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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on February 17, 2022?

33 free events take place on Thursday, February 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 February 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 February . 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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33 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Thursday, February 17, 2022

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Conference | Black Germany and Beyond (online through Feb. 20)


A four day virtual conference will be the culmination of a yearlong event series, “ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER,” and in celebration of Black History Month 2022. Film links with passwords will be made available to registrants ahead of the conference for viewing. See link for more details.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 am
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Workshop | Exploring the Power of Mindfulness (online)


ERM Mindfulness is an online program designed with positive psychology insights and neuroscience research to help participants to experience the present moment with increased acceptance, nurturing curiosity and promoting collaboration. Our minds have a natural tendency to wander. Now with the challenges that come from increased time spent at home and away from in-person activities, we have an opportunity to develop a greater sense of wellbeing and interconnectedness by training our minds to become more aware and less judgmental. By cultivating awareness of emotions while reinforcing positive values and goals, students will have an opportunity to practice mindful listening and meditation in 3 sections: Clarity: focused attention and open monitoring guided meditations Compassion: active listening and self-compassion for collaboration Creativity: leadership communication and visualization With: Rajiah Williams Leong
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
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Discussion | Youth in India and China: Hopes and Anxieties Amidst Global Change (online)


Why and how do the hopes and anxieties of young people in India and China matter to their nations and to the world? Young people in China and India are poised to define their countries’ futures and roles on the world stage. Their aspirations impact everything from education and economics to social views and technology trends. Why and how do the hopes and anxieties of these young people matter to their nations and to the world? Join two young authors as they provide insights gleaned through their exhaustive research and interviews with young people of the two most populous nations in the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Master Class | Strings Master Class With Mihaela Martin


Master Class: Mihaela Martin, Strings. At the age of 19, Mihaela Martin won second prize in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, which was followed by further main prizes in Montreal, Sion and Brussels. Being awarded first prize in the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis launched her international career. Mihaela Martin has performed with leading orchestras such as the BBC Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. She has worked with conductors such as Kurt Masur, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Charles Dutoit and Neeme Järvi. In the past season Mihaela Martin not only performed as a soloist but also appeared at chamber music festivals in Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom, France, Israel, Germany, Greece, Romania and Switzerland. Together with Daniel Austrich, Nobuko Imai and Frans Helmserson, she is a permanent member of the Michelangelo String Quartet, which she helped to found in 2003.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Discussion | Climate Adaptation and Urban-Rural Transformations in the Horn of Africa (online)


The Horn of Africa has for decades been one of the continent's fastest changing and most turbulent regions. It is also still a disproportionately rural region, with tens of millions of subsistence farmers and pastoralists who have extensive experience with weathering meteorological variability but who, for a host of reasons, are nonetheless among the world's most vulnerable populations in the face of climatic upheaval. This panel featuring some of the region's leading experts on sustainable development will take stock of ongoing efforts to adapt to intensifying climatic changes and the parallel challenges of strengthening sustainable livelihoods in remote rural areas and the Horn's rapidly growing cities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Photography from James Van Der Zee to Dawoud Bey (online)


From formal portraiture to street photography to conceptual art, Black artists have held an important place in the history of photography. Teaching Fellow Ayanna Dozier explores the some of the significant contributions and innovations in photography that Black artists have made from the early 20th century to the present day.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Discussion | Violence, Politics, and the Graphic Novel (online)


Image-text forms--like comics, caricatures, etc.--have long been a venue for depicting historical violence in wartime propaganda or in stand-out examples like Francisco Goya's woodcuts. Since Art Spiegelman first made waves with Maus, graphic novels have become an important venue for representing historical violence, and this is especially the case in French, where popular graphic novels often represent conflicts as diverse as the Algerian War, the Lebanese Civil War, or the Iranian Revolution. This panel brings together several eminent specialists in comic and graphic novels studies and in French and Comparative Literature.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Discussion | Where Do I Belong? Holocaust Survivors Return to Vienna (online)


What prompted Viennese Jews to return to their home city after the devastation of the Holocaust? What were their hopes, and what did they find? In this conversation with historian Prof Albert Lichtblau, Dr Elizabeth Anthony draws upon her new book, The Compromise of Return, to plumb survivors’ experiences of re-rooting in a post-Nazi society.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Pop-Up Lunch Time Concert


