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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 8, 2024?

40 free events take place on Saturday, June 8 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 8 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 Saturday, June 8, 2024

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Editor's Picks

free events nyc The Detective (1968) with Frank Sinatra
free events nyc Knives Out (2019) with Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Plummer, and More
free events nyc The Winter's Tale: Shakespeare's Tangled Traumas -- Outdoors
free events nyc Fallacies: Dance from a Dancer's Perspective
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Workshop | Rooftop Yoga


These invigorating classes will feature dynamic flow sequences, providing ample opportunities for meditation and self-reflection. All skill levels are welcome to participate, but if you are pregnant, please consult your doctor and inform the instructor before attending.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Workshop | Catch-and-Release Fishing


The Harlem Meer is a thriving aquatic ecosystem that supports a wide variety of fish, waterfowl, turtles, plants and microorganisms. Some of the fish living in the Meer include large-mouth bass, pumpkinseed sunfish, bluegill sunfish, carp, and chain pickerel. Fishing poles are available to borrow. Instruction and bait are provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Drawing in the Park


Paint in watercolor or use pastels and other drawing materials to capture the magical vistas of the Hudson River and the unique landscape of the cove. An artist/educator will help participants of all levels with instruction and critique. Materials provided, and artists are encouraged to bring their own favorite media
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers


Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
   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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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 | Tai Chi in the Park


The class is suitable for all levels from beginners to advanced. You will be learning an easy-to learn short 13-movement form that provides the foundational movements for the longer Yang Style form of 103 movements. Instructor: Richard Anton Diaz, Founder of the infinite Life Institue
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Drumming Jam on the River


Rhythm and grooves fill the air at this Saturday morning drumming program. Follow the lead of professional drummers as they guide you through the pulsating beats of traditional African drumming techniques and methods. Drums provided, dancing welcome! 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Birdwatching | Accessible Birding


The beautiful park commands views of the Palisades and the Hudson River from soaring cliffs of bedrock. Its 67 acres feature many well-paved walkways suitable for birders with strollers and carriages, as well as wheelchairs, walkers, canes, etc.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Historic Flatiron-Nomad District Walking Tour


Join a professional guide 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. Rain or shine. Every Sunday at 11 am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Pickleball on the Waterfront


Serve up some fun this spring, as you try your hand at pickleball on the scenic waterfront. Grab your favorite opponent to have a friendly match.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Performance | Jesi Cook: Whole body in my ear


A performance in which sound and body emerge as one fluid and dynamic textural form. The work sees performers splice and patch text, movement, and sound scores in creating new languages and porous realities. This endurance-based auditory fantasy pushes toward dissonance, using it as a means to explore and amplify otherness. The scores build, heighten, and erode an ouroboric circuit—with patterns repeating, leaking, and breaking apart throughout a shifting sculptural landscape. Performers: Jesi Cook, Ayano Elson, Amelia Heintzelman, Mina Nishimura Live Sound Mixing: Jeff Aaron Bryant Lighting Design: Daniele Sarti
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Night of the Bayonets: The Texel Uprising and Hitler's Revenge, April–May 1945 (online)


Eric Lee will speak on his book. In the final days of World War II in Europe, Georgians serving in the Wehrmacht on Texel island off the Dutch coast rose up and slaughtered their German masters. Hitler ordered the island to be retaken and fighting continued for weeks, well after the war's end. Eric Lee explores this fascinating but little known last battle of the Second World War: its origins, the incredible details of the battle and its ongoing legacy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Play | The Comedy of Errors: An Outdoor Musical Adaptation of Shakespeare


The Comedy of Errors will be performed in English and Spanish by the Public Theatre's Mobile Unit.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Discussion | A Delicate Ritual: Artists in Conversation


With: artist Abigail Deville, choreographer Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, composer Samora Pinderhughes, and artists Bebe Miller and Vinson Fraley. This event was designed to bring together voices of artists, curators, scholars, writers, and more, into long-form roundtable discussions. The content of these conversations are intentionally wide-ranging and artist-driven.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Discussion | A Delicate Ritual: Artists in Discussion


