Date: Tuesday, September 1st Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Happy Ending (302 Broome St. between Forsyth & Eldridge) Cost: Free
Awkward Press - a new publishing house dedicated to imagination, playfulness, and defying readers’ expectations - celebrates the release of their first fiction collection tonight with a cabaret of experiences including dramatic readings, an impromptu harp jam, and a milk and cookie break. More on the new release below.
"The night will feature short, dramatic readings by Clay McLeod Chapman and special guests, as well as musical performances by Kyle Jarrow and Jeffrey D. As the evening progresses, a variety of surprises are planned, including an impromptu harp jam and a milk and cookie break. After the performances, a DJ will spin classic punk, new wave, indie rock and hip-hop. Admission is free and open to the public.
Awkward Press is a bicoastal publishing enterprise that seeks to bring imaginative storytelling to a new generation of readers. It was founded by three young writers and performers from diverse backgrounds: Jeffrey Dinsmore, co-founder of indie noir publisher Contemporary Press and author of the novels Johnny Astronaut and I, an Actress: the Autobiography of Karen Jamey; Clay McLeod Chapman, creator of the notorious Pumpkin Pie Show reading series and author of the novel miss corpus; and Kyle Jarrow, OBIE Award winning playwright and composer and founder of New York cult legends The Fabulous Entourage.
Awkward One, the first release from Awkward Press, is a compendium of five stories organized around the theme Awkward Occurrences. The collection features imaginative fiction by the three founders, as well as up-and-coming California authors Mike Cipra and Honor Rovai. In addition to their printed works, Awkward Press showcases new fiction, humorous essays, and mixed media pieces on their website"
Date: Tuesday, September 1st Time: 8:00pm - 2:00am Location: Union Pool (484 Union Ave, W'burg) Cost: Free
Heeb Magazine celebrates their Germany issue tonight with a little Williamsburg shindig. "Join us for the würst party of the season, complete with copious amounts of beer and giveaways at the door. The lovely ladies of Brooklyn’s Main Squeeze Orchestra will provide the soundtrack for the night, with seven accordions in tow, along with Dj Duane Harriott." 21+
Date: Wednesday, September 2nd Time: 7:00pm Location:South Street Seaport, Pier 17 (South Street and Fulton Street) Cost: Free
The Seaport Music festival may have packed it in for the Summer but you can enjoy sunset shows on the pier one last time this evening as John Fogerty - singer and songwriter for the legendary Credence Clearwater Revival - performs to celebrate the release of his new album, The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again. "For more than four decades, John Fogerty has been an American treasure. Today he stands as a vital member of the musical landscape. Fogerty's sound has encompassed everything from blues to country and southern swamp rock and roll. Known as one of the greatest songwriters, singers, and guitarists of all time, Fogerty was inducted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993." All ages.
Date: Wednesday, September 2nd Time: 9:30pm Location: Jalopy Theatre (315 Columbia St, Brooklyn) Cost: Free
Roots & Ruckus is a weekly Roots music variety show Wednesday nights at The Jalopy Red Hook. Hosted by Feral Foster, the show has been running strong for over 4 years and is a place to see some of New York City's best and exciting local roots music. Tonight features music by Austin McCutchen, Boom Chick, Isto, Ruby Ruby Ruse, John Houx and Spirit Family Reunion.
Date: Wednesday, September 2nd Time: 10:00pm Location: The Annex (152 Orchard St., Basement) Cost: Free with RSVP
"Trouble & Bass is back with another edition of their No Escape from New York party featuring rotating Trouble & Bass DJ's (Drop The Lime, AC Slater, Star Eyes and The Captain) and Special Guests from around the globe. As the Annex is poised to close its doors soon, this may be your last time to enjoy a basement full of bass heavy music. 21+
Date: Thursday, September 3rd Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm Location: American Folk Art Museum (2 Lincoln Square - Columbus Ave. at 66th St.) Cost: Free
The American Folk Art Museum's Textural Rhythms exhibit provides the backdrop this evening for live Jazz from Bill Wurtzel & the Jazz Icons featuring Antoinette Montague. Guitarist Bill Wurtzel "has the experience to play jazz that’s appropriate for any event and handle all details professionally. He has performed at top jazz clubs and concerts worldwide with many legendary musicians. Bill has led bands at countless private affairs. Repetoire includes Gershwin, Porter, Ellington, Basie, Jobim, Jazz and Classical favorites. Bill is a member of local 802 and is a director of the Jazz Foundation of America."
Date: Thursday, September 3rd Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Lumenhouse (47 Beaver St. at Park St., Bushwick) Cost: Free
Three Brooklyn artists come together this month for Urban Biotic, an exhibition of contemporary works that are a "reflection of the biological manifesting itself within industrial urban environments... Deborah Brown’s oil paintings harmoniously depict natures presence in the urban jungle of Brooklyn. Jon Elliott offers 'skeptical paintings, depicting mounds of old and obsolete computers and televisions' wherein we find only subtle hints of natural forms emerging from the obliterated earth. In Hyungsub Shin’s sculptural work, we witness a transformative organic force re-asserting itself over the most mundane of industrial materials, such as janitorial mops and electrical wires." Continues through October 4th
Date: Thursday, September 3rd Time: 7:30pm - 10:30pm Location: The Change You Want to See (84 Havemeyer St at Metropolitan Ave, W'burg) Cost: Free
Upgrade! NY continues its series on open source as it relates to activism and creative practice with a conversation between Larisa Mann and Karl Fogel followed by a DJ set by Larisa Mann (aka DJ Ripley). The discussion will examine how Jamaican music has developed in the absence of an effective copyright regime, how technological and social conditions affect the music and musicians, and then will compare this to the open source movement today. They’ll look at how changes in technology and social convention affect music, software, and culture in general.
Larisa Mann is a PhD Candidate in Jurisprudence and Social Policy at UC Berkeley Law School, and resident DJ at SuryaDub, San Francisco. She researches the social implications of intellectual property rules, the legal implications of actual creative practices, and explores the implications of networked life (day-to-day reality permeated by networked technology) for our concepts of rights.
Karl Fogel is an open source software developer and writer who works for Canonical, Ltd, the company behind Ubuntu, helping with the open-source Launchpad collaboration platform, as well as QuestionCopyright.org, a California-based non-profit that promotes public understanding of the history and effects of copyright, and encourages the development of distribution systems suitable for a networked world in which the cost of sharing information has gone to zero.
Date: Thursday, September 3rd Time: 9:00pm Location: Stanton Public (17 Stanton Street) Cost: Free
Other Music hosts a listening party this evening for Swedish synth-poppers Taken By Trees newest album, East of Eden. Get a taste of the album tonight while you drink free Yuenglings from 9-10 and its all followed by a DJ from Other Music's own Andreas & Gerald. 21+
"Taking a quick break from the Diesel-U-Music World Tour, New York collective Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!, lands at Happy Ending for one night only. Strobe lights, disco balls, giant pizzas, Christmas trees, igloos; this is a mayhem you can only experience in person! Currently signed to David Byrne’s Luaka Bop record label, the group is a storm of singing and dancing over original catchy pop songs. Performing at midnight, but encouraging chaos all night long. This never ending romp of a dance party is not to be missed!" 21+
Date: Saturday, September 5th Time: 12:00pm - 9:00pm Venue: BKLYN Yard (400 Carroll St off Bond Street, Gowanus) Cost: Free
After a long and exciting season, BKLYN Yard is closing its doors for the fall. But before they do its time for one last canal-side hurrah… The Brooklyn County Fair — A Gowanus Hootenany! There will be assorted local treats to eat (including Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pie and Van Leeuwen Ice Cream), crafts from Etsy's best and brightest, fun & games, DJs, and dancing... check below for the long list of details.
LOCAL TREATS
Steve’s Authentic Key Lime Pie
Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream
Red Jacket Orchards Apple Farmstand
Margarita Hernandez’s Famous Tacos & Huaraches
Halo Berlin Bratwurst
CRAFT FAIR
(ETSY’s Best & Brightest)
JDavis Studio
Curious Urchin
AngeAtelier
The Hand of Fatima
Eternal Sunshine
Bonnie English
Katwise
MOytOyz
Vintage ArmyNavy
FluffFibers
Nyblaque
Up and Walking
BuntaBlock
Black Flag 317
Better Than Jam
Rae Studios
Gneiss Spice
FUN & GAMES
Jelly Bean Count
“Most Delicious Fire-escape Produce” contest
Ring Toss
Cotton Candy
FREE Popsicles for kids !
LIVE MUSIC / DJs
Cowboy Mark
The Woes
Honne Wells
SCHEDULE
Noon Doors open, spectacle begins!
2pm Contra dancing!
Polish up your heel-toes and skip-to-my-lous.
3pm Most Delicious Fire-Escape Produce contest.
