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52 free events take place in New York City on Saturday, June 15, 2013.
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52 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, June 15, 2013

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Workshop | Health and Race Walking


Enjoy views of the Park's landscapes as you get fit. Coach Lon Wilson of the New York Walkers Club leads walks at a moderate to brisk pace over mostly flat surfaces. Wear comfortable sneakers! Ages 18+.
   
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9:30 am
free, no reservation required

Tour | Brooklyn Heights/Brooklyn Bridge Tour


Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
   
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10:00 am
Free...

Workshop | Catch & Release Fishing


Grab a pole and relax on the Harlem Meer while you wait for a bite from one of the many species of fish that live in its diverse aquatic ecosystem! Poles available to borrow; must release fish after catching them. Free for families and individuals; groups larger than 5 must reserve at least 2 weeks in advance. Adult with photo I.D. must accompany all children.
   
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required

Workshop | Drawing in the Park


Sketch and paint the Hudson River and neighboring parks with an artist/educator. Materials provided.
   
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required

Workshop | Kayaking in the Park


It's that time of year again - always a huge hit with park visitors, kayaking is now in full swing on Thursdays and Saturdays all summer long! If you haven't been out on the East River in a kayak yet, now's your chance to do it.
   
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10:00 am
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Dance Lesson | Limon Dance Company


Experience the joy of movement and dance. Free classes are led by former and current members of the internationally renowned modern dance company, Limon Dance. Open to all levels and ages.
   
10:00 am
free, no reservation required

Workshop | Shape Up NYC - Yoga


Please bring your own mat. Expert Instructors. Shaping Up has never been so easy!
   
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required

City Walk | SoHo, Little Italy & 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.
   
10:00 am
Free...

Workshop | Spring Into Yoga


Teachers trained in different styles will be giving classes throughout the afternoon, with the scenic park lake in the background. Please bring your own mat, as there will be none provided. Class Schedule: 10:00-11:00am 11:30am-12:30pm 1:00-2:00pm 2:30-3:30pm
   
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10:00 am
$10 suggested donation...

Fair | Street Fair


   
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10:00 am
free, no reservation required

Tour | Governor's Island and Brooklyn Tour


Spend about 3 hours on the island, walking the 2.2-mile perimeter with views of New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty and Red Hook and touring Fort Jay and Castle Williams. Then, take another (free) ferry from Governor's Island to Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park and walk north through the park to the Brooklyn Bridge, crossing the bridge back to Manhattan and ending at the South Street Seaport, about 3 miles.
   
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10:45 am
$3

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.
   
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11:00 am
$6

Workshop | Chess Clinic


Learn new tactical insights from a Chess Master, then pit your newly acquired skills against other players of your level.
   
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11:00 am
free, no reservation required

Park Walk | Garden Tour


Experience the Park's only formal garden with the Garden staff. See exuberant perennial and annual beds, and delight in an abundance of color and fragrance while learning about the Garden's history and design.
   
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Shape Up Zumba


Shape Up NYC (an NYC Parks program run in partnership with Equinox, NYC Service, and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield) offers more than 175 free fitness classes every week at locations across the five boroughs to help New Yorkers get and stay fit.
   
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11:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


   
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11:00 am
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City Walk | 8th Street & St. Marks Place Tour


A walking tour highlighting the unique, bizarre and beautiful bohemia we call Greenwich Village. Rain or shine. Tour is led by a licensed guide who focuses on the various social, architectural and/or historic aspects of the neighborhood.
   
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11:30 am
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Book Discussion | Book Group: Death in Breslau by Marek Krajewski


Got a taste for crime and a yen for travel? Like being transported by both crafty plots and exotic locales? Then join this group of armchair detectives for a killer discussion of murder and mayhem that spans the globe.
   
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11:30 am
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Open Mic | Play Reading: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard


An open reading of the play. The general public is welcome to partake.
   
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11:30 am
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Park Walk | Foraging in the Park


With naturalist/author "Wildman" Steve Brill. America's go-to guy for foraging, Brill will lead one of his world-famous foraging tours of the Park, a great place for wild foods, and the summer is an especially rich season.
   
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11:45 am
$20 suggested donation...

