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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on August 18, 2011?

40 free events take place on Thursday, August 18 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 18 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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40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, August 18, 2011

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Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park


Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are instructed by members of the Tai Chi Chuan Center for all ages and experience levels. Classes are rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Symposium | Everybody Loves the Monster!: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein


In 1818, when Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus was published for the first time, Mary Shelley could not have imagined the monster she was unleashing on the world. The creature in Shelley's novel is remarkably sympathetic and an eloquent speaker, capable of measured, intelligent, and articulate argument. But based on Boris Karloff’s 1931 film performance and confirmed by countless other films, comics, and illustrations, the general perception today is that Frankenstein’s creature is a “monster” who grunts or speaks—if he talks at all—in disjointed monosyllables. Why has popular culture largely denied the creature his reasonable voice? This symposium brings together four scholars and the curator and bibliographer of The Library’s Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection to reflect on graphic and film representations of the “monster” from the past two centuries. The first half of the day will feature presentations on key visual adaptations of the creature, while the latter half will engage questions about what these appearances mean for understanding him as a political and historical subject.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
   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

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" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Tour | “Manhattan Adirondacks” Tour


Olmsted and Vaux designed the North Woods to replicate the forests of the Adirondack Mountains with its crystal streams, calming cascades, and rustic bridges. This scenic and meditative walk is right in New York City's backyard. Tour will be approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | Afternoon Jazz with Alex Brown Band


Jazz pianist and composer Alex Brown is quickly establishing both a national and international reputation. In 2007, Alex joined the group of ten-time Grammy-Award-winner Paquito D’Rivera. Alex has also performed with musicians including Jane Bunnett, Jon Faddis, Slide Hampton, the New York Voices, Terell Stafford, Gary Thomas, Dave Valentin, Miguel Zenon, and Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. In January 2010, Alex was featured in Keyboard Magazine. Alex was also a 2010 Grammy nominee for his work as a part of Paquito D’Rivera’s 2009 release, “Jazz-Clazz.” Alex has performed at a wide array of venues and events including Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Mexico City’s Palacio de Bellas Artes, Birdland in New York, the Blue Note in New York and Tokyo, Carnegie Hall, the Heineken Jazz Festival, the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Israel, the Panama Jazz Festival, Baltimore’s Artscape Festival, the Greater Hartford Jazz Festival, the Curacao Jazz Festival, and Blues Alley in Washington, DC.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Concert | JP Schlegelmilch, Accordionist


Enjoy a taste of Paris in the park at lunchtime with musette style accordion music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Jazz | Victor Lin, Jazz Pianist


Victor Lin is a former student of jazz legend Kenny Barron, Victor 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

Gallery Talk | Closer-Look Tour: Quilts


Tour Super Stars: Quilts from the American Folk Art Museum and the 9/11 National Tribute Quilt with curator emerita Lee Kogan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | German Film: Percy Adlon's Sugarbaby (1985)


Marianne, a plain, overweight woman, leads an uneventful life as a mortician's assistant. When not dressing corpses, she consumes large amounts of food and watches late-night television. One day during her commute she is beguiled by the voice of the conductor announcing the station stops. Catching a glimpse of Eisi, Marianne takes time off from her macabre job to devote herself full time to stalking her beloved. 86 min. In German with English subtitles. A humorous short film will precede the feature.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Computer Safety Workshop


This will be a Lecture/Demonstration. Learn about threats to computers and their users, such as viruses, hackers, and spam, and solutions to minimize them.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Blah-Blah-Blah Blog Workshop


Get your voice out! No matter what you want to say, you can get your voice out Here. Emphasis on Summer Reading Logs & Experiences.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poetry in the Park


Harlem Stage and Urban Word NYC partner for Uptown Open: Summer Edition. Featuring members of Urban Word NYC’s newly crowned 2011 Slam Team, this open mic series for youth offers a safe space to share their voices.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Screening | Documentary: Eugene Jarecki's Why We Fight (2005)


Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions. 98 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Talk | Building Your Professional Network with LinkedIn & How To Use It in Your Job Search


John Crant demonstrates how to start networking with LinkedIn.com’s networking personal profiles and then use your expanded network in your search for your next career challenge.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Other | Wine & Spririts Tasting


A casual meet n' greet for wine and spirit loving New Yorkers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Yoga in the Park


Expert instructors, provided by lululemon athletica, lead all levels of yogis. Mats are provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | All About Computers: 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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6:30 pm
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Other | Jeff Bridges, Academy Award-winning actor, presents his new CD


Bridges' self-titled major-label debut album reunites the celebrated actor with his Crazy Heart collaborator, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning songwriter, musician, and producer T Bone Burnett. The album is an organic extension and culmination of a 30-year personal, professional, and now musical friendship between Bridges and Burnett.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Theater | Outdoor Theater: The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare


The Bard's story of the courtship of Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew. Performed by Hudson Warehouse.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges discusses his book The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress


One of the great moral voices of our age, who writes a hugely influential weekly column for the progressive news site Truthdig, insists that unless we begin to stand fast around moral imperatives, ones we cannot abandon while remaining willing to fight the formal systems of power, we will be complicit in our self-annihilation. He has the rare combination of decades of experience reporting from conflict zones in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans and the erudition one would expect from a student of Christian ethics and the classics at Harvard University. He prizes the truth over news and facts and in the pursuit of truth he has risked his career and even his life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Andy Andy, Dominican Singer


