Date: Throughout October Time: n/a Location: 14th St from the East River to the Hudson Cost: Free
During the month of October, the fourth-annual Art in Odd Places will present Pedestrian on Fourteenth Street. From the East River to the Hudson River, thirty-one artists' projects of all mediums will encourage the masses of daily pedestrians to rediscover this corridor of diverse commerce which includes Union Square; a historical site of social and political activism. Provided with a map (available at businesses on 14th Street including 14th St Framing Gallery, 225 W 14th St and Rags-A-Go-Go, 218 W 14th St), New Yorkers are invited to participate in an urban scavenger hunt by locating each of the different unexpected places along this amazing street. Curated by artists/curators George Spencer and Ed Woodham, the artists will present their work in non-traditional "odd places," including the sidewalk, the subway, and tree wells. The wide variety of media of these projects will feature sculpture, performance, conceptual art, and fashion design – all exploring the meaning of 'public'.
Date: Wednesday, Oct 1st - Oct 2nd Time: 5:30pm Location: Bryant Park, Upper Terrace (Enter at 42nd St bet 5th & 6th Ave) Cost: Free
This evening kicks of a new partnership between Bryant Park, the Metropolitan Opera, The NY Philharmonic, New York City Opera, Orchestra of St. Luke's, and The New
York Pops known as New York Now. Over the next three weeks, the park will present free, afterwork concerts celebrating some of the best, upcoming, cultural events the city has to offer. Check below or click here for the full schedule
Date: Wednesday, October 1st Time: 9:00pm Location: Richard Shepard Theatre (309 E 26th St @ 2nd Ave) Cost: Free
The Keagan Theatre Company - Those folks that bring you the awesome Best Party Every theatre events, let you in to their newest performance, The Big Bad Variety Show, for free tonight (one night only!). Featuring some similar cast members as BPE, tonight's show is reminiscent of the days of vaudeville where performers will treat you to original music, dance, poetry, comedy, and drama pieces. Click here for more info and it continues through Friday but tonight is the only free night (usually $15)
DCTV is NYC's premiere Resource for the Low-Budget Independent Digital Filmmaker. Tonight is their Spring open house, which features Sample Workshops, High-Def Camera Demos, Open Bar, Free Food, Discounted Membership, Legendary Raffle and more! Click here for the full schedule
Date: Thursday, October 2nd Time: 6:30pm Location: Tenement Museum Shop (108 Orchard Street) Cost: Free with RSVP
"How do you measure the distance from an African village to an American city? What does it mean to be a refugee in today's "global village?" Rain in a Dry Land provides eye-opening answers as it chronicles the fortunes of two Somali Bantu families transported by relief agencies to Atlanta and Springfield, Massachusetts. As the newcomers confront racism, poverty and 21st-century culture shock, filmmaker Anne Makepeace captures their efforts to survive in America. Their poetry, humor and amazing resilience show us our own world through new eyes."
Date: Friday, October 3rd Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: International Center for Photography (1114 Ave of the Americas, btw. 42nd and 43rd St.) Cost: Free
Join photographer Bob Guen to celebrate his new book commemorating the New York Dolls... Prosecco and TrimWater for the thirsty.
Celebrate the release of 55DSL x Complete Technique’s exclusive limited edition speaker pendant tonight with music by “Future Shock” which includes the stars from the upcoming MTV move, “Made in Queens” and an open bar provided by Red Bull (with vodka).
Date: Friday, October 3rd Time: 6:30pm Location: Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street) Cost: Free
"The 2008 presidential election promises to be an electrifying race for young people, whose vote is expected to have a major impact. Join leading hip-hop activists, scholars, and artists in a town hall style discussion of the impact of the hip-hop generation on the election and how hip-hop has morphed into a potent political force. Moderated by Bakari Kitwana, the executive director of Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip-Hop and featuring Chuck D; co-founder of Public Enemy, the political hip-hop group that redefined hip-hop as message music; Angela Woodson, Director of Outreach for the Ohio Governor’s Office of Faith-based Initiatives; Keli Goff author of the book Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence (Basic Books, March 2008); Adam Mansbach, author of the critically-acclaimed Angry Black White Boy, or The Miscegenation of Macon Detornay; and Dr. Ron Daniels, an independent candidate for President of the United States, former Executive Director of the National Rainbow Coalition, Southern Regional Coordinator and Deputy Campaign Manager for the Jesse Jackson for President Campaign, and more recently Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights."
Date: Friday, October 3rd - 4th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location:Secret Project Robot (210 Kent Ave at Metropolitan, W'Burg) Cost: Free
Williamsburg Fashion Weekend continues to show the work of designers that have their fingers on the hip and now, with a nod to the past and wide-open eyes on the future. In this, our third season, we’ve assembled a group of eight Brooklyn-based designers who make one-of-a-kind or small-run collections, with an emphasis on fair-trade, eco-friendliness, and artisan techniques that celebrate the handmade and the visionary.
Date: Friday, October 3rd Time: 7:00pm Location: Apple Store Soho (103 Prince St) Cost: Free
"Join filmmaker Lance Hammer at the Apple Store SoHo as he discusses his feature film, 'Ballast,' which took prizes for best director and cinematography at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Hammer produced, edited, and will self-distribute this dramatic, quietly beautiful film set in the Mississippi delta, where one man's suicide affects three people's lives. indieWIRE contributor Anthony Kaufman will moderate the discussion. 'Ballast' opens in NYC at Film Forum on October 1."
Date: Friday, October 3rd Time: 7:00pm - 12:00am Location: Alpha Beta (70 Greenpoint Ave at the corner of Franklin, G'point) Cost: Free before 9:00pm; $7 after
The Brooklyn Art Collective in Collaboration with Art Space NYC, NY @ War & Show Paper present "Perfect Strangers" a group exhibition featuring 30 of New York's finest up and coming artists. Work includes painting, photography, sculpture, and projections. "In this age of fear, change, and uncertainty, it has become paramount to examine how we as individuals perceive the world around us especially here, in a city of 8 million. Our lives are often defined by those we hold close to or work with; those that support us and form our personal communities, fostering what it is we conceive to be our identities. What is often forgotten, however, is how we are affected by our greater community: a network of strangers closer to us than we care to admit. We brush against them in the subway and exchange brief glances with them in restaurants or on the street. They breathe and feel and love and hate like anyone everywhere and nowhere at once, veiled behind a simple handshake or kind word, we know them well, yet not at all. What, then, is the role of a 'stranger,' and how do we, as artists, view them? 'Perfect Strangers' is an exhibition that examines the spectrum of responses to this enduring question." After party featuring Tadt and Teenwolf.
Date: Saturday, October 4th (Rain date Sunday, October 5) Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm Location: Lincoln Road between Ocean and Flatbush Ave Cost: Free
"PLG Arts announce the third annual ArtMart 11225 a community arts and crafts market. The market will feature the work of Brooklyn artists and artisans. Get a jump start on the holidays with gorgeous hand-made jewelry and knit-wear, one-of-a-kind pottery, African drums; and smaller gift items, or spice up your wardrobe with unique silk-screened t-shirts and accessories. In addition, local landscape photographers, lithographers, and painters will be displaying and selling their art. Children's arts and crafts activities will take place throughout the day at the Maple Street School located on Lincoln Road, and visitors to ArtMart will want to take advantage of great local food that reflects the diverse community of Prospect Lefferts Gardens: K-Dog and Dunebuggy (coffee, treats, soups and sandwiches), Enduro (Mexican), Meytex Lounge (Ghanaian), and Ali's Roti Shop (Trinidadian)."
Date: Saturday, October 4th and Sunday, October 5th Time: various times Location: various locations in all boroughs Cost: Free
"Openhousenewyork weekend, America's largest architect and design event, opens doors throughout New York City each October. The 5th Annual openhousenewyork Weekend will be held October 4 & 5. Mark your calendars to discover new neighborhoods, explore with friends and family, and experience NYC's architecture and design in all five boroughs through special talks, tours, performances and family-friendly workshops - all free of charge! [...] Click here to learn more about the 350 exciting sites and programs participating in the 5th Annual openhousenewyork Weekend."
Date: Saturday, October 4th Time: 12:00pm - 2:00am Location: Water Taxi Beach (2 Bordon Ave, LIC) Cost: Free before 8pm ($10 after)
NYC House music legends Marlon D and Jellybean Benitez bring their feel vibes (a la their Ain't Nothin' But a House Party events) to the Water Taxi Beach today. This is a great, rare chance to catch these two classic spinners for free along with special guests Ruben "Latinbull" Toro (Temple),
Ruben Mancias (Devotion), Brian "The Wizard Coxx (Soulgasm NYC), Kamala (Melting Pot), Ed Dunn (3 Degrees Global), Tony Smith (Barefoot Boy), Tommy Bones, Victor Franco (Water Taxi Beach Resident DJ), and Kenny Bobien performing live. Old Flyer.
Date: Saturday, October 4th Time: 5:00pm Location: Richmond Shepard Theatre (309 E 26th St) Cost: Free with RSVP at 212.684.2690
The Best Party ever is a "satirical Two Act Play about a Keg Party followed by an Office Party consisting of vignettes, sketches, and monologues. This show ignites onstage with a Congo Line in the First Act and a Bunny Hop in the Second Act." Normally, $21 to get in, tonight it's free for FreeNYC readers which sounds like the perfect pregame or post-BBQ activity. Be sure to RSVP and mention FreeNYC for the free admission. $4 beer and wine served. 21+
The Riviera Gallery in Brooklyn invited you to the opening of Radio Silence, in honor of the forthcoming book Radio Silence: A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music, published by MTV Press. Selected photography will be on view including original black-and-white prints.
Those glass-blowing mavericks over at UrbanGlass celebrate Oktoberfest their own way... with handblown pumpkin demonstrations, workshops (not free) to create your own pilsner glasses, paperweights or cups, sandblasted mugs, flameworked skulls and more! The studio will give tours on the hour plus class discounts. Check it all out here.
Date: Sunday, October 5th Time: 3:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Wonderland Loft and rooftop (38-01 23rd Ave Astoria) Cost: Free
"This will be a day of celebration, appreciation, art and dancing u know how we do!!! We will have the rooftop open and will be grilling so please bring food, snacks, dishes, drinks, etc. We are gonna have a big ol' potluck. Also bring drums. We are gonna be getting primal over here with a big ol drum circle featuring the Ale Ale drummers, With DJs Archie Krunker and Steve Gonzales rocking the ones and twos, spinning house, soul, funk, afrobeats, electro and more." It's a house party y'all so be respectful.
Smooth out your weekend with some deep, soulful house on one of the city's best soundsystems for it. DJ Markus Rice and the evolve crew bring the soulful beats... you bring the baby powder. 21+
Date: Monday, October 7th Time: 7:00pm Location: Half King (505 W. 23rd St.) Cost: Free
Drawing from all writing outlets, from major publications to music blogs, this annual collection finds the best of the best in music writing. The Half King hosts a release party for the ninth installment, edited by Daphne Carr and Nelson George.
With its customary range—covering everything from the Wu-tang Clan to Pete Seeger, Louis Armstrong to ABBA—the 2008 edition emphasizes not only a diversity of music, but a diversity of sources as this year’s essays, missives, and musings are culled from publications ranging from blogs to the New Yorker, making BEST MUSIC WRITING 2008 one of the most fascinating editions yet.
