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Club Free Time is an online publication dedicated to free cultural events that take place in New York City, primarily in Manhattan. Its listings provide information about free lectures, concerts, plays, films, tours, art exhibit openings and similar cultural offerings. Although other sources, such as New York Magazine or Time Out New York, also cover free events, Club Free Time's listings are the most exhaustive for this category.

In addition, Club Free Time distributes complimentary tickets to paid theatrical and music events, such as classical music concerts and Off-Broadway shows, a practice known in the theatrical world as papering. These tickets are only available to the organization's members. It is one of several papering organizations in New York City.

The organization operates on a subscription model. Its website contains no advertising, which is unusual in the current online environment.

Club Free Time was founded in 1987. It began as a print-based newsletter with only a few listings, added a web presence in 2001, and switched to web-only operation in the late 2000s.

The founder, Natella Vaidman, was an immigrant from Russia. Although it operates in English, the organization is regularly featured in Russian-language media.