Date: Saturday, November 1st Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Public Assembly (70 N 6th, W'burg) Cost: $5 with RSVP Open Bar: Vodka 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Crooked Disco celebrates the 1 year anniversary of their monthly get down of disco, breaks, electro, and Baltimore club with Holla-Ween II tonight! Featuring live performances by Baltimore’s Claire Hux and NYC’s own Koko Dozo, along with DJ sets from Philadelphia’s DJ Sega (Mad Decent), Seattle’s Tigerbeat, and resident DJ Morsy and DJ Kestar (collectively, The Crooked Disco DJs). There’s an open bar to kick things off from 10-11 plus free candy and a $100 costume contest. 21+
Date: Saturday, November 1st Time: 10:00am - noon Location: The New Museum (235 Bowery) Cost: Free
A certain big name retailer does some really awesome museum programs though out the city and this one is no exception. "First Saturdays for Families at the New Museum offer special, hands-on programs designed for families with children and young adults 5 to 15 years old, conducted by trained New Museum educators the first Saturday of each month. Families have the opportunity to explore the New Museum’s exhibitions through lively conversations in the galleries, and to engage in related creative activities. Families are admitted free of charge for up to 3 adults per family. Tickets are given out on a first-come, first-served basis." Click here for info on today's program involving the current Elizabeth Peyton exhibition.
Date: Saturday, November 1st - 2nd Time: 12:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Hudson River Park's Pier 54 (Cross at W. 14th St. or Horatio St.) Cost: Free
"This Halloween, scare yourself silly at Hudson River Park's Pier of Fear — two days of Halloween fun designed to thrill and chill children and adults of all ages. Get your heart thumping at one of Manhattan’s largest, best and free haunted houses. This Maze of Horrors includes a guided tour through eerie hallways and freaky rooms in complete darkness. As night falls, the maze becomes even spookier for adults and older children. For the faint of heart, The Striking Viking Story Pirates will perform a Halloween themed improv show for adults and children of all ages at 2:30 and 4pm, both days." Tickets are free, but limited and distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, and time slots fill up quickly.
Date: Saturday, November 1st Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Location: Tompkins Square Park Cost: Free
"Today is the third installment of Live Art in the Parks, a series of ten performance dates in NYC parks & public venues happening monthly until September 2009. The Live Art in the Parks shows are free to the public and in public parks throughout New York City. Each performance date highlights four artists - creating a total of 40 new performance works over the next year. The series works as a public laboratory for New York based performance artists to experiment and refine pieces for the masses." All Ages.
Date: Saturday, November 1st Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm Location: Apex Art (291 Church St) Cost: Free
"Shared Frequencies is a portable sound installation and performance environment that relies on multiplex radio communications events as its primary performance material. An array of radio scanners is paired with a set of analog synthesizer modules, and assembled on a set of small, modest folding tables. The scanners pick up a wide variety of speech, encoded data streams, and noise that are converted into (more) synthetic sound. The results of these electroacousticinteractions are projected into the air, and the sounds heard are physically modified by the shape and volume of the installation's site."
Date: Saturday, November 1st and Sunday, November 2nd Time: Sat 6:00pm-12:00am Opening reception; Sunday, 12-6 Location: Supreme Trading (213 N 8th St. Williamsburg) Cost: Free
After the last two incredibly successful fair, Brooklyn's own Cannonball Press has again assembled an extraordinary menagerie of graphic artists under one roof, who will be present, displaying their prints, and selling them for $50 or less for two days only. Contributions from Tugboat Press, The Amazing Hancock Brothers McGregor, Sean Star Wars, Howling Print Studios, Space 1026, Cannonball Press, and more.
Date: Saturday, November 1st Time: 8:00pm Location: Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Ave, Enter on 25th St) Cost: Free
The New York Piano Society, dedicated to discovering and nurturing talented performers whose primary professions lie outside the field of music performance, presents a performance of compositions by Beethoven, Brahms, Handel and others tonight performed by artists who's day jobs range from scientist to financial analyst. Reception follows. All Ages.
Date: Sunday, November 2nd Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm Location: Staten Island to Central Park Cost: Free to watch
Today is the Marathon. Unless you have been under a rock, this is one of those super important races around the world. Personally, I prefer to get out my summer time bbq chairs, set them up on Bedford ave early, drink beer and heckle the runners. Of course, that was much more fun when Puff Daddy was in the the race... but still... The prime viewing will be in central park of course. Check the site for full info,schedule and a course map.
Date: Saturday, November 1st - 2nd Time: 12:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Hudson River Park's Pier 54 (Cross at W. 14th St. or Horatio St.) Cost: Free
"This Halloween, scare yourself silly at Hudson River Park's Pier of Fear — two days of Halloween fun designed to thrill and chill children and adults of all ages. Get your heart thumping at one of Manhattan’s largest, best and free haunted houses. This Maze of Horrors includes a guided tour through eerie hallways and freaky rooms in complete darkness. As night falls, the maze becomes even spookier for adults and older children. For the faint of heart, The Striking Viking Story Pirates will perform a Halloween themed improv show for adults and children of all ages at 2:30 and 4pm, both days." Tickets are free, but limited and distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, and time slots fill up quickly.
Date: Sunday, November 2nd Time: 12-6 Location: Supreme Trading (213 N 8th St. Williamsburg) Cost: Free
After the last two incredibly successful fair, Brooklyn's own Cannonball Press has again assembled an extraordinary menagerie of graphic artists under one roof, who will be present, displaying their prints, and selling them for $50 or less for two days only. Contributions from Tugboat Press, The Amazing Hancock Brothers McGregor, Sean Star Wars, Howling Print Studios, Space 1026, Cannonball Press, and more.
Date: Monday, November 3rd Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: The Stanton Chapter (176 Stanton St) Cost: Free
"New Work: Art from the Workers at the New Museum" opens the back door of New York's polemical-cum-nebulous contemporary art institution with over forty works from the docents, directors, art handlers, accountants, maintenance staff and security guards who keep the place running. With painting, sculpture, photography, performance, music, and design, "New Work" reveals what all those invisibles are thinking about when they're not committed to their desks or telling you to keep away from the art. All Ages.
Date: Monday, November 3rd Time: 7:00pm (doors at 6) Location: Galapagos (16 Main St at Water St, DUMBO) Cost: Free with RSVP
On this election night eve, hang with the WNYC folks as they present a screening of the HBO documentary ReCount where "Kevin Spacey leads an outstanding cast... that pulls back the veil on the headlines to explore the human drama surrounding the most controversial presidential election in U.S. history." 21+
Date: Tuesday, November 4th Time: Various Location:Various Cost: Free
By exercising your freedom to vote today you are entitled to a bunch of free stuff! With proof of voting, Ben and Jerry's will give you a free scoop of ice cream! Locations can be found here. Krispy Kreme gets in on the action as well, stating "We can't guarantee that your candidate of preference will win on November 4, but we can guarantee that your right to voice your choice will be rewarded with a patriotic doughnut that will remind you just how tasty freedom really is." Locations here. And what would election day be without coffee? Starbucks announced if you say you voted, they say here is a free tall coffee!
Date: Tuesday, November 4th Time: 12:00pm - 7:00pm Location: Washington Square Park Cost: Free
The international art group Sun Rain Stars will unveil in New York their next performance this afternoon. In this Guerilla Style artshow people compete as kissboxer against each other to win Fight For Love, the ultimate Kiss Fighting Championship. The Sun Rain Stars will start each hour a new tournament of maximum 20 participants whereby they have to fight against the World Champion Kissboxing Erik Van Loon from The Netherlands. The fights of each three rounds of one minute will be decided by the kissboxer who kissed the other most times or by a technical kiss-out of 4 kisses with as only rule that the kisses have to be made above the belt.
Date: Tuesday, November 4th Time: 6:00pm Location: Storefront for Art & Architecture (97 Kenmare St) Cost: Free
"To mark the closing of the White House Redux exhibition, Storefront will hold an all-night election vigil in the gallery with live a large-screen CNN projection, 5 cable news channels, blogging stations and wi-fi for blog reading (and writing). The event, organized in association with Control Group, will continue until the 44th President of the United States is announced. Drinks will be provided while they last - BYO food and sleeping bags. Coffee and croissants from Ceci Cela will be served at 7am. Everyone welcome!"