Nelson George, the first African-American music writer chosen to helm the annual collection, will lend his expertise to the BEST MUSIC WRITING series as Guest Editor of the 2008 edition. A long love affair with music and a “search for God in the vinyl” has influenced the assembly of this special collection, as George highlights critics who “have a knack for looking deeply at a current work, holding it up as a mirror to the present music scene and as a window into the mind of its maker.”
Nelson George joins an esteemed list of previous guest editors from a variety of disciplines including Robert Christgau, Nick Hornby, Mickey Hart, Matt Groening, Peter Guralnick, Jonathan Lethem, and Mary Gaitskill. Daphne Carr will reprise her role as Series Editor for the third year.
This event will feature the following writers/works:
LARRY BLUMENFELD * Band on the Run in New Orleans * Salon
GARY GIDDINS * Back to Bossa: Rosa Passos and Fifty Years of Bossa Nova. * The New Yorker
SAM KASHNER * Fever Pitch: When Travolta Did Disco; the Making of Saturday Night Fever * Movies Rock
JODY ROSEN * A Pirate Looks at Sixty: Jimmy Buffett’s Mid-Life Crises * Slate
JEFF SHARLET * The People’s Singer: the Embattled Lee Hays * Oxford American
Join us as we celebrate this fantastic collection, and both the writers and editors that made it possible.
Date: Monday, October 6th Time: 9:00pm - 1:00am Location: Botanica Bar (47 E Houston St, btw Mott and Mulberry) Cost: Free
It seems as New Yorkers, your apartment is always a finely aligned puzzle. And whenever you add something new, everything has to be reorganized for your new treasures. Well, sometimes things get left out of the adjustment and - if your like me - you end up with that pile of treasures buried in the corner of the room or back of the closet. Thrift On is a great way to share those beautiful bits with perfect strangers. Bring the stuff you don't want anymore, takes someone elses stuff home. Clothing is okay too. DJ Shakey and Man "S" spin 2nd hand records while you rummage and sip drinks. Sorry, 21+
Date: Tuesday, October 7th Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: SugarHead Quarters (174 Rivington St b/w Clinton and Attorney) Cost: Free
Pincacle hip hop photographer Ricky Powell shows never before seen photos from his personal collection at this LES gallery. The show is appropriately entitled, Apt. A, the apartment where many of the works have been sealed away until now. Powell will be hon hand to sign posters.
Date: Wednesday, October 8th Time: 5:30pm Location: Upper Terrace of Bryant Park (42nd Street & 6th Ave) Cost: Free
Today is the final installment in a series of free concerts as part of "New York Now in Bryant Park." The Metropolitan Opera Young Artist Program brings you arias, duets and trios presented by singers from the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist
Development Program. "Highlights include selections from operas featured in the upcoming Met season, including works by Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini and Mozart, and gems from the American songbook. Performed by bass-baritone Donovan Singletary, soprano Joyce El-Khoury, and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson, and accompanied by pianist Bénédicte Jourdois."
Date: Thursday, October 9th Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Simon Pearce Park Avenue (500 Park Ave at 59th St) Cost: Free
So this may just be a way to get you in the store to buy expensive housewares but it's also a chance to catch up with one of Vermont's finest (and a personal favorite) brewery, Long Trail, for an Oktoberfest tasting. There will be an informal discussion and, of course, a tasting of Long Trail's fine brews in some glassware that you probably can't afford.
Date: Thursday, October 9th Time: 6:00pm Location: Cantor Film Center (36 E 8th St btw University and Broadway) Cost: Free
Fusion Film Festival, the student-run film festival at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, will launch its sixth year of celebrating women filmmakers with a screening and panel discussion of Sundance Selection Good Dick, an unusual fairy tale about a troubled, solitary young woman and the persistent video clerk who draws her out of her claustrophobic world. Director/Writer/Actress Marianna Palka and other special guests will be in attendance for a discussion after the screening.
Good Dick marks the narrative feature debut of writer/director Marianna Palka. The film won the New Directors award at the Edinburgh Film Festival and was an official Sundance selection. It co-stars Jason Ritter, who also produces alongside Palka, Jennifer Dubin, and Cora Olson. It will be released theatrically in Los Angeles on October 10th and New York on October 17th by Present Pictures and Morning Knight.
Fusion Film Festival’s mission is to encourage, promote, and inspire women filmmakers at NYU. All NYU women filmmakers, and their collaborators of both genders, are urged to participate in the festival. The 6th anniversary celebration will culminate in the Fusion Film Festival (Feb. 26 – Feb. 28, 2009).
Date: Thursday, October 9th Time: 7:00pm Location: Deitch Gallery LIC (4-40 44th Drive, Long Island City) Cost: Free
Swoon returns to Long Island City for a conversation with earlier generation artists, Kiki Smith and Ann Messner, putting her recent rafting project, “Swimming cities of Switchback Sea.” Selections will be shown from Todd Chandler's upcoming film, FLOOD, documenting her epic journey down the Hudson. (via PaperMag)
It's a packed-to-the-gills launch party for Remo Camerota's new book, Graffiti Japan. Remo will be on hand signing plus there will be live graffiti, live breakdancing from the USA Breakdancing team, beats from VDRK and Bradley B of Famous Friends, and even free beer and wine for those of you 21+. Plus, a special live 80s hip-hop mash-up set by NYC electronic artist KRTS. Whew! All Ages.
Date: Thursday, October 9th Time: 8:00pm Location: Tagine Dining Gallery (537 9th Avenue off 40th St) Cost: Free
"Come celebrate autumn with a wonderful blend of comedy and music in a cool Morrocan venue. We have comedians who've been featured on MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, and top comedy clubs in the city as well as musicians who've played at the top indie venues in New York City. Plus, there's belly dancing and hookah afterwards! Check out the only show that's like Casablanca in Technicolor. Oh and did I mention that everyone who attends gets a free resume?" And, yes, Sangria Discounts.
Date: Thursday, October 9th Time: 10:00pm Location: Hiro Ballroom (88 9th Ave. between 16th & 17th St) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Bud Lite, 10-11
Andy Bell the front man for one of the biggest synth/electro bands the world has ever known, Erasure, takes to the decks tonight to show of his DJ skills. Erasure was made up of just two members: Vince Clark (founding member of Depeche Mode) and Andy Bell - and they were responsible for such massive hits as: 'Stop', 'Chains of Love', 'A Little Respect', Always and many others. Support comes from Dangerous Muse, Alex English, and Peter Makebish. 21+
Date: Friday, October 10th Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Winter Garden at the World Financial Center (220 Vesey St at West St) Cost: Free
"Characterized by his improvisational style and elaborate compositions, Thelonious Monk was one of the most prolific innovators of jazz and a herald of bebop. This mini-marathon, part of an annual series which counts down to Monk’s 100th birthday, features several illustrious master pianists including Geri Allen, Junior Mance, Ted Rosenthal and Chuchito Valdes."
Date: Friday, October 10th Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Factory Fresh (1053 Flushing Ave btw Morgan and Kickerbocker, Bushwick) Cost: Free
"Factory Fresh is proud to present the group exhibition Quality of Life, contemporary survey of urban landscape photography. Quality Of Life will examine marginalized, forgotten, and neglected spaces in New York City , as well as the graffiti, decay, residents and beauty found within." Artist info below.
Street Stars photographs around New York City , where he documents street life, abandoned locations, graffiti culture, and his family and fellow Boricuas.
More work can be seen at: www.streetstars-nyc.com.
Sam Horine is a regular explorer of forgotten and under-appreciated places. He enjoys rooftops, bbq's and pets. He's a frequent contributor to the Village Voice and Am New York. In 2009 he will begin teaching at NYU. More work can be seen at: www.samhorine.com
Luna Park spends her free time skulking about NYC's grotty warehouses, abandoned lots and trash-strewn alleyways in search of beauty in unexpected locations. She is passionate about urban art and supportive of all creative endeavors to redefine and redesign public space. She posts daily at www.flickr.com/photos/lunapark.
Jake Dobkin is an urban landscape photographer and a graffiti documentarian. He has lived in Brooklyn for most of the past 31 years. More of his work can be seen at: www.bluejake.com and www.streetsy.com.
Date: Friday, October 10th Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm Location: Like the Spice (224 Roebling St, W'burg) Cost: Free
Nicole Stager opens her first solo show, Synaesthesia, tonight at Williamsburg's Like the Spice. "Nicole's abstract photograms take the meaning of photography literally. Choosing handheld light sources and found object, Nicole draws in the darkroom to present time, color, shape and line in a unique and exciting way."
Date: Friday, October 10th Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Location:Trophy Bar (351 Broadway, W'burg) Cost: Free
Celebrate Trophy Bar's new outdoor exhibition, Refugio, this evening with a reception and open Svedka Bar from 8-10. "Refugio" are membranous patio umbrellas that do nothing to protect you from the elements of sun, rain , or snow but do everything to create multiple lenses for star gazing and sky viewing. The umbrellas are like dragon flies that unexpectedly land on your shoulder. Made of thin steel rod diverse abstracted insect wings come together to create umbrella canopies, an environment that invites you to take a moment for a bit of "Refugio."
Date: Friday, October 10th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00 am Location: Otto's Shrunken Head (538 East 14th St. btw. Ave A & B) Cost: Free
"Rockem Sockem power punches Otto's with a exciting line up of Djs and bands in October. We have Guest DJ's Patrik and Hughes spinning and tag teaming with us. The dynamic duo behind the contrabulous fabtraption that is the band Hosey. Our band lineup is both Punk and Rockabilly and will knock your socks off. There are Tiki drinks, photobooth and snacks. And as always all this fun is free." Featuring sets by Maninblack, The Dead End Cruisers, and The Dark Brothers. 21+ Really Old Flyer
Date: Friday, October 10th Time: 10:00pm Location: Guest House (532 W. 27th St bet. 10th and 11th Aves) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Vodka, 10-11
"Don't miss the inaugural event of Double Masters a.k.a. Aaron Kagan and yours truly. We're launching our party this Friday at Guest House. It's an event for our friends and family...and we have our own space to hold it. Here's what you need to know: Open Vodka Bar from 10-11 (so come early) Say our name (i.e. "Double Masters") at the Door." Also, this is Guest House so standard rules apply (fix up, don't travel in ravenous packs of all dudes, etc.) 21+
Date: Saturday, October 11th Time: 2:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Supreme Trading (213 N. 8th St, W'burg) Cost: Free
At Brooklyn, Barter, & Buy "Select vendors will bring clothing, shoes, and accessories that they no longer fit or want focusing on streetwear/contemporary clothing. Vendors will have their own section for their company, but their friends and associates can also participate in the section. Vendors will price each item accordingly (keeping in mind that attendees will becoming to the event to get a deal). Items (new or used) will be marked at or around the wholesale price. The public will be able to swap goods with the vendors or simply buy" Plus, tunes from Ill P, Radio Rose, and Teddy King. Plus plus drunk specials, Bloody Mary's, and an Open Bar from Red Bull.
Date: Saturday, October 11th Time: 4:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Secret Project Robot (210 Kent Ave off Metropolitan, W'burg) Cost: Free
Help rebuild a community through art. The latest show sale at Secret Project Robot, opening tonight, features work by a serious collection of FreeNYC favorite artists. With works by Swoon, Barry McGee, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Paper Rad, Maya Hayuk, Faile, Kiki Smith, Steve Powers, Martha Cooper, Bill Daniel, and many more. The evening kids off early "with Braddock, PA in Context, film screenings exploring the post-industrial city, followed by a barbeque/food transformation at 5pm and sale and raffles from 6pm-10pm."
