Gemini & Scorpio

[G&S]: Upcoming events sneak peek & your artful weekend happenings - and JANK!

2010-03-05T13:20:18Z

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,

Gemini & Scorpio
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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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[G&S]: Weekend listings & details for JANK! dance party next week

2010-02-26T14:25:59Z

Hello lovelies,

We've been peeking out our window at the never-ending snow all day, wondering when it might actually stop long enough to go out and do all the fabulous things going on this weekend. Of those, a special mention for The Wonderneath, a sparkling circus extravaganza at the House of Yes. It is the creation of Ali Schmitz, one of the Lady Circus troupe, and the most delightful glitter-and-stilts rainbows-and-unicorns ray-of-sunshine creature. You've seen her at tons of events around town,. and this is her first full-length feature production. Yay Ali!

For us, our next crazy getdown is JANK! - a live-musi-driven dance party we're co-producing with the mad genius Sxip Shirey, also at the House of Yes. We've gotten over 100 RSVPs in 3 days on Facebook, so this may be a crowded one. Details below.

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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
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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ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES
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AUDITION: Circus Amok
http://www.circusamok.org
NYC’s renowned outdoor political spectacular theatrical company is seeking Acrobats, Jugglers, Physical Comedians, Stilt Dancers, Rope Walkers and other Extraordinary Performers for our September 2010 tour of New York City parks. Circus Amok is New York City’s only award-winning, one-ring, no-animal, outdoor, political circus/theater company. Founded in 1989 by theater artist and renowned sideshow performer Jennifer Miller, Circus Amok has been touring city parks each summer since 1994. Circus Amok brings wildly fantastical, funny, sharp, glamorous and compelling circus spectacles that grapple with issues of social justice to diverse audiences of more than 10,000 fans each season. Rehearsals run May through August with approximately 15-20 paid performances in September. (LAVA Studio, 524 Bergen Street, BK, 3pm-4:30pm and 4:30pm-6pm)

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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THEATER: WOW+FLUTTER
http://www.chocolatefactorytheater.org
Andrew Schneider uses the body as a physical playback device of recorded media. Using custom-built wearable electronics, subsonic sound scores, interactive projections, and some heavy-duty mountaineering equipment, WOW+FLUTTER literalizes the mashup. In Schneider's surreal world, time loses linearity. Using a mix of live and prerecorded media, the past and the future poke holes in the present. Schneider draws on the works of author David Foster Wallace, legendary physicist Richard Feynman, and the millions of would-be film-makers of YouTube to collage together the story of our collective cultural memory. Dance, song, and spoken word are fractured and filtered through the use of Schneider's custom built wearable electronic devices. Schneider's body literally controls the media, and the media, in turn controls Schneider. (Fri/Sat, The Chocolate Factory, 5-49 49th Avenue, LIC, 8pm, $15)

***CIRCUS: Wonderneath
http://www.houseofyes.org
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/97218
Set in turn-of-the-century New York City, the Wonderneath explores the otherworldly lair rumbling below the city's surface, where steam energy has seeped through granite and crystal, fractalized, and created a land where all that is wondered comes to be. This triumphant tale explores the intersection of imagination and circus skills through aerial acrobatics, fire performance, puppetry, dance, and more, accompanied with live jazz and blues stylings by Tin Pan. Join Hailey, played by Kai Altair, as she discovers this magical realm and the many mysteries that lie below. A fantastical world nestled amongst the delight of color-spewing snapdragons, the mischief of pixie steam rats, and the power and grace of the high-flying Queen of the underbelly, the Wonderneath. Written and produced by Ali Schmitz. Featuring dazzling performances by Claire de Luxe, Jordann Baker, Ali Luminescent, and Ellie Mio of Lady Circus; Ateles Aerial; Renata of Desert Sin and Alchemy Dance Theater; Ahnik
a Delerium and Bex Burton. (Fri/Sun/Thur & Fri/Sat next week, House of Yes, 342 Maujer Street, Bushwick, BK, 8pm doors, 9p show, $15 advance, $20 door)

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. (Sat 4pm, Wed 6pm, Next week: Fri 7pm, Sun 2:30pm, The Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th St bet 2nd & 3rd Aves, $16)

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)

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PERFORMANCE: Girl Meat Fun(d)raiser
http://www.bax.org
Join Victoria Libertore and friends in this celebration of her 10 years devoted to making performance in NYC. It's a party and performance with Cynthia Hopkins, Maddy Mann and Lexie Miller, comedian Robin Cloud, Reverend Raymond Nader as well as burlesque beauties making their debut: Jazabel, Kstar, Maya Lusion, Poisoned Ivy, and Reverend Harness. DJ Crazy Cuban aka/Alberto Denis will take us from the performances into partying and dancing. Light food and beverages for you. All funds go towards her new show Girl Meat. Girl Meat: According to legend, Countess Elizabeth Bathory is the most prolific female serial killer in history. Drinking and bathing in the blood of her victims, she tortured and killed hundreds of women. Intrigued by this true story, solo performer Victoria Libertore channels Bathory's essence with intensity, a dose of camp and a hint of insanity. All the while exploring why as a society we find naked, twisted-up, bloodied bodies of women so damn fascinating.
Direction by Rosalie Purvis. Dramaturgy by Jen-Scott Mobley. Set design by Jono Lukas. Costume design by Jeff Sturdivant. Silent auction and raffle items include: headshot/portrait session, audition/feedback with a theatre, TV and film agent, theatre and dance tickets, one-on-one yoga session, one-on-one drumming session, reiki session, Body Talk session, trapeze lesson, high-end hair cut, framed photography, handmade jewelry and intuitive reading. (Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 421 Fifth Avenue, between 7th and 8th st, 7pm doors/8-11pm show, $15)

MUSIC: Franz Nicolay & Tim Fite
http://bk.knittingfactory.com/event-details/?tfly_event_id=4403
A great show that doubles as a book release, as Franz Nicolay not only plays some spectacular anti-social chamber music, but is also celebrating the publication of his book-in-progress (it comes out as three zines), "Complicated Gardening Techniques." Nicolay, who has contributed his multi-instrumental talents (piano, accordion, guitar, mandolin, saw, anything else that might be out in the tool shed) to groups such as The Hold Steady and World/Inferno Friendship Society, has written a Twainsian collection of short stories and observations that confirm his old-world outlook. Franz will keep it interesting and the crowd on its toes, as usual. Also on hand to bring mirth and mayhem is Brooklyn gun toter and obscure-sample wiz kid Tim Fite. What Tim will add to the proceedings is anyone’s guess. Could be hip hop, could be pop, could be Halloween music (in February, why not?) could be selections from his Anti-records releases. (Knitting Factory BK,361 Metropolitan Ave, W'burg, BK,
doors 8pm, show 9pm, $8)

PARTY: A New Breed
http://www.exitart.org
A party to benefit Exit Art's SEA program and the Waterpod Music. Performances by Lemonade, Class Actress, and Brahms. Art performances: Shana Moulton, Brina Thurston. Video: Simone Leigh, Aleksandra Mir, and Charles Stankievech. A New Breed is inspired by the Waterpod, a floating, sculptural structure/habitat/community space that traveled around the boroughs of New York in Summer 2009. Exit Art and Waterpod are excited to introduce a night of multimedia performance from a generation of young artists and innovators. Join us for this party to benefit Exit Art's SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics) program and Waterpod. (Exit Art, 475 Tenth Avenue, at 36th St, 8pm-1am, $5-20 pay-as-you-wish)

*PARTY: Wonderland Tim Burton Ball
http://www.youtube.com/swinggoth
Exactly one week before Mr. Burton's sequel to Alice in Wonderland hits the screen, we present to you a place of more wonder than even he can concoct... a dance event filled with all of his creations. This truly will BE a wonderland. Throughout the night, Abney Park will grace us with 2 full live shows and there will be other special guests including Vampire Freaks who are sponsoring the event and will be vending and the Ball will include two vignettes by La Petite Guignole as well as a dance performance by Lilly Stitches. Dance instruction is included in the price of the ball - no partner or experience is required. We will focus on connection to a partner and how to have fun together on the dance floor. We'll also cover footwork because people think we're supposed to, but this is Swing Goth: it's not based on rules, it's based on music, your partner and you! Instruction will begin at 10:15pm and go until about 11:15pmish. If you want to dress, feel free to come as any one of
Burton's characters or as some creation of your own (or feel free to come as your are). We're certain they'll be plenty of Johnny Depps; but, seriously folks, if you want people to dance with you we don't recommend Edward Scissorhands. (Abney Park, 511 Greenwich St. at Spring, 10pm, $30/adv, $35/door)

DJ/DANCING: More Fun Than Anything Else Going On! (the Sequel)
After a month on break, we are proud to present a night of dance mania and absurdity with DJ Dirty Finger, Anton Glamb, Danzie, and DJ Spanky. This party is co-promoted with Body Actualized Control and firetotheprisons.com. Cupcakes and literature about where the money from the event is going will be at the party as well. (Market Hotel, 1142 Myrtle AvE at Broadway, Bushwick, BK, 10pm-4am, $6, all ages)

*DJ/DANCING: Hot It Up!
http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/event-detail/?id=5443
a new monthly party presented by Brooklyn Wonderland. Expect a hot & tropical dance extravaganza with bass-quaking, ass-shaking Disco-funk, Breakbeat Rhumba, Kuduro, Dancehall, Booty-bass, Afro-beat, Funk, and Hip-hop, all hotted up with live drumming and dancers. Hotpants encouraged. Featuring: Ursula 1000, DJ Barney Iller, DJ Oja, BludDrums live drums, Peter Barr live percussion. (Littlefield, 622 Degraw St, Gowanus, BK, 11:00pm, 21 and Over, $5 with RSVP to brooklynwonderland@gmail.com or before midnight, $8 afterwards)

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**PARTY:Lit: NY the Grand Opening of CastleBraid Artillery
http://www.castlebraid.com/artillery/
A celebration of the opening of CastleBraid Artillery, the newest addition to the Bushwick art scene, featuring an array of classes, facilities and professional services geared towards the creative minds of Brooklyn and beyond. This opening event features live music, a Purim dance party, art installations, film screenings, a fashion show, a comedy act and more. (CastleBraid, 114 Troutman St., Bushwick, BK, 2pm-late, FREE)

SPIRIT: Ancestors Speak--Channeling and Mediumship Event
http://www.magickalrealms.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=319673832892
Come and join us for an afternoon of Prayer, Meditation, Channeling and Healing. You will understand who is your Spirit Guide and how to communicate the energy that walks with you. You will be guided by Spirit Master and Teacher Chris Oshun (Espiritismo). This sort of event is traditionally referred to as a Misa and it comes from Espiritismo. Espiritismo is a spiritualist practice stemming from the Latin Community which is focused on Ancestor, Angel and Deity communication, utilizing a gifted medium. It's not the sort of thing you'll find much info on the internet or in a book but rather something that comes from family and oral traditions. We are very blessed to have medium Chris Oschun share this beautiful practice with the community. (Magickal Realms, 2486 Webster Avenue, Bronx, 4pm-6pm, $40)

*PARTY: Get Your Dance On!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=341131070165
http://www.housingworks.org
Yogaworks Soho is hosting Flavorpill's dance party for the soul this time around, with two floors featuring DJ Dhundee's body-shaking grooves (and a beautiful floor where you can bust your biggest and best barefoot moves), a chill out space with plenty of pillows, dijeridoos, singing bowls and more to massage your senses, and open saunas to melt away your winter blues. We'll also have complimentary organic chocolate, wine, and kombucha on tap to keep you going as you bounce from one to the next. Tickets include a week of unlimited yoga for those new to the studio, with reduced admission for YW members. All proceeds go to Housing Works. (Yogaworks Studio, 459 Broadway, 7pm-10pm, $20)

PARTY: Falling in Love Again: Wit's End 1-year Anniversary
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=264689284882
Wit's End and the Dorothy Parker Society are proud to present you with a new year of good friends, good style, and good times. To start off our second year right, we're bringing back the guys who played at the start of it all: Grandpa Musselman & His Syncopators. Gramps will keep you movin' all night and will feature great love songs of the Jazz Age. 7-8pm - Flute Bar will be providing our guests with some FREE hors d'oeuvres at the bar to accompany those cocktails. Come early and make it a full vintage evening out and order dinner from Flute. 8:30pm - FREE Beginner Dance Lesson. WIN prizes from Cladrite.com and some special surprises from Wit's End. As always, try vintage cocktails from our menu (as well as some great Flute originals), and pick up your copy of Zelda : The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau. Come dressed in your finest 1920s/30s/40s vintage or vintage style attire, and celebrate with us. Thank you all for a wonderful first year! (Flute Bar, 205 W 54th St, 7pm-12
am, $12, 21+)