Opening Reception | Sherapy, an Interactive Performance


The popular therapist Sherry Vignon will bring her Sherry Truck to conduct 30-minute Sherapy sessions with visitors at the space. The Sherry Truck is a mobile boutique, a cafe, a therapy office, and a flexible performance platform. The Sherry Truck can traverse the social, political, and geographical restrictions of the art worlds and allow Sherry to help people who often do not have access to help. Sherry and her helpers serve pink lattes, offer manicures and pedicures, individual or couples Sherapy sessions, performance relics, and much more. Sherry also invites other artists and artisans to display their works in collaboration with her. Sherapy sessions are free of charge and will be scheduled on a first-come first-serve basis.
   
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Workshop | Body Movement Workshop


With Diana Crum. Using play as a research practice, you will spontaneously move in response to the stimuli in the park. You will practice awareness through improvisation and phrase-making. You'll also get lost in the complicated way movement teaches us about where we are. It is open to all.
   
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12:00 pm
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Festival | New York's 37th Annual American Crafts Festival


380 Juried craft displays selected from every region of the United States. Continuous entertainment, craft demonstrations, exotic and natural foods.
   
12:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Performance | Performance Art: Snapping Turtle/Wishing Well by DeLesslin George-Warren


DeLesslin George-Warren explores the Native American mythologies and religions built up around water sources in this performance piece. As settlers encroached on Native lands many peoples lost access to their ancient waterways, inducing spiritual and physical crises that Native people have yet to recover from. For a total of 40 hours over 5 days, George-Warren will stand in a pond holding a raining umbrella. He will sing and recite Native stories describing the history of water, as well as a recent Native manifesto on water rights.
   
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12:00 pm
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Film | Frank Coraci's Here Comes The Boom (2012): Extracurricular Activities


Stars Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler. A high school biology teacher trains to become a successful mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to prevent extra-curricular activities from being eliminated at his cash-strapped school. 105 mins.
   
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12:15 pm
Free

Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade” Tour


You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
   
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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.
   
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1:00 pm
$6

City Walk | Hearald Square-“The Hub of Manhattan: Tour


Highlights: The Original Wooden Escalators of Macys, The Bell Ringers Monument, Horace Greeley Statue, A Hold Out Building, Hotel Pennsylvania & The James Farley Main Post Office.
   
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1:00 pm
$15...

Tour | Brooklyn Heights Tour


Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
   
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2:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Circle of Dance! Inti Raymi


Celebrate the summer solstice with Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun, one of the most important ancestral celebrations of the Native peoples of the Andes.
   
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2:00 pm
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City Walk | 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.
   
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2:00 pm
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Jazz | Ken Simon Jazz Quartet


The Ken Simon Jazz Quartet pays tribute to the great innovators who invented “Modern Jazz,” including Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Ornette Coleman, and John Coltrane.
   
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Union Square: Crossroads of New York


The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more!
   
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Worldwide Knitting in Public Day


Join fellow knitters in celebration of World Wide Knitting in Public Day. Members from The Big Apple Knitting Guild and NYC Crochet Guild will be in attendance to knit, crochet, and exchange ideas and patterns. They will also offer free lessons to beginners. Yarn and needles provided.
   
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Flute and Piano Works by Martinu and Others


Program: Jacques Ibert's Jeux Ch. M. Widor's Suite for Flute and Piano George Boziwick's Hymn and Fuguing Tune Bohuslav Martinu, Sonata for Flute and Piano No. 1 With: Norman Dee, flute; and Chan Yung, piano.
   
2:30 pm
free, no reservation required

Dancing | GlobeSonic Sound System Dance Party


Join hundreds of all-ages revelers at the GlobeSonic on the Hudson open-air summer dance party with the GlobeSonic Sound System DJs and drummers.
   
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2:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Choreography: Enrico D. Wey’s open, end


Since 2006, Enrico D. Wey’s work has been on view for Danspace, New Museum, Movement Research, and St. Ann’s Warehouse Puppet Lab. Wey has previously worked with choreographers Milka Djordjevich, Trajal Harrell, Yvonne Meier, and for Ishmael Houston-Jones in his Bessie Award-winning reconstruction of THEM. Wey’s latest works include an investigation of time, presence, and space.
   
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Concert on Water


The concert is at the coolest classical music concerts location in New York City. Program and musicians TBA.
   
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Concert on Water


The concert is at the coolest classical music concerts location in New York City. Program and musicians TBA.
   
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3:00 pm
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Dance Lesson | Introduction to Belly Dance


Belly dance is a great way to learn a beautiful art form while staying in shape, gaining confidence in yourself, and (most importantly) having fun! Family friendly performances and classes are open to all ages and fitness levels. Presented by Kristen Windmuller.
   
