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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on March 17, 2011?

37 free events take place on Thursday, March 17 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 March 17 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 March . 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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37 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, March 17, 2011

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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. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Five tours daily on the hour.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Other | Ice Theatre of New York


Ice Theatre of New York, the nation’s premier ice dancing ensemble, presents the New Works and Young Artists Series.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6

Parade | New York City's St. Patrick's Day Parade


The 250th Annual NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade is being held. Mary Higgins Clark is this year's Grand Marshal.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6

Screening | Daily Screenings: Infinity of Nations | Celebrating the Pacific North Coast


With: The Story of Priest Point and Laxwesa Wa: Strength of the River. Starts at 1pm and 3pm.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Deanna Witkowski, Piano


Winner of the Great American Jazz Piano Competition in 2002 and a past guest on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, pianist/composer/vocalist Deanna Witkowski has been heralded for her "consistently thrilling" playing and her "boundless imagination" (All Music Guide). Her 2009 recording, From This Place, marries sacred texts with the richness of jazz and led to a second interview on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday. Fluent in Portuguese, Witkowski has toured three times in Brazil, appearing at the Recife Jazz Festival and Modern Sound in Rio de Janeiro. Her duo with São Paulo based guitarist/vocalist Filó Machado recently completed a week-long East Coast tour. Witkowski's trio presentation, Moving with the Spirit: The Sacred Jazz of Mary Lou Williams has been presented at the Kennedy Center and Duke University. As a side person, Witkowski performs in drummer Vanderlei Pereira's Brazilian jazz sextet, "Blindfold Test," and the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Laughter Yoga


Laughter Yoga is a revolutionary idea that can change your personal outlook on life. No Special clothes needed– nor yoga mat, just the willingness to laugh on purpose.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Lecture | Cloudy with a Chance of Thunderstorms: The Current State of Academic Freedom in America


How free are teachers and students to explore controversial topics in American schools and universities? How free are they to express unpopular ideas? Not free enough, says Joan DelFattore, the author of Knowledge in the Making: Academic Freedom and Free Speech in America's Schools and Universities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Workshop | Featured Library Database: Academic Search Premier


Hands on using wireless laptops. Search for full-text articles in more than more than 4,600 magazines and scholarly journals covering a wide range of subjects. Learn some basic advanced search strategies to conduct preliminary research. Be sure to bring some topics for hands-on search demonstrations!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Discussion | Folk Art Reflections -- for individuals with Alzheimer-s and their caregivers


The museum is pleased to offer Folk Art Reflections, interactive and discussion-based programs for individuals with Alzheimer-s and their family members or caregivers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Open Lab Computer Class


Bring your technology questions and get one-on-one assistance. Pre-register with librarian at the Information Desk. If you have your own lap top you can also bring it to the class.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Pat O'Connor's Dancing at Lughnasa (1998): Based on Brian Friel's Play


With Meryl Streep and Michael Gambon. Despite their hardships, five sisters living in rural Ireland in 1936 are able to embrace life and all its complexities and dance with joy in their hearts. 95 min. Also showing: Charlie Chaplin's A Night at the Show (1915, 18 min.) - Mr. Pest, a dapper but inebriated gentleman, visits the theatre only to spark a pie-throwing free-for-all.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Introduction to eBay


Hands on using wireless laptops. Learn the basics of buying and selling items on the online auction site eBay, and discover library material that can help you take advantage of all the site's features.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Film | French Film: Alain Berliner's Ma Vie En Rose (1997)


Ludovic is a small boy who cross-dresses and generally acts like a girl, talks of marrying his neighbor's son and can not understand why everyone is so surprised about it. His actions lead to problems for him and his family.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:15 pm
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Reading | Uptown Teen Open Reading


Teen poets, spoken-word artists, emcees, scholars and activists with something to say are invited to share their voices in this open-mic monthly series. Outfitted with youth DJs, this safe, uncensored space provides a platform for free expression. The young and young-at-heart are invited to sneak a peek at the next generation of performing artists.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Opening Reception | The Repatriation Collection, 8 Centuries of Tibetan Art


Started in 1992, this growing Repatriation Collection of fine art contains over 600 paintings, sculptures, ritual objects, and cultural artifacts dating from the 13th through the 20th centuries. Tibet House holds and safeguards these sacred artifacts on behalf of the Tibetan people. Generous collectors who love Tibetan art and who are deeply concerned about the ultimate disposition of the cultural heritage of the Tibetan people are the main source of gifts to the Collection. The collection demonstrates the exceptional beauty and varied iconography of Tibetan art. This exhibition will highlight selected works.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Arnold Antonin's Cédor (2002), a Documentary on the Haitian Artist


Renowned Haitian artist Dieudonné Cédor passed away on September 27th, 2010. To commemorate the anniversary of his birth, celebrate his life. Please join a screening of the documentary film Cédor This film follows Cédor’s life voyage through his 260 paintings and celebrates the work of one of Haiti’s many great artists. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion. A small exhibition of Cédor’s work will also be on display. 39 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk with Preston Singletary and Walter Porter


