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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 6, 2013?

30 free events take place on Friday, September 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 September 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 September . 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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30 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, September 6, 2013

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Editor's Picks

free events nyc Folk Music: The 4 O'clock Flowers
free events nyc Greg Haberny's Burn All Crayons
free events nyc saxophonist that finds new ground between jazz, instrumental rock and folk
free events nyc Shakespeare's The Tempest, a New Musical Adaptation
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Workshop | Tai Chi in the Park


Increase physical balance, strength, and mental focus. Learn the ancient Chinese martial art with expert Alex Hing. No experience is necessary. Hing also teaches Tai Chi at the China Institute and Sacred Sounds Yoga. He has practiced martial arts for over 30 years in San Francisco and New York City, including 10 years with Tai Chi grand master William C. C. Chen.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Tour | All-in-One Downtown Tour


This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway* to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. There will be ample opportunities for memorable pictures. You'll get the chance to savor NY's best pizza and cannoli and other treats, learn how to play NY handball, maybe bargain with a shopkeeper in Chinatown, observe a game of street chess in Greenwich Village, people watch and window shop in SoHo, and kick back on the Highline Park. Along the way, you'll master the subway and learn about New York's Finest!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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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.
   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

Workshop | Park Pétanque


Learn to play pétanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie from members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC’s championship-winning club.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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. 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
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11:15 am
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Sue Maskaleris, Grammy-Nominated Pianist


Pianist, singer, composer, lyricist, arranger and producer Sue Maskaleris has performed worldwide solo and as bandleader for over three decades. Her CD, Unbreakable Heart, features jazz legends Eddie Gomez, Lenny White, Mark Murphy and others on her songs and has received airplay worldwide. Sue's latest CD, Bring Nothing But Your Heart awaits release.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

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

Workshop | Learn Fencing in the Park


Take a stab at the modern sport of fencing with masters from Manhattan Fencing Center. No prior experience needed and equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Tour | Greenwich Village Tour


Greenwich Village is among Manhattan's most desirable and expensive residential neighborhoods. It's history, however, betrays it's monied status. The Village, with it's quiet, shaded streets, lined with lovely brick and brownstone townhouses, was once the incubating ground of artistic, social and political movements that have helped shape US history. From the Beats to the Folk Movement, from workers rights to gay rights, the Village has often been the center of it all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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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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Gallery Talk | Genevieve Hoffman's Financial Landscapes: 3D Renderings of Financial Information


Artist and designer Genevieve Hoffman presents work completed during her summer residency and discusses her research into algorithmic and high-frequency trading and the role that technology plays in shaping the landscape of financial systems. Hoffman creates physical 3D renderings of financial information, such as fluctuating stock market prices. Reception follows at 6pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Park Walk | Central Park Sunset Tour


Join Free Tours by Foot as they 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 something to enjoy in Central Park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Concert | Folk Music: The 4 O'clock Flowers


The 4 O'clock Flowers is a soulful duo made up of Ernie Vega and Samoa Wilson. The two perform gospel, folk and blues songs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
Free

Park Walk | The High Line Sunset Tour


The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, French Cheeses and Russian caviar as well as fresh meats to City markets. The hustle and bustle of the streets induced the City to elevate the railroad trains delivering goods to the commercial buildings. When interstate truck traffic made the railway outdated, it fell into ruin, only to be regenerated as a park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Greg Haberny's Burn All Crayons


Greg Haberny's first-hand account of the over-medication of our youth. Drawing upon his childhood experiences with dyslexia and ADHA, Burn All Crayons exemplifies and amplifies Haberny's concerns about society's preoccupation and overzealous practice of prescribing pills as the panacea. His sensory overloaded installation is an unapologetic assault on the educational, medical and pharmaceutical industries. It grapples with how these industries inundate us with their advertising and marketing and quick-fix prescriptions to feed their billion-dollar empires.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Group Show: Underneath it all: Desire, power, memory & lingerie


