Strand Fall Sidewalk Sale
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Sunday, October 1st
Time: 11:00am - 10:30pm (Strand); 11:00am - 8:00pm (Annex)
Location: Strand Bookstore, (828 Broadway at 12th st.) AND The Annex (95 Fulton St.)
Cost: Free (to look, but you know you're gonna buy)
Summary: Let's keep this short and sweet: Strand (fabulous new and used book store) + Fall Sale (bargains on tons of great reads) = all those books you wanted to get are now within reach. Also makes for terrific early holiday shopping. Who knows what you might find!
Stock rotated each day.
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Apple Festival
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Sunday, October 1st
Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Queens County Farm Museum (directions)
Summary: Fall is in the air and there's no better way to kick things off then with an apple festival. While most apple picking excursions involve renting a car, you can hop the subway to the Queens Country Farm Museum this afternoon to enjoy hayrides, cider, children's games, and the nation's largest apple cobbler.
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"The Good Life: New Public Spaces of Recreation"
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Sunday, October 1st
Time: 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Pier 40, West St. at Houston
Cost: Free
Summary: Artworks showcasing proposed urban projects in existing public spaces are the focus of The Good Life. Modern designers including Vito Acconci, David Adjaye, Diller, Scofido + Renfro, Greyworld, Heatherwick Studio, Hood Design, SHoP Architects, Weiss/Manfredi, West 8 and others will show us what they think the city should evolve to look like in the 21st century. Pieces include the new High Line, and a re-vamped Lincoln Center.
*Last Day*
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Women's Self Defense Workshop
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Sunday, October 1st
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Midwood Martial Arts and Family Fitness Center (1302 Ave H), Flatbush, Brooklyn
Cost: Free (Pre-registration required)
Summary: A girl can't be too careful, right? This class teaches women to protect themselves against unprovoked (and unexpected) violence through hands-on demonstrations, drills, and enacted scenarios. Gain not only an upperhand on would-be assualters, but also gain peace of mind. Hii-yaa!
Pre-register by calling the center at: 718 258 5425
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ASSSSCAT 3000
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 Date: Every Sunday
Time: 9:30pm
Location: Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (307 W. 26th St. @ 8th Ave.)
Cost: Free
Summary: Definitely some of the most fun you can have with your friends without going to a club or bar. Asssscat improv has been going on for years and every time I've been it's always been hilarious (yes, hilarious). It's hosted by Amy Poehler and always features a who's who of comedy writers from The Daily Show, Conan, SNL and tons of others and they're all surprisingly good improv performers. Celebrities (actual cool ones) frequently drop by to hone their skills. Tickets are distributed at 8:15, but definitely get there earlier. It really is a lot of fun AND they serve cheap beer!
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Tapping Maple Ridge Screening
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 Date: Monday, October 2nd
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Open Center (83 Spring St. btw. Broadway and Crosby)
Cost: Free
Summary: Taking place at Maple Ridge Wind Farm, dead set in the heart of New York maple syrup country, Tapping Maple Ridge is a stunning visual meditation on the unlikely similarities between wind energy and maple syrup productions. Laden landowner, producer, and resident interview, the film presents a an engagin conversation on the long-standing American tradition of using local sustainable resources for the common good.
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Infamy Film Screening
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 Date: Monday, October 2nd
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Anthology Film Archives (32 2nd Ave)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: The first time I heard of Infamy was about this time last year at RES Fest. Sadly I missed it then, but luckily Scion has brought it back around. Basically the film takes "an intense journey into the dangerous lives and obsessed minds of six of America's most prolific graffiti artists." We see Saber, Toomer, Jase, Claw, Earsnot, and Enem "from the streets of the South Bronx to the solitude of a San Francisco tunnel, from high atop a Hollywood billboard to North Philadelphia for a lesson in 'Philly-style tags,' from the Mexican border to a Cleveland train yard." As usual I suggested you get their early!
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Keep Walking
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Monday, October 2nd
Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Skylight Studios (275 Hudson St)
Cost: Free with RSVP (877.272.4009)
Summary: Last year I partoke in "The Johnnie Walker Journey" at Skylight and learned all there is to know about blended Scotch. If that's your bag, call in early and try and reserve a spot. You get a full tour of the "world of Johnnie Walker," and a cocktail hour (ours involved 1 cocktail only) with snacks. Tonight also features a silent auction of Yankees and Mets memorabilia with proceeds going to Recording Artists, Actors and Athletes against Drunk Driving (RADD).
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Stephen Eisenman: The Abu Ghraib Effect: Images of Pathos from Pergamon to Picasso
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Tuesday, October 3rd
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Guggenheim (1071 5th Ave at 89th St)
Cost: Free
Summary: "From the ancient Pergamon Altar to the photographs of torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, images of conquered figures embracing their own deaths pervade visual culture. However, there also exists a tradition in modern art—including works by Pablo Picasso, Ben Shahn, Leon Golub, Gillo Pontecorvo, and others—that subverts this oppressive paradigm. This lecture addresses the nature of the opposition, and the political stakes for those involved."
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Sprawl: A Compact History
FreeNYC Event Flyer
Date: Tuesday, October 3rd
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: The Urban Center (457 Madison Ave @ 51st St)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: In this lecture, "controversial, best-selling author Robert Bruegmann, whose radical claims about urban history challenge conventional planning wisdom by highlighting the benefits of sprawl, will present his vision of the city to an expert panel of urban designers and historians who will debate their implications.
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Isolate Records Shocase
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Tuesday, October 3rd
Time: 7:00pm - 12:00am
Location: Free103Point 9 (97 S. 6th St btw. Bedrord & Berry, W'burg)
Cost: free
Summary: Isolate Records "balances sonic creativity with soulful humanity" and tonight you can find out exactly what that sounds like as artists Fluorescent Grey and Optic bring and array of dense, psychedelic, samples and abstract beats to this off-the-beaten-path space. It doesn't get more glitch then this... bios below...
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Fluorescent Grey, whose recent debut CD release "Lying on the floor
mingling with god in a Tijuana motel room next door to a veterinary supply
store" has received some great reviews in the press. Grooves Magazines
calls the album "A strong debut that hangs together as a coherent listen
as well as an exercise in complexity theory." Its a psychedelic and
psychotic trip that combines a motley assortment of environmental samples
and visits a world of unchartered soundscapes and crazed rhythms!
http://isolaterecords.com/fluorescentgrey
Brooklyn resident Optic is the operator of Isolate Records and will be
only his second live performance in NYC this year. Using his refined
setup of drum machines and sythesizers, he creates dense and moving music
with abstract beats, emotive tunes, and unique textures. An unique
interplay between delicate and harsh sonic worlds...
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Trash Attack
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Tuesday, October 3rd
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Fontanas (105 Eldridge)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Summary: Last week I bought new bindings, this week I'm cursing the fact that it's still 75 degrees outside. I want to go snowboarding! Anyway these from Trash Attack, dudes have been snowboarding, have made a video and want to share it with you while you drink on them. The video is a "colaboration between riders, companies, and artist that have become friends from being in the mix of the East Coast scene over the past couple seasons. These are not (yet) your normal easy living Tahoe riders covered every issue of Transworld, these are muthafu¢ken East Coast husltas, that here to blast that kicker switch, bang that rail lip, flip that shit hard, and take that money and run. Expect roudy LES boys and some serious snowboard cravings!
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Some Action Listening Party
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 Date: Tuesday, October 3rd
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Happy Ending (302 Broom St btw. Forsyth and Eldridge)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: PBR, 11-12
Summary: After the Fontanas open bar, head over to Happy Ending for the usual Tuesday night rager, Sh!t Hammered. Its the "Some Action" listening party whatever that is so expect giveaways and crazyness, and free booze.
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disTHIS Halloween Double Feature
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 Date: Wednesday, October 4th
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm (films at 7)
Location: DCTV @ The Firehouse, 3rd Floor (87 Lafayette bet. Walker and White)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: disTHIS! - the "unique monthly film series showcases quality narrative, shorts, documentary and feature films with disability themes beyond the tragic/heroic trap moviegoers have come to expect" - presents a special holiday double screening tonight. On the feature length side is Tom Brownings 1932 classic "Freaks" which tells the tale of circus sideshow performs using famous real-life actors. On the shorter side (12 min) is Steve Carolan's Killer Cure... a surreal satire in which three people with cerebral palsy explore the implications of the belief disabled people are being punished for sins committed in past lives.
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Murderfest
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 Date: Wednesday, October 4th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Galapagos (70 N 6th St at Wythe, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Summary: Last time I was told Murderfist brings you "sketch comedy with little reverence for PC, and love for funk." but this week I am being informed that it is "sketch comedy for people with no arms or legs, but with a giant sense of humor." Head by Galapagos and find out.
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We Are Your Friends
FreeNYC Event Flyer
Date: Wednesday, October 4th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Fontanas, downstairs (105 Eldridge St btw. Grandand Broome)
Cost: Free
Summary: Tasty treats (brownies and PB&J) and cheap drinks ($3 PBR) abound at this "new rad-tastic dance party." So if your looking for a spot to "shake your m-effing money maker, throw your hands in the air and get shitty with fellow rump-shakers [to] dirty dirty electro bangers, burners, hot ass DJs" then this may be the place
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Sleeping With Massive Attack
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Wednesday, October 4th
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: THOR, at Hotel on Rivington (107 Rivington St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: It's so nice to know that I am not the only kid in town who likes trip hop/downtempo (I may however be the only kid that believes that Portishead will ever release a new album). Anyway, tonight the weekly Sleeper throwdown at Thor, doubles as the unofficial Massive Attack afterparty. DJs Koga and DRM take to the tables, and are joined by Empanadamn spining a special Bristol Blues set.
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First Thursdays in Dumbo
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 Date: Thursday, October 5th
Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Various Locations, DUMBO (site)
Cost: Free
Summary: Tonight is the monthly First Thursday celebration in DUMBO. Join hundreds of art lovers as area galleries and artists' studios will open their doors to the masses with welcoming informality, showing off their freshest works. Download a map here (PDF) or check the site for full info.
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Collective Exhibition: Contemporary Art at its Best
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Thursday, October 5th
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Agora Gallery (530 W. 25th St. btwn. 10th & 11th Ave.)
Cost: Free
Summary: ""An exciting exhibition beginning [in September] highlights the artist's unique point of view. Roughly divided into three categories; 'Verve and Reverence,' 'Subjective Elements,' and 'A Prism of One;' the show examines the unique filter through which each featured artist views the world."
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Pornology Opening
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Thursday, October 5th
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Chrystie Street Gallery (167 Chrystie St. 2nd Fl.)
Cost: Free
Summary: Ah Pornology... clearly my favorite class in high school right after Beeronomics. Join Italian Filmmaker Michele Capozzi tonight for this art opening as he "assembles some best erotic artists in New York City for a unique exhibition that captures real sex in the city."
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Lunar Stages
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Thursday, October 5th
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Columbus Park, (Bayard and Mulberry St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Celebrate the harvest moon with this four week long Chinatown film and performance event. Each Thursday, your invited to bask in the moonlight of Columbus park while enjoying free films, concerts, and performances. Check the site for tonight's details.
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Creeper Double Feature
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Wednesday, October 5th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: IFC Center (323 6th Ave at West 3rd St)
Cost: Free (first come, first served)
Summary: We're celebrating Halloween all month (or at least eating LOTS of candy corn) and there's no better way to enjoy said holiday then with a double feature of classic horror films. Hit up two of the best - Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th - this evening with a free double screening event. There are even drink specials and goodie bags to boot!
