Hello lovelies,
Much excitement around here, as usual. To wit:
- lots of buzz about JaNk! plus this weekend's SITE art fest in Bushwick means it's going to be a full house Sunday. Come early! We're going to open doors at 7pm for drinks & light dancing to try and accommodate everyone. Be smart, skip the lines. If you choose to come after live music, we'll let you in for only $5 after 12 with password "I LOVE TUBA."
- Finally! A G&S YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/geminiandscorpio - subscribe to it to get the latest from our events. We're trying to favorite all YouTube G&S party videos, too. Got any to add? Email us your links.
- New G&S parties coming up! Expect a full announcement early next week, but here's a brief rundown: a housewarming getdown at our new home, Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary (date TBD); monthly brunch series alternating live vintage jazz & burlesque (first one 3/21, others to follow every 3rd Sunday of the month); a huge costumed circus event (Sat, April 24); and a Waltz Ball with live music (date TBD). Save those dates!
Cheers,
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OUR NEXT EVENT, 3/7
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Gemini & Scorpio and Sxip Shirey
present
JaNk!
Sunday, March 7, 8pm-2am, sliding scale $10-15
[doors open 7pm for drinks & light dancing]
House of Yes, 342 Maujer at Morgan, Bushwick, BK
http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=344696904041
We're firing up the drum machines, sticking a mic down the mouth of a tuba and inviting you to a surreal live-music-driven dance party. Dirty electronics and live musicians (horns, drums, human beat box), regurgitating old genres like early ska, early hip-hop, techno and house and playing it raw, glitchy and original. With: experimental circus composer Sxip Shirey (backed by Raya Brass Band rhythm section & trumpet), controllerism glitch rocker Moldover, eclectic beats wizard DJ Shakey. Janky visuals by Sebastian Patane Masuelli.
[G&S note: Remember that *ridiculous* brass-fueled live dance music set by Sxip Shirey & Raya Brass Band at our Halloween Masquerade Macabre party? The one that sent the whole packed loft into a heaving dancing frenzy? Well THAT is what we're turning into a brand new dance party. Hellsyeah.]
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OUR NEXT EVENT, 3/21
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Launch of a monthly brunch series with live entertainment, alternating vintage jazz bands & dazzling burlesque dancers. Details TK soon.
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ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Figment Arts Festival
http://figmentproject.org/2010/opportunities/submit-a-project/submit-a-project-nyc
Submissions are now open for the FIGMENT 2010 events in New York City (6/11-13) and Boston (6/5). All submissions MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 1 to be considered.
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WEEKEND + WEEK
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TALK: The Bike Trip
http://www.FRIGIDnewyork.info
A comic monologue about peddling chemical truths, created & performed by Martin Dockery. It was the height of WWII, in the very heart of Europe, when Swiss pharmacologist Albert Hofmann found himself struggling through a most bizarre bicycle ride—one that would unexpectedly introduce the world to LSD and alter the way millions of people perceive the very nature of consciousness. 65 years later, in a quest to understand why acid so enthralls and terrifies, I set out to explore the psychedelic scenes of San Francisco, India, and Switzerland, before tapping into Hofmann's very first acid trip by, amongst other things, renting a bike. Alternately hilarious and harrowing, as both Hofmann and I--years apart--struggle to find our way to his home, the story of LSD is one of both profound discovery and unexpected connection. (Fri 7pm, Sun 2:30pm, The Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th St bet 2nd & 3rd Aves, $16)
ART: Site Fest '10
http://artsinbushwick.wordpress.com/performance-schedules
Site Fest '10 is excited to present nearly 100 shows in 30 Bushwick locations. Check out two full days of programming from 1 - 9 PM in our hubs (3rd Ward, Chez Bushwick, & Grace Exhibition Space), visit the ionSOUND music festival at Goodbye Blue Monday, or hop from the hubs to our amazing satellite spaces. (Sat/Sun, 1-9pm, all locations in BK: 3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave, Chez Bushwick, 304 Boerum St., Grace Exhibition Space, 840 Broadway 2nd Fl, Goodbye Blue Monday, 1087 Broadway, tickets available at any hub location, suggested donation $5 per hub show, $10 for a day pass/$15 for a weekend pass)
