Hello lovelies,
We are getting wonderful press on The Bootleggers' Ball. Here are just some of the writeups:
http://flavorpill.com/newyork/events/2009/12/31/gemini-and-scorpio-present-the-bootleggers-ball
http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/holidays-in-nyc/69850/new-years-eve-parties/5.html
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/countdown_in_brooklyn_jyIBFF2WFFG30Bvf46XFaI
This one is going to be packed, and we highly recommend getting your tix in advance. VIP tier tickets are completely sold out, end regular ticket sales end at midnight tomorrow. Reminder: tomorrow we pick a winner for our Twitter contest and give away a pair of tickets to the Ball. Follow us and RT our giveaway post to win: http://twitter.com/gemini_scorpio (if you already bought tix, will refund). Also, if you've ever wanted to jump on board to help with one of our parties, we're doing setup tonight & Thur daytime. Some party tasks also available. Ardent volunteers get NYE comps. Drop us a line--some spots still open.
Lastly, we are going ahead with the late-night sauna option post-NYE. See below on Fri, Jan 1 listings. Short version: password "Steamy New Year!" gets you into the facilities 4am-8am, before opening, plus a FREE cupcake. Yes, you can come in after 8am, and yes, you can still get a cupcake, while they last :)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215711839239
Final set of New Year's Eve options follow, for those who are not joining us at the Ball.
Cheers,
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OUR NEXT EVENT: NYE 2010
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Gemini & Scorpio
present
The Bootleggers' Ball
NYE, Thur 12/31, 8pm-6am, 21+ with ID (25+ suggested)
$30 advance / $40 door / $20 after 2am
Check in at Green & Green Insurance Co, 450 Union at Bond, Carroll Gardens, BK
Details, tix & password RSVP: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=206151159658
The contraband has been ordered, authorities paid off, and performers lined up for a New Year's Eve speakeasy ball in an enormous and aged warehouse with soaring peaked ceilings, peeling whitewashed brick walls, old wood beams and glowing chandeliers. Expect the intimacy of a daring cabaret mixed with the intrigue of a vintage costumed ball, expansiveness of a warehouse dance party, excitement of live brass, a splash of fine cocktails, and just a dash of illicit adventure and unpredictable moments. FREE Original Sin Cider 8pm-9pm, plus drinks by House of St Eve, handcrafted beer by Bushwick Brews, and other delectable potions. Delicious handmade Dub Pies (meat + veg) available all night.
Featuring:
Fiery old-timey jazz - The Mad Jazz Hatters
Stealth brass antics - Stumblebum Brass Band
All-girl all-accordion orchestra - Main Squeeze Orchestra
Blazing burlesque - Mme Rosebud & Jenny C'est Quoi
Eastern-tribal dance fusion - Alchemy Dance Theater
Awesome aerial stunts - Nikki Borodi
Vintage sweet sweet jazz - DJ Jason Blackkat
Re-bopin' jazz swingin' beats - DJ Dhundee
Hobo-tech: depression era techno - Jon Margulies
Fabulous face painting - Painteresse Elysabeth
Antique photo portraiture - Steven Rosen
Tarot & 2010 numerology divination - Marcy Currier
Midnight moment of mayhem - Dan Glass
Hosted by burlesque's charming reprobate Bastard Keith
Plus more live entertainment and surprises, including a live auction of prohibition memorabilia and games of chance in our Den of Sin. Bring fun items to bet, or be prepared to lose your clothes!
Dress code: depression glamour, evening ball on the Titanic, hobo formal, desperation derring-do. Effort required. Own cups optional, but welcome.
