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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 22, 2012?

46 free events take place on Saturday, September 22 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 September 22 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 September . 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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46 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Saturday, September 22, 2012

All events are free unless otherwise noted.
        

Conference | A New German Critique: Cinema and the Legacies of Critical Theory


9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. 1. Vernacular Modernism I 11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. 2. Vernacular Modernism II 2:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. 3. Early Cinema 4:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. 4. Intellectual Investments
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Workshop | Health and Race Walking


Enjoy views of the Park's landscapes as you get fit. Coach Lon Wilson of the New York Walkers Club leads walks at a moderate to brisk pace over mostly flat surfaces. Wear comfortable sneakers! Ages 18+.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
Free

Other | Tatzu Nishi: Discovering Columbus: Visit the Famous Statue Up Close and 70 Feet in the Air


This major new artwork has been created by the Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi. The work places the 13-foot-tall statue of Columbus in the center of an American living room six stories above the city streets, recontextualizing the historical monument and temporarily transforming it into a contemporary artwork. The room will feature many of the trappings of a domestic living room—lamps, a couch, a coffee table, a television, and more—as well as custom wallpaper by the artist. Through large, loft-style windows, visitors will have dramatic views of Central Park and Midtown Manhattan that will be seen from Columbus’s perspective for the first time. Pass holders are asked to climb six flights of stairs to a height of 70 feet above street level and to descend by a second set of stairs. Flat, rubber-soled shoes are strongly recommended. This exhibition is ADA accessible. If a visitor requires the use of a mobility device (e.g. wheelchair, crutches, or a cane) or has a condition that prevents him or her from using the stairs, a hoist is available. Visitors under 13 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Those between the ages of 13 and 18 may visit without an adult, however a parent or guardian must obtain a pass for them. Given the physical demands of visiting the exhibition, it is not recommended for children under the age of 5. Strollers are not permitted.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Workshop | Drawing in the Park


Sketch and paint the Hudson River and neighboring parks with an artist/educator. Materials provided. For adults.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Fair | Health Fair & Carnival, an Exciting Day of Fitness and Well-Being Treatments


Landscaped gardens and waterfront views provide an inspiring backdrop for a day of well-being and fitness, including ree fitness evaluations, blood pressure and body fat calculations, posture analysis, and stress tests. Enjoy free well-being treatments such as chair massage, aromatherapy, and meditation. Wear workout gear and try free demo fitness classes in Zumba at 12:30PM and Electro Yoga at 1:30PM. Bring the kids for a fun day of carnival games like balloon toss and hula hoop contests kicked off by a 10AM Jump Fitness class, created just for kids, to spark their enthusiasm for fitness and healthy living. Everything is free - admission, health screenings, well-being treatments, participation in fitness classes and all kids' activities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Kayaking on the Hudson


Join 20-minute instructional paddles, and explore the Hudson River first-hand. Please wear a bathing suit or shorts and a t-shirt, and know how to swim. Weather permitting. Kayaks and life vests provided.
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10:00 am
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Festival | Outdoor Art Show


Visit the City's premiere open-air juried Art Show, now celebrating its 40th year!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Book Discussion | Book Club: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain


A deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Tour | “A Road Once Traveled” Tour


Holding the Park's northern highlands was key in the American Revolution and the War of 1812 because armies could see their enemies approach as they sailed down the East River. History buffs will love this tour.
   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

Park Walk | Garden Tour


Experience the Park's only formal garden with the Garden staff. See exuberant perennial and annual beds, and delight in an abundance of color and fragrance while learning about the Garden's history and design.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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City Walk | Manhattan Statues & Outdoor Monuments Walk


Upper West Side area (59th St to 120th St). Moderate walking, some hills, about 4-5 hours. Walk up Broadway to Lincoln Center over to Riverside Drive and up the Hudson River. Go up through Columbia University to Grant’s Tomb. Bring lunch, water, binoculars/camera. Heavy rain cancels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$3

Workshop | Yoga with Deepti


This yoga series is ideal for anyone new to yoga and interested in its benefits, this beginner level Yoga class will help you build strength, increase flexibility, and find focus. This class is moderately paced so you will learn the fundamental Yoga postures and principles that create a successful and effective yoga practice. Please bring a towel or yoga mat to class.
   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.
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1:00 pm
$6

Film | Christopher Nolan's Oscar Winner The Dark Knight (2008): The Joker Attacks


Stars Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart. When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level. 152 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Performance | David Levine's Habit, a Durational Performance Installation


Habit is a durational performance installation created by provocateur David Levine, with a commissioned script by playwright Jason Grote (NBC’s Smash) and environment by Marsha Ginsberg. Within a four-walled, fully furnished and functional American ranch house (stocked refrigerator, working stove, plumbing, running water), three actors perform a 90-minute drama on a continuous loop for eight hours a day. Although the language never changes, they improvise the staging to suit their needs—when they’re hungry, they cook; when they’re dirty, they wash. Spectators will circulate around the outside of the house, observing the action through the open windows and doors. A play contained within a sculpture, Habit fuses conventional theater, reality TV, and visual arts performance, short-circuiting our assumptions about spectatorship, performance, routine, and realism.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Film | Sam Wood's Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939): Life of a Teacher