Date: Saturday, October 11th Time: 10:00pm Location: Huckleberry Bar (588 Grand St, W'burg) Cost: Free
Soul a Go Go for your Saturday night on the go go with DJs Jumpy and Girlsoul! Expect 60's soul 45s all night long at Huckleberry Bar (which won Time Out New York’s "Best New Bar in NYC”). DJs Jumpy & Girlsoul are "an unbeatable combination". Again, really old flyer (come on folks, please send flyers) 21+
Date: Saturdays Time: 10:00pm Location: Rebel (251 West 30th St. at 8th Ave) Cost: Free with RSVP
We don't list enough Manhattan weekend nightlife events (see, I listen to you) so here's one for those of you brave enough to travel above 14th St. Every Saturday, Marc-Alan Gray and a bevy of lovely host Pop Off! with glammed out electro jam's all night. It's kind of a nice half-way point between Guest House and Annex. Tonight welcomes Roxy Cottontail, Lauren Flax and Ernesto of Todosantos along with repeat offenders Dimitry!!!, Lily of the Valley, and Heartme! 21+
Date: Sunday, October 12th Time: 7:00pm Location:Richmond Shepard Theatre (309 East 26th at 2nd Ave) Cost: Free
"Think your life is screwed? Re-live your own gay dramas with this manic, musical tale following gay LJ as he journeys from dysfunctional family members to fast friends all the while referencing The Little Mermaid, Brokeback Mountain and Sex in the City! Directorial debut by The Donkey Show's Anna Foss Wilson."
Date: 2nd and 4th Sundays Time: 10:00pm Location: Arlo & Esme (42 E 1st St bet 1st and 2nd Aves) Cost: Free Open Bar: Vodka, 11-12
Still got a bit of drinking and partying left in you? Weekend not quite over, then check out Reverend McFly and Teenwolf of Ninjasonik's new residency on the Lower East Side. Every other week they keep you dancing into the work week with special guests, drink specials, and more. This week features sets by guests Mike Dextro and Marc-Alan Gray. Full details here. 21+
Date: Ends Monday, October 13th Time: 7:00am - 10:00pm Location:The East River near Manhattan, Governor's Island and Brooklyn Cost: Free
Last day for this... Wow. The Public Art Fund has really outdone itself this summer. From June 26th to October 13th the PAF has sponsored Olaf Eliasson(who currently has a show at PS1) to create waterfalls all over the East River. Look at them! They are amazing. They will be on everyday from 7:00am to 10:00pm, and lit after sunset. How cool is this? Press release below.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, First Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris and Public Art Fund President Susan K. Freedman today on January 15th that a major new work of temporary public art by internationally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson, The New York City Waterfalls, will be on display in New York City from June 26 to October 13, 2008. Commissioned by the Public Art Fund, the project consists of four monumental, man-made waterfalls installed for three months at four sites along the shores of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Governors Island: one by the Brooklyn anchorage of the Brooklyn Bridge, one between Piers 4 and 5 in Brooklyn, one in Lower Manhattan at Pier 35, and one on the north shore of Governors Island. The 90 to 120-foot tall installations, which have been designed to protect water quality and aquatic life, will operate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week, and will be lit after sunset, adding a striking element to New York City's iconic skyline. The Economic Development Corporation (EDC) estimates that the Waterfalls, funded with private support raised by the Public Art Fund, will contribute $55 million to the City's economy. The Mayor, Deputy Mayor Harris and Freedman were joined by Eliasson, Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin, NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta, Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Public Art Fund Director Rochelle Steiner, Tishman Construction Corporation Chairman and CEO Daniel Tishman, and many of the project's cultural and environmental partners at today's announcement at the South Street Seaport.
"Public art is a signature of New York City and we are proud to welcome Olafur Eliasson's exciting new project, the Waterfalls," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Not only does public art excite and inspire New Yorkers, it helps draw visitors and adds millions of dollars into our economy. Olafur Eliasson's innovative and monumental project reflects the revitalization of our waterfront throughout the five boroughs, and I thank the Public Art Fund for bringing this unforgettable work to our City while taking steps to protect the environment."
"For 30 years, the Public Art Fund has been bringing artists and New York City together by presenting innovative art projects for all to see," said Freedman. "The New York City Waterfalls takes this tradition to a whole new level and exemplifies the institution's commitment to commissioning artists who stretch the limits of public art and forms it might take."
"The Waterfalls highlights the emphasis that our Administration places on supporting the arts and providing a platform for artists to express themselves," said Deputy Mayor Harris. "We are thrilled that artists like Olafur Eliasson choose our City as their canvas."
Conceived by Eliasson and commissioned by the Public Art Fund, The New York City Waterfalls will showcase New York City's natural environment alongside the City's industrial and commercial landscape. Sited in the historic New York Harbor, which has served as the gateway to America for nearly four centuries and a point of origin for the City's growth, the Waterfalls will introduce a breathtaking element into the heart of New York's waterfront.
"In developing The New York City Waterfalls, I have tried to work with today's complex notion of public spaces," said Eliasson. "The Waterfalls appear in the midst of the dense social, environmental, and political tissue that makes up the heart of New York City. They will give people the possibility to reconsider their relationships to the spectacular surroundings, and I hope to evoke experiences that are both individual and enhance a sense of collectivity."
Born in Copenhagen in 1967, Eliasson is considered one of his generation's most influential artists. Throughout his career, he has taken inspiration from natural elements and phenomena, such as light, wind, fog, and water, to create sculptures and installations that evoke sensory experiences. He is perhaps best known for The weather project (2003) at Tate Modern in London, a giant sun made of 200 yellow lamps, mirrors and mist that transformed the museum's massive Turbine Hall and drew over 2 million visitors during its five-month installation.
"One of Eliasson's great strengths as an artist is his ability to captivate viewers, which he will do by integrating the spectacular beauty of nature into the urban landscape on a dramatic scale," said Steiner, curator of The New York City Waterfalls.
Eliasson's work often involves industrial materials that, when brought together, create dramatic installations that are as beautiful as they are unexpected. The New York City Waterfalls will be constructed using building elements that are ubiquitous throughout New York: scaffolding is the backbone of the structures, and pumps will bring water from the East River to the top; the water then falls from heights of 90 to 120 feet back into the river. Fish and aquatic life are protected by filtering the water through intake pools suspended in the river. To build the Waterfalls, Public Art Fund has partnered with Tishman Construction Corporation and has engaged a team of design, engineering and construction professionals.
The New York City Waterfalls will be visible by land and boat, and because of their proximity to one another, viewers will be able to see multiple waterfalls from various vantage points in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Governors Island. Dedicated boat journeys to view the Waterfalls, organized by the Public Art Fund in partnership with Circle Line Downtown, will leave from Pier 16 in Manhattan and will provide up-close views of the installations. The Circle Line will provide free and discounted trips daily for the public. The free Governors Island Ferry, which will run every Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the length of the project, and the Staten Island Ferry will also provide views of the waterfalls at Governors Island and between Piers 4 and 5 in Brooklyn. Recommended viewing sites and bike routes along the waterfront will be made available on free maps provided on the Waterfalls website, www.nycwaterfalls.org, and distributed throughout the City. The New York City Waterfalls is an example of the Administration's continuing commitment to cultural life and support of public art as a way to highlight the vitality of the City. To maximize Waterfalls-based tourism, NYC & Company is designing a marketing plan to attract visitors from around the world to New York to view the project.
"Being home to extraordinary artists and visionary cultural organizations is central to New York City's identity," said Commissioner Levin. "Together, Olafur Eliasson and the Public Art Fund are helping us reconsider how we perceive familiar spaces, and the Waterfalls offers an opportunity for New Yorkers and visitors alike to explore anew the City's rich natural and cultural landscapes."
The New York City Waterfalls provides an opportunity to highlight and celebrate the dramatic revitalization of the City's waterfront. Over the past six years, the City has launched a number of key initiatives to open the waterfront for public use, including several significant capital projects, such as the creation of the Harbor District and the development of Brooklyn Bridge Park, Governors Island, and the East River Waterfront promenade in Lower Manhattan. In addition, as part of PlaNYC, the City has committed to open 90% of New York City's waterways for recreation by reducing water pollution.
The Waterfalls have been designed to be sensitive to the environment. The structures will not only protect fish, aquatic life, the river and the shoreline, but will also run on "green power"—electricity generated from renewable resources—for its operations. Public Art Fund is working closely with Consolidated Edison, who will provide the green energy for the project through Con Ed Solutions.
"The Waterfalls will help a new generation of New Yorkers discover our great waterfront and encourage us all to become stewards for its continued revitalization and lasting protection," said Riverkeeper President Alex Matthiessen. "The project itself is a model of green design and, importantly, is protective of key aquatic habitat."
"From buildings and transportation to cultural events and art projects, every aspect of our city has the potential to be more sustainable," said Ashok Gupta, air and energy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). "Through hard work and dedication, the Public Art Fund and Mayor Bloomberg have launched an environmentally-sustainable public art project that will be the standard for all similar projects moving forward."
Public Art Fund is joining with City and State agencies and environmental organizations to develop resources for young people and adults to enjoy the Waterfalls. Partners include the City's Department of Education and Department of Environmental Protection, and environmental groups including Riverkeeper, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance (MWA), New York Restoration Project (NYRP), and Urban Assembly's New York Harbor School, a public school that engages students through the study of the marine culture, history and environment of New York City and its surrounding waters. Programming will include activities for students and families that examine the waterfront through the topics of art, history, environmental responsibility, aquatic life, ecology, water conservation, and other related subjects. Art and science curriculum based on the Waterfalls will be combined and integrated into classroom lessons during the summer and fall, and will also be available for summer camp groups.
Date: Monday, October 13th Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm Location: The Food Emporium BridgeMarket (59th & First) Cost: Free
Carol McManus, author of the new "Table Talk" cookbook and creator of President Bill Clinton's favorite "Presidential Muffins" will be on hand to sign copies of her new cookbook and officially announce her contest, "Your Favorite Meal Time Memory." Haha. there are way too many jokes that can be made out of the term "Presidential Muffins"... anyway, if your in the neighborhood may be worth swingin' by.
Date:Monday, October 13th Time: 9:30am - 5:30pm Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (5th Ave and 82nd) Cost: Suggested Donation
It's Columbus Day, and in honor of the confused explorer, the Met opens its doors on its usually closed Monday. As usual, admission is suggested donation so just be polite when you hand the man a quarter or say "one at a dollar please."
Date: Tuesday, October 14th Time: 2:00pm - 2:00am Location: Rogan (330 Bowery at Bond Street) Cost: Free
Torontonians Fu¢#ed Up have been skirting punk rock boundaries for years now and today they celebrate their new album release with a 12 hour marathon set at the (newer) Rogan store. Expect guest appearances by David Cross, The Edge, and Vivian Girls, some free Colt 45, and a whole lot of the band. The show is all ages but you gotta be 21 to get the booze. Additionally, a free limited-edition 7″ of “Royal Swan” will be given away to the first batch of attendees, with a second allotment given away at a later time in the show to be announced.