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WEEKEND + WEEK
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BURLESQUE: 2009 Burlesque Blitz
http://www.horsetrade.info
http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=20060
Recover from your stressful holiday season with these sizzling hot performances. Sat: Fisherman's Island--a Burlesque Hallucination. Tue: Casino O'Fortune Cookie's SWAYZE FOR YOU: A TRIBUTE TO PATRICK SWAYZE. Wed: GiGi La Femme & Doc Wasabassco'st REVEALED'S HOLIDAY BONUS. Featuring the steaming hot talents of Anita Cookie, Bastard Keith, BB Heart, Clams Casino, Ekaterina, Figgy, The Fisherman Xylophonic Orchestra, Gal Friday, GiGi La Femme, Jonny Porkpie, Julie Atlas Muz, Kobyashi Maru, Legs Malone, Little Brooklyn, Madame Rosebud, Mat Fraser, Minnie Tonka, Nasty Canasta, Neil O'Fortune, Precious Little, Ruby Valentine, Sapphire Jones, and more. Note: all shows-ticket stub gets $1 off drink at KGB Bar. (Sat-Wed, Kraine Theatre, 85 E. 4th St, 10:30pm/90 minute shows, $15)
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TUESDAY
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SOCIAL DANCE: The Holiday Swing Ball
http://myspace.com/harpjumpin
http://www.eighttothebar.com/
https://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?EID=&showCode=HOL18&GUID=3a8c72ea-9040-41fc-996c-456485c0a878
Swing dance lesson followed by dancing to the music of swing bands Lil Cliff & the Cliffhangers and Eight to the Bar, plus DJ Paolo Lanna. (Connolly's Klub 45, 121 W. 45th St., btwn. 6th Ave. and Bway, 7pm lesson, 8pm bands, $25 includes lesson)
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WEDNESDAY
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PARTY: The Salon
http://www.TheSalon.biz
In the Main Ballroom: GEORGE GEE's JUMP, JIVIN, WAILERS with John Dokes & Hilary Gardner on vocals (10 piece Big Band). Upstairs in the Library Lounge: QUEEN ESTHER & THE HOT FIVE. With Guest Bartender Eryn Reece (LUPEC NY and LOUIS 649). In the Sargent Room: GELBER & MANNING - The feuding vaudeville lovebirds. PLUS: HELEN PONTANI - The Burlesque Tap Dancing Sensation; PANDORA - The Greek Goddess of Burlesque; DJ RIKOMATIC - Spinning an eclectic mix of soul, funk, swing & blues to keep you dancing. At the main bar, cocktails designed by our friends from LOUNGERATI & WIT's END plus former Piano Store bartender KEVIN BROWN. Plus, Zelda: The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau. (The Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park S, 8pm, $20 adv / $25 door)
PARTY: New Year's Eve Eve
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189747004666
Every year we cross a line representing the passage between "what we we have been" to "what we will be". We break our old habits and make resolutions to bring ourselves closer to what we want to become. This year we clench this passage with both hands and create a tradition that exalts both sides of this line and aptly name it "NEW YEARS EVE-EVE". This new day is for those that that are interested in making real connections to dive into the delightfully dizzyingly next year while holding strong to the things we've loved in the past. It is either continuing practice or a complete arrival destination. Come, adorn your face with shimmering beauty, hold a drink made with as much love as you are able to give, let your ears and eyes open sounds from the distant past and soon to be future, gawk at bowed backs of feathered bodies and politely turn to the one you've had stars for and ask them if you may press your moist lips against theirs. Expect to speak with playa lovers, world tra
velers, subversive leaders of the underground, high flying beauties and generally glorious creatives. (Page Not Found (Off Myrtle/Broadway JMZ or Morgan L), 8pm-late, $25 or $20 if you bring a letter written and addressed to yourself one year in the future.)
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THURSDAY, NEW YEAR'S EVE
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BIKE: 12th ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S EVE RIDE
http://timesup.org
Gear up for a thrilling group ride (or skate) up to Belvedere Castle in the middle of Central Park for the best New Year's Eve dance party in town with great music and fireworks! (Washington Square Park, under the arch, 10:30 pm, FREE)
PERFORMANCE: New Year's Eve with the Coney Island Sideshow
http://www.radegasthall.com
http://www.coneyisland.com
Celebrate New Year's Eve with the Coney Island Circus Sideshow, Scott Baker, Serpentina, Kryssy Kocktail, Adam "The First Real Man" Rinn, The Executioner and Dick Zigun! Musical guest Bad Buka at 10pm. (RADEGAST HALL & BIERGARTEN, 113 North 3rd Street @ Berry Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 10pm, FREE)
PARTY: Sweet Sweet New Year's
http://www.petescandystore.com
To warm you up, Pete's will be serving signature Hot Spiced Rum Cider, and of course the Champagne will be flowing (and the secret Champagniac). Two great bands will drive the action in the music room. First, Dead River Company starts things off at 9PM with their wild, hollering ragtime jug band sound and The Parking Lots take over at 11 with Brooklyn's best garage rock. Think bastard lovechild of Dexter Romweber and Bob Pollard. Loud and Proud. FREE CHOCOLATE from Sweetriot to the first 75 people. (Pete's Cany Store, 709 Lorimer Street, 8pm, FREE)
MUSIC: Matuto / Forro-Down dance party
http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com
Luiz Gonzaga meets Bill Monroe. Brazilian accordion wizard Rob Curto, and Bluegrass guitar picker Clay Ross combine repertoires for a full on Carnaval in the Appalachian Mountains. (Barbes, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.) Park Slope, 10pm - late, $10 sugg.)
