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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 28, 2015?

35 free events take place on Sunday, June 28 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 28 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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35 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, June 28, 2015

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Workshop | Tai Chi on the Hudson


Join Silvana Pizzuti on Sunday mornings to learn and practice Tai Chi, a slow moving martial art with health benefits for all fitness levels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Park Walk | Park Nature Walk


The park brings attention to its vital role in creating one of the scarcest resources in all of Manhattan—wildlife habitat. Learn about the park’s wildlife by joining experienced naturalists on guided nature walks along the park’s esplanade.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Workshop | Kayaking on the Hudson


Join the Manhattan Community Boathouse for a paddle on the Hudson! The free walk-up kayaking program operates on a first-come, first-served basis and is suitable for people of all ages and athletic abilities. Kayaks, paddles, lifejackets and basic instructions are provided. Please allow time for waiting in line when planning your visit. They cannot guarantee that you will have a chance to go out if you arrive less than an hour before we close. The last boat of the day goes out 15 minutes before the program closes for the evening. Weather permitting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Checkmate 101


Come learn how to take your chess game to the next level with Zeebedee Collins. Best for beginners; limited boards available.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Flatiron District Walking Tour


Join professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the city’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Historic Orchard Street Tour


Take a historical three-hour journey through the Lower East Side and explore some of the rich history tracing the arrival of immigrants to modern times.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Talk | Mitigate, Adapt, or Suffer: Living with Climate Change


The science behind climate change has been understood since the late 19th century, but it is the response of the 21st century that will determine the course of the future. Come take a guided tour of the basic science behind earth's climate, the drivers of climate change, and the range of responses available to us on a personal and cultural level: mitigation, adaptation, and suffering. Speaker Debra Tillinger holds a PhD in ocean and climate physics from Columbia University. She works at the American Museum of Natural History as an educator on climate change and at Marymount Manhattan College as an adjunct professor of physics. Her recent research is based at NASA/GISS and focuses on the effects of declining sea ice on global climate. In addition to formal science education, Dr. Tillinger also presents scientific information through the arts in character as “Dr. Mermaid”.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | River Fish Celebration


Connect to the life living within the Hudson River. Come for the fishing, stay for the Arm of the Sea puppet theatre and the river-related arts and crafts. Fishing equipment provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Vinyasa Yoga


Instructors from neighborhood studios will help you get your stretch on. Please bring your own mat.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | Waterfront Walk: Guided Park Tour


Join docents on a tour to learn about the history of the Brooklyn waterfront, the park's sustainable design, and how the park came to life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Film | Walkup Paddling


Free public paddling in the cove. Participants must be 18 or older or accompanied by a parent or guardian and know how to swim.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Parade | Gay Pride March


The first March was held in 1970 and has since become an annual civil rights demonstration. Over the years its purpose has broadened to include recognition of the fight against AIDS and to remember those lost to illness, violence and neglect. The March is a celebration of gay lives and gay community. In 2013, there were over 300 unique marching contingents, representing a vast array of non-profits, community organizations, corporate sponsors, small businesses, political candidates and activists. Over 50 floats made the trek down Fifth Avenue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Big City Fishing


Fishing in New York City? You bet! Each summer, Big City Fishing offers a free program, to those as young as five who are eager to learn both how to fish and about the Hudson River environment. They provide the rods, reels, bait and instruction. Beyond teaching fishing, the program also provides participants with a first-hand opportunity to learn about river ecology and the many fish species that can be found in the river. Participants can drop in a line and relax, or engage with environmental educators on such topics such as water quality, fish biology and more. A fun and educational experience, Big City Fishing offers city-dwellers a unique option for outdoor family recreation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance: Rachel Tess' Souvenir Undone


Souvenir Undone is Rachel Tess' ongoing dance project that explores the relationship between architecture and choreography, and choreographer and audience. The work delves into the concept of pre-existing institutional structures and how this design may impact the making and viewing of performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Discussion | Open Studios: Choreographers


