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Free Events for Thursday, June 21, 2012

All events are free unless otherwise noted. Click on an event to see more details.

7:00am	Workshop free	Summer in the Square: Running Class New York City, NY; NYC
7:30am	Workshop free	Park Tai Chi New York City, NY; NYC
8:00am	Workshop free	Summer in the Square: Brooklyn Bridge Boot Camp New York City, NY; NYC
9:00am	Workshop free	Summer in the Square: Yoga New York City, NY; NYC
10:00am	Other Free; tickets required	Taping of CW Program The Bill Cunningham Show New York City, NY; NYC
10:00am	Workshop free	Summer in the Square: Mommy and Me Yoga New York City, NY; NYC
10:30am	Workshop Free; registration required starting 6/14 at 1pm	Teach Yourself: Computer Self-Study New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Film free	Oliver Parker's The Importance of Being Ernest (2002): Wilde's Scathing Satire of High Society New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am to 5:00pm	Fair free	Street Fair New York City, NY; NYC
11:15am to 4:45pm	Tour Free; reservations required a week in advance	Federal Reserve Bank Tour New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Workshop free	Stay Well Exercise New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Concert free	Cinnamon Jones, R&B/Jazz Singer New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Concert free	Reggae with Ky-Mani Marley New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Concert free	Pianist Simon Mulligan plays works by Gershwin New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Concert free	A Tribute to New York City's Legendary Songwriters Otis Blackwell and Doc Pomus New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Jazz free	Jazz on the Plaza New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Jazz free	Brazilian and American Jazz with Luiz Simas New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Park Walk free	The Art of the Park Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Other free	Scrabble Mania New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Gallery Talk free	Tour of Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined New York City, NY; NYC
1:30pm	Concert free	Traditional Bavarian Music with Zum Biergarten New York City, NY; NYC
1:30pm	Other Free; tickets required	Taping of CW Program The Bill Cunningham Show New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Film free	Delbert Mann's Oscar-Nominated Lover Come Back (1961): Mad Men (and Woman) New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Concert free	Music From China New York City, NY; NYC
2:30pm	Workshop Free; registration required starting 6/14 at 1pm	Introduction to eBay New York City, NY; NYC
2:45pm	Screening free	UEFA Euro 2012 Soccer Tournament Broadcast New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Workshop Free; registration required	Intro to Adobe Fireworks New York City, NY; NYC
3:30pm	Concert free	Zoe Vandermeer, Singer-Harpist New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Concert free	A Tribute to New York City's Legendary Songwriters Otis Blackwell and Doc Pomus New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Concert free	Yolanda R., Versatile Singer New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Concert free	Blaise Siwula, Saxophonist New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Jazz free	The Alon Yavnai Big Band New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm to 7:30pm	Workshop free	Outdoor Bomba Class and Drum Circle with Afro-Puerto Rican Group Alma Moyo New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm to 8:00pm	Concert Free; registration required	Embark on a Musical Journey Around the World — by Bus! New York City, NY; NYC
4:30pm	Dance Performance free	Flamenco with the Numina Dance Theatre New York City, NY; NYC
4:30pm to 8:31pm	Concert free	Wendy Mae Chambers' KUN, a Composition for 64 Baby Grand Toy Pianos New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Concert free	The Edmar Castaneda Trio plays Colombian music New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Concert free	Ana Cifuentes, Colombian Singer New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Jazz free	The Hudson Tubes Brass Band New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Performance free	The cast and creators perform excerpts from Old Jews Telling Jokes New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Dance Performance free	Shandoah Goldman's 23 Skidoo, Site-Specific Choreography with More Than 50 Dancers New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Workshop free	Chess & Games Club New York City, NY; NYC
5:15pm	Concert free	Chinese Music Ensemble of New York New York City, NY; NYC
5:30pm	Jazz free	Latin Jazz with Raul Huaman New York City, NY; NYC
5:30pm	Workshop free	Shape Up NYC New York City, NY; NYC
5:30pm to 7:30pm	Workshop free	Kayaking and Community Rowing New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	Ten and Change, A Cappella Group New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Workshop free	Adult Yoga New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	RI Irregulars plays works from the American songbook New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Workshop Free; registration required	Intro to Adobe Fireworks New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Workshop free	Park Yoga New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Dance Lesson free	Dance in the Square New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Screening Free; reservations recommended	Exceprts from Julian Schlossberg's Witnesses to the 20th Century New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Discussion free	Collaborate or Perish: Networks, Bureaucracies, and the Fight Against Terrorism New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Group Exhibition: Love Me New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Group Exhibition: Painting in Space New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Painting: Patrick Lundeen's Good For You Son New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Mixed Media Works: Josh Faught's Longtime Companion New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	2 Art Shows: Being / There Is Always a Part of Sky to Soar New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Discussion free	Designers in Discussion: Made in New York New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Slide Lecture free	Richard Zacks discusses his book Island of Vice: Teddy Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York City New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Film free	Russian Documentary: Marina Goldovskaya's A Bitter Taste of Freedom (2011) New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Screening Free; RSVP required	Stephen Fischler & Joel Sucher's Documentary Dressing America: Tales from the Garment Center (2011) New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Theater free	Hudson Warehouse presents Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Workshop Free; pre-registration required	Poetry Workshop New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Jazz free	Jazz on the Move with Make Music New York New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Discussion free	Turning the World New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm to 8:00pm	Workshop free	Social Hour: Fabric Printing New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Theater free	New York Classical Theatre's Outdoor Production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Workshop free	Sunset Pilates New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Jazz free	Eddie Palmieri, Grammy-Winning Leader of Bandleader of Salsa and Latin Jazz Orchestras New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Reading free	Joshua Henkin reads from his book The World Without You New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Concert free	Make Music New York: The Neojibá / The Coronoa Youth Music Project New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Staged Reading Free; tickets required	Play Reading: Cold Country (Kaltes Land) by Reto Finger New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Concert free	Iktus Percussion performs Stockhausen's Musik Im Bauch New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Gallery Talk Free; RSVP required	Artist Talk: Milcho Manchevski New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $30	A famous play by a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Reading free	Cathi Hanauer reads from her book Gone New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Theater Pay-what-you-can admission policy	Uptown Festival of New Plays: An Alien in Inwood New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Concert free	Make Music New York: David Easton Band New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Screening $10 suggested donation	Documentary: Maggie Betts' The Carrier (2011) New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $25	Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Performance $5	Livia's Castle of Enchantment Variety Show New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm to 9:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $59	International show! New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Workshop $10 suggested donation; registration required	Thursday Night Meditation New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $30	A love triangle story New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $67.5	Revival of an Off-Broadway classic New York City, NY; NYC
8:30pm	Workshop free	Journey to the Stars with the Amateur Astronomers Association New York City, NY; NYC
8:30pm	Jazz free	Boilermakers Jazz Band New York City, NY; NYC
9:00pm	Performance No cover	Mike King's One-Man-Show The Fifth Dentist New York City, NY; NYC
9:30pm to 11:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $59	International show! New York City, NY; NYC
11:00pm	Jazz $5 cover, $5 menu, $5 cocktails, draft beer and wine	Late Night Session, Hosted by Michael Mwenso New York City, NY; NYC