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Amateur cCommunity theater brings people out of their homes and away from those television sets. Productions provide raw enthusiasm on stage as well as in the audience of friends and neighbors. Critics rarely hold them to the highest professional standards because there is something inherently valuable in this expression of community that supersedes expectations for perfect performances.

Sometimes the sets don't work quite the way they should and on occasion an actor's lines seem to drift out of his head just as he begins to speak.

Despite these momentary lapses, the pure spirit of enthusiasm and energy is contagious in Lyric's production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."
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As the saying goes, There's no such thing as a free lunch.

But there is a Free Street.

And on that street there's a taverna (I think that's Greek for tavern).

So let's meet there on Wednesday (2/28) and celebrate.

• Where: Free Street Taverna
• Address:128 Free Street (between the Museum of Art & the Civic Center)
• Date: Wednesday Feb. 28
• When: 6:30 PM
• Food: yes, they have food

See you at PubNight.

- Dan