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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on August 26, 2015?

39 free events take place on Wednesday, August 26 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 August 26 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 August . 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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39 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, August 26, 2015

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Workshop | Park FitClub: Boot Camp with The Rise NYC


Energize your day with a workout before work. Join The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness group, for a Boot Camp. Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep you coming back - and seeing results. No equipment necessary; smiles and high-fives encouraged. Rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 am
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Workshop | Walking Meditation


Start your day with a contemplative walk around the park, led by a meditation guide.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Workshop | Wednesday Meditation


Join neighbors from the Integral Yoga Institute, the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, and two surprise guests, for weekly guided meditations. Rise above the city streets and start your day focused, centered, and connected with nature. Beginners welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Elements of Nature Drawing


Get inspired by the beautiful expanse of the Hudson River and New York Harbor and by the verdant park, with its very special Hot and Cool gardens; each flower-filled and colorful throughout the season. All art materials are provided. Participants can practice already known techniques or try new ones using water colors, pastels, colored pencils, and other media. An artist/educator will offer ideas,instruction and critiques regarding technique.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Explore Castle Williams Tour


Castle Williams, the centerpiece of the system of fortifications designed to guard New York City just prior to the War of 1812, has long been off-limits to the public. After an extensive rehabilitation project in 2011, the National Park Service opened the Castle's to the general public for the first time in the fort's 200-year history. Tours of the Castle take visitors through all three levels and the roof. Tours are approximately 30 minutes in length. Visitors are advised that tours require climbing three flights of stairs. The Castle's upper floors are not handicap-accessible. Start times: 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Jazz | Victor Lin, Columbia Jazz Piano Instructor


A former student of jazz legend Kenny Barron, Victor Lin is currently a jazz music instructor at Columbia University, Teachers College, and The Calhoun School.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | eBook Help Hour: Get Started with eBooks


Need help getting started with eBooks? Bring your laptop, eReader, tablet or smart phone to eBook Help Hour. Get assistance loading electronic library books on your Kindle, create your free Adobe ID, learn about 3M Cloud Library, and so much more. Make sure you bring your library card and any necessary access passwords for your devices so they can help you as quickly as possible.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Jazz | Jazz Wednesdays with the Bill Wurtzel Trio


Bill Wurtzel’s trio will set the mood of the swing era every Wednesday for the run of the exhibition Folk Art and American Modernism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Screening | Screening: Tony and Emmy Winner Nathan Lane in The Nance


Nathan Lane gives the performance of a lifetime as Chauncey Miles, a comedian of the 1930s who plays a gay man for laughs—at least on stage. With a touching love story at its core, Douglas Carter Beane's Tony Award-nominated play is also a fond and funny tribute to the golden age of burlesque.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Figure al Fresco


Many people are challenged when trying to draw the human figure. This workshop offers everyone a chance to improve their skills through a wonderful outdoor figure drawing class. Each week a different model will strike both short and long poses for participants to draw. An artist/educator will be on hand to offer suggestions and give critiques throughout the class. All drawing materials are supplied.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Lower Section


Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Workshop | Olafur Eliasson's The Collectivity Project, an Interactive Installation


Learn more about urban planning, architecture, and community using LEGOs and your imagination. Led by an educator, these special programs for adults are part of Olafur Eliasson's work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Workshop | Settlers of Catan Game Social


Join us at our weekly Game Socials to meet up with like-minded players interested in the same games as you. On Wednesdays, play the popular strategy game Settlers of Catan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Concert | Accordions Around the World


Take a cross-cultural musical journey - from France to Colombia, from the Balkans to Louisiana, from Cumbia to Jazz, and more - with accordions, harmoniums, concertinas, and bandoneons.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Discussion: Richard Russo's Straight Man


William Henry Devereaux, Jr., spiritually suited to playing left field but forced by a bad hamstring to try first base, is the unlikely chairman of the English department at West Central Pennsylvania University. Over the course of a single convoluted week, he threatens to execute a duck, has his nose slashed by a feminist poet, discovers that his secretary writes better fiction than he does, suspects his wife of having an affair with his dean, and finally confronts his philandering elderly father, the one-time king of American Literary Theory, at an abandoned amusement park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Sunset Yoga


Open space, fresh sea air, and the floral scent of the gardens will help you stretch away the stress of the workday and allow you to let go of the hectic buzz of city life. Whether you’re still learning Child’s Pose or have mastered the Twisted Half Moon, instructor Mary Ryan Barnes, who has been teaching Yoga for over twenty five years, will guide you through a routine that works for you. Bring your own mat or borrow one from us.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Volleyball After Work


An after-work volleyball game for adults. The scorekeeper and the ball will be provided and will instruct newcomers in the basics of the game. This good-natured game has been going for over a decade, and although many people have been attending year after year, players of all experience levels are welcome. Coming by after work is a great way to relax and make new friends.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Slide Lecture | Elaine Freed Lindenblatt discusses her book Stop at the Red Apple: The Restaurant on Route 17


This illustrated lecture provides an account of the author's family's 50+-year restaurant, the Red Apple Rest, located midway between NYC and the Catskill Mountain vacation mecca, that served annually over a million customers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Evening Yoga


