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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on July 27, 2012?

42 free events take place on Friday, July 27 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 July 27 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 July . 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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42 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, July 27, 2012

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Concert | No Doubt, Grammy-Winning Rockers


Reliable hitmakers at the turn of the century, No Doubt is about to release Push and Shove, their first album in 11 years. (photo: Brian McCauley)
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 am
Free

Workshop | Morning Tai Chi


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 30 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
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Workshop | 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

Fair | Street Fair


   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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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Concert | Lunchtime Listen: Harlem Chamber Players


The Harlem Chamber Players is an ethnically diverse collective of professional musicians dedicated to bringing high caliber, affordable and accessible chamber music to the people of Harlem and beyond. Additionally, The Harlem Chamber Players seek to build an audience for classical music through community and educational outreach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Dona Carter, Jazz Pianist


Pianist, composer, music educator, and mentor to students of all ages, Dona Carter has directed a variety of ensembles - large and small - composing and arranging many original pieces. Future performances with her band will include Cleopatra's Needle and the Hartford/Bushnell concert series this summer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 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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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 | 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Sean McNamara's Soul Surfer (2011): Back on the Board


With AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt. A teenage surfer girl summons the courage to go back into the ocean after losing an arm in a shark attack. 106 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Bennett Miller's Oscar-Nominated Moneyball (2011): In the Bigs


With Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players. 133 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's The Tourist (2010): Italian Adventure


With Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany. Revolves around Frank, an American tourist visiting Italy to mend a broken heart. Elise is an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. 103 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | “The Castle and its Kingdom” Tour


Take a walk around the lands dominated by the Castle, situated high on Vista Rock. Visit the tiny 55-acre realm on an eclectic tour of history and nature. Tour is approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Film | Sundance Festival Nominee: Rashaad Ernesto Green's Gun Hill Road (2011)


The story of a young man exploring his sexuality in an intolerant and judgmental world and his explorations impact on his relationship with his parents and himself. 82 min. Opening comments and Q&A to follow screening with the director.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Workshop | Introduction to Google Drive


Google Drive is the new name for Google Docs, a powerful and free suite of collaborative programs that are used to create and share documents. Users will explore the many new options that are available and learn the basics of word processing and spreadsheets and saving and sharing files in the “cloud”. A G-mail account is required in order to fully participate in this course.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:15 pm
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Concert | Free Music Fridays


Live Music Featuring Steve Katz, Liz Tormes
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Party | Preview Party for the Annual Zine and Self-Published Photo Book Fair


This art book fair strives to promulgate new and recent artist publications and to highlight contemporary photography in its printed form. The public is invited to browse, purchase, and meet individuals involved within the art publishing scene.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | 5th Anniversary Celebration Concert


6 hours of live music of all genres plus open jam session. 6:30-8:00 PM The Tom Blatt Project (jazz) 8PM Elizabeth Grimes (boogie woogie/honky tonk) 9PM Christina LaRocca (R&B)with Satchel Jones 10PM Val Kinzler (Rock) 10:30PM Michael McHugh with Roger Blanc (folk) 11:00PM Special 5th anniversary show jam session- Musicians they want you!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Theater | Outdoor Theater: The Rover by Aphra Behn


The “rover” of the play’s title is Willmore, a rakish naval captain, who falls in love with a young woman named Hellena, who has set out to experience love before her brother sends her to a convent. Complications arise when Angellica Bianca, a famous courtesan, falls in love with Willmore and swears revenge on him for his betrayal.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Performance | Tales of Becoming


This is a closing event for its current exhibition Cultural Transference. The event will consist of two presentations under the heading "Tales of Becoming," featuring a screening of Nicolas Dumit Estevez's baptism which is documented in his project Born Again: A Lebanese-Dominican Dominican York is Born Again as a Bronxite, and a performative reading by Pablo Helguera, and actress Laura Lona, from "The Boy Inside the Letter" (2008), a diary written during his first four years in the United States, after moving from Mexico City to Chicago for art school. The reception will begin at 6:30pm, the screening and performance will begin at 7:00pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Club: Solar by Ian McEwan


The Friday Night Book Group reconvenes in the Cafe for their monthly meeting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | Chuck Braman Jazz Band


Celebrate the sunset with some of New York City’s favorite musicians from this spectacular grass covered pier that stretches 900 feet into the majestic Hudson River.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Jam Man Stables


Phenom improv newbies Suze McNamara and Gary Beacon unite with improv phoenix Matt Higgins, in JAM MAN STABLES! If you see only one improv show this year, let it be this one! And if you see only two improv shows this year, let it be this one and the next Jam Man Stables show! And so on! JAM MAN STABLES, the incredibly sensational improv trio!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5

Performance | Comedy: Shackled


Nate Starkey (Big Black Car, Ringo Starr’s heir, and Starkey and Grace) and Dion Flynn (The Complete First Season, CareerMaps.net) return with their critically acclaimed, highly popular two-man improvised thriller: Shackled. Never have you had so much fun watching two grown men (chained at the ankles) make stuff up.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Joshua Cohen reads from his book Four New Messages


A spectacularly talented young writer has returned from the present with Four New Messages, urgent and visionary dispatches that seek to save art, sex, and even alienation from corporatism and technology run rampant.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Opera | The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital


The Metropolitan Opera presents a summer recital series featuring opera stars Danielle de Niese, Dimitri Pittas, and John Del Carlo, accompanied by Dan Saunders.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Waterfront Workouts: Belly Dance


Dance to Middle Eastern rhythms while learning traditional movements and combinations that tone your core. Registration begins at 6:30pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Dance Performance | Young Dancemakers Company