Date: Tuesday, October 14th Time: 6:30pm Location: Cooper Union, Great Hall (7 East 7th St at 3rd Ave) Cost: Free
"Wall Street’s woes have changed the course of New York City for the immediate future and perhaps, forever. How different will our city be five years from now? Peering into the void: is there a silver lining? Fred Siegel, historian and Cooper Union professor, moderates a panel of notable New Yorkers, encompassing the spectrum of political views, to consider our prospects."
Date: Tuesday, October 14th Time: 7:30pm (early arrival recommended) Location: Movie Theater in Midtown Cost: Free with Passes
"Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd President to the big screen as only he can." Get free passes to see "W" today from Screening Liberally. Pick up between 12:30 and 1:30pm at Starbucks on the SE corner of 35th & 8th. Look for someone sitting in the window with a Screening Liberally sign. Passes are distributed on a first come first served basis.
Date: Tuesday, October 14th Time: 8:00pm Location: Comix (353 W. 14th Street) Cost: Free
Comedy Central invites you to be a part of the taping of a showcase of the hottest rising stars of New York's Latino comedy scene! The event features Gina Brillon, Angelo Lozado, Becky Donohue, Carmen Lynch, Sergio Chicon and Cory Fernandez. There is no cover charge, and no drink minimum, but you must call in advance for your reservation (212-524-2500).
Date: Tuesday, October 14th Time: 10:00pm Location: Beauty Bar (231 E 14th St) Cost: Free
The Pull-Out Method is continues at its new home, Beauty Bar, tonight as VDRK and Bradley DJ spin electro glam goodness all night. Up and comer Mike Genious joins in the fun and Purple Crush do the live thing plus 2 for 1 vodkas from 10-11. 21+
Date: Tuesday, October 14th Time: 10:00pm Location: Bar 13 (University and E 13th St) Cost: Free with RSVP
The Famous Friends jump ship from their usual haunt to Bar 13 tonight for a very special Yelle afterparty with sets from TEPR, Grand Marnier, Kasper Bjork, & Kap10Kurt. No word on Yelle showing up as of yet but TEPR is awesome anyway. 21+
Date: Wednesday, October 15th Time: all day Location: Velvet Cigars (80 East 7th Street) Cost: Free entry
Nothing goes better with a nice stogie than a a fine glass of wine. Often times, however, you've gotta fork over an unsightly fee to bring your booze into the cigar lounge. Today, however, for one day only, the good folks at Velvet Cigars are waiving their BYOB charge for their patrons. So stop by the liquor store and pick up a nice Barolo and endulge (no free cigars, sorry).
Date: October 15th Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm Location: The Village Pour House, Vegas Room (64 3rd Ave at 11th St) Cost: Free
The Manhattan Young Democrats are hosting their final debate watch from 7-11 pm at The Village Pour House. No cover charge. The Pour House has cheap drinks and great bar food! Join us for the debates and great in-house pre and post-debate conversation!
Note: Click here for the Young Republican version which carries a $15 entry fee but includes beer, wine, and light food.
Date: Wednesday, October 15th Time: 7:00pm (doors, 6:15pm) Location: The ImaginAsian (239 East 59th St) Cost: Free with RSVP
Japanese filmmaker Haruki Kadokawa presents this 2007 remake of the Kurosawa classic, Sanjuro. Originally, Sanjuro was the first title ever in the motion picture history of Japan. This remake, and the upcoming rework of Yojimbo, were planned and realized as a homage to the master filmmaker. Tonight you can catch a rare US screening of the release for free. Don't forget to RSVP.
Date: Wednesday, October 15th Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm Location: Sound Fix Records and Bar (110 Bedford Ave at N 11th St., W'burg, Brooklyn) Cost: Free
"Like Ralph Nader and Dennis Kucinich before him, Sparrow has been barred from the 'official' Presidential Debates. So Rooftop Films, Rumur Inc. and Sound Fix Records are holding our own Debate, with our own candidate -- Sparrow. Hosted by Comedy Free Williamsburg, this will be a great time to kick back and giggle to stave off deep feelings of despair. A time to rally around the candidates we believe in, ridicule the candidates we despise, and celebrate the American political discourse which allows everyone to have their say -- even fringe crazies like the the Alaska Independence Party, Focus on the Family, Paris Hilton, and Sparrow." The line up for the night is as follows: 8 to 9 Comedy Free Williamsburg, 9 to 10:30 Presidential Debate (on the Big Screen) with drinking games, 10:30-11 Alternative Debate with Sparrow.
Date: Wednesdays Time: 10:00pm Location: Bar 13 (University and E 13th St) 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 with guests Louisahhh (Turntable Lab), Rok One (Bangers) and DJ Morsy (Nanachill/Crooked Disco). 21+
Date: Thursday, October 16th Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Chinese Contemporary (535 W 24th St) Cost: Free
I've got no info but I'm loving the work at Chinese Contemporary New York's new show, Cartoon II. Opening this evening, the show is the second in the series and includes new work by four young female artists: Han Yajuan, Wang Ke, Zhang Shuang and Zhou Nan.
Date: Thursday, October 16th Time: 7:00pm Location: Union Square Barnes & Noble (17th and Broadway) Cost: Free
Tonight marks the last upstairs at the square until 2009. Alaa al Aswany, author of Chicago (HarperCollins) and Rachael Yamagata, whose new album is A Record In Two Parts: Elephants… Teeth Sinking Into Heart (Warner Bros. Records), discuss and perform their work in conversation with journalist Katherine Lanpher, who hosts the program.
Date: Thursday, October 16th Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm Location: Bath House (540 E 11th St btw A & B) Cost: Free with RSVP
The Sound of Art (SOA) collaborates with King Magazine and JC Cognac to present The Art of Seduction - an interactive, multi-sensory artistic foray into the hot-button topic of seduction. "Hit this one-night-only pop-up show for gratis Cognac and sensually-themed art from a motley crew of locals like One9, Wash Heights graphic designer M. Tony Peralta, and Heather Hunter, the Bronx-born ex-pornstress who's also opened a DUMBO gallery, recorded an 18-track rap album, published an erotic fiction novel, and at one point dated...Bill Maher"
Date: Thursday, October 16th Time: 7:00pm Location: Lolita Bar (266 Broome St) Cost: Free
"This is the first event in the Art is Life series, which aims to spotlight fresh and progressive art and artists while also providing a networking platform for artists of various creative forms. This is the party for "true to the art" artists to have a good time and connect with one another. Including, but not limited to, the visual, performing, language, textile and culinary arts. For the enjoyer of art, it provides access to art directly from the artist. Dolamite & DJ Mr. Larry will be spinning some favorites and some of what you should have heard by now. So come have a good time while supporting the arts and Mia and her deeply-inspired play. And tell your artistic friends!" 21+
Date: Thursday, October 16th Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Abigail's Wine Bar (807 Classon Ave, Prospect Heights_ Cost: Free
Punch and Judy is comprised of brassy chanteuse Jennifer Tullock and up and coming blues conscenti Kyle Hughes. Together, the duo mix old and new styles into a unique blend of vaudville, jazz and blues catch them tonight for a laid back evening at the Abigail Wine Bar in Prosepct Heights (and throw some bucks in the hat if you like what you hear.) 21+
Date: Thursday, October 16th Time: 10:00pm Location: APT, upstairs (419 W13th St btw. 9th and Washington) Cost: Free
The ladies of Liquid Sound Lounge, Melting Pot, and Ubiquita come together for a female take on what's deep and sexy in dance music. Expect deep house, broken beat, nu-jazz, and soul classics from veteran spinners Winter Santos, Kamala, and Moni. 21+
Date: Friday, October 17th Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Brooklyn Children's Museum (145 Brooklyn Avenue at St. Marks, BK) Cost: Free
"As part of its grand opening celebrations, the all-new Brooklyn Children's Museum is offering a new program, Free Friday Night Invite, with free admission from 5pm to 8pm...So grab the kids, invite some friends, get dinner together in the new Kids Cafe, and make an evening of it!" Tonight, enjoy the music of Afro Andes. Dance and rejoice to their blend of African, Peruvian, Cuban, and other rhythmic beats of Latin America.
Date: Friday, October 17th Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Mercy Corps' Action Center to End World Hunger
(6 River Terrace, Battery Park City) Cost: Free with RSVP
"Mercy Corps (an international relief and development organization) has a couple events this weekend that will help you fight the good fight. Tonight, in a collaboration with CARE, they "present an evening of spoken word and storytelling featuring Poets House, The Moth and Urban Word NYC, with Andy Borowitz, Andrew Solomon, Regie Cabico, Suzanne Gardinier and Tahani Salah." Check below for info on Saturday's event, SHaZaM!: A Day for Family Action Heroes. And don't forget to stop by their site, actioncenter.org, for more info and plenty of activist goodies.
Saturday, October 18: SHaZaM!: A Day for Family Action Heroes
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Mercy Corps and Children for Children will empower young people and their families to take action and become heroes in the fight against global hunger. Join us and learn how youth of all ages can make a difference at home and around the world! Featuring interactive activity stations with UNFAO‚s Growing Connection, Heifer International, PlayPumps International, The Full Belly Project, Media That Matters, City Harvest and music by the Berklee College of Music. Snacks will be served.
Free to the public.
Date: Friday, October 17th Time: 8:00pm Location: Lost and Found (Franklin and Greenpoint Ave, Greenpoint) Cost: Free
Any band that references personal favorites Morphine in their blurb at least deserves a listen on my end. If you feel the same way then check out the shoegaze meets post-punk sounds of Rejouissance tonight at this band showcase in Greenpoint. Wild Honey,Aquila, and Urchins of the Night also play while DJ-TX spins you late into the night with live art by Lily Howell.
"UNEMPLOYABLE NYC will host an event where art and music collide. With the release of the new album "Green Streets" from HANDINHAND, the DJ/production/song-writing duo of Mike Genato & Katy Walker, break new ground. Veteran producer, Mike Genato, (Mathematics, Peter Hadar) and music composer for TV and film has been releasing music for over 10 years and Katy has been DJing for equally as long. The event allows them to showcase music from the album as well as the singers and artists featured on the project." Line up as follows... 10-12a HandinHand DJ Set featuring vocalists Dee Teague & Irene Merring, 12-1a Yadira Brown performs songs from the album and her own solo material, 1-4a Afterparty (dancing/drinking etc) with DJs Katy + Lil Tiger +
Treats spinning many styles.
Date: Saturday, October 18th Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm Location: Socrates Sculpture Park (32-01 Vernon Boulevard, LIC) Cost: Free
Socrates Sculpture Park will presents the 8th annual Halloween Harvest Festival. "This free family and community event celebrates Halloween and the fall harvest with creative activities in the dynamic setting of Socrates Sculpture Park. Visitors can make Halloween costumes and have their faces painted; listen to live musical performances; participate in games; enter their dog(s) in the 5th annual Canine Costume Contest at 1pm (registration at front gate); try harvest foods from Long Island City café, Sweetleaf; picnic in the Park; or just watch the fun! The 2008 Halloween Harvest Festival also takes place amid the EAF08: 2008 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, an exhibition of contemporary sculpture, featuring works by the Park’s fourteen artists-in-residence." Full event line up here.