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Night Moves
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Thursday, October 5th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Happy Ending (302 Broome St)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: 2-for-1 drinks 9 to 10, open Vodka 1am to 2am
Summary: It's Thursday, so it is clearly time to go out and have drinks! Two for one drinks, followed by open vodka bar on the late night side. Baboons on Wheels, Teen Dancer Slain, MC Ragz 2 Bitches DJ this "anything goes" night at Happy Ending where “One lucky lady will have a picture taken of her ass for our next flyer and receive two free drinks.” Expect usual Happy Ending Madness.
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KGB Bar's Riot Lit Collective
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Friday, October 6th
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: KGB Bar (85 E. 4th st.)Cost: Free
Summary: Since it opened in 1993, KGB Bar has touted itself as a literary enclave in the big city. This installation of the KGB's Riot Lit Collective features N. Frank Daniels, Futureproof ("Really good shit," - James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces); Tony O'Neill, Digging the Vein ("Digging the Vein is mining diamonds for the crown of the king of hell." - John Giorno); and Jolene Siana, Go Ask Ogre ("Pure, lucid and engaging… more authentic for a new generation of young women than, say, the 1971 cautionary tale about drugs Go Ask Alice." - Susan Carpenter, L.A. Times).
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Pink Slip
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Friday, October 6th
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: St. Jeromes (155 Rivington btw. Suffolk & Clinton)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: ???, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Summary: What could be better then open bars and djs at the end of the work week? Sound Advice's K.Ross tossed me this flyer this week so you know the beats are top notch and... well.. free booze is free booze.
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The Felice Brothers
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Friday, October 6th
Time: 8:30pm
Location: Pete's Candy Store (709 Lorimer St)
Cost: Free
Summary: It's Friday night so why not head over to Pete's Candy Store for the acoustic stylings of The Felice Brothers. Their sound has been compared to the likes of "Woodie Guthrie, Neil Young, Walt Whitman, Bob Dylan and James Brown, and for some ungodly reason they now find their songs played on a growing list of FM radio dials nationwide." The boys have made the long journey down from upstate, so go out grab a pint and listen and check out what they have to offer?
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Friday, October 6th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Crash Mansion
Open Bar: Vodka, Jack, Soco, 9:00pm - 10:00pm
Cost: Free before 11 RSVP
Summary: A couple weeks ago, I was stumbling home from a late night "meeting" at Savalas when this assault of punk-Gospal funk came hammering out of the Lucky Cat. Turned out to be The New York Howl (no relation to the festival), a loose amalgamation of NYC musicians who have graced venues as obscure (and awesome) as Rubulad and backed up bands such as the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. Catch them tonight at this amazing rock weekly (along with a fashion show and open bar) before they leave on world tour.
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Mondo
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Friday, October 6th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Luke & Leroy (21 7th Ave South at Leroy St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: This popular indie dance party has quickly become one of the most fun rock nights in the city. Miss Modular, Dr. Maz, Kevington, and Michael Grace Jr. spin a freewheeling array of indie rock, outré pop, retro, punk and dance to a cute but friendly in-the-know crowd that isn't afraid to cut loose on the dance floor.
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Machine Punk
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Fridays
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Boogaloo Bar (168 Marcy Ave, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Zygo, 3:00am
Summary: Boogaloo Bar is the great spot that you never walk south enough win Williamsburg to stumble across. That said, its a bit of a diamond in the rought but the music, vibe, and open bar tonight more then make the trip worthwile. The Machine Punk crew is back with a very Halcyon-esque night of acid, electro, punk, & techno with live PA's and DJ sets by Michael Knight, Japanster, Alonzo and the fFormula Check out some previous sounds here and get out there early for the open bar.
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Gettin Dirty Down in October
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 Date: Friday, October 6th
Time: 11:00pm
Location: Lit (93 2nd Ave)
Cost: Free
Summary: Both of the Cut boys are in town now, and they've brought some friends with them. So you know what that means... Dirty Down is gonna go off! Tonight, Cosmo Baker and Them Jeans hit the tables along side resident DJ The Captain. Should be a good night!
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Fall Down
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 Date: Friday, October 6th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Asterisk (258 Johnson)
Cost: $7 (but well worth it), girls free 'til 12
Summary: Alright, look we've done it again and broken our $5 rule and posted a $7 event, but trust me on this the Fall Down parties are always well worth it. Tonight you got a stellar line up with BrokenDomer, Undakova and Bisc1, plus DJs Milkmoney, Complex and D Spliff. This is def the place for your Friday night jump off!
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openhousenewyork
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Saturday, October 7th
Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Various, see site
Cost: Free
Summary: It's time once again for openhousenewyork weekend, America's largest architect and design event. This is your chance to "explore 180 sites from boardrooms to bedrooms, crypts to clubs, factories to firehouses, lighthouses to lookouts, monuments to mansions, skyscrapers to substations" as private residences and public buildings throughout the boroughs open their doors for tours and discovery. Continues all weekend.
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Harold Hunter Day
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Saturday, October 7th
Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm; 8:00pm - 12:00am
Location: Chinatown Skatepark; KCDC Skateshop
Cost: Free
Summary: No doubt that many people lost a good friend in Harold Hunter. Today we all rememeber him with Harold Hunter Day. Roll on over to the Chinatown Skatepark for "Skate for the H" jam, which as far as I can tell is just a bunch of dudes playing skate. But DJs Premier, Evil Dee, Vinny Ponte and Neil Nice will be on hand to provide the soundtrack. Then later that night take a ride over the bridge to KCDC for the premier of the "Legends Never Die" video with 25 minutes of unreleased Harold footage.
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3rd Annual Guinness Oyster Music Festival
FreeNYC Event Flyer
Date: Saturday, October 7th
Time: Outdoor: 12:00pm - 6:00pm Indoor: 6:00pm - midnight
Location: Water Street Restaurant & Lounge (66 Water st., Dumbo)
Cost: Free admission, but the grub ain't free
Summary: This is a street wide event that will feature kickass music, Irish step dancing, Guinness and Oysters (duh), along with traditional Irish fare (dont cringe - we're talking the good bit of Irish cuisine, like Harp battered fish and chips and Guinness beef stew) and American BBQ. There's a beergarden and the Oysters are served in 6 Internationally inspired sauces. Come early for the procession from Manhattan's City Hall to Brooklyn with the NYPD Pipes & Drums of the Emerald Society Marching Band, and stay late for live Bluegrass, Rock and Country, and traditional Irish Music performances. Lords of the Dance, you'd better dust off those headbands, yeah?
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Down the Street and Around the Corner Open House and more...
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Saturday, October 7th
Time: 2:00pm til?
Location: Flux Factory (38-38 43rd St., Long Island City, Queens)
Cost: Free
Summary: The wonderful, fabulous Flux Factory is presenting an open house from 2-6pm, a walking tour and bike tour of street art inspired by the Queens Blackout Division at 3pm, and an interactive performance of TXTual Healing by Paul Notzold at 7pm where participants text the artist's cell phone and he projects the text in speech bubbles onto the sides of buildings. Oh, man. This is gonna be really friggin' cool. Click on the links for more info.
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Are You Here
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Saturday, October 7th
Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Secret Project Robot (210 Kent Ave. @ Metropolitan, W'Burg)
Cost: Free
Summary: Tonight Secret Project Robot hosts "AreYou Here," described as "an art show that mimics reality, or at least its nuances through a series of photos and live footage filmed over the course of the last seven years by Joly of Punkcast and Lisa Corson. As documentation becomes the only true living legend of a not so distant past, we must acknowledge its importance and the people behind the cameras."
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Double Barrel Sound System
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 Date: Saturday, October 7th
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: The Fix (N. 11th off Bedford, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Summary: Our favortite Billyburg reggae hooligans celebrate their one-year anniversary tonight by dropping classic reggae and rock stead all night in the relaxed Fix Lounge. Miss Gemini of Brooklyn's Tighten Up! joins in the 7" fun!
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Fatcop VS Funtime
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Saturday, October 7th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Twisted Lounge (37 Driggs Ave, Greenpoint)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Vodka 10 to 11
Summary: So I don't have too many details on this one... all I got is a flyer with gold teeth, Project Matt, and free booze. So what I'm guessing is hip hop, drunk people, and a funtime approved party.
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Sound Advice
FreeNYC Event Flyer
Date: Saturday, October 7th
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Supreme Trading (213 N 8th St, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Summary: Sound Advice (K. Ross and Elsewhere) bring their unique blend of funk, the hip hop, the reggae, and any sort of other groove that makes you feel good to the floor of Supreme Trading tonight. This is our local local as its been the most consistent good music and chill crowd in Williamsburg as of late. Come out, find the FreeNYC crew and say what's up.
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Trouble and Bass
FreeNYC Event Flyer
Date: Saturday, October 7th
Time: 11:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Boogaloo (168 Marcy Ave)
Cost: Free
Summary: If you are a regular reader of FreeNYC you have seen the names Mathead and Drop The Lime grace both our pages and our party line-ups. The boys traveled around Europe this summer with crates full of bass fuled records and have landed back in Brooklyn with a Trouble & Bass party at Boogaloo on the regular. Zack Shadetek and Star Eyes will join as resident DJs. Expect electro-house, grime, b-more club, ghetto tech, etc. This one is highly recommended!
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openhousenewyork
FreeNYC Event Flyer
Date: Sunday, October 8th
Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Various, see site
Cost: Free
Summary: It's time once again for openhousenewyork weekend, America's largest architect and design event. This is your chance to "explore 180 sites from boardrooms to bedrooms, crypts to clubs, factories to firehouses, lighthouses to lookouts, monuments to mansions, skyscrapers to substations" as private residences and public buildings throughout the boroughs open their doors for tours and discovery. Continues all weekend.
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Medieval Festival
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Sunday, October 8th
Time: 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Fort Tyron Park (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: Celebrate your love for wizards, dragons, and fair maidens as Fort Tryon Park is transformed into a medieval market town decorated with bright banners and processional flags. "Visitors are greeted by authentic medieval music, dance, magic, and minstrelry, as well as jugglers and jesters. The afternoon concludes with a thrilling joust between four knights on horseback. Costumed vendors will be on hand to demonstrate and sell a wide variety of medieval crafts as well as food and drink."
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Women's Self Defense Workshop
FreeNYC Event Flyer
Date: Sunday, October 8th
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Midwood Martial Arts and Family Fitness Center (1302 Ave H), Flatbush, Brooklyn
Cost: Free (Pre-registration required)
Summary: A girl can't be too careful, right? This class teaches women to protect themselves against unprovoked (and unexpected) violence through hands-on demonstrations, drills, and enacted scenarios. Gain not only an upperhand on would-be assualters, but also gain peace of mind. Hii-yaa!
Pre-register by calling the center at: 718 258 5425
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Circle Round
FreeNYC Event Flyer
 Date: Sunday, October 8th
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Tobacco Warehouse in the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park
Cost: Free
Summary: So I'll bo honest here, I don't really know anything about what a "Circle Dance" is, and in my mind I picture a lot of twirling and spinning. To clear up any speculation today they can head over to Circle Round, a celebration of traditional circle dances from around the globe, featuring performances and participatory circle dances lessons.
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KGB Bar's Riot Lit Collective
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Date: Sunday, October 8th
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: KGB Bar (85 E. 4th st.) Cost: Free
Summary: Since it opened in 1993, KGB Bar has touted itself as a literary enclave in the big city. This installation of the KGB's Riot Lit Collective features Fiction Writers Kelly Link and Shelley Jackson.
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Kelly Link's debut collection, Stranger Things Happen, was a Village Voice Favorite Book and a Salon Book of the Year. Tonight's reading is taken from her second collection, Magic for Beginners ("...an alchemical mixture of Borges, Raymond Chandler, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer." - Salon), which was selected for best of the year lists by Time Magazine, Salon, Boldtype, Village Voice, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Capitol Times.