**PERFORMANCE: Diamonds, Teeth and Yarn: Shara Worden Guest Curator Spotlight
http://www.92y.org/shop/92Tri_event_detail.asp?productid=T-MM5PM11
92YTribeca has invited Shara to be their special guest curator for Mar 5 & 6, to kick off Women's History Month. Over two nights, Shara hosts a tremendous cast of artists to showcase the different ways people create. From the sewing installations of Dena Verdesca, to the yarn circle lead by Amy Fritch, to the provocative photography and Tableau Vivant performances of Sarah Small, to the paper art installation and spontaneous poetry of Tim Fite, to the live projections by video artist Deborah Johnson and the flower graffiti of Nikki Borodi - you will hardly recognize the 92YTribeca gallery and mainstage as the spaces are transformed by these wildly creative artists. To add to the magic, Shara has brought together live performances by puppeteer Lake Simons, Brooklyn acappella group Black Sea Hotel, songwriters Dayna Kurtz & Mamie Minch, haunting chamber-pop band Edison Woods, a screening by filmmaker Cathryn Davis Zommer, plus a special performance by Shara Worden with the dyna
mic chamber ensemble yMusic and other surprise guests artists to be announced. (Fri/Sat, 7pm doors, 7:30pm performance, 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St, $15 )
PUPPETS: Puppet Blok
http://www.dixonplace.org/puppetblok/puppet_blok/index.html
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Puppet_Block_Announces_Special_March_April_Events_20100217
Puppet Blok features new works of puppetry, animation, music, and other innovative styles of performance by emerging and established artists from the NYC area. Innovative storytelling featuring new works by LONE WOLF TRIBE, DAVID MICHAEL FRIEND, ORA FRUCHTER, AVI FOX-ROSEN and our special friends, DRAMA OF WORKS. Following performances of Puppet Blok, Puppet Provocateur, Kate Brehm, hosts and curates Fireside Puppet Chats, an impromptu, informal and intimate series of conversations with NYC's most prominent puppet artists. A unique opportunity to infiltrate the minds of proponents of an underrepresented and misunderstood art form. Each night features 2 new guests. (Fr/Sat, lDixon Place, 161A Chrystie St bet Rivington & Delancey, 8pm, $12)
ART: VERGE Art Fair
http://www.vergeartfair.com
VERGE emerging art fair is proud to announce its inaugural New York event, coinciding with the New York Armory Show. VERGE is THE source for emerging art in New York, the only art fair exclusively devoted to emerging art throughout the New York art fair scene. Located only 7 short blocks from Volta, The Armory Show's sister fair, and one block from NYC landmarks including Grand Central Terminal, VERGE is well positioned to provide a high visibility platform for the best in new and emerging art. (Fri/Sat, Noon to 8 pm, Sun, Noon to 6 pm. The Dylan Hotel, 52 East 41st Street between Madison and Park Aves, $10, $5 for students and seniors)
ART: Fountain NY
http://www.fountainexhibit.com
Fountain Art Fair is a guerrilla -style art event, dubbed by many as the Anti Art Fair for its brash, off-the-wall offerings of non-traditional art exhibitions in the art fair environment. This weekend Fountain showcases exhibits and independent projects from 20 avant-garde galleries and artists based in New York and around the world. This year we are also proud to have performances from Detroit electro band Adult, Brooklyn 's Depreciation Guild (members of Pains of Being Pure at Heart), and celebrity guest DJ the legendary Marky Ramone from the Ramones. (Fri-Sun, Frying Pan, Pier 66, Hudson River at 26th Street, 7pm, 12-am, $10)
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FRIDAY
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MUSIC: Red Baraat Festival
http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com
Baraat is Hindi for a marriage procession. In North India, it is a tradition on the day of the wedding for the groom to travel to his bride's home on a magnificently decorated horse, accompanied by family and friends. Red Baraat Marching Band, led by international drumming sensation, Sunny Jain, it is the first and only Indian marching band in the States. Comprised of dhol (a double-sided, barrel shaped drum from Punjab), percussion and horns, this NYC-based group plays traditional baraat songs, Punjabi songs, as well as classic Bollywood numbers and originals. (Barbes, 376 9th St. at corner of 6th Ave, Park Slope, BK, 10pm, $10 donation to band)