An ensemble of 19 talented, ethnically diverse high school dancer/choreographers, under the expert eye of director/founder Alice Teirstein, will participate in the 17th year of Young Dancemakers Company, performing their original works. Themes and music choices are always wide-ranging and, in addition to their own dances, the group always learns and performs work by established choreographers, providing another important addition to their development. This year, the eager students will learn choreographies by Robert Battle and Sean Curran. Past concerts have featured dances by Mark Morris, Merce Cunningham, Jose Limon, Bill T. Jones, and others. All performances end with the lively and popular "Dance With Us," in which audience members are invited onto the stage for some post-concert improvisation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Folk Music: The Head and the Heart / Lost in the Trees


THE HEAD AND THE HEART is a band whose “name describes its sound perfectly—lyrics and music inspired by both intellect and emotion." (NPR) The six-piece came together in Seattle in the summer of 2009, and the speed with which it went from handing out burned copies of it’s self released debut in custom denim sleeves to selling out multi-thousand capacity venues across the country is a testament to the connection people find in its music. (photo: Shawn Brackbill) While everything about The Head and the Heart’s swelling vocal harmonies and driving acoustic stomps seems at the very center of the American roots revival, the “stunningly gorgeous” (LA Times) orchestral folk of LOST IN THE TREES represents the far left of the same movement. Both its 2010 debut Alone in an Empty House and this year’s stunning A Church That Fits Our Needs have mesmerized critics and fans alike with their expansive arrangements, taking listeners on sonic journeys that range from the pure melodies of American folk and pop to symphonic sound exploration.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$3 suggested admission

Opera | New York Grand Opera performs Puccini's Tosca CANCELLED!


Since New York Grand Opera premiered with a performance of La Boheme on May 23, 1973 in the grand ballroom of the Riverside Plaza Hotel on Manhattan’s West 73rd Street, the Company has given over 200 performances of over 50 different operas to over 3 million people in the Park, throughout the five boroughs, Long Island and New Jersey. For many, New York Grand Opera’s performances have been their first experience hearing and seeing an opera.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Film | See the Oscar-Winning The Muppets


With Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper. With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Wil-Dog el Gavachillo featuring Banda Viento de Oro


Ozomatli’s Wil-Dog Abers lays down his bass, dons a cowboy hat, and transforms himself into alter ego “El Gavachillo” for a rowdy, punk rock–inspired take on sousaphone-powered Mexican banda, joined by the brassy, high-octane Banda Viento de Oro, in their first New York show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Buttski & Glasscock’s New Talent Blow Out!


Each month the Buttski and Glasscock Talent Agency brings you the best of the worst in the most pure, yet eccentric, talent this small town has to offer. As only two career-savvy former show girls can, Buttski and Glasscock comb through Craigslist ad after Craigslist ad looking to breed new talent. And each month YOU will determine which act will get a one-year contract with the agency. So bring your ‘A-game’ as we wade through some of the best ‘B-talent’ this town has to offer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Outdoor Presentation of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor


The play is presented in a working parking lot, so you can drive there but you should expect to pay the Muni-meter. The show is 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. Seats are available on a first come first serve basis, with audience members often arriving as early as 7:00 PM to secure a place. You are encouraged and welcome to bring your own chair. Once seats are gone, blankets are spread out.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Theater | Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine's Into the Woods, the Broadway Smash


A witch's curse condemns the Baker and his Wife to a life without children. They embark on a quest to find the four items required to break the spell: the cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, and the slipper as pure as gold. Will they succeed? And what happens after "happily ever after?" A masterpiece by musical theater giants Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, Into the Woods is a witty and irreverent reimagining of beloved classic fairytales: Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Cinderella. Featuring Amy Adams, Jack Broderick, Gideon Glick, Cooper Grodin, Ivan Hernandez, Tina Johnson, Josh Lamon, Jessie Mueller, Donna Murphy, Laura Shoop, and Tess Soltau.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Los Irreales de Ondatrópica


Fresh from its debut at the London Olympics, Ondatrópica brings together stars of legendary Discos Fuentes cumbia and salsa albums alongside a new generation of tropicalistas. Co-helmed by bassist Mario Galeano (leader of Bogotá cumbia futurists Frente Cumbiero) and Colombia-based DJ Quantic (a.k.a. Will Holland) on guitar and accordion, this 12-member super session features composer Alfredito Linares (piano), singer Markitos Mikolta, Grupo Niche cofounder Wilson Viveros (timbales), Michi Sarmiento (clarinet), Pedro Beltrán (flute), and Jorge Gavira, arguably Colombia’s finest trumpeter.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
Free

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


With Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz and Christopher Lee. 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. Movie starts at dusk.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Skomp!


SKOMP! isn’t just a sketch show. It’s not just an improv show. SKOMP! is a show where part of it is improvised and the other part is highly scripted down to a T. It is the yin and yang of comedy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Nobody’s Token / North Coast


New York City’s premiere African-American improv group creates a hilarious half-hour sitcom exploring all the things you’ve come to love in your favorite TV shows. Whether having problems at the office or struggling to pay your rent, no matter if you’re secretly in love with an alien or your mother’s a car, give us two of your wackiest problems and a product you want to buy and we’ll give you a half-hour of laughs. With commercials!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Daddy’s Basement


Skinny Bitch Jesus Meeting presents their once a month curse: Daddy’s Basement: A Comedy Variety Freakshow Stand up! Sketch! Music! Burlesque! Hosted by Katie Hartman and Leah Rudick. The best talent in the city under one scary basement roof.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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