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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on August 10, 2013?

49 free events take place on Saturday, August 10 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 10 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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49 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, August 10, 2013

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Other | Summer Streets Celebration


Summer Streets is an annual celebration of New York City’s most valuable public space—our streets. Nearly seven miles of NYC’s streets are opened for people to play, walk, bike, and breathe. Summer Streets provides space for healthy recreation and encourages New Yorkers to use more sustainable forms of transportation. In 2012, more than 250,000 people took advantage of the open streets. All activities at Summer Streets are free of charge, and designed for people of all ages and ability levels to share the streets respectfully.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 am
Free

City Walk | All-in-One Downtown Tour


This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway* to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. There will be ample opportunities for memorable pictures. You'll get the chance to savor NY's best pizza and cannoli and other treats, learn how to play NY handball, maybe bargain with a shopkeeper in Chinatown, observe a game of street chess in Greenwich Village, people watch and window shop in SoHo, and kick back on the Highline Park. Along the way, you'll master the subway and learn about New York's Finest!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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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10:00 am
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Workshop | Catch & Release Fishing


Grab a pole and relax on the Harlem Meer while you wait for a bite from one of the many species of fish that live in its diverse aquatic ecosystem! Poles available to borrow; must release fish after catching them. Free for families and individuals; groups larger than 5 must reserve at least 2 weeks in advance. Adult with photo I.D. must accompany all children.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Drawing in the Park


Sketch and paint the Hudson River and neighboring parks with an artist/educator. Materials provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Festival | Fête Paradiso, the World's First Festival of Vintage French Carnival Rides and Carousels


Fête Paradiso, the world's first festival of vintage French carnival rides and carousels, will make its American debut this summer. The rare, museum-quality collection, which includes a diverse array of attractions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as carousels, flying swings and a pipe organ, will be available for the public to ride and enjoy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Garden Yoga Class


A great way for the entire family to stay fit. These hour-long sessions, led by certified yoga teachers, will educate participants about proper form, tempo and mindset needed for a fulfilling and exciting workout. Mats will be provided for temporary use.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tour | Hoboken and Jersey City Walk: Statues & Outdoor Monuments


Pace easy, some hills. Distance 8 miles, duration 5 to 6 hours. Walk through Erie-Lackawanna Terminal, beautiful views of Manhattan’s westside, magnificent 100 year old buildings, Castle Point Terrace (Stevens University), Sibyl’s Cave, the Hoboken Historical Museum and of course the memories and sites of Frank Sinatra. Walking south, you will go to Jersey City and walk along the Hudson River to Newport Piers, Harborside area, Paulus Hook the Colgate Clock and back to Manhattan via the Exchange Place Path Station. Bring lunch, water, binoculars or a camera with optical zoom lens.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Kayaking in the Park


It's that time of year again - always a huge hit with park visitors, kayaking is now in full swing on Thursdays and Saturdays all summer long! If you haven't been out on the East River in a kayak yet, now's your chance to do it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Dance Lesson | Limon Dance Company


Experience the joy of movement and dance. Free classes are led by former and current members of the internationally renowned modern dance company, Limon Dance. Open to all levels and ages.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | SoHo, Little Italy & 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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10:00 am
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Workshop | Spring Into Yoga


Teachers trained in different styles will be giving classes throughout the afternoon, with the scenic park lake in the background. Please bring your own mat, as there will be none provided. Class Schedule: 10:00-11:00am 11:30am-12:30pm 1:00-2:00pm 2:30-3:30pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Festival | The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival


On the big stage, a multicultural program with professional musicians, dancers and singers will be entertaining all.
   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


Experience the Park's only formal garden with the Garden staff. See exuberant perennial and annual beds, and delight in an abundance of color and fragrance while learning about the Garden's history and design.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Shape Up Zumba


Shape Up NYC (an NYC Parks program run in partnership with Equinox, NYC Service, and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield) offers more than 175 free fitness classes every week at locations across the five boroughs to help New Yorkers get and stay fit.
   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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11:00 am
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City Walk | 8th Street & St. Marks Place Tour


A walking tour highlighting the unique, bizarre and beautiful bohemia we call Greenwich Village. Rain or shine. Tour is led by a licensed guide who focuses on the various social, architectural and/or historic aspects of the neighborhood.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Festival | Dance Theatre of Harlem Family Street Festival


Outdoor festival featuring performance showcases, arts & crafts, vendors, food and entertainment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Film | Woody Allen's Whatever Works (2009): The Curmudgeon and the Waif


With Larry David, Adam Brooks, Evan Rachel Wood. Boris Yelnikoff, an eccentric, misanthropic chess teacher from Greenwich Village, finds a young woman named Melody from Mississippi lying on his doorstep. Despite their 40-year age difference and their clashing cultural backgrounds, he eventually marries her, abandoning his upper-class life for a more bohemian existence. Soon after the wedding, Melody’s uptight parents arrive and are quickly drawn into their crazy romantic entanglements. 92 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:15 pm
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Film | Ang Lee's 4-Time Oscar Winner Life of Pi (2012): Two in a Boat


