Friday, December 2, 2016

Investing in Biotechnology


December 13th at 6pm -- Riverside Chat: Investing in Biotechnology
Fireside Chat w/ Racquel Bracken, Vice President of Venrock, specializing in biotech and pharmaceutical investments
Tuesday December 13th, 6pm to 8pm

Riverside Chat: Investing in Biotechnology
Tuesday December 13th, 6pm to 8pm
New York Blood Center
RSVP Here

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

best life science pitches!

Be sure to RSVP for our final 1st Pitch Life Science event of the year, happening on Tuesday, December 6th! The "Best in Show" companies from NYC, NJ, PA, and Baltimore 1st Pitch events will be pitching their companies and competing for title of "Best of the Best". We will be returning to Medidata for our final event of the year. Medidata (350 Hudson St. in NYC) is the leading global provider of cloud-based solutions for clinical research in life sciences. This is the pinnacle of the 1st Pitch season, so we hope you can all attend!

To register for this event, please visit https://1stpitchdec2016.eventbrite.com. Due to high demand there will be a cap on attendance for this event. Reserve your seat today!

Monday, November 28, 2016

Great Time out article about art in NYC

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/best-art-walks-in-nyc?cid=eml~US_NYC~NL~1401021455~~Title~

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Swing and salsa dancing in the Thanksgiving week

Bachata Social with Salsa Romantica spices....
15$ includes class and a complimentary drink
20$ after 10 pm
Wednesday, November 23 at 8 PM - 2 AM EST
Nov 23 at 8 PM to Nov 24 at 2 AM EST
The Attic Rooftop & Lounge
251 West 48th St ( Corner of 8th Ave), New York, New York 10019

Cubania! this Wednesday - Nov. 23rd
Wednesday, November 23 at 8 PM EST
Angel of Harlem

Wed Nov 23rd - LCL 2nd Annual Pre-Thanksgiving Mega Party!
Wednesday, November 23 at 9 PM EST
Las Chicas Locas


Bachatamania NYC Social
Friday, November 25 at 8:30 PM - 4 AM EST
Bachatamania NYC Social, A BRAND NEW #Bachatasocial for all Bachata Lovers is finally here! proud social dancers- No night club. ( By Dancers for Dancers)
22 WEST 34ST 4TH FLOOR
830pm to 4am
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! BACHATAMANIA gives BACK! Only on November 25 and for the first hour - LADIES ARE FREE on admissions! WOW!! (830pm to 930pm)
BACHATA WORKSHOPS! (All levels welcome and Included with admission)- NO partner necessary
830pm Ivonne Pronovich BACHATA SENSUAL
930pm Ramon Brito & Divna Gogeva BACHATA TRADITIONAL
Loaded Bar available at 830pm, drink specials all night long!
Photography and Video by Chomio
Music By Dj Porfirio and Guest
General Admission $15
$10 with Promo Text Only- Expires at 10pm
Send BACHATANYC to 545454
For more info call ( 347) 52263220


Fleur Seule at Tavern on the Green 11/25 and 11/26 6pm to 10 pm
November 25 - November 26
Tavern on the Green
Central Park West & 67th St, New York, New York 10023

Brooklyn Swings presents: Cookie Night!
Friday, November 25 at 7 PM EST
231 Ainslie St, Brooklyn, NY 11211-4911,

Salsamania Saturdays
22 W 34th St, New York, New York 10001

Sunday, November 27
LUCILLE’s BOTTOMLESS JAZZ BRUNCH
Lucille’s Cafe at BB Kings: 237 w42nd st (off 8th ave)
(No Cover / All Ages / 21+ to drink)
live music by * Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s / Mitch Woods
playing 3 sets (11:30-12:15 // 12:45-1:30 // 2:00-2:45 )* DJ Patrick Soluri
Join us for our weekly no-cover Sunday brunch party featuring the top Hot Jazz & Swing bands in NYC for dancing n’ lounging, and one of the best brunch deals in town!

Latin Mondays at TAJ - Pete Nater & Associates Salsa Band
Monday, November 28 at 5 PM EST
Latin Mondays at TAJ

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Puzzles, trivia and brain teasers tomorrow!

News-themed race tomorrow! The Fleetwit app lets users compete at themed puzzles, trivia and brain-teasers in real time for a chance to win big prizes. It’s the most exciting 5 minutes on the internet
http://bit.ly/2gGqbxx

Friday, November 18, 2016

Learning to Learn – How the Brain Creates Memory

Learning to Learn – How the Brain Creates Memory


Monday, December 5, 2016

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

with

Prof. Dr. Denise Manahan-Vaughan
Department of Neurophysiology, Ruhr University Bochum

Prof. Dr. Raymond Kesner
Department of Psychology, University of Utah

Prof. Dr. Lucia Jacobs
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Dr. André Fenton
Center for Neural Science, New York University


German House, 871 United Nations Plaza (First Ave. at 49th Street), New York, NY

RSVP by December 1 by clicking here. Registration is required to attend. Seating is limited.

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Super sabado


November 19 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Clap your hands and stomp your feet! Celebrate the world of música through art-making, movement workshops, storytelling and more.
¡Aplaude y zapatea! Celebra el mundo de la música a través de talleres de creación artística, de movimiento, cuentacuentos y más.

Storytelling | Cuentacuentos
COLORÍN COLORADO...with Irka Mateo
12:00pm + 2:00pm, El Café
Discover the creation stories of the Taínos, the first people of the Greater Antilles: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. Enjoy the fantastic stories with songs and clay modeling. Descubre las historias de la creación de los Taínos, las primeras personas de las Antillas Mayores: Cuba, República Dominicana, Haití, Jamaica y Puerto Rico. Disfruta de las fantásticas historias con canciones y modelado de arcilla.

Family Resources | Recursos para las familias
ARTEXPLORERS FAMILY CORNER
12:00pm - 3:00pm, Lobby
Familias, stop by and pick up an activity card and explore objects related to our current exhibition. Familias, pasen a buscar tarjetas de actividades y exploren objetos relacionados con la exhibición.

Art Making Workshop | Taller de arte
MANOS A LA OBRA
12:00pm - 3:00pm, El Taller
Construct and design your own güiro, an instrument used in Latin America, to create unique rhythms and sounds! ¡Construye y diseña tu propio güiro, un instrumento utilizado en América Latina para crear ritmos y sonidos únicos!

Movement Workshop | Taller de movimiento
CUMBIA
1:00pm + 3:00pm, Black Box Theater
Start your dance journey with one of the most festive of dances from Colombia, cumbia! Learn the basics of the dance and its history as we move to this South American beat! Comienza tu viaje musical con uno de los bailes más festivos de Colombia, ¡la cumbia! ¡Aprende las bases de la cumbia y su historia a medida que nos movemos con este ritmo de América del Sur!

Guided Visit | Visita guiada
FAMILY TOURS
1:30pm + 2:30pm, Lobby
Join us for an interactive, guided visit (30 min.) of our current exhibitions! Be sure to pick up an activity card to continue exploring Las Galerías. Space is limited. ¡Acompáñanos durante una visita guiada interactiva (30 min.)! Y no te olvides de recoger una tarjeta educativa para seguir explorando las galerías. Espacio limitado.


Learn More >



Concert | Concierto
M.A.K.U. Soundsystem
4:00pm - 5:00pm, El Teatro

El Museo del Barrio in collaboration with Carnegie Hall's Neighborhood Concerts present M.A.K.U. Soundsystem. Fiery vocals, blazing instrumentals, and irresistible beats makes a M.A.K.U. Soundsystem concert a high-octane experience. Rooted in Colombian and Afro-Colombian traditions, M.A.K.U. Soundsystem mixes funk, Afrobeat, jazz, hip-hop, and Caribbean grooves for a ferociously fun blend that blows audience members out of their seats.

Members: Liliana Conde (vocals, percussion) Juan Ospina A.K.A Prodigio Arribetiao (vocals, bass) Camilo Rodríguez (guitar, gaitas) Robert Stringer (trombone) Felipe Quiroz (synthesizers) Moris Cañate (tambor alegre) Andrés Jiménez (drums) Isaish Richardson Jr. (sax and clarinet)

Carnegie Hall's Neighborhood Concerts is a program of the Weill Music Institute. Seats are first come, first served. No RSVP required.

El Museo del Barrio en colaboración con Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concerts presentan M.A.K.U. Soundsystem. Voces ardientes, piezas instrumentalesy ritmos irresistibles hacen de un concierto de M.A.K.U. Soundsystem una experiencia vertiginosa. Enraizados en las tradiciones colombianas y afrocolombianas, M.A.K.U. Soundsystem mezclan el funk, el afrobeat, el jazz y el hip-hop con ritmos caribeños creando una mezcla ferozmente divertida que levanta al público de sus asientos.

Miembros: Liliana Conde (voz, percusión) Juan Ospina también conocido como Prodigio Arribetiao (voz, bajo) Camilo Rodríguez (guitarra, gaitas) Robert Stringer (trombón) Felipe Quiroz (sintetizadores) Moris Cañate (tambor alegre) Andrés Jiménez (batería) Isaish Richardson Jr . (saxo y clarinete)

Carnegie Hall's Neighborhood Concerts es un programa del Weill Music Institute. Los asientos se ocuparán por orden de llegada. No se requiere reserva anticipada.

Friday, November 11, 2016

PAUL TAYLOR CREATIVE DOMAIN

PAUL TAYLOR CREATIVE DOMAIN
YOU ARE INVITED!
Saturday November 12 at 7:30pm

"A dance is not only motion, but emotion. This fascinating film reminds us how closely the two are linked."
- Diana Clarke, The Village Voice


Dear Friends,

As we are getting ready to welcome Paul Taylor Dance Company on our main stage on December 17 and 18, we would like to invite you to a free screening of Paul Taylor Creative Domain - a fascinating documentary about the legendary choreographer,
TOMORROW, Saturday, November 12 at 7:30pm.

Robert Aberlin, Executive Producer of the film and Paul Taylor Dance Foundation Board member will attend the screening and provide the audience an opportunity to ask questions following the showing.

We are releasing a very limited amount of tickets for this FREE Members/Subscribers event to our General Audience - we encourage you to call us as soon as you receive this email if you would like to attend.

Please call the Queens Theatre Box Office at 718.760.0064 to reserve your seats.

We look forward to seeing you here at the theatre!

Best,

Your friends at Queens Theatre

Paul Taylor: Creative Domain trailer
Paul Taylor: Creative Domain trailer

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

ELECTION DAY DEALS and free food

. ELECTION DAY DEALS
Some restaurants and other businesses are giving away free food today: Show your “I voted” sticker and get a free doughnut at Krispy Kreme, a free cookie at Great American Cookie and a free day pass to Gold’s Gym. 7-Eleven is giving out free coffee to anyone who has their app.

