Copywrite, and it's infringement, is something that most of us "blogger" have to deal with everyday. I mean, the images are not ours, nor is the text some times, but they are all related to the event that we are referencing. In the digital word, it seems these lines are blurring constantly. Thankfully, there is the Creative Commons license, as sort of simple copywrite that basically says "you can share my _____ as long as you give me credit." Tonight is the opening of NYU celebration of artists working under the Creative Commons license. Continues all month.
Date: Wednesday, March 1st Time: 7:00pm Location:NYU, Kimmel Center, 7th Floor (60 Washington Sq. North) Cost: Free, bring ID and mention show
Tonight meet America's most kick ass radical cartoonist Stephanie McMillan and columnist Ted Rall as Stephanie reads from her new book Minimum Security.
Today is the first day of The Cremery, a two week long installation series that aims to discover new common ground between experimental film and electronic sound art. "Subverting the typical preplanned screening/ music performance, the audience will be given a choice of focus - allowing them to synthesize their own audio-visual experience outside of the Creamery's control. The use of unusual and/or homemade instruments and antiquated technology alongside the new is emphasized. On occasion, unannounced secret performances will occur throughout the space, utilizing the window and visual space." Check the site for full infor and mind the Opening party on Friday at 8pm.
Date: Wednesday, March 1st Time: Various Location: Chashama (266 West 37th) Cost: Free
Damn Pacman, your gonna eat all the good drinks... Skinny, swanky Stay hosts a weekly 80's thowback night tonight with a very Culture Club looking flyer. Open bar gets it going and the drinks specials take things down to normal level. Films on the projector and DJ Link on the tables.
Date: Wednesday, March 1st Time: 9:00pm Location:Stay (244 E Houston Between A and B) Cost: Free Open Bar: ???, 9-10
BPM has finally returned from their long holiday break with a new issue on the news stands that I'm sure you'll all be interested in. Tonight is the release party for the BPM New York Issue. Yay NYC! And appropriately providing music for the evening is none other than their cover star and in-demand DJ and producer, Mark Ronson! Shout Outs go out to the kids over there at BPM for their lil mention of FreeNYC in the Lists That Serve article!
Date: Wednesday, March 1st Time: ??? (10:00pm) Location: Stereo (512 West 29th) Cost: Free with RSVP
Sometimes I feel like the rock parties gets left out in the cold over here at FreeNYC. So here is a good party for the rock and roll kids to go play at. Neat Neat Neat is a new monthly party at Manitoba's with Mike C. and special guest Pat Pierson (from wrsu.org and Yeah Yeah Yeah magazine) doing the DJing. Tonight is special as it's Mike C's Birthday debacle so swing by and wish the dude a happy one!
Date: Wednesday, March 1st Time: 10:00pm Location: Manitoba's, 99 Avenue B (bet. 6th & 7th) Cost: Free
The pint-sized Kingsize brings another fine event tonight, this time with the newe weekly, Deady Workables. Tonights soundtrack provided by Toy Baron (Kidrobot/friendsofsound.com) and Gerald McBoing Boing (Waxpoetics). Tonight's debauchary provided by free vodka from 11-12
Date: Wednesday, March 1st Time: 10:00pm Location: Kingsize (21 Essex between Canal and Hester) Cost: Free Open Bar: vodka, 10-11
The sweaty slutty Bang monthy kicks up their sweaty slutty factor a notch tonight with M*therf*cker's own Justin D on the turntables. Expect beauty bar madness to ensue. Vodka specials as always
Date: Wednesday, March 1st Time: 10:00pm Location: Beauty Bar (231 East 14th Street at 3rd Ave) Cost: Free
Sway has (once again) a new weekly party... this time in the form of Zeitgeist. Expect rock, rockabilly, punk, soul, glam, and new wave all night from DJs Owen the Liquid Life and Lady Miola. Open bar from 10-11:30.
Date: Wednesday, March 1st Time: 10:00pm Location: Sway (305 Spring Street between Hudson and Greenwich) Cost: Free Open Bar: vodka, 10-11:30
Date: Thursday, March 2nd Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Kid Robot (126 Prince Street) Cost: Free Summary:Some of street art's finest take gallery work to New York's premier toy store for adults.
Persue and Tweezers bring an assault of off the wall characters via "paintings and goodies" to Kid Robot today. The Bunny Kitty Crew will also be on hand and there will be free beer from Tsingtao. Continues through April 11th.
"In Until the Kingdom Comes, Simen Johan presents animals using escapism and fantasy to construct identity and purpose. Similar to his earlier work of children, this series explores our predilection towards imagination and emotion, rather than reason. Using digitally manipulated photography and sculpturally enhanced taxidermy, the artist presents scenarios that address ways in which we contend with inherent fears and desires." Continues through April 1st
A sculpture of an arctic wolf posed atop a circus pedestal/beauty display, its hair extensions threaded with crystalline jewels, transforms a childhood horror into absurd beauty (or serves as a symbol perhaps for all those things we deny, cover up, or manipulate in order to make our reality desirable). A large mammoth made of cement, standing in a natural landscape, creates an uncanny relationship between the organic and the artificial (or testifies to our ways of preserving history and honoring the dead in order to conquer our own fears of mortality and being forgotten).
Simen Johan is an internationally exhibiting artist with works in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Cleveland Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Denver Art Museum. In 2004-2005 he was the subject of a one-person museum exhibition at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo, Norway, that also traveled to the National Art Museum of Lithuania and Stiftelsen 3,14 in Bergen, Norway. Johan has recently been included in group-exhibitions at the University of Iowa Museum of Art; the Neuberger Museum of Art; the George Eastman House; the International Center for Photography; and the Australian Centre for Photography. In 2003 Twin Palms published his monograph Room to Play. In 2002 he received a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. Simen Johan was born in Kirkenes, Norway, in 1973. He was raised in Sweden and has resided in New York City since 1992.
The Riviera Gallery continues to impress, this time with a group installation featuring the work of Leon Reed (Darius Jones), and Alex Holden. "The walls of the gallery are covered by one mural, depicting a vast wooded landscape. Interspersed on these walls are various two dimensional works by Andrew Poneros and Alex Holden. Throughout the gallery are a variety of street sign oriented sculptures by Leon Reid. Metal trees are placed throughout the gallery.The floor of the gallery is completely covered in synthetic grass. Audible is a discreet mix of bird calls and car horns. In addition to these sculptures and trees, there are several signposts, featuring street sign oriented work by all three artists. Their intention is to explore the relationship between urban and natural space and structure." Continues through March 19th.
Date: Thursday, February 2nd Time: 9:00pm Location: Sin Sin, upstairs at Leopard Lounge (248 East 5th Street at 2nd Ave) Cost: Free Open Bar:???, 10-11 Summary: A Night of global DJ beats with an open bar.
DJs Daigoro, G_Mateus, and DJ Ibouti bring an evening of global sounds to this little upstairs spot. Think afrobeat, brazilian, reggae, and dancehall. Open bar gets you started.
Date: Thursday, March 2nd Time: 10:00pm Location: The Delancey (168 Delancey St between Attorney and Clinton) Cost: Free with RSVP Summary:Top notch bands and rock DJs at this Delancey weekly. Special guest this week Alister Doomington features DJ Stretch Armstrong on bass and DJ Eli Escobar on guitar alongside Omar Doom and Rafael Orlan.
DJ wonderkid Stretch Armstrong's turns heads once again tonight as he brings his bass playing talents forward along side Omar Doom, Rafael Orlan and DJ Eli Escobar (on guitar!) as Alister Doomington, at the always hopping Soulpusher. Additional Live performances by Madison, Clear Static, and Dangerous Muse. DJs TKOmri, DJ Baron, June D and Melody Nelson round out the night.
Date: Thursday, March 2nd Time: 10:00pm Location: Savalas (285 Bedford at or around South 1st) Cost: Free Summary: Williamsburg's DJ hot spot hang out brings two of their finest locals, Star Eyes and The Captain, to the tables.
Date Cake, Williamsburg's go to weekly for DJs and the folks that love them continues this week with Star Eyes (Syrup Girls) and The Captain (Cut/Dirty Down) on the tables. Expect extreem bass chaos for a chilly Thursday eve. If you have not been out to this party yet then tonight is the night.
Date: Thursday, March 2nd Time: 10:30pm Location: Galapgos Art Space (70 North 6th St, Williamsburg) Cost: Free Summary: Forro in the Dark bring their infectious Brazilian beat to the South American Film Series closing party.
The Galapagos South American Film Series comes to a close tonight in proper style with a "Carnival After Party" featuring FreeNYC favorites Forro in the Dark. These guys have been holding down a packed residency at Nublu for over two years now and this is a great chance to see their blend of infectious dance-inducing brazilian rhythms for free. Brazilian films are playing beforehand for a cover, see site for full details.
Several months ago I started talking to DJ Moe Choi (aka Choimatic, one half of Robots in a Coma and member of the mighty Skullfuckers Clan) about putting a mix together. The problem is that both of us are kind of perfectionists. It's now three months and several SWEAT parties later but the effort was clearly worth it. FreeNYC is very proud to present Mr. Underground Classic. Recorded on three turntables and two mixers, this is an all vinyl mix of classic tracks, Choimatic exclusives, and vocal overdubs. The result is 55 minutes of serious music knowledge. The bar just got raised, ya heard! Check it out today (use dem buttons over there to the right) and check out the next Sweat party March 31st! Listen Now
Date: Friday, March 3rd Time: 6:00pm Location: Virgin Megastore, Union Square Cost: Free Summary:To support the release of their sixth album 'The Life Pursuit' tonight Belle and Sebastian will be at Virgin to do an in-store signing.
Date: Friday, March 3rd Time: 9:45pm (sharp) Location: R&R (416 West 14th between 9th and Washington) Cost: Free with RSVP Summary: Live, beat driven dance rock from Plant Records label-owner.
So I haven't mentioned The Glass since December. I figure its high time that I give them some more FreeNYC love. Their infectious dance-rock turns any standard issue night on the town into a beat driven frenzy that keeps the kids out well past their bedtime. Tonight they play an early show to get you out of the house before midnight.
Date: Friday, March 3rd Time: 10:00pm Location: Kingsize (21 Essex btw Hester and Canal) Cost: Free Summary:DJ $mall Change goins the Deadly Dragon Selectahs for a night of reggae, dancehall and all things JA in this Soundclash CD release party pt. 2
From $mall Change: "We continue the celebration of its existence with another throwdown, this time with the Deadly Dragon Selectahs, Scratch Famous, Queen Majesty, and Teflon. All these three are supa heavyweight selectahs and always an inspiration taking turns with 45 spacers. They do every other Friday at this spot Kingsize in LES/Chinatown, cozy lil' spot. The tune selection will be super stoopid. Come by if you can"
Date: Friday, March 3rd Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Luke & Leroy (21 7th Ave at Leroy) Cost: Free Summary: Indie rock dance party for the most discening music geeks and casuals alike.
The indie dance party Mondo continues its regular stint at nightlife mainstay Luke & Leroy tonight. Miss Modular, Dr. Maz, Kevington, and Michael Grace Jr. spin a freewheeling array of indie rock, outré pop, retro, punk and dance to satisfy the most discerning music geeks and casuals alike. 2 for 1 beers from 10 - 11.
Date: Friday, March 3rd Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location:Delancey (168 Delancey between Attorney and Clinton) Cost: Free (disregard flyer price, all sites say otherwise) Summary: The Bassbot crew continues to bring underground electronic music with three floors of ragga jungle, psy-trance, and all out madness.
Free Party .: UNIFIED VIBES :. FRI. March 3rd ~ 3 Floors ~ The Delancey, NYC ~ 10 PM - 4 AM
.: BLURRED LINES :. Main Floor
KOKOPELLI CLOUDWALKER Breaks/House/Psy-Trance
GREENWAYS8 Live IDM Set
DJ CANDY KID Happy Hardcore
BEN LOM Psy-Trance
TONYLEE Filthy/Funky/Jackin House
DJ PEAK Trance/Psy-Trance
.: JUNGLE RIDDIMS :. Basement Floor
DOVE / BIGEARS / RYURY / NAKEDSLICE / FISHSTIX Ragga Jungle Tag Team Set
ESHIN & DOCTOR FAUSTUS Dubwise
VINYL FATIGUE ( AMEN ASSASSINS ) Ragga Jungle
STORMINDORKY Ragga Jungle
MOUSKY Ragga Jungle
.: LIVING VISIONS :. Indoor Heated Roof Garden
KALIPTUS / ZOETIC ART / NAOTO HATTORI MAX BLACKMORE
CAREY THOMPSON / DHIRA LAWRENCE / RYAN ROSENBERG / JEFF HOPP
PERIPHERAL MEDIA PROJECTS / RICARDO MIRANDA ZUÑIGA
.: UNIVERSAL TRANSDIMENSIONAL HEALINGS :.
Aura Cleansings & Spiritual Healings With Universal Shaman Filip Klein
10 PM TO 4 AM **21 + WITH ID** FREE PARTY
PLEASE BRING CANNED FOOD AND CLOTHING TO DONATE TO FOOD NOT BOMBS
Date: Friday, March 3rd Time: 10:00pm Location: The Glass House Gallery (38 South 1st street) Cost: Free Summary:Open painting, dancing, talking and all around wierdness at this left-of-center gallery space
The Experiential Art Night is a night of free open jamming, free open painting, dancing, talking, and all around weirdness. Every person who comes to this event is in a new band created that night. The entire evening is documented through audio, video and a collaborative typewriter. You can purchase the VHS tape, cassette tape and collaborative story from Leviticus the following week for a donation.
It's a Friday, and its been two weeks since we have said anything, so you know what that means... It's Dirty Down time! Tonight, the FVK Crew stops by with DJs Billy, Dave Elliot and Ron Morelli, and a live performance in the basement from Mr. Andersonic. And in case you haven't had you coffee today, there is free sparks from 10 to 11.
Date: Saturday, March 4th Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm Location: See below Cost: Free Summary:Free Tasting of DOP Olive Oil and DOP Fontina Cheese. I guess you can make lunch out of it if you're broke.
MANHATTAN
* Fairway Market, 2127 Broadway at 72nd
* Zabar's, 2245 Broadway at 80th
* Dean and Deluca, 560 Broadway at Prince St.
* Balducci's, 81 Eighth Avenue at 14th
* DiPalo's, 200 Grand Street
* Murray's Cheese, 254 Bleecker Street
* Whole Foods Market, 4 Union Square South (cheese only)
BROOKLYN
* The Blue Apron Fine Foods, 438 7th Avenue
* The Blue Apron Fine Foods, 814 Union Street
Date: Saturday, March 4th Time: 12:00pm Location: Mugs Ale House (125 Bedford Avenue at North 10th) Cost: Free to enter Summary: Two days of high gravity barelywine drinking at one of Williamsburg's best beer bars.
As an avid beer drinker, this has become an annual event of sorts for me. For the seventh year, Mugs Ale House will present Split Thy Brooklyn Skull, a two day festival of high alcohol barley wines. Basically beer brewed to wine strength, the two days will feature over 20 different varieties ranging from 8% alcohol to a blinding 18%. Entry is free, food is served, and beers are sold in petite samplings ($3 I think).
Date: Saturday, March 4th Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm Location:GRNY (437 East 9th St) Cost: Free Summary: Giant Robot and Uglydoll get together to raise money for Operation Smile.
has teamed up with Uglydoll creators David Horvath and Sun Min Kim to raffle off elusive the "Red Tooth Wedgehead." Only 200 of these Uglydolls were produced and at $3 a pop you can enter you name for a chance to win one of four today. All proceeds go to Operation Smile, a group that helps children who are born with facial deformities, and no access to corrective surgery, find a new face with a brighter smile.
Date: Saturday, March 4th Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Deitch Projects (76 Grand Street) Cost: Free Summary: Sex and Death, what more could you want in an art opening?
Girls and Skulls, an exhibition of new works on paper by Brad Kahlhamer opens at Deitch Projects on March 4th 2006. The exhibition brings together two of the artist’s favorite themes, sex and death. Kahlhamer is particularly interested in the space between sex and death, which he sees as spirituality. A book on the Urban Prairie Girls series will accompany the exhibition. Edited by Emily Schlesinger, one of the artist’s Urban Prairie Girl models, reproductions of the portraits are paired with interviews with each model. The Urban Prairie Girls tell their stories and talk about the process of posing for the artist.
Date: Saturday, March 4th Time: 8:00pm Location: The Fix (110 Bedford Ave) - Map Cost: Free Summary:Philly's quirky, eclectic Man Man take the stage at Fix for a free instore concert
"The sophomore effort from this bizarro Philly act offers more delightfully twisted rants. Most important, it offers some great songs. Recalling a wide range of influences, from Kurt Weill to Captain Beefheart to Tom Waits, Man Man throws everything out there, led by Honus Honus's gruff, gravelly vocals, from circus-like shout-outs to cabaret waltzes, animated with a spirit of buoyant recklessness. The music's more tight and focused this time, but the high-spirited energy and freakouts are still very much there. The band has grown up and remained kids at the same time – a nice trick."
