So while I can't take a decent photograph with a digital camera that has automatic flashes, shutter speeds, etc. Others can capture a beautiful image with no more than a pinhole camera. Today is the opening of the National Krappy Kamera Competition. "The exhibit features images that are produced using equipment from the lowest end of the technological scale. The concept underlying this show is that an artist can use any piece of equipment to create engaging photographs. Cameras generally range from the well-known Diana, Holga and Lubitel to obscure junkstore finds and homemade pinhole jobs." The entire gallery is dedicated to the collection of about 25 peices of "krap" and will remain on exhibit through April 2nd.
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm Location: SoHo Photo Gallery, 15 White Street Cost: Free
Join Teresa Heinz, Noeleen Heyzer of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), and Jehmu Greene, president of Rock the Vote, for an afternoon dedicated to financial issues currently facing women in the workplace and in their homes. Organized by the National Council for Research on Women
We've been on this glitchy hip hop tip for a minute now. Maybe its the nasty bass, or our love for the 303. Or maybe its just the most socially exceptable way that we can geek out to laptop music.
Tonight, SF's Kraddy invades New York with his version of blunted funk. Expect the unexpected... akin to this Dr. Dre remix.
Time: 9:00pm Venue: Sin Sin (2nd ave at 5th Street) Cost: Free
Continuing the foundation laid down by Peanut Butter Wolf last month, DJ Premier, Lord Sear, and DJ Revolution invade this tiny LES space to school you on current hip hop and old school party classics. Arrive early as this party always packs it. RSVP required.
So, you were sold out of the Interpol show huh? drown your sorrow in a 2 hr open bar and enjoy the rock DJ stylings of Kiss & Tell and others at the official afterparty. Open bar from 11:00pm - 1:00am
Time: 11:00pm - 4:00am
Venue: Happy Ending (302 Broome between Eldridge and Forsyth)
Cost:Free with RSVP
On a certain floor, in a certain building at Parsons School of Design, there is a shiny silver door with a portal window. Behind that door is the mysterious Design and Technology department where, in our fantasies at least, art geeks and tech geeks get together to change the future. Tonight, the D+T department brings James Paul Gee in to lecture us about the importance of Nintendo, Atari, and Playstation on our learning processes. In his most recent work, Why Video Games Are Good for Your Soul, Gee "offers 36 reasons why good video games produce better learning conditions than many of today's schools."
I suggest that you continue your education at our latest bar obsession, Barcade, afterwards
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Venue: Parsons School of Design (65 West 11th Street 5th Floor) Cost: Free
Explore the legacy of salsa and its indelible impact on New York City with a performance by Frankie Figueroa & His Orchestra, many of who played for the legendary Tito Puente. Learn a few salsa steps from a professional duo followed by a full-length dance performance. Lessons, 6:30–7pm. Show & public dancing, 7pm.
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: World Financial Center Winter Garden
Cost: Free
Mix one part Lil' Jon, one part HR from Bad Brains, top with a vodka open bar and you've got Pay to Cum. The newest of the aparent microgenres's on the scene, this party is dedicated to "Crunk Rock" which the the promoter describes as combining the ever so popular Southern Crunk music along with classic Punk Rock sounds. Open vodka bar from 11pm - midnight and a goodie back givaway from aNYthing. Fix up, look sharp!
Time: 10:00pm Venue: Home (17 Stanton between Bowery and Chrystie) Cost: Free
Midtown, whom we've never heard of before, aparently has a video. They also have an open bar that look to be comprised of our favorite Pennsylvanian beer, Yuengling, at 10:00pm. Come for the beer, maybe the video and live acousic set will be an added treat
Time: 10:00pm Venue: Eleven (152 Orchard Street at Rivington) Cost: Free
Continuing our slip into into seeing more less illustrative artwork, Emily Sartor's figurative landscapes bring a beauty to disaster. 'Her paintings are stories of distance and disaster. She depicts landscapes ravished, overwhelmed, exaggerated, and threatened, in perilous climax. She paints them with a palette thatÊranges from oily density to gouache splashes, creating a sense of both motion and depth. ' Continues through April 30th. [found by Justin at NewRelease]
"Welcome turns the art market on its head. Here, within the frame of an exhibition, the packaging tendencies associated with culture brokering and associated consumption are expressly addressed, and finally, subtly interrogated. Curator/artist Farhad Moshiri asks us to consider what it is that makes a work ethnic, traditional or even contemporary for that matter. While his immediate point of departure is Iran, his exhibition raises questions as to labeling tendencies at large, finally destabilizing us, for we are all implicated in the reductionist games at hand. Within the bounds of the works on display, the lines between kitsch, art and craft are impossibly blurred." (view full press release). Continues through April 15th
Julian Schnabel is kind of a jack-of-all-trades in the art/media world. He first broke into the art world in the 80's during the "neo-expressionist" movement which was an emotional reaction to the saturation of minimalism in the art world., Schnabel then went on to produce two full length feature films, "Basquiat" and "Before Night Falls." Tonight he lectures on what he knows best... himself.
ToddP's new space, Llano Estacado rolls deep with lots of music we have never heard as part of this fashion opening for Barbara Schauwecker's Wearable Art spring 2005 colletion. Featuring...
G. Lucas Crane vs. Now-Horse
Black Label Bicycle Club DJs
DJ Porkchop
DJ Dirty Fingers
DJ Rob (Raunch from Philly)
Time: 9:00pm
Venue: Llano Estacado (Northeast corner of Kent and Metropolitan; Enter on River Street)
Cost: Free
Peck Allmond, a trumpet player who has beautiful tone and plays with Meshell N'Degeocello from time to time, has assembled an ensemble highlighting Kalimbas. Kalimbas are blocks of wood with metal extensions that when plucked make a sound something like a piano or a vibraphone. You can check out some sounds on Peck’s website: www.peckallmond.com. Also, Kenny Wollesen, a drummer who is one of the best musicians in the city hands down, is playing in the ensemble. He is reason enough to go and see any group play. (found by Justin at NewRelease)
Time: 10:00pm Venue: at Zebulon (Wythe between North 3rd and Metropolitan, Williamsburg) Cost: Free
It appears that Supreme Trading may have been one-upped this week as Remedy 718 is officialy a weekly at Triple Crown. Cosmo Baker, who is a regular around these parts, teams up Elixir and DJ Lowbudget (of Hollertronix) tonight. Its been rumered that there may be some sort of Hollertronix surprise guest as well, but we'll see.
Time: 10:00pm
Venue: Triple Crown (Bedford Ave. and N 11th, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Sal Principato from no-wave legends Liquid Liquid! helps celebrate the new issue of XLR8R magazine. Liquid Liquid is responsible for the sample used for the hip hop classic, "White Lines." Free magazines and drink specials. Full line up below the fold.
Time: 10:00pm
Venue: APT, downstairs (419 West 13th Street between 9th and Washington)
Cost: Free
Big names from "back in the day" gather in the park to educate on the days when hip-hop was about love, unity, and respect. "The heart of the Hip-Hop culture has always been the community and we feel Hot 97, the supposed place "Where Hip-Hop Lives", has lost its respect and responsibility to the community a long time ago and it is about time for the community to step forward and take it back." (full info here)
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Union Square Park (14th Street side)
Cost: Free
Voices of Latin American Leaders is "a series of in-depth discussions with prominent Latin Americans on issues facing the Americas and the world. Moderated by Jorge Castañeda, Global Distinguished Professor of Political and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU and the former Foreign Minister of Mexico, the series will probe economic, social, historical and political dimensions of Latin America's relations with the U.S. and the world community."
Tonight, former Foreign Minister of Mexico Jorge Castañeda talks with Leonel Fernández, President of the Dominican Republic , about Latin America's relations with the U.S. and its place within the global community. RSVP Require
Time: 4:00pm Venue: Silver Center for Arts and Sciences (100 Washington Square East between Washington and Waverly Pls, Hemmerdinger Hall) Cost: Free
Those crazy plushies over at Kaiju Big Battle invade Kidrobot to promote their new book. Dr. Cube will be in the store signing copies for your enjoyment. Download a PDF preview of the book here.
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Venue:Kidrobot (126 Prince Street)
Cost: Free
James Cohan Gallery is pleased to present the first New York solo exhibition by Japanese artist Tabaimo of two video installations, Japanese Bathhouse-Gents (2000) and hanabi-ra (2002). In her animated videos, Tabaimo explores complex issues in contemporary Japanese society. By combining iconic symbols from Japanese culture with images of the everyday, Tabaimo explores the contrast between the smooth veneer of urban life and the societal changes that have transformed Japan’s cultural landscape. Tabaimo conflates time and history with her use of traditional formats and the palette of Hokusai's ( 1760-1849 ) woodcuts. Continues through April 2nd. (More after the fold)
Date: Friday, March 4th
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Venue: James Cohan Gallery (533 West 26th Street)
Cost: Free
Japanese Bathhouse-Gents is a video and sound installation that literally immerses the viewer in a re-created bathhouse. The animated video plays in a darkened room on three walls of the gallery, coupled with traditional Japanese music, a sloping wooden floor, and pyramidal stacks of yellow plastic wash buckets.
In this work, Tabaimo uses the bathhouse, an archaic but once integral aspect of Japanese life, as a metaphor for addressing her own view s about the changing gender, socio-economic and environmental factors affecting present-day Japan. In Japanese Bathhouse-Gents, Tabaimo explores various themes such as sexual equality, responsibility – both personal and communal, law, motherhood and pollution. Japanese Bathouse-Gents relates to the complex relations of men and women in the present day social order of Japanes culture.
Tabaimo’s at once humorous and meditative single-screen video installation hanabi-ra (flower petal) opens with black crows scattering to reveal the nude posterior of a standing man, covered in what appears to be floral tattoos. Slowly the scene becomes surreal, as a butterfly and honey-bee fly from flower to flower, while a carp winds gracefully though the man’s body. Flower petals begin to fall to the floor, turning into a wild flurry. The man himself then starts to molt, with fingers, arms and eventually his entire body, falling to the ground and resting amongst the petals.
Tabaimo was born in Hyogo, Japan in 1975. She was awarded the blue ribbon at the Kirin Contemporary Art Awards for Japanese Kitchen (1999) and was the youngest entrant in the “Yokohama Triennale 2001.” Her work is included in ‘How Latitudes Becomes Forms’, a group exhibition curated by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, which tours to Turin, Paris, Finland, Houston, Mexico City, Monterrey and Ontario, 2003-2005. An upcoming solo exhibition is planned in Paris at the Foundation Cartier Fall 2005. She currently lives and works in Tokyo.
Show Dates: March 4th - March 23rd
Brooklyn local Joseph Whitely is well travelled in both the street and fine art worlds. With the ability to transend both, his murals adorn NYC streets while his collage world hangs in both public and private collections worldwide.
"Drive the Car Into the Ditch" will be Whiteley's first solo show on home turf. The majority of the material is comprised of classical figurative painting combined with line drawing and collage playing heavily on animal and human theme. It will be good to finally see first hand what Whitley can when he is not out on the streets.
Second Nature is an exhibition of new collages and a site-specific wall painting/installation by NYC's own Greg Lamarche. His collage work incorporates "found materials literally gathered from the street, which reflect, play off and move beyond graffiti letterforms and iconography. They combine graffiti, signage, design and words in original ways that echo the urban setting." Continues through March 27th.