THEATER: Joys of Armageddon
http://www.houseofyes.org/
An Experimental Hip-Hop Musical...that will End the World. Electro hiphop propels a modern martyr to the end of everything and beyond in wild new musical. Come witness...The end of civilization. Computer genius. The 2012 Holocaust. Mutiny. Abandoned subway tunnels. Misfits. Calamities. New
Orleans. Lethal confrontations & Estranged fathers... the Divine. And more.... Featuring: Mike iLL as Macon Traxx, Rivka as Holy Jones, Mr. Taps as Muerdonk, Michael Cavadias as Widget, Miss Guy as Antoinette LaFíte, Dominic Dela Fave as Pitzy Jonawitz, Jaime Dela Fave as Pulse, Cristina Silver as Dr. Dan Piper, Suzy Arango as Oshun, Jerm Pollet as Pong, Tina Krause as Candace Tractenburg, J McElfresh as Berzerk, Armen Setrakian as Super-Mario, Abbe Rivers as Static and Meredith Borden as Zelda. (House of Yes, 342 Maujer St., BK, 7:30pm, $12)

*MUSIC: THE SWAY MACHINERY's third annual PURIM BASH
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=304325120937
On the heels of The Sway Machinery's performance and recording tour of Mali, Africa, the band brings its infectious and joyful vision of worlds of music colliding back to New York for the city's PREMIERE PURIM CARNIVALE. In keeping with the holiday's roots in the salvation of a nation in peril, we have decided to dedicate this year's Purim party to the victims of the recent catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. We are joined in supporting this important cause by DJARARA, New York's Premiere Haitian Rara Ensemble. [dispatch from the Festival of the Desert] "Koudede was followed by Sway Machinery’s own set. They were strong and energetic. They brought the audience into their groove within seconds. While Lockwood sang in Hebrew, the Muslim crowd respected the music and showed its appreciation by dancing along." --Afropop.org. "Djarara have been bringing the energy of Haitian street music to New York for years"--WNYC. All proceeds to benefit the American Jewish World Service Haiti Re
lief Fund. (Littlefield, 622 Degraw St, Gowanus, BK, 8-11pm, $10 advance or with costume!/ $15 otherwise)

*PARTY: Beleza NYC Carnaval Edition
http://belezanyc.com
On the NORTH side DJ CATO & DJ SABO (Turntable Lab, Sol*Selectas) spinning Samba, Broken Beat, Soulful house, Afro Brazilian, Axe, Salsa and Forro. On the SOUTH side DJ SAM aka RABBI DARKSIDE spinning all the Hip-hop etc. Live percussion by MARACATU NEW YORK. Special Samba dance perfomance. (THE CABANAS at THE MARITIME HOTEL, 88 9 Ave bet 16th & 17th, 9pm-4am, $10, 21+)

PARTY: HAMANbashin': JDub Purim Costume Party
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=284335429661&ref=ts
Purim dance party featuring performances by DJ Ultragrrrl, The Shondes, DJ Matt Elkin (of the So So Glos), Can!!Can and The Gangsta Rabbi. There will also be a reinterpretation of the Megillah by Patrick of Can!!Can and Punk Torah channelling Sid Vicious. (The Suffolk, 107 Suffolk St., bet Suffolk and Rivington, 9pm, $10/adv, $15/door)

PARTY: Purim Live
http://www.chabadofnorthbrooklyn.com
Megillah reading (8:30pm & on the hour), pasta bar, lots of hamentashen and open bar. Live music by BRODY & DIWON. They brought you the Lecha Dodi remix of Akon, then the Shir HaShirim Moroccan beat meditation, now they are onto Israeli party music. They will be performing crazy Middle Eastern Purim Music like you have never heard. (Chabad North Brooklyn, 132 N. Fifth St, W'burg, 8pm, $10/$5 in costume)

PARTY: Heeb Magazine & 3rd Ward Present: The Pour 'em Party!
http://www.heebmagazine.com/store/view/60
http://www.3rdward.com/events
Pour 'em for Purim! Dust off your costumes, shine your dancing shoes and get ready to guzzle. Ever been caught in traffic while the Chassids of South Williamsburg crowd the streets in costume in February? They are celebrating Purim. When the Jews of ancient Persia avoided extinction, God commanded them to celebrate by getting so drunk they couldn't tell their friends from their enemies. Sounds good to us! Jewish or not, put on a costume and join us! Featuring Team Facelift, The Shining Twins, Dirty Fences, Cowboy Mark, DJ Drew Heffron and DJ Kool Jew. (3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave., BK, 9pm-4am, $10/adv, $15/door)

*BURLESQUE: Royale with Cheese: A Burlesque Tribute to Pulp Fiction
http://www.casinoofortunecookie.com/Home.html
Casino O'Fortune Cookie Productions, are about to get medieval on your ass! Presenting Royale With Cheese: The Burlesque Tribute to Pulp Fiction. Join Anita Cookie, Clams Casino and Neil O'Fortune in an all-star homage to the cult classic, adding the one missing element: nudity! Pulp Fiction soundtrack, a stellar lineup : Bambi the Mermaid, Delirium Tremens, Nasty Canasta, and Tigger! With your host, the inglorious Bastard Keith! Also featuring classic surf music performed live all night by the one and only Fisherman! With team go-go by the Tearin' Tinas: BB Heart, Sapphire Jones and Sizzle Dizzle! The greatest audience participation contest in history: the Joe's Pub Jack Rabbit Slim's Twist Contest. Prizes provided by Two Boots Pizza and Video! (Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette St.,Doors at 11:30 PM, show at midnight, $15)

DJ/DANCING: Lose Your Shit Loft Party
http://www.loseyourshit.com
With DJ Smallchange, Mike Simonetti, Twilite Tone, and Dirty Finger. The dance party that mashes up NYC nightlife. Lose Your Shit (the lovechild of DJ Smallchange and MeanRed Productions) is a loft party series for the music-obsessed. Artists as far-reaching as King Britt, Cosmo Baker, Jonathan Toubin, Fort Knox Five, Rub N Tug, House of House, and Michna have all graced the LYS turntables. The party was created to be 1) a showcase of NYC's finest DJs, featuring a wide range of musical genres in the course of one night; 2) a celebration of alt spaces in the city; 3) an excuse to bring different NYC communities together for some hot and heavy dancefloor interactions. (House of Yes, 342 Maujer St., BK, 11pm, $10 before midnight with RSVP/$15 after)

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**FOOD: NYC Food Crawl: Pork Bun Crawl
http://nycfoodcrawl.blogspot.com
In honor of the Chinese New Year this month, NYC Food Crawl will lead a horde of hungry revelers back to Chinatown and dive deep into pork bun territory. Char siu bao, the Cantonese pork bun, is prepared in two distinct ways: steamed with a white and fluffy exterior or baked to a crispy golden brown. Both types typically include sweet-yet-savory barbecued pork in a reddish pink sauce, though other ingredients in the filling vary according to local custom. Originally created as a sacrificial offering "in the shape of a head" during more barbaric times in China's long history, the plumply juicy char siu bao has since become the darling of dim sum and a staple of Chinese bakeries around the world. Pork Bun scorecard, map, and team assignments will be provided at starting location. Go at your own pace and pay as you go. Come hungry, leave happy. (Meet at northeast corner of Columbus Park, Mulberry St at Bayard St, 3pm, FREE)

PARTY: The CrazyKinkyPurim Cabaret and Costume Party
http://www.kinkyjews.com
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/96356
Drinking, dressing up in lavish costumes and partying till you drop are all considered good deeds and must-do's on this most joyous of Jewish Holidays. For this reason, the founders of four new, young and progressive Jewish organizations: Isramerica, Kinky Jews, Artists4Israel and the creators of the off- Broadway hit, 'Sex and the Holy Land' have joined forces to bring you a night of fun and fantasy reminiscent of those good old days at Studio 54. Highlights of the burlesque-style variety show include crazy, kinky acts such as Minnie Tonka(of the Shlep Sisters) and Ginger; both burlesque dancers, hilarious sketches with Jewish role playing, raunchy stand up comedy, fire dancing, human beat-boxing and the 'Yoga Yenata'; an 85 year old contortionist that bends herself into a human pretzel while exclaiming: "Givalt" and "Mazal Tov". 30-minute Megillah + free wine and hors d'oeuvres at 6:15 pm. Showtime 7:30 pm-9:30 pm; costume dance party 10 pm. 2-for-1 drink specials all nigh
t. (The Delancey, 168 Delancey St, 6pm-4am, $15 adv/ $20 door)

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PARTICIPATORY: The Big Quiz Thing
http://www.bigquizthing.com
With our video round...Three Degrees of Celebrities. And our audio round...I Want Your Sax. Quizmastered by Noah Tarnow; sidekicked by EDP. Music by DJ GB. $250 in cash prizes. (Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St @ Thompson St, 7:30pm, $7)

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THEATER: Bailout Theater
http://www.bailout-theater.org
http://www.bailouttheater.blogspot.com
An evening of original theater starting with local improv comedy troupe The Humannequins and featuring a reading of the new original work "Mr. Boniface the Wise" by local playwright KT Peterson. There will also be free dinner and desserts provided as always by friendly Village restaurants and potluck enthusiasts. Feel free to bring a small dish or dessert to share but it is not required. (Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Sq. South, 7:30pm, FREE)

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LEARNING: Evolver Love Spore
http://www.evolver.net/nyc_love_spore
Get intimate with fellow Evolvers as we explore the pleasures that love - in all its forms - has to offer. We invite you to join us for a night of sexy, thought-provoking discussions and workshops on subjects ranging from tantric healing to secrets for loving yourself to the art of loving many. For this Spore, we’ll go beyond the counterproductive rules, prejudices, and politics that our culture perpetuates around love, sex, and sensuality. To help we've brought in some powerful local experts in this field, including Patricia Johnson from Tantra PM, Kiana Love from Be Wild Woman, The Transformational Warriors, and polyamory psychiatrist Jason Relph. Sneak screening of Maxi Cohen’s “Ladies Room Around the World,” free energy healings by Samantha Ibarguen, and a Polarity Power Circle by Jonathan Talat Phillips. Sensual tunes provided by DJ HoneyPot, and food to get you in the mood crafted by Charlie Gonzalez. If you're ready to see why Evolvers are some of the best lovers
in the city, this is one Spore you won't want to miss! (388 Atlantic Avenue, BK, 7pm, $10)

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THEATER: Fêtes de la Nuit
http://www.Fetesnyc.com
Charles L. Mee’s enticing Fêtes de la Nuit is a deliciously naughty valentine to Paris that celebrates life, love and all things Parisian. Fêtes is directed by Kim Weild, who incorporates American Sign Language into a production that features three Deaf actors, including Alexandria Wailes, who appeared opposite Meryl Streep in The Public’s production of Mother Courage. (thru 2/27, Ohio Theater, 66 Wooster St., 8pm, $18)

THEATER: You're Welcome
http://www.bricktheater.com/yourewelcome
You're Welcome is a collection of 5 small plays about creation and failure; a unified theatrical myth that tells the story of an invented band of performers and their catastrophic attempts at connection. The plays are also about love, death, desire, tragedy, comedy, drunk driving, sexiness, beauty, loss, the battle between good and evil, a baby born wearing a hat. And theater. They're about theater. Kind of the last word on theater. This is You're Welcome - 5 plays that pretty much nail it. Featuring Hannah Bos, Michael Cyril Creighton and Paul Thureen. Written by Paul Thureen and Hannah Bos. Directed and Developed by Oliver Butler. (thru 2/27, Brick Theater, 575 Metropolitan Avenue, BK, Thurs-Sat 8pm, $18)

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: "Leonardo da Vinci's Workshop"
http://www.discoverytsx.com
The original Renaissance man gets some props from the Discovery Times Square Exposition museum. Opens with a re-creation of the mad-brilliant scientist's studio. Twenty of Leonardo's works have been reconstructed, including a life-size, walking 3-D model of a mechanical lion and a robot knight. It's a good thing Leonardo isn't alive today, or we'd all be living under his cyborg army's jackboot. (thru 3/14, former New York Times building, 226 W. 44th St. bet 7th and 8th Aves, 10am-10pm, $17.50-$19.50)

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)

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)

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)

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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[G&S]: We're in The New York Times! / Golden Vapors pics / New party announced

2010-02-19T14:48:53Z

Hello lovelies,

Holy moly! Did you see The New York Times yesterday? A beautiful two-page feature in the Home section with huge color photos from last weekend's Vault of Golden Vapors, and a fantastic article on ourselves and some of our friends in the underground events community, such as House of Yes and Winkel + Balktick. The web edition has an excellent slideshow of us and others "redecorating the landscape of the city's after-dark underground" - http://nyti.ms/cbsq2D

More fab Golden Vapors pics here: http://bit.ly/cxY6fA - http://bit.ly/aBhTJp - http://bit.ly/deUsLn (yours missing? want them featured on our site? email us -- and don't forget to add to our Flickr pool as well as FB event).

In a wonderfully coincidental twist of fate, our next event, announced below, is *at* The House of Yes. So to those list members just joining us, here's a chance to see both subjects of the NYT article in action. For the old-timers: remember that *ridiculous* brass-fueled live dance music set by circus composer Sxip Shirey 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. Oh yeah. See below.

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Gemini & Scorpio and Sxip Shirey
present

JANK

Sunday, March 7, 8pm-2am, $10
House of Yes, 342 Maujer at Morgan, Bushwick, BK
Details TK to http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html

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, uber-tech geek Moldover, eclectic beats wizard DJ Shakey.

