Date: Through January 25th Time: 8:00am - 10:00pm Location: Bryant Park (44th St & 6th Ave) Cost: Free
One of our favorite free winter events is back! The Pond is the centerpiece of Bryant Park's winter season, which also includes the annual Holiday Shops and loads of special events. The 170' x 100' ice skating rink features free admission, skating shows, special events and activities. You can also rent skates for $12 if needed." All Ages.
Date: Monday, December 1st Time: 2:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Madison Square Park (Broadway at 23rd St) Cost: Free
It's PDA for a cause today as diamond slingers De Beers will donate five bucks to the Elton John AIDS Foundation for everyone that visits their mistletoe laden kiss-a-thon today in Madison Square Park. Just grab a partener and lay one on them as 60 cameras around the park capture the member, which will be available for download on the website here. The event continues through the 4th but today is the only day with worldly benefits.
Date: Monday, December 1st Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm Location: W Hotel (541 Lexington Ave (between 49th and 50th Sts) Cost: Free
For World AIDS Day, (RED) is launching its new online music service (RED)WIRE, which for $5 a month gives members access to exclusive songs. Enjoy $1 cocktails while checking out the premier of (RED)WIRE-exclusive videos from Sheryl Crow, U2, John Legend and others. If you’re impressed, sign up for the service on the spot at computer kiosks—for every five people who register, enough medicine will be bought to save one life in Africa.
Date: Monday, December 1st Time: 7:00pm Location: Barbés (376 9th St. at 6th Ave, Park Slope, Brooklyn) Cost: Free
The Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series continues this evening with a selection of award-winning short films from the Red Hook Film Festival. Catch eight short films in one of Park Slope's finest venues. Check their site for film info. 21+
Date: Monday, December 1st Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm Location: The Hudson Hotel (356 W 58th St.) Cost: Free with RSVP
Giant Step continue their bi-weekly, Monday evening, throw-downs tonight with Baltimore's Karizma. Karizma began his production career collaborating with DJ Spen on Kim English's "Tommorrow," Mary J Blige's "Beautiful," Kenny Bobien's "Let Me Show You" and SuSu Bobien's "Thank you." Spen and Karizma, (now with Basement Boys productions), went on to remix Everything But The Girl, Ron Carroll, Roy Ayers, just to name a few. It was also in these remixes Karizma developed the "deepah dubs" and "deepah ones" moniker for his rendition of the remixes. After a healthy career of remixes and Many of his productions have championed the likes of Louie Vega, Simon Dunmore, DJ Spinna, Marques Wyatt, Tony Humphries, Gilles Peterson, and many more. 21+
Date: Monday, December 1st Time: 9:00pm Location: Music Hall of Williamsburg (66 North 6th, W'burg) Cost: Free
In honor of their 60th birthday Puma will host a series of free concerts, shopping events and parties all across the country. Tonight's concert at the Music Hall of Williamsburg features Chester French, Knux, Jus Ske, and Top Ten Freshman Rapper Charles Hamilton A.K.A. Sonic. The show is free but you will need tickets to get in. You can pick up tickets at 421 West 14th St., 521 Broadway or 33 Union Square West. Click here for more info.
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+
Date: Tuesdays Time: 8:00pm Location: Luca Bar (119 St. Marks Place, btw 1st Ave and Avenue A) Cost: Free
Instead of the usual hump day tomfoolery, why not take a quiet night at Luca Bar. Sip some fine wine (or have a small bite to eat) while listening to live Flamenco music in a chill French Bistro-like setting. We've also been told they have the city's best sangria.
Date: Tuesday, December 2nd Time: 8:00pm Location: Union Bar (204 Park Ave South at 17th St.) Cost: Free, please RSVP
Mix and mingle with Actors, Directors and Producers, alumni and students tonight as The New York Film Academy project their best short films on giant screen at Union Bar. Mention Going.com (or show your NYFA card) and receive happy hour pricing all night and be sure to email and reserve your spot. 21+
NFT (Not For Tourists) is throwing a huge anniversary bash in honor of ten beautiful years in New York City. "This gigantic, on-the-house NFT extravaganza is brought to you courtesy of the writers, designers, domestics and master builders of Not For Tourists, in honor of ten beautiful years of impeccable city-maps, sassy discursive descriptions and our staggering ability to withstand the economic tremors that have done in so many, better-prepared others. Which brings us to our final pitch: In these trying times, your company's Holiday Party was probably canceled. Our Holiday Party features free liquor, free 2009 NYC NFTs (while supplies/whims last) and the unique opportunity to mingle in a quiet and civilized manner with other like-minded NFTers." 21+
Date: Wednesday, December 3rd Time: 7:30pm Doors, Lecture at 8:00pm Location: Union Hall (702 Union St. at 5th Ave., P'Slope) Cost: Free
Union Hall brings you your monthly installment of Secret Science Club, one of my favorite events. Come nerd it up with mind-blowing lectures, volatile cocktails, and chemically-altered sounds. Tonight, neuroscientist Carl Hart lectures on “Methamphetamine: A Good Drug Gone Bad.” Carl is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Columbia University, and Director of the Methamphetamine Research Laboratory at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Hart’s NIH-funded research focuses on understanding neurobehavioral and physiological effects of psychoactive drugs in humans. Before and after, groove to dopamine-spiked tunes and video, take part in the scintillating Q&A, and the Brain-Boggling Libation of the Night—the Synapse Sling!
Date: Thursday, December 4th Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm Location: Times Square (43rd St bet. 7th & 8th Aves) Cost:Free
NASCAR returns to New York City for the 27th year to crown the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion. As part of the festivities today, they take over Times Square with Tailgate City. "This outdoor 'block party' features NASCAR driver and celebrity appearances, as well as continuous programming and musical performances from the Ford Sound Stage! Food will be served up tailgate style while fans participate in Ford and Official Partner interactive experiences" such as race simulators, a remote control car track, a car show, trophy display, and more NASCAR goodies. Full list of activities below.
Activities Include:
• Sprint Vision featuring season highlights
• NASCAR Official Partner fan experiences
• Tire Change Challenge
• Aflac race simulators
• NASCAR Street Tour
• Remote control race car track
• Ford vehicles and show cars
• NASCAR officially licensed tailgate games
• Sprint Racing Experience
• NASCAR Sprint Cup Series trophy display
• Ford Sound Stage - will have non-stop entertainment with an emcee leading the way during the day entertaining the fans, hosting contests and featuring various attractions
• Stage programming will include NASCAR driver and/or crew Q&A sessions, Buckle Up America educational programming and musical entertainment
• VIP hospitality area
• SIRIUS XM Radio remote broadcast
• Food and beverage area for fans to warm up and receive warm drinks and Partner product
Date: Thursday, December 4th Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Powerhouse Arena (37 Main Street at Water Street, DUMBO) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: ???, 6-9
"PowerHouse Books opens the doors of its Arena for a holiday party, which means a gathering of all the types of people who have collaborated over the years to populate the publisher's world-class library of photography books: acclaimed fine-art photographers, photojournalists, documentarians, filmmakers, artists, and authors. With a performance by one-fourth of Urban Barnyard. Only one-fourth. That's like one leg, in barnyard terms." (via MyOpenBar).
Date: Thursday, December 4th Time: 6:30pm Location:Studio-X (180 Varick St, Suite 1610) Cost: Free, please RSVP
The famed London night: "There was a time, well over a century ago now, when it was considered one the finest Victorian inventions." Gas lighting opened up the night—rendering the darkness visible, and introducing new spaces of lawlessness and depravity. But have CCTV cameras and British Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) neutralized the night? Writer SUKHDEV SANDHU and composer ANDREW INGKAVET present a visual and sonic journey through an unfamiliar nocturnal London, encountering urban fox hunters, exorcists, cleaning crews, mini-cab drivers, sleep technicians and the Nuns of Tyburn, as they pray for the souls of Londoners."
SANDHU is a professor of English Literature at New York University, Chief Film Critic of the "Daily Telegraph," and author of "London Calling: How Black and Asian Writers Imagined a City." INGKAVET is a composer, filmmaker and designer. He began scoring films while working in Hong Kong as one of MTV-Asia’s first VJs.
Date: Thursday, December 4th Time: 7:00pm Location: Chelsea Recreation Center (430 West 25th St. bet 9th & 10 Aves) Cost:Free Cost: Free, please RSVP
Oh, Staten Island Ferry, how I love you. With its amazing views of the Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn, I still consider the SI Ferry to be one of the best cheap date in the city... although it is not always the most romantic one. But I also consider it one of the best places to contemplate life, the universe, and everything. Whether it's because the market is in the dump, your relationship is on the rocks or you're just suffering from that terrible quarter-life crisis, there are no great life decisions that a couple of tall boys and a brief stint on the open water's won't solve. Tonight, Staten Island Museum History Curator Patricia M. Salmon talks about the history of my beloved boat in honor of her aptly-titled new book, The Staten Island Ferry: A History. All Ages
Catch a free screening of independent director Kevin Willmott's newest work, Bunker Hill, this evening... "What would happen if 9/11 happened again? Bunker Hill is the story of a former Wall Street executive who leaves prison and heads for the small town of Bunker Hill, Kansas, where his ex-wife and their children have started a new life. Soon after he arrives, an apparent massive terrorist attack against America darkens the town. Cut off from the world, the town’s militant past is reawakened and forces coalesce to protect citizens from an unseen enemy. The town’s fear leads to the creation of a posse of gunmen, resulting in torture, illegal searches and eventually, murder. Civil liberties and justice itself hang in the balance as the town must decide whether to embrace freedom or fear." Trailer below, limited seating, All Ages.
