Come and meet famed eastern philosopher and author Deepak Chopra, who will be in town to sign copies of his new book Buddha, which, unlike many of his previous books, a work of fiction. It recasts the traditional story of how Siddhartha the prince became Buddha, the enlightened one. Either way, it will probably be a nice day out and you could work this into your lunchbreak. Come on, it's a great combo:sunshine and eastern philosophy!
Date: Tuesday, May 1st Time: 8:00pm Location: Galapagos ( 70 N. 6th St, W'burg) Cost: Free
Every two weeks Reel Life Movie House presents a free screening of a classic feature film along with several local shorts at Galapagos. The idea is to create the very first screening room in Williamsburg, while giving talented local filmmakers a venue to show their work. This weeks feature is a personal favorite of my own. David Bowie mixes it up with muppets, monsters and Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth, plus the weekly dose of quality local shorts.
Date: Tuesday, May 1st Time: 9:00pm Location: APT (419 West 13th St at 9th Ave. Cost: Free Open Bar: Sagatiba Cachaça, 9-10
The Tonic Regular Pure Fire kicks off at its new location tonight with a heavy dose of dubstep, grime, baile funk, booty bass and more as Special Guest DJ Rupture joins residents N-Ron, Reaganomics, $mall ¢hange, Peter Gunn, and Crito. "For over a year, Pure Fire was known as the Tonic’s premiere night for new beats and cutting-edge sounds. Now, with the revered venue closing, Pure Fire has found a new home at APT, bringing the hottest, off-kilter beats from around the globe together and apart. This month's guest is DJ /rupture, performing hot on the heels of his new mix CD, Shotgun Wedding vol. 6: Secret Google Cheat Codes on Tigerbeat 6. Rupture’s DJ sets are an amalgam of hip hop, ragga, breakcore, jungle, noise, modern classical and music from around the globe—all mashed together using three turntables. He’s a perfect DJ for the rebirth of the Pure Fire—a singular night of music, dance and everything else in between. Come out and expect the unexpected."
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Well here it is, the perfect forum for you or maybe that special someone in your life that can't stop running their mouth after a few pints -- the difference is that instead of having to secure bail money or negotiate with law enforcement, all you need to do is head over to Dempsey's Pub tonight for "Drunken Smartass Olympics, a pub quiz/trivia cabaret party hosted by Janet Rosen and Tony Hightower. (As seen on Law & Order!)" For more information on this high-brow evening, click here.
Date: Wednesday, May 3rd Time: 8:00pm and 10:30pm Location: Mannes College of Music Cost: Free
Check in with the New School's music department tonight as they host a number of free concerts open to the public, including two shows, one at 8 and another at 10:30 featuring their percussion ensemble. Think six marimbas going at the same time, Concerto for Shinobue (Japanese flute) and percussion, etc."The Mannes Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of James Preiss, is dedicated to performing both new and classic solo and ensemble works for percussion." For more information on the pieces being performed and the musicians, click here. For more information on the ongoing free performance series, click here.
Date: Wednesday, May 2nd Time: 9:00pm Location: Goodbye Blue Monday (1087 Broadway, Bushwick, J train to Kosciuszko St.) Cost: Free
Come and be a part of the second installment of Spitshine, "Brooklyn's finest free monthly music event" at Goodbye Blue Monday in Bushwick. No open bar, but Ballentine's for $2.50 should get you moving in the right direction. Slated to appear are Fantasie Rock, Algernon & Bedtime Nine, Tim Fite and The Woes. Also performing will be The Hoarsemen.
Check out some song samples here.
Date: Wednesday, May 2nd Time: 9:00pm Location: Orchid Lounge (500 E. 11th St. btw A/B) Cost: Free
Free comedy folks, and no mention of a two-drink minimum, "A weekly comedy show hosted by David Hodorowski and featuring Michael Brill, Shecky Beagleman, Cooper Vasquez and Anne Neczypor".
Date: Wednesday, May 2nd Time: 9:00pm Location: Heathers (506 e13th at Ave A) Cost: Free
At just over 5 hrs, Excepter are the web proprietors of the longest podcast I have ever seen. Tonight, all four members members of the abstract beat mining collective - individually known as Count Porkcholois SS, Zerbrablood, Mr. Impossible, and Sexydancer - join our favorite electro disco fun-makers Jeremy Cambell and Dan Selzer at their midweek rant, Dazzle Ships. As always, expect the unexpected (that means I have no idea what it is going to sound like but it'll probably be somewhere along these lines).
Date: Thursday May 3rd Time: 4:00pm Location:Apple Store Soho (103 Prince St.) Cost: Free
"Join actor and filmmaker Matthew Modine as he screens four short films he conceived and directed: I Think I Thought, To Kill An American, Bicycle For a Day, and Love." All of course were editied using Final Cut Pro and other Mac software, but this is a good opportunity to see whats going on in someone else's head, film-wise. Seating is limited, so come early.
Date: Thursday, May 3rd Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm Location: Brandy Library (25 No. Moore St) Cost: Free
Wine tastings... beer tastings... how about fine spirits? Stop by The Brandy Library this evening to for a "once in a lifetime chance to" taste some serious, serious spirits as they unbottle Godet Cognac tonight for free samplings.
Date: May 3rd Time: 7:00pm Location: Barnes and Nobe (4 Astor Place) Cost: Free
Steve Geng will be signing copies of his book Thick as Thieves, his memoir which recounts his decent into a life as a career criminal, junkie and target of two murder attempts by two different girlfriends, all while his sister is climbing the ladder of journalistic success at the New Yorker. All you NYC junior historians will particularly revel in Geng's name-dropping as a member of the early 80's Greenwich Village counterculture. Nature or Nurture? You decide.
Date: Thursday, May 3rd Time: 7:00pm - 10pm Location: Travessia (176 Stanton btw. Clinton and Attorney) Cost: Free with RSVP
The LES's first gallery/boutique combo shop - Travessia - kicks open their doors today for a welcoming reception featuring art by Rob Mars, Julia Chiang, and others. The shop will feature rotating exhibitions from a cast of global artists as well as a selection of women's clothing and accessories from indie designers such as Baum Und Pferdgarten and Klasica. There's an after-party 10pm at Fontana’s with open Zygo Vodka from 10-12.
Date: Thursday, May 3rd Time: 7:00pm - 10pm Location: Happy Ending Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: "Complementary Cocktail ABSOLUT with this invite"
Nothing sounds better then enjoying the "Afterwork Sunset Sounds of the 70s" today wite The Get Down Crew while sipping on some free cocktails. Now if only you could see the sunset from the inside of Happy Ending... Oh well, drink enough free cocktails to forget that whole sunset thing ever happened. Maybe they'll even play you some Sabbath?
Date: Thursday, May 3rd Time: 10:00pm Location: Hiro (371 West 16th) Cost: Free with RSVP
Tonight GBH has put together a stellar line up for you. A live show and long awaited return of 33HZ, a DJ set from FreeNYC favorite The Brazilian Girls, under their DJ nom-de-plume: "A.D.J.", plus Ursala 1000. And if thats not enough you can always come by for 2-For-1 vodka drinks from 10pm-11pm. I would get there early though and expect a crowd.
Date: Thursday, May 3rd Time: 11:00pm Location: Lit Lounge (93 2nd Ave btw. 5th and 6th St) Cost: Free Open Bar: Vodka, 12 - 1 (downstairs)
Celebrate all forms of ambient electro-rock tonight with the return of Ecko Wreck... Dirt cheap drinks mix with shoe and nu-gaze videos while DJs Kurt and Christoph spin Dreampop (awesome genre name!), noisepop, etheral, and shoegaze. Oh, and its now 21+ due the new venue.
Date: Thursday, May 3rd Time: 11:00pm Location:Plan B (339 E 10th St at Ave B) Cost: Free
G.I. Joe undies? Agent Provocateur bustier? Come show off your unmentionables at the inaugural Tops or Bottoms party. Boys and girls in various states of undress will be frolicking to the sounds of DJ tag team DDREJ and Shanthrax. They'll be moving the masses with a mix of dance, electro, 80’s classics, and golden era hip hop. Those that disrobe will be enjoying 2 for 1 well drinks all night long. Don't be shy. 21+
Date: Friday, May 4th - May 5th Time: 12:00pm - 4:00am Location: Lafayette (161 Lafayette St) Cost: Free Open Bar:Margaritas and Tequila shots, 11:30pm - 12:00am
Okay, I don't know much about Lafayette (the bar) but I know its cinco de mayo and I am pretty sure that $3 margaritas and tequila shots all day is a pretty good way to celebrate. Hit it for happy hour or stay late for a tequila open bar from 11:30pm - 12:00am
Date: Friday, May 4th Time: 7:00pm Location: Barnes and Noble (4 Astor Place) Cost: Free
By now, I've been pegged as the book-signing guy, but I keep finding cool ones that I would go to, if I left my house before dark, ever. Today we find everyone's favorite movie-villain Rutger Hauer will be signing copies of his memoir All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners, which presumably has details of his life in cinema and hopefully details about how kooky Sean Young actually was (is). Anyways, come meet the reall "Hitcher" and say hello for me.
Date: Friday, May 4th - May 6th Time: 7:30pm Location:Secret Project Robot (210 Kent Ave at Metropolitan, W'Burg) Cost: Free
"With Brooklyn being a central figure in the current production of youth culture we thought it well past due to have a fashion event that relates to the aesthetic of this neighborhood. Which is why Secret Project Robot, on behalf of Monster Island and in the spirit of fun is very excited to present the first ever annual Williamsburg Fashion Weekend, a celebration of local designers who transcend the borders between art, music and fashion. Each day will showcase the eclectic talents of two designers with artistic happenings that spread across a wide array of disciplines ranging from a ritualistic skip around the maypole to hipster belly dancing." Full weekend Schedule below...
Cherry Blossom Circus - May 4th, 7:30PM
This extravagaganza will showcase local design talent found at Sodafine and Treehouse as they reveal the handmade and one-of-a-kind creations that make both of these Williamsburg boutiques such unique destinations. Participating designers include Feral Childe, Laurel Wells, Bobbi, Popomomo, Margarita Saplala, Sirius, Hodge Podge and more! Marvel at the explosive color, sights and sounds! Celebrate all that's blossoming in Williamsburg this spring.
Trisha McBride - May 4th, 8:30PM
Trisha McBride is an accomplished belly dancer and belly dance instructor. Her line is inspired by this ancient art form, and the hand made clothing will be showcased through a belly dancing performance with psychadellic visuals created especially for this event.
King Gurvy - May 5th, 7:30PM
This will mark the launch of Artur Arbit's clothing line. As an artist and founding member of the Twisted Ones (a promo team that played an unquestioning role in the development of the Brooklyn music scene) Arbit, a tailor by trade is, perfectly positioned to create hand made, one of a kind garments for cult leaders, rock stars and divas. His show will feature Williamsburg's most elusive musicians including members of The Rogers Sisters, The Affair, Jah Division, Roxy Pain, Golden Triangle, Tomarrow's Friend, and many more performing a few of his favorite songs while wearing his new line.
MAYPOLE - May 5th, 8:00PM
To celebrate the coming of spring and a fresh start, These young designers and stylists alike will take us back to a simpler time. A time when fertility rights and the coming of spring were celebrated amongst the whole town, a time with less complicated dating practices, where girls and boys would dance around the celebrated maypole to see who loved who...In honor of May Day this group has created amazing hand-made costumes reminiscent of Alice falling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, and invited the community to come by and watch the virginal dance performance...