Date: Saturday, October 18th Time: Daytime into evening Location: sent via email Cost: Free with RSVP
Don your best Zombie garb and take to the streets in this annual celebration of the dead. Slowly (very slowly) taunt tourists, invade subways, down Bloody Marys, or even run a few errands with a couple hundred of your undead friends at this annual afternoon of Halooween theatrics and debauchery! Make sure you sign up on their site to get the where and when. Highly Recommended.
Date: Saturday, October 18th Time: 7:00pm - 4:00am Location: Otto's Shrunken Head (538 E 14th Street) Cost: Free
Tonight, celebrate Otto's Shrunken Head 6th Anniversary! Musicians and DJ's come together to celebrate 6 years of great music and Tiki drinkin fun! Performances from Distraction Boys (7pm), Tied For Last (9pm), The Cheap Dates (9:45pm), The Vondells (10:30pm) and El Muchacho (11:30pm). Plus guest DJs Ultra V and Omega (9pm), Kittybeat and COT Heartlock (10:30pm), Rocket (12am), Pat Pervert (2am) and Xerox (3am).
Date:Friday, October 17th Saturday, October 18th Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm Location: Room Service (25 E 21st St) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Trump vodka, 9-11
Event planning and production house Way Over Budget celebrate their website launch with a two hour open bar at the swanktastic Room Service. If this is your bag then here's a great chance to get in for free and drink up. 21+
Date:Saturday, October 18th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Arlo and Esme (42 E 1st btw A & B) Cost: Free
FreeNYC homeboys Project Matt, DJ Morsy, and Select bring non stop partry jams to this LES hotspot tonight. Head straight to the basement and dance your arse off to those guilty pleasure bangers all night long. (old flyer) 21+
Date: Saturday, October 18th Time: 11:00pm Location: email for location Cost: Free with RSVP
Korrupt is back again! That (not so) secret, seedy, debaucherous throwdown from the fine folks at Mean Red and Good Peoples. This time around, the music comes psychadelic beatsmith, LA's Gaslamp Killer along with the fixed boys, JDH and Dave P. Sean B & DJ Will of Spank Magazine suppport and My Robot Friend performs live. All the technical bits and pieces aside, this party always pops off and is a good time. Expect things to go late late and be prepared and light it up. RSVP for the secret location else its a painful $20. 21+
Date:Sunday, October 19th Time: 6:00pm - 2:00am Location: Grace Hotel (125 West 45th St) Cost: Free with RSVP
How do you close out your weekend? Perhaps you'd like a dip in the pool at the Grace Hotel (old Hotel QT) while Jarado and John Spinosa drop sexy house beats. Or maybe a nice relaxing sauna and a few cocktails (not cheap). Either way tonight's Fluid is your best aquatic option this weekend. 21+
Obscure and exciting music videos and movie trailer trash screen all night long from the folks at Fancy Magazine at this Prospect Heights pub. They say "come join the elite crowd of deros, weirdos, freaks, and allow yourself to transform into something FANCY!" More details here and don't forget about the $1 hot dogs and 3 Jameson shots from $10. 21+
AC/DC - T.N.T. (Count Down Australia 1976)
THE SAINTS - Stranded (Promo 1977)
THE SAINTS - Know Your Product (Promo 1978)
KRAFTWERK - Tomorrow's World (1976)
BOOKER T. & THE MG's - Green Onions (Norway 1967)
THE RENEGADES - 13 Women (1966)
OBLIVIANS - I'm Not A Sicko, There's A Plate In My Head (Toronto 1997)
ANGRY SAMOANS - Hot Cars (NWT 1980)
ANGRY SAMOANS - You Stupid Jerk (NWT 1980)
DEAD KENNEDYS - Religious Vomit (1981)
NEW YORK DOLLS - Jet Boy (OGWT 1973)
DR. FEELGOOD - Roxette (OGWT 1975)
CUBY & THE BLIZZZARDS - Back Street (Netherlands 1970)
T. REX - Get It On (Midnight Special 1973)
THE FALL - The Man Whose Head Expanded (Live 1980)
JOY DIVISION - Transmission (Something Else 1978)
LINK WRAY - Rumble (MusikLaden 1978)
LINK WRAY - Baby, What You Want Me To Do (MusikLaden 1978)
JOHNNY & THE CELLAR ROCKERS - Maar Het Is Waar (Netherlands 1964)
SMALL FACES - Itchycoo Park (Promo 1967)
BLACK SABBATH - Hole In The Sky (DKRC 1975)
BLACK FLAG - Wasted (1980)
BLACK FLAG - Police Story (1980)
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Love In A Void (Something Else 1979)
BUZZCOCKS - Sixteen Again (OGWT 1978)
X-RAY SPEX - Art-i-ficial (OGWT 1978)
SCREAMERS - Eva Braun (Live Studio 198?)
THE FALL - Wings (Promo 1981)
JUDAS PRIEST - Hot Rockin' (Promo 1979)
THE CRAMPS - Garbage Man (Promo 1979)
45 GRAVE - Evil (NWT 1982)
STEPPENWOLF - Magic Carpet Ride (Upbeat 1969)
YARDBIRDS - Heart Full Soul (Upbeat 1968)
ROXY MUSIC - Virginia Plain (MusikLaden 1973)
BLACK FLAG - Thirsty & Miserable (Target Studio 1981)
KRAUT - Unemployed (Dance Stand 1982)
KRAUT - Kill For Cash (Dance Stand 1982)
KRAUT - Just Cabbage (Dance Stand 1982)
Date: Sunday, October 19th Time: 10:00pm Location: BLVD (199 Bowery at Spring) Cost: Free with RSVP
Dim Mak records is back in NYC with another throw down at BLVD. This time on a Sunday, you can catch hipster electro from Stretch Armstrong, Eli Escobar, Pase Rock and a very secret, special guest. 21+
Date: Monday, October 20th Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: SVA (209 East 23rd St bet 2nd and 3rd Ave) Cost: Free
A "prophet, a teacher, a hotelier, an environmental artist, a businesswoman, a technophile and a technophobe,” (Lewis Blackwell) April Greiman has a perminant position in the changing face of modern graphic design. As one of the first American designers to embrace digital technologies, Greiman has explored the intersection of art, design and architecture for more than a quarter century. Born and raised in New York, she now heads the Los Angeles design consultancy Made in Space. Tonight, her new exhibition “The Masters Series: April Greiman” opens at SVA. And if your a full on designophile, be sure to check out her lecture tomorrow at 7pm.
Date: Monday, October 20th - 21st, and 27th - 28th Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Location: Katra, 217 Bowery (between Rivington & Stanton) Cost: Free with RSVP
The Drambuie Den is back! Get your old man drinking knowledge on at this spectacle of liquor marketing. Drambuie, that honey-herb-infused scotch whiskey liquor, is making a run at upping their cool ante with a series of tasting parties. These are an awesome way to kick back and enjoy a fine cocktail after work with friends. If you want to go to more than one, don't forget to RSVP for each night (bless that back button). 21+
Date: Tuestday, October 21st, and 27th - 28th Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Location: Katra, 217 Bowery (between Rivington & Stanton) Cost: Free with RSVP
The Drambuie Den is back! Get your old man drinking knowledge on at this spectacle of liquor marketing. Drambuie, that honey-herb-infused scotch whiskey liquor, is making a run at upping their cool ante with a series of tasting parties. These are an awesome way to kick back and enjoy a fine cocktail after work with friends. If you want to go to more than one, don't forget to RSVP for each night (bless that back button). 21+
Date: Tuesday, October 21st Time: 8:00pm - midnight Location: The Studio in Webster Hall (125 E 11th St off Broadway) Cost: Free
Webster Hall's recently-renovated basement, aka The Studio, hosts a week of entirely free shows for CMJ this week. Tonight kicks things off with Friendly Fires (DJ Set), Tigercity, Awesome New Republic, and a special performance by Reggie Watts. 21+
Date: Tuesday, October 21st - 23rd Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm Location: Ben Sherman Store (96 Spring St) Cost: Free with RSVP
Ben Sherman and Filter team up for three days of CMJ instore parties. Featuring Walter Meego (Tues), The Teenagers (Wed) and White Lies (Thurs). Aaron Axelsen and DJ j-peg round out each evening and (it looks like) there'll be some Bass ale for ya too.
Date: Tuesday, October 21st Time: 10:00pm Location: The Delancey (168 Delancey St.) Cost: Free
It's that time again... CMJ moves into town this week and brings a whole slew of shows with them. Magnum's CMJ showcase at the Delancey boasts a line up of five bands, three from the US and two from the UK (both UK bands making their US live debuts)! The line is The Ettes (10pm), Freshkills(10:45pm), Gringo Star (11:30pm), The High Wire (12:15am), Radio Luxembourg (1:00am).
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd - 25th Time: 2:30pm - 9:00am Location: To be announced Cost: Free with RSVP
Little has been been reveiled about the Fader Magazine/Levi's CMJ week event, The Fort. But each year they present a tight list of bands and and DJs day in and day out. This year will - most likely - be no exception but be sure to RSVP to find out the details. 21+
UPDATE: We've got the lineup for all four days below... check it out!
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd - 25th Time: 3:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Bell House (149 7th Street btw. 2nd and 3rd Ave, Gowanus) Cost: Free
Gothamist sets up shop at Union Hall's new spot, The Bell House in the Gowanus, for a week of CMJ shows. Gothamist House features 28 bands including Pattern is Movement, Extra Life, Physics of Meaning, Bell, Emmy the Great, Nat Baldwin, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, The Forms, Pwrfl Power, The Depreciation Guild, Jukebox the Ghost, Neckbeard Telecaster, Fatula, Gabriel Kahane, Twi the Humble Feather, Fight Bite, The Albertans, Hayes Peebles, Bad Veins, Travels, Sky Larkin, The Muggabears, Wild Sweet Orange, Donovan Quinn and more. Check the daily line-up here.
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd Time: 8:00pm - 1:00am Location: Gallery Bar (120 Orchard St) Cost: Free with RSVP
The west coasts premier beatsmiths take over Gallery Bar tonight for 5 straight hours of the most rediculous beats you'll hear during CMJ. The roster needs no introduction as everyone from the label founders to the young bloods will be in the house tonight. Featuring sets by Madlib, PB Wolf, Edan the DJ, Dam-Funk, Egon, James Pants, Arabian Prince, Mayer Hawthorne & hosted by Melvin Van Peebles. Don't forget to RSVP. 21+
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd 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." Tonight's installment features readers Cristy C. Road, Keith Lee Morris, Deb Olin Unferth with music from Bronwen Exter. 21+
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd Time: 7:00pm Location: Union Hall, downstairs (702 Union St at 5th Ave, Park Slope) Cost: Free
Remember in High School when your science teacher was sick and the sub would come in a big old AV cart and you'd watch some random film on Mitosis? Well, tonight the Secret Science Club presents the films you wish Mr. Physics teacher left for you. They'll "be showing a selection of short films that are in competition for big prizes sponsored by Nature magazine and the Imagine Science Film Festival. You get to contribute to the judging—and meet three of the filmmakers." Check the film schedule below. 21+
Conservation
Dir: Ian Harnarine. 9 min. USA. 2008.
In this “science noir,” a desperate professor of physics decides that murder may be the most elegant solution . .
13 Ways to Die at Home
Dir: Lee Lanier. 3 min. USA. 2007.
The cheery homes, kitchens, and laundry rooms of vintage 1950s instructional films are invaded by a host of diabolical threats.