INSTALLATION: 142 11th Ave, New York City, New York
http://www.emma17.com
A presentation of memory, iron and glass. Built by Emma, curated by David Hunt. There are locations in this city with a history and energy so powerful their story can galvanize a community. 142 11th Ave, New York City, New York is the former site of the world's most infamous leather bar: The Eagle's Nest. From 1970 through March 5th, 2000, the space held nights of passion, beauty, conflict and controversy. Ten years to the day of the closing of The Eagle's Nest, you are invited to experience an art installation exploring the fragility of infamy, the passing of phenomenon and the power that memories hold: an outsized installation of 88 pieces of etched glass, wrought iron and an all encompassing sound composition hosted within the now vacant Eagle's Nest. (142 11th Ave. at the Corner of 21st St, 7pm-12am, FREE)
ART/PARTY: Swoon's Swimming Cities
http://www.weareswimmingcities.org
http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/own-this-city/80781
Swoon's Swimming Cities collective is preparing for the third iteration of its large-scale floating art project—the group is building a fleet of steel sculptural boats powered by motorcycle paddle wheels, which will take them to Varanasi, India, by way of the Ganges River this summer. See a prototype raft unveiled at its art auction fund-raiser and dance party. Work by street artists—including Swoon, of course, plus ImminentDisaster and Tony Bones—starts at just $50, and alcohol flows free from 7 to 8pm. (Fri, auction 7–11pm, after-party 11pm–1am, Walker Stage, 56 Walker St between Broadway and Church St, $10)
DANCE: Out Through Her
http://galapagosartspace.com
Out Through Her feet, head, limbs, womb, mind. Out Through Her is a performance of dance, music and images that tries to reveal what comes and goes through a woman. Performers fly on silks, slide down poles and move across the floor to the sounds that echo Out Through Her. After two successful nights back in October, Out Through Her is back for three more. ContaminateNYC says, "… the show as a metaphor of the woman, with all the different performances representing the multiple facets she has all at once: funny and loud, shy and mysterious, sexy, tender, thoughtful, sad, entrapped and free, scared and bold, but always and anyways a wonderful creature" (Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main St., DUMBO, BK, doors 6:30pm, show 7:30pm, $15)
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SATURDAY
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WORD: State of the Art
http://www.nycstateoftheart.com
State Of The Art is the first-ever art industry conference focused on New York City's emerging artists. NYC:SOTA 2010 will feature a full day of investigation and solutions from stakeholders: artists, non-profit galleries, charitable foundations, art collectors, developers, auction houses, galleries, museums, and government officials. NYC:SOTA 2010 will open a dialogue and launch solutions, preserving New York City as a global art capital where art is sold and created. Ensure the success of the conference and support NYC:SOTA by donating now--every dollar helps. Post event cocktails at The Gates, 290 Eighth Avenue at 25th Street. State of the Art is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions on behalf of NYC: State of the Art may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. (Sat, check in 8:30am, sessions 9am - 5:30pm, cocktails 6 pm, SVA Theater, 333 West 23 Street between 8th a
nd 9th Aves, half-day $49, full day $69, support and attend $169, discounts for students available)
OPENING: Not Spring Not Winter
http://www.319scholes.org
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=381715710960
An exhibit of emerging artists from the Interactive Telecommunication Program (ITP). Not Spring Not Winter, born out of the need for a curated show of ITP student work, will include but is not limited to New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) performances, interactive installations, and physical computing projects. The show is curated by Igal Nassima and Nahana Schelling. ITP is a community of technologists, theorists, engineers, designers and artists uniquely dedicated to pushing the boundaries of interactivity through experimentation. Not Spring Not Winter will portray a selection of student body work highlighting the convergence of new media technologies through audio video installations, performances, and other interactive works. Of particular interest will be the eploration of the relationship between technology and human behavior as well as reflections on the new boundaries of interactivity. Reception with live performance 3-9pm. (show thru 3/14, 319 Scholes Stree