Fire&Flux is an improvising duo of saxophone and drums that draws on
non-traditional traditions in freejazz and improvisation. Fire&Flux
plays spiritual-political music in an effort to raise spirits, to
provoke and excite, and to share some moments of explosive peace.
Tonight, the duo of Benjamin Kates and Richard Gilman-Opalsky drop two unique sets at 8:00pm and 9:00pm as a great way to start your evening.
Time: 8:00pm Venue: The Lucky Cat (245 Grand Street, Williamsburg) Cost: Free
All four pillars come together at this free jump-off every Saturday from March 5th - April 13. There is art from CRASH and LADY L, Spoken Word from La Bruja, breakdancing and of course the DJ. Check the flyer for full info.
Note: we can't find anything to confirm when and where this event goes down, but we assume that it is at the Bronx Museum. We suggest that you email or call 718.588.1936 to confirm all the info.
Date: Saturday, March 5th
Time: ????
Venue: ???
Cost: Free
"A breathtaking and emotionally moving exhibit, Ashes and Snow features more than 200 large-scale photographic works and an accompanying 35mm film by artist Gregory Colbert that explore the capacity for wonder that all animals share. The images of elephants, whales, manatees, and falcons, among other species, reveal the artistic nature of animals as they interact with man. These stunning photographic artworks illuminate a timeless realm in which all living things communicate and coexist in a state of grace.
Renowned architect Shigeru Ban designed the first-ever Nomadic Museum that houses Ashes and Snow. This 45,000-square-foot temporary structure, composed largely of recyclable and reusable materials (used shipping containers for the walls and paper tubing for the roof and columns), provides a transitory environment that evokes the journey of the exhibition as it travels to ports of call around the globe." Photo from GammaBlaBlog.
note: rarely do we write about anything this expensive, but anytime someone builds a giant museum out of shipping containers and cardboard, it reminds us of our day of eating ramon and living over by Newark, NJ. Plus, its really impressive in a WTF kind of way.
Time: 11:00am - 8:00pm
Venue: Nomadic Museum (Pier 54 @ West 13th Street)
Cost: $12
The Center for the Holographic Arts was established under the directorship of Ana Nicholson and the late Dan Schweitzer, two well known holographic artists, to promote the development and dissemination of the art of Holography. To this end, the Center offers an Artist In Residence program, small exhibitions of interesting, current holographic work, traveling exhibitions, a series of talks, and will maintain a web page with news and development. Today, and the first Saturday of every month, they open their doors for a public open house
Date: Satruday, March 5th Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Venue: Holocenter (45-10 Court Square, Long Island City) Cost: Free
Williamsburg's finest quality beer tapper throws their annual barleywine festival today. On tap will be 20 beers that are all craft brewed with an extended fermentation process up to a year. The result is a delicious powerhouse, sometimes with an alcohol content as high as 12%, with the strength of wine. If you are unfamiliar, this is a great event for your first experience. Petite tasting sizes available
Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Mugs Ale House (125 Bedford Ave. at North 10th Street, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free (beers were around $3 last year)
"We live in a world that is defined by American Pop icons like MTV, Hollywood, CNN, Disneyland, McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Superman. What are the views of America beyond the dominant commercial aesthetic? What are the other faces of our country tha twe want to present to the rest of the world? What are the issues and ideas that concern us? What and where is the 'Other America'?" All of these ideas and more are confronted in this group show. Continues through May 7th.
Date: Saturday, March 5th
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Venue: Exit Art (475 Tenth Ave)
Cost: Free? (may be $5)
On the first Saturday of each month, the Brooklyn Museum of Art opens its doors for free and packs the evening with family-friendly events and a dance party. This is a great chance to see the Roman Bearden exhibit before it closes down on Sunday to make room for the upcoming Basquit exhibit. Tonight's activities include award-winning short films, scorching cabaret by members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, a one-act play starring Joanna Merlin (Fiddler on the Roof, Law and Order), and classic funk and soul spun by DJs from Brooklyn’s own Black Underground.
Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Venue:Brooklyn Museum of Art (200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn)
Cost: Free
5 p.m.–7 p.m.: Film
Award-winning short films by Brooklyn College students
6 p.m.–8 p.m.: Music
Cabaret music performed by members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic
6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.: Hands-On Art
Bead and decorate your own menat, a type of ancient Egyptian necklace. Free tickets available in the Education Gallery beginning at
7 p.m.–8 p.m.: Curator Talk
Linda Ferber in the Luce Center for American Art
7 p.m.–8 p.m.: Film
Selected short films from the archives of the Brooklyn International Film Festival
8 p.m.: Modern Voices
Gallery talk in celebration of Women's History Month.
9 p.m.–11 p.m.: Dance Party
1970s disco and funk spun by DJs from Brooklyn's own Black Underground
9 p.m.: Performance
Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn. A one-act play starring Joanna Merlin
Join idealists, activists and enthusiasts for a free night of live entertainment, lively company & guest political speakers that give "Progressive Party" new meaning.
Date: Saturday, March 5th
Time: 8:00pm
Venue:The Tank (432 West 42nd between 9th and 10th)
Cost: Free
Djs Twitch and Jonnie Wilkes invade NYC this weekend all the way from their Optimo parties in Glasgow. Expect a seemless mix of rock, new wave, jungle, microhouse, soul, and whatever else they can throw in there. Not sure what that sounds like, check out the latest mix on their website. The boys also rock Glasshouse Gallery on Monday for cash.
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Venue: Tribeca Grand Hotel, downstairs (2 Avenue of the Americas)
Cost: Free with RSVP
AllDisco returns to Capone's this week to bring their version of a funk/disco/no wave dance party to Williamsburg. Tonight's big draw is
80's no wave hero Jonny Sender who boast a laundry list of legendary venues including the Paradise Garage and The Loft. Sender is joined by residents Dan Selzer, Jeremy Cambell, and Rob Uptight. Free pizza until 3:30am. DJ Bio's below the fold.
Date: Saturday, March 5th
Time: 10:00pm
Venue: Capones (221 North 9th Between Driggs and Roebling, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Jonny Sender In the 80's, Jonny played bass for seminal no wave latin post-punk funk legends Konk. One of the first groups to release DJ mixers (individual tracks of broken down song elements) on their singles, they counted Larry Levan, David Mancuso and Madonna among their fans and played such legendary clubs as Paradise Garage and The Loft. Currently he is 1/2 of the production duo House of Voodoo with Bruce Smith (The Pop Group, The Slits, Rip Rig and Panic) and has been DJing in NYC and abroad since '81 at such clubs as Danceteria, Mudd Club, Nell's, The Palladium, Joe's Pub, Roxy, Sound Factory Bar, and Limelight.
Dan Selzer Dan's favorite disco is love songs for robots. He runs Acute Records which reissues forgotten post punk gems. He threw the now legendary Transmission party at the Plant Bar back in the day and invented nyhappenings. He is the other half of the Crazy Rhythms DJ crew. Only Dan knows how a synthesizer really feels.
Jeremy Campbell Jeremy's favorite disco is on the outskirts of Frisco. He was a resident at Average Saturday's at Subtonic for about a year before starting ALLDISCO. Jeremy was too lame to dress up as Giorgio Moroder for Halloween and likes his clams on the half-shell with roller skates.
Rob Uptight Rob's favorite disco is disco for sippin' wine and feelin' fine. He is a recent transplant from Portland, Oregon where he was a resident at Holocene. Rob is frequently first to the dance floor and his moves are suspiciously reminiscent of the hustle. His favorite food is quesadillas.
Sold out of the show, catch the DJ set! Blake fro Moving Units spins who know swhat along side Elhaam and Franki Chan. Plus, an excuse to drink Sparks at the open bar from 10 - 12.
Date: Saturday, March 5th
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Venue: Luke and Leroy (7th ave at Leroy)
Cost: Free
So where has Supreme Trading been lately? Looks like Triple Crown takes the lead this week with yet another industry party. Tonight, they host the Wax Poetics issue release party. They've got Dj Monk spinning and "...of course, No Cover and some Free Stuff."
Date: Saturday, March 5th Time: 10:00pm Venue: Triple Crown (N 11th and Bedford, but just a reminder there is no L this weekend) Cost: Free
New weekly party its Park Slope tonight. In case you missed him at his Eleven residency this week, check out Evil Dee along with Butta L tonight at the jump off.
Time: 11:00pm
Venue: Reign Lounge (46 Washington Ave. between Park and Flushing, Park Slope)
Cost: Free with RSVP
"Presentation and workshop by Yomango. Yomango is a brand name whose goal is not the sale of products but lifestyles, just like with all the other big brands. However, in the case of Yomango, the lifestyle is based on shoplifting as a form of disobedience and direct action against multinational corporations. Just as the market captures desires, expectations and experiences and sells them back as products, the Yomango style promotes the reapropriation of what was once part of the commons. Yomango is an open-ended process generating tools, prototypes, and dynamics that flow and proliferate, waiting to be re-appropriated.
Yomango is an artivist collective that originated in Spain, and now has franchises in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Germany. They can be found in galleries, in the streets, and at mobilizations around the globe.
Yomango is not about stealing, nor does it condone any illegal act, it doesn't even have to do with shoplifting anything. Yomango makes visible a very concrete reality: people shoplift. Yomango is an attempt to understand why. Some possible hypothesis have started to turn up: the instability in which most of the people today live could be one possible reason. Another could be the abusive policies of the multinational corporations which govern the market and hence, the planet. For that reason, Yomango says: Yomango is not theft! It is property which is theft.
The Change You Want to See Gallery and Convergence Stage is a project of Not an Alternative, a Brooklyn-based arts collective. In support of creative resistance to the Republican National Convention last summer, Not an Alternative offered resources to artists and groups in the form of a space, arts materials, production crews, and organizing support." [found via NonSenseNYC]
"Since 1996 Ocularis has exhibited contemporary film and video work combined with independent, avant-garde and repertory cinema." That being said, swing by Galapagos, grab a drink at the bar, and watch six shorts that all take place in Italy (this is definitely not going to help my urges to ship out to the Tuscan country side). On the line up tonight is Intervals by Peter Greenaway, Roma by Jacob Burckhardt, Nettezza Urbana by Michelangelo Antonioni, The Assignation by Curtis Harrington, Travel Song: Italy by Jonas Mekas, Bambini in Citta by Luigi Comencini.
Time: 7:00pm
Venue:Galapagos, 70 North 6th
Cost: $6
Created by Serbia-based designer Ivana Popov, Veil of Reality is an exhibition of her newest cycle of textiles. Popov creates textile collages that beautifully combine an assortment of herbs, flowers, glittering powder, and transparent sheets. Fascinated by eastern culture, her textiles form a subtle dialogue of ancient rituals and traditions. Her bold mixtures of colors and shapes transport the viewer into the realm of tea rituals, flower ceremonies, and Tibetan mandalas. At the same time, Popov's textiles contain a type of organic sensuality and childlike joyfulness. Continues through April 2nd
Date: Monday, March 7th
Time: 11:00am - 6:00pm
Venue:Felissimo Design House (10 West 56th Street, 4th floor)
Cost: Free
If the Optimo boys in their swank surroundings this past weekend was too much for you then maybe this laid back venue will be more to your liking. Expect the same mixture of no wave to jungle and all points in between. With top notch support from the AllDisco boys (Dan Selzer, Tim Sweeney) and Doug Mosurock. Note... this party have been moved from Llano Escalado to the Glasshouse Gallery.
