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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 29, 2013?

49 free events take place on Saturday, June 29 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 29 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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49 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, June 29, 2013

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City Walk | The Great Manhattan Bridges Walk


27 miles, moderate pace, 12 hours. Start at Brooklyn Bridge, end at GW Bridge. Walk over all of the bridges on which one can leave Manhattan Island by foot. Bring Metrocard for 2 or 3 bus/subway rides (in addition to the 27 miles of walking.) Bring plenty of water & lunch. Heavy rain at start cancels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:45 am
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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 | RiverFish Celebration


Connect to the life living within the Hudson River. Fishing equipment provided, but bring enthusiasm, luck, and a friend. Come for the fishing, stay for river-related activities including fishy arts & crafts.
   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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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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Park Walk | See the Park in Progress with a Behind-the-Scenes Hard Hat Tour


A sneak peak of the construction of the 30 acres of new park and public spaces at the center of the Island. This tour takes visitors through the park construction site. Space on the tours is limited and is available on a first-come, first served basis. Hardhats and vests will be provided and closed-toe footwear is required. Children over the age of 7 are welcome on tours.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Workshop | Shake/Walk Workshop


With Kathy Westwater. Taking two everyday forms of movement, you will allow these forms to disorganize within, and to be disorganizing of, your body. The sensations that arise within this unstable and unbound matrix range from relaxing to energizing, from disorienting to freeing. Open to movers of all backgrounds; wear comfortable street or dance clothes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Film | Gus Van Sant's Restless (2011): They'll Always Have Death


With Henry Hopper, Mia Wasikowska, Ryo Kase. The story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII. 92 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:15 pm
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Concert | 4Knots Music Festival


An all-day concert featuring Kurt Vile & the Violators, The Men, Parquet Courts, White Lung, Marnie Stern, Hunters, Reigning Sound, The Babies, Fat Tony, and Heliotropes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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
$6

Jazz | Dr. Dubious & the Agnostics, a 7-Piece Dixieland Jazz Band


Dr. Dubious and the Agnostics is a seven-piece Dixieland Jazz band playing hot jazz of the 1920’s and ‘30’s in New Orleans and Chicago styles. Their sound is based on a driving 4-beat rhythm section that makes their music swing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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City Walk | Harlem-“So Much to See” Tour


Highlights: City College buildings, Alexander Hamilton Grange, Strivers Row, Abysinan Baptist Church, Hamilton Heights Historic District District.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Marc Abraham's Flash of Genius (2008): Corporation Thieves


Starring Greg Kinnear, Tim Eddis, Lauren Graham. Robert Kearns takes on the Detroit automakers who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper. 119 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Marie Hines Cowan's Musings Selected Stories


Marie Hines Cowan is a figurative oil painter; mythology informs her work, which depicts the marriage of colloquial and classical culture. Color, light and passion are the fuel and the result is bold and colorful, painterly, but also graphic and illustrative. Her paintings are narrative, often life size, they are representational, but not constrained by realism, with colors that push further than the average eye sees.
   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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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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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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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.
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2:00 pm
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Film | Tom Hooper's 3-Time Oscar Winner Les Miserables (2012): The Broadway Musical Onscreen


With Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway. In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole, agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's daughter, Cosette. The fateful decision changes their lives forever. 158 minutes
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

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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Film | Silent Film with Live Piano Accompaniment: Charles Reisner's The Missing Link (1927)


Charles Reisner's The Missing Link (1927) with Syd Chaplin, Ruth Hiatt, Tom McGuire. 70 min. Also showing: the short Love and Surgery (1914) with Billie Ritchie. Total program running time 90 minutes. Live piano accompaniment by Ben Model.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 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

Film | David Swift's Good Neighbor Sam (1964): He's a Nice Guy, Really


With Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine. To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion relies on his wholesome and moral appearance. 130 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare Outside: Much Ado About Nothing


The talented Random Access Theatre performs a lively rendition of the classic Bard comedy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

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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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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Concert | Ecstatic Summer Concert