Preston Singletary (Tlingit) and Walter Porter discuss the process of interpreting traditional Tlingit myths and incorporating those messages in ways that are relative to today’s society.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Beth Davenport & Elizabeth Mandel's Documentary Pushing the Elephant (2010)


An intimate family drama set against the backdrop of the 1998 conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pushing the Elephant tells the story of Rose Mapendo, who was separated during the conflict from her five-year-old daughter, Nangabire. Rose survived the atrocities of those years and was eventually resettled in Phoenix, Arizona, with her other children. Now, after 12 years apart, Rose and her daughter Nangabire are reunited in the US. 84 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Exhibition: Shame the Devil


Inspired by the parallel ability of both the stand-up comedian and the artist to play the role of cultural observer and provacateur, this exhibition presents new sculpture, video, installation, and photography by artists, who strategically examine, with their frank observations and dry wit, the socio-political dimensions of power associated with cultural, racial, and economic issues. Artists include: Jabari Anderson, Elizabeth Axtman, Michael Britto, Wayne Hodge, My Barbarian, Huong Ngo, Jessica Ann Peavy, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Jimmy Joe Roche, and Kenya (Robinson).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Handmade Paper Works: Michele Oka Doner's Neuration of the Genus


An exhibition featuring work in handmade paper by Michele Oka Doner. The artist will be present. Michele Oka Doner is captivated by the natural world, which forms an integral part of her visual vocabulary. Throughout her inspiring oeuvre, the artist has explored a wide variety of media and practices, and is renowned for her public art installations, sculpture and functional objects. This exhibition is dedicated to her work in handmade paper, a process she first worked with in the late 1960’s and rediscovered in 2004 at the studios and that she continues to this day. The artist is well-known for her numerous public art installations, including "A Walk on the Beach" at The Miami International Airport and "Healing Plants" at the UMDNJ University Hospital Center in Newark. Her sculpture and functional objects have been acquired by many prestigious museums, among them The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Shown: "Neuration: Dionysa" (detail), 2005. Book page from unique artist's book. Organic material embedded in handmade abaca leaves.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Photographs: Aaron Hobson's Loaded


The second solo exhibition of Hobson's which will feature a selection of new photographs. In Hobson's photographs moments are not simply frozen in time in the name of preservation, but rather combined and altered to achieve a sense of hyper-reality. His compositions are two-dimensional conglomerates, fusing several sequential images into one. This process demands an almost obsessive concentration on minute detail to guarantee that the results are seamless. Hobson has shown in Paris, Los Angeles and London. His work has been featured in Eyemazing, Digifoto Magazine, DT Lux Magazine, Urban Salir, Azart and Juxtopoz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Photomontages: Marcia Kure's Dressed Up


Dressed Up was conceived while conducting research at the Smithsonian Archives as a Smithsonian Artist-Fellow in 2008. The series consists of full-length photomontage portraits of characters dressed in runway mash-ups drawn from two distinct cultural eras: the 19th Century Victorian and present day hip-hop. The Victorian era, the Age of Empire and colonization, while no longer “in fashion” remains salient in the post-colonial age through remnants of oppressive global, political, and economic structures and systems. In contrast, Hip-hop fashion was originally conceived as part of a performative, radical, social politic in the United States. The attendant music and lifestyle served as powerful platforms from which to challenge entrenched systems of sartorial propriety. Kure was born in Kano, Nigeria and has studied at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine. Dressed Up was featured in the recent edition of the art and culture publication Esopus.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Untitled 2010, a Documentary on Artist Felix Gonzales-Torres


A film made through the collaboration of noted artist Jim Hodges with Carlos Marques da Cruz and Encke King. Responding to the life of acclaimed artist Felix Gonzales-Torres, Hodges, da Cruz, and King trace a biographical thread through found footage addressing the braided issues of the AIDS crises and queer activism that marked both the cultural and personal contexts of Gonzales-Torres’s life and work. A radical portrait of an artist whose practice implicated politics in even the most fleeting moments of existence, Untitled 2010 mediates on fragmentation and temporality as concepts and formal practice to address the life of the artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Discussion | A Conversation with Artist Milica Tomić


Through performance, video, and collaborative workshops, artist Milica Tomić finds strategies to include critical voices in the memories and memorials of historical events. She proposes that social sculpture as envisioned by Joseph Beuys is the key method in this endeavor. In conversation with Andreas Stadler, Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, Tomić discusses her methodology and her specific interest in how anti-fascist resistance is documented, recalled, and lived daily. They will be joined by Joshua Decter, a critic, curator, and art historian.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Slide Lecture | Being Green in New York City