A Conversations Without Walls with artist Abigail Deville, choreographer Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, composer Samora Pinderhughes, and artists Bebe Miller and Vinson Fraley.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Contemporary Games Social


Play your favorite contemporary board games every Saturday afternoon. Featured games include but are not limited to Chameleon, Wavelength, Avalon, Parade, Splendor, Century Spice Road, Mountain Goats, No Thanks, Codenames, Werewords, Spyfall, Azul, Letter Jam, Dixit, In Kahootz, and Captain Sonar. A new game will be selected each week.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Knives Out (2019) with Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Plummer, and More


The circumstances surrounding the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey are mysterious, but there's one thing that renowned Detective Benoit Blanc knows for sure -- everyone in the wildly dysfunctional Thrombey family is a suspect. Now, Blanc must sift through a web of lies and red herrings to uncover the truth. Director: Rian Johnson Cast: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Christopher Plummer Daniel Craig is an English actor who gained international fame by playing the fictional secret agent James Bond for five installments in the film series, from Casino Royale (2006) up to No Time to Die (2021). Chris Evans gained wide recognition for portraying Captain America in various Marvel Cinematic Universe films, from Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). His work in the franchise established him as one of the world's highest-paid actors. Aside from comic book roles, Evans has starred in the drama Gifted (2017), the mystery film Knives Out (2019), and more. Jamie Lee Curtis is an American actress, producer, and children's author. Known for her performances in the horror and slasher genres, she is regarded as a scream queen, in addition to roles in comedies. Curtis has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and two Golden Globes, as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy and a Grammy. Christopher Plummer was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage, and television. He received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making him the only Canadian recipient of the "Triple Crown of Acting." He also received a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Film | The Detective (1968) with Frank Sinatra


When a gay man is viciously slain, Detective Joe Leland is put on the case. Joe eventually tracks down the victim's roommate, who confesses to the crime and is sentenced to death; however, the outcome of the case doesn't sit well with the detective. Norma, a distraught widow, visits Joe. She believes her husband's death was no accident, but the cops don't seem to care. Joe begins to investigate, and stumbles on a cover-up related to his previous case. Director: Gordon Douglas Cast: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes," he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the mid-20th century. Sinatra is among the world's best-selling music artists with an estimated 150 million record sales. Sinatra forged a highly successful career as a film actor. After winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for From Here to Eternity (1953), he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). Sinatra also appeared in musicals such as On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), High Society (1956), and Pal Joey (1957), which won him a Golden Globe Award.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Concert | Chamber Music on the Water


A one hour performance (no intermission), including a Q & A session with the musicians. The program is announced at the performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Community Poetry and Tea in a Garden


Through the Odes to Common Things, share tea and explore poetry from Pablo Neruda and Keorapetse Kgositsile, uncovering our deep bond with nature and the interconnectedness between ourselves. Tuning into nature’s myriad stories could offer us profound insights into navigating our collective journey on our shared planet.   Tea, Arts & Culture began as a gathering of friends and tea lovers to enjoy nature and tea in the park starting in 2019. Compelled to respond to the rapidly shifting world during the start of the pandemic, they are committed to using tea arts and culture to nurture community and belonging in the face of isolation and to cultivate mindfulness and inspiration in the face of our daily challenges by establishing themselves as a non-profit organization. They believe that they can support communities in need through fostering an appreciation of tea, arts, nature, oneself, and one another.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Performance | Fourteen Porches: A Network of Performances


The New York Arts Program is partnering with the Indeterminacy Festival's Artistic Director Stanzi Vaubel and inviting artists to participate in a network of performances at Governor’s Island called Fourteen Porches Premieres will take place on June 7 and 8 as part of a two-day festival line-up including new work by Melanie Aceto, Emilie Clark, Volkmar Klein, Simon Lee, Eve Sussman, Lili Maya, and James Rouvelle. The Festival, Directed by Vaubel, will open with a site-specific performance, Fourteen Porches, from which it takes its name. With original music by Philippe Treuille and Vaubel, involving a community choir, chamber orchestra, youth musicians, dance, and New York Arts Program apprentices.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Birdwatching | Island Bird Tour


Nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover all of the birdlife the island has to offer. Binoculars are available to borrow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Birdwatching | Let's Go Birding Together


Nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on the Island, which provides excellent habitat all year round. Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover all of the birdlife the island has to offer. Binoculars are available to borrow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Play | The Heat Will Kill Everything: Scorched by Events -- Outdoors


Excerpts will be performed from Keith Josef Adkins' play about a Black father whose daughter disappears during an extreme heat event. Performed by Francois Battiste and directed by Russell G. Jones.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Performance | Jesi Cook: Whole body in my ear


A performance in which sound and body emerge as one fluid and dynamic textural form. The work sees performers splice and patch text, movement, and sound scores in creating new languages and porous realities. This endurance-based auditory fantasy pushes toward dissonance, using it as a means to explore and amplify otherness. The scores build, heighten, and erode an ouroboric circuit—with patterns repeating, leaking, and breaking apart throughout a shifting sculptural landscape. Performers: Jesi Cook, Ayano Elson, Amelia Heintzelman, Mina Nishimura Live Sound Mixing: Jeff Aaron Bryant Lighting Design: Daniele Sarti
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Play | The Winter's Tale: Shakespeare's Tangled Traumas -- Outdoors


Barefoot Shakespeare Company is proud to bring this production to life for their 11th Season producing free Shakespeare in Central Park. The Winter's Tale will be directed by Barefoot Artistic Director and President Emily Gallagher. Step into the web of The Winter's Tale, where time slips through fingers like grains of sand and the stubborn weed of jealousy takes root, choking out reason and sowing discord. In this tale of tangled narratives and generational trauma, powerful women stand as pillars of support and strength, cultivating gardens of forgiveness amidst the barren landscape of lost time. This is a journey where stories intertwine like vines as hope blossoms, and where the only certainty is the transformative power of love. This summer's cast includes alumni and friends: Laurel Andersen, Carl Bindman, Andrew Dunn, Johnny Gottsegen, Kelly Blaze, Malavika Nair, Joe Raik, Tyler Riley, Regina Russell, Emily Thaler, and Ray Wilbur.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Festival | Big Summer Pride Twirl! in the Park


Celebrate Brooklyn Pride in the Park with Papi Juice & Friends, featuring DJ sets by NYC luminary Venus X and dynamic duo Kia, and a performance by Essa Noche at this event! Bring your good vibes and your best moves.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Electronic, Mexican, and African Music in a Park


Headliner The Halluci Nation, formerly known as A Tribe Called Red, will perform their Indigenous-inspired electronica. Openers Xiuhtezcatl and Asase Yaa Youth Ensemble take you on a musical journey, from Xiuhtezcatl’s raw lyricism to the vibrant rhythms of Asase Yaa’s African drumming. Bring your whole family and enjoy fun activities on the lawn at this all-ages event. About the Performers The Halluci Nation took its name from a phrase coined by John Trudell, to describe the vast global community of people who remember at their core, what it means to be human. The Halluci Nation’s record, One More Saturday Night, is a love letter to the Electric Pow Wow gatherings launched at Ottawa’s Babylon nightclub in 2007. It represents an imagined denouement to the biweekly Saturday-night parties that ended abruptly in 2017, without ever getting the proper send-off. One More Saturday Night thus pays homage to the parties’ energy and momentum that elevated The Halluci Nation to this pivotal point in their career of fully mastering their own music style while also moving beyond club music. Xiuhtezcatl is a musician, activist, and a prolific voice for his generation. Since taking the global stage by storm at the early age of 6, his art and his voice thrive at the intersection of his many identities. Xiuhtezcatl’s first relationship with music was as a means of preserving his Indigenous culture and language, which influence the sound and direction of his releases to this day. His thought-provoking lyrics are anchored by his Xochimilca and Mexican roots, and the environmental justice work his mother raised him in. Growing up with deep ties to family and community on both sides of the US and Mexico border, he incorporates Spanish and English interchangeably into his music, which has become an outlet for representing his generation, and his people. He has performed and collaborated with artists such as Raury, WILLOW, and Jaden. Asase Yaa Youth Ensemble is a collective of young artists who are being trained in many forms of dance and music. The youth perform and promote African culture throughout the city and Tri-State area. The ensemble consists of dancers and musicians and focuses on black dance and music, including traditional African dance, Hip hop, Dunham technique, and traditional African music from throughout the diaspora. Doors open 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Performance | Going Along to Get Along: Performance Art (in-person and online)


