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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 14, 2012?

46 free events take place on Thursday, June 14 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 June 14 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 June . 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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46 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, June 14, 2012

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Workshop | Summer in the Square: Running Class


From CLAY Health Club + Spa.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Workshop | Park Tai Chi


Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are instructed by members of the Tai Chi Chuan Center for all ages and experience levels. Classes are rain or shine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 am
Free

Workshop | Summer in the Square: Brooklyn Bridge Boot Camp


An intensive cardio workshop.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Workshop | Summer in the Square: Yoga


Instructed by CLAY.
   New York City, NY; NYC
9:00 am
Free

Forum | Take Charge of Your Health Today!: A Community Health Forum


A panel discussion on individual health care issues affecting the greater community. Questions and answers will follow, and complimentary refreshments and health information materials will be provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free

Workshop | Summer in the Square: Mommy and Me Yoga


Classes hosted by Bija Kids.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Other | Taping of CW Program The Bill Cunningham Show


The shows deals with current events and hot issues such as hoarding, social media bullying, feuding family members and more. The last segment of each taping features questions and comments from the audience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

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. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:15 am
Free

Jazz | Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra


The son of legendary big band leader and arranger Chico O'Farrill, Grammy winner Arturo O’Farrill honed his skills playing piano with Carla Bley, Wynton Marsalis, Dizzy Gillespie, and other luminaries before taking over his father’s big band in the 90s. Called a “magnificent player” by The New York Times, he now heads the 18-piece Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, a wonder of rhythmic and brass precision at the very top of New York’s Afro-Latin scene.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Talk | Powerful First Impressions: How to Find and Get the Job You Really Want


Barry Cohen, CUNY Employment Coordinator discusses the “hidden” techniques and strategies you need to ace that next job interview.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Stay Well Exercise


Join a free Stay Well exercise session. Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC's Department for the aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided. All participants are required to sign a personal medical waiver at the beginning of the class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Screening | UEFA Euro 2012 Soccer Tournament Broadcast


Every match of the UEFA Euro 2012 Tournament will be shown on a 30 x 16′ HD LED screen, from June 8 to July 1. This game: Italy vs. Croatia.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | Jazz on the Plaza


Each Thursday over the course of the summer months, the church hosts a series of jazz concerts for the midtown community. Many people bring a lunch. Audiences enjoy a variety of well-regarded artists. Care is made to present a diversity of ensembles and styles ranging from small trios to large big bands.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

Concert | Russ Kassoff, Veteran Jazz Pianist


Russ Kassoff is currently playing trio and solo jazz concerts, clubs, festivals, master classes and private parties. In 2010 he was the Conductor/Pianist on Broadway in Twyla Tharp's critically acclaimed Come Fly Away, featuring 15 magnificent dancers accompanied by a 19- piece big-band playing live to the voice of Frank Sinatra. Russ toured as pianist to Frank Sinatra by request from '80-'91- including the Ultimate Event tour with Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin and Liza Minnelli.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | “The Castle and its Kingdom” Tour


Take a walk around the lands dominated by the Castle, situated high on Vista Rock. Visit the tiny 55-acre realm on an eclectic tour of history and nature. Tour is approximately one hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6

Other | Scrabble Mania


All levels of play welcome. Please bring with you...your Scrabble set (be sure it has all 100 tiles!), a Scrabble dictionary and, of course, a love of the game!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Other | Taping of CW Program The Bill Cunningham Show


The shows deals with current events and hot issues such as hoarding, social media bullying, feuding family members and more. The last segment of each taping features questions and comments from the audience.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Film | Charles Walters' Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960): A Drama Critic's Drama


Starring Doris Day, David Nevin, Janis Paige. Drama critic Larry McKay, his wife Kay, and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kay settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York. Kay soon begins to question Larry's fidelity when he mentions a flirtatious encounter with Broadway star Deborah Vaughn. 112 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Screening | UEFA Euro 2012 Soccer Tournament Broadcast


Every match of the UEFA Euro 2012 Tournament will be shown on a 30 x 16′ HD LED screen, from June 8 to July 1. This game: Spain vs. Ireland.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:45 pm
Free

Theater | Alex Webb's Amelia, a Play about One Woman's Journey through Civil War America


AMELIA, a new play based on the true story of one woman’s epic journey across Civil War America in search of her husband, will make its New York premiere in a site-specific production at a former Civil War prison camp. Previously developed at The Kennedy Center, AMELIA is an Editor’s Pick of The Washington Post that culminates at the gates of the notorious Andersonville Prison Camp where the central character is forced to disguise herself as a male Union soldier in this suspenseful and highly theatrical production.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Club: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon


