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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 23, 2015?

40 free events take place on Tuesday, June 23 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 23 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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40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, June 23, 2015

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Concert | Janelle Monae, Pop Songstress


The Kansas-born singer was featured on Fun's No. 1 single "We Are Young" in 2011. Her latest release is The Eephus EP. Attendees are advised to get there early.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Workshop | Tuesday Tai Chi


Join neighbors from the Taoist Tai Chi Society for an introductory class. Tai Chi movements are believed to help calm the emotions, focus the mind, and strengthen the immune system. Don't miss this amazing opportunity to discover a new discipline and feel better in a natural, open-air space. Beginners welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Workshop | Bridge Club


Are you a Bridge buff? Put on your game face and show off your best plays. Join the fun and meet new friends. All players welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
Free

Workshop | Connecting to the Cloud Workshop


Learn all about the Cloud, what it is and how you use it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Author Reading | Bernadette Peters, Tony- and Grammy-winning actress, discusses her children's book Stella and Charlie, Friends Forever


Author and acclaimed actress/performer Bernadette Peters offers a charming tale of how two former shelter dogs, after a few rough patches, became devoted friends. This will be a storytime followed by a book signing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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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Author Reading | Ali Berlow reads from her book The Food Activist Handbook: Big and Small Things You Can Do to Help Provide Fresh, Healthy Food for Your Community


Small steps can create big changes in your community’s food quality and food security, helping to get more healthy food to more people and support a better food system. Ali Berlow shows you dozens of things that anyone can do, from creating a neighborhood kitchen for preserving fresh food to mapping farmland, connecting food pantries with food producers, starting a school garden, and organizing a community composting initiative.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 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. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: The People from Porlock


Written by Stephen Aubrey. Funded by a shadowy cabal of industrialists, magnates and nativists, Porlock Industries exports the greatest product of late-capitalism, Despair, across the developing world. When Tim joins the team, he doesn’t plan on staying on too long. But then again, no one at Porlock does. As his work begins to follow him home, Tim and his co-workers must learn to confront their thwarted ambitions, deferred dreams and the inevitable day job that sustains and stifles them all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Concert | International Youth Piano Competition Winners Showcase Concert


Some of the finest young pianists from around the world will travel to New York City to compete in the week-long competition. See the extraordinary winners perform at this Winners Showcase Concert.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Video | Third Avenue: Only The Strong Survive


New York's Third Avenue extends from Brooklyn through Manhattan and into the Bronx. This tape presents six portraits of people who live there. Italian-Americans Sonny and Eddie run a father-and-son junkyard in Brooklyn; Joe Bonneville is an alcoholic derelict on the Bowery who makes a futile attempt to return to his wife. Trudy is a Black single mother of five living on welfare in the Bronx. Ricky works as a male hustler on 53rd Street and Third Avenue. Raul Lopez is a factory worker and daily churchgoer who struggles to keep the youngest of his seven children from the negative influence of the streets. Al Pascone struggles to keep the Brooklyn barbershop he has run for decades.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Apps on Tablets Workshop


Learn how to find apps, review apps and discover some of the most popular apps around for iOS and Android devices.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance: A Body in a Station by Eiko


“Eiko’s dancing demanded a certain degree of patience from the viewer. Each deliberate movement carried the aura of a secret ritual. She had the uncanny knack of arranging her limbs in a way that made them seem abstracted, bones piled at oblique angles rather than a congruent human form. The cumulative effect holds a strange beauty, arresting both the visual and kinesthetic senses.” – The Brooklyn Rail, December 18, 2014, Madison Mainwaring
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Film | J.C. Chandor's A Most Violent Year (2014): Fighting to Survive in NYC


Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo. In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history. 125 minutes
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Exhibition: Eva Lundsager: New Works


A special presentation of works by Eva Lundsager in the gallery’s Viewing Room.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Concert | Pop Bands: The Ballroom Thieves / Driftwood


