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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on August 19, 2015?

47 free events take place on Wednesday, 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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47 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, August 19, 2015

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Workshop | Park FitClub: Boot Camp with The Rise NYC


Energize your day with a workout before work. Join The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness group, for a Boot Camp. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back - and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high-fives encouraged. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 am
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Concert | Little Mix, English Girl Group


The pop quartet has seen success in their home country, but they're still knocking on the door here. Their last album was 2013's Salute. Attendees are advised to get there early.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Workshop | Walking Meditation


Start your day with a contemplative walk around the park, led by a meditation guide.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Workshop | Wednesday Meditation


Join neighbors from the Integral Yoga Institute, the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, and two surprise guests, for weekly guided meditations. Rise above the city streets and start your day focused, centered, and connected with nature. Beginners welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and 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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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Global Fashion Capitals


Global Fashion Capitals aims to broaden the understanding of what constitutes a "fashion capital" and to expand the dialogue on the globalization of the fashion industry during the 21st century. The exhibition explores the history of the established fashion capitals, Paris, New York, Milan, and London, and the emergence of 16 new fashion cities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Elements of Nature Drawing


Get inspired by the beautiful expanse of the Hudson River and New York Harbor and by the verdant park, with its very special Hot and Cool gardens; each flower-filled and colorful throughout the season. All art materials are provided. Participants can practice already known techniques or try new ones using water colors, pastels, colored pencils, and other media. An artist/educator will offer ideas,instruction and critiques regarding technique.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Explore Castle Williams Tour


Castle Williams, the centerpiece of the system of fortifications designed to guard New York City just prior to the War of 1812, has long been off-limits to the public. After an extensive rehabilitation project in 2011, the National Park Service opened the Castle's to the general public for the first time in the fort's 200-year history. Tours of the Castle take visitors through all three levels and the roof. Tours are approximately 30 minutes in length. Visitors are advised that tours require climbing three flights of stairs. The Castle's upper floors are not handicap-accessible. Start times: 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Park Walk | Garden Tour


Learn about the thousands of trees, flowers, shrubs, and perennials that decorate the Garden from horticulturalists who take care of this special place within the Park. Route involves a few stairs. 75 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn 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. Lessons are weather permitting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Jazz | Larry Ham, Jazz Pianist and Composer


Jazz pianist and composer Larry Ham tours and records with many of today's top jazz artists, and has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and in Japan, Russia, and West Africa. David Dupont of Cadence Jazz Magazine writes, "He glides over the keys, with every note articulated cleanly... his playing is masterful."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Book Signing | Ruth Westheimer signs copies of her book The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre


America’s best-loved therapist returns to the park for an afternoon discussion of her latest book, in which she shares private stories from her past and her present, and her insights into living life to the fullest, at any age.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Reading | Story Time for Grown-Ups


Love a good story? Sit back and relax as they read you a story or two.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Jazz Wednesdays with the Bill Wurtzel Trio


Bill Wurtzel’s trio will set the mood of the swing era every Wednesday for the run of the exhibition Folk Art and American Modernism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Figure al Fresco


Many people are challenged when trying to draw the human figure. This workshop offers everyone a chance to improve their skills through a wonderful outdoor figure drawing class. Each week a different model will strike both short and long poses for participants to draw. An artist/educator will be on hand to offer suggestions and give critiques throughout the class. All drawing materials are supplied.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Drawing Lessons for Adults


A teaching artist provides expert instruction in drawing, taking inspiration from the architecture, monuments, and people in in the park. Learn basic drawing techniques including line, composition, shading, and depth. Pencils, eraser, paper, and drawing board provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Lower Section


Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Tour | 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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4:00 pm
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Screening | Music on Film: New York Philharmonic Gala with Yo-Yo Ma


New York Philharmonic’s 2013 Opening Gala concert featuring Music Director Alan Gilbert and special guest cello soloist Yo-Yo Ma.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Workshop | Olafur Eliasson's The Collectivity Project, an Interactive Installation


Learn more about urban planning, architecture, and community using LEGOs and your imagination. Led by an educator, these special programs for adults are part of Olafur Eliasson's work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Settlers of Catan Game Social


Join us at our weekly Game Socials to meet up with like-minded players interested in the same games as you. On Wednesdays, play the popular strategy game Settlers of Catan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Accordions Around the World