With Olivia Whiteman. New York City gets greeener by the day. From downtown all the way uptown, retailers, corporations, and the city is going green. In this illustrated presentation you will learn public and semi-secret locations to find vintage, eat organic, rest in indoor public spaces, treat yourself to delicious desserts from sustainable bakeries, and fun place to bring your electronics for recycling. In addition to sharing locations and naming places, the talk offers tips on what you can do to help make the world one step closer to being sustainable. All participants will have an opportunity to receive a listing of "green" businesses and organizations throughout the city (or they can be green and find out where to view it online). Come to this evening with your thoughts, experiences, issues and questions!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Ed Breslin reads from his book Drinking with Miss Dutchie


Ed Breslin's heartfelt memoir explores the mysterious but certain bond between humans and dogs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Theater | New York Classical Theatre presents The Rover by Aphra Behn


In The Rover, everyone dresses up in costume during the festive days of Carnevale (Mardi Gras). Hidden behind their masks, the men drink and draw their weapons at the slightest provocation,while the women are given the freedom to say and act as they please. Aphra Behn, the first professional female playwright in the English language, lets us see what happens when women are freed from societal conventions to live their lives on their own terms without consideration of social class or fortune! New York Classical Theatre, the company that brought William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Prince of Denmark to life last season, presents The Rover in their signature staging style, panoramic theatre, transforming the space into the wild world of Carnevale in 17th-Century Naples, Italy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Peter Hujar: Portrait of the Life and Death of a Friendship


In the dismal winter of 1980, Peter Hujar and Steve Turtell traveled together to New Orleans to attend Mardi Gras, a trip that had unexpected consequences and redefined their friendship. Turtell will read excerpts from his account of their friendship and the trip, and discuss Hujar’s work in the context of his contradictory personality— sometimes charming, sometimes antagonistic, always brilliant and fascinating. Steve Turtell is a poet who lives in New York City. His first book, Heroes and Householders was published in 2009 by Orchard House Press. His 2001 chapbook, Letter to Frank O'Hara is the 2010 winner of the Rebound Chapbook Prize given by Seven Kitchens Press and will be reissued with an introduction by Joan Larkin in 2011. He is currently at work on Peter Hujar: Portrait of the Life and Death of a Friendship, a memoir of his friendship with the photographer Peter Hujar. Peter Hujar (1937-1987) is best known for his powerful portraits of downtown New York personalities of the 1970’s and 80’s. His books include Portraits in Life and Death, Peter Hujar: Animals and Nudes; Peter Hujar: A Retrospective, and most recently Peter Hujar: Night. His work has been the subject of major retrospectives at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Fotomuseum in Winterthur, Switzerland. In 2005-2006 PS1 exhibited an important survey of his work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | Sid Viscous! Comedy Show


One of the boldest and most inventive improv teams to ever hit a New York City stage, SidViscous! returns with THE FEVER DREAM: a spontaneous, stream-of-conciousness journey into the uncharted recesses of the mind.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Faculty Recital - Irina Morozova, piano CANCELLED!!


A stellar musical event. A concert showcasing the artistry of internationally acclaimed performers and distinguished faculty members at a leading New York conservatory.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Ursula Knoll's The Road to Happiness, a Dark Comedy about Relationships


US premiere. Taking cues from Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde, The Road to Happiness follows four characters caught up in personal quandaries on their very own roads to happiness – in search of success, beauty, purpose, and fulfillment. This staged reading offers American audiences a glimpse of Austrian mentalities at work.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Talk | Celebrate MESSENGER!


On March 17, 2011, the MESSENGER spacecraft will enter orbit about the innermost planet, Mercury, and become the first craft ever to do so. A critical 15-minute orbital maneuver will initiate a one-year science campaign to understand the innermost planet. The MESSENGER spacecraft, developed under NASA’s Discovery Program and launched over six years ago, is the first space probe to investigate Mercury in more than 30 years. Join Denton Ebel, associate curator in the Museum’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Director of Astrovisualization Carter Emmart as they share the details of this maneuver and watch a live video feed from the Mission Operations Center as we hear the results. Cafe will offer refreshments for purchase from 8 - 10 pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
fee

Concert | Escher String Quartet performs works by Beethoven and Mendelssohn


Program: BEETHOVEN: Quartet in F minor, Op. 95, “Serioso” MENDELSSOHN: Quartet in D major, Op. 44, No. 1 The highly acclaimed Escher Quartet, a recent graduate of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s international roster of CMS2 artists, draws inspiration from their namesake, Dutch artist M.C. Escher, by highlighting the interplay between individual musical components working together to form a whole. With: Adam Barnett-Hart, violin; Wu Jie, violin; Pierre LaPointe, viola; and Dane Johansen, cello.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:30 pm
Free

Jazz | 5/5/5 After Hours Set


A great way to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular views of Manhattan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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Performance | New Team Lunacy Comedy Show


All you need to do is show up. Don't have an improv group? We'll put you in one! Have a team then bring them down! Five teams get to play for ten minutes each, and everyone has fun. Work on your skills and meet some great new people. New Team Lunacy, hosted by Kelly Kreye and Chris O'Neil!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
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