Hello lovelies,
Keeping it short this week - weekend listings below, as well as a full invite for our 8th BDay party, as always, on Valentine's Day. This one will be small and special, and we expect it to sell out. Tickets on sale now.
Russian Baths tickets about 40% sold - don't miss out on this one. V-Day Russian Baths usually runs out of presales just before the event, and door sales are first come, first served.
Cheers,
Gemini & Scorpio
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OUR NEXT EVENT, 2/13
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Gemini & Scorpio
present
A Steamy Valentine's Eve at the Russian Baths
Saturday, Feb 13, 7pm-2am
Banya, 602 Coney Island Ave bet Beverley Rd & Ave C, Kensington, BK
Details & tix: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?&eid=270113868216
Break out your bikini or swim trunks, and join our hand-picked crowd of artsy, funky (and nearly naked) New Yorkers for the glorious return of Gemini & Scorpio's legendary Russian Baths party.
We will have the newly remodeled & sparkling clean baths to ourselves, with a few hand-picked professionals on hand for the optional platzas and massages. Enjoy: Russian, Turkish and Swedish steam rooms, jacuzzi and cold plunge pool; poolside dance floor; rooftop smoking deck; hookah lounge and chillout rooms; authentic and delicious Russian food in a private restaurant room with a view of the dance floor.
Raya Brass Band, the newest fiery Balkan band to come out of the village of Brooklyn, will get you sweating faster than the saunas with swirling, dynamic music of northern Greece, the southern Balkans and the Romany people, playing two sets,10pm and 12am. DJ Joro-Boro, former resident DJ of the infamous Mehanata (Bulgarian Bar), keeps the dance floor sizzling with his hot EthnoMesh Megalophonia mix till 2am as we dole out free pierogies for everyone. There will be an open vodka bar 9:30-10:30pm.
"Best (and Only) Russian-bathhouse Dance Party" - Village Voice "Best of 2006. "A night of steamy fun" -- TimeOutNY "Your Perfect Weekend" pick. "Epic" -- Brooklyn Based.
Only 100 tix on presale; 50 more at door. Three ticket levels: $85 (7pm entry + open vodka bar + multi-course Russian banquet) /$45 (9pm entry + open vodka bar) / $35 (11pm entry). More details on each ticket tier are on our website.
This is the kind of party you always imagine, but can never quite find in real life...and the only one where you'll come out cleaner than when you came in.
Last year's banya bash: http://geminiandscorpio.com/e09-02-14.html
Hi res pics for press use: http://geminiandscorpio.com/photos/hi-res
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OUR NEXT EVENT, 2/14
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Gemini & Scorpio
present
Our 8th Annual "Get Off...Line" B-Day Bash: The Vault of Golden Vapors
Valentine's Day, Sun Feb 14, 7pm-2am, 21+ (25+ recommended)
Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary loft, Prospect Heights, BK, RSVP on website for address
7pm admission with dim sum dinner: $40; 9pm: $20 adv/$25 door; 11pm: $15
Tix & details: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=286285551480
On Chinese Moon Year's Eve, a dreamful night in an opium den of our making. Recline in languid repose and drift in the pleasures of intimate performance, golden-throated singers, tales told in glistening flesh, exotic cocktails and delectable dim sum. Featuring live vintage Chinese jazz by Shien Lee of Shanghai Triad and Dances of Vice, Chinese ballads by talented young composer Natti Vogel, Asian-inspired burlesque by Dame Cuchifrita and Grandma Fun, and your opium den madam The Flying Fox. Your late-night grooves delivered by DJ Nightshade, with his signature sexy ethno-lounge mix.
This will be an intimate affair that we expect to sell out. This party is also the offical launch of the newly redecorated Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary loft. Even if you've seen it before, you've never seen it like this.