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3:00 pm
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Film | Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man (2012): Swinging Superhero


With Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans. Teenage social outcast Peter spends his days trying to unravel the mystery of his own past and win the heart of his high school crush, Gwen Stacy. The discovery of his father's secret ultimately shapes his destiny of becoming "Spider-Man," and brings him face to face with the villainous Lizard. 136 mins.
   
3:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Tae Kwon Do Workshop


Teaches the fundamentals of discipline, balance, Health and Wellness.
   
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | The NYC Underground Improv Mixer


* Meet * Mingle * Network * Improvise * FREE Your Funny Improvisation News is dedicated to promoting the art of Improvisational Theater and is the sponsor of this rare NYC opportunity. Attendees receive a free improv workshop with Scotty Watson (The Second City, Late Night With David Letterman) followed by an opportunity to improvise in front of a live audience. The atmosphere is fun, relaxed, supportive and casual. If you've been thinking about meeting new people and shaking things up in your life, this is it. From novice to expert, whether you perform and simply watch, take a load off and come laugh.
   
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3:30 pm
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Dance Performance | Dances for a Variable Population presents Hudson River Dances


DANCES FOR A VARIABLE POPULATION, directed by Naomi Goldberg Haas, will join older adults, neighborhood youth, and the DVP company for a delightful work of dance dialogues which unites three generations of performers, ages 10 to 90, erasing the border between dancer and non-dancer.
   
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5:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Colectivo AM: MRX Mexico Exchange Artists


You are invited to witness Colectivo AM's working process during these open studio hours. Each day they will present a choreography of four individual pieces to be documented by four collaborators over the course of the week.
   
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6:00 pm
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Concert | The Zombies, 60s Rock Act


Hailing from St. Albans, and originating in 1961, The Zombies are an English Rock band. Led by Rod Argent on piano and Colin Blunstone on vocals, the band scored US hits in the mid and late 1960s with “She’s Not There,” “Tell Her No,” and “Time of the Season.” Their 1968 album, Odessey and Oracle, is ranked 80th on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” Opening Acts: Coming together in 2009, Django Django is a British group that met at art school in Scotland and has its roots planted in London, England. This adventurous rock group melds indescribable electronic flourishes to live instrumentation. Just one listen to Adam Green & Binki Shapiro is enough to become enchanted. With deceptively pretty arrangements that echo the emotions of late-sixties folk-pop and an easygoing rapport between singers, this duet’s collaboration may seem like the perfect accompaniment to a sunny summer’s day, Southern-California style.
   
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6:00 pm
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Theater | The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), a Madcap Romp Through the Bard


Susane Lee, Hudson Warehouse’s Assistant Artistic Director, will direct the Reduced Shakespeare Company's Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, a tireless trio of actors who cavort and careen their way through the Shakespeare canon in 90 minutes including tackling Hamlet in under one minute. This madcap take on the classics will surely delight.
   
6:30 pm
free, no reservation required

Dance Performance | Dances for a Variable Population presents Hudson River Dances


DANCES FOR A VARIABLE POPULATION, directed by Naomi Goldberg Haas, will join older adults, neighborhood youth, and the DVP company for a delightful work of dance dialogues which unites three generations of performers, ages 10 to 90, erasing the border between dancer and non-dancer.
   
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6:30 pm
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Concert | Latin Sounds: Calexico / Susana Baca / Radio Jarocho & Akoko Nante Ensemble


The dark drama of CALEXICO’s desert noir, a mix of traditional Latin sounds with Southwestern country, '50s jazz, and rock, “has proved that the borders between styles can be as blurrable, as mutable, and porous as those separating countries and cultures.” (Pitchfork) With the great Afro-Peruvian singer SUSANA BACA, whose “cool, distinct voice [is] as beautiful as any working in pop," (NY Times) and a wild collaboration between Mexican folklorists RADIO JAROCHO and the pan-African percussion and vocal group AKOKO NANTE ENSEMBLE.
   
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Outdoor Theater: Anton Chekhov's The Seagull


New York Classical Theatre presents the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters: the famous middlebrow story writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the symbolist playwright Konstantin Tréplev.
   
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7:00 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare Under the Stars: The Comedy of Errors, with Jesse Tyler Ferguson


This new production concerns two sets of identical twins who were separated as children and now live as master-servant pairs in rival neighboring cities. When one pair crosses the border to find the other, so begins an exquisitely enjoyable mess of mistaken identity, wrongful imprisonment, questionable flirting and general mayhem. Directed by Daniel Sullivan.
   
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8:30 pm
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