Ice Theatre of New York (ITNY) presents pop-up lunch time concerts. While program for specific dates to be decided, potential repertory works to be performed include; Arctic Memory, by award-winning dancer/choreographer Jody Sperling which is an environmentally conscious creation. Arctic Memory had its genesis in a 43-day polar science mission north of the Arctic Circle in which Ms. Sperling was the first, and to date only choreographer-in-residence aboard a US Coast Guard icebreaker. Imagine by Kate Mangiardi in which she is in a demonstration of fancy figures into graceful edge movements to the music of "Imagine" composed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono and recorded by Eva Cassidy. When Atoms Embrace is an acclaimed solo choreographed and costumed by original John Curry Theatre of Skating member, Lorna Brown. Ms. Brown is an artist with a deep interest and knowledge in science. The piece is set to Music by Arvo Part's "Spiegel im Spiegel" and was inspired by a poem Ms. Brown wrote herself. ITNY performers include Olympian Kaitlyn Weaver, ITNY Ensemble members Armen Agaian, Danil Berdnikov, Sarah France, Valerie Levine, Liz Schmidt, and young ice dance apprentices Oona and Gage Brown.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:40 pm
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Discussion | A Shameful Legacy: Japanese American Incarceration in the United States (online)


On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which led to over 100,000 people of Japanese descent being forcibly removed from their homes to incarceration camps all over the Western United States. The executive order was influenced by prevalent anti-Asian prejudice. Since that time, Asian Americans have faced ongoing prejudice and hatred. During the COVID-19 pandemic, hate crimes against Asian Americans have risen dramatically, making it more important than ever to talk about these issues. This is a program commemorating the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 and discussing the continuing violence and bigotry against Asian Americans. The program will consist of a conversation between Sam Mihara, who was a child prisoner at Heart Mountain Wyoming camp; John C. Yang, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC; and Eric L. Muller, Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Law in Jurisprudence and Ethics at the University of North Carolina School of Law. They will be interviewed by distinguished journalist Ann Curry.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | Suites and Sonatas with Members of Juilliard415 (in-person and online)


Program: Élisabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729) Sonate en Trio no. III in D from the Brossard Collection (1695) Marin Marais (1656–1728) Movements from the 2nd Suite for 3 viols in G Majorrom Quatrième livre des Pièces de Viole (1717) Jacquet de la Guerre Suite from Céphale et Procris (1694) Ellen Sauer ~ flute Carmen Lavada Johnson-Pàjaro ~ violin Adrienne Hyde ~ viola da gamba Kevin C. Devine ~ harpsichord Chelsea Bernstein ~ viola da gamba Ian van Maaren ~ viola da gamba Carmen Lavada Johnson-Pàjaro ~ violin Alyssa Campbell ~ violin Gaia Saetermoe-Howard ~ oboe Ellen Sauer ~ flute Aaron Goler ~ bassoon
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:15 pm
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Book Discussion | 2 Novelists on Love and Disaster (online)


Two masterful novelists and Turkish-born feminists, Ayşegül Savaş and Elif Shafak, have a conversation on their recent novels—two works of deep vulnerability and mesmerizing style. In Savaş’s White on White, a student moves to the city to research Gothic nudes and rents an apartment from a painter, Agnes, whose stories are frenetic; her art scattered and unfinished, white paint on a white canvas. What emerges is the menacing sense that every life is always at the edge of disaster, no matter its seeming stability. In Shafak’s The Island of Missing Trees, two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna and grow in their forbidden love for each other. There, a fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, and when the teenagers vanish. Writer and editor Adam Dalva will moderate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Book Discussion | The Dragoman Renaissance: Diplomatic Interpreters and the Routes of Orientalism (online)


Pier Mattia Tommasino (Columbia University) in conversation with Natalie Rothman (University of Toronto) and Youssef Ben Ismail (Columbia University) on the occasion of the publication of Rothman’s book.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:30 pm
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Discussion | Recalibrating for a Better New York (online)


How do we recalibrate reality to create a better, brighter future for New York? Scott Rechler, chair of the Regional Plan Association and CEO of RXR Realty, hosts a conversation series with leading thinkers and decision-makers to tackle this crucial question. His guest: Sandeep Mathrani of WeWork.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | Afrofuturism: Blackness Revisualized (online)