Followed by dancing all night to the stylings of special guest DJ Larree Love and as always Son of Sound spinning Post Punk, Electro, 80's, Disco, NewWave, & ROCK!
Date: Saturday March 4th Time: 9:00pm Location: Supreme Trading (213 North 8th St, Williamsburg) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar:???, 9-12 Summary:CD/DVD Release party featuring a serious three hour open bar, DVD screening, and music from Rok One of the Bangers
"This will be the most magical DVD/CD release party of all time. Come one come all to see the new DVD from the Bitchwhippaz and hear new tracks from their upcoming album "Unlimited Moxxie". Guest Dj's J-Zone, Rok One and the Bangers will be crushing the turntables and the Bitchwhippaz will be crushing the open bar." Check out the DVD trailer on the Bitchwhippaz site.
Date: Saturday, March 4th Time: 12:00pm Location: Mugs Ale House (125 Bedford Avenue at North 10th) Cost: Free to enter Summary: Two days of high gravity barelywine drinking at one of Williamsburg's best beer bars.
As an avid beer drinker, this has become an annual event of sorts for me. For the seventh year, Mugs Ale House will present Split Thy Brooklyn Skull, a two day festival of high alcohol barley wines. Basically beer brewed to wine strength, the two days will feature over 20 different varieties ranging from 8% alcohol to a blinding 18%. Entry is free, food is served, and beers are sold in petite samplings ($3 I think).
Date: Monday, March 6th Time: 7:00am - 11:00am Location: Bryant Park, Fountain Terrace (6th Avenue @ 41st Street) Cost: Free Summary: In what is clearly a poorly thought out PR move, Spike TV brings John Rocker of famed racist, homophobic NYC comments to town to promote their new show.
"Imagine having to take the (No.) 7 train to (Shea Stadium) looking like you're (in) Beirut next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It's depressing.[source]" Such are the words of Mr. John Rocker, probably the single worst choice to bring to NYC to promote your new TV show. Regardless, Spike TV teams up with Park and Recs to bring John to town to promotetheir new show today in Bryant Park. Free autographed balls will be handed out.
Date: Monday, March 5th Time: 6:00pm Location: NYU, Bobst Library 10th floor (70 Washington Square South) Cost: Free Summary:Authors Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner discuss the effects of the chemical industry on our public health.
Whenever I jump the train back home to Philly, I get a lovely tour of numerous industrial sites in New Jersey. And as I pass by the fluorescent green puddles of "water", I wonder whose job it is to be making sure these plants aren't dumping toxic pollutants into the environment. And apparently I'm not the only person wondering about this.
"In this book Markowitz and Rosner discuss the chemical industry’s half-century campaign to deceive their workers, consumers, and the public about dangers of lead and the toxic chemical vinyl chloride used in plastic manufacturing. Based on documents that historians rarely use — internal company memos, meeting minutes, and technical reports that were gathered in the discovery phases of lawsuits against the Lead Industry Association, Manufactures Chemical Association, and a number of their member companies..."
If you are curious about how humans continue to destroy the environment around them check out this discussion with authors Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner, two of America’s foremost historians of public health, as they talk about their new book Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution.
Date: Monday, March 6th Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Austrian Cultural Forum (11 East 52nd Street) Cost: Free Summary: Austrian artist working in New York comment on global civilization in a digital era at this group show.
On March 6, 2006, the Austrian Cultural Forum will open SWITCHING WORLDS: DESIRES AND IDENTITIES. This group exhibition, on view through April 15, exposes issues of identity in a transatlantic context against the background of the digital revolution. Taking the desires, dreams, hopes, concerns, and anxieties of Austrian artists who live and work in New York City as point of departure, it comments on global civilization and its margins and explores what it means to be human in the digital era. Examining how it feels to be European in America, the show illustrates the tensions between a history-obsessed European context and the increasingly illusionary "free spirit" of America.
Date: Monday, March 6th Time: 7:00pm Location: Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia (2537 Broadway at 95th St) Cost: Free Summary: New York premiere of this surprising and moving documentary about regional theater pioneer Margo Jones.
"Judith Ivey portrays the dynamic, idealistic "Texas Tornado" and Richard Thomas co-stars as the young Tennessee Williams whose career she champions. Narrated by Marcia Gay Harden. Filmed in high definition for broadcast on PBS stations in spring 2006. A discussion with performers and filmmakers follows the screening. Co-produced by Kay Cattarulla and Rob Tranchin for KERA Dallas/Fort Worth." Free Admission, first come first served.
Date: Monday, March 6th Time: 7:00pm Location:Satchmo's Place (347 Graham Avenue, Williamsburg) Cost: Free Summary: The EthnoEccentric String Trio bring Balkan, Greek, Brazilian, Morrocan, and American folk music to this veggie cafe. Break the date mold and try something new!
Date: Monday, March 6th Time: 7:00pm - 1:00am (or later) Location: La Linea (1st Ave at 1st Street) Cost: Free Summary: Chill spot to relax and drink away your Monday blues on the cheap.
I'm sure your all totally stoked about the fact that it's Monday. 8am wake up calls, finishing all the stuff you slacked on on Friday, and yet another conversation about how Three 6 Mafia won an oscar. I mean what's not to love about Monday (please note the sarcasm). If you need to blow off some steam tonight like I do ('cause really I just didn't drink enough this weekend) head over to La Linea. There are 1/2 price drinks from 7 to 9, and beer is $3 all night!
Date: Tuesday, March 7th Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm, sharp Location: Parsons, Swayduck Auditorium Cost: Free Summary: Free-market capitalism and product design make for bedfellows at this week edition of the Global Issues in Design & Visuality lecture series.
"The U.S. claims free-market capitalism as one of its main exports and consumer products often serve as the enticement to embrace its ideology. But as the worlds’ diverse cultures adopt and adapt this ideology, are we at risk of creating a corporate, global monoculture? This lecture presents critical product design practices that challenge market-driven orthodoxies and that re-frame design as a strategy for contesting a fully corporate future."
Presented by: Jamer Hunt, Director, Graduate Program in Industrial Design, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia
Date: Tuesday, March 7th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Anthology Film Archives (32 2nd Ave) Cost: Free with RSVP Summary: The Scion xPress Fest, is a national filmmaking competition where students compete to make a music video for one of ten indie rock bands, tonight the top 10 are screened.
"The Scion xPress Fest, is a national filmmaking competition where students from 38 top film schools were given the opportunity to compete creatively for the chance to make a music video for one of ten indie rock bands and a shot at the $20,000 cash top prize." So from thousands of entries the top ten have been selected and will be shown tonight. As these nominees are toured around the country, attendees vote for their favorites and the top three go to the finals. Providing music for non-screening portions of the evening will be DJ JDH and a lil "hosted bar" action tops it off!
Date: Tuesday, March 7th Time: 8:00pm - 10:30pm Location: Freddy's Bar & Back Room (485 Dean Street at 6th Avenue, Brooklyn) Cost: Free Summary: Relive those elementary school days of glue sniffing, beer drinking, and diorama building at this obscure monthly event.
"For anyone with a hankering for liquor-fueled arts and crafts. Our group sits around making dioramas and marveling at our own creations. The theme will be announced on the night of and there will be one first prize, voted on by all the creators (and drinkers) that show up.
Bring your own shoebox plus glue, found objects, foil, toothpicks, craft store doo-dads, string, cotton balls, cake toppers, general junk, and inspiration. Bring stuff for your own diorama –- but you are also strongly encouraged to bring stuff to share with the communal stew of diorama ingredients. (Note: We will be required to clean up after ourselves.)"
Date: Tuesday, March 7th Time: 9:00pm Location: Nublu (62 Ave C between 4th and 5th) Cost: $5 Summary: Kudu launch their new CD and end their long-term residency at this FreeNYC favorite spot.
I can't even remember how long I have been going to Nublu on Tuesday nights. It has to be at least a year now. I remember the first time I rolled through, this band that sounded like Blondie doing a side project with Suicide, Front242, and 808 State was plopped not 2 feet from the bar. It was packed, sweaty, and slightly daunting. Needless to say I went back again and again and this Tuesday night has become one of the few regular events that I attend.
Well tonight is all comes to and end of sorts. Kudu, said Tuesday night house band, is dropping their new album and taking it on the road. Tonight is the farewell show so if you still have not taken my advice and been down there, this is your last chance. DJ Justin Carter, $mall Change, and Shakey hold down the tables when the band is not on playing everything from funk to tech house to whatever else moves you.
Date: Tuesdays Time: 9:00pm - 3:00am Location: Pizza Bar (49 9th Ave @ 14th Street) Cost: Free Summary: Has Misshapes become a little too overrun with the under 21 crowd for you? Then check out this new weekly "salon" style event from the same crew. Tonight's kick off is done properly with Steve Aoki and Mark Ronson on the decks alongside MisShapes and Melody Nelson.
"The MisShapes, Melody Nelson, Adam of Wormseye Films, and Sophia Lamar are presenting an exciting NEW PARTY at hot spot Pizza Bar! Expect something a little different than what you're used to, a little less dancy, a little more loungy - think more of a "salon" with great music, friends, food and drinks... Not only is the food at Pizza Bar delicious and served all night, but the drinks will be tasty and cheap! And did i mention our guest DJs? Mark Ronson and Steve Aoki will be behind the decks for our inaugural night tonight, need i say more? Yes, one more thing, there is no cover for this event, Thomas will be at the door."
Date: Tuesday, March 7th Time: 9:30pm - 4:00am Location: APT (419 W. 13th St.) Cost: Free with RSVP (no +1's) Open Bar: vodka, 9:30 - 10:30 Summary: Export A brings another round of heavy hitting DJs - Steve Aoki Kid Millionaire, Justine D and Low Budget - to tiny APT tonight.
Date: Tuesdays Time: 10:00pm Location: The Annex (152 Orchard Street bet. Rivington and Stanton) Cost: Free Summary: Ad Lib brings a rockin' electro' good time to this more swanky version of Darkroom with DJs Jacques Renault, Ilirjana, Max Past, and Biet. $3 PBRs and Buds.
Date: Wednesday, March 8th Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location:Alona Kagan Gallery (540 West 29th St) Cost: Free Summary: A group show that examines identity in the wake of an over-hyped media-driven society
"With the recent scandals in the literary world of writers faking their memoirs and even identities—to the point where we are not sure they ever existed— the concept of spinning stories has gone to a new level. From reality TV shows, talk shows and over-hyped media, the public is left in a daze of what is true or not. The artists in this exhibition, from emerging to established, are tweaking and toying with identities, constructing their own realities and deconstructing lazily received notions of reality that we mistake as 'truth. The show emulates the Surrealist tradition of inventiveness and absurdity as well as its example of establishing creative relationships between writers and artists.
As a supplement to the exhibition, a complimentary editioned newspaper, The Seventh Side of the Die, will be published. This will serve as a medium where artists and writers will collaborate and carry on a dialogue through text and images. One hundred Newspapers will have an insert of an original drawing by an artist, which will be available for sale."
Date: Wednesday, March 8th Time: 6:00pm Location: Lighthouse International (111 East 59th Street between Lex and Park) Cost: Free Summary: A lecture and musical presentation on the function of bird song.
So this morning I was woken by the sound of birds singing. Well, that and garbage trucks. But the sweet chirps always signify the end of snowboarding season (I mean... winter). Coincidentally, this lecture and performance discusses just why birds sing... "Are the evolutionary functions of mate attraction and territory defense enough to explain why and what birds sing? Is it pure accident that bird song so resembles human music? Is it wishful thinking to imagine that birds sing because they enjoy it? Field biologist Don Kroodsma and musician/philosopher David Rothenberg will approach this question from two different sides. Kroodsma is a professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts and has studied birdsong for more than thirty years. He is the author of The Singing Life of Birds. Rothenberg is Professor of Philosophy at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a composer and jazz clarinetist. He is the author of Why Birds Sing. Join the authors for a musical presentation and book signing."
Date: Wednesday, March 8th Time: 6:30pm Location: Coliseum Books (11 West 42nd Street, Btw 5th and 6th) Cost: Free Summary:Reading, KLEPTO is about two women's quest for fashion in 1980's New York
Since I write neither like a woman nor like I work for Paper Magazine, I figure I will just let the press release roll on this one... "The energetic and exceptionally amusing author Jenny Pollack will read excerpts from her debut novel, KLEPTO, the essentially true and only occasionally fictionalized novel about the author and her best friend’s felonious quest for fashion in 1980s New York. It’s a virtual tour of the city’s hottest shopping destinations for the teenaged Pollack with clothing stores like Bloomie’s, Sak’s, Canal Jeans and Betsey Johnson providing the source for designer jeans, vintage bowling shirts and fishnet stockings as well as the backdrop for a short, yet guilt-ridden crime spree."
Date: Wednesday, March 8th Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Location: Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A) Cost: Free Summary: "Mintyfresh is a gypsy comedy show amongst the New York underground scene. Mintyfresh's stand-up show at Mo Pitkin's features an eclectic lineup of comics on the second & fifth Wednesdays of the month." Check the site for tonight's line-up.
Date: Wednesday, March 8th Time: 8:00pm - 2:00am Location:Element (225 E. Houston St) Cost: Free Summary: Its a retro-clashing post punk, new wave throw down in honor of Goldfrapp's latest being released stateside. Mod Professor performs (spins?), but not Goldfrapp.
Date: Wednesday, March 8th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Happy Ending Lounge (302 Broome St. at Eldridge) Cost: Free Summary: It's Maximal time once again Happy Ending with Brooklyn's own Wolf + Lamb on the tables alongside Juan Carlos Gaviria. This is a nice chance to see W+L before their usual set time of about 6am
Date: Wednesday, March 8th Time: 10:00pm Location: B-Side (204 Ave. B) Cost: Free Summary: The seminal director - and personal hero - man's the tables at this LES staple bar. (This rumor comes flying at you from the people at PaperMag)
Date: Wedenday, March 8th Time: 10:00pm Location: Climax (14 Ave B between 1st and 2nd) Cost: Free Summary: DJ's Telfar, Philiip, and Michael take on this hipster monthly. 2 for 1 drinks from 10-12.
Date: Wednesdays Time: 10:00pm Location: Tainted Lady (318 Grand Street, Williamsburg) Cost: Free Summary: Soul, Psych, and Sound at this Williamsburg weekly.
Usually when I go to Tainted Lady it is like noon on Saturday, I'm hungover and need pancakes and a bloody mary. The fact is though, that cool stuff goes off there pretty often. Every Wednesday night they play host to Monkey Club's Soul, Psych, Sound. Or if you need further clarification it has been described as "drone rock, space jams, tweaked lounge and psychedelic soul." There are always guest DJs and drink specials. And if you get hungry while you're there, the food is a good time!
Date: Thursday, March 9th Time: 10:00pm Location: Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery) Cost: Free Summary:New York's literary underground celebrates the greatness that is Charles Bukowski.
Today is the deathday of Charles Bukowski, so The Bowery Poetry Club is celebrating his long life and tremendous amount of writing. His work will be read tonight by Roger Bonair Agard, Steve Cannon, Steve Dalachinsky, Bonny Finberg, Galinsky, John S. Hall, Bob Holman, David Huberman, Tsaurah Litzky, Big Mike, Thaddeus Rutkowski, Danny Shot, Moonshine Shorey and Deanna Zandt. Open Reading follows so bring your own Bukowski to read!
Date: Thursday, March 9th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Brooklyn Brewery (79 North 11th Street, Williamsburg) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Brooklyn Beer (time unknown) Summary: A collection of disgruntled writers take back quality literature on the 'net at lostwriters.net. Tonight is the site launch party with free Brooklyn beer and live music from Lori Michaels and Slowhands.
Date: Thursday, March 9th Time: 7:00pm Location: Angelika Film Center (18 West Houston) Cost: Free with RSVP, First Come First Served Summary: A pair of fourteen year old boys learn about life and love on yet another boring Sunday in this free screening of "Temporada de Patos." View the trailer.
"Flama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames, porn magazines, soft drinks and pizza delivery. The electricity company, Rita, the neighbor, Ulises, a pizza deliveryman, eleven seconds, the Real Madrid-Manchester game, some chocolate brownies and a horrible painting of ducks, all combine to break the harmony of what promised to be a placid Sunday, and reveal issues such as the parents' divorce, loneliness, the confusion between adolescent love and friendship, as well as frustration in adult life. "Temporada de Patos" is a movie that shows that, when the lights go off, we can see the stars."