VARIETY: New Year's Eve at the Slipper Room
http://slipperroom.com
Hosted by GoGoatboy featuring Bunny Love, Rosie 151, Veronica Vroom and many more special guests. Accompanied by the Greg Garing Band, with Dj Camillicious. Complimentary champagne toast at midnight! (The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St., 8pm-late, $10)
PARTY: The Rated X/Panty Party Red & Black Masquerade Ball 2009-2010
http://newyork.going.com/ratedxnye09
Live performances by Tyburn Saints (9:30pm), Kayvon (10:15pm), Natasha Kovolov (11pm), Hypernova (12am) and a cabaret burlesque show at 2am featuring Dirty Martini, T-Boy, Julie Atlas Muz and Mat "Sealboy" Fraser. DJs Rok One, Gavin, Twig the Wonderkid and Theo and Michael T play the downtown club classics and more half-naked chicks dance on the bar. The infamous Hot Body Contest is on at 3am, and, as always, the lovely Peppermint Gummybear is the MC. $100 if you bare it all and do it creatively. Door-whore Thomas Onorato will enforce the dress code: masks are a must. Thematic suggestions: red & black lingerie, pinstripe gangster with red carnation, tuxedos, red gowns, black prom dresses, etc. 2-for-1 PBR all night if you check your pants at the door. (Don Hill's, 511 Greenwich St @ Spring, $15 with invite, $20 without, $10 after 3am in costume, $15 after 3am without costume)
PARTY: Superfine NYE
http://www.yelp.com/biz/superfine-brooklyn
The Lounge Leader - 1940's Big Band. Live Burlesque and Performances from Miss Saturn, Darlinda Just Darlinda & Michelle St. Darling. Dancing all Night with music provided by DJ DuctTape & DJ Billy. (Superfine, 126 Front Street @ Pearl, DUMBO, BK, 8pm-4am, $20 - reservations suggested)
*MUSIC: Project Jenny Project Jan
http://www.unionhallny.com/calendar.php
http://www.projectjennyprojectjan.com
No, Brooklyn's Project Jenny, Project Jan has neither a Jenny nor a Jan, but the music of vocalist Jeremy Haines and electronic maestro Sammy Rubin will find you hard pressed to pigeonhole. [G&S note: we call it live electro-karaoke.] "This is a band that should be taken seriously, even while singing about homemade sex tapes and the Chinatown bus" - Gothamist.com. "a shocking, dynamic, danceable and hilarious affair" - Billboard Magazine. "irresistibly danceable and always brings the party" - Cool Hunting. "more pop music should have this much fun" - Popmatters. Album praise: 'XOXOXOXOXO' Top 25 Albums of 2007 - CMJ; 'XOXOXOXOXO' Best of 2007 - WOXY; "320" Best Music of 2007 - Pruning Shears; One of Top 10 Bands To Watch Out for in 2008 - Ear Farm. DJs Midnight Creep follow. (Union Hall, 702 Union St., Park Slope, 8pm, $20/adv, $25/door)
DJ/DANCING: The Bunker presents Blood & Thunder New Year's Eve
http://www.publicassemblynyc.com/events/view/1171
The Bunker presents Blood & Thunder IV with Alex Smoke (Soma, Vakant, Hum+Haw | Glasgow) Live, Adultnapper (Ransom Note, Audiomatique | Brooklyn), Derek Plaslaiko (The Bunker, Spectral | Queens), Spinoza (Beyond, The Bunker | Brooklyn), Eric Cloutier (The Bunker | Brooklyn), Jon Schmidt (The Ranch | Brooklyn). Free champagne toast at midnight. (12/31, Public Assembly, Back Room, 70 N. 6th St., W’burg, BK, 10pm, $20 before midnight, $30 after)
**Rubulad: Decadence / Decade Ends / Deca-Dance
A New Year's Eve Masquerade w/live bands: I Love You Airlines / The Dolomites / Hungry March Band / Not Waving, But Drowning. DJs: Shakey, Porkchop, Reaganomics, Gecko Jones, Mike Simonetti & more. (Rubulad homebase, 10pm-morning, $20 in costume or way late / $30 otherwise)
VARIETY: Magic Brian and Corn Mo's New Year's Eve Bash
http://www.magicbrian.com
Jason Trachtenburg of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players and Albert Cadabra the great deceiver will perform, in addition to Corn Mo making his BBQ Ribs, a Champagne toast at midnight, and DJs to keep you dancin' 'till dawn! [G&S note: OMG, CornMo makes the most delicious ribs!!!] (Parkside Lounge, Reservations recommended: parksidefun@gmail.com, $75 at 8 includes an hour of open bar, $50 after 9 includes food, $25 after 10)
PARTY: Fifth Annual Mad, Mad Masquerade New Year's Eve Ball
http://www.scythianmusic.com/index.html