Dominican singer Andy Andy has emerged as one of a handful of musicians on the cutting edge of the bachata craze, beginning with his debut album, Aqui Conmigo. Infused with traditional Dominican folk music and contemporary bachata, Andy has topped Billboard’s Top Tropical Albums charts with Ironia, which featured Andy Andy’s staple sounds – guitar and percussion driven, mid-tempo bachata rhythms and his mellifluous vocals that bring it all together. Its hit single, “Que Ironia” was multi-formatted as a ballad and in bachata and reggaeton styles. Andy Andy’s success continued with the album Tu Me Haces Falta with his latest, Placer y Castiga peaking in the top 20 on Billboard’s Tropical Album chart.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Brook Wilensky-Lanford reads from her book Paradise Lust


Wilensky-Lanford introduces readers to the enduring modern quest to locate the Garden of Eden on Earth. It is an obsession that has consumed Mesopotamian archaeologists, German Baptist ministers, British irrigation engineers, and the first president of Boston University, among many others. She'll be in conversation with A.J. Jacobs, who said of her book: "Paradise Lust takes us on a fascinating journey - and one that sheds much light on the meaning of biblical literalism."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Japanese Cinema: Keisuke Kinoshita's Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)


A schoolteacher struggles to imbue her students with a positive view of the world and their place in it, despite the fact that she knows full well that most of them will die in the war. 116 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Keith Fenimore reads from his book Hire Me, Hollywood!: Your Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Most Exciting -- and Unexpected -- Jobs in Show Business


The secret to Stan Lee's writing process. The story behind Elmo's giggle. What's for lunch on the set of The Walking Dead. Squirrel training with Johnny Depp. Think you know what it takes to get your favorite TV show on the air every week? You'd be surprised.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Student Graduation Comedy Show


Tonight, brilliant students take the stage. The legends of tomorrow show you they're actually the stars of today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Will Calhoun, Jazz Drummer


Calhoun is best known as the drummer of the funk metal band Living Colour. He has also played with Jungle Funk and HeadFake, recorded several jazz albums as a leader, and has appeared as a sideman with a diverse group of acclaimed artists, including Pharoah Sanders, B.B. King, Herb Alpert, Dr. John, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter, Marcus Miller, Public Enemy, and Ronnie Wood.[1] He plays in the song Crimson Deep, from What Lies Beneath album, by the Finnish Symphonic Metal singer Tarja.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | 33rd Annual Seaside Summer Concert Series: Cheap Trick


Cheap Trick created a substantial fan base through its own brand of power pop music with a hard-edged yet melodic pop sound that combined the catchiness of The Beatles with the speed and energy of punk rock. The Los Angeles Times has remarked that "Cheap Trick gained fame by twisting the Beatlesque into something shinier, harder, more American." Their biggest hits include "Surrender," "I Want You to Want Me," "Dream Police," and "The Flame." The public is encouraged to bring their own chairs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Screening | Documentary: Lynn True, Nelson Walker & Tsering Perlo's Summer Pasture (2010)


Local New York City filmmakers True and Walker achieved unprecedented access to a community of Tibetan nomads and worked with their subjects to create this remarkable cinematic meditation. 85 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested admission

Film | Roman Polanski's Oscar-Winning Rosemary's Baby (1968): That Little Devil


With Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon and John Cassavetes. A young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life. 136 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Film | Spike Lee's Crooklyn (1994): Brooklyn in the 70s


With Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo and Isaiah Washington. From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn. 115 min. Also showing is the short White by A. Sayeeda Clarke. NYC, the future, 120 degrees in December, and a young black man's identity is for sale. DJ: Emch (of Subatomic Sound System) starts at 6pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | The Vigilante Comedy Show


The Vigilante is a completely improvised band. Guitar. Drums. Bass. Violin. And wailing lead singer, Rebecca Vigil, in short skirts and heels. The Vigilante creates the entire set list based on the stories we get you to tell us. Rock out and laugh out. Loud.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Screening | Documentary: Charlotte Zwerin's Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)


A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with friends and family about the offbeat genius. 90 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
Free

Concert | Grammy-Nominated Cajun Music with Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys


The fiddle cracks wise and warm. The guitar falls of the edge of the earth. The guy in the middle holds a button-box that squeezes like an accordion but shouts hallelujah like a big brass band, and the rhythm section is purring like a Coupe DeVille of shark-fin vintage. It all flows as a liquid-smooth groove, topped with three heartfelt voices harmonizing in 17th-century French from the steamy subtropics. Their stunningly clean and cohesive performance of music from the backwaters of southwest Louisiana has garnered them three Grammy nominations. It’s the most Cajun music you can find in any one spot.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Stargazing in the Park


Join the Amateur Astronomers as they guide your eyes to the wonders of astronomy. Look for the telescopes!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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Performance | To Be Continued... Comedy Show


At every TBC show, we create brand new episodes of old favorites. These aren't lost episodes, and they aren't updated for the modern era, these are freshly written episodes performed by the TBC Players, that take place during the height of your favorite sitcom's best season.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
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Jazz | 5/5/5 After Hours Set


A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of Manhattan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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Performance | The Big One Comedy Show


The hottest comedians in New York City join special guests from NBC, Comedy Central, and more in a weekly comedy extravaganza on the main stage of the newly-renovated People's Improv Theater. Hosted by Harrison Greenbaum (Comedy Central's "Comics to Watch" and Andy Kaufman Award winner)
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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