Free Music Fridays at American Folk Art Museum

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Date: Friday, August 22nd
Time: 5:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: American Folk Art Museum (45 West 53rd St. bet. 5th and 6th Ave)
Cost: Free

Free Music Fridays at the American Folk Art Museum gives you five floors of galleries to explore free of charge, plus you can grab a drink in the cafe, and enjoy live folk music in the museum's stunning atrium. This Friday, Daphne Darling and Arlon Bennett and will play during the exhibition Dargerism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger.

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Grand Archives at the Seaport

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Date: Friday, August 22nd
Time: 7:00pm
Location: South Street Seaport (Fulton Street & East River)
Cost: Free

Seattle's Grand Archives come to town in support of their excellent debut album The Grand Archives (Sub Pop). Mat Brooke's (ex-Band Of Horses, Carissa's Weird) latest pop incarnation boasts rollicking guitar bursts, four-and-five-part harmonies, trombone, violin, slide guitar, cello, Flugelhorn, and "judicious whistling". Much lauded local opener Violens kick things off. All Ages.

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Shrek at River Flicks for Kids

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Date: Friday, August 22nd
Time: Dusk (around 8 or 8:30)
Location: Pier 46 (Charles St. and the Hudson River)
Cost: Free

The folks over at Hudson River Park keep calling this River Flicks for Kids, but we're really into a bunch of these movies, so either the films are also for grown ups, or we're just into kid stuff. Tonight's kid flick is Shrek, the tale of the green ogre who lives hapilly ever after! The original one, obviously. Besides getting to watch movies outside on beautiful summer nights on the Hudson River, the other thing I like about River Flicks is that the popcorn is always free. Seating is first come, first served, so you and your little ones may want to show up early.

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Free Absolute Beginner Class in Argentine Tango

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Date: Friday, August 22nd & Saturday, August 23rd
Time: 8:30pm & 8:00pm respectively
Location: Triangulo (135 West 20th, #301 btw 6th and 7th Ave)
Cost: Free

What do I love more than a dance class? A free dance class! For those of you not dressing up and boozing tonight check out a free absolute beginner workshop in Argentine tango. "Featured in Vogue, the National Herald Tribune, and The Economist, TriANGulO specializes in Argentine tango, the original, more intimate predecessor to international ballroom-style tango. Founder Carina Moeller is a professional dancer with training in modern dance and ballet who has worked and studied with such tango greats as Fabian Salas, Pablo Veron, and Mingo Pugliese. Known for her engaging and precise teaching style, Carina creates a stress-free atmosphere that is particularly appealing to novice dancers."

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