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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on August 19, 2011?

33 free events take place on Friday, August 19 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 19 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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33 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, August 19, 2011

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Concert | Enrique Iglesias, Pop Singer


The Spanish singing sensation has charmed audiences worldwide, selling over 50 million records.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Concert | Taio Cruz, Singer/Songwriter


Taio Cruz is an English singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional rapper. He hit number one last year with "Break Your Heart," and number two this year with "Dynamite."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park


Increase physical balance, strength, and mental focus. Learn the ancient Chinese martial art with expert Alex Hing. No experience is necessary! Hing also teaches Tai Chi at the China Institute. He has practiced martial arts for over 25 years in San Francisco and New York City, including 10 years with Tai Chi grand master William C. C. Chen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
Free

Park Walk | Fitness Walk NYC


This free fitness walk is one hour long and led by experienced Instructors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Other | Bridge Club for Advanced Beginners


Are you a Bridge buff? Put on your game face and show off your best moves. For advanced beginner players only. Join the fun and meet new friends!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
Free

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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Dance Performance | BALAM Dance Theatre’s Ancestral Grace (Part 2)


BALAM Dance Theatre’s new program will be presented in two performances as part of Battery Dance Company Presents The 30th Annual Downtown Dance Festival. BALAM, a New York City-based company that offers a new vision of contemporary dance by fusing ballet, modern and diverse cultural dance styles with Balinese theatre, has created a new rendition of its Ramayana-Abduction of Sita, an action-packed dance drama inspired by the Hindu epic that integrates ballet, Baroque, belly dance and karate movement with Balinese dance. Performed to an original gamelan score recorded in Bali, the energetic Balinese music and vocals compel the dancers adorned in bejeweled-golden scrolled costumes to leap, spin, and flash their eyes, as they enact this timeless tale of good and evil.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | In the Loop Knitting & Crocheting Club


Are you a crafter? Join this knitting and crocheting club, led by teacher and designer Ina Braun of Tante Sophie Knitting Studio, to create garments for charitable organizations.
   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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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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Theater | Juan Bobo & Pedro Animal the Encounter, a Comical Play


A comical play about famous offbeat characters from Puerto Rican and Dominican folklore who discover their self-esteem and their friendship. In English and Spanish simultaneously. Suitable for all audiences.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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

Workshop | 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Featured Library Database: Catalog Clinic


Hands on using wireless laptops. Find books, DVDs, audiobooks, eBooks and more in the NYPL Online Catalog (catalog.nypl.org). Learn tips and tricks to make your searches more effective. Place holds and renew items in the library or from home. Bring your library card and PIN number to class so that you can log in to your account. Online registration begins on Friday, August 12 at 1:00pm. This class meets on the 4th floor from 1:15pm-2:15pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Film | Oscar-Winning Cinema: Akira Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala (1974)


In the wilds of 19th century Siberia. A Russian captain leading a mapping expedition meets an aging prospector-trapper who shows him the ways of nature. Returning years later, the captain persuades the frail trapper to come back to the city with him. 140 min. In Russian with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | Smart Living in a World of Multiple Modernities


A two-hour pressure-cooker session with philosopher and social entrepreneur Thieu Besselink of FreedomLab, a research lab and think tank investigating social change. Besselink will facilitate an active open-space session on how the global can be embedded in the local, and whether this will lead to multiple modernities. Have you been struggling with urban complexities, authority, embedded technology, shifting values, and new design agendas for new social ecologies … or not? Discuss new “teleologenic” learning models and how to develop an integral change approach that combines personal, social, and global systems.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Volleyball Skills Workshop


Learn volleyball basics in a free skills clinic for children and adults. The clinic will feature instructors who will review the fundamentals of beach volleyball, as well as teach more advanced techniques, including serving, spiking, passing and ball control, and diving and rolling drills. Two sessions: 4:00pm - 5:30pm for children 5:30pm - 7:00pm for adults
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
Free

Dance Performance | Harlem Dances: Groove With Me


Come see local dancers demonstrate their moves. Groove With Me, Inc. is a youth development organization using free dance classes and performance opportunities as a tool to instill in young women the leadership, pride, spirit of cooperation, creativity, joy and discipline needed to confront the adversity in their daily lives and throughout their future development. The program seeks to decrease teen pregnancy, truancy, crime, violence, prostitution, substance abuse and gang related activity by nurturing youth, building self-confidence, offering positive choices, and providing a safe place to go.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Friday Evening Drumming Circle


Improvise on African, Latin and Caribbean rhythms at the drumming circle. The gatherings are led by master drummers MAGUETTE CAMARA, PETER HAWES, 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
6:30 pm
Free