Date: Thursday, March 9th Time: 8:00pm Location: Rothko (116 Suffolk Street) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight Fat Beats and Timberland join forces as a hip hop super power to bring a whole lot of hip hop to one room.
Tonight Fat Beats and Timberland join forces as a hip hop super power to bring a whole lot of hip hop to one room, so I suggest you check it out. Ugly Duckling, El Da Sensei, Akrobatik and Pseudo Slang all take to the stage. There will also be giveaways from both Fat Beats and Timberland, plus an open bar of some sort. Word.
Date: Thursday, March 9th Time: 8:00pm Location: The Skinny (174 Orchard St.) Cost: Free Summary: Break out your Haber Rule and join Type Club for their first meeting ever. Tonight's meeting teaches you how to auto-convert a hand-drawn alphabet into a usable font. Perfect for typophiles everywhere.
Date: Thursday, March 9nd Time: 10:00pm Location: The Delancey (168 Delancey St between Attorney and Clinton) Cost: Free with RSVP Summary:Top notch bands and rock DJs at this Delancey weekly. Sigmund Droid bring some serious power punk to the opening set.
Date: Thursday, March 9th Time: 10:00pm Location: Plan B (339 10th Street at B) Cost: Free Open Bar: Sparks, 10:00pm - 11:00pm Summary: Funtime Party Team and King Solomon (IRAK) celebrate all things Biggie Smalls at this new bi-weekly. Free Sparks keeps you fiery
Date: Thursday, March 9th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Hotel on Rivington (107 Rivington bet Essex and Ludlow) Cost: Free with RSVP Summary: Plan your New Era cap / limited edition sneaker combination accordingly as the LES Hiperati come out in droves for this Nemo, Frank151, and Supreme sponsored launch party. Soundtrack provided by legendary hip-hop DJ Lovebug Starski.
Date: Thursday, March 2nd Time: 10:00pm Location: Savalas (285 Bedford at or around South 1st) Cost: Free Summary: Williamsburg's DJ hot spot hang out brings local BK talent, Shakeyface, to the tables.
Date: Thursday, March 8th Time: 10:00pm Location: Happy Ending (302 Broome Street at Eldridge) Cost: Free Summary:Adam X and Victor Vortexx bring the harder, darker side of techno to this bi-weekly event. There are no live acts this week but the residents are some of the finest in the genre. 2 for 1 drinks until 12.
I have to admit that I hold a special place for Adam X in my love to techno. While everyone else was hammering out bangers in the "party" days, Adam was exploring a deeper more digital side. When everything started to go electro clash, he was spinning glitchy micro techno in the back of Open Air (RIP). Bottom line is the boy has always been on top of things and paving his own path between techno, industrial, and IDM for a minute. Tonight is his bi-weekly along side Victor Vortexx and - while there are no live special guests this week - its a great chance to see these boys shine.
"On Ice is dedicated to anyone who had a walkman with only a fast forward button, stayed up late to record the Stretch and Bobbito show or bought dollar batteries from that cat on the scrubway. These are some less obvious joints and some re-jiggled classics that never left my side in the nineties as I trudged around this city catching tags and talking to girls. A soundtrack to my first love affair, hip hop. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do." - Nik At Nite, The Bangers click to Listen Now
Deitch Projects cordially invites you to attend The Garden Party, an exhibition and performance program that creates a contemporary version of the fête champêtre. Following the art historical theme established by Giorgione and Edouard Manet of the erotic garden our exhibition project will attempt to update this theme in a contemporary context.
Following the Deitch Projects tradition, the interior of the gallery will be rebuilt under the direction of architect Lindy Roy to accommodate The Garden Party. Participating artists include: Ghada Amer, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Hernan Bas, Vanessa Beecroft, Cecily Brown, The Citizens Band, Rosson Crow, Olafur Eliasson, Naomi Fisher, Micah Ganske, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Martin Honert, Liza Lou, Ryan McGinness, Julie Atlas Muz, Elizabeth Neel, Xiomara de Oliver, Yoko Ono, Laura Owens, Paola Pivi, Ravinder Reddy, Christina Lei Rodriguez, Mika Rottenberg, Momoyo Torimitsu, Julie Verhoven, and installation design by Roy. Co.
Date: Friday, March 10th Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm Location: BED (530 West 27th St between 10th and 11th) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Level Vodka, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Summary: Underground Art Mafia celebrate their new installation at BED with a 2hr open bar. Can't find confirmation for this one on the web so no promises.
The Underground Art Mafia goes to BED! An emerging artist group exhibition in the new Hallway Gallery of Chelsea's restaurant lounge BED w/ Monica Carrier: Drawings, Alicia Gibson: Wall installation, Lesny Jean-Felix: Painting, Artemis Louis: Watercolors, Julie Orser: Video, Kristine Moran: Painting, Nickolas Lascot: Sculpture, Jiyoung Park: Watercolors, Scott Penkava: Video, Angelika Rinnhofer: Photography, Jennifer West: Video, and more.
Date: Friday, March 10th Time: 10:00pm - 6:00am Location: Union Square Ballroom (27 Union Square West between 15th and 16th) Cost: Free with flyer before midnight, $10 after with flyer Summary: An old school NYC House throw down with some of the original DJs on the scene. This place goes late and gets sweaty.
House party is right. In that deep, funky, old school NYC house that keeps you dancing all night. This is one of the best spots to get down on the weekend without the mess, hassle, and door charge of the city's larger venues (and better music). Marlon D and Jellybean Benittez - who have been bringing deep house to NYC since the Paradise Garage and Studio 54 days - continue their aptly titled monthly. This monthly packs the Union Square Ballroom with people sweating from the rafters until sunrise.
Date: Friday March 10th Time: 10:00pm Location: Rififi (332 East 11th between 1st and 2nd) Cost: Free Open Bar: ???, 3:00am - 4:00am Summary: Celebrate the release of the new Blondie DVD tonight. No Blondie in attendance but an open bar from 3-4 makes this the drunken spot to end your night. It all goes down at the always insane Trash weekly.
Date: Friday, March 10th Time: 10:00pm Location: Happy Ending Lounge (320 Broome Street) Cost: Free Summary: DJ Reverend Mcfly will be spinning hip hop, etc., for Mad/Hopchank.
Stop by Happy Ending tonight for Mad/Hopchank (I really have no idea what the name is all about). DJ Reverend Mcfly will be there and describes his set as "cali gangsta rap, old school NY hip-hop, lesbo rock and anything else I want." Expect the normal Friday night in Manhattan madness!
Date: Saturday, March 11th Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm Location: Con Edison Grand Auditorium (4 Irving Place bet 14th and 15th) Cost: Free to watch Summary: You can't even remember if Lost is on at 8 or 9... watch these champions compete for master of the memory.
"Though some of us need notes to remember our own birthdays, others can memorize the order of a shuffled deck of cards in less than two minutes. The USA Memory Championship requires its “Mental Athletes” to exercise their memories in 7 events featuring a string of 250 random digits, an entire deck of shuffled cards, 300 random words, 99 names and faces and an unpublished 50 line poem. In this tournament, with 7 events spread over the entire day, competitors from all over the country will vie for the title of "National Memory Champion".
The winner of the USA Memory Championship will automatically qualify to compete against champions of other countries in the World Memory Championships to be held in Kuala Lumpur.
In addition to adult competitors from around the country, 15 high school juniors and seniors from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania will be competing as well."
Date: Saturday, March 11th Time: Starts at 1:00pm Location: Tavern on the Green (Central Park West and 67th) Cost: Free Summary:Pre-St. Patty's pub crawl, costume style... see below for info on how to meet up half-way.
Irish and Leprechaun costumed bar crawl. If people want to hook up
with Paddy and Company somewhere in the middle, they can try the LC
Hotline: 718 404 2059.
Pre Crawl Photo Shoot: Tavern on the Green Central Park at West 67th Street, Manhattan, 1-2p; $free
First stop: The Carriage House, 219 East 59th Street, between 2nd and 3rd avenues, Manhattan 2:15-3:15p
Last Stop: Sutra 16 First Avenue, between First and Second streets, Manhattan 11p-4a; $free
Date: Saturday, March 11th Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Andrea Meislin Gallery Cost: Free Summary: In this collection of large-scale photographs, Frydlender examines the complexities of modern live in Israel.
"The Andrea Meislin Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new large-scale color photographs by Barry Frydlender. The exhibition addresses the complexities of life in present-day Israel. The photographs of Hasidic men, teenagers, armed forces, and others - all of who make up the fabric of the country - evoke the biblical era, engage the realities of today, and provide a glimpse into the future. One of the works, which measures 4 x 10.5 feet, shows a seaside settlement in Gaza that Israeli soldiers evacuated last summer during Israel's historic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The settlement - Shirat Hayam - is also the name of the biblical song that celebrates the Israelites' escape from Egypt. This new image by Barry Frydlender documents a contemporary parallel to the biblical story.
The artist's visceral, startlingly powerful images reflect the fact that in Israel the past and the present, the personal and the political are all inextricably linked. Even those works in the exhibition that depict scenes elsewhere than Israel - a picture of the London tube - or show a quieter Israel - a portrait of Frydlender's daughter and two friends sleeping - directly engage the viewer with scenes of the daily global drama that affect us all.
Barry Frydlender achieves much of his effect through an ambitious, painstaking method. Rather than producing a conventional, one-shot photograph, he shoots many pictures of the same scene, over time and from different angles, and then masterfully manipulates the images to create an all-encompassing continuum. In essence, time is compressed. Shirat Hayam is composed of hundreds of individual images; the viewer is drawn in with an overwhelming vividness and immediacy. "It's not one instant, it's many instants put together, and there's a hidden history in every image," says the artist of his composites that merge fiction and nonfiction."
Date: Saturday, March 11th Time: until 11:00pm Location: various, Williamsburg Cost: Free Summary: With the Armory Show in town, the Williamsburg art community shows its strength with a late night gallery hope. Check the site for a map and participating galleries. Read the press release (pdf)
Date: Saturday, March 11th Time: 10:30pm Location: Galapagos (70 N. 6th St, Williamsburg) Cost: Free Open Bar: Magic Hat, 10:30-11:30 Summary: Good Peoples brings Gravy, Synapse, Smoke L.E.S. and Magic Hat to Williamsburg tonight.
The Good Peoples are at it again this evening, joining forces with G Train Entertainment and Beautiful Decay giving us a lovely Saturday night in Williamsburg. At Galapagos tonight you got DJs Gravy, Synapse and Smoke L.E.S. And the good people over at Magic Hat will help you get drunk from 10:30 to 11:30.
Date: Saturday, March 11th Time: 10:00pm - 6:00am Location: 167 South 5th Street, Williamsburg Cost: Free before midnight, $5 after Summary:Wolf+Lamb bring an assault of local techno technicians to celebrate the launch of Goosehound Records.
"Goosehound is a new Williamsburg based label run by Sean Smith from Socks and Sandals. The label launched when Goosehound 01 came out this week to rave reviews. My dear friends Wolf+Lamb also launched thier netlabel this week. We're throwing a huge loft party to celebrate! This is on the top floor of a loft building with a gorgeous view of the Williamsburg Bridge and all of South Williamsburg."
DJs: Wolf+Lamb, Spinoza, Comtak, Igal
Live: Nicholas Sauser (aka Sean Smith), Pocket Pet (aka David Last), Konrad Schierling (aka Movement), alka_rex
Bands (before midnight): Joyful Sonic Wash, Dead Radar
Date: Sunday, March 12th Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm Location: FixLounge (110 Bedford Ave at North 11th, Williamsburg) Cost: Free Summary: There's no better way to spend your Sunday afternoon then with a walk in McCarren Park followed by a dip into Fix to check out live shows from Mi and Lau and Film School.
Seriously, I can't think of a better way to spend my usual Sunday morning daze then grabbing brunch, enjoying the sun, and hitting up this double feature at Fix. Mi an Lau have a touching quite to their sound. It's raw, revealing, and quite elegant. Film School will be fresh off their two night stint at the Bowery playing with Cloud Room to a sold out crowd and their spacey indie rock sound should feed you nicely into the evening. Followed by the Sunday weekly, GameFix where you can play atari, Scrabble, and even Dungeons & Dragons (there will be a guest magician bartended to up the geek factor tonight)
Date: Sunday, March 12th Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Polish and Slavic Credit Union (126 Greenpoint Ave, Greenpoint) Cost: Free Summary: Closing party for this group exhibition of Brooklyn-based Israeli, American, and Polish artists revisiting notions of home.
"Home Base is an exhibition of Brooklyn-based Israeli, American, and
Polish artists revisiting notions of home. The exhibition is being
held in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in a brownstone building that was
previously the office of the Polish and Slavic Credit Union, and which
will soon be converted into homes for new Greenpoint residents.
Within this space, the collaborative project aims to explore the
phenomenon of gentrification in the Brooklyn area, as well as notions
of personal and national identity that are associated with home.
Working collaboratively and individually, artists are each given a
former office space and challenged to reinterpret it as home. Artists
will also contribute a personal "letter home," that will be displayed
along with the work. The temporary community within brownstone
building will include a vibrant fusion of sculpture, drawing, painting
and mixed media installation, and will be exhibited from March 1st
through 15th only, after which the building will be converted into
residences. Curated by Anat Litwin, Artist and Director of the Makor
Gallery, Home Base is part of the Makor Gallery Transitional Homes
exhibition series and the artis06 events."
Date: Monday, March 13 Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm Location: Parsons, Midtown Auditorium (560 Seventh Ave.) Cost: Free Summary: A panel of fashion mag experts discuss our global obsession with trendsetting and how you too can know what the next hot handbag will be.
Check out the newsstands and what do you see? Dozens, maybe hundreds, of titles are dedicated to what has become something of an international obsession. Meet the trendsetters who understand what fashion-followers crave, and how to satisfy their passion for fashion. And find out how you, too, can make your mark in this glamorous field.
Date: Monday, March 13th Time: 7:30pm Location:Carlitos (1701 Lexington Ave between 106 and 107) Cost: Free Summery: Free screening of Raoul Peck's epic documentary about the Congo's first Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba at this bar/cafe/gallery space
"Made in the tradition of such true-life political thrillers as Malcolm X and JFK, Raoul Peck's award-winning epic dramatizes the rise and fall of legendary African leader Patrice Lumumba. When the Congo declared its independence from Belgium in 1960, the 36-year-old Lumumba became the first Prime Minister of the newly independent state but would last just months in office before being brutally assassinated. In French and Lingala with English subtitles"
Date: Monday, March 13th Time: 7:00pm Location: Barnes and Noble, Union Square (33 E 17th) Cost: Free Summary: Macaulay Culkin puts in some face time for his new book, Junior.
Say what you will be Mr. Macaulay Culkin has appeared in everything from Home Alone and My Girl to Saved and Party Monster. And now he shows us what a good writter he is by creating Junior, a fictional tale of the pitfalls of fame and an abusive father. Come check him out tonight at Barnes and Noble on Union Square.
Date: Monday, March 13th Time: 10:00pm Location: Fontana's, basement (105 Eldridge St) Cost: Free Summary: It's electro rock all around as Modular brings The Presets, Modular DJs and
2 Mandy DJs (Mandy C. and Mandy B.) to keep your weekend madness going.
So yeah its Monday night, you could go home and mope about having 4 more work days ahead of you until the weekend or you could go check out a free show. Tonight, Modular brings the electro-rock stylings of The Presets, Modular DJs and
2 Mandy DJs (Mandy C. and Mandy B.). So again your choices are moping on the sofa or a show at Fontana's.
Date: Thursday, March 16 Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: The Bridge (521 W. 26th St. 3rd Floor) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight is the opening of Made in Palestein, the first U.S. exhibition of contemporary Palestinian art.
"MADE IN PALESTINE, the first U.S. exhibition of contemporary
Palestinian art, opens in New York City on March 14. Join us for our
gala opening celebration! The opening, which is free and open to all,
will be attended by exhibition curator James Harithas and artists
featured in the exhibition, including Samia Halaby and Zuhdi al-
Adawi. It will be an evening of music, food and wine, and the amazing
art of MADE IN PALESTINE." Tonight is the opening, but the gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 6pm and will be up through April 22nd.
The Imaginary Cultures of Online Multiplayer Video Games
Date: Tuesday, March 15th Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm Location: Parsons, Swayduck Auditorium (65 5th Ave) Cost: Free Summary: "Just as globalization has accelerated the mobility of people, images, and products, constantly reconfiguring the cultures associated with them, massively multiplayer online gaming has become a universe of identities (and geographies) constantly in the making..."
