Date: Thursday, May 1st Time: 7:00pm Location: Angels & Kings (500 East 11th St. Cost: Free, 2 drink minimum
As most of you know from reading FreeNYC, every once and a while I like to nerd out on some science and all around geeky stuff. Lately I am finding more people of a similar dorky mindset. And apparently the people over at Angels and Kings as they host Nerd Nite described pretty accurately as "like the Discovery Channel with beer." Tonight's Nerd Nite edition features Manhattan Borough historian Mike Miscione who will talk about the consolidation of New York, a human parasites presentation by Dr. John Dodson and Neil Janowitz who'll talk about car stereo competitions. more below. 21+
Presentation #1:
The Battle to Bind the Boroughs: The Consolidation of 1898
by Mike Miscione
Description: In 1898 the patchwork of rival municipalities around New York harbor were joined together to create the five-borough New York City that exists today. But the city that never sleeps was almost the city that never was. Michael will describe the clash between the pro-consolidationists, led by civic visionary Andrew H. Green (“the 19th century Robert Moses”), and the Brooklyn loyalists who opposed them. He’ll also answer that age-old question, “Why on earth did we let Staten Island join the club?”
Presentation #2
Human Parasites II: Revenge of the Protozoa
Human Parasites II. From a single-celled ameoba that eats your brain to giant worms that live in your intestines, human parasites come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Billions of people worldwide are affected by parasitic disease, many without even knowing it. In Dr. Dodson's second installation of his parasite talk, we'll learn about some of the more exotic human parasites as well as a few that are here in our own
backyard.
Presentation #3
So You Want A Competition-Quality Car Stereo: An Impractical Primer for New Yorkers Who Likely have Neither a Car nor the Desire to Enter the Car He or She Doesn’t have in Car Stereo Competitions
Description: Most people associate elaborate car stereos with douches who amble around emitting enough bass to rankle the corpse of Charles Richter. This is appropriate, because most car stereo owners are douches who amble around emitting enough bass to rankle the corpse of Charles Richter. But there is a small sub-set of car stereo enthusiasts whose aim it is to turn their vehicles into an aural utopia; one meant not to annoy, but rather to enlighten, all those who sit shotgun. Theirs is a
mission involving high degrees of skill in electrical and mechanical engineering, physics, and wood and fiberglass fabrication. It's an undertaking costing tens of thousands of dollars. And it's a process you will leave Angels and Kings fully understanding.
Date: Thursday, May 1st Time: 7:00pm Location: Book Culture (536 W 112th St, bet Broadway and Amsterdam Ave) Cost: Free
"Nineteen sixty-eight was a formative year for the left. The feminist, civil rights, and antiwar movements mobilized the idealism of many. But there were also many political disappointments: the Kennedy and King assassinations, the Soviet crackdown in Prague, the Chicago riots." Tonight, Dissent magazine editors Marshall Berman, Mitchell Cohen, Ann Snitow, and Michael Walzer will contemplate that tumultuous year--and its significance for today's left. There will be wine, cheese, and schmoozing after the talk. All Ages
Date: Thursday, May 1st Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Black Box Galery, Hunter College (695 Park Ave, 5th Fl, Room 544N) Cost: Free
IMAterial – the sixth annual showcase of Hunter College's MFA in Integrated Media Arts program (IMA-MFA) – kicks off a three-day exhibit today that will highlight the body of digital and new media art, including video, interactive, installation, performance, games and web-based art, produced by students and faculty of the IMA-MFA program. The show's title—IMAterial—refers not only to the body of work produced by the Hunter College's Integrated Media Arts MFA program, but to the physical intangibility of new media and digital work; the challenge of interdisciplinary and new media artists to make their artistic and political work both relevant and of substance; and, finally, to the underlying spirit that drives the artistic production and practice of the students and faculty in the IMA-MFA program. Continues through the weekend. All Ages.
Date: Thursday, May 1st Time: 8:00pm Location: Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater, (155 West 65th St) Cost: Free with ticket
"Conductor Jeffrey Milarsky leads the Juilliard Orchestra in the School’s annual evening of new compositions by Juilliard student composers tonight. On the program is Jakub Ciupiński’s D.J. Guillaume, based on the art of remixing, as well as Nicholas Csicsko’s Upon the King, Michael Gilbertson’s Vigil, Reinaldo Moya’s Aurora Australis, and Armand Ranjbaran’s Flashpoint. Young composers, the Juilliard Orchestra, and five new works – this is the remix." Grab tickets from the Juilliard Box Office, located at 60 Lincoln Center Plaza. Box Office from 11 AM – 6 PM. The Juilliard Box Office is accessible by elevator, escalator, or stairs located on W. 65th Street near Amsterdam Avenue. All Ages
Date: Thursday, May 1st Time: 9:00pm Location: Hiro Ballroom (371 West 16th St) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Lucky Beer, 9-10
Those Cheeky Bastard guys are taking a break from their usual hipster-electro-ladden format this evening for a new artist showcase featuring Enon, Men, Children and Women, & Blonde Acid Cult. DJ's round out there night and there's an open bar to kick it of... 21+
A new weekly jammer from from the dormant 1900s crew kicks off tonight at the revamped Midway space. Ninja Tune's Blockhead and electro crooner Baby Dayliner take on DJ duties all night long dropping whatever they feel like (aka Soul, Breakbeats, 90s Hip Hop, Disco, New Wave ect.) $5 beer and whisky shot specials all night. 21+
Date: Thursday, May 1st Time: 10:00pm Location: APT (419 W 13th St) Cost: Free
"Justin Van Der Volgen, the former multi-instrumentalist and sound maestro for !!! and Outhud; Justin Miller, 205 Tuesdays resident and DFA representative; and Justin Carter, Nublu affiliate, man behind the scenes at APT, and Beach Party resident; put their hands together to become one Voltron-like conglomeration of Justins tonight in the basement. We think you’ll put your hands together too." 21+
