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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 24, 2014?

50 free events take place on Tuesday, 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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50 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, June 24, 2014

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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free events nyc The 7th New York International Piano Competition
free events nyc Dance Performance: Souleymane Badolo’s ,of history (Virgule de l’histoire)
free events nyc Dance: Dirt and Daniel Holt
free events nyc Shakespeare's As You Like It: An Outdoor Performance
free events nyc A Conversation with Hoop Dreams Director Steve James
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Workshop | Morning Crunch Fitness


The Crunch Gym will be holding FREE fitness classes. Schedule: Mondays: Yoga, Sunrise Salutations Tuesdays: Breakfast Bootcamp w/ Personal Trainers Wednesdays: Wellness Wednesday with a Yoga/Pilate’s fusion Thursdays: Throwback Thursdays w/ Retro-Robics Fridays: Zumba or Dance classes
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Workshop | Park Tai Chi


Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are instructed by members of the Tai Chi Chuan Center for all ages and experience levels. Classes are rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Tour | All-in-One Downtown Tour


This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway* to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. There will be ample opportunities for memorable pictures. You'll get the chance to savor NY's best pizza and cannoli and other treats, learn how to play NY handball, maybe bargain with a shopkeeper in Chinatown, observe a game of street chess in Greenwich Village, people watch and window shop in SoHo, and kick back on the Highline Park. Along the way, you'll master the subway and learn about New York's Finest!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Chess, Checkers and Board Games


Stop by to play some brain games like chess, checkers, and other board games. All ages.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Park Yoga


Downward dog under the trees with YogaWorks instructor Heather Seagraves, whose classes are spirited and dynamic, fun and strenghtening. Mats are provided by Athleta.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | 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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Concert | The 7th New York International Piano Competition


Twenty-two pianists aged 16-21 from all over the globe were selected from a large pool of applicants participate, and a unique feature of the competition is that not one of those twenty-two pianists will be eliminated - each contestant will perform in all four rounds, and will return home either as a prize winner or finalist award recipient. Includes works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev and Scriabin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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
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Workshop | Board Game Social


Join an all-new weekly Game Social to meet up with like-minded players interested in the same games as you. The Board Game Social features games in their classic form with a board, special pieces and a little bit of competition. Try classics like Sorry, Clue, Monopoly, or Life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen


The Gotham Jazzmen bring their take on Dixieland Jazz. The band features: Ed Bonoff on drums; James Collier on trombone; Lee Lorenz on cornet; Pete Sokolow on piano; Dick Waldburger on bass; Ernie Lumer on clarinet; and Bill Wurtzel on guitar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | Piano in the Park: Larry Ham


Jazz pianist and composer Larry Ham tours and records with many of today's top jazz artists, and has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and in Japan, Russia, and West Africa. David Dupont of Cadence Jazz Magazine writes, "He glides over the keys, with every note articulated cleanly... his playing is masterful."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Untitled, a Duet Dance Performance


Tere O’Connor creates a new duet for Micheal Ingle and Silas Riener. This work is constructed by allowing lines in space created by onsite buildings to intersect with those traced by the dancing body. The choreographic relationship between human figure and monolith forms the basic structure of this work examining the coexistence of spectacle and anonymity in public spaces.
   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
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Dance Performance | Dance: Dirt and Daniel Holt


Daniel “The Grouch” Holt hails from Central Valley, Ca. He received his BFA in Dance from The Ohio State University, Spring 2011. While there, he was the director of a community based dance group, Guerrilla Dance, from '09-'11. Daniel now resides in Brooklyn, New York where he teaches dance, and heads his dance collective, Dirt. Since moving to the city, he has danced with Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup, Yin Yue Dance, Jaxon Movement Arts, and Dante Brown Warehouse Dance. He has performed at Joyce SOHO, Jacob's Pillow inside/Outside, Juste Debout 2013, and the New York International Fringe Festival, among others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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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. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Tour times: 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Self-Taught Genius


What is a self-taught genius? Museum guides discuss the vision behind Self-Taught Genius and share new discoveries about select artworks in the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Other | Open Hours at a Nature Sanctuary


Normally closed to visitors except on guided tours, come meander at your own pace along the rustic trail and see how this once weed-filled promontory has become a native woodland garden for birds and other wildlife. The wood-chipped trail is uneven; please wear appropriate shoes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art Tour