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

free lunch and meet Christian Slater

Free Pressed Juicery Juice & Freeze
Get A Detox Boost With A Free Pressed Juicery Juice & Freeze At Their Grand Opening Party
Pressed Juicery |
100 Maiden Lane |
Today
11:00AM - 3:00PM

Lunch With Christian Slater

Join Christian Slater As He Promotes His New Film, "Cobra Killer," In NoHo
Aol Inc |
770 Broadway |
Today
12:00PM - 1:00PM

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Openings: new ice cream and spa/creams

Today big opening 240 Sullivan St, New York. FREE PALETAS ALL DAY!!!
https://twitter.com/LaNewyorkina


Friday, October 14 at 6 PM in EDT

Eden Day Spa
388 Broadway, New York, New York 10013
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Come join me at Eden Day Spa to learn about the premium skin care products by 2 world renowned dermatoloigsts! They have a regimen for all skin types and is clinically proven and I have the results to show it!
***Drawings for free skin care products
***Preferred customer discounts
***Personalized skin care consults
***Discounted spa services (to be booked ahead of time)
-Hand and foot massages
-Polish changes
-Food and drinks with spa services

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

free/cheap food, astronauts, math and biology free events

Free or cheap food:

1---We're celebrating #NationalTacoDay by getting ready for our biggest opening EVER - our 12th #DosToros opens tomorrow at 119 West 40th Street! (40th and 6th ave)
Come by the new spot tomorrow from 11:30-3pm or 5pm-8pm... it's right by Bryant Park and we'll have Burritos, Tacos, Platos, Quesadillas, and Salads for only $1! Plus, if you take a photo of your meal and share it with #BurritoPark we'll automatically enter you to win free burritos

2---Drink Free Coffee Like a Gilmore Girl at Hundreds of Luke’s Diner Pop-Ups Across America

Netflix is bringing ‘Gilmore Girls’ nostalgia and free coffee to a shop near you on October 5
http://www.eater.com/2016/10/3/12929778/gilmore-girls-netflix-lukes-diner-coffee-california-new-york-canada

Science events
2-->SciCafe: Secrets of the Crocodile Mummies

Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Times:
Doors open at 6:30 pm, program begins at 7 pm
Location:
Cullman Hall of the Universe
Tickets:
Free for 21+ with ID
RSVP
More Information:
Enter at 81st Street
SciCafe is primarily standing room only. Your RSVP does not guarantee a seat.
More Information
View Secrets of the Crocodile Mummies
DNA detective work tracing the evolutionary history of crocodiles has led to several surprising discoveries. Evon Hekkala, a professor at Fordham University and research associate in the Museum’s Department of Herpetology, discusses how tissue samples from centuries old museum specimens shed light on the mysterious origins of the Nile crocodile—and may even explain the presence of crocodiles in medieval medicine cabinets. http://www.amnh.org/calendar/scicafe-secrets-of-the-crocodile-mummies

2--> Join us for an intimate evening with Mike Massimino, former NASA astronaut and the Museum's senior advisor for space programs, who will discuss his new memoir with Jeffrey Kluger, Time magazine editor-at-large and co-author of Apollo 13.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5
ALLISON & HOWARD LUTNICK THEATER
FREE
7:00pm
Book reading and discussion
Reception and book signing to follow
(Doors open at 6:30pm)
http://www.intrepidmuseum.org//Plan-Your-Visit/Public-Events-Calendar/2016-PEC-Details/Spaceman


3--->
Math Encounters
Math Encounters is MoMath’s popular free public presentation series celebrating the spectacular world of mathematics, produced with support from the Simons Foundation. For further information, call the National Museum of Mathematics at (212) 542-0566 or e-mail mathencounters@momath.org.

“3D Shadows: Casting Light on the Fourth Dimension”
featuring Henry Segerman
October 5 at 4:00 pm
“3D Shadows: Casting Light on the Fourth Dimension”
featuring Henry Segerman
October 5 at 7:00 pm

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Free US open events, movies, cookies and art!

the us open’s community day offers free admission and the chance to check out junior doubles matches, the champions invitational, trick shots, and more. >>

various times: free outdoor movies:
girlhood, columbia university rotunda >>
love and basketball, samuel n. bennerson 2nd playground (uws) >>

5-8pm: meet admissions officers from 225 social impact programs at the new york idealist graduate school fair and learn about requirements and application deadlines for programs in social work, public policy, nonprofit management, international affairs, public interest law, social entrepreneurship, and more. metropolitan pavilion (chelsea), free. >>

5-9pm: urban decay hosts a night of free makeovers and manicures to celebrate the release of it’s new ‘ud xx: 20 years of beauty with an edge vintage vault.’ story (chelsea), free (rsvp required). >>

6pm: mtv vj matt pinfield discusses his new book all these things i’ve done: my insane, improbable rock life with the the bongos’s richard barone. rough trade (williamsburg), free. >>

6pm (thursdays thru 9/29): dance, sing and swing at dumbo’s second annual live at the archway series, a weekly cabaret under the manhattan bridge featuring free outdoor musical performances, dj sets, dance classes and more. tonight: jazz-group bellatonic performs standards and modern hits. free. >>

6-8pm (thru 9/17): four artists take over four rooms and turn them into tributes to the history of recorded sound and music at ‘the beat goes on’ art exhibition. opening reception tonight. sva chelsea gallery, free. >>

6-9pm: free art openings:
– 6-8pm (thru 10/22): matthew barney: facility of decline at gladstone gallery (chelsea) >>
– 6-8pm (thru 10/22): osgemeos ‘silence of the music’ at lehmann maupin gallery (chelsea). >>
– 6-8pm (thru 10/1): seven solo exhibitions at sohophoto gallery. >>
– 6-8pm (thru 10/8): sol lewitt and liz deschenes at paula cooper gallery (chelsea). >>
– 6-9pm (thru 9/11): ‘the price of photography: shawkan, 1000+ days behind bars’ at bronx documentary center. >>

6-10pm: this week’s brooklyn museum free admission thursday nights programming includes a dapperq new york fashion week queer fashion show, a gallery tour, and access to the exhibitions. >>

6:30pm: historian heather ann thompson sheds light on the civil rights legacy of the 1971 attica prison uprising in her book, blood in the water. she’ll be joined in conversation with dr. khalil gibran muhammad (professor of history, race and public policy at harvard kennedy school + the suzanne young murray professor at the radcliffe institute for advanced study). the schomburg center for research in black culture (harlem), free (rsvp). >>

6:30pm: psychologist, meet psychologist: psychologist adi avivi interviews psychologist kyle arnold about his new book, the divine madness of philip k. dick. jefferson market library (west village), free. >>

6:30pm doors, 7pm show: are we there yet? the illusion of a post-sexist society. a woman might be our next president, so sexism will finally disappear, right? right? a panel of feminists from essence, jezebel, emily’s list, and more break down what the future may look like for ladies. brooklyn historical society (brooklyn heights), $10. >>

7pm: are our methods of evaluating society leading to discrimination? former wall street quantitative analysis expert cathy o’neil discusses her thoughts on the matter in her new book, weapons of math destruction: how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy. barnes + noble 86th + lexington, free. >>

7pm: (monthly): authors read between their own lines at the behind the book reading series. this month’s words come from jessica winter (break in case of emergency, slate features editor), anna noyes (goodnight, beautiful women), and iris smyles (iris has free time, dating tips for the unemployed). kgb bar (east village), free. >>

7pm: journalist laura flanders and sarah jaffe discuss necessary trouble: americans in revolt, jaffee’s new book which chronicles times when average citizens became activists, from occupy wall street, #blacklives matter, the $15 minimum wage, and more. the new school (union square), free (rsvp required). >>

7pm doors, 8pm show (monthly): get your dose of schadenfreude at mortified, a tribute to teen angst artifacts (journals, letters, poems, lyrics, home movies, stories and more) shared by their original authors. littlefield (gowanus), $10. >>

7pm doors, 8pm show: the only thing they’ll be exterminating is their clothes at hotsy totsy’s burlesque tribute to doctor who. the slipper room (les), $10. >>

sponsored 7:15pm (thru 9/16): get tickets to bears in space, starring game of thrones‘s jack gleeson, at 59e59 theaters for just $15 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $35). >>

7:30pm (monthly): performers, writers, and regular folks tell stories about mental health (or the lack thereof) at the talk therapy storytelling + open mic show. anything goes at tonight’s open theme with stories by jen singer and molly cameron, plus open mic slots. hosted by lori baird. q.e.d. (astoria), $6. >>

7:30pm (weekly): the lasers in the jungle comedy show features stand-up by sam morril (late show), emily galati (conan), jason saenz (gotham comedy live), eman el-husseini, and george gordon. hosted by katina corrao, sean crespo, and dan wilbur. ucb (east village), $5. >>

7:30pm doors, 8pm show: comedians with kids use their parenting experiences as fodder at the sh*tshow comedy show, featuring performances by caroline rhea (sabrina the teenage witch), adira amram (the experience), nick stevens, and more. hosted by ophira eisenberg + emily flake. union hall (park slope), $8 adv, $10 dos. >>

7:30pm (thru 9/24): female-driven production company to-by-for productions presents their new york premiere of dipika guha’s new comedic play, mechanics of love. the paradise factory (east village), $15 preview tickets 9/8-11 with promo code ‘skint’, reg. $18. >>

7:30pm doors, 8pm show (monthly): you’ll get complimentary homemade pasta at the it’s all happening! stand-up comedy show. this month’s guests: neel nanda (comedy central), leah bonnema (comedy drop), jordan temple (mtv), jason saenz (gotham comedy live), and subhah agarwal (tru tv). hosted by brian parise and courtney fearrington. frank’s lounge (fort greene), $5. >>

8pm: (monthly): comedians and storytellers just can’t hold it in at the awkward poop… and the city storytelling show. tonight’s ill-timed tales come from eric silver, andre medrano, caitlin gaspar, and dave warth. bonus: free beer! the creek and the cave (lic), free admission. >>

8pm-3am: get baby out of the corner and onto the dance floor at a dirty dancing-themed party, with music hits from the ‘50s and ‘60s, a dance-off, trivia, ‘i carried a watermelon’ frozen margaritas, and more. our wicked lady (east williamsburg), free. >>

8:30pm (monthly): liz barrett’s puntastically named grin + barrett comedy show features work by women, lgbtq folk, and even some of those ever-elusive straight men in comedy. tonight’s show includes brendan fitzgibbons (gandhi, is that you?), selena coppock (the new rules for blondes), carolyn busa (side ponytail), sydnee washington (warm up comedy), dave arena, danny vega, jonathan mcbride, and gregory joseph. beauty bar (gramercy), free. >>

9:30pm: the deuce film series screens a 35mm print of 1974 campy kung-fu flick the 7 brothers (and 1 sister) meet dracula, along with prizes and an after party. nitehawk cinema (williamsburg), $16. >>

thru 2/26: new public art alert: david shrigley’s memorial, a 17-foot-tall shopping list engraved on a solid slab of granite, goes on display at central park’s doris c. freedman plaza (fifth avenue at 60th street). >>

thru 10/29: more than 20 shows return for the annual fringenyc encore series at soho playhouse and the huron club. $18+. >>

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Live music in DUMBO

A PERFORMANCE SERIES AS ENCHANTING AS ITS VENUE
Live at The Archway is a Weekly Cabaret Below the Manhattan Bridge — with free performances, beer & wine from our landlocked Lighthouse, and a magical, only-in-DUMBO setting from June through September.

