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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 1, 2009?

15 free events take place on Monday, June 1 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 June 1 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 June . 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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15 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, June 1, 2009

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

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. Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free

Concert | Luiz Simas, piano: jazz, ragtime and stride


Brazilian-American pianist Simas is a versatile performer who feels totally at ease with both the music of his native Brazil and the American genres of jazz, ragtime and stride.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

Concert | Trio Picasso


Featuring: Emy Todoroki-Schwartz, piano; Waka Hirao, violin; Akari Yamamoto, clarinet; guest performer, and Jacqueline Horner- Kwiatek, mezzo-soprano. Performing works by Vanhal, Milhaud, Conti, and others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free

Staged Reading | Pia Wilson's Red Rooster


Joyce, a Hurricane Katrina refugee from New Orleans' Ninth Ward, is living in New Jersey with an elderly man named George. Joyce and George have an agreement: she'll take care of him and he'll eventually sign his home over to her as payment. All is going well for George and Joyce, until George's son comes home and wants the house.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Remembering Benny Goodman


Martin E. Segal and Phoebe Jacobs reminisce about the big band great. Moderated by George Boziwick in celebration of the Benny Goodman centennial.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Fashion Culture: Seduction


Exhibition curator Colleen Hill as she explores the historical significance of seductive fashion from the eighteenth century to the present. Ms. Hill will show that seductive dress has been worn throughout history to convey heightened allure, and will discuss the inherent sensuality created by clothing-s proximity to the body, with examples of how it is expressed through an interplay of exposure and concealment
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Gloria Steinem, Isabella Rossellini and other contributors read from 50 Is the New Fifty


Lesley Jane Seymour, Donna Edwards and author Suzanne Braun Levine join Steinem and Rossellini to talk about confronting change, renegotiating relationships, and discovering who they are now that they're "grown up."
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Paula Uruburu reads from her book, American Eve


Uruburu talks about her recent book American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, The Birth of the "It" Girl and The Crime of the Century. It is the story of America's first sex symbol - Evelyn Nesbit, know as the "Girl in the Red Velvet Swing." An expert on Nesbit and the time period, the author has been widely published and has appeared on A&E's Biography, PBS's History Detectives and The American Experience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Andy Raskin reads from his book The Ramen King and I


Approaching 40 and still single, the author decides he needs help to figure out why he is incapable of being faithful in romantic relationships. He joins a self-help group and begins to write a series of letters exploring his past failures. The man he chooses to address the letters to is Momofuku Ando, the creator of instant ramen noodles, who built an extremely successful empire after losing everything.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Frank Anthony Polito reads from his book Drama Queers!


Meet Bradley Dayton—a wickedly funny high school senior whose woefully uncool life always seems to be full of drama, even in the sorry little suburb of Hazel Park, Michigan. Brad has a thing for acting, and while his friends are trying to get laid, he is practicing the Jane Seymour monologue from Somewhere in Time.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Glen David Gold reads from his book Sunnyside


The bestselling author of Carter Beats the Devil populates his new novel with a cast of both real and fictional characters centered around the larger-than-life figure of Charlie Chaplin. In a narrative by turns lighthearted and profound, Gold captures the moment when American capitalism, a world at war, and the emerging mecca of Hollywood intersect to spawn an enduring culture of celebrity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Pia Wilson's Red Rooster


Joyce, a Hurricane Katrina refugee from New Orleans' Ninth Ward, is living in New Jersey with an elderly man named George. Joyce and George have an agreement: she'll take care of him and he'll eventually sign his home over to her as payment. All is going well for George and Joyce, until George's son comes home and wants the house.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free

Concert | Félix Lajkó, violin: folk, jazz, gypsy, and klezmer music


The Hungarian violinist fuses folk, jazz, gypsy, and klezmer music to create a unique and energetic musical style. Known for his charismatic performances, Lajkó has collaborated with everyone from Japanese Butoh dancer Min Tanaka to the French rock band Noir Désir. Here he will perform with violist Antal Brasnyo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Reading | Paul Auster reads from Granta


Bestselling author Auster will read from his contributed essays to the latest Granta issue, followed by an interview by Granta editors Alex Clark and John Freeman. Hosted by Luis Jaramillo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$5

Dance Performance | Karl Cronin/Charlotte Gibbons/Anna Sperber, dancers


Part of a series which present modern dance in making...
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free
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