Just as globalization has accelerated the mobility of people, images, and products, constantly reconfiguring the cultures associated with them, massively multiplayer online gaming has become a universe of identities (and geographies) constantly in the making. Gamers represent themselves through virtual beings that are complex composites of character traits. In addition to assuming various roles and behaviors, players also shape the spaces where the games are played. ‘Spaces’ are translated into ‘places’ with features drawn from various archetypes: suburbs, inner city ghettos, medieval castles. Overlaid onto these spaces are cultural frameworks drawn from sources ranging from Japanese science fiction to American pop music. This lecture will look at how video game players build imaginary cultures. Part of the Global Issues in Design & Visuality series.
Date: Tuesday, March 14th Time: 6:30pm Location: Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A) Cost: Free Summary: New York Times columnist Rob Walker reads from, discusses, and perhaps answers questions about his essay collection Letters From New Orleans, covering such topics as celebratory gunfire, urban decay, the relationship between people and places, and the pros and cons of masking. Free food at 6:30, reading at 7.
Date: Tuesday, March 14th Time: 7:00pm Location: RSVP for info Cost:Free with RSVP closed out, sorry Summary: Casey Affleck and Liv Tyler star in this quirky dark comedy by director Steve Buchemi about a 27 year old who moves back in with his parents. Check out an advanced screening tonight. View Trailer
Date: Tuesday, March 14th Time: 10:00pm Location: Rothko, 116 Suffolk Street at Rivington Cost: Free before 11pm ($10 after) Summary: Legendary turntablist Pete Rock is joined by Mighy Mi and Sub Con to celebrate the release of SubTalk.
Date: Tuesday, March 14th Time: 12:00am - 4:00am Location: Cake Shop (152 Ludlow Street) Cost: Free Open Bar: Macau Beer, 12 - 1 Summary: Think Café Tacuba or Plastilina Mosh at this late night weekly DJ session for Spanish indie rock with DJs Marcelo Cunning, Amylulita, and speical guest Selector MONObICHI. Open bar at midnight makes this a prime late night location.
We've been trying to figure out a way to get individual musical acts on to Radio FreeNYC for a minute now and this is the best way (for now) that we have come up with. Starting in April, we are going to dedicate one broadcast a month to a more traditional radio format (sans the talk of course) to showcase original music in the NYC area. All you have to do is send us a link to you MP3.* If you do not have an MP3 online, contact us and we will give you some FTP info for uploading. Come on New York, let's hear what you've got!
* Please do not email the actual MP3. Please do not send us to MySpace for your song unless you have the "download" feature activated. Submission does not guarantee airplay.
Date: Wednesday, March 15th Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location:Jen Bekman Gallery (6 Spring Street) Cost: Free Summary: Winter selections from the "Hey Hot Shot" emerging photographer's exhibition go on display today. Continues through sunday. Free Moonshot beer
We’re very excited to announce the finalists for the Winter ‘06 Edition of Hey, Hot Shot!. It was a very tough job for the panel to narrow it down to ten photographers - there were tons of great entries coming from excellent photographers all around the world.
The Winter Edition Showcase with open with a reception for the artists on the evening of Wednesday March 15, 2006, from 6-8pm. (A very special day, as it’s also the gallery’s three year anniversary!) The showcase will be on view Thursday March 16 from noon - 10pm and Friday March 17 - Sunday March 19 from noon - 6pm.
Date: Wednesday, March 15th Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Galapagos (70 North 6th St, Williamsburg) Cost: Free with RSVP Summary: Three bands, one comedian, and a pool art exhibition transformm Galapagos for the launch of Artworld Digest.
Date: Wednesday, March 15th Time: 9:00pm Location:Opus 22 (559 West 22nd St at 11th Ave) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Vodka, 9-10 Summary:URB Magazine drops a serious blow-out for the 15th Anniversary with Moby, Princess Superstar, El-P and Shakeyface
Just when I am getting all excited about our 2 Year Anniversary party (April 8th, mark it!) URB has to come in and show me up. Maybe when we are 15 we can bring you heavy hitting DJ sets from Moby, Princess Superstar, El-P, and Shakeyface but for now I'll just let them handle such matters. Opus has an amazing sound system but is not so amazing in size so get there early.
Date: Wednesdays Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Sapphire (249 Eldridge St between Houston and Stanton) Cost: Free Summary: Every week Sapphire turns into rocking dancing madness to cover your midweek blues. "Calling all Kids is an ambitious trans-atlantic endevour consisting of two sister parties; one in New York City's ethnically diverse Lower East Side, the other in London's creative Mecca Shoreditch."
Date: Thursday, March 16th Time: 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: League for the Hard of Hearing (50 Broadway) Cost: Free Summary: The League of Hard of Hearing are providing free hearing tests today! So come and make sure listening to your ipod extra loud isn't doing too much damage....
Date: Thursday, March 16th Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Eyebeam (540 W. 21st St.) Cost: Free Summary:Bill Dolson brings two site-specific laser beam wall drawings to this cutting edge gallery. On view through March 21st from dusk to 10pm
I have to admit, while every once and I while I need to go to the Met and stare at a Caravaggio, for the most part I like my art to bleep, beam, project, and be all around immersive. Maybe it was too many free passes to the New Museum when I was in college. Maybe its because I can't draw. Whatever the reason, I was stoked to hear about the new Bill Dolson exhibit...
"Rift, a new installation by Bill Dolson, will be on view from dusk to 10PM for the next two weeks. This ephemeral installation is comprised of a pair of site-specific wall drawings made with laser beams and optics. The installation will be visible through the front glass wall of Eyebeams 21st street gallery each evening from dusk til 10PM, March 7-21. Visitors may enter the installation on selected nights including a reception Thursday, March 16th from 6-8pm.
Rift invokes disparate sources ranging from the physics lab to military projectiles while referencing the art historical tradition of the Rayonists. Viewed in near darkness, Dolson intends Rift to "evoke a high-tech prehistoric cave painting." Part of a series of such works entitled "Trajectories", like much of the artists work, it involves mark-making with unusual drawing materials which enforce a limited visual vocabulary."
Date:Thursday, March 16th Time: 7:00pm Location: 55 Bar (55 Christopher Street) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight the Columbian jazz harpist Edmar Castaneda performs live. He has recieved high critical acclaim and recently played some high profile gigs with Paqulto DiRivera. He has been attracting attention in the trio performanace simultaneously covering three musical functions in the band himself.
Date: Thursday, March 16th Time: 8:00pm - 4:00am Location:Fat Baby, upstairs (112 Rivington at Essex) Cost: Free Summary: Local dance rock hooligan DJs combine to rock Fat Baby tonight.
DJs from NYC staple events MotherF'er, Calling All Kids, Soulpusher, Crashin' In, more combine efforts to rock upstairs at Fatbaby tonight. there is a half hour open bar downstairs from 9:30 to 10:00 for $5 which I guess is cheaper then a beer. It's Moonshot Beer beer though and that stuff is caffinated. I mean, really, do we all not get enough sleep that we need to caffinate EVERYTHING these days. I am waiting for the bars to start pumping oxygen in like Las Vegas to keep us all wired. Anyway, back to you regularly scheduled program.
Date: Thursday, March 16th Time: 8:30pm Location: AMC Empire 25 (234 W 42nd Street) Cost: Free with RSVP Summary: Catch this free screening of Jason Reitman's satirical comedy, Thank You For Smoking, if you RSVP fast enough that is! The film follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his twelve-year-old son.
Date: Thursday, March 16th Time: 10:00pm Location: Leopard Lounge, upstairs (247 East 5th @ 2nd Ave) Cost: Free Summary:Bastard Jazz continues to bring the best in blunted hip hop with this monthly party. Special guest tonight is Eddy Plenty from Turntables on the Hudson
The Digging Deeper monthly continues this week as the boys from Bastard Jazz welcome Eddy Plenty to the table alongside equally enjoyable Bastard Jazz residents DRM, Sema4 and Paul Digs. If you are yet to take in this night of jazzy dance and dubby funk rhythems tonight is the night. Half price Coronas until mindnight. Highly Recommended.
Date: Thursday, March 16th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Black Betty (366 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight Kill Whitie brings Tha Pumpsta to Black Bettie to perform live and DJ.
Once again, the award for most un-p.c. party name of the week goes to...Kill Whitie! Tonight Kill Whitie brings Tha Pumpsta to Black Betty to perform live and DJ, plus a DJ set from Derierre. Additionally and most importantly, rumor has it there are some serious drink specials for naked folks! Just another one of the many benefits to takin' your clothes off!
Date: Thursday, March 16th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Bar 13 (35 East 13th Street) Cost: Free Summary: If your feeling switched onto partying tonight head down to this free bi-monthly affair at Bar 13. Guest DJs include DJ Elon and DJ Connie (EJC Collective).
Date: Thursday, March 16th Time: 10:00pm Location: Rodeo Bar (735 3rd Ave at 27th St) Cost: Free Summary: "Simon Chardiet is the kind of guitarist that bar-band fans dream of finding: a one-man twang meltdown who knows where surf meets blues, rockabilly meets klezmer, country meets punk. His songs are wryly frustrated; his guitar solos assuage his troubles with the grand sweep of American music. [source, NY Times via Simon's Website]
Date: Thursday, March 16th Time: 10:00pm Location:Galpagos Art Space (70 North 6th between Wythe and Kent, Williamsburg) Cost: Free Summary: The folks who brought you Hipster Feud and $2.50 pyramid (Jesse Ballgame and Miss Lola Belle) continue their love for the Game Show Network tonight with Win, Loose, or Draw. Drink prizes to the winners.
We love, love, LOVE Dubtribe Sound System over here at FreeNYC (yeah yeah old raver days, I know) so when we found out that Sunshine Jones was going to be playing in town, we had to get you all some free tickets. The first 5 people to email us with the answer to the following question will win passes for tonight. And don't forget to put "Music is Alive Contest" in the email subject... "From what West Coast city do Dubtribe Sound System hail from?" And if you lose out, hey, it's still only $7 right? Full info on the flyer.
music [is alive]
a loft event in a night of sleazy excess
once again join us as we celebrate the way new york city used to be.
wild parties in real lofts with a crowd that likes to take it past sunrise. no bottle service, no dresscode, no guestlist or rsvp, just bring yourself with some open-minded friends.
hear everything from dub, funk, electro, disco, & house displayed on a fully loaded soundsystem designed by carlton. expect to dance your pretty little ass off...
your dj's for the night...
sunshine jones
(of dubtribe sound system, nite grooves)
with special guest michael sultan on live percussion
automagic
(buzzin' fly, chillifunk)
chris w
(west lighthouse, 14th St.)
assaf & jason hayer
featuring a super sleazy afterhours set
(king street, nite grooves)
This week is the first in a series of broadcasts by Nature Sounds Records DJ Reason. Nature Sounds has been bridging the gaps and changing rules in hip hop since 1993, making tracks that both nod heads and rock dancefloors. This broadcast is a biography of sorts on the production skills of Ayatollah. You're guaranteed at least one "oh sh... he did THAT track" in this mix (I know I had 3) that features Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Jean Grae and a roster of some of the finest East Coast MCs around. Check their weekly every Thursday at Forbidden City and as well as the Nature Sounds release party on March 21st. Listen Now
Date: Friday, March 17th Time: 11:00am Location: starts at 44th Street and 5th Ave, ends at 86th Street Cost: Free Summary: Break out the green beer, green bagels, and green... er... green? and hit up the St. Patricks Day parade! Who is St. Patrick...
"St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints.
Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 461.
Patrick was born around 385 in Scotland, probably Kilpatrick. His parents were Calpurnius and Conchessa, who were Romans living in Britian in charge of the colonies. As a boy of fourteen or so, he was captured during a raiding party and taken to Ireland as a slave to herd and tend sheep. Ireland at this time was a land of Druids and pagans. He learned the language and practices of the people who held him.
During his captivity, he turned to God in prayer. He wrote "The love of God and his fear grew in me more and more, as did the faith, and my soul was rosed, so that, in a single day, I have said as many as a hundred prayers and in the night, nearly the same." "I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain."
Patrick's captivity lasted until he was twenty, when he escaped after having a dream from God in which he was told to leave Ireland by going to the coast. There he found some sailors who took him back to Britian, where he reunited with his family. He had another dream in which the people of Ireland were calling out to him "We beg you, holy youth, to come and walk among us once more." He began his studies for the priesthood. He was ordained by St. Germanus, the Bishop of Auxerre, whom he had studied under for years.
Later, Patrick was ordained a bishop, and was sent to take the Gospel to Ireland. He arrived in Ireland March 25, 433, at Slane. One legend says that he met a chieftain of one of the tribes, who tried to kill Patrick. Patrick converted Dichu (the chieftain) after he was unable to move his arm until he became friendly to Patrick. Patrick began preaching the Gospel throughout Ireland, converting many. He and his disciples preached and converted thousands and began building churches all over the country. Kings, their families, and entire kingdoms converted to Christianity when hearing Patrick's message. Patrick preached and converted all of Ireland for 40 years. He worked many miracles and wrote of his love for God in Confessions. After years of living in poverty, traveling and enduring much suffering he died March 17, 461.
Why a shamrock?
Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Trinity, and has been associated with him and the Irish since that time." [source: Catholic.org]
Date: Friday, March 17th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location:ABC No Rio (156 Rivington Street bet. Clinton and Suffolk) Cost: Free Summary: Over 80 artist take over all 4 floors of ABC No Rio for this biennial exhibition. Check the site for full info.
Date: Friday, March 16th Time: 9:00pm Location: Fix (110 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg) Cost: Free Open Bar: either Beer or "Consignment" Shots, 9:00pm - 10:00pm (contrasting info provided)
Summary: "A new weekly party consisting of one high profile band performance followed by sets with resident DJ Detroitscaresme and weekly guests. This weekly party focuses on a select live music and spinning notable New York music into the wee hours." Tonight is the kickoff of this new weekly with Ezra Reich (bio after the jump) and an open beer bar from 9:00pm - 10:00pm
"Ezra Reich has been steadily spreading his joyous pop confections to fans who are taking notice from New York to London, Paris to Los Angeles. A New York native, Reich's 'New Wave Cabaret' has been compared to a contemporary mix of David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, The Cars, Roy Orbison, Talking Heads, and a smattering of Prince and the Ronnettes. His visual imagery and style are informed as much by the cinema of David Lynch as the paintings of James Rosenquist and the photography of Helmut Newton. In the spring of 2003 Ezra finished his first album, "Freeze the Night". Ezra Reich spent much of 2004 working on tracks for his second album "Milkshake Arcade" with co-producer Ron A. Shaffer (Ambulance Ltd., Tricky) at Atlantic West Studios in Brooklyn. Most recently Ezra Reich toured the UK for the end of 2005 and Ezra is back in the studio since the beginning of 2006 creating songs for his next album."
Date: Friday, March 17th Time: 9:30pm - midnight Location: The Tank at C:U (279 Church St. between Franklin & White) Cost: Free Summary: Mobile experimental art activists The Tank take you on a wild downtown drinking and dancing exploration in honor of St. Pat. DJ Orion spins.
Date: Friday, March 17th Time: 10:00pm Location: APT (419 West 13th Street bet. 9th and Washington) Cost: Free Summary: Release party for Ursula 1000's latest funky electronic breakbeat excursion. Expect free mix CDs and swag.
"Ursula 1000 takes over the well-appointed APT March 17th to supply an eclectic mix of funky block party breakbeats, electro disco stompers, cheeky bootleg action and similarly shag worthy sounds in support for his forthcoming new studio album, HERE COMES TOMORROW! There'll be free exclusive mix cds and other fabulous swag from BPM and ESL Music. Things start at 10pm and as always...its FREE (but please make reservations early to be safe)."
Date: Friday, March 17th Time: 10:00pm - Late Location: Supreme Trading (213 N. 8th between Driggs and Roebling, Williamsburg) Cost: Free Summary: Live bands, giveaways, a DJ Dance party, and a whole room of inflatable art make this Snoozer Looser party a necessary stop on your St. Patty's bar crawl.
Date: Friday, March 17th Time: 10:00pm Location: Crash Mansion/Blvd Cost: Free with RSVP Summary: Drae 192 and Chris Love bring another serious 3 room banger to Blvd featuring live bands and a host of DJs. Check the site for full info.
Date: Friday, March 17th Time: 10:00pm Location: Luke & Leroy ( 21 7th Ave South at Leroy St.) Cost: Free Summary: This indie dance party has made a permenant home at Luke & Leroy, the first and third Fridays of every month.
Mondo is an indie dance party that has taken up a new permanent home for biweekly happenings the first and third Fridays of every month at Luke & Leroy. Tonight Miss Modular, Dr. Maz, Kevington, and Michael Grace Jr. spin everything from indie rock, outré pop, retro, punk and dance.