This 18-week series showcases the best of DUMBO and Brooklyn talent, presenting a broad range of music and performance genres – from sizzling salsa, Colombian cumbia, swing dancing, world roots music, sultry R&B, an Italian modern dance troupe, puppetry, funk, DJs and more. Live at the Archway is brought to you by the DUMBO Improvement District & The Lighthouse.

Headlining artists play at 6:00pm. It’s always all ages, always rain or shine (which works because we’re under the Manhattan Bridge). With beer, wine and bites from The Lighthouse and epic scenery below the Manhattan Bridge, it’s the best place to be every Thursday night.

http://dumbo.is/live-at-the-archway/

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Photonic Technologies in Human-Machine-Interaction

Photonic Technologies in

Human-Machine-Interaction





Wednesday, September 14, 2016



6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.





with



Prof. Dr. Andreas Tünnermann

2005 Leibniz Prize Recipient

Professor, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Director of the Institute of Applied Physics



at



German House, 871 United Nations Plaza (First Ave. at 49th Street), New York, NY



RSVP by September 11 by clicking here. Registration is required to attend. Seating is limited.



Reception to follow.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Amy Schumer's book and free museums days!

6pm: emmy award-winning comedian, actor, and writer amy schumer presents her new book, the girl with the lower back tattoo. barnes + noble union square, wristbands will be distributed with book purchase starting at 9am. >>

6pm: where do ships go to die? board the historic floating lighthouse nantucket for a documentary screening and discussion about the staten island ship graveyard at arthur kill. brooklyn bridge park’s pier 6, free. >>

6:30pm (monthly): at the prose bowl, emerging fiction stylists (you could be one of them) go at it in ‘brooklyn’s only semi-competitive, flash fiction, open mic, reading series…that we know of.’ pete’s candy store (williamsburg), $5 suggested donation. >>

7pm: kickstarter brings together authors of books inspired by new york: brian foo (continuous city), tim reitzes (the new york pizza book), and jesse reed + hamish smyth (nycta graphics standards manual reissue). strand books (union square), free. >>

7pm: check out new gaming and virtual reality technology demos from hp while enjoying complimentary cocktails at villain (williamsburg). free (rsvp required). >>

7-10pm (thru 8/23): reverend jen’s beloved troll museum returns for a week-long gallery installation at chinatown soup gallery (les) with performances, a troll hair-dressing station, a troll-coloring book station, a troll parade, and more. no need to pay the troll toll to get in- admission is free. >>

7:30pm (thru 8/21): philadelphia-based balletx performs new york premieres of choreography set to the music of amy winehouse, brooklyn rider, bach, mozart, monteverdi, and berg. the joyce theater (chelsea), $10+. >>

8pm (every third tuesday): keep the creative juices (and drinks) flowing at sip-n-scribe, where hosts jenn wehrung (laugh it up, astoria!) and kelly jean fitzsimmons (no, you tell it!) provide writing prompts for you to experiment with. b.y.o. pen and paper. q.e.d. (astoria), $5 suggested donation. >>

8pm (monthly): real-life couples + friends do stand-up sets together at the ‘in stereo: two comics, one stage’ show. tonight: casey james salengo + blair socci, selena coppock + blake midgette, jacqueline novak + chris laker, and calvin cato + michelle de swarte. hosted by naomi ekperigin (broad city writer, comedy central’s ‘the half hour’) and andy beckerman (the pete holmes show, beginnings). hifi bar (alphabet city), free >>

8pm (monthly): saurin choksi (white guy talk show) hosts the brown privilege comedy show, with performances by akaash singh (guy code), blair socci (ladylike), thomas brady (doug loves movies), shane torres (conan), sydney washington (the warm up), and will miles (the chris gethard show). friends and lovers (crown heights), free. >>

8pm (weekly): new york distilling company’s distilling room (williamsburg) hosts booze and laughs for the dan + joe + charles show, which includes stand-up from sasheer zamata (snl), cole escola (difficult people), whitmer thomas (power violence>), and travis irvine (vice). free. >>

Friday, August 5, 2016

summer streets nyc

Summer Streets Route
With nearly 7 miles of open streets and 5 rest stops, there is plenty to explore at Summer Streets. And remember, everything at Summer Streets is free!

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/summerstreets/html/home/home.shtml

Friday, July 8, 2016

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jennifer Lopez free concert

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jennifer Lopez
Live on TODAY
Monday, July 11

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jennifer Lopez are making their debut live performance of "Love Make the World Go Round" this Monday, July 11 as part of the Citi Concert Series on TODAY! The duo collaborated to record the song as a tribute to the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando.

Get up close with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jennifer Lopez –
request your Fan Pass today.

A limited number of Fan Passes are distributed via a digital lottery system. Register now for a chance to receive a Fan Pass, giving you and one guest guaranteed access to the show. For more information about Fan Passes,
visit our FAQ.

today fan pass

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Free movies NYC

by the skint - free and cheap new york, every day
WEDS, 7/6: 7 FREE MOVIES, ART BY THE INCH, GIGLIO FESTIVAL, + 24 THURS EVENTS

around town today

various times: free outdoor movies:
ferris bueller’s day off, metrotech commons (downtown brooklyn) >>
mad max: fury road, hudson river park’s pier 61 (chelsea) >>
raiders of the lost ark, arrow field house (astoria) >>
scream, mccarren park (williamsburg) >>
the african queen, socrates sculpture park (lic) >>
the sound of music sing-along, hudson boulevard park (midtown west) >>
the walk, riverside park pier i, (uws) >>

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

TONIGHT AT THE ROTARY CLUB OF WALL STREET


TONIGHT AT THE ROTARY CLUB OF WALL STREET
Free Wine Tasting, Food, Raffle & More

Wall Street gets a bad rap, but did you know that there is a Rotary Club of Wall Street? Yeah, neither did we. But the FiDi chapter of the nonprofit is dedicated to serving the community, including hunger relief organizations like Bowery Mission. To help raise money for the latter group, the Rotary is throwing a benefit evening at Farm Candy, Seaport neighborhood's lifestyle boutique. There will be a wine tasting courtesy of Voga Italia, raffle prizes, and more. There are free tickets as well as paid tickets, all proceeds of which go toward the cause.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Barefoot company performance Shakespeare in Central park, the warehouse at the Hudson river, more in Batery park..

4 ways to enjoy outdoor theater:

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http://www.barefootshakespeare.org/#!productions/cb3i
Shakespeare in the park at the summit rock performance. As you like it
And...
Hudson Warehouse
SUMMER STAGE
Join Us For Our 13th Season of Classical Theater on the North Patio of
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
in Riverside Park – West 89th Street and Riverside Drive
All Performances are Thursday through Sunday Nights at 6:30pm
No tickets necessary! Admission is pay what you can.

Much Ado About Nothing
By Wm. Shakespeare
Directed by
Nicholas Martin-Smith
June 2nd - June 26th, 2016
Lysisarah:
"Let's Make America Great Again"
By Aristophanes
Adapted and Directed by
Susane Lee
June 30th - July 24th, 2016
Othello
By Wm. Shakespeare
Directed by
Nicholas Martin-Smith
July 28th - August 21st, 2016

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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd

"Four centuries ago, professional Shakespeare performances had all-male casts—no women allowed. This summer, the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Taming of the Shrew flips that history on its head." - Fiona Shaw for Vanity Fair

Featuring Candy Buckley, Donna Lynne Champlin, Morgan Everitt, Rosa Gilmore, Judy Gold, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Cush Jumbo, Teresa Avia Lim, Janet McTeer, Adrienne C. Moore, Anne L. Nathan, Gayle Rankin, Pearl Rhein, Leenya Rideout, Jackie Sanders, Stacey Sargeant, and Natalie Woolams-Torres

This summer, Tony nominated director Phyllida Lloyd turns Shakespeare’s zany comedy of the sexes THE TAMING OF THE SHREW on its head, with an all-female cast and a bold new take.

Lovely Bianca is the prize to be won by all the men looking to land themselves a wealthy wife. But the competitors will first have to marry off Bianca’s clever, fiery older sister, Katherina, played by Olivier Nominee Cush Jumbo (Josephine and I, The River), who may just outsmart them all. Tony and Olivier winner Janet McTeer (A Doll’s House, Mary Stuart) plays Petruchio, the wild outsider Katherina must outwit, in Shakespeare’s original screwball comedy showing the lengths men will go to for their legacy, what women will do to break free and the outrageous things we all do for the human heart.

4 WAYS TO GET FREE TICKETS
1. Distribution in Central Park

Free tickets are distributed via the free lines at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park at 12PM (noon) each day there is a public performance.

2. Mobile Ticket Lottery powered by TodayTix

On each performance date, free tickets are distributed via random mobile lottery on the TodayTix app. Download the TodayTix app to enter or visit thepublic.nyc/lottery for more information.

3. In the Five Boroughs

On specific dates, a limited number of vouchers for that night’s performance will be distributed at a location in one of New York’s five boroughs to make it easier for all New Yorkers to enjoy Free Shakespeare in the Park. Visit thepublic.nyc/boroughs for more information.

4. Downtown Lottery

On each performance date, a limited number of vouchers for that night’s performance will be distributed via an in-person lottery downtown at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street at Astor Place. Sign-up begins at 11:30AM, and the lottery will be drawn at 12PM (noon).

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Hudson Warehouse
SUMMER STAGE
Join Us For Our 13th Season of Classical Theater on the North Patio of
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
in Riverside Park – West 89th Street and Riverside Drive
All Performances are Thursday through Sunday Nights at 6:30pm

No tickets necessary! Admission is pay what you can.

