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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 8, 2014?

39 free events take place on Sunday, June 8 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 8 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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39 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, June 8, 2014

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Workshop | Morning Tai Chi


Join Silvana Pizzuti to learn and practice Tai Chi, a slow moving martial art with health benefits for all fitness levels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Park Walk | Nature Walk in the Park


The Park brings attention to its vital role in creating one of the scarcest resources in all of Manhattan — wildlife habitat. Learn about the Park’s wildlife by joining experienced naturalists on guided nature walks along the Park’s esplanade. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress appropriately for the weather. Loud noises and barking tend to startle wildlife and reduce viewing opportunities - please be considerate and leave your dog at home.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Festival | 4th Annual Sunday Family Funday


This street fair attracted more than 20,000 attendees over the course of the day last year. With more rides, games, food and technology vendors confirmed, this year's festival is expected to be even bigger.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Brooklyn All-in-One Tour


Brooklyn is New York City’s largest and most populous borough. Once a separate city from New York, Brooklyn still retains an independent streak and possesses an atmosphere quite unique from the island of Manhattan. And at roughly 70 square miles (180 sq. kilometers) it’s the city’s second largest borough. It’s so large, you could spend your whole trip to New York just here. If you want to get to know the Boogie Down, but you only have a short time to visit, then this is the Brooklyn tour for you.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour


Stroll through the park and tell the epic story of New York's green oasis. 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 amongst the world's most famous and beloved public parks. Originally intended to bring people of all walks of life together -- a people's park -- Central Park lives up to it's original designs. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Chess, Checkers and Board Games


Stop by to play some brain games like chess, checkers, and other board games. All ages.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Community Vinyasa Yoga


Bring your own mat, and join in. Class is open to everyone. All skill levels are welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


For nearly 100 years, the Beaux-Arts beauty known as Grand Central Terminal (a.k.a Station) has been a testament to the ingenuity and ambition of a great city, impressing both travelers and visitors with it's wonderful architecture and pulsating vibe. It's history is a story of immense wealth, great engineering, a few accidents, a planned sabotage and one terrific ceiling, but most importantly a story of survival and rebirth.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Kayaking on the Hudson


Join the Manhattan Community Boathouse for a paddle on the Hudson! Their free walk-up kayaking program operates on a first-come, first-served basis and is suitable for people of all ages and athletic abilities. Kayaks, paddles, lifejackets and basic instructions are provided. All participants must sign a liability waiver and know how to swim.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Festival | New York's 38th Annual American Crafts Festival


380 Juried craft displays selected from every region of the United States. Continuous entertainment, craft demonstrations, exotic and natural foods.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Tour | 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | Sites in the Heights Walk


View historic Trinity Cemetery, the Church of the Intercession, the Morris-Jumel Mansion and the wooden row houses of Sylvan Terrace and then return to Audubon Terrace to visit the Hispanic Society museum and the annual exhibition of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Total walking distance will be about five miles, the first part of the cemetery has steep paved walks. Bring food and drink; eat lunch outside at the Morris-Jumel Mansion.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Concert | Almost Summer Celebration, with Grammy Nominee Brady Rymer


Enjoy a family day outdoors overlooking the Hudson River. Anticipate the joyous arrival of summer in a multicultural event. Grammy nominee Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could bring energetic, rockin’ music that will have you boppin’ your head, raisin’ your hands, and stompin’ your feet… all at once! Enjoy Hoop of Life Native American dances by Ty Defoe and a storytelling performance of The Hatseller and the Monkeys, by Play Me A Story. Art activities for all ages will take place on the lawn. Family-friendly food will be available to purchase. Picnicking is encouraged.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Flatiron District Walking Tour


Join professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the city’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Historic Orchard Street Tour


Take a historical three-hour journey through the Lower East Side and explore some of the rich history tracing the arrival of immigrants to modern times.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Parade | National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2014


Get ready for one of New York's most colorful and festive parades — as New Yoricans celebrate the 56th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade. If last year was any indication, expect to see more than 80,000 people marching, and close to 3 million revelers lining the parade route for a major Puerto Rican love-fest. Although celebrations of Puerto Rican heritage take place in cities across the U.S, (from Chicago to Buffalo and Boston!) New York's Puerto Rican Day Parade is one of the biggest.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
Free

Fair | Street Fair


Manhattan’s favorite artisan market is back for a fifth season of amazing vintage finds, artisan creations and delicious local food.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Festival | 14th Annual Egg Rolls and Egg Creams Festival


Experience the eggs-traordinary! Chinese opera and acrobatics, klezmer and cantorial music, Yiddish and Chinese lessons, mah jongg, scribal arts, food and folk art demos, crafts, synagogue tours, and more! Don't miss New York City's best block party, a cross-cultural celebration of the Jewish and Chinese communities of our Lower East Side/Chinatown neighborhood.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Tour | The Brooklyn Waterfront Tour