Hi res pics for press use: http://geminiandscorpio.com/photos/hi-res
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WEEKEND + WEEK
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OPERA: Metropolis Opera Project
http://www.metropolisoperaproject.org/
A marathon evening of three one act operas packed into two hours of stimulating entertainment. Two Blind Beggars by Jacques Offenbach, starring Kevin Greene and Iris Karlin; Feast in Time of Plague by César Cui, starring Rebecca Blinder, Jessica Kimple, Jason Thoms, Kannan Vasudevan; and Bully Pulpit World Premiere by Kristin Hevner, Daniel Wyatt, featuring the Metropolis Opera Project Company and Jon Margulies DJ-ing! (Fri-Sun, Medicine Show Theatre, 549 W. 52nd St. bet 10th and 11th, 8pm, $10)
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FRIDAY
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OPENING: Jef Aerosol Debut Show in NYC "All Shook Up"
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=239395457869&index=1
Ad Hoc Art presents international stencil master Jef Aerosol in New York City for “All Shook Up”. With Ad Hoc Art, one of Street Art’s polestars, features brand new stenciled works as well as the now-classic pieces; on paper, wood, and found objects. A originator who sparked “Street Art”, the self-taught Aerosol has continuously rocked the streets and helped define a new public art nomenclature with other French artists like Blek Le Rat, Miss Tic, and Speedy Graphito. (exhibit thru 2/21, AD HOC Gallery, 43 Bogart St, BK, 6pm-10pm, FREE)
TALK: The Sun and the Moon: The Incredible Hoax of the 1830s
http://observatoryroom.org/2009/12/29/the-sun-and-the-moon-the-incredible-moon-hoax-of-the-1830s/
In the summer of 1835,the New York Sun convinced New York that life, including such marvelous creatures as unicorns and man-bats, had been discovered on the moon. It was the most sensational — hoax in the history of newspapers. Matthew Goodman discusses his book The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York. Matthew will discuss what New York was like in the 1830s, the birth and growth of the New York newspaper industry, and reveal how (and why) the ”Great Moon Hoax” was perpetrated, how such larger-than-life characters as P.T. Barnum and Edgar Allan Poe were involved with it, and what it all has to do with the conflict between science and religion in the nineteenth century. A book signing with the author will follow the event. (Observatory, 453 Union St., BK, 7:30, $5)
VARIETY: The Champagne Riot
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=242010183663&ref=ts
The spectacular sensation and tantalizing temptation of Hot Jazz, Scintillating Burlesque, & Vaudevillian Frivolity! A night of music, merriment and beautiful women! Featuring Master of Ceremonies Dandy Wellington; musical sensations Gelber & Manning; resident ecdysiast Miss Jezebel Express; vaudeville personality The Minsky Sisters; captivating contortionist Ekaterina; and sexy stage kitten Magdalena Fox. (Duane Park, 157 Duane Street, 10:30pm, FREE)
EVENT: Smoke
http://www.404251n.com/smoke/
On June 6, 2009, 90 international creative types sported costumes and embarked on a 14 hour “time travelling bus,” staging invasions of performance around New York City. Now they are heading to a museum for a show and tell. Smoke takes place in some mysterious hatch in the Chelsea Art Museum, where among other offerings, the frolic includes a showcase of artifacts and inventions that were inspired from their trip, live performances from Pop Opera singer Val Geffner, and the Stumblebum Brass Band, among others, and a funky minimal laced DJ set from Berlin’s newly sprouted NIko Wessels. The rabbit hole, according to its password protected website is "an investigation of topsy turvy consciousness involving experiential events, artist curation, a global collective and a manifesto, that founder concocted through hosting salon sessions and travelling as a cultural journalist." (Chelsea Art Museum, RSVP for details, 8pm-1am, $?)
DJ/DANCING: Flashing Lights
http://www.flashinglightslightslights.com
Last year, MeanRed and Good Peoples pulled this rave out of tiny dark night clubs, and put it where it belongs: in a dim sum restaurant tucked up in a minimall in Chinatown. The party is disc-jockey'd by our fearless track selectors DJ Ayres (responsible for seven-plus sweaty years of the Rub parties at Southpaw), Nick Catchdubs (remix/mixtape phenom and co-founder of the hit indie label Fool's Gold Records) and Jubilee (BK bass sweetheart behind her own Nightshifters imprint). The guests for the next edition of Flashing Lights are Nadastrom and Proper Villains. Nadastrom have been described as "the dance-music equivalent of the mythical Spinal Tap amplifier that goes to 11." Proper Villains joins on the decks for a memorable night. Combined, these DJs leave no subwoofer unturned. (88 Palace, 88 East Broadway, second floor, 10p-4a; $10 with RSVP, $15/door)
PARTY: Dances of Vice: Kriminaltango
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=221141008897&index=1
A 1930-40s film-noir inspired evening of entertainment and debauched delights that promise to be at once oneiric, erotic, and cruel. Featuring: Raucous and sultry crime jazz performed by local goodfellas The JA JA JAs and the swingin' hoodlums of The Stumblebum Brass Band - Suspenseful dramatic performances by the sensual sophisticates of Company XIV - alluring tango by Dagan and Medianoche - and lascivious burlesque by that deadly vixen, The Flying Fox! Vendors: Purevile! - Steven Rosen Photography. Dress Code: Femme Fatales, Lonely Detectives, Wiseguys, Ruffians, Hollywood Starlets, Dashing Desperadoes, Crooked Criminals, Moonlighting Marauders. (Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main St, BK, 10pm-3am, $15/adv, $20/door)
PARTY: Swing Goth
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=222034379190&index=1
Swing Goth is what happens when rock-a-billy meets goth, and is peppered with a little blues, waltzing and a healthy portion of dirty dancing... all to modern music. Voted Best of the Bay in 2009, and about to enter its third year in existence, Swing Goth decided it was time to go Bi. Coastal that is. Come learn how to dance with a partner from the ground up. Don't know how to dance? No problem, the night will begin with drop-in, no partner required lessons in Basic Partner Dancing (included in admission) from 11pm-12am. The dancing starts around midnight! (Don Hill's, 511 Greenwich Street, 11pm-4am, $?)