Date: Monday, March 7th
Time: 9:00pm
Venue: Glasshouse Gallery (28 South 1st between Wythe and Kent, Williamsburg)
Cost: $5
This new weekly residency is bringing together all of our favorite bands under one roof. Opening tonight's inaugural show are FreeNYC fav's The Epochs with their unique blend of electronic art rock. Following the Epochs is Jason Lindner's newest project, Big Pump which boast three drummers alongside Jason's innovative jazz piano. Tonight they are joined by MC Baba from Open Thought Music who blew us away at a Trumystic Sound System show a few years back. Highly recommended.
Time: 9:30pm - 4:00am
Venue: Nublu (62 Avenue C between 4th and 5th
Cost: $5
The all female DJ night returns with DJ Elle and Christine Renee joining party princess Oxy Cottontail. Come down for the free Red Strip from 10:00 - 11:30. Stay if its worth it.
Date: Monday, March 7th
Time: 10:00pm
Venue: Sway (305 Spring Street)
Cost: Free
“It is evident that many wars are fought over resources which are now becoming increasingly scarce. If we conserved our resources better, fighting over them would not then occur…so, protecting the global environment is directly related to securing peace…those of us who understand the complex concept of the environment have the burden to act. We must not tire, we must not give up, we must persist.”
Professor Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, gives her first public lecture in New York City tonight. Copies will be available for sale and Maathai will be signing. Come early as space is limited
Date: Tuesday, March 8th
Time: 7:15pm
Venue: Cooper Union (7 East 7th Street at Cooper Square)
Cost: Free
Celebrate Nelson George's newest book by drinking free Red Stripe in this trendy Soho spot. Come early for a free copy of the book and a Free DVD of George's Everyday People. Come late and buy the book and loose out on the free beer. Critics review below the fold.
Date: Tuesday, March 8th
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Soho323 (323 West Broadway)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Publishers Weekly
Emmy-winning TV producer George examines the ambition, deception, corruption and pervasive drug culture that lurk on the underside of the music world in this noirish thriller, which opens with the kidnapping of pop singer Night, the protagonist of George's Night Work (2003). D Hunter, the moody head of a security firm, gets hired to deliver the ransom for Night and provide bodyguards for hot pop singer Bridgette Haze, a sexy blonde trying to crash the mainly black urban music world by hosting a hip-hop awards ceremony in New York. Meanwhile, D must keep his unruly security staff in line; navigate his relationship with Emily Anekwe, his British-Nigerian girlfriend who runs a popular downtown club; and protect Bridgette and himself from threats by a mysterious motorcycle gang. Handsome, powerful, contemplative, with both of his brothers murdered and his father long gone, D struggles to accept his mother's remarriage and his own HIV positive diagnosis. This fast-paced book is written with a syncopation that parallels its setting, but the many subplots and large cast of characters, although well developed, weigh it down. Agent, David Robie at Big Score Productions. (Feb. 2) Forecast: George is also the author of The Death of Rhythm and Blues and Hip Hop America, both nominees for National Book Critics Circle Awards. He'd make an excellent interview subject, if S&S makes the effort to tour him. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
“Stand and Deliver began (and is) an awesome collaboration between my co-producer Andy Heidel, the owners of Southpaw, and myself,” explains comedienne and host, Amber Tozer. “They wanted to start doing a comedy night and we wanted a place to workshop our scripted reality comedy series in front of a live audience.” Now, what began in September as a night of comedy, short film, and a live reading of a script in progress is now, due to popular support, a monthly comedy series that has featured such recognized talent as Eugene Mirman, Becky Donahue and Tom McCaffrey. Southpaw will present the 5th installment of the Stand and Deliver comedy night on Tuesday March 8th at 9PM featuring Criag Baldo (comedy central's premium blend), Seth Herzog (VH1's best week ever), Andrea Rosen (The Variety Shack Show), Bridgette Smith (comedy central's premium blend), and more.
AfroKinetic party founder Chris Annibell, who also does double duty as DJ/producer for Nickodemus and Osiris of Turntables on the Hudson, launches a new weekly party tonight dedicated to easy beats and soulful sounds (think salsa, hip hop, reggae, and afrobeat). Catch it now as it goes to $5 in June.
Date: Wednesday, March 9th
Time: 9:30pm
Venue: The Royal (506 5th Ave between 12th and 13th - F to 4th Ave or R to 9th)
Cost: Free
The next edition of Cupcake, the reading series for New York's best women writers, will take place on Wednesday, March 9, with an evening featuring multimedia readings by Megan Kelso and Ariel Bordeaux.
MEGAN KELSO (b.1968) was born in Seattle, Washington and studied history and political science at The Evergreen State College. In 1993, she was the first woman to win the Xeric Grant, which she used to begin self-publishing six issues of the comicbook Girlhero. In 1998, Highwater Books collected stories from those comics in Queen of the Black Black. She is currently serializing a graphic novel called Artichoke Tales, for which she won two Ignatz Awards at the Small Press Expo in 2003.
ARIEL BORDEAUX studied art at the Museum School in Boston and throughout the 1990s self-published five issues of the acclaimed minicomic Deep Girl. Drawn & Quarterly published her novella No Love Lost in 1997. Ariel currently lives in Rhode Island with her cartoonist husband Rick Altergott and they collaborate on the comic book series Raisin Pie, published by Fantagraphics.
Date: Wednesday, March 9th Time: 7:30pm Venue: Lolita (266 Broome at Allan) Cost: Free
In the same spirit as Philly's First Fridays, on the Second Wednesday of each month over twenty galleries in TriBeCa open their doors for a veritable "art crawl." This is a great chance to see Michael Zansky's exhibit at Gigantic Art Space if you have not already, or just get your monthly art quota filled in one evening. Click here for a map.
Date: Wednesday, March 9th
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Venue: Various
Cost: Free
DJ Greg Pool - along with DJ Skumatik - drop the background to this night dedicate to a hodgepodge of art forms while Julie from BluPrint Clothing shows some photos. Jon Villoch also shows his "latest paintings." There will also be "some graffiti videos that we made."
Date: Wednesday, March 9th
Time: 9:00pm
Venue: White Rabbit (145 E. Houston Street, between Forsythe & Eldridge)
Cost: Free
Printed Matter is throwing open the doors to our storage space and inviting the public in! Come join us as we unearth hidden treasures from Printed Matter's history! Pore over thousands of artists' publications we simply have not had the shelf space to display until now! Buy books and multiples at discounts of up to 80%! The warehouse sale will be free and open to the public Thursday through Saturday and Printed Matter is pleased to present a special performance by veteran Vermont banjo player and populist artist Tom Banjo on Friday evening at 5 PM. Continues through March 12th (more below the fold)
Date: Thursday, March 10th Time: 12:00pm - 6:00pm Venue: Printed Matter (535 West 22nd street) Cost: Free
Printed Matter is almost thirty years old, and over the years we have collected more work than we have room to house; our shelves, closets and cabinets are literally bursting with artists' books and multiples. For four exciting days this great bounty will spill out of storage boxes and onto tables lining the fifth floor of 535 West 22nd Street. Thousands of small, hand-made artists' books; classic periodicals like Bomb, Heresies, New Observations, and ZG; artists' records, tapes, videotapes, cards, and 'zines; early work published by Printed Matter; current publications and much more will be on sale at irresistibly discounted prices.
"Inspired by media imagery of violent occupation and incarceration, Cnaani's new work investigates the gloval ritual of violence from a fresh perspective. In her commanding black and white ink drawings the oppressing soldiers are replaced with forceful feminine figures, revealing a dark world that contends with the reotic dimensions of combat and the absurdities of war..."
Date: Thursday, March 10th Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Venue:Andrea Meislin Gallery (526 West 26th Street) Cost: Free
John Matos Crash is kind of like the godfather of streetart in galleries. He got big when graffiti first broke onto the traditional art scene in the 80's. He was even in my "Understanding Art" textbook back in college. Now, he's back with a new set of works to prove that he's still got it.
Date: Thursday, March 10th Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Venue:Wooster Projects (418 West 15th Street) Cost: Free
For the girls who like to run with the boys, and the boys that like the girls who do, you may want to check this one out. While Lindsay on a skateboard is not a pretty sight, some girls can ride one like nobody's business. Tonight, Anthology Film Archives screens the new film from Element, Getting Nowhere Faster, a skate video all about the ladies.
Date: Thursday, March 10th Time: 6:15pm Location: Anthology Film Archives, 2nd and 2nd Cost: Free
Since the end of January, Fischerspooner has filled my Thursday nights with all sorts of entertainment (all though nothing will top Mr. Spooner's B-day/video premier party). Their on going salon series continues tonight with performances from Motoki Gameboy DJ, Les Royal Scam, MaleRoom, Electric Slide and Andrew Andrew. Remember though the party starts at 7 o'clock, performers and free beer may be through on the early side.
Date: Thursday, March 10th Time: 7pm-11pm Location: FS/Dietch Space, 110 North 1st Cost: Free
Their website says: "Much more than a photojournalistic journey, CRAZY SEXY HOLLYWOOD looks beyond the landmarks and celebrities, to the patchwork of souls, personas and styles that make Los Angeles the unique city that it is. Crazy, Sexy, Hollywood is an exhibition of photographs of various views on Glamour & Sex in Los Angeles by: Carlos Batts, Dave Naz, Rick Castro, Estevan Oriol, Patrick Hoelck, Steve Diet Goedde."
We say: "Crazy, Sexy, Hollywood is like taking Venice Beach into your mother's wood-paneled basement, dressing it up in vaudeville rags, and shooting it like Deb from Napoleon Dynamite. There is a beauty in the awkwardness and an awkwardess to the beauty in this raw portraiture."
Continues through March 26th
Date: Thurday, March 10th Time: 7:00p, - 9:00pm Venue: Art at Large (630 Ninth Ave, betwen 44th and 45th) Cost: Free
Well it was only a matter of time before Philly native, Cosmo Baker, got his weekly on at Triple Crown, and it was really also only a matter of time until Complex got in on it too. Dropping by this week will be special guest Schooly D.
Date Thursday, March 10th Time: 10:00pm Venue: Triple Crown (Bedford Ave. and N 11th, Williamsburg) Cost: Free
Our Black Betty fav and Chin Chin founder, Torbitt AKA Lil' Shalimar heads up this weekly party upstairs at Pianos. Expect his trademark eclectic mix of feel-good soul, funk, hip-hop, and disco. Be sure to check out his Saturday residency at Black Betty as well
Date: Thursday, March 10th Time: 10:00pm Venue:Pianos, Upstairs (158 Ludlow at Stanton) Cost: Free
Simultaneously with one hour screenings of her videos A Needle Woman, A Beggar Woman and A Laundry Woman, Kimsooja has choreographed a group performance. Right in the middle of Time Square 40 performers will meditate, capturing gestures present in Sooja's videos. Her films will be shown on the NBC Astrovision screen as a large group of volunteers help to integrate the performers into the chaos that is Times Square.