Much Ado About Nothing
By Wm. Shakespeare
Directed by
Nicholas Martin-Smith
June 2nd - June 26th, 2016
Lysisarah:
"Let's Make America Great Again"
By Aristophanes
Adapted and Directed by
Susane Lee
June 30th - July 24th, 2016
Othello
By Wm. Shakespeare
Directed by
Nicholas Martin-Smith
July 28th - August 21st, 2016
Wheel Chair Accessible.
Please email us at Hudsonwarehouse89@gmail.com
one day before the performance so we can make accommodations.
Hudson Warehouse Shakespeare Workout
Saturdays
3:00pm - 5:00pm
June 18th, July 16th, and August 20th


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http://www.newyorkclassical.org/a-midsummer-nights-dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare


120 minutes, no intermission.
All performances begin @ 7pm.

Click HERE for tips on attending our panoramic productions.


Central Park

(Enter @ West 103rd St. & Central Park West)
Open Rehearsals: May 9-30 12:00-5:30PM

Performances:
Tuesday & Wednesday, May 31 & June 1
Thursdays through Sundays, June 2-26

Thursday the 9th is Bring-Your-Dog Night!

Subway: B/C to West 103rd St.


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Nelson A. Rockefeller Park in Battery Park City

(North end of Battery Park City, west of River Terrace)

Performances:
Wednesday through Saturday, June 29-July 2

Subway: 1/2/3/A/C to Chambers St.


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Prospect Park

(Enter at Grand Army Plaza)

Performances:
Wednesday through Sunday, July 6 - 10

Subway: 2/3 to Grand Army Plaza


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Carl Schurz Park

(Enter @ East 86th St.)

Performances:
Tuesday, July 12
Thursday through Sunday, July 14-17

Subway: 4/5/6 to East 86th St.

Monday, June 13, 2016

Philharmonic orchestra concert in central park

Imagine an evening of gorgeous music flowing through the warm summer twilight, the year's best picnics, and fireworks dazzling over the Great Lawn. It sounds too good to be true, but in just two days, on June 15 and 16 at 8:00 pm, Central Park welcomes back the New York Philharmonic's beloved annual "Concerts in the Park" Series and all of this magic unfolds.

Fireworks alert! Following the concert, a fireworks show will commence at approximately 10:00 pm and will last approximately 20 minutes.

Whether you've been before or this is your first time, our tips below will help make your night unforgettable.

1. First things first: Getting to the Great Lawn
The Great Lawn is located mid-Park between 86th and 79th Streets. The best Park entrances to use are: West 85th Street, West 81st Street, East 79th Street, and East 84th Street.

The closest subway stops to the Great Lawn are:
B,C train at West 81st Street or West 86th Street
1 train at West 79th Street or West 86th Street
4, 5, 6 train at East 86th Street
Download the Official Central Park App for an interactive map or go here to learn where to pick one up in person!

2. Getting a great seat
The concert starts at 8:00 pm, but the Great Lawn will be open all day and it starts to fill up fast. The earlier you can arrive to snag a great seat, the better!

Are you a committed Central Park lover? You can also join as a Central Park Conservancy member at the Bethesda Angel level and (among other benefits) get special reserved seating for the New York Philharmonic in the Park.

3. What to bring: It's not just about the picnic
Blankets are a must (no lawn chairs please). Don't forget your bug spray and sunscreen, too. The evening breeze can get chilly, so you may feel comfortable bringing an extra layer or two as well. As always, no dogs are allowed on the Great Lawn.

4. …but it's mostly about the picnic
You'll see some serious picnickers in the crowd (think tablecloths and flatware!) so if you want to avoid picnic envy, you'll need to bring your culinary A-game. There aren't many food shops on Fifth Avenue or Central Park West near the Great Lawn, so make sure to do your shopping in advance to ensure a bountiful array of treats.

Please remember that alcohol is prohibited in Central Park, and in all New York City parks, according to the rules and regulations of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

5. Getting set up
When you lay out your blankets, please keep them as close together as possible and leave room for your neighbors. This way, people can walk through the crowd without stepping on your picnic! To hear the music most clearly, set up your picnic near a speaker. (There are many spread throughout the Great Lawn)

6. Finding your group
If you're meeting up with a group, try to choose a general location in advance – cell reception isn't as reliable as the crowd grows in size!

We have a few tricks to finding someone on the Great Lawn:
Set up your picnic near a speaker, an entrance, a large tree, or another recognizable landmark.
All of the ballfields on the Great Lawn are numbered, so if you set up on or near a ballfield, you can share that exact location with friends.
7. Path Closures
Some of the paths north of the Great Lawn (surrounding the Arthur Ross Pinetum and the basketball courts) will be closed and used as a staging area. Please plan to enter the concert via the south, east, or west to avoid this area.

8. Bathrooms
The nearest restrooms are located behind the Delacorte Theatre, near the southwest corner of the Great Lawn. Portable restrooms will also be set up by the Parks Department around the perimeter of the Great Lawn.

9. Don't trash your Park!
Carry in, carry out! Please take all of your trash with you when you leave the Great Lawn and place it in a trash receptacle on your way out of the Park. If a bin is full, please wait and place your waste in a different can.

10. The End: Getting back out
You can imagine the traffic jam that occurs when 50,000 people leave the Great Lawn all at once. Please stay on paved paths and do not trample lawns or plantings in an attempt to exit the Park faster! Instead, find your way to the Park's east or west drive for a wider path and faster route out of the Park.

Friday, June 3, 2016

Free concerts in central Park in June Philharmonic orchestra concerts

Find out what's going on in the park all year round with our events calendar. You can also register to post your own event and sign up for our newsletter to get weekly event updates. Find out more information about planning a wedding or special event.



GMA 2016 Concert Summer Series Presents: Iggy Azalea
GMA Summer Concert Series with Iggy Azalea, concert is free and open to the public.
When: June 10, 2016, 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
NYRR: Girls' Run at the NYRR New York Mini 10K
Girls lead the way on June 11—join them for the first-ever Girls' Run.
When: June 11, 2016, 7:25 AM - 8:00 AM


NYRR: New York Mini 10K
Join them for the NYRR New York Mini 10K, a race just for women!
When: June 11, 2016, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
SummerStage: Cymande / KING / Deva Mahal / DJ Parler
In association with Okayplayer, this is a free concert
When: June 11, 2016, 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Puerto Rican Day Parade
Fifth Avenue entrances crowded from 59th to 79th Street due to the parade route.
When: June 12, 2016, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Gourmet Ice Cream Bar
Festival of Shavuot - Ice Cream Bar
When: June 12, 2016, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

When: June 13, 2016, 6:00 AM - 11:00 PM
SummerStage:Barenaked Ladies / Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark / Howard Jones
Benefit Concert to support SummerStage.
When: June 13, 2016, 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Museum Mile - New York's Biggest Block Party
Free Access to all the Museums located between 82nd Street - 105th Street. Rain or shine
When: June 14, 2016, 5:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Naumburg Orchestral Concert: Ensemble LPR - Opening Concert 2016
Free classical music, a service in harmony with the community.
When: June 14, 2016, 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Philharmonic: Concerts in the Parks – Central Park
The free New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks are presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer
When: June 15, 2016, 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
SummerStage: Yiddish Soul: A Concert of Cantorial and Chassidic Superstars
Featuring Cantorial and Chassidic Stars, this is a free concert
When: June 15, 2016, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Philharmonic: Concerts in the Parks – Central Park
The free New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks are presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer
When: June 16, 2016, 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
http://nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/1516/concerts-in-the-parks-june-15

Monday, May 23, 2016

Shakespeare in the park in Central park

PERFORMANCES BEGIN TOMORROW
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd

"Four centuries ago, professional Shakespeare performances had all-male casts—no women allowed. This summer, the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Taming of the Shrew flips that history on its head." - Fiona Shaw for Vanity Fair

Featuring Candy Buckley, Donna Lynne Champlin, Morgan Everitt, Rosa Gilmore, Judy Gold, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Cush Jumbo, Teresa Avia Lim, Janet McTeer, Adrienne C. Moore, Anne L. Nathan, Gayle Rankin, Pearl Rhein, Leenya Rideout, Jackie Sanders, Stacey Sargeant, and Natalie Woolams-Torres

This summer, Tony nominated director Phyllida Lloyd turns Shakespeare’s zany comedy of the sexes THE TAMING OF THE SHREW on its head, with an all-female cast and a bold new take.

Lovely Bianca is the prize to be won by all the men looking to land themselves a wealthy wife. But the competitors will first have to marry off Bianca’s clever, fiery older sister, Katherina, played by Olivier Nominee Cush Jumbo (Josephine and I, The River), who may just outsmart them all. Tony and Olivier winner Janet McTeer (A Doll’s House, Mary Stuart) plays Petruchio, the wild outsider Katherina must outwit, in Shakespeare’s original screwball comedy showing the lengths men will go to for their legacy, what women will do to break free and the outrageous things we all do for the human heart.

4 WAYS TO GET FREE TICKETS
1. Distribution in Central Park

Free tickets are distributed via the free lines at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park at 12PM (noon) each day there is a public performance.

2. Mobile Ticket Lottery powered by TodayTix

On each performance date, free tickets are distributed via random mobile lottery on the TodayTix app. Download the TodayTix app to enter or visit thepublic.nyc/lottery for more information.

3. In the Five Boroughs

On specific dates, a limited number of vouchers for that night’s performance will be distributed at a location in one of New York’s five boroughs to make it easier for all New Yorkers to enjoy Free Shakespeare in the Park. Visit thepublic.nyc/boroughs for more information.

4. Downtown Lottery

On each performance date, a limited number of vouchers for that night’s performance will be distributed via an in-person lottery downtown at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street at Astor Place. Sign-up begins at 11:30AM, and the lottery will be drawn at 12PM (noon).