A performance by the Reentry Theater of Harlem. "Going Along to Get Along" implies a widespread reluctance to challenge the structural mechanisms that perpetuate crime, violence, and inequality. What might appear a diplomatic approach to circumvent conflict and social disharmony, often simultaneously sustains systemic discrimination and harassment. Silence, then, equals complicity. Pushing the frontiers of political imagination, this performance by leading members of the Reentry Theater of Harlem questions the detrimental effects that "going along to get along" can have as a societal attitude that chooses to conform rather than confront the structural injustices that incarceration and homelessness entail and reproduce.  Alex Anderson, Bruce Blake, and pastor Khalil James are leading members of the Reentry Theater of Harlem, an avant-garde theater by and for people who have lived experience in the U.S. criminal legal system. RTH utilizes theatrical rites of passage to confront and overcome the shame, stigma, and trauma of incarceration, empowering people’s transition from prison back to society. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Master Class | Violin Masterclass


Violin masterclass with Judith Ingolfsson.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Gay the Pray Away: Queer Romance


Beloved audiobook narrator Natalie Naudus, along with authors Casey McQuiston and Cassandra Khaw, to celebrate the release of Natalie's debut novel, Gay the Pray Away. Part memoir, part fiction, this book follows Valerie as she comes to terms with her Queer identity while deconstructing religious trauma.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Play | The Comedy of Errors: An Outdoor Musical Adaptation of Shakespeare


The Comedy of Errors will be performed in English and Spanish by the Public Theatre's Mobile Unit.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Play | The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged): All 37 Plays in One


Three actors will perform all of Shakespeare’s 37 plays in 97 minutes! Presented by The Hudson Classical Theater Company.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Dance Performance | You Look Like a Fun Guy: Outdoor Dance Performance


An open rehearsal by Dance Heginbotham of their newest work, You Look Like a Fun Guy. You Look Like a Fun Guy is an outdoor performance event inspired by John Cage’s interest in mycology and his methods of composing music. Broadcasting and heightening the natural sonic environment live, Omar Zubair's audio installation plays with the audience’s perception of reality and is paired with original music composed by Colin Jacobson, with costumes by Maile Okamura. Directed and choreographed by John Heginbotham, You Look Like a Fun Guy celebrates Cage's rigorous and playful concerns as well as the astonishing nature and behavior of fungi. Shaped and informed by its surroundings, this unique performance event responds to the natural environment it inhabits.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Fallacies: Dance from a Dancer's Perspective


Fallacies blurs the lines between original source and personal interpretation, constructing dance from a dancer's perspective. Distorting referential choreography to reveal new patterns and physical possibilities, the piece materializes as a Rorschach test of dance. When the movement is stripped down, what do you see? By rendering movement through the lens of its performers, Fallacies makes invisible embodied histories visible. Choreography: Nattie Trogdon + Hollis Bartlett in collaboration with the performers
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | Saxophone and Piano Works


James Noyes, saxophone; Olga Gurevich, piano, perform works written between the end of the 19th century and today.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | An Evening of Armenian Storytellers


Enjoy an evening of charming, surprising and uplifting stories about the Armenian American experience, told live by 5 talented storytellers - Anoush Froundjian, Justin McElwee, Rob Paravonian, Tamar Vezirian, and Lisa Yapp - and music by Alan Semerdjian.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Movie in a Park | Super Mario Bros. (1993): Video Game Characters' Adventure, with Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo


Two Brooklyn plumbers, Mario and Luigi, must travel to another dimension to rescue a princess from the evil dictator King Koopa and stop him from taking over the world. Directors: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton Stars: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper 104 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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