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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 27, 2009?

25 free events take place on Sunday, September 27 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 September 27 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 September . 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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25 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, September 27, 2009

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Workshop | Kayaking on the Hudson


Join 20-minute instructional paddles, and explore the Hudson River first hand. Please wear a bathing suit or shorts and a t-shirt, and know how to swim.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Perth Amboy Walk


4 miles, easy/moderate pace. Breath-taking views of Staten Island as we walk along the river and bay. See many old houses with lots of history. Bus ride takes about one hour. Rain may cancel, call. Bring lunch/water.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Tour | Historic Flatiron District


View some of the City’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance building, the MetLife tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free

City Walk | Historic Orchard Street Tour


Take a journey down historic Orchard Street and discover the origins of New York's first discount retail district. The two-hour tour highlights the integral role that the shopping district has played in the history and development of the Lower East Side.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Festival | Art Under the Bridge Festival


The neighborhood-wide event is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive. The Festival presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation's largest urban forum for experimental art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Festival | Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration


This outdoor festival includes samples, giveaways and entertainment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Views from the Past”


As you promenade through the heart of the Park, imagine yourself living in 19th Century New York City. Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to create the magnificent "Greensward" for the enjoyment of all. Tour lasts approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | The Orfeo Duo perform Nailah Nombeko's The Mount Morris Park Suite


Program: The Valley Lodge Blues, a musical revue by the Orfeo Duo and the Valley Lodge Players, directed by Katherine Howard Six Songs to Poetry of Yeats by Joyce Hope Suskind Sonata no. 1 for violin and piano by Matthew Barnson The Mount Morris Park Suite for piano trio and three percussionists by Nailah Nombeko Brother and sister Ishmael Wallace, pianist, and Vita Wallace, violinist, have performed together as the Orfeo Duo since childhood. Reviewers have praised their “magnificent performances,” saying “this kind of rapport is rare indeed” (Classics Today). Valley Lodge Players comprises residents and alumni of a shelter for older adults. Kristi Kelly, soprano, has recently appeared with Riverside Opera, Hudson Opera Theater, Commonwealth Opera, COSI, and Natchez Opera Festival. Sam Lazzara has played with entertainment legends from opera star Jessye Norman and Broadway legend Carol Channing to jazz great Roscoe Mitchell and punk pioneer Patti Smith.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | The New York Opera Forum performs Massenet's Werther


A concert version of Jules Massenet's four-act opera based on Goethe's epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther under the direction of Richard Nechamkin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:30 pm
Free

Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
$6

Concert | Deaf Performing Artist Sean Forbes


Meet deaf performing artist and Deaf Performing Artist Network (D-PAN) founder Forbes for a special American Sign Language presentation, music performance and DVD signing appearance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Video | Documentary on U.S. Nuclear Propaganda: The Atomic Cafe (1982)


Directed by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty and Pierce Rafferty. This compilation film was created entirely from American atomic propaganda of the 1940's and 50's. Without narration, it juxtaposes excerpts from newly-discovered and rarely-seen government and military films, television and radio shows, cartoons, and the "bomb songs" that saturated the airwaves. The film then reveals fifteen years of concerted efforts by the U.S. government to mislead the American public about nuclear testing and warfare. 88 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Festival of Puerto Rican Composers


This annual festival, presented in collaboration with the Association for Puerto Rican-Hispanic Culture, celebrates works by Puerto Rican composers Rafael Hernandez and Sylvia Rexach. The concert will feature performances by Eva de La O, soprano and director of Musica de Camara, and Joe Falcon, bassist and founder of Grupo Coco Rico.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | Public Art Tour: Tom Otterness' The Real World


Join contemporary art historian Dorothea Basile, a graduate of NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts, on a “walking conversation” of Otterness' work. Social and political commentary in the guise of gleeful abandon, the work is one of New York’s most popular artworks. Cast in bronze, the sculptures feature Otterness’ signature cartoonish figures: animals and people, bankers and robbers, laborers and pilgrims, 20th century intellectuals and athletes, predators and prey, all rubbing shoulders in his delightfully loopy narrative world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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City Walk | “MEPA: The Meatpacking District” Walk


The new "in" place in town. Art galleries, boutique fashion stores, trendy restaurants, and maritime history, Highlights: Hotel Gansevoort, Standard Hotel, the Highline, Chelsea Market, the "Hard Luck Pier."
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
$15, but only...

Tour | “Seneca Village”


Seneca Village was Manhattan's first known community of African-American property owners, on land that would become Central Park. Tour covers the history of the village, the property owners, and what New York City was like at the time. Tour is approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Open Mike | Open Poetry Reading


Bring your best verse to "SOS: The Sunday Open Series."
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
$3

Reading | Storytelling: “Why Monkeys Live In Trees” and Other Beninese Folk Tales


Dr. Raouf Mama, traditional storyteller from Benin, will bring both fun and wisdom to his telling and exploration of African stories and storytelling. There will be great stories, lots of audience participation, some food for thought, and Raouf ’s delightful performance. As a special treat, he will tell an indigenous Beninese tale in its original language, Fon.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Works for organ by Bach, Buxtehude and others


Program: Bach: 'St. Anne' Prelude & Fugue Buxtehude: Te Deum Paulus: Triptych Duruflé: Suite. Andrew Henderson is the organist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
$15 suggested donation

Concert | Aeolian Collective performs works by Poulenc and Villa-Lobos


Program: Poulenc, Sextet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and piano Villa-Lobos, Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon Jolivet, Pastorales de Noël for flute, harp and bassoon Plus, a work for horn and voice TBA The Aeolian Collective is a unique new chamber ensemble: winds, brass, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Concert | Sunday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | A Discussion on Creating Site-Specific Art


Including the choreographers of Sitelines '07, moderated by Sitelines curator and producer Nolini Barretto. Refreshments will be served.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Contributors read from the zine Agent 409


Issue #5 of Agent 409 is ready. Agent 409 is anti-everything oppressive and wrong, and pro-everything liberating and good. Please join the agents Cory Schmanke Parrish, Danielle Morgan Feris, Yasmine Chahkar Farhang, Judy Yu, Ronica Sanyal, and Tamiko Beye for a night of their newest poetry, prose, and comedy for the revolution.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$5 suggested admission

Concert | TSS Yukonaughtica, a Jazz/Funk/Surf band, plus Belly Dancers


Summer party on the Hudson featuring TSS Yukonaughtica, a nine-piece band providing an eclectic musical experience incorporating jazz, funk, and surf sounds - horns, percussion, belly dancers, an aerial performer, special guest vocalists and tango dancers and generally a good time for all. Bring the family, bring your friends, bring your smiles and definitely bring your dancing shoes. TSS is This Spy Surfs, Todd Colburn's group. Yukonaughtica is Yuko Oz's group. TSS Yukonaughtica is the name of the combined ensemble adding percussion, horn section and dancers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free
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