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Free Events for Thursday, July 12, 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	Workshop free	Summer in the Square: Mommy and Me Yoga New York City, NY; NYC
10:00am	Opening Reception Free; RSVP required by 7/9	Broadway Green: Sculpture with Nature, a Public Art Installation New York City, NY; NYC
10:30am	Workshop Free; registration required starting 7/5 at 1pm	Getting More Out of Cloud Storage New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Film free	Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938): Strange on a Train New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour 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
11:30am	Talk free	Live Like a Millionaire on $7.25/hour New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Concert free	Soul & Rick: Shemekia Copeland / NRBQ New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Concert free	The Dana Leong Trio, Electro-Acoustic Sounds New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Jazz free	Jazz on the Plaza New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Concert free	Broadway in the Park: Stomp / The Phantom of the Opera / Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark / War Horse / The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Jazz free	Mike LeDonne, Jazz Pianist Who Played with Benny Goodman and Sonny Rollins New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Tour free	“Manhattan Adirondacks” Tour New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Jazz free	Jazz on the Plaza New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Concert free	The King's School Choir 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
1:15pm	Workshop Free; registration required starting 7/5 at 1pm	Featured Library Database: Do you know EBSCOHOST? New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Dance Performance free	Tere O’Connor Dance New York City, NY; NYC
2:30pm	Workshop Free; registration required starting 7/5 at 1pm	Magazines & Newspapers Online 1 New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Workshop Free; registration required	What’s New in InDesign CS6 New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Dance Performance free	The Set Up: Junko Fisher New York City, NY; NYC
4:00pm	Jazz free	Summer Jazz Workshop New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Dance Lesson free	Dance in the Square New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm to 7:00pm	Opening Reception free	Group Exhibition: Post-Op New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm to 7:00pm	Opening Reception free	Paintings: Michael Bevilacqua's An Ideal For Living New York City, NY; NYC
5:30pm	Workshop free	Shape Up NYC New York City, NY; NYC
5:30pm	Workshop free	Got Clutter? Join the Clutter Support Group New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Concert free	Rock: Dan Deacon / John Maus / Roomrunner New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Talk free	Summer Career Management: Telling Your Story New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Performance free	Comedy: pitch New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Workshop free	Park Yoga New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Opening Reception Free; RSVP required	eMerge: Danny Simmons & Artists on the Cusp New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Workshop Free; registration required	What’s New in InDesign CS6 New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Lecture free	Blasphemy Codes in the Contemporary World New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Group Exhibition: One Year Later: Part I New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Paintings by Tom Slaughter New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 9:30pm	Concert free	Blues Festival: Neko Case / Charles Bradley & the Extraordinaires / He's My Brother, She's My Sister New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 11:00pm	Film free	Robert Mulligan's 3-Time Oscar Winner To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): The South in Black and White New York City, NY; NYC
6:15pm	Workshop Free; registration required	Intro to Anger Management New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Discussion Free; reservations encouraged	Occupy Wall Street: Camera and Subject New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Talk free	Jim Motavalli discusses his book High Voltage: The Fast Track to Plug in the Auto Industry New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Theater free	Outdoor Theater: The Rover by Aphra Behn New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Workshop Free; pre-registration required	Short Story 2 Workshop New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Workshop free	Park Circuit Fitness Class 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	Concert free	George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Funk Legends New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	City Walk free	The Saints Tour New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Discussion free	Book Club: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Performance $5	Comedy: Hot Diner and THEM New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm to 8:00pm	Poetry Reading free	John Ashbery, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Lecture $5	Debt! A Series of Performative Lectures on Debt New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Book Reading free	Andrew Gross reads from his book 15 Seconds New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater free	Outdoor Presentation of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Performance $5	Comedy: East Side Orphan Riot and Harvey New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Workshop $10 suggested donation; registration required	Thursday Night Meditation New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater free	Outdoor Presentation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $25	Minimalist productions with evocative sound design and wonderful voices 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	Film free	Wes Anderson's Oscar-Nominated Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Stop-Motion Animation 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	Performance $5	Comedy: The Scene New York City, NY; NYC
9:30pm to 11:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $59	International show! New York City, NY; NYC
11:00pm	Performance free	New Team Lunacy Comedy Show New York City, NY; NYC
11:00pm	Performance $5	Comedy: Meatloaf Might Eat Himself New York City, NY; NYC
11:30pm	Jazz $5 cover, $5 menu, $5 cocktails, draft beer and wine	Late Night Session, Hosted by Michael Mwenso New York City, NY; NYC