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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 6, 2023?

40 free events take place on Wednesday, 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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40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, September 6, 2023

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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Workshop | Core Body Boot Camp


A community-driven pop-up fitness group for an early-morning core body 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 welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 am
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Workshop | HIIT Workout on the River


A High Intestity Interval Training workout in the park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Workshop | Intro to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (online)


This transformative course is suited for those coming to meditation for the first time or for experienced meditators who realize they have not yet integrated these practices fully into their lives. The teaching of MBSR at NY Insight is offered by seasoned MBSR teachers, most of whom are certified by the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. 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
10:00 am
Free

Workshop | Figure Al Fresco


This event offers a unique setting to observe and sketch the human figure. Each week a model will strike short and long poses for participants to draw. An artist/educator will offer constructive suggestions and critique. Drawing materials provided, and artists are encouraged to bring their own favorite media.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Park Tour: From Freight to Flowers


Hear the story behind New York City's park in the sky: an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Jugglers use the park throughout the year to provide free classes to the public. Stop by for a quick lesson, stay for the whole time, or just enjoy watching them put their skills to the test. They're a friendly group and open to drop-ins, even if you catch them outside of the regular juggling lessons. All skill levels welcome. Equipment is provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Screening | Open-Air Viewing of the U.S. Open


Is ESPN’s tennis coverage still unavailable on your Spectrum cable package due to ongoing negotiations between Charter Communications and Disney? Craving one more end-of-summer picnic? This event offers free, big-screen viewing of upcoming U.S. Open matches during the day and under the stars. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon (In Person and Online)


Take a momentary respite from a busy day to enjoy a selection of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach in an intimate venue.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Concert | Piano in the Park


Come on by and tap your toes to The Big Apple's finest ragtime, stride, and jazz pianists around! Featuring special events and performances by distinguished musicians. Today's pianist: Yuka Aikawa .
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Workshop | Adult Chorus


Directed by Church Street School of Music, the chorus is open to all who love to sing. Learn 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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Workshop | Knitting Class Outdoors


Take part in beginner classes with Knitty City on the gravel across from the Bryant Park Grill. Volunteers are avalible to teach you how to cast, knit, purl, and more! Yarn and needles are provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Elements of Nature Drawing


A community of artists of all skill levels are inspired by our surroundings to create with drawing materials, pastels and watercolors. Embolden your artwork amidst the flower-filled and seasonally evolving palette of the verdant gardens. An artist/educator will provide ideas and instruction. Materials provided, and artists are encouraged to bring their own favorite media.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Lecture | What Women Did and Represented in Renaissance Theater (online)


Laura Caparrotti (Artistic Director, Kairos Italy Theater) takes you on a discovery of the female presence in Renaissance theater, from the role of women actors on the stage to how female characters were depicted in plays. In our first encounter, we will explore how women worked in theater, how they were portrayed in early Italian theater and why.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Objects of Permanence: Migrants and NYC's Garment Industry


A special installation, curated by Mellány Sánchez, seeks to spotlight the rich histories of the Puerto Rican and other migrant community labor forces in New York City’s garment industry. This show hones in on the Lower East Side as a pioneering capital of the garment industry in the mid-20th century. Objects in the form of artifacts, both real and imagined, work to preserve and tell the story of LES residents of the past and present, whose labor was integral to the development of New York City as a fashion capital. Simultaneously, it will unite these voices of the past to the direct descendants and beneficiaries of their legacy—today’s fashion designers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Workshop | Wellness Wednesdays


Curated by Sputnik Yoga, Wellness Wednesdays will offer a variety of fitness and wellness themed classes on a weekly basis. Bring your own yoga mat or blanket. Wednesdays, May 3 - October 25, 2023.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | Antone Konst: In a Sea of Nothing


An exhibition of new paintings depicting flowers, animals, and figures. It comprises a group of figurative paintings depicting subjects from the natural world. These subjects are universally familiar - flowers, animals and figures; however, they are not specific. The flowers are not of a specific strain, the animals are not of a particular breed. The human figures are recognizable as musicians or painters; yet they are not specific individuals. They express just enough of themselves to convey what they are. This ambiguity and anonymity allow for a direct and deep expression of emotion that is portrayed in paint through soft, strong, smooth, and rough brushstrokes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Breaking Free: The Lie of Equality and the Feminist Fight for Freedom


A bold argument that “equality” is a racist, patriarchal ideal that perpetuates women’s systemic oppression and limits the possibilities of feminism—with a plan to transform the movement. With author Marcie Bianco.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Delaney Lee: Silent Spring


This title references the 1962 book by Rachel Carson of the same name, documenting the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Lee’s newest body of work calls attention to the cyclical forces in nature, the impermanence of existence, and the interconnectedness of life and death within our environment. Her paintings make use of the repeated motif of a spiraling snake amid insects and wildflowers typical to California.   
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Lucky Dogs: 2 Women on a Collision Course


