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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 24, 2009?

44 free events take place on Wednesday, June 24 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 24 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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44 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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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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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 | “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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11:00 am
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Lesson | Elements of Nature Drawing


Enjoy drawing in the parks and gardens with a professional artist/educator. Materials provided or bring your own.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Concert | Joel Forrester, boogie woogie pianist


Forrester is a contemporary two-handed piano player, essaying the stride, boogie woogie, and trance styles. He wrote the theme to NPR's Fresh Air, studied composition with Thelonious Monk, co-founded the Microscopic Septet, and did music for the early films of Andy Warhol.
   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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Other | Oral Cancer Screenings


Screenings are on a first-come first-served basis. No appointment is needed. Testing is quick and painless.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


Tour of this magnificent Beaux-Arts landmark.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Dance Performance | Naomi Goldberg Haas/Dances For A Variable Population's Fanfare


Groups of dancers of diverse ages perform to whimsically remixed compositions from Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" by the minimalist composer Michael Nyman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Author Reading | Tom Colicchio and Sisha Ortuzar read from their book Wichcraft: Craft a Sandwich into a Meal--and a Meal into a Sandwich


From the ever popular Peanut Butter Cream’wich to Roasted Turkey with Avocado, Bacon, Onion Marmalade and Mayonnaise, Celebrity Chef and restaurateur Coliccio is back with best-loved offerings and tricks to crafting the perfect sandwich.
   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
$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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Jazz | Sandy Stewart & Bill Charlap, jazz duo


This mother-son duo's album Love Is Here To Stay highlights Stewart's singing and Charlap's piano playing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$7 donation requested

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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1:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Naomi Goldberg Haas/Dances For A Variable Population's Fanfare


Groups of dancers of diverse ages perform to whimsically remixed compositions from Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" by the minimalist composer Michael Nyman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Lesson | Figure al Fresco


Learn figure drawing outdoors with a clothed model and an artist/educator. Materials provided or bring your own.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Concert | Jeff Ide performs from his CD Within the Heart of Me


The enchanting cabaret performer offers up a personal selection of songs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Milton, acoustic/folk rock


Milton is a New York City-based singer/songwriter known in clubs and college radio stations up and down the east coast for his hummable melodies, spot on lyrics, tight band and soulful, energetic live shows. With his last self-titled CD, released in November 2006, Milton continued to expand upon the fan base created with his debut.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Other | Volleyball after Work


Join other adults for good-natured games of volleyball. Scorekeeper and balls provided. No experience necessary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Barry Ritholtz discusses his book Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy


This book offers a look at the financial lenders, regulators, and politicians responsible for the financial crisis of 2008. Ritholtz is one of today's most popular economic bloggers and a well-established industry pundit. He explores how the United States evolved from a rugged independent nation to a soft "Bailout Nation" where financial firms are allowed to self-regulate in good times, but are bailed out by taxpayers in bad times.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Other | Chelsea Mind Games


A live game show that alternates among the Vocabulary Tournament, Geography Bee, Math Bee, and Team Trivia. All games are open to all. Each event begins with live music, followed bythe competition. Tonight, enjoy tunes played by DJ Joe and pick up a copy of this week's warm-up quiz. Prize for the best score on the quiz. Quiz questions are not linked to the game that follows -- they include trivia on any topic, puzzles, word games, etc. Then, bring friends or make new ones for Team Trivia. Win prizes answering a mix of current events, entertainment, science and history questions. Cash prize for winners.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Other | Evening Yoga


End your day with relaxing Hatha yoga 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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Lecture | “The City Rat: A Behavioral Perspective on Earth’s Third Most Successful Mammal”


Robert Corrigan, PhD, on how the rat survives in different cities around the world, how the “intelligence” and unique behaviors of the animal allow it to be such a successful co-habitant in nearly all of the habitations of humans as well as away from humans.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Screening | Adam Curtis' The Century of the Self, 2002


The untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. The third 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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Concert | Alex Cuba, funk/Latin music


The "Alex Cuba sound" is an intoxicating mix of feel-good melodies, funk infused horns and Latin rhythms. Cuba has garnered tremendous critical acclaim following his two Juno Awards for his first two albums and has shared the stage with such indie luminaries as Feist, Jose Gonzalez and Seu Jorge.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus read from their book The Real Real