A special opportunity to hear from two of this year’s River To River artists, Emmanuelle Huynh and Eiko Otake. This event will be an informal discussion between the two internationally lauded choreographers. In anticipation of collaborating together on a new project, these artists will discuss individuals who have influenced their work, their respective current challenges and inspirations and identities as Vietnamese/French and Japanese/American women, as well as their personal transformations and approaches to performing, choreographing, and teaching dance and their anticipation of working together in March (“the Brussels Experiment” according to Huynh).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Roosevelt Island-'FDR Four Freedoms Park' Tour


Highlights: The ruins of the Smallpox Hospital, the Strecker Memorial Laboratory, the new FDR FOUR FREEDOMS PARK, beautiful Manhattan views.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
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Concert | Catalan Sounds: Oques Grasses / La iaia / Sílvia Pérez Cruz / DJ Guillamino


Oques Grasses - Oques Grasses kick off their “Living in the hol•les” 2015 tour. At the end of last year, having sold out all tickets to Barcelona’s Sala Razzmatazz where the Oques celebrated “Sheep Spirit Day,” the Catalan band will tour around Catalonia, València, Alicante, Castelló, as well as Europe and America where they will be making their debut. La iaia - Folkie, friendly La iaia transfigures into the first power trio in the history of Catalan rock offering a daring blend of dreamlike and, thus, less explicit tracks. Imbued in a novel electronic, international, highly compact sound, they strive for transcendence through premeditated risk, artistic criterion, freedom of interpretation and a significant lack of concessions to the audience. Sílvia Pérez Cruz - Singer and songwriter Sílvia Pérez Cruz is becoming one of Spain’s brightest stars. Gold Award-winner for her two latest works and Goya winner (Spanish Cinema Academy Award) for the Best Original Song in the film ‘Blancanieves’, walks comfortably through languages like fado, jazz, flamenco, folk songs or classical music. DJ Guillamino - Guillamino walks on the human side of electronica. Handwriting beats. Mixing dub, funk, hip hop, bass and house in a pop pan, adding some spices from all around the world. And singing with a voice full of soul!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | George Cukor's Oscar-Winning Born Yesterday (1950): Girlfriend Upgrade


Starring Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford and William Holden. A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman's girlfriend. 103 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


On this east-west walk you will see some of the Park's most well-known landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, and Strawberry Fields. Route involves a few stairs. 90 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | Open Studios Panel Discussion


In this panel discussion, Dr. Chikako Yamauchi — an assistant professor at the National Graduate Policy Institute for Policy Studies in Japan — guides a conversation with Wally Cardona and Jonathan Bepler, choreographer and composer, respectively, for the The Set Up: Saya Lei, which will be performed as part of River To River 2015.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Performance | Performance Art: John Kelly's Love of a Poet


Acclaimed performance artist John Kelly is recreating his Obie Award-winning work Love of a Poet. Music, movement, film and visual art combine in this performance installation built around Robert Schumann’s ‘Dichterliebe’ of 1840, the iconic song cycle of the Romantic Period based on poems by Heinrich Heine. Kelly, singing in his signature countertenor voice, portrays a lovesick poet hiding from the world as natural elements and personal demons haunt him and flood his space. The work examines the tensions between the everyday world and the seemingly irrational and supernatural projections of creative genius.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Walking Tour: The History of Pier A


Extending 300 feet into New York Harbor and featuring a 70-foot clock tower, Pier A is New York City’s last remaining historic pier and its latest revival story. The discussion will be led by BPCA Vice President of Real Property Gwen Dawson, who will explain the history of Pier A and tell the story of its recent renovation and reimaging as a public space.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Dance Performance | Dance: Cribles/Wild Governors by Emmanuelle Huynh - Company Mùa