Mandate of Heaven - May 5th, 9:00PM
Composed almost entirely of recycled vintage, every last piece in newcomer Carissa Ackermans line Mandate of Heaven is one-of-a-kindthink Grace Kelly meets Roller-girl with hints of Mark Jacobs and Stella McCartney. .But dont mistake the Mandate girl for fluff of any sort. By mixing and manipulating the best elements of our past and present, says Ackerman. I want to create the well-lived life of our future.http://www.myspace.com/mandate_of_heaven
Robot Death Cult Installation and BBQ - May 6th, 5 to 7PM
Robot Death Cult: A movement whose bizarre mix of unwavering adulation fuses with staunch nihlism to embrace the banality prescribed to us through the tenets of advanced capitalism. Using fashion they deconstruct, disassociate overwhelm the senses with hypersonic images to the point of non-existance. They aim to replace the major attribute of consumption so that that which is hidden becomes most visible and thus gratitous- leaving us with a desire only to desire. Their unyileding positivism states as affirmitive axiom: If we are all machines meant to consume, then let us buy everything. Robot Death Cult dissassociates itself from the self destructive irony so cherished by postmodernism, and embraces the new autonomy of the consumer held back by years of self deprecating reactionism.
Our favorite Park Slope friday party has just gone monthly (sad) in an effort to bring even bigger DJs and party's to this slope hot spot. And they're kicking it off hard with DJ Eleven, of everyone's favorite not-so-free monthly, The Rub. Joining him will be Jess Jubilee and your resident DJ Morsy. With over 40 different beers, a disco ball, and swanky booths, this is quickly becoming a regular on my calendar. Check out a fresh Eleven remix of Bill Withers' Lovely Day here. Don't sleep on this one!
Date: Saturday, May 5th Time: all day Location: Various Locations (click for store locater) Cost: Free
It's time once again for the 5th Annual Free Comic Book Day. Various comic book stores throughout the country (and several here in NYC) will be giving out free comics. From Spiderman to Gumby to Sonic the Hedgehog, several titles will be available so this is great chance to spread your love for the original graphic novel with someone new, or just grab some proper subway reading material.
Date: Saturday, May 5th Time: 1:30pm Location: Washington Square Park Cost: Free
Spring is in the air and that can only mean one thing... the annual Global Marijuana March. Join activists around the world as thousands of New Yorkers, as they march from Washington Square Park to a rally in Thompkins Square park (apparently hippies get tired of marching quickly... they used to go all they way to Battery Park.) "Rally to stop the lies, release the medicine, heal the sick, end the prison state. Cures not Wars. Stop all cannabis arrests. Speakers from the Worldwide Marijuana March, NORML and High Times magazine. Tables with materials on medical marijuana, the ibogaine cure for addiction, industrial hemp and a healthy program to curb the worst effects of global warming by reassigning environmental criminals to clean-up and water reclamation. March against the BIG LIE in public policy, from the War on Drugs to the War in Iraq! Tulia, Texas is the template for W's phony War on Terror--just like the so-called "health threat of marijuana" equals the "weapons of mass destruction." Both never existed! Come out and protest intervention abroad and criminalization at home under the War on Drugs. Protest the incarceration of a generation and the calculated disfranchisement of majority democratic voters thru the Drug War!"
Date: Saturday, May 5th Time: 3:00pm Location: Lower Eastside Girls Club (56 E. 1st St. btw 1st/2nd Ave.) Cost: Free
Okay ladies, it's time to take a break from the sunshine, grab a cool beverage and check out some spoken word and music at the Lower East Side Girls Club:"Come and support your fellow woman-kind at the Lower Eastside Girls Club's Saturday Performance Series. This Saturday is the FINAL Saturday until we re-start in the fall, so let's go out with a bang!" Featuring TARA BETTS (poet), KAREN GIBSON ROC (poet) and musical act THE FEMM NAMELESS ("punk funk afrobeat"). Hosted & Curated by Caitlin Meissner.
Date: Saturday, May 5th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Supreme Trading (213 N 8th St, Williamsburg) Cost: Free
Sound Advice are back at their regular spot with guest DJ Reverend McFly and a special performance by Ninjasonik. "We're celebrating McFly's conversion to being Mexican (he's crazy) and Ninjaosnik will be performing live. Madness." Download the Ninjasonik mix tape here.
Date: Sunday, May 6th Time: 4:00pm Location: Apple Store Soho (103 Prince St.) Cost: Free
Hear media artist Paul D. Miller, known as DJ Spooky, discuss his boundary defying work, Rebirth of a Nation, in which he deconstructs and remixes D.W. Griffith’s controversial 1915 silent film, The Birth of a Nation.
These 5 boys but together a crazy sketch comedy show every week at Pianos. The audience participation is much more enjoyable then the usual "lets make fun of the crowd" game you get up in midtown. No topic is taboo as the troupe covers sex, politics, and mass media culture with a fresh perspective. This is underground sketch for NY's underground at its best and if you are yet to catch this show then its a great way to end your weekend.
In addition to bringing the world the Newlywed Game, the Gong Show and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Chuck Barris has now turned his attention to the phenomenon of reality TV in The Big Question, a dystopian view of what television will become in the near future.Come meet Barris and have your copy of his latest novel signed while you're at it. I may stop in just to ask what it was like to hang out with the Unknown Comic on a regular basis.
Date: Monday, May 7th Time: 8:00pm Location: Grand Theater at Tribeca Grand (2 Ave of the Americas) Cost: Free with RSVP
NYT brings back their monthly premiere series comes at the Tribaca Grand Hotel. April’s film (which interestingly enough doesn't screen until May) is a scary J-Horror film GHOST TRAIN! “'Do not board the haunted train.' Series of frights attack a high school girl.This electrifying and forbidden horror story, based on the urban legend of the haunted train, will take you to a nightmare dimension where evil lurks in everyday life."
Date: Monday, April 7th Time: 8:00pm Location: Lolita Bar, 266 Broome St. at Allen Price: Free
Okay, this is a little last-minute, but tonight get your yuks on at Lolita bar. Comedians include Brian Kiley, (Conan O'Brien), Leo Allen (Comedy Central), Josh Comers and like 500 million other comedians it appears, and it is hosted by comedian Liam Mceneany. Good free fun on a beautiful Monday night. For more information on this night, click here.
Good thing I left for work late this morning, else I would have missed this last minute event! Hot of their latest recording session, The Bravery are playing two secret, intimate shows tonight at Arlene's before hitting the road on their North American Tour. The first show is 5pm and all ages while the 9pm one is 21+. Expect crowds and don't sleep!
Date: Tuesday, May 8th Time: 6:30pm Location:Aperture Gallery (547 W 27th St, 4th Fl) Cost: Free
Photographer Matthew Monteith visited the Czech Republic repeatedly to create the body of work presented in his first monograph, Czech Eden (Aperture). Monteith will discuss his beautiful but unsettling landscapes and portraits that comprise an allegory, not a literal document of place
The weekly FilmFest Reloaded series teams up with the Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN is the free, public access TV training ground for budding Manhattan-based videographers, just as CTV is for Staten Islanders) for "a screening of your favorite wacky, wild, irreverent, and inspirational stars of public access television from NYC. Beer, pretzels, and public access television...what could be finer?"
Date: Tuesday, May 8th Time: 9:00pm - late Location:Lit (93 2nd Ave btw. 5th and 6th St) Cost: Free Open Bar: PBR, 10-11
The Bicycle Film Festival is on its way back to town so get your fixed-gear shined up, your hipster mac on, and prepare for some of the finest cycle laden films the world has to offer. Their kicking things off tonight with another BFF tradition, drinking PBR! Open bar and $1 drink specials all night make this a mid week must.
Date: Tuesday, May 8th Time: 10:00pm Location: Gallery Bar (120 Orchard st) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: 10 to 11
Tonight the1900s, Village Slum, KicksHigh, Leroy Jenkins and Urb Magazine present Do Wut You Like - Get it in Part 2. Sounds this evening provided by DJ Kenny Parker, DJ Delveider, FourColorZack and DJ Myles. And the free booze are provided to you from 10 to 11. Should be a good way to spend your Tuesday.
Date: Wednesday, May 9th Time: 7pm Location: The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street Cost: Free
Whoa- amazing artists talk for free..this is not to be missed!
"Legendary British duo Gilbert & George will discuss their remarkable artistic and personal collaboration over the last thirty-five years, from their early performance pieces to their large-scale photomontages, which have attracted both fierce controversy and enormous acclaim. This event coincides with the release of "Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures, 1971-2005" (copublished by Aperture and Tate Publishing, London), the most extensive publication on the artists' work ever assembled, and a retrospective that originated at Tate Modern, London. Presented by Aperture Foundation in partnership with Parsons The New School for Design and The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School."
Date: Wednesday, May 9th Time: 10:00pm Location: Happy Ending (302 Broome btw. Forsyth and Eldridge) Cost: Free
Two of our favorite DJs - Reverend Mc Fly and K. Ross have teamed up to form NinjaSonik, a super-DJ group making "real grimey, dancey, F@ck on the
dancefloor-party-type ish". They're remixing everyone from the Klaxons to Peter Bjorn & John with a crate (okay, a hard drive) or originals as well... Download their first mix tape here.
Date: Thursday, May 10th Time: 7:30pm Location:The Delancey (Delancey @Clinton Cost: $5 with RSVP Open Bar: Vodka at a "surprise time"
Head to the Queens mall with the local 17 year olds and get your prom gear in order! "Its Prom time at Unisex Salon- Johnny Dynell is back to DJ and John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig, Shortbus) spins a special slow dance set for lovers. Epiphany performs as Sherry Vine as Carrie. A lineup of truly badass bands play the basement."
Date: Thursday Time: 11:00pm Location: 87 Lounge (87 Ludlow St) Cost: Free Open Bar: well, 11-12
"Kick off the weekend right with No Douchebag Thursdays. DJ Miranda will be there spinning the night away, with everything from Journey to Peter, John and Bjorn. Bartender Sarah serves up $2 PBRs, cheap drinks and FREE well liquor from 11pm-12am!! This party every Thursday has been dubbed No Douchebag Thursdays and so far we’ve done a good job of keeping them out."
Date: Friday, May 11th through May 19th Time: 11:00am - 6:00pm Location:David Zwirner (519 W 19th St) Cost: Free Thai food!
The current exhibition at David Zwirner coincides perfectly with the recent Gordon Matta-Clark exhibition at the Whitney, with a reconstruction of Matta-Clark's "Open House".. a dumpster which he turned into a living environment for homeless people. But the real attraction for hungry art lovers is Tiravanija's reconstruction of "Untitled 1992 (Free)" that originally transformed the 303 Gallery into an impromptu kitchen back in 1992. As part of the exhibition, a false 303 Gallery stands inside David Zwirner, and Tiravanija's Thai cooking of rice, couscous, vegetarian curry and a chicken curry are available at no cost to anyone and everyone. Don't be shy, there are tables set up, just help yourself to the giant rice steamers and pots. I had lunch there today after a morning of gallery hopping and dined among gallery assistants, students, construction workers and passers-by. You can even bring it to go! The exhibition goes until May 19th, so get over there! Make sure you bring a drink, this art is SPICY!