NOTE: This was originally incorrectly posted on Wednesday... sorry for any inconvenience.
Date: Friday, December 5th - 23rd Time: 12:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Seaport Space (210 Front St at Beekman) Cost: Free
Harley-Davidson Motor Company brings an inside look at the design and technology of custom motorcycle development to New York City today with the opening of "Evolution of an Icon." The free exhibit features artifacts, videos, images and bikes, including a special look at the design of the newest addition to Harley-Davidson's V-Rod family of liquid-cooled performance bikes, the 2009 V-Rod Muscle. Continues through the 23rd. All Ages.
Date: Friday, December 5th Time: 7:00pm Location: Angels and Kings (500 E 11th St) Cost: Free
Vinnie Caruana of The Movielife & I Am The Avalanche plays a special acoustic set tonight along with up-and-coming NY indie/pop bands The Narrative and This Condition. Drink specials all night and an optional $45 Open bar from 7-11PM if you got one of those rare holiday bonuses. 21+
Date: Friday, December 5th Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Location: The Creek (10-93 Jackson Ave, Long Island City) Cost: Free
"Take a trip to the sleepy Midwestern town known as Savory Valley! The folks of Savory Valley call it their home. (Mmmm - Savory Valley.) You will too after meeting its citizens on stage during three sets of this fully improvised town! Swing by IRON RUCKUS, where the teenagers of Savory Valley celebrate "a night to remember." Be sure to also visit KARATE PARADE while in town to see what makes Savory Valley tick! No trip to Savory Valley would be complete without meeting the local yokes of WE CAN'T LIVE IN A CAVE! Savory Valley's house band will also be there to sing you the sounds of their prairie home." 21+
Date: Friday, December 5th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Beauty Bar (231 E. 14th bet. 2nd and 3rd Ave) Cost: Free
Once a month, Josh Styles and guests—tonight, Ty Jesso from Rhode Island’s Wylde Card crew—kick out garage rockers, soul stompers and organ groovers while go-go artistes Anna Copa Cabana and Alex Lee shake their stuff amid Beauty Bar’s array of boozehounds at Smashed! Blocked!. 21+
Date: Friday, December 5th Time: 10:00pm Location: Studio B (259 Banker Street, btw. Calyer St. and Meserole Ave., Greenpoint) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Vodka, 10-11 & 3-4
Bring on the PLUR! Sonic Groove records is back and the first family of NYC Techno - Frankie Bones, Adam X, and Heather Heart - help reopen the doors at Studio B tonight with their Factory party. Carlos Tera joins in and the Studio B folks sweeten the deal with bookending open bars from 10-11 and 3-4. 19+
Date: Friday, December 5th Time: 10:00pm Location: Public Assembly (70 N 6th St btw. Berry & Wythe, W'burg) Cost: Free
Avaaz returns to Willamsburg with their blend of bhangra beats and live performances. Residents Bollygirl and Dimm will be joined by globally inspired live performances. Tonight features live performances by Bamboo Shoots, J. Viewz, and Zeroridge along with DJs Archie Crunker, V:Kanwar, Jon J, djKaro & djRaje, and videos from VJ Surge. Sound on their site. 21+
Date: Friday, December 5th Time: 10:00pm Venue: Peter Jay Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Ave. Brooklyn Cost: Free
"Founded by Turkish-born sax player and keyboardist Ilhan Ersahin, New York trip-hop juggernaut Wax Poetic writes syncretic dancescapes that tap the world wide will-to-groove. Their most recent port of call was Brazil where they recorded with legends Bebel Gilberto, members of Brazilian Girls, and others, resulting in a sound perfectly suited to BAM’s exuberant celebration of the music of Brazil, Red Hot + Rio 2." They perform a rare live set Brooklyn side tonight.
Date: Saturday, December 6th Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm Location: Knitting Factory (74 Leonard Street) Cost: Free
The Holiday Handmade Cavalcade offers New Yorkers a unique opportunity to mingle with local artists and crafters while hunting for one-of-a-kind gifts. Organized by The {NewNew}, a group of New York–area sellers from Etsy.com — the online marketplace for handmade goods—this DIY affair is set to take place this Saturday, so get ready to fill up your Santa sack!
Date: Saturday & Sunday, December 6th & 7th Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm, 11:00am - 6:00pm, respectively Location: The landmark building of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen (20 W 44th St. @ 5th Ave.) Cost: Free
The Small Press Center has brought together over 100 small and independent publishers and authors for your intellectual edification (and consumption). There are going to be some seriously heavy hitters this weekend and, frankly, a pretty decent selection of both "high" and "low" subject matter. This year's exhibiting publishers include: Akashic Books, Copper Canyon, Archipelago, Continuum, Disinformation, Milkweed, Newmarket, Small Beer, Two Dollar Radio, Overlook Press, Manic D and Seven Stories Press. In addition to the diverse array of exhibitors, the weekend is packed with a variety of free public events. Full listing for both days below.
10:30-11:45 AM Indie Press Read-a-thon
Authors from Anvil, Cinco Puntos, disinformation, Two Dollar Radio, and many more read short selections from their work in a marathon-style open mic.
12:00 PM How to Catch a Literary Agent's Eye: Katharine Sands
New York literary agent Katharine Sands takes participants step-by-step through the success checklist for the getting-published process. From content-creation to contract; first writes to last rights, focusing on both craft and career, Sands explains how to: identify your selling points and sales engines, whet an agent's appetite, get editors to say "yes," make the perfect pitch, build a media platform, and create a writing career.
1:00 PM The Next Digital Age with Michael Jensen
Michael Jensen, the Director of Strategic Web Communications for the National Academies and National Academies Press, discusses the future of the book industry and reflects on the role of books in a landscape where the web enables readers to search online through a seemingly endless library of free digital books. Jensen is joined by Dan Simon, founder of Seven Stories Press, and Peter B, Kaufman, president of Intelligent Television.
2:00 PM Masterpiece Comics: A Slide Show with R. Sikoryak
Comic book artist and Parsons instructor R. Sikoryak presents literature as seen through the cartoon medium. His slideshow explores the intersection of "high art" literature and "low art" comic strips as seen in the works by cartoonists who have adapted classic novels and plays. Sikoryak (whose own work includes adaptations of Dostoyevsky and Emily Bronte) discusses the history of these reinterpretations with images from over ninety years of comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels.
3:00 PM How to Publish Your Own Book with ReadyMade Magazine's Ellen Lupton
Learn about the art and craft of book design from a seasoned author and graphic designer. Whether you prefer to do-it-yourself or work with a professional designer, every author and indie publisher needs to understand basic design principles and processes. Ellen Lupton talks about how to create book formats, page layouts, and cover designs for a variety of genres, as well as how to develop a distinctive visual brand based on your book.
4:00 PM The Art of Storytelling with The Moth
Winners Everyone has a story, but it's all in the telling. According to the New York Times, "the phenomenon of storytelling is gaining momentum nationwide." Moth GrandSLAM winners Jim O'Grady, Elna Baker and Terence Mickey their winning stories and discuss the difference between telling a story for the page and telling a story out loud.
5:00 PM Author and Indie Publisher Kelly Link interviewed by Lizzie Skurnick
Kelly Link has built a serious cult following with her uncanny and affecting fiction. She flirts with fable, fantasy, and horror and stands among the best of short-story writers. After two collections, Link's new book, Pretty Monsters, is targeted at young adults — though she hasn't turned down her sublime strangeness one bit. Link is also
the co-publisher of Small Beer Press. Lizzie Skurnick, is a writer, editor, poet, and, according to Forbes.com, "one of the smartest bloggers on the Web."
Sunday, December 7
11 AM Fair Opens
11:15 AM Indie Press Read-a-thon
Authors from Anvil, Cinco Puntos, disinformation, Two Dollar Radio, and many more read short selections from their work in a marathon-style open mic.
12:00 PM Katherine Anne Porter: A Driving Desire, with Pennylyn White
"I never started out with anything in this world but a kind of passion, a driving desire." Her flawless pen and harsh criticism of not only her times, but of human society, made Katharine Anne Porter a major voice in twentieth century American literature. When Porter left her home state of Texas for New York City, she brought with her the
hard edge of a Western pioneer. It was this edge more than anything that made her name as a writer. In a tribute to Porter's life, work and legacy, actress Pennylyn White brings to life the woman behind the myth in a probing performance using extracts of Porter's body of work, including her personal letters. Special thanks to the Jane Hope
Hastings Philanthropic Trust.
1:00 PM The Art of Memoir: How to Tell and Sell Your Life Story with David Henry Sterry
Find out what it takes to tell and sell your true stories from David Henry Sterry, book doctor, talent scout for Levine Greenberg Agency, and author of the memoirs Master of Ceremonies and Chicken (currently being made adapted into a series by Showtime) and the go-to book for novice writers, Putting Your Passion Into Print. All questions will be answered.
1:00 PM Rees vs. Taibbi: How Doomed is America?
When the euphoria from Obama's triumphant win wears off, are we set to wake up with a collective hangover? Comic political artist David Rees (Get Your War On) faces off against Rolling Stone columnist Matt Taibbi (Spanking the Donkey and member of the McCain press corps) in a debate over what we're in for in the coming months and where America's future falls on a scale of one to doomed.