Stars Robert Donat, Greer Garson and Terry Kilburn. An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades. 114 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Festival | The FAB! Festival


An annual celebration of Lower East Side arts & culture. FREE live entertainment on multiple outdoor stages, as well as inside the intimate theaters, will showcase what was recently dubbed "the new Broadway of New York City." Featuring performances of dance, theater, music, art installations, local artisans & gourmet food vendors, workshops, and hands-on-activities for all ages, the FAB! Festival presents new and exciting experiences for residents and visitors.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Park Walk | “Cross Park Promenade” Tour


You'll be amazed at what you'll see.... a hidden bench that tells time, miniature boats powered by the wind, a magnificent sculpture celebrating fresh water, and a glorious drinking fountain for the city's equine population. These are just some of the the sites along the way on this east to west walk through the park. Tour is approximately one hour long.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Artist Kabir Carter presents workshops and an installation


After meeting at Building 110: LMCC's Arts Center on Governors Island, participants will be led to Yankee Pier where they will listen to sounds traveling in the air and water enveloping Governors Island. Hydrophones will be used to hear acoustic events within Buttermilk Channel. The channel is a strait, and changes in the channel’s salinity and temperature alter sound’s behavior. Through focused listening, an underwater soundscape will be revealed.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | Hispanic Heritage Month Concert


A gargantuan blowout Hispanic Heritage Month concert with 11 new, young Hispanic bands, singers and dancers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Poetry Reading | Poetry Reading Inspired by the Art of Mark di Suvero


With Yusef Komunyakaa, Tan Lin, Paul Muldoon and Brenda Shaughnessy. Poets House and the Storm King Art Center are proud to present a unique poetry event inspired by the outdoor exhibition of Mark di Suvero’s sculptures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Union Square: Crossroads of New York


The tour explores the social and political history of the Union Square neighborhood through discussions of the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped this community. You’ll hear how Union Square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on “The Metronome” sculpture and so much more!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Discussion | An Artist Dialogue : Morgan O'Hara and Stephen Maine


In her LIVE TRANSMISSION series of works in graphite on paper, Morgan O’Hara tracks the movement in real time of a subject/collaborator, compressing into a single image a record of prolonged activity. Her approach to drawing as a mode of performance situates her within the current discussion around drawing’s more unconventional manifestations. Artist and critic Stephen Maine joins O’Hara to discuss her exhibitions LIVE TRANSMISSION: New Yorkers Reading as part of Art in the Windows and Art Wall on Third exhibition series at Mid-Manhattan Library, and the uses to which drawing may be put as a form of research into the visible world, inquiry into the invisible, and communication between the two realms.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Screening | Silent Clowns Film Series


With: STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. (Directed by Charles F. Reisner, 1928) with Buster Keaton JUST A HUSBAND (Directed by Harry Sweet, 1927) with Arthur Housman
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Park Walk | The Art of the Park Tour


Walk and learn about the intricate design of the Park's web of pastoral landscapes and formal romantic vistas.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Theater | Jason and the Argonauts, Performed by the Faux-Real Theatre Company


With the goal of making classical theater dynamic, relevant and just plain fun, the Faux-Real Theatre Company presents a Greek classic.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Concert | Blues: Rory Block / Heritage Blues Trio


Rory Block comes to the stage with more than twenty highly acclaimed releases under her belt and five Blues Music Awards. Block has staked her claim to be one of America’s top acoustic blues women, an interpreter of the great Delta blues singers, a slide guitarist par excellence, and also a talented songwriter on her own account. Heritage Blues Trio is an inspiring testament to the enduring power, possibilities and boundless beauty of African-American music. Junior Mack is a self-taught and gifted vocalist and guitarist; Bill Sims Jr. a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist and an internationally respected master of blues; and sister Chaney Sims has a voice steeped in field hollers, work songs, spirituals, blues, soul and R&B.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Concert | Concert on Water


The concert is at the coolest classical music concerts location in New York City. Program and musicians TBA.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | How to Save at Least 50% Every Time You Grocery Shop


"The purpose of this workshop is to introduce shoppers on how to prepare a shopping list in advance and guide shoppers through the supermarket showing them how to shop smart, stay alert and aware of special saving opportunities, and to utilize coupons and sales to the very best of their ability. It also includes everything from refunds, seasonal savings, to store rewards, the latest in Internet deals like electronic and printable coupons, finding coupons in unusual places, loyalty and frequent flyer programs and so much more." Susan Samtur is nationally recognized at the "Coupon Queen" and has been helping consumers save money at the checkout for over 30 years. She has been featured on Regis Philbin, Oprah Winfrey and Good Morning America.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Perception and Imagination Workshop


The New York City-based singer-songwriter Eleanor Dubinsky will teach adults and children a musical workshop on the relationship between music and visual art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Student Piano Recitals


3:00 PM - Brian Ge, Piano 5:00 PM - Elbert Gong, Piano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Workshop | Tae Kwon Do Workshop


Teaches the fundamentals of discipline, balance, health and wellness.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Concert | Saturday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the Organ on the 101 rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ Builders.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Group Exhibition: Awakened


An exhibition comprised of artwork from over 50 artists. Pia Salk, Adopt-a-Pet.com spokesperson and animal welfare expert will host a live auction.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Dance Safari!


