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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 11, 2013?

49 free events take place on Wednesday, September 11 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 11 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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49 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, September 11, 2013

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free events nyc Baroque and 20th-century violin works
free events nyc 9/11 Concert: The Heart of Jazz
free events nyc 100 Events That Define the Aftermath of 9/11 in New York City: A New York City Autograph Collector’s Journey
free events nyc Parallel Stories: The World Trade Center and Battery Park City
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Workshop | Spring Into Yoga


Teachers trained in different styles will be giving classes throughout the afternoon, with the scenic park lake in the background. Please bring your own mat, as there will be none provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
$10 suggested donation...

Workshop | Catch & Release Fishing


Grab a pole and relax on the Harlem Meer while you wait for a bite from one of the many species of fish that live in its diverse aquatic ecosystem! Poles available to borrow; must release fish after catching them. Free for families and individuals; groups larger than 5 must reserve at least 2 weeks in advance. Adult with photo I.D. must accompany all children.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free

Tour | Greenwich Village 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Fair | New York Motorexpo


The 2013 New York Motorexpo will transform New York’s premier business district with the free-to-visit display of the latest vehicles from many of the world’s leading motor manufacturers. Get unrivalled access to the exteriors and interiors of the most exciting models from BMW, Cadillac, Ford, Lincoln, MINI, Mercedes-Benz, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Other | Attend a Taping of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, with Cedric “The Entertainer”


Attend a live taping of Who Wants to be a Millionaire with new host Cedric "The Entertainer." You are guaranteed to laugh yourself silly. Studio audience members will also have the opportunity to audition to be on the show.
   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

Workshop | Elements of Nature Drawing


Enjoy drawing nature in the parks and gardens with an artist/educator. Materials provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Park Pétanque


Learn to play pétanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie from members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC’s championship-winning club.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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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" Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
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Concert | Concert: Cajun and Louisiana Swing


Featuring The Catahoula Cajun Band and The Hot Sardines. Accompanying the musicians is YogaWorks, which will hold free restorative stretch sessions in between music sets for people looking for some lunch time relaxation. Additionally, local restaurants will offer free lemonade to help yoga enthusiasts and music lovers cool down.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

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. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Park Walk | Northern Forts Tour


History buffs will love this tour of the Harlem Meer and its environs, which were key lands in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Route involves many hills and stairs. 60 minutes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Concert | Baroque and 20th-century violin works


Unique variety of classical, contemporary, and jazz music inspired and heavily influenced by dance. This performance brings virtuosity to the fore with a program of Baroque and 20th-century works featuring the violin.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:30 pm
Free

Concert | Dan Manjovi, Award-Winning Pianist & Film-Song Composer


Dan Manjovi is an award-winning musician and composer, and a New York favorite. His song Somethin's Comin' My Way is featured in the film and soundtrack to the 2009 Oscar-award winning Lionsgate film Precious. As a solo artist singer/songwriter he has released two solo albums, Dan Manjovi (2005), and Woke Up This Morning (2008).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Grand Central Terminal Tour


Tour of this magnificent Beaux-Arts landmark.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

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

Jazz | Midtown Jazz


A jazz concert for the midtown community. These popular midday concerts feature well-regarded artists. The programming is overseen by jazz pianist Ronny Whyte.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour


It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free

Other | Attend a Taping of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, with Cedric “The Entertainer”


Attend a live taping of Who Wants to be a Millionaire with new host Cedric "The Entertainer." You are guaranteed to laugh yourself silly. Studio audience members will also have the opportunity to audition to be on the show.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Workshop | Figure Al Fresco


Learn figure drawing outdoors with a clothed model and an artist/educator. Materials provided.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Lecture | Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner presents 'The Next 60 Years of Molecular Biology - The Revolution in Medicine"


A presentation of the 2013 Cartwright Prize Lectures on 9/11.
   New York City, NY; NYC
4:30 pm
Free