Shelley Jackson studied art at Stanford and writing at Brown, and now lives in Brooklyn. She is the author of the "classic" Patchwork Girl , as well as a story collection, The Melancholy of Anatomy, which has just been published by Anchor Books. She will read from her novel, Half Life. "Jackson's prose is nothing short of dazzling, but it's still not enough to give real tension to her oddball plot." – Publishers Weekly
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ASSSSCAT 3000
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Date: Every Sunday
Time: 9:30pm
Location: Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (307 W. 26th St. @ 8th Ave.)
Cost: Free
Summary: Definitely some of the most fun you can have with your friends without going to a club or bar. Asssscat improv has been going on for years and every time I've been it's always been hilarious (yes, hilarious). It's hosted by Amy Poehler and always features a who's who of comedy writers from The Daily Show, Conan, SNL and tons of others and they're all surprisingly good improv performers. Celebrities (actual cool ones) frequently drop by to hone their skills. Tickets are distributed at 8:15, but definitely get there earlier. It really is a lot of fun AND they serve cheap beer!
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AIDS Testing
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 Date: Monday, October 9th
Time: All Day
Location: Call 212-563-4500 for various locations around the city
Cost: Free
Summary: This week of Free AIDS and HIV testing is in honor of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day. Quit making excuses, and go get tested at these free clinics. Testing is painless (cotton swab in the mouth) and fast.
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Ear to the Earth Festival
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 Date: Monday, October 9th - 13th
Time: 11:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Various, see site
Cost: Free
Summary: One of the most overwhelming aspects of city-living is our aural landscape. On a daily basis, we tune out buses, car horns, and screaming tourists as we go about our daily life, iPod earphones full of pleasant distractions. But what would happen if we replaced the harsh cityscape with organic tones of nature? This week's Ear to the Earth Festival aims to do just that...
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"Ear to the Earth, to take place October 6 - 14 in New York City, is a week-long festival of environmental sound and image with installations, panels, and concerts. Conceived and organized by Electronic Music Foundation, the aim of the festival is to inspire sensitivity to our natural and human environments through sound and foster engagement in environmental issues."
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Nublu Monday's
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 Date: Monday, October 9th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Nublu (62 Ave C)
Cost: Free before 10:30, $5 after
Summary: Nublu is definitely one of my favorite places in NYC. It's totally chill and layed back, plus they always have good music, and tonight is no exception. Real Live Show is playing with drummer Greg Hutchinson, and LaMazing. The ARMM Project (who are a bunch of Nublu regular Djs: Andre, Ron, Meera, Marvin) will be spinning with FreeNYC favorite, Justin Carter, plus Queen Majesty. Its free before 10:30, but if you get there after, it's def worth thr $5.
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AIDS Testing
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Date: Tuesday, October 10th
Time: All Day
Location: Call 212-563-4500 for various locations around the city
Cost: Free
Summary: This week of Free AIDS and HIV testing is in honor of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day. Quit making excuses, and go get tested at these free clinics. Testing is painless (cotton swab in the mouth) and fast.
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Ear to the Earth Festival
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Date: Tuesday, October 10th - 13th
Time: 11:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Various, see site
Cost: Free
Summary: One of the most overwhelming aspects of city-living is our aural landscape. On a daily basis, we tune out buses, car horns, and screaming tourists as we go about our daily life, iPod earphones full of pleasant distractions. But what would happen if we replaced the harsh cityscape with organic tones of nature? This week's Ear to the Earth Festival aims to do just that...
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"Ear to the Earth, to take place October 6 - 14 in New York City, is a week-long festival of environmental sound and image with installations, panels, and concerts. Conceived and organized by Electronic Music Foundation, the aim of the festival is to inspire sensitivity to our natural and human environments through sound and foster engagement in environmental issues."
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Annie Leibovitz Book Signing
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 Date: Tuesday, October 10th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Barnes & Noble, USQ (17th St. btw. Broadway and Park)
Cost: Free
Summary: Contemporary iconic photographer Annie Leibovitz discuss her life and her work today in honor of her new book. Over the last 30+ years Leibovitz has shot just about every celebrity you can think of and was recently invited to shoot the first photos of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes baby, Suri. Keep an eye out for her upcoming exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art opening October 20th.
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"I don't have two lives," Annie Leibovitz writes in the Introduction to this collection of her work from 1990-2005. "This is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it." Portraits of well-known figures-Johnny Cash, Nicole Kidman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Keith Richards, Michael Jordan, Joan Didion, R2-D2, Patti Smith, Nelson Mandela, Jack Nicholson, William Burroughs, George W. Bush with members of his Cabinet-appear alongside pictures of Leibovitz's family and friends, reportage from the siege of Sarajevo in the early Nineties, and landscapes made even more indelible through Leibovitz's discerning eye. The images form a narrative rich in contrasts and continuities: The photographer has a long relationship that ends with illness and death. She chronicles the celebrations and heartbreaks of her large and robust family. She has children of her own. All the while she is working, and the public work resonates with the themes of her life.
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Burning Up - The Madonna Session
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 Date: Wednesday, October 10th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Dead Disco (248 West 14th St. btw 7th & 8th)
Open Bar: Vodka, 10 - 11
Summary: If you've got a burning love for Madonna in your heart but think shelling out hundreds of dollars for a concert is crazy (we do) then this is the next best thing. Get tanked on free vodka and dance the night away to Madge classics as Ryan McKnight (Happy Valley) and Alexis Evita spin a night-long tribute to the Material Girl.
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AIDS Testing
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Date: Wednesday, October 11th
Time: All Day
Location: Call 212-563-4500 for various locations around the city
Cost: Free
Summary: This week of Free AIDS and HIV testing is in honor of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day. Quit making excuses, and go get tested at these free clinics. Testing is painless (cotton swab in the mouth) and fast.
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The Happy Ending Music and Reading Series
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 Date: Wednesday, October 11th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Happy Ending (302 Broome St. btwn. Forsyth & Eldridge)
Cost: Free
Summary: This music and reading series takes place on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. It's been dubbed the best reading series in NYC by New York mag and NY Press and host and curator Amanda Stern was recently featured in the NY Times Magazine as one of the "New Bohemians" who is keeping downtown alive. Indeed this series always features an exciting roster of contemporary literary talent. Tonight includes readings from Michelle Wildgen, Ruth Ellen Kocher, and David Lehman, with music by Rebecca Moore. Doors are at 7pm and getting there early is highly recommended. Click below for author bios.
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READERS:
Ruth Ellen Kocher is the author of One Girl Babylon (New Issues Press 2003) When the Moon Knows You're Wandering (New Issues Press, 2001), winner of the Green Rose Prize in Poetry, and Desdemona's Fire (Lotus Press, 1999), winner of the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award. Her work has appeared in various journals, including Washington Square Journal, Ploughshares, Crab Orchard Review, Clackamas Literary Review, The Missouri Review, African American Review, The Gettysburg Review, and Antioch, among others, and has been translated into Persian in the Iranian literary magazine She'r. She has also worked as a fellow in the Cave Canem Workshop and Retreat. She teaches in the MFA program at University of Colorado-Boulder.
Michelle Wildgen is the author of the novel, You're Not You, and editor of an anthology, Food & Booze. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Best New American Voices 2004, Best Food Writing 2004, StoryQuarterly, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere. She is a senior editor at Tin House Magazine and an editor at Tin House Books.
David Lehman is the author of seven books of poetry, including When a Woman Loves a Man (2005). Two of his books, The Daily Mirror (2000) and The Evening Sun (2002), reflect the practice of writing a poem a day, which he did for the better part of five years. In collaboration with the poet James Cummins, he has written a book of sestinas, Jim and Dave Defeat the Masked Man (Soft Skull Press, 2006). Mr. Lehman is the editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry (2006) and series editor of The Best American Poetry.
MUSICIAN:
Harvey Mars (Rebecca Moore, solo) has written full-scale low-budget surrealistic musical theater pieces that were presented at spaces such as Performance Space 122 and La MaMa E.T.C. The music from one of these shows became the basis for her first CD, Admiral Charcoal’s Song. Her second CD is Homewreckordings 1997-1999. Currently she is working on a third CD for Tzadik, which is taking a long time to finish, and contributes music to friends films and dance pieces when able. For more information: www.bluviolin.com
HOST:
Amanda Stern is the author of The Long Haul (Soft Skull Press). She teaches 3rd – 8th graders at The School at Columbia University. She founded the Happy Ending Reading series in 2003 and has been hosting and curating it ever since.
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Flirt With Flavor
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 Date: Wednesday, October 10th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: School (105 West 27th, btw 6th and 7th)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: Absolut 8 to 10
Summary: It's no secret that dating in New York is no easy task. But now the monthly Flirt With Flavor event series would like to help. At this weeks instalment meet the authors of the book BarCode who teach you uber important vocabulary words like "Score-drobe". I actually think that what will help at this little venture most is the fact that it is sponsored by a dating service and the free booze.
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Leather Clad Love Ahoy
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 Date: Wednesday, October 11th
Time: 8:30pm
Location: Galapagos Art Space (70 North 6th)
Cost: Free
Summary: Ahh dating, what an odd bird that is. And in case it wasn't odd enough Love Ahoy sails on in. Love Ahoy is the city's first and only nautical themed dating game show. Tonight is a very special show helping you find that perfect Dominatrix in your life. Whips and chains and leather... oh my!
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Blockbleeda
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 Date: Wednesday, October 11th
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Identity (511 E. 6th St. btwn. Ave. A & B)
Open Bar Bud Light & well vodka 10pm-11pm
Cost: Free
Summary: The great 1900s bring you a night of dirty, filthy rap tunes to get your swerve on. Open bar helps get ya ready... Here's what a little birdy told me: "Blockhead (of Ninja Tune and Definitive Jux fame) will be spinning the most offensive rap songs he can dig up. A valiant attempt to break the world record for most bad words per minute. Come drink for free and cheer him on. Wear an ugly shirt so when the girl next to you gets offended by the music it doesn't matter that she threw her funny colored drink all over you."
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Burning Up - The Madonna Session
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/>Date: Wednesday, October 11th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Dead Disco (248 West 14th St. btw 7th & 8th)
Open Bar: Vodka, 10 - 11
Summary: If you've got a burning love for Madonna in your heart but think shelling out hundreds of dollars for a concert is crazy (we do) then this is the next best thing. Get tanked on free vodka and dance the night away to Madge classics as Ryan McKnight (Happy Valley) and Alexis Evita spin a night-long tribute to the Material Girl.
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AIDS Testing
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Date: Thursday, October 12th
Time: All Day
Location: Call 212-563-4500 for various locations around the city
Cost: Free
Summary: This week of Free AIDS and HIV testing is in honor of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day. Quit making excuses, and go get tested at these free clinics. Testing is painless (cotton swab in the mouth) and fast.
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Triple 5 Soul Sample Sale
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 Date: Thursday, October 12th
Time: 10:00am - 8:00pm
Location: 15 West 24th
Cost: Free
Summary: Helping people's closets one sample sale at a time! Today begins one of my favorite fall events, the bi-annual Triple 5 Soul sample sale. Things aren't cheap but are majorly discounted. Besides T5S, you can also Boxfresh and Subscript. They open today, but sale continues through the 23rd.
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The Hip Hop Project
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 Date: Thursday, October 12th
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway)
Cost: Free with RSVP (rsvp must be received by Friday, October 6th.