Come explore the park and search out 5 site-specific modern dance pieces choreographed for the park's guided Dance Safari walk. Wear comfortable shoes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Opening Reception | 3 Art Shows: robbinchilds / Christopher Duffy / Jong Oh


robbinschilds' "I came here on my own." began on residency in Christchurch, New Zealand. Presented as a four-channel installation, the video's loop perpetuates a seemingly endless quest for something greater. The journey is left intentionally open, at once evoking legend, myth, and fable while simultaneously re-contextualizing the archetypal concepts of man in nature, lone traveler and conquering hero. Christopher Duffy's "I Think I Want My Energy In All Colors" is a series of new glass sculptures presented together as a dynamic installation. Suspended from the ceiling of the storefront Project Space, a mechanized series of glass vessels turn on an axis, shimmering and reflecting against the windows. A collection of tubes, acting as a sculptural circulatory system, pass air through glass vessels encased in brightly colored balloons. Expanding and contracting, these inorganic organisms breathe, giving the installation its own heartbeat and pulse. Jong Oh's "Position, Reposition" is a new site-specific installation. Oh's interventions utilize relatable materials, twine, chair legs, weights, brass knobs -- not manipulated beyond their found state -- in ways that complicate our relationship to everyday objects. Performing a "call and response" with the existing architecture of the Musée Miniscule, Oh's installation evokes and plays with the reductive formalism of Minimalist sculpture.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Performance | Messages for World Peace Featuring the Inamori Art Project Group


Commemorate the International Day of Peace 2012 with an event highlighting the devastating impact of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Inamori Art Project Group has brought us a play of beauty with musical performances and dance to inspire and entertain.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Screening | Solar-Powered Film Series: Eco-Docs


The Film Series returns for one week of dance films and live performances, and one week of cutting-edge environmental features and shorts. Expect trivia, expert speakers, Q&As with the directors - and fresh-made popcorn!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | New York Piano Society in Concert


Featuring outstanding concert performers of the New York Piano Society whose primary professions lie in areas other than music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation...

Theater | Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand Giving Thanks to the Godhead (in the Lydian Mode), a New Stage Comedy


With Ayn Rand in the headlines this week thanks to Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, a new stage comedy premiering next month will put a fresh and funny spotlight on the right-wing diva. From the provocateurs who won acclaim with The Ted Haggard Monologues and the Wall Street satire Righteous Money - longtime collaborators Michael Crowley and Michael Rau.
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
Free

Performance | Comedy: Get Off The Internet Reading


A reading by your favorite Internet writers. Hosted by Gaby Dunn (Thought Catalog, The New York Times Magazine) and Ryan O’Connell (Thought Catalog).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
$5

Concert | Malý velký svět (Small Big World): A Concert Beyond Borders


A concert in connection with the exhibition Orbis Pictus - Play Well.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | New Juilliard Ensemble performs works by Asian and Southern Pacific composers


Program: CHINO TOLEDO (Philippines) Mga Sulyap sa Simbahan ng Quapo Mula so Kalve Echague (Glimpses of Quiapo Church from Echague Street) (2004)* ANDREW FORD (Australia) The Unquiet Grave for viola and sinfonietta (1998)* MENACHEM ZUR (Israel) Cartoons for voice and chamber orchestra (2005-2008)* DU YUN (China/United States) Impeccable Quake (2000) CHINARY UNG (Cambodia/United States) Rain of Tears (2006)** * United States premiere ** New York premiere With: Joel Sachs, conductor; Jocelin Pan, viola; Davone Tines, bass-baritone.
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8:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Johnny Velvet and the Moonbeams


Johnny Velvet and the Moonbeams is an improv group featuring Michelle Ciotta, Dylan Donahue, Keith Kingbay, Justin Lamb, and Sean O’Reilly. Johnny Velvet himself is currently teaching children in the Sudan to Rollerblade.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 pm
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Performance | Comedy: Lucas Hazlett Presents 29 Candles


Most people put candles on a cake to signify their age. Not Lucas. He’s putting improvisers on a stage. Come and watch as 29 improvisers take the underground stage to celebrate Lucas’s 29th birthday, one year before he promised his 20-year-old self he’d commit suicide at 30 if he didn’t feel life was worth living.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 pm
$5
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