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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 6, 2018?

47 free events take place on Wednesday, June 6 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 6 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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47 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, June 6, 2018

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Workshop | Boot Camp


The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness group, hosts 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 | Fitness Boot Camp


Ready to work hard and sweat with NYC's newest skyline behind you?! Ruel Davis returns for a new season of boot camp. This one-hour, intense class will challenge you, and keep you coming back for more. Every Wednesday from June 6-September 12, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 am
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Workshop | Morning Yoga


Get your yoga on in the park this summer and fall with Sacred Sounds Yoga. Breathe, move, and stretch. Please bring your own yoga mat. Every Wednesday and Thursday from June 6-September 12, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, take your pick!


Tours take place at various times during the day, all day long: SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
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Park Walk | Stroll to Strawberry Fields


Explore the southwest of Central Park with Central Park Conservancy tour guides, and see it like never before. From a planned military parade ground to the site commemorating a famous activist for peace, one of the most-visited areas of the Park has some secrets to share with even the most seasoned Park-goer. Highlights of this tour include: Maine Monument, the Children’s District, Sheep Meadow, Tavern on the Green, and Strawberry Fields.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | City Hall tour


The tour of City Hall includes a discussion of the building's history, art, architecture, and civic function. Non-reservation City Hall tours take place each Wednesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Knitting Circle


All created items will benefit a local charity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Piano in the Park: Ragtime, Stride, and Jazz


Summertime, and the livin’ is easy... so swing on by for toe-tappin’ performances by New York’s finest, playing ragtime, stride, and jazz to your heart’s delight. Todd Robbins plays Ragtime and Classic Tin Pan Alley piano.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Workshop | Battery Park City Adult Chorus


Directed by Church Street School for Music and Art, the BPC Chorus is open to all adults who love to sing. Learn a mix of contemporary and classic songs, and perform at community events throughout the year.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Lecture | Starting Your Own Business


This lecture will cover what it takes to start a small business. Topics include: choosing your business structure, registering a new business, permits and licenses, business insurance, as well as copyrights, trademarks and patents.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Lecture | Engineers in America: Early History


Columbia University Professor Mischa Schwartz chronicles infrastructure development in the United States in the early to mid-1800s, then follows briefly with the development of engineering education in the US concluding with the birth of Columbia’s School of Mines in 1864, and the department of Electrical Engineering within it in1892.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour


An introduction to some of the southern Park highlights, including Grand Army Plaza, the Pond, Gapstow Bridge, Wollman Rink, Chess and Checkers House, and the Dairy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Winner of 5 Oscars: Billy Wilder's The Apartment (1960)


With Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray. An incisive comedy, this is the story of a young office worker who moves up in status by lending his apartment to his bosses for illicit rendezvous. Shirley MacLaine plays the girl he finds near suicide after her heart is broken by one of those amorous executives. 125 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Figure Al Fresco Outdoor Drawing Class


Challenge your artistic skills by drawing the human figure. Each week a model will strike both long and short poses for participants to draw. Artists/educators will offer constructive suggestions and critique.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Concert | Traditional Latin music: Mambo, Cha Cha Cha, Boleros and more


Sonido Costeño Trio performs creative fusion of Latin music with other world music. The group’s repertoire includes Son Cubano, Nueva Trova, Boleros & Ballads, Cha Cha Cha, Mambo, Guaguanco & Latin Jazz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Reading | Garden Reading


The weather is finally warm and beautiful! Why not enjoy a nice book in a beautiful courtyard. *Space is limited! To ensure everyone has a chance to read in the courtyard, sessions will be 1 hour long. If no one is waiting, you may be granted extra time.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Performance | Missing Time: A New Immersive Sound Performance