Click below for the press release and more on the artists
Opening on March 21, 2007, David Zwirner and Gavin Brown’s enterprise are pleased to co-present an exhibition by Gordon Matta-Clark and Rirkrit Tiravanija, to be displayed in David Zwirner’s 519 W. 19th Street gallery. The show will include one seminal work by each artist, both of which focus on the transformation of space in the area of 89 & 112 Greene Street in SoHo – Matta-Clark’s in 1972 and Tiravanija’s in 1992. Gordon Matta-Clark, a key figure in the activity and growth of the New York art world from the late 1960s until his death in August, 1978, was heavily inspired by the dematerialization movement of the late 1960s. Perhaps best known for his architectural “cuttings” – sculptures made from slices of buildings slated for demolition – Matta-Clark was co-founder of FOOD in 1971, a functioning restaurant that employed artists and hosted art/food performances. He also helped Jeffrey Lew establish 112 Greene Street (now White Columns), the first alternative gallery in New York with an open exhibition program. Matta-Clark is currently the subject of a major solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, on view through June 3, 2007. The exhibition will then travel to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA from September 16, 2007 through January 7, 2008. Featured in this exhibition will be a recreation of Open House, 1972, a work that, like much of Matta-Clark’s oeuvre, applies new meaning to abandoned and commonplace materials through the act of recycling. Originally located in the street outside 89 Greene Street (a second version was later installed outside 112 Greene Street), the dumpster held architectural fragments and construction-site detritus and was featured in Matta-Clark’s film of the same year, also titled Open House. In the film, the dumpster is converted into a makeshift living environment for the homeless. Made to function (physically and conceptually) outside of the commercial gallery system, and thus a critique of the value of art and commercial real estate, Open House represents Matta-Clark’s career-long desire to create a new way of seeing through the transformation of discarded objects into new works of art. Rirkrit Tiravanija’s Untitled 1992 (Free), was originally exhibited at 89 Greene Street in the former 303 Gallery space in 1992. 303 Gallery was on the second floor at 89 Greene Street, just a few feet from Matta-Clark’s Open House site. In that exhibition, Tiravanija took the contents of the entire gallery – kitchen, storeroom, bathroom and office – and publicly deposited/displayed them in the main gallery space. In what had been the gallery office, he set up a provisional kitchen where Thai curry was cooked and served to visitors. Taking his historical cues not only from distinctly non-Western Thai traditions, but also from Alan Kaprow, Michael Asher, and Matta-Clark, Tiravanija’s seminal exhibition helped create a pivitol moment of rupture from the wealth and abundance of the previous decade. For this exhibition, Tiravanija will make a ghost of the 89 Greene Street space in plywood. The kitchen – which will include the same stools, tables, cookers, pots, pans, and refrigerator, along with the same 15-year old food waste – will be used and shown in what will be the “office.” Untitled 1992 (Free) will be exhibited for the first time in New York since 1992.
Date: All May! Time: 11:00am - 8:00pm Location: 446 Broadway, Ground Fl (btw. Howard and Grand) Cost: Free
Mmmm... denim. Start your spring off right with discounted designer labels. Rogan and Loomstate are cutting prices ($10-$300) for the whole month of May.
Date: Friday, May 11th Time: 6:30pm for Panel Discussion & Performance, FIlm screening at 2:00pm, 3:30pm, 5:00pm Location:Aperture Foundation (547 W 27th Street, 4th floor) Cost: Free!
Holy crap, so much happening in this event! "Aperture and Time Out New York will pay homage to two leading artists of the Surrealist movement- Claude Cahun (1894-1954) and Marcel Moore (1892-1972). This event is part of David Bowie's first H&M High Line Festival, which will also include a multimedia installation that brings to life the work of Cahun and her life-long partner, Moore."
First the film screening of "Lover Other", then a panel discussion with Shelly Rice, THEN a performance by drag king Murray Hill (he is HILARIOUS) and Le Tigre's JD Samson.
Did I mention its FREE?? Click below for more details.
Film Screening of Lover Other: Aperture will present three screenings of Lover Other, a sixty-minute documentary on the lives of Cahun and Moore by award-winning filmmaker Barbara Hammer. The film illuminates the groundbreaking art of these gender-bending artists who lived and worked together for more than forty years and whose staged self-portraits have attracted a worldwide cult following. The film combines photographs, archival footage, and dramatic interludes of a "found Cahun script." Barbara Hammer will be available to answer questions in between the screenings.
Panel Discussion: Shelly Rice, an associate arts professor at New York University, and a leading authority on Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, will lead a discussion on the art of these extraordinary women. Additional panelist: filmmaker Barbara Hammer.
Live Performance: The discussion will be followed by a live performance from the outrageous New York comedian and drag king Murray Hill and JD Samson of the feminist electro punk band Le Tigre.
Date: Friday, May 11th Time: 9:00pm Location: 10 Hope St (btw Grand and Metropolitan off Roebling, W'Burg) Cost: Free, Free BBQ
Kicking off the warm weather in proper style, Spring Love is a rain or shine no holds barred Brooklyn Crunk Barbecue featuring over a dozen DJs, free food, and some cheap brews. Featuring DJ sets from Sujunho, Rob Flow, DJ Equal, Yamez, and Peter Leonard.
Date: Friday, May 11th Time: 10:00pm Location: Opium Den (29 East 3rd Street b/w 2nd Ave & Bowery) Cost: Free
"Every week we're bringing you an EOW approved DJ to get your groove thing going... They say Fridays are for amateurs... well fuck that! cuz I got a real job, and Friday night means some guilt free partying! Peep the attached flyer! (I'm gettin my photoshop skills up!). This week we present DD Pesh hitting you with hip hop, reggae, soul, funk and just a dash of rock for flavor. No Cover, No Dress, No Stress"
Date: Saturday, May 12th - May 13th Time: 10:00am - 7:00pm (10:45 start on Sunday) Location: Cooper Union (8th Street) Cost: Free
Situational Drive is a two-day multidisciplinary conference presenting a sequence of panel discussions, conversations, and art projects rethinking the challenges of artistic, curatorial, architectural, and theoretical engagement in urban and other public spaces. For more info and a schedule, check out the site.
Date: Saturday, May 12th Time: 11:00am - 3:00pm Location: Battery Park Cost: Free
Join Obamathon this afternoon to celebrate, education, and raise funds for Senator Obama's presidential campaign. Supports will picnic, socialize, (hopefully play frisbee golf) and listen to live music by Electric Fiction, The Elizabeth Harper Band, The Hanna Madbak Global Fusion Band. "The Obamathon will be a way for New Yorkers, and people from the surrounding area, to connect with other Obama supporters and see what the good Senator is all about,"
New York State Senator Bill Perkins, the first New York politician to publicly announce his support for Senator Obama’s campaign, will be on hand to speak to the crowd of over 700 walkers and the gathered crowds on the Battery Park lawn. Walkers and all New York Obama supporters are invited to bring their friends and picnic under the trees while listening to Senator Perkins and a line up of bands including Elizabeth Harper and the Matinee, Hanna Madbak's Flamenco World Fusion Band, and Electric Fiction among others. Family friendly activities will include face painting and snow cones for children. All are encouraged to bring a blanket, pack a picnic, and come enjoy the music while showing your support for Senator Obama.
Date: Saturday, May 12th Time: 1:00pm - 6:00pm Location: A warehouse in Red Hook (499 van Brunt St) Cost: Free entry
"Get hooked on art in Red Hook is the slogan for New York’s biggest artist-run art exhibition, Connections... More than 325 artists displaying their work for sale. Opening day activities include a Meet the Artists Reception and, at 3PM an UnPlugged in Red Hook acoustic performance by jazz musicians Jenny Hill and Friends. Brooklyn Borough President, Marty Markowitz will be on hand to join the festivities and give a special award to Red Hook art patron, Greg O’Connell. In conjunction with the art show is inaugural day of Made in Brooklyn, an outdoor curated crafts festival along the waterfront esplanade. 25 Brooklyn artisans will be selling their crafts."
Date: Saturday, May 12 Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm Location:Sweet Virginia (164 Havemeyer St btw. 2nd and 3rd) Cost: Free
Tonight's Birdy is the first in a series of art/fashion parties and Williamsburg's own Sweet Virginia. Featuring art by Halona Hilbertz and designs by Lyuba and Diana, the event will feature an array of "original spring designs under the birdy influence. Just in time for fun in the sun." Refreshments will be served.
Date: Saturday, May 12th Time: 5:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Supreme Trading (213 N. 8th at Driggs, Williamsburg) Cost: Free
Local crate diggers Matt radune and Jeremy Campbell are inviting all their record afflicted friends to trim the fat on those collections this evening on the patio at Supreme Trading for an out door, happy hour record swap and sale. The Bastard Jazz crew invade the aways fun Sound Advice party afterwards.
Date: Saturday, May 12th Time: 7pm - 9pm Location: Jonathan Levine Gallery (
529 West 20th Street, 9E) Cost: Free
Another awesome line up at Jonathan Levine Gallery. Brazilian artist Vitche's graf inspired art in Gallery I, the amazing cut paper grizzly sculptures of AJ Fosik in Gallery II and Adam Kehoe and Matt Haber in the Project Room. Four amazing artists, one amazing party, many free PBRs.
Date: Saturday, May 12th Time: 8:00pm Location: Luna Lounge (361 Metropolitan Ave at Havermeyer, W'Burg) Cost: Free
I love Cop Shoot Cop. They were the hardest, rawest, most NYC thing to come out of the No Wave movement combining bass drenched minimalism, boredoms low fi, and east coast hard core sensiblitity. There was serious energy there. While Umami is nothing like Cop Shoot Cop, their also use two basses to drive home low rumbling beats but with a much sloppier garage style. Maybe that's your steeze. If so, check them out tonight. If not, go listen to more Cop Shoot Cop!
I can't believe an entire month has passed since the last Punkslope. This month Chris Turco (Dead Image, Moonball, Trans Am, Kukim, Government Issue) and David Natoli (The Fader, Shadows and Tall Trees, Grey Hour) join the bevy of dude residents; Nick Cain, Joel Tee, Jason Jordan (aka Jordy), Mike Falis, Jordan Makow and Al Key. Bringing you punk, hardcore, skaterock, indie, metal, oi, ska, reggae, dub...and all that good stuff. And you know what springtime means- outdoor patio!
Date: Saturday, May 12th - May 13th Time: 10:00am - 7:00pm (10:45 start on Sunday) Location: Cooper Union (8th Street) Cost: Free
Situational Drive is a two-day multidisciplinary conference presenting a sequence of panel discussions, conversations, and art projects rethinking the challenges of artistic, curatorial, architectural, and theoretical engagement in urban and other public spaces. For more info and a schedule, check out the site.
Date: Sunday, May 13th Time: 3:00pm Location: McCarren Park, Oval Area behind Park House (Bedford Ave and Driggs Ave, W'burg) Cost: Free
Danish visual artist Karoline H. Larsen and American visual artist Jasmine Zimmerman introduce the first of 3 consecutive weekends of impromptu installations today in McCarren Park. Join dozens as they sculpt city space through 21,000 meters of intertwined colored strings and transform the part from its usual hipster haunt into something you'd see in a Polyphonic Spree video. "When you pull the strings in new directions, the structure gradually changes, and you create new space, and new possibilities arise." More below.
When moving in public space, we normally move directly from A to B, and at the same time a set of unwritten rules direct the way we move. The way we move affects the way we think and act. When Karoline H. Larsen and Jasmine Zimmerman invite New Yorkers to join the COLLECTIVE STRING-WEBS NYC, new ways of moving, joyful exchange, and new functions evolve. Participants get to string their way with 21.000 meters of colorful string, tracking string across the areas in a giant collective web marking of public space.
Citizens need opportunities to communicate and collectively generate a positive atmosphere in public city spaces. This project offers the possibility of doing so through a shared creative experience.
Increasing traumatic tension in public space causes suffering everyday in Copenhagen, New York, and many other western cities. "The problem is not the trauma itself, but not being able to feel pleasure". Creative Actions chooses not to analyze the reasons behind this. Instead we move to provide opportunities to reconnecting with each other and public space in hopes of creating positive change.
COLLECTIVE STRING-WEBS NYC gives citizens concrete aesthetic involving structures to produce creative energies collectively as an answer to these days of anxiety, aggression, isolation, alienation and high speed stress in public city space.
