Date: Saturday, May 31st Time: 10:00pm Location: Galapagos (70 N 6th, W'burg) Cost: $5 w/RSVP Open Bar: Vodka 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Crooked Disco is back with their monthly one-room throw down dedicated to hands-in-the-air electronic goodness. It’s a very special tag team night this time around as Proper Villians (Jon [s] & Jesse Mann) and Sound Advice (K. Ross & Elsewhere) join residents DJ Morsy and DJ Kestar for a night of disco, electro, bmore, funky house, custom blends and who knows what else. Plus, we’re celebrating the release of Sound Advice’s new self-titled 12", so you’re sure to hear some exclusive new club bangers. Good Wood and the FPC guest host and help you get your party on all night and we kick things off with an open vodka bar at 10pm so don’t sleep!
Date: Saturday, May 31st Time: 3:00pm Location: Governors Island Cost: Free
Do you ever wake up in the morning and say "Man, I wish I could go to a polo game today." Yeah, me either. But the folks over at Veuve Cliquot have been waiting for 70 years since the last polo match was played in NYC. Ralph Lauren's team, Blackwatch (including Nacho Figueras), is playing against Asprey team. Veuve Clicquot champagne bar will be open field-side during the event and picnics are allowed and encouraged. Free ferries run from Manhattan to Gov Island every 30 minutes. Family friendly!
Date: Saturday, May 31st Time: 3:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Dreamland Pavilion Coney Island Cost: Free
"One of New York City’s successful and long running soirees, The Melting Pot NYC kicks its summer music series Coney Island stylee. The series of six features the global dance soul sounds of MPot resident DJs Kervyn Mark and Kamala. The first edition on May 31, will have all-world/all-star DJ-producer Louie Vega (Vega Records) and dance music arsonist Chris Annibell (Afrokinetic) as special guests bringing funky dance rhythms to the boardwalk. Throw in a ride on the Cyclone and a corndog!"
Date: Saturday, May 31st Time: 6:00pm - 4:00am+ Location: World Financial Center Cost: Free
As artistically inclusive as it is audience-friendly, Bang on a Can's annual 12-hour Marathon has become one of the most diverse, most open and most exciting music events in the world. "Imagine Lollapalooza advised by the ghost of John Cage," Vanity Fair wrote. "There are other places to hear new contemporary music, but it is seldom offered with such a potent blend of intensity, authority, and abandon." Last year's clocked in at a non-stop 27+ hrs of free avant guard music from the likes of Karsh Kale, Dan Deacon, Crash Ensemble, and more. Full details here. All Ages.
Date: Saturday, May 31st Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Battery Maritime Building (10 South St) Cost: Free
"Creative Time presents Playing the Building, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation by renowned artist David Byrne. The artist transforms the interior of the landmark Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan into a massive sound sculpture that all visitors are invited to sit and 'play.' The project consists of a retrofitted antique organ, placed in the center of the building's cavernous second-floor gallery, that controls a series of devices attached to its structural features—metal beams, plumbing, electrical conduits, and heating and water pipes. These machines vibrate, strike, and blow across the building’s elements, triggering unique harmonics and producing finely tuned sounds."
Date: Saturday, May 31st Time: 7:00pm Location:MF Gallery, 157 Rivington St. Cost: Free
Following the success of the last two Zombie Art Show, the MF Gallery have decided to continue their tribute to the legions of the undead. The Opening Party in April drew a mixed crowd of Zombies and Humans. Dethrace, a Band of Satanic Superhero Robots, delivered a deadly 2000 megawatt performance and then had a bloody battle with the undead fiends. On May 31st, they will return once again for the final Zombie Battle. Anyone who shows up in Zombie makeup will receive free beer all night! Admission is free and open to all ages, no RSVP required…BUT ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!! (old flyer)
Date: Saturday, May 31st Time: 7:00pm Location: 11th Street Skate Park & Garden (bet. 11th & 12th sts and Ave A & 1st Avenue) Cost: Free
Subatomic Sounds System invites you to come hang out with them in a Lower East Side Garden and Skate Park. They set up shop and play downtempo and dub reggae live. Plus Water and Light Project play Africa Unite featuring Bob Marley at 8:30pm. This event is at a community garden, please respect the rules of the space! (sorry, old flyer)
Date: Saturday, May 31st Time: 9:00pm Location: Ft. Greene Park (N. Portland and Myrtle, Ft. Greene) Cost: Free
IFC and Roof Top Films present At the Death House Door this evening in lovely Ft. Greene part. A powerful and important new documentary by Steve James and Peter Gilbert (makers of the classic doc "Hoop Dreams") At the Death House Door kicks off the summer for Roof Top films. After the screening there will be a Q and A and an opportunity for the audience to meet the filmmakers.
