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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 22, 2013?

51 free events take place on Saturday, June 22 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 22 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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51 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, June 22, 2013

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Workshop | Health and Race Walking


Enjoy views of the Park's landscapes as you get fit. Coach Lon Wilson of the New York Walkers Club leads walks at a moderate to brisk pace over mostly flat surfaces. Wear comfortable sneakers! Ages 18+.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free

Tour | Brooklyn Heights/Brooklyn Bridge Tour


Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Catch & Release Fishing


Grab a pole and relax on the Harlem Meer while you wait for a bite from one of the many species of fish that live in its diverse aquatic ecosystem! Poles available to borrow; must release fish after catching them. Free for families and individuals; groups larger than 5 must reserve at least 2 weeks in advance. Adult with photo I.D. must accompany all children.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Drawing in the Park


Sketch and paint the Hudson River and neighboring parks with an artist/educator. Materials provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Kayaking in the Park


It's that time of year again - always a huge hit with park visitors, kayaking is now in full swing on Thursdays and Saturdays all summer long! If you haven't been out on the East River in a kayak yet, now's your chance to do it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Dance Lesson | Limon Dance Company


Experience the joy of movement and dance. Free classes are led by former and current members of the internationally renowned modern dance company, Limon Dance. Open to all levels and ages.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Shape Up NYC - Yoga


Please bring your own mat. Expert Instructors. Shaping Up has never been so easy!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | SoHo, Little Italy & Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Spring Into Yoga


Teachers trained in different styles will be giving classes throughout the afternoon, with the scenic park lake in the background. Please bring your own mat, as there will be none provided. Class Schedule: 10:00-11:00am 11:30am-12:30pm 1:00-2:00pm 2:30-3:30pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


   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
$6

Park Walk | Garden Tour


Experience the Park's only formal garden with the Garden staff. See exuberant perennial and annual beds, and delight in an abundance of color and fragrance while learning about the Garden's history and design.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Shape Up Zumba


Shape Up NYC (an NYC Parks program run in partnership with Equinox, NYC Service, and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield) offers more than 175 free fitness classes every week at locations across the five boroughs to help New Yorkers get and stay fit.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Festival | The 9th Annual Adventures NYC


They'll turn the Big Apple into the country’s largest urban adventure playground at the 9th annual Adventures NYC, a celebration of all things outdoors. This event offers a wide range of outdoor activities and exciting demonstrations for all ages to experience including kayaking, stand up paddle boarding, rock climbing, mountain biking, fishing lessons, and outdoor gear exhibits. Highlights of this year’s event are: · Winter in the Summertime by The North Face, featuring Freeskiing athletes and snowsport activities · The STIHL Lumberjack Show, featuring log rolling, speed climbing, and chain saw simulators · The L.L.Bean Zones, featuring Kayaking, Fly Casting, Stand-Up Paddleboarding and the L.L.Bean Bootmobile · The Bear Naked Climbing Zone · Mountain Bike Expo · Bike Helmet Giveaway, courtesy of NYC DOT
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
Free

City Walk | 8th Street & St. Marks Place Tour


A walking tour highlighting the unique, bizarre and beautiful bohemia we call Greenwich Village. Rain or shine. Tour is led by a licensed guide who focuses on the various social, architectural and/or historic aspects of the neighborhood.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Other | Historic Boat Trips


Free educational trips on the Hudson River aboard the fireboat John J. Harvey and the tug Pegasus. UPDATE: Advance reservations for free boat trips on Pioneer and John J. Harvey have sold out. Additional tickets for each trip will be available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 11:30am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Workshop | A Workshop on Navigation from the Point of View of the Body


With Jennifer Monson. The workshop will begin with a heightening of your own navigational strategies through the senses of sight, sound, smell and touch. This will include exercises that cultivate your ability to localize sounds, sensitize your responses to light and your perception of shape, touch and direction. Once your perceptions are tuned and our desires are activated, begin moving in response to your environment, navigating into and from your physical imaginations as you integrate dancing into the landscape.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