New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | 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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Dance Performance | Dance Performance: Souleymane Badolo’s ,of history (Virgule de l’histoire)


Souleymane Badolo’s ,of history (Virgule de l’histoire) is a dance about the effect of external events in shaping one’s vision and redefining how you see yourself. It is about the process of transformation that comes from accepting circumstances that are often beyond our control. In this dance, Badolo finds happiness through the various twists and turns that have led to new influences and different outcomes than previously imagined.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Film | Ron Krauss' Gimme Shelter (2013): Pregnant Teen on the Streets


Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, James Earl Jones, Rosario Dawson. A pregnant teenager flees her abusive mother in search of her father, only to be rejected by him and forced to survive on the streets until a compassionate stranger offers a hopeful alternative. 100 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Accordions Around the World


Take a cross-cultural musical journey - from France to Colombia, from the Balkans to Louisiana, from Cumbia to Jazz, and more - with accordions, harmoniums, concertinas, and bandoneons. Accordionists play throughout the park at 5pm, and at 6pm, a band with a different infectious, global beat performs each week.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Staged Reading | CollaborationTown In Development: Staged Reading of New Work


Theatre group CollaborationTown present staged readings of two new pieces in development, Henry IV written by Geo Decas O’Donnell and The Fun Pain written by Jordan Seavey.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Talk | Avoiding Common Mistakes on Wills


Having a will is a key step in making sure that your assets go where you want them to when you're gone. This session will focus on how you can streamline the process. Presented by Mark Sallinger and Daniel Timins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Scrabble Game Social


The Scrabble Game Social brings together the park's wordsmiths in pursuit of Scrabble bingos, and high scoring tiles. If you go wild for words, this one's for you! Please note, they have 2 Scrabble sets, so plan to meet new people when you come to play.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Slide Lecture | Ammon Shea discusses his book Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation


This illustrated lecture chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes, and features some of our most common words and phrases. Rather than simply explaining what is correct and what is not, it seeks to examine why we think it is improper to end a sentence with a preposition, frown on using literally in a non-literal fashion, and feel comfortable with teasing Dan Quayle for his spelling of potato.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Park Walk | Guided Walking Tour: The High Line


Hear the story behind New York City’s park in the sky. Weekly Guided Walking Tours are free hour-long tours led by High Line Docents, knowledgeable volunteer guides who offer you an insider’s perspective on the park’s history, design, and landscape.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Pilates Mat Class


Join instructor Melissa Ricci from Base Fitness for a flowing, multi-level Pilates mat class that will tone and balance your muscles, align your body, strengthen your core and give you renewed energy. 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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Workshop | Summer Wellness Classes


Lolë’s health and fitness store is offering complimentary wellness and fitness “meet-ups” with top notch instructors every Tuesday to all for free. MEET-UP SCHEDULE June 10th: Layla Luciano June 17th: ReXist360 with Shay Kostabi June 24th: Ironstrength Workout with Dr. Jordan Metzl July 1st: ((305 Fitness)) Dance Cardio with Sadie Kurzban July 8th: Functional High Intensity Mix with The Fhitting Room’s Eric Salvador July 15th: Circuit-style Workout with Kat Ellis and Rachel Woods July 22nd: BRICK New York Fitness July 29th: Body Conceptions with Mahri Relin August 5th: Flybarre August 12th: Bari Studio August 19th: Yoga with Erin Jacques
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Lesson | Sunset Salsa


Things heat up when the sun goes down. Every Tuesday night its Salsa dancing with some of NYC’s best DJ’s. Beginner Salsa dance lessons from 6:30-7:15, DJ’s start the party at 7:15pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | A Conversation with Hoop Dreams Director Steve James


Join a conversation with award–winning documentary director/producer Steve James, best known for Hoop Dreams, his 1994 piece that followed the struggle of two inner-city Chicago boys to become college basketball recruits. Hoop Dreams won both a Peabody and Robert F. Kennedy Award. His 2011 film The Interrupters, which documented the efforts of anti-violence activists in Chicago’s impoverished, explosive urban neighborhoods, received the Independent Spirit Award, duPont Journalism Award, an Emmy Award, and was deemed “a hard wallop of a documentary” by New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Dance Performance | Dance: Dirt and Daniel Holt