Date: Sunday, May 13th Time: 5:00pm (tickets available at noon) Location: Town Hall (123 West 43rd St) Cost: Free with Ticket
“Free for All at Town Hall” is proud to present – at the second concert of its season – the young English trumpet-phenomenon Alison Balsom in her New York debut on Mother’s Day, May 13, with her own ensemble of players. Ticket info below.
Tickets: Free tickets available at the Town Hall box office from noon on day of concert only. No reservations will be accepted. Tickets must be picked up in person. First come, first served. Limit: two tickets per customer.
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No Selector Sundays is a collective of forward thinking local musicians involved with and inspired by DJ culture. The night was founded by accomplished musicians Guy Licata and Abe Sieferth, along with veteran NYC DJs Jesse Mann and Evan Baggs. Jesse and Evan continue to hold down the evening on a weekly basis, bringing in a healthy assortment of talented live musicians, along with some of the best DJs the city has to offer. The focus is on great music in all of its forms, culminating in a mish mash of funk, soul, afro, latin, jazz, house, broken beats, disco, electro, and assorted danceable breaks. This week DJ Morsy (Nanachill/The Good Foot) and resident Jesse Mann man the decks with an eclectic mix of beats to booty shake to while JACK, a live project headed up by percussionist Peter Barr, will be playing funk/soul jams on the "stage."
Date: Sunday, May 13th Time: 10:00pm Location: The Delancey (168 Delancey St.) Cost: Free Open Bar: Vodka, 10-11
Ah, open bar Sundays... as the weather warms, the weekends never end. Join Exteneded Play tonight to get a few more free drinks and a few more hours of drunken dancing in tonight before Monday.
Date: Monday, April 14th Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Bar BQ (689 6th Ave at 20th St, Park Slope) Cost: Free
Not to be confused with the old Blue Owl Monday, Blue Monday is a more southern take on easing in your work week. Enjoy live blues (7-9) and free bourbon (7-8) if you can get out of work fast enough to hit the slope. If not, there's $2 Blue Points all night and, of course, BBQ)
Note: We can't find any proof of this online so I recomment that you call the venue at 718.499.4872 if you are making a long trek out. There may also be an email on their website.
Date: Monday, May 14th Time: 8:00pm Location: Freddy's Backroom (Dean Street at 6th Ave, Prospect Heights) Cost: Free ($3 to spell)
"Spelling + drinking + a great cause = quite obviously the finest way to spend a Monday evening. Come out [tonight] and show everyone that despite sixth grade test scores, you've got what it takes to trounce the competition. Does drinking make you better or worse? Will "archipelago" elude you once more? $3 ante, winner takes half and the other half goes to The Late Education of Sascha Wolff, a new play set to open in late May as part of Breedingground's Spring Fever Festival."
Date: Mondays Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Pianos (158 Ludlow St at Stanton) Cost: Free
Something about comedians not making flyers... not sure what's up with that. In the spirit of our frequently posted Tell Your Friends regular (which also goes down today BTW), The Daily Show's Adam Lowitt host a new recurring comedy series. He takes over the main room of pianos with sets by Ted Alexandro (Letterman), Kevin Bartini (Siruis Radio), Rob Riggle (The Daily Show & SNL), Jane Border (Time Out New York) Craig Baldo (Montreal Comedy Festival) & Jacqueline Novak (The Improv)
Date: Mondays Time: 8:00pm Location: Lolita (266 Broome St at Allen) Cost: Free
"Tell Your Friends! is an old-fashioned comedy hootenanny, where some of the city's most talented writers, performers, and musicians try their newest stuff. All the material presented are gems, whether they be diamonds in the rough or something best left buried." Tonight is a special night as they present Daily Show corespondent John Oliver to the stage. The rest of the impressive bill is below.
Host: Michelle Collins - appears regularly on the "Best Week Ever" blog
Acts:
John Oliver - is a correspondant for "The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart"
Lizz Winstead - creator of "The Daily Show," and has hosted her own show "Unfiltered" on Air America and had her own "Comedy Central Presents: Lizz Winstead" 1/2-hour special
David McSavage - a comedian from Dublin who has appeared on "The Late Late Show" four times and on Denmark's "Stand-up.dk"
Kristen Schaal - has appeared on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham," in the smash comedy "Norbit," and was voted Best Alternative Comedian at the Aspen Comedy Festival
Liam McEneaney - as seen on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and VH1's "Best Week Ever"
Date: Mondays during 24 Time: 9:00pm Location: Professor Thoms (219 2nd Ave btw 13th & 14th) Cost: Free
"Every Monday when there's a new episode of 24 on, this joint puts up two big screen TV's on which to watch the show with full sound. There are Jack Daniels specials during the show, shots on the house every time Jack kills somebody, and Sake Bombs if Audrey Raines gets shot, Tom Lenox somehow loses or destroys his recording of the vice-president, or if Chloe and Morris make out. Plus, free drinks all night if Kefer shows up, stands on the bar and says "I'm Jack Bauer and these are the longest 24 hours of my life."
Date: Monday, May 14th Time: 9:00pm Location:Goodbye Blue Monday, 1087 Broadway, Bushwick (JMZ to Kosciszcko St.) Cost: Free
By now everyone knows I am a big fan of the place and a fan of free live music, and tonight Goodbye Blue Monday hosts some great bands for free. Tonight's acts include: "Ponybones, Mars Killed Mary, Them Natives and Mother's Recipe. It's Monday! It's music! It's free!" Support a good place and good people and drink some ice cold cheap beers. I think they have hot toddy's too...
Date: Monday, May 14th Time: 11:00pm - 3:00am Location: 205 (205 Chrystie St at Stanton) Cost: Free (say "cherry on top" at the door)
Late entry for today from the crew over at BPM Magazine. Tonight they bring LA's Banana Split party to NYC as a superstar cast of DJs drop indie/electro/b'more and more. On the decks are DJs AM, Steve Aoki, A-Trak, Eli, and Stretch Armstrong (yeah, thats one serious line-up). Don't sleep on this one.
Date: Tuesday May 15th Time: 7pm Location: Dolce Vita (140 Ludlow St.) Cost: Free, open bar from 7pm-10pm rsvp here.
Come view selected works by photographer Sarah Small, and attend the after-party at Backroom (102 Norfolk btw Delancey and Riv). Though this is a free event, continuing the trend towards art-opening-as-guest-list-nightclub-spectacle, you need to rsvp here. Justin Miller from DFA will be DJing the after-party.
Date: Tuesday, May 15th Time: 7:30pm (bands at 9:00) Venue: Luna Lounge (361 Metropolitan Ave, W'Burg) Cost: Free with RSVP
"Baeble Music presents Push Play Episode 3, filming live performances by psycho-acid-country-rockers from NYC, Dead Combo, and the youngest outlaws of NYC, Young Lords. Guest DJs Jake (Smash It Up Sundays) and Brendan James (Smash It Up Sundays) will be ripping up the turn tables with rock n' roll, punk, power pop, krautrock, etc. Band bios below."
DEAD COMBO Dead Combo from NYC (NOT be mistaken for the Portuguese band, Dead Combo) are Harri Kupiainen (guitar), Leah (drums), Nuutti Kataja (insults and Mooki, um, I mean, vocals), with a sound closely related to Suicide's spooked out rock n roll beats. Their sound has an electro-acid-sleaze-punk sensation combined with sleazy rock n roll throbbing keyboards. According to Amazon.co.uk, "Dead Combo are the new Suicide." The band will be performing alongside The Horrors and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club in the end of May '07 and are currently working on a record with Mossman (LCD & Primal Scream).
YOUNG LORDS
An electric band of fashion and music outlaws, Young Lords are more Fun House than Sweetheart of the Rodeo and more Beggar's Banquet than Honky Tonk Heroes. Lead singer Blair Van Nort and rhythm guitarist/brother Reed Van Nort met drummer Cory Lasser and new lead guitarist Adam Gerard in classes at the New School University, and soon thereafter met bassist Maxwell Silver during a night on the town. Hailing from Austin, Texas, Seattle, Washington and NYC, the five-piece found an intersection of sonic styles that incorporated their diverse musical histories.
Date: Tuesday, May 1st Time: 8:00pm Location: Galapagos ( 70 N. 6th St, W'burg) Cost: Free
"Every two weeks Reel Life Movie House presents a free screening of a classic feature film along with several local shorts at Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg. The idea is to create the very first screening room in Williamsburg, while giving talented local filmmakers a venue to show their work. Tonight they chang the format a bit and showing a series of classic shorts, including movies by Woody Allen, Jean Luc Godard, Stan Brekage and Martin Scorsese, along the usual slate of high quality local shorts."
Date: Tuesday, May 15th Time: 10:00pm Location: Happy Ending (302 Broome St) Cost: Free Open Bar: Vodka 11:30 to 12
Come celebrate the end of an era with Shit Hammered. According to their published statistics, its been: 2.5 years, 130 parties, thousands of drinks, hundreds of condoms, plenty of porn, tons of DJs and 1 ninja turtle (I'm kinda curious about that one). The night proudly boasts their first ever Shit Hammered DJ Dirty Finger and Spencer Product, plus residents Bastard and Ian along with the return of Steve "The Gil" Gillman and gay dance hour from 3-4.
Date: Tuesday, May 2nd Time: 10:00am - 7:00pm Venue: 261 W 36th St, 2nd Fl (btwn 7th and 8th Aves) Cost: Free entry
Ben Sherman and Evisu Genes are hosting their much-sought-after sample sale. Both brands twist tradition to create innovative looks. Find men's and women's shirts, sweaters, pants, outerwear, jackets, shoes, accessories and more. Sizes S-XXL. Continues through Friday (10am - 6pm Fri).
Date: Wednesday, May 16th Time: 10pm Location:B-Side (204 Ave. B @ 12th) Cost: Free
DJs Doom Dub and Carter Logan bring you the best in soul, funk, reggae, dub, f*ed up blues & rock and roll. As usual the drinks are cheap, and the potential for a raging fooseball tournement looms, the makings of a good Wednesday. I've been known to play a cutthroat game of fooseball in the back, and also repeatedly ask the bouncer to pick me up. Good times!
Date: Wednesday May 16th Time: 8:00pm Location: 20 Warren St. (btw Broadway and Church St) Cost: Free with RSVP
The hosts of this event put it best: "Shindig! was created by long time friends, franco v and brion isaacs, while in their previous band, The Sexy Magazines. The two started the party in alphabet city with their other former band mates, Marc E., Mark Sanger, and friends The Art Shop Boys as a way to offer something different to NYC. Art, music, and anything else AWESOME will be showcased. The purpose of Shindig is to unite artists of all sorts and give them an alternative arena to present their work to the public. Open Bar All Night Long Baby! The Only Rules Are, There Are No Rules! (just don't pee all over the place)". Sounds about right for a Wednesday.For more information on this blowout, click here.
Date: Wednesday, May 16 Time: 10:00pm Location: 205 Chrystie Street Cost: Free
Don't miss a fun party with We Are Your Friends at 205 tonight. These kids are super-fun, I went out to Bar 13 recently and stumbled upon one of their parties, complete with PB and J sandwichettes and delicious brownies. I also am in love with their name, which is adorable. "This Wednesday, we are revisiting 205 Chrystie as a farewell to our tour. We are also having a bit of a lady's night as we have fabulous DJs Jaclyn from the Bangers and Lindsey from Negroclash manning the decks. They will be throwing down the jams on the stellar soundsystem while on a mission to get everyone dancing! This is going to be a truly fun night brimming with lots of great music, foxy ladies, hot dudes, dance dance dancing, and good times -- so don’t miss out!"