Date: Tuesday, November 4th Time: 6:00pm Location: 3rd Ward (195 Morgan Ave, Bushwick) Cost: Free
"You voted, Now celebrate the end of an era with the crew over at 3rd Ward! Expect live election coverage projected 10ft. x 10 ft., DJs, drinks and eats. Plus, compete to show your patriotism and be awarded, 3rd Ward style."
Date: Tuesday, November 4th Time: 6:00pm Bike Ride, 7:00pm Party Location:Bike Ride begins at City Hall, Party at City Reliquary (370 Metropolitan Ave, W'burg) Cost: Free
The City Reliquary Museum and Civic Organization will host an Election Party tonight from 7pm until the choosing of our next President! "Amidst red white and blue bunting and streamers we will have two separate projectors and will live-broadcast the State-by-State Roll Calls, on both indoor and outdoor screens, courtesy of CNN.com. On the grill we've got all American burgers, dogs and veggie dogs at '08 Recession prices, as well as Brooklyn beer and soda available for donation. All American Apple Pie will be served with proof of vote cast, and since this is one of the most patriotic of nights, make sure you BYO American Flag! [...] If that weren't enough, there will be a Very Civic Bicycle Ride, departing from City Hall (Centre Street and Chambers) at 6pm, and heading towards the Reliquary, in time to enjoy the votes coming in."
Date: Wednesday, November 4th Time: 7:00pm (doors, 6:15pm) Location: The ImaginAsian (239 East 59th St bet 2nd and 3rd Aves) Cost: Free with RSVP
Tokyo-New York continues to bring you some of the finest groundbreaking cinema from Japan tonight with the North American premier of Goemon. "Goemon is about the "Japanese Robin Hood" who tangles himself in a brutal warfare amongst the warlords, honor and love… by visionary director, Kazuaki Kiriya." The film is beautiful with all the amazingly choreographed swordplay, video game inspired action scenes and sweeping landscape shots we love. Don't forget to RSVP.
Date: Tuesday, November 4th Time: 7:00pm Location: Southern Hospitality (1460 2nd Ave. bet 76th & 77th Sts.) Cost: Free
BBQ joint Southern Hospitality offers of drink specials all night for you uptown debate watchers. Things kick off with a free hour of top shelf Hundred Grand margaritas and continues with election results on 14 TVs and $2 donkey and elephant shots all night long. Wear your colors for support. 21+
Date: Tuesday, November 4th Time: 7:00pm Location: Nation (12 West 45th St. bet 5th and 6th Aves.) Cost: Free
"The Manhattan Young Democrats (MYD) and Young Professional Action Committee (YPAC) will be hosting an Election Night party tonight." There are $5 beer and well drinks from 7-9 and the MYD has reserved the whole event for the night. 21+
Date: Tuesday, November 4th Time: 10:00pm Location: Tribeca Grand Hotel (2 Ave of Americas bet. Walker & White) Cost: Free
Style Republik take over the Tribeca Grand at one of the swankier election night galas. Election projects along with guest DJing from Gordon Hull of Surface2Air. 21+
Date: Tuesday, November 4th Time: 10:00pm Location: Public Assembly (70 N 6th St, W'burg) Cost: Free with RSVP
Its election night Takeover Theory style. Things kick off with free fried chicken and waffles from 8-9 and then an open bar of Olde English 22's from 9-10. All night long its election results and DJ sets from Complex, Jedi, and Chad Dubbz. Don't forget to RSVP... 21+
Date: Wednesday, November 5th Time: 3:30pm - 4:45pm Location: NYU, Warren Weaver Hall Room 109 (251 Mercer St) Cost: Free
"The 'open source' movement in computer software is self-organizing and decentralized; it also values participation over power. Douglas Rushkoff, the leading US commentator on digital culture, argues that democratic politics should work in the same way. If this is indeed the first Internet election... will it be followed by the first Internet administration?" Douglas Rushkoff, author of ten best-selling books on new media and popular culture, discusses the future of a wired political system tonight.
Date: Wednesday, November 5th Time: 7:00pm Location: The Living Room (154 Ludlow St) Cost: Free
Rising songstress Andrea Wittgens celebrates her new CD release tonight with a free show a tonight. "Wittgens' was known as a cross between Fiona Apple x Norah
Jones x Ricki Lee Jones, but her new CD, "In the Skyline," is more pop influenced and delves deeper into her theatrical side. Leah Siegel co-headlines. 21+
Date: Wednesday, November 5th Time: 8:00pm Location: The Bell House (149 7th St., btw 2nd and 3rd Aves) Cost: Free
Union Hall brings you Secret Science Club, one of my favorite monthly events. Come nerd it up with mind-blowing lectures, volatile cocktails, and chemically-altered sounds. Tonight's focus is on good old Carbon. "Biologist Tyler Volk is science director of the environmental studies program at New York University, the author of the just-released book CO2 Rising: The World’s Greatest Environmental Challenge, and the guitarist for the all-scientist rock band, the Amygdaloids. For more than 20 years, his research has focused on the global carbon cycle, the dynamics of the biosphere, and closed ecological systems for life support. Dr. Volk asks: How is CO2 changing the natural world? Can new technologies and new energy sources—carbon sequestration, biomass, solar, wind, and nuclear—hold back the carbon tide? Why are the exhaled breaths of the growing human population not net additions to atmospheric CO2? How much carbon can the world’s oceans and forests hold? What facts should every Earth citizen know about the carbon cycle?" 21+
Date: Thursday, November 6th Time: 6:00pm - midnight Location: The Riviera (103 Metropolitan Ave at Wythe, W'burg) Cost: Free
The Riviera has long been my favorite gallery in Williamsburg and has appeared on FreeNYC countless times. Unfortunately, all good things come to an end... "After 6 long years of the most fun we could have with the best artists we know, we're closing the Riviera Gallery. We'd like to thank you for being a part of Riviera. You helped make the gallery what it is, and we're glad you were a part of it. We'd be thrilled if you would come to our final closing party" All Ages.
Date: Thursday, November 6th Time: 7:00pm Location: Idlewild Books (12 W 19th St.) Cost: Free
Words Without Borders is the premier online magazine of international literature in translation. A nonprofit organization, WWB promotes international exchange through the translation, publication and active promotion of some of the world's best writing. This year, WWB is teaming up with Idlewild Books to launch a new monthly event series—First Thursdays—that pairs internationally renowned literary critics and award-winning translators to discuss exciting contemporary fiction from around the world. Tonight features a discussion of Amara Lakhous's award winning novel Clash of Civilizations over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio with Ann Goldstein (the book's translator) and Michael F. Moore. All ages.
Ann Goldstein is an editor at The New Yorker. For Europa Editions, she has translated three novels by Elena Ferrante (The Days of Abandonment, Troubling Love, The Lost Daughter) and The Worst Intentions by Alessandro Piperno. Her most recent translation for Europa is Clash of Civilizations Over and Elevator in Piazza Vittorio by Amara Lakhous. She has been the recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli Translation Award, A Guggenheim Translation fellowship, and was a visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome. She lives in New York.
Michael F. Moore, Chair of the PEN Translation Committee, is a New York-based writer, translator, and interpreter. His previous translations, from the Italian, include God's Mountain by Erri De Luca, The Silence of the Body, by Guido Ceronetti, and the poetry of Alfredo Giuliani, in I Novissimi: Poetry for the Sixties. He is currently working on a new translation of the classic Italian novel The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni.
Amara Lakhous was born in Algiers in 1970. He has a degree in philosophy from the University of Algiers and another in cultural anthropology from the University la Sapienza, Rome. He recently completed a Ph.D. thesis entitled "Living Islam as a Minority." His first novel, Le cimici e il pirata (Bedbugs and the Pirate), was published in 1999. Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio, winner of Italy's prestigious Flaiano prize, is his second novel. He lives in Italy.
