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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on December 9, 2015?

44 free events take place on Wednesday, December 9 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 December 9 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 December . 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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44 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, December 9, 2015

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Editor's Picks

free events nyc Annual Christmas Tree Lighting
free events nyc The Wide World of the Classical Guitar featuring Don Witter
free events nyc New Visions Directing Festival: Tango Palace
free events nyc Collegium Musicum in Concert
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Tour | Broadway Theater District Tour


Come discover the history of Great White Way. Explore Times Square, the Broadway Theater District, and 42nd Street, an area synonymous with American entertainment from stage to screen. These are the stories of dreams fulfilled and hopes dashed; a neighborhood that has seen Broadway Theater District Toureverything from huge celebrations to desolation and neglect. Where everyone from Mary Pickford and Helen Hayes to Bradley Cooper and Denzel Washington have plied their craft on the boards; you will hear stories of the men and women who have made made this the center of the world of theater. With a veteran New York actor as your tour guide, you will the beautiful old theaters where famous shows such as Oklahoma, Cabaret, A Chorus Line, and My Fair Lady premiered and stars such as Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and Shirley McClain got their start. You will uncover the secrets, stories, and strange superstitions of the institutions in the area and discover little-known parts of the Theater District often overlooked in the tour books. This tour takes place Wednesdays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing. This tour takes place every day at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Middle Section


This tour focuses on the middle of Central Park, starting in front of the beautiful American Museum of Natural History. From there enter the park and explore, seeing everything from a castle to the wild-looking Ramble. See an Ancient Egyptian obelisk and the place where Stuart Little raced his sailboat in the E.B. White children’s classic. Don’t forget to bring along your camera. There will be many wonderful photo opportunities throughout. This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Federal Hall National Memorial Guided Tour


Free Ranger-guided tours are available to the public. The schedule is subject to staff availability. Starts times are 10:00AM, 1:00PM, 2:00PM, and 3:00PM. Tours take place Monday through Friday until December 31.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Greenwich Village Neighborhood 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. This tour takes place Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10am and Mondays and Fridays at 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. This tour takes place every day at 10am, and Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 2pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Park Walk | Mid-Park Welcome Tour


Explore the Park’s central features including the Lake and Ramble woodland, then marvel at the views from Belvedere Castle. Route involves many hills, stairs, and uneven paths. 45 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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. This workshop occurs every day through December 31.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | Student Jazz Ensembles


Talented musicians from the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program will be performing. Program TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | A Community Carol Sing


Bring family, friends, neighbors and colleagues during the noon hour and enjoy singing some of your favorite carols together in the beautiful setting of the church with the Choristers of the combined Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:15 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition. This tour occurs every day except on Sundays and on December 24-27.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Concert | Jingle Jams


Jingle Jams provide festive seasonal music at lunchtime. The concerts takes place Dec 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 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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Concert | Juilliard Vocal Arts


Juilliard artists share their talent with the community in these free, hour-long lunchtime concerts on Wednesday afternoons throughout the season.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Greg Zelek, Organist


Greg Zelek is from New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Jazz | Jazz Wednesdays with the Bill Wurtzel Trio


Jazz+Wednesdays features exhibition-themed music performed by jazz guitarist Bill Wurtzel and guests Mike Gari and Sharon Fisher. Look and learn about Jean Dubuffet’s art brut collection and soak in the ambience of the 1950s American music scene with the sounds of playful jazz improvisation and whimsical counterpoint performed by the Bill Wurtzel trio. This event recurs every Wednesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Exhibition Tour: Public Eye, 175 Years of Sharing Photography


Join a 45-minute docent led tour of the exhibition. This tour occurs every day except on Sundays and on December 24-27.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Park Walk | Central Park Tour - Lower Section


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 among the world's most famous and beloved public parks. 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. This tour takes places Sundays and Mondays at 10am and Wednesdays at 4pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Screening | Music on Film: New York Philharmonic Opening Gala with Itzhak Perlman