Other | Dockside Historic Ship Tours


FREE Dockside ship tours. Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge No. 79, Pegasus and Lilac.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free

Workshop | LoVid Photographic Portrait Workshop


LoVid will host an event that focuses on generating a collective portrait of the participants. As a central component of the activities, LoVid will create photographic portraits of select participants while leading them through a choreographed exploration of identity, communication, and transformation. These participants will receive a limited edition, interactive artist book, which they will be able to personalize and keep after the event. Each sitting will take approximately 30 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Film | South African Cinema: Oliver Schmitz's Life, Above All (2010)


Following the death of her newborn sister, 12 year-old Chanda learns of a rumor spreading through her small village near Johannesburg that eventually destroys her family and forces her mother to flee. 106 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:15 pm
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Parade | 2013 Mermaid Parade


A completely original creation of Coney Island, the Mermaid Parade is the nation's largest art parade and one of New York City's greatest summer events. The Mermaid Parade pays homage to a forgotten Mardi Gras which lasted from 1903 to 1954, and draws from a host of other sources resulting in a wonderful and wacky event that is unique to Coney Island.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
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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1:00 pm
$6

Talk | Electronic musician Keith Fullerton Whitman talks about his work


Keith Fullerton Whitman (born May 29, 1973) is an American electronic musician who has recorded albums influenced by many genres, including ambient music, drill and bass, and krautrock. He records and performs using many aliases, of which the best-known is Hrvatski (the Croatian word for Croatian).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | James Ivory's 3-Time Oscar Winner A Room with a View (1985): The Italian Persepctive


Stars Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott. When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr. Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans? 117 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Theater | Piney Fork Press Theater Festival


Over 30 short plays by writers from across the country in a casual setting. Both staged readings and full productions, and suitable for the entire family.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Opera | New York Opera Forum performs Alcina by Handel


A concert version of Handel's Alcina, an opera seria. Handel used the libretto of L'isola di Alcina, an opera that was set in 1728 in Rome by Riccardo Broschi, which he acquired the year after, during his travels in Italy. The plot was originally taken from Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso (like those of the Handel operas Orlando and Ariodante), an epic poem set in the time of Charlemagne's wars against Islam.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:30 pm
Free

Tour | Brooklyn Heights Tour


Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Talk | Electronic musician Joseph Hammer talks about his work


"With a plunderphonic, Cagean appreciation for the infinite textures of AM radio and "mid century sci fi" Joseph weaves arrestingly hypnotic and experimental 3D collages which have utterly commanded our attention." - Boomkat
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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City Walk | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Performance | Liubo Borrisov & Konrad Kaczmarek presents Peripatetic Audio Visual Ensemble


This collaborative project brings together digital bricoleur Liubomir Borissov and award-winning composer Konrad Kaczmarek to superimpose new sights and sounds on the streets and parks of Lower Manhattan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Union Square: Crossroads of New York


The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Voz de la Guitarra: Fiesta Musical


Come enjoy the final gala concert event of a Creative Aging workshop, Voz de la Guitarra. Guitar Duo Lisa Spraragen and Josue Perez and their students will present and afternoon of Latin music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Talk | Artist Talk: Jutta Koether


Jutta Koether (born 1958) is a German artist, musician and critic based in New York since the early 1990s. Her paintings are exercises in color, line, form and pattern and often feature text.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Concert on Water


The concert is at the coolest classical music concerts location in New York City. Program and musicians TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Concert | Concert on Water


The concert is at the coolest classical music concerts location in New York City. Program and musicians TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Tae Kwon Do Workshop


Teaches the fundamentals of discipline, balance, Health and Wellness.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Film | Tim Burton's Oscar-Nominated Big Fish (2003): Like Father, Like Son


Stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup. A son tries to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths he told about his life. 125 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | The NYC Underground Improv Mixer


