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Free Events for Thursday, August 16, 2012

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

7:00am	Concert free	Lionel Richie, Singer-Songwriter New York City, NY; NYC
7:30am	Workshop free	Park Tai Chi New York City, NY; NYC
10:00am to 4:15pm	Tour free	National Historic Landmark Tour of Governors Island New York City, NY; NYC
10:30am	Screening free	Daily Screenings: Arctic Summer, Part I New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Film free	Frank Lloyd's Mutiny on the Bounty (1935): Best Picture of the Year New York City, NY; NYC
11:00am	Performance free	Write Out Front: A Playwright Happening 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
12:00pm to 2:00pm	Dance Performance free	Downtown Dance Festival 2012 New York City, NY; NYC
12:15pm	Tour free	National Monument Tour 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: Sister Act / Nice Work If You Can Get It / Avenue Q / Bring It On / Rock of Ages / A Christmas Story New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Jazz free	Victor Lin, Jazz Pianist New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Park Walk free	“Views from the Past” Tour New York City, NY; NYC
12:30pm	Jazz free	Jazz on the Plaza New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Other free	Scrabble Mania New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Gallery Talk free	Tour of Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Screening free	Daily Screenings: IndiVisible New York City, NY; NYC
1:00pm	Tour $6	Cathedral Tour New York City, NY; NYC
2:00pm	Dance Lesson free	Ballroom Dancing Then and Now New York City, NY; NYC
2:30pm	Workshop Free; registration required starting 8/9 at 1pm	Digital Photos S.O.S. New York City, NY; NYC
2:30pm	Workshop Free; pre-registration required	Stay Well Exercise New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm	Tour free	U.S. Customs House Building Tour New York City, NY; NYC
3:00pm to 6:00pm	Workshop free	Volleyball Clinic New York City, NY; NYC
5:30pm	Workshop free	Shape Up NYC New York City, NY; NYC
5:30pm	Concert free	Jeffrey Ellenberger, Violinist Who Has Worked with Sinatra and Bennett New York City, NY; NYC
5:30pm to 7:30pm	Workshop free	Kayaking and Community Rowing New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Workshop free	Park Yoga New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm	Performance free	Comedy: pitch New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Other free	Get Some: Spiked Ice New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 8:00pm	Opening Reception free	Salmagundi Club Non-Members: Painting and Sculpture New York City, NY; NYC
6:00pm to 11:00pm	Film free	Lawrence Kasdan's Oscar Nominee The Big Chill (1983): Aging Hippies Come to Terms New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Slide Lecture free	Writer Leah Price discusses her work New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Workshop free	Park Circuit Fitness Class New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Theater free	Outdoor Presentation of Shakespeare's Richard III New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm	Screening Free; RSVP requested	Documentatry: Curtis Choy's The Fall of the I-Hotel (1983) New York City, NY; NYC
6:30pm to 8:00pm	Other free	Social Hour: Meet the Musicians New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Workshop free	Sunset Pilates New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Workshop free	Lawn School: Strange Makings / So Valuable It's Free / BODYroll New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Concert free	Bachata: 24 Horas / K Rose New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Reading free	Matthew Battles reads from his book The Sovereignties of Invention New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Performance $5	Comedy: Hot Diner and THEM New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Film free	Richard LaGravenese's Freedom Writers (2007): Inspriring Teacher New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Book Reading free	Maria Semple reads from her book Where'd You Go, Bernadette New York City, NY; NYC
7:00pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $30	classic sixties musical re-envisioned New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Screening $10 suggested donation	Documentary: Macarena Aguiló's The Chilean Building (2010) New York City, NY; NYC
7:30pm	Concert free	Soul Classics: Gladys Knight / The Commodores New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Theater free	Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot presents Coriolanus New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Performance $5	Comedy: East Side Orphan Riot and Harvey New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm	Concert Members $0 Regular $17	deeply soulful vocalist New York City, NY; NYC
8:00pm to 9:10pm	Theater Members $0 Regular $18	a classic play 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	Tobe Hooper's Oscar Nominee Poltergeist (1982): Ghost in the Machine New York City, NY; NYC
9:30pm	Performance $5	Comedy: The Scene New York City, NY; NYC
11:00pm	Performance free	New Team Lunacy Comedy Show New York City, NY; NYC
11:00pm	Performance $5	Fifty Shades of Improv: The Show You Will Come To New York City, NY; NYC