Artists: Ingrid Goldbloom Bloch, Diane Bronstein, April Dauscha, Julie Harris, Laura Ann Jacobs, Joanne Kaliontzis, Lisa Knox, Erica Spitzer Rasmussen, Diane Savona, Miriam Schaer, and Amanda N. Simons.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Interdisciplinary Exhibition: Matthew Day Jackson's Something Ancient, Something New, Something Stolen, Something Blue


Artist Matthew Day Jackson is a modern day American frontiersman. His interdisciplinary practice is in an all-consuming campaign to chart the outermost limits of human physical experience and to locate the place just beyond those limits where the sublime might reside. Working with a set of signature themes that range from space exploration and war machinery to advanced anatomy, he uses both traditional craft techniques and cutting edge computer mapping to make art that exposes the layered and often dark relationships between technology's abstractions and the palpable effects of time.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Performance | 2013-2014 Theatre Season Preview


A behind-the-scenes look at the theatre's 2013-2014 season. Join a conversation with some of this season's key creative artists, including: Woodie King, Jr, Gabrielle L. Kurlander, Charles Weldon and Moshe Yassur - and see "sneak peek" performances. The preview will be followed by a reception.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Concert | saxophonist that finds new ground between jazz, instrumental rock and folk


"...a richly engrossing project from the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Boston saxophonist that finds new ground between jazz, instrumental rock and folk...Udden’s crew is just as comfortable carving out room in indie rock’s territory, but jazz fans should be equally taken with this caliber of invention." - Chris Barton, LA TIMES
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Author Reading | Daniel Woodrell reads from his novel The Maid's Version


Daniel Woodrell, winner of the 2011 Clifton Fadiman Medal, will read from and discuss his latest novel. In the 1960s, young Alek is sent to live with his grandmother, Alma DeGeer Dunahew, an illiterate former maid residing in West Table, Missouri. Haunted by the death of her sister and forty-one others in the Arbor Dance Hall explosion of 1929, she speaks at length only when recounting her memories surrounding the deadly blaze. Her views are the source of a feud between her and her son, which forces Alek to bottle up her memories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Poetry: Adam Fitzgerald / Tom Healy / Bianca Stone


Adam Fitzgerald’s debut collection is “The Late Parade” (W. W. Norton, 2013). Tom Healy’s chapbook, “Animal Spirits,” a collaboration with tattoo artist Duke Riley, was published earlier this year by Monk Books. Bianca Stone’s “Someone Else’s Wedding Vows” is due from Tin House/Octopus Books in March 2014.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Stephen Michael Shearer discusses his book Gloria Swanson


Stephen Michael Shearer, biographer of Patricia Neal and Hedy Lamarr, turns his sights to the iconic star of Sunset Boulevard in this in-depth portrait of the Hollywood legend. He is interviewed by Tom Santopietro.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | French Cinema: François Truffaut's Jules and Jim (1962)


Starring Jeanne Moreau, Oscar Werner, Henri Serre. Jules and Jim are inseparable friends who come to meet the free-spirited and capricious Catherine. The three become instant companions, determined to live their lives to the fullest despite the war around them. When Jules declares his love for Catherine, Jim agrees to let Jules pursue her, despite his own feelings. 105 min. With English subtitles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Performance | Nat Towsen's Downtown Variety Hour


With: Kevin Allison (RISK!, The State) Tom Shillue (Comedy Central Presents, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) Gary He (photog w/ work in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters) Downtown History NY Trivia Free comics from Forbidden Planet NYC
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Theater | Shakespeare's The Tempest, a New Musical Adaptation


More Than 200 New Yorkers From All Five Boroughs To Perform In Free, Original Musical Adaptation. Directed by Public Works Director Lear deBessonet, with music, lyrics and book by Todd Almond and choreography by Chase Brock. Seven cameo performers from New York City will also be featured in this production of THE TEMPEST. Participants will be performing in the ensemble as well as playing featured roles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free
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Play | Drama with Broadway Actors

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Classical Music | Choral Work by Haydn and More at a Landmark Venue

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