Date: Friday March 17, 2006 Time: 10:00pm Location: Last Exit Bar (136 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn) Cost: Free Summary: Oh dear, it’s that time of year again. ‘Tis the season for amateur drinkers dressed in green streaking the streets with drunken belligerence. Sufficed to say, colored beers and alcoholism aren’t really my forté. It is a Friday night though, and if I do venture out on St. Paddy’s Day, I’ll be hanging with the folks at Last Exit Bar , who celebrate the joys of drinking on a regular basis.
There’s no friendlier place in Brooklyn to find yourself buried on the back couch with six pints of Guinness and a bottle of Jammy Jay Jameson. Irish Car Bombing and Musical Treats can be ingested and suggested by trusty window fixtures Oneman & E's E .
Date: Friday, March 17th Time: 11:00pm - 4:00am Location: Lit, 93 2nd Ave Cost: Free Open Bar: Sparks, 11-12 Summary: It's time for another installment of FreeNYC's favorite biweekly dance party.
Hey kids! It's time for another installment of FreeNYC's favorite biweekly dance party. Tonight Cut/Dirty Down welcomes Rok One (of The Bangers), Jit Set and of course Dirty Down's own captain, The Captain, to their home in the basement at Lit. Expect a packed crowd, sweaty dancing, free sparks (from 11 - 12) and most likely a picture of you will end up on the internet somewhere.
Date: Saturday, March 18th Time: 11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm. 8:00pm (doors half hour before each seating) Location: Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre Cost: Free Summary: Celebrate the work of Igor Stravinsky with hundreds of performers playing dozens of works at this all day free marathon. Best cheap date in the city and a great chance to get some orchestral music in without dropping $100 for the Philharmonic. Full schedule on site.
"They rioted after the premiere of The Rite of Spring. But Igor Stravinsky, linked to one of the most notorious events in musical history, is also the composer of such famous neo-classical ballets as The Firebird, Petrouchka and Pulcinella and a big band concerto written for Woody Herman. And because it’s twelve hours long, audiences will be able to hear and see a little of everything, including orchestral and chamber works, music theater, dance and opera. With hundreds of performers, Wall to Wall will follow Stravinsky from St. Petersburg to Los Angeles, from ballet to opera, from neo-classicism to atonal fireworks. As always, this “gift to the City of New York” is free to the public."
Date: Saturday, March 18th Time: 1:00pm Location: Times Square (43rd and Broadway) Cost: Free Summary: Anti war march marking the third aniversary of U.S. troops in Iraq.
I spent about half the month of February in New Orleans, wondering why our government has done so little to help out the devastated regions of the Gulf Coast. And well, then I remembered that a majority of the United States governmental decisions are focused around military action in the war against "evil doers" in the Middle East. So I mean clearly they are way to busy to take care of problems on our home turf.
Anyway, enough political ranting from me, the point here is we have reached the third anniversary of the war in the gulf. Troops Out Now has organized nation wide events to commemorate the day. Today in New York hundreds of people (hopefully thousands) will rally at the Times Square Military Recruitment center and march to share their opinions on the war.
Date: Saturday, March 18th Time: 1:00pm Location: Washington Sq Park (49 East Houston at Mott St) Cost: Free Summary: Clown it up and take back the streets with the Time's Up crew with this unofficial bike parade/protest.
"Come ride with the Bicycle Clown Brigade as they Ticket Motor Vehicles & Liberate the Bike Lanes
1:00 PM Clown Makeup at Time's Up! Space, 49 East Houston at Mott St.
2:00 PM Ride Starts at Washington Square Park near the Arch
The Bicycle Clown Brigade rides through the bike lanes of Manhattan searching out cars illegally parked in their lane and reminds the drivers how dangerous, sometimes deadly cars in the bike lane are for cyclists. Nothing can shame a driver into moving out of the bike lane more than a pack of cheerful clowns on bikes.
Any driver refusing to move will be issued a parking ticket for $115 for violating Section 4-08(e), which explicitly prohibits stopping, standing and parking in the bike lanes.
Once the bike lanes are liberated from all gas guzzling polluting motor vehicles, the clowns will head back to Washington Square Park to rejoice and take a victory lap.
Date: Tuesday, March 21st Time: ??? (10pm?) Location: Kush (191 Chrystie btwn. Stanton + Rivington) Cost: Free Summary: Kollective front man Karsh Kale brings his unique blend of tabla-fueled breakbeast to Kush for his CD release party.
Kollektiv head man Karsh Kale has been making tabla infused breakbeats for some time now. His sound ranges from spiritual contemplation to dance floor frenzy but always holds a contant center of audio storytelling over infectious beats. Tonight is the release party for his new album, Broken English. This is your chance to se Kale - along with several other Kollektive members - DJ it up for free. If you are a fan of the Avaaz or other Kollektive nights - or a fan of breaks in general - then this is the spot for you. Highly Recommended.
Date: Saturday, March 18th Time: 10:00pm Location: Galapagos (70 North 6th between Kent and Wythe, Williamsburg) Cost: Free Summary: In this edition of UNCOMUN, curator Nevaris brings an eclectic mix from spoken-word-electro-jazz to funk to indie songwriters to hip hop and more. A nice full-on party.
UNCOMUN
featuring some of the underground's finest artists, including:
- UNCOMUN curator Nevaris drops his massive funk rock sounds
- Indie songstress Cathie Russo performs original songs from her EP
- Monstermind performs their original spoken-word-electro-jazz
- Hawk kicks out reggae jams
- Doron Lev and Kenya Flow drop underground hip-hop
- The hottest MC in NYC, Friday Nite
- All the way from the west coast, MC Ayinde Howell
- DJ speedrail dropping his signature disco-not-disco and makeout jams for the ladies
- VJ full stealth mixing live video throughout the night, also for the ladies
Date: Saturday, March 18th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Loreley (7 Rivington Street) Cost: Free Summary: You know those nights when you walk into a party completely uninvited and it turns out to be the best night of your week. I believe it’s called ‘crashing’ and I do it a lot. Anyway, those are always my favorite evenings and tonight you can totally cheat your way into the same kind of good time by hitting up the Walkeasy party at Loreley.
House party it’s not, but these fellas have been throwing down first-class events for quite some time, and tonight DJ Sonny Ray is celebrating his birthday so it is sure to be fun and familial. DJ Sonny will be spinning alongside Manimal, DJ Radeus (of Button Up and Happy Ending), and a slew of surprise guests. So head on down to the LES this Saturday and walk easy into Loreley. You are officially invited.
Date: Saturday, March 18th Time: 11:00pm - 12:00am Location: Rockwood Music Hall (196 Allen Street between Houston & Stanton) Cost: Free Summary: Don't be fooled by it's initial softness, there is a mystical complexity to the music of Food Will Win the War. Check them out live tonight to see if they hold up on stage as well as they do on recording.
"Food Will Win the War is the Charlie Kaufman of Indie Rock.
Their slightly quirky songs employ irregular meters, indefinite
silences, and full four part vocal harmonies. The melodies, carried by
frontman Rob Ward in the depths of the bass range (a la Stephin
Merritt) The result is a new sound of Indie Rock that is both
musically interesting and conceptually accessible to everyone. Based
out of the East Village, the band draws from influences such as
Elliott Smith and Belle & Sebastian."
Date:Sunday, March 19th Time:12:00 pm to 1:00pm Location: Meet at Belvedere Castle (mid-park at 79th Street) For more information call: 212-772-0210 Cost: Free Summary: Get into the mood for the summer by exploring Central Park with this free walking tour of the lands dominated by Belvedere Castle, situated high on Vista Rock. Visit the tiny 55-acre realm on an eclectic tour of history and nature.
Date: Sunday, March 19th Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Location: Livewithanimals at Monster Island (210 Kent at Metropolitan Ave, W'burg) Cost: Free Summary: The Livewithanimals Gallery has an exhibition of artwork focused on occultism, psychedelia, tantrism, hermeticism, psychic phenomena, and various esoteric schools.
The Livewithanimals Gallery housed in what is also known as Monster
Island has a new exhibition of artwork focused on "occultism, psychedelia, tantrism, hermeticism,psychic phenomena, and various esoteric schools." There will be a variety of installation, sculpture, drawing, and painting. But most interesting to me is an "apparatus by which patrons can experience naturally induced dreamstates and hallucinations."
Date: Sunday, March 19th Time: 4:00pm Location: Fix (110 Bedford at North 11th) Cost: Free Summary: Fix continues their post-brunch concert series bringing Craig Wedren (former singer of Shudder to Think), Joe Lally (bass player of Fugazi), and Don Zientara (studio wiz from Inner Ear Studios) to the stage...
What happens when old punks play solo sets on a Sunday afternoon? Your guess is as good as mine but there are men that I grew up on, that I saw play in CBs back when CBs was cool and not all nostalgic. These men were punk before punk was pop (aka back when punk was punk). While the crunch may be gone from their sound, the intricacy is not. Expect Wedren to play some minimal, exploratory acoustic guitar and Lally to play solo bass with laptop accompaniment. This is the perfect spot for one more coffee or bloody mary after brunch.
Listen to Craig Wedren's Litte Minerette (m4a aka iTunes format)
Every once and a while we get a contest that comes along that I want to keep for myself... this is just such a thing... On March 29th, Matthew Barney's latest opus, Drawing Restraint 9 is released in theaters. "The core idea of Drawing Restraint 9 is the relationship between self-imposed resistance and creativity, a theme it symbolically tracks through the construction and transformation of a vast sculpture of liquid Vaseline, called 'The Field', which is molded, poured, bisected and reformed on the deck of the ship over the course of the film." The soundtrack, written and composed by Björk, has been on heavy rotation in the studio since it came out in August and is stunning exploration on her part into more abstract song structure.
In honor of the film's release, we are giving away 5 signed CDs and 1 signed poster to the first 6 people who email and tell us the name of Barney and Björk's daughter (no choice on what you get, sorry). Hit us up here and good luck! We're well closed out on this one. If you heard from us by now then you won. If not, I am sure we'll have another contest soon!
Date: Monday, March 20th Time: 7:00am - 7:00pm Location: Grand Central Terminal (42nd and Lexington) Cost: Free/Donation Summary: Stop by Grand Central Terminal today and learn how Q-tips are the new trend in makeup application, blending, and removal. Celebrity make-up artists from TLC's What Not To Wear will be on-site to give 5-minute makeovers and helpful tips and recently crowned Miss America Jennifer Berry will also be sharing beauty advice.
Date: Monday, March 20th Time: 4.30pm - 6:30pm Location: 59th Street Recreation Center (533 West 59th Street) Cost: Free Summary: If you are in need of a summer job this is the perfect opportunity to qualify for free as a lifeguard! Take an exam this Monday and passing candidates will qualify to participate in a free (paid) lifeguard training course resulting in employment. You need to be over 16 and have at least 20/30 vision.
Date: Monday, March 20th Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Botanica Bar (47 E. Houston St.) Cost: Free Summary: In honor of his new album, Beat Kunducta, Botanica is playing host to a double feature Madlib event.
In honor of his new album, Beat Kunducta, Botanica is playing host to a double feature Madlib event. Tonight DJs Shakey and Saucey play Beat Konducta and spin a special Madlib set. Check back in on Wednesday night as MR. Fine Wine spins a special movie soundtrack set!
Date: Mondays Time: 8:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Blue Owl Cost: Free Open Bar: Top Shelf Sampling, 8:00pm - 9:00pm Summary: Every Monday the new speakeasy style lounge Blue Owl features a sampling of top shelf spirits while DJs spin samba and world music to ease you into the work week. March is dedicated to Leblon Cachaca (think mojitos and caipirinhas).
Date: Monday, March 20th Time: 10:00pm Location: Beauty Bar (231 E 14th Street) Cost: Free Summary: The multi talented bubblegum purist Stephin Merritt will be taking to the decks at the beauty bar tonight along side DJ Go-Karff and DJ Shermy
Stephen Merritt is a man of many faces, he creates music with his bands The Magnetic Fields and The 6ths, as well as under the names Future Bible Heroes and The Gothic Archies. Every Monday night he takes to the decks at the Beauty Bar to spin his favourite tunes, expect underplayed classics of psychedelia, bubblegum, garage, girl groups, etc., along with candy and other distractamenta.
Date: Tuesday, March 21st Time: 12:00pm Locaiton: Dulaine Dancenter (25 West 31st, 4th Floor) Cost: Free Summary:Take the Lead is a new movie starring Antonio Banderas as a former professional dancer who volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system. SO if your into it, head over to Dulaine Dancenter today and grab a free pass for you and a friend. Plus you can enter to will 5 free dance lessons with Pierre Dulaine.
The 2006 Marshall McLuhan Lecture with Andy Borowitz
Date: Tuesday, March 21st Time: 6:30pm Location: Cantor Film Center, NYU (36 East 8th St between University and Greene) Cost: Free with RSVP Summary: Comedian, Satirist, and parody news writer Andy Borowitz of the Borowitz Report will deliver the "2006 Marshall McLuhan Lecture" at NYU today. Your guess is as good as mine as to what Borowitz has to say about visionary media theorist McLuhan but the press release states that... "the Marshall McLuhan Lecture celebrates the intellectual heritage of the Canadian media visionary who declared 'the medium is the message.'"
Date: Tuesday, March 21st Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm Location: Deitch Projects (18 Wooster St) Cost: Free Summary: In honor of the Vernal Equinox, Julie Atlas Muz has created a fertility dance that will be performed every half hour to live music by Lance Cruce, Armen Ra and Benjamin Marcantoni. Danced by James Tigger! Ferguson, Linda Dirty Martini, Lesley Bunnell Rus, Laure Leber, Vanessa Walters, Lynn Lukki Sally, David Bishop, The world famous *BOB* and more.
Date: Tuesday, March 21st Time: 7:00pm Location: The Kitchen (512 West 19th Street) Cost: Free Summary: No, this is NOT a marathon for the MacGyver meet Star Trek film series... instead, Astria Suparak curated this collection of recent video works by "artists who break out of traditional constraints of time and social convention to create alternative fantasy lineages that compress historical eras, catalogue personal heroes, and hallucinate new futures." Hallucinate new futures, huh, not so far from the TV series.
Date: Tuesday, March 21st Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm Location: NYC Guitar School (251 West 30th Street) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight learn some basics guitar at a free guitar workshop at the NYC Guitar School.
Date:Tuesday, March 21st Time: 8:00pm Location: Ottos Shrunken Head (538 East 14th Street bet. Ave. A and B) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight catch the Cocktail Comedy Dhow, a blend of stand up, songs and characters. the comedy is followed by the Black Cat regular djs and a late night freak show!
The Cocktail comedy show will feature comedic songstresses, Erin and her Cello, Shena Ferm and D'yan Forest. Eclectic stand up from Joe Randazzo, Laura Mannino, Nate Kushner and a sketch from Billy Wood. The whole night will be hosted by BrYan with a Y and Rexxx (Shawn Hollenbach and Jenny Rubin).
It's followed by the regular Tuesday DJ Pat Pervert spining punk, deathrock, new wave, old skool hip-hop, doo wop, surf and 70's. Along with special live performances by local punk/HC bands!
Plus if you want to make it a late one you can catch the special late night freak show featuring players from the Coney Island Freakshow performing astounding feats!
Date: Tuesday, March 21st Time: 8:00pm - 2:00am Location: Botanica Bar (437 East Houston between Mott and Mulberry) Cost: Free
Summary: In the spirit of the Sunday night Share events, DJ Shakey and Moldover are hosting Warper, again this month.
Warper is a community digital performance and "jam session" dedicated to the use of Ableton Live software. In brief, Ableton Live is DJ/producer software that lets you multitrack samples and mix them live in real time. It has been changing the way big shots like Sasha DJ for the past few years by allowing them to built songs on the fly and mix between them seemlessly. There is an open laptop session (sign up on the site) from 9:30 onward. Bring your own gear.
Date: Tuesday, March 21st Time: 9:00pm - 2:00am Location: Pizza Bar (49 9th Ave) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight catch regular djing from The MisShapes and Melody Nelson, hosted by Sophia Lamar and Adam Wormseye at the Pizza Bar.
The MisShapes crew are stepping out at a new weekly gig at the psychedelic high design Pizza Bar in the meatpacking. It will hopefully be a more classy affair than Saturdays at Don Hills, be prepared for hipster overload.
Resident DJs:
The MisShapes (www.misshapes.com)
Melody Nelson (www.melodynelson.com)
Date: Tuesdays Time: 9:00pm Location:Bembe (81 S. 6th between Bedford and Berry) Cost: Free Summary: John Bless spins the best in reggae, dub, roots, and rocksteady and this Williamsburg staple.