t, Bushwick, BK, FREE)
PARTY: We Love the Golden Girls 3: Victoria Party's 3rd annual Drag Tribute to the Golden Girls
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=297026224274
It's that time of year again for the Victoria Party's third annual FTF Drag Tribute to The Golden Girls. This "We Love the Golden Girls" tribute night kicks off at 8 o'clock with a best episodes screening, followed by an open cheesecake bar at 10 and a Golden Girl Drag Tribute Marathon on at 11 with host Linda Simpson. Trivia and dress-up contests all night long include a Best Dorothy, Best Rose, Best Blanche, Best Sophia and rafftle prizes, from Joan Rivers tickets to a copy of the Q Guide to the Golden Girls. Come dressed like it's 1985 Miami, or let the organizers dress you with their on-site "Style Station," which promises to transform the granny inside you. (Stonewall Inn, 53 Christopher Street, 8pm-4am, $10/$5 before 10/FREE after 12:30am)
MUSIC: Bad Buka
http://www.mehanata.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=316761029422
In the ever expanding local gypsy - punk-rock scene Bad Buka are the new kids on the block. The 7 -piece band comes alive and energetic on stage. With the ferocious sound of the violin, trumpet and earthy groovy arrangements with a love for the music of all cultures -these tunes are furious, sexy, and crowd moving. (Mehanata, 113 Ludlow St. at Delancey, 9:30pm, $10)
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SUNDAY
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PERFORMANCE: The World Premiere of The Veil of Forgetfulness Opera
http://www.bropera.org/2009-2010/veil-of-forgetfulness
http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/
Brooklyn Repertory Opera is pleased to present Susan Stoderl's The Veil of Forgetfulness, a 21st century mystical opera in two acts, for eight women's voices, chamber orchestra, chorus, and a real-time art installation by Sarah Olson who will depict the inner thoughts of the characters. Susan Stoderl is the composer as well as the conductor and Laura Josepher will provide stage direction. The Veil of Forgetfulness is set In medieval Britain where Sister Regina is determined to become Abbess of Shaftesbury. As time grows short, little does Regina know that she will be forced to choose between saving Abbess Marie and her mystical band of heretics or fulfilling her quest for power. As the music moves from the mysterious and hypnotic to joyous and soaring, Lay Sister Sarah depicts the inner workings of this cloistered community. (Littlefield, 622 Degraw St, Gowanus, BK, 3pm, $20)
Freddy's Art Show Retrospective: Epilogue as Prologue
http://www.donaldofinn.com
Freddy's Bar and backroom responds to New York State Supreme Court Justice Abraham Gerges ruling that will allow the condemnations to move forward on the building housing Freddy's Bar on Dean Street by holding an art retrospective of 13 Years of international as well as local Art exhibited in Freddy's backroom. (This will still give us months to continue the fight, we will never die.) From Painting to Video to the Museum of Drunken Art, this show will exhibit a wide variety of Fine Art from Freddy's finest artists. Proceeds will go the Hand Cuff Fund for the Chains of Justice that were installed into the physical Bar at Freddy's on December 20, 2009. What is Gone is Not Forgotten. Artists: Katie Welty, Margot Spindelman, Steve Pauley, Nancy Drew, Lisanne McTernan, Donald O'Finn, Steve DeSeve, Dirk Richarson, Dan Sagarin, Peter Teraberry, David Strome, Andy Friedman, Haynes Atkins, and Tim Harrod. [G&S note: we are saddened and angry by the rape of citizens' rights that is thi
s court decision. Ratner's arena & luxury towers are the last thing this part of Brooklyn needs.] (Freddy's Bar, 485 Dean Str at 6th Ave, BK, 6pm, FREE)
ART/PARTY: Haiti Benefit
http://csvcenter.com/2005/Poster-HaitiHands-FINAL.jpg