MUSIC: Spanglish Fly
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=270856223174&index=1
Sets of the funky funky latin boogaloo band Spanglish Fly. Boogalu (a.k.a. Boogaloo), a fusion of Rhythm and Blues and Cuban son montuno, was popular in the United States from 1966-69. Boogalu was the first contemporary Latin music form that captured my attention because of its funky sounds, engaging choral chants by the audience, English lyrics, references to symbols of African American culture (“cornbread, hog maws and chitlins”), and background sounds of raucous party goers. DJ Dusty Walker spins in between sets. (Rose Live Music, 345 Grand Street,10pm-3am, FREE)
DJ/DANCING: Trainspotting
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=427012635430&index=1
A crew of stellar selectros ready to wreck shoppe. With Small Change and Choimatic. These folks are known a bit more in club world vs these type of events, but rest assured this dudes have records and skills for days and will rock yo' shit. Something I've advocated for a minute, getting some fresh faces to do damage at these semi-freak filled affairs. Record nerds and hip hop heads and cracked out hippie ravers unite. Y'all are beeyotches in your own ways anyways. Plus it's Choi's bday so come by for some cake and Stevie Wonder. (Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary, RSVP for address: trainspotting2k10@gmail.com, 10pm-7am, $10)
TALK: Spore: Gift it Up
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=253819892568&ref=mf
This Spore will focus on Burning Man, a phenomenon that has revolutionized and broadened the scope of gifting’s potential. We’ll hear from our special guest – Burning Man co-founder, Larry Harvey – who’ll be coming from San Francisco to share his insights on this emerging concept. Then he will lead a discussion, along with long-time Burners and community leaders David Koren (FIGMENT) and "Costume Jim" Glaser (Kostume Kult, Action Arts League), concerning gifting's role as we continue to evolve. Come early for music and mingling with the Time Interchange of New York (TINY), a dynamic network of New Yorkers connected through a complementary currency system founded on gift culture’s key tenets. Dedicated members of TINY will be offering their services (for free of course!), ranging from energy healing to sewing/mending your torn jeans! Stick around for more music, food and drinks, a raffle with some awesome prizes, and interactive entertainment - Burner style! Engage, philosophi
ze, dance, and explore your gifts with some of New York's most thought-provoking partyers - this is an event you won't want to miss! Music by DJ 2melo (eNoiz) and Tektite (Vitamin B). (Collective Hardware, 169 Bowery (below Delancey), First Floor, 7pm-4am, $15)
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SATURDAY
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MUSIC: Red Baraat CD Release
http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/895
Led by dholi Sunny Jain, Red Baraat is the first and only dhol ‘n’ brass band of its kind in the States, melding the infectious Punjabi rhythm Bhangra with brass funk and expressing the human spirit through improvisation. Comprised of dhol (double-sided, barrel-shaped North Indian drum slung over one shoulder), sousaphone, drumset, percussion and horns, this NYC-based group plays fresh originals, as well as popular baraat songs and Bollywood numbers with an explosive stage performance and presence. (Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., 6pm, $12/adv, $15/door)
VARIETY: Sextacular! Sextacular!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=173213494022&index=1
Joey Nova Presents "Sextacular! Sextacular!", a re-imagining of the cabaret shows from turn-of-the-century France, but with a modern New York City rock n roll edge. Charmingly egocentric host Joey Nova ("Cutie Patooties", "Vroom! Vision") is joined by co-host Erika Smith ("The Wrestler", "Splatter Beach") as the absinthe-conjured "Green Fairy", as they try to petition the government for a new holiday celebrating SEX! When prudish-but-provocative government liason Kristen Lee (Miss Pin Up Coney Island 2008) is sent in to hear their proposal, Joey and The Green Fairy argue their case by seducing her with twenty titillating acts by fourteen of the hottest performers in burlesque and cabaret. (Hiro Ballroom, 89 9th Ave, bet 16th and 17th, 9pm, $15).