Date: Thursday, November 6th Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm Location: The Bodega (1089 Broadway at Dodworth St, Bushwick) Cost: Free
Hope Gangloff, Natalie Shook, Robert Thompson, Mike Force, Theo Gonzales, Benny Smalls, and a host of other local artists take on the funny pages' own Cathy this evening in our favorite Bushwick spot, The Bodega (okay, its a toss up with Goodbye Blue Monday but that's another conversation). Down some free champagne and take in a good, artsy, laugh. (via MyOpenBar)
Date: Thursday, November 6th Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Hiro Ballroom (371 W 16th St) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: ???, 8-9
Fires of Rome and Cazals take the stage this evening as French music label The Hours show's off their new talent. Fires of Rome have "Precisely snarling guitars with outlandish vocal keening" says the New York Times and have been tearing up the blogs with their remixes by Don Rimini, Data Life, and others. The Cazals are "just one of the most forward thinking British guitar bands today" says NME and tonight they tend to prove just that with their alt-dance-rock-ness. Detroit techno legend Kevin Saunderson closes out the event in what is a seemingly unrelated, but extra awesome, bonus. Oh, and there's an open bar too! 21+
For four fun Fridays this Fall, Cafe Grumpy will be screening movies where characters wear hoodies and ride bicycles. Tonight they close out the series with the paperboy-gone-superstar 80s flix, RAD.
Date: Friday, November 7th Time: 7:00pm Location: Papa B Studios (907 Broadway, Bushwick) Cost: Free
"Welcome to Cavalcadia! A night of images, sounds, and words all coming together in various and exchangeable forms then dipping their hands in warm stew and rubbing them on each others thighs at Papa B Studios. Cavalcadia resides principally in the abdomen and the fingertips. It is advisable to honor its arrival by having a couple glasses of wine, inventing a dance, eating the leaves of an unknown plant, and contemplating the fabric of love. Featuring artwork by local artists, music by local musicians, books by ILOANBook authors... after hours Emotional Dance Contest!"
Date: Friday, November 7th Time: 8:00pm Location: Plan B (Ave B & 10th St) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Dewar's, 8-10
Book bloggers the Lit Mob celebrate the US publication of Roberto Bolano's 2666 tonight with the perfect pre-party shin dig. Read up on 2666 here so you can flaunt your publishing prowess while taking in two hours of free Dewar's to keep tonight bar tab to a minimum. Don't forget to RSVP. 21+
Date: Saturday, November 8th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00pm Location: Supreme Trading (213 N 8th St) Cost: Free
Teenwolf & Elsewhere (collectively, Sound Advice), and Knomad drop hip hop, house, funk, soul, and a general good time for all at their regular Seemless party. 21+
Date: Sunday, November 9th Time: 4:00pm Location: Bronx Museum of the Arts (1040 Grand Concourse at 165th St) Cost: Free, donations welcome.
As part of their worldwide 35th Anniversary celebration, the Zulu Nation holds a discussion this afternnon on the topic "What must we know and do to survive the onslaught and destruction headed our way?" Intrigued? Delve into their site for more details. All Ages.
Date: Monday, November 10th Time: 6:00pm Location: CUNY Graduate Center (365 Fifth Avenue, between 34th and 36th, Room C198) Cost: Free
"Poem in Action captures the world of poet Vincent Ferrini and his commitment to the unity of art and life in what he called “the living poem.” The film portrays the forces that shaped this artist’s life: his immigrant parents; factory work; the Great Depression; the Communist Party; and the town of Gloucester, Massachusetts where he lived until his passing in December 2007. The filmmaker and poet’s nephew Henry Ferrini captured the idiosyncrasies of the man and the ever-changing landscape of their town of Gloucester. Vincent’s passion, magnetic presence, and unyielding creativity make for an energizing portrait of an artist and his community, a poet who is also teacher, historian, spokesman, and social activist. Post-screening discussion with the director led by Fred Gardaphé, Queens College."
Date: Monday, November 10th Time: 6:30pm Location: The Great Hall of The Cooper Union (3rd Ave and 7th Street) Cost: Free
"It is estimated that by 2025, one in five New Yorkers will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or will be caring for someone who is. [Today] Dr. Michael S. Wolfe of the Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, will discuss his work in the prevention and treatment of this devastating illness of the mind and body. In 1999, Dr. Wolfe and Dr. Dennis Selkoe discovered the identity of γ-secretase as the protein, presenilin, which causes the most aggressive form of familial Alzheimer’s disease."
Date: Monday, November 10th Time: 7:00pm Location: Chelsea Market (75 9th Ave between 15th and 16th St.) Cost: Free Open Bar: Radeberger Pilsner
"Rooftop Films returns to the halls of Chelsea Market for a free screening of 10 amazing independent animated films chosen from Rooftop Films' 2008 Summer Series and our library of shorts." For the past two years, Rooftop and IFC have been streaming shorts on their page on IFC.com, and tonight they'll be screening a selection of some of the best of the bunch—many of which will be primiering on IFC.com in the next few weeks. Before the films Ivana XL will be performing live, and throughout they'll have free bottles of beer courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner.
Date: Monday, November 10th Time: 7:00pm Location: Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center (596 Broadway #602) Cost: Free
“Among bird fanciers the word record is used to signify the first essays of
a bird in singing." Sir John Hawkins... “Any set of transmitted electrical impulses received as a sound or image, e.g. via wires; the message conveyed by them.” Wikipedia, Definition of: Signal, 2006
"Signal-based processing. Interactive improvisation environments. Real-time image to audio synthesizers. Recorder player Terri Hron walks the tightrope of new developments in computer-assisted composition and improvisation. During the course of two years, Terri is experimenting with 7 composers to put together a programme of works which drops the recorder into different corners of the ever-growing realm of electroacoustic music. She is intensely fascinated by the variable degree of interactivity between musician and machine and by the direction of the signal: who is controlling who? Each composer is providing Terri with a different challenge and approach. These are being rounded out by three new pieces by Terri herself, which will not only integrate new ideas growing from the collaborations, but also highlight her instrument’s historical connection with birds."
Date: Mondays, November 10th - December 22nd Time: 7:00pm Location: Book Culture (536 W. 112th Street) Cost: Free
Book Culture invites you to a reading and celebration of two extraordinary literary achievements at New Indie Novel Night. Lawrence Shainberg (Ambivalent Zen, Memories of Amnesia, Brain Surgeon: An Intimate View of His World) reads from Crust (Two Dollar Radio, October), praised as "one of the most perverse and single-minded satires I've read" by Jonathan Lethem and described by Norman Mailer as "an academic send-up... wild as sin"; Anne Landsman (The Devil's Chimney) reads from The Rowing Lesson (Soho Press, November), which provoked an astonished New York Times Book Review critic to note, "Landsman is a gambler, and here she risks everything" in a feat that, The Guardian (UK) declared, "confirms her reputation as a major new voice."
Date: Tuesday, November 11th Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm Location: National Museum of the American Indian (One Bowling Green adjacent to the northeast corner of Battery Park) Cost: Free
"Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian is one part of a two-city career retrospective devoted to the late Fritz Scholder (1937-2005, Luiseño), an expressionist painter and sculptor who, beginning in 1960s, reimagined the depiction of Native Americans. In so doing, Scholder became an immensely successful but controversial artist who forever changed how Native Americans could be portrayed. The Heye Center’s exhibition comprises 28 paintings, sculptures, and monotypes that illustrate a lesser known side of the artist’s oeuvre, referencing the erotic and the unconscious, created over nearly three decades. Dominating the presentation, symbolically and literally, is an eight-foot tall bronze sculpture entitled Future Clone (1999). This androgynous angel figure, its wings, face, and globe washed white, is perched atop the marble foyer of the former Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House." The National Museum of the American Indian is one of my favorite places in NYC. No matter the exhibit, this museum is free every and all day. This exhibit runs through August 2009.
Date: Tuesday, November 11th Time: 10:00pm Location: Happy Ending (302 Broome at Forsythe) Cost: Free Open Bar: Vodka 11:00pm - 12:00am
What better way to celebrate a Tuesday night than with a little disco down at Happy Ending. Twig The Wonderkid and DJ Bastard spin a sexy selection of electro, disco, new-wave, post-punk, and indie hosted by The Glitterkids. Plus everyone's favorite happy ending, free vodka from 11pm to 12pm.
Date: Wednesday, November 12th Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Village Underground Locations (64 Third Avenue at 11th St. and 982 Amsterdam Avenue between 108 & 109th St.) Cost: Free
Did you know that most of your favorite cocktails are vegan friendly? In celebration of National Go Vegan Month all vegans, vegetarians, and friends of are invited to a Go Vegan Happy Hour Party at both Village Pourhouse locations. Enjoy drink specials on your favorite vegan-friendly drinks including Absolut, Bacardi, Bud Light, and more! Mix and mingle, discuss recipes, play trivia, and just have fun! Considering going Vegan? You're invited too! Chat with other Vegans and Vegetarians about making the choice and receive information on going Vegan including recipes, starter kits, and more!
