We Love A Free Screening

"Death by Hanging, Nagisa Oshima’s absurdist critique of the Japanese state and the death penalty, is a classic of New Wave cinema. Both hilarious and provocative, it has lost none of its potency or relevance. The film will be shown with his rarely screened short Diary of Yunbogi, a poetic montage of still images taken by Oshima in Korea. Introduced by Japanese film expert Michael Raine from the University of Chicago." This is not available on DVD and also not to be missed.

Date: Saturday, April 16th
Time:12pm, but show up early, space is limited
Location: Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 E 3rd St.
Cost: Free

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Secession Town Hall and Cabaret

Just when you thought saving Williamsburg from the greedy developers was a big enough task, Jason Flores-Williams is back to continues his "secession NYC" movement. Jason will speak again tonight followed by a 45 minute Vermont-style town hall meeting. Then, the mayhem continues with Little Miss Big Mouth secession cabaret and DJ Erek Tynker. Check out Flores-Williams "A Call to Secession" if you are unsure what all of this is about.

Date: Saturday, April 16th
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: Union Pool (484 Union Ave in Williamsburg)
Cost: $5

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Drunk' N' Bass

Ok so I have seen and been sent this flyer numerous times now. The truth is, I have no idea who Amy Snow is, but she is gonna have a wicked good time on her birthday. Expect to hear hip hop, hip step reggae, and drum'n'bass from the hands of Synapse, FTL, T.R.A.C., Jay Vega, I-Cue, Fresh, Rankin and Krunchy. Now apparently the bday girl will be giving out drink tickets for free shots from 12am to 1am (this is good news for those of you that know her).

Date: Saturday, April 16th
Time: 10pm
Location: Red and Black, 135 North 5th W'burg
Cost: Free

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The Grime Showdown

Okay, this is it boys and girls. We have been hitting you with the Grime scene for months now and you have probably blown us off, and been like "dropthelime, what kind of name is that?," "what the hell are bangers and mash anyway?" etc. Or maybe you got off the F train and didn't get past Max Fish. We understand. But before we start hitting you over the head with our new favorite dance craze, Funk Carioca, make sure you check out the grandaddies of this Grime thing, straight from the UK. Local 2-steppers turned grime lovers Dinesh and Greg Poole are bringing legends Jon E Cash and DJ Dread D of the Black Ops Crew to town for 1 night only. Is all this foreign to you? Good, then come out and learn.

Date: Saturday, April 16th
Time: 11:30pm
Venue: Crash Mansion (199 Bowery)
Cost: $5 before midnight, $10 after

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