From the authors of The Nanny Diaries, a story about 17-year-old Jesse O'Rourke - one of the NOT rich kids at Hampton High - who gets chosen to star on the reality show being filmed at her school.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Ian Hunter performs from his CD Shrunken Heads


The leader of the rock group Mott The Hoople - best known for their classic recording of David Bowie's "All The Young Dudes" - here presents his solo work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Kate Walbert reads from her book A Short History of Women


A portrayal of the legacies of mothers and daughters, chronicling five generations of women from the close of the Nineteenth Century through the early years of the Twenty-First.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Michael Gross reads from his book, Rogues' Gallery: The Secret History of the Moguls and the Money that Made the Metropolitan Museum


Gross, a leading chronicler of the American rich, begins the first independent, unauthorized look at the saga of the nation’s greatest museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this endlessly entertaining follow-up to his bestselling social history 740 Park, Gross pulls back the shades of secrecy that have long shrouded the upper class’s cultural and philanthropic ambitions and maneuvers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Rachel DeWoskin reads from her book Repeat After Me


The author of Foreign Babes in Beijing returns with this this alternately funny and painful glimpse of love and loss between languages.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Violinist Pavel Šporcl in “A Tribute to Paganini”


The most distinctive member of the young generation of Czech violinists, Šporcl has been entertaining audiences in major music venues worldwide, thanks to his formidable art combined with unorthodox platform presence. From 1991–1996, he pursued his studies in the U.S. under the tutelage of outstanding teachers like Eduard Schmieder, Itzhak Perlman and Dorothy DeLay. Šporcl will also play music by Bach, Ysay and Milstein.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

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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Concert | Works for violin by Messiaen


Program: Messiaen, Visions de l’Amen Featuring Marilyn Nonken, piano; and Sarah Rothenberg, piano.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Eva Nagorski reads from her book The Down and Dirty Dish on Revenge


For those who have experienced heartbreak and are dreaming about the sheer satisfaction of sticking it to the person who stuck it to them, this fully loaded, juiced-up book on how people devise, execute, and relish passionate revenge is a must-have.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Stefan Sterzinger, Austrian singer, accordionist and conceptual artist


Sterzinger constantly crosses and mixes genres and. In 1986 he first began to perform with the Franz Franz and The Melody Boys, playing the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Muddy Waters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and their own blues-inspired pieces. Sterzinger's solo CD was recently produced for Austrian radio OE1, and he is currently putting together the Vienna Lied Orkestra, and ensemble made up of 3 accordions, a violin, a viola, a bass fiddle and percussion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Performance | The Micah/Myq Club Spectacular


A night full of comedy, music, storytelling, and miscellaneous and non-miscellaneous big fat fun. Micah Sherman and Myq Kaplan host an assortment of word-talkers, face-makers, body-movers, characters, and all kinds of laugh-providers and thought-provokers. This week: comics Tom Shillue (Comedy Central Presents), James Patterson (Premium Blend), and The Straightmen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Performance | The Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Experiment


The legendary Kondabolu brothers from Queens make another attempt to host a talk show with little to no scripting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Reading | 4 writers share their work


Cheryl B. is a Brooklyn-based writer and performance poet. Her work appears in Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution, BLOOM and Reactions 5: New Poetry. She has received a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Jeff Gordinier is an editor at Details and author of X Saves the World. He has written for The New York Times, Esquire, GQ, Elle, Spin>/i> and Entertainment Weekly. His work has been included in anthologies such as Best American Nonrequired Reading. Sarah Kelly is a writer, musician and social worker. She has performed at the WYSIWYG Talent Show and appears in the book Cringe: Teenage Diaries, Journals, Notes, Letters, Poems, and Abandoned Rock Operas. Hugh Ryan is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Nerve, The Advocate and on NPR's Morning Edition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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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Jazz | Swiss jazz clarinetist Linus Wyrsch


Swiss jazz clarinetist Linus Wyrsch performs 2 sets with a fantastic rhythm section featuring Victor Gutierrez (keys), Edouard Brenneisen (guitar), Daniel Ori (bass), Mitch Perrins (drums) and Special Guests
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
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Party | DR!P


Think Studio 54 meets Beige... with a pool. Legendary NYC promoter, Lee Chappell and Downtown Diva, Shequida present the new look of NYC Nightlife. DJ Scotty Rox and visuals by Wetcircuit. Bathing suits required in the pool.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
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Performance | Laughing Liberally Intern Show


Comedian Harry Terjanian with his send-up of organized religion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
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