To raise awareness and combat discrimination St. John the Divine will be host to this United Nations event. There will be poetry, music and other performances, and a number of speakers including UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The program highlights the theme of this year's World AIDS Campaign: Women, girls, HIV and AIDS.
ST. John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Ave)
7:30 - 9:30 (doors at 6:30)
FREE!
PRETTY FLOWERS BRING FREE BOOZE AND PIZZA TO LIT
A Man's gotta eat (and drink) right? So we think that hitting up Lit to support local rock heros Pretty Flowers is clearly a wise choise when they are hitting the stage accompanied by free 2 Boots pizza and a free open bar. I am banking that its too good to be true but for $5 it may be worth the risk
Hear (see) all that Victoria's Secret model Heidi Klum has to say in her new book Body of Knowledge as she signs copies this afternoon
1PM
Barnes and Nobles (Rockefeller Center, 600 5th Ave)
FREE
PS: there is also a Muhammad Ali book signing (kind of) going on today... .here's the deal:
Muhammad Ali, legendary boxer and co-author with daughter Hannah Yasmeen Ali of The Soul of a Butterfly. Wristbands (limit of 200) given out at 7:00 AM. Sales of the book begin at 9:00 AM.You must buy a receipt and trade it for (I'm told) bookplate-signed book. Signing at 12:00 Noon. Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th St. 212.595.6859.
JON IPPOLITO LECTURES ON HOW TO HACK COPYWRITES FOR FUN AND PROFIT
Columbia continues this series by the coolest computer geeks on the planet. Tonight belongs to John Ippolito: Jon Ippolito is an artist, writer, and curator whose work explores the intersection of contemporary art and new media. As Associate Curator of Media Arts at the Guggenheim Museum he has organized several exhibitions, including Seeing Double: Emulation in Theory and Practice (2004). Ippolito co-founded the Still Water program for network art and culture at the University of Maine, where he is an assistant professor of New Media. His critical writing has appeared in periodicals ranging from Flash Art and Art Journal to the Washington Post. Mark your calender as Cory Archangel presents on Dec 16th as well.
6PM
Columbia, 702 Hamilton Hall at 1130 Amsterdam Ave
Free?
ANDREA KOSTYAL OPENING AT STAIN
Come out and support the new-ish bar in Williamsburg with their latest art opening. Emotion, integrity, honesty and power of expression are the keywords to describe the abstract art of Andrea Kostyal. She says of her work: "In my art I try to combine and reconcile strivings of the body and aspirations of the mind. This clash is the birthplace of abstract expressionism."
She has been living in Connecticut for the past two years and participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions across New England and NYC. Her abstract expressionist collage paintings showcase rich texture, bright colorful imagery that fit into the postmodern climate of contemporary art.
7PM
Stain Bar, 766 Grand Street, Williamsburg
FREE
PARSONS STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
Student films are always hit or miss but there are usually some jems and always a bit of inspiration. Plus, free cheese and (if your lucky) wine to make it all go down smoothly. This time around, Parsons' diversity committee will be presenting a selection of student films that confronts the audience with their diverse perceptions on culture, traditions, minority and race relations. Highly recommended.
Weekend Wrap-Up: 12.03 - 12.05: Thanksgiving is over and holiday time is in full swing. In honor, we have created a special "Holiday Shopping Guide" below to help you in finding affordable unique gifts and help all of our crafty friends pay their rent. If you'd rather spend your money on booze and parties, check out "Damaged Goods" a new party that kicks off in the LES tonight. Also, if you've never made it out to the Autumn Bowl for one of their events, Saturdays is not to be missed. Pray for snow.
FRIDAY
WHAT THE BLOG?
Literary blogs have become the must-read publications for booksellers, publishers, journalists and lovers of literature from around the world. Tonight top bloggers break from the virtual world for What the Blog? The Terrifying World of Literary Websites, an on-stage talk show hosted by Dennis Loy Johnson, founder of literary blog giant MobyLives. He will be joined in discussion by webzine editors Maud Newton (www.MaudeNewton.com), Ron Hogan (www.Beatrice.com), Michael Othofer (www.completereview.com), George Murray (www.Bookninja.com) and Laila Lalami (www.MoorishGirl.com).