2:00 PM The Future of Independent Publishing
As new technologies once again turn the publishing world on its ear, small presses are surviving--and thriving--by embracing alternative publishing models, from limited editions that treat books as collectable objects to innovative multi-media that make digital books more fluid, interactive and open source. In a conversation led by Buzz
Poole (Managing Editor, Mark Batty Publisher), Alex Rose (Publisher, Hotel St. George Press), Ben Greenman (Editor, The New Yorker), Matvei Yankelevich (Founding Editor, Ugly Duckling Presse), and Dan Visel (Future of the Book) discuss how to maintain the dynamic relationship between publisher, author and reader in the digital age, and how to create books that reflect and respond to our interactive cultural landscape.
3:00 PM Arthur Nersesian and Kate Christensen in Conversation
New York City-based novelists Arthur Nersesian, author of The Fuck-up and most recently The Sacrificial Circumcision of the Bronx and The Swing Voter of Staten Island, and Kate Christensen, winner of the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for her fourth novel The Great Man, discuss literature, Obama, and urban decay.
4:00 PM Literary Trivia Smackdown 2.0: The New York Review of Books vs. Lit Bloggers
Popular literary bloggers challenge last year's champion, the esteemed New York Review of Books, in this ultimate showdown between the print and online book worlds. Features emcee Tim W. Brown and adjudicator Dr. Mark J. Noonan. The New York Review of Books is represented by Edwin Frank, Editor-in-Chief, New York Review Books Classics; Michael Shae, Senior Editor; and Catherine Tice, Associate Publisher, The New York Review of Books. The Lit Bloggers consists of Ed Champion, Reluctant Habits; Sarah Weinman, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind; Levi Asher, Literary Kicks; and Eric Rosenfield, Wet Asphalt.
Date: Saturday, December 6th Time: 12:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Various Locations throughout the Meat Packing District Cost: Free
Details magazine is helping to celebrate the Meatpacking District with a day of shopping, style, music, entertainment and special guests. The day will feature discounts up to 20% off at some of the area’s busiest shops, including Hugo Boss, Adam, Massimo Bizzocchi, Equinox, Los Dados, Spice Market, Buckler, Ed Hardy, Theory, Puma, Helmut Lang, Bijou, Tracy Reese and more. The stylish Hotel Gansevoort will be the hub of the festivities, featuring giveaways, free services and refreshments, and more to get shoppers in the holiday spirit. Click here for a guide to participating shops, restaurants and more details.
Date: Saturday, December 6th Time: 2:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Studio 889 (889 Hunts Point Ave, Bronx) Cost: Free
Studio 889's Second Annual Holiday Print Show kicks off this afternoon with an exhibition of hand-pulled prints by resident artists, as well as prints contributed by community artists and selected artists who responded to an open call for printmakers. Submissions have come in from as far as Seattle and California in the United States, and worldwide from Argentina, France, Scotland, and the Netherlands. This is your opportunity to be one of the first to view these exciting new artists and spread holiday cheer by purchasing an original hand made holiday gift!
Date: Saturday, December 6th Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm Location: The powerHouse Arena (37 Main Street) Cost: Free with RSVP
Celebrate the release of the book Stencil 101 (Chronicle) by Stencil1 founder and artist Ed Roth. Stencil alongside Ed and create your own gift cards and tote bags while enjoying stenciled chocolate from the Chocolate Bar. Stencil 101 is an entirely original stencil collection anyone can learn to make their mark.
Date: Saturday, December 6th Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Charmingwall (191 West 4th St btw. 6th and 7th Ave) Cost: Free
Charmingwall presents a solo show with Maine-transplant Illustrator Bailey Saliwanchik. Her show, "Stretch Marks", brings a gaggle of warped portraits in oil and acrylic.
Date: Saturday, December 6th Time: 10:00pm Venue: Peter Jay Sharp Building, Upstairs (30 Lafayette Ave. Brooklyn) Cost: Free
"If The Budos Band’s sound is self-described as a kind of 'hallucinogenic venom' that induces spontaneous fits of head-nodding […] and uncontrollable getting down,' BAM knows this brassy, eleven-piece Afro-soul outfit best as the group everyone was talking about at TAKEOVER. If you missed them then worry not, because Budos is back—this time as part of BAM’s exuberant celebration of the music of Brazil, Red Hot + Rio 2."
Date: Sunday, December 7th Time: 12:00pm - 7:00pm Location: 3rd Ward (195 Morgan Ave., Bushwick) Cost: Free
3rd Ward & Brooklyn Based present their Handmade Holiday Craft Fair this after where over 50 local artisans, craft mavens & culinary masters sell handmade goods & treats such as LED Hula hoops, dog costumes, custom cut clothes & jewelry, furniture and more. Plus, enjoy free gift bags, live music from Sigmund Droid & VJ Clay Franklin, chili & corn bread from Tom Mylan (of Marlow and Sons, Diner & Bonita), free Gimme coffee, spiked drinks, a costume photobooth by Deluxa and free workshops in textile design, electronics and collage." Whew!
Date: Sunday, December 7th Time: 1:00pm Location: Central Park Naumburg Bandshell (West 72nd St. Entrance) Cost: Free
"The whole world sings John Lennon’s songs and since his tragic assassination 28 years ago fans have gathered annually in Central Park to celebrate his words, music and ideas that continue to live on. The impromptu gatherings, spreading from the Dakota to Strawberry Fields, sees visitors lighting candles, placing flowers, playing guitars, and singing the tunes of the one that gave them “Instant Karma.” Now, for the first time, the informal annual gatherings in the park have been formally organized by a group of community volunteers and musicians known as New Arts NYC. 'For the Love of Lennon' will be led by an on-stage group of professional musicians, and will encourage visitors to sing-along to their favorite John Lennon songs and pay homage to the icon with fellow Lennon fans."
Date: Sunday, December 7th Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm Location: powerHouse Arena (37 Main Street, DUMBO) Cost: Free with RSVP
Now that PowerHouse is done with their grown up holiday party (last thursday), its time for some fun with the little ones. Meet New York Times best-selling author Amy Hest and award-winning illustrator Carin Berger for a reading of their brand-new books, The Dog Who Belonged To No One and The Little Yellow Leaf, one of 10 winners of this year's New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books. Plus, Santa Claus will be on hand taking pictures. All ages.
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. Tonight's special guest: Tee Mallory. 21+
Date:Monday, December 8th Time: 12:30pm Location: WFC Winter Garden (Vesey & West Streets) (map) Cost: Free
Jazz-blues singer extraordinaire Catherine Russell, praised for her recent albums on the World Village label, joins legendary bassist & vocalist Carline Ray, her mom, for a special daughter-mother performance of spirited music and holiday favorites.
Date: Friday, November 21st - December 8th Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: World Financial Center (220 Vesey St.) Time: 7am-11pm (Winter Garden) & 9am-5pm (Courtyard Gallery) Cost: Free
Canstruction has been on FreeNYC as long as FreeNYC has been around and it's one of the most unique food charity in the world. Each year, architects, engineers and students throughout North America design and build amazing sculptures out of cans of food. In the end, all of the food (and additional can donations) are sent to City Harvest and distributed to those in need. This year, Canstruction NYC is bigger than ever and finds itself at a new home in the World Financial Center. Continues through Decembe 8th. All Ages.
Date:Monday, December 8th Time: 7:00pm Location: Chelsea Market (75 9th Ave bet. 15th & 16th St) Cost: Free
"Rooftop Films returns to the halls of Chelsea market for a free screening of short films from the Wholphin collection. Wholphin is a quarterly DVD magazine from McSweeney's, lovingly encoded with the best short movies, documentaries and uncategorizable films — from rare Spike Jonze documentaries to Alexander Payne's first short feature; from documentaries about squirrel racism to animated shorts about space travel and short-haired women. If it's good, rare, new or unseen, it's on Wholphin." Plus free beer from Radenberger for those 21+. Film schedule below.
*7:00: Music by Love Like Deloreans
*7:30: Films from Wholphin
Before the films, Love Like Deloreans will be performing live, and throughout the show we will have free bottles of beer courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner.
The Films:
Heavy Metal Jr. (Chris Waitt | 24:00 | UK)
A documentary about a band of Scottish 9-year-olds performing their song, “Satan Rocks,” at the county fair.
Walleyball (Wholphin |3:30 | USA)
A game of illegal border volleyball played at the US/Mexico border, using the wall as a net.
Darling Darling (Directed by Matthew Lessner | 12:00 | USA)
A surreal dating short starring Michael Cera, with alternate audio versions featuring John Cleese and Daniel Handler.
Intermission
Nutkin's Last Stand (Nicholas Berger | 18:00 | USA)
A documentary following the face off between American gray squirrels and British red squirrels.
Look at the Sun (Wholphin |5:00 | USA)
An incredibly close look at the sun in its most gorgeous and inactive state.
Please Vote For Me (Weijun Chen | 32:00 | China/South Africa)
A documentary about a class of Chinese third graders who hold a democratic election for classroom monitor and end up hilariously, if unintentionally, mocking 300 years of American politics
Walk-In Program:
Safari (Catherine Chalmers | 7:00 | USA)
Tactical Advantage (Daren Rabinovitch | 4:00 | USA)
Baby Squid, Born Like Stars (Wholphin | 5:00 | USA)
David Huggins: Experienced (Jeremy Vaeni | 7:00 | USA)
Date: Tuesday, December 9th Time: 7:30pm Location: Barnes & Noble (555 5th Ave at 46th St) Cost: Free
Phelps Phans around the city descent upon Barnes & Nobles tonight as Michael discusses what it means to be the closest thing we have to a real live Aquaman. He's supporting his latest book (you mean there are others?) No Limits: the Will to Succeed. All Ages.