World-class violinist Itzhak Perlman joins the Philharmonic to perform his personal favorites.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Lecture | The Cross-Border Connection: Immigrants, Emigrants, and Their Homelands


With: Roger Waldinger, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles. A reception will follow the event.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Discussion | Global Exposure


Social media compile data on users, retailers mine information on consumers, Internet giants create dossiers of who we know and what we do, and intelligence agencies collect all this plus billions of communications daily. Exploiting our boundless desire to access everything all the time, digital technology is breaking down whatever boundaries still exist between the state, the market, and the private realm. With: Law School professor and author of “Exposed” Bernard Harcourt and New York Times reporter and Wired columnist Clive Thompson, along with Dean of Strategic Initiatives David K. Park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Harlem Heights Book Discussion Group


Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Concert | Holiday Sounds: Metropolitan Klezmer


The space comes alive this holiday season with acoustic, ambient musical performances. Metropolitan Klezmer plays Dec. 3 and 9 at 5:30pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Concert | Lion in the Grass, Bluegrass Ensemble


Lion in the Grass, Columbia's bluegrass ensemble was founded in 2004, and has achieved a strong reputation on campus and in the community. Lion in the Grass plays at many campus functions throughout the year, and at neighborhood venues as well. The bluegrass band introduces students to specific non-western and non-classical styles and cultures through active participation in group lessons and rehearsal.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opera | The Dangerous Liaisons, a Special Preview Performance of an Opera by Conrad Susa


Performed by the MSM Opera Theater. Libretto by Pjilip Littell. Based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Performed in English. Dona D. Vaughn, Director. George Manahan, Conductor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Festival | Annual Christmas Tree Lighting


The Rob Susman Brass Quartet and children and grown-ups alike will sing holiday songs. The sparkling lights on the resplendent tree will be turned on to mark the beginning of festive winter evenings. Santa Claus himself has promised to appear and lead the children in the illumination countdown. Complimentary songbooks will be provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Lecture | Appetite for Distraction: Social Media and Today's Attention-Economy


An evening lecture by chair and faculty member Dominic Pettman, which also marks the publication his forthcoming book Infinite Distraction.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Himalayan Happy Hour: Spiral Music


A free concert with artists specializing in music from the Himalayas and South Asia. Featuring Ehren Hanson (tabla) + Abhik Mukherjee (sitar). Spiral Music occurs every Wednesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | The Future of Architecture in Relation to City Planning


In celebration of the release of the cloth-bound third edition of 49 CITIES designed by the award winning designers Project Projects, special guests join acclaimed architects Amale Andraos and Dan Wood for a provocative and informative discussion about the evolution and future of architecture in relation to city planning and urban developement.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Lecture | Neighbors Killing Neighbors: Jedwabne and the Aftermath of the Holocaust in Poland


Presented by: Professor Robert Shapiro, Brooklyn College.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:15 pm
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Book Discussion | A Discussion on Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers, 90 Years Later


Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers, a story of a young Jewish immigrant woman's striving to become an American, garnered rave reviews upon its 1925 publication. By the 1930s her work had faded into obscurity, but historian Alice Kessler-Harris rediscovered the novel and shepherded it to its re-publication in the 1970s. This program invites Kessler-Harris to reflect on its influence, and assembles a panel of women from different generations and backgrounds to assess its relevance to today’s feminists and immigrants. Come hear Anna Holmes from the New York Times, Nisha Agarwal, Commissioner for the Mayor’s Office of Immigration, Margaret Chin, Hunter College sociologist, and Linda Sarsour, Executive Director of the Arab American Association of New York shed new light on this classic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Lecture | Language and Digital Games


