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38 free events take place on Wednesday, November 18 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 November 18 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 November . 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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38 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, November 18, 2015

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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 | 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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Talk | A Discussion of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Tetralogy


Speaker Ann Goldstein is an editor at The New Yorker. She has translated works by, among others, Primo Levi, Giacomo Leopardi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Alessandro Baricco. She is the editor of the Complete Works of Primo Levi. She has been the recipient of several prizes, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the PEN Renato Poggioli prize, and an award from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 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. This workshop occurs every day through December 31.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Bach at One Concert


Program: Bach: BWV 101 – Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott BWV 121 – Christum wir sollen loben schon Bach at One takes place every Wednesday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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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Reading | Story Time for Grown-Ups


Love a good story? Sit back and relax as they read you a story or two. This event recurs on November 4, 9, 18 and 23, 2015.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 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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Discussion | Rikers Island: Reform It — or Shut It Down?


The Rikers Island jail complex has become a symbol of criminal justice dysfunction. Last year, The New York Times uncovered 129 serious injuries to inmates. The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York documented widespread abuse and neglect of teenagers in the jail's adolescent unit. The City administration has initiated reforms. But a growing number of community groups, advocates and elected representatives say that piecemeal changes are not enough. Their cry is getting louder: Shut Rikers Down. Join a discussion about what jail reform can and should look like: How can the city move toward a better, smaller jail? What are the right alternatives for adolescents and mentally ill inmates? What community-based supports must be in place to reduce incarceration and recidivism?
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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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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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Old Books, Rare Books: Learning About the Value of Your Books


Learn what you need to know before buying or selling an old book. In this class, you will examine an old book, look to see who else owns a copy, and review the sale records and current booksellers’ catalogs to learn about its value. Along the way attendees will learn about the tools and resources that the antiquarian community uses to value a book.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 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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Lecture | Figuring Out the Enemy: Reimagining Serbian-Albanian Relations


A talk with Aleksandar Pavlović, Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz and Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade. Pavlović aims to challenge the Serbian-Albanian hostility by reinvestigating contemporary events and discourses from the past and recent times. In particular, he seeks to identify common views and practices that could deescalate the present enmity and promote cooperation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 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. This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 2pm, Wednesdays at 4pm, and Saturdays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Book Discussion Group: A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra


A first novel by a Pushcart Prize-winning writer is set in a rural village in December 2004 Chechnya, where failed doctor Akhmed harbors the traumatized 8-year-old daughter of a father abducted by Russian forces and treats a series of wounded rebels and refugees while exploring the shared past that binds him to the child.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Lecture | Antisemitism in France Today


Rising levels of antisemitism are a focus of considerable concern in France today. Are we witnessing a reemergence of forms of antisemitism that date back to the Dreyfus Affair and that took a devastating turn in Vichy France? Or is this a new antisemitism grounded more in current conflicts around Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East? Or both? Pierre Birnbaum analyzes the current crisis and situates it within its historical context and within today’s domestic and international political context. Pierre Birnbaum is a political sociologist and historian, emeritus professor at the Université de Paris I, and a leading expert on the history of French Jews and French antisemitism. He has published more than a dozen books including The Jews of the Republic: An History of State Jews from Gambetta to Vichy; Paths for Emancipation: Jews, States, and Citizenship; and, most recently,Sur un nouveau moment antisémite: “Jour de colère” (Fayard, 2015) and Léon Blum: Prime Minister, Socialist, Zionist (Yale UP, 2015).
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Artist Archie Rand discusses his book The 613


Archie Rand's career as an artist spans five decades with myriad themes and genres. Among his pioneering explorations, The 613 is surely one of his most ambitious feats yet. Without any idea where the work would be exhibited, Rand began transforming each and every one of the 613 mitzvahs, or commandments, into its own breathtaking painting, a series that took five years to complete. Each of the gorgeous and perplexing panels features a vibrant, unexpected image that brings forth the heart of its law and commands our eyes to linger. Rand is startling and original in his rich color choices, bold characters, and extraordinarily expressive approach.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Discussion | Book Discussion Group: Irène Némirovsky's Suite Française


Beginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940, Suite Française tells the remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Digital Photographs: James Welling's Choreograph


Choreograph debuts a series of digital photographs of dance, with elements of architecture and/or landscape. These were made by placing three different black-and-white photographs into Adobe Photoshop’s red, green, and blue color channels, thus yielding a multilayered color image similar to double exposures in analog photography.
   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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Film | Italian Cinema: Marco Pontecorvo's Partly Cloudy, with Sunny Spells (2015)


Two bankrupt business owners and friends unexpectedly discover oil. 100 min. In Italian with English subtitles. Followed by a Q+A with director Marco Pontecorvo.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Marion Nestle reads from her book Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning)


Soda Politics details all of the ways that the soft drink industry works overtime to make drinking soda as common and accepted as drinking water, for adults and children. It follows the money trail wherever it leads, revealing how hard Big Soda works to sell as much of their products as possible to children, minorities, and low-income populations, in developing as well as industrialized nations. But Soda Politics does more than just diagnose a problem–it encourages readers to help find solutions.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Documentary: Jobst Knigge's Stalin’s Daughter