Bring your best window-box tomatoes, your rooftop-raised squash, or any other I-live-in-a-tiny-apartment-but-I'm-still-a-farmer edibles. Best tasting entry wins unlimited drinks at the bar for the rest of the day!
3:30 The Jazzy Stylings of NED LOVE
4pm Bands
Footstomping! Handclapping!
7pm Free screening of O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?
brought to you by L Magazine!
Date: Saturday, September 5th Time: 7:30pm Venue: Danspace Project, St. Mark's Church (10th St & 2nd Ave) Cost: Free
This year's 17th annual John Cage birthday tribute "will celebrate the lives of both John Cage and Merce Cunningham, whose artistic and personal partnership have had a profound influence that spans the centuries. Kevin Hufnagel will be playing ambient prepared guitar music as people enter the space. Nurit Tilles, the highly regarded pianist, will open the event with a performance of 4’33,” after which the feature video will be shown. 'Cage/Cunningham' traces the history of their collaboration and examines the associations they had with an incredible range of key figures in art, literature, dance, and music. Filmmaker Elliot Caplan combines eight years of world tour footage with archival interviews which result in a fascinating and revealing portrait of two iconoclasts who revolutionized life as well as art. Elliot Caplan will be on hand afterwards to say a few words about the making of the documentary." More info here.
Date: Sunday, September 6th Time: 9:00pm - 2:00am Location: 190 Allen St. (8th floor of Thomspon LES Hotel) Cost: Free with RSVP
Local dub warriors Subatomic Sound System take over a lush rooftop of Above Allen tonight (the lofty lounge on the hotel roof built on the ashes of our dirty lost love, Bar B) for an evening of fine cocktails, spectacular views and some of the finest reggae sounds. 21+
Date: Sunday, September 6th Time: 10:00pm Location: Home Sweet Home (131 Chrystie & Delancey) Cost: Free
The night before Labor Day is a fine one to go all out, if we may say so. And when it comes to going all out, few do it better than the "ass-motivating duo" behind Bushwick's Nasty Jam: Dirty Finger brings "international a$$ panic" from the lands of Miami, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Brazil, and, of course, Brooklyn, and DJ Morsy drops the hot remixes. Open bar from 10:30-11 and 21+
The Brooklyn Independent cinema series continues at Barbes tonight withFar From Iraq which "explores the war in Iraq as experienced by four young soldiers' wives and girlfriends, following their emotional and political journeys during and after deployment. By revealing the tragic gaps between wartime propaganda and the long-term damage war inevitably inflicts upon the couples whose lives it touches, this documentary is a provocative, engaging and ultimately troubling look at the often unseen effects of the war in Iraq." 21+
Date: Tuesday, September 8th Time: 8:30pm - 11:30pm Location: India Street Street Mural (West Street and India Steet, Greenpoint) Cost: Free with RSVP
Join the North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition as they present Moviehouse on India Street. Over four nights the India Street mural will feature projections by filmmakers, animators, and documentarians. The new-painted mural will literally come alive tonight when six local filmmakers present the movies they created to capture the artists as they spent the month of June turning a common white wall into a master work of public art. It’s all projected on the mural at the end of India Street in a free interactive environment with a spectacular view of the Manhattan skyline.
Date: Tuesday, September 8th Time: 9:00pm Location: Banjo Jim's (700 E 9th St.) Cost: Free
Jennie Arnau brings her bold, bluesy voice and artful mix of Southern rock, folk, pop, and country to Banjo Jim's tonight where she has a residency through September 29th. Jennie just finished recording a new CD, Chasing Giants, which was produced and mixed by Grammy-winner Trina Shoemaker.It features Al Schnier (moe.), Kevn Kinney (Drivin N Cryin) and Noam Pikelny (Leftover Salmon) as well as her full-time band: Pete Levin (Blind Boys of Alabama) on keyboards, Skip Ward (Steve Martin) on bass and Rich Hinman (Ben Kweller) on guitar.
Date: Wednesday, September 9th Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Thierry Goldberg Projects (5 Rivington St bet. Bowery and Chrystie) Cost: Free
In Kalif Kelly's new solo show, Metamorphosis, the artist "merges classic narrative struggles from childrenʼs literature with a contemporary visual sensibility. He makes references to L. Frank Baum, the Grimm brothers, and Lewis Carroll, mixed with American anti-slavery literature. The fairy tale gives Kelly a setting to explore ideas of good versus evil and concepts of heroism alongside ongoing struggles for civil rights. Filtering traditional stories through the video game, Kelly explores literature as technology, an extension of the self and mind, with painting as a site for change."
Date: Wednesday, September 9th Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm Location: SustainableNYC (139 Ave A at 9th St Cost: Free with RSVP
It's time for RePlayGround's 4th installation of "ReCycle Your Heart: Re-purposing craft workshops at Sustainable NYC!" This eco-craft workshop series tackles a different material each month, teaching you how to make unique objects from your garbage and inspiring to you design your own projects. This monththey are turning bottle caps into lockets so bring a few photos (real ones, not those shots sitting on your iPhone) and a couple caps and host Carly Miller will teach you how to upcycle them into treasures for you're loved ones.
Date: Wednesday, September 9th Time: 7:30pm Location: Harlem Stage Gatehouse, 150 Convent Ave at W. 135th St) Cost: Free with RSVP
"Harlem Stage and the Black Documentary Collective launch a new partnership with this insightful film that traces the evolution of Chicano music by examining how super-talented performers like Freddy Fender, Los Lobos, Linda Ronstadt, and Selena survived discrimination to achieve well-deserved acclaim. La Onda Chicana will be screened in the upcoming PBS series, Latin Music USA. A discussion with filmmaker John Valdez and reception will follow."
Date: Wednesday, September 9th Time: 8:00pm Location: Bar Twelve (206 East 34th St at 3rd Ave) Cost: Free
Pretty straight forward one here but if you're spending your time in the doldrums of midtown and don't want to spend all your after-work boozing drinking $7 craft beers at Rattle and Hum (I do) then check out Bar Twelve's Rock Out Wednesdays. There's free Bud, Bud Light, Coors Light and Well Drinks from eight to nine, Nintendo Wii competitions and even some free 42 below drinks being handed out (that means just one for you... maybe) from 9:30 - 11. Probably some rock on the radio too. 21+
Date: Thursday, September 10th Time: 6:00pm Location: John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (25 West 43rd St., 17th Floor) Cost: Free
"When Rosario Candela (1890-1953) left Palermo to come to America with his father, he was an 18-year-old laborer with virtually no knowledge of English. Yet he overcame his humble background, talked his way into the School of Architecture at Columbia University, and became an architect who designed many of the finest apartment houses in New York City. Architectural historian Andrew Alpern will discuss Candela’s unusually fast rise within his profession and the exceptional buildings he produced."
"In the era of silent film, live music enhanced the moving picture and brought communities together with a visceral, interactive audio-visual experience. Today, when the film experience has been reduced to the tiny screens of our laptops and iPods, oftentimes experienced alone, Cinema 16 offers a revival of community. For this installment of Cinema 16, A Fermata scores four films: Mark Streets' lyrical experimental shorts Winterwheat and Blue Movie, Joseph Cornell’s found footage montage , and Kihachiro Kawamoto’s stop motion masterpiece Breaking Branches." Additional info here.
Bigfoot is one of the few artists that has found his way into my paulty home art collection. This San Francisco Art School dropout "made popular his iconoclastic character of Bigfoot which dotted San Francisco city streets during the greater part of the late 90’s and early 2000. In addition to being a graffiti and street art fixture, Bigfoot also made his mark by co-founding I-Path skate shoes with pro-skater Matt Field." Tonight he brings a set of brand new works to the Mishka flaship store. Show continues through the month.
Date: Thursday, September 10th Time: 7:30pm Location: SOLAS BAR (232 E 9th Street) Cost: Free
Lost and Found: Stories From New York is a wild ride though the subterranean psyche of New York. Acclaimed fiction writer Thomas Beller culls a new volume of essays, vignettes, and tales of the city from the literary web site Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, one of the premier venues for the urban sketch on the Internet. The book features many exciting new voices alongside work by well-known writers. Taken together, the essays, reportage, and vignettes in Lost and Found are a testament to the vitality, diversity, and complexity of New York City, a reflection of the churning thoughts, wishes, and fantasies of the myriad faces on the city’s streets.
Date: Thursday, September 10th Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Location: Raandesk Gallery of Art (16 W. 23rd St, 4th Fl) Cost: Free
"In Unsettled Beauty, [Jeff] Huntington is focusing primarily on portraits of children, using Old Master paintings as his point of departure, while also incorporating images
from contemporary life – photographs of genocide and emaciated supermodels to celebrity mug shots. These subtly disquieting portraits capture subjects in moments of stress, panic, fear, confusion, and resignation."