At the heart of the land of New Year’s traditions, your humble hosts, Scythian, 2 bands, 2 DJ's, an amazing venue and you will join forces to throw the grandest New Year’s party this side of Atlantis. (Stout NYC, 133 W. 33rd St. NY, 8pm, $25 adv/$35 door)
***PARTY: Transmutation - A Warehouse Alchemy Magnum Opus
http://www.wandbnyc.com
The end of the Aughts. Winkel & Balktick meditated on the decade's irrational exuberance; its booms, busts, bursts and bubbles. The present situation seemed dire, but with the right experiment, the debut of the Tens could transform from a bleak lump of coal into a brilliant Golden Age. Come transmute a dusty old warehouse into a 26,000 square foot (yes, really) clandestine celebration laboratory. Participate in the boldest experiments in dancing, DJs, interactive art installations, lounging, activities, games, elixirs, cuisine and merrymaking. (Buy tickets or RSVP for address, 9pm-8am, free PBR from 9pm-10pm. $25 adv / $30 door, $20 after 3am)
**VARIETY: Murray Hill's New Year's Eve Extravaganza
http://www.galapagosartspace.com/events.html
http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=mur7C3
Drag king Murray Hill hosts this annual spectacle, which includes a burlesque performance by Dirty Martini, lewd singing from Bridget Everett and Kenny Mellman, the fabulous Julie Atlas Muz, and as always, plenty of crass jokes. At midnight, glasses of champagne will descend from the ceiling (watch for spillage!) and Murray will assume the role of Baby New Year. Stick around for an after-party with the cast, when you can bust out your running man to hits spun by DJ Mel Huckabee. [G&S note: Use code MHADV for $5 off] (Galapagos Art Space, 66 Main St, Dumbo, BK, $25-100 includes champagne toast)
***G&S NYE: The Bootleggers' Ball
http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
See above for details
PARTY: Mehanata New Year's Eve
http://www.mehanata.com
All you can eat buffet - Shopska salad, Garden salad, eggplant salad, potato salad, roasted peppers and vegetables, pickled vegetables, humus, Russian salad, salmon spread. Cheese platters, cold cutsRoasted beef, gypsy burger, beef sausages, chicken shish kebob, roasted lamb, kebapche, fresh fruits, cheese pie, baklava, coffee. VIP tables available for bottle service only. Champagne toast at Midnight. Kagero - Japaneese Gypsy Punk Rock will rock the place together with our regular DJ's until 6AM (Mehanata, 113 Ludlow St, 8pm-6am, $35)
FOOD: Dark Dining Projects
http://www.darkdiningprojects.com
Diners are blind-folded while their other senses are indulged. Price includes four courses paired with wines, artist performances, tax and gratuity. Advance reservations required 212-673-8184. (Camaje Bistro, 85 MacDougal St, Bleecker and Houston, 7 and 10 pm/ $145)
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LATE-NIGHT NYE / FRIDAY, JAN 1
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*DJ/DANCING: DX: The Official Afterparty of New Year's Eve
http://wiki.disorient.info/index.php?title=Parties#Disorient_presents:_DX
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177320719790
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/92738
This is a fundraiser for the Disorient theme camp at Burning Man. DJs Everyday (PEX/Playloop, Philly), Barney Iller (Rubulad, Plug 4), Lee Mayjahs? (PEX/Playloop, Philly), Horus (Disorient), the bass (Disorient), Friar Tuck (Disorient, Brooklyn). (Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary, RSVP for address: DX@disorient.info, 4am-4pm, $15/adv, $20/door)
*G&S SPECIAL DEAL: New Year's Hangover Cure
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215711839239
This is not an official G&S party, but an option for your early morning hours after our NYE Bootleggers' Ball. The generous owner of our favorite Banya is opening her space *just for G&S members* 4am-8am on New Year's Day. Going to the banya to start the new year is a HUGE Russian tradition. We'd book a proper afterparty, but the banya will be gradually swamped once it opens for regular business at 8am (yes, you can stay -- all day, if you want). This is NOT a G&S dance party at Banya -- just the regular facilities open at regular entry rates, but for our people, with password. Kitchen open & serving ethnic goodies and regular breakfast. (Proper G&S banya dance party likely happening mid-January, in case you're holding out for that.) You password: Steamy New Year! This gets you in the door 4am-8am and gets you a FREE CUPCAKE then and all day (while they last, of course). We'll see you at The Bootleggers' Ball and steam with you after! (Banya, 602 Coney Island Ave, Kensington,