Tonight may just be the ultimate in hipster heeb holiday parties. Hang out with the folks from Heeb Magazine tonight at Lit for their Hanukkah (or maybe you prefer Chanukkah) party. Light some candles, listen to a few bands and stick around for DJ Lizzy of Fisherspooner. There will be drink specials from nine to ten, plus latkes, donuts, Hanukkah gelt, and sword swallowers (hmm this is a holiday tradition I'm not so familiar with.)
9:00pm
Lit (93 Second Ave, btw 5th and 6th)
$6 with RSVP (sarah@heebmagazine.com)
TONIGHT: VICTORY FOR BEER
Master Brewer and co-founder of this fantastic Pennsylvania brewery, Bill Covaleski,will join us in tasting a variety of hard to get beers. Hop Wallop on cask will be the first ever tasted here in NYC, and we also get to do their very authentic and wonderful Alt Bier. Add to this Milltown Mild, and Storm King Stout and we have a hell of a party. Bill presides, an awesomely entertaining and educating guy. Don't miss it. No cover. Here is the lineup:
Cask: Hop Wallop and Milltown Mild
Storm King Stout
Moonglow Weizen Bock
Prima Pils
Altbier
Old Horizontal
Bottles: V-12
7PM - 10:30PM
David Copperfield's House of Beer (1394 York Ave at 74th Street)
No Cover
TONIGHT: PHIL & ME LAUNCH RECEPTION Phil & Me is a personal document of a daughter's use of photography to try to control her relationship with her father and the disease that has crippled him, as well as an attempt to focus public understanding upon the essential humanity of all victims of schizophrenia - all fathers, brothers, daughters, loved ones. It is an attempt to recognize the worth and contribution of those who survive the nightmares and dreams of schizophrenia.
The book is Amanda's exploration into the world of her father, Philip Tetrault - a poet who has lived with schizophrenia since he attended McGill University at the age of 21. Philip was a poet suffused with promise and was hailed by Leonard Cohen as Canada's best kept secret in 1989... before he slipped into yet another schizophrenic nightmare.
Just in time to buy yourself a new outfit to wear during the holidays, Girl/Guy Shop and Rogan launch their sample sales this week...
GIRLSHOP/GUYSHOP/TOTSHOP HOLIDAY SAMPLE SALE
Back by popular demand. Don’Äôt spend another dollar on holiday shopping until you visit our annual super sale! Shop from over 100 of our designers at 40-70% off! New merchandise restocked daily from brands like Constanca Basto, J. Fold, Left Field, and Felix Rey. Payment: Cash only under $100, above $100 Debit cards, MC, Visa, Amex and Discover.
Wednesday - Satuday: 12 - 8
Sunday: 12-6
819 Washington Street
(Street Level, between Little West 12th and Gansevoort, NYC)
ARTMOBS LAUNCH
Art Mobs invites you to attend our opening event on Dec. 8. The event will feature the work of student artists from Marymount Manhattan College. The Art Mobs team, with the help of YellowArrow, will demonstrate how mobile technologies can affect the way we experience, and communicate about, urban space and art.
8PM
Manhattan Marymount College, Main Building, 8th Floor Gallery (221 East 71st Street, NY, NY) FREE
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IRAQ PEACE FORUM: NOW IS THE TIME (for A Renewed Social/Political Movement To End the War in Iraq!)
Difficult times can reveal opportunities previously hidden. Let's learn from past mistakes and build upon our strengths! Only by reaching out in new ways can we unite a critical mass of the American people to defeat the endless war and the false political culture that sustains it. Several dominant speakers and artists combine forces tonight to discuss the Iraq war and its effect on the rest of the world. highlights include (in bullet form for all you business folk out there):
’Ä¢ Francis Fox Piven, author of The War at Home and Poor People's Movements, speaks tonight on the Anti-war Movement, Bush's War on the Poor and the Middle Class, and what has to be done.