We will have six live performances as well as a silent art auction featuring over 10 different artists, and special guest speakers. Artists include Liz Marotti, Juan Carlos Pinto and Natalie Lapalosa. Performers include Vinyette, Keith Paine and The Black Dragon. The Oscars will be shown in a big screen TV. All Funds will be managed by the Haitian Community Development Project, a Haitian-founded and Haitian-managed not for profit 501(c)(3) organization that wisely channels its donations directly to Haitian beneficiaries of such projects as water filtration in schools. In this case, on advisement of the HCDP, funds will be dedicated to the Cine Institute in Jacmel, Haiti, "the Arts capital", of Haiti, with the idea of establishing a long-term relationship between the CSV Center and the multidisciplinary youth and artists of the Institute and of Jacmel. (CSV Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk St., 6pm, $10 sugg donation)
PARTY: The 4th Annual ALT.OSCARS Awards Event & Dance Party
http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/1040
Featuring Oscar Viewing in multiple rooms at this posh Greenwich Village club, the Infamous Alty Awards Ceremonies, an Interactive Red Carpet where all are welcome, and a late night Dance Party with DJ's spinning during the commercials and after the show. Listen to every word of the Hollywood Oscars in the lounge or participate in the Alt.Oscars event in the main room. Whereas Hollywood caters to "Celebrity Culture", the Alties advocates "Participatory Culture" where there are no VIP areas, where the velvet rope is open to anyone who makes an effort and where drinks and food are affordable to all. We enjoy the style of the Oscars and pay homage to all the actors and filmmakers but with our own New York City attitude. Dress Code: Film Character, Pop Culture Icon, Inspired Eccentric, Creative Black Tie or Star-Struck Paparazzi. (Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., bet Sullivan and Thompson, 6pm, $15/adv, $20/door)
PARTY: Oscar Party Hosted by Comedian Murray Hill. Featuring Oscar Ballots, Trivia, Prizes, and Audience Best & Worst Dressed Awards
http://mistershowbiz.com
http://www.joespub.com
Celebrate Hollywood's most glamorous night in New York City with comedian Murray Hill, "the hardest working middle-aged man in show business" as he hosts his 9th Annual Oscar Party at Joe's Pub, March 7th. The Oscars will be shown live and during commercials there will be impromptu performances, impersonations of the nominated stars, movie spoofs, interviews from the fake red carpet, movie trivia games and lots of prizes. A grand prize goes to the Winner of the Oscar Prediction Ballot. Ballots will be handed out before the show. The audience will also compete for "Best" and "Worst" Dressed and is encouraged to dress like their favorite celebrity for the chance to win fabulous silly prizes and cocktails. Murray Hill (Mr. Showbiz) will be joined by special guests: Neal Medlyn ("The Paris Hilton of Performance Art") and comedians Cole Escola (LOGO "Jeffrey & Cole Casserole"), Kate McKinnon (LOGO's "Big Gay Sketch Show"), Sandra Bauleo (youtube sensation and John Roberts colla
borator) and Robin Cloud (host Triple Minority Report). Oscar drink specials and full dinner available all night. (Joes Pub, 425 Lafayette St, 7pm, $20 advance, $25 door)
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MONDAY
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PARTY: Benefit for Ray's Candy Store
Ray's Candy Store is the latest neighborhood business that is under threat of eviction due to escalating rent hikes. 77 year old Ray Alvarez has had his store at 113 Avenue A for over thirty five years. Now, he is in danger of losing his home because he's finding it difficult to make the rent. His store personifies what used to be a real neighborhood place. All kinds of people from the elderly Ukrainians, the Puerto Ricans, the hippies, the punks, the yuppies and the hipsters, ecetera etc..all use Ray's Candy Store for food, cigarettes, coffee and to be down right neighborly. It's one of the rare places in the city where all can gather and all can feel welcome. This benefit is in the old rent party tradition of raising money to help one of our own to stay where he belongs, to remain an essential part of the community. Performers include DiDi of the Brazilian Girls, Ms. Marilyn singing her smash hit "My Man Ray," Rev. Billy and the Life After Shopping Gospel Choir and the Bill
Murray Experience. (Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave., bet 9th and 10th, 7:30, $15 sugg donation)
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TUESDAY
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MUSIC: That 1 Guy, With Wolff & Tuba and Sxip Shirey
http://www.that1guy.com
http://www.wolffandtuba.com
http://www.sxipshirey.com