Date: Tuesday, December 9th Time: 7:30pm (7pm doors) Location: The Tank (217 East 42nd St btw. 2nd and 3rd Aves) Cost: Free with RSVP ($7 suggested)
Catch the academy-award winning documentary Freeheld this evening about a dying police officers whose partner is denied benefits because they are the same sex. Following the film, Screening Liberally hosts a conversation on the ongoing marriage equality fight with Greg Rae (Living Liberally National Leader), Jeff Trachtman (partner at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel and front-line litigation advocate for marriage equality in New York State), and Shane Seger (Director of Communication for Assembly Member Danny O'Donnell). Trailer below
Date: Tuesday, December 9th Time: 7:30pm Location: The Flea Theatre (41 White St bet. Broadway and Church) Cost: Free
Dance Conversations at The Flea is a free monthly performance series. This season, Nina Winthrop and Taimi Strehlow curate the series of works-in-progress by dance artists experimenting with new ideas and new forms. Each event in the series features the works of 4 emerging and mid-career choreographers and each performance is followed by an open discussion between the artists and the audience, moderated by choreographer Nina Winthrop and other leaders in the field of dance. Tonight is guest moderated by Renée Archibald featuring works by Karen Bernard (Solo), Mana Kawamura, Andrea Miller (Gallim Dance), and the Aynsley Vandenbroucke Movement Group.
Date: Tuesday, December 9th Time: 8:00pm Location: APT (419 West 13th St. bet W. 9th and Washington St.) Cost: Free
Looking for that super rare old school funktified 7"? Shakey's Record Fair is probably the only place you'll find it. Dig, drink, and dance as the best Record Dealers offer you the coolest vinyl for sale while serious crate digger djs play you their illest and rarest beats. This is a special 7" only edition with 15 crate diggers spinning 7" upstairs and Wax Poetics magazine bringing DJ Monk One and the Wax Poetics All-Stars to the downstairs room. (old flyer removed) 21+
Date: Tuesday, December 9th Time: 8:30pm Location: Sugar Lounge (147 Columbia St. btw Kane and Degraw, Cobble Hill) Cost: Free
The masterminds behind the FreeDarko blog on basketball emerge from their self-imposed exile to discuss their new book The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac and provide some unconventional play by play of that night's Knicks-Bulls game tonight. "Much more than a sports blog, FreeDarko prises basketball analysis from the ESPN-tablishment and contorts the game into a McSweeney's-style funhouse of stats and cultural commentary. Using graphs and illustrations, the authors (known pseudonymously as Bethlehem Shoals, Big Baby Belafonte, Brown Recluse Esq., Dr. Lawyer IndianChief and Silverbird 5000) take Serbian NBA player Darko Milicic as their inspiration in a freewheeling, wisecracking and wise exploration of the league's more worldly, transcendental meanings. Here is obsessive sports critique taken to hilarious heights." From your friends at Freebird Books.
Date: Tuesday, December 9th Time: 10:00pm Location: Rose Live (345 Grand St.m W'burg) Cost: Free
This is first spot we've seen in NYC to hear some real cumbia on the cheap so if your into that then this is for you. "A new Latin weekly focusing on Afro-Colombian and tropical rhythms like cumbia, bullerengue, palo, gaga champeta, mambo y mas. Out there Latin rhythms you can play with a ta-te-quieto stick, all especialmente scraped from the bottom of el caldero by resident DJ's Geko Jones and Uproot Andy." DJ Turmix from Barcelona. Resident DJ at Cafe Del Mar and co-founder of BCN Groovers this dusty-fingered veteran has some deep latin crates. He's breaking out some African Salsa, Rumba Catalana, rare latin grooves and exclusive remixes. 21+
Jazz is one of the great treasures of the this fine city we call home and - unfortunately - its also one of the more expensive. So when you get a shot to hear some on the cheap you should always jump at it. Like tonight's show with Izzy's drummer and composer Tim Kuhl. Kuhl's music moves from subtle to kinetic on a dime all with the right amount of swing. Go do something new, I promise there will be plenty of open bars tomorrow.
Date: Wednesdays Time: 9:00pm Location: The Blue Owl (196 2nd Ave bet 12th and 13th Sts) Cost: Free with RSVP
Plush East Village cocktail bar the Blue Owl helps you get over the midweek blues by inviting some ace DJs tonight —Triple Crown’s DJ Myles, DJ Lindsey from Negroclash, and Gabby Party—to spin funk-fueled tunes circa ’88–’98. 21+
Date: Wednesday, December 10th Time: 10:00pm Location: Element (Houston St. & Essex St.) Cost: Free Open Bar: Heineken, 10-11
What would the holidays be downtown without the annual 10.Deep Holiday Party? The papers are full of bad news as of late. As if our pockets weren't telling us already, we got official word that we've been in a recession for the past 12 months. So, as usual, 10.Deep is stepping in to clean up the mess our government has left us, and providing some extra holiday relief. [Tonight] we present the 10.Deep Holiday Bail-Out, our executive measure to inject some fun, debauchery, and raucous merriment into a faltering party scene. With turntable support from Jus Ske, Pase Rock, and Million $ Mano, gift bags featuring an exclusive holiday tee and our new 10.Deep x DJ Benzi mixtape, an influx of liquid assets via Heineken open bar, and special guest performances (hint: we may have released their mixtapes in the last year), it's going be a hot, morally-bankrupt mess." 21+
Date: Thursday, December 11th Time: 2:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Virgin Megastore (14th St & Broadway) Cost: Free
Wrap that necktie around your forehead and prepare for this singing challenge from Baileys, in which you step into a karaoke booth and belt out a tune for all of Union Square to hear. The company will donate a buck to RADD, “The Entertainment Industry’s Voice for Road Safety,” for every person (aged 21 or over) who’s ballsy enough to squeak out the high notes. Continues Friday.
Date: Thursday, December 11th Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Brooklyn Adorned (376 Bedford Ave. between S. 4th and S. 5th) Cost: Free
New York Adorned invited you to the first in a series of trunk shows at their Brooklyn location. Meet the designers and see one of a kind pieces made especially for the evening. See previews of their new designs and enjoy 20% off on existing collection pieces. For examples of the artist's work click here.
Date: Thursday, December 11th Time: 5:00pm Location: Barnes & Noble (1972 Broadway at 66th St) Cost: Free
Cast members from the Irving Berlin scored Broadway musical White Christmas pop by Barnes and Noble Lincoln Center this evening to share some Christmas classics with you. All Ages.
Date: Thursday, December 11th Time: 6:30pm Location: Tenement Museum Shop (108 Orchard Street) Cost: Free
Celebrate the paperback release of this fiery, complicated, vulnerable, and funny collection, full of essays written by teenage girls and edited by Amy Goldwasser. Six of the book's contributors return to read their latest work. Check out Red The Book for more info on the book, the girls, and videos of readings.
Date: Friday, December 12th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: 198 Columbia Street (between Sackett and Degraw) Cost: Free
Brooklyn Collective celebrates the holidays early with a gallery reception / party / open bar tonight. New work will be on display and there are live performances and cocktails served. Full info on their site.
Date: Friday, December 12th - 14th Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: GMDC Buidling (1205 Manhattan Ave, Suite 2.4.1) Cost: Free
Clayspace 1205 hosts their Holiday Show & Sale this weekend with gift items, dinnerware, home accessories, jewelry, samples & seconds, sculpture and photography for your shopping needs. This sounds like an amazing place to get something for everyone on your list. They're having an opening night party on Friday from 6-9pm and the sale will run through the weekend Saturday 11am-6pm and Sunday Noon-5pm.
Date: Friday, December 12th - 14th Time: 8:00pm Location: South Street Seaport (159 John St at Front St) Cost: Free
For the holiday season, La Superette will transform retail space at 159 John Street into an arts and crafts weekend extravaganza just in time for the holiday season! A diverse array of artist-made multiples for holiday shopping will be presented as a special art installation, along with homemade baked treats. Kick-off begins tonight with live music and video performances and will continue until Sunday (12-8 Saturday and 12-6 on Sunday).
Date: Friday, December 12th Time: 10:00pm Location: Savalas (285 Bedford Ave. bet S 1st St & Grand) Cost: Free
The Panty Raider's celebrate their one year anniversary this evening as Senari and resident Cousin Cole welcome special guests Rut Roh and Cosmo Baker from the Rub. There'll be drink specials and gift bags all night and, of course lots of 80's, hip hop, re-edits, classic disco, and whatever else moves the crowd. It's great stop off if you're wandering Bedford Ave tonight. 21+
Here's your Park Slope party for Friday night. Sharegroove at Royale finds DJ's Duckcomb and Steve ShakeWell playing their signature sounds of serious fun including deep disco, future classics, and all things funky. These boys know there beats so your sure to find new, obscure favorites among the Friday night staples. 21+
Date: Friday, December 12th Time: 10:00pm Location: Trophy Bar (351 Broadway btw. Keap & Rodney, W'burg) Cost: Free
People Don't Dance No More are back at Trophy Bar with their Hi-Fi Christmas Special. "We all need a stiff drink this holiday season, so call your friends and come in your fuzziest 70s apres ski sweaters. We'll dish out disco sugar plums and you freak out like 5 year olds on Christmas Day." 21+
strong>Date: Saturday, December 13th Time: 10:00am Location: announced night before Cost: Free
In the tradition of Zombicon and Lepricon, its time to don your Santa suite, flask up your peppermint schnapps, and join the parade of Santas as they romp, drink, and carol their way through the NYC streets. Exact details with be the night before the event but you can download your carol book now and get ready. Check all the details here.