Date: Tuesday, March 21th Time: 10:00pm Location:Opus22 (559 West 22nd at 11th Ave) Cost: Free Open Bar: Harp, 10:00pm - 11:00pm Summary: The Nature Sounds crew come correct with Mathematics, Omega One and R.A. the Rugged Man at the "Natural Selection" release party
Nature Sounds Presents..."Natural Selection" Release Party
Come Join us for the Album release party for Natural Selection. Highlights from this compilation CD include music from the much anticipated Ghostface/DOOM collaboration "Swift and Changeable," Masta Killa's "Made in Brooklyn," Pete Rock's "NY's Finest," Strong Arm Steady's "Blast 4 Me," and many more!
Music by: Mathematics (Wu-Tang Clan DJ/Producer) and Omega One
Hosted by: R.A. the RUGGED MAN with special guests from the album!
Date: Wednesday, March 22nd Time: 8:00pm (doors, 7:45pm) Location: NYU, Cantor Film Center (36 E. 8th St) Cost: Free, first come first served Summary: Catch a preview from the new seasons of two MTV2 shows.
About "The Andy Milonakis Show"
The Andy Milonakis Show is an absurd comedy centered on young Andy, stuck at home in his apartment on New York's Lower East Side. In his spare time, Andy makes this strange show comprised of surreal short films starring himself, his dog, his neighbors, and various inanimate objects. Andy Milonakis raps, sings, dances, and is eager to live up to Jimmy Kimmel's prediction that he will become the next Sammy Davis Jr.
About "Wonder Showzen"
Wonder Showzen is an absurdist comedy/variety show, spiked with a team of puppets, kids, cartoons and old educational films. Remember all those Saturday mornings you spent in front of the tube in your jammies? Well, Wonder Showzen takes your favorite things about watching TV as a kid and turns them into a twisted nightmare. Look out for skits from main puppets (Chauncey, Wordsmith, Sthugar, and Him), news segments from A.P. Gibralter, and Clarence's "puppet on the street" skit. Think delightfully darky yet smartly subversive.
Date: Wednesday, March 22nd Time: 7:00pm Location: Parsons, Tishman Auditorium (66 West 12th Street) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight different perspectives on photojournalism in the past 50 years are discussed in honor of the publication of They are: Photojournalism in Context Since 1955. Speakers include historian and author Mary Panzer, New York Times director of photography Michele McNally, photojournalists Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin and photographer Susan Meiselas.
Date: Wednesday March 22nd Time: 9:30pm Location: Detour (349 East 13th Street) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight Detour presents a new weekly series where you can listen to some of NYC's best up and coming lounge and jazz singers live. Heather Moran is performing followed by the Vintage Vinyl party DJs.
Date: Wednesday, March 22th Time: 10:00pm - 11:00pm Location: Botanica Bar (47 E. Houston St.) Cost: Free Summary: In honor of his new album, Beat Kunducta, Botanica is playing host to a double feature Madlib event.
In honor of his new album, Beat Kunducta, Botanica is playing host to a double feature Madlib event. Tonight is day two, and MR. Fine Wine closes it out spinning a special movie soundtrack set!
Date: Wednesday, March 22nd Time: 10:00pm Location: Kingsize (21 Essex St between Canal and Hester) Cost: Free Summary: DJ Mad Ryan brings classic hip-hop, reggae and R&B to one of our favorite, chill spots. Complimentary Hennesey with any drink.
Date: Wednesday, March 22nd Time: 10:00pm Location: Opus22 (559 West 22nd St at 11th) Cost: Free Open Bar: Vodka, 10:00pm - 11:00pm Summary: Opus lure's us to the west side again with a no hassle open bar while DJ Darya drops electro-clashy-housy-whatever on the tables. Good WMC warm up party.
Electro-rock-pop-synth local superstars Stellastar* are back in town next week and have already quickly sold out their first show on Mar. 26th. They've added a second show on the 27th. Want a free pair of tickets? Send us your best "late night" photo and our favorite wins a pair of tickets to the March 27th performance at the bowery. There's only 1 winner on this so don't sleep. Email us here
Date: Thursday, March 23rd Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Mixx Lounge (84 7th Ave South) Cost: Free Summary: Earlier this week someone told me that "grown ups is tired." So whether you are looking to call it an early night from a hard days work or you just want so free food, join FreeNYC favorite, DJ Moe Choi, at Mixx for 2-for-1 drinks and free dinner buffet!
Date: Thursday, March 23rd Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00pm Location: Agora Gallery (530 West 25th Street) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight the Agora Gallery opens its latest new display, Tripping the Light Fantastic, a show of fine art photography by artists from all over the world.
Artists in the display bring fresh ideas to the medium of photography through working with the latest technologies in computer and digital imaging, arranging multiple photographs together into "photomosaics", and using poetry to create "poetic photographs." Trees, desert landscapes, water and sky figure in these artist's diverse interpretations of the man-made and natural worlds.
Feminism/Post-Feminism on Film: Is the Women's Movement Still Necessary?
Date: Thursday, March 23rd Time: 6:00pm Location: Donnell Library (20 W. 53 Street 212-621-0609) Cost: Free Summary: Brush up on your feminism film world knowledge tonight with this free lecture to celebrate Women's History Month.
Liz Foley (filmaker and board member of CineWomen NY)joins "New York Women in Film and Television", "African-American Women in Cinema" and "Women Make Movies" to celebrate Women's History Month. This panel discussion will highlight the accomplishments of women filmakers working since the early 20th century and continuing onto today. Filmaker Joyce Chopra will present "Joyce at 34" and Therese Shecter will present "I was a Teenage Feminist."
Date: Thursday, March 23rd Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Sixtyseven (547 West 27th St. #309) Cost: Free Summary: Tricia McLaughlin's solo show of 3D animation, sculpture and installation exploring the relationship between designed environments and human behavior.
McLaughlin's humorous animations depict imaginary habitats that usually revolve around a strange architectural construct. Human-like characters go about their daily lives in a controlled environment that satisfies their basic bodily functions. Routine and repetition is a central theme, where rudimentary characters sometime go to extremes in order to perform the most mundane actions.
In 'Precision Diving Wheel', you must take a potentially fatal risk and dive off the top of a ferris wheel to make it into one of the revolving buckets of water, which temporarily means survival until you begin the process again. The aquarium of water in 'SeeWorld' limits the movement of its occupants, leaving them to buoy up and down helplessly. The device in 'Home Rolled' allows you to create roads in water while providing an all-in-one unit to cook, clean and sleep. The large-scale sculpture made after 'Home Rolled' allows the viewers to experience the device in their own physical environment. Obviously, this prototype is not an entirely feasible creation in real life.
Date: Thursday, March 23th Time: 7:00pm Location: Housing Works Bookstore Cafe (126 Crosby beteen Houston and Prince) Cost: Free (book donations welcome) Summary: Touré and Jeff Change school you on the history of hip hop with a background soundtrack from Qool DJ Marv. Discussion followed by books signing and dancing.
"Don't be misled. This is not just another rap book but a revelatory history of the inner-city cultural revolution that still rocks the world. Based on over ten years worth of interviews and research, Can't Stop Won't Stop is one of the most comprehensive accounts of hip-hop's infiltration into the mainstream every written." [from Hue-Man website]
Date: Thursday, March 23rd Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Stackhouse (276 Lafayette) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight is the opening of Jason Campbell's exhibit, Port Sulphur to Biloxi: People and Places in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
So for my day job, I make documentaries for a giant cable network that shall remain nameless. The show I am working on now is about Katrina evacuees moving back to the Gulf Coast. Last month I was able to head down there and see the damage for myself. It is totally unbelievable, and the closest way to comprehend it with out going there yourself is thorugh the photos of others.
Tonight is the opening of Jason Campbell's exhibit, Port Sulphur to Biloxi: People and Places in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. come show your support, and all proceeds will be donated to Local Gulf Coast Charities. I highly recommend you check this one out.
Date: Thursday, March 23rd Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location:Riviera Gallery (103 Metropolitan Ave) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight the Riviera Gallery transforms into a Strip Club of sorts with their new installation/performance.
"'Strip Club' is a collaborative installation performance. Instead of the traditional pole or live dancer you will be greeted by a massive multi-faceted sculpture, fog machines, laser lights, a requisite live music performance, frosty libations, and a chance to invest in the art and own a portion of a large work at no cost. Visitors will be encouraged to sponsor a facet of the sculpture, by way of a barter system, becoming another facet of the piece in perpetuity. Conversations and other events will undoubtedly reshape the look or feel of the project from day to day and collaborations with visitors, friends, and strangers will be sought and encouraged."
Date: Thursday, March 23rd Time: 7:30pm Location: Babeland (94 Rivington Street) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight Babeland holds a party and book signing for Julie Taylor and Georgia Payne's book 'How To Be A Dominant Diva.' If you are one of the first 50 guests to show up tonight you recieve a free Dominant Diva paddle!
Date: Thursday, March 23rd Time: 8:00pm Location: Odea Bar & Lounge (389 Broome St at Mulberry) Cost: Free (mention "Effen Thursdays Charity Event") Open Bar: Effen Vodka, 8:00pm - 9:00pm Summary:Effen Vodka's charity monthly to support The Young Survival Coalition (a breast cancer charity of NY). Each week for the rest of 2006, Effen will serve up free drinks from 8-9pm with specials afterwards. All drink proceeds will go to charity. Joe C and Johnny B of Q104.3 (huh) provide the soundtrack.
"Q104.3 will be making a special guest appearance, while Big Town Productions DJ - Joe C will be spinning all the top hits & the Odea Bartenders will be serving up all your favorite Effen Vodka & Effen Black Cherry Vanilla drinks. All to raise money for a great cause, to help fight Breast Cancer here in NYC.
Big Town Productions is teaming up with Effen Vodka, Odea Lounge, Q104 Radio, and The Young Survival Coalition, Breast Cancer Charity of NY for a charity fund raiser event on Thursday March 23rd. This will be the launch of our "Effen Vodka Charity Thursdays" at Odea...to be held every 3rd Thursday of every month until the end of the year.
There will be an Effen Vodka Open Bar from 8pm to 9pm, and then Effen Vodka Drink Specials from 9pm to 2am. Part of all the Effen Vodka Drink Proceeds this evening will be donated to The Young Survival Coalition, Breast Cancer Charity of NY.
There is never a cover charge at Odea Bar & Lounge. The normal Odea Lounge after work happy hour specials will continue as always: from 6pm to 8pm there will be 2 for 1 well drinks and other beer & wine specials.
At 8pm the 'Effen Thursday Charity Event' at Odea Lounge officially begins with our open Effen Vodka Bar, and our special Guest MC Maria Milito from Q104.3 is scheduled to come lend a hand and help with our charity efforts. Maria will be our guest MC, while Joe C and Johnny B will be spinning all your favorite tunes. Odea is one of NYC's top lounges with a refined, cozy, relaxed and fun atmosphere. Just tell them at the door that you're there for the 'Effen Thursday Party.' Bring your friends, have fun, and support a worthy cause while partying it up in "Little Italy" with Effen Vodka!!!"
Date: Thursday, March 23rd Time: 9:00pm Location: Opuss 22 (559 W 22nd St @ 11th Ave) Cost: Free Open Bar: Vodka, 11:30pm - 12:30am Summary: DJs M.O.S. and G. Brown bring you the clear alternative to top 40 hip hop at Opus. They promise "nothing after 98" will be coming from the tables tonight so drop in and remember those Mayor Dinkins days here in NYC. Open bar makes this a necessary late night stop if you are hopping galleries tonight.
Date: Thursday, March 23rd Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Fat Baby (112 Rivington St. between Essex and Ludlow) Cost: Free Summary:DJ Moe Choi and Chase Killz return to the LES as Robots in a Coma. Joined by Reverend McFly, they drop the best who-knows-whats-next party jam's in the city. $3 buds and $4 well vodkas bring things back down to Welcome to the Johnson's prices (where they should always be.)
Date: Thursday, March 23rd Time: 10:00pm Location: Plan B (339 East 10th) Cost: Free with RSVP Summary: Fun Time Party Team shows you a good time tonight with DJs King Solomon and DJ Elle.
Natural Sphere and DJ Olive present the roster of Heaps funky rhythms... Guest Mixes presenting understated instrumentals reflecting a deep Sunrise vibe and a Sympathetic sound. Nonchalant. Timeless. Uplifting. These beats are full frequency therapy for the soul, a soundtrack for the down Home crew. Whether friendly yard breaks in the burbs or roof music in the urbans, this sound is of the street where all tribes are free. Recorded live at the Nature Party, downtown bad boy DJ Natural Sphere rocks an all Agriculture set with guests Pete Lawrence (the Big Chill) and qpe (The Agriculture)."Listen Now
"Manhattan is a world culture. Here, an Aussie can be the next hot chef, a Nigerian the next "it" girl, a Japanese person marries a Polish Ukranian, Muslim cabbies from Yemen drive Swiss doctors to Harlem for sushi, etc.... the world mixed in a somewhat less biased future blueprint of fusion genetics and cultural appreciation... Dance culture is fusion culture - not about fashion or about a certain beat on the cover of a magazine. It is an attitude based in independent love and life.
There is a party - a global dance party – we are all welcome. You will find the house, the garage, the dance hall... look for us there, where we will take you up to see the view from the roof. This is Brooklyn's roof music."
Tracklisting
Swordfish - Lunchbox
Springset - David Last
Ally Wally / Yard Swing - DJ Olive
Brownbag Lunchbox
A Long Beard on a Throne - Once11
Oddity (DJ Olive Remix) - Telekentic Soulmate
Bulbbs - Lloop
Crossunder - Earwig and DJ Olive
Nothing Bothering Me - Once11
Badlands - David Last
Crust - Ladyman
Deep Love (Interlude) - Trey Max
Sub Bass Commandante - DJ Olive
Macaronie - Lunchbox
At Least Some Knots Get Untangled - DJ Olive
Stare - qpeBack Fence Suite / Chicken Crawl - DJ Olive
Date: Friday, March 24th Time: 7:00pm Location: Housing Works Bookstore Cafe (126 Crosby beteen Houston and Prince) Cost: Free (book donations welcome) Summary: With the Yankees opener just around the corner, it's time to discuss which we love more, the roar of the crowd or logging in to our fantasy team.
Housing Works Bookstore Café is proud to present a fascinating discussion about fantasy baseball led by industry experts. Fantasy baseball has changed how the National Pastime is watched, reported, and even played. For better or worse? Fantasy gurus Ron Shandler (Baseball Forecaster), Sam Walker (Fantasyland), and Nate Silver (Baseball Prospectus) will be on hand to discuss. The event will be moderated by writer Brenn Jones.
Date: Friday, March 24th Time: 7:00pm Location: Barnes and Noble (675 Sixth Ave) Cost: Free Summary: In association with the School for Visual Arts tonight there is a panel discussion on making children's books.
Date: Friday, March 24th Time: 7:00pm - 12:00am Location: Goliath Visual Space (117 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn) Cost: Free Summary: "Goliath Visual Space will celebrate eight years of innovative projects with a final public event [...] RE-ZONING features a fundraiser to benefit Goliath, with donated artworks available for sale, followed by Outro, an improvisational performance evening by sound and media artists."
"Celebrate 8 years of innovative exhibitions in our space, help support Goliath’s transition and a new year of itinerant projects.
Goliath Visual Space will celebrate eight years of innovative projects with a final public event to be held at its space at 117 Dobbin Street, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn before closing its doors and transitioning to a nomadic project-based organization. RE-ZONING features a fundraiser to benefit Goliath, with donated artworks available for sale, followed by Outro, an improvisational performance evening by sound and media artists. Come early and stay late!
BENADDICTION 2006: Fourth Annual Fundraiser for Goliath Visual Space
7 pm
Benaddiction will feature over 50 artworks donated by artists, exhibited in the gallery and available for immediate sale on the night of the event. Cash and personal checks will be accepted. All proceeds will benefit Goliath Visual Space and its 2006 season of itinerant projects and exhibitions. Keep an eye out in the second half of 2006 for our new projects, in unusual locations.
Outro: Performance Event
9 pm – midnight
Outro celebrates Goliath's ongoing commitment to electronic and media arts by presenting the work of a variety of artists working in live video, electronic music, design, and electro-acoustic composition. Outro explores different facets of the live image and music culture thriving in NYC today, paying special attention to the role of collaboration and improvisation in live media performance. Featured artists include audio artists Nick Lesley, Zack Layton and Zachary Seldess, visual artists Andy Graydon, Chika Iijima and Richard Gare, and audio-visual artists Lance Blisters, ilan katin + Geoff Matters, Richard Garet, WvS and more."
Date: Friday, March 24th Time: 9:00pm Location: Fix Lounge (110 Bedford Ave, W'burg) Cost: Free Summary: Consignment at Fix is a new Friday night party which brings in new sounds weekly. Tonight, Dynasty Electric will be performing live and there will also be DJ sets from DJ Captain Heartlock and DJ Detroitscaresme. And if you still need more incentive, there is $1 PBR and Free Consignment Shots from 9 to 11.