A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unusual connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger. 127 min.
   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
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Concert | Homage to Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring: Ljova and the Kontraband and Fireworks


LJOVA AND THE KONTRABAND is chamber-jam music for the “remix generation.” As if by alchemy, Eastern-European and Gypsy melodies, Latin rhythms, jazz-inspired improvisations, and deeply rooted classical forms are given new meanings in original compositions that fearlessly forge a new direction, with a nostalgic gaze towards the past.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Concert | 30th Annual Roots of American Music


Trixie Whitley’s spare and moody arrangements harness the grit and spark of her stunning voice, dancing at the edge of vintage country and new soul. Martha Redbone Roots Project uncovers the meeting place of the sparkling innocence of William Blake’s poetry and the stony, high lonesome sound of Appalachia. Inspired by her Native American forebears, Redbone’s soaring singing brings out the roughness and sweetness of her mountain heritage. Swamp pop and surf rock, country sass, and driving rockabilly unite in Hurray for the Riff Raff, powered by the big, warm vocals of New Orleans-by-way-of-the-Bronx singer/songwriter Alynda Lee Segarra.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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City Walk | 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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2:00 pm
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Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Percussionist & Vocalist Hasan Bakr


Join Hasan Bakr on a journey of song and story in an interactive program of African percussion and folklore. Trained by such luminaires of African traditional music such as Chief Bey, Babafeami, Mbemba Bangoura, Kevin Nathaniel and Zeleka Jenkins, this extraordinary and charismatic musician brings his vast experience with African instruments and musical styles to audiences in a way that is both engaging and educational.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Theater | Street Theater: Crystal Field & Joseph-Vernon Banks' Sanitation, or Off the Grid


An elaborate assemblage of trap doors, giant puppets, smoke machines, masks, original choreography and a huge (9' x 12') running screen or "cranky" providing continuous movement behind the actors, this is the story of three friends--proud NYC Sanitation Workers from the Lower East Side--who pool their resources and calculate their sick days to take a Mediterranean cruise for a well-earned vacation.
   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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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Choreographers in the Park: Gleich Dances Contemporary Ballet


Norte Maar, renowned for their cross-disciplinary collaborative projects, presents a new choreographic residency and performance series bringing New York-based choreographers and their dancers to the Park. Each week during the month of August, a new choreographer will be in residence creating new works on a site-specific stage, in full view of the public who will witness the working process of these dance makers and experience fully produced performance every Saturday. Today: Gleich Dances (New York City/London) was founded in 1996 by choreographer Julia K. Gleich and is the organization for the creative, collaborative, and educational work of choreographer, teacher, and director Julia K. Gleich.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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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
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3:00 pm
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Film | Dennis Dugan's Big Daddy (1999): Adam Sandler's Perpetual Adolescence


With Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart. Sonny Koufax has spent his whole life avoiding responsibility. When his girlfriend dumps him for an older man, he has to find a way to prove he's ready to grow up. In a desperate last-ditch effort, Sonny adopts five-year-old Julian to impress her. She's not impressed and he can't return the kid. 93 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Dancing | DJ Kool Herc and Special Guests


DJ Kool Herc is considered the “The Founder of Hip-Hop Culture.” In the early stages of Hip-Hop music, he brought his sound system to block parties in the Bronx and began playing the brief rhythmic sections of records which would become known as “breaks.” Using the two-turntable set-up of the disco DJs, Kool Herc’s style led to the use of two copies of the same record to elongate the break. This breakbeat DJing, using hard Funk, Rock, and records with Latin percussion, formed the basis of Hip-Hop music. DJ Kool Herc’s music along with his announcements to his dancers, called B-Boys and B-Girls, helped pave the way to what everyone now knows as Hip-Hop.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Homage to Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring: Ljova and the Kontraband and Fireworks


LJOVA AND THE KONTRABAND is chamber-jam music for the “remix generation.” As if by alchemy, Eastern-European and Gypsy melodies, Latin rhythms, jazz-inspired improvisations, and deeply rooted classical forms are given new meanings in original compositions that fearlessly forge a new direction, with a nostalgic gaze towards the past.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Tae Kwon Do Workshop


Teaches the fundamentals of discipline, balance, Health and Wellness.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Performance | Performance Art: Hong-Kai Wang's The Musical Condition of Reasonable Conspiracy


Hong-Kai Wang will present a special performance. A phone interview between herself and the Australian composer Chris Mann on "composer's conspiracy" is transcribed into a script reenacted by two theatrical performers. Two New York-based composers (Marina Rosenfeld and C. Spencer Yeh) intervene/contribute to the scripted conversation as they see fit. Participants include Jim Fletcher, Rosie Goldensohn, Marina Rosenfeld, and C. Spencer Yeh.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Photographs: Illusion by Julia Forrest


Artist's Statement: "Using a medium format film camera and no digital manipulation, I create an illusion within the lens. I am inspired by Pictoralist photographers and how they create a purely photographic reality in their images. Early 20th century photographer Anne Brigman seamlessly meets the human figure with a surreal landscape. Her figures have the same powerful presence that I strive to create in my photographs."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Rock & Roll: Nick Lowe / Jason Isbell / Rockin' Rockabilly Revue