"Funky Bean," "Buttmachine," Mustaches and Laser beams. It reads like a page out of a Dr. Seuss book, but for Mike Silverman, better known as That 1 Guy, it is just the reality he was searching for. At 150-200 live shows each year people gather to see his mad scientist at work, curiously watching as That 1 Guy plugs an electric chord into the heel of a cowboy boot and transforms it into an instrument. They even chime in for the song "Weasel Pot Pie," offering rhymes to finish a line about "cinnamon scones": Twilight Zones? Al Capones? Frank Stallones? With his curious instrument, creative performances and abundant talent, That 1 Guy has caught the attention of promoters around the world and tours heavily, wowing crowds at Big Day Out, Glastonbury, Monterrey Jazz Festival, Lowlands, Wakarusa and numerous other festivals. In 2007 he joined Guns 'N' Roses guitarist Buckethead on an American tour before headlining his own "Mustaches and Laser Beams" tour through North America. (
Tue, 8pm, Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan Street between Bleeker and West 3rd, $10 advance, $12 door)
BURLESQUE: Hard Candy Burlesque: The Divorce Show
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=340397532404
http://www.thedelancey.com
This month, the Burlesque Debut of Fraulein Shtup. Every performer on this bill has taken the plunge of marriage and then suffered the hell that is divorce. We have survived and are much stronger for it. Live music throughout the show. Featuring Weirdee Girl, Connie Baker, Scarlet Spitfire, Boozy Collins, Albert Cadabra and Gal Friday, Carolyn Castiglia, Sticky Ricky as our Stage Kitten and Joe the Shark on door. With DJ Cub and Sugar NY Dance Party with Gogo Dancers all night long. (Tue, 9-11pm, The Delancey, 168 Delancey st bet Clinton & Attorney, $8)
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WEDNESDAY
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PARTY: WARPER 4 Year Anniversary Blowout
http://bk.knittingfactory.com/
Featuring live music from 17+ electronic music performers and projected images, workshops, and interactive art. Performers include The Monkey and the Engineer, Jon Margulies and ATOM. In Exaltron's "PRETTY YOUR MIDI" booth you can decorate your controller, hardware, laptop etc. with our craft supplies, hosted by Scott Exaltron. There will also be Live SILK SCREENING from Bushwick Print Labs - Bring in any piece of clothing, cloth bag, jacket etc. and get an awesome colorful design screened on it "while-u-wait" for $5, blank shirts available for $5, choose from original designs, Warper logos, Hobotech images and more. (The Knitting Factory Brooklyn, 361 Metropolitan Avenue, 8pm, FREE)
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ONGOING
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THEATER: 2010 New York FRIGID Festival
http://www.frigidnewyork.info
The New York FRIGID Festival is an open and uncensored theater festival presented by Horse Trade Theater Group in association with San Francisco's Exit Theatre. Riding the fringe of winter, the hit celebration of independent theater will run at The Kraine Theater, The Red Room, and UNDER St. Marks. Boasting over 150 performances and 30 shows over 12 days in 3 theaters, FRIGID New York will kick off the annual North American Fringe Circuit with a bang. (thru 3/7, see site for details)
ART: New Moon: Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac
http://www.myplasticheartnyc.com/
Curated by John Wong, this exhibition at My Plastic Heart brings together twenty-six artists from around the world to lend their own styles and sensibilities to the 12 zodiac animals. Included will be works encompassing a wide range of media from paintings and collages to custom figures and digital artwork. This is one of My Plastic Heart's most anticipated events of the year. (Show thru 3/6, My Plastic Heart, 210 Forsyth St., FREE)
MULTIMEDIA: POP: Crackle & Snap
http://www.leokuelbscollection.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=311249038337
Video and Light Installations. Work by: Christine Schulz, Tamas Veszi, Keith Ervin, Chris Jordan. "Pop, Crackle and Snap" is an opportunity to look through the mirror and into our shared pop past, upon which the present teeters, poised for an uncomfortable entry into the crazy and congested future. Note: Due to the complex and fragile nature of this collective installation, there is no Opening Event. But please stop by Friday or Saturday; 6-9 p.m. to see the show and have a glass of wine. (thru 3/7, 50 Bridge St, #516; By Appointment)
THEATER: Venus in Fur
http://classicstage.org/2010_venus.shtml
2-4-1- tix: http://www.nycgo.com/onthehouse