’Ä¢ Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond, speaks on the current situation in Iraq, the threat of U.S. Empire and the paths to peace.
’Ä¢ Songs performed by Nana Soul from Artists and Activists United for Peace and Black Waxx Records.
FreeNYC Thursday Art Crawl: Loads of great new show opening today and continue throughout the month. Here are our suggestions on what not to miss tonight.
SHIFT OPENING RECEPTION It is widely believed that a bike messenger, TAKI 183, was the founder of the modern graffiti movement. To this day, bicycles and contemporary street art-encompassing everything from graffiti tags and throws to vinyl stickers and wheatpaste posters-go hand-in-hand as two primary signifiers of the modern city. One a mode of transportation, the other a trace of everyday urban existence. Both delineate mobility and the movement and ephemeral energy of the urban environment. Just as bikes are all-terrain, so is graffiti art, finding its way into the highest reaches and shadowed alleys of the city landscape.
Shift is an exhibition of eight custom-designed Be.BIKE bicycles by eight highly-acclaimed graffiti-influenced artists: FUTURA, HAZE, KAWS, KENJI HIRATA, MATZU MTP, MISK, SKWERM, and STASH. Each bike has been altered completely to represent the artist's vision. Shift brings together a representation of the historical expanse of street art, from the 1970s to the present. It investigates the blurred boundaries of art and the quotidian sublime within design and urban life. Production of each artist's edition is limited to 100 units. The exhibition will be accompanied by a video installation by REID VAN RENESSE.
7PM - 9PM
Supreme Trading NY Gallery (213 N. 8th Street, Williamsburg)
FREE
A VERY MERRY CHILDRENS SCIENTOLOGY PAGENT
This exciting evening of music celebrates the launch of Tank Records and the release of the original soundtrack for the 2004 Obie Award winning musical A VERY MERRY UNAUTHORIZED CHILDREN'S SCIENTOLOGY PAGEANT, first performed at The Tank. The party will feature a live performance by the original cast, as well as RED RIVER GUN CLUB.
Weekend Wrap-Up: 12.10 - 12.12: So much holiday cheer... so little time. Do I attend the Scientology Christmas pageant, join dozens of drunken Santa's in a romp around the boroughs, or ease into the pleasing sounds of the Tuba while watching tourists attempt to ice skate? Decisions... decisions...
FRIDAY
BLACK BOX CLOSING PARTY I've been posting things and writing about the Black Box series I've been conducting over at the free103 gallery for the past month or so. The gist of the game is that it has been a series of live improvisatory broadcasts to which others have responded in some way -- often on the spot. Some folks came all the way down from Canada to participate. It's been great.
Tomorrow is the closing party. It's not too late to respond. Please bring yourselves, food, musical instruments, something small and funny and homemade, rum, thoughts written or otherwise, and a partridge in a pair tree.
The gallery will be open all afternoon for mounting/displaying work. There will be a DJ all evening to mix the sound samples people have donated. And there will definitely be a bit of video/slides/sound work and hopefully food and live performance. There will also be food and drink and general merry making. I am also going away for two months and would like to say goodbye to you.
8PM - 1AM Free103point9 Gallery, Second Floor (97 South 6th Street, between Bedford and Berry, Williamsburg) FREE -----
GLASS HOUSE EXPERIENTIAL ART NIGHT Hello bank robbers, deep sea divers, flight attendants and philosophers. Please join us for an open music jam: Bring your own instruments or use ours. Also live painting. Show your short films. Glass House Gallery is a 1,600 square foot community art space in Williamsburg. We are dedicated to being a non judgmental place for artist to express themselves freely. Our weekly events are about bringing people together creatively.
10PM The Glasshouse (38 South 1st Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) FREE
KELLY LOVES TONY SCREENING
She's a straight-A student; he's trying to leave gang life behind. A camcorder becomes both witness and confidante for these markedly singular yet utterly typical teens as they self-document the trials of growing up too fast and too soon in urban America.