Date:Friday, March 11th Time:2pm-3pm Location: Times Square, 44th and Broadway Cost: Free
Its that time of the month again. Grab your bike, head to Grand Army Plaza and celebrate your right to share the road with the cars. Critical Mass is a monthly celebration of bicycles and other nonpolluting means of transportation, exercising our right to the road. Critical Mass is a movement, not an organization; no two riders participate for exactly the same reason. New York City's first Critical Mass was in 1993.
Date: Friday, March 11th
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Meet at Grand Army Plaza
Cost: Free
First I received the above cryptic flyer with some image that looks like its pulled from the Cevaleiro Marginal opening this weekend at Deitch. Thankfully, Josh Rubin has come to the rescue with a fantastic synopsis of the film.
"I wish all documentary filmmakers could rock Nikes to make films, but this time around, it’s a Brazilian story being told. In the vein of last spring’s Art of Speed film collaborations, tonight RES presents a screening and event of the Nike-sponsored documentary film about Ginga (loosely translates to “art of movement”) and the sport of futebol in Brazil. Executive produced by Fernando Meirelles, the director of the incredible film City of God, the film highlights futebol players at both the local and national level in Brazil, and captures six different players, in different regions and in various arenas of play all around the Brazilian wonderland – the beach, the street, the sandlot. The film is about an hour long, directed by Hank Levine, Tocha Alves, and Marcelo Machado from O2 Films. Meirelles rhapsodizes, "Ginga is the Brazilian secret ingredient to the world’s most beautiful game.” The film is currently awaiting wider distribution, unless you're lucky enough to catch it at one of these special RES/Nike events.
Nike’s inspiration is this je ne sais quoi of Brazilian people – which they have capped with the term Ginga - for infusion into their global spring sportswear collection, in addition to several smaller retail spin-offs, such as three different colorwaves for Nikeid.com shoppers (for use in customizing the Dunk, Presto, and Zoom FC). The line will feature graphics designed by the Aprendiz School in Sao Paulo, and 1950s Copcabana-inspired apparel from the Brazillian fashion designer Jum Nakao. The graffiti celebrities Os Gemeos have created work for display at the afterparty, in a continuing relationship with the shoe company we love to hate (on). (OG have created public works for Nike in Los Angeles in the past, and they are designing a shoe as part of the Ginga thing). I guess there's nothing left to do but - Ginga!" by Ranjani Gopalarathinam on 10 March 05 for Cool Hunting.
Date: Friday, March 11th
Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Venue: The Firehouse (209 Elizabeth between Prince and Spring)
Cost: Free with RSVP
I was once told, by my best friend since sixth grade, that everyone should have a jungle dance. And while this is true, dance with caution, as a jungle dance, if implemented poorly, can also look like some sort of epileptic seizure. Anyway, expect to see lots of dancing at The Delancy tonight, as the kids over at Bassbot have put together a kick ass evening of jungle and ragga.
Time:10:00pm - 4:00 am Venue:168 Delancey, btw Clinton & Attorney Cost:Free
Sneaker freak's bible, Kicksclusive, is throwing down a launch party tonight at sneaker-lover-staple Triple Crown (what other club has sneakers on display as art behind a glass case?). Come early for the free beer and magazine. Stay for DJ Genie.
Date: Friday, March 11th
Time: 10:00pm
Venue: Triple Crown (Bedford Ave and North 11th, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Artist collective VIA throws their first of a series of seasonal parties in honor of spring (um... hello... spring? you there?) and the launch of their new website. We just want to see what the live conga troupe is all about.
Date: Friday, March 11th
Time: 10pm - 4:00am
Venue: 13 Little Devils (120 Orchard)
Cost: Free
Ok, so while the FreeNYC kids have been spending their Friday nights in Brooklyn due to great events and our long lost friend the L train, it may be time to make the journey back across the river to the big city. From the Grime night at Rothko to Jungle at Delancey, these great parties keep popping up all over the LES. Here is yet another one for you. Tonight, check out Dirty Needles at Sixes and Eights (which appears to be one of the most DL venues in the neighborhood). On deck tonight will be Adam Collins, Daniel Orestes, Jiant, 34th Street John and Esen, bringing you everything from deep house to evil hip hop.
Date: Friday, March 11th
Time: ??? (I'ma guess 10 or 11ish)
Venue: Sixes And Eights (Stanton and Christie)
Cost: Free
Both Deitch Galleries switch over tonight bringing double the cutting edge art to your evening. First up is David LaChapelle's Artists and Prostitutes retrospective. LaChapelle is one of the most innovative and creative photographers working today. He has photographed some of the biggest celebrities and personalities in the worlds of music, entertainment, fashion and art. His work has been featured on numerous magazine covers around the world. In addition to still photography, LaChapelle has directed music videos for pop music stars such as Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston and numerous others.
Artists and Prostitutes will showcase 3 oversized L.E.D. projection screens (15 feet x15 feet) featuring a collection of images taken throughout LaChapelle's illustrious career. To add to the excitement, LaChapelle will also install a life-sized set in the gallery allowing visitors to freely experience a slice of “LaChapelle's world”. Continues through April 16th.
Next up is Os Gemeos' Cavaleiro Marginal. Os Gemeos (pronouced "ose zhe'-mee-ose.") are two artists from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Born in 1974, they are identical twin brothers (Octavio and Gustavo Pandolfo) and their name translates to "the twins" in Portuguese. In recent years Os Gemeos have gained international notoriety for their unique works created on the streets of Sao Paulo. They also paint canvases, make sculptures, and are both graphic designers and photographers.
In 1993, Os Gemeos met Barry McGee, who was in Sao Paulo on a painting fellowship. They became fast friends and immediately collaborated on pieces in the city. This experience opened them up to a wealth of information and mutual influence. As a result, their works changed from almost exclusively large murals to smaller, site-specific installations on the streets and in galleries. Since then Os Gemeos have exhibited their work internationally including exhibitions in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cuba, and throughout Europe as well as numerous exhibitions in Sao Paulo and Latin America. Continues through April 2nd.
Date: Saturday, March 12th
Time: 12:00pm
Venue: Deitch Gallery (76 Grand Street)
Cost: Free
In the traditional honor of the SantaCon events, enjoy this pre St. Paddy's celebration by donning a green hat, red beard, and some green dress and heading out to drink like it's... well... St. Patrick's Day. Its guaranteed to be a day of drinking, laughing, and kissing (and jigging?)
Date: Saturday, March 12th
Time: 12:00pm
Venue: Meet at Puck Building on Lafayette and Houston
Cost: Free
Come try a lovely sampling of Italian country wines, including a fabulous, earthy Primitivo (the grape is known as Zinfandel in this country); a red, fruity Montepulciano; and a light, airy white wine made from Trebbiano...all the perfect accompaniment to your Saturday festivity!
Date: Saturday, March 12th
TimeL 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Venue: Acker, Merrall, & Condit (160 72nd Street at Amsterdam)
Cost: Free
For the thrid year in a row, The Williamsburg Gallery Association brings a night of amazing art right into the FreeNYC stomping ground. Staying open fashionably late (like most of the 'Burgs residents) each gallery will host their own mini events. Participating galleries include 31 Grand, 65 Hope Street, Black and White Gallery, Boreas 133, CH'I, Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, The Dollhaus, Figureworks, Front Room, Galeria Galou, Goliath Visual Space, Holland Tunnel, Jack The Pelican Presents, Lunar Base 197, McCaig Welles Gallery, Momenta Art, Open Ground, NURTUREart, Parker's Box 193, Pierogi 177, Plus Ultra 235, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, Roebling Hall, Schroeder Romero, and SouthFirst. If your not familiar with the area or want more information on the galleries, stop at Spike Hill (a bar right across the street from the Bedford L stop) for a map and details.
Date: Saturday, March 12th Time: Galleries open until 11pm Location: Various areas in Willimasburg Cost: Free
We've wanted to throw a prom forever but could never get off our butts and do it. Sees that Flux Factory beat us to it. Featuring "Music for Girls, White Limo, Jollyship the Whiz-bang, shake your DJs, & delicious refreshments." Looks like we will have to work on that homecoming party now.
Date: Saturday, March 12th
Time: 9:00pm
Venue: Flux Factory (click for directions) Cost: $6 with prom attire ($8 if you are too cool to get dressed up)
Jumping the gun on St. Paddy's, the Irish Arts Center will celebrate St. Patrick's Day by opening their doors to the public for an afternoon of authentic Irish arts and culture. Participants can take part in music, dance, song or language workshops, or simply sit back and enjoy the variety of performances that will take place during the day. The Irish Arts Center’s Open Day is the place for both the mildly curious and the passionate lover of all things Irish to get into the Saint Patrick’s Day spirit. And it is ALL free!
Beginning at 11am with a special session of Keltic Kids, a pre school Irish music program which introduces toddlers to rhythm through Irish music and dance, the day will also feature performances from the Irish Arts Center’s adult music and dance classes; a screening of acclaimed documentary The Legend of St. Patrick narrated by Liam Neeson, with Gabriel Byrne as the voice of St. Patrick; and a recital by Michael Londra, star vocalist of Riverdance. The day’s activities wrap up with Sundays at Seven - a cabaret featuring some of New York’s hottest rising stars of comedy and music. Schedule below the fold.
Date: Sunday, March 12th
Time: 11:00am
Venue:Irish Arts Center (553 West 51st Street)
Cost: Free
Features of the event to include: - Keltic Kids; a Pre-School Irish music workshop for children age 0-3 years – 11.15am
- Gaelic Kids: a free introductory session of the Irish Arts Center’s new exciting language class for children. A rare opportunity for your child to learn words and phrases in Irish – 2.00pm.
- Children’s Step Dance Performance by students of the Niall O’Leary School of Irish Dance – 2.15pm
- A lecture on one of Ireland’s favorite saints – St. Bridget – 2.45pm.
- Riverdance singing star Michael Londra will give a special performance at the Open Day – 4.00pm
- A film on the history of St. Patrick – 4.30pm.
- Sundays At Seven – the Irish Arts Center’s monthly cabaret series featuring the best of New York’s musicians and comedians – 7.00pm (Admission: $5 members/$8 non-members).
- Music Sessions, Irish language hour and much more!!
Greater New York 2005, jointly organized by P.S.1 and The Museum of Modern Art, will go on view at P.S.1 on March 13, 2005 showcasing approximately 150 artists from the New York area. This exhibition builds from the spirit of its first incarnation, Greater New York, which opened at P.S.1 in 2000, shortly after the two institutions became affiliated.
Greater New York 2005 presents artists who have emerged since 2000. Their work explores both this specific time period, during which New York City has changed dramatically; shows vitality, energy, and exciting promise; and anticipates new artistic directions. The exhibition includes artists from New York’s five boroughs, as well as nearby towns in New Jersey. Continues through September 26th.
Date: Sunday, March 13th Time: 12:00pm - 6:00pm Venue:P.S.1. (22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City) Cost: $5 donation
The Brainstormers are up in arms about the current Greater NY Show opening today at PS1. Apparently, only 1/3 of the participating artists in the show are female while most MFA programs in the tri-state area are woman dominated. Today, they protest the opening of the exhibition so bring a blank t-shirt to be "brainstormified" and make your way out to LIC. Complete press release below the fold, full info on their website.