End your day with relaxing Hatha yoga with instructor Hollis Lewis in a beautiful sunset setting. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Tour | Photography Tour: Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Sunset


Are you looking for images of the Lower Manhattan Skyline and sunsets? This photo tour is for you. A licensed guide, renowned photographer, and a downtown Manhattan resident of 40 years will guide you during what photographers call “the golden hour.“ You will tour Brooklyn Bridge Park and Dumbo as you strategically set up your shots for the evening sunset. The tour will finish with a walk back over the Brooklyn Bridge to Lower Manhattan providing you many photo opportunities as nightfall and the city lights up. You will be directed in how to get your shots no matter what’s the evening sky. Learn a bit about the the skyline of Lower Manhattan and the history that has connected Brooklyn and Manhattan for over 500 years as you hone your photographic skills. Open to all levels of photographers and all cameras – yes, cell phones and any smart devices too. Even people without cameras will enjoy tagging along for this unique point of view of the end of the day in New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Don Doyle reads from his book The Cause of All Nations


When Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863, he had broader aims than simply rallying a war-weary nation. Lincoln realized that the Civil War had taken on a wider significance—that all of Europe and Latin America was watching to see whether the United States, a beleaguered model of democracy, would indeed “perish from the earth.”
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | French Cinema: Joann Sfar's Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)


The life and loves of French pop star Serge Gainsbourg are reimagined by comic book artist Joann Sfar, beginning with his childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris, through his wild and crazy years in the ‘50s and ‘60s as a singer-songwriter and lover of some of the world’s most glamourous women (Bardot, Jane Birkin, beatnik icon Juliette Gréco). The film features many of the musician’s greatest hits, as well a giant puppet alter-ego who personifies his worst proclivities. (Note: Due to some nudity, this film is not recommended for children.) 122 minutes. Film starts at dusk. PRE-SCREENING PERFORMANCE at 7pm: Ginkgoa - She comes from New York, he leaves in Paris – her name is Nicolle Rochelle, his name is Antoine Chatenet and fighting against all the odds of their geographic destiny, they have found each other. Very quickly they decided to embark on the journey of making French songs with an American vibe, and American songs with a French touch where time periods would cross and inspirations would collide: from pop music, to the swing of old New York with a mix of electro beats and poetics.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Jazz | Jimmy Heath, Briiliant Jazz Saxophonist


Jimmy Heath has long been recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist and a magnificent composer and arranger. He has performed with nearly all the jazz greats of the last 50 years, from Howard McGhee, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis to Wynton Marsalis. In 1948 at the age of 21, he performed in the First International Jazz Festival in Paris with McGhee, sharing the stage with Coleman Hawkins, Slam Stewart, and Erroll Garner. One of Heath’s earliest big bands (1947-1948) in Philadelphia included John Coltrane, Benny Golson, Specs Wright, Cal Massey, Johnny Coles, Ray Bryant, and Nelson Boyd.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Lecture | Lost Inwood on the Back Porch - On the Map


A program illustrating how Inwood has been portrayed on maps over the past four hundred years. Making use of beautiful high-definition projections, we’ll sample works of early explorers from the 1600s, soldiers from the 1700s, city surveyors and land speculators from the 1800s, archaeologists of the early 1900s, and even contemporary works.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Sunset Pilates


Join Lou Cornacchia, founder of Cobble Hill’s Body in Balance Studio, for her amazing Pilates Mat Class. Students will learn proper technique, core muscle strength, spinal alignment and shoulder stabilization. This dynamic class is intermediate/advanced and done to upbeat music, emphasizes stretching, good posture, upper body and serious core strength. Classes are open to ages 16 and older. Participants must bring their own mat and dynaband. You are required to fill out a release form and bring one to every class. Beginners are welcome to go at their own pace.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Dancing | ¡Arriba! Latin Dance Party with Grupo Arcano


Grab your friends and bring your dancing shoes – evenings of live Latin music and dancing are returning this summer. Grupo Arcano is a fiery, energetic and crowd engaging new experience in Salsa. Bringing Salsa from the other side of NYC's East River - Brooklyn and Queens - with an attitude and refreshing sound, Arcano perfectly combines the best of traditional Salsa with some hot new sounding trends. Inspired by all that came before, Arcano looks forward to building something new and original.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge Ghost Tour


An icon of New York City and one of the world's most famous man-made structures, the bridge is must-see attraction on most visitors’ Big Apple itineraries. A walk along its pedestrian promenade, with its wonderful views of Lower Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, and Brooklyn—not to mention the bridge's Gothic arched towers—is priceless. It truly lives up to its nickname as the Eighth Wonder of the World. Yet behind all its physical beauty and charm lie darker truths. The bridge has been bad luck for some and a curse for others. Mysterious illness to a stampede to faulty construction and outright murder have claimed the lives of dozens, including the bridge's designers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Film | John Landis' The Blues Brothers (1980): Raucous Comedy


Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway. Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised. 133 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Film | Ted Wilde's Oscar Nominee Speedy (1928): Silent Comedy


Stars: Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff . When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by his girl's grandfather) out of business, "Speedy" organizes the neighborhood oldtimers to thwart their scheme. 85 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
Free

Performance | Gandhi, Is That You? Comedy Show


Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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