In order to evoke the Old Master style, Huntington employs the grisaille painting technique, famously used by Johannes Vermeer. Beginning with a black and white layer of underpainting, shades of gray are overlaid with layers of color to create works that appear to jump out from the picture plane. Using his own nieces and nephews as models, Huntington explores the capacity of external influences to obscure familial intimacy and create a lingering sense of anxiety and emotional longing.
Date: Friday, September 11th Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Various locations in Williamsburg Cost: Free
Tonight is the monthly installment of Every 2nd Friday. Over 20 galleries in the Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick neighborhoods will open exhibitions and host special events to kick-off the season. With over 15 other galleries open late, this is one of the largest showings in the area to date, which is evidence that the contemporary art world is alive and well in Brooklyn. To commemorate the opening of the fall season, the Williamsburg Gallery Associaiton will host and after party at Hope Lounge. Check the site for a neighborhood map and more details.
Date: Friday, September 11th Time: 6:00pm Location: Figureworks (168 North 6th St, W'burg) Cost: Free
"The Cult of Michael Jackson announces the opening of its first chapel praising the life and teachings of Michael Jackson tonigh. Although originally planned around Jackson’s concerts, the group has decided that it will move forward with a celebration that has been in the works since early 2008. In light of recent tragic events, the chapel will be a place for fans to gather, pay their respects, and worship the artistry of Michael Jackson. The Cult was formed to translate Michael Jackson’s songs and teachings into scripture and spread what they call 'The Gospel' to bring the world together. Leaders of The Cult state that they fully believe that the world would be a better place if everyone took Michael Jackson’s words to heart." Afterparty at 9pm to late at Hope Lounge.
“Imagine the strife and wars we could solve if we just straightened up and boogied down,” said Rusel Parish, the artist who is now busily designing the chapel. “The Cult of Michael Jackson transcends thousands of years of hate, war, and spiritual prisons of other religions; and instead brings the world into a new order: one of love, soul, funk and pop. We could end the entire world’s suffering and we could literally blame it on the boogie.”
The chapel will open for during September and October as a place for believers to come, meditate and pay homage to the King of Pop. The opening will be at 6 p.m. on 9.11.09.
THE CULT recently anointed leader Rusel Parish as its leader and official spokesperson. Parish is the world’s preeminent Michael Jackson artist (www.iheartmj.com) and is creating the spiritual haven. He brings his years of experience and study of working in the image of Michael Jackson through paintings, drawings, and sculpture in building this ultimate shrine.
Date: Friday, September 11th Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm Location: Pier I (70th St & Hudson River) Cost: Free
Summer's winding down but there is still time to catch one more Globesonic party on the Hudson. Now in its 5th year, this dance party celebrates positivity through music so expect percussive diving house rhythms to get you dancing well beyond sunset. (old flyer)
Date: Friday, September 11th Time: Dusk Location: Robert F. Wagner Park (Battery Park Place & the Hudson River) Cost: Free
"911 Mysteries is a professionally-produced documentary incorporating pre-sanitized live mainstream media footage with interviews to explore anomalies and expose the lies and truth behind the collapses of 1 WTC, 2 WTC and 7 WTC in New York City on September 11, 2001. Also present will be members of NYC CAN to colecct signatures for a ballot initiative toward the creation of truly independent 911 Commission that
will investigate the events of September 11."
Date: Saturday, September 12th Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm Location: Tip Top Shoe Building, 155 West 72nd Street, 4th Floor Cost: Free admission
The Music Memorabilia Show show is back with "Jazz Concert Posters of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and many more. Rock and roll rarities feature LPs and 45rpm records of Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jim Morrison, The Beach Boys, The Who, The Rolling Stones, et al. Rhythm and blues classics... Country legends… Big bands" and more.
Date: Saturday, September 12th Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Central Park’s East Meadow 97th Street to 100th Street (near Fifth Avenue) Cost: Free
"This fall, today’s groundbreaking choreographers and chefs will rendez-vous for Le Bal NYC, a culinary infused, participatory dance event in Central Park’s East Meadow. Le Bal NYC is presented by the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) in partnership with Omnivore, to launch FIAF’s Crossing the Line 2009 festival celebrating French and American artists working to transform cultural practices on both sides of the Atlantic. Le Bal NYC represents a rare chance to dance alongside France’s acclaimed choreographers – and to break bread with master chefs from some of the most wildly popular restaurants in New York and France. An inventive new twist on the bal populaire, this dance party in the Park unites established and emerging choreographers from France, to demystify contemporary dance for picnickers of every age. For Le Bal NYC, each choreographer will create short dances to be taught, section by section, to all in attendance. Choreographers include Germaine Acogny, Odile Duboc, Latifa Laâbissi, and Olivier Dubois."
Date: Saturday, September 12th Time: 9:00pm Location: Webster Hall (125 E. 11th Street) Cost: Free with RSVP Open Bar: Prairie Vodka, 9-10
Fashion Week is upon us and that means its time for the annual New York Couture Official Fashion Week Show & Party. Gift bags to the first 100, open bar for the first hour, $1 PBRs all night and a live peformance from Ultraviolet Sound. Check here for all the info. 21+
Date: Saturday, September 12th Time: 10:00pm Location: The Creek (10-93 Jackson Ave. at 49th, Long Island City) Cost: Free
Who doesn't like a big Broadway musical? Now imagine that there are no fancy costumes, no fancy sets, and everything is improvised. That's what happens when Dumpster Tequila takes the stage, witness a full blown musical complete with dancing and singing, and the best part, it's all made up! Come see Dumpster Tequila musical improv as they present a completely made up musical! Featuring comic/emcee Rob Stern, and improv by UCB Harold Team DeCoster and Sheldrake Boothroy.
Date: Sunday, September 13th Time: 1:00pm - 9:00pm Location: East River State Park & Urban Art Projects Cost: Free
Williamsburg-based Urban Art Projects (UAP) will host a day of performances by urban poets, emerging artists from Brooklyn, established New York performers, and an outstanding roster of international artists. Performing Williamsburg will commence in the beautiful setting of the East River State Park (at Kent Ave. and North 8th in Williamsburg), overlooking the East River, Manhattan, and the burgeoning Williamsburg waterfront skyline. Later in the day, the festival will move into the nearby UAP gallery at 136 Wythe Avenue Williamsburg for more performances and a one-hour video program, featuring work by performance artists.
Featuring work by: Urban Voices United – partly featured in Def Jam Poetry MTV (D-Black, D-Cross, Jamica and Narubi Selah), Marthe Ramm Fortun, Lydia Bell, Genevieve White, Jason Martin, Karen Azouley, Andras Borocz, Damaris Drummond, Amelia Winger-Bearskin, Monika Weiss, Jennie Hagevik Bringaker: fresh off the Venice Biennale 2009, Nadja Verena Marcin, and Amber Hawk Swanson.
Curators: Derick Cross, Kaia Hemmings, Matthew Teti, and Gillian S. Wilson
Date: Sunday, September 13th Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Hudson River Park (Pier 84 at 44th St. and Hudson River) Cost: Free entry
"Come celebrate the 400th Anniversary of Henry Hudson’s exploration of the Hudson River and join the Dutch NY400 celebration. Oysters, beer, wine and other delicious fare will be available for purchase. In the spirit of the day, there will also be a commemorative beer brewing competition and tasting, brewed to a 400-year old Dutch recipe. To mark the Quadricentennial and honor the delicacy that once flourished abundantly in New York Harbor, Hudson River Park in conjunction with NY400 and ING are bringing together a tasty combo of culture, music and of course, oysters!"
Date: Sunday, September 13th Time: 1:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Riverside Park South Cost: Free
"Summer on the Hudson’s unique regional-style festival! Enjoy a little country right here in Manhattan and celebrate the change of seasons with carnival rides and games, music, square dancing, sideshow performers, a livestock petting zoo, greenmarket and more! Visit the 'Green Acre' environmental corner, with hands-on activities for kids about environmental awareness, green living, and animal care."
Date: Sunday, September 13th Time: 1:00pm Location: Meet at the at stone benches at the Grand Army Plaza entrance of Prospect Park Cost: Free
I'm in the middle of reading Omnivore's Dilema and i Just got the section about foraging for food, so this actually sounds really awesome to me. Too bad I have to work this weekend... "Join freegan forager Zaac on a walk to learn to identify common wild edibles. Bring a garden trowel if you have one, and bags for collecting wild edibles." Meet at 1pm at the at stone benches at the Grand Army Plaza entrance of Prospect Park in Brooklyn. If you can’t find them call (203) 571-8866.
Date: Sunday, September 13th Time: 1:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Robert F. Wagner Park (Battery Park Place & the Hudson River) Cost: Free
"Grab the family and a picnic blanket and head downtown for a great day of performances and fun for music lovers of all ages at the eighth annual Family Music Festival. In addition to all the performers, there will be lawn games, face painting, street games and art activities. Family-friendly food and beverages will be offered for purchase." Performers include The Funky Fritters, Tom Chapin & Friends, Princess Katie & Racer Steve, and The David Roche Band. More details here.
