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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 18, 2009?

43 free events take place on Thursday, June 18 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 18 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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43 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, June 18, 2009

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Lesson | Tai Chi in the Park


A tai chi class are for all ages and experience levels. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Workshop | Yoga in the Park


All ages and abilities welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Workshop | Cardio Workout in the Park


All ages and abilities welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 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. Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Hike | Governors Island Tour


A guided tour of the National Historic Landmark District. The tour covers 1.5 miles in 1.5 hours, rain or shine. It is strongly recommended that you bring at least 1 quart (1 liter) of water and a portable snack with you. Please dress for the weather. The tour route can be strenuous.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Introduction to Microsoft Publisher


Learn how to select an appropriate publication design. Learn how to create a greeting card from a template. Learn how to create a flyer from a blank publication. Have your questions answered.
   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
$5

Other | Skate Boarding and Roller Blading


The Skate Park is open to all skate boarders and roller bladers willing to sign a waiver and wear proper protective gear. Individuals under 18 years of age must have a waiver signed by a parent or guardian.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | “Views from the Past”


As you promenade through the heart of the Park, imagine yourself living in 19th Century New York City. Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all. Tour lasts approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Concert | Ayako Shirasaki, pianist


A virtuoso pianist who performs in and around the New York City area. Her techniques range from a “tender touch” (like the late Tommy Flanagan) to “brisk runs” (like Bud Powell) – which can be heard on her recent solo CD Home Alone.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Other | Linda Pollack's Habeas Lounge, interactive art installation


This creation of conceptual artist Pollack is designed to bring people together informally, literally face to face on a red serpentine-shaped couch, in a modern forum for civic dialogue. The artist orchestrates a constellation of activities, informal talks, gatherings and events that spark dialogue among the diverse people inhabiting the neighborhood and taking a break during a typical work day.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Simone, R&B singer


Daughter of legendary siren Nina, Simone -- who took her mother’s last name as her first in tribute -- has inherited her mother’s passion for song. Simone has starred in Broadway’s Rent, Aida, and The Lion King. Her newest album, Simone on Simone, breathing new life into Nina’s greatest hits.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Wall Street and Downtown Tour


Weaves together history, events, architecture, and people of birthplace of NY, financial capital of the world, and hottest new neighborhood in the city. Stops include U.S. Custom House, Trinity Church, Wall Street, NY Stock Exchange, other architectural and cultural sites. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Wall Street and Downtown Tour


Weaves together history, events, architecture, and people of birthplace of NY, financial capital of the world, and hottest new neighborhood in the city. Stops include U.S. Custom House, Trinity Church, Wall Street, NY Stock Exchange, other architectural and cultural sites. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 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
$5

Hike | Governors Island Tour


A guided tour of the National Historic Landmark District. The tour covers 1.5 miles in 1.5 hours, rain or shine. It is strongly recommended that you bring at least 1 quart (1 liter) of water and a portable snack with you. Please dress for the weather. The tour route can be strenuous.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade”


You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Talk | Accounting and Bookkeeping Essentials


Bruce Director will explain the basics of accounting and bookkeeping, including financing and cash flow, balance sheets, revenue and expenses, taxes, accounting functions and internal controls.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | 40 Years of Gay Literature


Perry Brass, Francine L. Trevens, Doric Wilson and other notable authors celebrate the best in gay literature over the past four decades.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | A sensed perturbation, group show


An exhibition featuring recent work by Nina Beier and Marie Lund, Manon de Boer, Matthew Buckingham, Alejandro Cesarco, Moyra Davey, Kenneth Goldsmith, and Josh Shaddock, curated by Jacob King. The works in this show are gestures that strive for attentiveness to affects, situations and atmosphere, finding forms amidst a sense of uncertainty.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Fanny Bräuning's No More Smoke Signals (2008)


The "Voice of the Lakota Nation"–the independent, non-profit radio station–has been a unifying force for the Lakota people since it first began broadcasting in 1983 from a hill near Porcupine, South Dakota. This feature explores the grass-roots activism that generated the idea of tribally–controlled media and those who struggled to make it a reality–now an everyday miracle in the lives of the people in the widely scattered communities of the Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River, and Rosebud Indian Reservations. Introduced by Tiokasin Ghosthorse and director Bräuning will be in attendance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Global Action Project Year-end Celebration


Since 1991, Global Action Project has worked with young people to create their own thought–provoking films and videos that address issues of social change, immigration, education, social services, and discrimination based on race, gender, and sexual orientation. The completed 2008–2009 projects are celebrated at this annual public event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Greenwich Village Orchestra


