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FREE things to do today in NYC - Thursday, July 9 2009

By
Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Landmark

Lecture
Jeffrey's Meats of Essex Street Market w/Jeffrey Rhalter
at LES Tenament Museum
108 Orchard St (at Broome St)
Lower East Side/Manhattan
(212) 982-8420
6:30PM

This famed meat market has been an Essex Street Market staple for 70 years (and an LES institution for nearly 90 years). Tonight, owner and butcher Jeffrey Ruhalter talks about the family business and how it has managed to stay in the neighborhood.

Comedy
Summer at Santos
at Santos Party House
100 Lafayette St (at Walker St)
Tribeca/Manhattan
(212) 714-4646
7PM

Brendon Small, creator and voice actor of Adult Swim's Home Movies and Dethklok: Metalocalypse, headlines tonight's installment of the Adult Swim "Summer at Santos" series. Joining him is Paul Green's School of Rock.

Gay
The Tom Ragu Comedy Revue
at the Stonewall Inn
53 Christopher St (at Seventh Ave S)
West Village/Manhattan
(212) 488-2705
7PM

Ragú hosts his weekly riot tonight, with comedic guests Lori Sommer, Ophira Eisenberg, Vicky Kuperman, Danny Leary, Jane Aquilina and Nick Cobb.

Theatre
Broadway in Bryant Park 2009
in Bryant Park
Sixth Ave (at 40th St)
Midtown West/Manhattan
(212) 768-4242
12:30PM

The Great White Way comes to Bryant Park for this annual summer series of weekly performances, sponsored by 106.7 Lite FM. Today, catch numbers from The Phantom of the Opera, Avenue Q, In the Heights, Stomp and The Joe Iconis Rock and Roll Jamboree.

Opera & Classical
Cheltenham College Chamber Choir
at St. Bartholomew's Church
109 E 50th St (b/t Park and Lexington Aves)
Midtown East/Manhattan
(212) 378-0248
12:30PM

A highly regarded English choir comes through town on its American maiden voyage: Conductor Alexander Ffinch will lead a cappella works by Di Lasso, Tallis, Phillips, Holst and Harris.

Exhibit
Mandela Day Installation
at Vanderbilt Hall/Grand Central Terminal
42nd St (b/t Vandervilt and Lexington Aves)
Midtown East/Manhattan
(212) 340-2347
7:30AM-7:30PM

This exhibit, designed by Ralph Appelbaum Associates, looks at the life of former South African president and civil-rights activist Nelson Mandela. The multimedia installation uses six words-act, listen, lead, unite, learn and speak-to explore Mandela's struggles against apartheid, and the ways in which society can act to end racism and other social injustices.

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