Lower East Side Stories: New York for the Holidays

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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.

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Monday Night Music Club

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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+

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Junot Díaz and Samuel R. Delany Reading

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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+

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Monday Night Madness

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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+

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Shayni Rae's Truckstop

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Date:Mondays
Time: 9:00pm
Location: The National Underground (159 E. Houston St)
Cost: Free

Shayni Rae brings a bit of alt country, southern rock, rock rock, and whisky to the Big Apple every Monday night with her Truckstop. Get back to your Americana roots tonight with special guest Clarence Bucaro along with Kevn Kinney (Drivin 'n' Cryin) and Aaron Lee Tasjan (Madison Square Gardeners). 21+

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Greenpoint Ladies' Night at Van Gogh's Radio Lounge

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Date: Mondays
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Van Gogh's Radio Lounge (147 Franklin Street)
Cost: Free

Not too much to this one beyond the title... Free well drinks for the ladies at Van Gogh's Radio Lounge tonight.

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Confessions with Maya & Leah

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Date: Mondays
Time: 10:00pm
Location:Mannahatta (310 Bowery St)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Vodka, 11-12

"As we are starting to see, Mondays are the new Friday (with a touch of rebellion because you still have to go to the office in the morning). Leah & Maya wanted to keep the party going into the Fall and Winter with our "Confessions" Monday nights at Mannahatta. On the decks: Mr. Randy Watson & Bobby Analog, both with more soul then a pair Dr. Scholl's lifts in James Browns loafers (rip) spinning Old & New Skool R&B, Old Skool Hip-Hop, and Soul." Happy Hour from 4-9pm with $4 drinks and an open bar at 11. 21+

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Satsko's Open Bar

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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+

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