The Greenwich Village Orchestra was founded in 1986 by Robert Grehan and a group of musicians from the New York Metropolitan area. They are accountants, actors, artists, attorneys, carpenters, editors, physicians, professors, programmers, retirees, scientists, secretaries, students, teachers, writers, and dedicated musicians.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Kimura Ryoyu 's “SHO,” a calligraphy exhibition


Kimura Ryoyu works with language to express ideas beyond words. She has been practicing calligraphy since the age of five and has exhibited in Japan and abroad. She merges past and present art forms by combining pop art with traditional Japanese lettering, and her work appears in corporate posters and product labels. The opening reception will include a calligraphy demonstration by Ryoyu and a performance by Japanese belly dancer Marea Mizuki and koto musician Chiaki Endo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Slide Lecture | The Pre- and Post-Holocaust Saga of Ellen Mendel


Ellen Mendel was born in Nazi Germany. Through the use of family photos, she will tell the story of what happened in Germany from the First World War on. Come hear what happened to her family as Hitler increased his persecution of the Jews, which culminated in the Holocaust.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Video | Third Annual Drag Show Video Vérité


Premieres of never before publicly screened footage capturing over four decades of New York City's top male and female impersonators including rare footage of Divine, Flawless Sabrina, Charles Ludlam, Mr. Lynn Carter, Joey Arias, Rose Wood, Sherry Vine, Lady Bunny, and RuPaul. Plus a special slide show of Ves Pitt's drag portraits with live piano accompaniment. Selections made by drag historian Joe E. Jeffreys, who will introduce the program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lesson | Yoga in the Park


Yoga classes for all ages and levels. Some of yoga’s benefits include weight loss, deeper sleep, release from pain and arthritis, and a more youthful appearance. Wear comfortable clothing that allows easy movement. Mats are provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Land of the Lost Souls


Land of the Lost Souls With Cadillac Man and Will Blythe. “Cadillac Man’s story is grueling. His book is not. He works to put human faces on the men and women you see huddled under overpasses and in alleyways, and there are cracks of light in the tale he tells, even moments of joy, bravery and suspense.”-- NY Times Esquire literary editor Will Blythe introduces this gritty and poignant account of one man’s sixteen years on the street.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Deborah Copaken Kogan/Isabel Gillies, memoirists


Deborah Copaken Kogan’s new book, Hell Is Other Parents: And Other Tales of Maternal Combustion cops to the very real (and very funny) downsides of parenting, turning forty, and taking a much-needed midlife self-assessment. Isabel Gillies’ Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story is an emotionally involving account of the dissolution of the author’s marriage, and a raw look at how it’s possible to move forward when the unexpected turns a perfect world upside down.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Theater | William Shakespeare's The Tempest


The magician Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, and his daughter, Miranda, have been stranded for twelve years on an island after Prospero’s jealous brother Antonio deposed him and set him adrift at sea. Possessed of magic powers due to his great learning, Prospero, having divined that his brother, Antonio, is on a ship passing close by the island, has raised a tempest which causes the ship to run aground.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Austin Ratner reads from his book The Jump Artist


In his debut, Ratner fictionalizes the story of Philippe Halsman, a renowned photographer who, as a young man in interwar Austria, had his life forever changed by an anti-Semitic kangaroo court.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Other | Comics and Cartoon Slide Shows from the Anthology Typhon


An evening of dazzling cartoon slide shows featuring work from the critically acclaimed comics anthology Typhon, Volume One. Typhon contributors will be on hand to present their strips, including Gregory Benton, Rupert Bottenberg, Victor "Bald Eagles" Cayro, Nick Gazin, Hawk Krall, Hugo, Pshaw, and Hans Rickheit. Editor Danny Hellman and host R. Sikoryak will also be present. For Mature Audiences only, please.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
$5

Concert | Harbor Latin Youth Ensemble, Latin music


This performance honors Graciela, The First Lady of Latin Music. There will also be a dialogue with Graciela, Juan Flores of NYU, Miriam Jimenez Roman, and folklorist Elena Martinez.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Maggie Estep/Joe Meno, novelists


Estep's Alice Fantastic follows the misadventures of professional gambler Alice Hunter, her toy-maker sister, and her eccentric mother, as they try to rid Alice of an overzealous lover. Meno’s latest, The Great Perhaps, chronicles the lives of three generations of the Chicago-based Casper family as they negotiate trials from the mundane (teenage angst) to the surreal (the search for the elusive giant squid).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Nicholas Goosen's Grandma’s Boy, 2004