Opening Reception | 2 Art Shows: Biala and Brustlein / Robert Kulicke


Biala and Brustlein - An exhibition of portrait and landscape paintings by Biala and her husband Daniel Brustlein. Robert Kulicke: Paintings and Works on Paper 1959-1969 - An exhibition of intimate still life paintings by the accomplished post-war artist and framer Robert Kulicke.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Dancing | VolvoTango: Outdoor Dancing


The wooden surface out on the Pier is of an exceptionally good quality. A broad healed dance shoe works fine. In damp conditions a smooth soled rubber shoe is fine and some even like to dance barefoot. The dance area is at the end of the pier under a large tent that both serves as an umbrella and a sound horn. Because of this protection and because of the polishing that regular VolvoTango events give it, the wood is silky smooth and because it's not laid on concrete, the wood is soft, there is almost a sprung-like feel to the floor.
   New York City, NY; NYC
5:00 pm
Free

Book Discussion | Book Group: The Round House by Louise Erdrich


Please join the book discussion group.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Park Walk | Central Park Sunset Tour


Join Free Tours by Foot as they stroll through the park and tell the epic story of New York's green oasis. 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 amongst the world's most famous and beloved public parks. Originally intended to bring people of all walks of life together -- a people's park -- Central Park lives up to it's original designs. 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.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Park Walk | The High Line Sunset Tour


The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, French Cheeses and Russian caviar as well as fresh meats to City markets. The hustle and bustle of the streets induced the City to elevate the railroad trains delivering goods to the commercial buildings. When interstate truck traffic made the railway outdated, it fell into ruin, only to be regenerated as a park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Jazz | 9/11 Concert: The Heart of Jazz


For the ninth consecutive year, nearly 40 of NYC's top jazz artists will gather on 9/11 to mark the anniversary of New York's most tragic day with The Heart of Jazz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | The Pond, the Mirror, the Kaleidoscope,a Group Exhibition


An exhibition of emerging and established painters who graduated from the college and are working in the Symbolist tradition. These “neo-Symbolists” make mythological and dreamlike pictures that challenge prevailing assumptions about narrative, subjectivity and figurative painting itself. Curated by Thomas Woodruff.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | Actors Dianna Agron and John D’Leo discuss their film The Family


Join Dianna Agron ("Glee") and John D’Leo as they discuss their new movie. The offbeat action comedy follows a mafia boss (Robert DeNiro), his wife (Michelle Pfeiffer), and their children (Agron and D’Leo) after they’re relocated to a sleepy French town under the witness protection program.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Ashley Bickerton's Mitochondrial Eve/Viral Mother: Bold, Colorful Portraits


The exhibition will include distinctive, but interrelated bodies of work created over the last two years. Featured is a new series of bold, colorful portraits of women that he refers to as “m-DNA”, a reference to the “Mitochondrial Eve,” a scientific and mathematical theory in the field of genetics that every living human alive today descends from one single woman who lived in East Africa around 100,000 years ago, through the maternal bloodline.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Estelle Freedman discusses her book Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation


Professor Estelle Freedman of Stanford University explores not only the ways in which rape has defined citizenship throughout American history but also how aspiring citizens have tried, repeatedly, to redefine rape. Long before second-wave feminists adopted an anti-rape platform, generations of women’s rights and racial-justice advocates rejected the narrow understanding of rape as a brutal attack on a chaste, unmarried, white woman by a stranger, often depicted as a black man.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Mah Jongg Clinic


Learn the American version of this social, strategy game hailing from China twice a month with free clinics in the park.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | Videos by Nina Könnemann


Könnemann is an astute observer of public spaces and the activities they harbor—or ban. Her observations, however, feed into a highly constructive method. Her videos often focus on one particular type of pursuit, social interaction, or the characteristic of a site, which they single out and highlight in such a way as to render them strange or absurd. These are, for the most part, everyday activities we all know but pay little attention to.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Workshop | Volleyball After Work