FILM: For the Next 7 Generations
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=260127763100&index=1
In 2004, thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers from all four corners, moved by their concern for our planet, came together at a historic gathering, where they decided to form an alliance: The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. This is their story. Four years in-the-making and shot on location in the Amazon rainforest, the mountains of Mexico, North America, and at a private meeting with the Dalai Lama in India, For the Next 7 Generations follows what happens when these wise women unite. Facing a world in crisis, they share with us their visions of healing and a call for change now, before it’s too late. This film documents their unparalleled journey and timely perspectives on a timeless wisdom. (Observatory, 543 Union St (at Nevins) Enter through Proteus Gowanus, 8pm-10pm, $5)
CIRCUS: Quiet Color's Sloppy Circus
An evening of enchanting fire freaks, mesmerizing aerial acrobats, captivating pole dancers, video art installations, and live performances by Javelin, The Shivers, Dinowalrus, Ava Luna, and Shark. Prepare to ignite your senses and immerse your being in a sea of sound and color, an island of hope and confusion, and revel in this celebration of pure contemporary creatives. Free Two Boots Pizza while frolicking in the resurgent wave of Brooklyn Bohemia. BYOB (House of Yes, 342 Maujer St. bet Waterbury and Morgan, BK, 8pm, $10)
BENEFIT: Gone Country for Coney Jamboree
http://www.saveconeyisland.net
Citigrass, Piñataland, 2009 Fiddle Champion Rob Hecht, Animal Pharm, and Central Valley Wildfire will headline. The event also features dance performances by the Prospect Cowgirls, country barbecue, raffle prizes and after-concert burlesque. The proceeds of the Country Jamboree will benefit Save Coney Island, the volunteer, non-profit organization committed to restoring Coney Island as a world-class amusement destination for all New Yorkers and visitors. The organization’s members include residents of the Coney Island area, Coney Island performers, local small business owners, historians, Polar Bears, regular visitors to the amusement area, and many other individuals for whom Coney Island holds a special fascination. (Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, at Water Street, BK, 3-9:30p; $15 before 5p, $20 after includes raffle ticket)
MUSIC: Raya Brass Band
http://www.rayabrassband.com
Raya Brass Band is the sort of brass band that gleefully mashes up the music of Eastern Europe with funky American dance grooves, Reggaeton, and whatever else it gets its hands on. Featuring odd meters, unusual scales and a fine helping of gorgeous Balkan and Romany (Gypsy) melodies played on reeds, trumpet, accordion, tuba and drums, Raya Brass Band slakes the thirst for something old and new at the same time, unusual and funky, spiritedly played by some of NYC's finest Balkan folk musicians. (Tea Lounge, 837 Union Street, BK, 9:30pm-12am, $10)
MUSIC: Global Music Double Fundraiser
http://www.lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/946
Please join us for a party in support of the health, wellness and recovery of our good friend Fabian Alsultany; we are also raising funds in Fabian's name for "Doctors Without Borders" to generate funds towards their relief efforts in Haiti. Featuring live performances by: Hassan Hakmoun & Zahar, Falu, Basya Schechter (Pharaoh's Daughter). Luqmon Brown (Funkface), Malika Zarra and Haale. DJ sets by: Bill Bragin & Amon Drum; musicans: Jamshied Sharifi, Damon Banks, Brahim Fribgane, Mark Copley, Rajeev Maddela, Harvey Wight, Gwen Laster, Benefo Benefo, Manu Koch, Ron McBee and very special guests. (Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., 11pm, $12)
PARTY: Wit's End - Twilight Tropicale
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=227869350089&ref=ts
http://www.clubwitsend.com/thismonth.html
Kick off 2010 in style with the first Jazz Age party of 2010 presented by Wit's End and the Dorothy Parker Society. Our new location, Flute Bar, is in the very space where the notorious Texas Guinan had her speakeasy, Club Intime. Twilight Tropicale brings you the hottest Hawaiian tunes of the Jazz Age (and some snazzy originals) from our pals The Moonlighters. Pin a hibiscus in your hair, and come dream of that Honolulu sunset with us- we'll keep your toes tappin' to keep you warm in the coldest month of the year. Flute Bar features some delicious bites- come early and order dinner at Flute before dancing off those nibbles and make it a full vintage evening. Free dance lesson at 8:30pm; vintage and specialty cocktails from Flute; prizes from Besame Cosmetics. (Flute Bar, 205 W. 54th St., 7pm-12am, $12/door)