4:30-6:30PM
NYU Silver Center, Room 805 (8th Floor), 100 Washington Square East
FREE, RSVP to events@cyinyc.org
ASHIRA 69: HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR After a successful run at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival of Episode No.. 1: Cult to the Chase, Ashira 69, the all-female superhero show, returns to New York with a special holiday event.
With even more physical comedy, over-the-top characters, tightly choreographed stage combat, and itty-bitty costumes, our fearless heroine and friends go on a journey to discover the true meaning of Rossmas. Fuck yeah!
10PM - 1 AM Galapagos 70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn FREE
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FOUR DAY AUTONOMOUS SPACE On November 30, residents of the Casa del Sol community center were evicted without warning by the NYPD. They were given 10 minutes to leave, not enough time to retrieve much of their belongings, besides which all of them believed they would soon return to live there or at least get the rest of their things.
Within two hours of the eviction... a four-alarm fire, somehow, that resulted in all of the livable (therefore re-habitable by the residents of Casa del Sol) areas of the large building being destroyed by the inferno. Sixteen firefighters were hospitalized as a result of the fire.
So, this art space on 37th street has been offered to the Casa del Sol collective for four days. Donations will be accepted at the events to help the collective find a new home. So coming to the space is a great way to support some really awesome people.
This event will go until Friday early morning. Extravaganza of Ridiculous Proportions will be assisting the hosting of an amazing art space 24 hours a day. That's 24 hours a day, for four days. Music, games, art making, and much more.
This is in support of the Casa del Sol squatters recently evicted as well as a lead up to Friday's Extravaganza party. We are looking for more artists, of all kinds, and musicians to come at any hour (especially evening) and perform and have a good time. (Email here or show up there.)
There will be bands of all types playing all four evenings as well as many types of artwork, including human size puppet making for the party on Friday and for merriment at the art space as well. Continues through Friday
24hrs a day 208 West 37th Street, between 7th and 8th avenues, New York FREE
HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING... AGAIN Celebrate the holiday season by joining the Madison Square Park Conservancy for the Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at 4:45 p.m. on December 14th at the southern end of the park. Friends and neighbors please gather with us to enjoy musical selections by the Gramercy Brass Orchestra and the New York Life Singers. Manhattan Parks Commissioner William Castro and Conservancy President Debbie Landau will help to light the tree with neighborhood friends and families.
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm
Madison Square Park (23rd and Broadway)
FREE
LAST NIGHT AT THE RATNER'S
The Ratner's, a NYC Speak-easy institution is getting plowed down for what we can only assume are high rise luxury condos. In order to celebrate this 100 year old establishment, they are opening their doors for the last time tonight, rolling back prices to 1905 and celebrating with great food and live music. Blintzes are served at 4pm with live music at 6pm from Matt Darriau's Blintz Band. Limited space, for reservations: Send an email with your name, the number of people in your group and the time you will attend IN THE SUBJECT LINE to: rsvp@ratnersny.com. All proceeds benefit the Lower East Side Conservancy .
4Pm - ???
Ratner's - 138 Delancey St.
Super cheap
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Twenty seven artists created an editioned art work of ten or more multiples. Everything from silk-screened prints, to artist books, to postcards, to bodega bags are on exhibit, all between twenty and two hundred dollars.
Glen Baldridge, Andrianna Campbell, Matthew Chase, Alex Dodge, David Galbraith, Andrea Hackman, Lilian Haidar, Rob Hult, Baptiste Ibar, Aude Jomini, Jasiu Krajewski, Karin Lanzoni, Alex Lesy, Michael Mahalchick, Emily Newman, Stephan Pascher, John Pearson, Julian Pozzi, Teresa Seemann, Aya Shiraishi, Christopher Shores, Sarah Small, Barry Stone, Anna Tanner, Jeremy Wagner, Drew Willis, Sam Wilson
7-10PM
Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery (438 Union Ave, Brooklyn)
FREE
LAPTOP STORIES AND MUSIC The Psychasthenia Society, hosted by Jon Keith Brunelle, is a program of storytelling, video, and music mediated by portable electronics, featuring some of the best work by New York artists whose instruments are laptop computers and related devices.