Leave your workday behind and join other adults for good-natured, fun, and cooperative pick-up games of VOLLEYBALL in the beautiful outdoors overlooking the Hudson River. Everyone gets to play. Participants will also learn the basic rules and strategies of volleyball. Scorekeeper and volleyballs are provided. No experience is necessary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Slide Lecture | 100 Events That Define the Aftermath of 9/11 in New York City: A New York City Autograph Collector’s Journey


This illustrated lecture introduces the audience to a unique 9/11 aftermath paper ephemera collection of a longtime videographer in New York City. His seven-year archive contains programs, fliers, press releases, participant autographs and more, which he gathered at 220 public and private events concerning 9/11. The scope of this collection is impressive in its size and diversity.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: John McCracken's Works from 1963-2011


Drawn primarily from public and private collections, the exhibition will include both well-known and lesser-seen examples of McCracken’s production from the early 1960s up through his death in 2011. In addition to presenting a range of the artist’s sculptures, a number of his paintings and sketches will be on view in an effort to fully contextualize and demonstrate the wide-ranging breadth of his practice.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Warrior Fitness Class


Join multi-dimensional fitness instructor, Jodi DeCrenza - The Warrior - for a total body workout incorporating the body's natural resistance, yoga, and cardio using light bands and the elements of the earth. You'll build core stability, lean muscle, and gain a life balance. No equipment is necessary for the class. All levels of fitness are welcome.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Workshop | Yoga - Evening Salute to the Sun


End your day with relaxing Hatha yoga in a beautiful sunset setting. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Ben Dolnick reads from his book At the Bottom of Everything


Ben Dolnick, the author of two previous novels, You Know Who You Are and Zoology, unveils his latest - a thrilling novel of friendship, guilt and madness.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Book Signing | Billy Crystal signs copies of his book Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?


Hilarious and heartfelt observations on aging from one of America’s favorite comedians as he turns 65, and a look back at a remarkable career.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Author Reading | Hannah Weyer reads from her book On the Come Up


Hannah Weyer discusses her debut book about a Queens teen with actress Anna Simpson, whose real-life story was the book's inspiration.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Discussion | Parallel Stories: The World Trade Center and Battery Park City


A discussion with Clifford Chanin, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Carol Willis, The Skyscraper Museum, and Charles J. Urstadt, Battery Park City Authority. As One World Trade Center nears completion, celebrate the renewal of Battery Park City’s thriving cultural landscape and explore the neighborhood’s connection to the Trade Center site.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Sunset Pilates


Join Lou Cornacchia, founder of Cobble Hill's Body in Balance Studio, for sunset pilates for an Intermediate Pilates Mat Class. Lou's teaching remains true to the basic tenets established by Joseph Pilates. Students will learn proper technique, core muscle strength, spinal alignment and shoulder stabilization. A few notes: Students should bring a good thick mat and a Dynaband. These items are not available for rental. Classes are open to ages 16 and older. Pilates experience is suggested.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Film | Jamie Meltzer's Informant, an Award-Winning Documentary


A fascinating portrait of Brandon Darby, a radical left-wing activist turned FBI informant. In 2005, Darby became an overnight hero when he traveled to Katrina-devastated New Orleans and braved toxic flood waters to rescue a stranded friend. Soon after, he co-founded Common Ground, a successful grassroots relief organization. But over the next few years, he began hiding a shocking secret. Screening will be followed by a discussion with director Jamie Meltzer and subjects Brandon Darby and David McKay. The discussion will be moderated by journalist/NPR contributor Michael May.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Other | Smart Bombed, a Trivia and Comedy Night


Get ready to transform Wednesday from Hump Day to Fun Day with Smart Bombed, a trivia and comedy night. Each week they have a different theme, from America to Movies to Comics Books and everything in between. Hosted by Calvin S. Cato (Game Show Network) and Justin Murray (Iowa Comedy Festival), the show will have rounds of trivia with comedy in between.
   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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