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Friday fun things to do in NYC

5/13 11am-7pm (+ 5/14): the fifth annual nyc road bike expo rolls into the 69th regiment armory (flatiron). free admission. >>
5/13 11am-9pm (thru 5/15): at the pop-up period shop, ladies can stock up on underwear, tampons, chocolate bars, pads, pjs, free ice cream and other stock fare for ‘aunt flo,’ plus periodic dj sets, blushing manicures, pms-ready massages and well-red comedy by josh gondelman, naomi ekperigin, janelle james and more. all merchandise sales benefit susan’s place, a transitional residence for homeless women in new york city. 138 5th ave + w. 19th st, free admission. >>
5/13 6-8pm (thru 6/19): okay, cigarettes get a free pass just this once for ‘frida smoked,’ a photo exhibition of women artists and their cigarettes. opening reception tonight. invisible exports (les), free. >>
5/13 6-8pm (thru 5/16): a picture is worth one thousand words (and just $100) at soho photo gallery’s third annual affordable photography fair, with dozens of pieces for sale for a benjamin each. opening reception tonight. >>
5/13 6–8pm (thru 5/15): the 6th annual gay erotic art fair includes blush-inducing work by a dozen artists whose expertise lies in the art of the nude and the lewd. opening reception tonight. leslie lohman museum of gay and lesbian art (prince st. project space), free admission. >>
5/13 7pm: student musicians perform a new live score to alfred hitchcock’s the birds at the new school (union square). free. >>
5/13 7pm: prince’s posthumous purple reign continues with ’a joyous million bands’ prince tribute at cake shop (les). free. >>
5/13 7-10pm: get behind the zines at pioneer works’ second annual zine exchange, where creatives of all kinds meet to compare notes and trade pages from their respective publications. bring a zine for free admission, $7 otherwise. >>
5/13 7-10pm: sketchbooks from artists from around the world are displayed and available for check out during the sketchbook project’s stop at the brooklyn art library (williamsburg). launch party with free wine tonight. free admission. >>
5/13 7pm doors, 8pm show: ohnomoon and starlight girls play the lively (meatpacking district). free. >>
5/13 around 7:30pm (ends today): midnight radio show brings free family-friendly shadow puppet theater performances to community gardens at dusk. tonight: dorothy strelsin gardin (les). >>
5/13 7:30pm: in a culture-heavy comedy double bill, actor carrie mccrossen plays her dream mom roles in ’m.i.l.p. (moms i’d like to portray)’ and ucb vets perform an entirely improvised seinfeld episode. ucb (chelsea), $10. >>
5/13 7:30pm (+ 5/14): the center for performance research’s new voices in live performance series features five experimental works. $10. >>
5/13 7:30pm (fridays thru 10/14): lola star’s dreamland roller disco returns to prospect park’s le frak center at lakeside for the season. tonight’s theme: starman forever: a tribute to david bowie. $18 admission includes skate rental. bag check and locker rental extra. >>
5/13 7:30pm + 9:30pm (monthly): adi meyerson quartet, saxophonist joel frahm and singer/guitarist camila meza perform two sets at the cave at st. george’s church (gramercy). $10. >>
5/13 8pm (+ 5/20): the stargazing + lecture series returns to columbia university’s pupin hall with a discussion on the history and future of black holes, followed by guided stargazing with telescopes (weather permitting). free. >>
5/13 8pm (monthly): f*ck that movie! comedians/haters joel kim booster (paper magazine’s ’10 comedians you should know’) and anna drezen (how may we hate you?, reductress) discuss the movies they hate most with a panel of comedians. tonight’s guests include eli yudin + carey o’donnell (@nottildaswinton), amy miller (last comic standing), angel yau, and sydnee washington. videology (williamsburg), $5. >>
5/13 8pm (monthly thru 5/15): ifc’s queer/art/film series continues the season with david lynch’s eraserhead (1977), followed by a discussion with artist neil goldberg. ifc center (greenwich village), $14 general, $10 seniors. >>
5/13 8pm: nothing screams ‘only in new york!’ like ukulele cabaret, featuring four-stringed performances by over 10 uke-sicians. jimmy’s no. 43 (east village), free. >>
5/13 8pm: future punx kicks off a tour at alphaville (bushwick) with martin bisi, nuraxi, and piss off. $8 adv, $10 dos. >>
5/13 8pm: peach kelli pop, fern mayo, flower girl, and yucky duster play palisades (bed stuy/bushwick). $10 adv, $12 dos. >>
5/13 8pm-midnight: go canvas-ing at greenpoint gallery’s lucky friday the 13th art show and multi-band concert, with local artists’ work on display and for sale, plus two floors of live music. free. >>
5/13 8:30pm doors, 9pm show: surf guitar, organ grooves, and soundtrack sounds come to union hall (park slope) with bands maui hurricane, morricone youth, and telecommand. $10. >>
5/13 9pm (monthly): gas station horror: host j. w. crump shows 30-second scenes from b-horror films purchased from gas stations and bodegas, which are then finished by improvisers. plus giveaways, raffles, and trivia. the pit (flatiron), $10. >>
5/13 9:30pm (monthly): lynn bixenspan and morgan pielli’s relationsh*t show turns two! this month’s show includes, as always, advice from a panel of comics and actual therapists that’s way more fun—and cheap—than a session on the couch, with guests corinne fisher (guys we f*cked), amy miller (last comic standing, tim manley (girls), marc gerber and wilson mcdermut. q.e.d. (astoria), $8 adv, $10 dos. >>
5/13 9:30pm (weekly): the rubin museum of art’s (chelsea) latest cabaret cinema series screens classic rain-drenched films that allude to the power of the downpour. tonight: mira nair’s monsoon wedding (2001), with an introduction by theater director anne bogart. $10. >>
5/13 10pm: ‘…and don’t call me shirley.’ videology screens 1980 classic disaster movie spoof airplane!. $10. >>
5/13 10pm: take a break from 90s nostalgia and party like it’s 1986 instead, with dj steve reynolds spinning a mix of pop, rock and new wave from 30 years ago that still gets us moving. the bell house’s frontier room (gowanus), free. >>
5/13 10pm: we’re pretty sure nothing compares 2 ’p*ssy control,’ a diamond-studded and pearl-encrusted burlesque tribute to prince with aerialists and fire performers —in true coney island style. sideshows by the seashore (coney island), $15. >>
5/13 midnight (monthly): jeff simmermon (this american life, moth grandslam winner) hosts the ‘and i am not lying’ variety show, with standup by seaton smith (girls) and ashley brooke roberts (fresh out!), storytelling by rachael parents and burlesque by hard cory and vada james. ucb (east village), $5. >>
5/13-15: richard linklater’s feature film debut slacker (1991) and fun follow up dazed + confused (1993) screen at syndicated (bushwick). $3. >>
5/13-16: stroll through the annual hell’s kitchen artist studio tours and festival (thru 5/15) and tribeca open artist studio tour (thru 5/16). both free.

by the skint!

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Babble NYC blues, Balboa, Lindy and live bands. Don't miss Gordon Webster

Pre-Party Frim Fram
Time: 9:00 - 1:00am
DJ: TBA
Venue: 412 8th Ave. (at 31st Street)
Brought to you by: Yehoodi.com
BABBLE Registrants: $7
Students: $7 w/ID
General: $10
FRIDAY
(May 13th)
...it's the way...


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ALL Friday Party
Time: 9:00 - 1:00 am
Band: Gordon Webster
Venue: Manhattan Ballroom
Including Late Night Dish

Door Price: $40
SATURDAY
(May 14th)
...that you do it...

Historic Harlem Tour*
Time: 12:00 - 2:00pm
Meeting Place: Apollo Theater
Cover: $10
FREE for BABBLE Registrants
Picnic Band
​with Cookies!
Time: 1:00 - 4:00pm-ish
Band: Ian and the Hutchingtones
Location: Madison Square Park
Cover: Tips for the Band


​ALL Saturday Party
Time: 8:00 - 2:00 am
Band: Glenn Crytzer & His Orchestra
Band: Moonshine Blues Band
Venue: Gateway Art Center NYC
Including Late Night Dish

Door Price: $50
SUNDAY
(May 15th)
...at BABBLE!










Potluck Band
with Cookies!
Time: 2:00 - 5:00pm-ish
Band: TBA
Location: Washington Square Park
Cover: Tips for the Band

Friday, May 6, 2016

Jewish museum amazing brazilian art

Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist
Through September 16

The Jewish Museum presents the first comprehensive exhibition in the United States dedicated to Roberto Burle Marx, one of the most prominent landscape architects of the 20th century. See over 100 works from the artist's 60-year career, including garden plans, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and a magnificent tapestry.



Using Walls, Floors, and Ceilings: Beatriz Milhazes
Through September 16

Artist Beatriz Milhazes has created a new series of sculptures for the lobby of the Jewish Museum, inspired by the annual celebration of carnival in her native Brazil.

http://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/roberto-burle-marx-brazilian-modernist?utm_source=The+Jewish+Museum&utm_campaign=7036eff305-Monthly_May_042816&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_45ea261f67-7036eff305-169226013

Thursday, May 5, 2016

South Street seaport music and art

A Series of Public Conversations and Receptions Starts Tonight
The Downtown Design Festival at the Seaport District NYC, will present “Downtown Dialogues,” a series of one-on-one public conversations and receptions held from May 5th to May 17th, 2016, in the event space on the second floor of the Seaport Studios.

Each evening will feature a noted design-oriented creative speaker based in lower Manhattan, in conversation with a noted design journalist, critic, or curator. The distinguished roster of participants represents the vibrant diversity of creative energy in lower Manhattan, including the areas of architecture, graphic design, filmmaking, magazine publishing, interactive design and new media, sound design, fashion, and industrial design, among other fields.
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Placemaking for a More Livable City: The Temporary Activation of Urban Space
Date: Thursday, May 5
6:30- 8:30 pm
Reception to follow
Location: Seaport Studios, 19 Fulton Street, 2nd
Panel Discussion + Reception

As part of the Downtown Design Festival at the Seaport District, a panel discussion organized by the City College of New York and Ouvdd University of Lausanne, Switzerland, will explore the wide range of temporary interventions—including do-it-yourself (DIY) projects and pop-ups—have been deployed to activate urban spaces for a limited time. A diverse and distinguished group of academic scholars and urban professionals will explore the growing popularity of these temporary activations—and critically examine the trend within the context of larger issues of spatial equity and the notion of "the just city."
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Beer is Culture
Date: Friday, May 6
6:30- 9:00 pm
Reception to follow
Location: Seaport Studios, 19 Fulton Street, 2nd
Panel Discussion + Reception

Join Sixpoint Brewery Manager Danny Bruckert for an inspiring overview of the craft of beer making at Sixpoint brewery. They will take us through the development of unique beer brand from inception to today, followed by a beer tasting with the team. Numbers are limited.
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Nicholas Blechman + Juliette Cezzar
Date: Tuesday, May 10
6:30- 8:00 pm
Reception to follow
Location: Seaport Studios, 19 Fulton Street, 2nd
Panel Discussion + Reception

Nicholas Blechman is the Creative Director for The New Yorker magazine. Juliette Cezzar is Associate Professor at Parsons School of Design and President of the American Institute of Graphic Arts/New York Chapter.
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Andrew Essex + Kyle Bergman + James Sanders
Date: Wednesday, May 11
6:30- 8:00 pm
Reception to follow
Location: Seaport Studios, 19 Fulton Street, 2nd
Panel Discussion + Reception

Andrew Essex is the Chief Executive officer of Tribeca Enterprises and the Tribeca Film festival. Kyle Bergman founded the Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) and serves as the Director + founded the publishing company Alt Spec. James Sanders, AIA is an architect, author, and filmmaker, and director of the Seaport Culture District.
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Paola Antonelli + Jake Barton
Date: Thursday, May 12
6:30- 8:00 pm
Reception to follow
Location: Seaport Studios, 19 Fulton Street, 2nd
Panel Discussion + Reception

Paola Antonelli is a Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design, as well as MoMA’s founding Director of Research and Development. Jake Barton is Principal and Founder of Local Projects.
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Raj Patel + Matthew Shaw
Date: Friday, May 13
6:30- 8:00 pm
Reception to follow
Location: Seaport Studios, 19 Fulton Street, 2nd
Panel Discussion + Reception

Raj Patel is a principal at Arup. Matt Shaw is a Senior Editor at The Architect’s Newspaper.
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Paul Makovsky + Gregg Pasquarelli
Date: Monday, May 16
6:30- 8:00 pm
Reception to follow
Location: Seaport Studios, 19 Fulton Street, 2nd
Panel Discussion + Reception

Paul Makovsky is the editorial director of the award-winning publication Metropolis magazine. Gregg Pasquarelli, AIA is a Founding Partner of SHoP Architects and Associate Professor of Architecture at Yale University.
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Marc Kushner + Benjamin Prosky
6:30- 8:00 pm
Reception to follow
Location: Seaport Studios, 19 Fulton Street, 2nd
Panel Discussion + Reception

Marc Kushner, AIA, is an architect and co-founder and CEO of Architizer and Partner of New York architecture firm HWKN (Hollwich Kushner). Benjamin Prosky is Executive Director of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY) and the Center for Architecture. He previously served as Assistant Dean for Communications at Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). In 2009, Prosky co-founded Architizer.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Bryant park dances and movie nights

Bryant Park Presents—the official title for the alfresco art series with over 50 free events at Bryant Park—kicks off on May 4 with a massive Opening Night Ball.