Summary: What do you get when you cross Bruce Willis, Queen Latifah and Kazi, a formerly homeless teenager who inspires a group of New York City teens to transform their life stories into hip hop? What you get is The Hip Hop Project. Tonight, in Honor of Hip Hop week the film screens at the Brooklyn Museum. There is a reception at 5, the film at 6, with an introduction from Danny Simmons, and the evening is hosted by Q-tip. Hip hop and ya don't stop.
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Lunar Stages
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Date: Thursday, October 12th
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Columbus Park, (Bayard and Mulberry St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Celebrate the harvest moon with this four week long Chinatown film and performance event. Each Thursday, your invited to bask in the moonlight of Columbus park while enjoying free films, concerts, and performances. Check the site for tonight's details.
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Man of the Year Screening
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 Date: Thursday, October 12th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Location given with RSVP
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: Screening Liberally - the screening arm of the Democratically dedicated Drinking Liberally - celebrates the launch of Robin Williams newest feature, Man of the Year with a free screening tonight. RSVP to print out your pass and entry is first come first served. Film and afterparty info after the jump.
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AFTERPARY:
Westside Tavern (360 West 23rd street between 8th and 9th avenues)
FILM INFO:
What would happen if one of the nation's funniest men became its leading one? Oscar® winner Robin Williams reunites with the director of Good Morning, Vietnam to answer just that question in the comic tale of an entertainer's accidental rise to power, Man of the Year.
Acerbic performer Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams) has made his career out of skewering politicians and speaking the mind of the exasperated nation on his talk show. He cracked scathing jokes at a fractured system night after night.until he came up with a really funny idea: why not run for president himself?
After a flip comment, Dobbs ignites a grassroots movement that puts him on the ballot. Hot on the campaign trail, he debates elected drones and says exactly what frustrated voters have often thought. Nov. 2nd later, the muckraker wins—only to learn that a computer voting error gave him the victory. With time ticking on the inaugural clock, Dobbs has a big decision to make: should he go back behind the mike or stay in the Oval Office?
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AIDS Testing
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Date: Friday, October 13th
Time: All Day
Location: Call 212-563-4500 for various locations around the city
Cost: Free
Summary: This week of Free AIDS and HIV testing is in honor of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day. Quit making excuses, and go get tested at these free clinics. Testing is painless (cotton swab in the mouth) and fast.
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Hip Hop: By All Means Necessary Screening
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 Date: Friday, October 13th
Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: The powerHouse Arena (37 Main St., DUMBO, Brooklyn)
Open Bar Brooklyn Brewery
Cost: Free
Summary: This weeklong series of events is being thrown by powerHouse Books' to kick off the grand opening of powerHouse Arena, their new multi-use space in DUMBO, and also in conjunction with the VH1 Hip Hop Honors Awards. They've got some amazing stuff planned. Tonight is a screening of "Hip Hop: By All Means Necessary" with pre and post tunes provided by my man DJ Synapse and a panel discussion afterward. Click below for more info on the film.
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"New York premier screening of the first documentary film by acclaimed photojournalist Brenda Kenneally.
The film is a graphic and gripping journey inside the rap game. Featuring the members of the MMO clique based in Brooklyn, including Big Trigg, Sha, Skinny Minnie, and Foogie, the film travels around the city and across the country to explore how young black youth are hustling hop hop as a way to make something of their lives. But this is by no means a sugar-coated story; the film opens with a young man killed by the police; it takes you on stage with Ol’ Dirty Bastard at one of his final performances; it shows life in the projects as they are lived. Hip Hop: By All Means Necessary includes appearances by Brooklyn’s own MMO clique; Bushwick Bill (Geto Boys), Kurupt (Tha Row), Ol’ Dirty Bastard (Wu Tang Clan), LA Confidential, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Funkmaser Flex, and Kanye West, among many others.
Panel discussion featuring MMO clique members Big Trigg, Foogie, Sha, Skinny Minnie, and others to follow.
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10th Annual Art Under the Bridge Festival
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 Date: Friday, October 13th - Sunday, October 15th
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Various areas in DUMBO, see site
Cost: Free
Summary: The d.u.m.b.o arts center (dac) presents the 10th Annual Art Under the Bridge Festival. Described as a free three-day festival spaning 30 blocks of DUMBO, Brooklyn, with 200,000 visitors expected to attend. This looks like a pretty comprehensive festival. Check out the site for full schedule.
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Creative Commons Salon
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 Date: Friday, October 13th
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Nublu (62 Ave C btw. 4th & 5th St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: "A [Creative Commons] Salon is a free, casual monthly get-together focused on conversation, presentations, and performances from people or groups who are developing projects that relate to open content and/or software." While these events have been happening worldwide, this is the first one in NYC and will feature two performances by multimedia artists dedicated to the Open Source format. Performer bios below.
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Marisa Olson
Marisa Olson's performance-based work revolves around the shared histories of popular music, cinema, and sound recording technologies. Her interdisciplinary practice incorporates internet art, videos, audio recordings, drawings, and installations in tandem with live performance, to make statements about life, communication, and the voice in contemporary digital culture. these works are often infused with mixed metaphors about the relations between talent, fame, and failure. Marisa studied art at Goldsmiths College, History of Consciousness at UC Santa Cruz, and Rhetoric and Film Studies at UC Berkeley. Her work has most recently been presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, New Langton Arts, the Art Gallery of Knoxville, Side Cinema-UK, and the New York and Chicago Underground Film Festivals. She's also Editor & Curator at Rhizome.org, an organization celebrating its 10th anniversary of supporting the new media community. While Wired has called her both funny and humorous, the New York Times has called her "anything but stupid."
Paul Slocum of Tree Wave
Paul Slocum is a musician and new media artist living in Dallas. Computers and computer culture are often the medium and subject of his work. Some of his projects are The Dot Matrix Synth, an 80's dot matrix printer with re-programmed firmware to transform it into a sort of musical instrument, The Century Callback Project, a phone number that calls you back 8 times in a century, and The Time-Lapse Homepage, a video made with HTML. He is also half of the band Tree Wave that makes music and video with obsolete assembly-language-programmed computer and video game gear. Some of Paul's performances and exhibitions include Transitio MX (Mexico City), The New Museum of Contemporary Art (NY), Deitch Projects (NY), Le Confort Moderne (France), README 2005 (Denmark), The Liverpool Biennial, Eyebeam (NY), and Fluxfactory (NY).
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Sweatin' In BK
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 Date: Friday, October 13th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Studio B (259 Banker St, Greenpoint)
Cost: Free
Summary: If you have beed a reader of FreeNYC for a bit, I'm sure you know about the Sweat Parties. Tonight, Sweat movies across the river to Brooklyn and has, as usual, lined up a stellar night of music. On the main floor you got Prefuse 73, Large Professor, Choimatic, Beans and Rontronik, plus DJs Erik the Red, Reverend McFly and Morsy.
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Modular Monthly with SoftLightes
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Date: Friday, October 13th
Time: 11:00pm
Location: Midway (25 Ave B btw. 2nd and 3rd)
Cost: Free RSVP, $5 w/out
Summary: The Modular crew is back at Midway again this month with another evening of electrified rock and roll. Tonight features a live set from SoftLightes and DJ sets from JDH and Max Pask. Band bio below
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Remember that band The Incredible Moses Leroy? How about their album, The Incredible Moses Leroy Becomes The SoftLightes? Well, it really happened, and now SoftLightes (no space between "Soft" and "Lightes") are the first US band to sign to Modular worldwide! This San Diego four-piece of Ron Fountenberry (vocals & guitar), Kristian Dunn(bass), Tim Fogarty (drums) and Jeff Hibshman (keyboards) make pop music beautiful again with angelic and heartfelt vocals mixed with electronic beats layered amongst beautiful instrumental arrangements. These guys are great! And they are playing our next Modular Monthly this Friday October 13th!
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10th Annual Art Under the Bridge Festival
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Date: Friday, October 13th - Sunday, October 15th
Time: 10:00am - 12:00am
Location: Various areas in DUMBO, see site
Cost: Free
Summary: The d.u.m.b.o arts center (dac) presents the 10th Annual Art Under the Bridge Festival. Described as a free three-day festival spaning 30 blocks of DUMBO, Brooklyn, with 200,000 visitors expected to attend. This looks like a pretty comprehensive festival. Check out the site for full schedule.
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Halloween Harvest Festival
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 Date: Saturday, October 14th
Time: 11:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Socrates Sculpture Park (32-01 Vernon Blvd, LIC)
Cost: Free
Summary: "The 6th annual Halloween Harvest Festival invites children and families to make a costume and paint a pumpkin with Socrates Sculpture Park artists; watch a performance by the Hungry March Band; participate in a special artmaking workshop by Materials for the Arts; listen to creepy tunes with DJ Luz Mob; take your picture with Sasquatch; have your tarot cards read and your hands painted with henna; transform your face with face painting by Agostino Arts; dress up your dog for the second annual Canine Costume Contest; adopt a dog from BARC Shelter; and try harvest foods from Sage American Kitchen."
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Halloween Really Really Free Market
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 Date: Saturday, October 14th
Time: 12:00pm - Dusk
Location: St. Marks Church (2nd Ave bet. 10th and 11th)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Really Really Free Market is about as close to karma based sustainability as possible. Several times throughout the year, people get together to share food, music, clothing, services, etc. with one another in a commerce free environment. Bring your own table or blanket to set up for whatever you'd like to share, or just come down for a day of dancing, hanging out, eating, and general anti-corporate antics. Today is a very special Halloween RRFM so wear your costume while enjoying prizes, piñatas, candy, and more. (view images from the last RRFM here.)
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The Fun's Not Over Yet! Discussion & Wild Style Screening
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 Date: Saturday, October 14th
Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: The powerHouse Arena (37 Main St., DUMBO, Brooklyn)
Open Bar Brooklyn Brewery
Cost: Free
Summary: This weeklong series of events is being thrown by powerHouse Books' to kick off the grand opening of powerHouse Arena, their new multi-use space in DUMBO, and also in conjunction with the VH1 Hip Hop Honors Awards. Tonight is a reading by underground film star Patti Astor with a panel discussion to follow, as well as a screening of the hip hop classic Wild Style. Again, my dude DJ Synapse provides the jams. Go, children, and be schooled! (more info after the jump)
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Film Screening: Trailer for the upcoming documentary film Patti Astor’s FUN Gallery (Robert David Films)
The world famous FUN Gallery was the epicenter of the early-80s East Village cultural explosion. The first gallery in that then-tenement neighborhood was founded in 1981 by underground film star Patti Astor and Bill Stelling. It showcased the works of artists such as Jean Michel Basquiat, Lee Quinones, Keith Haring, Dondi White, ZEPHYR, Kenny Sharf, FUTURA 2000, A ONE, FAB 5 Freddy, and DR.REVOLT. The gallery provided many artists with their first solo shows and introduced countless others to the established art world for the first time. In 1983 then–Citibank art advisor Jeffery Deitch stated in People magazine that the Fun Gallery was “one of the hottest galleries in the city.”
FUN! The True Story of Patti Astor, her first book, to be published by powerHouse Books, relates her escapades at that pioneering storefront space along with the unique FUN Gallery crew of graffiti artists, rock, rap, and movie stars, uptown collectors, scheming SoHo dealers, and neighborhood kids and hipsters.
The FUN Gallery panel will be moderated by Patti Astor and features some of the influential and original members of the FUN Crew:
* FAB 5 Freddy on the landmark coming together of uptown and downtown for which he was the chief ambassador.
* Diego Cortez, who curated the first "outlaw" art shows, Batman, Grutzi Elvis, and the groundbreaking New York New Wave on bringing this art to a larger audience.
Patti Astor will introduce each panelist by reading short excerpt from her book. The panel will be followed by a Q&A with the audience.
