Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

A baker’s dozen of free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011…

Open House At The Seneca Village Excavations
Central Park (near West 85th)
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
FREE

Film: Capote (2005, Philip Seymour Hoffman)
Riverside Branch, New York Public Library (127 Amsterdam, between 65th & 66th)
11:00 am
FREE

Lunch Time Concert In Richard Tucker Park: Seven Sisters & Sugar Cane (The MetropoliTones & Anfro Andes)
Richard Tucker Park (Broadway & 66th)
12:00 – 2:00 pm
FREE

Live Music: Guitar Afternoon, With Bill Wurtzel & Guests
American Folk Art Museum (2 Lincoln Square — Columbus @ 66th)
2:00 pm
FREE

Community Book Sale
St. Agnes Branch, New York Public Library (444 Amsterdam, between 81st & 82nd)
1:00 pm
Everything is cheap

How To Adopt Domestically & Internationally
JCC In Manhattan (334 Amsterdam, at 76th)
6:00 – 7:30 pm
FREE

Yoga
Bloomingdale Branch, New York Public Library (150 W. 100th, between Amsterdam & Columbus)
6:00 pm
FREE (bring a mat or towel)

Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: Bird
Central Park
Gates open at 6:30 with DJs, Film begins at 8:00 pm
FREE

Summer On The Hudson: Evening Salute To The Sun Yoga
66th Street Plaza, Riverside Park South
6:30 – 7:30 pm
FREE (bring your own mat)

Summer On The Hudson Movies Under the Stars Presents: Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes
Pier I, Riverside Park South
Seating starts at 7:00 pm, movie starts at dusk (around 8:30 pm)
FREE

Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra (Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor & Bertrand Chamayou, Piano)
Avery Fisher Hall (Broadway & 65th)
8:00 pm
$35 & Up

Bar Trivia Hosted By TriviaTryst
Bar Thalia @ Symphony Space (Broadway & 95th)
8:30 pm
FREE (with prizes!)

Foreign Film: No Return (Spanish with English subtitles)
Walter Reade Theater @ Film Society Of Lincoln Center (W. 65th, btw. Amsterdam & Bway)
8:35 pm
$8 – $13

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