Date: Friday, March 24th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Sly Bar (310 Spring St) Cost: Free Summary: Bastard Jazz's new Full Fat Friday boasts a full line up with DJs DRM, Sema4, Paul Digs, and Birthday Boy Captain Planet. Expect an intimate vibe and an eclectic mash up of music.
Date: Friday, March 24th Time: 11:00pm Location: The Lucky Cat (245 Grand Street) Cost: Free Open Bar: Vodka, 1:00am - 2:00am Summary: Tonight, Terry Diabolik, DJ Never Forget and DJ Balls Deep destroy the decks at Lucky Cat to bring you the best mix of indie, riot, electro, soul and rock. And if that aint enough for you free Vitamin Water and vodka cocktails from 1am - 2am.
Date: Saturday, March 25th Time: 1:00pm to 6:00pm Location: Chashama Center Gallery (112 W 44th Street) Cost: Free Summary: Today is the closing reception for Rob Miller's 10,000 Pages in the back gallery. Celso and the Endless Love Crew, an NYC based street collective, will host an afternoon painting jam.
Date: Saturday, March 25th Time: 4:00pm - 1:00am Location: free103point9 Project Space (97 S 6th St, 2nd Fl, Williamsburg) Cost: Free Summary: A ninth anniversary benefit show/party for Williamburg's finest underground radio...free103point9. Performers are all using radio as an instrument or theme in their performances, and recordings will be made for possible inclusion on free103point9's "Radio Action III" CD.
DJ Matt Mikas
Matt Mikas is a sound artist with a history of involvement with microradio. A sonic anthropologist, Mikas uses turntables alternately as a historian and performer. In January 2000 he curated the sound program for Dave Hickey’s Ultralounge at the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum in Tampa. "Of The Bridge," a collaboration with Matt Bua and Tom Roe, premiered in Brooklyn! (2001) at the Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, sampling the Williamsburg Bridge and Sonny Rollins (who often rehearsed there). Mikas’s current project "Interactive Audio Response Kit" is a musical composition and listening tool created for two identical LPs.
The Occasion
Formed Spring 2001 in New York City. In 2003, completed self-titled debut album for Say Hey. Toured w/ Interpol. Released split 10" w/ The Double on Wobblyhead. Spent two years rmaking second LP Cannery Hours, out now on Say Hey. 2005, logged 20,000 miles touring the US with The Ponys, Acid Mothers Temple and Make Believe. Currently working on third LP, due October 2012. On the road in March - see calender. Thanks for all the bricks.
Stars Like Fleas
Having quietly created 2 highly-murmured about and mostly hand-traded cult releases over the past several years, Stars Like Fleas emerged from their cubby holes in 2005, immediately creating a stir and an overnight name for themselves in a sentiment-suspicious Brooklyn, selling out exponentially larger shows with the likes of Deerhoof, Grizzly Bear, Blevin Blectum, Hrvatski, Black Lights (Kyp Malone of TV On The Radio), Greg Davis, Bird Show, Mark Morgan (Sightings) and Akron/Family. People have written many words about them from within the New York press machine: chunka chunka. In contrast to similarly free-minded groups currently fusing folk, noise, electronics , and as in the works of Marcel Dzama (who created the cover art for their last record) Stars Like Fleas stands out for the delicate way they commingle the disturbing, harsh and confrontational with something undeniably direct, sincere, silly, joyous and unashamedly romantic.
Latitude/Longitude
Latitude/Longitude (Michael Garofalo and Patrick McCarthy) weave melodies, lush textures, and loops into electro-acoustic dream songs. Conjuring unfamiliar sounds from familiar sources such as guitars, radios, synthesizers, clarinets, and toy instruments, the duo chart the diverse sonic terrain of their own insular world.
Date: Saturday, March 25th Time: 4:00pm Location: Fix (110 Bedford at North 11th) Cost: Free Summary: Fix continues their mid-day weekend concerts by bringing psychedelic space rockers Psychic Ills and special guests to the stage.
Date: Saturday, March 25th Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm Location:Giant Robot, (437 East 9th Street) Cost: Free Summary: Caroline Hwang's explores the nooks and crannies of the heart and the vulnerability of love through fabric, stitching, paint and collage to create beautifully poignant work.
"Wounded but not Broken, Caroline Hwang's first solo show at Giant Robot explores the nooks and crannies of the heart, the vulnerability of love, the ache of love lost and the healing that follows. Hwang takes the cuts and scrapes of relationships and transforms them with fabric, stitching, paint and collage to create beautifully poignant work. In this show, Indian girls, wounded bears, piercing arrows and protective teepees all represent our desire to help heal one another and ourselves and the caution with which we move forward.
From the quirks of a heart in love to the aches of relationships gone awry, Wounded but not Broken is Hwang at her best: delicately honest, beautifully melancholy and quietly healing. Each piece is sadly comforting: awkward girls, distant boys, the sweetness of a crush, and the loneliness of regret. We are all wounded. These pieces, stitched, painted and crafted, simply offer the comfort that we are not alone." Show runs through April 19th.
Date: Saturday, March 25th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Flux Factory (Long Island City, click for directions) Cost: Free Summary:Flux Factory is back in full swing! This time around, they are turning the space into a giant interactive music box! Continues through April 29th
On March 25th, 2006 the Flux Factory space in Long Island City will be transformed into a giant, interactive music box.
A group of seven sound artists, musicians, and sculpture/installation artists gathered together by Flux Factory will create kinetic sculptures that all work together to play a single song. Viewers will activate the box with a crank. Inside the Box, a veritable funhouse of sound can be discovered in each artist’s contribution to the overall song. The viewer becomes an active participant in the experience, subtly altering the song produced. The result will be a harmonious cacophony of individual sound installations.
FluxBox explores the burgeoning medium of sound sculpture and installation in an exciting, collaborative way that promotes a dialogue between visual and audio artists. It is another example of Flux Factory’s approach to collaborative artistic ventures where artists work together in a think-tank environment to produce new work.
Date: Saturday, March 25th Time: 7:00pm Location: Orchid Lounge (500 East 11th bet A & B) Cost: Free Summary:Nerd Nite travels south of Boston for their first ever NYC evening. Intelligent speakers discuss a variety of issues from iconography in Michael Jackson videos to the parasitic stylings of Cameroon's indigo bird through a laid back, alcohol fueled evening. I am sure there will be music of some sort as well... Speaker topics after the jump.
"After running amuck in Boston for the last three years, Nerd Nite makes its NYC debut on Saturday. So what exactly is Nerd Nite? Nerd Nite is an informal gathering (with drinks, of course) at which nerds get together for nerdery of all sorts. On Saturday March 25, the nerdery will specifically focus on three 15-minute lectures (geared toward us common folk) given by the big-brained JC Dwyer, Nora Morrison, and Dr. Chris Balakrishnan (founder of Nerd Nite). Dwyer, Morrison, and Balakrishnan will share their expertise in the varied topics of food access and nutritional extremes in East Harlem (yum), iconography in Michael Jackson videos (woo), and the bizarre parasitic stylings of Cameroon's indigo bird (chirp), respectively, while the audience drinks along and learns a little something too. And after longing to get back behind the mic, yours truly [Matt Wasowski] will host the festivities.
Hunger and Obesity in East Harlem: How Food Access Predicts Nutritional Extremes by JC Dwyer
Imagine Fat Albert and a malnourished Ethiopian sharing a slice on the corner. Sound absurd? Hunger and obesity are this close in many communities, and there's an environmental explanation why.
The Iconography of Michael Jackson by Nora Morrison
Before Michael Jackson was an object of ridicule and pop psychological (and even attempted physical) dissection, he was a singer, dancer, actor, and illusionist. Nora will talk about what Michael may have meant to say before he lost control of his public image.
The Indigo Bird: One Crazy-Ass Homewrecker of a Parasitic Bird by Dr. Chris Balakrishnan
Female indigo birds choose mates based on their mimicry of host song and then parasitize nests of the species that reared them. Yep, they’re just like the crazy hot girl who’s subletting your apartment. Watch out! -by the way, I made up Chris’s blurb (he never gave me his so I improvised).. but it’s close enough to what he’ll actually be talking about."
Date: Saturday, March 25th Time: 9:30pm - 4:00am Location:Northsix (66 North 6th St, Williamsburg)NOTE: THIS PARTY HAS BEEN MOVED TO GALAPAGOS (70 N 6th St, Brooklyn) Same time, Same Sched. Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: ???, 9:30pm - 11:30pm Summary: Canadian extreme sports cigarette brand brings another fantastic show to Northsix. This time Electro-hottie Annie performs live alongside a who's who roster of NYC's electro-dance-rock DJs. Two hour open bar guarantees a packed house. Check flyer for full details.
Date: Saturday, March 25th Time: 9:30pm - 1:30am* Location:Detour (249 East 13th Street) Cost: Free (2 drink minimum) Summary:Saxophonist The Slackers as well as frontman of his own Rocksteady 7. Additionally, Hillyard has appeared with Rancid, Skinnerbox, The Stubborn All Stars, and the Version City All Stars. Tonight, Dave plays with Rocksteady Jr, a quintet version of the Rocksteady 7. "Expect a free ranging musical discussion between reggae percussion, R'n'B... and spacey dub. There is no cover but there is a two drink minimum.
* note: these times are approximate as they are the usual set times for Detour. In the past, Dave Hillyard has gone on at 10 instead of 9:30. Please check with the venue for accurate times.
Date: Saturday, March 25th Time: 10:00pm Location: Fix! (110 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg) Cost: Free Summary: DJ Michael T (of Mother F*ucker and Rated X) will be make a rare Williamsburg appearance spinning at FIX tonight with House DJ Son of Sound!. So come dance your ass off all night to his eclectic mix of Rock and dance! Drink Specials include Dead Cowboy (Shot of Whiskey and PBR) $5 FixCarafe (3 drinks in 1) $8!
Date: Saturday, March 25th Time: 11:00pm - 4:00am Location: Beauty Bar (231 East 14th Street) Cost: Free with RSVP by 3pm Friday the 24th Open Bar: Macau Beer, 11:00pm - 12:00pm Summary: Girlie Action and Bust mag throw this afterparty for the Gossip. The Glamazons provide go-go action beside the all female turntable assault.
Date: Sunday, March 26th Time: 10:30am Location: Meet inside Museum of American Indian at Bowling Green Cost: $3 service fee but it's waived for first-time participants. Summary: If you can get up early enough on a Sunday, this tour walks you up Broadway and its side streets to view and visit sites of historical and current interest including Ground Zero. The walk is approx. 2–4 miles and takes 3 to 5 hours. Bring water/lunch, or buy along the way.
Date: Sunday, March 26th Time: 12:00pm Location: City Hall (Broadway and Chambers Street) Cost: Free, please RSVP
Summary: Help bring a Car-Free Summer to Central Park. Come and show the Mayor a sea of Central Park Green as banners are unfurled across the steps of City Hall showing the names over 100,000 supporters for a summer auto ban in the park. Official Site
"We're closer than ever to winning a three-month ban of cars from the
loop road. City officials will soon make a decision. A big turnout at Sunday's rally will make the difference. Many prominent elected officials will speak and with your help, many more will take notice.
There will be an announcement at the rally that could change the face
of this campaign. Be there to hear it. Be there to help."
Date: Sunday, March 26th Time: 4:00pm Location: Fix (110 Bedford at North 11th) Cost: Free Summary: SoundFix Sundays continue with the mellow, spacey, singer-songwriter sounds of Kelly Stoltz. This weekly post-brunch event has been picking up momentum as of late.
Date: Sunday, March 26th Time: 8:00pm Location:Larry Lawrence Bar (295 Grand Street, Williamsburg) Cost: Free with RSVP Summary: An experimental documentary exploring the turn-of-century lynching of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana.
An Injury of One provides a corrective - and absolutely compelling - glimpse of a particularly volatile moment in early 20th century American labor history: the rise and fall of Butte, Montana. Specifically, it chronicles the mysterious death of Wobbly organizer Frank Little, a story whose grisly details have taken on a legendary status in the state. Much of the extant evidence is inscribed upon the landscape of Butte and its surroundings. Thus, a connection is drawn between the unsolved murder of Little, and the attempted murder of the town itself. Part of the First Run Icarus Film Series.
Date: Mondays Time: 6:30pm Location: Time's Up (49 Houston St. between Mott and Mulberry) Cost: Free Summary: Come learn the basics of bicycle repair from expert female mechanics at this workshop designed by and for women.
"Come learn the basics of bicycle repair from expert female mechanics at our workshop designed by and for women. You will learn on our bicycles (you can apply what you've learned to your own bike on our Thursday
bike repair nights). No previous experience with bicycle repair required.
Time's Up! is an all-volunteer, non-profit environmental group that puts on hundreds of free events and workshops every year--including bike rides, environmental tours, bike repair and welding workshops, community garden cleanups, community events, and more! We aim to create a more bikable, sustainable and environmentally friendly New York City."
Date: Monday, March 27th Time: 7:00pm Location: Eat Records (124 Meserole Avenue, Greenpoint) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight, catch a free show courtesy of Eat Records. Performing will be Matt Krefting and John Shaw, Birds of Delay, Number None and Water Sports
Date: Mondays Time: 8:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Blue Owl Cost: Free Open Bar: Top Shelf Sampling, 8:00pm - 9:00pm Summary: Every Monday the new speakeasy style lounge Blue Owl features a sampling of top shelf spirits while DJs spin samba and world music to ease you into the work week. March is dedicated to Leblon Cachaca (think mojitos and caipirinhas).
Date: Monday, March 27th Time: 8:00pm Location: Siberia (40th St adn 9th Ave) Cost: Free Summary: The humor of drinkatwork.com leave the internet for the pub tonight. They are joined by several bands, including the infectiously qwirky Project Jenny Project Jan in a night of stand-up, skits and music.
Date: Monday, March 27th Time: 9:00pm Location: Botanica (47 West Houston) Cost: Free Summary: So between last weeks SXSW and this weeks WMC lots of people are out of town. DJ Saucey (Miss Nelch) is in town though and will be "on Mark Ronsons AUTHENTIC SH*T."
Date: Monday, March 27th Time: 9:00pm Location: Fontana's (105 Eldridge Street, Between Grand and Broome) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Brahma and Triple 8, 9:00pm - 10:00pm Summary: The Duke Spirit (alongside DJs I'm Sure) at this release party for BUST Magazine. Fontana's is a good space and an open bar makes it even better.
FreeNYC and DJ Moe Choi bring you a bi-weekly evening of leftfield hip hop, blunted beats, and assorted downtempo rhythms. This is a night where DJs play for DJs and drop all those rare and obscure tracks they don't normally have a chance to play out. $3 beers and $4 wines from 10-11 get things going. Click here for full info.
TONIGHT'S LINE UP:
Shakeyface
Hailed as "abstract hip-hop's next big thing" (Epitonic) and "off center but on target" (XLR8R), Brooklyn-based producer Shakeyface is a talented creative force bubbling just below the surface. All Music describes his songs as "adventurous soundscapes" with "thick, dirty beats". http://www.shakeyface.com
QPE
Kacy Wiggins a/k/a quiet personal electronics (qpe) is a subtly profound composer whose reputation as a live performer and soulful soother of the frenetic New Yorker has earned him a solid following. His music takes off from instrumental hip-hop, stealthily skirting the no-fly zones of excessive complexity and over-production around much of IDM and trip hop, to land in a new sonic terrain: Hip Hop Nouveau. http://www.qpe.info/
DJ Moe Choi
DJ Moe Choi won't provide you with a bio. Tell him he's hip-hop and he'll tell you he spins the Smiths. Tell him he's rock and he'll whip his own remix of Portishead. Whatever the deal, with over 3000 records to his name including countless exclusive remixes, Moe can rock a party like no one's business. Tonight he promises "the Warp, Ninja Tune, Mo Wax, Grand Central, Tru Thoughts and other obscure gitch/soul/hop stuff." http://www.choimatic.com
Date: Tuesday, March 28th Time: 10:00pm - 2:00am Location: Kingsize (21 Essex Street at Hester) - Map Cost: Free
Date: Tuesday, March 28th Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location:Participant, Inc. (95 Rivington St) Cost: Free Summary: In honor of Surge, their current online exibition exploring the aesthetics of wireless transmission, free103point9 and Rhizome present this reception with presentations by 31 Down, Angel Nevarez, and NYSAE (New York Society for Acoustic Ecology).
"At this one-night event and reception, all of the Surge projects will be on view. Angel Nevarez, 31 Down, and NYSAE (New York Society for Acoustic Ecology) will give brief presentations on their pieces. Join us for a reception at 6:30 p.m. and presentations at 7 p.m.