This year’s Ecstatic Summer event features two full sets of newly commissioned, collaboratively-based music– one for brass and the other for percussion. Part concert and part “happening,” the two site-specific, acoustic sets are designed to fill the waterfront plaza with more than a dozen musicians involved in each set. Composers will include Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), Dave Douglas, Susie Ibarra, Seth Olinsky (Akron/Family), with others to be announced, while the ensembles will include a mix of musicians, including members of groups Bon Iver, Mantra Percussion, The National, yMusic, Plastic Ono Band, and many more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Threads of Truth Exhibition Talk


Myrna Williams is a quilter and fiber artist. Twenty quilts are exhibited that showcase fiber artists' ability to use quilting as a medium to make powerful artistic statements.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Canadian Musicians: Joel Plaskett / Spirit of the West / Lights


Celebrate Canada’s 146th birthday with a showcase of top Canadian talent. With countless awards to their credit, Joel Plaskett and his band The Emergency, have performed thousands of tour dates, and completed numerous recording and producing projects. Joel is quickly becoming one of the most innovative and prolific artists on the scene today. When electro-rock sensation Lights first hit the music scene in 2008, she was just a songwriter with a synth and a dream. The following year, she won the Juno Award (Canada’s Grammy) for Best New Artist, on the strength of her debut EP alone. Her latest release, Siberia Acoustic, is an album which strips down her normally synth and electronic-heavy music to the bare bones, showcasing her strong songwriting and soft melodies. The band that became Spirit of the West began as a Folk trio called Evesdropper in Vancouver 30 years ago. After churning out 13 albums, the group has achieved a status as one of the most beloved artists in Canadian history.
   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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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
7:00 pm
Free

Theater | Random Access Theater presents Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing


Much Ado About Nothing is generally considered one of Shakespeare’s best comedies, because it combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor, shame, and court politics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | World Pop: Os Mutantes / Javelin / Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang


Brazilian Tropicália trailblazers OS MUTANTES, whose psychedelic collision of The Beatles, John Cage, and Bossa Nova is “pop at its very best and most innovative,” (SPIN) headline a proper airing of the storied label Luaka Bop, founded by David Byrne and devoted to dance music of any denomination from across the globe. JAVELIN brings a sound collage “like an otherworldly radio station based in some crate-digger bunker where genre distinctions are a distant memory” (Pitchfork) to the party, and the Sierra Leonean JANKA NABAY, the undisputed king of Bubu music, starts things off on a festive, frenetic note.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Screening | Documentary: Christine Turner's Homegoings (2013)


Harlem's own Isaiah Owens, proprietor of the Owens Funeral Home, and his family are the focus of this thoughtful cinematic portrait by New York filmmaker Turner. 58 min. Preceded by: Storycorps: A Selection of Short Films, The Rauch Brothers, 2010-2013, approximately 10 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested admission

Dance Performance | Stephen Petronio Company performs Like Lazarus Did


Inspired by the mythology of resurrection, Petronio and his powerhouse dancers explore notions of transformation and rebirth in this restaging of their recent world premiere. Petronio’s work has been described by The New York Times as delivering a trademark “visceral thrill unlike anything offered by other contemporary choreographers.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Theater | blessing the boats: the remix, a Reimagining of an Original Play by Sekou Sundiata


blessing the boats: the remix is a powerful reimagining of one of Sekou Sundiata’s acclaimed plays. Originally presented as a solo performance, director Rhodessa Jones revisits Sundiata’s story of life-threatening illness and recovery as told through the unique interplay of three next-generation poet/performers: Will Power, Carl Hancock Rux, and Mike Ladd. These three compelling voices revive Sundiata’s incisive writing, finding the universal in the particular and exploring the ritual and complexities of the play. This remix encompasses language, music, and visual projections of healing and hope. Video projections by Sage Marie Carter, set by Mimi Lien, lighting by Roderick Murray, sound design by Garth MacAleavey, and costumes by Oana Botez.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

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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