10PM
Galapagos Art Space (70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg)
FREE
SIX DEGREES RECORDS PARTY
6D goes dubwise this week week with some of the best concious music NYC has to offer. On top bill is Dr. Israel, Brooklyn's answer to dub/jungle fusion (and there was even the Body Count style hard core thing a while back... whatever happened to that). He'll be on laptop, vocals, and turntables. Also on the bill is Sasa Crnobrnja on Albeton, Traktor, and turntable bringing the global tribal sounds. And Dub Poet Infinity of Deep Space adding the vocals to Dub Gabrials... well... dub set. With resident hero Zakhm. Not to be missed
Featuring live sets and dj sets by:
Dr. Israel's Brooklyn Jungle Soundsystem
Sasa Crnobrnja (Organic Grooves)
Dub Poet Infinity (Francois K)
With 6D residents:
Zakhm (Mutiny / Asian Massive)
Dub Gabriel (Brooklyn Massive)
"Avril Lavigne is giving a free outdoor concert Thursday in Rockefeller plaza. She is scheduled to perform @ 10:30pm - best arrival time would be around 9:45 pm"
MUSTACHES FOR KIDS "SWEETEST STACH" COMPETITION
Mustaches for Kids is a volunteer-run organization started in Los Angeles in 1999 to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to granting the wishes of children with terminal or life-threatening illnesses. Each year, participants ("Growers") raise money by growing sweet, sweet Mustaches between Thanksgiving and Christmas. They shave their faces, except for the Mustache, a minimum of one time per week. The Growers solicit donations from friends, family co-workers, and people in the community. At the end of the Growing Season, Mustaches for Kids hosts a Mustache Contestwhere the facial hair is evaluated by an independent panel of judges, and one Mustache is declared to be the "Sweetest."
8PM - Competition starts at 9 The Abbey (536 Driggs, between N 7th and N 8th; L to Bedford)
FREE
CORY ARCHANGEL LECTURE
You may know Cory Archangel from his dreamy Super Mario Brother's floating clouds at the 2002 Whitney Biennial or his computer hack that allows you to order Dominos pizza straight from a Unix interface. Cory Arcangel is a computer artist whose work is concerned with technology's relationship to culture and the creative process. He is a founding member of BEIGE, a group of computer programmers and enthusiasts who recycle obsolete computers and video game systems to make art and music, and a member of RSG (Radical Software Group). Arcangel's work has been exhibited at the American Museum of the Moving Image, Eyebeam, Foxy Productions, Tate Britain, Team Gallery, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Tonight he lectures "about code and art, etc, etc......" http://www.beigerecords.com/cory/
KING BRITT AT CIELO
We usually don't post RSVP events but tonight the BPM Magazine crew is bringing Broken Beat hero King Britt back to Cielo for a massive 6hr set. Plus, there is open bar at 10PM. RSVP real quick like so that you can sip cocktails and stare at all the European tourists that flock to the meat packing district hot spot
10PM
Cielo (18 Little West 12th Street)
FREE with RSVP
Tonight is the opening reception for French photographer and street artist JR. The Kauffman Arcade will host the exhibition and this evenings lil gathering, complete with music from Undakova. The show will run through February 12th.
Weekend Wrap-Up: 12.17 - 12.19: With the holidays fast approaching, this weekend is a great chance to catch up with all your friends before heading back home for the holidays. Both Stay Gold and KCDC offer an opportunity to get your free drink on while Sugar Run Cherry gives you a chance to party one last time to the break of dawn. And don't miss Unsilent Night if you are in the Manhattan on Saturday.. Enjoy.
