott Wilson, Jesse Blumberg, Robert Mealy, Katie Hyun, Daniel Lee, Jessica Troy, Katie Rietmann, Wen Yang: strings Daniel Swenberg, David Walker and Charles Weaver, lutes Avi Stein, organ.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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Performance | Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage, Performed by Banana Bag & Bodice


Digging into the roots of the original epic poem, this hearkens back to the raw and rowdy style of storytelling in the old Scandinavian mead halls – with a passion for fierce poetry and a pint of thick beer. Monsters and professors collide in blood-soaked Scandinavia as this hefty poem is rescued from 1,000 years of analysis and transformed into a defiantly raucous dissertation on art and violence. With an 8-piece band including dueling trombones, bass clarinet, accordion and saw, Beowulf combines Weillian cabaret, 40's jazz harmony, indie rock, punk, electronica and Romantic lieder into a cacophonous swirl.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Ida Lupino's Never Fear (The Young Lovers) (1950): Sidelined by Polio


Carol and Guy are an up-and-coming dance team on the L.A. nightclub circuit. The night after their triumphant performance, Carol takes sick, and later learns she has contracted polio. Her dancing career seemingly doomed, she turns away from Guy. 81 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack's King Kong (1933): Going Ape


With Fay Wray. A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female blonde star. 100 min. Rain or shine. Gates open to the public at 6:30 pm. Bring a picnic!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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