Séance of Maths
Dir: Andrew Gori & Jackie Goss. 11 min. USA. 2007.
Two short-distance time travelers meet in a cheap hotel room to probe the past—and raise the dead. If you crossed David Lynch with a geometry teacher, would this be the result?
Teratoma
Dir: Rupert Glasson. 9 min. Australia. 2003.
A pipedream goes bad in this high-end horror flick about a doctor’s fatal flirtation with Lady Tobacco. With smokin’ 3-D animation . . .
Senate Hearing on Coral Bleaching
Dir: Randy Olson. 3 min. USA. 2008.
The Groundlings Improv Comedy Group offers a hilarious look at a bleak subject, the reluctance of politicians to address the warming of oceans. Watch as a global warming scientist matches wits with some witless senators. . .
Chip Kick
Dir: Volker Han. 3 min. Germany. 2008.
Dieter, a German scientist, and his robot Max explain the most mathematically efficient way to do “the wave” to soccer fans.
A Fruit Fly in New York
Dir: Alexis Gambis. 12 min. USA/France. 2007.
The humble fruit fly gets its props! A scientist’s love affair with Drosophila takes him to the streets of Gotham.
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd Time: 8:00pm - midnight Location: The Studio in Webster Hall (125 E 11th St off Broadway) Cost: Free
Webster Hall's recently-renovated basement, aka The Studio, hosts a week of entirely free shows for CMJ this week. Tonight kicks things off with Friendly Fires (DJ Set), Tigercity, Awesome New Republic, and a special performance by Reggie Watts. 21+
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Sutra Lounge (16 1st St btw 1st & 2nd St) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: ???, 10-11
Children of Da Curb and Missbehave Magazine throw the Girlstown "Pink" Party tonight to raise breast cancer awareness. Don your best pink to show support and hit up Sutra for an open bar at 10 and DJ sets by DJ Wildcat, Jasmine Solano, and Radio Rose. 21+
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd Time: 11:30pm - 4:00am Location: Annex (152 Orchard St.) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Zygo Vodka, 11-gone
The weekly High Voltage party steps it up for CMJ, bringing the Fully Fitted crew through for a night of serious uptempo hip hop bangers. Featuring DJ sets and performances by XXXchange, Amanda Blank, Pase Rock, Eli Escobar, Devlin and Darko, and Rok 1 along with residents Dimitry!!! and Prince Terrence. Plus Zygo Vodka from 11 til gone. 21+
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd Time: Midnight Location: The Studio in Webster Hall (125 E 11th St off Broadway) Cost: Free with RSVP
Vice takes on CMJ late night with a series of free concerts this week. Tonight features a live set from Krallice & Vried along with a DJ set from Jayson Green. Plus free drinks (most likely from Sparks) and free downloads from SlotMusic. Don't forget to RSVP. 21+
Date: Thursday, October 23rd Time: 12:00pm - 12:00am Location: Crash Mansion (199 Bowery at Spring) Cost: Free with RSVP
While not an official show (does it really matter these days?), Indaba Music is 16 bands that I've never heard of to Crash Mansion today for our listening enjoyment. If you're a fan of Cinyl Life, Freezepop, The Pragmatic, Micachu, Menya, DJ Smash, A Brief Smile, or any of the others (see flyer) then check it out. 18+
Date: Thursday, October 23rd Time: 8:00pm - late Location: The Studio in Webster Hall (125 E 11th St off Broadway) Cost: Free
Webster Hall's recently-renovated basement, aka The Studio, hosts a week of entirely free shows for CMJ this week. Tonight is a UK Showcase featuring Uncle Bob, Lucky Soul, Passenger, Shantell Martin, Eugene Francis Jr & the Juniors, and The Hosts. Then, at midnight, a whole other set of Brits take the stage with performances in the Marlin Room by The Carps, Shout Out Out Out Out, Wallpaper, and Classixx (DJ Set). 21+
Date: Thursday, October 23rd - 25th Time: 9:00pm - 4:00am Location: 205 Club (205 Stanton at Chrystie) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Ardbeg Whiskey All Night
Mean Red and Famous Friends present the ultimate CMJ watering hole. For three days, Whisky presents two floors of DJs, MCs, and assorted live acts while you kick back free Ardbeg Whisky all night. Tonight kicks things off with BIGSTEREO & Subdrive Media featuring the likes of STA, Todosantos, the Afghan Raiders and more. Check below for the full line-up. 21+
Upstairs
Afghan Raiders
Justice and the Unicorn
Jeff Taylor
Wallpaper
Todosantos
Gay Blades
U.S. Royalty
DJ's: The American Dream Team and Bradley D and VDRK
Downstairs
BIGSTEREO & Subdrive Media present...
UFO! (Bigstereo)
Whack-a-Tone (Pandatoes)
Amylulita & Marcelo Cunning (Nacotheque DJs)
STA
Little Boots DJ set
Hideaf
Terror Dactel
Date: Thursday, October 23rd Time: 9:00pm - 4:00am Location: Don Pedro's (90 Manhattan Ave, BK) Cost: $5 with RSVP Open Bar: SoCo, 9-11
Myopenbar tosses CMJ to the side with an un-CMJ party in Bushwick tonight. The draw... 3 hours of free SoCo plus live sets by The Muslims, Women, Vivian Girls, and LiveFastDie. There's a $5 cover but you can easily drink that in SoCo in the first five minutes. 21+
Date: Thursday October 23rd Time: 10:30pm - 4:00pm Location: Santo's Party House (100 Lafayette south of Canal) Cost: Free with RSVP
Afropunk and Frank151 get together for a CMJ bash at Santo's tonight. Featuring performances by The Dallas Austin Experience, The Noisettes, U-God from Wu-Tang Clan, Ebony Bones, and DJ sets from Synapse and Million $ Mano. 21+
Date: Thursday, October 23rd Time: Midnight Location: The Studio in Webster Hall (125 E 11th St off Broadway) Cost: Free with RSVP
Vice takes on CMJ late night with a series of free concerts this week. Tonight features a live sets from Japanese Motors and Amazing Baby. Plus free drinks (most likely from Sparks) and free downloads from SlotMusic. Don't forget to RSVP. 21+
Date: Friday, October 24th Time: 1:00pm Location: The Annex (152 Orchard St) Cost: Free
"In its first appearance at the CMJ Music Marathon, Sounds from Spain will bring to New York a wide variety of musical styles. From Underwater Tea Party’s anglophile pop to Depedro’s latin fusion, from We Are Standard’s dance-rock to Cuchillo’s psychedelic neofolk, and from the acoustic intimacy of songwriter Aaron Thomas to the energetic soul of The Right Ons, a prominent selection of Spanish indie artists will perform" their second CMJ showcase today at the Annex.
Date: Friday, October 24th Time: 1:45pm - 7:00pm Location: Seaport Performance Space (210 Front St at Beekman) Cost: Free
A contingent of national and international indie bands have signed on to perform at the first afternoon music showcase hosted by Seaport Music Radio. The day party will feature Atlanta-based All The Saints, the Norwegian bands Casiokids and Real Ones, Bearsuit from the UK, and the Beijing/NYC band Arms And Legs, plus two additional groups to be announced.
Date: Friday, October 24th Time: 5:00pm - 7:00am Location: Santos Party House (100 Lafayette St) Cost: Free with RSVP
For the first time since they threw a party for Cornershop way back in 94, David Byrne's Luaka Bop records hosts a special CMJ showcase and release party for their 3 Inches of Music Series. DJ Justin Carter will spin tracks from the 3 Inches series and the Luaka catalogue while Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt - a never- a never ending romp of a dance party where looped pianos and saxes race on top of crappy synths and ill beats - performs live.
Date: Friday, October 24th Time: 8:00pm - midnight Location: The Studio in Webster Hall (125 E 11th St off Broadway) Cost: Free
Webster Hall's recently-renovated basement, aka The Studio, hosts a week of entirely free shows for CMJ this week. This evening the series continues with Young Love, Chester French, Lissy Trullie, Young Lords, and Dri. 21+
Date: Friday, October 24th Time: 9:00pm Location: Le Royale (21 7th Ave S) Cost: Free with RSVP
If you look at the amazing roster of talent over at AM Only tonight's CMJ showcase seems a bit light with mostly local and domestic talent. But that shouldn't stop you from catching some incredible DJS from LA's Classixx, B'more's Nadastrom, or Canadians Shout Out Out Out Out and The Carps. When you put it all together, however, it looks to be a pretty awesome night. 21+
Date: Friday, October 24th - 25th Time: 9:00pm - 4:00am Location: 205 Club (205 Stanton at Chrystie) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Ardbeg Whiskey All Night
Mean Red and Famous Friends present the ultimate CMJ watering hole. For three days, Whisky presents two floors of DJs, MCs, and assorted live acts while you kick back free Ardbeg Whisky all night. Tonight features some heavy bass from by way of a Palms Out Sound showcase featuring sets from Walter Meego, Egyptrixx, B. Rich, Hearts Revolution and a whole lot more. Check below for the full lineup. 21+
Upstairs
Anne Montone
Kalles World Tour
Hearts Revolution
Whomadewho
Walter Meego
Phenomenal Hand Clap Band
DJ's curated by Lose Your Shit:
SmallChange and Duckcomb and Shakewell (Sharegroove)
Visuals by BAMIAM.tv
Downstairs
Palms Out Sound Showcase
Joeelrwin/Boody B
Udachi
Ladybox (Denmark)
Alias
Egyptrixx
B. Rich (Boston)
AC Slater
Date: Friday, October 24th Time: 10:00pm Location: Webster Hall (125 East 11th) Cost: Free Before 11pm, More After, Advanced tix $10
NYC based, Baltimore DJ and producer, Aaron LaCrate kicks off his brand new party Delicious Gutter at Webster Hall tonight. The line up which spans from Jamaica to Baltimore is a mix of whose who in club music. A rare performance from Jamaica dance-hall sensation and one of my favorites, Mr Vegas, plus old school NYC legend Masta Ace, the NYC debut of Illa J (J - Dillas brother ) as well as Baltimore's best DJ's Debonair Samir, Mike Mumblez, and K-Spin.
Date: Friday, October 24th - 25th Time: 10:00pm - 3:00am Location: Antics Warehouse (50 N 3rd St, W'burg) Cost: Free with RSVP
JellyNYC and Toyota Matrix present two nights in Williamsburg at the pop-up Antics Warehouse as their contribution to the CMJ madness. Friday features The Black Lips and Japanese Motors (plus special guests) while Saturday brings The Teenagers and DJ Mike Relm. I think that makes like the 15th time the Teenagers play at CMJ. 21+
Date: Friday, October 24th Time: 11:00pm - 4:00am Location: Stanton Public (17 Stanton St btw. Bowery & Chrystie) Cost: Free with RSVP
Beggars Group and Matador present a late night CMJ party with DJ sets from The Teenagers, Times New Viking, Billy Hayes (Jay Reatard band), and special guests. Imeem provide the drink specials. 21+
Date: Friday, October 24th Time: Midnight Location: The Studio in Webster Hall (125 E 11th St off Broadway) Cost: Free with RSVP
Vice takes on CMJ late night with a series of free concerts this week. Tonight features a live sets from Monotonix and Night Horse. Plus free drinks (most likely from Sparks) and free downloads from SlotMusic. Don't forget to RSVP. 21+
Date: Saturday, October 25th Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm Location: Knitting Factory, Tap Bar (74 Leonard St) Cost: Free
Berklee College of Music, Heavy Rotation Records (HRR), and the Berklee Internet Radio Network present their second annual CMJ Music Marathon showcase this afternoon at the Knitting Factory Tap Bar. The showcase features rock, indie-pop, funk, folk, and ambient music by alumni and HRR artists Annie Lynch and the Beekeepers (HRR), Christopher Barnes (HRR), Lucius, Teletextile, Tiny Animals, and Turkuaz (HRR). All Ages!