A 35-year-old video game tester has to move in with his grandma and her two old lady roommates. The second screening of Chaperone, an eight-week weekly series which consists of films handpicked by a group of artists, whose work provocatively explores disparate aspects of our culture's love affair with mediated reality.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | William Shakespeare's King Lear


An outdoor presentation of one of the Bard's greatest plays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Lesson | Yoga in the Park


Align your body, free your mind, and reconnect with nature and your true self. Yoga classes are taught in the flowing vinyasa style, where the movements are linked with the breath, creating a dynamic meditation in motion. The outdoor class is about coming together, meeting new people, and expressing yourself more freely through a fun and creative yoga practice. Through the practice, you’'ll explore various postures that open and stretch the body.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Noelle Kocot / Joshua Beckman / Jennifer Kronovet, poetry


Noelle Kocot (pictured) is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently Sunny Wednesday and Poem for the End of Time and Other Poems. She is the recipient of several awards, including an NEA fellowship. She lives in Brooklyn. Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the author of six books, including Take It and Shake. He is also the recipient of numerous other awards, including a NYFA fellowship and a Pushcart Prize. He lives in Seattle and New York. Jennifer Kronovet is the winner of the 2008 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Poetry Reading | Sharon Olds/Thomas Sayers Ellis/Elizabeth Alexander, poets


San Francisco-born Sharon Olds released her first collection Satan Says in 1980, which earned her the inaugural San Francisco Poetry Center Award. She has also received the National Book Critics Circle Award. Additional works include Strike Sparks, The Unswept Room and The Father, which was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. Thomas Sayers Ellis was born and raised in Washington, D.C. His first full collection The Maverick Room, received a Mrs. Giles Whiting Writers’ Award and the 2006 John C. Zacharis First Book Award. He is also the author of The Good Junk. His Breakfast and Blackfist: Notes for Black Poets is forthcoming. Elizabeth Alexander was born in 1962 in Harlem, New York, and grew up in Washington, D.C. Her collections of poetry include American Sublime, Antebellum Dream Book and The Venus Hottentot. Most recently she was selected to read at Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Screening | The Revealed (2005), award-winning Czech film


Directors Petra Slavika and Radomira Šofra put an unusual twist on the "reality show" by monitoring Big Brother-style a group for Western Lowland gorillas living in the pavilion of the Prague Zoo. The aim of the project was not only to look at the modern television format from the outside, but also to show the similarities and differences between the behaviors of gorillas and people. The further goal was to bring forward relevant information about apes and to support their protection. The Revealed won many awards including a “Wild Oscar” at the prestigious Wildscreen Awards in Bristol. In Czech with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Theater | Academy Award Nominee Anne Hathaway in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night


This one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. Hathaway (Brokeback Mountain) plays Viola, one of the canon’s most charming heroines. The story follows the romantic adventures of Viola and her identical twin Sebastian, both shipwrecked in the enchanted dukedom of Illyria. At the helm of this time-honored story of cross-dressing and mistaken identity, all in the name of love, is Tony Award-winning Director Daniel Sullivan. Also with Charles Borland, Michael Cumpsty, Clifton Duncan, Raúl Esparza, Herb Foster, Leslie Harrison, Slate Holmgren, Kevin Kelly, David Kenner, Hamish Linklater, Dorien Makhloghi, Audra McDonald, David Pittu, Ray Rizzo, Jay O. Sanders, Julie Sharbutt, Stark Sands, Baylen Thomas, Zach Villa, Jon Patrick Walker, and Julie White.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Film | The NYC Food Film Festival: Campbell Scott's Big Night plus food samples


With Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub and Minnie Driver. A failing Italian restaurant run by two brothers gambles on one special night to try to save the business in this 1996 comedy. 107 min. Moviegoers will be able to sample Timpano, the baked pasta dish featured in the film.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
Free

Dancing | The Power Ball featuring Grooveheadz Orchestra


Two years ago, the Grooveheadz Orchestra (pictured) got together and invented the concept of Ethno-Groove to define themselves. Their lyrics are multilingual: Russian, Serbian, Roma and - of course - English. The Balkans meet Funk, Klezmer meets Rock. But really, East and West meet the rest of the World. The Grooveheadz Orchestra makes you feel good, gets the heart dancing and the soul swinging. There will also be performances by Heather Leigh West, Mel Merio, The Fire and Reason, DJ Kevin Graves, and DJ Christopher Just. This is a celebration of the dance music community's commitment to expanding the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include LGBT people.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 pm
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