Date:Saturday Sunday, September 13th Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Summit Rock in Central Park (Central Park West and 83rd St.) Cost: Free
"The cornerstone of The Poetry Brothel is its event series. A new and dreamlike twist on a poetry reading, The Poetry Brothel is foremost interested in showcasing a diverse roster of emerging and established poets. However, our events are also interactive performance art pieces based on the concept of the prewar brothels in the United States and Europe. Each night The Madame presents a rotating cast of both male and female poets engaged in a night of literary debauchery and private poetry readings. The poets act as 'whores,' making audience members 'johns,' but instead of physical intimacy, the poets offer the intimacy of their poetry in private, one-on-one readings... Of course, any good brothel need a furtive 'front' or cover; ours is part saloon and part salon, offering a full bar with absinthe, live music, live painting, fortune-tellers, gypsies, and gamblers with newly integrated performances and installations from our poets and other artists at each event."
Date: Sunday, September 13th Time: 3:00pm; 5:00pm Location: The Northwest corner of Bleecker and W. 11th Streets Cost: Free
"Join the Cupcake Cadets as they celebrate cult of the cupcake and the obsession to consume outside of Magnolia Bakery, in the heart of the West Village. Watch their ritual dances begin as they stand in line, and continue as they sing the cupcake anthem and march to the park across the street, where the show truly begins."
Date: Sunday, September 13th Time: 7:30pm Location: Arlo & Esme (42 East 1st Street btwn 1st and 2nd Aves) Cost: Free
Come on down to Buns and Puns tonight for comedy and free homemade buns (this time, Organic Almond Buns). After selling out the Lakeshore Theatre in Chicago, Kumail Nanjiani brings his comedy back to Arlo & Esme. Oh and Jello Shots too. What more could you ask for?
Date: Monday, September 14th Time: 7:00pm Location: Barnes & Nobles, USQ (33 East 17th Street) Cost: Free
The "Upstairs in the Square" series - where Barnes and Nobles pairs best selling authors with singer-songwriters for an evening of words and music - continues this evening wita conversation between cultural journalist Katherine Lanpher and musical icon Nick Cave. Nick Cave has been performing music for more than thirty years as the lead singer of the Birthday Party, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, and Grinderman. He has collaborated with Kylie Minogue, PJ Harvey, and many others. His first novel, And the A** Saw the Angel, was published in 1989 and his newest, The Death of Bunny Munro was released on September first. All Ages.
Date: Monday, September 14th Time: 7:00pm - 8:15pm Venue: Cathedral of St. John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street) Cost: Free
Broadway Blessing, a program conceived and directed by Retta Blaney, is a service of song, story and dance that has been bringing the theatre community together every September since 1997 to bless the new theatre season. In addition to live performances from acting legend Lynn Redgrave, the program will feature Carol Hall and J. Mark McVey, who will sing a selection from the musical Amazing Grace: The True Story. The evening will also feature acclaimed Shakespearean actor Casey Groves and dance performances from the internationally recognized group Project Dance. The Broadway Blessing Choir, under the direction of Cathedral organist Bruce Neswick, will sing show tunes and lead the audience in a sing-along at the end of the service. All Ages.
Date: Monday, September 14th Time: 8:00pm Location: Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St at Wythe, W'burg Cost: Free
"September is crashing down upon the lands, and so we needs must bid farewell to the beloved melodies of summer as they give way to those subtle wisps of autumn. So we are celebrating, with six varied musical acts new to the Williamsburg scene journeying through various genres; pin-the-horn-on-the-unicorn, Paris Treantafales doing visuals, photos by Noah Fowler, indie short films in between sets and background movies during, a massive collective crayon mural; it's a Monday night of joy and dance and weird for free, what is not to like? Featuring: Facsimiles, Da Pantz, Spaces, Built By Animals, The Powder Kegs, DJ Facts" 21+
Date: Saturday, November 14th Time: 10:00pm Location: Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St, W'burg) Cost: Free with RSVP
Darshan Jesrani (Metro Area), Doug Gomez (Dirrtyhaze) and Son of Sound (Speak Recordings) cross the river once again to bring their Play it Loud! party to the good people of Williamsburg. Classic New York house at its finest. 21+
Date: Tuesday, September 15th - 16th Time: 7:00pm - 9:15 Location: Various, see below Cost: Free, pre-registration required. (212 974-8377)
If your "back to school" plans involve brushing up on your literary skills then Gotham Writers' Workshop has a treat for you. Tonight they make their curriculum available to the public by inviting all perspective writers to participate in one (or two) of the 30+ free writing workshops. Professional writers on the school's faculty will teach one-hour workshops in Fiction Writing, Screenwriting, Children's Book Writing, Memoir Writing, Article Writing, Poetry Writing, and an introductory course titled Creative Writing 101. Pre-registration is required and all the details can be found here. Locations on site.
Date: Tuesday, September 15th Time: 10:30pm Location: APT (419 West 13th St at 9th Ave.) Cost: Free
A Weekly Night of Esoteric Urban Noise. DJs Criterion, Peter Gunn, $mall ¢hange, N-Ron Hubbard and Reaganomics Spin grime, breakcore, reggaeton, rap, crunk, dancehall, punk and everything in between. "For over a year, Pure Fire was known as the Tonic’s premiere night for new beats and cutting-edge sounds. Now, with the revered venue closing, Pure Fire has found a new home at APT, bringing the hottest, off-kilter beats from around the globe together and apart." 21+
Date: Wednesday, September 16th Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Location: SVA Theatre (333 West 23 St) Cost: Free Entry
llowing top-to-bottom renovations that transformed a former first-run movie house into a state-of-the-art facility for artist talks, film screenings and other cultural events, the School of Visual Arts (SVA) will celebrate the opening of the SVA Theatre today with an afternoon of free screenings celebrating the the artistic movements of the early 20th century with a program of film masterworks by Yakov Protazanov, Dziga Vertov, H.G. Wells, Fernand Leger and Man Ray. The Soviet montage masterpiece, Man with the Movie Camera is worth the trip alone. Check the full schedule below.
12pm
Things to Come (William Cameron Menzies, 1936; 100 minutes)
One of the earliest science fiction films dealing with the then-future world of the late of the 20th Century, featuring a script on which H.G. Wells collaborated and dazzling Constructivist design.
1:45pm
Man with the Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929; 68 minutes)
Directed by the most famous realist filmmaker of his era, a silent heavily influenced by Soviet montage which presents a remarkable picture of everyday life in the newly-created Soviet state.
3pm
Aelita: Queen of Mars (Yakov Protazanov, 1927; 100 minutes)
A landmark early silent Soviet science-fiction film made in the Constructivist style, which tells the story of a Russian scientist who travels to Mars and aids in a workers revolution on the "Red" planet.
4:45pm
A selection of shorts by Fernand Leger and Man Ray
During the silent era, France produced a remarkable body of short experimental films which mirrored artistic movements of the time. Many were made by the same artists who led those movements and in the same spirit as the Soviet Constructivist films.
Date: Wednesday, September 16th Time: 5:30pm Location: Columbus Park (Cadman Plaza W & Pierrepont St, Borough Hall) Cost: Free
Midweek Movies is a new film and music series in Borough Hill's Columbus Park. Each even will feature live bands followed by a film screening. Tonight that means Rad Pony and Scott Beowulf perform followed by last summer's blockbuster Iron Man. Plus, there's free valet bike parking (one of the coolest things Brooklyn does in general). All Ages. (Old Flyer)
Date: Wednesday, September 16th Time: 7:00pm - midnight Location: Bell House (149 7th Street off 2nd Ave, Gowanus) Cost: Free Entry
From the folks behind the Guactacular Invitational 2009 comes El Grito De Dolores Fiesta, a Mexican Independence Day celebration. The main component of the party is a Grito contest. Grito is the Mexican Mating Call and will be judged by a round of applause.
There's also a 2 for 1 happy hour (5-7) with $2 Tecate and Modelos afterwards. There's free chips and salsa to nosh on and rumors that the Calexico Taco Truck will be on hand (not free). 21+ccccc
Date: Wednesday, September 16th Time: 7:30pm Location: Ochi's Lounge Basement (353 W. 14th St. at 9th Ave) Cost: Free
"Leslie Goshko hosts popular comics as they reveal freakish tales about themselves. Tonight's hilarious storytellers include Glennis McMurray (Showtime, Conan, I Eat Pandas), Greg Barris (Heart of Darkness), and Scott Yacyshyn (UCB, The Onion, Night of No BS), and more! Plus LIVE accordion music by the fabulous Michelle Leona, trivia questions, and a free wine giveaway!"
