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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on August 13, 2024?

27 free events take place on Tuesday, August 13 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 13 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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27 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, August 13, 2024

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Editor's Picks

free events nyc Innerspace (1987) with Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, and Meg Ryan
free events nyc Play bridge in a stress-free environment
free events nyc Longest-running Dance Festival in NYC - Outdoors
free events nyc Improvisational String Quartet in the Park
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Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park


Practice this traditional system of health and self-defense. Derived from the philosphy of Taoism, Tai Chi was designed to develop the optimum degree of harmony between body and mind, as well as between the individual and the natural order of the universe. Classes are led by teachers and students who train nearby at CK Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Master Hyland Harris.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
Free

Tour | 9 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


These tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. See link for details. Scroll down to the middle of the page to find the daily (and almost daily) scheduled tours. Tours: SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Graffiti and Street Art Tours
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
$0-$4

Workshop | Park Yoga


Bring your mat and water and enjoy one hour of yoga with New York City’s top instructors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Adult Zumba


Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Bring your friends and come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training and a lot of fun.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Piano in the Park


Come on by and tap your toes to The Big Apple's finest ragtime, stride, and jazz pianists around! Featuring special events and performances by distinguished musicians. Today's pianist: Joel Forrester.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Film | Innerspace (1987) with Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, and Meg Ryan


A scientifically miniaturized marine unexpectedly finds himself floating around the body of a hypochondriac, and trying to outwit saboteurs who want the device that shrank him. Attempts by his colleagues to retrieve the little man - protected inside a tiny submersible - are hampered by the would-be thieves. Director: Joe Dante Cast: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy Dennis Quaid is an American actor. He is known for his leading man roles in film and television. The Guardian named Quaid one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. Martin Short is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, and writer. Short is known as an energetic comedian who gained prominence for his roles in sketch comedy. He has also acted in numerous films and television shows. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. Meg Ryan is an American actress. Known for her leading roles as quirky, charismatic women since the late 1980s, Ryan is particularly recognized for her work in romantic comedies, a genre she dominated during the 1980s and 1990s. Dubbed "America's sweetheart" by the media, she became one of Hollywood's most bankable stars of the latter decade.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Film | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024): monster film


Godzilla and the almighty Kong face a colossal threat hidden deep within the planet, challenging their very existence and the survival of the human race. Director: Adam Wingard Cast: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, Fala Chen
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Origami Outdoors


Learn the art of creative paper folding in the Japanese tradition. All ages and skill levels are welcome, and materials are provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Drop-In Chess - Outdoors


Play the popular strategy game while getting pointers and advice from an expert. Chess improves concentration, problem solving, and strategic planning -- plus it's fun. For ages 5 and up.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Get in a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Drawn Testimony: My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch Artist


From America’s top courtroom sketch artist, a penetrating, compulsively readable memoir about her dramatic four-decade career. For over forty years, Jane Rosenberg has been at the heart of the news cycle, covering almost every major trial that has passed through the New York justice system as a courtroom sketch artist, including the most recent Donald Trump hush money trial. Rosenberg brings us into the dramatic high-stakes world of her craft, where art, psychology and courtroom drama collide. Over the course of her legendary career, she has had a front-row seat to some of the most iconic and notorious moments in our nation’s recent history, including cases pertaining to:
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Highrises Art Deco: 100 Spectacular Skyscrapers from the Roaring '20s to the Great Depression (online)


Digital artist Chris Hytha has exploited drone photography to create stunning views of skyscrapers across the United States. His images are paired with histories researched and written by skyscraper historian Mark Houser. Take a closer look at the character and craftsmanship of Art Deco towers across America through the drone's-eye views of the Highrises Collection. Hytha and Houser have traveled coast to coast to document noteworthy landmarks of the Jazz Age, focusing on lesser-known architectural marvels beyond the boundaries of New York City and Chicago. Learn how Hytha creates his unique high-res images and hear Houser's stories of the local tycoons and architects who dramatically altered their city skylines.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers


Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Pilates in the Park


Instructor Melissa Ricci from Base Fitness leads a flowing, multi-level Pilates Mat class that will tone and balance your muscles, align your body, strengthen your core, and give you renewed energy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Play bridge in a stress-free environment