Date: Wednesday, November 12th Time: 8:00pm Location: Angels & Kings (500 East 11th between A and B) Cost: Free
Bust out out your video game skills for a little competition tonight. The kids over at Angels & Kings want you to bring your Rock Band skills to the table. The winner walks away with $50 cash, which well get you quite a few of the $2 drink specials.
Date: Wednesday, November 12th Time: 11:00pm Location: Cain (544 W 27th St.) Cost: Free with RSVP
How do you want to spend your hump day? How about you Play House with Steve Aoki? No, dirty mind! Not like that! Tonight he spins Cain's Wednesday night party Play House. Remember to RSVP to GBH.
Date: Thursday, November 13th Time: 11:00am - 9:00pm Location: Chelsea Art Museum (556 West 22nd St) Cost: Free
The Chelsea Art Museum celebrates its sixth anniversary today with free admission and activities all day long. For the young ones, there will be art making workshops from 12-1 with French painters Jean Miotte and Keren Rosenbaum, pioneers of L'Art Informel. And for you big folks there are art exhibitions all day, a curator talk by Nina Colosi at 6:15 pm, a performance by The Wendy Osserman Dance Company 7, and a cocktail party/booksigning with Jean Miotte and jazz performance by Lars Haake and ensemble 6 pm - 9 pm. All ages.
Gringolandia is "an installation, saloon, and full-sensory performance space created by Mickey Western. Built upon the mythos of the Universal Outlaw: The poets, preachers and vigilantes whose moral codes have been determined by an internal value system free from the laws of the state. Saloon Salon includes a western-style saloon façade, a saloon-style bar serving homebrewed beer & liquor, a library of books (by Mickey as well his friends), a functional outhouse and a shooting alley (replete with marshmallow bow & arrow).
Date: Thursday, November 13th Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Location: Whiskey Town (29 E. 3rd St. bet. 2nd Ave. and Bowery) Cost: 88¢
The Ocho Loco crew are back with another recession special for ya. This time around, its three straight hours of 88¢ Evan Williams whisky drinks. The only catch here is that you have to click here and text yourself the coupon for entry (and automatically get signed up for the Thrillist newsletter). 21+
Date: Thursday, November 13th Time: 6:30pm Location: Apexart (291 Church Street) Cost: Free
Eugen Radescu is an independent curator, co-founder, and co-publisher at Pavilion magazine, president of artphoto asc., and co-director of Bucharest Biennale. Bosko Blagojevic is an artist and writer based in Brooklyn. His writing on art and culture has appeared in a variety of media both online and off, including recently the journals Afterimage, USELESS and Art Asia Pacific, as well as several artist's publications. Tonight, they ask "how innocent is that?" in conversation about the state of innocence in Eastern Europe.
"Founded by Campari and inspired by Campari’s century long commitment to the arts, House of Campari aspires to create experiences, inspire dialogue about contemporary visual arts and provide a platform for cutting- edge artists to share their passion. The “Art of Cocktailing” features a selection of four David Weidman prints that will be silk screened on canvas tote bags. Each silk screen is a unique and limited edition artwork that celebrates the spirit and art of printmaking. 21+
Date: Thursday, November 13th Time: 10:00pm - 2:30am Location: Karma Lounge, downstairs (51 1st Ave bet 3rd and 4th St) Cost: Free
Live techno descends upon Karma Lounge tonight as Out of Sequence, a "5 borough known spot for the real underground sounds of Live electronic/hiphop dance music." Featuring live sets by Krts, DJ Slouch, A-ux and D. Gookin, and accompanied by visuals from Bryan Teoh and Peter Kirn, this is perfect for Warper fans, and lovers of knob-twiddlery alike. DJ Udachi brings some bangin electro to the space late night. 21
Date: Friday, November 14th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Black Box Gallery, Hunter College, North Building, 5th fl. (695 Park Avenue) Cost: Free
"Tonight the Black Box Gallery at Hunter College will feature the newest media art developed by graduate students in MFA programs across New York City. Organized by Electronic Social Club [ ESC ] this exhibit will showcase a range of media art, including video, interactive, performance, sound, games and web art that explores urgent social, political and economic issues. Tonight's event features Storywalk, an experimental guided tour experience that explores collaborative storytelling and digital mapping designed by Sha Sha Feng from Hunter College's MFA/IMA program. Other presentations include Pigeon, an experimental phone-based social network and Moving Tree, an urban space installation."
Date: Friday, November 14th Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Yippie Museum Cafe (9 Bleeker St btw. Elizabeth & Bowery) Cost: Free
Not much info on this one but Noise Word Warmth Attack is "a night of noise word bands" and if you are an intrigued as me then perhaps this is a good way to spend an hour or two early this evening. Featuring "suspended poems & drone hymn hysteric" from Farms, plus live sets by Neud Photo and Love Todd Colby.
Date: Friday, November 14th Time: 9:30pm Location: Rubin Museum of Art (150 West 17th Street btw 6th and 7th Ave) Cost: Free with a $7 drink minimum
"Based on true events, 'Nobody Knows' tells the saga of a reckless mother who abandons her four illegitimate children, all begot by different fathers, in a small Tokyo apartment, leaving the eldest son to feed, clothe, and protect his siblings in a home without even basic utilities. 12-year-old Yagira Yuya, who plays the character of the eldest son Akira, won the Best Actor prize at the 2004 Cannes International Film Festival for his heartrending performance in this film that is at once a fairy-tale adventure of orphans left to abide by their own makeshift set of rules, and a gripping portrait of the realities of parental abandonment." Trailer below. 21+
Date: Friday, November 14th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Otto's Shrunken Head (238 14th St btw. A & B) Cost: Free
"Nerds are sexy, nerds are fun, nerds are gonna rock out hard with everyone. We are proud to be doing our first Nerd Night at Rockem Sockem. The night is sponsored by Nerdapaloza. We have a Nerdcore, a Sock puppet band and a cartoon nerd rock band playing. We have been trying to do this lineup forever so we are super psyched. These boys are a fun and boppy as we are. We will be playing our sets heavy on the geek side with some 8 bit and Nerdcore to boot .DJ Pawlee was not scared by the challenge and will be djing with us in the DJ booth of doom from 1-2 am." Band lineup below. 21+
Date: Saturday, November 15th Time: 8:00am - 6:00pm Location: Manhattan Center Studios (311 West 34th Street) Cost: Free with Registration
Bring your headshots and resume and expand your network at Actorfest NY 2008. "Actorfest is Back Stage’s annual one-day event for actors, singers, dancers, performing artists, etc. It provides a unique opportunity to participate free open casting calls with NBC, Telemundo, Nickelodeon, The N, and Telsey + Co., to hang out in the free networking café and meet industry pros in the free exhibit hall. You will also have the benefit to meet successful actors, agents, casting directors, photographers, acting teachers, vocal coaches, and many other professional in the industry at one place in one time. Panel discussions, master classes, and workshops are available to enhance your skills and knowledge for a small fee."
Date: Saturday, November 15th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Live Fast NYC (57 Clinton St. b/w Rivington & Suffolk) Cost: Free
For the sixth year in a row, MF Gallery brings you a great selection of toys designed by artists from around the world. These toys are not just designed by emerging and well-known artists, they are all hand crafted by the artists themselves- each one a unique work of art! The 2008 MF Toys Show will include art toys made by: JAngie Mason, Elmer Presslee, Ciou, Ed Repka, Jenny Harada, Peggy & Jurg, Tyson Somers, Moses Jaen, Jaz Harold, Fernando Carpaneda, Anna Cosulich, Heather Gargon, Luis Lorenzana, Nikki Taylor, MF Toys, and Many More… Plus, free beer for the 21+
"The culture of Los Angeles flows — both figurative and quite literally — through its central vein: The River. This book is borne from a fascination and love that precedes the attention that has shifted back to this flow. Fathered by the late Ulysses Zemanova and further nurtured by its co-authors/editors, The Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River (UGLAR) moves beyond the overexposed culture of graffiti and misunderstood world of scientific discovery. UGLAR wishes to bring to light the authors' interest, if only to spawn more within its readers."
Date: Saturday, November 15th Time: 8:30pm Location: Brooklyn Academy of Music (30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn) Cost: Free
Tonight, Brooklyn Academy of Music welcomes Judah Tribe. "This event, a long time in the making will mark the Tribe's first time at one of New York City's most prestigious venues. The event will also be the official release of the song Judgment. Judgment, written by Judah Tribe in tribute to Sean Bell, features guitarist Les Paultre father-in-law of Sean Bell."