Date: Wednesday, may 16th Time: 10:00pm Location: Studio B (259 Banker St. btw Calyer and Franklin) Cost: Free
Tonight is the kick off event for The Bicycle Film Festival at Studio B. Bikes Rock features a performance from Gang Gang Dance, a late night dance party with Dirty Finger, James Stacher and Brian Degraw, plus, Mike Likes Bikes: Machine Integrated Kinetic Expressions, NJ Turpike and Eyestek.
Date: Thursday, May 17th Time: 3:00pm - 9:00pm Venue: Hotel QT (125 W45th btw 6th and Broadway) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Bacardi Cocktails
Work sucks so play hookie today poolside with the Frank151 crew. There are free Bacardi cocktails and Free BBQ. I'm sure the DJs will be top notch and don't forget your bathing suit!
Celebrated New York artist, filmmaker and author Keren Cytter presents two groundbreaking videos, Atmosphere and Dreamtalk, in this solo exhibtion. Full of contradictions, Atmosphere and Dreamtalk are elusive as they are blunt. Dreamtalk presents an ironic love triangle involving a couple and their male friend. Atmosphere is also about a love triangle, centering on two women who live together and appear to be involved with the same man. The characters position against each other, competing. Parroting the reality TV show in Dreamtalk, the remaining couple asks themselves in the last moments, “Who is the looser, who is the winner?” So, what is happiness, what is resolution, and what is emotion? Keren Cytter’s work raises all these questions presenting the viewer with a situation of a constant present where memory is being claimed in the midst of an unknown future.
Date: Thursday, May 17th Time: 6:00pm - 12:00am Location: 33 West 17th St.(near 5th Ave) Cost: Free
While the Bicycle Film Festival itself costs a pretty penny, there are a lot of events going on around it that are free. Joy Ride is an art show inspired by the bicycle and featuring work from Swoon, Phil Frost, ESPO, Michel Gondry, Shepard Fairey, DAZE and many, many more. Tonight is the opening reception, but the show keeps on peddling through the 21st. Check extended entry for the full list of participants.
Date: Thursday May 17th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location:APT (419 W. 13th St. at 9th Ave.) Cost: Free
Come out tonight and bend your mind as some of New York's most innovative and white-hot DJ's bring it all night long in the basement of APT. "Star Eyes (Trouble & Bass/Syrup Girls), Work it. Jerk it. Ride it. Chicago ghetto house set. Jeremy Campbell (Tropical Computer System/Dazzle Ships) '80s Cosmic and Afro sounds from the 5th Dimension and Ron Morelli (FVK) Classic chicago bmx traxxx and 303 jaxxxx". Spray on your party pants and bring an open ear, this is gonna be a big one.
Date: Friday, May 18th Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm Location: Apple Store SoHo (103 Prince St) Cost: Free
One of the many things we love about the Apple store is the free events they frequently offer up. Tonight catch a screening of two short films and a discussion with the director Tiffany Shlain and Joseph Beyer after. "The Tribe : An Unorthodox, Unauthorized History of the Jewish People and Barbie Doll," weaves together archival footage, graphics, animation and slam poetry to take audiences on an educational ride through the history of both the Barbie doll and the Jewish people." The second film is "'Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness' offers up political and social satire regarding the current state of reproductive rights. Events are paired with found-footage, animation and original images, interwoven into a collage containing the fictional stories of a conservative politician, a young couple and a fundamentalist activist."
Date: Friday, May 18th- Sunday May 20th Time: Dusk til Midnight Location:General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church (175 9th ave @20th St) Cost: Free
Be the first to check this space. Be sure to check out other Cahun events on May 11. Also, it's a FREE Highline Festival Event! "David Bowie, who is the cofounder of the first H&M High Line Festival, will curate a multimedia installation that brings to life the work of Claude Cahun (1894-1954) and life-long partner, Marcel Moore(1892-1972). The exhibition, which employs the latest computer projection technology, will be installed in the gardens of the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church, in the shadow of the High Line. This is the first time the seminary has opened its gates to the public for an art project."
Date: Friday, May 18th Time: 9pm Location:Lost and Found Bar (113 Franklin St, Greenpoint) Cost: Free with Free hot dogs
Come on over to Lost and Found in Greenpoint for a free show withTournament,Animandible, Emergency Party and The Beets. Did we mention free hotdogs?! Get into it.
Date: Friday, May 18th Time: 9:00pm Location: Crash Mansion (199 Bowery at Spring) Cost: Free before 11 with RSVP ($5 after) Open Bar: Vodka, 9-10
I've been hammering BM Linx into your head for a minute now with their infectious dance party live show. This emerging electro rock trio sound like an amalagamation of all things 80's and british with just the right amount of Radio 4 thrown in for good measures. Tonight they invade the Between a Rock and a Hard Place weekly which means you get to see them for free with an open bar. Also on the line-up are Carlon, ArcKid, and Killing Phantoms.
Date: Friday, May 18th Time: 9:00pm Location: Hotel QT (125 West 45th) Cost: Free w/RSVP
Tonight NYC gets a visit from the other side of the country with Creme De La Creme. Last month they held it down in LA, and this month they serve up an equally good dish to the Hotel QT. Them Jeans will be playing his favorite pool party jams alongside some familiar NYC faces Roxy Cottontail, Catchdubs and DJ JM. Don't forget your bathing suit, the pool will be open!
Date: Friday, May 18th Time: 10:00pm Location: Element (225 East Houston) Cost: $6 before midnight with RSVP, $10 w/o and after 12
Bootie NYC returns again this month as San Francisco DJs Adrian and the Mysterious D – “poster children of the American mashup scene” – re-edit '60s soul over electro, J-pop over classic rock, new wave over indie, and even pop over glam to keep the dance floor moving all night. Their soundsystem is proper and they've even talked the venue into half price beers from 10-11 and lower drink prices across the board. They're even offering their Top 10 mashups for free download. Check 'em out here and peep some pics from last month here.
ATTN READERS! First 12 people to RSVP from FreeNYC get free admission for themselves and a guest! don't sleep!
Date: Friday, May 18th Time: 10:00pm Location: Rififi, 332 E 11th St Cost: Free with RSVP.
Sex, debauchery and lots of good music is promised tonight at TRASH!, and if you've been to Rififi before, you know what I'm talking about, if you haven't been to this seemingly quiet little spot, you will definitely have a fun, sweaty time. "dj jess and alex malfunction spin newave, britpop, electro, postpunk, glam and rocknroll. Hosted by twig the wonderkid, dress code enforced by brendon james. Filthy films and drink specials are promised. For more information on Trash, click here.
Date: Friday, May 18th Time: 10:00pm Location: Orchard Bar (200 Orchard St at Houston) Cost: Free with RSVP
"The Modular Monthly is back with "Dances With White Girls aka Frog (on The Rapture's Throne of Blood label), rad New York dude TES is coming by to do a short electro/MC style set ... and the lovely Math Head from the famed Trouble and Bass crew will also be on the decks!" This party gets packed so arrive early.
The crew over at BPM have teamed up with iTunes and Tunecore to put together a free 25 song download sampler with the likes of Smith and Mighty, Lismore, Black Market Robot, and more. Its totally free, just go here and grab the code.
Also, their sister mag, Vapors has snagged an exclusive deal to offer out the first codes to get your own custom Air Force Ones. These are in no way free ($250 a pop!) but if your a sneaker head then this may be your life long dream. You need to sign up for their free digital edition to get the code.
Date: Saturday, May 19th Time: 9:30am - 1:00pm Location: Prospect Park (PPWest and 9th St or Parkside & Ocean Aves) Cost: Free!
Summer's just around the corner at that means picnics, Bandshell concerts, cricket games, and other assorted park fun. Pitch in today to get things in top shape as volunteers clean and beautify the park this afternoon. All participants receive a free t-shirt and key chain (while supplies last) and students can receive community service credit for participating.
Date: Saturday, May 19th Time: 11:00am - Midnight Location: Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street) Cost: Free
Symphony Space's gift to the city for the past 29 years apparently is a marathon of opera which explores the world of Western opera over the past 400 years, from Baroque to contemporary. Highlights this year include a Master Class in Bel Canto singing with legendary soprano, Renata Scotto, the Opera Matinee section, featuring the New York City Opera Orchestra conducted by Gerald Steichen, members of the Metropolitan Opera's Young Artists Program. Click here for full line up and schedule.
Date: Saturday, May 19th Time: 1:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Starts at West 32nd Street between Fifth Avenue and Broadway Cost: Free
Celebrate out diversity, our love for dancing, and our unity in the first annual Dance Parade "Dance Parade is New York's first ever parade and festival of such scope and scale. We are celebrating everything from Break dance to Ballet with Burning Man Spirit and Love Parade Energy." The parade starts on 32nd St and dances all the way down to Washington Square Park!
Date: Saturday, May 19th Time: 3:00pm Location:PS 1 (22-25 Jackson Ave@46th ave, Long Island City) Cost: Free
British artist Linder talks about her upcoming exhibition at PS 1. "An active figure in the punk and post punk music scenes, she is best known for her collaged work - including the cover for the Buzzcocks's 1977 single Orgasm Addict. Linder, whose full name is Linder Sterling, has been creating photomontages for the past thrity years that combine imagery from pornography, car enthusiast publications, and other magazines associated with male interests and the objectification of women.
Linder is on view in the Mini-Kunsthalle through September 24. "
Date: Saturday, May 19th Time: 7:00pm - late Location:Brooklyn Collective Artisan Gallery (198 Columbia St btw Sackett and Degraw) Cost: Free Open Bar & Food7pm - 8pm (at Lido Bar Next Door)
Brooklyn Collective drops another arty party tonight with DJs, art (of course), free food, and an open bar. They start early and go late so if you're in the area... Full details here.
Mary Cook
Whitney Lee
David Aloia
Jene Despain
Becky Yazdan
Niccole Ugay
Nooworks
Jess Yam
Lewis Williams
Tessa Phillips
Rachel Goldberg
Alexandra Batsford
Species By The Thousands
Missy Broome
Jessica Bizer
Date: Saturday, May 19th Time: 9:30 (movie at 10) Location: M Shanghai, downstairs (129 Havemeyer at Grand, W'Burg) Cost: Free
Electro Disco DJ extrodinair Jeremy Campbell is back with his movie night dance party tonight since the closing of Tonic (RIP). Join their cozy downstairs den for cheap drinks, good times, and dancing until late. Delicious shanghai dumplings for sale upstairs til 2am.
Date: Saturday, May 19th Time: 10:00pm Location: Galapagos (70 N. 6th) Cost: Free
Some FreeNYC friends who you may remember are back in town tonight. Discolobos sets up shop at Galapagos, this time to celebrate the launch of their new new media/label site Fish and Crown. It'll be a two room dance party with funk, soul, new disco and hip hop in the front room and dancehall by Big League Chune in the backroom plus special guests Lou Lou of Thievery Corporation and Iron Lyon & The Grain.
Date: Saturday, May 19th Time: 10:00pm Location:Rebel (251 West 30th Street btw 7th and 8th) Cost: $10 on presale, $15 with RSVP Open Bar: Well 10-11 and $4 drinks til midnight
We're totally stoked about our new Bugjuice venue - frankly we think its the best new venue in NYC - and tonight they are opening their doors wide for a serious launch party. Club heads, Techno Avengers, and Dirty Electro kids know what a night with A Guy Called Gerald (LIVE!), Metro Area, Tim Sweeney (DFA), and Jacques Renault mean... serious dancing all night. Now what happens when you tack on 10 more DJs, 4 rooms of dancing, and open bar, and $4 drinks til midnight. Stop by Rebel tonight and see what we're buzzing about and RSVP Now. Full details below.