Artist Serena Korda's Missing Time considers the history and mythology of the High Line as a “thin place”—a portal to other worlds—while exploring its transformation and invisible histories. The piece features the a cappella group Mouthful (Dave Camlin, Sharon Durant, Bex Mather, and Katherine Zeserson), who improvise across specific frequencies derived from the planets otherwise known as the “Music of the Spheres.” Simultaneously, the singers carry very low frequency receivers; these are devices designed by amateur radio astronomers hoping to listen to radio waves coming from the sun or outer planets. Visitors experience the singers’ voices and manipulated radio waves through stereo headphones that play a version of the sounds captured through a microphone located under the pathway and mixed by the artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Poetry Workshop


No experience necessary. Just bring your love of poetry and your favorite writing implement.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Light in Wartime: Photography’s Conversation with Objective Truth


Light in Wartime explores photography’s conversation with objective truth, raising questions about the reliability of seemingly objective historical accounts, such as media images, that greatly determine how war is communicated and remembered. Featuring work by: Vartan Avakian Allan deSouza Ziyah Gafic Rula Halawani Nilu Izadi Seba Kurtis An-My Lê David Levinthal Richard Mosse Jo Ractliffe Sebastiano Tomada Piccolomini
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dancing | Bachata Dance Party


This dance party includes superb bands and expert dance instruction for extraordinary dancing experiences. Learn the steps from 6pm-7pm and then test out your new moves to live music from 7pm-8:30pm. Beloved Bachatero Wilson Daniel and seven other talented musicians from the Dominican Republic come together to play bachata with a classical feel and rooted sound.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Tour | Bloomingdale Neighborhood Walking Tour


With local historian Jim Mackin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Club | David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI: one of the top ten non-fiction books of 2017 (Time magazine)


The book investigates a series of murders of wealthy Osage people that took place in Osage County, Oklahoma in the early 1920s—after big oil deposits were discovered beneath their land. Officially, the count of the murdered full-blood wealthy Osage native Americans reaches at least 20, but Grann suspects that hundreds more may have been killed because of their ties to oil. The book reports cattleman William Hale as the mastermind standing behind the murders and presents detailed evidence. David Grann is a journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and a best-selling author. His first book, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at #4.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Interview with Confidence


The key to having greater self-confidence is connecting with your strengths. Learn how to define your “Personal Core Brand™” - who you are and what makes you unique, so you can better sell yourself in todays' competitive job market. David Lees discusses how to: - Become more self-confident by identifying your Personal Core BrandTM - Better understand how to package and communicate your unique competitive advantage - Learn how to tell success stories when selling yourself, so they have greater impact.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | PBS host Alexander Heffner discusses his book A Documentary History of the United States


Host of PBS's Open Mind, Alexander Heffner holds a conversation and signing of the newly updated A Documentary History of the United States. He will be in conversation with with ACLU President Susan Herman. Restrictions apply. Call store for details.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Sunset Yoga


Namaste! Unwind from the day with outdoor yoga. Immerse yourself in this meditative practice surrounded by the Hudson’s peaceful aura. Strengthen the bod and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment as your instructor guides you through alignments and poses. All levels welcome. Please bring your own mat.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | The Resistance to Trumpism and to Authoritarianism in Europe


Trumpism and resurgent authoritarianism have generated a tidal wave of opposition around the globe. In the U.S., a movement of millions of people in active revolt against Trumpism—known as #TheResistance—has emerged. Its self-development requires that we strengthen its independence from the Democratic Party and from “leftists” who would co-opt or derail it. People must also combat the idea that the left can somehow win over the “base” that supports Trump and other authoritarians and turn white nationalists towards revolutionary socialism. That is a pipe dream of a segment of the “left” that wants power for itself and which acted in ways that helped Trump win the 2016 presidential election. Speakers: The veteran activist of the British Left Ravi Bali and Professor emeritus of economics at Pace University, Andrew Kliman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Dancing | ¡Arriba! Latin Dance Party with Mambo Legend Orlando Marin


Come mambo with living legend and all-time-favorite Orlando Marin, The Last Mambo King, and his all-star band. Orlando will be lighting up the stage for the seventh consecutive year. Starts at 6 PM with music by DJ Rimarkable.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Discussion | LGBTQ Refugees: An Untold Story