Date: Saturday, October 25th Time: 8:00pm - late Location: The Studio in Webster Hall (125 E 11th St off Broadway) Cost: Free
Webster Hall's recently-renovated basement, aka The Studio, hosts a week of entirely free shows for CMJ this week. Tonight is a UK Showcase featuring Uncle Bob, Lucky Soul, Passenger, Shantell Martin, Eugene Francis Jr & the Juniors, and The Hosts. Then, at midnight, a whole other set of Brits take the stage with performances in the Marlin Room by The Carps, Shout Out Out Out Out, Wallpaper, and Classixx (DJ Set). 21+
Date: Saturday, October 25th Time: 7:00pm Location: Parkside Lounge (317 E. Houston St @ Attorney) Cost: Free
Its The Delusions of Spandex Pre-Halloween Sketch show! "Ladies, gentlemen, people of the academy. You are cordially invited to the most glamorous Delusions of Spandex of the year" featuring stand up and sketch comedy by Aaron Glazer, Luke Thayer, Harry Yerjanian, Abbi Crutchfield, Carolyn Castiglia, The Impending Moustache, and The Stuff. 21+
Date: Saturday, October 25th Time: 9:00pm - 4:00am Location: 205 Club (205 Stanton at Chrystie) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Ardbeg Whiskey All Night
Mean Red and Famous Friends present the ultimate CMJ watering hole. For three days, Whisky presents two floors of DJs, MCs, and assorted live acts while you kick back free Ardbeg Whisky all night. Tonight the series concludes with 87 Stick Up Kids, Mickey Factz, Million $ Mano, Hot Pink Delorean, and a whole lot more. Check below for the full lineup. 21+
Upstairs
Pac Div
The Beatards
Supreeme
87 Stick Up Kidz
Mickey Factz
He Say She Say
Roxy Cottontail
Hosted by The Retro Kids
DJs Million $ Mano, Jesse Marco
Downstairs
The American Dream Team
Bradley D
Willy Joy
Hot Pink Delorean
Hood Internet
Hollywood Holt (DJ Set)
VDRK
Baltimore Club kids stand up! The Pantry Raid crew bring the biggest names from the wold's biggest BMore label to Savalas tonight for an unending evening of hype beats and mayhem. Locals Cousin Cole, Snack, and Nouveau Riche are joined by the legendary King Tutt and wonderkid Say What. A great free alternative to the UnRuly CMJ showcase at love. Not to be missed. 21+
Date: Friday, October 24th - 26th Time: Fri. & Sat. 11am-7pm, Sun. 11am-5pm Location: Phillips de Pury & Company (450 W 15th St. at 10th Ave., 3rd f) Cost: Free
Printed Matter, Inc. is back with their fair of, "contemporary art books, art catalogues, artists' books, art periodicals, and 'zines offered for sale by over 70 international publishers, booksellers, and antiquarian dealers." There will be tons of interesting events, performances, readings, and and signings so check out all the detailsHERE. Old image.
Date: Friday, October 24th - Sunday Time: 4pm-8pm Friday, 2pm-7pm all weekend Location: Havana Outpost (757 Fulton St. at S. Portland, Ft. Greene) Cost: Free
What's scarier than global warming and a market meltdown combined? How about The Basement of Blood at Habana Outpost. High school students from Brooklyn's Green School have created ghoulish scenes from everyday garbage, and you can check out the recycled haunted house all weekend. "The Basement of Blood is the first project by Habana Works' teen program, Break It Down. The program offers project-based internships to high school students that bring discarded resources back into use and on to the market." All ages.
Date: Mondays Time: 8:00am - 6:00pm Location: Union Square Green Market (15th St & Broadway) Cost: Free
"Did you know that 5.7% of NYC's residential waste is textiles, yet they are 100% recyclable? Recycle your unwanted textile materials at the Union Square Greenmarket every Monday. Acceptable donations include used clothing, shoes, boots, hats, jackets, towels, bedding, and linens. Goodwill will provide receipts upon request for those who may want to use their donation as a charitable contribution."
Date: Through October 31st Time: 10:00am - midnight Location: 89 7th Ave S bet West 4th and Bleeker Cost: Free
This this the last week to catch the first "official" US show of infamous UK artist Banksy. “Open for Pet Supplies/Rare Breeds/Mechanically retrieved meat” reads the sign outside of The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill where a mock pet supply shop is filled with animatronic creatures like a rhesus monkey and would-be creatures like fish sticks swimming in a tank. Read more about it here or click the link (above) for the official site. (Robert Stolarik for The New York Times)
The Drambuie Den is back! Get your old man drinking knowledge on at this spectacle of liquor marketing. Drambuie, that honey-herb-infused scotch whiskey liquor, is making a run at upping their cool ante with a series of tasting parties. These are an awesome way to kick back and enjoy a fine cocktail after work with friends. If you want to go to more than one, don't forget to RSVP for each night (bless that back button). 21+
Date: Tuesday, October 28th Time: 7:00am - 7:00pm Location: Union Square Park (South Steps) Cost: Free
Come hang with the NY Knicks and the Knicks city dnacers today at the NBA Tip Off Celebration in Union Square. Current Knicks players David Lee, Nate Robinson, Malik Rose, Danilo Gallinari and the Dancers are scheduled to appear with NBA and Knicks Legends Walt Clyde Frazier, John Starks, Kareem Abdul Jabaar, Scottie Pippen, Kenny Walker, Kym Hampton, Charles Smith and even Spike Lee! Plus, you can win free Knicks tickets, participate in basketball contests and win prizes at today's fan fest. All ages. Appearance schedule below.
Date: Tuesday, October 28th Time: 6:00pm Location: St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University (enter at Broadway and 116th St.) Cost: Free
Renown Dutch baritone Hans Pieter Herman [performs tonight] at St. Paul's Chapel in an event sponsored by the New York Opera Society and the Netherland American Foundation. The program includes contemporary and classical Dutch compositions. Dame Joan Sutherland has said of Hans Pieter Herman, 'I've not often heard a baritone with such an outstanding coloratura technique.'" All Ages.
Date: Tuesday, October 28th Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Location: Katra, 217 Bowery (between Rivington & Stanton) Cost: Free with RSVP
The Drambuie Den is back! Get your old man drinking knowledge on at this spectacle of liquor marketing. Drambuie, that honey-herb-infused scotch whiskey liquor, is making a run at upping their cool ante with a series of tasting parties. These are an awesome way to kick back and enjoy a fine cocktail after work with friends. If you want to go to more than one, don't forget to RSVP for each night (bless that back button). 21+
Joan Miró was one of the twentieth century's greatest artists and the 23 "Constellation" paintings were perhaps his greatest achievment. In 1993, drummer/composer Bobby Previte went to the Miró Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, saw them all, and was stunned. Inspired by the works, Previte created The 23 Constellations of Joan Miró, a multimedia/musical cycle of 23 movements. Tonight is the US premier of the composition. All ages.
Date: Tuesday, October 28th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Fontana's (105 Eldridge Street between Broome and Grand) Cost: Free
Get spooky-sauced at the Sosauce Halloween Bash! Free drinks for early birds and sauciest costumes. Drink specials include a Pumpkin Martini and Pumpkin Ale (while supplies last). Enjoy snacks, laser graffiti and the hottest dance tracks on a Tuesday night!
Date: Tuesday, October 28th Time: 7:00pm Location: SVA, 3rd Fl Amphitheater (209 E 23rd St) Cost: Free
"[The] School of Visual Arts brings the spirit of street art inside [tonight], with a panel of New York City-based artists and observers for a conversation about the state of street art today, moderated by artist and SVA faculty member Amy Wilson, whose politically-charged work was at the center of the controversy surrounding the Drawing Center’s move to Ground Zero. The panelists will discuss the history of street art, how art and business have blurred on the city streets, and what recent mainstream attention means for the art form—is it a blessing or a curse? The panelists include: Marc and Sara Schiller, Wooster Collective; Thomas Beale, Honey Space; and ELBOW-TOE, street artist. More on the panelists below. All ages.
ABOUT THE PANELISTS
Sara and Marc Schiller are New York-based curators and the founders of Wooster Collective, whose mission is to document ephemeral art experiences via salons, gallery shows and the Web site, www.woostercollective.com , which showcases street art from around the world. Roberta Smith of The New York Times praised the Schillers’ groundbreaking 2006 exhibition at 11 Spring Street, New York, as “one of the best shows of the season.”
Thomas Beale, a New-York based sculptor, operates Honey Space, an independent public exhibition space in Chelsea, where the exhibition “Portrait of Sylvia Elena” was recently presented, featuring a collaborative installation by noted street artists Swoon and Tennessee Jane Watson.
SVA instructor Frank Anselmo teaches the course "Unconventional: Guerilla Advertising," which received the Gold Pencil for Innovative Advertising award at the One Show College Competition. He is an art director at BBDO New York, where he has worked on accounts for Guinness, FedEx, Ebay and HBO. Anselmo made headlines with a campaign for The Sopranos featuring arms hanging out of the trunks of New York City taxis.
ELBOW-TOE is a Brooklyn-based artist that has been active in the street art scene for the past 4 years. His work, while mainly figurative, varies wildly in style and technique, though his primary methods for work on the street are wheatpasted woodcuts, stencils and large scale charcoal drawings. His work, included in several gallery shows in London and New York, will be featured in an upcoming two person exhibition at Thinkspace gallery in Los Angeles along with the Danish street artist Armsrock.
An SVA alumnus, Amy Wilson is a New York-based artist and educator. Her current exhibition, recently reviewed in The New Yorker, is on view at Bravin Lee Programs in Chelsea. She teaches in the BFA Fine Arts, Art History and BFA Visual and Critical Studies departments at SVA.
Date: Tuesday, October 28th Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street) Cost: Free with RSVP
"Your fantastic presence is requested at a private dance party celebrating all the glitter, glam, and characteristic beats of the days of disco. Dress up! Dance! And of course, treat yourself to The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions, an exhibition celebrating the best of the Met¹s last three decades of collecting, and the legendary Director who joined the Met in 1977 and retired at the end of this year. We'll celebrate 31 years with the Museum to a seventies theme, the decade his tenure began. Think Studio 54 meets Motown glamour. Guest DJ Michael Goodstein of WFMU¹s Choking on Cufflinks will be evoking the distinctively seventies sounds of Summer, Moroder, and Larry Levan. As for attire, platforms and Farrah Fawcett hair is encouraged. History is made at night, so we'll see you under the strobe lights. You must be twenty-one or older and present two forms of valid ID to purchase drinks. Tickets not required. Valid Student ID required for entry."