REBEL
Launch
presented by ((PHONO))
Main Floor (Upstairs):
A Guy Called Gerald - LIVE - (!K7)
Metro Area (Environ)
Tim Sweeney (DFA)
Jacques Renault (Runaway)
Upstairs Side Room:
Alex English (GBH/Cheeky Bastard)
Supervixen (Machine Punk)
Devin Dirt (Machine Punk)
CT Burners (Direct Drive)
Bar by: Nikki Sneakers
Main Floor (Downstairs):
Par Grindvik (Spectral/Drumcode)
Alexi Delano & Xpansoul (Plus 8)
ACB - Tim Xavier & Tony Rohr - LIVE - (Cocoon, Clink)
Date: Saturday, May 19th Time: 11:00pm - 4:00am Location: Supreme Trading (213 N 8th St, Williamsburg) Cost: Free
Late entry from the crew over at King Stampede as they drop their summer line release party tonight at Supreme Trading. The KS crew provides the beats and they'll be giving out free gear all night.
Date: Sunday, May 20th Time: 11:00am - 4:00am Location: all San Loco locations Cost: tacos 20¢
Mmmm tacos! Today marks 20 years of San Loco in NYC. And to celebrate and reward all of you for being such loyal mexican food enthusiasts they are serving up 20¢ tacos to everyone! And now the fine print: Limit five (5) per customer. Hard Shell beef tacos and bean/rice tacos only. Not valid for delivery service. Tax is not included. Offer valid while supplies last.
Date: Sunday, May 20th Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm Location: Museum of the Moving Image ( 36 Street between 34 and 35 Aves, Astoria) Cost: Free
Head out to the Museum of the Moving Image today and you will also get an all day street fair and celebration. Straight from productions shooting in in the city check out 20 film trailers and trucks, including star dressing rooms, hair and makeup, wardrobe, camera, electrical, and grip, props. There will also be special effects and stunt demos every hour, family workshops in the museum, food available from TomKats Movie Catering and movie professionals on hand to answer questions.
Date: Sunday, May 20th Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Venue: Riverside Park South, Pier I (Hudson River at W. 68th or W. 72nd Streets) Cost: Free
The moms who rock are back in the park! In conjunction with the New York Parks Department, Mamapalooza returns to Riverside Park South. Celebrating all things maternal, this music and art filled afternoon of folk, rock and mom-inspired crafts and food is a gathering for all ages, celebrating mothers and the people who love them. Performers Include: TOT ROCK with Audra Rox, Liz Queler, Mom’s The Word, Holly Figueroa, Whit Hill and The Postcards, Hide from Cleo, Jane Getter Band, Ulali, Toshi Reagon, The Basals, Francesca Beghe, Octavia Harp, Carol Lester & The World Women, and Leave It Alone. The dancers of Stefanie Nelson And Jeannie Zusy will also perform.
Date: Sunday, May 20th Time: 7:00pm Location:Marquise Dance Hall (291 Grand Street) Cost: Free
Washington, DC's Barrelhouse Magazine -a literary journal that aims to bridge the gap between pop culture and serious art - launches their fourth issuetonight with readings by Jennifer L. Knox, Catie Rosemurgy, and Gary J. Whitehead. Author bios below.
Jennifer L. Knox was born and raised in Lancaster, California, where absolutely anything can be made into a bong. Her work is featured in Best American Poetry 2006, and her book of poems, A Gringo Like Me, is available from Soft Skull Press.
Catie Rosemurgy is originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where she still spends time each year. She currently lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and teaches creative writing at The College of New Jersey. Her poetry collection, My Favorite Apocalypse, was published by Graywolf Press. She is the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Award for Emerging Female Writers and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Gary J. Whitehead is the author of The Velocity of Dust, as well as three chapbooks of poetry. His writing awards include a New York Foundation for the Arts grant in poetry, the Pearl Hogrefe Fellowship at Iowa State University, and the PEN Northwest Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency Award. He teaches high school English at Tenafly High School and lives in New York.
Date: Sunday, May 20th Time: 8:00pm Location: Ace of Clubs (9 Great Jones St) Cost:Free with RSVP (and girls)
"If you want to watch slippery girls writhing around in a bowl of jello (and let's face, who doesn't?), here's your chance. And if you think this is demeaning, it's not. It's all done in the name of female empowerment. Geez, what will those feminists think of next?" Note the new venue, the one on the flyer is wrong.
Date: 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month Time: 7:00pm Location: Barbés (376 9th St at Sixth Ave, Park Slope) Cost: Free
Barbés continues their bi-weekly Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series showcasing the "best in contemporary independent cinema" tonight with Able Raises Cain. "As far back as she can remember, Jenny Abel has seen her father appear on television under a variety of aliases, fooling news reporters and talk show hosts. He was continually plotting new ways to infiltrate the media with one of his seemingly absurd causes. Abel Raises Cain attempts to explain the true motives behind Alan's hoaxes and, in the process, allows for a different perspective on how the media operates. The film echoes Abel's ultimate message — that you can't believe everything you see, read or hear." Trailer below.
Date: Monday, May 21st Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Bar BQ (689 6th Ave at 20th St, Park Slope) Cost: Free
Not to be confused with the old Blue Owl Monday, Blue Monday is a more southern take on easing in your work week. Enjoy live blues (7-9) and free bourbon (7-8) if you can get out of work fast enough to hit the slope. If not, there's $2 Blue Points all night and, of course, BBQ). [found via the always excellent myopenbar.com]
Note: We can't find any proof of this online so I recommend that you call the venue at 718.499.4872 if you are making a long trek out. There may also be an email on their website.
Date: Monday, May 21st Time: 8:00pm Location: Pianos, downstairs (158 Ludlow at Stanton) Cost: Free
"Hot Tub is a super hilarious variety show in New York City, awarded "Best New Variety Show in 2005" by TimeOut NY. Created by Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal, the show features comedy, music, and general weirdness. It's fun. You'll like it. Hot Tub was developed at the People's Improv Theater where Kurt is a senior faculty member and Kristen performs with Big Black Car."
Date: Monday, May 21st Time: 11:00pm Location: Rockwood Music Hall (196 Allen Street at Houston) Cost: Free
The LES' tiny Rockwood Music Hall is constantly showcasing a fresh breath of singer songwriter talent night after night (for free!) Tonight, bilingual songstress Coral takes the mic alongsite 6 other's in daily showcase. This Argentinian native draws influence from Joan Baez to the Rolling Stones. Video with some familiar shots of the LES below as well as a full line-up for the night.
My favorite mid-week, cheap eats, muchathon is back in a big way. Now that Dino of Luke and Leroy has left NYC for the greener pastiers of Philly (don't worry the club will live on and you can still strip to your skivvy's every Saturday with tranny's and the folks who love them at Rated X) Taco Tuesday has found a new home. Munch on some cheap authentics SoCal Carne Asada Tacos (or Veggie ones if that's how you roll) for a mere buck and was them down with $4 margarita madness. This is the new regular home.... mmmmm... tacos.... Monster & Bacholar Party of the Brobots DJ
Date: Tuesday, May 22nd Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: The GalleryBar (120 Orchard St at Delancey) Cost:Free with RSVP List is closed
Peter Tunney closes out his exhibit tonight with a whole mess of goodies for ya. You get a chance to meet the 2nd sexiest Israel I've ever seen (Meital Dohan who is "Yael" on the hit Showtime series "Weeds") as she pushes her new book on you. Plus there are free MarieBelle chocolates, plus 3 hrs of free vodka and wine cocktails plus free French Waxing (a card for it, not in the gallery... don't be gross). Make sure to RSVP else its something ridiculous like $25.
Date: Tuesday, May 22nd Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location:Happy Ending (302 Broom St) Cost: Free Open Bar: Well Vodka, 11:30-12
Happy Ending is always good for a little late night booze-fest and tonight is no exception. Their new party, Dirty Disco mixes all the sounds the kids are diggin' these days... or in 1987... disco (duh), brit pop, indie, and new wave. While this will never replace the insanely debaucherous Sh!t Hammered weekly where I once say 4 Hassids shoot tequila while 2 lesbians made out on a bed in the middle of the dance floor - it should still prove to be a good time.
Date: Tuesday, May 22 Time: 11:00pm Location: 205 Chrystie St at Stanton Cost: Free
Come out tonight and check out this new-ish spot and rock your face off to some intense basement tracks courtesy of Ron "The Falcon" Morelli and his associates. Best described as dance music with afterburners, The Falconator and crew are true vinyl alchemists, mixing disparate recordings deftly in order to enthrall the masses. I have only stopped in, but 205 is a good joint that is worth checking out. Also walking distance to Happy Ending, if you wish to make an evening of it.
Date: Wed, May 23rd through the weekend Time: All day but most obvious at night Location: Time Square, Splash, Crobar... they're everywhere Cost:
Hide your girlfriends! Its fleet week, the time of year when thousands of hormone pent up sailors invade our bars and clubs fueled by ectasy and Budweiser to descend upon your peaceful existence as a local. Alternatively, if your a girl or boy out there looking for a bunch of patriotic seamen lovin' then its like ducks in a barrel out there.
strong>Date: Wednesday, May 23rd Time: 11am - 3pm Location: Chase Manhattan Plaza, between Liberty & Pine and Nassau & William Streets Cost: Admission is free; food is $3 - $5
So it seems at this point, I am doing the pilates not so much to be healthy, but to combat ALL of the food I consume on a daily basis. Today on your lunch break check out Dine Around Downtown. About 50 well known restaurants set up shop and serve signature menu items for $3 to $5 a plate. Yum! For a skinny girl, I sure do like food a lot.
"As The Sopranos bids its fans adieu, the show's creators have just released a comprehensive book, appropriately titled The Sopranos: The Book, to commemorate the beloved series. Today, cast members will sign copies for the adoring masses. We suggest getting there early." [via Papermag]
Date: Wednesday, May 23rd Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Blue Owl (196 2nd Ave, downstairs) Cost: Free Open Bar: Bathtub Gin, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
By now you all know my love for Blue Owl... Its nice to have a not so pretentious cocktail lounge downtown that you can grab a drink after work without too much fuss. Well now you know my love for Gin as well (current obsession is No. 209 from San Francisco ) so when you combine the two you've got my new favorite after work spot. Plus, the cocktails are top notch, music laid back, and happy hour goes until 11 with $5 drinks!
Date: Wednesday, May 23rd Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Brooklyn Public Library (396 Clinton St, Carrol Gardens) Cost: Free
Now that you've been religiously following the ways of FreeNYC - sapping up open bars, getting cultured on art openings and dancing away to free bands - its time to put that money to good use. Bryan Hanley continues his series of financial investment seminars for the young (and old) tonight with some knowledge on updating your spring finances and looking forward to a real estate owning future. If today's the day you start the 5 year plan then this is a good jumpoff
Date: Wednesday, May 23th Time: 7:00pm Location:Location One (26 Greene St btw. Grand and Canal) Cost: Free
"Does collaboration constitute compromise, act as a catalyst, or infer complexity? There has been much debate in recent times around collaboration in new media art practice. Amanda McDonald Crowley, Executive Director of EYEBEAM art and technology center in New York, will raise questions, deliberate on the issues, and propose some answers:
Does collaboration necessitate compromise? Does it mirror the practice of artists working in this field? Are new media practitioners even artists? What is the role of the curator in a collaborative cultural endeavor?" More below...
Amanda McDonald Crowley is the Executive Director of Eyebeam art and technology center in New York. In 2005 Amanda relocated from her native Australia where she had been based while working nationally, as well as in Europe and Asia, as an arts producer, facilitator, researcher and curator specializing in creating new media and contemporary art programs that encourage cross disciplinary practice, collaboration and exchange. Positions she has held include serving as the Executive Producer of the 2004 International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA2004), developing the event from concept to major conferences, exhibitions, performances, concerts and site specific installations on a ferry in the Baltic Sea and locations in Estonia and Finland; Associate Director for Adelaide Festival 2002; and Director of the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT), an organization with a national brief to foster links between the arts, sciences and new technology.