Take a cross-cultural musical journey - from France to Colombia, from the Balkans to Louisiana, from Cumbia to Jazz, and more - with accordions, harmoniums, concertinas, and bandoneons.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Sunset Yoga


Open space, fresh sea air, and the floral scent of the gardens will help you stretch away the stress of the workday and allow you to let go of the hectic buzz of city life. Whether you’re still learning Child’s Pose or have mastered the Twisted Half Moon, instructor Mary Ryan Barnes, who has been teaching Yoga for over twenty five years, will guide you through a routine that works for you. Bring your own mat or borrow one from us.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Volleyball After Work


An after-work volleyball game for adults. The scorekeeper and the ball will be provided and will instruct newcomers in the basics of the game. This good-natured game has been going for over a decade, and although many people have been attending year after year, players of all experience levels are welcome. Coming by after work is a great way to relax and make new friends.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Evening Yoga


End your day with relaxing Hatha yoga with instructor Hollis Lewis in a beautiful sunset setting. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Screening | Frank Sinatra: Duets, Trios, and Quartets


With Mel Haber. Frank Sinatra is perhaps the finest male pop singer of all time. While most of us are familiar with his solo songs, he was also extraordinarily good when he teamed up with other singers. In this presentation there are videos of him singing duets with such great artists as Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Merman and Lena Horne. He also sings trios with Judy Garland and Bing Crosby. In addition, he is singing with three other singers, including one video with Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Johnny Carson. (Yes, Johnny Carson does sing.)
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Lolë/FITiST Meetup


Lolë and FITiST bring you a summer of movement and well-being. A wide range of classes are offered, but space is limited to 75 people per class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Tour | Photography Tour: Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Sunset


Are you looking for images of the Lower Manhattan Skyline and sunsets? This photo tour is for you. A licensed guide, renowned photographer, and a downtown Manhattan resident of 40 years will guide you during what photographers call “the golden hour.“ You will tour Brooklyn Bridge Park and Dumbo as you strategically set up your shots for the evening sunset. The tour will finish with a walk back over the Brooklyn Bridge to Lower Manhattan providing you many photo opportunities as nightfall and the city lights up. You will be directed in how to get your shots no matter what’s the evening sky. Learn a bit about the the skyline of Lower Manhattan and the history that has connected Brooklyn and Manhattan for over 500 years as you hone your photographic skills. Open to all levels of photographers and all cameras – yes, cell phones and any smart devices too. Even people without cameras will enjoy tagging along for this unique point of view of the end of the day in New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Dance Performance | The Battery Dance Festival


Battery Dance Company will host its 34th Battery Dance Festival (formerly Downtown Dance Festival), New York’s longest running public dance festival. The Battery Dance Festival incorporates dance companies from around the world with diverse dance backgrounds and styles. The festival, which always takes place in August, offers audience members six nights of diverse, international dance performances coupled with an accessible and calm setting outdoors. International companies that will be performing include Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance, Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt, Norway, Trouble Crew, Romania, Polish Dance Theatre, Poland, Sankofa Danza, Colombia, and Botega Dance Company, Italy. New York Companies include Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Asia Duo, Ballet Neo, Battery Dance Company, Beatrice Capote, BOOMERANG, Buglisi Dance Theatre, Cornfield Dance, Indelible Dance, Jennifer Muller/ The Works, Mari Mead Dance Collective, Morales Dance, Pajarillo Pinta’o, and Tina Croll and Company.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Dance Performance | ALT MODE: A Collaboration between RYAT and Kate Watson-Wallace


Alt Mode, as in: alternate modalities (working title), is a body of musical works written by composer/producer RYAT (Christina McGeehan), reconstructed into a performance that integrates dance, live electronic music, video mapping, interactive media and set design. Directed and choreographed by Kate Watson-Wallace, and composed and designed by RYAT, the work asks questions about what it means to be a woman on stage, radical female presence in a popular context and equity within the form. In this work, RYAT and Watson-Wallace continue to explore how they wear their identities, working with themes of doubleness, drag, the other, pleasure and melancholy, as sources of power. They explore ecstatic states, state-shifting, and pleasure as revolution, as ways to propose new futures. Also: ARCH Dance Company - Jennifer Archibald is the founder and Artistic Director of the Arch Dance Company and Archcore40 Summer Program. She is a graduate of The Ailey School and the Maggie Flanigan Acting Conservatory where she studied the Meisner technique. Ms. Archibald has choreographed for the Atlanta Ballet, Ailey 2, Cincinnati Ballet, and commercially for the New York Knicks City Dancers, as well as chart listed singers and actors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Czech Film: Jan Svankmajer's Alice (1988)