PARTY: Fame Monster: A Night of GaGa DJ/Video/Performance/Glam Absurdity
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=261252092569&index=1
DJ/Video/Performance/Glam Absurdity. Mash-ups, s&m, media hacking, and spectacle to its absurd conclusion. Features a banging soundtrack. Come early, dance until late. With DJ Sacred Heart High vs. DJ Til That Boy Is Mine, Max57, DJ Christ Almighty. Projections by Vlad T of the Glassbead Collective, videos by Miles and Jackie, Totoro Collective. Performances by Grand Selector, Nico Haupt, Spires, and more DJs. (13 Thames St, 1st floor, 9pm-4am, $5 before 11pm or with Lady Gaga costume, $8 after)
PARTY: Shangri-La
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=270894619137&index=1
In A existence writtled with pain and redundancy. People need to find the Utopia. The place to get away. There is a such a place. Unfortunately this sacred sanctuary is not known to many. The Ones that do, are privileged. We have been given a temporary doorway to this mythological place. The night is yours to be that wish you wish to be. whatever you feel is your zen, your spirit animal. Your alter ego. your being of spiritual escape. The night is yours to find the inner monk and relieve yourself of the chains that is the outside world. Join us come to SHANGRI- LA! Come enjoy live fire spinners on the massive roof deck, a mix of live bands and dj's, who's talents will broaden your minds and hypnotize your spirits....Their sound will make you dance your soul to the next plateau.... (Station 171, 171 Lombardy, BK, 10pm, $15 w/costume, $20 w/o, FREE for ladies after 4am)
PARTY: The Dream: Sarit & Becky's 21st
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=244856012609&index=1
When our eyes are closed our minds conjure trips through beautiful lands, hands running through soft hair, kisses on glittered lips, whipped cream gently resting mountains of ice cream and wind blowing over our faces as we fly through sunset scenes. Sometimes these dreams seep into our waking life and these are the times that make us feel like it’s worth being awake. It’s time to bring our dreams out of our subconscious and into a night of surreal splendor. We invite you to join in Sarit’s and Becky’s waking birthday dream. Magic beats by: DJ RGB, DJ REAGONOMICS, $mall ¢hange; live music by SAUCE, Juliet Ben-Ami on Guitar, Sex During Wartime, (Shirtless?) Opera on Demand; body art by Black TheMicahLight and a few surprises that are sure to rock the house... There will be a bubbling 6 person jacuzzi calling your name until midnight. Bring a pint of your favorite ice cream (&spoons), bathing suit and gifts of whipped cream and candyand dress to express what’s been in your dream
s. Think white, soft, fluffy, glittery...or raw and uninhibited. Bring your bathing suit or just wear it. (Page Not Found Speakeasy, RSVP for address, 9:30pm-8:30am, FREE)
DJ/DANCING: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
http://www.newyorknighttrain.com/
New York Night Train’s most popular party (and contest), which last year broke out of Brooklyn to ping pong back and forth from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine, and from Mexico City to Tel Aviv, makes it’s 2010 New York debut at its Glassland’s Gallery home Saturday. As always, this month’s Soul Clap will feature all-night dancing to the exquisitely dynamic 45rpm ’60s soul magic of New York Night Train soul proprietor Mr. Jonathan Toubin – plus a 1AM Dance-Off for a $100 grand prize presided over by the lovely MC Laura Leigh. (Glassland's Gallery, 289 Kent Ave (bet south 1st and south 2nd), BK, 12am-4am, $5)
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SUNDAY
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SALON: The Church of the Secret City
http://churchofthesecretcity.com
It's a busy time, isn't it? We've all got a lot going on. This is what the new year seems to bring. Industry! Production! Work! Why not take a breather? Join us as the Secret City celebrates the idea of Work, inspired by the new year. The Secret City is a secular church for artists and other conscious, creative people. We gather to celebrate, cogitate, ruminate and meditate on the nature of art-making and the creative spirit. Part cabaret, part art-church, part salon, each service has a different theme and features live performance, presentation and original work. We take a collection during the service, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. We have an amazing group of guest artists lined up: Jeremy Bass (guitar), Sarah Alden (fiddle), and Leah Coloff (cello) will play music for us. We'll look at photography by WPA artists. Kelly Coffield will read from actual cover letters and resumes from the working world. Marissa Copeland is making Rosemary Walnuts as the food
