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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on May 30, 2013?

44 free events take place on Thursday, May 30 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 May 30 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 May . 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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44 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, May 30, 2013

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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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Workshop | Catch & Release Fishing


Grab a pole and relax on the Harlem Meer while you wait for a bite from one of the many species of fish that live in its diverse aquatic ecosystem! Poles available to borrow; must release fish after catching them. Free for families and individuals; groups larger than 5 must reserve at least 2 weeks in advance. Adult with photo I.D. must accompany all children.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | 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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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. Tour times: 11am & 1pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Film | Mark Sandrich's Oscar Nominee Shall We Dance (1937): The Great Dancing Pair


Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rodgers, Edward Everett Horton. A budding romance between a ballet master and a tap dancer becomes complicated when rumors surface that they're already married. 109 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Park Pétanque


Learn to play pétanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie from members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC’s championship-winning club.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 12:45 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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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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Author Reading | Dan Savage discusses his book American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics


Sex advice columnist and bestselling author of the book that inspired the Emmy-award winning campaign It Gets Better weighs in on other issues.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

Jazz | Larry Ham, Jazz Pianist


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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Park Walk | West Side Stories Tour


Walk through a scenic area on the western edge of the Park, much of which is off the beaten track for most visitors. See rolling meadows, lake views, bridges of different styles, and a garden with flowers and plants mentioned by Shakespeare.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour


A Museum Ambassador gives a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Other | Retro Gaming for Adults


Share your passion for Checkers, Chess, Monopoly, Scrabble, Boggle, or your favorite board game. There will be a demonstration of Boggle. Please feel free to bring your own game set, and join us for some lively board time. All levels of play welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | White Sparrow presents “La Musa, La Musica”


Music for mezzo-soprano and lute.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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City Walk | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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City Walk | SoHo, Little Italy & Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare's Othello, a College Production


The New Ensemble Workshop presents thirteen actors of the class of 2013 in the cast of Othello, directed by Brad Raimondo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Tour | Brooklyn Heights at Sunset Tour


Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Other | Chess & Games Club


An introductory Chess group which welcomes new players. Other strategy games also played. Come and refresh your chess game or learn anew and enjoy some other strategy games as well.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Exhibition: Maintenance Required


“After the revolution, who’s going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning?” Maintenance is the ever-present activity that upholds our infrastructure, our society and our lives. Yet it remains largely unseen and undervalued. Bringing these operations into view exposes the social and economic forces at work as well as the constant struggle against entropy and decay that underlies our daily existence. Curated by Nina Horisaki-Christens, Andrea Neustein, Victoria Rogers and Jason Waite, Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | In-dependencias, Recent Photographs by Miguel Angel Garcia


The ten large-scale color photographs, produced between 2009 and 2012, are based on panoramic photographs taken by Garcia from culturally symbolic watchtowers in the twenty-seven capitals of the European Union, such as the Pompidou Centre in Paris, the Acropolis in Athens, St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Chalda Maloff / Irina Sheynfeld


Chalda Maloff's Search Engines: New Digital Paintings is dedicated to our most basic and timeless need: the search for personal insight, clarity, and meaning. Irina Sheynfeld's Wandering Stars: Portraits in Pastel is a series of pastel drawings by the Russian-born artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Yoga


Join on Thursday evenings for open-level yoga with a certified instructor. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring your yoga mat or a beach towel. All participants must sign a waiver form before they join in. For adults 18+.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Climate and Crisis: War, Famine, and Empires in the 1590s


A lecture by Geoffrey Parker, Distinguished University Professor and Andreas Dorpalen Professor of European History at The Ohio State University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Photography Show: What You Want


Featuring: Thomas Albdorf, Raphael Cohen, Sara Cwynar, Bobby Doherty, Trey Wright.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Jane Aronson reads from her book Carried in Our Hearts: Creating Families Across Continents


Join Dr. Jane Aronson, Elini Coffinas, Maggie Greenwalk and Shari Hershon as they discuss their book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Jonathan Kalb discusses his book Great Lengths: Seven Works of Marathon Theatre


Curator Jonathan Kalb discusses why marathons are the slow food of theatrical art, the precious antidotes to the maddening and corrosive “hurry sickness” of the media age, with its ubiquitous pressure to abbreviate, compress and trivialize absolutely everything. He will discuss why even the best theater marathons aren’t for everyone, but everyone could learn something from them about why theater endures and is still, despite everything, necessary and irreplaceable. Kalb will read from his award-winning book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Paintings: Leah Tinari's Mars' Planet


For this series, Tinari returns to her roots, presenting lively paintings, drawings, and installations inspired by, and in some cases directed by, her family.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Photos: Ellen von Unwerth's Playdate