BK, 4-8am private admission, 8am-10pm regular hours, $25)
CLASS: New Year's Day Fitness Fair
http://www.jccmanhattan.org/category.aspx?catid=1371#21211
Start the new year right! Enjoy free workouts and seminars all day long, including meditation, yoga, Aqua Splash, Urban Gypsy Dance, Krav Plava, pilates and more. (JCC Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue at West 76th Street, 10am-4pm, FREE)
SPORT: Polar Bear Swim
http://www.polarbearclub.org/
Live vicariously through members of the Coney Island Polar Club or join them for a traditional New Year's Day dip in the frigid Atlantic. Special this year: Strongman Steve Ekstance, who recently pulled a dumptruck by his teeth and dead lifted 1,000 lbs, will be performing similar feats. (Assemble on the boardwalk at Stillwell Ave, 1pm, FREE)
PARTY: JookJoint Shimmy Blues
http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=202659299577&ref=nf
A dance for all! Swing, Soul & Blues! Come on out and join us for a fun filled and affordable holiday evening of dancing! Your Disc Jockeys for the nite are: DJ Eve (Eve Polich), DJ Larry Kang, DJ LadyBlues (Hether Samuels), DJ Redjenn (Jennifer Shortway). IDs checked. No outside drinks. (Connolly's (3rd flr), 121 West 45th Street, NY, 9pm, $8 with blues list coupon, $10 without)
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SATURDAY, JAN 2
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EVENT: Brooklyn Museum First Saturday
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/visit/first_saturdays.php
Theme: Transformation. 5–7pm: Live music. Punk meets Latin: the bilingual band Cordero mixes Southwest ballads with Brooklyn indie rock. 6pm: Daphne Brooks, Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at Princeton University, discusses women of funk rock and the aesthetics of James Brown. 6:30pm: Hedwig and the Angry Inch screening. 6:30–8:30pm: Sketch a charcoal portrait from a live model posing in dance steps. 7–8:30pm: Come in costume to the Museum's highly anticipated annual Winter Ball. String quintet provided by Venus Ensembles. Dance lessons offered by Stepping Out Studios. 8pm: Student Guides Grey Olavarria and Xiao Jin Zhou give a Sign Language–interpreted talk on transformations in Buddhist art. 9–10pm: Author John Sellers discusses his memoir, Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life. 9–10:30pm: rock Karaoke. 9–11pm: Dance Party w/New York Night Train conductor Jonathan Toubin spins his trademark 45 rpm "maximum rock and soul" sound. (Brook
lyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Parkway, FREE after 5pm / some events require free tickets availablethat night)
BURLESQUE: HyperGender Burlesque: Professionalism, the unemployment show
http://www.hypergender.com
The money is tight, the jobs are not here, the unemployment is running out. Do not despair - HyperGender is here to tell you what to do if you used to be a teacher, a lawyer or even a lumberjack. Take your clothes off and be merry! Guests: Dizzy Swank, Charlie Demos, Goldie Peacock and more! (WOW Cafe, 59-61 E. 4th Street, 4th Floor, 10pm, $10)
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SUNDAY, JAN 3
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DJ/DANCING: No Parking on the Dancefloor
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=399299520696
No parking baby, no parking on the dance floor. Like the song goes. Midnight Star. Classic boogie ppl. Now a sunday early evenin' thang at house of yes, come thru and get down down down before your shitty shitty chitty chitty bang bang of a life starts up anew. the selectahs: Dhundee, Mr. Vacation and resident $mall ¢hange. remember no talking just dancing! PLUS: Smoothies by Love Grrl. Tamales by Laura McMillian, Hot Tamale Girl Extraordinaire. (House of Yes, 342 Maujer near Morgan, BK, 7pm to midnight, $5-$500 suggested cover. So treat us right and bring enough gum for everybody!)