offering. Daniel Zaitchik will perform his song, Beekeeping. Jen Taher's gonna read the Cultural Calendar. And sculptor Julia Nitsberg will lead a piece of collaborative art making. We'll also have our usual features: The Mingling Ritual, Meditation, the Reciting of our Gratitudes; and I will read my latest sermon, the Work of Wondering, about being mistaken for a Ohio State running back. Remember: free childcare. (Theatrelab, 137 West 14th Street, bet 6th and 7th avenues,11:30am, $10 suggested donation)
FOOD: The Brooklyn Taco Experiment
http://www.thefoodexperiments.com
Next up in Theo Peck and Nick Suarez’s line of competitive cook-offs:The Brooklyn Taco Experiment. Like the duo’s previous ventures–the Brooklyn Beer, Cheese, and Chocolate Experiments–the competition pits amateur chefs against each other, this time as they vie for the title of Best Taco Filling. (To even the playing field a bit, all tortillas will be provided to the contestants day-of by Brooklyn’s Tortilleria Chinantla.) Guests get to sample the entries and help pick the winner along with celebrity judges like Red Hook Vendors Honcho Cesar Fuentes. A portion of each ticket goes to ovarian cancer research, but if it sells out, head to the after party for free Maker’s Mark from 5-6pm, and free Churros and hot chocolate from Cascabel Taqueria. (The Bell House, 149 7th St., BK, 1pm-5pm, Adv. SOLD OUT, $25/door)
PARTY: Naughty Nautical Nite presents: Goth as Fuck
The popular Slipper Room nautical themed party by Jessica Delfino and Dame Darcy goes goth for a night. With performances by Darcy and Delfino, also goth burlesque, goth dress, goth music, goth drinks, goth acts, tarot readings by donation, goth raffle. Dress as dead sailors, wear your vampire fangs, ghost it up, black it out, whatever. Just make it all gothy. Dress to depress, win sad prizes. [G&S NOTE: From NonsenseNYC] (Slipper Room, 167 Orchard, at Stanton, 8pm-11:30pm, $5)
BURLESQUE: Storybook Burlesque: The Bible Show
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=245292833201&index=1
Featuring Rosey La Rouge as The Tree of Knowledge; Victoria Privates as Joseph; Lefty Lucy as Lot's Wife; Jenny C'est Quoi as Moses; BB Heart as Jesus Christ; Cherry Magdalene as Easter; and the seductive Magdalena Fox kittens as Eve! Your host, The Reverend Burke Heffner, will help you wash your sins away! Plus a VERY special finale that you won't want to miss! Sunday School never looked this good. (Delancey, 168 Delancey St, 7pm-9pm, $10)
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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CLASS: Beginning MIG Welding with Kim
http://www.madagascarinstitute.com
It's back! The class that made Madagascar Institute famous. Impress your friends, your older brother, and that cute bartender with your tough new skill. This three-hour intro to welding will teach you the very basics of MIG welding and familiarize you with the tools you’ll need to finish a project—the grinder, the chop saw, etc. Bring leather gloves and eye protection, and wear heavy-duty all natural fibers (jeans and a long-sleeve shirt). And no open-toed shoes; boots are ideal. Polyester and nylon will melt onto your skin if hot molten metal drops onto them and ouch that hurts. You will get dirty. (Section B is the following Saturday, February 6, 1-4p.) [G&S NOTE: Yay, Mada classes are back! If you want to learn how to do cool shit (and put safety third), you should check out their other offerings.] (Madagascar Institute, 217 Butler Street, BK,1pm-4pm, $50 ($10 materials), Pre-register: classes(at)madagascarinstitute.com)
CRAFT: Kinky Craft Night: Stick it, Lick it, Bedazzle It
Feel like blingin’ out your bod? Join us as we add sparkle and flare to blindfolds. Then pair up your sexy new blindfold with edible pasties, body paints and chocolate sauce to create an unforgettable experience. (Babeland LES, 94 Rivington Street, 7pm, $5 for materials)
EVENT: Dorkbot
http://dorkbot.org
People doing strange things with electricity. With Steve Wang, Ed Chin and Paul Orlando: Chatfe, which lets people have interesting voice conversations with strangers; Jie Qi on Paper Computing; Rory Solomon and Marek Walczak's open, ongoing project that uses virtual reality as a way to explore spatial environments and how they are perceived. [G&S NOTE: From NonsenseNYC] (Location One, Greene Street, between Canal and Grand, Manhattan, 7pm-9pm, FREE)
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THURSDAY
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WORD: Elena Fanailova and Marina Temkina: Poetry Reading and Conversation