Date: Sunday, November 16th Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: NYU Warren Weaver Hall (251 Mercer Street, Room 109) Cost: Free
Released in December 2007 by the League of Noble Peers, Steal This Film 2 tries to go beyond the current discussions around file-sharing to look at what kinds of social change are precipitated by massive changes in our capacity to communicate. The film argues that the changes wrought by networked, peer distribution are historical on the scale of the printing press and tries to explain why. Tonight the film is screened at NYU but if you cant make it, you can just Steal This Film too. More details after the jump.
For many of you these argument will be familiar. These are strange times, in which to many of us the battle already seems to have been won. Yet governments continue to enact harsh laws expanding the scope of copyright protection and increasing sanctions for its infringement, lawsuits are levied against filesharers, fines imposed and arrests made - all intended to destroy or delay what is an inevitable change in how we look at creative work.
At the same time there has developed a burgeoning area of cultural production outside of both the institution of copyright and the historical channels of distribution, be they television, cinema or music stores. Deep beneath the sand the playing field of culture is shifting, in no small part due to the combined actions of millions of peer produsers.
Alan Toner, one of the peers responsible for the film’s production, will be present for a discussion afterwards, during which there will
also be a demonstration of STF’s footage archive.
Date: Sunday, November 16th Time: 8:00pm Location: Barcade (388 Union Ave between Ainslie and Powers, W'burg) Cost: Free
Are you nostaligic for non ergonomic controllers? Know where all the warp zones are in Super Mario Brothers? If so, test your skills agains other Nintendo gurus at this evenings LoveSac NES Classic. Competitors will sit in cozy LoveSac chairs and test their skills in SMB, Contra, and various other games from your childhood. There will be prizes and a coveted "Golden Power Glove Trophy." Just swing by to watch but you if you want to compete you need to register by email here. 21+
"Most New Yorkers are familiar with the legendary world’s fairs of 1939 and 1964, but who remembers the New York City Golden Jubilee of 1948? How the city celebrated itself during this summer-long citywide commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the consolidation of the five boroughs will be recounted and presented with rarely seen photographs, newsreel footage, sound recordings, and memorabilia from the celebration."
Date: Wednesday, November 17th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Sutra (16 First Ave) Cost: Free
Tonight, Strictly Social, LA’s hottest monthly cutting edge soul music showcase, brings the party to the East Coast for one night in New York City. There will be DJ sets by Zilvinas and Yellowtail and a listening party also for the Strictly Social MIXED Volume 2 CD remixed by DJ MYXZLPLIX. 21+
Date: Monday, November 17th Time: 7:00pm (6:00pm) Location: Blender Theatre at Gramercy (127 East 23rd Street) Cost: Free with RSVP
Going.com hooks you up tonight with their Monday Night Music Club. Catch a free show with Tigercity, Apache Beat, Mixel Pixel and more. Make sure to RSVP else its $7 at the door. 21+
Date: Tuesday, November 18th Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm Location: IGC Large Conference Room (16 W 23rd St., 4th Fl.) Cost: Free with RSVP
"Mix 'n mingle with fellow progressives as [they] toast the incoming Commander in Chief and bid good ridence to the outgoing one. Be prepared to discuss your #1 Pet Peeve of the Bush administration over the last 8 years, as well as your #1 Hope for the Obama administration over the next 8 years. Participate in Trickle-up Economics! Bring a drink or snack for yourself and to share, and/or donate some cash to the Refreshments Cause. All Democrats, Liberals and Recovering Republicans welcome!"
Date: Tuesday, November 18th Time: 7:00pm Location: Studio X (180 Varick St, Suite 1610) Cost: Free, please RSVP
What do buildings sound like? What is the residue of a building? How do structures house the process of their construction? Multimedia artist Daniel Perlin uses screws, glue, nails, sawhorses, an audio cassette and a laptop tonight to question work and
construction as auditory processes. In "re:construction"—a layered, hour-long performance piece—Perlin will build a small house at Studio-X. Recording and manipulating samples from the construction process, he will simultaneously build a large orchestral work with rhythm, melody and harmony to be recorded onto a cassette tape in
real-time. This cassette will then be housed in within this new structure as an artifact built to highlight process, and to archive the sounds of its own creation.
Date: Tuesday, November 18th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Santos Party House (100 Lafayette Street) Cost: Free with RSVP closed Open Bar: Tito's Vodka and Butternuts Beer & Ale
Design geeks unite! The Behance Network - a world wide network of premier creatives (include yours truly) - celebrates the launch of their new productivity software, The Action Network, with a party this evening. Sling back drinks some free booze from Tito's Vodka and Butternuts Beer & Ale, listen to music provided by DLO The Big Asian & Mike Servito, and discuss how Gotham is the new Helvetica (or whatever you fancy). 21+
Date: Tuesday, November 18th Time: 8:00pm Location: Union Hall (702 Union Street at 5th Ave., Park Slope) Cost: Free to watch ($5 to play)
"Wouldn’t it be funny if Alex Trebek were the kind of guy who plied his contestants with beer and said things like 'I like to be thanked before I’m spanked?' Dick Swizzle’s Sudden Death Game Show re-creates a game of Jeopardy, but throws drinking into the mix. Four contestants use a buzz-in system and answer questions via a wide-screen TV. The winners of each round get free shots; the finalist wins money; and the losers win a bottle of Budweiser and a special prize. It’s definitely a step up from playing quarters." 21+
Date: Tuesday, November 18th Time: 10:00pm Location: Living Room (154 Ludlow St) Cost: Free
"Clinton Curtis grew up between the islands of Jamaica and Key West. The son of musicians and reggaehall owners, he was always surrounded by music. As a child, he played with and learned from some of the Jamaican giants including Gregory Isaacs and Desmond Dekker. From Country to Reggae, from Dylan to Bach, Clinton Curtis is a throwback to the great songwriters of the 1960's with the musical versatility and voice of a new artist set on making his mark on today's popular music landscape." Tonight he celebrates the release of his debut album. 21+
Date: Wednesday, November 19th Time: 12:00pm - 7:00pm Location: BioSkinErgy (55 Central Park West) Cost: Free
BioSkinErgy is offering a number of free spa treatments today ladies, and i suggest you take advantage! Head in between 12pm and 7pm and choose from one of the following, free laser hair removal for the lip or underar, free chemical peel, free mini vela shape cellulite treatment, or free mini massage.. During the spa party, all gift certificates are 30% off. And you also get 30% off any treatments you book during the party. No appointments necessary.
Its time to get your education on boys and girls. Computers and Society is an undergraduate course at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU. Led by Evan Korth, it addresses the impact of networked computers on individuals, organizations and modern society as a whole, as well as the social, political and ethical issues involved in technological industries. Each week they bring in new guest speakers on the subject and the lectures are open to the public (bring photo ID). This afternoon they welcome Andrew Rasiej, social entrepreneur, founder of the Personal Democracy Formum and advisor to both Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hilary Clinton. He'll be speaking on the subject of "Democracy, Civic Action, and Politics in a Networked World." All Ages.
Date: Wednesday, November 19th & 26th Time: 6:00am - 9:30pm Location:24 Prince (24 Prince btw. Mott and Elizabeth, Downstairs Lounge) Cost: Free
Local artist and creative gift-makers combine for this early holiday market. Here you can pick up unique art, photography, jewelry, accessories, Magic Propaganda Mill books, Qori Inti Amazonian master plant herbals, and beauty products from the Peruvian rainforest all priced to move (all art is below $200).
Date: Wednesday, November 19th Time: 7:00pm Location: Gracious Home (766 6th Av.e at W. 25th St.) Cost: Free
Leaky faucet? Peed-on rug? Temperamental door lock? Clattering window-pane? Al and Larry Ubell have the answer. Join WNYC Host Leonard Lopate and the "Gurus of How-To" today for a live presentation of their regular monthly radio segment. The Ubells will answer all home repair questions, from the most basic to the most vexing, and those with seemingly intractable problems are invited to bring photos as well. All Ages.
"The Gurus of How-To" offer encouragement and dispense advice on The Leonard Lopate Show on the second Wednesday of every month. Alvin has been appearing on the show for over 25 years, during its previous incarnation as "New York & Co," and Larry began joining Leonard and his dad in-studio 12 years ago. They also run Accurate Building Inspectors, a full service building and home inspection firm based in Brooklyn.