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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. (Fri/Sat @ 8pm, The Red Room, 85 E. 4th St. 3rd Fl. btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave, $15/$12 for students and seniors)

FASHION/MUSIC: Williamsburg Fashion Weekend
http://www.williamsburgfashionweekend.com
Williamsburg Fashion Weekend presents its seventh season of fashion shows featuring designers who are not afraid to break the rules and cross boundaries in search of a deeper meaning to body adornment. Arthur Arbit, the founder and curator of WFW has assembled twelve designers who share his passion for unwavering, personal, take-no-prisoners aesthetic vision. The two day event will be held at Glasslands. With performances by Total Crap Uninc., Saira Huff, and DJ Kountzyr0. Check website for designer bios. (Sat/Sun, Glasslands, 289 Kent Avenue, W'burg, BK, 8pm, $8)

FEST: CineKink
http://www.cinekink.com
Founded in 2003, CineKink is an organization that recognizes and encourages the positive depiction of sexuality and kink in film and television, most visibly through its annual film festival, CineKink NYC. Featuring a specially-selected program of films and videos that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality, with offerings drawn from both Hollywood and beyond, works presented by CineKink range from documentary to drama, camp comedy to hot porn, mildly spicy to quite explicit - and everything in between. In addition to screenings, the annual festival also includes a short film competition, audience choice awards, presentations, parties and a gala kick-off fundraiser, all followed by a national screening tour. (thru Sun, see site for details)

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. (Fri/Sat, 6-9pm, 50 Bridge St, #516; By Appointment: March 1st-7th)

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OPENING: 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. DJ Taliesin and Mosholu Park will be on the decks, with video art by NES.Avi, and a special performance by White Limo. Open bar courtesy of Campari. After the opening party, Housebroken will be on view Saturday and Sunday 12-6pm thru March 21. (Flux Factory, 39-31 29th St., LIC, RSVP: rsvp@fluxfactory.org, 8pm, $15 suggested donation)

FILM: ROCATERRANIA: A Documentary about Outsider Artist Renaldo Kuhler
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=284111621834
Rocaterrania is a feature length documentary exploring the secret world of scientific illustrator and visionary artist Renaldo Kuhler. In the last four decades, 76-year-old Renaldo Kuhler has created hundreds of plates for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, illustrating diverse flora and fauna for obscure scientific journals and reference books. Before the making of this documentary, no one knew that Kuhler is also a prolific visionary artist - and the creator of an entire imaginary, illustrated world called Rocaterrania. Rocaterrania is a tiny nation of eastern European immigrants who purchased a tract of land along the Canadian border after growing restless with America’s notions of "democracy." Over the next six decades, Rocaterrania saw two revolutions and the rise and fall of a succession of czars, dictators, and presidents among a cast of characters vaguely resembling Russian historical figures. But, as the film reveals, each change in government reflects a
deeper meaning for Renaldo, an outsider who struggled to escape an emotionally abusive family and searched for freedom within a real nation threatened by forces of conformity. (Observatory, 543 Union St at Nevins, Enter through Proteus Gowanus, 8pm, $5)

VARIETY: Dead Herring Cabaret
http://www.circusnyc.com/shows/100218.html
Hosted by Jeff and Buttons and its a Cabaret. We can't tell you what to expect, because it will ruin the surprises, although we can promise that it will be hilarious. It might be scandalous. Possibly messy ... we're not really sure. All we know is that it will include talented favorites, such as Butt Kapinksi, New Exc!tement, Kae Burke, Kurt Braunohler, and Reggie Watts. (Dead Herring, 141 South 5th St, Apt 1E, W'burg, BK, 9pm doors/9:30pm show, $8)

MUSIC: Lady Rizo: Unescorted
http://www.ladyrizoandtheassettes.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=334934034467
The incomparable "cabaret star" (NY Magazine) Lady Rizo is back for an unchaperoned evening of song and decadence. You may have seen her here at Joe's Pub with her "glam bottom baring dance troupe the Assettes " (Village Voice), celebrating the billboard top ten in the monthly series Our Hit Parade, or midtown at the gothic Night Hotel co-hosting the weekly transnational lounge Foreign Affairs. But here is your chance to have her all to yourself. Her seamless mix of baudy humor and elegance has been likened to Mae West but its her vocal chops that have garnered recent attention: collaborating with both Yo-Yo Ma & Moby on albums this year, singing selections of the American Songbook in front of the internationally acclaimed 36 -piece orchestra The Knights, and at MOMA for a sold out cabaret for the Kirchner Exhibit. Let her lashes beguile you as she interprets an irresistible mix of popular songs from all eras backed by some of the finest musicians in New York City. (Joe's Pu

b, 425 Lafayette, 10pm-11:25, $15?)

BURLESQUE: The Steampunk Peepshow
This burlesque show is guaranteed to ruffle your petticoat and fog up your goggles. CoCo La Pearl, Michelle St. Darling, Hazel Honeysuckle, and Remy Vicious will perform among grinding gears, puffs of smoke, and curling flame, while you enjoy music from 2/3 Goat (10pm), Starbolt 9 (11pm), AM Preacher (12am), and The Mallard Drakes (1am). (Public Assembly, 70 North 6th St., Back Room, BK, 10pm, $10)

PARTY: Mad Breaks Tea Party
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=290517578311
https://urbancabaret.ticketleap.com/MadBreaksTeaParty
Experience Alice in Wonderland with thundering beats and other treats. For the first time ever in NYC, East meets West at a bi-coastal breaks party mad enough for a hatter: the sexy dark & dirty sound from the West, and we're mixing it up with the hot ass rough & edgy East Coast sound. Break-beats legend Marty Party from world-famous Panty Raid is going to throw this shit down, like he does from California to Costa Rica and now in his new home of NYC. At the Queen's request Braden and Karim So are joining right out of 16BIT &BEYOND & Space Island from the heart of Los Angeles. To top it off, Barney Iller will be holding down the home base. And just added: Joro Boro. E voila, it's what we call a bi-coastal sandwich that's tres delicious. FEAST your eyes on aerialists above, sensational fire spinners, sip tea in the Mad Hatter's garden, or smoke with the Caterpillar in his Hookah Lounge...black light wonders and adventure awaits. So wear your finest costumes, your best Cheshire
Cat smile, be the Queen of Hearts or put on your mad hats...down the Rabbit Hole we go. Costumes are required. SPACE IS LIMITED...Presale tickets strongly encouraged to guarantee entry. (Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary, for addy: rsvp@urban-cabaret.com or check FB link, $15 adv/$20 door, 10pm-6am, 21+)

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PERFORMANCE: Muffinhead and Eric Schmalenberger present: Banzai
http://www.muffinheadland.com
A new event that brings you over 50 of the most wowtastic artists in today's nightlife, performance, and modern art scenes in a mix of frenzied, creative commotion. Aiming to immediately disrupt the context in which viewers can experience art and performance, Muffinhead and Eric Schmalenberger bring together creative and experimental geniuses whose exploding energy plays well within their vision of an artistic wonderland. For them there is no hierarchy of media and there is a home for anyone willing to travel to the limits of their imagination. More then just an art event or a performance event Banzai cross pollinates the best aspects of the creative community and allows them to infect, affect, effect, and deflect one another. This evening promises to bring you tragic glamour, violent minimalism, electro opera, humorist gender bending, psychedelic excess, and interactive dance-offs. Performing live will be electro-art diva Iggy and Dances of Vice exotique Shien Lee along with
visual presentations by Video Art Starlet Bec Stupak, nightclub photographer extraordinaire Kenny Kenny, digital wizard Plasticgod and a mix-media collaboration installation brought to you by Click+Drag creator Rob Roth and nouveau drag princess Sequinette. Climaxing with an eclectic dance party that blasts off at midnight. (Red Lotus Room, 893 Bergen St, BK, 8p-2am, $10)

CIRCUS: The Sky Box Aerial Open Mic
http://www.houseofyes.org
A show of precision, daring and brawn
One lady will dance till her clothes are all gone!
Mind bending contortion from young and from old
The best thing in Brooklyn if not in the world
There's even a fiddle, played upside down
and MC Kae Burke sure don't mess around,
It's death defying and always high flying
And just 10 bucks so stop all yer whining
Please don't be late and bring your own wine,
Doors are at 8 and show starts at 9
(House of Yes, 342 Maujer at Morgan, Bushwick, BK, 8pm, $10)

MUSIC: Romashka
http://www.myspace.com/romashkagypsy
Romashka is back at Mehanata after taking a very long hiatus! We re-strung our instruments, polished our brass, refueled our batteries, and we're back in action at Mehanata. Romashka is a driving force in New York City's burgeoning gypsy and balkan music scene, playing gypsy and folk music from Russia, Romania, the Balkans, and beyond. Lithuanian-born singer Inna Barmash fronts a band of nine wildly versatile NY musicians, denizens of fertile downtown grounds. At full blast, Romashka has a violin, viola, accordion, guitar, trumpet, clarinet/saxophone, tuba, and percussion. (Mehanata - the Bulgarian Bar, 113 Ludlow bet Rivington and Delancey, 8-10pm, $10)

MUSIC: Mais Um
http://www.myspace.com/maisumnyc
Catch NYC's tightest live rhythms, with Mais Um's high-energy songs and percussion. This event is boa/hat/mask/wig/sequin/flamboyance-friendly. Live samba dance show with all the glitter and feathers. DJ Samballistic (a.k.a. TheMonkOfCrunk) spinning Brazilian classics and Brazil-infused beats. Free beer to the first 20 guests. Cash only bar and restaurant. (Favela Cubana, 543 LaGuardia nr W 3rd St., 9pm-2am, $10)

PARTY: A Purim Shpiel
The year's best and most debauched social justice performance party/masquerade ball. Created by Jenny Romaine and the Spectacle Committee, sponsored by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, Workmen's Circle/arbeter-ring and Great Small Works. This year: the Right to the City! prismatic performances! endless curtains! Nazimova's Salomé! the river of shit vs. the Doo-doo Chasers! battling princesses! public space vs. neoliberalism! a costume contest! death to euphemism! and more. Featuring the sounds of the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Inner Princess, Yiddish Princess, Xavier, Rima Fand, Jessica Lurie, Freethiopiques, the Avi Fox-Rosen Band, Judith Berkson, Sarah Aroeste, and DJ Lil Ray. Installation/performances by Kate Huh, Niknaz Tavakolian, MJ Sadeghi, Killer Sideburns and Nathan Carrera, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Quito Ziegler, Ariel Federow, Dr. Rachel Mattson, Jennifer Harris, Daniel Lang/Levitsky and Zachary Wager Scholl, Michelle Kay, Zil Goldstein and Theo Czerevko, Gret
chen Hildebran, Lawrence Busch, and more. And as always delicious food by the fabulous Domestic Workers United kitchen, beer-wine-cocktails, and a hot dancefloor.(Synagogue for the Arts, 47 White St bet Broadway and Church, 8pm-1:30am, $15, no one turned away for lack of cash or costume, but you'll look pretty silly if you're not dressed up)

PARTY: Shindig vs. BangOn NYC
http://www.facebook.com/BangOnNYC
Live performances by French Horn Rebellion, Rick Girljuice featuring Dick Smalltalk and the Social Network. DJ sets by Steven Rojas and Mike Nouveau, David Katz, Tim (Noyesno), Brion Isaacs, and Franco V. Live party sketches by Blue Logan. Artwork curated by Vanessa Packer. Open bar all night long. (Living Theater, 21 Clinton St, 11p-4am, $20)

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FILM: Silent Clowns Film Series - Jack Roth Collection
http://www.silentclowns.com/nowshowing.html
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=338579360420&ref=mf
If Mack Sennett was "The King of Comedy" then Hal Roach was its "Crown Prince." After starting as an extra in 1914, Roach was instrumental in making Harold Lloyd a comedy star, and along the way developed a school of comedy that consisted of recognizable everyday people trapped in outlandish and embarrassing situations. Today’s selection of 1927 releases includes the Stan Laurel vehicles DUCK SOUP, EVE'S LOVE LETTERS and WHY GIRLS LOVE SAILORS, plus Max Davidson in JEWISH PRUDENCE and Charley Chase in THE STING OF STINGS. Live piano accompaniment by Ben Model at all shows. (Arclight Theatre, 152 W 71 St betw Bway & Columbus, 2pm, 10 all adults, and $5 for seniors, kids and members.)

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WORD: Trav S.D.'s Tall Tales (and Counterfeit Codices)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=290470409683
I hope you can join me for the inaugural reading of selections from my long-percolating collection of short stories Tall Tales (and Counterfeit Codices). These sui generis humor pieces are my attempt to mix the pop Joycean sensibility of John Lennon's In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works, with the surreal erudition of S.J. Perelman. The titular Tall Tales are further informed by the crackerbox flapdoodle of 19th century trad yarn spinners like Mark Twain, Artemus Ward and Petroleum Nasby. (Whereas the Counterfeit Codices are faux hoaxes, full-on parodies of the likes of Hemingway, Ian Fleming. H.P. Lovecraft and many others. All performed with maximum whim-wham by the author. Sharing the bill will be Julia Pearlstein, presenting her work-in-progress Weep Screed. And if you don't like us, THERE'S BOOZE AT THE BAR. (Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie St bet Rivington and Delancey, 8-10pm, $10)

MUSIC: 21st Century Schizoid Music: Rachelle Garniez
http://www.myspace.com/garniez
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=300110811167
Rachelle Garniez is writes and performs darkly optimistic story-songs and plays a variety of instruments including accordion, piano, claviola, guitar and plastic bells, "...leaving nothing behind but sweet wreckage." (The New Yorker). In addition to 4 self-produced CDs, Rachelle recorded a single "My House of Peace", which was produced by Jack White and released on vinyl by Third Man Records, June '09. Rachelle also composed the music for Taylor Mac's epic 5-hour long theater piece "The Lily's Revenge" which premiered at Here Arts Center October '09. Two distinct sets: 1. Songs, featuring Matt Munisteri on guitar and other strings. 2. Pisces Ambiente, featuring all kinds of stuff. (Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia St, 8:30pm - 10:30pm, donation?)