A reading with author Helen Schulman as she sits down with Luis Jaramillo to discuss her new work. Helen Schulman is a novelist, screenwriter and short story writer. She is the author of the novels Come With Me, This Beautiful Life, A Day At The Beach,  P.S., The Revisionist and Out of Time,, and the short story collection Not A Free Show. Her newest novel, Lucky Dogs, was published in June 2023. In it, the paths of two women on opposite ends of a high-profile sexual abuse scandal set them on a devastating collision course.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Math Bass: Roses Are Red


Math Bass’s dynamic practice includes sculpture, painting and architectural interventions, often setting the stage for performance (potential or executed), and exploring the movement of bodies through space. Central to their work is the concept of fluidity in meaning, and how repetition, context, and scale inherently contribute layers of complexity in representation and content. Over the past decade, Bass has developed a lexicon of symbols—letters, bodily forms, architectural fragments, animals, bones, flowers—arranged in a variety of compositions, each symbol an empty space of meaning, informed only by the context in which it finds itself. The artist clones and manipulates these symbols, activating questions of identity and interpretation: are these two symbols identical? Does shifting scale, repetition, and context affect meaning? Can you truly trust your interpretations? These open-ended questions are linked to the artist’s own queerness and transness, as their practice insists upon a more philosophical take on the nuances of identity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Takuma Tanaka: Tales of Color


A solo exhibition featuring Takuma Tanaka’s small paintings and works on paper. Curated by Rachel Vancelette, this exhibition marks the beginning of Tanaka’s art activations in New York City during the Armory Show week. Tanaka’s artworks seamlessly blend his Japanese heritage and influences from his time in America, capturing the topic of contemporary human existence and the dream-like fantasy of our world today. This exhibition is part of the globally launched upcoming VGAA curated pop-up series, showcasing the creativity of international artists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Ye Funa: The Big Dream Show


The exhibition features 12 new, mixed-media collage works from the “Neo Folk Matrix” series, in addition to a video and two paintings, each demonstrating a unique “dream” where different characteristics, items, symbols, colors, traditions, and cultures intersect. Filled with intricate details, these pieces are elaborately executed and contain a variety of elements such as plastics, artificial crystals, metals, fabrics, and an assortment of found objects. These “little worlds and dreams,” in Ye Funa’s own words, highlight her aspiration to explain what roles “folk” should play under the framework of contemporary art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Screening | CANCELLED: Cuckoo O'Clock: An Overview of "Mr. Underground"


Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, East Village poet, publisher, artist, and impresario, launches the book Doppelgangster, his New Romantic sonnets accompanied by beguiling artworks. In addition, there will be a screening of Cuckoo O'Clock: An Overview of "Mr. Underground." This inaugural film focuses on Jeffrey Cyphers Wright and the creative community he is part of. Filmmaker Luigi Cazzaniga rejoins Wright (Cazzaniga worked with him as Cover Mag's art director and fashion editor etc. and photographer) to create a humorous and historic portrayal. Fast paced and cram-packed with East Village lore, this is haute entertainment dressed up in rowdy downtown style.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Choir Concert


The Ph.D. Program in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures host a concert offered by The Sine Nomine Choir. The Sine Nomine Choir will offer a concer tincluding pieces in Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dancing | Salsa Social in the Park


Salsa Social is back. Class 6:00p-6:30p Social 6:30p-9:00p Come as you are, everyone is welcome and dancers of all levels are encouraged to participate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

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 body and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment as your instructor guides you through alignments and poses. All levels are welcome. Bringing your own mat is encouraged, as provided accessories are first come first serve.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Wednesday Evening Yoga


End your day right with this rejuvenating class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Fatma Bucak: While the Dust Quickly Falls


This book launch will feature a conversation between artist Fatma Bucak, curator Kari Conte, and scholar Heather Davis. They will discuss state violence and the climate catastrophe, through the lens of Bucak’s 2023 Kunsthaus Dresden exhibition, While the Dust Quickly Falls. Bucak’s video They burned it all (2022) will also have its New York premiere at the event. Fatma Bucak: While the Dust Quickly Falls is published on the occasion of Fatma Bucak’s titular exhibition at Kunsthaus Dresden. The book, edited by Kari Conte, considers the relationships between political violence, environmental destruction, and climate change. Moving across disparate geographies in the Mediterranean region connected by the catastrophic impact of conflict and war, it dwells on the loss of biodiversity, humanity’s interdependence on the natural world, and healing. In works ranging from a living environment to performance, video, sculpture, and sound works, the artist questions how humanity is ethically implicated and entangled in ecological transformation and destruction.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion by Mitchell S. Jackson


Today's NBA style has birthed the tunnel walk (think LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Russell Westbrook), where athletes are idealized as style icons. Their style and talents on the court have inspired conversations about their activities and activism off the court. Join Pulitzer Prize winning author, Mitchell S. Jackson as he discusses his latest book Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion. He will be in conversation with Crystal McCrary McGuire, an award-winning filmmaker, television producer and Tammy Brook, CEO & Founder of FYI Brand Group.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | I Wasn't Supposed to Be Here: Finding My Voice, Finding My People, Finding My Way