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
6:30 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: Pit and Run - The Improv Softball Show


Join the PIT softball team as we perform on the main stage - the Striker (1) Theater. We're gonna have a ball! (2) The plan is to do a 40-minute improv show and then walk (3) out to the bar to drink pitchers (4) of beer. I can't think of a single (5) reason why you shouldn't be there. Did you know that doing good improv makes you more attractive to that stud/philly that you've been after? It's true! Why, our set could double (6) or even triple (7) your chances of hitting a home run (8) that night! And then you could slide (9) on over to Denny's for the Grand Slam (10) breakfast the next morning! Have your friends and family swing (11) on by, too! All are invited! There will be scenes, and there will be a run (12) - it is improv, after all. Awww.... throw (13) me a bone here, people!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance: dre.dance / White Wave Young Soon Kim Dance Company


Founded in 2005 by Andrew Palermo and Taye Diggs, dre.dance (pictured) has garnered praise from publications including The New York Times, which has called its style a mix of “high energy, deliberate athletic gesture and checked power.” They have since presented six full-length NYC seasons, with performances and residencies around the country. dre.dance will offer the company premiere of a movement-theatre interpretation of NPR/Radiolab’s beloved story, “Goat On A Cow.” The company will also perform excerpts of their most recent piece, “dre.diohead,” and repertoire pieces. Since its birth in 1988, White Wave Young Soon Kim Dance Company has demonstrated the artistic dexterity and tenacity vital to a NY-based modern dance company. Committed to the creation and expression of the union between the natural rhythm of the planet and the primal essence of the human spirit, Elizabeth Zimmer wrote in Dance Magazine. “Stunning performers, passionate dancing… Kim’s choreography is highly charged.” The company will be performing “So Long for Now,” a dynamic collaboration with composers Sam Crawford and Zeb Gould. That forges a new artistic path exploring the body’s limitless capacity for expression. Also, a Master Class: Director of Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions Dance gives a fun, high energy contemporary modern dance class fusing a broad range of movements: athletic, gestural and theatrical.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Large-Scale Pressure/Small-Scale Pleasure


Michael Sorkin and Sharon Zukin, two of New York’s most well-known urban critics, discuss how globalization, consumption, and gentrification are having a constant effect on the smallest details of the urban fabric around us. Join them in conversation and learn how the city might find a comfortable balance between large-scale pressure and small-scale pleasure.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | No Name and A Bag O’ Chips Comedy/Variety Show


With comics Sunda Croonquist (“The Today Show,” Jewish Life Television's talk show “James and Sunda"), Liz Miele (Comedy Central’s “Live At Gotham,” “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”) and a few surprises Now in its 12th year, the show will also feature the funky sounds of "No Name" house band The Summer Replacements.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Sideshow Goshko


Award-winning storyteller Leslie Goshko (Manhattan Monologue Slam Champion, NY Fringe Excellence Award, Sirius XM) invites some of NY’s top writers and storytellers to share true, bizarre tales about their lives. There’s live accordion music, a challenging trivia game, and a free wine giveaway where one lucky audience member will walk away with their very own bottle of Sideshow Sauce! Tonight's stellar lineup includes stories from: Adam Wade (17 time Moth StorySlam Champion, Adam Wade from NH Show); Andy Christie (The Liar Show, NY Times); and Colin Dempsey (Comedy Land).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Sunset on the Hudson with Guitarist David Ippolito


Enjoy the gorgeous sunset and mellow sounds of New York’s acclaimed Guitar Man David Ippolito from this spectacular grass-covered pier that stretches 900 feet into the majestic Hudson River.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Waterfront Workouts: Hip-Hop Dance Aerobics


A cardiovascular workout using urban upbeat Hip Hop music. This class teaches step by step movements with fun choreography, so you can get your feet moving and your heart pumping.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

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 | Movie Outdoors: Steven Spielberg's Oscar-Winning Jurassic Park (1983)


With Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum. During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. 127 min. Bring your lawn chairs, picnic baskets and blankets. Guests are encouraged to bring their own food, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages, however no outside alcohol is permitted. Doors open at 7:30PM, film begins at sunset, weather permitting. Space is limited.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Film | Nathan Greno & Byron Howard's Oscar Nominee Tangled (2010): Rapunzel Retold


With the voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi and Donna Murphy. The magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is. 100 min. Free popcorn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Performance | Thank You, Robot’s Summer Fridays Comedy Show


Summer Friday’s is a showcase for independent and established improv teams. For each show, two teams join Thank You, Robot to perform sets of unscripted comedy, never seen before and never to be seen again.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 pm
$5
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