Lewis Carroll's Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. No one has done justice to the infinitely creepy quality of Carroll’s fantasy of childhood disorientation better than master Czech animator Jan Svankmajer. A live-action Alice encounters both animated animals (the White Rabbit looking like a taxidermist’s nightmare) and objects (have knee socks ever been so scary?) on her trip down the existential rabbit hole. (Note: This film is not recommended for young children.) 84 minutes. Film starts at dusk. PRE-SCREENING PERFORMANCE at 7pm: Xeno and Oaklander - A minimal electronics girl/boy duo based in Brooklyn, NY. They began writing music and soundtracks in 2004. Liz Wendelbo is French / Norwegian and Sean McBride is from Maryland. They record their songs live in their Brooklyn studio and play analogue synthesizers and instruments exclusively.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Eric Burns reads from his book 1920: The Year That Made the Decade Roar


One of the most dynamic eras in American history—the 1920s—began with this watershed year that would set the tone for the century to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Jazz | Houston Person, Popular Jazz Saxophonist


Houston Person returns to Harlem with his tenor saxophone and a promise that he will not only SWING but will be alternately tough and tender and as always bring a performance that will leave the audience calling for more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Sunset Pilates


Join Lou Cornacchia, founder of Cobble Hill’s Body in Balance Studio, for her amazing Pilates Mat Class. Students will learn proper technique, core muscle strength, spinal alignment and shoulder stabilization. This dynamic class is intermediate/advanced and done to upbeat music, emphasizes stretching, good posture, upper body and serious core strength. Classes are open to ages 16 and older. Participants must bring their own mat and dynaband. You are required to fill out a release form and bring one to every class. Beginners are welcome to go at their own pace.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Tosha Silver reads from her book Change Me Prayers: The Hidden Power of Spiritual Surrender


Tosha Silver, author of Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead, discusses the hidden power of surrendering to spirituality in her latest work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge Ghost Tour


An icon of New York City and one of the world's most famous man-made structures, the bridge is must-see attraction on most visitors’ Big Apple itineraries. A walk along its pedestrian promenade, with its wonderful views of Lower Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, and Brooklyn—not to mention the bridge's Gothic arched towers—is priceless. It truly lives up to its nickname as the Eighth Wonder of the World. Yet behind all its physical beauty and charm lie darker truths. The bridge has been bad luck for some and a curse for others. Mysterious illness to a stampede to faulty construction and outright murder have claimed the lives of dozens, including the bridge's designers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Film | Documentary: Marilyn Agrelo's Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)


The students of several New York City elementary schools learn ballroom dancing and compete in a citywide dance competition. 105 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Film | Documentary: Wang Wo's A Filmless Festival (2015)


This film documents the 11th Beijing Independent Film Festival in 2014, from the preparations before the opening ceremony to the process of its forced cancellation, the event which spurred the Cinema on the Edge series. The footage used for the film was captured by audience members, local artists, invited directors and special guests, festival volunteers and workers, as well as journalists and members of the media. 85 min. Q+A with director Wang Wo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Performance | Alexa Kelly's Shakespeare's Presidential Primary: An Original Comedy in One Act


This hilarious new play, portrays a political primary that has been modeled on the X FACTOR, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, and the traditional LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS format. Nothing is sacred.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Theater | Shakespeare in the Park: Cymbeline with Tony Award nominee Lily Rabe


Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan (KING LEAR, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, PROOF) directs the Shakespearean fairy tale CYMBELINE, featuring Tony nominee Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater. In the Shakespearean fairytale CYMBELINE, Princess Imogen’s fidelity is put to the royal test when her disapproving father banishes her soul mate. Cross-dressing girls and cross-dressing boys, poisons and swordfights and dastardly villains all take the stage in this enchanting romp about the conquering power of love.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Christopher Nolan's Oscar Winner Interstellar (2014): Mindbending Sci-Fi


Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain. A team of explorers travels through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. 169 min. Movie begins at dusk (around 8:30pm). Free popcorn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Gandhi, Is That You? Comedy Show


Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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