"To mark its fifth anniversary in style and with a dash of fun, the New Literature from Europe series will celebrate an emblematic European form of literature and art this year: the graphic novel. The Graphic Novels from Europe festival will take place from November 17-21 with seven of Europe’s most famous contemporary graphic novelists (David B., Nicolas de Crécy, Igort, Jaromír 99, Isabel Kreitz, Max and Jaroslav Rudiš), who will participate in a series of free events throughout New York city. The five-day festival will include discussions, book signings and an exhibit of 60 panels at the French Cultural Services." View the full line-up of events here. All Ages.
Date: Thursday, November 20th - December 3rd Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm Location: Milk Studios (450 W 15th St.) Cost: Free
"While on assignment for Glamour’s 'Women of the Year' portfolio, photographer Norman Jean Roy was introduced to Somaly Mam, a former Cambodian sex slave who was being honored for her work rescuing women trapped in the sex industry and reintegrating them into society. Overwhelmed by her story and haunted by the faces of the women she’d worked with, Roy decided to spearhead TRAFFIK, a project that would expose and elevate the grave reality and gross injustice of their experiences. In January 2008, Roy returned to Cambodia to begin the emotionally taxing work of photographing the victims of the country’s notorious sex trade[...] TRAFFIK presents images of an industry that doesn’t just sell sex; young women and children are routinely bartered, exchanged, and sold across international borders, resulting in a soulless flow of human traffic. Part exposé and part call to action, Roy’s intimate and affecting photographs are aimed toward giving these victims a voice that will resonate across Cambodia’s borders." Show runs through December 3rd. Preview images here.
Date: Thursday, November 20th - Friday November 21th Time: 4:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Thompson Hotel (60 Thompson St) Cost: Free
"Building on the success of its first Design Competition, Supima will host another runway event using fabrics made from Supima, the world's most luxurious cotton. The latest Supima fabrics from top international mills will be given to designers selected to create a women's wear piece. The resulting design will be presented at a live runway
show that will take place the evening of January 14th at Gotham Hall,NYC. To be considered for participation, interested designers will need to be present at an open call that will take place November 20th from 4pm to 9pm and November 21st from 10am to 1pm at the Thompson Hotel in SoHo. Designers will interview with a panel composed of fashion editors, established designers and Supima representatives." Designers participating in the open call must bring a sketch of their evening wear entry, their design portfolio, current resume and a garment they have designed and sewn.
Date: Thursday, November 20th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: K&M Bar (225 N. 8th St at Roebling, W'burg) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: ???, 7-10
Missbehave Magazine lures you in for some xBox marketing with three hours of open bar plus giveaways and music by DJ Radio Rose. All you have to do is play around with the new Xbox karaoke game, Lips. Or, you can sit back and lure your friends into playing with peer pressure while you steal their free booze. Don't forget to RSVP. 21+
Date: Thursday, November 20th Time: 8:00pm - 12:00am Location: Luca Bar (119 St. Marks Place, between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) Cost: Free
Enjoy great music and company in a relaxing French Bistro-like setting. Guitars, wine, good food, and good company can you ask for more? North African Jazz usic starts around 8pm and goes until midnight. Also, enjoy a complimentary glass of sangria with dinner. Perfect way to ease into the weekend!
Date: Thursday, November 20th Time: 10:00pm Location: K&M Bar (225 N. 8th St at Roebling, W'burg) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Budweiser, 10-11
"A nightlife denizen to the fullest degree, Damian Lazarus mixes a dastardly sense of humor with terrific cutting-edge tunes and dancefloor-moving DJing sensibility. As a the head honcho behind the esteemed Crosstown Rebels label, Damian has overseen the rise of one of today’s most watched labels, an imprint that’s helped launched numerous new talents into the burgeoning minimal and techno scenes. Basic NYC’s Sleepy & Boo warm up the decks for Damian, with Giovanni and Karraskilla from the Biatch Corp. team closing the party down." Oh, and some free Budweiser to kick it off too. 21+
Date: Friday, November 21st Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Ogilvy New York (309 W49th Street, 14th Floor) Cost: Free
Andy Warhol appropriated the everyday pop image into a work of art, added a new layer of meaning to the familiar, and conceded. Warhol and others of the Pop Art movement exposed our subconscious obsession with superficial surfaces. Today advertisers and artists continue to dig deep into what compels consumers visually. However, with the introduction of an educated consumer and heightened visual comprehension advertisers often create as if they are producing works of art. Artists Mikhail Sokovikov and Jason Aaron Wall in their new series titled, Industry Calling, draw influences from advertising, consumerism, and capitalism. The large vinyl on Plexiglas collages contain bold primary colors that crisscross seamlessly across the surface. The result is a hypnotizing design that requires nothing more than a visceral reaction. All Ages.
Date: Friday, November 21st Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: 3rd Ward (195 Morgan Ave) Cost: Free with RSVP
"Judges Clay Rockefeller & Anita Durst selected Sean from hundreds of applicants to 3rd Ward's Fall Open Call. At his opening event, Mr. Fader will display pieces from his collection I want to Put You On, Tell Me How to Put You on, in which he appears zipped into the bodies of people whom he admires & covets. His seamless photographs are 'counter-posed with messy, funny, uncomfortable, and charged psychological and intersubjective negotiations that make the work alluring and, ultimately, unsettling,' says art historian David Getsy." Complimentary cupcakes by Kumquat Cupcakery and Absinthe Libations by Pernod.
NYC Streewear mavens, Mishka, celebrate the launch of their new collaboration with designers Mad Marietta and Valissa Yoe Tonight. You can join in the fun as DJs Jubilee (AKA 4AM Jess) and Star Eyes drop beats while you swill free vodka drinks. Perfect pre-party in the Williamsburg area.
Date: Friday, November 21st Time: 8:00pm Location: Listen/Space (195 Skillman at Humboldt, W'burg) Cost: Free
Williamsburg's Listen/Space - an experimental performance/rehersal space - offers up two rare film this evening including Barbara Loden's Wanda (1970). "Wanda is numb, abused, and trapped in the poverty and scarred landscape of Pennsylvania coal country. She abandons her family and takes up with a small-time crook. Wanda is the only film made by Barbara Loden (wife of Elia Kazan) before her untimely death in 1980."
Date: Friday, November 21st Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Fontana's (105 Eldridge St between Broome and Grand Sts) Cost: Free
Scooterist alert! Lady Dawn, Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo and their guests—this month, Ty Jesso and Jeannie Wasserman—provide a night of northern soul, Motown and organ grooves, accompanied by a big-screen backdrop of ’60s visuals at their regular Subway Soul Club. 21+
Date: Fridays Time: 10:00pm Location: Public Assembly (70 N 6th St, W'burg) Cost: Free
DJ Ayers (The Rub), Nick Catchdubs (Fools Gold), and Jubilee (Trash Menagerie) hold residency at this Public Assembly weekly playing a lovely mix of house, techno, disco, and ravetastic jams. Tonight DJ Huggs is in town for his Dim Mak mixtape release party. Goes late. 21+
Date: Saturday, November 22nd Time: 9:00pm Location: Botanica Bar (47 E. Houston St) Cost: Free
This is one of those random things I scooped off Going, kinda wrote off and was posting because its Saturday and there free beer. Then I check their MySpace and was plesently surprised by this hidden gem. Worth checking out... Recorded in six countries on three continents featuring a host of collaborations from Roots Manuva to Moroccan street musicians, Reachout will celebrate their new album tonight with an album preview from 9-11 (that's one long album) accompanied by free PBR (while supplies last.) The band plays live at midnight. 21+
"DJ Sixgun Suicide spins the best of punk rock, psychobilly, soul, power pop, ska, reggae, and mod rock while you get ready to dance and drink the night away. Come early for our open vodka bar at 10pm."
Date: Saturday, November 22nd Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm Location: A.R.R.O.W. Community Center (35-30 35th St, Astoria) Cost: Free
"If you're a closet greenie, love to save money, DIY-centric, or all of the above, this is the event for you! Swap-o-ramas are a fantastic way to get free new-to-you clothes, find a new home for clothing that no longer excites you, meet new friends and help save the environment. Light refreshments will be available. Remaining items will be donated to the Astoria Park Alliance for their December 6th fundraiser or to a thrift-store nearby."