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PARTY: Naughty Nautical Nite / Ladies of Porn / Kong Magazine Release Party
http://www.kongmagazine.com
This popular nautical-themed night, designed by bizarre, glamorous, clamorous NYC performers Jessica Delfino (satirical musician, publicly denounced by the Catholic League for her work) and Dame Darcy (creator of Meat Cake comics on Fantagraphics) occasionally strays from the nautical theme to incorporate new themes, such as their recent Goth Night, past Alice in Wonderland, and other culture-kitsch topics. Tonight, they celebrate the many lovely Ladies of Porn, focusing on old-time-y camp porn stars of the Mamie Van Doren ilk, and honor them through sexy performances, comedy and music. Expect lots of porn themed acts; fun, comedic, ribald times and porn-y music harkening back to B movies and beyond, where boobs were king and scandals of liberated ladies and drug fueled orgys ran rampant. Enjoy giveaways and raffles sponsored by Adam and Eve, the Pleasure Chest, and Kong Magazine. The reason for this celebration: to share and unleash Kong Magazine upon the world. Out of the a
shes of Playgirl, art director Jessica Moats and her team of creative types from Blackbook and Playgirl have gotten together to fill the gap with Kong Magazine, a publication celebrating sex + women, two things the girls at Naughty Nautical Nite go out of their way to pay tribute to. Be there, or miss the magic. (The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St, 8-10pm, $5)

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DJ/DANCING: Que Bajo?!
http://www.myspace.com/quebajoparty
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=317687715855
Que Bajo?! is still warming up the city with its Tropical Bass sound: Cumbia, Dancehall, Tropical Bass, Afro Colombian. DJs: Orion (Peligrosa All-stars, Texas), Uproot Andy (Bersa Discos, Zizek). Hosted By Jean Bernabe & Raul Toloza. (Santos Party House (downstairs), 96 Lafayette St, 11pm, $10/For Reduced $5 List RSVP at quebajoparty@gmail.com)

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ART: The 2009 Winter Group Show
http://www.3rdward.com/groupshowcurrent
New Works from Emerging Artists in Drawing & Painting. Featuring Grand Prize Winner Craig Dongoski, Runners-Up MaDora Frey, Ann-Marie James & Tim Mearini and Top 21 Artists: Wesley Berg, Alex Callender, Kimberly Deakins, Christian DeFilippo, Jesse Engelbrecht, Heather Gargon, June Glasson, Kelsey Henderson, Carolyn Hulbert, Lisa Iglesias, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Anna Kell, Kristian Kozul, Heidi Landau, Jayne Lawrence, Nikolay Lyutskanov, Monika Malewska, Jeremy Mangan, Nu Ryu, Anthony Schwartz, Emily St. John. Plus music from DJ Spreadin' It For You and complimentary Colt 45. (thru 2/21, 3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave.,BK, FREE)

THEATER: Fêtes de la Nuit
http://www.Fetesnyc.com
Charles L. Mee’s enticing Fêtes de la Nuit is a deliciously naughty valentine to Paris that celebrates life, love and all things Parisian. Fêtes is directed by Kim Weild, who incorporates American Sign Language into a production that features three Deaf actors, including Alexandria Wailes, who appeared opposite Meryl Streep in The Public’s production of Mother Courage. (thru 2/27, Ohio Theater, 66 Wooster St., 8pm, $18)

THEATER: You're Welcome
http://www.bricktheater.com/yourewelcome
You're Welcome is a collection of 5 small plays about creation and failure; a unified theatrical myth that tells the story of an invented band of performers and their catastrophic attempts at connection. The plays are also about love, death, desire, tragedy, comedy, drunk driving, sexiness, beauty, loss, the battle between good and evil, a baby born wearing a hat. And theater. They're about theater. Kind of the last word on theater. This is You're Welcome - 5 plays that pretty much nail it. Featuring Hannah Bos, Michael Cyril Creighton and Paul Thureen. Written by Paul Thureen and Hannah Bos. Directed and Developed by Oliver Butler. (thru 2/27, Brick Theater, 575 Metropolitan Avenue, BK, Thurs-Sat 8pm, $18)

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)

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: 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: "Leonardo da Vinci's Workshop"
http://www.discoverytsx.com
The original Renaissance man gets some props from the Discovery Times Square Exposition museum. Opens with a re-creation of the mad-brilliant scientist's studio. Twenty of Leonardo's works have been reconstructed, including a life-size, walking 3-D model of a mechanical lion and a robot knight. It's a good thing Leonardo isn't alive today, or we'd all be living under his cyborg army's jackboot. (thru 3/14, former New York Times building, 226 W. 44th St. bet 7th and 8th Aves, 10am-10pm, $17.50-$19.50)

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)

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)

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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[G&S]: Happy Birthday to us / Celebrate Valentine's with blood & vampires -- and a few sweet things, too

2010-02-12T14:23:01Z

Hello lovelies,

Valentine's weekend kicks off in mere hours...are you ready? We could care less about the Hallmark holiday, but it was on V-Day back in 2003 that we threw the very first G&S party, and we've celebrated our B-Day on the day since, with a commitment to Valentine's Day parties that didn't suck. We think we've succeeded...but judge for yourselves at our TWO fabulous events this weekend. They are nearly sold out, but a handful of presales remains for both, and we always hold some tickets for door sales, first come, first served. Jump on your tix, and watch the website & our Twitter for updates. We're giving away a pair of tix tonight on Twitter, too: http://twitter.com/gemini_scorpio

Oh and the first adult-event mailing list goes out shortly to our FB group (mailing list proper TK soon): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=259688232814

Gemini & Scorpio
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http://www.geminiandscorpio.com
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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.

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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; 11pm: $10
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: a private 2,000sq ft Brooklyn loft completely redecorated just for this night. Recline in languid repose and drift in the pleasures of intimate performance, golden-throated singers, tales told in glistening flesh, and exotic cocktails. Full event tickets include catered dim sum dinner & dessert.

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 GrandmaFun, and your opium den madam The Flying Fox. Late-night ethno-lounge grooves by DJ Nightshade. Love tarot readings by Marcy Currier. Decadent body painting by 2nd Skin. Custom mural by Molly Crabapple. And of course cocktails by The House Of St Eve (yes, t.h.o.s.e. drinks)...

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BURLESQUE: Operetta Burlesque
http://flavorpill.com/newyork/events/2010/2/12/operetta-burlesque
Witness the mayhem that ensues when the unsuspecting soprano ingenue mistakes an opera audition for a burlesque tryout! Operetta Burlesque! Directed by Jean-Philippe Clarac & Olivier Deloeuil; Music Director Benedicte Jourdois. Featuring Joanna Foote, Soprano; Emily Johnson, Mezzo-Soprano and the notorious MR.Chode, Bunny Love, Mstickle, and Nasty Canasta! (Fri/Sat, The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St., 7:30pm and 9pm, $10/standing, $20/reserved seat)

MUSIC: Kinky & Sweet Love Songs: A Jazz Age Valentine
http://www.lamama.org/index.html
A night of jazz starring Waldo's Gotham City Jazz Masters. Terry Waldo, ragtime & stride pianist, entertainer and protégé of the late Eubie Blake, wrote the definitive book on ragtime, This Is Ragtime (republished with a new introduction by Wynton Marsalis, 2009), and produced a 26-part series with the same title for National Public Radio which fueled the 1970's ragtime revival. Recalling the great Harlem theater performers of the 20s, including Bessie Smith, Eubie Blake, Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong, Waldo’s group will present a show of classic hot jazz, spicy novelty, and Blues songs from the 20s about love and sex. The cast includes: Ruth Brisbane, Blues and Jazz singer, who starred in One Mo’ Time, the original Black & Blue and on Broadway in shows including The Wiz and Raison; Joe Muranyi, clarinetist and veteran of numerous famous jazz bands including Louis Armstrong’s All Stars; Colleen Hawks, Broadway singer, who starred in Shrek and Smokey Joe’s Café; and Arnie Ki
nsella, drummer on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion for over 17 years. (Fri-Sun, La MaMa E.T.C. The Club, 74A East 4th Street bet 2nd and Bowery, Fri and Sat 10pm, Sun 8pm, $20)

FILM: Banned Broken Sky: BENE · BROCANI · SCHIFANO
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org
This series is a triple homage to three of Italian cinema's most important independent filmmakers - Carmelo Bene, Franco Brocani, and Mario Schifano - whose long-lasting friendships and collaborations with each other were interrupted only by the early deaths of Schifano (1998) and Bene (2002). Though their artistic sensibilities were very different - Bene for instance was far better known as a playwright and theater director than as a filmmaker, while Schifano was a renowned painter - they all lived and worked in Rome in the 1960s and 70s, a period of remarkably rich artistic and cultural activity. Though all three sought to achieve a profoundly personal form of cinema, they resisted identifying with the Italian underground scene, preferring to make narrative films (albeit strikingly experimental ones) in order to effect a revolution in cinema that would reach audiences beyond the confines of the avant-garde. This series offers a rare opportunity to see a selection of their w
ork, featuring five films (several recently restored) that are rarely, if ever, screened in the U.S., and that are as interrelated as they are impossible to categorize. Curated by Andrea Monti and Alessandro De Francesco; presented with generous support from the Italian Cultural Institute New York. Special thanks to Renato Miracco & Simonetta Magnani (Italian Cultural Institute), and Laura Argento (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Cineteca Nazionale). The films being screened are Necropolis and Schifanosaurus Rex, both directed by Franco Brocani; Our Lady of the Turks/Nostra Signora Dei Turchi and Salome, both directed by Carmelo Bene and Umano Non Umano, directed by Mario Schifano. (Fri-Sun, Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, various times, $9)

HAUNTED HOUSE: Mayhem
1/2 price tix: http://www.goldstar.com
http://www.bloodmanor.com
Forget the roses and the chocolates, cuddly teddies and romantic movies, make MAYHEM the highlight of your Valen-dines day weekend. This Valentine's weekend is going to be a bloodbath. Blood Manor is a first class haunted attraction with 5,000 square feet of themed rooms, corridors and a labyrinth of frightening passageways. And don't forget our special Valentine's RIP package, which includes express entrance and a special surprise gift for yourself or your favorite valentine. (Fri/Sat, Blood Manor, 542 West 27th St. btwn 10th & 11th Aves, 7:30pm-1am, $25 adv/$30 door; RIP $40 adv/$45 door)

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FRIDAY
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OPENING: The 2009 Winter Group Show
http://www.3rdward.com/groupshowcurrent
New Works from Emerging Artists in Drawing & Painting. Featuring Grand Prize Winner Craig Dongoski, Runners-Up MaDora Frey, Ann-Marie James & Tim Mearini and Top 21 Artists: Wesley Berg, Alex Callender, Kimberly Deakins, Christian DeFilippo, Jesse Engelbrecht, Heather Gargon, June Glasson, Kelsey Henderson, Carolyn Hulbert, Lisa Iglesias, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Anna Kell, Kristian Kozul, Heidi Landau, Jayne Lawrence, Nikolay Lyutskanov, Monika Malewska, Jeremy Mangan, Nu Ryu, Anthony Schwartz, Emily St. John. Plus music from DJ Spreadin' It For You and complimentary Colt 45. (3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave., Bklyn, 7-10PM, FREE; thru 2/21)

ART/MUSIC: Dumpster of Love
http://www.freenyc.net/calendar/dumpster-of-love
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blood-Dumpster/217472624520
The Blood Dumpster, a NYC-based art collective, celebrates another year of art, beauty and mayhem with a pre-Valentine’s bash in Brooklyn. The event will bring together the creative class in Brooklyn with great drink specials - $3 Yuengling drafts and $5 Absolut cocktails, an all-night raffle andmore creativity then may be legal in most states. The party is part art show that will feature many members from the collective’s wide range of visual magicians. Expect artwork on display from Melissa Dowell, Rebecca Memoli, Jeff Moore, Aubrey Roemer, Nate Bear, Laura Galbraith, Vincent True, Tim Kellen, Katelan Foisy and many more. Funk House DJs Jason Orrell and Tobeytech start the night off right, leading up to Rhinostrich’s 8-bit inspired melodies, then on to Epileptic Peat, a bad ass 8-string bassist armed with an artillery of pedals, the band Skullbuggery, a sea shanty styled child of the Reverend Billy choir, and Belltone Suicide, a Massachusetts noise artist. Not to mention, a
n appearance of Memo the Clown! Arrive early for free swag and to scoop up some raffle tickets, the prizes get only get better as the night goes on. (Bar 224, Franklin St, Greenpoint, BK, 9PM, FREE)

