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/