Date: Saturday, June 13th - June 21st Time: 11:00am - 6:00pm Location: ARChive of Contemporary Music (54 White Street) Cost: Free Entry
The ARChive of Contemporary Music open their doors this week for their annual holiday sale with 15,000 random musical gems for cheap. CDs go for $1-$5 and most LPs are only $1. More here.
Date: Saturday, December 13th Time: 11:00am - 7:00pm Location: Secret Project Robot (210 Kent Ave. and Metropolitan, W'burg) Cost: Free
It's mulled wine, cookies, and handmade good at Secret Project Robot today as they open the space to over 25 local designer who will be hocking that extra special holiday gift. Swing by for something truly unique.
Date: Saturday, December 13th Time: 5:00pm Location: Richmond Shepard Theatre (309 E 26th St) Cost: Free
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. First come, first served, and mention FreeNYC for the free admission. $4 beer and wine served. 21+
Date: Saturday, December 13th Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Village Pourhouse (109th and Amsterdam) Cost: Free
"The Village Pourhouse's new uptown location cordially invites all friends, family, and neighbors to join in their 1st Annual Community Holiday Party. The celebration will include live music, a complimentary buffet dinner, passed cocktails and an open beer bar." 21+
Date: Saturday, December 13th Time: 6:45pm Location: Meet under the arch at Washington Square Park Cost: Free
Unsilent Night started in 1992 and become somewhat of a NY tradition. Attracting thousands each year, composer Phil Kline leads massive chorus of boom boxes through the streets of Greenwich Village in a holiday-ladden sound sculpture. Participants bring their own Boom boxes and are given parts of the composition on cassettes. At the given signal, participants simultaneously press play following a pre-determined route to finish in Tompkins Square Park less than an hour and a mile later.
If you are joining the parade then just show up but if yor going to amplify then email boombox@mindspring.com to reserve CD, cassette, or Mp3. Music will be distributed at the park around 6:45 p.m. Parade begins at 7 p.m.
Date: Saturday, December 13th Time: 9:00pm Location: Hope Lounge (10 Hope St. btw. Havemeyer and Roebling) Cost: Free
DJ's Jasmine Solano, Chad Dubz, Duda & Iron Lyon bring you "Broader Than Broadway" with a worldwide mix of Reggae, Funk, Soul, Brazillian & Latin Music. 21+
Date: Saturday, December 13th Time: 10:00pm Location: Studio B (259 Banker Street, btw. Calyer St. and Meserole Ave., Greenpoint) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Vodka, 10-11 & 3-4
Studio B's back with another bangin free night this weekend. Tonight their "Cult" party welcomes electro wonderkid Duke Dumont and Techno legend John Aquaviva to the decks. Residents Alexander Technique & Van Scott of DJ's are Not Rockstars join in and The Studio B folks sweeten the deal once again with bookending open bars from 10-11 and 3-4. Video below. 19+
Date: Saturday, December 13th Time: 10:00pm Location: Huckleberry Bar (588 Grand St, W'burg) Cost: Free
DJs Girlsoul & Jumpy spin all '60s soul 45s, free! Generous cocktails, good food and you can dig the vibe of what Time Out called 'the best new bar in NYC.'" 21+
Date: Sunday, December 14th & 21st Time: 11:00am - 6:00pm Location: Brooklyn Masonic Temple (317 Clermont Ave at Lafayete St, Ft. Greene) Cost: Free Entry
Brooklyn Flea brings their weekly market of artisan crafts and edible goodies to the Brooklyn Masonic Temple today for their Gifted Holiday Market. Over 50 vendors sling
Crafts, Artisanal chocolates, Pickles, Cards, Art and a whole bunch of other
lovely items for your friends, and family! Click here for a list of vendors.
Date: Sunday, December 14th Time: 11:00am - 7:30pm Location: Stain (766 Grand St., W'burg) Cost: Free entry
Stain's 4th annual Dirt Cheap one-day event converts Stain into a mini-mall of affordable hand-made goods - from clothes and cards to paintings, jewelry, lamps and so much more, all for under $100.
Date: Sunday, December 14th Time: 8:00pm (Doors at 7:00pm) Location:3rd Ward Cost: Free with RSVP
Every 2nd Sunday, join Moviehouse at 3rd Ward for drinks, tasty treats, lively discussions with filmmakers and the cool beats and visuals of VJ Clay Franklin who lays his favorite songs over spliced together found footage and old movie clips. Tonight they present 3 pieces of unique, urban video art. Details below.
Unfinished Business: Wash Away by Manuela Viera-Gallo
Manuela found out that chlorine loosens the pigment from photographic emulsion prints an dripped some of it on top of the faces of many Pinochet pictures taken from the official web site of Pinochet institution, then filmed the process of dissolving and gently blew on the liquid, making it move. The result of this simple chemical proceeding is a cross between digital animation and fire.
Random Act of Kindness/ Random Act of Exploitation by CK Swett, Victor
Jeffreys, and Russell Fong
The filmmakers met Tim on 23rd street near sixth avenue. He was sitting on the sidewalk with his back against a shuttered storefront. Before him perched a small hand-lettered cardboard sign that read:
Please Help
My dad passed away on Thursday
I am trying to get home for the
funeral and to be with my family
I only need $49 $39 more for a bus
Im not perfect but I wouldn't lie about this
They told him they'd give him the money if they could use him for their art project. They told him they'd buy him a suit for his father's funeral as well. He agreed.
Transient Patrons by John Bonafede
A performance that took place on the NYC subway system where John madea speech begging for commuters participation in a saliva water colorseries of paintings made from their sputum. After collecting the spit,he returns home to clean up his fake shabbiness, goes to barber toshave, and turns back into “painter” mode. Using printed stills fromthe performance and the spit collected, John produces seven detailed saliva colored paintings.
Date: Monday, December 15th Time: 6:30pm Location: Tenement Museum Shop (108 Orchard Street) Cost: Free, please RSVP
Anyone familiar with NPR’s Morning Edition will be familiar with David Isay, the New York icon and founder of Storycorps, and his story collection. From interviews with over 10,000 subjects around the country, radio journalist Isay has compiled these compelling personal stories told by everyday people into a book. He shares their histories, hopes, dreams, and disappointments, showing us the American experience as it spans the past century." Tonight Isay shares some of the nationwide oral history project’s most memorable stories.
Date: Monday, December 15th Time: 7:30pm Location: Advent Lutheran/ Broadway UCC, 2504 Broadway at 93rd St., Manhattan Cost: Free
"Music Mondays, a free chamber music concert series, presents Momenta, a string quarter.The Momenta Quartet has been described by Time Out New York as a 'striking new-music quartet.' Perhaps what is most striking about the quartet, however, is that it is much more than that. Along with over 40 world premieres by both established and up-and-coming composers, the ensemble's repertoire includes standards by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and beyond, 20th-century masterworks and consort music of the Renaissance." Tonight's program includes William Byrd: In Nomine No. 1, Aldo Clementi: Momento (2005), Joseph Haydn: Quartet in C, Op. 20 No. 2, William Byrd: In Nomine No. 2, Aldo Clementi: Satz 2, Philip Glass: String Quartet.
Date: Monday, December 15th Time: 7:00pm Location: Barbes (376 9th St Sixth Ave, Park Slope) Cost: Free
The Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series continues this evening with a special holiday screening of the film Christmas on Mars. "The Flaming Lips present a fantastical film freakout featuring the Flaming Lips, a glorious science fiction film that marks the directorial debut of the Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne. Seven years in the making, Christmas on Mars features original music by the Flaming Lips, with acting performances by all band members, and many others from their Oklahoma City-based team."
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 the Madison Square Gardeners and Sharkey's Machine 21+
Date: Tuesday, December 16th Time: 6:30pm Location: apexart (291 Church St) Cost: Free
Apexart's Artist in Residence, Lonnie van Brummelen, is joined in conversation tonight by critic and curator Carlo McCormick. "Lonnie van Brummelen studied art at Rietveld Academy and at Rijks Academy, and Philosophy at University of Amsterdam. In 2005 van Brummelen won the Prix de Rome for Lefkosia, the third chapter of Grossraum: a 35mm film triptych exploring the landscape at the borders of Europe. Together with Siebren de Haan she has collaborated since 2001 on site-specific exhibition projects, essays, and film installations. They recently produced a traveling sculptural piece and a 16mm film Monument of Sugar - how to use artistic means to elude trade barriers, which investigates subsidized economy. Carlo McCormick is a popular culture critic and curator living in New York City. He has curated shows for the Bronx Museum of Art, New York University, the Queens Museum of Art and the Woodstock Center for Photography. McCormick is Senior Editor of PAPER magazine."
Date: Tuesday, December 16th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: e l e m e n t (225 E. Houston Street at Essex Street) Cost: Two non-perishable items or canned goods
"In light of the recent downturn in New York City's economy, Get Canned will offer an entertaining and charitable networking event for those affected. This event is open to everyone, from downsized professionals and potential employers to those new to the job market. Get Canned also welcomes those with fantastic, secure jobs to come mingle, enjoy and support The Food Bank For New York City. Being laid off, or 'getting canned,' rarely has a positive side to it, but Get Canned embraces the theme - collecting canned goods in place of a cover charge, offering canned beers and gourmet hors d'oeuvres made from traditional canned foods, and sending guests home with eco-friendly gift bags with various goodies..." Register in advance here.