**PERFORMANCE: Sex Crimes Cabaret
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=238525438990&index=1
http://www.SexCrimesCabaret.com
This variety show navigates amazing but true sexual legislation, taboos and history in a scintillating, multi-media cabaret. L. Gabrielle Penabaz deftly binds you with a kaleidoscopic exposé using her films, dance, rock-n-roll, sex toys, and whatever comes to her fishnet-twisted mind - and you don't get a safety word. (Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main St., DUMBO, BK, 10:30pm, $15)

DJ/DANCING: One Night Stand: An Evening of Dirty Dancing
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=274925948552&ref=ts
REFUGE and RoyalPink present an evening of dirty dancing with the musical stylings of Bmore club pioneer SCOTTIE B; Ghettotek originator the one the only legendary GODFATHER. Fools GOLD champion KINGDOM and Black Label Bike Clubs resident DJ Dirtyfingerz. w/special live performances by sultry siren Maggie Horn and New Orleans own Vockah Redu bring you that sissy Bounce. Complimentary vodka open bar w/entry 10 - 11, then BYOB. (House of Yes, 342 Maujer St. bet Waterbury and Morgan, 10pm, $10/before 12am, $15/after)

PARTY: Rubulad: Sweets for the Sweet - A Valentine’s Confection
Rubulad presents a Valentine's Day dance party with live music by Rock & Roll Burlesque featuring Viva Power Trio, Clams Casino w. MC Sir Loin of Becca
Lady Rizzo and The Assettes; Vic Thrill and Vockah Redu (NOLA Sissy Bounce). Plus DJs $mall ¢hange, Ursula 1000, Barney Iller, Joro-Boro and Dirty Fingers. Performing on the Cabaret Stage will be Jessica Delfino, Shanimal, Kit-Kat Burlesque (feat. Members of The Drunkard’s Wife), Dr. Dolomite - Stevhen Iancu, DJ/Soundman Greything and more. Plus Yogi Avatar’s Piercing Eye Photo Booth w/ Little Miss Angie & Freddie Cannon, “Dreams and Aspirations” vending machine curated by Yung, Light Circus Extraordinaire of Norm Francoeur and food by Vicious Delicious. Dress code: good enough to eat. (Rubulad Home Base, 10pm, $10/costume, $15/without)

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SATURDAY
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G&S PARTY: Steamy Valentine's Eve at Russian Baths
http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
See above

BIKE: Love Lane Valentine's Ride
http://times-up.org/index.php?page=2009-02-08-love-your-lane
Real love doesn't come in a box of chocolates, a diamond ring, or a Hallmark Card. Real love is riding your bicycle through the rain, sleet, and snow. Real love is clean, sustainable transportation that's always there when you need it. Real love is dancing and riding your ass off to keep warm in the snow. Real love is good safe bike lanes. Nothing says lovin' like ridin' a bicycle in the winter! We'll be riding and dancing with our lovesick soundtrack, handing out Valentine's sweets to pedestrians, visiting Ray's on Ave. A to give some love to this beloved NYC spot that might get pushed out, and then end with the sweetest cup of hot cocoa. (Washington Sq. Park, under the Arch, 12pm, FREE)

CLASS: Think Global, Cut Local: Chinese Paper Cutting for the New Year
http://www.madmuseum.org/DO/Calendar/201002/think%20global.aspx
In the nonstop hustle of Columbus Circle, MAD offers a place of calm, hosting a paper-cutting workshop as part of its series dedicated to the international craft. Traditional Chinese techniques are on the lesson plan this afternoon and there's an open-door policy in effect: everyone is welcome, from the artistic and curious to the superstitious. Although most creations will be of the 2D breed, those more learned can unfold a decorative 3D lantern, or perhaps even a tiger, in honor of its yearlong run on calendars from here to Hong Kong. (Museum of Art and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, 2pm, $15)

PARTICIPATORY: Emergency Snow Party
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=301390446449
Come out Saturday afternoon for advanced efforts in creative snow fun. We're mobilizing all communities to join us for a live action afternoon above / underground blitz. Can you be all you can be? WHAT CAN YA BRING: your instruments (non amplified -- we need to dance); Your sleds or ghetto fabulous garbage bags; Your lights... we will have play-in-the-dark luge (dark after 5); a shovel or other castle building implement. dress colorful and warm. don't forget your courage. We'll be dancing in the snow, setting up team driven snowball fights, mass angel grouping, Capture the Hat, large scale snow castles and staring at other people who get emulsified in the snow. (Pilgrim Hill E 78th Street (Dog Run, Up top ), Central Park, 3-6pm, FREE)

PARTY: Lupercalia - Festival of Pan
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=426836855256
http://magickalrealms.com/EventsClasses.html
The true origin of Valentine's Day and in Roman mythology a ritual celebrated to avert evil spirits and purify the city, a celebration to the Roman God Lupercus, sometimes identified as the Festival of Pan or Wolf Festival God of Love, Laughter and seduction. Come and celebrate a ritual dance party with simulated mating game according to the old rites. Prizes will be given out for the winner with the most tokens. Drumming circle will accompany the ritual, bring drum and instruments to join. Please you must bring a food dish and drink for pot luck sharing with fellow pagans. Lead by Courtney Weber. (The Pagan Center of New York. 2486-Webster Ave, Bronx, 4pm-7pm, FREE)

PARTY: Tahuti Lodge Presents: Lupercalia
http://web.me.com/ronz1/boujeloud/lupercalia.html
Tahuti Lodge OTO NYC invites you to join us in the dance of Panic with Pan and his flock in a night of drink, feasting, ecstasy and abandon in celebration of the ancient festival of Lupercalia. Westermark, in his book on pagan survivals in Morocco forty years ago, recognized their patron: Bou Jeloud, the Father of Skins, to be Pan the little goat god with his pipes. An account of their dances led him to conclude they must be celebrating the Roman Lupercalia which once occurred in the first two weeks of February, but attached itself to the principal Moslem feast when the Arab invaders turned the calender back to the lunar year. Bou Jeloud wears a yokel’s big, floppy straw hat, bound round his face with a fillet of ivy. Pan, Bou Jeloud, the Father of Skins, dances through eight moonlit nights in his hill village, Joujouka, to the wailing of his hundred Master Musicians. Down in the towns, far away by the seaside, you can hear the wild whimper of his oboe-like raïtas; a faint
breath of panic borne on the wind. Please dress in your best Arabic attire, or black/brown, and be prepared to drink, feast and dance!! Bring drums and shakers if you have them and if it is your will please bring food for the feast afterwards (middle eastern fare). The Lodge entrance is between two buildings so we use the address of: 47-20 42nd Street in Sunnyside Queens. As you approach to the left is a park with benches facing the street. Tahuti Lodge is in the building across the street, facing the park benches. Please WAIT here, at the benches, before events. We will let you in 15 minutes before the event. If you arrive after that, we may have already let everyone in and you will have to catch us the next time around. (Tahuti Lodge, 47-20 42nd St, Sunnyside, Queens, 4pm, $5/sugg donation)

*MUSIC/PERFORMANCE: Lady Rizo and the Assettes
http://www.highlineballroom.com/bio.php?id=1302
It's a treat for the senses: A Siren call for you to don your feathers, lashes, jackets and shined shoes so she can sing to you sweetly. The Gorgeous Assettes will tempt you by frolicking joyously in colored lights. All of those divine scantily clad creatures will be calling you out to play. Always a new show, so come again, come for the first time, come and bring anyone you've ever wanted to impress. (Highline Ballroom, 431 W 16th St, 7pm, $25, $18 w/code SPANKME)

MUSIC: Sweethearts Showcase
http://vaudvillepark.com/
A female singer-songwriter benefit for Showpaper. Featuring music by Phoebe Kreutz, Supercute!, Rebecca Schiffman, Frances Rose and Bigger Princess. Sweet treats by Famous Original Rachel. (VAUDVILLE PARK, 26 Bushwick Avenue at Devoe Street, BK, 7pm, $7-$25 sliding scale)

FILM: Tryptophantasia
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/708935
http://www.thewildproject.com
Presented by Kaliptus, a “Tryptophan Art Utopia” project. Tryptophantasia is a psychotropic event that brings to you some of the best, cream of the crop, underground, psychedelic animations the universe has yet to offer. The screenings that will be projected in Wild Project’s theater may reveal some of the deepest secrets of the universe! Anywhere from 24-28 short films will be screened for two hours varying in style, quality, and nature... and ranging from paradigm-shifting animations to mystical videos, tripadelic motion graphics, mind-warping experiments, occult surrealism, and lots more. (Wild Project, 195 East 3rd St., 7pm-10pm, $5/adv, $7/door)

MUSIC: JUMBO GUMBO Mardi Gras Party
http://www.excaminos.com/jumbogumbomardigras1010.html
Featuring The Ex Caminos, a 9-piece soul, jazz, and funk colossus from New York City that plays original and cover material rooted in the late 60s and early 70s. The band performs with New York's best singers as well for an explosion of funky soul. Two big sets from Danny Drexler's Funky Fritters, w/the Red Beans Horn section featuring Nadav Nirenberg on trombone & Tim Veeder on tenor sax. The Fritters are the preeminent local New Orleans Mardi Gras, blues, funk, rock, jam, R&B, jazz, and gospel band who's all-star 11 members have played with a who's who on the NYC & national music scene. With many special surprise guests and an all-star jam to end the evening. Special Nola tasting menu & $6 Hurricanes. (The Shrine, 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd., Harlem, 8pm, $10)

PARTY: Hush Hush Gang Presents Beautiful and Damned
http://hushhushgang.blogspot.com
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/98907
A Valentines event inspired by the art, music and spirit of the Roaring 20’s. Piping hot 20’s jazz brought to you by the Cangelosi Cards, Hotsy Totsy flapper numbers from the Jazz Babies, Robber Baron Cocktails and incredible performances inspired by Fritz Lang’s legendary film Metropolis. Strict Puttin’ on the Ritz dress code, 21 and over only. Password for entry is "Dottie sent me!" (Exile, 38-62 11th st, btwn 38th & 40th Aves, LIC, 9pm-2am, $20 adv/$25 door)

*PARTY: Dances of Vice: Secrets de Coquettes
http://www.dancesofvice.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=222010357695&ref=mf
This Valentine's Eve, find yourself dancing the night away with winking beauties clad in flirtatious vintage dishabille on a romantic 3-hour luxury cruise at Dances of Vice aboard The Jewel - featuring songs of love and lust by gorgeous Shanghai Mermaid impresario Juliette Campbell, hot jazz and swing from the 1920-40s by Baby Soda Jazz Band, saucy burlesque by Valentine vixen Gal Friday, a titillating fashion show featuring vintage pinup-inspired designs by Renee Masoomian, and vintage lingerie of the 1910s, 20s, 30s and 40s! Secrets de Coquettes will also feature an exclusive fashion show by vintage pinup-inspired latex clothing designer Renee Massoomian/BabyLove's Latex. (The Jewel, Marco Polo Cruises, E. 23rd & FDR Dr., 9pm, $26/adv, $30/door)

MUSIC: Bad Buka
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=284591618911
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, 10-11:30PM, $$?)