It is a sensation in the midst of the Cold War. Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva flees to the West. During her childhood in the center of power, she was Joseph Stalin's favorite child. But death and violence overshadow her life. Her mother and brother die, relatives are killed, Stalin has her lover abducted. The Iron Curtain prevents her dream of family. She, like no other, jumps from one system to the other and loses herself in doing so. The screening will be followed by a Q+A session with Jobst Knigge, producer and director of the film, and Grace Kennan Warnecke, Chairman of the Board at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and Chairman of the National Advisory Council, who is featured in the film.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Marcia M. Gallo discusses her book 'No One Helped' Kitty Genovese, New York City, and the Myth of Urban Apathy


This illustrated lecture examines one of America's most infamous true-crime stories: the 1964 rape and murder of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese in a middle-class neighborhood of Queens, New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | The American Dream in NYC


Manicurists, nannies, restaurant workers. The majority of these laborers, so critical to the New York economy and many New Yorker’s daily lives, are immigrants. Immigrants make up almost half of the city’s workforce but often have jobs that offer few protections and whose conditions receive little oversight. A panel comes together to examine these conditions, as well as the opportunities and challenges of immigrant labor in New York City. Journalists Sarah Maslin Nir, who exposed the world of nail salon workers in the New York Times, and Lauren Hilgers, who revealed the inner workings of Chinese restaurant workers network in the New Yorker share the stage with former New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse, who moderates the conversation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Hiroji Kubota: Photographer


A retrospective exhibition composed of two parts: platinum prints of black-and-white photographs made from 1963 to 1989 and dye-transfer prints made from 1978 to 2003.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Reading | A Reading from The New Inquiry


The New Inquiry presents a special reading celebrating their newest issue, with special guests to be announced.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Leslie Feinberg and Brooke Siem discuss their book Prohibition Bakery


Who doesn't love boozy baked goods? These 50 cupcakes have a kick! The product of Prohibition Bakery, a downtown hole in the wall. They're simply the best and booziest treats in Manhattan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Piano Works by Gabrieli, Scarlatti, Bach, Dawe


A piano recital by Magdalena Baczewska, a full-time faculty member and Director of the Music Performance Program. Works by Bach, Cavazzoni, Clementi, Frescobaldi, Gabrieli, Scarlatti, and a world premiere by Jonathan Dawe.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Writers Read: Yvette Christiansë / Anya Ulinich / Kate Zambreno


Poet and fiction writer, Yvette Christiansë, was born in South Africa under apartheid and immigrated with her parents to Australia at age 18. Herwork has been published internationally, and her poetry collection, Castaway, was a finalist for the 2001 PEN International Poetry Prize. Her acclaimed first novel, Unconfessed, is based on the life of a slave woman in the Cape Colony and was a finalist for the 2007 Hemingway/PEN International Prize for First Fiction. Anya Ulinich is a Russian American writer. Her first novel, Petropolis, was published in 2007. Other work includes the graphic novel Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel, which was published in 2014. She has won the Goldberg Prize for Emerging Writers of Jewish Fiction and the National BookFoundation’s “5 under 35.” Kate Zambreno is the author of two novels, O Fallen Angel (Chiasmus Press) and Green Girl (Harper Perennial). She is also the author of Heroines (Semiotext(e)'s Active Agents) and Book of Mutter (forthcoming from Wesleyan University Press). She teaches in the creative writing programs at Barnard College and Sarah Lawrence College and in the MFA program at Columbia University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Alicia Olatuja, Nimble Jazz Vicalist


Alicia Olatuja captured the nation’s attention with her inspirational solo performance during the 2013 presidential inauguration. A remarkably versatile performer, Olatuja sings everything from musical theater classics to gospel hymns and jazz standards. Her debut solo album, Timeless, features a host of jazz luminaries and showcases the central place jazz music has taken in her career. Linguistically nimble and musically adventurous, Olatuja also sings in the Yoruba and Shona dialects in the African jazz band she leads with her husband, bassist Michael Olatuja.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Poetry Reading | Poems to Dream By: Michelle Meier / Fiona Wilson / Miranda Field


Michelle Meier, Fiona Wilson and Miranda Field will read poems from their recent or forthcoming books. Miranda Field was born and raised in the UK, lives in Manhattan, and teaches in the writing programs at NYU and Barnard College. She is the author of Swallow (Houghton-Mifflin, 2002) and a forthcoming collection (Four Way Books, 2016). Fiona Wilson is the author of A Clearance (The Sheep Meadow Press, 2015). She was born in England, grew up in Scotland, and, since 1989, has lived in New York City. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College. Michelle Meier is the author of Famous Geranium (Nauset Press, 2015). She taught at Montclair State University and presently works for a private school on the Upper West Side. She is from New York.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Theater | College Production: Or by Liz Duffy Adams


Aphra Behn: poet, spy, and soon to be the first professional female playwright. Sprung from debtors' prison after a disastrous overseas mission, Aphra is desperate to get out of the spy trade. She has a shot at a production, if she can only finish her play by morning despite interruptions from sudden new love, actress Nell Gwynne; complicated royal love, King Charles II; and very dodgy ex-love, double-agent William Scott – who may be in on a plot to murder the king. Can Aphra resist Nell's charms, save Charles' life, win William a pardon, and launch her career, all in one night? Performances run November 17-21.
   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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Concert | Student Cello Recital


Jillian Bloom, cello
   New York City, NY; NYC
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