"It is the story of pursuit of story, it is the story of a book whose implications are so deep and real, they become the obsession of the book's young reader." - The Independent Book Review
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Shape Up NYC


SHAPE UP NYC, a free citywide fitness program created through partnerships with Equinox, NYC Service, and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield brings you Intensati: a workout that fuses high energy aerobics, martial arts, dance, yoga and strength conditioning. Attendance is limited to 75 people on a first come, first served basis.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Art Brewer: Surf Evolution, a Photography Retrospective


A retrospective of the work of legendary surf photographer Art Brewer who has spent four decades documenting and shaping the evolution of surf culture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Adult Yoga


Open-level yoga with a certified instructor! Please wear comfortable clothes and bring your yoga mat or a beach towel. All participants must sign a waiver form before they join in. For adults 18+.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Dance Lesson | Dance in the Square


Learn how to swing those hips or just enjoy the music with free dancing and music brought to you by Peridance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Park Yoga


Expert instructors, provided by lululemon athletica, lead all levels of yogis. Mats are provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Performance | Per Schumann & Malte Zacharias' mobile-kitchen-cart


Per Schumann and Malte Zacharias' mobile-kitchen-cart will take up temporary residence in Rob Carter's living installation, Faith in A Seed. Cooking a meal inspired by the very plants growing in Carter's triangular garden, Schumann and Zacharias will transform the gallery into an oasis where ideas and food can exchange freely.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Photocollages: Masaki Asakawa's col­ors com­plex


Asakawa chose to explore the theme of a mass con­sump­tion soci­ety after feel­ing the effect of its insta­bil­ity and uneasi­ness in his own life. Through recon­struct­ing the auto­mo­bile, which he views as “the sym­bol of the mass con­sump­tion soci­ety,” via pho­to­col­lage, Asakawa hopes to present view­ers with a reimagining of con­tem­po­rary society. Born in 1963 in Tokyo, Japan, Asakawa grad­u­ated from the Tokyo National Uni­ver­sity of Fine Arts and Music in 1988. Today he is a pro­fes­sor at the Yoko­hama Col­lege of Art and Design. His work has been shown in Tokyo, Kyoto, New York and Milan and has been awarded the Grand prix dur­ing the Esquire Dig­i­tal Pho­to­graph Awards for 2004 to 2005.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Violence and Islamo-Christian Civilization


With Richard Bulliet, Professor of Middle Eastern History and director of the Middle East Institute of the School of International and Public Affairs for twelve years. He is a specialist on Iran, the social history of the Islamic Middle East, and the history of technology. His most recent scholarly work is Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History (2009). His earlier books include Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers (2005), The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization (2004), Islam: The View from the Edge (1994), Conversion to Islam in the Medieval Period (1979), The Camel and the Wheel (1975), and The Patricians of Nishapur (1972). He has also written five novels, beginning with Kicked to Death by a Camel (1973) and is co-author of a world history textbook The Earth and Its Peoples (5ed. 2009).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Film | Alexander Mackendrick's Sweet Smell of Success (1957): The All-Powerful Press


With Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Susan Harrison. Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician. 96 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Theater | Hudson Warehouse presents Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors


The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated at birth. Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of Ephesus. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to wrongful beatings, a near-seduction, the arrest of Antipholus of Ephesus, and accusations of infidelity, theft, madness, and demonic possession. No tickets required; Just show up and choose a seat on the steps and benches.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Leslie Day & Trudy Smoke talk about their book Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City


"You don't need a fancy research vessel – just a field guide, a sturdy pair of shoes, a Metrocard, and a desire to see the life teeming in our midst. Welcome to the Big Apple (Malus sylvestris gigas)." - Richard Ellis
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | New York's Lost Subways


The New York City subway system has 842 miles of track, making it the largest in North America. However, there's even more to it than riders see: dozens of tunnels and platforms that were either abandoned or were built but never used. They form a kind of ghost system and this visual presentation reveals how the city's transit ambitions have been both realized and thwarted. WNYC reporter Jim O'Grady will talk about those lines and stations that never were--or were started and are now unused. Guided by an "urban explorer," he snuck into one of them deep under Brooklyn. He'll also speak about creating an interactive online map that overlays these phantom lines and stations on top of the existing system.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Step Competition


Each evening from Wednesday, June 13 through Friday, June 15, two step teams will battle each other. On Saturday, the festival culminates in a stepping workshop followed by a showcase performance. Stepping is an energetic and precise form of group movement that uses a mixture of spoken word, footsteps, and handclaps to transform the participants’ bodies into rhythmic instruments. The history of stepping is rooted in the competitive schoolyard song and dance rituals of historically African American fraternities and sororities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Christopher Hayes discusses his book Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy


With his new book, MSNBC host and Nation editor at large Christopher Hayes examines America's new social elite and what we can do to change things in conversation with Nation magazine editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Czech Documentary: Allan Miller & Mark Podwal's House of Life (2007)


This solemn yet joyous documentary tells the story of The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, the site of layer upon layer of buried members of the once-vibrant Jewish community of the ghetto. Two thirds of a million people from all over the world now visit the cemetery each year, and House of Life chronicles its history, which is rich in lore, mysticism, tradition and philosophy. 52 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | New York Classical Theatre's Outdoor Production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night


New York Classical Theatre's roving production of Twelfth Night recasts the beloved comedy's setting as fin de siècle New York. The company will lead audiences on Shakespeare's lively journey of mistaken identities, misguided lovers, and joyous celebration, recasting the play's setting to New York City circa 1900. Employing its signature "Panoramic Theatre" staging style, the company will escort audiences, pausing to hatch a confusion of plots and declare various passions against a backdrop of waterfalls, bridges, and shady groves.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Crazy Blood by Jens Hillje & Nurkan Erpulat


A loose adaptation of French director Jean-Paul Lilienfeld’s film La journée de la jupe. Both productions focus on a secondary school teacher who takes her class of disobedient immigrant students hostage and attempts to teach them about tolerance by forcing them to read Enlightenment-era literature. Comically reducing virulent immigrant stereotypes to absurdity, this surprise hit shows young second or third generation German-Turks on whom their teacher works off her educational mandate with a gun in her hand and Schiller’s Enlightenment ideal in her brain until all the clichés stand on their heads. The staged reading will be followed by a Q&A with the playwrights.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Robert Lennon reads from his book The Miles


Robert Lennon, a former president of Front Runners New York, one of the world's largest LGBT athletic clubs, joins us for The Miles, his debut novel about romance and competition and the world of amateur running from a gay perspective.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Screening | Documentary: Stefano Savona's Tahrir (2011)


In one of the most powerful documentaries to emerge from the Arab Spring, archaeologist Stefano Savona carries viewers beyond the headlines and into the heart of the popular Egyptian revolution that overthrew President Mubarek and touched off revolutions throughout the Middle East: Tahrir Square. Captured with only a small digital camera and sound recorder, his portrait of the seething, chanting crowds and electric protest speeches is anchored by fluid exchanges with a handful of individual protesters. A highlight of the New York, Locarno, and Venice film festivals, Tahrir documents history in the making. 93 min. In Arabic with English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested admission

Theater | Shakespeare's As You Like It, Directed by Tony Winner Daniel Sullivan


Rosalind, Shakespeare's most breathtaking heroine, and her boyfriend Orlando find themselves in the enchanted Forest of Arden, where all the world's a stage, and where sudden infatuation is as confusing as it is beautiful. Along with other "country copulatives," they discover that nothing transforms, redeems, or enriches experience quite as powerfully as love. As You Like It has everything we adore about Shakespearean comedy: mistaken identity, cross-dressing, madness, mayhem, rage, lust, laughter, and of course plenty of romance, both heartbreaking and joyous. Featuring Brendan Averett, Andre Braugher, Donna Lynne Champlin, Grantham Coleman, Jon DeVries, MacIntyre Dixon, Susannah Flood, David Furr, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Andrew Hovelson, Robert Joy, Jesse Lenat, Erik Mathew, Omar Metwally, Oliver Platt, Lily Rabe, Will Rogers, Michael Rudko, Justine Salata, Paul Saylor, Anna Phyllis Smith, Stephen Spinella, and Brendan Titley. Photo: Daily News
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Thursday Night Meditation


Ganesh Das leads a therapeutic meditation practice. This healing Satsang is designed and blessed by his gurus and founders of the method, Sharon Gannon and David Life. Through this guided practice open to all levels, one learns to find a comfortable meditative seat, be still and focus the attention on the breath and a mantra. One learns to create space and calmness in the mind and body, amidst the daily chaos of life. This class provides a safe environment for the community to gather and openly discuss spiritual and every day aspects of life through a candid Q & A.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Spiros Soukis: Rockin' Blues with Greek Soul


The music of Spiros Soukis is the blues spiced with funky grooves, shuffle beats, and rock elements, all enlivened with European style and the freshness of Mediterranean breezes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
Free

Jazz | Late Night Session, Hosted by Michael Mwenso


Hosted by vocalist Michael Mwenso, who successfully ran the internationally acclaimed program at London's Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club, Late Night Session offers a jazz home and community for some of today's most talented, young musicians to showcase and hone their craft. The fun begins every Thursday night until the wee hours. Stop by and hang.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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