Angel Nevarez will present documentation of The Lowdrone. Made in collaboration with artist Alex Rivera, The Lowdrone melds the lowrider, a customized vehicle with hydraulics and candy coated paint, with the functionality of the drone, an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with surveillance cameras that has been standard U.S. military fare since the ‘60s. Initially commissioned for INSITE 2005/Tijuana Calling, The LowDrone is the world’s first flying lowrider, outfitted with wireless video transmission capabilities and conditioned for remote aerial flight. Through The LowDrone website, users are able to simulate flight over one of the most surveilled spaces on the planet: the U.S./Mexico border between Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico and San Diego, California.
Artists of the NYSoundmap project Andrea Williams, Edmund Mooney, Andrea Polli and Sha sha Feng will discuss their common fascination with sound and its relationship to natural and cultural environments. The NYSoundmap is an ongoing project by the New York Society for Acoustic Ecology (NYSAE), an organization dedicated to exploring the role of sound in natural and urban settings. The NYSoundmap focuses on the New York City sound environment and includes multiple recordings such as the webradio program Giant Ear))), a series of experiences called City in a Soundwalk by Michelle Nagai, an interface to access historical sound works called Protest Transport Celebrate by Andrea Callard and Sound-Seeker, a googlemap interface that allows visitors access to sounds recorded in the five boroughs of NYC. Later HSDOM (aka Jochen Hartmann) will create a live mix of the NYSoundmap sounds.
31 Down’s Mike Sharpie and Dr. Natasha Medvedenko will present their work the Somnambulator, a project that sets out to alleviate current manifestations of the Stendahl Syndrome, a psychosomatic illness caused by overexposure to beautiful art named after the French writer Marie Henri Boyle (1783-1842). Here, the artists ironically assert, this syndrome may be incurred by the visual content of the web; and offer the Somnambulator as an antidote. At this presentation, you will learn more about how living a Somnambulated life can increase your energy, vitality and desire for virtual freedom."
Date: Tuesday, March 28th Time: 9:00pm - 2:00am Location: Stay (244 E. Houston St bet. A and B) Cost: Free Summary: For the last few months, I've been getting my chill minimal techno fix at Shark Attack! Tonight, bid them a fond farewell as their party goes on hiatus. Highlights include Big Bucket, an organ-driven hypno-jazz trio.
"We've lined up a ridiculous melange of electro/acoustic musical goodies. Come and enjoy. Let me note some things that we've never had before that will appear suddenly tomorrow night:
Big Bucket, a jazz trio who somehow bring their jazz closer to the world of loopy minimal electronic music, without losing the jazz.
Praveen, known for his beautiful album on Neo Ouija and his Percussion Lab parties, using a harmonium alongside his laptop, various gear boxes, and microphone.
plus superDraw visuals by Joshue Ott and Sabina Hahn. Come check out the only wedded couple in NYC that draws together using a digital tablet interface and homemade software. At least, I think they are the only ones. If I'm wrong, I owe you a coke. "
Date: Tuesday, March 28th Time: 9:00pm Location: The Delancy (168 Delancey btw Clinton and Attorney) Cost Free Summary: Tonight myopenbar.com bring us yet another reason to be thankful to them for, they are perpetuating yet more substance abuse with their party at the Delancy. With free Brahma Beer, no cover, three floors, three bands, three DJs, one fireplace and one heated rooftop what more can you ask for. The open beer flows between 9:00pm and 10:00pm then again for an hour at 12:30pm. The bands performing are Lola Ray, Roxy Pain, and Dark Room along with DJs Daria Tessler, Rob Hitt, and Jessie Seepersaud.
Date: Tuesday, March 28th Time: 10:00pm Location: Plan B (339 10th Street at Ave. B) Cost: Free Open Bar: Sparks, 10:00pm - 11:00pm Summary:DJ Morsy brings you all those good sounds to get down to (Miami Bass, Bmore Cub, Hip Hop, 80's, Reggae, etc.) to Plan B tonight. Expect a packed house of party go-ers for sure.
Date: Tuesday, March 28th Time: 10:00pm Location: Galapagos (70N. 6th Street, Williamsburg) Cost: Free but must RSVP Summary: Tonight catch this advance screening of Iowa at Galapagos. A cautionary tale of love, crime, fantasy and addiction that follows two young Iowan lovers who decide to go into the "batch" business - cooking their own methamphetamine - only to watch it burn a searing hole in their lives.
Date: Tuesday, March 28th Time: 12:00am - 4:00am Location: Cake Shop (152 Ludlow Street) Cost: Free Open Bar: Macau Beer, 12am - 1am Summary: Join Lupe Loop alongside residents Marcelo Cunning and Amylulita for a celebration of all things spanish dance rock (think Café Tecuba but so much more)
Date: Wednesday, March 29th Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm Location:Longwood Art Gallery (450 Grand Concourse, Bronx) Cost: Free Summary: A Multimedia installation based on artists' journies to Iceland and Norway explores existance in remote communities.
"Between Heaven and Earth and Rootless Algas are based on the artist’s journeys to Iceland and Norway respectively. Between Heaven and Earth was inspired by Amorós’ explorations of the Fjörds of Central Western Norway, where she discovered the existence of remote communities of people who live high atop the mountainous peaks. Drawing parallels and illuminating contrast between their social and economic isolation and that of the inhabitants of high-rise public housing projects in New York City, Amorós’ video interweaves melancholic panoramas of glacial ponds and sweeping waterfalls with stark urban imagery of housing projects in the Bronx. Susana Baca’s accompanying soundtrack, Nacimiento de Voces (Birth of Voices), with its undulating wails and echoing cries, infuses the piece with a preternatural power.
On her visit to the remote Icelandic island of Flatey, Amorós came to see the thick, glistening masses of diverse algae that settled on rocks around the shoreline as a metaphor for her own uprooting from her Peruvian homeland. The resulting piece, Rootless Algas, eschews narrative, juxtaposing multi-hued, undulating strands of abaca, a resilient, leafy fiber, with lush, sensual nature images of the color-rich aquatic plants. Against this dream space, somber string music composed by Hilmarsson imbues the space with a sense of longing and isolation.
'By removing the plants from their original context and reinventing them in an artificial environment, the piece highlights the often fractured dynamic between humans and nature,' said Amorós."
Date:Wednesday, March 29th from Time:6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center (208 West 13th Street) Cost: Free Summary: $pread magazine presents Sex Worker Visions, an art exhibition, gathering of sex workers and their allies, celebration of $pread’s first birthday (there will be free cake!!) and a collaboration with Sex Work Matters.
For opening night only, the exhibit will be completely interactive with a webcam video project, “30 Second Sex,” masterminded by multimedia artist and erotic professional Melissa Gira and featuring webcam pioneers Ana Voog and Echo Transgression camming from remote locations. Computer monitors around the Cyber Center will display the websites of sex worker rights advocacy groups for the public to peruse. Former call girl Tracy Quan along with sex worker activist Carol Leigh (aka Scarlot Harlot) will be signing copies of their respective books, "Diary of a Married Call Girl" and "Unrepentant Whore."
Date: Wednesday, March 29th Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Location: Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A) Cost: Free Summary: "Mintyfresh is a gypsy comedy show amongst the New York underground scene. Mintyfresh's stand-up show at Mo Pitkin's features an eclectic lineup of comics on the second & fifth Wednesdays of the month." Check the site for tonight's line-up.
Date: Wednesday, March 29th Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm Location: Kraft Center (606 West 115th Street btw Broadway and Riverside) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight is the opening reception for Works In Progress: Art In the Public Interest, an exhibition from Columbia Undergrads, MFA students, and post-grads including work in relation to Social Activism.
Date: Wednesday, March 29th Time: 8:00pm - 9:30pm Location: Otto's Shrunken Head (538 East 14th St.) Cost: Free Summary: "Mintyfresh presents Cocktail: A Blend of Comedy Styles. It's a show garnished with stand up, songs, characters and who knows what else could happen" Check the site for tonight's line-up.
Date: Wednesday March 29th Time: 9:00pm Location: Hi Fi (169 Ave A btwn 10th and 11th St) Cost: Free Summary: First Taste is a weekly listening party every Wednesday for all new and unreleased rock at Hi Fi. Drink offers till midnight include $3 Brooklyn Lagers, IPA's and Pilsners.
Its a good chance to hear new music.
Featured artists include: Islands, The Glorious Ninth,The Stills, Wolfmother, Drive By Truckers, Elefant, Lovely Feathers, The Secret Machines, Calexico, Eagles Of Death Metal, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Flaming Lips, The Sounds, Placebo, The Concretes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, American Princes, The Envelopes, Liars, Black Lips, Loose Fur, Mates Of State, Ms. John Soda, Quasi, Whirlwind Heat, The Knife, Guillemotts, Graham Coxson, Neko Case, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Mogwai, Mudhoney, The Rogers Sisters, Stereolab, Pilate, Astrid Swan, Loney, Dear, Sarah Hepburn, The Royal Highness, Disco Ensemble, Sign, Ane Brun, Real Ones, The Latebirds, Animal Alpha, VETO, Quit Your Dayjob, EPO-555, WE, Thomas Dybdahl, Grandaddy.
Date: Thursday, March 30th Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Kidrobot (126 Prince St) Cost: Free Summary: "...Bill McMullen's first nod to the intergallactic sneaker since ADAT. See if you can secure one of his cosmically rare Yellow Shuttlemax figures. Only 100 exist in the universe. And don't even try to navigate one of those vessels without a 3" Dunnynaut, limited to 2000 pieces and available in this solar system and beyond."
Date: Thursday, March 30th Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm Location: Hilton Times Square (234 W. 42nd Street, Sky Lobby Level, Palace & Criterion Rooms) Cost: Free with RSVP (212) 726-2687 by Tuesday March 28th Summary: If you like jewelry, check out this evening to promote JulRe Designs jone of a kind handcrafted jewlery range. Enjoy also complimentary wine and cheese, informal modeling and free Luxe goodie bags - RSVP is a must.
Date: Thursday, March 30th Time: 7:00pm Location: The Bronfman Gallery (7 East 10th St) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight is the opening reception of Beyond Graffiti, an exhibit of work by street artists from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and NYC. The show runs through May 5th.
Date: Thursday, March 30th Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm Location: KGB Bar (85 East 4th Street) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight the KGB Bar kicks off the Museum of Sex's March 16th art opening of Peeping, Probing & Porn: Four Centuries of Graphic Sex in Japan with a night of Manga and Anime.
Date: Thurday, March 30th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Invisible NYC (148 Orchard Street) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight John Breiner's "The Scales that Weigh the Whales" opens at Invisible NYC. Its a a solo-exhibit of new, mixed-media and his images contain that "of vacant, satisfied figures amid explosions of dense, dark flowers in which alligators and other animals of prey lurk, or in scenes of oblivious children playing in blood red water suggesting some ominous fate."
"Invisible NYC is proud to host a solo-exhibit of new, mixed-media
works by John Breiner (www.johnbreiner.com).
Mr. Breiner doesn’t consider himself a narrative artist, although his
art certainly addresses current political and social themes. He began
the last half of the work for this exhibit right around the hurricane
Katrina disaster, an event that highlighted a state of blissful
ignorance while disaster, suffering, and danger loomed from all
sides. This contradiction can be seen in his images of vacant,
satisfied figures amid explosions of dense, dark flowers in which
alligators and other animals of prey lurk, or in scenes of oblivious
children playing in blood red water suggesting some ominous fate.
While his subject matter is generally dark, his approach remains
humorous and light-hearted through his use of playful color and, at
times, absurd combinations of imagery. 'This project has lead into an
overall love of everything old and weathered since I was first
attracted to the yellowing covers of these books. Now I’ve adapted a
method of working where I let the surface tell me what needs to be
placed on it and how. I couldn't imagine working on a blank canvas. I
need a surface with a soul that shows its travels through life. It
gives me an opportunity to show mine.'"
Date: Thursday, March 30th Time: 8:00 pm Location: Times Up (49 East Houston Street) Cost: Free but donations are gladly accepted Summary: David Brower's Monumental is screened for free tonight at TImes Up.
From the moment David Brower first witnessed the extraordinary beauty of the Yosemite Valley, his life was tied to the fight to preserve the American wilds for future generations. Not since John Muir had an American fought so hard, or been more successful, in protecting our natural heritage. His fiery dedication and activism helped inspire the modern day environmental movement.
Explored in Monumental is the beautiful, dramatic, and lyrical story of Brower and his colleagues' unrelenting campaigns - fought through lobbying, art, and hard hitting advertising- to protect and establish some of our most treasured national parks. At the center of the film are the themes that absorbed Brower throughout his life: the threatened beauty of the American earth, the spiritual connection between humans and the great outdoors, and the moral obligation to preserve what is left of the world's natural wonders.Monumental tells the story of a true American legend, an artist, a publisher, a filmmaker and an zealous crusader for the cause of environmentalism. The film combines the 1950s and '60s aesthetic of archival footage with a modern look and recent interviews for a visually compelling experience that anyone can enjoy, whether young or old, activism neophyte or diehard environmentalist.
Date: Thursday, March 30th Time: 10:00pm Location: 6s & 8s (205 Chrystie St. corner of Stanton) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight, underground spinner Starcraft (aka dj st*r) brings it to 6s & 8s. Expect delicious disco beats and soulful techy house. There is an open vodka bar from 10-11pm to get things started.
Date: Thursday, March 30th Time: 10:00pm Location: Opus 22 (corner of 22nd St and 11th Ave) Cost: Free Summary: Light, Mr. Man, DJ M.O.S. and DJ G. Brown bring you the best that hip hop had to offer back before the Fugees broke up... Oh, you should ALREADY KNOW what that means....
DJ Ayres needs no introduction... He's been holding down The Rub along with Cosmo Baker and DJ Eleven for years and has secured himself a nice position as one of the few men defining the sound of NY right now. Listening to on of Ayres sets is like getting an education in the history of the beat and this mix is no exception. With classic jams by Stacy Q, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, TKA and more, this Freestyle Mix plays like a 16 year girl on the streets of Brooklyn in 1985. DJ Ayres
Date: Friday, March 31st Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Location: Otto's Shrunken Head (538 E. 14th St) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight is "Turn Left" the Political Comedy Show "including stand-up, sketch, and musical parody. Hosted by Nivek
Absurdo, "Turn Left" stars Donna Moore and the Turn Left Sketch
Troupe, Billionaires Follies of Billionaires For Bush, proving once more that politics are funny
Date: Friday, March 31st Time: 7:00pm - 11:pm Location:The Changing Room (3 Centre Market Pl) Cost: Free Summary: Tonight is the opeing reception for Kaleidoscope. "The photographic image for many years was hailed as a medium that recorded fact. Early in its inception photography was quickly embraced as a way to record moments deemed important. In reality, photography is a very subjective medium. In Kaleidoscope, Gild presents two styles of photographs: those that are "staged" and those that are not.
Date: Friday, March 31st Time: 1:00pm Location: Stain Bar (766 Grand Street, Williamsburg) Cost: Free Summary: Oenophiles amongst you should head to this special Roman themed monthly costume party at the Stain Bar with ivy decor and best of all lots of wine specials.
Date: Friday, March 31st Time: 9:00pm Location: Rivington Bar (174 Rivington) Cost: Free with RSVP Summary: Tonight marks the second SugarHead Quarters, KidRobot, Friends of Sound Party of the year! Yippie! Music is brought to you by DJ O, Gerald McBoing Boing, and Toy Baron. And perfect for Friday night mayhem, open bar from 9 to 10.
Date: Friday, March 31st Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: The Delancey (168 Delancey) Cost: Free Open Bar: Heineken, 10:00pm - 11:00pm Summary:Sweat returns to The Delancey tonight, bringing a whole bunch of DJs and some free Heineken with them.
Sweat returns to The Delancey tonight, bringing a whole bunch of DJs and some free Heineken with them. Robots In A Coma (check out the DJ Moe Choi mix on Radio FreeNYC), Ace Six, Erik The Red, Gabe Really Real, Special Needs and Erminatti all take to the tables. Free Heineken from 10 to 11.
Date: Friday, March 31st Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Happy Ending (302 Broome Street btw Forsythe and Eldridge) Cost: Free Summary: Button Up! is the last Friday night of every month upstairs at Happy Ending. Tonight the line up boasts Rafael Moraes, Radeus, Egg Foo Young, Sonny Ray and Nikolai. Espect to stay out late!
Date: Friday, March 31st Time: 11:00pm - 4:00am Location: Lit (93 2nd Ave) Cost: Free Summary: Hey Ladies! The only thing I may love more than my bi-weekly dose of Dirty Down, is Girls Nite at Dirty Down. Put on ya dancin' shoes for Joanne Loveless, Dirty Jean, Miss Lauren Flax and Star Eyes, plus resident DJ The Captain and a live set from Math Head. And if you need a lil boost for the evening there is free Sparks from 11 to 12.
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