http://www.cecartslink.org/events_news/2010/01/15/fanailova-temkina/
CEC ArtsLink and Ugly Duckling Presse present a literary evening with two not-to-be-missed contemporary women poets. Elena Fanailova and Marina Temkina will read from their latest books (The Russian Version and What Do You Want?, respectively) and discuss their work, the political situation in post-Soviet Russia, and issues of identity with Michael Scammell, Professor of Creative Writing and Translation at Columbia University. A reception featuring Russian snacks will follow the reading. (The Russian Samovar, 256 West 52nd St., 7pm, FREE, Please email akadysheva-yong@cecartslink.org to RSVP)
ART: Circle Arts Presents: HEROES
http://circlearts.org/
An Art Gallery Show featuring artists: Artpol Assay, Ben Schneck, Betty T. Kao, Brittonie Fletcher, Caren Rosenblatt, Carlota Santamaria, Chris Riggs, Gulsen Calik, J Gavin Heck, Janice Parmar, Jen Upchurch, Judy Sky, Keith Marlowe, Kenneth Colosky, Liz -N- Val, Lola Katan, Nancy Kolbert, Nina Katan, Roger Manning, Sherri Eldin, Thom Corn. Everyone admires someone. Our heroes are as varied as the human experience; Martin Luther King Jr., the Caped Crusader, a nurse who showed us kindness. The human psyche naturally reaches for an ideal. Heroes, produced by Circle Arts, Inc. is a visual art and performance event about that hero you turn to for inspiration. In uncertain times we need to celebrate those who demonstrate the best qualities of humankind. Circle Arts, Inc. is an artist’s resource organization. We have a long history of producing and supporting art that is non-commercial or is far from the mainstream art world. (Clemente Soto Velez Gallery,107 Suffolk Street, 7pm-10p
m, FREE)
***MUSIC: Interpretations of Baby Dee
http://www.joespub.com
Once upon a time, during a much wilder and wooly, NYC, Baby Dee cruised around the west village on a giant tricycle with a full-sized concert harp, an accordion, angel wings and cat ears, singing funny songs about Rudolph Giuliani and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. She also spent ten years as an organist for a Catholic church in the Bronx before joining the circus. Now she travels all over the world singing her very funny and heartbreaking songs. Sxip Shirey will host a full evening of the music of Baby Dee. Some of America's best singers and songwriters will offer their interpretations of the music of this musical treasure. Featuring perfomrances by: Andrew W.K., Corn Mo, Aimee Curl, Little Annie and Paul Wallfisch, Curtis Eller, Mathew and Sarah, Phillip Raya and Lila (Rima Fand's choir) and 9 year old Frannky Lou Hightower from Kansas City! (Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette St, 7pm-9pm, $15)
DJ/DANCING: Pure Fire
http://www.myspace.com/purefirenyc
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=277239466687&index=1
Pure Fire Resident DJs Criterion, NRON, Peter Gunn, Reaganomics and Small Change spin the best in urban beats, dubstep, jungle, grime, breakcore, dancehall, rap, breaks and beyond. Guest DJ Barney Iller helps fuel the fire, blurring the lines between dubstep, electro, ethnotech, UK garage, and breakbeat. Colt 45 open bar from 10-11, and live screen printing by Bushwick Print Lab. Hosted by DJ Dirtyfinger and Newmore Switchblade Thursdays. (Public Assembly, 70 North 6th St. bet Wythe and Kent, 10pm-4am, FREE)
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DANCE: Oh, Those Beautiful Weimar Girls
http://www.newstagetheatre.org/performances/weimar_girls.shtml
http://www.lamama.org
The New Stage Theatre Company presents a stylishly morbid theatrical cabaret version of its 2008 play "Oh, Those Beautiful Weimar Girls." It is an evening of music and dance inspired by the life and artistry of Anita Berber, the dancer/poet who epitomized for many the decadence of Weimar era Berlin. Conceived and directed by Ildiko Nemeth. Choreography is by Julie Atlaz Muz and Peter Schmitz. Lighting design is by Federico Restrepo; Costume design is by Javier Bone Carbone. The cast will include Chris Tanner, Kaylin Lee Clinton, Catherine Correa, Gary Hernandez, Markus Hirnigel, Lisa Kathryn Hokans, Denice Kondik, Sarah Lemp, Florencia Minniti, Fabiyan Pemble-Belkin, Dana, Boll, Madeleine James, John Rosania, Christine Ann Ryndank and Jeanne Lauren Smith. (thru Feb.7, Fri/Sat 10pm, Sun 8pm, The Club @ LaMaMa, 74A East 4th Street bet 2nd Ave and Bowery, $20)
Sita Sings the Blues
http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6199-sita-sings-the-blues