Date: Sunday, March 13th
Time: 12:00pm
Venue: Meet at Crane Street off of Jackson Ave, across from PS1
Cost: Free
BROOKLYN, NY: Come to the opening of 'Greater New York' at PS1 and feast your eyes on the shocking gender inequality that is still silencing women in the New York art world! Sunday, March 13th, 12-6pm
Though PS1 positions itself as a venue for cutting edge work, it clearly has not overcome historical prejudices that privilege men over women. The system is still broken, and the efforts made by the PS1 staff to examine work from a wide range of artists were severely flawed.
On Monday, March 7th, the press office at PS1 released the following numbers about the gender balance of the show:
100 men > 50 women
in other words
33% < acceptable
• PS1 Curators achieved a perfect reflection of the New York Gallery World: In a survey of 50 New York Galleries, we found that only 35% of the artists are women.
• But 33% is NOT an adequate reflection of the Artist World: a study of MFA enrollment in the New York area returned consistent statistics proving that women make up the GREAT MAJORITY (over 60%) of today’s MFA artists.
We will NOT allow MoMA, PS1, and the New York gallery system to perpetuate this outrageous and outdated statistic.
We will NOT stand to have our public artistic dialogue dominated by curatorial catastrophes.
WE DEMAND AN EXPLANATION FOR GETTING P.ublicly S.crewed 1 more time!
The Year is 2005. It is time for the art world to put discrimination in the past once and for all.
Please visit our new website for more details and statistics on how YOU can HELP!
Share is the closest thing we've seen to a nob twiddler's 'jam' session. Its an open mic of sorts where musicians are invited to come out, plug in their gear, and jam along with each other. We love impov and can only hope that this is an example of the beautiful connectivity of man (and man) and machine (and more machines).
Date: Sunday, March 13th
Time: 8:00pm - 4:00am
Venue:The Lucky Cat (245 Grand Street, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
James Carpenter, the innovative glass sculptor, engineer, and designer discusses the artistic and technical potential of glass. His work draws from architecture, engineering, materials science, and sculpture, extending the boundaries of each. In collaboration with architects and engineers from around the world, Carpenter creates fluid and elegant designs that incorporate new fabrication technologies to address contemporary environmental and energy considerations.
Date: Monday, March 14th
Time: 6:15 - 7:30pm
Venue: Parsons School of Design (25 East 13th Street, 2nd Floor)
Cost: Free
In his photographs from Burning Man,Gabe Kirchheimer manages to encapsulate both the survival and the community aspect of this intense desert experience. The images, now on display at the National Arts Club, are vibrant and alive with the humanity that is drawn out of the events participants. Continues through March 26th.
Date: Monday, March 14th
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Venue:National Arts Club (15 Grammecy Park South)
Cost: Free
Dj Shakey's monthly clothing swap is back. Bring your old crap and get someone else's, all to the backdrop of DJ Shakey spinning second-hand records. There are raffles, contests, and comedy to boot.
Date: Monday, March 14th
Time: 9:00pm - 1:00am
Venue: Botanica Bar (47 East Houston, between Mott and Mulberry)
Cost: Free
Its a double feature of classic horror goodness tonight at Rafifi. First its the Stephen King classic amish-gone-wild film Children of the Corn followed by the freak-out Exorcist-esque Omen. Dj's fill out the evening with a soundtrack of DarkWave, BritPop, Electro, Metal, etc. $3 beers (not so cheap).
Date: Monday, March 14th
Time: 9:30pm (movies at 10:00pm)
Venue: Rififi (332 11th Street between 1st and 2nd)
Cost: Free
The Next Monday party is back again. Tonight, Akron/Family plays "psyched out Americana. Very spacey and very very cool." The Epochs, who we recently learned were moving west for a bit to records (tear) will of course provide opening support.
Date: Monday, March 14th
Time: 9:30pm
Venue: Nublu (62 Avenue C between 4th and 5th)
Cost: $5
Dj's we've never heard spin microgenres with funny name like "Chips" and "Clicks." If you are into geeking out with the laptop then this may be there perfect jawn for you.
Date: Monday, March 14th
Time: 10:00pm
Venue: Mama's Bar (34 Avenue B at 3rd Street)
Cost: Free
Celebrate the release of End Of The Century: The Story Of The Ramones by drinking free Red Stripe at CB's. Note: no guarantee that the film with show here.
Date: Tuesday, March 15th
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Venue: CB's Lounge - downstairs (313 Bowery)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Puma's opening a new store in the Meat Packing District. What this means to you (unless you are a sneaker freak) is that tonight you can head out and enjoy the amazing view from M Studio, dance your ass off to Greg Poole and King Britt, and drink for free. Of course, the space is limited to RSVP early and arrive the same way. [via Windchill]
Date: Tuesday, March 15th
Time: 8:00pm - 12:00am
Venue: M Studio (163 Bank Street at Westside Highway)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Anthem Magazine celebrates their issue release with beats from Egon (Stones Throw), Clever, Beans (Warp) and Shakeyface. Free drinks from Red Stripe and Guiness.
Date: Tuesday, March 15th
Time: 9:00pm
Venue: Luke & Leroy (Leroy and 7th Ave)
Cost: Free with RSVP (before noon on 3/15)
Sure you think your over priced hole-in-the-wall apartment in Brooklyn is kinda third world, and all your Manhattan friends think your "slumin' it", but truth of the matter is folks, we got it good. "According to the United Nations, more than one billion people now live in the slums...From the sprawling barricades of Lima to the garbage hills of Manila, urbanization has been disconnected from industrialization, even economic growth." Tonight, head up to City College to hear Mike Davis lecture on the shantytowns of the world, and how they have been "exiled from the formal world economy." The lecture is presented by the School of Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture but is open to the public.
Date: Wednesday, March 16th Time: 6pm Location: City College Great Hall, Convent Ave and 138th St Cost: Free
**I apologize for the last minute warning on this one**
Finally Raise Plow gets a soap box all her own! Raise Plow hosts her own talk show to comment publicly on politics, the everyday, and ubiquitous speed. Each weekly show invites a new special guest and musical act for questions, performance, and a good game of charades. This week features guests Reverend Billy and Neil Medlyn. Each week features a new episode of, "Tyranny!" (performed with puppets). Show up early for an hour of preshow activity: Truth or Dare, Public Confessions, Group Art, etc. and free popcorn
Date: Wednesday, March 16th
Time: 8:00pm (preshow at 7:00pm)
Venue:CB's 313 Gallery (315 Bowery)
Cost: $5
No Jacket Required, a D'n'B social this week, returns to their weekly space on the LES. This week they are bringing through heavy hitters Mathematics along side our back-in-the-day-what-the-f-ever-happened-to hero I-Cue (as far as we can tell, yes that I-Cue from Liquid Sky). Rounding these two our is Direct Drive's Wize and resident DJs.
Date: Wednesday, March 16th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Venue: 12 Lucky Devils (120 Orchard Street near Delancey) Cost: Free
By now that annoying person in your office is wearing green, your drunkard friend has devised the "ultimate bar crawl" and some bar out there is filling trays and trays of corned beef and cabbage to stink up their bar. Yup, its St. Paddy's again so grab your bagpipes, tell the girls that "everyone is Irish today" and enjoy the wonders of green beer. Oh, and there is a parade too. check New Yorkled or post your favorite events here by hitting the comment button below.
This is some sort of roller derby on bikes as part of "Puma Week" here in NYC. Come out and risk your life against the cities ballsier bike riders or just watch people smash into each other for fun. Winner banks $250.
Date: Thursday, March 17th
Time: 12:00pm
Venue: Union Square, North
Cost: Free
Astor Wines holds a serious wine tasting today (and tomorrow). Today features winemakers from the Loire and Southwest France while tomorrow features winemakers from Loire, Beaujolais, and Savoie. Astor tastings are always free (check site for complete listings)
Date: Thursday, March 17th - March 18th
Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Venue:Astor Wine and Spirits (12 Astor Place)
Cost: Free
The Staff of TV sound-off site Television Without Pity invade KGB Bar's monthly reading series dedicated to the proposition that readings should be: excellent, well-read pieces that have at least one thing in them that makes people laugh (nervous laughter counts), and don't run more than 15 minutes each. Bio's below the fold.
Date: Thursday, March 17th
Time: 7:00pm
Venue:KGB Bar (85 East 4th Street)
Cost: Free
Sarah D. Bunting
Linda Holmes
John Ramos
with your hostess, Kathleen Warnock
Thursday, March 17, 7pm. FREE.
Sarah D. “Sars” Bunting is a writer and cigarette wrangler who lives in Brooklyn. Prior to helping found Television Without Pity, Sars worked as a church secretary, a file clerk, a pool tester, a CD-ROM producer, an antiquarian book dealer, and a Penthouse proofreader. Her work has appeared on Fametracker and MSNBC.com, and in Seventeen and Ruminator. She is also one of the founders of thisisnotover.com. Enter her world at www.tomatonation.com. "Sars" rhymes with "scares." Learn it, live it, love it.
Linda Holmes (“Miss Alli” on TWOP) lives in Bloomington, Minnesota, and has written for Television Without Pity since September 2001. She recently calculated that she has written approximately 1,600 pages of in-depth analysis of about 125 hours of reality shows. She has also written for MSNBC.com about matters including Captain Kangaroo, TV boyfriends, Jessica Simpson, Saturday Night Live, why network television hates the Midwest, and why no one should read a book by a man who has been The Bachelor. When there's nothing good on television, she is a part-time attorney.
John Ramos (“Couch Baron” on TWOP) worked in the financial markets for ten years. No one understood what he did, so he's kind of glad that chapter in his life is over. He lived in New York his entire life until 2002, when his company had the bright idea to offer him a job in London. He said, "Why not?" Well, because London is kind of a sucky place to live. On the heels of that realization, which was two years in the making, he recently moved back to New York, where he's happily covering first-run shows for TWoP for the first time. One can only hope that the Presidential election won't make him regret coming back.
In the final "Puma Week" event, the shoe giant has teamed up with personal fav Animal Magazine for a little throw down. Enjoy hip-hop from DJ Kech and drink free beer.
Date: Thursday, March 17th
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Venue: Drive-In-Studios (443 West 18th Street between 9th and 10th)
Cost: Free with RSVP (by noon of 3/17)
Our Black Betty fav and Chin Chin founder, Torbitt AKA Lil' Shalimar heads up this weekly party upstairs at Pianos. Expect his trademark eclectic mix of feel-good soul, funk, hip-hop, and disco. Be sure to check out his Saturday residency at Black Betty as well.
Date: Thursday, March 17th Time: 10:00pm Venue:Pianos, Upstairs (158 Ludlow at Stanton) Cost: Free
This weekly party dedicated to classic heavy metal continues this week. Open beer and Vodka from 10-11 and free snacks. mmmm... metal, beer, snacks.... what else do you need.