You already know that Bryant Park offers incredible free outdoor activities and entertainment, but the dance series (hosted and produced by Talia Castro-Pozo) is certainly one of the most enjoyable ways to loosen up during your workweek grind.

Folks (all-ages) can get into the groove every Wednesday night (6pm) and learn dance genres such as swing, tango and salsa from local instructors. Then, at 7pm, live bands perform the appropriate tunes, so you can test your new moves on the dance floor.
Check their web site:
http://www.bryantpark.org/

HBO Bryant Park
Summer Film Festival
Presented by Bank of America
Monday, June 20, 2016 to August 22nd
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
5:00pm – 11:00pm | Lawn
http://www.bryantpark.org/plan-your-visit/filmfestival.html

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Scicafe at the museum

SCICAFE

Just Can't Get Enough: Addiction and the Brain

Wednesday, May 4 | Doors open at 6:30 pm, Program begins at 7 pm

Psychiatrist Edmund Griffin explains how epidemiology, cocaine-addicted rats, and molecular neuroscience all help to shed light on one of society’s most troubling questions: Why is it that some people just can’t get enough?

Friday, April 15, 2016

Best Free Art galleries and museums in NYC

Great article by Time out:
Looking for some free art, culture vultures? Thought so. Which is why we found a bunch of gratis art shows at galleries and museums in NYC that won’t cost you a cent. Visit well-known institutions like the Pace Gallery and David Zwirner and still have money in your pocket for lunch at one of the best restaurants in NYC.

The Propeller Group, “The Living Need Light, The Dead Need Music”
This three-person multi-mdeia collective consists of two Vietnamese artists—Tuan Andrew Nguyen; Phunam—and one American—Matt Lucero—who divide their time between Los Angeles and Ho Chi Minh City. Their work often touches upon the history and culture of Southeast Asia, most especially Vietnam and its transformation over the 40 years since the end of America’s military intervention. This show includes a video delving into Vietnamese funeral customs as well sculptural blocks of ballistic gelatin, each trapping the collision of bullets fired from either end by the the signature rifles of the Vietnam War: The American M-16 and the Russian-supplied AK-47 used by the Vietcong and NVA.


James Cohan Gallery , Lower East Side Friday April 15 2016

Raoul De Keyser, “Drift”
Raoul De Keyser (1930–2012) was a Belgian painter noted for his deep engagement with the medium, expressed as subtle, highly nuanced works that flavored abstract compositions with hints of representational detail—especially evocations of landscape. He often worked on a small or modest scale, wrapping his canvases and works on paper in a veil of intimacy that invited the viewer’s careful study. The show here is organized around a group of paintings, collectively known as “The Last Wall,” that were the last completed before his death. They’re joined by a selection of works dating from the 1990s on.

David Zwirner , Chelsea Until Saturday April 23 2016

Tim Hawkinson, “Counterclockwise”
This show spans 20 years of work by this Los Angeles artist whose metier is creating elaborately mechanized sculptures and installations. They’ve included a stadium-size bagpipe and a school desk equipped with a contraption that continuously pens the artist’s signature on slips of paper as they get spat out on the floor. Hawkinson often engages in a kind of self-portraiture based on his body and its dynamics: One piece features a large color photo of is face, in which his mouth and eyes have been hinged, allowing them to change expression through the movement of computer-actuated cables. Eccentric and exacting, Hawkinson’s art is the product of one of the most idiosyncratic artistic minds working today.


Pace Gallery , Chelsea Until Saturday April 23 2016
Hedda Sterne, “Machines 1947-1951”
Sterne, a native of Romania, was one of the few female artists associated with Abstract Expressionism, and her involvement in the movement was significant enough to merit her inclusion in the famous group photo, “The Irascibles,” which appeared in the January 15, 1951 edition of Life magazine. She was the only woman pictured among a company of male artists that included Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko and others. Like many of them, she was initially inspired by Surrealism, with her work taking a pronounced abstract tack once she moved from Europe to New York in 1941. The series of paintings here—collectively known as “Machines”—date from the late 1940s and were prompted by her delight with the dynamism of her adopted city. The works undoubtedly reflect that enthusiasm with spirited all-over compositions evoking engine parts, city streets and household appliances.

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Van Doren Waxter , Lenox Hill Until Friday April 29 2016
Alexis Rockman, “Bioluminescence”
Alexis Rockman, “Bioluminescence”
Rockman, who has said his work was inspired by childhood visits to the American Museum of Natural History, emerged in the 1980s with fantastical paintings of flora and fauna, often portrayed in post-apocalyptic setting, limned in a style that married dire ecological warnings with magic realism. His career has included work for Hollywood, most notably the concept drawings he created for Ang Lee’s film of Life of Pi. His latest show plunges into the briny deep with images of bioluminescent sea creatures lighting up gouaches on black paper.


Carolina Nitsch Project Room , Chelsea Until Saturday April 30 2016
Serge Poliakoff

Serge Poliakoff (1900–1969) was a Russian emigre who fled his homeland after the Bolshevik Revolution and eventually settled in Paris. An abstract painter known for jigsaw puzzle compositions of irregular blocks of color and surface effects filling the picture plane, he was part of the postwar revival of the School of Paris. Needless to say, he was barely known on this side of the Atlantic, and even struggled for a while to make ends meet, where he supported a family by playing Russian folk music in Parisian nightclubs. Recognition finally came during the last 20 years of his life, and his work kicked into high gear. This show is his first in the U.S. in decades, and offers proof that the development of abstraction in the postwar era was far richer and more varied than conventional history allows.

Cheim & Read , Chelsea Until Saturday April 30 2016
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, “King of Lesser Lands”
Even for an outsider artist, the work of Eugene Von Bruenchenhein was strange. It wandered among several mediums, including painting, drawings, ceramics and sculptures. Oddest of all were Von Bruenchenhein's erotic pin-ups photos of his wife, Marie, who was ten years his junior. Those images, plus psychedelic botanical studies, ritual objects made of chicken bones and other works, were all part of an elaborate fantasy life the artist shared with his spouse, who often posed for him naked, wearing crowns and other headgear fashioned by her husband. He also wrote poetry, much of it, like his art devoted to Marie. Von Bruenchenhein's richly imagined world (over which he annointed himself king) contrasted sharply with the small, ramshackle house in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he lived with Marie, and also belied his ordinary existence working the night shift in a local bakery. As with many figures of self-taught art, Von Bruenchenhein’s work was discovered only after his death in 1983—a body of work that bears witness to a passionate relationship between lovers that was also a form of performance art.

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Andrew Edlin Gallery , Chelsea Until Sunday May 8 2016
“Charles Bukowski & Walter Robinson: There’s A Bluebird In My Heart”
“Charles Bukowski & Walter Robinson: There’s A Bluebird In My Heart”
Known as the “laureate of American lowlife, Charles Bukowski is represented in this show by a framed printed copy of his poem, “The Bluebird,” a meditation on the manly art of suppressing your vulnerability—allegorized in Bukowski’s words as “a bluebird in my heart,” kept locked within himself him by alcohol and cigarettes. Both vices figure prominently in accompanying paintings by veteran artist Walter Robinson, whose work immortalizes life's necessities, guilty pleasures and agents of dependency—from Jack Daniel's and White Castle sliders to prescription meds and stacks of cash—rendered in a style recalling 1950s paperbacks covers. The hardboiled sensibility and dark irony of both artists is evenly matched here.

Owen James Gallery , Greenpoint Until Saturday May 14 2016

“Guðmundur Thoroddsen: Dismantled Spirits”
This Icelandic artist’s focuses on the deracination of male privilege by the forces of social change. His sculptures and works on paper ironically harken back to the phallocentric universe of Norse gods and mythological figures, represented here as men with long beards, who fight, preen, defecate and otherwise call attention to themselves within flat, empty spaces that often include images of dildos lording over the proceedings. The spirits of the poor saps running around Thoroddsen’s compositions are indeed being dismantled per the show’s title.

Asya Geisberg Gallery , Chelsea Until Saturday May 14 2016

“David Hammons: Five Decades”
David Hammons is one of the most important American artists today, though you wouldn’t necessarily know it. An artist of his stature would have been recognized by now in major museum surveys, but as one of the first African-American artists to have emerged in the context of ’60s Conceptualism, he has always remained elusive and apart from the largely white art world as matter of strategy. Not that he’s unknown or hasn’t received significant exposure, but this must-see look back at his 50-year career really belongs at MoMA or the Whitney. The fact that it isn’t is the artist’s own choice, but since it’s being mounted in a gallery venue, it does have the virtue of being free.