Curator, filmmaker and artist Celia C. Peters in a live-streamed discussion with artists, academics, authors and changemakers at the forefront of Afrofuturist thought as part of the “Afrofuturism: Blackness Revisualized” film festival.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Lecture | The Islands: Deinstitutionalization, Social Exclusion, and Discrimination (online)


This presentation will provide a framing of the historical context, the practices, policies, structures and institutions that have contributed to disenfranchising stigmatized populations in islands across the NYC region, with an emphasis on Staten Island. Speaker Mayra López-Humphreys is an Associate Professor of Social Work at The College of Staten Island.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Discussion | Meet the Pakistani American Filmmakers of Today (online)


Film can give a voice to communities, build bridges between different groups, and provide authentic representation. Find out how three Pakistani Americans decided to become filmmakers and what role they see film playing in building bridges between American and Pakistani cultures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
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Discussion | In Their Own Words: The Legacy of Black and African American Artists


This intergenerational panel discussion of multidisciplinary Black and African American artists will develop a dialogue focused on the lived experiences of Black and African American artists, including themes of inspiration, identity, visibility, resilience, social justice and wisdom. Hosted by Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at SVA. Participants include Rob Fields, director of the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling; Dr. Georgette Grier Key, director of the Eastville Historical Society; TJ Sterling, comics creator and entrepreneur; and designer, consultant, writer and educator Michele Washington.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Jazz | Jazz Veteran Who's Played with Jimi Hendrix and George Benson


A much-loved figure in the uptown community, he has played with legendary figures like Bobby "Blue" Bland, Jimi Hendrix, George Benson, Art Farmer and Dizzy Gillespie. This special event features the full lineup of his band.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:30 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Don Porcella: Healthy Planet


Whimsical, imaginative animals and organisms populate the gallery landscape providing a momentary escape from the winter streets of Chelsea. These carefully crafted creatures offer suggestive touchstones–– meeting points–– that could pull together and, possibly, unite even the most divided opinions under the umbrella of environmental stewardship.  Entirely fabricated from pipe cleaners, these sculptures originate in Porcella’s interest in folk art as a medium that can speak to a wide audience outside of traditional artist networks.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Pollak's Arm: A Novel of Rome in Wartime


Author Hans von Trotha's enthralling work of historical fiction is centered on one of the greatest masterpieces of all time. October 16, 1943, inside the Vatican as darkness descends upon Rome. Having been alerted to the Nazi plan to round up the city's Jewish population the next day, Monsignor F. dispatches an envoy to a nearby palazzo to bring Ludwig Pollak and his family to safety within the papal premises. But Pollak shows himself in no hurry to leave his home and accept the eleventh-hour offer of refuge. Pollak's visitor is obliged to take a seat and listen as he recounts his life story: how he studied archaeology in Prague, his passion for Italy and Goethe, how he became a renowned antiquities dealer and advisor to great collectors like J. P. Morgan and the Austro-Hungarian emperor after his own Jewishness barred him from an academic career, and finally his spectacular discovery of the missing arm from the majestic ancient sculpture of Laocoön and his sons. Torn between hearing Pollak's spellbinding tale and the urgent mission to save the archaeologist from certain annihilation, the Vatican's anxious messenger presses him to make haste and depart. This stunning novel illuminates the chasm between civilization and barbarism by spotlighting a little-known figure devoted to knowledge and the power of artistic creation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Indigenous Futures (online)


This will be a Q&A panel event with four Indigenous climate activists. The focus of this event will be to hear Indigenous perspectives on climate change and to create a space where Indigenous voices are centered within the climate conversation. Right now, Indigenous communities protect 80% of the world’s biodiversity and indigenous technologies are used in climate adaptation efforts; however, Indigenous activists are seldom given the same platforms and support as white activists. This panel will provide the Columbia Climate Conversations community with the opportunity to consider how sustainability, resilience and world-building look from diverse Indigenous perspectives.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Reclaiming and Remaking Development (online)


