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Free Events for Saturday, August 11, 2012

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

10:00am	Birdwatching Free; RSVP required	Feathered Friends Tour New York City, NY; NYC
10:00am	Workshop free	Drawing in the Park New York City, NY; NYC
10:00am	Workshop free	Citizen Cartography Workshop New York City, NY; NYC
10:00am to 5:00pm	Workshop free	Kayaking on the Hudson New York City, NY; NYC
10:00am to 9:00pm	Conference Free; registration required	What Is the Black German Experience? New York City, NY; NYC
10:30am	Park Walk free	“Views from the Past” Tour New York City, NY; NYC
10:30am	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Arctic Summer, Part I New York City, NY; NYC
10:30am to 4:30pm	Workshop free	Kayaking and Community Rowing New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	City Walk $3 plus $2.50 tram fare	Manhattan-Roosevelt Island-Queens Walk New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Workshop free	Chess Program: Open Play Session New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Park Walk free	Garden Tour 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
11:00am to 5:00pm	Fair free	Street Fair New York City, NY; NYC
11:30am	City Walk free	8th Street and St. Mark's Place Tour New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Poetry Reading free	La Casita: Poetry & Music New York City, NY; NYC
12:00pm	Book Reading free	Astrograss For Kids New York City, NY; NYC
12:15pm	Film Free; RSVP recommended	Bennett Miller's Oscar-Nominated Moneyball (2011): In the Bigs (airconditioned) New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Symposium free	29th Annual Roots of American Music Festival: Stoned Soul Symposium New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Tour free	“A Road Once Traveled” Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Concert Free; reservations required	Concert & CD/Book Signing: Michael Fletcher Tester's Most Likely To: The Senior Superlative Musical New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Screening free	Daily Screenings: IndiVisible New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Book Discussion free	Book Club: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm to 4:00pm	Dance Performance free	Downtown Dance Festival 2012 New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Theater free	Street Theater: Theater for the New City's 99% Reduced Fat, or, You Can Bank On Us New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Concert free	Latin Music with Sonido Costeno New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Concert Free; registration required	Columbia Summer Winds Concert New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $18	Wit and wisdom New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $30	classic sixties musical re-envisioned New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm to 3:30pm	Tour free	Union Square: Crossroads of New York New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm to 3:30pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $35	Minimalist productions with evocative sound design and wonderful voices New York City, NY; NYC
2:30pm	Tour free	“The Castle and its Kingdom” Tour New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Workshop free	Tae Kwon Do Workshop New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Concert free	Concert on Water New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Film Free; RSVP recommended	Woody Allen's Oscar Winner Midnight in Paris (2011): A Fanciful France New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm to 7:00pm	Concert free	American Sounds: Carolina Chocolate Drops / Buckwheat Zydeco / Abigail Washburn New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm	Dance Performance free	Dance Festival New York City, NY; NYC
5:00pm to 10:00pm	Concert free	29th Annual Roots of American Music Festival New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Theater free	Outdoor Presentation of Shakespeare's Richard III New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Concert free	Flamenco: Los Hermanos Cintron New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $18	Wit and wisdom New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $30	classic sixties musical re-envisioned New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm to 10:00pm	Dance Performance free	Kùlú Mèlé African Dance & Drum Ensemble / MBDance New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Concert $3 suggested admission	Country: Lyle Lovett and His Acoustic Group / Aoife O'Donovan New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Concert free	The Jacksons, 70s/80s Pop and R&B Singers New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $20	Finally, someone said what we were thinking! New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater Free; tickets required	Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine's Into the Woods, the Broadway Smash New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater free	Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot presents Coriolanus New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater free	Ghosts of Manhattan, a Theatrical Journey through New York History New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Staged Reading free	Play Reading: The Golden Year by Daniel Damiano New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert $5; advance purchase required	The 54/10 Music Marathon: The Weight Boys Band / PigPen Theatre Co. / Die Roten Punkte New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm to 9:10pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $18	a classic play New York City, NY; NYC
10:30pm	Performance $5	Comedy: Mike and Yoni Directed By… New York City, NY; NYC
11:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $15	Musical, a revival New York City, NY; NYC
11:59pm	Performance $5	Comedy: Yes, Yes, Yes…And, New York City, NY; NYC