BURLESQUE: The Witching Hour Burlesque
http://bk.knittingfactory.com/event-details/?tfly_event_id=4143
Burlesque Show & V-Day themed Party featuring musical performances by Tiffany Caserta, Hosted by Ileen Dover, An-albead Box, Shitonya. Raffles for yummy SHAG Goodies. Starring: Delysia La Chatte, Kaiso Jo, Ava Va Voom, Diamond Girl, Indigo Brown, Vampiria Noir. After party featuring the famous DJ duo Two Bloody Tampons (aka Mix Master Maxipad & DJ Heavy Flow). (Knitting Factory BK, 361 Metropolitan Ave, W'burg, BK, 12am, $5)

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SUNDAY
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G&S PARTY: The Vault of Golden Vapors
http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
See above

*PARTICIPATORY: Sunrise Valentine
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=267791674863
There's a valentine waiting for YOU... and NYC needs your Valentines! Join us as we watch the sunrise, natures valentine to us, & pay it forward & valentine NYC. We welcome kids of all ages, to help take in and spread valentine love across the city. Dress up in an outfit or costume that exemplifies love to you: cupid, Venus, Aphrodite, heart, etc. Bring some Valentines -- any kind is ok, as long as they have positive loving messages. What kind of Valentine would you like to receive..that's the kind to make & gift. Craft Valentines with us: Sat, 12-1:30pm, 332 Gates @ Bedford, basement entrance. (Middle of Brooklyn Bridge, 6:15am - 10:15am, FREE, all ages)

*BURLESQUE: Filthy Gorgeous Valentine Burlesque Brunch
http://www.thirstygirlproductions.com/
Treat yourself and your sweetie to burlesque and brunch this Valentine’s Day. This amazing event is hosted by The World Famous *BOB* and features the best burlesquers and crooners in the business, including Jo Boobs, Ms. Tickle, Nasty Canasta, Harvest Moon, The Maine Attraction, Melody Sweets, Tigger!, Little Miss Lixx, The Schlep Sisters, with live music by Gigi & Pop and DJ Momotaro. Special brunch & drink menus available. Reserve early for VIP booths. (Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St., 12:30pm, $20/adv, $25/door, $30 VIP)

PARTICIPATORY: UnMarriage until GayMarriage, Take the Valentine's Pledge
http://www.revbilly.com
http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#!/event.php?eid=272533379131
Join couples at The Bethesda Fountain in Central Park this Valentine's Day for a mass ritual in support of the rights of ALL people to marry whomever they wish. Send a strong message to NY, NJ and the rest of the country. Marriage is a civil right, unmarriage until gay marriage, no marriage until gay marriage. Brides and Grooms will suspend their vows in a ritual officiated by Reverend Billy. Tragic and hopeful love songs will be sung. Participants will be issued an official unmarried certificate suitable for framing. The as of yet unwed are also welcome to join the ritual as we declare a moratorium on all weddings until gay weddings are legalized and California Prop 8 is overturned. Wear your bride and groom best; wedding cookies provided. Please sign up on site. (The Bethesda Angel, inside Central Park on 72nd St, 1pm sharp, FREE)

FILM: Moviehouse - Get Your Heart On
http://www.3rdward.com/moviehouse/
Moviehouse is celebrating its three-year anniversary on Valentine's Day. So even though it's our birthday, it's you that gets the gifts. We challenged our favorite filmmakers, our intrepid staff and even a couple of diehard fans to make us 3-minute romantic movies following 3 simple rules. The result: brand new films by puppet-master Leat Klingman, dashing documentarian Daniel Ross, graceful dance film director Marta Renzi, creative playmaker Chloe Bass, the ceaselessly entertaining Carlotta Propersi and Sketch Projector Shantall Martin. They join Moviehouse staffers Austin Duggan and Chris Henderson for a celebration worthy of 3 years of the very best interactive video. (3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave., Bushwick, BK, Doors 7PM/Films 8PM, FREE)

VARIETY: Valiumtime's Day
http://galapagosartspace.com
http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=VAL6
A no-holds-barred variety show, guaranteed to improve your mood and change your life. The show features some of NYC’s hottest music and comedy acts, including Adira Amram, John Roberts, Heloise Williams (of Heloise & The Savoir Faire), and special guest Reggie Watts. (Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main St., DUMBO, BK, 8pm, $15)

*PARTY: Stolen Chair’s Atoms and Eves Party
New York's most scientastic Valentine's Day event. Costume yourself as your favorite scientist or scientific concept. Alter your senses with a taste-tripping miracle fruit experience run by the Three Little Truffle Pigs. Have your head read by an unlicensed phrenologist , Dr. Philias Amorcandoras Liebenstein IV, who'll tell you what sort of a lover you really are! Learn how to create molecular origami. Down "neurotransmitter" shots (guaranteed to get your dopamine flowing). Get your groove on on the dance floor. Door prizes include free tickets to Blue Man Group! Winners will be selected by a truly random lottery using algorithms derived from atmospheric noise. All proceeds will benefit Stolen Chair's upcoming production, Quantum Poetics: A Science Experiment for the Stage. (Space on White, 81 White St., 6:30pm-9:30pm, $20)

*PARTY: Vampire Ball
http://www.sabretooth.net/newyorkvampireball
Sabretook presents the 14th Annual Vampire Ball of New York. Mistress of Ceremonies Chi-Chi Valenti precides; music on the main floor provided by DJ Aengel & DJ Ian Fford; music downstairs by DJ Xris SMack!, DJ V-Christ and Jack Phoenix; liver performance by Kayvon Zand and Jeniviva's Mystical Hips Belly Dancing. Plus a costume contest hosted by Lady-A. (Element, 225 E. Houston St., 10pm, $15/adv, $20/door in costume, $30/door w/o costume)

PARTY: RED
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/96215
Live dinner theater like never before. February 14th is both Valentines day and the first day of the Chinese new year, the year of the tiger. A night of martyrs and miracles paired with virtue and prosperity that both share roots in the the color RED. The strongest hue in every culture, it runs through our hearts and insights our passions. A decadent feast for your eyes and stomach will unravel at your table, satisfying your appetite through every single sense. Fare and festival will be fused seamlessly with the power and stealth prowess of a tiger, as visceral and universal as the blood red in all of us and ending with a bang to usher in happiness, wealth and longevity. Live performances by members of Lady Circus, Archedream, East Coast Tribal and the Solstice Ensemble. Live music by Rhiannon, DJ Sky Tucker, Marcie Gambeau, Madelena Mak and Raymond Yeung. Massage, tarot card readings, hookah lounge and other additional features. (House of Yes, 342 Maujer St., bet Waterbury a
nd Morgan, 7pm-11pm, $50)

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THEATER/PERFORMANCE: Foreplays
http://www.foreplays.biz
A seductive night of bold theater, short films, and live music. Each evening delves into eight playwrights’ theatric odes to the open-ended prompt: “FOREPLAY”…Come see what develops! Evenings also feature local musical guests and not-so-local sketch comedy videos to wail and riff on the themes of seduction. (Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main St., 8pm, $15)

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PARTICIPATORY: MARDI GRAS PARADE
http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2010/01/25/the-l-magazine-presents-wavves-at-brooklyn-bowl
https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:1402919.6599487413/rid:9b688db90d4308b01319a63e2ae3820b
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=316713206653&ref=mf
The L Magazine and Southern Comfort will be leading Brooklyn's only Mardi Gras Parade (featuring bicycle floats, feathers, and lots and lots of beads). The festivities will continue with a FREE Wavves and MNDR show at Brooklyn Bowl, as well as the crowning of the King and Queen of Mardi Gras and awarding of alcohol related prizes. RSVP to mardigras@thelmagazine.com This will put you on the guestlist. Dress up, dress down, or wear nothing at all! (Driggs Ave on the Southeast corner of McCarren Park, 7PM, FREE)

PARTY: Masquerade Ball Benefit
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=249907516373&index=1
A Masquerade Ball to benefit the Lower East Side Girls Club, The Batey Relief Alliance - Haiti effort, and Young Aspiration|Young Artist in New Orleans. Includes open rum and vodka bar sponsored by Teany from 7:00 - 8:00 pm. Masks and costumes encouraged. Live music by Loose Marbles from New Orleans and NYC’s own Hungry March Band. DJ Johnny Dynell and special guest DJs TBA. Live painting and interactive installation by the Free Arts Society. Crowning of the Mardi Gras King and Queen at 11:30pm. (Element, 255 East Houston at Essex Street, 7pm-12am, $22/adv, $30/door)

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WEDNESDAY
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PARTICIPATORY: Chaos Cooking Part III
A continuing social experiment where up to 24 people cook 24 recipes in 1 kitchen, 4 burners, 1 oven. All recipes must be finished in a 3 hours while everyone is drinking wine, socializing and putting delectable dishes in their mouths. How it works. Email your recipe & name to receive exact address. Bring the ingredients necessary for everyone to try a little bit of your dish, extra knives & cutting boards (if you have them) and a bottle or three of wine. When you arrive pour yourself some wine, start making your dish, help someone else, pour yourself some wine, eat some of the dish that was just finished, ask for help, try not to start yourself on fire, try some more dishes, sit down and talk for a while, pour your new friend some more wine, have some dessert. We've tried this a couple of times before with great success. Some dishes ideas of what was made in the past; Portobello Mushroom Burgers, Curried Squash Soup, Chocolate Mousse with marinated Strawberries, gourmet sala
ds & Bacon wrapped scallops. RSVP with name and recipe to pagenotfoundspace@gmail.com (Page Not Found, 76 Jefferson St., bottom buzzer, 7pm, $5/sugg donation)

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THURSDAY
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Bailout The Musical
http://www.horsetrade.info/season11/BailoutXten.html
The government is bailing out theater, but if you want a slice of Uncle Sam's pie you have to "Sellout Louise!" Can a group of indie artists receive the funding? Watch this absurd comedy about how far people are willing to go to cash in on the opportunity of a lifetime. (UNDER St. Marks, 94 St. Marks Place, Feb 18-20, 8pm, $20)

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INSTALLATION: Never Can Say Goodbye
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=226383714305
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)

FILM: 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)

PERFORMANCE: 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, 8pm; $17, $14 student)

THEATER: Fêtes de la Nuit
http://www.Fetesnyc.com
Charles L. Mee’s enticing Fêtes de la Nuit is a deliciously naughty valentine to Paris that celebrates life, love and all things Parisian. Fêtes is directed by Kim Weild, who incorporates American Sign Language into a production that features three Deaf actors, including Alexandria Wailes, who appeared opposite Meryl Streep in The Public’s production of Mother Courage. (thru 2/27, Ohio Theater, 66 Wooster St., 8pm, $18)

THEATER: You're Welcome
http://www.bricktheater.com/yourewelcome
You're Welcome is a collection of 5 small plays about creation and failure; a unified theatrical myth that tells the story of an invented band of performers and their catastrophic attempts at connection. The plays are also about love, death, desire, tragedy, comedy, drunk driving, sexiness, beauty, loss, the battle between good and evil, a baby born wearing a hat. And theater. They're about theater. Kind of the last word on theater. This is You're Welcome - 5 plays that pretty much nail it. Featuring Hannah Bos, Michael Cyril Creighton and Paul Thureen. Written by Paul Thureen and Hannah Bos. Directed and Developed by Oliver Butler. (thru 2/27, Brick Theater, 575 Metropolitan Avenue, BK, Thurs-Sat 8pm, $18)

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)

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+)

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)

ART: “Leonardo da Vinci's Workshop”
http://www.discoverytsx.com
The original Renaissance man gets some props from the Discovery Times Square Exposition museum. Opens with a re-creation of the mad-brilliant scientist's studio. Twenty of Leonardo's works have been reconstructed, including a life-size, walking 3-D model of a mechanical lion and a robot knight. It's a good thing Leonardo isn't alive today, or we'd all be living under his cyborg army's jackboot. (thru 3/14, former New York Times building, 226 W. 44th St. bet 7th and 8th Aves, 10am-10pm, $17.50-$19.50)

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)

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)

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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[G&S]: Reminder for this weekend's events - and a taste of the menus for both

2010-02-09T12:52:06Z

Hello lovelies,

A reminder for you to get your tickets to this weekend's Valentine's & G&S Birthday festivities. Capacity is limited for both events, and we'd hate for you to miss out...especially since this week's TimeOut and Village Voice are recommending the parties (yay). With TimeOut, we're part of two lovely writeups: Shien Lee's (Dances of Vice) week of recommendations [ http://bit.ly/apm05m ] and the roundup of Chinese New Year events [ http://bit.ly/cs4qOD ].

We're finalizing the menus for both dinners and wanted to give you a sneak peek. For VDay, we're also giving away a pair of pretty chopsticks w/case to each dinner guest. Fun!

2/13 - Russian Baths banquet:
Soup: Harcho (spicy lamb stew with rice) or Borscht (beet soup). Salads: Green Salad, Olivie (Russian potato salad), Fresh Vegetable Salad. Appetizers: Herring and Potatoes, Chicken Liver, Tongue, Calamari, Pickled Vegatables. Special Course: Blinis with Red Caviar, Pirozhki (homemade fluffy pastries stuffed with meat or potatoes). Main Course: Chicken Kiev (fried chicken breast stuffed with garlic), Kabob (pork or chicken), Potatoes with portobello mushrooms. Vegetarian choices: Blinis with Spinach, Vegetables Stroganoff.

2/14 - Vault of Golden Vapors dim sum dinner:
A selection of vegetarian dumplings (green, gold); crispy taro bird's nests; water chestnut golden jelly (so yummy!); noodle-wrapped spring rolls; to-die-for coconut & mango tofu puddings and more. We're getting this catered by our favorite Chinatown dim sum restaurant, mmm.

We still have some volunteer spots for both events. For this and future volunteering, please get in touch with virgo@geminiandscorpio.com for details. You can also help us edit the weekly listings in trade for event comps and discounts.

Cheers,

Gemini & Scorpio
Online Dating Gurus and Offline Party Mavens
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FB group: http://tinyurl.com/gs-facebook
Twitter: http://twitter.com/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.

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OUR NEXT EVENT, 2/14
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Gemini & Scorpio
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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; 11pm: $10
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: a private 2,000sq ft Brooklyn loft completely redecorated just for this night. Recline in languid repose and drift in the pleasures of intimate performance, golden-throated singers, tales told in glistening flesh, and exotic cocktails. Full event tickets include catered dim sum dinner & dessert.

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 GrandmaFun, and your opium den madam The Flying Fox. Late-night ethno-lounge grooves by DJ Nightshade. Love tarot readings by Marcy Currier. Decadent body painting by 2nd Skin. Custom mural by Molly Crabapple. And of course cocktails by The House Of St Eve (yes, t.h.o.s.e. drinks)...

This party is also the offical launch of the newly redecorated Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary 2000sq ft loft that is now our home. Even if you've seen it before, you've never seen it like this. Only 100 person capacity until 11pm; advance tickets recommended.

Dress code: Asian opulence, sexy lounge, crimson + gold, trailing sleeves and dress trains, colorful kimonos, printed silks.

