Date: Wednesday, September 10th Time: 7:00pm doors, 8:00pm show Location: Happy Ending Bar (302 Broome Street) Cost: Free
"The Happy Ending Music and Reading Series... features the most interesting storytellers, writers, musicians, raconteurs and personalities, and requires the readers to take one public risk, while the the musicians, who perform two short sets with their original, lyric-driven music, are required to play one cover song and try to get the audience to sing along." Tonights installment features readers Hannah Tinti, Andrew Sean Greer, Darin Strauss with musician by Moby (yeah, Moby). 21+
Date: Wednesday, September 10th Time: 7:00pm Location: Vascular Productions Loft (325 West 37th Street, 10th fl) Cost: Free
Since I'm reading Snow Crash right now, you can pretty much throw anything dealing with robots, hackers, or the Metaverse at me (geek alert) and I'll get excited. A perfect example is today's lecture and hands-on building class for robotics beginners that requires no prior experience or knowledge. The lecture will cover basic electronics, basic robot components, and where to get your own supplies. Afterwards, participants will split into groups and build their own robots! Yay Science! (image source)
Date: Wednesday, September 10th Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Location: powerHouse Arena (37 Main Street, DUMBO) Cost: Free with RSVP
Irving Welsh - author of Trainspotting, Filth, and half a dozen other books on my shelf - is back with his latest, Crime. “Crime is as close to an Ian Rankin novel as Welsh seems likely to write…..It’s like Lolita in reverse: this European man takes to the highways of the South not to escape the law but to protect a vulnerable young girl from other men…. Welsh applies his unique artistic gifts to a more conventional story line and succeeds admirably.” Find out all you've every wanted to know about the mind of Mr. Welsh at tonight's reading and book signing.
Date: Wednesday, September 10th Time: 8:00pm Location: Mansion (530 W 28th St) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: V2 Energy Vodka, 9-10
What would Fashion Week be without slammin' parties and here's one for the masses. The golks over at NY Couture will be packing the beautiful people in tonight with an open bar, a runway show, DJ Benny Blanco, live performances by The Chimney Climbers and Neon Hitch, plus gift bags for the chosen few. It's all going down at Mansion so make sure you fix up for this one and don't forget that RSVP. 21+
Date: Wednesday, September 10th Time: 8:30pm Location: Freddy's (485 Dean st at 6th ave, brooklyn) Cost: Free
Okay, seriously? This has got to be the best idea I've heard in a long, long time. Hosted by Sarah Brown and Liz Schroeter, this monthly reading series features former awkward adolescents reciting their tales of love, lost and pimples as written in their very own diaries. Come listen to your peers' pubescent woes and triumphs, and have a great laugh while doing so. Oh, and you get to go home feeling great about being 20-something - who'd ever want to do 14 over again?
Date: Wednesday, September 10th Time: 9:30pm - midnight Location: Plumm (246 W 14th St) Cost: Free with RSVP
Here's another chance to hang with those beautiful Fashion Week folks as ScenePR and Girlybubble invite everyone to come glammed out to their Fashion Shoot Party. Photographers will be on the scene snapping the best so dress to impress. 21+
Date: Wednesday, September 10th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Ottos Shrunken Head (538 East 14 Street) 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. Tonight is a special birthday tribute to Freddie Mercury with a live superstar tribute to Queen with the Vondells, Bowery boys, Crusher, Bobby Steele and many more. 21+
Date: Wednesdays Time: 10:00pm Location: Arlo & Esme (42 East 1st St. btw. 1st & 2nd Ave) Cost: Free with RSVP
The Famous Friends crew continue their celebration of Rock, Britpop, Disco, 80s, Electro, Booty, and Hip Hop at the weekly Girls and Boys party. Tonight its residents night as Alex English, Famous Friends, Kids with Snakes, VDRK, rekLES, Bradley D, and Bad Decision presetn a Kooks and IMAX Afterparty. 21+