In recognition of Pride and Refugee Awareness Month, this is a conversation exploring the experiences of LGBTQ refugees, some of our most vulnerable immigrants. In almost 80 countries around the world, it is a crime to be LGBTQ. Facing violence and persecution, there are organizations reaching out to provide support in the form of food, shelter, health care, and legal representation. This conversation will feature: -- Subhi Nahas, Chairman of the Board, Spectra Project -- Aaron Morris, Executive Director, Immigration Equality -- Kevin Jennings, Museum President
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | The forgotten ghosts of Roosevelt Island: poor, sick, mad, and criminal in 19C New York


In Damnation Island Stacy Horn evokes the forgotten ghosts of Roosevelt Island, a place where prisoners were enlisted to care for the insane. The narrow island in the East River once contained a lunatic asylum, two prisons, an almshouse, and a number of hospitals. Designed to be state-of-the-art, both humane and efficient, Blackwell’s Island quickly became, in the words of Charles Dickens, “a lounging, listless madhouse.” Using city records, newspaper articles, and archival reports Stacy Horn brings the stories of the inhabitants back to life, and highlights the work of the period’s officials, reformers, and journalists. New York Times reporter Ginia Bellafante joins Horn in conversation, followed by a Q&A. Registration does not guarantee admission. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance, but registration does not guarantee admission. The Program Room opens at 6 PM.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Yoga Downtown


Yoga is back as a summer offering twice a week. Open for all ages. Bring your own mat or borrow one while supplies last, first come first served.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Yoga: Evening Salute to the Sun


End your day with Hatha yoga led by Hollis in a beautiful sunset setting. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat. Every Wednesday from June 6-September 26, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | American Eden, biography of Alexander Hamilton’s personal physician and creator of the first botanical garden in the US


Victoria Johnson talks about her new biography, American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic. In vivid prose, Johnson chronicles the life of the man who was Alexander Hamilton’s personal physician, was admired by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and dedicated his life to medicine and botany, establishing the first botanical garden in the United States, on the site of what is now Rockefeller Center. Johnson will be joined by the Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University, Maya Jasanoff (The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World; Liberty’s Exiles: The Loss of America and the Remaking of the British Empire). Please arrive early.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | brickwork: A Performance on the Process of Re/constitution of Language


Brazilian artist Pedro Zylbersztajn will perform a physical record of the process of re/constitution of language. Unfolding as a 12" disc/book and a performance, it is based on a circular text that regards language use as a permanent building site. The makeshift process of fabricating the record creates, in itself, a series of impediments to a pristine listening of the words. As the needle progresses and radial distances diminish, textural noises take over and sound resolution decreases. Each side of the record provides new breath to the text, that degenerates and regenerates differently for every cycle.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | How Not to Be a Boy: Rules for Being a Man


Looking back over his life, from schoolboy crushes (on girls and boys) to discovering the power of making people laugh, and from losing his mother to becoming a husband and father, Robert Webb considers the absurd expectations boys and men have thrust upon them at every stage of life. Hilarious and heartbreaking, How Not to Be a Boy explores the relationships that made Robert who he is as a man. Restrictions apply. Call store for details.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | One Upon a (Korean) Time: A New Full-Length Play


This reading of a play by Daniel K. Isaac is part of Youngblood's annual reading series of brand new full-length plays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Queen for a Day: Mothers of the Autistic


The reader knows by page one of Maxine Rosaler's novel that Mimi Slavitt's three-year-old son is autistic, but if anyone told her, she wouldn't listen, because she doesn't want to know—until at last Danny's behavior becomes so strange even she can't ignore it. After her son's diagnosis Mimi finds herself in a world nearly as isolating as her son's. It is a world she shares only with mothers like herself, women chosen against their will for lives of sacrifice and martyrdom.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Play | Romeo & Juliet: Shakespeare's Classic Tale of Two 'Star-Cross'd Lovers'