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[G&S]: New V-Day party details / Weekend event listings

2010-02-05T15:01:08Z

Hello lovelies,

We have been running all over town this week, picking up all sorts of Asian gorgeousness for Valentine's opium den party & our 8th Bday bash. Our new homebase, Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary, is undergoing a complete transformation for this event. We could use help, so if you'd like to lend a hand (yes, party discounts and comps available), please email Michelle at virgo@geminiandscorpio.com for details.

Some event extras you may not have heard about yet: House of St Eve drinks (of course); love tarot reading by Marcy Currier; decadent body painting by 2nd Skin; custom mural by Molly Crabapple, and delicious drink specials at affordable prices. And lots and lots and of pillows... Please get your dim sum dinner tix ASAP, so we know how much food to order!

We have a couple of discount tickets for those of you who can help us get word out this week. Have you got over 500 friends on Facebook or Twitter? Have a mailing list or a group you can spread the word to? Please get in touch.

Cheers,

Gemini & Scorpio
Online Dating Gurus and Offline Party Mavens
http://www.geminiandscorpio.com
FB group: http://tinyurl.com/gs-facebook
Twitter: http://twitter.com/gemini_scorpio
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OUR NEXT EVENT, 2/13
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Gemini & Scorpio
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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; 11pm: $10
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 GrandmaFun, and your opium den madam The Flying Fox. Late-night ethno-lounge grooves by DJ Nightshade. Love tarot readings by Marcy Currier. Decadent body painting by 2nd Skin. Custom mural by Molly Crabapple. And of course cocktails by The House Of St Eve (yes, t.h.o.s.e. drinks)...

This party is also the offical launch of the newly redecorated Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary 2000sq ft loft that is now our home. Even if you've seen it before, you've never seen it like this. Only 100 person capacity until 11pm; advance tickets recommended.

Dress code: Asian opulence, sexy lounge, crimson + gold, trailing sleeves and dress trains, colorful kimonos, printed silks.

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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PERFORMANCE: Straight Up Vampire
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=290838638409
Paula Abdul's Straight Up Vampire or The History of Vampires in Colonial Pennsylvania as Performed to the Music of Paula Abdul (The revival of the tour revival....Just in time for Valentine's day); book by Nick Jones, Zak Vreeland and Peter James Cook; music and lyrics by Paula Abdul; arranged and performed by Dr Steam Whipple and the Prescriptions; directed by Peter James Cook. It's 1763 and there are vampires in Philadelphia. Paula Abdul Blackwood is a beautiful young quaker girl being forced into marriage with the wheelwright's son. Jack Sheridan, a politically idealistic young vampire, is the man she loves. Everywhere there is dissent. Fractious parties debate the future of the colony. MC Skat Kat and Benjamin Franklin vie for power in the Assembly. A touching, informative, and spooky musical hayride through fake American history, set to the music of Paula Abdul, as performed by the likes of the O'DEBRA TWINS, CORN MO, NICK JONES of Jollyship the Whiz-Bang, and more. (Feb
10-11, Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette St., Wed. 9:30pm, Thurs. 7pm, $15)

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FRIDAY
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OPENING: 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., 6pm-9pm, FREE)

PUPPETS: Puppet Playlist No. 5: Country Music
http://www.puppetplaylist.com
http://www.thetanknyc.org
Puppet Playlist takes talented puppeteers and brilliant musicians and slams them together into an evening of live theater to stir the senses. This month we bring you cowboys, heartache, whiskey, and hound dogs. Each puppeteer will chose a country song and create an original piece based on or inspired by that song. The playlist will also feature music by some of New York's most exciting young singer-songwriters. Featuring pieces by: Lindsey "Z" Briggs, Ben Dziuba, Elizabeth Hara, Jon Levin, Marta Mozelle MacRostie, the Princes of Persuasion and Cardium Mechanicum, featuring Jenn O'Donnell, Jennifer Schmermund, and Ed Valentine. Musical performers include: Robin Aigner, Dr. Charles Booth, Overton Hatfield II, Hawke and Owl, Anna Leuchtenberger and a Band of Varmints, Leah Siegel, and Matt Singer. (The Tank, 354 West 45th Street, bet 8th and 9th avenues, 7:30pm, $7)

TALK: In the Henry Darger Archive: From Rebellious Transsexual Child Slaves in Oz to Korean and Vietnamese Orphans
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=271096617091
Outsider artist Henry Darger (1892-1973) is commonly remembered as a reclusive janitor who spent his life secretly creating a richly realized, bizarre and perverse fantasy world discovered only upon his death. While most who have considered Darger have seen his work as a spontaneous act of solitary and warped imagination, in tonight’s lecture, Darger scholar Jaimy Mann will reexamine the accepted narrative by discussing Darger’s work within the larger context of American cultural history and Darger’s personal biography. She will also introduce us to the holdings of the Henry Darger Archive held by the American Folk Art Museum in New York — where she conducted research as the 2009 Henry Darger Study Center Research Fellow — and give advice on how interested parties can gain access. (Observatory, 543 Union St at Nevins, enter through Proteus Gowanus, 8pm-9:30pm, $5)

MUSIC/DANCE: Matt Darriau Trio and Tribal Fusion Bellydance
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=319267051010
A night of middle eastern reeds, oud, dumbek/percusion and Tribal Fusion Bellydance. Klezmatics Grammy Winner Matt Darriau will provide saxophone, clarinet and ethnic woodwind specialty; Brandon Terzic will add hints of blues and funk and Seido Salifoski will play dumbek in the Balkan and Middle Eastern Style. Dance performance by Sarah Locke; she calls her style of dance Tribal Fusion Bellydance. It's a modern world fusion style that draws from Indian dance, Flamenco, Gypsy/Roma dance and other styles, along with the more traditional North African and Middle Eastern bellydance -- so it has layers of earthy, strong attitude along with lyrical, graceful qualities. (DownHouse, 250 Ave X., BK, 8pm-12am, FREE?)

PARTICIPATORY: Drink-n-Draw-Overdrive: A Party for People who Love to Draw
http://www.3rdward.com/drink-n-draw/
Everyone's favorite weekly figure drawing event goes big for the New Year! For the first time, we're opening up 7,000 sq. ft. on our 2nd floor for a 6-hour Drink-n-Draw extravaganza. As always we'll provide the models and the beers, but this time there will be 10 models (costumed & nude), long & short drawing sessions, a cash bar and music from DJ Tanner, DJ Trent, The Fieros, Ego Puppets, War Cubs, complimentary Colt 45 and a cash bar. Bring your drawing tools, creativity and a friend or a date. (3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Avenue, BK, 8pm-2am, $20)

PARTICIPATORY: Alice in Wonderland: Michael Alan's Drawathon Theater
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=312554933661
Beautiful, bizarre and unlike any version you could imagine. This cannot be missed. This is your chance to draw, paint and re-imagine a classic epic. Michael Alan and an all-star cast of 15 nude maniacs will retell Lewis Carroll’s brilliant fantasy of imagination, truth and nonsense. As the iconic, absurdist Wonderland characters, models & performers will try to convince Alice that she is who she was as a child. Jan Svankmajer’s innovative Alice will serve as both inspiration and backdrop to the performance. Dramatically lit and wildly staged, the performers will make full use of the Millennium Film Center, climbing through the seats and aisles at various points during the performance. (The Millennium Film Center, 66 E. 4th Street, bet 2nd Ave and Bowery, 7pm-12am, $20)

BURLESQUE: Science Fiction/Double Feature
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=285521110895
Our story is set in the far-flung future in 2010. Joey Nova and Lars Pluto crash land on a strange planet called "Earth", inhabited by intergalactic rock stars, digital DJs, and captivating space vixens (who can't seem to keep their clothes on)! So what are these two shipwrecked space-travelers to do? Why, put on a sexy sc-fi-themed rock n roll burlesque show, of course! "Science Fiction/Double Feature" features performances by super-hot rock bands Star Machine, Crash Theory, and AM Preacher, with sci-fi burlesque by GiGi La Femme, Fem Appeal, The Flying Fox, Bird of Paradise, Rubie Fizz, and Hazel Honeysuckle! DJs Michael T. (Motherfucker, Rated X) and Jo Phantastic (of Starbolt 9) provide the space-age soundtrack! (The Delancey, 168 Delancey, bet Clinton & Attorney, 8pm, $10)

PARTY: GalaGalactic
Join the space squiddets as they colonize the luxurious lunar event space. Spacial grooves, deep, techy, electro, funky sexy tech house and adrenaline-pumpin’ breaks brought to you by Dexx (Squid Row), Tim Fielding (Squid Row), Lee Mayjahs (PEX), Nigel Richards (PEX). Intergalactic video art by deepness and guests. Late-night luminescent capoeira performance by special guests. Space age tarot readings. Face and body painting table. Dress Code: Out of this world supernatural space inhabitant, luminous mutant space goddess, exotic refugee sky creature, mod space bubble fantasm, silvery pie in the sky suits, space men, green men, glowing rings, stars, tubing, mirrors, molds + membranes, martians, space invaders, britelite, space hallucination, and pocket rockets! (Hudson Terrace, 621 W. 46th St. bet 11th and 12th Ave., use private east entrance, 9:30pm-4am, $20)

PARTY: Bathory's Night Jubilee 1
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=239008585557
http://www.nightofthequeens.piczo.com
First Edition of the sumptuous Masked Gothic, Vampire, and Renaissance style Fetish Party dedicated to the infamous Bloody Countess: Erzebeth of Bathory. You may wear fetish clothes and a mask (if you have no mask, we will provide some). Play, fetish, With DJ’ MONSTA… dance all night long! Snacks / appetizers served. Brought to you by Fetish Artist Laurent LeBeau! (Le Lupanar Lounge, downstairs, 103 Essex St., 9pm-4am, $10 in fetish, theme, gothic, vampire, creative attire, $20 in all black / regular clothes)

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PERFORMANCE: Fundraiser for Ray's Candy Shop
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=282925068100
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/18/nyregion/18candy.html
Ray Alvarez, who just turned 77 yr. old, is proprietor of Ray's Candy Store @ 113 Avenue A. We, a true community of downtown artists, neighbors, and fans of Ray, are having a benefit for him. He is not terribly behind on his rent, but is facing threats of eviction from his landlord (see NY Times article). We believe that it possible to help Ray, as the amount is NOT impossible to raise with the real community action that that is taking place now. Practical plans are also now being discussed to keep Ray in business long-term (His desire is to retire @ 80 yrs. old - 3 years from now.) Please help promote our DAY OF RAY to all who care about the true Lower East Side spirit of art, activism, and helping your neighbor. THIS is what community is all about! The lineup includes performances by Luigi Babe, Reww, Marilyn Kirby, Bowery Boys, Andrew Lisa, Shaker Pegs and many other musicians, artists and creative people of all varieties! (Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Avenue A, at 6th St., 12pm-6pm,
$5)

CLASS: Tarot for Lovers
http://www.tahutilodge.org/tarot_forlovers.php
Romantic quandaries and questions are probably the reason you got interested in Tarot--it's sure as hell the reason I first got into it--and love readings are way more juicy than any other kind of reading....:) Come on out and learn a few new tricks! This class focuses solely on the Love Reading. Students will discover the cards that represent their own romantic situation and those of their significant others and explore the romantic natures of both Trumps and Pips. Whether you single or partnered, this class will have interesting and helpful things to teach you! Great for readers who read regularly for others, as well as for those who primarily read for themselves. It will also provide new readings including the "Love Prescription" reading—when you consult the Tarot to find out how to bring new love into your life or increase the affection and chemistry in a relationship you already have! (440 Studios, 440 Lafayette St. bet Astor Place & E. 4th St., 4pm-6pm, $20)

MUSIC: Revival with Reverend Billy and the Life After Shopping Choir
http://www.revbilly.com/events/revival-at-the-92y-tribeca
Consumerism faded in 2009. Grosses down 6% and big retail flat-lined at Christmas. Celebrate with us - and in the coming year let's build on alternative economies, blank billboards, de-commercializing schools and keeping the public parks public. Drive the Devils from the cash tills of sweatshop companies! Let's celebrate the shops of Canal Street, the new Americans' ingenuity and long hours, the vendors and sidewalk and storefront tending by people from all over the world. Let's stand by them in the face of NYC's policing and gentrification. (92Y Tribeca Mainstage, 200 Hudson St. at Canal, 7pm, $10)

SOCIAL DANCING: Swing Remix
http://www.swingremix.com
This is our First event at the JCC in Manhattan for 2010. Our featured band will be Solomon Douglas Swingtet. This Sizzling Hot group is a fixture in the national Lindy Hop scene. They have a real talent for getting the floor grooving with dancers and you’ll feel the pulse in the air when they’re playing. This is Solomon Douglas’s first appearance with us so please give him a warm welcome! Instructor for our pre-dance workshop - Carol Fraser. Our DJ - Tomo, And special guest Balboa dancers Kate Helin and Bobby White will perform! The Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Auditorium (a state-of-the-art theater) has terrific acoustics, features a wall to wall wooden dance floor and a giant projection screen showcasing vintage dance footage. (JCC, 334 Amsterdam Ave by 76th Street, 6:15pm-1am, $14 dance/adv, $26 workshop and dance/adv, $16 dance/door, $20 workshop/door, $36 both/door)

