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What's Happening

Improv Comedy Fundraiser -- 10:15 p.m. Friday, Comedy Etc. II, Ramada Inn, 6900 N. Illinois, Fairview Heights. Admission free to those who wear red; $5 for those who don't. Doors open 9:45 p.m. Proceeds benefit the American Heart Association. Sponsored by Improv Trick of St. Louis.