Date: Tuesday, December 16th Time: 9:00pm (doors 7:00pm) Location: Rockwood Music Hall (196 Allen St) Cost: Free
Joanna Erdos is known for performing a kind of musical slight of hand by singing stories of epic heartbreak while fooling her listeners into believing that they are having a good time. The heroines in her songs are far crazier than Amy Winehouse and Syd Barett, but they always have more fun on their way down. It's the combination of Joanna's sweaty-sweet alto and her magnificent original music - made up of heart-felt piano-rock songs that sound like Honky Dory era Bowie dancing cheek to cheek with Nick Cave in the bowels of a pirate ship - that provide the melodic hooks and lush vocal harmonies which keep admiring crowds singing along. Tonight she performs with her band, The Midnight Show, in their last show of the year. Video below. 21+
Date: Tuesday, December 16th Time: 7:30pm Location: Barnes & Noble (555 5th Ave at 46th St) Cost: Free
Smiths fans will be flocking to Beauty Bar every Tuesday in December, when members of the beloved ’80s band (alas, no Morrissey) and their associates will be on the decks. Tonight, bass man Andy Rourke tries his luck on the wheels of steel.
Date: Wednesday, December 17th Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm Location: ITP (721 Broadway, 4th Floor, South Elevators) Cost: Free
A two-day festival of interactive sight, sound and technology from the student artists and innovators at Tisch School of the Arts ITP Program. These technology/art rebels push microchip boundaries in an oversize Greenwich Village loft house converted to the computer labs, rotating exhibitions, and production workshops. Tonight their is their semester summary exhibition. Bring ID to get past the NYU security. All Ages.
Date: Wednesday, December 17th Time: 8:00pm (doors at 7:00pm) Location: Happy Ending (302 Broome at Forsythe) Cost: Free
"The Happy Ending Music and Reading Series, chosen by New York Magazine and NY Press as the best reading series in NYC, and singled out by the New York Times Magazine for helping to 'Keep downtown alive,' features the most interesting storytellers, writers, musicians, raconteurs and personalities in and passing through New York City. Every event includes three readers and one musical act; the readers are required to take one public risk (anything goes) and the musicians--playing original music--are required to include one cover song with hopes of getting the audience to
sing along." Tonight's readers are Nelly Reifler, Mary Gaitskill, and A.M. Homes with music by The Wingdale Community Singers. 21+
Date: Wednesday, December 17th Time: 7:30pm Location: The Change You Want To See (84 Havemeyer St., W'burg) Cost: Free
"Over the past two years, Web 2.0 technologies have matured and so have the methods activists use to employ them. In 2008, activists from around the world used Web 2.0 to take command of the digital airwaves pioneering new forms of political mobilization. From Student's for a Free Tibet's live streamed protests in Beijing, to RNC protesters coordinating actions and monitoring police movements on Twitter to mass digital mobilizations for humanitarian relief and election protection, Web 2.0 is no longer just for social networking and fundraising. Tonight, practitioners involved in the above campaigns will present case studies and highlight how they leveraged these tools to have broader reach and greater effectiveness." And if you can't make it, you can stream the whole event live here.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Nathan Freitas is an entrepreneur and activist, with longtime love for all things mobile, miniaturized, virtual and open-source. His experience runs the gamut from founding a successful venture-funded for-profit business and speaking at JavaOne and Amazon developer events, to locking himself down to foreign consulates and managing satellite links for live streaming of protest video from very remote places. If Nathan were a cloud tag, these would be his tags: cloud computing, android, java, videoblogging, mogulus, wordpress as CMS, tibet, china, human rights, free speech, free thought, encryption, privacy, creative commons, ratatat, sufjan stephens.
http://nathan.freitas.net
Deanna Zandt is a media technologist and consultant to key progressive media organizations including AlterNet and the Hightower Lowdown, and
hosts TechGrrl Tips on GRITtv with Laura Flanders. She works with groups to create and implement effective web strategies toward organizational goals of civic engagement and empowerment, and uses her background in linguistics, advertising, telecommunications and finance to complement her technical expertise. Deanna also works with New York-based independent artists such as John S. Hall/King Missile, Surf Reality and the Art Stars to promote radical performances in downtown Manhattan, and is a member of the Brooklyn-based Not An Alternative political art collective.
http://www.deannazandt.com
Nancy Scola is a Brooklyn-based writer, blogger, and editor whose work focuses on the intersection of technology and politics, both broadly
defined. She serves as the associate editor of techPresident and Personal Democracy Forum, and has worked in the past on Capitol Hill,
in presidential politics, and in progressive radio.
http://www.nancyscola.com
Date: Wednesday, December 17th Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery Between Houston & Bleeker) Cost: Free with RSVP
"One of the emerging, bright new leaders of Hip Hop, NY's own Go-d releases his first single deftly titled 'Frustration.' Come join this celebration of Hip Hop and a get a preview of its future with the artist who has the Spirit of a Hustler and the Mind of a Black Panther as Go-d performs banger after banger. With renowned DJ PF CUTTIN on the 1s & 2s and Go-d rockin' the mic along with special guests M16 & Indian Chief, it's sure to be a night of mental stimulation, eargasms, drink specials, and good company."
Date: Wednesday, December 17th Time: 9:00pm Location: Heathers (506 East 13th St at Ave A) Cost: Free
DJ Bumrocks joins Dan Selzer and Jeremy Campbell at their regular haunt Tonight for their holiday party. Expect their usual esoteric take on the finer side of electronic music with added excitement as it's Bumrocks LP release party. 21+
Date: Wednesday, December 17th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Ottos Shrunken Head (538 East 14 Street) Cost: Free
Its the final copycat of the year and this one is a holiday cover song spectacular with Captain Ronzo's Thirsty Christmas and Sousalves. Dj Xerox spins crazy covers and rocking
remixes of all the hits (rock, indie, old wave and new)and a special Holiday set. PLUS Live music acts in the back room. Some of your favorite artists play cover versions of their favorite songs. Free Candy Canes! 21+
Date: Thursday, December 18th Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm Location: ITP (721 Broadway, 4th Floor, South Elevators) Cost: Free
A two-day festival of interactive sight, sound and technology from the student artists and innovators at Tisch School of the Arts ITP Program. These technology/art rebels push microchip boundaries in an oversize Greenwich Village loft house converted to the computer labs, rotating exhibitions, and production workshops. Tonight their is their semester summary exhibition. Bring ID to get past the NYU security. All Ages.
Date: Thursday, December 18th Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm Location: Whistlin' Dixies (714 11th at 51st) Cost: Free, with College ID Open Bar: Draft Beer, 6-7:30
No fancy flyers or hype DJs here, just good old fashion drinking. If your a college student (a 21+ college student that is) head over to Whistlin' Dixie's Texas Tavern this evening for an hour and a half of free beer. Hang around afterwards for $10 pitchers and beer pong! 21+
Date: Thursday, December 18th Time: 7:30pm Location: K&M Bar (225 North 8th St. @ Roebling, W'burg) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Leblon Cachaca, 7:30-11
The fine ladies of Missbehave Magazine end the season on a high note with their holiday party, Let The Good Times Roll, tonight at K&M. DJ Semen Sperms & DJ Radio Rose spin records while you sling back free Cachaca Rum drinks. Don't forget to RSVP. 21+
Date: Thursday, December 18th Time: 8:00pm Location: Norman Thomas High School Auditorium (111 East 33rd St btw. Park & Lexington) Cost: Free ($7 suggested)
World-renowned pianist Renana Gutman returns from England tonight to perform the Brahms "Second Piano Concerto" with the Doctors Orchestra. Ms. Gutman has performed on three continents with orchestras, as a soloist and in chamber groups making many radio and television appearances. She also has been a top prize winner in international competitions. The concert will also include the Schumann "Fourth Symphony."
Date: Thursday, December 18th Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Stanton Public (17 Stanton St btw Bowery and Chrystie) Cost: Free, with RSVP Open Bar: Yuengling, Vodka, 8-10
"Matador Records and Insound host a listening party for New Pornographer A.C. Newman's "Get Guilty." Prime opportunity to suck on the corporate teat before the milk dries up and we're all squatting in luxury condos." via MyOpenBar.
Date: Thursday, December 18th Time: 9:00pm Location: Santos Party House, upstairs (96 Lafayette St) Cost: Free with wrapped toy
I'm not sure where we stand on things like "free with donation" and "free with gift" but with a line-up like this, I am not going to try and figure it out today. Santos Party House & Respect is Burning team up for a Toys for Tots benefit this afternoon with an all-star DJ lineup. Just bring a new, wrapped present to donate and you'll be rewarded with DJ sets by The Rapture, Andrew WK, Gang Gang Dance, Spencer Sweeney, Eamon Harkin, and Devlin & XXXChange. I got another email that said Francois K of the famed Body and Soul was spinning as well (what!) but its not on their site so no promises. All toys go to NYC children in need. 21+
The Sucia Party is coming home for the holidays! This year, their Chrisma-Hannu-Kwanza/Winter Solstice extravaganza jumps to Brooklyn where "DJ Juice E will be rockin on the 1s with special guest DJ Chela. Spinning Hip Hop, Funk, Soul, Disco, 80s Pop, Reggae and much more. Hosted by Temple Spencer and Tony Cortes (aka the Sucia Allstars) With holiday drink specials- and who knows, maybe Santa'll pop in for a drink?" 21+
Date: Friday, December 19th Time: 7:00pm - 11:30pm Location: St. Phillips Episcopal Church Street (334 MacDonough St., Brooklyn) Cost: Free with 3 cans of food
Arise Collective presents "Drive for the Stuy," a fundraiser event in partnership with the Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. "Drive for the Stuy" is a food and clothing drive event that will feature an evening of live hip-hop, dancing, spoken word, live grafitti, and a silent auction. Hosted by Toni Blackman: United States Hip Hop Ambassador. More details after the jump.