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MONDAY, JAN 4
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DJ/DANCING: Cumba Mela
http://www.bembe.us
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=216441523349&ref=nf
Cumba Mela is a weekly exploration into sound, a gathering of spirits, a beating of the drum, a soultry dance of fire, a tribal get down...the drums are calling...the circle forms...expect sonic sounds of tribal gypsy beat to dubed out electric jungle boogies, funked out latin booty bangas to dubsteppin afro baile bass, samba, dancehall, electro cumbia y mucho mas. With Resident DJs: 2melo and the Swedish Meatballs. Guest selectas each and every Monday. Dec: 28th Dj Comrade. Jan 4th: Cobra Krames. (Bembe, 81 berry Street AT S 6tH, W'burg, BK, 10pm-4am, FREE)
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TUESDAY, JAN 5
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COMEDY: The 4th Annual Fifty First Jokes
http://www.fiftyfirstjokes.info
TIX: http://websterhall.com/events/show_event_sub.php?id=792&size=small&cdate=2010-01-05
An epic live comedy kickoff show for each New Year. Fifty of the funniest NYC Comedians get to tell the very FIRST joke that they have written for 2010. Our Comedians have been on or written for Comedy Central, The Onion, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Family Guy, Last Comic Standing and the Montreal Comedy Festival. Afterparty follows. (The Studio at Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, entrance to the right of Webster Hall’s main door, Doors 7:30pm / Show 8pm, $5 adv/$7 DOS)
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WEDNESDAY, JAN 6
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SPECTACLE: 33rd Annual Three Kings Day Parade
http://www.elmuseo.org/en/event/three-kings-day-parade
This time-honored tradition will once again fill up the neighborhood's streets with lively music, colorful dancing and parrandas. (Throughout Spanish Harlem, 11am - 1pm, FREE)
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ONGOING
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THEATER: The Great Recession
http://www.theflea.org/show_detail.php?page_type=0&show_id=53
The Flea Theater has commissioned six playwrights to create ten-minute plays that explore the impact of the current economic crisis on the younger generation. Presented under the title The Great Recession, the evening features new work by Thomas Bradshaw, Sheila Callaghan, Erin Courtney, Will Eno, Itamar Moses and Adam Rapp — all writers recently nurtured by The Flea. The plays will be performed by The Bats, the resident acting company of The Flea. (thru 12/30, The Flea Theater, 41 White St bet Broadway & Church, various times, $25)
ART: Pankabestia: Punk Beasts of the Swimming Cities of Serenissima
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179066374118
http://anonymousgallery.com/art
Opening reception for a retrospective of artist Swoon's "Swimming Cities of Serenissima," her recent invasion of the Venice Biennale. Traveling from the Karst region of Slovenia to Venice, Italy, Swoon and 30+ artists braved the waters of the Adriatic Sea and navigated a fleet of three intricately hand crafted vessels. The exhibition includes artwork, objects, and a series of performances based on the "Swimming Cities" invasion. The environment/experience will include large-scale wall drawings, original Swimming Cities boat installations, portions of the ships, found objects acquired from sea, performances from the original members of the journey, beautiful photographic documentation from artist Tod Seelie, and art from Spy Emerson, Monica Canilao and many others. (thru 1/1, Anonymous Gallery, 169 Bowery between Broome and Delancey Sts, 6–9pm, free with mandatory R.S.V.P. to rsvp@anonymousgallery.com)
*DANCE: Nutcracker Rated R
http://www.nutcrackerratedr.com
After the last three years' sold-out runs, Nutcracker: Rated R returns for its fourth season, cracking open the heart of the classic children’s ballet to uncover drugs, sex, family secrets and all the other delights that make the Holidays so special. Little ballerina Clara is now a rebellious teen. Her disdain for her bourgeois family is challenged when her uncle Drosselmeyer takes her back in time to early 1980s New York. There, she discovers the seamy underground club scene and her family's untold history. Echoes of the original Tchaikovsky score mix with contemporary, unexpected beats to complement a range of movement from ballet to breakdance and burlesque. Ms. Harriell's interpretation is a dark, witty and satirical homage to (and cautionary tale about) the excesses of nightlife. "It sure isn't your New York City Ballet Nutcracker, but it's a hell of a lot more fun... classic elegance peppered with contemporary grit." -- Backstage.com. "Angela Harriell has created a uniq