Film Screening: Wild Style
For those craving the true roots of rap, Wild Style captured the hardcore South Bronx scene at its birth. The stars of Wild Style form the pantheon of hip hop’s pioneers: DJ’s Grand Master Flash, Grand Wizard Theodore, D.St.; rappers Grand Master Caz and The Cold Crush Bros, The Chief Rocker Busy Bee, Double Trouble, Fantastic Freaks and Rammelzee, and b-boy champions The Rock Steady Crew. Beat Music by legendary Blondie guitarist Chris Stein and Fred Brathwaite. Wild Style stars the legendary subway artist LEE Quinones and the queen of the graffiti scene, Sandra PINK Fabara. Graffiti Masters DONDI, ZEPHYR, and DAZE also bombed for the movie. Patti Astor stars as Virgiina, the downtown reporter who comes uptown to dig the scene. Fab 5 Freddy, who along with writer/producer/director Charlie Ahearn, helped create Wild Style, shines as the smooth hip hop impressario Phade. Wild Style follows the outlaw artists through the train yards to the rap/breakin’ clubs. The movie culminates at a massive outdoor jam, definitely the most famous hip hop party in history!
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Isabel Samaras and Randal Sellers Opening At Jonathan LeVine Gallery
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 Date: Saturday, October 14th
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Jonathan LeVine Gallery (529 W. 20th St., 9E)
Cost: Free
Summary: This always interesting gallery of pop-surrealism and beyond brings the talents of Isabel Samaras and Randal Sellers in the respective solo shows "Ex Animo" and "Clairvoyants & Other Survivors." This is Samaras’ first solo exhibit in NY. Her work is described as "a world where dark, elusive desires become reality. Samaras examines alternate realities, re-imagining gothic romances with happy endings." Sellers' teeny, tiny drawings on the other hand explore "unreachable worlds that are both deeply personal and universal, juxtaposing fear, fantasy, and adventure in post-apocalyptic, exotic urban environments."
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Mad Suspect
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 Date: Saturday, October 14th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Savalas (285 Bedford Ave, W'burg)
Cost: Free
Summary: This is your Saturday night jump off! The Cut boys are back at Savalas this week acting all crazy and Mad Suspect. The Captain and Star Eyes command the tables as the 'burg kids dance it up.
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NY Times Great Read in the Park
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 Date: Sunday, October 15th
Time: 9:00am - 6:00pm
Location: Bryant Park (Btwn. 5th & 6th Ave. & 40th & 42nd St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: The NY Times (you know the one) presents this 2nd annual literary festival for "book lovers of all ages." This event is jam packed with some pretty serious, heavy hitting literary talent. It includes readings, signings, discussions and a whole program for the kiddies (which includes Rhea Perlman. Yeah!) Click here for full schedule.
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10th Annual Art Under the Bridge Festival
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Date: Friday, October 13th - Sunday, October 15th
Time: 11:00am
Location: Various areas in DUMBO, see site
Cost: Free
Summary: The d.u.m.b.o arts center (dac) presents the 10th Annual Art Under the Bridge Festival. Described as a free three-day festival spaning 30 blocks of DUMBO, Brooklyn, with 200,000 visitors expected to attend. This looks like a pretty comprehensive festival. Check out the site for full schedule.
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New York Noise Season Launch Party
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 Date: Sunday, October 15th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Union Hall (702 Union St & 5th Ave, Park Slope)
Cost: Free
Summary: Celebrate the latest season of NYC's best public access video show, New York Noise, with a launch party today. Check out videos from beirut, broken social scene, mountain goats, mobius band, asobi seksu, baby dayliner, barbara morgenstern, the besties, im from barcelona, jeffrey & jack lewis, services, spank rock, suburban kids with biblical names, supersystem, the tough alliance, yeah yeah yeahs, xiu xiu, michael leviton, meneguar, dan deacon, pffr, css, camera obscura, field music, spoon + more!
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Women in HIp Hop Panel Discussion & Redder Than Red Screening
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 Date: Monday, October 16th
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: The powerHouse Arena (37 Main St., DUMBO, Brooklyn)
Open Bar Brooklyn Brewery
Cost: Free
Summary: This weeklong series of events is being thrown by powerHouse Books' to kick off the grand opening of powerHouse Arena, their new multi-use space in DUMBO, and also in conjunction with the VH1 Hip Hop Honors Awards. Tonight is a panel discussion of, well, women in hip hop. And a screening of Reder than Red with my man DJ Synapse on the tables. This looks like a pretty electric gathering of folks. Click below to see all of what's up...
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"All too often, women are overlooked, marginalized, or just flat out insulted in hip hop culture. This event is designed to give women their due while creating a forum for critical discussion and pro-active and positive approached to problem solving. Featuring a panel discussion with acclaimed female artists and writers, Women in Hip Hop will discuss the challenges they have faced as women setting out to make their mark in a traditionally male-dominated culture, providing both inspiration to young women and girls, as well as offering insight of their struggles with the men and boys with whom they work, love, and live. The event will also feature a performance from local Brooklyn songstress Maya Azucena, who most recently performed at the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, as well as a PSA from Black Girls Rock, and a multi-media presentation for We B*Girlz, the first book of female breakers around the world today by Martha Cooper and Nika Kramer.
The Women in Hip Hop Panel discussion will be moderated by powerHouse Book Publicity Director and No Sleep ‘til Brooklyn curator Miss Rosen and will feature a broad range of women whose work has influenced hip hop for the past three decades including:
* Patti Astor, co-founder of FUN Gallery
* Janette Beckman, photographer of some of the most iconic album covers of the 80s
* Beverly Bond, Founder and President of Black Girls Rock
* Martha Cooper, legendary hip hop documentarian
* Delphine Fawundu-Buford, street photographer and portraitist
* LADY PINK, legendary graffiti writer and artist
* Joan Morgan, author of When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost
* TOOFLY, hot young urban muralist
* Violet, old-school b-girl and founder of KR3Ts
Short Film Screening: Redder than Red
Celebrated photographer Martha Cooper and writer Nika Kramer make their directorial debut with the story of Hanifa “Queen” Hudson, aka Bubbles, the pioneering female breakdancer who rose to fame in the early 80s with breakdance crew The B-Boys, via appearances on TV and in early hip hop films Electro Rock and Bombin. Widely acknowledged as the first female breaker to compete with men in the almost exclusively male, emerging hip hop culture, Bubbles remains an inspiration to b-girls all over the world. Bubbles became famous through a line in Electro Rock when the host says: “Check out the one in red—it’s a girl!” Combining vintage and recent footage, the film explores the life history of a talented, now-37-year-old, Jamaican-British girl who got caught up in the excitement of hip hop in the early 80s, attained a measure of fame, was virtually forgotten, but has recently re-entered the scene. In the intervening years, Bubbles married, had a son, divorced, and converted to Islam, changing her name to Hanifa. The film captures the excitement of the early days of hip hop as it arrived fresh from the Bronx to England in the 80s. The film’s highlight is a reunion of Bubbles’ crew, the B-Boys, in the local community center, where they dance together for the first time in nearly 20 years."
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It's a Sign
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Date: Monday, October 16th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Kabbalah Centre (155 E 48th st)
Cost: Free
Summary: Now, this whole new Kabbalah-loving movement pisses me off to no end, but, I’m all for being educated about it and making up your own mind. This series of lectures will (hopefully) inform you on how you can join the one million people who are ‘improving their lives’ because of Kabbalah. While listening, please keep in mind that Kabbalah is a minor beliefs system within a much larger religion, and should really only be studied by men over the age of 40.
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King of the Beat
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 Date: Monday, October 16th
Time: 9:00pm - 1:00am
Location: Canal Room (285 W. Broadway at Canal)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: Akin to our now-infamous Laptop Battle party, Scion brings their King of the Beat contest to NYC. Hosted by Doug E. Fresh with performances by Big Daddy Kane and DJ Hero. And of course, the focus is the 8 producers who compete for regional champion.
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You Can Listen to This, Or You Can Listen to That
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 Date: Tuesday, October 17th
Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Snitch (59 W. 21st)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: Vodka 8 to 9
Summary: Wait what year is it? I'm confused is there really a Black Sheep listening party? It does indeed seem that way. Tonight, check out the listening party for their new album, "8WM/Novakane". Plus, there will be a special performance by DRES, of Black Sheep, and DJs Bazooka Joe, Al Jay and Indiana Jonesff.
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BRL
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 Date: Tuesdays
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Lit (93 Second Avenue bet. 5th and 6th)
Cost: Free
Summary: This Viva Velocity weekly party brings midweek mayhem to Lit. Expect rock and roll goodness, making out, and drunken mid-week antics.
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Sh!t Hammered / We Bite!
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 Date: Tuesdays
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Happy Ending (302 Broom St bet. Forsyth and Eldridge)
Cost: Free
Summary: Its been a minute since I wrote about SH/WB on the main page and seeing how today is a bit slow on "special events" its seems like the perfect time for you to check it out. While I haven't been there for a while, this is by far the craziest midweek get-drunk-dance-make-out-with-strangers party going on right now. The music is everything from electro to classic rock and while Spenser Product is a fantastic DJ, the music often takes back seat to the rest of the insanity. Head out and experience it for yourself.
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The Cooper-Hewitt For Free
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 Date: Wednesday, October 18th - Sunday, October 21st
Time: Hours vary by day
Location: Cooper-Hewitt Museums (2 East 91st St)
Cost: Free
Summary: It's National Design Week, and in honor of this The Cooper-Hewitt Museum will have Free admission until Sunday. There will also be a series of special events all week long, check out the schedule for full details. Plus don't forget about the FreeNYC Museum Guide which gets you into a different museum for free every day of the week.
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A Conversation with Desmond Tutu
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 Date: Wednesday, October 18th
Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Trinity Church (Broadway at Wall St)
Cost: Free with Reservation
Summary: In his only scheduled New York appearance this year, Archbishop Desmond
Mpilo Tutu will join John Allen, author of Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu, in a conversation about South Africa's struggle with apartheid. Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his tireless efforts in ending apartheid in South Africa. He is still regarded as one of the most influential civil rights leaders in the world.
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Lisa Yuskavage: "New Work" Opening
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 Date: Wednesday, October 18th
Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Zwirner & Wirth (32 E. 69th St.) & David Zwirner (525 W. 19th St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: This show is so friggin' big they had to house it in two separate galleries! Or something. Lisa Yuskavage is one of the artworld's current darlings of figurative painting. She's also widely reviled for being alternately pornographic, low-brow, and "impossible." (among other things) Either way this is an important show. Painting is "in" and she's one of the stars. Personally, I'm a fan, and I think it's hilarious that people can get so worked up about her. I'm also looking forward to the John Currin show, so there!
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Phantom Captain: Art and Crowdsourcing
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 Date: Wednesday, October 18th
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Apexart (291 Church St., btwn. Walker & White)
Cost: Free
Summary: Here's what it says: "Through assignments, collections, solicited submissions, and even the farming out of creative tasks like drawing and decision making, the artists in Phantom Captain create works of 'distributed creativity,' employing 10-10,000, geographically dispersed, voluntary collaborators who collect, submit, vote, perform, or otherwise contribute to create discrete, multiple, and ongoing art works. The effect is an exploration of a crowd’s aptitude for creative consensus, rendering something akin to a portrait of contemporary collective unconscious." In other words, it's participatory art, so bring yer crayons! Yay!
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Funk Nasty
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 Date: Wednesday, October 18th
Time: 11:00pm
Location: Sin Sin/Leopard Lounge (85 2nd Ave, upstairs)
Cost: Free
Summary: Tonight's the night once again as the Nanachill crew takes over Sin Sin for a night of funky breaks, mash-ups, re-edits, hip hop and all things danceable. DJ Witness (rockbox) and Nanachill transplant DJ Dayta hold down the tables all night along side FreeNYC fav DJ Morsy.
