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4th Annual Memorial Ride and Walk

Date: Sunday, January 4th
Time: Varies depending on location
Location: 4 starting points in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx,
and lower Manhattan
Cost: Free

"The NYC Street Memorial Project invites you to the 4th Annual Memorial Ride and Walk in remembrance of cyclists and pedestrians killed on the streets of NYC in 2008. The ride, which will be held on Sunday, January 4, 2009, has 4 starting points: Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and lower Manhattan. Riders will visit the site of each ghost bike, a white-painted memorial for cyclists killed on the street, installed in New York City
in 2008. They will join a Memorial Walk to honor pedestrians killed in the past year in lower Manhattan." Detailed ride schedule after the jump and at the Ghost Bikes website.

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LES Walking Tours

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Date: Sundays
Time: 11:00am
Location: Meet outside Katz's Deli (East Houston and Ludlow)
Cost: Free

Are all your memories of the LES nocturnal and littered with a PBR haze? New to the city and want to learn a bit of history? Then check out these weekly 2-hour walking tours of the Lower East Side. Learn the stores, the history, the markets and more. Awesome way to work up a brunch appetite. All Ages.

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Dessert Walking Tour

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Date: Sunday, January 4th
Time: 2:30pm
Location: Russ & Daughters (179 E. Houston St. bet. Orchard and Allen St.)
Cost: $1 Suggest Donation to NYC Food Bank

This may take the cake for NYC walking tours. Start off at Russ & Daughters and tour the Lower East Side's succulent works of art on this dessert walk. This is their second monthly tour of the city's neighborhood sweet spots with treat stops including fresh rugelach, "little twists" in Yiddish, yeast dough rolled around chocolate, raisin, or fruit, plus gourmet doughnuts and hand-made chocolates. Tour lasts approximately 2 hours and the walking distance is about 1 mile. The desserts are free to drool over, but affordably priced for consumption. For more info on Walking Tours click here.

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33 1/3 Multimedia Reading Series

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Date: Sunday, January 4th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Barbés (376 9th St at 6th Ave, Park Slop)
Cost: Free

"33 1/3 is a series of books on seminal or influential albums published by Continuum Books. Featuring titles ranging from Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over the Sea to Nick Drake’s Pink Moon to Black Sabbath’s Master of Reality, the series is known for the consistently unique and interesting approaches its authors take on their subjects of choice. This readings series will follow suit. Rather than follow the structure of your run of the mill book event, each author in this series will incorporate music, audio, and visual elements to create an hour-long, multimedia, music fan's dream come true. Come listen, watch, drink, and sing along with your favorite album." Tonight, Michael T. Fournier takes a look at The Minutemen’s Double Nickels on the Dime. 21+

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Sunday Night Stand-Up

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Date: Sundays
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Three of Cups, downstairs (1st Ave and 5th St)
Cost: Free

Sunday Night Stand-Up showcases some of NYC's freshest comedians rising through the scene, including those featured on Comedy Central, MTV, The Onion, VH-1, Conan O'Brien, etc. Tonight features Brooke Van Poppelen (Chicago's Macho), Dan Allen (NYC's Sacapuntas), and Jamie Kilstein (Huffington Post). 21+

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