Mnuchin Gallery , Upper East Side Until Friday May 27 2016

Monday, April 11, 2016

Free April events in NYC

Tonight Monday 11


The Back Room tonight w Brooklyn Swings (830p free lesson!) and the mighty swinging Sam Raderman, Curtis Nowosad, George DeLancey, Michael Hashim, Charlie Caranicas! stop in for a dance! (and you do need that drink before submitting your taxes!)
https://www.facebook.com/events/235569993453849/
Back Room Speakeasy
6:15pm: critic and author jacqueline rose (women in dark times) gives a lecture on feminism and the abomination of violence, touching on psychoanalysis and the work of hannah arendt and melanie klein. columbia university’s heyman center for the humanities (morningside heights), free. >>

6:15pm: the neuroscience and history series at columbia university’s heyman center for the humanities presents a talk on how mirrors have been used to capture the mind in science and medicine by professor of history at princeton university katja guenther. free. >>

6:30pm doors, 7pm show: rock trio the subways plays a free show at rough trade (williamsburg). >>

6:45pm doors, 7:30pm show (monthly): ute lemper and the jasper quartet perform the work of kurt weill at tonight’s installment of the music mondays concert series. the advent lutheran church/broadway united church of christ (uws), free
Taste of the Terminal Grand Central, Vanderbilt Hall; 11am to 4pm;
Enjoy free tastings from select Grand Central shops and restaurants every Monday in April at Vanderbilt Hall. Like Murray's Cheese, Li-Lac Chocolate and Juice Press, offering bites

AN EVENING WITH JULIE TAYMOR
Award-Winning Director Of Broadway Shows & Operas
Broadway fans, take note! Julie Taymor is arguably one of the most celebrated directors working today (ever heard of a little thing called The Lion King? Or the movie Frida?). She has created a unique niche for herself by using puppetry, mime, and silk aerials, not just in The Lion King but also in productions like The Amazing Spider Man and The Magic Flute. Be inspired by her trail-blazing career and creative process at this rare talk.

Side Ponytail Over the Eight; 7pm;
Carolyn Busa used to call her monthly stand-up show "Williamsburg's cutest," but now that it's two-years old and weekly at Over the Eight, Side Ponytail has become a reliable night for solid sets and surprise stars. Check out sets from guests like Josh Gondelman, Carmen Lynch and Corinne Fisher at this Monday night staple.

The Drunk Spelling Bee The Creek and the Cave; 10pm; free
Spell Mississippi without slurring a letter during this boozy event hosted by comics Jake Flores and Blake Midgette. The walking dictionary will get a P-R-I-Z-E, but everyone's technically a winner—it's a free comedy show, dammit!

Tuesday 4/12 8:30am: the co-founders of stowaway cosmetics host a light breakfast and discussion about disruptive retail. cosmetic samples will be on hand to try. lmhq (financial district), free (rsvp). >>

4/12: 12pm-8pm: ben + jerry’s free cone day! enjoy some free ice cream at participating locations. >>

4/12 2-5pm: 2-5pm: grab a free iced coffee or iced tea from participating au bon pain locations. >>

4/12 4pm: steve martin and edie brickell discuss their musical collaborations with producer peter asher and play a few tunes. barnes + noble (86th + lexington ave), wristbands for entry will be distributed with cd purchase.

4/12 7pm: actor david duchovny presents his new novel, bucky f*cking dent, at barnes + noble (union square). wristbands for entry will be distributed with book purchase starting at 9am.

Trivia Tuesdays Brookfield Place Plaza; 6pm; free
Secure a seat at Hudson Eats for its weekly quiz, with rounds dedicated to "On This Day in History," a rapid-fire "Name Threes" and a best-curated audio sequence. The vibe is laid-back and less "pubby" than most, but don't fret—wine, beer and sake are certainly available. Teams of no more than six can play for prizes (there's a winner after every round) in the form of gift cards from stores and eateries at Brookfield Place.


“Magnum Photos: New Blood” exhibit Milk Gallery; 10am; free
Celebrate the work of Magnum Photos’ new nominees—Matt Black, Carolyn Drake, Sohrab Hura, Lorenzo Meloni, Max Pinckers and Newsha Tavakolian—during a temporary showcase comprising frozen-in-time shots taken everywhere from California’s Central Valley to the streets of Tehran. You may be inspired to pick up a camera yourself.


Queer Art Organics Dixon Place; 7:30pm; free
Local performance poet Aimee Herman welcomes some of the city's loveliest LGBTQ writers and performers to try out their latest work at this monthly showcase. This month's edition features stirring readings from Trae Durica, John J. Trause and Charlotte Marchant.

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Newsfeed! science and art things to do today in NYC

Great newsfeed!
http://www.theskimm.com/?r=f4466fa2


4/7 11:30am-7pm: roll deep at this full-day conference and exhibit on immersive technologies in data, arts, education, science and journalism. baruch performing arts center (kips bay),

4/7 5-7pm (thru 4/8): sva’s mfa computer art department presents open studios of graduating students, including video, animation, audio, interactive installations and physical computing. >

4/7 6pm: put your brain to work at tonight’s ‘know science’ talk, where dr. natalia freund ponders the chances of achieving hiv eradication and an aids-free world. new york public library (kips bay), >>

4/7 6-9pm: tst collective + kiehl’s launch party: check out the style collective’s spring collection and pamper yourself with a complimentary mini-facial (appointments start at noon, call ahead to schedule), treats, and refreshments. kiehl’s hell’s kitchen, free. >>

4/7 6-9pm (monthly): art galleries stay open late for special events and opening receptions during the dumbo first thursday gallery walk. a highlight this month includes the opening of one if by land, two if by sea at the made in ny media center, accompanied by a video projection on the wall next to the archway under the manhattan bridge. free. >>



4/7 6:30pm doors, 7:30pm show: black hole blues and other songs from outer space author and astrophysicist janna levin recounts the obsessions, aspirations, and trials of the scientists who embarked on the arduous, fifty-year endeavor to capture gravitational waves. a musical performance based on the sounds of space follows. pioneer works (red hook), free (rsvp). >>

4/7 7pm: famous mother + son duo gloria vanderbilt and anderson cooper discuss their new memoir, the rainbow comes and goes: a mother and her son on life, love, and loss at barnes + noble (union square). wristbands for admission with purchase of the book will be distributed starting at 9am. >>

4/7 7pm: how games move us author and gaming scholar katherine isbister explores the design techniques that evoke strong emotions for players. nyu game center (downtown brooklyn), free (rsvp). >>


4/7 7pm doors, 7:30pm show (monthly): at the take two storytelling show, folks take a true story and tell two versions—one the way it actually happened, the other where they rewind time to make it all turn out differently. this month’s guests include vanessa valerio (singling, party of two), eli reiter (two-time moth storyslam winner, long story long), and sandy marx (7-time moth storyslam winner). hosted by elana lancaster and harvey katz. c’mon everybody (bed stuy), free. >>



4/7 7:30pm: friends of mozart presents singers from the caramoor young artist program, a concert of classics by haydn, mozart, and beethoven. christ + saint stephen’s episcopal church (uws), free. >>

4/7 8pm (monthly): trivia night gets a throwback makeover with match game nyc, a game-show-turned-bar-affair where participants (i.e. you) compete to match answers to fill-in-the-blank questions with a rotating cast of ‘celebrity’ guests. hosted by chris calogero and tiffany leigh. sidewalk cafe (east village), free admission, one drink or food item minimum. >>

4/7 8pm (monthly): the pacific stand-up comedy show returns with performances by judah friedlander(30 rock), zach sims (the meltdown), travisirvine (viceland), chelsea hood (carte blanche comedy), and george gordon. hosted by matt koff (daily show writer) and meghan o’neill (hbo’s animals). pacific standard (park slope/gowanus), free (one drink or food item minimum). >>



4/7-14: the annual kino! festival of german films returns to cinema village (east village) and other locations. various prices. >>

ticket deals

rsvp for free tickets to a preview screening of mother’s day, starring jennifer aniston, kate hudson, julia roberts, and jason sudeikis on 4/26 at amc lowes lincoln square. limited number available. first-come, first-served admission. >>

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

GOTHAM JAZZ CLUB: w Baby Soda


GOTHAM JAZZ CLUB: w Baby Soda (March 30th)


Details
**GOTHAM JAZZ CLUB**
Hot Jazz & Swing every Wednesday 7pm to late
NO COVER (All Ages / 21+ to drink)!

This week we're at The DL (on both 1st floor & 2nd floors)

-- March 30th --
* Baby Soda - playing 3 sets / 7:30-11pm
* DJ VaVa VOON
* Two Cocktail Specials ($10ea) & Scotch Special ($8)
* Food avail on 1st floor all night // Self Serve Free Coat Check
* MICHAEL JAGGER teaches a FREE beginner swing dance lesson from 7:30-8pm (just show up!); and a 'Lindy Foundations' class from 6:30-7:30 (contact them to register). Both are on the 2nd floor.

Step back in time to old New York every Wednesday for a night of swing dancing, lounging, classic cocktails, & delicious food! Every week features a different Swing or Hot Jazz band, plus swing DJs, variety acts and NO COVER! Join us after work, or for a night on the town!

UPCOMING at GOTHAM JAZZ CLUB:
* April 6th - SWEET MEGG & THE WAYFARERS
* April 13th - JASON PROVER's SNEAK THIEVERY ORCHESTRA
* April 20th - GLENN CRYTZER's NEW YORKERS
* April 27th - GRAND STREET STOMPERS (Balboa Week)

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Don't be a Moocher! No outside food or drinks are allowed... if you like this event, then please support us by buying food n drinks - plus we've got some great drink specials!

URBO unexpectedly closed its doors on March 13th, but the show will go on every Wednesday! We will be using temporary locations each week untill we find a new home for the Gotham Jazz Club. Please be sure to check the event details each week in the meantime. Thank you for your continued support!
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The GOTHAM JAZZ CLUB is presented by Prohibition Productions

Monday, March 21, 2016

March and Easter fun events in NYC

Mon 21
Tonight: Join Fleur Seule at Bathtub Gin NYC 9-11pm for cocktails and swing music! 132 Ninth Avenue. Password: Maude's Reward.


Backroom speak easy live jazz music 9 pm
Norfolk and Delancy
https://www.facebook.com/events/1529758793993340/

Tue 22

The Dump! Storytelling Open Mic The Creek and the Cave; 8pm; free
The Creek and the Cave gives you eight minutes to rid yourself of some of your most ghastly memories at this cathartic storytelling event. With no prompts or judges, you can finally share your secret tales of summer camp heartbreak and music festival STDs among tipsy friends and fellow shameless storytellers.

Trivia Tuesdays Brookfield Place Plaza; 6pm; free
Secure a seat at Hudson Eats for its weekly quiz, with rounds dedicated to "On This Day in History," a rapid-fire "Name Threes" and a best-curated audio sequence. The vibe is laid-back and less "pubby" than most, but don't fret—wine, beer and sake are certainly available. Teams of no more than six can play for prizes (there's a winner after every round) in the form of gift cards from stores and eateries at Brookfield Place.

Wed 23

Trump Dump: President Luxury Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre; 9:30pm; $5
The indefatigable, irritating and idiotic possible president sits down for an intimate night from his bizarro Oval Office, where he'll deliver opinions and updates on his presidency and even answer audience questions (so long as they're not from Megyn Kelly). Connor Ratliff and Anthony Atamanuik's apocalyptic show may calm your fears over the coming election, or make them much more severe.