ue and intriguing work that is at once an elegant homage to Tchaikovsky’s original, a sly send up of New York in the 1980s and today, and a showcase for her considerable talents as a choreographer and dramatist and her cast as dancers and actors." -- Stagebuzz.com. [G&S note: Angela & co have danced at many of our events, always turning out fresh, imaginative, colorful, top-notch performances. We urge you to go see their full show!] (thru 1/2, Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave bet 9th and 10th, 8pm, $20, $15/student)
PERFORMANCE: Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad
http://www.nicejewishgirlsgonebad.com/newsite/
A night of comedy, music and burlesque, told by the gals who learned to smoke at Hebrew School, got drunk at their Bat-Mitzvahs and would rather have more schtuppa than the chupah. (thru 1/2, 45 Bleecker St Theatre, 45 Bleecker St)
ART: Hybridism
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185764297492
http://www.MIGHTYTANAKA.com
Mighty Tanaka is proud to present: HYBRIDISM, the premier show within our new DUMBO project/gallery space. There's a growing creative movement that we've dubbed HYBRIDISM: a blend of both street art and fine art - a hybrid - as the raw meets the refined. It is the juxtaposition of genres, which both compliments and conflicts; the balance between these otherwise artistic opposites. HYBRIDISM, the show, captures a collection of both twisted fine art and underground street art in a span of mediums: vivid photography, collage, and rich oil & acrylic paintings on everything from canvas to found wood. From classic oil paintings of alcohol-blurred nightlife, a squirrel riding a two-headed goat, and a trippy diorama of the industrialization age, to street-style satanic mummies, tribal paintings on book covers, and graffiti-influenced silkscreens on newspapers - HYBRIDISM displays the atypical and the urban within one space. (thru 1/7, Mighty Tanaka, 68 Jay St, Suite 416, DUMBO, BK, M
on-Fri 12pm-7pm, FREE)
INSTALLATION: Holiday Train Show
http://www.nybg.org/hts09
New York City is recreated in miniature entirely out of natural materials, including a replica of the Brooklyn Bridge made out of pine cones. The grounds are also decorated for the show. (Thru 1/10, New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, Bronx, $20)
FEST: COIL
http://www.ps122.org/performances/coil_2010.html
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192988352822
TIX: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/store/203/pk/28915
COIL is the annual winter festival of contemporary performance featuring the past, present, and future hits of Performance Space 122. "How much crazy can you stand?" - Variety. FEATURING: Richard Maxwell / NYC Players: ADS; Gisèle Vienne/Jonathan Capdeville/Dennis Cooper - Jerk; Raymond Scannell & Tom Creed - Mimic; Rotozaza / Ant Hampton - GuruGuru; Edgar Oliver - East 10th Street; Portrait with Empty House; Morgan Thorson & LOW - Heaven; Temporary Distortion - Americana Kamikaze; Lisa D'Amour & Katie Pearl with Emily Johnson - Terrible Things; Megan V. Sprenger/mvworks - ...within us.; The National Theater of the United States ofAmerica - Chautauqua!; Reid Farrington - Gin & "It"; LeeSaar The Company - Prima; WaxFactory - Blind.ness; Maria Hassabi - SoloShow. Join us at the LuEster Lounge in the Public Theater for our annual COIL PARTY/INVASION on Sunday, Jan 10 at 10.30PM. (1/6-1/17, Performance Space 122, 150 1st Ave at 9th St, 5 tickets for $55 with the PS122 passport)
DANCE: The Apple Triptych
http://www.smarttix.com/package.aspx?showcode=APPL
http://www.CompanyXIV.com
Company XIV, a Black Book Magazine ‘Icon Of The Future,' presents an Apple Triptych featuring revivals of their seductive and sensual adult shows, Le Serpent Rouge and The Judgment of Paris, and the world premiere of their family holiday show Snow White. In the sensual and sumptuous Le Serpent Rouge, Company XIV enacts the story of Adam, Eve and the fall of man as only Austin McCormick and his multi-talented troupe can; humorous, heartbreaking and extravagantly decadent. Mature content – no one under 17 admitted. Inspired by the Greek myth “The Judgment of Paris,” Company XIV tells an epic story of lust, love, and tragedy, illustrating the events that lead to Paris' fateful decision to award Aphrodite the golden apple in exchange for Helen of Troy. Mature content – no one under 17 admitted. 3) Company XIV's version of Snow White is a baroque infused show for all ages inspired by the Brothers' Grimm version of the fairy tale. [G&S note: Use the special discount code “DARR” for
50% off ticket price.] (thru 1/17, 303 Bond Street, Carroll Gardens, BK, Thurs-Sun 8pm, $25 ea show/$55 package, students $5 less)