Daniel “The Grouch” Holt hails from Central Valley, Ca. He received his BFA in Dance from The Ohio State University, Spring 2011. While there, he was the director of a community based dance group, Guerrilla Dance, from '09-'11. Daniel now resides in Brooklyn, New York where he teaches dance, and heads his dance collective, Dirt. Since moving to the city, he has danced with Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup, Yin Yue Dance, Jaxon Movement Arts, and Dante Brown Warehouse Dance. He has performed at Joyce SOHO, Jacob's Pillow inside/Outside, Juste Debout 2013, and the New York International Fringe Festival, among others.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Concert | Decypher, Hard Rockers


Formed in 2007 in Staten Island, hard rockers Decypher craft a sound as diverse and passionate as its members. From heartfelt and soulful ballads like ‘High’ and ‘One Last Day’ to hard-hitting riff-driven rock tunes like ‘Father’ and ‘Walk Away’, Decypher aims to engage a wide-range of audiences with lyrics one can easily relate to.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Petie by Lori Fischer


An agoraphobic travels the rough terrain of guilt and loss as she struggles to hide key details about her son’s death from her estranged daughter. Now, as the 10th Anniversary of the devastating day Petie was murdered approaches, this dysfunctional duo will either find new faith in each other or destroy the little bit of community they have left. 6pm Complimentary wine reception 7pm Reading begins
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later


This play is being presented as a free reading as a companion to the mainstage production of THE LARAMIE PROJECT.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare's As You Like It: An Outdoor Performance


New York Classical Theatre creates and reinvigorates audiences for the theatre by presenting free and accessible productions of popular classics and forgotten masterpieces in non-traditional public spaces throughout New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Taffi Dollar reads from her book Embracing the Love God Wants You to Have


Renowned inspirational speaker Taffi Dollar discusses and signs her new book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tour | 9/11 Memorial and Brooklyn Bridge Night Tour


A renaissance is taking place on the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, a concerted effort has been undertaken to redevelop this part of the city, with the redevelopment of the World Trade Center and the construction of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. And from twilight into the night is the right time to pay a visit to this part of New York City. From the Memorial to the Woolworth Building, City Hall to the Brooklyn Bridge, some of the your most memorable experiences in the city await you.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Dance Performance | where we are right now, a Dance Performance by Enrico D. Wey


Wey explores an endless circuit; the little lives, loves, and deaths within each singular, yet insignificant moment – originating as action, and ending as memory. Structured by: enrico d wey. Interpreted by: Simon Courchel, John McGrew, Jeremy Pheiffer, and Mary Read.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Concert | Ethel String Quartet


ETHEL is known worldwide for transcending the limits of tradition. With special guest Kaki King.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Tour | Ghosts of Greenwich Village Tour


New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native tribes, lost opportunities and political intrigue. With almost every step one takes through the West Village, one encounters the ghosts and spirits of New York City’s past. Every corner has its stories, every building has its haunted spirits.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Workshop | Stargazing in the Park


You don’t have to leave New York City to see the stars. Gaze at the stars, planets, and moon through the high-powered telescopes of the Amateur Astronomers Association, and chat with the experts about the sights you see.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Tour | Manhattan Night Tour


New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline. NOTE: THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, with Tony Award Nominee Lily Rabe


Hamish Linklater and Lily Rabe return as the wise-cracking, would-be lovers Beatrice and Benedick in this beloved romantic comedy. The park becomes sun-drenched Sicily at the turn of the last century, where the heat of summer ignites the fevered passions of lovesick ladies in corsets and pining gentlemen spying from the verandah.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Vocal Music: Baroque to Modern


With the Festival Chamber Ensemble. Soloists: Lucia Hyunju Song, soprano; Laila Salins, mezzo-soprano and the Festival Ensemble performing four centuries of vocal music by Alessandro Scarlatti, Jacques Chailley, Luigi Cherubini, Giovanni “Nino” Rota, Cathy Berberian, Francis Poulenc, and Laila Salins, composer and arranger of poems by Anne Sexton.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Rob Reiner's Oscar-Nominated When Harry Met Sally (1989): Romantic Comedy


With Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher. Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship. 96 min. 7:00PM Doors Open 8:30PM Film Begins
   New York City, NY; NYC
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