Digital games are pervasive, constantly evolving in their complexity and features, and heralded by many as agents for education reform. This presentation will first provide a brief summary of the case of using games for learning in general and will review research studies that investigated a variety of cognitive, social, and emotional design patterns to make games effective learning tools. speaker Jan L. Plass, Ph.D., Paulette Goddard Professor of Digital Media and Learning Sciences in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University, co-directs the Games for Learning Institute.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Talk | The Poet as Memorist with Pulitzer Prize Winner Tracy K. Smith


Tracy K. Smith is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Ordinary Light and three books of poetry. Her collection Life on Mars won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize and was selected as a New York Times Notable Book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Book Discussion | Barthes and Mythologies


Often thought of as Roland Barthes' most accessible text, Mythologies turns out to be wonderfully elusive. One hundred years and three weeks after Barthes's birth, Michael Wood and Ben Kafka will discuss the impact of this little book on their work as critics and scholars of literature, film, history, and psychoanalysis.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Jeanne Martinet discusses her book The Art of Mingling: Fun and Proven Techniques for Mastering Any Room


Does the idea of going to a large party make your mouth go dry? Are you more comfortable on Facebook than face-to-face? You're not alone: a huge percentage of the world suffers from minglephobia. Author Jeanne Martinet has developed a cure-all, sure-fire system for overcoming fears and having a great time at any type of business or social gathering.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Luc Sante discusses his book The Other Paris


Sante will discuss his latest book, which brings to light the city’s lesser-known and less-considered elements.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Tour | New York Holiday Lights Tour


It’s time to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year as Midtown Manhattan lights up like no other place in the world. Mechanical window displays, synchronized light and sound shows, not to mention Santa Claus and toy soldiers surely await you in this winter wonderland. Check them all our on the New York Holiday Lights Tour. Experience the holidays in the city as only New York can offer. Take advantage of the subway to beat the street traffic, keep warm and catch some underground holiday music. Learn about the artists and backgrounds to these wonderful displays. This tour takes place daily at 7pm and Fridays through Mondays at 7:30pm from December 3 to January 3.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | On Translating and Being Translated


With: Ann Goldstein (editor of Primo Levi’s Complete Works) and Esther Allen (Baruch College).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | The Wide World of the Classical Guitar featuring Don Witter


Explore the influence that Spain and Latin America has had on the guitar and music in general through the centuries. Don Witter Jr. showcases the flexibility of the classical guitar and performs various musical styles from the works of some of our well-loved composers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | ABQ Seminar Recital


Performance by students participating in the American Brass Quintet Seminar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Collegium Musicum in Concert


The esteemed Collegium Musicum is a classical music a cappella choir that specializes in sacred and secular vocal music from the medieval, Renaissance, and contemporary repertoires. Collegium Musicum incorporates vocal and instrumental performance practice techniques, improvisation, and gesture in bold, imaginative concerts inspired by historical performance practice. The Collegium Musicum is one of the school's leading choral ensembles and has been a part of university life since the mid-1950s. The group is connected to the core curriculum, traditionally singing Josquin's 'Ave Maria...virgo serena' for Music Humanities classes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Theater | New Visions Directing Festival: Tango Palace


Tango Palace by Maria Irene Fornes is an exploration of the bounds and bonds of an ambiguously intimate relationship. Isidore is a clown: a flamboyant horror, bewigged, lipsticked, half-man/half-woman; Leopold is an earnest youth, dressed in a business suit. Mind games, object lessons, and tender encounters that erupt into outbursts of escalating violence set the tone, as these two eccentrics go from strangers to partners – so agonizingly enmeshed that their separation could mean their destruction. This production occurs December 8-12.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Concert | Student Viola Recital


8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Cong Wu, viola
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Gandhi, Is That You? Comedy Show


Stand-up comedy show (that has been featured on MTV, and that fills to standing-room only each week). The show is produced by Brendan Fitzgibbons (The Onion, McSweeney's) and Lance Weiss (Carolines on Broadway) with comedians from David Letterman, Vh1, MTV, The Onion, and Comedy Central. Free pizza!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 pm
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