Tragedy, comedy and musical collide in this gloriously animated film from New York’s own "One Woman Pixar" (Wired). Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three bickering shadow puppets act as comic narrators as these old and new stories are interwoven in a post-modern retelling of the ancient Indian epic Ramayana, animated in a dazzling mix of traditional and collage animation styles. Sita Sings the Blues follows in the line of Triplets of Bellville and Spirited Away to exemplify animation as a "serious" art form -- which does not stop it from being laugh-out-loud funny! A panoply of monsters, gods, goddesses, warriors, sages, and winged eyeballs fill the screen with vivid color from start to finish, while the narrators’ improvisational debates over the Rama legend join the filmmaker’s own tragicomic story to layer a modern feminist commentary on the ancient tale. The resu
lt is a subtly subversive, visually stunning, highly original work that is as enjoyable for children as it is for adults. (thru 2/14, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, Sun. 5:30pm, $11)
The Theatre of a Two-headed Calf's: Trifles
ovationtix.com/trs/pr/702385
The 1916 one-act by Susan Glaspell set at the scene of a bizarre murder in the Midwest in 1900. Those accustomed to Two-headed Calf’s loud, explosive and physically rigorous performances are in for a surprise. With Trifles, director Brooke O’Harra and composer Brendan Connelly team up with the new music ensemble Yarn/Wire to approach Glaspell’s text as part concert, part play, and part meditation on crime, empathy, and sisterhood. [G&S NOTE: From NonsenseNYC] (thru 2/14, Ontological Theater, 131 East 10th Street, 8p; $17, $14 student)
PUPPETS: Culturemart 2010
http://www.here.org/see/now/culturemart10/
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/shows/culturemart-2010_163272/
Billed as an "Annual Festival of Hybrid Performances," Culturemart is a melange of dance, theater, opera, video, live music and puppet works by HERE's resident artists. [January 26-30] Epyllion - The dawning of the first day and the moonshine of the first night. A new creation myth told through puppetry, ritual, dance and song. Don Cristobal, Billy-Club Man - Drunken, lusty, Don Cristóbal is followed off-stage to reveal his softer poetic side. [January 28-30] At Long Last: Phrase 1 - A silent tale, unraveled through clown, puppetry, dance and inanimate objects. A Small Leashed Monkey - One of the stories that inspired Weaver's The Unreliable Bestiary, a Creative Capital supported project presenting a performance for every letter of the alphabet, each letter represented by a particular animal or habitat. Border Towns - A theatrical collage of recordings collected from the borders.
ART: Slash: Paper Under the Knife
http://collections.madmuseum.org/html/exhibitions/485.html
The exhibition takes the pulse of the international art world's renewed interest in paper as a creative medium and source of artistic inspiration, examining the remarkably diverse use of paper in a range of art forms. Slash is the third exhibition in MAD's Materials and Process series, which examines the renaissance of traditional handcraft materials and techniques in contemporary art and design. The exhibition surveys unusual paper treatments, including works that are burned, torn, cut by lasers, and shredded. A section of the exhibition will focus on artists who modify books to transform them into sculpture, while another will highlight the use of cut paper for film and video animations. (thru 4/4, Museum of Art and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, $15/Thur 6-9pm by donation)
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. (thru 4/10, Museum at FIT, Seventh Avenue at 27 Street, FREE)
INSTALLATION: Never Can Say Goodbye
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=226383714305&index=1
No Longer Empty (NLE) will re-open the legendary Tower Records store with a multimedia art exhibition. Spotlighting more than 20 artists that work with sound, light, and image, Never Can Say Goodbye celebrate the store’s historic role as the locus of the community -- the old way to meet people face to face and share music and information. Each week a variety of music performers will capture the fleeting opportunity to play live in the ex-Tower Records space. Performances include Broken Mirrors with John Miller, Cleopatra’s, ((audience)), the Metropolis Ensemble, the Jon Herington Band, Azita, Disco Monkeys, and others. Exhibition features artists Ryan Brennan, Joe Diebes, R. Luke DuBois, Richard Garet, Invader, Josh Jordan, Meredyth Sparks, Kaz Oshiro, Naama Tsabar, Paul Villinski, and Siebren Versteeg. (Show thru 2/14, Former Tower Record Store,4th St & Broadway, Wed-Sun 12pm-7pm, 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, MoMA, 11 W. 53rd St nr. Sixth Ave, $20 sugg/$12 students, Fri evenings 4-8PM FREE)
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