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Happy Ending
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B, D at Grand St.; J, M, Z at Bowery
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2nd Wed of Month, 8pm |
Amanda Stern's long-running, twice-monthly reading series encourages its guest authors to take a "public risk" onstage. (McSweeney's jokester Ben Greenman once read his credit-card number, while author Tom Perrotta shared passages from his college diary.) Musicians then follow with original music and are encouraged to take artistic chances of their own.

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