For The Ballroom Thieves, the band’s journey has only just begun, but their roots already run quite deep. Now, on A Wolf in the Doorway the Thieves find themselves taking the very idea of “roots” and creating ways to make its associated sound progress, while making its encompassing spirit glow. Stylistically, the trio finds a captivating mélange of acoustic styles, blending folk conventions with modern hymnals, delta blues grit with rich harmonies, exploring the basic constructions of pop music while almost wholeheartedly rejecting its restrictions at the same time. From the Binghamton, New York music scene comes Driftwood, a band with a rock ‘n’ roll soul and a folk art mind. Carving out a name for themselves with electrifying live performances, they bring one of the most unique, raw sounds to the Americana/roots music scene. Incorporating upright bass, banjo, acoustic guitar and violin, the ghost of traditional American folk music lives in their palette. But the melodies, the harmonies and the lyrics are something else entirely.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Exhibition: Santi Moix: A Moment


An exhibition of recent paintings by Brooklyn-based, Spanish painter Santi Moix.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | The 23rd Annual Poets House Showcase Opening


The only event of its kind, the Showcase is a free, annual exhibition of all new poetry and poetry-related texts published in the United States in a single year by more than 650 commercial, university and independent presses. The event features volumes by individual authors, anthologies, chapbooks, biographies, critical studies, essay collections and various digital media. The Showcase is a diverse and inclusive exhibition in which books from micro-presses receive the same care and attention as major publishers. Reception begins at 6:00pm Reading starts at 7:00pm Reception continues at 8:30pm This event is free and open to all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Works on Paper: Patrick Van Caeckenbergh


Patrick Van Caeckenbergh (b. 1960, Aalst, Belgium) has had prominent solo exhibitions including a retrospective at the M Museum, Leuven (2012); as well as La Maison Rouge, Paris (2007); Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nîmes (2005); and Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (2002), among others. His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions including the Venice Biennale in 1993 and 2013; For the blind man… which traveled to ICA London, MCA Detroit, De Appel, Amsterdam, and Culturgest, Lisbon (2009-2010); the 5th Biennale of Lyon (2000); Acracadabra at Tate Gallery, London (1999); Manifesta 1 in Rotterdam (1996); and Hors - Limites. L'art et la vie 1952-1994 at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1994). The artist lives and works in Sint-Kornelis-Horebeke, Belgium.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Photoshop CS6 for Beginners


Learn how to enhance photos using the #1 photo editing software in the world; Adobe Photoshop. In this class you will get acquainted with the features of Photoshop and learn about layers and use them to minpulate images to your desire.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
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Workshop | Lolë/FITiST Meetup


Lolë and FITiST bring you a summer of movement and well-being. A wide range of classes are offered, but space is limited to 75 people per class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Pilates in the Park


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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Park Walk | Public Tour: From Freight to Flowers


Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky. Free 75-minute long tours led by docents, knowledgeable volunteer guides who offer you an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to guarantee a spot.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Summer Sessions: Live Music on the Plaza


Get a head start on summer with live music from some of New York’s most exciting young bands! From pop and electro to roots and world music, the plaza comes alive with great music and a bar overlooking the Hudson River. Schedule to be announced.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Performance | An Evening with Hyperallergic


A live show from the online forum for playful, serious, and radical perspectives on art and culture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Signing | Candace Bushnell signs copies of her book Killing Monica


Bestselling author Candace Bushnell spoofs and skewers her way through pop culture, celebrity worship, fame and the meaning of identity. With her trademark humor and style, Killing Monica is Bushnell's sharpest, funniest book to date.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Czech Cinema: Jan Hřebejk's Icing (2015)


Explosive conversational comedy based on the successful theatre play, which takes place one evening in a remote village pub, during an Ice Hockey World Championship match. What all can happen, when the kidnapped bride is getting drunk together with the best woman of the groom and experienced barmaid and the only one, who is able to stop and save everything, is not coming? 81 min. With English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Erika Swyler reads from her book The Book of Speculation


A possible family curse sits at the core of Swyler's wondrous novel. She is joined in conversation with blogger Maris Kriezman, creator of Slaughterhouse 90210, a soon-to-be book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction to Meditation


This introductory meditation class was featured in New York Magazine’s top picks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Michael Rossato-Bennett discusses his film Alive Inside (2014)


Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music and Memory, fights against a broken healthcare system to demonstrate music's ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it. 78 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Marty's Shadow by Stig Dagerman