Date: Thursday, September 17th Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: 679 3rd Avenue, at 43rd Street Cost: Free entry
In a 5,500 square foot gallery space, 30 artists and 30 out-of-work professionals will participate in Recession Art Sale, an art and commerce event. The objective is to create income, comment on current shifts in the market economy, and foster a sense of community amongst artists, sellers, and buyers. Unemployed individuals affected by the current economic recession will be engaged as sellers to market the works on exhibit. Hosting the event is Anita Durst's nonprofit arts organization, Chashama, which has worked successfully with conceptual artist and Executive Producer of Recession Art Sale, Elanit Kayne. Through October 9th
Date: Thursday, September 17th Time: 6:30pm Location: The Cooper Union,The Great Hall (7 E 7th St at 3rd Ave) Cost: Free
At this edition of Great Evenings in The Great Hall, journalist Pete Hamill and Tony nominee Maria Tucci lead a cast of notables including The Triangle Fire Remembrance Coalition in celebrating America’s labor movement as seen through the eyes of its most ardent advocates: Clara Lemlich, Samuel Gompers, Eugene V. Debs and Mother Jones. Historic photographs and documents complement the powerful words that advanced a movement and the stirring voices of the New York City Labor Chorus will recreate the songs that signaled the changing times. Lauren Keating is the director.
Time to bring a little class into our lives...The Kings of Karaoke have teamed up with the great people over at Oulu Lounge to bring you some Classy Karaoke...sweet spot, great sound and a fantastic new host. The party will run as late as needed! So pack it in and we will rock all night!
Date: Friday, September 18th Time: 6:00pm - late Location: 840 Broadway at Park St, 2nd fl, Bushwick Cost: Free
Media Lounge is kicking off it's fall season with a truly wonderful, chilled out digital experience. Join over a dozen artists for a three channel video installations, interactive 3D digital objects, dancers, performers, and even an air conditioned couch so you can beat the last of the summer heat. Media Lounge favorite DJ Orion will be holding down the ones and twos as you dance, drink, download some of the coolest digital art in the city.
Date: Saturday, September 19th Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Chashama (266 West 37th St. bet 7th & 8th Aves) Cost: Free
"Hannah Craft’s things which perish if not for the using is a subtly new installation each day, an illustration of organic growth at the street level. It is a depiction of specific moments that force the viewer into the realization he or she is not looking at the same piece seen yesterday. Utilizing taxidermy, strawberry plants and wheatgrass, this piece offers a new experience upon each passing. The artist’s hand is removed at a certain point, allowing light and water to control the final aesthetics of the piece. things which perish if not for the using is an opportunity for people to contemplate how we coexist with plants and animals and to observe simple things most likely overlooked everyday, if ever even witnessed, amongst the hustle of midtown Manahattan. The stems crawl over the deer. The fruit rots or gets eaten. The grass grows tall and wilts."
Date: Saturday, September 19th Time: 9:00pm - ??? Location: Brodie's Backyard (760 Evergreen Ave, Brooklyn) Cost: Free with RSVP
Music, art, food and drink come together at Liberator Magazine's Live From Planet Earth event. "Live, From Planet Earth is a community space that encourages our community's creative genius to form collective visions. Here we witness the growth of that genius, we collaborate to manifest those visions and we are challenged to be more creative. In this space genuine fun is encouraged, pretentiousness is played out and creative expression is used as a tool to help preserve humanity." More on tonight's session below.
The session will be held once again in Brodie's backyard, in the Broadway Junction area of Brooklyn. My man got the fire pit cleaned out, the fire escape "stage" ready where performers will be rocking the mic from, and tiki torches filled with citrus oil. The plan is to party all night long under the stars in the middle of Brooklyn, and raise some support for a great community project, Lunch By Nature (a project working to provide affordable, healthy meals to families and individuals in need). If you made it out to the last party in July, then you know it was the best LFPE thus far. Since the plan is to always get better, we plan to top that with one last gathering under the stars before the cold comes.
"Senari presents a danceparty of straight jams and strictly hits [tonight]. You can expect to hear chart toppers, one-hit-wonders (the "where are they now?s), dance hits and jams your parents put you on to from the past few decades. Don't be weighed down by genre or style & leave your hipster hats at the door... tonight just dance." Featuring sets by DJ Ayres (the rub, flashing lights) and Mad Mats (Raw Fusion). 21+
Date:Sunday, September 20th Time: 12:00pm - 6:00pm Location: City of Dreams, Governers Island Cost: Free
Missed out on Figment festival? Or maybe just missing hanging out on a car free island off of Manhattan with a few hundred of your favorite creatives? Then head over to Governers Island this afternoon and relive it all with the the final weekend of the City of Dreams. "Pack a picnic, parasols, toys, bike, skateboard, beverages, polo sets, throw down challenges at the FIGMENT'S City of Dreams miniature golf, scrawl on the Temple of Truth, gaze upon Lady Liberty and dance to some of Brooklyn's finest. Huge list of performing talent below.
SATURDAY SEPT. 19th : noon - 11 pm
SPINNER RUNNER CUTTER, hosted by Jason BLAKKAT
The story of the heavy beat in four parts
Chapter One : Roots : DUB then and now, with DJs FURY8 & DRIVER (Outback Nexus) and special guest JOSEPH SWEENY
Chapter Two: The FUTURE of the Heavy Beat, with WARPER, including HEAVYW8BIT CHAMPIONCHIP - Music using Atari2600, Commodore64, Nintendo; ATOM - sonic painting of music, sounds, dialogue, and whatever else ; THE MATERIALIZER - Dance Stomp Rock with Live Bass Looping; !INCLUDE - No respect for Audio Signals; ATTN: - Live Electro Freak Out band
Chapter Three : The Heavy BREAK, with DJs ODI (Digital Konfusion, Konkrete Jungle, Methods NYC), CX KIDTRONIK (Krak Attack, Saul Williams band)
Chapter Four : The Big BOOM, with DJs LENNY DEE (Industrial Strength, Third Movement), MARK VERBOS (Djax-Up-Beats, Drop Bass Network), JASON BLACKKAT (Spinner Runner Cutter, Summer Campers)
With incredible video and arts projects by Conscious Cycle 451, Glass Bead Collective, Chris Jordan, Zuvuya Collective, Low-Key, Jeanne Angel, Ad Hoc Arts, Yung and Simone, Ricardo, and more.
A day tracing many of the deepest rhythms inspired by NYC and the Hudson River bioregion, from indigenous to dub to house and old school hip hop, along with live art, green education, and more. On the last day of the New Island Festival and Figment’s NewCity in the City of Dreams, bring your kids, drums, bubbles, and dancing shoes for a day in the park celebrating our artistic and rhythmic heritage and natural resources, which include vast amounts of talent and vision along with the river that gave rise to this creative and economic crossroads.
Featuring Subatomic Sound System (with Rhiannon on vocals and Amon on percussion), a Traditional Lenape Indian Drum and Dance Ceremony, DJ MKL (3 Generations Walking / Spiritual Life Music), DJ Still Life (Sleeping Giant), and Emch (Subatomic Sound), and a surprise SECRET musical guest! PLUS green education, live art, facepainting, performance art among the sculptures including Dream Gathering in Deborah Yoon’s HiveMind sculpture, and much more…
Date:Sunday, September 20th Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm Location: Port Authority Bus Terminal (625 8th Ave; South Wing, 7th Fl Rooftop Parking Deck) Cost: Free
Catch a flight from a Manhattan rooftop! The Fashion Center invites you to let your imagination soar at our fifth annual Fashion District Kite Flight. Join us on the top of Port Authority Bus Terminal for an afternoon of kite-making, kite-flying, crafts, and free food, music and fun! The event is free and open to the public. Featuring kite expert Glenn Davison, music by Louie and Subanda, kite decorating with Free Arts NYC, street games with Materials for the Arts, face painting by Agostino Arts, jugglers and stilt walkers, a food court and more!
Date: Monday, September 21st Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm Location: Columbia Law School, Room JG 104 Cost: Free with RSVP
"For nearly 12 years an invisible war has ravaged this beloved, beleaguered country. Over five million dead, hundreds of thousands of women and girls raped and sexually tortured in the most unimaginable ways, 800,000 internally displaced since January 2009 and close to 350,000 forced to flee to neighbouring countries. This violence is fuelled by the world's need for minerals, most recently due to the economic crisis. Congo, the sixth most mineral-rich country in Africa, has become the stage for a regional war fuelled by ¬economic interests. There has been no accountability for these horrific crimes, no justice, hardly a mention in the world press. Come learn more about these unspeakable atrocities as we explore this issues further with Eve Ensler, award winning author of The Vagina Monologues, activist and founder of V-day, the global movement to end violence against women and girls."