Early rock ‘n’ roll and rockabilly royalty join forces in an all-star line-up which includes Elvis’s and Ricky Nelson’s guitar-slinging right hand, the “Master of the Telecaster” James Burton, Philly’s rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Charlie Gracie (“Butterfly”), the Arkansas rockin’ musical encyclopedia Sleepy LaBeef (“Tore Up”), rockabilly renaissance man and the only singer to be signed to both Sun and Motown, Johnny Powers (“Long Blond Hair”), and Texas Rockabilly Hall of Famer Gene Summers (“Alabama Shake”). A native of soul hotspot of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the guitarist and roots rock songwriter Jason Isbell has struck out on his own from the Drive-By Truckers to find extra clarity and a reflective honesty. Revered tunesmith Nick Lowe has evolved from pub rocker to purveyor of pure pop to gifted country crooner, delivering clever rockabilly-powered tunes, bittersweet ballads, and modern-day future classics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Theater | The Three Musketeers, a New Adaptation of the Dumas Novel


Hudson Warehouse Artistic Director Nicholas Martin-Smith has chosen to direct The Three Musketeers in a new adaptation from the Alexandre Dumas novel by Susane Lee. For years, audiences in the open courtyard seating of the Hudson Warehouse shows have thrilled to see the extensive fight choreography executed by the professional company.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Jazz | Cool Jazz with the Bob Kindred Ensemble


Calling all blankets, picnic baskets, and candles! An evening of cool jazz performed by the Bob Kindred Ensemble with vocalist Anne Phillips.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Harlem Dance Caravan


Acclaimed Harlem performing arts institution, The Faison Firehouse presents a thrilling evening showcasing the diversity and depth of today’s dance landscape. Audiences will be enthralled by companies such as Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, which seamlessly meld contemporary dance, traditional West African dance, ballet, house, Hip-Hop and martial arts together; Camille A. Brown & Dancers, famed for its high theatricality, gutsy moves and virtuosic musicality; Illstyle & Peace Productions, a multicultural dance company that creates works rooted in Hip-Hop blended with an eclectic mix of performance disciplines including tap, DJing and beat boxing and OPUS Dance Theatre whose works present visual and emotional images of the human experience. 7:00 PM – All Levels Open Dance Master Class by Calvin Wiley 8:00 PM – Performances
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | They Might Be Giants, Grammy-Winning Avant-Pop Heroes


They Might Be Giants released its sixteenth studio album, Nanobots, earlier this year, a record of “catchy pop heroics mixed with jingle-length songlets” (Rolling Stone) that “makes it clear the band is as creatively vital as ever.” (Stereogum) Brass-and-drum trio MOON HOOCH, handpicked by the Johns to open, whip up an exuberant ruckus of “catchy melodic hooks and funky rhythms.” (NY Post)
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
$3 suggested admission

Film | Martin Scorsese's 5-Time Oscar Winner Hugo (2011): Magical Fantasy


Stars Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz. Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. 126 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Film | Philip Hartman's No Picnic (1986): The East Village in the 80s


Stars: Clare Bauman, David Brisbin, Steve Buscemi. This was filmed in black and white in New York in 1985 and released two years later at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won Excellence In Cinematography Award Dramatic. Described as "a cinematic love letter to a pre-gentrified New York", the film captures the East Village of the 80s.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
$5 suggested donation

Staged Reading | Play Reading: A Requiem for Sherlock Holmes by Greg Oliver Bodine


Adapted from "The Final Problem" and "The Adventure of The Empty House" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this new, full-length play pits Sherlock Holmes against his greatest opponent - the criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty - in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse that ends in a climactic death struggle between the two men above the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare Outdoors: Richard III, Presented by The Drilling Company


To commemorate the bones of Richard III being found in an English parking lot, The Drilling Company will present Shakespeare's tragedy of the crook-back king. Hamilton Clancy, Artistic Director, will direct and Alessandro Colla will be featured as the king. Shows are offered while the lot is in use. The action sometimes happens around a parked car which drives away during a performance. At such times, the players stop and the audience moves its chairs, pausing the performance the same way a show would stop for rain uptown in Central Park. It's all part of the fun.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Love's Labour's Lost, A New Musical Based on Shakespeare's Comedy


Songs by Michael Friedman. Book Adapted by Alex Timbers. Directed by Alex Timbers Romance, revelry and enchanting music ignite in this contemporary yet lovingly faithful musical adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy. The King and his best buds decide at their five-year college reunion to swear off the joys of women. But when four cute, clever girls from their past show up, they’re forced to reconsider all of that nonsense! Smart, sexy, outrageous, and irreverent, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST is a madcap celebration of true love and coming of age. Obie Award winner MICHAEL FRIEDMAN (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) and two-time Tony Award nominee ALEX TIMBERS (Peter and the Starcatcher) reunite for this fresh and unexpected evening of song, sonnets and Shakespeare.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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