The latest piece from French choreographer Emmanuelle Hyunh’s ongoing series of site-specific and community-focused performances under the umbrella Cribles, with the titles and movements changing according to the performance’s community and location. The inspiration for the music Cribles comes from composer and music theorist Iannis Xenakis’s composition, Persephassa. Its movements are inspired by a long history of ritual dances from around the world that involve groups forming circles—a childish, archaic form that is a vehicle for celebrations, rites, wedding and war dances, processions, foot stomping, and harmonic movement. In Cribles/Wild Governors, New York City-based dancers will form a circle with linked hands in a performance that demonstrates that the community is inseparable from the individuals who comprise it and that it is always much more than the sum of its parts. Sometimes initiating and sometimes being led, these interconnected performers render visible a community’s relationship with, and the obstacles created by, individual power and solidarity with the group.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 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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Performance | Magmanus, a Swedish Circus Company


Magmanus Company is a Swedish circus company founded in 2009 by the Franco-Norwegian duo Manu Tiger and Magnus Bjoru. With a vision to spread happiness and inspire audiences to follow their dreams, Magmanus combines impressive circus skills, humor and audience interaction to present a show you’ll never forget! In their current show, audiences will meet an angry, small but passionate acrobat and a foolish, gigantic yet so lovable juggler. Together they perform a show filled with jaw dropping skills and stomach turning comedy. Witness Bollywood juggling, unique teeterboard acrobatics, and a high flying acrobatic grand finale.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance: Fall of the Rebel Angels: X by Catherine Galasso


An evening-length interdisciplinary work of dance and theater performance that is loosely inspired by the Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens. Using Ruben’s paintings as thematic scaffolding, the project investigates visceral physicality, sensuality and the spectacular. Galasso responds to Rubens’ epic scenes with her characteristic dry humor and cinematic style.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Exhibition: Zuzanna Czebatul: Opus Sectile


The artist has developed a floor piece that deals with the exhibition space and its history. Opus Sectile originated in dialog with the permanently installed exhibition display Remodel, which was conceived by artist Martin Beck in 2011, and is a reflection about movement through social and experienced spaces. Taking the relationship between the individual and space as a starting point, in this work Czebatul addresses the history of architecture and its brittle lines in the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Dance Lesson | Let’s Dance!


Learn to dance like a pro at these Salsa, Cha-Cha and Bachata lessons and group social dances led by master teachers from the Piel Canela Dance and Music School and featuring DJ Ray Colon.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

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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6:00 pm
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Performance | Magmanus, a Swedish Circus Company


Magmanus Company is a Swedish circus company founded in 2009 by the Franco-Norwegian duo Manu Tiger and Magnus Bjoru. With a vision to spread happiness and inspire audiences to follow their dreams, Magmanus combines impressive circus skills, humor and audience interaction to present a show you’ll never forget! In their current show, audiences will meet an angry, small but passionate acrobat and a foolish, gigantic yet so lovable juggler. Together they perform a show filled with jaw dropping skills and stomach turning comedy. Witness Bollywood juggling, unique teeterboard acrobatics, and a high flying acrobatic grand finale.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: And Five Were Not Men by Ajene Washington


Seven young African-American men confront their final hour.
   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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Film | Documentary: Henry Chalfant's From Mambo to Hip-Hop: A South Bronx Tale (2006)


There's a postage stamp of urban sidewalk known by people of a certain age for having burned to the ground. A more recent generation knows it as the place where hip-hop was born. An older generation remembers the time that this turf produced a New York Latin music sound that came to be known as salsa. From Mambo to Hip-Hop: A South Bronx Tale tells a story about the creative life of the South Bronx, beginning with the Puerto Rican migration and the adoption of Cuban rhythms to create the New York salsa sound; continuing with the fires that destroyed the neighborhood, but not the creative spirit of its people; chronicling the rise of hip-hop from the ashes; and ending with reflections on the power of the neighborhood's music to ensure the survival of several generations of its residents, and, in the process, take the world's pop culture by storm. 60 min. Q&A with the director Henry Chalfant and clips from the documentary The Spirit Moves by director Mura Dehn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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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
8:00 pm
Free
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