* Meet * Mingle * Network * Improvise * FREE Your Funny Improvisation News is dedicated to promoting the art of Improvisational Theater and is the sponsor of this rare NYC opportunity. Attendees receive a free improv workshop with Scotty Watson (The Second City, Late Night With David Letterman) followed by an opportunity to improvise in front of a live audience. The atmosphere is fun, relaxed, supportive and casual. If you've been thinking about meeting new people and shaking things up in your life, this is it. From novice to expert, whether you perform and simply watch, take a load off and come laugh.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Talk | Electronic musician Steven Warwick (Heatsick) talks about his work


Steven Warwick is a Berlin-based musician who performs solo under the moniker Heatsick and is also known as one half of the duo Birds of Delay. Heatsick uses various instruments including voice, keyboard and percussion to create saturated washes of tone, floating and disintegrating entropic loops, while also using deliberately broken continuity as a playful, live conceptual gesture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Talk | Electronic musician Thomas Brinkmann talks about his work


Thomas Brinkmann (born in 1959) is a German producer of experimental minimal techno music. He began experimenting with records in the early eighties and released re-workings of material by fellow artists Mike Ink and Richie Hawtin in the second half of the 90s.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | “Make a Joyful Noise” A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson, with Della Reese


Featuring Joshua Nelson, the Prince of Kosher Gospel and special guest Della Reese and a screening of Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Theater | The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), a Madcap Romp Through the Bard


Susane Lee, Hudson Warehouse’s Assistant Artistic Director, will direct the Reduced Shakespeare Company's Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, a tireless trio of actors who cavort and careen their way through the Shakespeare canon in 90 minutes including tackling Hamlet in under one minute. This madcap take on the classics will surely delight.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Third Rail Projects' Roadside Attraction


Created by Bessie Award-winning Third Rail Projects (Jennine Willett, Tom Pearson, Zach Morris, Artistic Directors), Roadside Attraction is a versatile new work housed in and around a vintage pop-up camper that has been retrofitted to become the stage and setting for a new dance-theater performance which incorporates the intimate, quirky, stunning and startling choreographic sensibility that is the hallmark of Third Rail’s critically acclaimed work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Performance | Liubo Borrisov & Konrad Kaczmarek presents Peripatetic Audio Visual Ensemble


This collaborative project brings together digital bricoleur Liubomir Borissov and award-winning composer Konrad Kaczmarek to superimpose new sights and sounds on the streets and parks of Lower Manhattan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | New Play: The Mosquito Net by Kimberly del Busto


A multimedia testimony play examining human rights controversies in contemporary Cuba.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Outdoor Theater: Anton Chekhov's The Seagull


New York Classical Theatre presents the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters: the famous middlebrow story writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the symbolist playwright Konstantin Tréplev.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Tropfest Short Film Festival, Hosted by Liev Schreiber


Tropfest, the world's largest short-film festival, was founded more than 20 years ago in Australia. And this summer, the festival has expanded to where attendees can enjoy a day of food and music before settling in to watch the festival screening, hosted by Liev Schreiber. A panel of celebrity judges will select the festival's best original seven-minute short, and the winning director will receive a $20,000 cash prize. The day kicks off at 3:00 pm with live music/DJs performing including Chairlift, Neon Indian (DJ set), Bear In Heaven, Ghost Beach and People Get Ready. Then, at 8pm, the Tropfest New York short film competition begins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare Under the Stars: The Comedy of Errors, with Jesse Tyler Ferguson


This new production concerns two sets of identical twins who were separated as children and now live as master-servant pairs in rival neighboring cities. When one pair crosses the border to find the other, so begins an exquisitely enjoyable mess of mistaken identity, wrongful imprisonment, questionable flirting and general mayhem. Directed by Daniel Sullivan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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Performance | Andrew Schneider's Tidal, a “Live-Art Experiment”


Set adrift in the palindromic live multimedia performance. After the sun sets to the west, the East River becomes the backdrop and the stage for this highly physical and technological live-art experiment in time travel. Cameras, projectors, microphones, and underwater camera housings turn the viewer’s perception of time backwards in a city that is uncompromisingly charging forward.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 pm
Free
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