Date: Wednesday, October 29th Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Deitch Projects (76 Grand St) Cost: Free, with RSVP
Danielle Levitt arrived at her distinctive photographic style capturing street fashion, pop culture, and celebrity for countless publications. While producing this commercial work, Levitt also pursued her passion for documenting American youth. The result is We Are Experienced, Levitt's first monograph, a series of portraits depicting adolescents in a variety of urban, suburban, and rural settings, as individuals and in groups, loaded with signifiers both mainstream and marginal. Celebrate the release of Levitt's premier publication tonight with music by Alice + Alex, a live performance by the NY Cheer All-Stars, and (probably) some free gallery booze. (Photo: Danielle Levitte from the powerHouse book, We Are Experienced [obviously]).
Date: Wednesday, October 29th Time: 7:30pm Location: Chelsea Market (75 9th Ave btw 15th and 16th Streets) Cost: Free Open Bar: Radeberger Pilsner
"Rooftop Films returns to Chelsea market tonight for a free screening of independent horror shorts from around the world. There will be surreal shorts about creepy drifters, terrifying thrillers about devious science experiments, nightmarish films featuring practical jokes gone bad, and also a few amusing films about ghostly Shetland Ponies and undead mariachi bands. Before the films, Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers will be performing their mysterious music live, and throughout the show we will have free bottles of beer courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner, so grab your Lil' Wayne wig, sexy bunny costumes, or Sarah Palin glasses and head over to Rooftop's pre-Halloween screening party."
Date: Saturdays Time: 9:00pm - 3:00am Location:Bar Reis (375 5th Ave, Park Slope) Cost: Free
Bar Reis is actually one of those awesome, underhyped local spots out in Park Slope.. It's got a great backyard, awesome downstairs, and (if memory serves) even a pool table. Throw in tonight's mix of soul, funk, and hip-hop from DJ Sunshine and you've got a pretty sweet night out. Read more about it here. 21+
Date: Wednesday, October 29th Time: 10:30pm Location: The Living Room (154 Ludlow St.) Cost: Free
"Former DC rocker Shwa Losben has been making a name for himself since moving to New York last year. With a vocal style that sounds like a cross between Michael Stipe and Elliott Smith, Shwa specializes in melodies that you can't get out of your head. On his first solo effort "Chop Chop," Losben weaves intricate stories over beautiful arrangements. The product is one of the year's most unique albums." Hear for yourself when he plays The Living Room tonight. 21+
Date: Thursday, October 30th Time: 12:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Guggenheim Museum (1071 5th Ave at 89th St) Cost: Free
The Guggenheim celebrates the completion of its exterior restoration today with free admission for all. The current exhibitions include a Catherine Opie restrospective and theanyspacewhatever show, which features ten environments, including an Amazon rain forest and a fully functioning, rotating hotel room. Plus, from 7 - 10 tonight only you can witness artist Jenny Holzer's site-specific light projection commissioned for the newly restored exterior facade. All ages.
Date: Thursday, October 30th Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Location: Trinity Church (Broadway at Wall Street) Cost: Free ($2 suggested donation)
Trinity Church continues its Concerts at One series today with a special Halloween afternoon showing. Red Priest will perform “Nightmare in Venice” – A Baroque Halloween Fantasy including works by Vivaldi, Purcell, Tartini, and others. "Red Priest is the only early music group in the world to have been compared in the press to the Rolling Stones, Jackson Pollock, the Marx Brothers, Spike Jones and the Cirque du Soleil. This extraordinary acoustic foursome has been described by music critics as ‘visionary and heretical’, ‘outrageous yet compulsive’, ‘wholly irreverent and highly enlightened’, ‘completely wild and deeply imaginative’, with a ‘red-hot wicked sense of humour’ and a ‘ break-all-rules, rock-chamber concert approach to early music.’" All Ages
Date: Thursday, October 30th Time: 7:00pm Location: Museum of Comic and Catroon Art (594 Broadway, Suite 401 bet Prince and Houston) Cost: Free
Legendary underground cartoonist and graphic novelist Kim Deitch presents a special pre-Halloween Cartoon Movie Night tonight at MoCCA, featuring rare cartoons from the 1920s and 30s handpicked from Deitch's personal collection. As an added attraction
Deitch and his spouse Pam Butler will display examples from their extensive collection of antique toy cats, as featured in Deitch's graphic novel Alias the Cat. All Ages.
Kim Deitch's career spans the entire post-war history of avant-garde comics, from the underground to the literary mainstream. As an early contributor to the East Village Other, Deitch was a charter member of the underground comix scene that exploded with the 1968 publication of Robert Crumb's Zap #1. Forty years later, he stands alongside Crumb, Bill Griffith, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, and Art Spiegelman as one the most notable and prolific artists to emerge from that milieu. Kim Deitch: A Retrospective features ninety-seven pieces spanning the artist's entire career, including comics originals, preparatory sketches, prints, and animation cel set-ups.
Who's says Brooklyn's got no roots? With their warmth of old vinyl, the soul of Gram Parsons and the lyricism and profound musicianship that only comes from each members dedicated musical journeys, Brooklyn's own Yarn take the stage at Arlene's tonight to show off some of the borough's finer alt-country/Americana stylings. 21+
Date: Thursday, October 30th Time: 9:30pm - Midnight Location: Tea Lounge (837 Union St btw. 6th & 7th, Park Slope) Cost: Free ($10 suggested pay what you can)
FreeNYC's favorite violinist, Skye Steele, takes his quartet out for a stroll tonight at one of their favorite spots, Park Slope's Tea Lounge. "Skye Steele... 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." poems by Li-Young Lee, Henry Dumas, Skye Steele, and more. All ages.
Date: Friday, October 31st - Nov 2nd Time: 11:00am - 7:00pm (until 4:00pm Sunday) Location: The Tunnel (269 11th Ave bet 27th & 28th St) Cost: Free Admission
64 dealers and publishers from six counties come together this weekend for the 11th Annual Editions | Artists' Book Fair showcasing the latest in contemporary prints, editions, and multiples. Prices range from a mere $20 all the way to half a million but its always free to look. Continues throughout the weekend.
Date: Friday, October 31st Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Bryant Park Carrousel (40th between 5th and 6th) Cost: Free
In the spirit of Halloween, Bryant Park welcomes children from ages three to eight that are in costume to join in at Bryant Park’s first annual Halloween party on October 31st from 4 to 6pm. Children will have the opportunity to paint pumpkins, listen to scary stories, and meet popular storybook character Clifford, the Big Red Dog. The event is free but carrousel rides $2.
Date: Friday, October 31st Time: 4:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Trinity Church (89 Broadway at Wall St) Cost: Free
Take a low key approach to Halloween with Trinity Church's night of games, crafts, and ghost tales in the churchyard. There will also been an evening screening of the silent movie classic "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" accompanied by organist Cameron Carpenter. All Ages.
Date: Friday, October 31st Time: 5:30pm and 7:30pm Location: Children's Museum of Manhattan (212 West 83st) Cost: Free
The Children's Museum of Manhattan invites you and your children to watch performances from Princess Katie and Racer Steve on Halloween Night! They’ll be performing 2 shows. This event will be lots of fun with music, delicious food – spooky & friendly! All ages & costumes encouraged!
Date: Friday, October 31st Time: 7:00pm Location: 6th Ave from Spring to 23rd (map) Cost: Free
In an event that needs no introduction, its time once again for the Greenwich Village Halloween Day Parade. Watch as "hundreds of artists, 53 bands of different types of music, dancers and artists, and thousands of other New Yorkers in costumes of their own creation" take to the streets to celebrate this year's theme "Ghost." If you've never been then this is a definite must-go event at least once in your life. Check the site if you are interested in participating.
Date: Friday, October 31st Time: 7:00pm Location: Union Square Park North (17th St and Broadway) Cost: Free
Bust the bikes out, it's time for the annual Critical Mass haunted Halloween ride. "Become the positive and 'spooky' demonstration of what our streets could look like with non-polluting sustainable transportation and community." All Ages.
Date: Friday, October 31st Time: 7:00pm - 12:00am Location:The Silent Barn (915 Wykcoff Ave) Cost: Free
Not sure what to do on Halloween? How about you check out The E.V.E. Project (Earthly View of Eden), a work-in-progress art work of a life size female human being sewn together from animal parts collected from Chinatown fish markets, garbage, and from taxidermy websites. Come on, what says Halloween more then sewn together animal carcass?
Date: Friday, October 31st Time: 8:00pm Location: s t a i n (766 grand street,w'burg) Cost: Free
Bring out your dead its The Stain Annual Halloween Party! "Swalloweenie" (which sounds way dirty) is a costume party event with prizes for the Most Gory and Best Look-a-like costume, BBQ, visuals, bobbing for hot dogs and pumkin ale. Music by DJ 2Bee and DJ Kollerfield playing tracks from this world and beyond the beyond.
Date: Friday, October 31st Time: 7:15pm - 9:30pm Location: Ochi's Downstaors Lounge @ Comix (353 West 14th Street Between 8th and 9th Avenues) Cost: Free (one drink minimum)
Superego Comedy presents a Halloween Stand-Up Comedy Show. Join them after the parade for laughs, candy and comics in costume. Hosted by Dale "El Gaucho de las Mariposas" Sorenson and Michelle "Oddly Voluptuous Zombie" Dobrawsky.
Date: Friday, October 31st Time: 10:00pm Location: Hugs (106 N. 6th Street) Cost: Free
The People Don't Dance No More DJs are going to rock some spooky disco at the Working the Knobs party Friday night at Hugs. Resident DJs Cousin Cole, Rezound, and Project Matt have been throwing this musically diverse, disco encouraged party for awhile now and we are looking forward to sharing the decks with with special guests Robot Blair and David Bruno. Costumes, disco, and debauchery. Just like a normal Saturday night 1979...Get your costumes on and get ready to do the zombie...
Date: Friday, October 31st Time: 10:00pm Location: Home Sweet Home (131 Chrystie St) Cost: Free
"Six solid hours jam-packed with sonic ectoplasmic orgasmic fun! The spooky boys from the Hunt literally transform Home Sweet Home into proper haunted house this Halloween! The festivities within include a performance and DJ set by Washington DC's Kid Congo Powers, who's played with such creepy bands as Cramps/Gun Club/Bad Seeds; a performance by, [LA's] Electrocute leader Nicole Morier; a DJ set by the legendary Howie Pyro [who has] been a member of D-Generation, Danzig, and a ton of bands going all the way back to late 70s" and more. 21+
Date: Friday, October 31st Time: 10:00pm Location: Savalas (285 Bedford btw S.1st and Grand, W'burg) Cost: Free
Caps (of Caps and Jones) teams up with Sammy Bananas and super secret guest for a Savalas Halloween party. Expect spooky Vincent Price voices, dry ice, peeled grape eyeballs, witch hair, candy corns, zombie dancers, sexy Freddy Kruegers, werewolves, bad dudes and an assortment of other Halloween staples.
Date: Friday, October 31st Time: 11:00pm Location: M Shanghai Bistro & Den (129 Havemeyer St. btw Grand and South 1st, W'burg) Cost: Free
4th annual disco Halloween party from DJs Dan Selzer and Jeremy Campbell, who brought you such Halloween parties as "Dancing in Space", "Wild Kingdom" and "The Haunted Disco". Now that Disco is officially back from the dead, come to the Night of the Living Disco Dead. Costumes recommended, how about a 70s Zombie? Victim of a roller-boogie accident? Disco ball fall on your head? Did you party till you dropped?
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