Date: Monday, September 21st Time: 7:30pm Location: Pete's Candy Store (709 Lorimer St, Brooklyn) Cost: Free
"Almost 250 years into it’s storied history, and America has yet failed to produce a single true artist on the scale of a Shakespeare or a Rembrandt or a Milton. With one exception: Barry White. The 'crooning' achievement of this nation’s great Socio-Political experiment with Democracy, Barry White’s satin sound and smoove lyrics
represent America’s highest cultural achievement to date. Join scholar and author Jamie Hook for a definitive appraisal and PowerPoint presentation about America’s only Artist. Featured will be numerous samples, from his early Auteurist creation 'Do the Banana Split' for the TV show the Banana Splits and to his breakthrough discoveries of the 'wackawacka' guitar sound (memorably deployed in 'Love's Theme') and the double glissando (climaxing in 'Satin Soul'). Jamie Hook is a cultural scholar whose work focuses almost exclusively on the 'smooth soul' musical era of the mid- to late 1970s. He has written about Barry White for publications including the Stranger and The Rocket in Seattle, and lectured on Barry White for the Rendezvous Reading Series. He is currently working on his new book Lights under a Bushel: the Ashford and Simpson Story. Mr. Hook is also the curator of this series."
Date: Monday, September 21st Time: 8:30pm Location: India Street Street Mural (West Street and India Steet, Greenpoint) Cost: Free with RSVP
Join the North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition as they present Moviehouse on India Street. Over four nights the India Street mural will feature projections by filmmakers, animators, and documentarians. The newly-painted mural will play host to tonight's Brooklyn documentaries screening with two teams taking you inside our neighborhood. Up on the Roof by JL Aronson will introduce you to pigeon farmers and the second, Uncertain Industry, by Daniel Ross and Tom Vigliotta, look at disappearing industry. It’s a fascinating look at where the neighborhood is now and where it might be in the next few years. It’s all projected on the mural at the end of India Street in a free interactive environment with a spectacular view of the Manhattan skyline. Details here.
Date: Tuesday, September 22nd Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm Location: Perry Rubenstein Gallery (527 West 23rd St) Cost: Free
I'm passing this along because I like a lot of the artists in this show but can't really decipher the art-speak press release. Here you go... "On the occasion of its Fifth Anniversary, Perry Rubenstein Gallery presents The Law of Fives, a group exhibition featuring monumental works by each artist: FAILE, Zilla Leutenegger, Teresa Margolles, Robin Rhode, Richard Woods. Each of the five artists to be shown work within the realm of illusion or with the notion of re-envisioning that which has previously existed. Since the gallery's inauguration in September of 2004, it has staged over fifty exhibitions incorporating artists from the program and beyond. Early exhibitions featuring historically significant artists often rooted in the performative realm (Bas Jan Ader in 2005, James Lee Byars in 2006) have provided a contextual foundation to the program, highlighting cross-genre and hybrid artistic practices. The fifth anniversary of the gallery is about looking beyond, looking into the future—highlighting what the gallery looks like now, where we've been and where we're going."
Date: Tuesday, September 22nd - 23rd Time: 7:00pm (Tues), 8:00pm (Wed) Location: 59E59 Theatres (59 East 59th St) Cost: Pay What You Can
"Simultaneously a best friend, advisor, confidant and sage to the many young people who call her 'Auntie,' Charlayne Woodard is childless only by biological standards. Told with penetrating grace and candor, Woodard beautifully weaves together stories of the ordinary and extraordinary ways she has mentored the children in her life. Declared 'thoughtful, vivid, entertaining and poignant' in its Seattle Repertory run last October, The Night Watcher is an intimate look at the various definitions of parenthood." Catch Night Watcher tonight and tomorrow during its opening week on Primary Stages Pay-What-You-Can night
“Pay What You Can” nights at Primary Stages is a night of theater that puts you in charge of the ticket price. Use your spare change for a night of Off-Broadway theater and experience something new. These special nights vary for each production, but they typically occur on the first two preview performances. Tickets go on sale two hours before curtain on the evening of the performance at the box office only! Limit 2 tickets per person. Cash only, no change given.
Date: Tuesday, September 22nd Time: 10:30pm Location: Greenhouse (150 Varick Street) Cost: Free with RSVP
The Hi-Fi Cartel and A-List party rocker Mick Boogie celebrate the release of his Peter, Bjorn & John collab project, Re-Living Thing (free download) tonight at the eco-friendly-swankfest that is Greenhouse. There's a Ciroc open bar from 10:30-11:30 and then Mick Boogie, DJ Bizzy and Bjorn Yttling will all take the on the tables for a mixed up midweek dance party. 21+
Date: Wednesday, September 23rd Time: 7:00pm Location: Central Park, East Meadow Cost: Free
Join NPR and a cast of musicians as the celebrate Ken Burn's upcoming National Parks documentary this evening in Central Park with Feel Free, an event that celebrates and pays tribute to the National Parks. Ken Burns, Alison Krauss, Carole King and [Eric Benet, Gavin DeGraw, Jose Feliciano and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas], the Counting Crows and Augustana will all be on hand for song and screenings. And the whole event will be broadcast to PBS stations around the country. All Ages.
Date: Wednesday, September 23rd Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Location: Ochi's Lounge (basement of Comix; 353 W. 14th St) Cost: Free, 1 Drink Minimum
Are you the kind of person who can't decide between the comedy tent or the music tent at Bonnaroo? Then stop by Intermission, Mo Diggs and Matt Nagin's monthly showcase (fourth Wednesday of every month) of comedians and musicians. Intermission is a stand-up comedy show with two musical intermissions by the musical guest for that month. It's like SNL with stand-up instead of sketch. This month, hosts Mo Diggs present Tom McCaffrey (Comedy Central), Jesse Popp (Comedy Central), John Knefel (The Onion), Molly Knefel, Mike Lawrence, Bill Chambers, Charlie Kasov, Matt Nagin and Dan Mahoney. Musical guest Joe Yoga.
Date: Wednesday, September 23rd Time: 7:30pm Location: The New School, Wollman Hall (65 W 11th St, 5th Fl (enter at 66 W 12th St) Cost: Free
We geeks that run FreeNYC are big fan's of NPR's Science Friday. That, along with RadioLab make-up the bulk source of our knowledge on parasites, dark matter, and assorted anthropological theories (the rest of the knowledge comes from SyFy's Eureka and ABC's Big Bang Theory). So I'm excited to see Science Fridays host Ira Flatow take over the New School lecture halls for one-on-one interviews with some of the theoretical elite. Tonight Ira is in a discussion with cosmologist and theoretical physicist Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss taking the world of particles to a whole other level. All Ages.
Date: Wednesday, September 23rd Time: 8:00pm (doors at 7pm) Location: Happy Ending (302 Broome Street) Cost: Free
The How I Learned Reading Series continues tonight at Happy Ending. This evening they will delve into 'How I Learned to Live in New York' which you, fair reader, obviously know. The reading will feature Paul Ford, Set Herzog, Brad Lawrence and Brooke VanPoppelen. Bios below. 21+
PAUL FORD is an editor at Harper's Magazine, where among other things he runs the website . His novel Gary Benchley, Rock Star was published by Plume in 2005, and he has written for TheMorningNews.org , NPR's All Things Considered, and the National Information Standards Organization's Information Standards Quarterly. He is the sole proprietor of Ftrain.com. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Mo and the obligatory cats.
SETH HERZOG is the veteran New York City comedian who, for several years, had the distinction of calling himself the "Master of a very tiny, but super sweet domain." His home and home office was a 12'x5' studio apartment in midtown which was the subject of the film Zog's Place in 2001. Seth is the host of Sweet, the long-running weekly downtown comedy show often starring his mom, and is the creator of Seth Herzog's Night of Fun at Comix. He has also appeared in the films The Baxter, Role Models and The Ten, as well as on Chapelle's Show and VH1's Best Week Ever.
BRAD LAWRENCE is a writer, storyteller, actor, burlesque performer, producer, and a good son originally from St. Louis, Missouri and now residing in Brooklyn. He and his wife are responsible for Stories at The Creek and The Thursday Show at Identity Lounge. He is a Moth StorySLAM winner, the author of the critically acclaimed one man show Monsters In The Wood, and a regular guest at The BTK Band, The Liar Show, Speakeasy Stories, and anywhere that the performers get paid in drink tickets.
BROOKE VAN POPPELEN writes for Lemondrop.com, was recently nominated as an Emerging Comic of NYC, and, from time to time, skips town to feature in clubs around the country. Excerpts from her blog, NY is Retarded, have appeared in an array of print publications, and she will be starring in her first ever one woman show this November in NYC.
Date: Thursday, September 24th Time: 7:30pm Location: The Change You Want To See Gallery (84 Havemeyer Street, Storefront) Cost: Free
Corporatism didn’t evolve naturally. The landscape on which we are living – the operating system on which we are now running our social software – was invented by people, sold to us as a better way of life, supported by myths, and ultimately allowed to develop into a self-sustaining reality. It is a map that has replaced the territory. Each year, legions of ad people, copywriters, market researchers, pollsters, consultants, and even linguists spend billions of dollars and millions of man-hours trying to determine how to persuade consumers what to buy, whom to trust, and what to think. We are swimming in a sea of messages.