Lineup includes:
DJ Chela
DJ Scandeles
DJ Ace of Spades
Von Pea (from Tanya Morgan
Che Grand
Spec Boogie
Elucid
Hasan Salaam
IconTheMicKing
Calvin Booker (from the FELA! Broadway musical)
Bless Roxwell
Blacastan Misnomer (s)
ATLas Rosetta Stoned
Closing ceremony with Gerry Chisolm
Live Grafitti by MERES (5POINTZ)
Food Courtesy of Malcom X Pizza
All proceeds go to Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger
Date: Friday, December 19th Time: 9:00pm - 1:00am Location: Twelve21 (12 West 21st St) Cost: Free with RSVP
Like we always do at this time… it’s the return of the annual Fool’s Gold Holiday Party!
The Fool's Gold crew went non stop this year and they end things with a blowout party tonight featuring legendary DJ Premier and the "big dawg pitbull" Cipha Sounds, along with tag-team DJ sets from Nick Catchdubs and Sammy Bananas and The Brothers Macklovitch (aka A-Trak and Dave 1 of Chromeo). There's rumors of some sort of open bar (no details as of yet) and it all goes down at the old Sound Factory for the inner raver in you. 21+ and don't forget to RSVP.
Date: Friday, December 19th Time: 9:00pm Location: Public Assembly (70 N 6th St., W'burg) Cost: Free with RSVP, $5 without
Get your pre-Christmas weekend started off with Snow Job! All Female DJ Lineup including Monica Sharp, Jasmine Solano and DJ Vida, plus an All Female Live Art exhibition. And everyone's favorite, free Fried chicken n' waffles courtesy of Jimmy's Diner.
Date: Fridays 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: Friday, December 19th Time: 11:00pm - 4:00am Location: Sala (344 Bowery) Cost: Free
Tonight is the Seamless Festivus Food Drive featuring the DJs, Teenwolf, Elsewhere and Knomad. Entry is free all night long, but donation of non-perishable food items for City Harvest is suggested. "Beats, Love and Mistletoe"
Date: Saturday, December 20th - 21st Time: 11:00am - 7:00pm Location: Smith St. and Union St., Carroll Gardens Cost: Free
Brooklyn Indie Market hosts another designers market under the red and white striped tents in Carroll Gardens today. Get your last minute crafty goodies and feel good about it as Brooklyn Indie will donate 15- 20% of its proceeds from sales (which will be doubled by a matching grant from Independence Community Foundation) during the weekend to St. John’s Bread and Life, Brooklyn’s largest emergency food provider.
Date: Saturday, December 20 - 21st Time: 11:00am - 7:00pm Location: Brooklyn Lyceum (227 4th Ave at Union St, Park Slope) Cost: Free
The Brooklyn Lyceum hosts its first Artisans' Craft Market this weekend for your last minute Christmas shopping. They're filling the main space with vendors selling their wonderful and useful wares, all handcrafted in and around New York City. And if you spend $100 or more at the market, you will receive 2 comp tickets to one of a choice of future Lyceum events.
Date: Saturday, December 20th Time: 12:00pm - 7:00pm, 9:00pm - midnight Location: Open House (201 Mulberry Street) Cost: Free with
Pepsi Proper, Pepsi’s multi-city specialty retail pop-up tour, is planting its flag in New York City with a stellar list of brands and ultra-exclusive retail giants. Shop for exclusive goods from Absurd, Commonwealth, Cubannie Links, Fruition, Hellz, Orchard Street, SSUR and more while listeing to tunes from DJ Neil Armstrong (Jay-Z’s official tour DJ), DJ Mick Boogie, DJ Jus Ske, DJ Eleven and DJ Eli Escobar. It's free to swing by all day and all ages before the 9pm afterparty, then it's 21+.
Date: Saturday, December 20th Time: 8:00pm - 1:00am Location: 498 Court Street Cost: Free
"It's the holidays, and we're getting down Brooklyn style at Rosie and Friend's annual Christmas Party: 'Art Party Extravaganza - Holy Night, the Holiday Edition.' This year we've teamed up with Laurus Snowboarding Face Wraps and NYCares.org to deliver the ultimate Brooklyn holiday experience; complete with art installations featuring a unique variety of street/urban artists, DJs spinning all night, a BYOB policy and a fantastic Carroll Garden loft location. We are raising awareness and donations for NYCares.org asking for coat donations in exchange for free beer."
Date: Saturday, December 20th Time: 10:00pm Location: Bar 4 (444 7th Ave, P'Slope) Cost: Free
Every once in a while I start to loose faith in new and interesting night life in Park Slope. And then events like this one pop up and the faith is once again restored. Punk Slope is a punk party that happens at Bar 4 in Park Slope on the regular. Xmess - their holiday edition - goes down tonight. Walkter Schreifels ( Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Rival Schools, Walking Concert) performs live and Chris Daly, Josh Brabelle and Jay Grotrain are on the decks bringin' you punk, hardcore, skaterock, indie, metal, oi, ska, reggae and dub. 21+
Date: Saturday, December 20th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Concrete (320 West 37th) Cost: Free
Outside The Cube presents Jungle Cares, a Drum & Bass Coat Drive featuring DJ Odi, DJ Seen, Eshino & Trigon, Lycanthrope and MC Diggadee. Admission is free and they will be accepting coats for NY Cares all night.
Date: Sunday, December 21st Time: 11:00am - 7:00pm Location: Brooklyn Lyceum (227 4th Ave at Union St, Park Slope) Cost: Free
The Brooklyn Lyceum hosts its first Artisans' Craft Market this weekend for your last minute Christmas shopping. They're filling the main space with vendors selling their wonderful and useful wares, all handcrafted in and around New York City. And if you spend $100 or more at the market, you will receive 2 comp tickets to one of a choice of future Lyceum events.
Date: Sunday, December 21st Time: 11:00am - 7:00pm Location: Smith St. and Union St., Carroll Gardens Cost: Free
Brooklyn Indie Market hosts another designers market under the red and white striped tents in Carroll Gardens today. Get your last minute crafty goodies and feel good about it as Brooklyn Indie will donate 15- 20% of its proceeds from sales (which will be doubled by a matching grant from Independence Community Foundation) during the weekend to St. John’s Bread and Life, Brooklyn’s largest emergency food provider.
Date: Sunday, December 21st Time: 2:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Deitch Projects in Long Island City (4-40 44th Drive, Queens) Cost: Free
The Ten Commandments, one of Keith Haring’s most powerful series of paintings, will be presented at Deitch Studios, Long Island City, from November 8, 2008 – February 15, 2009. The works portray the Ten Commandments from Haring’s point of view, combining a traditional Biblical interpretation with the artist’s liberating spirit and apocalyptic vision. The Ten Commandments were painted for Haring’s first solo museum show, a 1985 exhibition at the CAPC, Bordeaux, a reconverted wool warehouse with a span of twenty-five foot high archways supporting the roof. Thinking about how to best use the space, known as “the nave,” Haring had the inspiration to order ten tablet shaped canvases to fit within the arches. While on the dance floor at the Paradise Garage the day before leaving for Bordeaux, he had a vision to paint The Ten Commandments.
Date: Monday, December 22nd Time: 6:00pm Location: Guggenheim Museum (1071 Fifth Ave at 89th Street) Cost: Free
Celebrate the season with the joyous sound of holiday music in the museum's Frank Lloyd Wright–designed rotunda. In addition to 16th- and 17th-century works, this year also features the world premiere of a Works & Process–commissioned work by Nico Muhly. George Steel conducts the Vox Vocal Ensemble and The Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble in what has become a beloved annual tradition.
Date: Monday, December 22nd Time: 9:00pm - 4:00am Location: Trophy Bar (351 Broadway) Cost: Free
Manic Madness continues tonight with their holiday installment at Trophy Bar. Resident DJs Passions (Trouble & Bass) Star Eyes (Trouble & Bass), My Pal the Crook (Mishka) man the decks, plus performance by Mademoiselle Lena (Snow Queen) Black Magic Tricks w/ Greg (Mishka) the Wizard. Open vodka bar from 10:30pm - 11:30pm.
Date: Sunday, December 23rd Time: 7:00pm Location: Barbés (376 9th St at 6th Ave, Park Slop) Cost: Free
"33 1/3 is a series of books on seminal or influential albums published by Continuum Books. Featuring titles ranging from Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over the Sea to Nick Drake’s Pink Moon to Black Sabbath’s Master of Reality, the series is known for the consistently unique and interesting approaches its authors take on their subjects of choice. This readings series will follow suit. Rather than follow the structure of your run of the mill book event, each author in this series will incorporate music, audio, and visual elements to create an hour-long, multimedia, music fan's dream come true. Come listen, watch, drink, and sing along with your favorite album." Tonight, Miles Marshall Lewis takes a look at Sly and the Family Stone’s There’s a Riot Goin’ On. 21+
Date: Wednesday, December 24th Time: 9:00pm Location: The Red Room (1 Bennett Ave at 181st Street, Washington Heights) Cost: Free but 2 drink minimum
Holiday season gettin' ya down? Go laugh your Christmas stockings off at Red Room's Comedy night. Admission is free but there is a two drink minimum, however they do claim their drinks are cheap.