Date: Sunday, November 23rd Time: 9pm-2am Location: Havana Outpost (757 Fulton St. at S. Portland, Ft. Greene) Cost: Free
We can't go all winter without our Habana Outpost corn fix and tonight is the perfect excuse to stop by as resident DJ Juice E kicks off his Classics Dance Party at their new Lowpost Lounge. "She's be rockin the decks with a souldful blend of Old School Hip Hop, Breaks, Funk, Soul, Disco, 80s Classics and much more." 21+
Date: Sundays Time: 10:00pm Location: Sweet Revenge (348 Franklin Ave btw Greene and Lexington) Cost: Free
"Secret crushes that everyone knows about? Blushing at the slightest mention of the opposite sex? And Oh! The potty jokes! Yeah, we love it all. For the Make-Out Party Juice E and Ambush bring back that nostalgic time of the late 80s/early 90s. With toys, games, treats and great beats to bring out the kid in all of us." 21+
Date: Monday, November 24th Time: 6:30pm Location: Tenement Museum Shop (108 Orchard Street) Cost: Free, please RSVP
H.R. Britton and his professional storytellers share their most memorable stories of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Hanukkah in the City. From turkeys locked in ovens to nights spent at La Guardia, they’ll recount tales that could only take place around the holidays. You probably have your own unforgettable story of drunken aunts, snowstorms, or football games in the street – if it’s three minutes or less, come down and share. All Ages.
The professional storytellers sharing the stage include:
DJ Hazard
Ten years of Commercial Art, Theater and Rock Bands brought DJ Hazard to the comedy stage. A founding member of the infamous Ding Ho Club, Hazard went on to tour nearly all of North America, achieving near cult status along the way.
Michele Carlo
Michele Carlo is a frequent contributor to NYC's storytelling community, appearing with The Moth (two-time Grandslammer and MainStage), Speakeasy, TalkingStick, The L.I.A.R. Show and her own show, It Came From New York.
Ophira Eisenberg
A MAC (Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets) Award Finalist for Best Female Comic, Ophira Eisenberg has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and Fresh Faces of Comedy, VH-1's Best Week Ever and All Access, E! Channel, the Oxygen Network, and the Discovery Channel.
Margot Leitman
Margot’s off beat, brutally honest, fearless comedy has earned her two ECNY “Best Female Stand Up” nominations and the “Joke of the Week” in Time Out New York.
Date: Monday, November 24th Time: 7:00pm Location: Blender Theatre at Gramercy (127 East 23rd Street) Cost: Free before 8, $5 after
The Blender Theater continues their Monday Night Music Club this evening with free live sets by Lights Resolve, The Urgency, This Condition and Harley and the Night. "Lights Resolve recently won a the TWC and Rock Band Battle of the Bands and opened for Dashboard Confessional and The Academy Is. The Urgency is a solid rock band from Brooklyn, NY and is signed to Interscope Records. Long Island band ,This Condition is coming off the release of their EP, entitled We Don't Have to Be Alone and has been generating buzz in the NY area." Make sure you get there early else it's $5 at the door. 21+
Date:Monday, November 24th Time: 7:30pm Location: Solas Bar (232 E. 9th St. bet. 2nd and 3rd Aves.) Cost: Free
St. Mark's Bookstore hosts an extra special reading this evening with literary luminaries Junot Díaz & Samuel R. Delaney. Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Díaz is the mind behind the critically acclaimed Drown and, more recently, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. Samuel R. Delany "is possibly the greatest living Science Fiction writer in the world, and among the best writers working today, period. He is the recipient of several Hugo and Nebula awards. His latest novel, Dark Reflections, received a Stonewall Book Award in fiction." 21+
Date: Mondays Time: 8:30pm Location: Porkys (55 West 21st St. bet 5th and 6th Aves) Cost: Free Open Bar: Miller Lite Draft, 1st quarter of the game
If Monday Night Football is your thing (especially if you don't have cable like me) then Porky's may be the spot for you tonight. Every Monday, they give out free draft beers (all be it Miller Lite) during the first quarter of the game followed by $1 beers and 25¢ wings all night long while you take in the game on their multiple flat screens and projections. 21+
Date: Monday, November 24th Time: 11:00pm - midnight Location:
Satsko's Sake Bar - LES (245 Eldridge St, btw. E. Houston and Stanton) Cost: Free
Here's another precious jem from the good folks at myopenbar.com... Satsko's Sake Bar is dolling out one hour of complimentary Sapporo and sake with no food purchase necessary. 21+
Date: Tuesday, November 25th Time: 6:00pm Location: SVA (136 West 21st St, 2nd Fl) Cost: Free with RSVP
"In the recent election, blogs played a powerful role in shaping the campaigns. Their influence extends into all mediums including design. [Tonight], Allan Chochinov, a leading figure in the design field, will discuss the impact of blogs on design and contemporary culture. Chochino is a partner of Core77, a New York-based design network serving a global community of designers and design enthusiasts." All Ages.
Date: Tuesday, November 25th Time: 6:00pm Location: Studio-X (180 Varick Street, Suite 1610) Cost: Free with RSVP
"Visual and performance artist Karen Finley will lead this group meeting, featuring invited and volunteer testimonials sharing our emotional responses to the election and the various needs for space—physical, social, cultural and psychological—that it exposed. How do our national political relationships inform or dialogue with the workplace, family, community and friends? How do the race, gender, class and identity issues raised in the campaign continue to be discussed? Finley will also address the transformation of the memory of Chicago's Grant Park (and the 1968 Democratic Convention) from a site of pain and loss into one of celebration and unity on November 4th, as well as legacies of Vietnam War protests and the Civil Rights Movement embodied in that space."
Date: Tuesdays Time: 8:30pm - 10:00pm Location: Lazy Catfish (593 Lorimer St at Conselyea) Open Bar: PBR, 8:30-10
Out Fishing pops up randomly all the time time on our site, and then disappears for months. But now we've gotten word that its back and its nice to have a happy-hour-ish open bar for us working stifs. There may be no more board games and no more free hot dogs (just cheap ones) but there is still free PBR and $1 wells from 10-11 afterwards. I guess this is now a BYOS night (Bring Your Own Scrabble).
Date: Tuesday,November 25th Time: 9:00pm - late Location: R Bar (218 Bowery) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Vodka, 10:30pm - 11:00pm
Two parties that have been off our radar for a a bit combine tonight for a mega rock explosion. The Tuesday Party and Rebel Rebel cure those mid-week blues with an open bar at 10:30 and a live performance by The London Souls at 10. dZGRa & DJ Raphael spin who knows what. Be sure to RSVP else there's a cover at the door. 21+
Date: Wednesday, November 26th Time: 8:00pm Location: High Bar (251 West 48th street at 8th Avenue) Cost: Free with RSVP
Full House/Pool is an art fair that happens annually in Miami. And what better way to celebrate an event in Miami than with a party in New York? Tonight from 8pm to Midnight, celebrate art and the arty kids at High Bar.
Date: Wednesday, November 26th Time: 10:00pm Location: Sutra Lounge (16 First Avenue between 1st and 2nd) Cost: Free with RSVP
This Wednesday, Taste kicks off an all new weekly party with some of the best hip hop DJs in the city playing funk, old school, house, and all that other music they love. This week resident DJ Sucio Smash is joined by special guest DJ Spinna.
Date: Wednesdays Time: 11:00pm Location: The Annex (152 Orchard) Cost: Free Open Bar: Zygo Vodka, 11:00pm - gone
High Voltage has been killin' it with hipster-infused electro goodness for about as long as FreeNYC's been keepin' your nightlife lively. Week after week they light up Orchard street with a bit of glam, a bit of electro, and a whole lot of drunken hump day fun. You get sets from Dimitry!!! and special guests plus free vodka beginning at 11pm. This week they team up with another of our favorite Wednesday regulars, Boys & Girls, for a double blast of midweek dancing. Check their site for the latest. 21+
Date: Thursday, November 27th Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm Location: See site Cost: Free
In another one of those "things you have to do once in your life as a New Yorker but will probably be too hung over to do," today is the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade begins at 77th Street and Central Park West. It proceeds to Columbus Circle and turns onto Broadway. The Parade marches down Broadway and turns west on 34th Street, just past Macy's Herald Square. The parade finishes at 7th Avenue. Crazy tourists line up as early as 6:30 for this one... sell them hot chocolate and make a fortune! Full info on site
Date: Through December 27th Time: 11:00am - 8:00pm Location: Union Square Park (Broadway between 14th St. & 17th St.) Cost: Free entry
‘Tis the beginning of the holiday season, and that means the return of the Holiday Market at Union Square. Unique gifts await shoppers at every turn as they peruse the more than 100 gift boutiques at the popular Holiday Market at Union Square, now in its 13th year. The Market's wares include imported and handmade holiday ornaments and decorations, antique prints, fine art, toys for kids of all ages, gourmet foods, drinks, baked goods, handcrafted jewelry and leather, golf accessories, candles, bath oils, cashmere, French linens, pet accessories, clothing and apparel for all ages."