Inspired by the infamous erotic novel of the same name, Venus in Fur takes us behind the scenes of an audition, where a man and a woman blur the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, love and sex. A crackling exploration of sexual control and desire, the play is captive to David Ives's famous combination of classic rigor and contemporary wit. "90 minutes of good kinky fun. A tasty new comedy, directed with laser-sharp precision by Walter Bobbie. Nina Arianda is sensational; comic, sexy, scary at the same time. Wes Bentley's piercing eyes suggest simmering depths. Mr. Ives presents a nifty, skillfully wrought entertainment; an enjoyable game of kitten-with-a-whip and mouse." - The New York Times. [G&S note: we hear this is a great show, and the 2-4-1 offer through end of feb makes it affordable.] (thru 3/7, Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th St, Tue-Sat 8pm, Sat/Sun 2pm, $60+)
WORD: The Talking Show: The Magical Ridiculous Journey of Alien Comic
http://www.ps122.org/performances/the_talking_show.html
Fairy godfather of downtown performance, Tom Murrin (a/k/a Alien Comic), takes us on a talking tour of his life - and of his travels though avant garde theatre in the 60s, 70s, and early 80s. Murrin has been there from the beginning and lived to tell the tale. (thru 3/7, P.S. 122, 150 1st Avenue, Thurs-Sat 7:30pm, Sun 5:30pm, $20, $15 w/code FF15)
THEATER: The Divine Sister
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/705475
The Divine Sister is an outrageous comic homage to nearly every Hollywood film involving nuns. Evoking such films as The Song of Bernadette, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Singing Nun and Agnes of God, The Divine Sister tells the story of St. Veronica's indomitable Mother Superior (author Charles Busch) who is determined to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. Along the way, she has to deal with a young postulant who is experiencing "visions," sexual hysteria among her nuns, a sensitive schoolboy in need of mentoring, a mysterious nun visiting from the Mother House in Berlin, and a former suitor intent on luring her away from her vows. This madcap trip through Hollywood religiosity evokes the wildly comic but affectionately observed theatrical style of the creator of Die, Mommie, Die. and Psycho Beach Party. (thru 3/7, Cino Theater, 55 First Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets, Thurs–Sat 8pm, Sat–Sun 3pm, $25)
PERFORMANCE: Outré Island
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=294727181941&index=1
Join the citizens of Outré Island as they desperately look to join the outside world by any means necessary. This includes bending their bodies in an unusual manner. Learn about their rich heritage and majestic culture. Discover an endless supply of blue goo. Raja Azar from Jollyship the Whizbang conjures sounds from an electronic device. Directed by Sam Gold (Circle Mirror Transformation). (thru 3/11, Ars Nova, 511 W. 54th St., Thur 8pm, $15)
THEATER: Craven Monkey and the Mountain of Fury
http://www.bricktheater.com/
A Darwinian martial-arts fairy tale in which monkeys and monsters beat the crap out of each other, written and directed by Jeff Lewonczyk, created by the Company, fight directed by Qui Nguyen and Adam Swiderski, conceived by Hope Cartelli and Jeff Lewonczyk. Combining elements of comparative mythology, silent comedy, capoeira, video game violence and modern dance, Craven Monkey and the Mountain of Fury features a troupe of actor/dancers performing in the unique wordless style of Piper McKenzie's "Bizarre Science Fantasy" series, which yielded Macbeth Without Words, Sexadelic Cemetery and a number of other singular theatrical experiences. The result is a savage, sexy, slapstick spectacular that pumps new theatrical life into the notion of "survival of the fittest." (thru 3/13, The Brick Theater, 575 Metropolitan Avenue bet Union and Lorimer Street, BK, 8pm, 10:30pm, $12)
THEATER: Radiohole's "Whatever, Heaven Allows"
"Effervescent, anarchic work... makes familiar text creepily bizarre."-- Time Out. Radiohole's latest synthesis of cultural flotsam is sure to be bawdy, silly, possibly transcendent, and a touch disturbed. Known for its radical and reckless theatricality, avant-garde New York troupe Radiohole's newest work is a star-spangled American meta-melodrama inspired by film director Douglas Sirk's 1950s potboilers and Milton's epic Paradise Lost. Our heroine is an all- American "Eve" who must save her home from an evil-doer while struggling to find fulfillment in a lasting relationship with a supposedly good man who looks like god. Radiohole's newest synthesis of cultural flotsam is sure to be bawdy, silly, possibly transcendent, and a touch disturbed. [G&S note: 2-for-1 adv tix w/code HOLE241--don't know for which shows] (thru 3/13, Thu-Sat 8pm, Sun 6pm, late shows Sat 10pm, Performance Space 122, 1st Ave at 9th St, $20/$15 Student or Senior/$11 with the PS122 Passport)
