Date: Wednesday, January 16th Time: Weekdays 10:00am - 7:00pm; Weekends 11:00am - 7:00pm Location: powerHouse Arena (37 Main Street at Water Street, Dumbo) Cost: Free
The powerHouse Arena, presents Windows on Main: The powerHouse boilerRoom a new gallery of 250 square feet frontage on Main Street. Visible from street level, the boilerRoom will be open to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, allowing exhibiting artists maximum visibility in this hot young arts community. Opening January 16, The powerHouse boilerRoom in conjunction Ultimate Fighting Championship® with presents Octagon: Photographs by Kevin Lynch (which accompanies the release of the eponymous limited edition clothbound book). Lynch has photographed Ultimate Fighters in a series of photographs including before and after shots at fights.
Date: Thursday, January 17th Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Gallery Hanahou (611 Broadway, Suite 730) Cost: Free
Four years and over 450 images come off the web and into real life today at Gallery Hanahou. The exhibit is the physical incarnation of Der Bilderklub, a Berlin-based virtual community where professional illustrators share their visual lives, through personal drawings, sketches, and photographs on an everyday basis. Artists will include Tina Berning, LULU*, Julia Pfaller, Sascha Bierl, Maria Tackmann, Regina Heinlein, Gisela Goppel and more. The artwork will be exhibited as limited-edition 5"x5" prints, available for $12 each.
Date: Wednesday, January 16th Time: 7:00pm Location: The Annex (152 Orchard) Cost: Free with RSVP
While a lot of partys are taking things to the softer side tonight, High Voltage is starting 2008 off with their patented brand of dirty electro that's guaranteed to get you through the midweek slump. Tonight's DJs are Andy Pry, Dances With White Girls and DJ Druzzi. Plus free Zygo vodka from 11pm 'til the bottles run dry.
Date: Wednesday, January 15th Time: 7:30pm & 9:00pm Location: Donna Da Vine Wine Bar (378 Atlantic Ave at Hoyt St, BoCoCa) Cost: Free
FreeNYC's favorite violinist, Skye Steele, takes his quintet out for a quieter stroll tonight at Donna Da Vine's weekly live jazz event. They'll be playing two sets, sans drums for you to night while you relax and sip your nice tempranillo. "The Skye Steele Quintet has collected a menagerie of musical creatures from around the world and let them cross-breed to create a brood of exotic and enchanting new species only to be found in 21st-century Brooklyn. Erik Satie and John Coltrane discuss American politics, a Turkish wedding band ransacks Sesame Street, an olde Irish bard falls in love with a Persian princess, and much more. featuring Harel Shachal, Ben Cassorla, Mike Savino, John Hadfield and Satoshi Takeishi." 21+
Date: Wednesdays Time: 8:00pm Location:The Greenwich Treehouse (46 Greenwich Ave. bet. Perry & Charles St.) Cost: Free
Here's a new comedy weekly to spice up your hump day. Hadiya Robinson from BET's Comic View host come of the country's hottest up and comers as seen on
Comedy Central, Def Jam and Bad Boys of Comedy. 21+
Nothing like a free dose of Pornography to help spice up the week. This week's is aimed at the electro-disco crowd, with a special guest appearance by Chicago darling Alexander Bassett. Mike Dextro who has been a resident at Pianos for sometime now, also joins in the fun. Doesnt matter if its Electro, Baltimore, Techno, or Bangers, he'll keep you movin'. Also appearing live will be Kid Ginseng, playing to support his new 12". And as always resident DJ, Ole. No wonder they call it Pornography, there are a whole lotta dudes all doin it together in one room!
Date: Wednesday, January 16th Time: 10:00pm Location: Ottos Shrunken Head (538 West 14th Street near Avenue B) Cost: Free
You've got mixes, remixes, covers, samples, everyone is stealing and borrowing and reinterpreting from one another, so why shouldn't there be a night dedicated to such unoriginal creativity. Copycat is a night of cover songs, remixes and all the hits with DJ Xerox. Plus live sets tonight from Debbie Sassiver at 10pm and Melvis at 11pm playing Melvins songs matched with Elvis tunes.
Date: Wednesday, January 18th Time: 10:00pm Location: Rose Live Music (345 Grand St. btw Havemeyer and Marcy) Cost: Free
Subphonik Music takes over Rose Wednesday nights and brings you live hip hop, soul, jazz and, plus they always throw a little freestyle jam session in there for good measure. Tonight they celebrate the return of their artists Baba from tour, who will be performing along with Homeboy Sandman, beats by Yako 440, and hosted by Core Rhythm.
This is a pretty sweet midweek dj treat for you as Turntable Lab's resident boogie-house heads, Snack and C'Mish, drop by the weekly Moonwalk party for an all vinyl set tonight. Aside from the vinyl MP3 junkies out there, these boys are still flying under the radar so tonight is a great chance to catch them on the local before the global scene picks them up. Equally talented residented Rezound and Cousin Cole balance out the 4X4 beats with Bmore, Ghetto Tech, and the like. 21+