Tonight, award winning writer, documentary filmmaker, and scholar Douglas Rushkoff
Rushkoff discuss concepts he explores in the PBS Frontline series The Persuaders and Merchants of Cool, as well as his latest book Life Inc at the kickoff of the Symbols, Branding, and Persuasion lecture series.
Date: Thursday, September 24th Time: 8:00pm Location: Legion Bar (790 Metropolitan Ave., W'burg) Cost: Free
"Spotfest, the super-awesome variety show, returns to Legion Bar tonight for the biggest show yet! Last month's show sent off such a powerful comedy energy that all the rats in the neighborhood swam to Jersey. Not New Jersey. Jersey! In England! This month host Jason Saenz celebrates his birthday with long-time friend and special guest co-host Nick Turner! Come early for the cheap happy hour drinks, stay late for the Free comedy and awesomeness!" Line-up below.
Top Spot: HARI KONDABOLU (Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel)
Standup Spot #1: CHARLIE SANDERS (Conan O'Brien, UCB)
Standup Spot #2: JAMIE LEE (MTV, College Humor)
Musical Spot: MYQ KAPLAN and MICAH SHERMAN (PIT, Comedy Studio)
Improv Spot: BOYS CLUB FOR MEN (Creek L.I.C., Red Room)
Date: Thursday, September 24th Time: 8:30pm - 9:30pm Location: Apple Store SoHo (103 Prince Street) Cost: Free
Expect crowds once again at the Apple Store as they host a special, intimate performance by Phoenix. You’ll hear cuts from their latest album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix," which "features the band’s signature melding of synthetics and organics, of sharp, danceable rhythms, and intense guitars."
Date: Friday, September 25th - Sunday, September 27th Time: Various Location: Various Locations in DUMBO Cost: Free
"The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) is proud to announce the FREE 13th annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® from Sept. 25th to Sept. 27th, 2009. The three-day multi-site neighborhood-wide event is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive. The now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation's largest urban forum for experimental art." Time and location info here.
"A series of intimate, conversation-based exhibitions, the G-Train Salon made its debut in February from a living room on Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues. Now, as the actual G-Train continues to expand its reach into Park Slope, Brooklyn, we are proud to announce another season of inspiring salons in collaboration with Urban Alchemist Design Collective, the jewelry and design gem in the Slope! In the tradition of fostering a dialogue between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, we are thrilled to present, 'Texture Gardens' [...] featuring mixed-media artist Carla E. Reyes, a Queens-bred talent and former resident of Crane St. Studios in Long Island City. Following Crane St.’s devastating staircase collapse in April, Reyes found a new artistic home in Greenpoint, Brooklyn where she cultivated new roots and new work inspired by the lore of gardens and natural motifs."
"Are you tired of paying those pesky heating bills? Do you find it impossible to eat popcorn or answer a phone while wearing a blanket? Do you not know how to wear a robe backwards? Well then I have the product for you! It's time you try on the revolutionary new Don't Touch Me There comedy spectacular. Unlike other products such as the 'Snuggie,' the 'Toasty Coat,' or the 'Indoor Klan Costume,' DTMT is 100% guarenteed to make you laugh whilst keeping you, your grandpa and your creepy daughter snuggily warm.... Don't Touch Me There is a night of comedy with hosts Pat Stango & Blaine Perry (frontpage featured on FunnyOrDie and Cracked) and guestJordan Carlos of “The Colbert Report” and Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham."
More sweet music from the good people at Brooklyn Bowl... I'll be there late night to turkey your arses! "The Pimps of Joytime crosses all the barriers and bridges all the gaps between underground funk, soul, pop, dance, afrobeat and latin, filling every song with soulful harmonies and great vibes. Brian J is the band’s ringmaster. He started The PJT’s in Brooklyn back in 2005, where they cut their teeth in NYC clubs. Mixing samples and dance beats with tasty live musicianship and sweet vocal harmonies, The Pimps of Joytime have evolved into the current five-piece that gets crowds from SF to London on their feet. Putting a modern twist on a retro sound, The PJT's make dirty, a$$-shakin’ grooves like no one else. 2009 has been even better—The PJT's have already played over 70 shows from California to North Carolina to Alaska, and somehow found the time to complete their newest album, 'Funky Brooklyn' which is coming soon."
Date: Saturday, September 26th Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am Location: Savalas (285 Bedford Ave btw Grand St. and S 1st) Cost: Free Open Bar: vodka and Jameson, 10-11
Crooked Disco gets back to its Williamburg roots this Saturday with a free throwdown at Savalas. It all kicks off with an open bar of vodka and Jameson from 10-11 and DJs Kestar and Morsy will be playing an eclectic mix-up of disco classics, 90s sing-a-longs, indie electro and other assorted party jams all night long. 21+
Date: Saturday, September 26th - Sunday, September 27th Time: Various Location: Various locations in Greenpoint Cost: Free
"Greenpoint Open Studios is pleased to announce a scintillating weekend celebrating a thriving arts community steadily growing in Greenpoint. This collaborative effort brings artists, performers, musicians, galleries, and local businesses together to build and foster a platform for creative and cultural exchange. GOS is inspired by the wealth of creativity prevalent in each artist’s studio and gallery and hopes to bring the community together to build relationships, harness ideas, and most importantly, have some fun! Join us for a weekend where all members of the public can visit nearly a hundred artists at their studios, view exhibitions of participating artists in four local galleries, experience an evening with video screenings and dance performances at Transmitter Park, attend artist talks, and celebrate with drinks and revelry at local bars!" Map, locations and schedule here.
Date: Saturday, September 26th Time: 3:00pm - 7:00pm Location: Fort Greene Park (corner of Washington Park & DeKalb Ave) Cost: Free
To commemorate the approaching second anniversary of WNYU’s A Downtown Affair, you are invited for an afternoon of dancing, positive vibes, and party-style hoagies! Co-hosts Tackleberry and Mike McGill have invited WNYU fam to help play feel-good boogie, disco and soul records for an afternoon in beautiful Ft. Greene Park.
Date: Saturday, September 26th Time: 4:00pm - 10:00pm Location: TBD (224 Franklin St, G'point) Cost: Free
Sport meets art meets toys at t.b.d. Brooklyn this Saturday when The Robot Monkey World Chimpionship makes a highly anticipated second visit to Brooklyn with an interactive installation. Two teams of Robot Monkeys square off in a series of soccer-style tournaments starting at 6pm in the “Circle of Doom”, the scale model stadium with a captive toy audience. Customers will be encouraged to throw their names in to fight for dominance with prizes awarded to the winners. Dan Walker’s Calder-inspired multimedia art installations bring his background and interests in mechanical toys and art together in a unique event for the sports fan, the art appreciator, and the average punter. Although it began as a spoof on the abundance of advertising in professional sports, the installation now features real sponsored teams and advertisements accumulated as it travels from city to city. Audience members will compete for prizes as live commentators cover the games.
Date: Saturday, September 26th Time: 8:00pm - 12:00am Location: Whiskey River (575 Second Ave) Cost: Free entry
Couldn’t make it to Germany this year? Come celebrate everyone’s favorite drinking holiday at Whiskey River's Oktoberfest Keg Party & Pub Crawl. Crawl from Bierhaus to Bierhaus and enjoy different Oktoberfest and German brews while participating in different BeerFest themed drinking games! There's even $4 German tequila shots (really? well they make German style beer in Mexico so I guess is all game). 21+
Whatcha doin tonight? How about hangin' at Hope Lounge to kick off a new party? DJs DJ Kevin Wyzzard, Captain Heartlock and KittyBeat play 60s, Rock n Roll, Soul, Psych and Glam groovers. BAR-B-QUE in the Huge Outdoor Patio and free beer w/ burger purchase (8-11pm) plus movie projections and plenty of room to dance.
Mexican Caviar (Sirius and Witnes) will be in Williamsburg DJ'n all night for Bongi's 25th birthday celebration at K&M. This is the launch a new monthly event called "Stir Fry" (4th Saturday of every month), where the boys will be spinin' everything you'll shake ya a$$ to! Po'n dranks are the one and only "Stud Emporium" behind the bar. Free Frank151 books while they last. 21+
Date: Sunday, September 27th Time: 11:00am - 6:00pm Location: Maria Hernandez Park (Knickerbocker Ave between Suydam and Starr Streets) Cost: Free
Come celebrate your Bushwick love with islands of Art, Barter, Plants, Music, Yoga and Local Food from 11am to 4pm. Chinese Jump Rope, Dances, Stories, Hip Hop and Juggling from 3pm to 4pm. And what sounds more fun then the Bite-Sized Banquet from 4pm - 6pm.