ART: Housebroken: Flux Factory Exhibit
http://www.fluxfactory.org
Housebroken, Flux's inaugural show curated by Jean Barberis and Georgia Muenster, will be a gala celebration of Flux Factory's newest home. Dozens of artists will exhibit works throughout the building, with over 100 installations and performances. (thru 3/21, Flux Factory, 39-31 29th St., LIC, Saturday and Sunday 12-6pm)
PUPPETS: Emperor and Queen
http://www.puppetworks.org
Puppetworks presents its winter presentations of "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Snow Queen," two classic fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Adapted for the marionette stage by Puppetworks' Artistic Director Nicolas Coppola, "The Emperor's New Clothes" tells the tale of a vain emperor who buys a set of 'invisible' clothes, only to march down the street in his underwear. The play is accompanied by the music of Dmitri Shostakovich. "The Snow Queen" tells the story of a mysterious lady who throws ice into the heart of a boy so that he becomes cold and mean. The story is accompanied by Norwegian folk tunes and other music from Norwegian composer Edvard Greig. (thru 3/28, Puppetworks, 338 6th Ave. at 4th St., Park Slope, BK, 12:30 and 2:30, $8)
INSTALLATION/PERFORMANCE: Flight 18
http://www.flight18.net
Taking place within a 6,000 square foot former retail store, FLIGHT 18 is an interactive performance that invites its passengers on board a spaceship voyaging toward the outer limits of space. FLIGHT 18 is an environmental entertainment experience offering a public forum where performers and audience can interact and freely express themselves. Discreet BYOB, also bring an open mind and come prepared to dance a bunch. (Thur-Sun thru 3/28, 210 Front St at Beekman, time varies, $18)
THEATER: Glee Club
http://www.bluecoyote.org
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=296403078348
Blue Coyote Theater Group is proud to present GLEE CLUB, written by Matthew Freeman and directed by Kyle Ancowitz. A sold-out hit at last summer's Antidepressant Festival at The Brick, Blue Coyote remounts this hilarious play about eight misfit members of Romeo, Vermont's cut-throat Glee Club. They are on the verge of meltdown after their soloist makes the disastrous decision to save his own life. Will they be ready in time for the big recital? And isn't music the most important thing? GLEE CLUB is a comedy about singing. Singing makes people happy. In classic Matthew Freeman style, underlying the spot-on comedy is a darker thread that explores the destructive decisions that accompany blind ambition. Called "the feel good tragedy of the year" by playwright James Comtois during its short run at the Antidepressant Festival last summer, GLEE CLUB features the infectious song "The World Will Make You Smile" (music and lyrics by Stephen Speights) that had audience members humming
and howling. (thru 4/3, Access Theater, 380 Broadway at White St., 8pm, $15/previews, $25)
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)
INSTALLATION: SUPERCONDUCTOR
http://www.honey-space.com/
An installation by Daphane Park. Informed by various alternative Western healing technologies and shamanistic rituals, SUPERCONDUCTOR is composed of a set of "objects of performance", an original soundtrack, and a daily, 3-hour performance by the artist. Each of these elements is conceived as an instrument or practice with the potential for therapeutic renewal, and the installation as a whole is undertaken as a benediction for the destructive force inherent in the creative process, and life in general. As a healing site, SUPERCONDUCTOR is open for anyone to directly participate and engage. A soundtrack composed by David Marshall, Rachael Bell, and Derrick Barnicoat provides the sonic landscape of SUPERCONDUCTOR. Created for the installation, the composition is influenced by the discovery of low-frequency sound emanating from black holes at the pitch of B-flat. Current scientific theory holds that this sound plays an important organizing role in the formation of galaxies, a
nd thereby, the astrophysical evolution of the universe, and life itself. (thru 4/10, Honey Space, 143 11th Ave bet 21st and 22nd, Tues-Sat 11am-6pm, performance 3-6pm daily)
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)
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