FRIDAY
ROCK AND ROLLERSKATE
Skate circles around these bands! They don't care, they're in a cage. Live music by Bravo Silva, Go to Town, and Special Guest. In between band sets League Radio deejays will knock your socks off. DJ Mikey IQ Jones chaperones the slow skate room. Skates are limited, so come early or bring your own.
Snax (Captain Comatose- Playhouse, Mental Groove, Freundinnen- Berlin) LIVE PERFORMANCE
plus Dirty Dirty Dietz and James F!@#$%^ Friedman (Refuse!) DJ SET
$5 Rum Punch all night
yeah yeah we know that you're sick of xmas parties, menorahs, egg nog, good cheer, stockings and fat guys in red suits. we are too. that's why you should blow off whatever boring thing you were planning to do tomorrow night and come to APT for a very special edition of REFUSE! not only is it the last REFUSE! of the year, but it's one of the last chances you'll have to get totally retarded with all your NYC peoples before everyone goes home for holidays or heads out of town for a much-needed break. there's new year's eve coming up, but we all know that lots of your friends won't be around (like Ben and I) and it's such a let down every year anyhow...
the other reason you should come out to REFUSE! is because we have a live performance by SNAX, one half of the infamous Berlin-based Captain Comatose (Playhouse Records). Alongside his CC partner Khan as well as on his own, Snax has created some of the strangest, most infectious dance music i know of. Just check his releases on Mental Groove and Freundinnen or peep his website. www.snaxonline.com if you don't know
so in summary: screw the holidays, love your friends, come get drunk and dance with them (and us) at apt tomorrow night. we're gonna miss you and we won't be back until 2005...
In between the madness that is holiday shopping and trying to fight off the plague that seems to be going around, you may want to try to get in on some holiday inspired art. While I slept on the opening of the Wreath Interpretation Exhibit last week, I suggest your try to squeeze it in this week. Celebrate the onset of winter and the holiday season with all sorts of wreaths made from unusual materials, including fused glass, forged metal, paper cranes, hammered metal, plaster cast fingers and toes, and model trains. Many participating artists use their wreaths to delve into contemporary themes ranging from politics to architecture.
Arsenal Gallery (830 5th ave at 64th Street)
9am-5pm M-F, until Dec. 30th
FREE
Tonight: Jingle Bellz
Nothing warms those holidays credit card blues away like the thunder of a ragga jungle bass bin. Join some of NYC finest for DJ Tuffists going away party. Featuring: Tuffist, Lion Dub, Amen Assasins, Kokopellie Katapillar, Data, and Nondeskript spinning both old and new school ragga jungle.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL...
so we searched and searched and there really isn't much going on this weekend except for some caroling and some eating and everyone visiting their family. Because of this, we won't be writing a wrap-up this week but hopefully there will be lots of great cheap NYE relief events next weekend. So eat a lot of food, remember the religious aspect of the holidays (if it applies to you) and spend time with the ones that you love. Have a great weekend. (Oh, and see above if you are looking for some fun tonight... and click the link for some holiday cartoon fun)
I have a new obsession that I wanted to tell you all about. Getting from point A to point B in this city has at times been a challenge (just ask Chris about the time we tried to go to the Noguchi Museum). If you need a lil assistance check out Hop Stop, a website that helps you get around all of NYC. Put in your address and your destination and get walking and subway directions to anywhere you need to go. Its real helpful for finding museums in Long Island City that you have no idea how to get to or that bar in Brooklyn you have been trying to find for months. Hope this helps!
Escape, Exodus, and Secession (or "Should I Flee The U.S.A.?")
Increasingly, political theory is attempting to understand the desirability of exodus as a resistance strategy. In U.S. post-election milieu, secession from America is only being discussed half-heartedly, yet much of the world the question of exodus and escape is a topic of serious discussion. But with no 'frontier' and no 'outside' in which to flee, what does escape mean? And how might exodus as a mode of resistance be practiced in world that is 'borderless'? Why is withdrawal not simply an act of resignation, and how might it become an act of creation? Please join us in the second of a series of a monthly revolutionary potluck discussions in which the 'potluck' refers not to food but to a smorgasbord of ideas. We invite all who wish to present responses to these questions to come with a prepared 3-5 minute presentation, and hope that all will participate in the open discussions which follow.