Date: Thursday, March 17th
Time: 10:00pm
Venue: Mannahatta - Basement (2 Bleeker Street at Bowery, use side entrance)
Cost: Free
"The second exhibition of works from Eyebeam's 2004 Residents explores the ways artists have ventured forward from the notion of representation. Increasingly powerful and accessible imaging technology allow depiction of a world wherein the complexity of the real is rendered beyond what one could see with the naked eye. From docu-fictions to immersive narratives, reconfigured landscapes to new storytelling schemes, these works address the nature of our relationship to the moving image beyond the screen, as well as our perception of architecture and space in a world that is increasingly permeated by images." [eyebeam]
Date: Friday, March 18th Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Venue: Eyebeam Gallery (540 W. 21st St.) Cost: Free
One part live hip hop show plus one part house party, add in the chillest folks and Brooklyn and you got yourselves a perfect Friday night. Everytime I have ever been to an event hosted by these guys its been a great time. Come by for the best hip hop you've never heard from Undakova, Broke MC, Domer, Bisc One and others.
Date: Friday, March 18th Time: 9pm Location:Asterisk, 258 Johnson Cost: $3, Ladies Free before midnight
While some would argue against this theory, truth is won't much matter when you are dancing up a storm later tonight at Eleven. "CUT is a biweekly dance party held in the Lower East Side that will focus on the music, the fun of socializing and dancing." Keeping your feet jumpin' tongiht will be DJs Are Not Superstars (DJ Alexander Technique and Princess Superstar) and The Syrup Girls (Siren and Star Eyes). Plus to celebrate Friday proper, CUT gives you an open bar from 10 to 11.
Whenever it comes time to stand up against the war in Iraq, I suddenly have a flashback to a song from the South Park movie where Kyle sings "I can be political too." In all seriousness though, this weekend will mark two years since the United States invaded Iraq. Today, in cities around the world there will be marches and peace rallies urging that U.S. Troops to leave the region. In New York City, Troops Out Now has planned a march from Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, to Central Park, and then to Bloomberg's house. They are expecting thousands to attend, so expect a heavy police presence.
Date: Saturday, March 19th Time: 10am-3pm Location: Various locations Cost: Free
"Hey, you hear that? Sounds like a giraffe's dying over there!"
(sorry I couldn't resist)
This exhibit actually opened last Saturday as part of Williamsburg's Art After Hours,but thought we'd give you a heads up as it should be an intresting show. Crossed Destines features a group of 22 artists, each of which have recreated one of the faces of tarrot cards. "Crossed Destinies has been assigned to artists whose work is richly immersed in the language of allegory and the nuance of magical realism. In this "Tarot of the Artists" they hope to bring their personal voices to a crossroads of creative destiny, validating the myths, histories, and legends of these archaic imageries, not through traditional replication, but by new interpretations of old forms."
Date: Showing until April 3rd Time: Gallery Hours are Saturday and Sunday 12pm-6pm Location: Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, 135 Broadway Cost: Free
FreeNYC has a tendency to end up at these interesting cross over events where we are never quite sure which catagory to file them under. Tonight is no exception as David Stout performs SignalFire (2003) "an interactive video-noise performance exploring real-time cross-synthesis of sound and image." Part of The Alternate Controllers Series, David will uses interactive techniques to create sound and image from television snow.
Date: Saturday, March 19th Time: 7pm Location: The Tank Cost: $5
If your looking for some hip hop for your Saturday night, but aren't so into hearing the new 50 album everywhere you go, check out African Underground Volume 1. Tonight, is the record release party featuring DJ Dakar, DJ Fumni and DJ Tesfa spinning hip-hop classics, afrobeat and afropop. The collaboration features 14 tracks from African MCs, and is hoping to bridge the gap of both cultural and economic boundaries in the global community.
Date: Saturday, March 19th Time: 8pm-3am Location: Nublu, 62 Ave C Cost: Free before 10pm, $5 after
Ok so while this place will forever be known in my mind as Filthy McNasty's, the place where I go to play pool in a dirty bassement and drink bad beer all night, the truth is, its now called 12" and they have jungle parties there (which is great in its own right). Tonight, come by for High Rollers & Low Riders, bringing Sin City to the LES. For your listening pleasure, the line up is Viclevek(minimal pop), Hale (chunky house) and AMADEUS (ragga-jungle).
Date: Saturday, March 19th Time: 10pm Location: 12" Essex and Houston Cost: Free
It must officially be Spring as the Coney Island amusement park, Astroland, unlocks its doors today. Turning 78 years old this year, Sunday will be the opening ceremony for the Cyclone Rollercoaster (this would explain why that thing is so damn rickety). The first two hundred people in line get to ride for free. A word of advice my friends; ride the rollercoaster before binging on hot dogs and cotton candy.
Date: Sunday, March 20th Time: 12pm Location: Astroland, Coney Island Cost: Cyclone is free, other rides varry
Knot master Brian Matthews invades the Flux Factory to to teach you "how to tie knots like a sailor, like a pirate, like a mad husband, like a person who knows how to tie knots."
Date: Sunday, March 20th Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm Venue:Flux Factory (38-38 43rd Street, Long Island City) Cost: Free
Join Up-Set Press Inc. and Tribes Gallery to celebrate this debut collection of A collection of socialist, surrealist poetry and prose,Theater of War parodies the rhetoric of the U.S. National Security Strategy Report, exposing the fascist machinations of the Bush administration. Presented with unforgiving humor, disjunctive syntax, and subversive wordplay, Theater of War removes the earplugs that "defend" us from dissent.
Date: Sunday, March 20th
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Venue: Tribes Gallery at 285 East Third Street (Between C & D)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Don your finer threads and head over to Table 50 to hear her latest before its hits stores tomorrow. "The album is a seductive mix of vintage R&B sounds, hip-hop, bouncy rhythms and features executive production by Missy Elliott. Limited giveaways will be available through the course of the evening." [giantstep.net]
Date: Monday, March 21st Time: 7:00pm Venue:Table 50 (643 Broadway at Bleeker) Cost: Free with RSVP
Monday night parties at Nublu continue again this week. The Epochs are back, followed by Dana Leong, who's played on stage with Ray Charles, Erykah Badu, Christian McBride and Talib Kweli among others, and his own ensemble. This kid's amazing. He plays seven different instruments including laptop, trombone and cello. He'll be joined by Tony Escapa and Jason Lindner tonight, and I'm sure other friends will drop by. Cocoa Cracker Brown and Shuga-Milk spin before, after, and in between sets.
Date: Monday, March 21st Time: 9:30pm Venue: Nublu (62 Avenue C b/w 4th and 5th) Cost: $5
Gothamist said it best so here's what they said...
"Mena Trott, President and co-founder of Six Apart - makers of the MovableType software that runs Gothamist and most of the other blogs in the universe) - will be in town and she wanted a chance to say hi to all the New York City bloggers and blog readers. Try to stump Mena with obscure MT and Typepad questions! Plus, Gothamist and Six Apart wanted to say thank you for all your support (thanks again for Bloggies) - not to mention pass some time before heading to Midtown to see the elephants rush to Madison Square Garden. We hope to see you there. Free drinks while they last." [swiped from Gothamist]
Date: Tuesday, March 22nd Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Venue: Sweet and Vicious Cost: Free
Prominant hip-hop editors, reporters, and artist gather for a panel discussion on how women can "take back hip hop." Expected to speak are local heros such as Jean Grae and DJ Beverly Bond along with industry bigwigs like Karen Hunter and Akiba Solomon. Register online here.
Date: Tuesday, March 27th Venue: FIT, Katie Murphy Amphitheatre (27th street and 7th Ave) Time: 6:30 - 8:00pm Cost: Free
While not a direcor himself, the French conceptualist artist and archeitect, Yves klein, recruited professionals from the Gaumont Studio in Paris to shoot some of his performances. Recently, these films have been restored by the Yves Klein Archive. Organized in conjunction with the exhibit, Air Architecture, at the Storefront For Art and Architecture these films will be showing tonight at the Anthology Film Archives.
Date: Tuesday, March 22nd Time: 7:30pm Location: Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave Cost: Free with RSVP
In another one of those "Only in New York" events, Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus march their elephants from Long Island City to Penn Station tonight by way of the Midtown Tunnel. This tradition, born out of necessity, closes down the tunnel and vehicular traffic and is free for all. For an extra treat, try and grab the view from the less crowded Long Island City side. [image and source: Gothamist]
Date: Tuesday, March 22nd
Time: between 11:30pm - 12:30am
Venue: Midtown Tunnel
Cost: Free
Ward Yoshimoto “It’s Personal” is the American Dream washed ashore, picked over, and reassembled in an attempt to piece together a sense of identity amid the constant flux of contemporary life.
Xanadu* is delighted to present Yoshimoto’s solo exhibition "It’s Personal," featuring new works incorporating box constructions and assemblages of industrial materials and mass produced products. His work blends the duality of social concerns and fragments of his personal history. Paying special to the object the artist is able to create a contextual visual metaphors between his formal concerns of the traditional arts and explore the creative act of selection. [swiped from Creative Thrift Shop]
The Six Degrees parties have taken a back seat for a while because they started charging a cover. But now they are back on our favorites list this week with a whole new venue. This week their classic tabla laden electronic chill-out brings Karsh Kale back to NYC along with his Kollecktiv. If you have been looking for something new in downtempo for a while then this might be it.
Date: Wednesday, March 23rd
Time: 10:00pm
Venue: Ruby Lounge (186 East 2nd near Avenue B)
Cost: Free
Ryan Bubnis is a California born painter and illustrator that currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Strongly influenced by comics, cartoons, toys, and graffiti, Ryan's work borders the line between cute and creepy. In a world full of bunnies, bears, vampires and super heroes, Ryan's characters play and reach beyond the realm of normal cartoon caricature. They manage to express a broad range of human emotion exhibiting bravery, sadness, loneliness and joy. His work has been exhibited in Chicago, Vancouver B.C, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles. Heroes and Heartbreakers is his first showing in New York.
Date: Thursday, March 24th Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Venue:KidRobot (126 Prince St. between Greene and Wooster) Cost: Free
Corporate Media Ownership and Its Threat to Democracy
"The current climate of American journalism is fraught with incestuous relations between government and a handful of Fortune 500 corporations that own and operate news organizations. From News Corporation’s Fox News, General Electric’s NBC, Viacom’s CBS, Disney’s ABC, and Time Warner’s CNN to Clear Channel’s massive radio empire, what the mainstream media present as "news" has become largely a "paid political announcement" born of favor trading, conflict of interest, and self-serving, bottom-line corporate logic. As a result of such accommodationism, American viewers receive a homogenized, censored version of reality and the watchdog of American democracy, the press, has become a docile instrument of governmental authority and big money."
Arthur Kent, Danny Schechter, Pete Tridish, and Mark Cooper, contributors to Prometheus Book's newly-published News Incorporated, are joined by journalists Mark Crispin Miller, Greg Palast, and Kristina Borjesson, in a panel discussion on Corporate Media Ownership and Its Threat to Democracy, led by the editor of News Incorporated, Elliot Cohen.
Date: Thursday, March 24th
Time: 6:00pm
Venue:Small Press Center at The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen Library (22 West 44th Street)
Cost: Free
I'm not exactly sure how to explain this one, so lets use the words that the Glasshouse Gallery has given us "One night, two parties, one price, too much fun. Folk and country evening followed by Panda-monium, the Cyborg Panda Masquerade Dance Party." So the best I have figured, is that there is some sort of blues/country/folk extravaganza to begin the evening featuring music from Jeffrey Lewis, Micah Blue Smaldone, Death Vessel, Our Poor Neighbors, Andy Bosie, and Friends Band. Concluding the night will be the "madness with the dancing and the cyborg pandas and the robot battles and the cupcakes and the circus performers and the panda-monium begins. DJs Suggested D and Lady Vitamins. Prizes for best mask."