VARIETY: Magnetic Cabaret
http://www.magneticlaboratorium.com
http://www.bubblelounge.com
Magnetic Cabaret features five Magnetic Laboratorium's Live Video Light Action Cabaret, by New York City Night Stars, Associated Artists and Guess Artists. Magnetic Cabaret offers The Bubble Lounge clientele an over the top experience of an elegantly raw approach to cabaret. Hosted by Shasta. (Sundays 1/10, 1/24, Bubble Lounge, 228 West Broadway, 7pm-1am, $15 + 1 drink)
PUPPETS: The Devil You Know
http://lamama.org/
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/703395
The Devil You Know is a modern interpretation of the classic American short story The Devil and Daniel Webster about a poor farmer who sells his soul in exchange for financial prosperity. Using marionette and bunraku-style puppetry, revolving puppet stages, recorded dialogue and original music and multi-media projections, Ping Chong, Erik Sanko and Jessica Grindstaff will transform this Faustian tale into a hilarious and haunting mediation on lost souls, fool’s gold and democracy’s eternal promise for renewal. The Devil You Know is contemporary puppet theatre suitable for audiences ages 10 and up. (thru 1/24, La MaMa E.T.C., 74A East 4th St. NY, $30, Student/Senior $25)
THEATER: Radio Star
http://www.tanyaodebra.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200210671651
A 1940's radio detective spoof. Miss Tanya O'Debra lends her voice to ten different characters while her soundman (J. Lincoln Hallowell) stages live sound effects. Watch (but mainly listen) as Nick McKittrick: Private Dick hilariously solves a murder in "The Case of the Long Distance Lover". "A wonderfully playful parody of the 1940s New York murder mystery genre, brimming with lovable stereotypes and obscene innuendo…the best one-woman show I've seen." - Three Weeks, Edinburgh. "This one-woman ‘radio’ show is crackling good." - The Brooklyn Paper. "We expect her modern take on vintage norms to leave us in stitches." - Flavorpill. (Thur-Sat 1/7-9t @ 8:00, Mon and Tue 1/11-12, 18-19h, 25-26th @ 9:00, The Red Room, 85 E. 4th St. 3rd Fl. btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave, $15/$12 for students and seniors)
ART: American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion
http://www.fitnyc.edu/336.asp
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) presents American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion, the first exhibition to explore how the "philosophy of beauty" is allied to the craft of dressmaking. Each of the 75 looks on display was chosen to exemplify the relationship between technical ingenuity and artistic excellence. Curator Patricia Mears has focused on approximately 25 American fashion designers, ranging from the obscure, such as Jessie Franklin Turner, whose work dates from the late 1910s, to rising stars of the present day, such as the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte. Other designers featured include Adrian, Bonnie Cashin, Maria Cornejo, James Galanos, Halston, Elizabeth Hawes, Charles James, Charles Kleibacker, Claire McCardell, Norman Norell, Rick Owens, Ralph Rucci, Isabel Toledo, Pauline Trigère, Valentina, Yeohlee, and Jean Yu. (Museum at FIT, Seventh Avenue at 27 Street, thru 4/10, various times, FREE)
ART: Tim Burton Retrospective
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/313
This major career retrospective on Tim Burton (American, b. 1958), consisting of a gallery exhibition and a film series, considers Burton's career as a director, producer, writer, and concept artist for live-action and animated films, along with his work as a fiction writer, photographer and illustrator. Following the current of his visual imagination from early childhood drawings through his mature work, the exhibition presents artwork generated during the conception and production of his films, and highlights a number of unrealized projects and never-before-seen pieces, as well as student art, his earliest non-professional films, and examples of his work as a storyteller and graphic artist for non-film projects. The opposing themes of adolescence and adulthood, and the elements of sentiment, cynicism, and humor inform his work in a variety of mediums—drawings, paintings, storyboards, digital and moving-image formats, puppets and maquettes, props, costumes, ephemera, sketchb
ooks, and cartoons. Taking inspiration from sources in pop culture, Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking as a spiritual experience, influencing a generation of young artists working in film, video, and graphics. (Thru 4/26/10, MoMA, 11 W. 53rd St nr. Sixth Ave, $20 sugg/$12 students, Fri evenings 4-8PM FREE)
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