Date: Wednesday, May 23th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location:Fuse Gallery (93 2nd Ave btw 5th and 6th) Cost: Free
How about a "metaverse" art installation to get you all hot and bothered on a Wednesday. Afternoon. Futurist Jerry Paffendorf and "metaverse architect" Christian Westbrook exhibit "Destroy Television", an interactive virtual art installation, tonight concurrently at the Fuse Gallery and at GHava{SL} Center for the Arts which just happens to reside in the world of Second Life. Personally, I can't even manage my First Life so I am not really looking for another one but I'm loving this concept. "Destroy Television is an avatar in the user-created 3D virtual world of Second Life. But unlike other
avatars that are owned and controlled by individuals, Destroy is an expression of everyone who controls and speaks through it at destroytv.com..." More below.
As a result it encompasses many simultaneous voices and motivations, of which any given user can be one. For the duration of the show it will be recording a searchable video lifelog of its experience that visitors can easily explore, edit, and comment on. They can also click through its live online video and visit Destroy as an avatar inside Second Life, surf over to its lifelog afterwards and find themselves in its perfect memory as part of the menagerie. Additionally on display in Fuse Gallery and at GHava{SL} Center for the Arts will be an installation documenting Destroy's real life conception beneath the kitchen sink as well as its early days in Second Life.
Destroy Television unleashes numerous true intelligences on a world that's simultaneously finite and limitless. People who visit the avatar in real life at the gallery and in Second Life at the art center will be encouraged to interact, communicate, and perform with the avatar, and by doing so enter its lifelog, unforgettably.
Date: Wednesday, May 23rd Time: 7:00pm Location: Lazy Catfish (593 Lorimer St at Conselyea) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Jameson, 7-9
The Onion crew get together once again for the simple pleasure of knocking back a scotch or 7 tonight in Williamsburg. If your a scotch drinker, rather then an above-mentioned gin drinker, then this is where you'll belly up today. Have some Fried Chicken while you're there.
Date: Wednesday, May 23th Time: 8:00pm - late Location: Galapagos Art Space (60 N 6th St at Wythe) Cost: Free
"Three Times the Charm" will showcase thirty visual artists, four bands, and three d.j.s over the course of an evening celebrating explosive artistic talent. There is no more appropriate location for this evolutionary event than Galapagos, an island for displaying art in the sea of creativity that is Brooklyn. Feel, for one night, the eclectic energy of this evolving artistic ecosystem, an event in direct contrast to the critical atmosphere of New York City's often icy art world.
Art Party NYC is an art project in itself, an artist curated
experience, sculpting a supportive environment for emerging artists to
share their talents and expose the beauty that lies in underground art
in New York. Each Art Party emerges from the prior, absorbing ideas
and new participants as the series gains momentum. The theme of this
night is "chance" as the project expands in size and scope to a bigger space, a larger group of artists, and a broader audience. At this stage, the collaborative connections will be obvious—artists serve as muses for one another, fashion designers are costumers for bands, dancers and painters are co-workers, and many pose as models and actors in both video art and photography.
Art Party NYC is both a raging good time, and a foray into the epicenter of a salon-like community of creative production. Come celebrate with us and experience the exciting energy of chance, where anything is possible. The party is FREE, and launches at 8 pm,
rocking late night. Original artwork will be available for purchase.
Date: Tuesday, May 23rd Time: 8:00pm - 2:00am Location: The Delancey (168 Delancey Bet. CLinton and Attorney) Cost: Free
This event just keeps getting bigger and bigger each month. DJ Shakey and Moldover host Warper, an evening dedicated to laptop music and cutting edge electronica. Tonight evening features 17+ electronic music performers and projected Images from Full - Stealth and guests.
Date: Wednesday during Lost Time: 9:00pm Location: Professor Thoms (219 2nd Ave btw 13th & 14th) Cost: Free
Professor Thoms - the folks who bring you the Jack Bauer Power Hour during 24 - are helping make this season's Lost viewing a bit more palatable with their "Get Lost" night. There are free shots of Jungle Juice if anyone says "the others" and free Mind Erasers if anyone dies. $5 tropical drinks all night.
Date: Thursday, May 24th Time: 6:00pm Location: Brooklyn Brewery (79 N. 11 St.) Cost: Free
Attention Williamsburg and Greenpoint residents! In conjuction with the upcoming condo conversion of the entire Williamsburg waterfront, Messr. Bloomberg's real estate cabal has designated this 3-mile section of the proposed community greenway that is to go from Coney Island to the Navy Yard as "passive greenway" meaning no bikes! Come out and make your voices heard and more importantly, take part in a community workshop session to plot the future of your neighborhood. This is a hands-on workshop, not a board meeting, which is more interactive and sounds more fun. Oh, and there's also free beer. Register today because space is limited. For more information on this event, click here.
Date: Thursday May 24th Time: 6:30pm Location: City Reliquary Museum (370 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer) Cost: Free
As part of BikeWeek, Civic Riders is holding a low-key ride from Williamsburg to the Brooklyn Bridge for birthday cake and champagne on the Brooklyn Anchorage to celebrate the bridge's 124th birthday! Also check in here for more info on all of the ongoing BikeWeek festivities.
Date: Thursday, May 24th Time: 10:00pm Location:The Delancey (Delancey @ Attorney) Cost: $5 with RSVP Open Bar: "Surprise open vodka bar"
John Cameron Mitchell of Hedwig/Shortbus fame hosts James Copolla's weekly at Unisex Salon. Multi-media performances, weekly antics and surprise guest roasters celebrate the Unitard's Epiphany's dirty 30th. Special performance by Modern Gypsies and the Dueling Bankheads.
Dress in your fanciest trashy prom wear. Pukestains a bonus.
Date: Thursday, May 24th Time: 9:00pm Location: Cyn Bar (N 5 and Bedford, Wburg) Cost: Free
Brooklyn Boys- come to Queers, Beers and Rears for your weekly dosage of Punk Rock. Guest DJ L Mary Cohn (Luis from Pansy Division/Avengers) joins residents Go-Karff, Andrew Martini (Limpwrist) and Sir Loins. The boys are having a free record swap at 9pm, so get there! I KNOW they have great record collections. Happy hour ends at 9, so you might as well make a night of it!
Date: Thursday, May 24th Time: 10:00pm Location:Hiro Ballroom, 363 W. 16th St. at 9th Ave. Cost: Free with RSVP.
Come out and see what England's coolest synth-pop masters decide to spin as Ladytron's Mira & Reuben will be selecting records tonight at the always-interesting Hiro Ballroom. In addition, Brooklyn's Kudu will be giving delivering a live set, which is worth the trip alone.There will undoubtedly bee a ton of people here, so be sure to RSVP early.
Date: Thursday, May 24th Time: 10:00pm Location: Sutra (16 1st Ave at 1st St) Cost: Free
There are a couple of "back in the day" spots from the pre-Guliani era of NYC that just seem too goo to be true. For me, it was probably The Wetlands (for everything from Concrete Jungle and The Skadanks, to my first Phish show [re: I'm a dirty hippie]), Liquid Sky on St. Marks, Save the Robots (now Midway), and Bar XVI. The original DJ crew that rotated through this place names like Nickodemus, Evil Dee, $mall ¢hange, Chill Freez, Jazzy Nice, DJ Elevator Man, Swingsett, Chris Love, Richie, and Pete Nice, have gone on to be influential and ground-breaking players on the seen (Turntables on the Hudson, Giant Step, Beatminerz, Ism, Stuck on Earth). Tonight, ALL the above mentioned unite for a throw back party at their old spot (now sutra). Not to be missed.
dj's
NICKODEMUS - organic grooves/soup giantstep
EVIL DEE - the beatminerz/bar XVI
SMALL CHANGE /bar XVI
CHILL FREEZ - organic grooves/soup/giantstep
JAZZY NICE- organic grooves/soup/giantstep
DJ ELEVATOR MAN /bar XVI
SWINGSETT - ism records/bar XVI
CHRIS LOVE - soup /bar XVI
RICHIE - hot fudge sunday's
PETE NICE - hot fudge sundays
hosted by
FATCOP XXL
DOWNTOWN EMILY BROWN
JOEY CASSANOVA
ROB REWIND
SEMI-AUTO
Date: Friday, May 25th Time: 7:00am - 9:00am Location: Bryant Park Upper Terrace Cost: Free
You know its officially summer when not only is everyone leaving town and heading to the beach for the weekend, but when all the summer concert series begin. Today Fergie Ferg and her lady lumps are at Bryant Park for the Good Morning America concert series. You better wake up early though 'cause her London Bridge goes down at 7am.
Also, in case you haven't seen it, HERE is Alanis Morissette's rendition of Fergie's "My Humps", the best musical parody I have seen in a long time.
Date: Friday, May 25th Time: 4:00pm Location:2-03 Borden Ave (Long Island City) Cost: Free beach access, cheap eats and beer
Memorial Day weekend kicks of summer- and the season opening of Harry's Water Taxi Beach. If you haven't been, you must check it out. Harry's has trucked in massive amounts of sand, forming a fake beach which overlooks Midtown Manhattan (see for yourself). Come play volleyball, eat and drink around the many picnic tables and enjoy live music from time to time. I'm a summer baby, so I'm dying to have my birthday there this year (private and semi-private parties available.) And! You can take the water taxi to get there!
Diamond Rings and Cutlass Supremes is back with the second installment of their party in Williamsburg. To start with there is free BBQ from 9 to 10. Mmm meat! And then you got DJs Evil Dee, Yamez, and Iron Lyon on music. Plus there is are cheap beers and 2-for-1 Smirnoff drinks from 1 to 2 and a huge backyard, a.k.a. smoker friendly!
Tonight check out Dance Dance Library Revolution, complete with Dewey Decimal themed cocktails. Host, Jonathan from New York Night Train spins tunes and spices things up for a group of librarians devoted to soaking in the area's literary and alcoholic offerings. Proving once again that I'm a huge dork, I gotta say any event that references the dewey decimal system is pretty awesome in my book. Oh and speaking of books, anyone who brings a non-fiction paperback to donate to Books Through Bars gets a free drink!
Date: Saturday, May 26th Time: 12:00-6:00pm Location: City Reliquary Museum (370 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer) Cost: Free
Come to a block party for your bike! Contests for all kinds of bikes, live music, cheap beer, great food and fun! Come show off your ride to the masses and kick it with your two-wheeled brethren from all five boroughs and all walks of life.
Date: Saturday, May 26th and Sunday, May 27th Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Location: Stay Gold Gallery (451 Grand Street) Cost: Free
After 4 years at their current location Stay Gold gallery is packin' it up an heading for a new location, and should be up and running in the fall. In the meantime they have tons of artwork, furniture, knicknacks, dishes, work tables, art magazines, shelving, records, cd's, clothing, and basically anything that isn't physically attached to their building, for sale and ready for purchase all weekend. Plus there will be music, bbq and drinks!
Date: Saturday, May 26th Time: 7:00pm Location:MF Gallery, 157 Rivington St. Cost: Free
Following the success of 2006's Zombie Art Show, the MF Gallery have decided to reprise their tribute to the legions of the undead, complete with free brains. This is your final chance to see the show and catch a live performance by Dethrace, "a Band of Satanic Superhero Robots, following the legacy of GWAR, Kiss, The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, with a little G.G. Allin mixed in for fun" Admission is free and open to all ages, no RSVP required...BUT ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!"