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Calling All Kids
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 Date: Wednesday, October 18th
Time: 11:00pm
Location: Sapphire Lounge (249 Eldridge St bet. Houston and Stanton)
Cost: Free
Summary: We've pretty much divided NYC in to two camps over here... The funk-mash-up-hip-hop-reggae crew and the brit-dance-rock-indie-tronic ones. If your part of the later, then Calling All Kids is where its at each and every week with the best in dance and not-so-dance rock. Hosts Eamon Harkin and Melody Nelson bring the best in special guest DJs each week to wow your ears. I can see the drunken rock n roll antics now...
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Worlds Largest Candy Apple
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 Date: Thursday, October 19th
Time: 8:00am - 3:00pm
Location:Fountain Terrace, Bryany Park (42nd St & 6th Ave)
Cost: Free
Summary: I love PR stunts and there is nothing better then creepy giant food ones. Hang with the tourists this morning as Splenda - the newest sweetner on the street - teams up with pastry chef Bill Yosses to create the world's largest candy apple. I have no idea how good a Splenda® laden candy apple will taste - or how much of the mystery powder you need for the attempt - but ever since the great ice pop melt down a few summers back, I have to see what happens. Free cidar and individual candy apples will be given out.
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Braindump 1.4
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 Date: Thursday, October 19th
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Fontanas (105 Eldridge bet Grand and Broome)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Mixed media swap meet. Donate old brainfood, score free new brainfood. Is it hot enough for you? Is your brain wilting? Perk it up. Bring any media -- CDs, books, comix, DVDs, etc -- you have already uploaded or wish to share with others. Get that media out of your life and into the brains of others."
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Auto + Matos
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 Date: Thursday, October 19th
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Eisner Lubin Auditorium, NYU Kimmel Center (60 Washington Sq. South)
Cost: Free with Ticket*
Summary: Behold sensational innovations in the fields of movement, science, and art in an evening of noise, high impact dance, and robotics in this interactive exhibition. The aim? To demonstrate the integral relationship of the human to the machine, the spontaneous and the organic nature of dance in conjunction with the automatic and mechanized actions of robots...
* Tickets available at NYU Ticket Central located at 60 Washington Square South (Room 206), Monday through Friday 12:30 to 7:00pm.
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LEMUR is a Brooklyn-based group of artists and technologists developing robotic musical instruments. Founded in 2000 by musician and engineer Eric Singer, LEMUR creates exotic, sculptural musical instruments that integrate robotic technology. LEMUR's philosophy is to build robots that are instruments as opposed to robots that play existing instruments.
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It's a Sign
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Date: Thursday, October 19th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Kabbalah Centre (155 E 48th st)
Cost: Free
Summary: Now, this whole new Kabbalah- loving movement pisses me off to no end, but, I’m all for being educated about it and making up your own mind. This series of lectures will (hopefully) inform you on how you can join the one million people who are ‘improving their lives’ because of Kabbalah. While listening, please keep in mind that Kabbalah is a minor beliefs system within a much larger religion, and should really only be studied by men over the age of 40.
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Latin American Short Film Festival
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 Date: Thursday, Oct 19th - 21st
Time: 7:00pm (see below for more times)
Location: King Juan Carlos I @ NYC (53 Washington Sq. S btw. Thompson & Sullivan)
Cost: Free
Summary: Enjoy 3 days of "smart, witty, insightful filmmaking from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Panama, Salvador and the US" at this NYU film festival. Check the site for full details. Continues Friday at 7 and Saturday at 2, 4, and 7.
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Hard Rockz and Cotton Candy
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 Date: Thursday, October 19th
Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: KindSize (21 Essex St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Ease on down beyond Delancey St to this little hip-hop hipster spot and check out a solo exhibition by abstract graffiti artist Aaron Lazansky Oliva aka Spaze Crafte One.
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Brainstormers
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Date: Thursday, November 19th
Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: The Event Center (257 Nostrand & Lafayette, Brooklyn)
Cost: See below
Open Bar: See below
Summary: Its a community trade off party where the Brainstormers bring the performance and you bring the "contributions." Bring items such as "dvds, trophies, paintings, books, clothes, lipstick, absinthe, water, soda pop, wine, whiskey" and then enjoy said libations and goodies while a host of artists perform... um... something. Non-descript talent list below.
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+ Larissa Velez Presents Brian Bellot
+ Megan Byrne by Luke Fasano/Tei Blow
+ Molly MacGregor for Errin Delperdang
+ Erika Hand for Victoria Reina del la Luna-Rosenstein
+ Gelsey Bell for Biba Bell
+ The Return of Biba Bell and her Mighty Harmonium
+ Mike Pride/Travis Laplante for Chase Granoff
+ Malcolm Rollick for Laurie Berg and Amanda Stevenson
+ Danielle Charboneau, Sarah Eaves and Mark Creegan for Felicia Ballos
+ Anna Craycroft
+ Christine Elmo for eagle ager
+ The Brainstormers for Treva Wurmfield
+ Erik West for Melanie Maar
+ nancy garcia presents jessie gold
+ Hedia Maron for Hedia Maron
+ Milka Djordjevich chosen by Jonah Bokaer
+ Polly Motley chosen by David Hurwith
+ Zachary Moldof appearing as Zachary Moldof with the second shoe for
Zachary Moldof appearing as Zachary Moldof with the first shoe
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Ethnoeccentric String Trio
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 Date: Thursday, October 19th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Tea Lounge (Union St. btw. 6th and 7th Ave, Park Slope)
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!
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Listen to the EthoEccentric String Trio's Dance from Marmaros (mp3)
Born of collobaration between violinist Skye Steele, cellist Christopher Hoffman and guitarist Jay Vilnai, the trio's members draw on scrapbooks from their various travels in the New York music scene and around the world, and bring a globe-spanning variety of music into focus through the prism of the improvisational string trio. All three musicians have played with various world music and world-fusion ensembles, including Vilnai's Vampire Suit, the middle-eastern Anistar, Maracatu NY, the klezmer-punk band Midrash Mish Mosh and more. The trio plays tunes collected from all these experiences and original songs influenced by them. The chamber like ensemble allows for a new insight and different approach to thses timeless melodies. The diverse repertoire inclides Bulgarian dances, Greek Rembetika, Brazilian forros, Bartok and more.
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Diggin Deeper
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 Date: Thursday, October 19th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Leopard Lounge, upstairs at Sin Sin (248 east 5th St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Once a month, the Bastard Jazz crew unearth deep funk, Latin dubby disco madness, and an assorted array of beats and breaks at this intimate party. Tonight, residents DRM, Paul Digs, and Sema4 are joined by FunkDC Djs Moose and Sean Haney. Half priced Coronas all night. Always a great crowd and positive vibes.
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Tribeca Potters
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 Date: Friday, October 20th - Sunday, October 22nd
Time: 4:00pm - 8:00pm Friday, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Tribeca Potters (313 W 37th St, 4th floor)
Cost: Free
Summary: Tribeca Pottery (which is not actually in Tribeca) is a group of 18 clay artists who share a large studio. This weekend they have open studio hours for you to check out how they go from mud piles to vases, mugs, plates, etc. And of course the gallery will be open to buy the peices you like.
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Free Music Fridays
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 Date: Friday, October 20th
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Folk Art Museum (45 West 53rd Street)
Cost: Free
Summary: Fridays through November the Folk Art Museum opens up to all on Friday nights. There will be live music and a (not open) bar. For more free museum info check out the FreeNYC Museum Guide.
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DUMBO Dance Festival
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 Date: Friday, October 20th - 22nd
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: John Ryan Theater at White Wave (25 Jay St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: An extension of the DUMBO Art Under the Bridge festival, The DUMBO dance festival is a three day long celebration of dance involving over 80 choreographers. Well over 350 performers from the New York City area and beyond will perform innovative contemporary dance, from passionate drama to gut-splitting humor in this extraordinary dance arts event. The grand scale of the festival, the diverse artist participation, and vast interdisciplinary variety distinguishes the event among its peers.
Check the official site for a full schedule.
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Yeep! Yeep!
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 Date: Friday, October 20th
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Riverfawn (11 Harrison St Btw Hudson & Greenwich, #1)
Cost: Free
Summary: No better way to end the work week then with some fresh art and free beers. Check out Jen Dunlap's latest works at this westside show.
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Poison w/ Rob Swift
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 Date: Friday, October 20th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: China 1 (50 Ave B at 4th St)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Vodka, 10-11
Summary: While the space is intimate and the carpetin makes it hard to dance, this Friday night weekly brings some of the finest hip hop DJs in the city to the floor every week. Tonight is extra special st Ex X-ecutioner Rob Swift man's the tables along side FreeNYC favorite Synapse. Open bar gets it rolling and mention Newyorkfu¢kincity at the door.
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Dirty Down's First Birthday!
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 Date: Friday, October 20th
Time: 11:00pm
Location: Lit (93 2nd Ave)
Cost: Free
Summary: We have been telling you about Dirty Down forever, so if you still don't know you better wise up! Tonight, still going strong, Dirty Down celebrates it's First Anniversary! DJs Ayres, Star Eyes and Jahcoozi spin along side resident DJ, The Captain.
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NOW HEAR THIS!
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Part roving dance party, part new music fiasco, Now Hear This is FreeNYC's new series dedicated to current obsessions in the music world. Its a combination of live performers and DJs, drunken antics, making out with strangers, and anything else that happens and we're kicking it all off tonight (Saturday) at Galapagos.
First up, we've got Project Jenny Project Jan back and center stage with their vaudeville kung-fu karaoke stylings. Part visual escapade (include choreographed highschool cheerleaders and chinatown business men - but not together) part laptop mayhem, this duo drip stage presence and dress better most.
Then, we've got Justin Carter (Nublu) back with his partner in crime Probus. These boys spend their days digging through crates and scouring the music world for the newest and hottest dancefloor tracks so you know they spent their nights killing it on the tables. From techno to tango and all points in between, watch (or listen) as their tag team set takes us late into the night and tests the limits of the Galapagos sound system.
And, we've got an OPEN VODKA BAR from 10-11 to kick things off. Its $5 for the bands and free after midnight!
Date: Saturday, October 21st
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Galapagos Art Space (60 N. 6th St at Wythe, W'burg)
Cost: $5 before Midnight, Free after)
Open Bar: Vodka, 10-11
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Red Hook Harvest Festival
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 Date: Saturday, October 21st
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Red Hook Community Farm (directions below)
Cost: Free
Summary: A Harvest Festival? In the City? That right, hop the train down to Red Hook today and partake in all of the rural joys of fall (cidar, pumpkin carving, farm tours, music and more) at this 2+ acre community farm in Brooklyn. Its a little piece of heartland right here at home. check below for directions or download a map here.
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Directions:
AC/F train to Jay Street Borough Hall Exit the station. Cross Jay and Pick up the B61 going towards Red Hook. Take the B61 to Van Brunt and Van Dyke Street. Exit the bus and cross Van Brunt Street. Walk up Van Dyke three blocks to the Farm.
F/G to Smith and 9th Street. Exit the station to the rear of the train (there is only one exit in this station). Transfer to the B77 (right in front of the station) Take the B77 to Van Dyke and Dwight street. You’ll find yourself in front of the Liberty Heights Taproom. Take a left crossing Dwight Street and proceed up Van Dyke to Red Hook Community Farm (one block walk).