In 1947, the young and wildly successful Swedish writer Stig Dagerman meets Viennese-Jewish intellectual Etta Federn in her hotel room in Paris. They become friends. Or do they?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Theater in the Park: Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew


New york Classical Theatre presents this outdoor production of Shakespeare's timeless comedy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Writers Read: Paulette Livers / Dylan Landis / Rebecca Makkai


Paulette Livers, Dylan Landis, and Rebecca Makkai come together to read from and discuss their new books, Cementville (Livers), Rainey Royal (Landis), Music for Wartime, and The Hundred-Year House (Makkai).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Writers Read: Ron Kolm / Susan Sherman / Basil King


Ron Kolm is a founding member of the Unbearables, as well as the author of The Plastic Factory, Divine Comedy, and (with Jim Feast) the novel Neo Phobe. His most recent collection of poems, Suburban Ambush, was published by Autonomedia last year, and a new book of short stories, Duke and Jill, has just been published by Unknown Press. Susan Sherman is a poet, playwright, essayist, and the founding editor of IKON magazine. She has had twelve plays produced off-off Broadway, published seven collections of poetry, and of her recently published book of short fiction, Nirvana on Ninth Street, Anne Waldman wrote: "...an affecting collection of stories of life on the Lower East Side...a short slice of creative time, through the eyes of an author who knows it well." ,br> Basil King is a painter/poet, born in England before World War II and living in Brooklyn since 1969. He attended Black Mountain College as a teenager and has been painting for the last six decades and writing since the 1980s. His books include Warp Spasm, mirage: a poem in 22 sections, Learning to Draw/A History, and most recently, The Spoken Word/The Painted Hand. He is the subject and narrator of the 2012 film Basil King: MIRAGE and in 2014 served as the narrator of Black Mountain Songs, presented as part the BAM Next Wave Festival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | Shakespeare in the Park: The Tempest with Oscar Nominee Sam Waterston


Academy Award nominee Sam Waterston (Newsroom, Law & Order, The Public’s King Lear) returns in THE TEMPEST, Shakespeare’s classic about young love, old enemies and the eternal magic of storytelling. Exiled to a fantastical island, Prospero unleashes a churning storm to shipwreck the traitor brother who stole his throne and settle the score once and for all. But bitter revenge is upended by newfound love in this sublime masterpiece that proves we are all “such stuff as dreams are made on.” Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (Romeo and Juliet, Our Lady of Kibeho, If/Then, Next to Normal) directs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Works for Harp, Celeste and Spoken Word by Bartok, Gubaidulina, Caplet


Program: André Caplet: Conte Fantastique for harp and string quartet, and speaker - from E.A. Poe’s “The Mask of Red Death” Sofia Gubaidulina: Five Etudes for harp, double bass, and percussion Bela Bartok: Music for strings, celeste, and percussion Performers: TBA
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Olga Bell’s Krai, Exceptional Young Russian Musician


“Krai…gives forgotten stretches of Russian land a name for themselves, and in that regard this inventive and progressive release from an exceptionally talented young musician is a success.” –– Line of Best Fit, April 24, 2014, John Bell Krai is the Russian word for edge, limit, frontier or hinterland. Present-day Russia is divided into a myriad of ‘federal subjects’, including nine krais. In this capacity the term is a political designation, like ‘territory’, but for the earliest Russians these places represented both the promise and terror of the vast unknown. The live incarnation of Krai features Olga plus five vocalists singing entirely in Russian, supported by a electro-acoustic chamber ensemble of cello, electric guitar, bass, pitched drums, mallet percussion and electronics. The setting for this performance of Krai is Pier 15, where a video installation showing real and imagined landscapes from each territory completes a unique and immersive experience of Olga Bell’s groundbreaking, cross-cultural work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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Performance | R2R Living Rooms: CAN-D + DRELLA


LMCC Workspace artists-in-residence Amy Khoshbin and Raja Feather Kelly reemerge as C∆N -D (Amy) + DRELLA (Raja) to host and perform fun evenings influenced by media and celebrity culture and featuring “cosmic rapping”, video collage, and a dance team of ethereal drag angels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 pm
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