Date: Thurday, March 24th Time: 7pm Location: Glasshouse Gallery, 38 South 1st Cost: $6, free drink with entrance before 9p, $1 off with cyborg or panda mask
For the past five years TOTH has been bringing beats to the Frying Pan and Chelsea piers. Until its a bit warmer out though, the duo of Nickodemus and Mariano, will be joined by special guest, DJ Ino, as they take over Cielo for their monthly party. And just for the record, TOTH is just about our favorite acronym of all time.
Date: Thursday, March 24th Time: 10pm Location: Cielo, 18 Little West 12th Cost: Free
Its that time of the month again. Grab your bike, head to Union Square and celebrate your right to share the road with the cars. Critical Mass is a monthly celebration of bicycles and other nonpolluting means of transportation, exercising our right to the road. Critical Mass is a movement, not an organization; no two riders participate for exactly the same reason. New York City's first Critical Mass was in 1993.
Date: Friday, March 25th
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Meet at Union Square Park, South Side
Cost: Free
Giant Robot is one of my must visit shops when I am visiting LA. Their combination of gallery/shop supports top local artists while purveying some great japanese toys, books, and stationary sets (think Kid Robot but more).
Tonight they hit Luke and Leroy to release the latest issue of their magazine. Expect boys who love toys and the music of DJ woody
Date: Friday, March 25th Time: 10:00pm Venue: Luke and Leroy (21 Seventh Ave) Cost: Free
So you were sold out of the The Soundtrack of Our Lives / The Black Crows concert (or you could care less and like to get boozy). Either way, take advantage of this free after party with an open Molinari (whats that?) bar from 11:00 - 12:00 at rock-n-rolls finest mega club. The Blue Van (who?) play live at 12:30pm
Date: Friday, March 25th
Time: 11:00pm
Venue: Snitch (59 W 21st Street between 5th and 6th)
Cost: Free with RSVP
JuggleNYC, the New York organization dedicated to... well... Juggling hosts this annual festival. Expect juggling, workshops, games, shows, prizes, special guests, a raffle and more!! All events are open to the public. Admittance to the Pratt and Carmine Street gyms is free at for these events. Continues through Monday (see full schedule below the fold)
Date: Saturday, March 26th Time: 10:00am - 7:00pm Venue: Pratt Activities Resource Center (click for directions) Cost: Free
Big events like this tell me that spring is right around the corner with all of its tasty free events. Today, however, is Central Park's pre-Easter celebration. There is egg dying, a pettying zoo, and egg hunt and even the electic slide (okay, we'll pass on that part). Check the site for full details and download the map (pdf) here. Oh, and if you don't feel like trekking to Central Park, a similar event goes down in Queens
Date: Saturday, March 26th Time: 11:00am - 3:00pm Venue: Central Park Cost: Free
The original Televangalists, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, welcomes one and all to a free musical performance for the entire family celebrating the Easter season with sacred and spiritual music. Adult and children's choir performances as well as vocal and instrumental solos and ensembles.
Date: Saturday, March 26th Time: 6:00 - 7:15pm Venue: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1815 Riverside Dr. between Seaman and Payson Aves) Cost: Free
The Tank continues to countdown the closing of their current space with a classic Bar Mitzvah party, complete with tacky decorations, klezmer music, and dance party DJ's. Get yourself a free drink if you bring a picture of yourself at 13, or at least come out and support those who support NYC art and talent.
Date: Saturday, March 26th Time: 9:00pm Venue: The Tank (432 West 42nd Street) Cost: Free
Asterisk seems to mix the perfect cocktail for our Saturday nights. A particular FreeNYC author managed to shake her a$$ to the wee hours last week at what is fast becoming one of our favorite venues. We've disected their secret recipe and here it is:
1 part unpretentious venue
1 part come as you are and be yourself
1 part great local talent
2 parts cheap booze (hey, its Saturday)
This week they top it off with comedy antics (Whitest Kids you Know), live music (Epochs, Langhorne Slim) and a late night dance party (Cocoa Cracker Brown and Kenosha) to satisfy all you indecisive/apathedic weekend planners.
Date: Saturday, March 26th Time: 10:00pm Venue:Asterisk (258 Johnson Street, Bushwick) Cost: $5
Sweet Action Magazine (porn for girls) hosts the frequent party at Opaline. Check your pants at the door (and wear fresh undies... or no undies I guess) for 2 for 1 drink specials all night. Open bar from 10-11 and again from 3-4. This party can get out of hand, especially in the wee hours during the second open bar so come prepared.
Date: Saturday, March 26th Time: 10:00pm Venue: Opaline (85 Avenue A) Cost: Free
The Annual NYC Easter Parade "along Fifth Avenue from 49th to 57th Streets is a wonderful celebration of strolling in Easter finery. Bonnets are taken to an extreme that only New Yorkers can reach; also expect to see live rabbits, pet snakes, flowers, clowns, and more. The street is closed to traffic for parade participants and people watchers from roughly 10am until 4pm" By the way, how does it take these people 6 hours to walk from 49th street to 57th street. There must be too many tourist in the parade! [text swiped from here]
Date: Sunday, March 27th Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm Venue: 5th Ave from 49th to 57th Street Cost: Free
If you are still not Eastered out post parade, head over to Tavern on the Green for the annual Mad Hatter's Easter Bonnet Contest. There is serious booty to be had at this event as they will be giving away more than $4,000 in cash and prizes in 11 bonnet categories: Most Beautiful Easter Bonnet, Most Original Bonnet, Silliest Hat, Haughtiest Hat, Best in Show, Loveliest Little Lady Hat, Best Boy Bonnet, Best in Show Kids Cap, Best Pampered Pet Bonnet, Cutest Canine Cap, Kitschiest Kitty Bonnet and Best of Show Pets.
Also, there will be egg coloring for the kids, Cadbury® crème egg giveaways, storytelling, face painting, and special visits by Alice in Wonderland, the Queen of Hearts and of course the Easter Bunny! (photo from here)
Date: Sunday, March 27th Time: 12:30 - 4:00pm Venue:Tavern on the Green (Central Park West at 67th Street) Cost: Free
Chiaki Wantanabe hosts the first of 3 lectures at Flux Factory dealing with the medium of video and how it is applied to artistic expression. This particular lecture deals with "visual music" and using video as an instument. With guest speakers Giles Hendrix,Chris Jordan, and Chiaki Wantanabe.
Fashion, Accessory, and Product designers teach us how to make money doing what we love at this Parsons lecture entitled Mind Your Own Business: Developing a Business Plan. Priority to alumni and students so if you are then RSVP here, else show up early.
Date: Monday, March 28th
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Parsons (66 west 11th Street, Wollman Hall)
Cost: Free
Celebrate the kick off of Columbia: Journal Literary Magazine's new monthly reading series. The evening will feature readings by poet Monica Youn, novelist Scott Snyder, and essayist Andre Aciman. For more information call The West End at 212-662-8830 or email columbiajournal@columbia.edu.
Date: Monday, March 28, 7:30 pm Time: 7:30pm Venue: The West End (2911 Broadway between 112th and 113th St.) Cost: Free
So by now you are probably really sick of us talking about the Epochs. Well good news for you, this will be the last post for a while as the band is heading off to Seattle to record their new album. This also means that tonight is your last time to catch the Epochs for quite a while. Don't say that we didn't tell you. With Cocoa Cracker Brown and Shuga Milk DJing afterwards
Date: Monday, March 28th Time: 9:30pm or 10:00pm Venue:Nublu (62 Ave. C) Cost: $5
(note... the creepy monkey photo has been removed due to a freaked out FreeNYC editor. It has been replaced by this soothing photo of medication. You can still view the original image here.)
Damien Hirst is back in NYC with his first solo show since 2000. This new series of approximately thirty paintings. In classic Hirst style, expect the canvases to deal with an exploration of the space between art, science, and design. Show continues Tuesday through Saturday until April 23rd. Official press release below the fold.
Date: Tuesday, March 29th Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm Venue: Gagosian Gallery (555 West 24th Street) Cost: Free
555 WEST 24th STREET
NEW YORK NY 10011
TEL 212 741 1111
FAX 212 741 9611
info@gagosian.com
DAMIEN HIRST : The Elusive Truth
Mar 11 - Apr 23, 2005
Gagosian Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Damien Hirst. Entitled "The Elusive Truth," the show will be comprised of approximately thirty paintings, which have been completed over the past three years.
This exhibition, Hirst’s first in New York since 2000, signals a new direction in his work.
Hirst’s 2004 exhibitions include his first survey exhibition, "The Agony and the Ecstacy," at Museo Archelogico Nazionale, Naples, and "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida: Fairhurst, Hirst and Lucas," at Tate Britain, London. "Damien Hirst: From the Cradle to the Grave, Selected Drawings" was also published in 2004. It presents an important selection of drawings and sketches spanning Hirst’s entire career.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a large-format catalogue that highlights 24 paintings featured in the current New York exhibition. Measuring 18 x 12 inches, the book will include full-color reproductions on hand-tipped in plates, a raised plastic cover displaying the painting "Two Pills" (2004), an essay by J. G. Ballard and dye-cut windows that highlight details of the paintings. Additionally, Damien Hirst has written or selected texts that will accompany each painting throughout the catalogue.
So the only thing more boring than a book signing is a DVD signing. How do you spice it up? How about having Playboy Playmate Nikki Ziering sign the copies. Works for us. Oh, and if you care, she is signing National Lampoons Gold Diggers
Date: Tuesday, March 29th Time: 1:00pm Venue: J&R Video Store (23 Park Row) Cost: Free
"Streaming audio and MP3s are transforming pop music, from indie-rock to hip hop. But what about those newly minted Web zines, blogs, and alt glossies poking into every nook and cranny of the music world? While the mainstream seems content to leaf through Rolling Stone and channel surf from MTV to VH1, these do-it-yourself publishing channels are busy creating a bewildering amount of chatter about music and contemporary culture."
The National Arts Journalism program at Columbia host this panel discussion on the changing face of the music industry in the wake of blogs, ezines, bitTorrent, and all other online goodies. The panel is moderated by NY Times pop music critic Sasha Frere Jones, and features the likes of TV on The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe, Knox Robinson from the Fader, and fellow blogger Amy Phillips. Offical release after the fold.
Date: Tuesday, March 29th Time: 6:30pm Venue: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Lecture Hall, Third Floor (116th Street and Broadway) Cost: Free
Noise from Underground:
Pop Criticism and Cred in the Era of MP3s, Zines, and Blogs
March 29, 2005; 6:30 pm
Columbia University
Graduate School of Journalism Lecture Hall, Third Floor
116th Street and Broadway
Admission free
Streaming audio and MP3s are transforming pop music, from indie-rock to hip hop. But what about those newly minted Web zines, blogs, and alt glossies poking into every nook and cranny of the music world? While the mainstream seems content to leaf through Rolling Stone and channel surf from MTV to VH1, these do-it-yourself publishing channels are busy creating a bewildering amount of chatter about music and contemporary culture.