Brooklyn Bridge:
Crossing from Manhattan position yourself in the right lane
take the Cadman Plaza/BQE exit
Position Yourself in the left lane
Exit left onto Cadman Plaza (Cadman will become Court in a few blocks)
Following Cadman for 2 plus miles (through Atlantic Avenue)
LANDMARK Hamilton Avenue and the BQE Overpass
Continue On Court Under the BQE
Proceed to Bay Street (your first stop sign and third street)
Right on Bay
Follow Bay to Columbia (Odd T Intersection with Coffey Street coming at you as a one way)
Left on Columbia
Red Hook Community Farm is on your right hand sie
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Bushwick Open Studios
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 Date: Saturday, October 21st
Time: 12:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Bushwick, see site
Cost: Free
Summary: Under 30 year old artist (and art students) are heading out to Bushwick in droves and using the marketing savvy to declare Bushwick the next big artists community. See if their touting the next big thing or the next big hype as dozens of studios open their doors today for a neighborhood wide art crawl. Expect a good bit of drunken madness in the mix as well.
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Tribeca Potters
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Date: Friday, October 20th - Sunday, October 22nd
Time: 4:00pm - 8:00pm Friday, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Tribeca Potters (313 W 37th St, 4th floor)
Cost: Free
Summary: Tribeca Pottery (which is not actually in Tribeca) is a group of 18 clay artists who share a large studio. This weekend they have open studio hours for you to check out how they go from mud piles to vases, mugs, plates, etc. And of course the gallery will be open to buy the peices you like.
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Taste of Chinatown
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 Date: Saturday, October 21st
Time: 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Chinatown (download map)
Cost: $1-$2 per plate
Summary: Chinatown is more then just karakoke and dumplings and this afternoon you can sample fine dishes from over 50 of the areas best restaurants. This outdoor food festival spans several blocks and features affordables samples of famous dishes from tea houses, bakeries and specialty food shops serving Chinese, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Singaporean, Japanese and Asian Fusion cuisines. There's even lion dancing, kids games, activities, and a fortune cookie writing contest
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Zombiecon
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 Date: Saturday, October 21st
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Email for details
Cost: Free
Summary: Don your best Zombie garb and take to the streets in this annual celebration of the dead. Slowly (very slowly) taunt tourists, invade subways, down bloody marys, or even run a few errands with a couple hundred of your undead friends! Highly Recommended
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Horseplay Opening Reception
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 Date: Saturday, October 21st
Time: 9:00pm - 12:00am
Location: The Canal Chapter (343 Canal St, 4th Fl)
Cost: Free
Summary: Leave it to the WESC boys - bearers of european hipster sportswear - to take a liking to "Streethorsing." Tonight opens a gallery exhibition of shots from their recent book on the subject. Now, if Brooklyn's Federation of Black Cowboys show you'll know it's the real deal. Continues all week.
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Brooklyn Peace Fair
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 Date: Sunday, October 22nd
Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm
Location: LIU Brooklyn Campus (Flatbush and DeKalb)
Cost: Free
Summary: It's no secret that the world we live in has become an increasingly volatile and violent. Today join in as hundreds come out for the Brooklyn Peace Fair. There will be art and workshops, along with performances from Sonia Sanchez (author & poet), Evelyn Harris, Talib Kweli (invited, not confirmed),Mahogany, Beans, and Jason Trachtenburg. The Peace Fair will conclude with a Peace Parade led by the SAMBA School for Social Justice.
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Only Revolutions - Mark Z. Danielewski
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Date: Sunday, October 23rd
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Strand Bookstore (828 Broadway at 12th St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Post my liberal arts education, it seems I am way too busy to come across phenomenal literary works. One such work, however, was Mark Z. Danielewski's deconstructivist fiction work "House of Leaves." This afternoon, Danielewski reads from his latest "Only Revolutions" which promises to be just as bizarre and gripping. The novel presents two separate narratives - one beginning in the front and one in the back - of the same story. Pop by the packed house this afternoon to find out more!
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An Evening With The Onion Writers
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 Date: Sunday, October 22nd
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Magnetic Field (97 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Spend an evening in Brooklyn with three Onion writers talking and reading to you and offering other varities of fun to entertain you. The evening features Onion head writer Todd Hanson, contributor John Harris, and Onion features editor Joe Garden. Soundtrack accompaniment by Onion contributing writer and recent winner of the NY Press People's Choice award for Best DJ, the Meat Mistress!"
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Free Blood at Wowchoween Week
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 Date: Monday, October 21st
Time: 8:00pm
Location: the Arm Gallery (281 N. 7th near Roebling, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Free Fly Dog Ales Beer
Summary: Anyone who makes shirts with dogs smoking L's or Shitzu's with handguns is pretty okay by me so I have to give the Wowch crew even more props for opening a killer pop-up shop to sell there gods complete with free beer and great live bands. Tonight is particularly high up on my list as !!! side project Free Blood turn the space into a dancefloor frenzy. If your not finished with your weekend, and don't feel like heading out of the 'burg tonight then head over for great music, free booze, and 25%-75% of Wowch goods. Continues through Thursday.
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120 Days
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 Date: Monday, October 23rd
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Fontanas (105 Eldridge btw. Broome & Grand)
Cost: Free
Summary: There are few people whom I take serious advice from. One of which is DJ Justin Carter. So when he is harboring the coming of 120 Days tonight to the basement of Fontanas, I know i need to stand up and take notice. Lingering somewhere in the world between live rock and electronica, 120 Days fit nicely into the emerging niche of "livetronica" that sounds neither like hippies nor like Kraftwork. You can reference the likes of The Knife, MSTRKRFT, Belladonnakillz, or even The Juan MacLean in their sound and expect big things from these boys. Highly recommended.
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Thrift On!
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 Date: Monday, October 23rd
Time: 9:00pm - 1:00am
Location: Botanica Bar (47 East Houston St bet. Mott and Mulberry)
Cost: Free
Sumamry: I have been known to compulsively purchase very, very inexpensive items from flea markets/sidewalks/dollar stores. These unnecessary purchases are almost immediately stored in the recesses of my closet where they remain forever because they're too, well, too cheap for me to wear outside. You can only imagine my delight when I found out about tonight’s swap party at Botanica Bar. Not only will I be able to release my cheap gems to other bargain-addicts like myself, but I’ll be able to pick up enough of other people’s free shit to ensure that my closet is never, ever even remotely barren again. As if this isn’t amazing enough, the party is free and the alcohol will be flowing to beats provided by the lovely DJ Shakey. Thrift On!
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Free John Legend Tickets
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 So Grammy winning songwriter/producer John Legend is doing an instore today at 5pm at Virgin Mega in Union Square. You have to get up butt early and purchase the new album to get in to see the show (and have your CD signed). Well, we've secured 2 tickets to anyone who wants to head down and see the performance sans the line waiting. Hit us up and they are yours. Tickets are gone... congrats to the winners. Look for more contests coming up later in the week.
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Disco Years Book Signing
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 Date: Friday, October 24th
Time: 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location: Rixxolli Bookstore (31 West 57th btw 5th & 6th)
Cost: Free
Summary: PowerHouse book signings are always as much about the party as they are about the book and this one promises to be no exception. Celebreate the release of photographer Ron Galella's Disco Years - "the definitive visual diary of the New York club scene in the seventies and eighties" - with this signing and celebration. More about the book after the jump.
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The definitive visual diary of the New York club scene in the seventies and eighties, Disco Years presents an astounding collection of photographs from America’s premier nightlife photographer, Ron Galella. His candid shots of the era’s fabulous fashionistas, indulgent rock idols, outlandish artists, mystical muses, jet-setting socialites, and fantastic freaks reveal the delicious decadence that defined the decade.
Disco Years brings us the high life, literally and figuratively. Featuring unforgettable photographs of Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Halston, Steve Rubell, Ian Schrager, Liza Minnelli, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Diane von Furstenberg, Mick Jagger, Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall, Keith Richards, Ali MacGraw, Truman Capote, Gloria Vanderbilt, Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand, Brooke Shields, Cher, Raquel Welch, Donna Summer, David Bowie, Debbie Harry, Grace Jones, Divine, Johnny Lydon, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sean Penn, Rod Stewart, and John Belushi, among countless others, Disco Years takes us back to a time when skiing was an indoor activity, velvet ropes were high security, and incredible style was the only requirement.
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An evening with Esopus
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 Date: Tuesday, October 24th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Kitchen (512 West 19th St)
Cost: Free
Summary: "In conjunction with the release of its seventh issue, the biannual non-profit arts magazine Esopus organizes an evening of readings and live music by past and present contributors. The evening’s theme—creative collaboration—is approached from four different angles by the four collaborating groups..."
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"For this event, film production designer Therese Deprez (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Happiness, Dark Water) and cinematographer Ellen Kuras (I Shot Andy Warhol, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), who have collaborated on three films, discuss the process of working together to create the look and tone of a feature film. Christopher Durang stages and co-performs a reading of a short parody of Medea that he co-wrote with Wendy Wasserstein in the late 1990’s. Finally, in Autographs, an actor reads poems by Vincent Katz, alongside projected images of drawings by his father, artist Alex Katz, who had made one drawing for each poem in the series. The evening ends with a performance by one of the independent bands who have contributed a track to an Esopus-themed CD."
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Wowchoween Continues
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Date: Tuesday, October 24th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: the Arm Gallery (281 N. 7th near Roebling, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Free Fly Dog Ales Beer
Summary: Anyone who makes shirts with dogs smoking L's or Shitzu's with handguns is pretty okay by me so I have to give the Wowch crew even more props for opening a killer pop-up shop to sell there gods complete with free beer and great live bands. Tonight Dead Combo take over the audio duties. Free booze, and 25%-75% of Wowch goods sweetens the deal. Continues through Thursday.
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A Butt Lifting Experience
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 Date: Wednesday, November 25th
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Movements Afoot (151 West 30th st. Ste 200)
Cost: Free
Summary: I used to be a pilates machine! Now its impressive if I go to the gym once a week. The point here is exercise is important... and pilates is my favorite form of it. Today, Movements Afoot offers a free pilates class which promises to be a butt lifting experience.
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The 1900s Present: Blockbleeda
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 Date: Wednesday, October 25th
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Identity (511 E 6th street)Cost: Free
Open Bar: Bud Light and Vodka, 10 to 11
Summary: So a couple of our favorite dudes did some thinking and put together this party. A party with the following tag line "Blockbleeda Act Right, Blockbleeda Rap Night, Go on getcha game tight!", which I personally find pretty funny. Anyway more importantly tonight you get Blockhead DJing (like paying rap records, not his weird laptop styleings) and free booze from 10 to 11. Consider this your pre-party preparation for Halloween weekend.
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Hopchank
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Date: Wednesday, October 25th
Time: 10:00pm ???
Location: Happy Ending (302 Broome St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: Hopchank is at it once again with another party at Happy Ending brought to you by Rev Mcfly. Tonights guest DJs are Morsy and Dayta from Nanachill. 2 for 1 beers from 10 - 12 and giveaways and lots of dance floor hip hop and stuff.
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Red Carpet
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Date: Thursday, October 26th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Snitch (59 W. 21st)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: ???, 8-11
Summary: Red Jump Suit Aparatus live at three hours of open bar. I don't know much about Red Jump... but I know something about 3 hours of open bar...
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Deluxe*
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 Date: Thursday, October 26th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Lolita (266 Broome St)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Dr Maz has been treating NYC's most discerning indie audiophiles with a monthly dose of new and vintage indiepop, britpop, and french pop."
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The Pond is Back!
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 Date: Friday, October 27th
Time: Daytime
Location: Bryant Park
Cost: Free (fee for skate rental)
Sumary: Wow... its not even Halloween and the Winter Holidays are already starting creep into the FreeNYC listings. Today is the opening day of The Pond, a free ice skating rink in Bryant Park. While skate rental costs money, this rink is free for all through the winter!