One of the most popular card games of the last century, bridge is still enjoyed by professional and amateur players alike today - and now you can stop by and enjoy it too! Bring your bridge partner, or you will be matched up with someone to play as a pair. There will be instructions and the chance to observe players, making this a perfect event for beginners looking to learn how to play bridge.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Poetry Reading | Poetry in the Park


With: Kate Gale, Erika Meitner, Sebastian Merrill, Jason Schneiderman
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Yoga in the Park


Stretch and strengthen the entire body while calming and centering the mind. Explore a full range of yoga poses, along with breathwork and meditation. Students of all levels are welcome. Classes are offered by Molly Ginty, a veteran instructor with two decades of experience teaching yoga in New York City. Bring your own yoga mat (or beach towel!) to enjoy the sights and sounds of an oasis in the city and a calming yoga session for fitness, flexibility, and stress release.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | The Jail is Everywhere: Fighting the New Geography of Mass Incarceration by Jack Norton


Nearly every county and major city in the United States has a jail, the short-term detention center controlled by local sheriffs that funnels people into prisons and long-term incarceration. Jails are now the fastest-growing sector of the US carceral state. As jails grow, they transform the region around them. Whole towns and small cities see health care provision and employment opportunities become subordinate to carceral concerns. If jails are everywhere, resistance is too. Campaigns against new or expanded jails have emerged in large and mid-sized cities and in dozens of small towns and rural counties across the US. While there is some coordination and communication between those involved in these struggles, they tend to be isolated from each other and from broader movements. The Jail Is Everywhere brings together an incredible range of knowledge and experience from jail fights across the country. It maps this new terrain, foregrounding the hard-forged analyses of anti-jail organizers themselves as they take us through campaigns that, while appearing local, are at the new center of the carceral state. At this event, Jack Norton will discuss his book and more with the book's forward writer Ruth Wilson Gilmore. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Flow Yoga in the Park


Unwind from your day with a flow yoga class with Coach Natalia. Improve your mobility with deep stretching, balancing postures, and breathwork in this vinyasa style yoga class led by Tone House coaches and open to all ability levels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Origami Meetup


OMG NYC (Origami Meetup Group! New York City) is a group for people to come together and share in the beautiful art of Origami - an ancient art of folding various mediums, most commonly paper. The word comes from the combination of the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). Other materials often folded are fabric, wire mesh, sheet metal, tissue, thin plastic, cardboard, and straws. Ages Adult 18+
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Pilates in the Park


Instructor Melissa Ricci from Base Fitness leads a flowing, multi-level Pilates Mat class that will tone and balance your muscles, align your body, strengthen your core, and give you renewed energy.
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Yoga in the Park


Stretch, breathe, and find your inner peace at an outdoor yoga classes. They have a limited number of mats available to lend, so please bring your own if possible.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Longest-running Dance Festival in NYC - Outdoors


This Dance Festival is New York City's longest-running free public dance festival. Each year, the Festival draws a combined audience of over 12,000 in-person and over 35,000 virtual viewers. It runs from Aug.11-17 and features dance performances and workshops.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Six Air Forces Over the Atlantic: How Allied Airmen Helped Win the Battle of the Atlantic (online)


Author Joseph Molyson tells the story of the Battle of the Atlantic from the perspective of the air forces—and airmen—who waged it from the skies above the icy waters of the North Atlantic. He blends big-picture attention to strategy and tactics with dramatic episodes of air-to-air and air-to-sea combat, including the engagement in which a British light bomber captured a German U-boat near Iceland. He details the close eye Franklin Roosevelt kept on the campaign, the effect B-24 Liberator bombers had, and the rise of the Royal Air Force Coastal Command as a true U-boat-busting force. The result was victory in the Atlantic, as well as a significant contribution to victory in World War II.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Classical Music | Improvisational String Quartet in the Park


Nebulous Quartet is a traditional string quartet in its instrumentation but with a sound far from traditional. They embody the music they play and take pride in the creative journey, often creating arrangements and compositions from an improvisational and nebulous state. They are all from diverse backgrounds with distinct musical identities; together, they create music that is unique and beautiful.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Talk | Stargazing in the Park


A walk along the park and a chance to take a closer look at the stars. Peer through high-powered telescopes provided by the knowledgeable members of the Amateur Astronomers Association to see rare celestial sights. No experience is necessary and telescopes will be provided between sunset and park closure.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Musical | Broadway Actors in a Tony Winner's Musical Comedy

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Classical Music | Works by Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Ravel, and More at a Landmark Venue

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