Join docents on a tour to learn about the history of the Brooklyn waterfront, sustainable design, and how the park came to life.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Fishing in the Hudson River


Fishing in New York City? You bet! Each summer, the Park offers Big City Fishing to those eager to learn how to fish and learn more about the Hudson River environment. Beyond learning how to fish, the program also provides participants with a first-hand opportunity to learn about river ecology and the many fish species that can be found in the river. Participants can drop in a line and relax, or engage with environmental educators on such topics such as water quality, fish biology and more. Rods, reels, bait and instruction are provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Roosevelt Island-FDR Four Freedoms Park Tour


Highlights: the Four Freedoms Monument, the Strecker Memorial Laboratory, the ruins of the Smallpox Hospital & beautiful Manhattan views.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess (1953): Priest Under Suspicion


Starring: Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, and Karl Malden. Refusing to give into police investigators' questions of suspicion, due to the seal of confession, a priest becomes the prime suspect in a murder. 95 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art Tour


New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 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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2:00 pm
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Tour | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Youth Chorus: Comin' Up Shoutin'


The church's Youth Chorus and Neighborhood Outreach Choirs sing songs celebrating community, connection and freedom in “Comin’ Up Shoutin,” a program arranged by special guest, singer-songwriter Melanie DeMore.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Chelsea Music Festival


Featuring the Stuttgart boys choir Collegium Iuvenum, cellist Joshua Roman, and 2014 Artist­-in-­Residence Rogerio Boccato and band, and other Festival musicians. Open Air event in collaboration w/ Wafels & Dinges and Nuchas Empanadas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Sculptures and Drawings: Linda Vigdor's Intersectional Journeys


Linda Vigdor’s sculptures and drawings explore the dualisms that play out in everyday experience. In this new work she investigates ideas of being in a world that is constantly in flux yet infused with conventions of language, images, and practices that act as conceptual boundaries in how we imagine ourselves and our journeys.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Marathon Reading: Walt Whitman's Song Of Myself


Annual marathon reading of Walt Whitman's most critically acclaimed poem.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Dance Lesson | Let’s Dance!


Learn to dance like a pro at salsa, cha-cha and bachata lessons and group social dances led by master teachers from the Piel Canela Dance and Music School and featuring DJ Ray Colon.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Jazz | Music in the Garden: Peter Zak Trio


An open-air, hour-long concert in a block-long garden amphitheater. Come experience this jewel with free music. You may bring your own picnic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Theater | Outdoor Theater: Shakespeare's King John


Hudson Warehouse presents its annual Shakespeare production. King John is betrayed by his nephew, Arthur, who, backed by the French King, is leading a rebellion. John is also attacked by The Pope who excommunicates him in support of the French King. King John orders Arthur's execution. It's not carried out, but Arthur dies an accidental death sealing the fate of King John.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare's As You Like It: An Outdoor Performance


New York Classical Theatre creates and reinvigorates audiences for the theatre by presenting free and accessible productions of popular classics and forgotten masterpieces in non-traditional public spaces throughout New York City.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Park Walk | The Dark Side of the High Line Tour


The skeletal remains of the High Line’s elevated tracks set the perfect scene for a spooky evening. Join a journey to the creepier side of New York City’s most unique park. On this tour you’ll hear tales of the strange eccentric who lived below the tracks and saved them from demise, the curse of a West Side Cowboy who fell to his death from the elevated track, and the children who haunt the street formerly known as Death Avenue. If the moon hangs right perhaps you’ll witness the spectacle of a ghostly ship floating down the Hudson River; is it the long forgotten crew of Henry Hudson’s Half-Moon warning sailors not to go to sea? Or is it Captain Kidd protecting the treasure he buried on Liberty Island? Venture at your own risk through the dark side of High Line.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, with Tony Award Nominee Lily Rabe


Hamish Linklater and Lily Rabe return as the wise-cracking, would-be lovers Beatrice and Benedick in this beloved romantic comedy. The park becomes sun-drenched Sicily at the turn of the last century, where the heat of summer ignites the fevered passions of lovesick ladies in corsets and pining gentlemen spying from the verandah.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | Pink Pig Ballet presents Romeo and Jewliet by Valerie Mae Browne


Vienna 1938: Hitler;s troops enter Austria and begin their systematic destruction of Jewish communities across the country. Romeo is pressured to join German forces despite his disdain for their ideology. Jewliet, a young Jewish woman, is horrified to watch her family and friends separate as they search for a means of survival. Jewliet's family manages to sneak her into the care of a kind gentile who disguises her among her family and gets her a job at a hospital caring for wounded soldiers. Romeo gets shot on the battle field, and it is Jewliet who nurtures him back to health. But the hatred of the time is too great, and their love falls victim to its thirst.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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