These days, every aspiring pop critic can create his or her own soapbox. The resulting atmosphere is as fragmented as it is high-speed: A blogger shows up at a club, orders a beer, and reviews a show in real time. New trends break at a faster clip than ever before. How can anyone keep up? And which critical voice do you trust?
For the independent publisher, the zinester, the online gawker, the vintage vinyl collector, or the unknown turntablist, credibility remains the coin of the realm. Cred, after all, is what makes the underground so underground. But do these new voices ever permeate the mainstream? Are they gunning to take over? Are they speaking a new language of pop criticism? Or merely talking among themselves?
Bringing together writers, editors, and musicians, “Noise from Underground” is a welcome conversation about the present-day pop criticism whirlwind -- and whether cred is even cool anymore.
Moderator: Sasha Frere Jones, pop music critic, The New Yorker
Panelists: Watch for details on panel makeup, which will include critics, ‘zine editors, bloggers, musicians and observers both underground and mainstream.
Tunde Adebimpe, musician, TV on the Radio (Touch and Go Records)
Anthony DeCurtis, contributing editor, Rolling Stone; executive editor, Tracks; editor of "Present Tense: Rock & Roll and Culture" and author of "Rocking My Life Away"
Amy Phillips, blogger, More in the Monitor
Knox Robinson, editor in chief, The Fader
Brandon Wall, editor in chief, Prefix
For further information, see www.najp.org, or contact the National Arts Journalism Program at 212-854-2549 or alc60@columbia.edu.
The Toxic Avenger, that crazy mop wielding superhero from NJ, turns 21 today. Buy him a drink at his own party. Lloyd Kaufman, creator to Toxie and president of Troma Entertainment, will be in attendance and there will be performances by The World Famous Pontani Sisters, Emok, Cut The Wires, Purple Pam, DJ Speigel, and The Lipstick Lesbian Zombies. Free beer from Red Stripe
Date: Tuesday, March 29th Time: 8:00pm Venue: The Delancey (168 Delancey St. b/t Clinton & Attorney Cost: Free
The little LES spot, Eleven, always packs 'em in on Tuesday nights with no cover and and top notch DJs, which in the past have included Peanubutter Wolf and DJ Premier. Tonight come through for DJ Evil Dee and Max Glazer. We reccomend that you arrive early, as its usually crowded.
So, I dont know, maybe its just the little piece of raver left in me, but I'm real excited that Roni Size is spinning at Cielo tonight! Really, how often do you get to see Roni out and about these days, let alone at some swanky little club in the Meat Packing District. Join him and Mathematics as they DJ the album release party for Roni's newest album Return To The V. This is going out big for a Tuesday, but it may just be worth it.
Date: Tuesday, March 29th Time: 11pm Location: 18 Little West 12th Cost: Free with RSVP
So Winter Music Conference has finally come to an end, and the DJs are making their way back to NYC. Coming off of their performance at the launch of Tokion FM in Miami, Ananda Project will be doing an exclusive in store DJ set at Dance Tracks tonight. The Atlanta based collective will grace our ears with an "inspiring set of eclectic, seductive and furious organic-injected electronic grooves."
Date: Wednesday, March 30th Time: 5pm - 7pm Location: Dance Tracks (91 East 3rd Street) Cost: Free
First we loose the Epochs and now No Jacket Required, that good time Drum and Bass weekly, is going on hiatus for the summer... WTF? Celebrate their final night with local bad girl Reid Speed with support from DJ Force, Mad Mike and special guest KrazyGlue. Plus residents and MC Crash Overide.
Date: Wedenesday, March 30th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Venue: 13 Little Devils (120 Orchard near Delancey) Cost: Free
Larry Clark, famed director of Kids and Bully as well as participant in the Beautiful Losers show and photographer of this years Supreme calendar, opens a new photo exhibit tonight entitled "Teenage Lust." Expect Clarks signature use of nudity, nature, as he visualizes the release of teen angst in the 1960's and 1970's through black and white photography. Continues through May 7th. Info: 646.230.0020
Date: Thursday, March 31st Time: 11:00am - 6:00pm (call gallery about opening) Venue:Clamp Art (531 West 25th Street) Cost: Free
The Hipster Travel Guide is having another gallery tour this week. "Meet at 3 pm at the benches in front of Gagosian Gallery, 555 West 24th Street for the Damian Hirst Exhibit. From there, its non stop art action until we stop for dinner at 5. Your eyes will explode like a Jackson Pollack painting from all the amazing stuff we shall see. At 6 pm we meet again in the hallway outside of Von Lintel Gallery, 555 West 25th Street, 2nd floor, so we will be warm during the inevitable wait. There will no doubt be free wine and beer along the journey. From there we will hit a few more openings and the whole thing should wrap up around 8 pm. Please RSVP if you are coming.
Date: Thursday, March 31st Time: 3:00pm Venue: Meet at Gagosian Gallery (555 West 24th Street) Cost: Free
This month's New York-Tokyo event features a preveiew of the latest game titles from Atari. Look for previews of Dragon Ball Z, Duel Masters, Godzilla, Enter the Matrix, Backyard Baseball and others. Get a chance to play them before they hit the streets. Official release below the fold. [found on windchill]
Date: Thursday: March 31st Time: 5:30 - 9:30pm Venue:Tenri Cultural Institute of NY (43A West 13th Street bet. 5th and 6th) Cost: Free
This month, New York-Tokyo and Atari bring the fun and games for our younger members! Thanks to March sponsor Atari, the brand new crop of anime-themed games, guaranteed to be popping up on youngsters' TV screens nationwide, will be featured at the beautiful Tenri Cultural Institute of New York ! (http://www.tenri.org)
The featured game of the month is the upcoming epic adventure, Dragon Ball Z Sagas. Combining the fast-paced DBZ action with sophisticated RPG elements, this is the perfect title for younger gamesters to get wrapped up in! Also on hand will be DBZ Budokai 3, the lightning paced one-on-one fighter that is already a smash hit. Newer hit TV/Game series Duel Masters and Yu Yu Hakusho, round out the exciting anime portion of this months lineup!
For more mature teens, the recent titles Godzilla, Save the Earth and Enter the Matrix will be on hand! Meanwhile, for the youngsters, don't miss Backyard Baseball and Backyard Basketball, these brand new PS2 titles will get the energy pumping Thursday night!
Last but certainly not least, don't forget to sign up for a special mini-tournament featuring some of our showcase games this month! Everyone has a chance to win prizes courtesy of Atari, so be sure to make it to our sign-up at 7:00pm, at the Tenri Institute!
Everyone is welcome to this special all-ages event for New York-Tokyo! No matter your age, we hope you will come visit and take part in this exciting showcase for kids of all ages! See you there!
Digweed. Yes the legendary DJ, John Digweed, will be stoppping by Virgin today to promote his new album Fabric 20. Drop by to hear him spin some records and stick around for him to sign your cd. If your really lucky, you can win one of two spots on the guest list for his party at Crobar on April 1st.
Date: Thursday, March 31st Time: 6pm Location: Virgin Megastore, Union Square Cost: Free
Ten galleries in DUMBO, all located in the same converted warehouse, open their doors for a mini gallery hop. 111 Front St. at Washington Street will throw open their doors from 6 pm to 8 pm, so visitors can participate in the "Gallery Hop." Among the works on display will be photographs by Manuel Geerinck at 5+5 Gallery (pictured); as well as works inspired by that other artist-rich neighborhood, Williamsburg, at Safe-T-Gallery; paintings by Andre Martinez at Henry Gregg Gallery; photographs by Richard Avedon at Howard Schickler Fine Art and more.
The reception will be catered by DUMBO's own Bubby's and Rice restaurants, with wines from Mionetto and tea from Ito En.
Date: Thursday, March 31st Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Venue: 111 Front Street (at Washington Street), DUMBO Cost: Free
Rachel Ray is the queen of quick cooking and has been the brains behind many a FreeNYC dinner. Stop by Barnes and Noble tonight as she signs her new book and hopefully gives us a few pointers, 'cause trust me, I could definitely use them.
Date: Thursday, March 31st Time: 7pm Location: Barnes and Noble, Union Square Cost: Free
As I am not sure on all the details of this one, I'm giving you the heads up, but also not making any promises here. What I am sure of however, is the essential free beer curtosey of the guys over at The Onion. While the last we heard the Fischerspooner album release party will be next week, tonight you will be able to catch an earful of the new album at this listening party. Rumor has it that a few lucky fans will be selected to hear the band play live in their studio post-party.
Date: Thursday, March 31st Time: 7pm - 9pm Location: 295 Grand St., Williamsburg Cost: Free with RSVP
Recently I had the oppritunity to work on a project dedicated to spreading information and raising awareness about HIV and AIDS to young people all over the World. I am happy to say that one of my favorite shops in the city is hosting their own event also dedicated to this same goal. The UPLIFTMENT JAMAICA "Each One" Benefit for the education and funding for HIV and AIDS in Jamaica will be hosted be Pete Rock. The "EONE" T-Shirt, which was created by Triko, will be available during the event with all proceeds going to UPLIFTMENT JAMAICA, and hopefully raising enough money to increase the distribution of female condoms throughout Jamaica.
Date: Thursday, March 31st Time: 7pm - 9pm Location: Stackhouse, 276 Lafayette St Cost: Free, if you want to check out the after party, complete with open bar, at Club M1-5 please RSVP
**Click here for more info on HIV/AIDS and where to get tested for free**
Take away the amps and the turntaples, add a bunch of guitars and maybe even some whiskey, take the last Thursday of every month plus the music of Johnny Cash and Hank Williams and you got yourself the CasHank Hootenanny. The rules are simple, no plugs and four cards, and every one is welcome to sing and play. The CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree was born at the Brooklyn Country Music Festival and is currently a monthly fixture at Buttermilk.
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will: The Drinking Game
The Legitimate Theater Company presents Twelfth Night, Or What You Will: The Drinking Game. This is Shakespeare as it is meant to be: fun, fast, loose, and buzzed. Through the drinking game audiences will find themselves immediately drawn into the world of Shakespeare's classic comedy as they join the festivities. The actors will sit with, drink with, and directly engage the spectators as they perform the Bard’s tale of shipwrecked twins lost in a strange world. The play's themes of stasis confronting inevitable change, of morality colliding with hedonism, of sexuality and it's ambiguities, are delightfully underlined by this unique production. 917 856 3535 for inquiries. More on Legitimate Theatre Company after the fold. [found via NonSenseNYC]
Date: Thursday, March 31st (Continues every Thurs. and Fri. through April 15) Time: 10:00pm Venue: Slipper Room (167 Orchard Street at Stanton, Manhattan Cost: $5
The Legitimate Theater Company's mission is to create theater that is ego-less and rough in order to reach a cynical public: Those who are both tired of pop culture and skeptical of high art. We strive for a kind of theater that does not try to trick, impress, or convert people. Instead, our aim is to laugh with our audiences as we offer ideas for them to take or leave, and to create a sense of camaraderie with them in our collective search for identity, belief, and conviction.
If you are still not over all the DJ madness from WMC, or are were NYC like us last weekend, then get your detroit house cure tonight with Ian Pooley. Check this MP3 if you are unfamiliar with his sound and be ready to go to the wee hours.
Date: Thursday, March 31st Time: 11:00pm Venue: Cielo (18 Little West 12th) Cost: Free with RSVP