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Not for Tourist Guide to Brooklyn Party
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 Date: Friday, October 27th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Cattyshack 249 4th Ave btw. President and Carrol, Park Slope)
Open Bar: 7-10, Riesling, Svedka, and Miller Lite (oh my!)
Summary: "Clear the way to Cattyshack. It’s on! New York’s hottest girl bar kicks off the weekend at as the host of the NFT Brooklyn 2007 release party. This event has an open invitation, so bring your family and your friends, and your family’s friends. The first 250 party goers will be the new owners of the coolest guide to the coolest borough—NFT Brooklyn ‘07. There will also be tons of booze and fun to be had. Oh, did I forget to mention that Cattyshack has a conveniently placed dancing pole at the end of the downstairs bar?"
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Sticky
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 Date: Friday, October 27th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Galapagos Art Space (60 N. 6th St. at Wythe)
Cost: Free
Summary: Join Sticky for this early evening collection of 10 minute plays performed on the bar floor of the Galapagos front room.
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Halloween Sweat
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 Date: Friday, October 27th
Time: 9:00pm - 4:00am
Location: The Delancey (168 Delancey)
Cost: Free
Summary: The thing about Halloween in New York City is that it is never just one night, but rather an epically long weekend fueled by candy corn and slutty nurse costumes. And this year to kick off your weekend is your October installment of Sweat. For Halloween they have brought in Tittsworth, Moe Choi, Phers1 and Erik the Red. As usual there are two-for-one Heinekens from 9 to 10. Trick or Treat!
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Savalloween
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 Date: Friday, October 27th
Time: 10:000pm
Location: Savalas (285 Bedford Ave)
Cost: Free
Summary: Savalloween...add it to your weekend list of Halloween parties. This one is hosted by Williamsburg party spot, Savalas. Plus the boys of Caps and Jones providing the music to your haunted evening. Costumes recommended!
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Midnight at Midway - Joey B's birthday Bash
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 Date: Friday, October 27th
Time: 12:00am
Location: Midway (25 Ave B btw. 2nd and 3rd)
Cost: $5
Summary: It's our Bugjuice partner in crime Joey's Birthday tonight so he's put together a pretty tight show. FreeNYC favorites Synapse and Meera spin hip-hop, funk, reggae, and general dancefloor bangers. Plus, Real Live Show bring the full band live hip hop vibe to the space. Expect the Bugjuice vibe all night long.
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Bike Kill
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 Date: Saturdary, October 28th
Time: 12:00pm
Location: Sandford & Willoughby, BedStuy
Cost: Free
Summary: Brink your bike or this all day, annual, outdoor party presented by the Black Label Bike Club. Theres an afterparty after the daytime street ruckus and if you want to see pictures from past events then check this out.
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Brooklyn Chainsaw Massacre
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 Date: Saturday, October 28th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Studio B (259 Banker St, Greenpoint)
Cost: $3 with RSVP, $10 without
Open Bar: Brooklyn Brew 8 to 9
Summary: This is why we like NYFC, because of their ability to put together a who's who of New York nightlife, including a couple of my local favorites. The line up goes something like this; Kool Herc, Frankie Bones, Disco D, Gant-Man, The Bangers, Sujinho and Cassiano, The Groove Brothers, The Nillaz, Sven Gali, DJ Elle, Kech, IXL, Jedi, DJ Complex, and DJ Teddy King. Costumes are stongly encouraged... it is a Halloween party after all.
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A Mad Suspect Halloween
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 Date: Saturday, October 28th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Savalas (285 Bedford)
Cost: Free
Summary: These guys do it up pretty crazy, when it's not Halloween, so it's hard to imagine whats gonna happen when they add costumes to the mix. Tonight the Captain and Shark, Stareyes and Ozen invite you to come and trick or treat as they spin records.
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Deth P Sun Opening
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 Date: Saturday, October 28th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: GRNY (437 East 9th St btw. 1st Ave & Ave A)
Cost: Free
Summary: Check out the latest works from Cali artist Deth P. Sun tonight at this opening Reception. "Deth P. Sun grasped the indie art world by the eyeballs with his paintings of mysterious catlike people, cloaked children, and floating animals. Standing on barren landscapes, suspended in water, and surrounded by clouds, Sun's humble yet heroic characters instill the purity of a Precious Moments ceramic with the dark whimsy of a Maurice Sendak's children's book and epic proportions of a Brothers Hildebrandt airbrush mural."
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Get Your Ghoul On!
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 Date: Sunday, October 29th
Time: 9:00am
Location: NYCBikes (140 Havemeyer St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Join up with the NYCBikes crew for this family style halloween bike ride. Bagels, coffe, and juice will be provided as family don their costumes and ride to Rockefeller Park.
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Thompkins Scare Park
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 Date: Sunday, October 29th
Time: 4:00pm-ish
Location: Thompkins Square Park
Cost: Free
Summary: This outdoor party, originally scheduled for Saturday, has been rescheduled for today and scaled down. But it will not be defeated as the Hungry Marching Band and the Glass Bead Collective (projectionists) will create an improptu superhero dance jam in the park this afternoon. Afterparty festivities go down at Doc Holidays (Ave A and 9th)
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The Great Inwood Family Halloween Party
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 Date: Sunday, October 29th
Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Inwood Hill Park Nature Center, Peninsula, and Soccer Field (Indian Rd. at W. 218th St., 3 blocks w. of Bway)
Cost: Free
Summary: After you watch your selected child win the bike race with a triumphant puff of tiresmoke, join in the fun of the Great Family Halloween Party. There will be ghoulish games with prizes, a haunted house and a haunted forest, arts and crafts, nature-themed activities, contests, and rides. All of this in what seems to be the coolest park in the city. I mean, Manhattan how it looked in the 1600's! It seems to me that this haunted forest just might be the most authentic one you'll ever see...
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Halloween Fun
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Date: Monday, October 30th
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Inwood Hill Park Nature Center, Peninsula, and Soccer Field (Indian Rd. at W. 218th St., 3 blocks w. of Bway)
Cost: Free
Summary: Bring your trick-or-treater to Inwood Park where there will be ghoulish games with prizes, a haunted forest and rides. All of this in what seems to be the coolest park in the city. I mean, Manhattan how it looked in the 1600's! It seems to me that this haunted forest just might be the most authentic one you'll ever see...
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Upstairs at the Square
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 Date: Monday, October 30th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Barnes & Noble Union Square (E 17th st.)
Cost: Free
Summary: This month's installment of Barnes & Noble's new interview series called 'Upstairs at the Square' features writer Nell Freudenberger and muscian Howard Fishman. Freudenberger, a native New Yorker, has lived in Bangkok and New Delhi, and has written a short story collection entitled Lucky Girls, presumably based on her experiences abroad. She will be reading, discussing and signing her new novel The Dissident. Following the reading, Howard Fishman will be playing selections from his album, Look At All This!. The night will be hosted by journalist Katherine Lanpher.
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Just For Scion Kicks
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 Date: Monday, October 30th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Anthology Film Archives (32 2nd Ave)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: Now don't get me wrong, I love me some sneakers as much as the next twenty something with a vague interest in hip hop and graffiti but the people in this film really, really love sneakers! "'Just For Kicks' is the first documentary film featuring an overview of the sneaker phenomena through interviews of world-renown collectors, Hip-Hop pioneers, industry players, rap stars, journalists, brand marketers and other sneaker addicts."
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Society of the Spectacle
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 Date: Tuesday, October 31st
Time: TBD
Location: Starts at Halloween Parade
Cost: Free
Summary: What better way to celebrate Halloween the with fire eaters, stilt walkers, and the usual mayhem of a street party put together by The Danger. Official info release the day before but if you want to get heavily involved (aka end up eating fire in face paint on stilts in a diaper) email to participate.
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Sleepy Hollow 2.0
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 Date: Tuesday, October 31st
Time: 5:30pm and 7:30pm
Location: Abrons Art Center at Henry St. Settlement (466 Grand St.)
Cost: $5 (Halloween only)
Summary: Ever wonder why every puppet show you see is just simply subpar? I understand your plight. This show is a perfect solution, my friends. This is like the Broadway production of shadow puppet shows. Performing Washington Irving's Sleepy Hollow is the 'Drama of Works' puppet theatre company. The feel of the show is that of an early 1900's horror film, complete with quilted screen. The show is further enhanced by an original score composed by Vivian Fung and performed live by a chamber ensemble. The show is an hour running, and has many dark and frightening elements, so bringing the little kids might not be the best idea. This is a puppet show for the big kids.
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Although this is FREEnyc, everyone should know that this show is running after Halloween at an increased price ($15 to be exact).
Showtimes are as follows:
November 2nd-4th at 9:00pm
November 5th at 3:30pm
There is also a Carnival of Samhain following the performances with a $15 ($25 combo tickets available) entrance fee. See Website for more information.
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Halloween Fun
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Date: Tuesday, October 31st
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Inwood Hill Park Nature Center, Peninsula, and Soccer Field (Indian Rd. at W. 218th St., 3 blocks w. of Bway)
Cost: Free
Summary: Bring your trick-or-treater to Inwood Park where there will be ghoulish games with prizes, a haunted forest and rides. All of this in what seems to be the coolest park in the city. I mean, Manhattan how it looked in the 1600's! It seems to me that this haunted forest just might be the most authentic one you'll ever see...
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Halloween Parade 2006
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 Date: Tuesday, October 31st
Time: 7:00pm
Location: 6th Ave from Broome to 23rd (map)
Cost: Free
Summary: In an event that needs no introduction, its time once again for the Greenwich Village Halloween Day Parade. Watch as "hundreds of artists, 53 bands of different types of music, dancers and artists, and thousands of other New Yorkers in costumes of their own creation" take to the streets to celebrate this year's theme "The Village Hearth." If you've never been then this is a definite must-go event at least once in your life. Check the site if you are interested in participating.
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AM Only CMJ Party
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 Date: Tueday, October 31st
Time: Doors open at 9:00pm
Location: The Annex (152 Orchard btwn Stanton and Rivington)
Cost: Free with RSVP (rsvp@amonly.com)
Summary: Still trying to decide what to do on All Hallows Eve? Well, add this to your equation: the AM Only Official CMJ (Halloween) Party at The Annex. Bands performing upstairs are Foreign Islands, Shout Out Out Out Out, Crystal Castles, Home Video and Eliot Lipp. Downstairs DJs include The Creature, Passions (aka mathead), Drop the Lime (live set @ midnight!), Aaron Lacrate and The Bangers.
Remember to RSVP to get on the door list! Or if you've got a CMJ badge, that'll work, too. For more info: joseph@amonly.com
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A Liquid Sky Halloween
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 Date: Tuesday, October 31st
Time: 10:00pm
Location: reBoot (37 Avenue A)
Cost: $3
Summary: So I am right in the middle of the very long process of moving. All month long I have been bummed about not really being able to do Halloween this year, but I have to say having to skip this one party makes me uber sad. Tonight, one of my favorite DJs, DJ Soulslinger is joined by DJ Olive, DJ Wally, Lloop, DJ Willie Ross and Natural Sphere set up shop at reBoot to celebrate Halloween the way only Liquid Sky and Agriculture can.
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I Ain't Fraid of no Jokes
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Date: Tuesday, October 31st
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Rififi (332 E. 11th St btw. 1st and 2nd Ave)
Cost: Free
Summary: Downtown comedy favorites Max Silvestri, Joe Mande, and Noah Garfinkel present all-new original "bits", "sketches", "skits",
"yuk-em-ups", and "a video" at this halloween comedy festival.
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