“Fairy Tale Fashion” The Museum at FIT; noon; free
Cinderella's glass slipper was only the beginning. Immerse yourself in enchanted worlds where contemporary couture merges seamlessly with the imaginings of childhood. In vibrantly realized settings like "Castle," "Forest" and "Sea," you'll be able to see tales of Snow White, the Little Mermaid and more in fully realized runway majesty by designers including Thierry Mugler, Christian Louboutin and Manish Arora. You won't be able to choose which ruby slippers you'll want to take you home.

Macy’s Flower Show Macy’s Herald Square; 10am; free
You could easily spend hours sniffing the aromatic blooms at this popular annual two-week floral exhibition, this year dubbed “America the Beautiful.” The ground level of Macy’s Herald Square transforms into a not-so-secret garden that’s covered in floor-to-ceiling greenery depicting the purple mountain majesties and fruited plains that we’re so, er, unaccustomed to in the concrete jungle.


Thu 24

The Bullshit Olympics Videology Bar & Cinema; 7pm; free
Put a pin in your pretense and rejoice in ridiculing the self-serious. Videology wil be showcasing unbearable student films, existentialist essays and any other exhaustively serious works from recent years. Alice Roth and Ken Greller host the ego-deflating gathering.

Tainted Love: ‘80s Dance Party with DJ Jane Elizabeth The Bell House; 9pm; free
True acolytes of the ’80s finally have a celebration of their decade that goes beyond leg warmer costumes and embraces gems from the New Wave, Ska, Darkwave and Glam Rock movements and beyond. Hit the Bell House every last Thursday of the month for some of last century's definitive heartbreak ballads and synth jams.


Mary lou williams: the lady who swings the band
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd. (Lenox Av/136 St)
New York, NY 10037
Mary Lou Williams was a famed NYC-based jazz pianist who wrote and played with musicians like Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, despite the racial and gender barriers she faced back in the early 20th century. This free screening, part of the Schomburg Center's Before 5 series, is a feature-length documentary that takes a look at Williams' extraordinary life and accomplishments as a working woman, a mother and an artist. Registration is recommended; visit eventbrite.com.

Loser’s lounge: studio 63 dance party
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Broadway at 62nd St.
Indulge in some spring-fever dancing to the funky beats of the Loser's Lounge. Billed as NYC's "most entertaining house band," this downtown musical collective (usually in residence at Joe's Pub) heads uptown for a one-night-only celebration of dance classics from the 1960s, '70s and '80s. Attendees are encouraged to dress up in club wear from their favorite decade and dance the evening away. For details, visit the Rubenstein Atrium's website.

Easter bonnet parade
On Easter Sunday, (March 27, 2016) you have the opportunity to see Easter bonnets to the New York City extreme as "paraders" wander along Fifth Avenue from 49th to 57th Streets. The area around St. Patrick's Cathedral is the ideal place to see the parade which runs from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Monday, March 14, 2016

Free fun events March NYC

Mon 14

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around town today
no calculator required to do the math. celebrate pi day with $3.14 slices and mini pies at pie corps and dub pies. >>
6:30pm (weekly): in case you missed the recent harry potter marathon screening series at halyards, or if you just want to see it all again, the way station (prospect heights) has you covered with their second installment. free. >>

Festival of Meditation and Spirituality P.S. 20 Playground; 7:30pm; free
For its seventh year in a row, this festival provides a solid week of inner peace programming. Jump in for a weekday lunch break with a one-hour meditation mantras class, head to the evening peace concert, or dive in for a full three-day summit over the weekend.


Whiplash Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre; 11pm; free
This always packed show, hosted by Leo Allen, features the city’s best up-and-coming comedians. But it’s the surprise special guests—Chris Rock, Louis C.K. and David Cross have appeared—who keep audiences hooked.

Stage Fright Therapy; 9pm; free
Marti Gould Cummings hosts this weekly musical-theater talk show with performances, interviews and guests from the Great White Way and beyond.


Movement Research at the Judson Church; 8pm; free
Judson Church has a long and storied connection to modern dance, and Movement Research's series continues to place this holy spot at the forefront of the form. Peer artists select the program of experimental choreography, which tends to focus on works-in-progress rather than finished products.

Tue 15

Friends Brunch Trivia Stone Creek Bar and Lounge; 8pm; Free with registration
Rack your brain for answers from the best TV show about twentysomethings of the late 90s, and channel your best "unagi" during each of the five challenging rounds of trivia.

Trivia Tuesdays Brookfield Place Plaza; 6pm; free
Secure a seat at Hudson Eats for its weekly quiz, with rounds dedicated to "On This Day in History," a rapid-fire "Name Threes" and a best-curated audio sequence. The vibe is laid-back and less "pubby" than most, but don't fret—wine, beer and sake are certainly available. Teams of no more than six can play for prizes (there's a winner after every round) in the form of gift cards from stores and eateries at Brookfield Place.

Joseph Cavalieri: “International Year of De-Light” The OUT NYC; 10am; free
Artist Cavalieri's illuminated, painted-stained-glass images give a pseudoreligious treatment to a wide variety of kitschy subjects.

“Fairy Tale Fashion” The Museum at FIT; noon; free
Cinderella's glass slipper was only the beginning. Immerse yourself in enchanted worlds where contemporary couture merges seamlessly with the imaginings of childhood. In vibrantly realized settings like "Castle," "Forest" and "Sea," you'll be able to see tales of Snow White, the Little Mermaid and more in fully realized runway majesty by designers including Thierry Mugler, Christian Louboutin and Manish Arora. You won't be able to choose which ruby slippers you'll want to take you home.

Wed 16

Lunch Break Marquee; 1pm; free
Throw a wrench into your nine-to-five with a totally insane one-to-two at Marquee, where the Roots frontman and Jimmy Fallon’s best bro DJ Questlove spins cheerful afternoon jams. Don’t worry about crashing your blood sugar to get down in the daytime; revelers walk away with a free bagged lunch and a Perrier cocktail.

Is this Thing On? Housing Works Bookstore Café; 7pm; free with online R.S.V.P.
Celebrate a night of arts and pro-choice voices with live music, comedy and more, hosted by the National Institute of Reproductive Health Action Fund.


Thu 17

3/17 Irish cocktails, food, & music at The Dead Rabbit

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Complimentary cocktails made with Irish whiskey, live music all day and night, plus free corned beef sandwiches? At the Best Bar In the World 2015? This is not a drill, people. Head down to The Dead Rabbit for a classy twist to your St. Paddy’s Day.

Oh My Science! Videology Bar & Cinema; 9:30pm; free
You'll actually learn quite a bit during UCB comedian Dan Silver's twisted, hysterical lectures on psychology, animal biology, ecology and more, but you'll have to try hard to keep up between gut-busting laughs. Whether you show up for slides of animals dancing or kissing or for the answers to life on Earth, you'll likely be stupefied and wiped out from laughing at this "rigorous examination of all matters."

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Manhattan; 11am; free
No St. Patrick's Day in NYC would be complete without staking out a spot at this parade, which makes its 255th march up Fifth Avenue. (The event is even older than the United States; it was started by a group of homesick Irish conscripts from the British army in 1762.) More than 2 million onlookers are expected to show up for the annual spectacle, whose 2014 grand marshal is NY Senator George Mitchell. Fifth Ave from 44th St to 79th St.


“The Hunting Ground” Bluestockings; 7pm; free
If you were moved to tears by Lady Gaga’s showstopping performance of “Til It Happens to You” at the Oscars, see the 2015 documentary for which it was created. Join the Bluestockings crew to watch Kirby Dick’s Oscar-nominated documentary about the culture and cover-ups of rape on college campuses, then participate in a discussion about combating the epidemic with the director, film subject and activist Andrea Pino and organizer Willa Rose Johnson.

Midtown Concerts St. Bartholomew’s Church; various times; free
With the numerous virtuosic and lyrical instrumentalists on its scheduled lineup, this free weekly series sponsored by the Gotham Early Music Scene highlights the city's best music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque and Early Classical periods.
by Time out and the skint

Monday, February 29, 2016

Zika virus talk today

Monday, February 29at 6 PM - 9 PM in EST

The House of Brews
302 W 51st St, New York, New York 10019
Join EcoHealth Alliance’s Young Professionals Council for a discussion about Zika virus.

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Spectacular art shows by Time out

Spectacular art shows

“Flatlands" Whitney Museum of American Art, through Apr 17
Five contemporary painters—Nina Chanel Abney, Mathew Cerletty, Jamian Juliano-Villani, Caitlin Keogh, and Orion Martin—share an approach to representational imagery that relies on flattened forms and color. While their debt to the cartoonish qualities of Pop Art and Chicago Imagism is obvious, these artists eschew the anarchic optimism of both for expressing a certain 21st century anomie, conjuring, in the words of the curators “a sense of space that is dimensionless and airless.”

“Peter Fischli David Weiss: How to Work Better” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, through Apr 20
The work of this renowned Swiss artistic duo ruminates on the everyday and how we deal with it, framing experience as a dialectic of minor epiphanies and incidental absurdities. Their most famous piece, a 1987 video titled, The Way Things Go is a demented masterwork of comic timing that follows the chain of causalities created by an enormous Rube Goldberg contraption built out of wood, metal, Styrofoam and castaway objects (tires, jugs, buckets, ladders).

Marcel Broodthaers Museum of Modern Art, through May 15
Broodthaers may be the most important artist you never heard of. Originally A critic and poet, he became a leading figure in European art during the 1960s and 1970s. His enigmatic works helped to create the template for contemporary installation art and practically invented the Conceptualist genre known as “institutional critique.” He was that classic figure of art history, the innovator who writes the checks eventually cashed by others. Presenting 200 works in multiple mediums, this retrospectiveoffers a long-overdue appraisal of his career.

“Vigée Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary France” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, through May 15
The Old Master period in Western Art History was, let’s face it, a sausage fest with women pretty much relegated to the role of artist’s model or mistress. There were, however, a few exceptions, one of whom is the subject of this Met showcase. Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) was primarily a portrait artist, but her style and technique rivaled those of her contemporary, Jacques-Louis David. Remarkably, she was completely self-taught, but that didn’t prevent her from being accepted into the prestigious Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. Her exceptional oeuvre is vividly brought back to life in this retrospective, the first ever accorded the artist.

Isa Genzken, Two Orchids Doris C. Freedman Plaza Central Park, through Aug 21
The German artist who stuck a giant rose on the facade of the New Museum reaches back into her floral bag of tricks with this pair of gargantuan orchids measuring 34 and 28 feet high, respectively. Last installed at the 2015 Venice Biennale’s, these meditations on nature versus artifice pop up outside Central Park just in time for Spring.by the time out!