Date: Friday, December 26th Time: 11:00am Location: Gabriella’s Restaurant (688 Columbus Ave, bet. 93rd and 94th St) Cost: Free
"Japanese eating champion Takeru Kobayashi will attempt to break the fruitcake-eating world record... [this afternoon] seeking to consume all fruitcake leftover from the holidays as part of a charitable initiative by Major League Eating. The event is designed to benefit the Food Bank For New York City and to raise awareness of the crisis faced by food banks across the nation in the current economic environment."
Date: Saturday, January 27th - 29th Time: 9:00am - 1:00am Location: Ripley's Believe It or Now! (234 West 42nd St bet 7th & 8th Ave) Cost: Free
"Ripley’s Believe It or Not! is planning on delivering the largest holiday shock in New York City this holiday season when The Enigma, a puzzled sideshow prodigy will be performing in the heart of Times Square. The self-proclaimed Freak of Nature emerged in 1991 and has since performed his all-ages performance around the world staging sideshow stunts that will make anyone’s jaw drop. His utter disregard for the ordinary has resulted in a dare show you have to see to believe. 'He is more puzzling than many of our Believe it or Not!’s inside the Odditorium,' proclaimed Michael Hirsch, General Manager, 'When I was first introduced to the Enigma, I was amazed. He was somebody we had to bring to perform live at Ripley’s and what better time to do it than the Holiday’s.'" The Enigma’s shows will be free of charge and discounted admission tickets to the Believe It or Not! Odditorium will be distributed to the Enigma’s show crowd. Contact Ripley's for show times.
Date: Sundays through January 25th Time: 12:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Cooper-Hewitt (2 East 91st St) Cost: Free
Here's a recession buster for you. The Cooper-Hewitt, the National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, kicks open its doors for free every Sunday though January 25th. The Cooper-Hewitt is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design and presents compelling perspectives on the impact of design on daily life through active educational and curatorial programming.
Date: Sundays, December 28th Time: 10:00pm Location: The Delancey (168 Delancey St. at Attorney St.) Cost: Free
A Night of Musical Debauchery with Special Guest DJ's Blu Jemz, Mikey G, erock, Gina Turner, Johnny Cocco, Sam Hyde and Bobby Analog $3 PBR's All Night and 2 for 1 well drinks 10-11. 21+
Date: Monday, December 29th Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm Location: The Hudson Hotel (356 W 58th St.) Cost: Free with RSVP
Giant Step presents Vikter Duplaix with Kervyn Mark & Kamala (Melting Pot) at the final party of the Hudson series! Vikter Duplaix, a Philadelphia native, honed his DJ skills with Philly legends Jazzy Jeff and King Britt. His introduction to the global music scene came in 2000 with his installment of K7!'s DJ Kicks series, which showcased his vocal stylings and musical taste. In 2002, Vikter released his first full-length artist project titled "International Affairs" on Hollywood Records. Vikter formed a joint venture with BBE Records, which led to the "Stimulation" EP and 2006's full-length "Bold and Beautiful" with appearances and collaborative production work by James Poyser, Esthero, Tye Tribbett & GA , Rapheal Saadiq, Karsh Kale, Suphala and house music pioneer Louie Vega. His production work continues to defy genre as he creates soundscapes for artists as diverse as Earth, Wind and Fire, Jazzanova, Nitin Sawhney, King Britt, N'Dea Davevenport (Brand New Heavies), Ladybug Mecca (Digable Planets) and Spacek.
Part of the Melting Pot collective, DJs Kervyn Mark and Kamala spin a diverse range of global and soulful dance music. Starting in 2002 Kervyn and his friends started a multi-media arts group called The Melting Pot NYC. It hosts one of the best underground dance music events in New York City at the famed Nuyorican Poets Café.
Date: Wednesday, December 31st Time: 7:00pm - 7:00am Location: Details given with RSVP Cost: $30 with RSVP
1929 was a year that couldn't go wrong: jazz erupted from Harlem; Bohemians occupied downtown and the glitterati drank champagne like water. It's in those heady moments that anything is possible. Tonight's Danger party celebrates all of that in two parts... Part I : The Rise (7pm to 4am) in Lower Manhattan with three floors of a classic cabaret thick with the glitz, live music all night starting with an 8:30pm brass attack by Brooklyn's own legendary Hungry March Band and Stumblebum Brass Band, plus glittering burlesque by vintage-glam beauties GiGi La Femme and Pandora and tap sensation the Minsky Sisters. Speakeasy dance sounds by swing mistress DJ Miss Bliss and a time- warped dance throwdown by Vintage DJ, plus live turn-of-the-century
film remix by Sebastian Patane Masuelli. At midnight the year-end countdown erupts with fire and champagne! Part II : The Fall, runs from 11pm to 7am at the Secret Brooklyn Warehouse. Dance in 2009 within a thick and cozy dj dance party in a classic Brooklyn raw space. This is back to basics with heavy beats, cheap drinks and dancing past sunrise, with music from DJs Kimyon, Zemi 17 and MSG. Additional details given after RSVP.
Date: Wednesday, December 31st Time: 8:00pm - 4:00am Location: The Bell House (149 7th St, between 2nd and 3rd Ave, P'Slope) Cost: $9
The Subway Soul Club is throwing one helluva fabulous New Years Eve party. Ring in A Soulful New Year With The Subway Soul Club at The Bell House! Plenty of space to dance to Northern Soul, 60s R&B, Motown and Go-Go Grooves in the ballroom complete with grand chandelier. The world famous Pontani Sisters performing live Burlesque! Big ball drop on the big screen at midnight with a free champagne toast! Phast Phreddie The Boogaloo Omnibus and the Subway Soul Djs spinning vintage 45's plus British hostess Lady Dawn. Give aways and prizes for best dancer and best dressed.
Date: Wednesday, December 31st Time: 8:00pm Location: Acme Bar and Grill (9 Great Jones St.) Cost: Free
Acme Bar and Grill invites you to celebrate New Years Eve with them. Professor Jim Porter AKA The Zydeco Messenger delivers the sounds of New Orleans. No Cover all night long, party favors, cajun cooking and a midnight champagne toast!
Date: Wednesday, December 31st Time: 9:00pm - 4:00am Location: Love (40 W. 8th St, corner of MacDougal St.) Cost: $25 advanced, $35 at door with RSVP; use reference "Subatomic"
Usher in the sunrise of the New Year in joyous celebration where spirits dance, beings sweat, and ancient incantations evoke echoes of our ancestors...A transglobal beats party with ecstatic drums, performance and dancing in one of the best secret hot spots in New York. GlobeSonic Sound System's Fabian Alsultany burns up the dance floor with an epic melting pot of Arabian Beats, Afro-Latino Grooves, Jamaican House and beyond. Parashakti & The Gatekeepers guide you through a full Dance of Liberation experience 9-10pm. NYC's globe-trotting dub kingpins Subatomic Sound System come flexing dub reggae, dancehall and dubstep with Emch on the live dub mix and melodica, and Jamaican dancehall ruler Treasure Don blazin' the mic at 10pm & 12:30am. Plus, world-renowned video remix artists Eclectic Method perform two live audiovisual DJ sets at 11pm & 2am. And of course free champagne toast at midnight! For full line up click here.
Date: Wednesday, December 31st Time: 9:00pm Location: K&M Bar (225 N. 8th St., W'burg) Cost: Free
Looking for an affordable New Years Eve complete with champagne toast and all? Then look no further than K&M bar. Live sets from Golden Triangle and Chocolat from 9pm to 11pm. And DJ Soul Imperial holds it down on the tables until early morn'. No cover, free champagne, and happy hour from 2am to 4am.
Date: Wednesday, December 31st Time: 9:00pm Location: The Opera House (27 Arion Place, B'wick) Cost: Free
Vintage underground venue and home to local artists, the Bushwick Opera House, sends 2008 out with a boom! Performances from Beatstoopid, DJ Slouch, Kuma/Hipstar, Tom Phonic and Riverboy.
Date: Wednesday, December 31st Time: 10:00pm - 10:00am Location: 50 John Street, Brooklyn Cost: Free with RSVP
Join Maison Française and NYC art duoMint and Serf with beer, booze, and amazing music from NYC’s retarded group of musicians and producers. We’re talking some serious antics: 1600 watts sound, Shinratek, the Schieles (nvrmnd), Francis Nishida, Steve Christian (warp), Matt Werth (rvng), Ruff Kidzz and French Hipsters, Japanese Wizards on Psychedelics, Sleeping Norwegians, and a 1500 square foot loft space to lose your mind. BYOB.
Date: Wednesday, December 31st Time: 10:00pm - ??? Location: RSVP for location Cost:Free with RSVP List Closed, Sorry Open Bar: unknown, all night
"Feelin fine bringing in Oh 9 this nye, we're doing it up big at a real serious location, a full finished floor of a building in NY It will be a Masquerade event, the disclosed location is only given out to RSVP's. There will be DJ's, food, giveaways, and open bar top to bottom, guestlist is the only way to attend, free for all.
Date: Wednesday, December 31st Time: 10:30pm Location: Washington Square Park, under the arch, Manhattan Cost: Free
Start the year off right, on your bike or skates. Come celebrate New Year's Eve in the great outdoors with music, dancing, and fireworks. The Time's Up crew willbe riding up to Belvedere castle for the best (and free) New Year's Eve dance party in town, featuring the Rude Mechanical Orchestra. Dress festive: Don't forget your noisemakers and party favors; bring food and drink to share.