In this exhibition of black and white and color photographs, Ellen von Unwerth dazzles with a parade of girls who run the gamut from innocent to naughty. Sex is in the forefront: fetishistic, humorous, romantic, decadent, and erotic. Fashion and fantasy are combined in von Unwerth’s vision of girls having fun: with us, with each other and with the unseen viewer who they tease, taunt, and provoke.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Film | Robert Altman's Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982): Rebels Grown Up


With Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black. The Disciples of James Dean meet up on the anniversary of his death and mull over their lives in the present and in flashback. Who is the mysterious Joanne and what's the real story behind Mona's son, James Dean Junior? 109 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Gallery Talk: Jack Goldstein x 10,000


Poet, practitioner and founder of UbuWeb Kenneth Goldsmith responds to the exhibition as part of Writers and Artists Respond, a series of discussions and performances in the Museum's galleries.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | Make a Living—and a Difference—in the Second Half of Life


With Marci Alboher, author of "Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life," and Katherine Lanpher, a veteran public radio host. This lecture is a guide to finding passion, purpose and a paycheck in the second half of life. The author explores how to find information about how to plan the transition and talks about how much you need to make, the pros and cons of going back to school, when to volunteer, and when to intern; how to network effectively and harness the power of social media; who’s hiring and for what jobs, and presents an encore hot list of 35 viable careers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Museum Docent Tour


The docent-led tours meet in the lobby.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | 5 authors for teens read from their books


Featuring: The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead; The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey; The Moon & More by Sarah Dessen; Invisibility by Andrea Cremer; and Prodigy by Marie Lu.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Elliott Holt discusses her novel You Are One of Them with Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham


You Are One of Them is a taut, moving debut about the ways in which we define ourselves against others and the secrets we keep from those who are closest to us. In her insightful forensic of a mourned friendship, Holt illuminates the long lasting sting of abandonment and the measures we take to bring back those we have lost.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Outdoor Theater: Anton Chekhov's The Seagull


New York Classical Theatre presents the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters: the famous middlebrow story writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the symbolist playwright Konstantin Tréplev.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Stella Kramer, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photo Editor


Pulitzer Prize-winning photo editor and creative consultant Stella Kramer has worked with such top publications as The New York Times, Newsweek, People, Sports Illustrated and Entertainment Weekly. Her presentation will focus on practical advice for sharpening your vision and producing a portfolio and website that bests represent your work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Terry Tempest Williams reads from her book When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice


Readers of Williams’ iconic and unconventional memoir, Refuge, well remember that mother. She was one of a large Mormon clan in northern Utah who developed cancer as a result of the nuclear testing in nearby Nevada. It was a shock to Williams to discover that her mother had kept journals. But not as much of a shock as what she found when the time came to read them.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Screening | The Seventh Annual Truth Be Told Documentary Film Festival


Over three evenings, short documentaries made by students in the Documentary Media Studies graduate certificate program are screened for the public. The films are the products of a year of study in documentary history, theory, and production. Deanna Kamiel, a faculty member at the School of Media Studies, leads a Q&A with the filmmakers each night following the screenings.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | College Opera Excerpts Concert


Under the direction of Susan Caldwell, this semester-end performance will feature opera excerpts presented by the Extension Division opera class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Concert | Downtown Comes Uptown Concert


A night spotlighting four talented musicians in two distinctly different settings. Four unique artists will bring songs and stories of their everyday stomping grounds, the downtown club scene, to a new audience as they perform selections of their work in a showcase hosted by WFUV radio personality Rita Houston. The following night, all four artists will return to their Lower East Side roots with full performances at Rockwood Music Hall.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Theater | Shakespeare's Pericles, a College Production


The New Ensemble Workshop presents thirteen actors of the class of 2013 in the cast of Othello, directed by Kai-Hsiang Tu.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare Under the Stars: The Comedy of Errors, with Jesse Tyler Ferguson


This new production concerns two sets of identical twins who were separated as children and now live as master-servant pairs in rival neighboring cities. When one pair crosses the border to find the other, so begins an exquisitely enjoyable mess of mistaken identity, wrongful imprisonment, questionable flirting and general mayhem. Directed by Daniel Sullivan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 pm
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Theater | The Fifth Dentist


What do you do when your father owns a strip club, and your mother works there? BECOME A DENTIST! Mike King's One-Man-Show "The Fifth Dentist" is a hilarious true story by America's funniest dentist, cutting-edge comedy from one of New York's brightest comics...has been seen on Comedy Central and has opened for Ray Romano! See this work-in-progress before it's off-Broadway production. "Exceptional story!" - Eric Hansen, Producer of the Montel Williams and Whoopi Goldberg show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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