Author Jonathan Conyers celebrates the release of his book. Everybody was rooting for Jonathan Conyers after his profile on Humans of New York went viral and sparked millions in donations to the Brooklyn Debate League. The kid who went from struggling to read to being a breakout star on his high school debate team, thanks to a life-changing friendship with his transgender debate coach, captured the heart of America. His story highlights the important role teachers play in opening up worlds of opportunity for the most vulnerable students.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Jazz | Jack Wilkins Jazz Memorial


A celebration of the life and legacy of jazz guitarist Jack Wilkins. Featuring guitarists Richard Boukas, Jeff Barone, Roni Ben-Hur, Steve Cardenas, Sheryl Bailey, Peter Bernstein, Paul Bollenback, Mark Whitfield, Carl Barry, and Peter Rubie among other guest musicians and speakers. A native of New York City, Jack Wilkins grew up listening to his parents' music, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Billie Holiday. Jack worked with Dan Armstrong, Lew Soloff, Lew Tabackin, and Lloyd Wells. He formed the band The Jazz Partners and played vibes with pianist Barry Manilow, who admired the work of Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, and Barney Kessel. Wilkins and Manilow arranged songs from Kessel's albums for their group. A copy of his first solo album, Windows (Mainstream, 1973), found its way into the hands of Buddy Rich's manager. Jack then became a member of the Buddy Rich septet. Jack died on May 5, 2023, at the age of 78. There will be a reception with light refreshments from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Workshop | Yoga: Evening Salute to the Sun


End your day with yoga in a beautiful sunset setting. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear comfortable and bring your own mat.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Angels of Mercy: White Women and the History of New York's Colored Orphan Asylum


This history of the nation’s first orphanage for African American children, founded in New York City nearly two centuries ago. William Seraile's book uncovers the history of the Colored Orphan Asylum, founded in 1836. Through three wars, two major financial panics, a devastating fire during the 1863 Draft Riots, several epidemics, waves of racial prejudice, and severely strained budgets, it cared for orphaned, neglected, and delinquent children, eventually receiving financial support from such renowned New York families as the Jays, Murrays, Roosevelts, Macys, and Astors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Creep by Myriam Gurba (In Person AND Online!)


A creep can be a singular figure, a villain who makes things go bump in the night. Myriam Gurba's new essay collection, a mix of true crime, memoir, and history, is an informal sociology of creeps that surveys toxic traditions in the United States which help create the abusers who haunt our books, schools, and homes. She charts how oppression is collectively enacted, sustaining ecosystems that unfairly distribute suffering and premature death to society's most vulnerable.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Screening | Fade to Black: Short Film on Contemporary Race Relations (online thru Sep 30)


In Tony Cokes's meditation on contemporary race relations, two black men discuss in voiceover certain “casual” events in life and cinema that are unnoticed or discounted by whites—gestures, hesitations, stares, off-the-cuff remarks, jokes—details of an ideology of repressed racism. 32 minutes
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | BASSticcio: A Musical Journey Through an Exhibition


Enjoy a musical journey with Austrian clarinetist Anna Koch through the current exhibition on Ceija Stojka, What Should I be Afraid of? She embodies Pele, the fire goddess, who ignites passion in us, makes us debate heatedly and argue furiously. She paints a comforting picture of a familiar hand in your own in the dead of night. She leaves the space-time-continuum in search of the intangible that can be experienced but not explained: BASSticcio – a multimedia microcosm of contemporary music for bass clarinet. In her first solo program, Anna Kochinterweaves innovative commissioned compositions by composers from Austria and the US with her own improvisations into an unheard-of whole, seeking to cross boundaries and find common ground.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Dance Performance | Crack Nerve Boogie Swerve: Dance and Music Showcasing the Human Body -- Outdoors


Alexis Blake merges visual arts, performance, and dance to explore the body as an archive of embodied knowledge. Each of Blake's compositions are based on extensive research into specific histories—such as the politics of emotions, archetypal depictions of women in western art history from the Renaissance to the start of Modernism, or the banning of lamentations in Ancient Greece—which she uses to build an ever-expanding lexicon of gestures, sounds, and even scents. In all her works, the artist directly connects with the representation and subjectification of women’s and queer bodies while activating them as sites and agents for socio-political change. Blake presents a new iteration of her work Crack Nerve Boogie Swerve, a work that takes up glass and breaking as metaphors for the fragility and strength of the individual and collective body. Both an installation and a performance, the work starts with sheets of glass nestled in moveable steel bases. The performers, who are a percussionist, two sound artists and four dancers coming from different dance genres such as breakdance, hip hop, contemporary, ballet, West African, and tap, activate the glass to explore transparency, resistance, resonance and breaking—breaking free from constraints and liberating oneself from the confinement of oppression.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Screening | Open-Air Viewing of the U.S. Open


Is ESPN’s tennis coverage still unavailable on your Spectrum cable package due to ongoing negotiations between Charter Communications and Disney? Craving one more end-of-summer picnic? This event offers free, big-screen viewing of upcoming U.S. Open matches during the day and under the stars.
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Film | Dancing the Twist in Bamako (2021): Love and Revolution


In the 1960s, just after Mali gains its independence, a young socialist meets and falls in love with a woman trying to escape an arranged marriage. Director: Robert Guediguian Stars: Stephane Bak, Alice Da Luz, Saabo Balde 129 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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