Date: Thursday, November 27th Time: 10:00pm Location: St. Nick's Pub (773 St. Nicholas Ave @ W 149th St) Cost: Free
Boogie those "stuck in New York" blues or those "I can't believe my Uncle said that" blues away tonight as Soul workin' man "Slam Allen returns to Harlem with the best Blues and Soul in the land to help you dance off the Turkey and all the trimmings [tonight at] St Nick's Jazz Pub." 21+
See the Jonas Brothers in all of their Jonas Brothers-y glory live and in the flesh today at Barnes & Noble where they'll be signing copies of their new tour diary book Burning Up. Note: Security will be tight and you most likely won't be able to touch them.
Date: Friday, November 28th Time: 3:00pm (lighting at 6:00pm) Location: South Street Seaport (Fulton St. bet. South St. and Water S.) Cost: Free
"As the City's first major tree lighting program of the season, the annual [lighting of the Seaport Chorus Tree] features the illumination of the tens of thousands of twinkling white lights that adorn the tree, as well as, the arrival of New York City's most acclaimed Santa, caroling by The Big Apple Chorus, and appearances by The Big Apple Circus, Circus to Go! Clowns, as well as other special guests, including the evening's hostess Q104-FM dj Maria Milito. Daytime activities.. include free trolley train rides for children from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and performances at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. by the acclaimed East New York marching band the Soul Tigers -- the 2008 Battle of the Apple Drumline Champions."
"Through his hyperrealist paintings and drawings, Travis Louie presents an alternate realm of creatures, chimera, and outcasts dressed in their finest suits. These portraits, created using several transparent acrylic layers over a tight graphite drawing on smooth boards reference old Victorian photographs. The surreality of the imagery is compounded as these eerie beings pose and engage through subtle yet unique human expressions."
"From Indonesian monkey chanting to Balinese body popping, there’s little Akim Funk Buddha hasn’t embraced as means of revealing the true richness of hip-hop culture. For his latest, Akim looks to artists Spirit Child of Movement in Motion, Mazzi Behi (Soul Purpose), Dumi RIGHT (Zimbabwe Legit), MC Why-G, and others for a night of old-school meets nu-school hip-hop, orchestrated by a true BAMcafé Live favorite."
Date: Friday, November 28th Time: 10:00pm Location: Huckleberry Bar (588 Grand Street @ Lorimer, W'burg) Cost: Free
"Cowboy Mark (Kill Devil Hill) holds court along with lots of out of town guests and local heroes. A night of almost anything goes! Expect everything from Deep Spaced Out Cosmic Soul /Funk to Afro-Cuban/Afro-Beat to Acid/Minimal House." 21+
Date: Friday, November 28th Time: 10:00pm Location: Royal Oak (594 Union Ave, W'burg) Cost: Free
Get loose, dance and sweat off some of that Thanksgiving Stuffing with DJ Full Time Fun spinning mixed up party jams all night while the bar slings up cheap drinks like 2 cans of beer for $5. 21+
Date: Friday, November 28th Time: 10:00pm Location: The Annex (152 Orchard St) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Svedka, 10pm til gone (upstairs) & PBR, 10-11 (downstairs)
Both Ruff Club and BM Linx have been off our radar for a minute but they're both back with a vengeance tonight as Spencer Product, Micprobes, Denny le Nimh and crew welcome the Linx boys for a live set tonight along with guests Anne Lee and Japanster (whew)... It's electro, rock, indie, and glam all night long. 21+
Date: Saturday, November 29th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St btw. Wythe & Berry, W'bur) Cost:$5 with RSVP Open Bar: Vodka, 10-11
Talk about one serious line up for this month's Crooked Disco. After an amazing 1 Yr. Anniversary party, we just had to make sure that the next one was going to explode your mind. What better way to do so then to make it a big celebration for Morsy's new CD Release "Don't Hate the 808" And to top that off how bout we bring in LA's electro pimps, The Villains and NY's breakbeat banger, Ursula 1000 along for the ride...
Two killer producing names in one massive night of musical bliss. Plus your wacky residents, Crooked Disco DJ's (Morsy & Kestar) will be jammin' it up some dirty disco, breakbeats & baile funk! Get there early and enjoy that open bar (10-11) and Paolo will be on hand again snapping you some new Facebook profile photos! 21+
"With a spirit so infectious it takes two nights of BAMcafé Live to do it justice, Akim Funk Buddha returns for a second session, this time armed with “Cosmic Funk Hop” inspired by music from South Africa, China, and Japan. Featured artists include Jo Jo Kuo and others, along with mbira, throat singing, body popping, dance performances, and everything else we’ve come to expect under the Funk Buddha sun."
Date: Saturday, November 29th Time: 10:00pm Location: South Paw (125 5th Ave, Park Slope) Cost: Free
Break out your Kid N Play dance moves for this celebration of all things 90's. "Its gonna be a like a Kelly Kapowski work out tape up in this bitch. That is if Kelly Kapowski & Lil Kim teamed up to do a work out video. We gonna be playing all your favorite tunes from the 90's. So all the classic hip hop from the Golden era and all the cheesy dance music you don't want to admit you got buck on the dancefloor too." 21+
"MONO NO AWARE is not a film festival; its focus is the cinematic experience. A program of live music, performance, and audio to accompany 16mm and S8 mm film prints,... NO DIGITAL! A night of performances exploring the cinematic experience paired with live sound and performance." Check below for films and check the site for full details.
“ PRENOTIONS IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUES “
16 MM & SUPER 8 MM / LIVE SOUND ::: Fern Silva / Doron Sadja
The geo-political rise and fall of a future American hero, a vague visionary representation of the assassination of our new president. Conceptually influenced by the 8mm Zapruder film of the assassination of JFK, which made waves around the world, the importance of motion picture. Sound will play a part in this by creating overwhelming psychological collages through feedback, mutated instruments, extreme frequencies, dense splashes of light, color, texture, & action.
“ARCHITECTURE OF THE SUN”
16 MM / LIVE SOUND ::: Brittany Gravely & Jennifer Pipp /
Ken Linehan, Rick Prior, & Sean Andrews
A common affinity for scientific-nostalgic-hallucinatory-mystical-types of sounds, feelings, & imagery leads the way for this group. A collage of electronic-analog sounds respond to sequential images while projections are modified by hand with filters, focus & prisms in response to psychedelic sound. Depending on strategy, but mostly telepathy & synchronicity, the performance unfolds … strange at times, capricious, and surprising to both performers and the audience.
“BLUSH”
SUPER 8 MM / LIVE SOUND ::: Sam Dishy / Lily Pickett
A series of moments captured in a way only Super 8 knows how to do. This film is a simple and pure expression of cinema. A reminder to the audience of the short glances, daydreams, and emotions which carry us through life. The piece will be accompanied by guitar and violin.
“MEKANIKDOLLS”
16 MM & SUPER 8 MM / LIVE SOUND & PERFORMANCE
Seyhan Muaoglu & Jess Ramsay
Abandon all conventions associated with performance as the boundaries between audience & artist are blurred in a roomful of film projections, sounds, contemporary dance & audience participation. Projectors, an array of analog devices, digital instruments, & live sampling of sounds help marry technology with obsolete media. Driven by fascination and obsession of all mediums, the visual language is expanded upon expressing the beauty of film, cinema as experience.
Date: Sunday, November 30th Time: 9:00pm Location: Lakeside Lounge (162 Avenue B) Cost: Free
"Veterans of the 80’s downtown music scene, Band of Outsiders disbanded 20 years ago this month. (Their farewell CBGB gig, with Nikki Sudden sitting in, became a live album named for the date, Armistice Day.) Reformed to play the recent Cake Shop benefit for Bush Tetras bassist Laura Kennedy, this “quintessential NY guitar group” (Bucketful Of Brains) is sticking together long enough for an encore set tonight." 21+