Date: Sunday, September 27th Time: 7:30pm Location: Arlo and Esme (42 East 1st Street between 1st and 2nd Aves) Cost: Free
"Buns and Puns turns 25! Come out for [their] 25th show of the year! Free homemade buns and Jello shots all night...Resident DJ Gage will be be spinning beats after the show. Come out for a solid line up including Julian MccCullough from Live at Gotham, Dan Mahoney from Comedy Central, Harrison Greenbaum from Sage Theatre, and Special two surprise Guests! Free Buns and Free Jello Shots all night."
Date: Sunday, September 27th Time: 8:00pm - 9:30 Location: The Ochi Lounge at Comix (14th St & 9th Ave) Cost: Free
The boys over at Anonymous Comics drop their usual open mic styling to showcase their favorite up and coming comedians and the NYC mecca of comedy, Comix. Hosted by Rhodes Pierre, this is a 90 minute straight shot of laughs for an easy Sunday evening. 21+
Date: Sunday, September 27th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location:Pier66 Maritime aka The Frying Pan (W26th Street in the Hudson River Park) Cost: Free entry
I'm not even going to try and break this one down but it sounds awesome "Free Summer Party on the Hudson featuring TSS Yukonaughtica, a nine piece Band providing a wonderful & eclectic musical experience incorporating jazz, funk, and surf sounds - horns, percussion, belly dancers, an aerial performer, special guest vocalists and tango dancers and generally a good time for all. Bring the family, bring your friends, bring your smiles and definitely bring your dancing shoes!"
Date: Monday, September 28th Time: 9:30pm Location: The Creek (10-93 Jackson Ave, LIC) Cost: Free
"The fourth Monday of every month, Kate Berlant and Dan Wilbur take the stage in an attempt to reproduce the mess inside their heads. With an eclectic line-up of comedians, this stand-up showcase features the silliest topical humor as well as answers to some of life’s toughest metaphysical questions." This month features: Mike Drucker (The Onion, SNL contributer), Dan St. Germain (Boston Comedy Festival, The Onion), Hari Kondabalu (Jimmy Kimmel Live, Live at Gotham), Trevor Williams and Adam Newman (Collegehumor.com)
Date: Tuesday, September 29th - Saturday, October 24th Time: 12:00pm – 4:00pm (Tues. - Sat.) Location: Tenement Museum Shop (108 Orchard Street) Cost: Free
"Rate of Change features artworks by eight artists working in immersive video and audio installation, audience and environmentally responsive sculpture and experimental narrative. Charting the transition of electronic art from the 20th to the 21st century, the exhibit is anchored by the newly restored digital media work 'Hand-drawn Spaces' (1998), a virtual dance installation by Merce Cunningham, Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar that presents 3D hand-drawn figures performing intricate choreography in a virtual space. Additional exhibition artists include Céleste Boursier-Mougenot who recently received the 2009 Golden David Award, Hisao Ihara, Julia Heyward, Eunjung Hwang, Jessica Ann Peavy, Christine Sugrue and the CCRT Collaboration. Rate of Change is part of Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center’s New York Electronic Arts Festival."
Date: Tuesday, September 29th Time: 6:30pm Location: Duffy Square (Broadway and 47th Street) Cost: Free
"The Times Square Alliance and the Poetry Society of America team up to present a public reading of the winning entries from the second annual 'Bright Lights, Big Verse: Poems of Times Square' contest [...] Poets submitted works inspired by the inherent energy and dynamic culture of Times Square, and the four winners, including Ben Miller of New York, NY, for 'Pipe Birds'; Henk Rossouw of Amherst, MA, for 'Chez Times Square'; Mary Jo Bang of St. Louis, MO for 'In a Square of Times Square'; and Jehanne Dubrow of Chestertown, MD for 'VJ Day in Times Square', were selected out of a pool of close to 500 applicants. The event will be emceed by Alice Quinn, the executive director of the Poetry Society of America and former poetry editor at The New Yorker. Other distinguished poets – such as New Yorker Poetry Editor and Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon, Kimiko Hahn, the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts, and Best American Poetry Series editor David Lehman, author of six poetry collections – will also be on-hand to read their favorite New York-inspired works. "
Date: Tuesday, September 29th Time: 6:30pm Location: Tenement Museum Shop (108 Orchard Street) Cost: Free
"At this illustrated talk, Ferrara walks us through the seamy underbelly of lower Manhattan, revealing fascinating, surprising, and just plain grisly history of the criminals and oddballs who lived in this neighborhood. Trace the steps of gangster legends like 'Lucky' Luciano, Meyer Lansky and "Bugsy' Siegel -- who all grew up and earned their criminal stripes on these streets -- and explore the violence and tragedies which affected
those living in the chaotic swirl of the slums."
Date: Wednesday, September 30th Time: 12:30pm Location: New York Hot Dog and Coffee (245 Bleecker St. between Carmine and Leroy) Cost: Free
How's this for a cheap lunch... New York Hot Dog and Coffee is giving away 100 free Spicy Kimchi Bulgogi Hot Dog today at 12:30pm. This is the final giveaway in this series so grab some grub if you've been missing out.
Date: Wednesday, September 30th Time: 5:30pm - 6:15pm Location: Herald Square (Broadway between 34th and 35th Sts) Cost: Free
NYSC finally finds something good to do with my un-used membership as they bring fitness dance classes to the masses on Wednesdays in September. These rhythmic and low-impact free, outdoor classes combine fitness with world music and live drummers on the pedestrian greens of midtown. This evening features a Bhangra Workout that uses the sounds of the dhol drum mixed with mainstream music such as reggae and hip-hop.
September 2
African Dance • A low-impact workout with movements based on traditional African dance.
September 16
Masala Bhangra • An Indian dance-inspired workout that uses the sounds of the dhol drum mixed with mainstream music such as reggae and hip-hop.
September 23
Reggae Workout • A rhythmic workout taught to the Afro-Caribbean sounds of reggae, calypso and soca.
September 30
Masala Bhangra • An Indian dance-inspired workout that uses the sounds of the dhol drum mixed with mainstream music such as reggae and hip-hop.
Date: Wednesdays Time: 7:00pm Location: Sin Sin (248 E 5th St at 2nd Ave) Cost: Free
"It’s September and Stagebuddy.com is back with its prize-winning Open Mic Talent Contest. Wednesday nights are wild with a FREE-for-all (no cover, no drink minimum!) Open Mic talent competition with $7,500 in prizes for comedians, singers, spoken word artists, performance artists, magicians and more as performers get 3 minutes to take the floor and wow the audience. Anyone 21-years or older can compete! Every Wednesday starting at 6pm, sign up at the door and compete in the 7pm show. The performer with the biggest applause wins!"
7pm: "StageBuddy's Showbiz Talk"
Live Taping: Broadcast talk show with top professionals discussing what they do. A great chance to meet Broadway celebrities, Casting Directors, Producers, Critics, Filmmakers & more. Come early, at 630pm we have a pre-networking party!
8pm: "StageBuddy Variety Show”
Comedians, Bands, DJ’s, Games/Prizes and wacky guests... A crazy & fun variety show for everyone! Past guests include Grammy & Tony Award winners - be part of the studio audience for the weekly video taping of the StageBuddy.com show! There are also prizes and giveaways at each show.
9pm: StageBuddy’s “Open Mic Contest!”
Up & coming Comedians/Musicians/Singers compete for awards. Sign up and get on stage! A fun show to watch or participate in!
Date: Wednesday, September 30th Time: 7:00pm Location: Book Court (164 Court Street, Carroll Gardens) Cost: Free
James Ellroy os at Book Court tonight in Carroll Gardens. He "concludes the scorching trilogy begun with 1995’s American Tabloid with a crushing bravura performance. As ever, his sentences are gems of concision, and his characters—many of whom readers will remember from The Cold Six Thousand and from American history classes—are a motley crew of grotesques often marked by an off-kilter sense of honor: stone bad-asses, in other words, though the women are stronger than the men who push the plot."
Date: Wednesday, September 30th Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (5th Avenue at 82nd Street) Cost: Free with RSVP
"In the spirit of the Great American Novel, the College Group at the Met invites you to celebrate the opening of the Museum's New American Wing. Guests are encouraged to don attire inspired by the party-throwing, mansion-building, and art-loving Americans of the early 20th century—such as those who might have attended Jay Gatsby's lavish soirees. Drinks will be served but you must be twenty-one or older and present two forms of valid ID to purchase drinks... not everything can be like the roaring twenties."
Date: Wednesday, September 30th Time: 8:00pm Location: Hiro Ballroom (88 9 Ave bet 16th & 17th St) Cost: Free with RSVP
Ghostface Killah comes out to Hiro this evening to perform and celebrate his newest album. There's support from K-Salaam & Beatnick as well asThe F.EDS (DJ dB & DJ Wonder) and the whole thing is hosted by rising star Jasmine Solano. 21+