Date: Saturday, May 26th Time: 12:00am - 4:00am Location: Luna Lounge (361 Metropolitan, W'burg) Cost: Free
I'm sure you've seen Sharegroove parties on FreeNYC before, but today they get themselves a brand new home. They are moving the party to Luna Lounge tonight but they are bringin' the fun with them. DJ's Duckcomb & ShakeWell plus special guest Shawn from K&M Bar/NO E.Q. spin deep disco, future classics, and all around funky good time.
Date: Saturday, May 26th and Sunday, May 27th Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Location: Stay Gold Gallery (451 Grand Street) Cost: Free
After 4 years at their current location Stay Gold gallery is packin' it up an heading for a new location, and should be up and running in the fall. In the meantime they have tons of artwork, furniture, knicknacks, dishes, work tables, art magazines, shelving, records, cd's, clothing, and basically anything that isn't physically attached to their building, for sale and ready for purchase all weekend. Plus there will be music, bbq and drinks!
No Selector Sundays is a collective of forward thinking local musicians involved with and inspired by DJ culture. The night was founded by accomplished musicians Guy Licata and Abe Sieferth, along with veteran NYC DJs Jesse Mann and Evan Baggs. Jesse and Evan continue to hold down the evening on a weekly basis, bringing in a healthy assortment of talented live musicians, along with some of the best DJs the city has to offer. The focus is on great music in all of its forms, culminating in a mish mash of funk, soul, afro, latin, jazz, house, broken beats, disco, electro, and assorted danceable breaks. This week Soul Survivors, led by Chauncey Yearwood (Pimps of Joytime, Escort) will play two sets of funk, soul, and percussive goodness white Jesse Mann and Kid Kameleon spin.
Date: Monday, May 28th Time: 9:00am Location: Green-wood Cemetery, 5th Ave at 25th St., Brooklyn Cost: Free
In Brooklyn's historic Green-wood Cemetery, there will be Memorial Day events all day long today, beginning with the march of the Civil War Veterans, a re-enactment in memory of those unknown casualties of the civil war. Spooky! There will be a concert at 2:00pm, "The ninth annual Memorial Day concert sponsored by the Green-Wood Historic Fund and featuring the band of Long Island conducted by Michael Flamhaft with fanfare trumpets from the United States Merchant Marine Academy". For more information on this event, click here.
Date: Monday, May 28th Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Bar BQ (689 6th Ave at 20th St, Park Slope) Cost: Free
I'm not sure if this is going on today, but hopefully the folks at BBQ will be rockin on what will be a beautiful Memorial Day. Not to be confused with the old Blue Owl Monday, Blue Monday is a more southern take on easing in your work week. Enjoy live blues (7-9) and free bourbon (7-8) if you can get out of work fast enough to hit the slope. If not, there's $2 Blue Points all night and, of course, BBQ). [found via the always excellent myopenbar.com]
I recommend that you call the venue at 718.499.4872 if you are making a long trek out just to make sure they are open today.
Date: Monday, May 28th Time: 10:00pm Location:Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (btw Wythe and Kent) Cost: Free
Nasty Canasta hosts this night of classic Burlesque. Come on out after your sunburn and BBQ fix is solid for what should be a night of good clean fun. Conventioneers and recent divorcees welcome. Not 100% sure that it's free tonight, but it usually is. Otherwise it's five dollars, which is well worth it for the quality of the drinks and for covering the cost of pasties these days...
Date: Tuesday, March 6th Time: 8:30pm - 10:00pm Location: Lazy Catfish (593 Lorimer St at Conselyea) Open Bar: PBR & Hot Dogs, 8:30-10
Not sure if there's music or DJs but there are always board games and Galaga to play. Plus, with free PBR and hot dogs, and $1 wells from 10-11 afterwards this is pretty much a sure fire cheap night out.
Date: Tuesday, May 29th Time: 7:00pm - 1:00am Location: Crash Mansion (199 Bowery at Spring) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: 7-9
Last Expansion Team event I went to was a huge banger with Swindle magazine on the old Frying Pan. Great party for Swindle, but everyone was like "Expansion who?" Turns out, these guys are the musical arm of one of the most unbelievable motion graphics shops here in New York, EyeballNYC. Tonight they kick off their new music label with more intimate celebration involving live sets by The Beasts of Eden, Groove Collective co-founder Genji Siraisi, and Balún. I've been a long time Groove Collective fan and Genji's got a dope new downtempo CD out, Censorsh!t, so I'm real excited to hear what it sounds like live and Beasts of Eden do that neo-retro indie rock thing just right. 2hrs of open bar is no slouch either. RSVP closes May 27th so get on it.
Date: Tuesday, May 29th Time: 7:00pm Location:Stanton Public (85 East 4th St.) Cost: Free
"Mobsters. Big hair. The smelly Turnpike. The poor cousin of its glittering neighbor Manhattan. Could that really be all there is to New Jersey? [The new story collection ] Living on the Edge of the World, the best and brightest young writers from the much maligned state answer back with edgy, irreverent pieces of nonfiction paying tribute to New Jersey's unique place in the cultural consciousness." Tonight the author's converge upon the city's finest lit bar for a book launch reading of sorts.
My favorite mid-week, cheap eats, muchathon is back in a big way. Now that Dino of Luke and Leroy has left NYC for the greener pastures of Philly (don't worry the club will live on and you can still strip to your skivvy's every Saturday with tranny's and the folks who love them at Rated X) Taco Tuesday has found a new home. Munch on some cheap authentic SoCal Carne Asada Tacos (or Veggie ones if that's how you roll) for a mere buck and wash them down with $4 margarita madness. This is the new regular home.... mmmmm... tacos.... Monster & Bacholar Party of the Brobots DJ.
Date: Tuesday, May 29th Time: 8:00pm Location:Galapagos Art Space (60 N. 6th St at Wythe, W'burg) Cost: Free
Come out and catch a perfect summer flick to get you into the water on the big screen and support some of New York's upcoming filmmakers tonight as Galapagos hosts JAWS. Reel Life Moviehouse sponsors the night and advises you to get there early for the best seat. Also they will be "giving away free drinks to whomever brings the most ferocious stuffed animal". Sounds good.
Date: Tuesday, May 29th Time: 10:00pm Location:Stanton Public (17 Stanton St. at Chrystie St.) Cost: Free Open Bar: Vodka 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Don't let Stanton Public's really strange website fool you into thinking this night isn't worth checking out. Tonight DJs Chasekillz and Andy Pry bring you the bangers that get your feet moving. Finish off Memorial Day Weekend right, and get there early for the open vodka bar. It is a fake Monday after all....
Date: Wednesdays Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Blue Owl (196 2nd Ave, downstairs) Cost: Free Open Bar: Bathtub Gin, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
By now you all know my love for Blue Owl... Its nice to have a not so pretentious cocktail lounge downtown that you can grab a drink after work without too much fuss. Well now you know my love for Gin as well (current obsession is No. 209 from San Francisco ) so when you combine the two you've got my new favorite after work spot. Plus, the cocktails are top notch, music laid back, and happy hour goes until 11 with $5 drinks!
Date: Wednesday, May 30th Time: 5:30pm Location: Automotive High School (50 Bedbord Ave, W'Burg) Cost: Free with RSVP
Join Generation Engage this afternoon for a free screening of Street Fight. "Street Fight chronicles the bare-knuckles race for Mayor of Newark, N.J. between Cory Booker, a 32-year-old Rhodes Scholar/Yale Law School grad, and Sharpe James, the four-term incumbent and undisputed champion of New Jersey politics. Fought in Newark's neighborhoods and housing projects, the battle pits Booker against an old style political machine that uses any means necessary to crush its opponents: city workers who do not support the mayor are demoted; "disloyal" businesses are targeted by code enforcement; a campaigner is detained and accused of terrorism; and disks of voter data are burglarized in the night. The battle sheds light on important American questions about democracy, power and -- in a surprising twist -- race... " More info and Trailer below...
Both Booker and James are African-American Democrats, but when the mayor accuses the Ivy League educated Booker of not being "really black" it forces voters to examine both how we define race in this country. "We tell our children to get educated," one Newarker says, "and when they do, we call them white. What kind of a message does that send?"
Street Fight tells a gripping story of the underbelly of democracy where elections are not about spin-doctors, media consultants, or photo ops. In Newark, we discover, elections are won and lost in the streets.
Generation Engage is a nonpartisan youth-civic-engagement initiative that connects young Americans to political leaders, to other civic organizations, and to meaningful debate about the future they will inherit. They've worked with Corretta Scott King, Spike Lee, Newt Gingrich , Gore, Clinton and many others.
Date: Wednesday, May 30th Time: 7:00pm Location:KGB bar, 85 E. 4th St. Cost: Free
Come and join Open City literary magazine as they celebrate the publication of Jerome Badanes' book of poetry, Long Live a Hunger to Feed Each Other. Open City is one of New York's greatest literary magazines and they continue to only deal with the masters of the written word, and as you will discern if you attend, the coolest of venues for such events. For more information on their ongoing series of readings, click here.
Date: Wednesday, May 30th Time: 7:00pm Location: Socrates Sculpture Park (32-01 Vernon Blvd, LIC - directions) Cost: Free
The second night of the film portion of, L.I.C, NYC, an exhibition celebrating the working artists of Long Island City, curated by Andréa Salerno. The exhibit also features work by FreeNYC favorites Flux Factory, and monumental balloon sculptures by Jason Hackenwerth. Exhibit continues through August 5th.
Date: Wednesday, May 30th Time: 7:30pm Location: Dempsey's Pub (61 2nd Ave at 4th St) Cost: Free, 2 drink minimum
"Test your drunken bar knowlege as Dempsey's Pub's night of smartass trivia returns. For five fast-paced rounds, you and 5 of your friends pit your wits against other Trivial Pursuit addicts for free drinks and prizes. 21+ [via Shecky's]
Date: Wednesday, May 30th Time: 10:00pm Location: 205 Bar (205 Chrystie St at Stanton) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: 10 Cane Rum, 10-11
I haven't posted a magazine party in a while now (they tend to get a little upset with us when we do), a lot of my favorite things come together tonight so I thought I'd share. First you've got Planet Magazine who - despite leaning towards the "appeal to our advertisers and lean more towards the mindless - but well written - editorial" route - are a fantastic travel magazine for a new, globetrotting generation. Then you have 205 Bar, which is too cool for school but in a very good, fun way. Then you've got 10 Cane rum, the Hennesey of Rum's (because its from the same company). So there you have it... party it up!
Date: Thursday, May 31st - Tuesday, June 12th Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm Location: 33 West 17th Cost: entrance is free, merchandise varies
Its the most wonderful time of the year... the sun is shining, the weather is warm and Triple 5 Soul is having their spring sample sale. You can score mens and womens T5S clothing, shoes and bags at 20% to 50% off. Its actually a really good deal considering its a lot of the same merchandise you have been longing over in their store for a couple months.
Date: Thursday, May 31st Time: 4:30pm - 7:30pm Location: The Annex (152 Orchard St) Cost: Free Open Bar: Macau and Devassa "tasting," 4:30-7:30
Bypass your usual happy hour haunt for some free beers, appetizers, and music at LES hotspot, The Annex. DJ Joro-Boro of the infamouse Bulgarian Bar spins alongside a live set from Romashka. Plus, there's free Macau and Devassa beer (which is actually pretty good... the Devassa not the Macau, that's like Chinese Heineken) and mini veggie/meat burgers.
Date: Thursday, May 31st Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Honey Space (11th Ave btw. 21st and 22nd St) Cost: Free Open Bar: something
New Gallery Honey Space kicks open their doors with a solo show by Thomas Beale. The press release offers us "otherworldly food, homemade drinks, one New Orleans circus star, a 9-piece brass band, and the products of years of concentrated effort." If they deliver, this should be the most interesting opening in the gallery district tonight. Hope a couple other stops if you head that way as Thursday is always gallery opening day. Check out Art Cards for the best details on that.