In fair Verona, the long-standing feud between families Montague and Capulet cause tragic results for their respective children, Romeo and Juliet. After meeting at a masked ball, Romeo and Juliet fall in love, only to discover the surname of their beloved. Revenge, love, and a secret marriage force the lovers to take drastic measures. In the end, both families learn the perils of needless violence. This summer, New York Classical Theatre will bring to life one of Shakespeare's most well known tragedies in a dynamic adaptationt. They will transform the park into Verona, with six actors playing all the roles in this fast-paced tour de force production. Tuesdays-Sundays, June 5-24
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy


No issue in America in the 1960s was more vital than civil rights, and no two public figures were more crucial in the drama of race relations in this era than Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. Fifty years after they were both murdered, noted journalist David Margolick explores the untold story of the complex and ever-evolving relationship between these two American icons.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Memoirs About Illness: 2 Writers Read


A reading featuring two fiction writers whose memoirs about illness offer stories of survival, pain and transformation. Sick is Porochista Khakpour’s grueling, emotional journey — as a woman, as an Iranian-American, a writer, and a lifelong sufferer of undiagnosed health problems — through the chronic illness that perpetually left her a victim of anxiety, living a life stymied by an unknown condition. MacArthur ‘genius’ grant winner Yiyun Li’s Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life is a love letter to the books that have kept her alive through depression and an intimate portrait of an immigrant writer that asks why write, and why live? Don’t miss this event with two of the most remarkable voices in fiction on being made and making themselves, moderated by Elif Batuman.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Anna: An Experimental One-Woman Show


Anna is an experimental, interdisciplinary biographical and autobiographical one-woman collage written, directed, choreographed, and performed by the New York-based Austrian theater-maker Luisa Muhr. Through the world of the abstract Anna explores elements of the lives of Anna Anastasiadou (later Anna Muhr), a Greek who immigrated from Constantinople, Turkey, to Austria and then died in Greece, and Luisa, her great-granddaughter, an Austrian who moved to Canada and finally settled in the United States. It seeks to uncover the intergenerational connection these two related women have by dealing with the themes of ancestry, immigration, language, and identity and combines elements of movement, voice/music, recording, and projection. Muhr describes Anna as "a staged, visual sound exploration in collage form", a piece that functions like the imagery of 'visual' (at times inaudible) music/sound or a painting, all expressed through the form and lens of the theatre. Luisa Muhr is an Austrian multi- and interdisciplinary performer/theater-maker based in New York who works as an actor, vocalist, movement artist, director, writer, and educator.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | Modern, jazz, contemporary and traditional Haitian dance


Jean-René Delsoin and his company bring the richness of cultural expression and dances in Haiti to the world. Utilizing modern, jazz and contemporary dance techniques alongside traditional Haitian dance, these dance performances explore quotidian practices and concerns in Haiti alongside universal themes. The fusion of techniques champions the vision of a contemporary Haitian who nurtures his traditions while living in the present and embracing what the future holds.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Classical Music | Singers and pianists from four continents perform


A group of young classical music singers and collaborative pianists from conservatories around the country and around the world perforn.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Movie in a Park | Boss Baby (2017): Oscar and Golden Globe nominee (outdoors)


A suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his 7-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. Directed by Tom McGrath. Before this screening there will be complimentary ice cream, popcorn, face painters and more activities related to the movie. Arrive before 7:30 p.m. to get your spot. Feel free to bring a blanket to sit on, although there will be a limited supply of chairs available. Bottled waters are OK, but no glass. First come, first served.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Play | Othello: Shakespeare's Classic Drama


Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Jitney, The Piano Lesson) directs a sumptuous new production of Othello. Set amid war and palace intrigue in the 17th-century Mediterranean, this classic drama about a noble Black Venetian general whose marriage is sabotaged by theater’s most infamous villain, Iago, remains Shakespeare’s most urgent and relevant tragedy today. A lush, romantic vision gives way to the violent tangle of love and jealousy, race and revenge in this must-see production. May 29-June 3; June 5-9; June 14-18; June 20-24.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Staged Reading | La Race (La Raz): A New Full-Length Play


This reading of a play by Bleu Beckford-Burrell is part of Youngblood's annual reading series of brand new full-length plays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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