If ‘racism and colonialism still rule the world’ and ‘colonial logic and neocolonialism’ shape global development, as Kehinde Andrews argues in his recent book New Age of Empire, what is the alternative? What are the implications for how international affairs and development paradigms and policies are to be reshaped? Recent debates and analysis have exposed the 'coloniality of power,' or the intersectional hierarchies, epistemic violence, supremacist ideologies and power structures rooted in colonial histories that permeate both academic disciplines and policymaking from the state to international organizations. What are the growing calls to 'decolonize' the knowledge systems and praxis of international affairs demanding and interrogating? How should the New International Economic Order and the Right to Development be recalibrated from their earlier incarnations? Sakiko Fukuda-Parr will be in conversation with Kehinde Andrews, Jayati Ghosh, and Bhumika Muchhala about the vision of a decolonial development agenda.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Book Discussion | Washington at the Plow: Agriculture and Slavery in the New Nation (online)


For more than forty years, George Washington was dedicated to an innovative and experimental course of farming at Mount Vernon, where he sought to demonstrate the public benefits of recent advances in British agriculture. In this lecture, Ragsdale will discuss these methods of British agricultural improvement and how they also shaped Washington’s management of enslaved labor. With author Bruce Ragsdale.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Washington at the Plow: Agriculture and Slavery in the New Nation (online)


For more than forty years, George Washington was dedicated to an innovative and experimental course of farming at Mount Vernon, where he sought to demonstrate the public benefits of recent advances in British agriculture. In this lecture, Bruce Ragsdale will discuss these methods of British agricultural improvement and how they also shaped Washington’s management of enslaved labor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Staged Reading | On the Flip Side: Jukebox Musical by a Writer for The Simpsons


A jukebox musical featuring famous one-hit wonders. It tells the story of Elijah, a self-centered singer who finds himself cursed with only one hit song. He has been compelled to sing it for thirty years at oldies festivals, state fairs, and shopping malls. Desperate and miserable, he seeks the help of a quirky gypsy fortune teller, who sets him out on a quest of redemption to undo the curse. The show was conceived and written by Gary Apple, whose credits include The Simpsons and the twisted Off-Broadway holiday musical Christmas In Hell. Featuring One-Hit Wonders from the 1960s - 2010 including: Love Potion #9 * Bittersweet Symphony * Spirit In The Sky Wipeout! * Judy In Disguise * Macarena * Windmills Of Your Mind
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Poetry Reading | Paradise: Reimagining Eden


Victoria Redel launch of her fourth collection of poems. Victoria will be joined by celebrated poets Marie Howe and Padráig Ó Tuama, who will join Victoria in reading their work, and discuss the themes their works share around reimagining Eden, expulsions, re-contextualizing the Bible, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | The Family Chao: Gripping Literary Mystery (online)


Lan Samantha Chang triumphantly returns with a “gorgeous and gripping literary mystery” and one of the most anticipated novels in 2022. The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao Restaurant’s delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, happy to ignore any unsavory whispers about the family owners, but when brash, charismatic, and tyrannical patriarch Leo Chao is found dead, presumed murdered, his sons discover that they’ve drawn the exacting gaze of the entire town.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | All the Flowers Kneeling: Award-Winning Poetry


The first Asian American since 1993—and first transgender poet ever—to win the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam, Paul Tran’s poems employ deceptively simple forms to investigate intergenerational trauma, sexual violence, and U.S. imperialism in order to radically alter our understanding of freedom, power, and control.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Film | Grand Central (2013): Nuclear Worker Makes Disturbing Discoveries (online through Feb. 20)


Gary begins working at a nuclear power plant and discovers radiation poisoning is an everyday hazard. To make his new life worse, he beings to fall in love with his supervisor's girlfriend. Director: Rébecca Zlotowski Stars: Tahar Rahim, Léa Seydoux, Olivier Gourmet 94 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Comedy Club | Bomb Shelter Comedy Show


Bomb Shelter is a free weekly comedy show in New York City where you’ll find some of the best comedians performing. Expect free pizza.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Three Funerals and a Chimp: Stand-Up Comedy (in-person and online)


Three Funerals and a Chimp is Brian Schiller's autobiographical stand-up comedy about the deaths of his mother and brother which precipitated his move to Southern Florida and becoming a live-in caregiver to his dad for four years before his passing. Brian goes on an unexpected journey in this sometimes philosophical, sometimes unflattering, funny search for meaning and truth. "Very nicely written and well delivered." - Joe Bolster, Comedian Full vaccination, valid ID and masks required.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:45 pm
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