TUESDAY, 12.28: OTHER MUSIC'S 2ND ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY
Last year's Other Music Holiday Bash will go down as one of the craziest, most debauchery filled parties in OM history. We plan on topping it! Featuring a tasting menu of almost all the Other Music DJs going round-robin on the decks, expect to hear almost every sort of party jam you can think of, from far out psychedelia to acid house to Italo disco to Miami bass and beyond. Don't miss it!
9 p.m. to 4 a.m.
APT: 419 W. 13th Street NY, NY
FREE, $5 Rum Punch all night
No, its not 1999, but some of us have not completely abandoned the electronic music scene. Tonight, head over to Guernica for Camouflage and hear Soul Slinger. He is often described as "the true American Emperor of Drum and Bass" and "the Russel Simons of the electronic music scene." Old school line up, old school set at the old school spot complete with open bar from 10 to 11! Its gonna be a good night!
10pm - 4am
Guernica (Ave. B btw 2nd and 3rd)
$5 Cover
In our ongoing effort to keep you updated on all holiday events in the city here is an update on the Kwanzaa Celebration in Central Park. Inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues The Central Park Conservatory hosts its annual Kwanzaa Celebration event consisting of traditional African drum and dance instruction, storytelling, and various fun-filled enrichment workshops, concluding with a showcase featuring Def Dance Jam.
3:00pm - 4:30 pm, Tuesday through Thursday
Central Park
FREE
WEDNESDAY: EYEWASH 2 DVD RELEASE PARTY Forward Motion Theater, Inc. is pleased to announce a special event celebrating the release of the EyeWash Year Two DVD. The event will feature live performances by artists who appear on the DVD. Bill Jones and Ben Neill (Six Degrees Records, Astralwerks) perform a sneak peek from their upcoming theater/media hybrid Palladio.
Electronic music composer/author Peter Kirn performs a live video/audio mix with vocal accompaniment by Kamala Sankaram. Feedbuck Galore crosses video with eco-social spoken word. Adam Kendall provides live-mixed visuals with DJ Duane Reade adding the additional beats.
The EyeWash 2 DVD, another mixed cocktail of visuals and music, contains original video and audio collaborations by selected artists from the EyeWash live-mix video series. EyeWash is a series of live-mixed video events featuring VJs and Video Artists who manipulate video in real time.
9p to 1a; Remote Lounge 327 Bowery at 2nd Street, Manhattan
FREE
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Tonight: In a Blue State. Rants, reflections and elegies about 11/2 Where were you on 11/2? Getting out the vote, no doubt. And watching, waiting, hoping, praying, cursing, as the results trickled in. Then, of course, writing about it. Poet CAROL ROSENFELD and playwright KATHLEEN WARNOCK received many powerful, heartfelt poems, essays and prayers in the days after the election, and rather than just hit "forward" they decided to go forward, by organizing a reading of some of the saddest, maddest, funniest, and wisest pieces. Coming all the way from the Blue State of Oregon, playwright/novelist DONALD OLSON (Queer Corners) will read his "Elegy" and other poems; libertarian, newly-confirmed Episcopal former yeshiva girl (and stalwart Second Amendment supporter) DR. DONNA GAINES (Teenage Wasteland, Misfit'S Manifesto) will read her "Lamentations" Sarah D. Bunting (Tomatonation.com) will read "This is Not Over" which spurred the formation of Thisisnotover.com. DONNA BUNGO will read "God, I'm Bushed." Poets CHERYL B. and REGIE CABICO will read contributions from playwright Robert Patrick (the poem "11/2") and Daniel J. Blau (Dear John Kerry)among other pieces of poetry and prose designed to enrage, outrage, and engage interested Americans (and their friends).