PARTY: Totally Freakin' Awesome!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=302078257188
Finally, a night of live performance givin' some mad props to the flyest decade ever - the 90's! This show is "all that and a bag of chips", as we're bringing back some of the most "off the hook" entertainment of the 90's. Featuring "Phat" beats, "Fly" aerial, and "Hella Fresh" humor, this night of variety is the "Shiznit!" Stick around after the show and get Jiggy with it with our 90's dance party featuring hits by Ace of Base, Boyz 2 Men, C+C Music Factory, En Vogue and MORE! Word up! Talk to the Hand! Show me the Money! Enjoy 90's inspired refreshments by LoveGrrrl, such as gushers, dunkaroos, mountain dew and capri sun! (House of Yes, 342 Maujer Street., 8pm-12:30am, $10-$20 sliding scale)

MUSIC: Husnu Senlendirici and NY Gypsy All-Stars US Tour
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=254877113534
New York’s very own Gypsy All-Stars will bring back the Gypsy beat and funk – this time they will be joined by Turkish clarinet master Husnu Senlendirici for a celebration of Turkish and Balkan Music. Turkish-born Gypsy clarinet player Husnu Senlendirici is revered as a pop star in his native homeland. In the late 90s his Gypsy-funk outfit Laco Tayfa recorded and toured internationally with Brooklyn Funk Essentials. Since then Senlendirici has collaborated with Al Di Meola, tabla legend Zakir Hussain and Bulgarian clarinetist Ivo Paposov. Says the prolific New York trumpeter and bandleader Frank London, "In Turkey, the clarinet is their saxophone and Husnu is Michael Brecker, Branford Marsalis and Maceo Parker all rolled into one. He is constantly pushing the envelope in any musical setting, raising the bar whether playing pop, improvisation, progressive folk or dance music." Expect heart wrenching melodies, lavish ornamentation and off-beat improvisation against complex drum
rhythms – an East-meets-West fusion of the highest order. (Drom, 85 Ave. A, 10pm, $25/adv, $30/door)

MUSIC: Stumblebum Brass Band
www.mercuryloungenyc.com
http://www.myspace.com/stumblebumbrassband
Come to our BIG show introducing our NEW tuba player, Disco Ron, also know as the great Ron Caswell. One of the best around, he has played w/ everyone, everywhere including Slavic Soul Party, Beat Circus, City Opera. Let's haze him, get him really drunk and see if he rock out with us Stumblebum Style! (Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St., 11:30pm, $10)

PARTY: Hooch: Everybody’s Sweetheart
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=234171522659
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/95815
Vintage Valentine's party featuring music by the Stumblembum Brass Band and the Baby Soda Jazz Band; cabaret performances by Matt n' Danny Tap Dance; burlesque by Miss Delirium Tremons and Charlie Sierra, plus open bar all night, vintage style home-brews from Never Never Land and Bushwick Brews, a kissing photobooth by Joe Che (proprietor of Page Not Found speakeasy) and vintage valentine making! Tickets must be bought in advance! (Tribeca, location with ticket purchase, 9pm-3am, $40)

PARTY: Super Formal Benefit and Adventure Spectacular
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=278386694239
The Amazing, Awe inspiring, fever reducing, libido enhancing, booty shaking, earth shattering, prosthetic making, rapture inducing, mind expanding, muscle toning, teeth whitening, greatness producing, anti-microbial, probiotic, ail-curing, Superpower generating, DNA augmenting, space-time distorting, World Saving, "SUPER" Formal Benefit and Adventure SPECTACULAR! Join Dr. Adventure & Friends to raise money for the New Flesh Workshop to turn Science into Science FICTION! Proceeds will go towards developing cheap and durable prosthetic components. These components will be fabricated using recycled and readily available materials and manufacturing techniques which are viable in Third World countries, war-torn regions, disaster areas and remote locations. Entertainments include The New Flesh Fashion Show, PARTY ARMOR Auction and raffle; Hyper-Sapien Go-Go Boys & Cocktail Waitresses; and an orgasmic presentation by the Prince of the Future on prosthetics and how to use garbage and
nature to heal the lame. Dress code: Black Tie and Tights, Tuxes, Capes, Gowns and Masks. (Think Aquaman goes to the prom with Wonder Woman but NOT as their alter egos.) Music provided by DJs Felix Cumbe, Kimyon, Cobra Krames, 2melo and Shaggy2K, as well as live performances by Vox Illuminati, Sistine Criminals, Aliens and more. Open bar before 10:30pm. (The Fig Leaf Theater, 279 Church St., 9pm-4am, $20/adv, $30/door, $25 if you don't dress as your alter ego/door)

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BENEFIT: Paige's House of Collection presents: Afternoon High Tea, A Fundraising Event for The Wonderneath
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=437169925102
The Wonderneath is a new circus theater adventure that opens February 26th at the House of Yes. Set in turn-of-the-century New York City, The Wonderneath explores the otherworldly lair rumbling below the city's surface, where steam energy has seeped through granite and crystal, fractalized, and created a land where all that is wondered comes to be. Help raise funds to produce this sparkling and magic show while eating tasty treats and enjoying an indoor garden, sweet songs and good company. (House of Collection, 315 Berry bet S. 3rd and S. 4th, BK, call to be let in, 3pm-7pm, $10)

CLASS: Got Love? Heart Chakra Strengthening Yoga Session and Tarot Consultation
A simultaneously relaxing and stimulating afternoon with Yoga, Tarot--and snacks. Amy Ouzoonian will lead a workshop to observe the physical and spiritual healing and strengthening powers of the heart chakra. Through breath and gentle asana poses we will unlock our own ability to love and be loved. Participants should bring a mat. Water, towels and props will be provided. The practice for this workshop will be relaxing, strengthening and suitable for beginner and intermediate practioners, working with the pace of your personal practice. Vegetarian and Non-alcoholic refreshments will be served. You can also feel free to bring your own refreshments as well. Courtney Weber will be available for 15 minute Tarot consultations, focused on love and romance. Using a mixture of different spreads and Rune readings, Courtney will also provide the "Love Prescription" reading, which will help you improve your romantic circumstances. (48 St. Nicholas Place Apt. 25, 4pm-8pm, $30/single, $45
/couple)

TALK: Dime Stories
http://dimestories.org
Equal parts seductive and tiny, DimeStories are funny. They're heartwrenching. They're fictional or factual but, either way, they're all true. California's wildly popular micro-storytelling adventure makes its debut at Barbes with an all-star literary extravaganza and special musical guest! Come one! Come all! Try your hand at a DimeStory! Bring 3-minutes of prose (sorry, poets) to read to a live audience at our open mic. Beware: Three minute rule (500-600 words) is strictly adhered to. Register up to one hour before each performance to read, or just sit back and listen to New York's finest dime-sized stories! Come hear what a difference three minutes can make! (Barbes, 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.), BK, 7pm,$5)

FILM: Aiwass Study Group - Movie Night
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=278253188953
The Aiwass Study Group invites you to attend a special viewing of two Alan Moore ("V for Vendetta", "From Hell", "Watchmen", "Promethea"...) movies in our makeshift projector loft theater in Brooklyn. We will begin shortly after 6pm with the documentary, "The Mindscape of Alan Moore", in which he discusses his philosophy on magick, art, and social change. Next, we'll be playing a special director's cut of the feature film, "The Watchmen". This version includes a segment that wasn't included in the theatrical release, but appeared in the original graphic novel, called "Tales of the Black Freighter". This gathering will be a potluck. Guests welcome. Please bring food or beverages to share. (Private Loft in BK - see invite, 6pm-10pm, FREE)

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TALK: Open City Dialogues: Occult NYC
http://www.petescandystore.com/open%20city%20dialogue/ocd.html
Long before the "Aquarian Age" hit California, America’s laboratories of spiritual experiment were in the tenements of Hell’s Kitchen, the "Burned-Over District" of central New York State, and the ghostly hills of the Hudson River Valley. Mitch Horowitz, author of the acclaimed new history Occult America, will explore his encounters with New York’s astonishing – and frequently overlooked – role in spreading esoteric spirituality throughout America and the modern world. We’ll meet occult New Yorkers ranging from Edgar Allan Poe and Madame H.P. Blavatsky to lesser known but hugely influential personas such as the 19th century "Poughkeepsie seer" Andrew Jackson Davis and the colonial-era medium called the "Publick Universal Friend." (And along the way discover why a nice Jewish kid from Queens came to embrace "the other side.") (Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St, 7:30pm, FREE)

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READING: powerHouse Arena presents: Anti-Valentine's Day party and reading from It's Not You, It's Me: The Poetry of Breakup
http://www.powerhousearena.com
Hosted by Jonathan Ames and anthology editor Jerry Williams, featuring contributing poets Bob Hicok, Donna Masini, and Mark Halliday. Jonathan Ames emcees a round-robin reading of humorous, wise, bitter, and uplifting breakup-inspired poetry from this new anthology. Poet and anthology editor Jerry Williams & several contributing poets will be on hand to read and discuss their love lives and their work at this, our Anti-Valentine's Day Party! (poweHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Dumbo, BK, 7pm-9pm, FREE)

PERFORMANCE: Annie's Shakespeare Shakedown: Romeo and Juliet
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=279735788656
We've compressed the whole of Romeo and Juliet to fit into the night of Juliet's Coming Out Party. When you come down the stairs, you enter Lord Capulet's party, in the process of being crashed by Romeo and his buddies. For the rest of the evening, you talk, dance, flirt and party with Romeo, Mercutio, Paris, Lord and Lady Capulet - all the characters of Shakespeare's classic love story. You also witness the events of the play unfolding around you, from R&J's first kiss, to the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt, to the final tragic scene. Come see Shakespeare's great work in a way you've never experienced it before! Live, and up close! With a live band, awesome DJ, drinks, and a party all around you! China One is one of the sexiest venues in Alphabet City. Chinese lamps, red velvet and a plethora of makeout nooks compliment this loud and sexy evening. (China One, 50 ave B bet 3rd and 4th St., 7pm-11pm, $10)

BURLESQUE: Porno Jim's Otherworld Revue
An amazing evening of porn and perversion starring Rosabelle Selavy, Veronica Vroom and, making her Otherworld Revue debut: Gigi La Femme! Plus Go-Go by Carin, free porn DVDs and more. (The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St. at Stanton, 8pm, $10)

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PERFORMANCE: The BodyCartography Project: 1/2 Life
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=273438275705
1/2 Life investigates the survival of the body amidst a world of scientific research, data, and control. Swimming across the Pacific Ocean, connecting nuclear super power USA, atomic survivor Japan and nuclear free New Zealand, 1/2 Life creates a contemporary ritual to address our dormant nuclear nightmares. Dance and video artists Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad bring together an extraordinary collaborative team including composer and harpist Zeena Parkins, visual artist Emmett Ramstad, physicist Bryce Beverlin II, performer Takemi Kitamura and a critical mass of twelve. (Feb. 10-14, Performance Space 122, 150 1st Ave. at E. 9th St., Wed - Sat at 8PM, Sun 6PM, $20)

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)

FILM: 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)

PERFORMANCE: 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
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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[G&S]: Weekly listings / G&S B-Day full details

2010-01-29T14:50:17Z

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,

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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[G&S]: Weekly listings / G&S BDay bash teaser / We're starting to do "adult" events!

2010-01-22T15:12:32Z

Hello lovelies,

Late this week, we're sorry...but you know what that means: we need help with the listings! If you'd like to get involved in our weekly offering to the community, please email virgo@geminiandscorpio.com - and also learn how to earn comps for G&S events by donating your time. Can't edit but would like to help out before/during/after events? Get in touch; we'll explain everything.

As promised last week, more news!

- Miss Scorpio is officially starting an "adult" party list & events series. For now, it's on Facebook only, but we'll set up a proper mailing list soon: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=259688232814

- Valentine's Eve Russian Baths tickets have been going pretty quickly. You got through tonight to use the code "earlybird" to buy two regular tix for $80. Info below.

- In addition to the Baths, we're planning the 8th annual G&S BDay bash for Sunday, Valentine's Day proper. It will be small and special, and will likely sell out in advance. Here's a teaser: a gourmet dinner lounge with live entertainment...in an opium den. It will also be the premier event of the newly redecorated 2,000sq ft Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary loft we're now working out of.

Cheers,

Gemini & Scorpio
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OUR NEXT EVENT
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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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WEEKEND + WEEK
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***PUPPETS: Don Cristobal and Billy-Club Man
http://www.here.org/who/artists/doncristobalorr/
For centuries, the puppet Don Cristóbal has charmed audiences with his drunken, lusty, billy-club wielding antics. But does he secretly struggle with his role as the Billy-Club Man and long for love and escape? Through experimental puppetry, clowning and live music, Don Cristóbal, Billy-Club Man explores the violent appetites of Cristóbal's on-stage persona and follows him off-stage to reveal his poetic possibilities. Inspired by the puppet plays of Federico Garcia Lorca, the piece features shadow, hand and large figurative puppetry by Erin Orr and evocative original music by Rima Fand. (Tues. and Wed., HERE Arts Center, 145 Sixth Ave. (Enter on Dominick, 1 Block South of Spring), 8:30pm, $15)

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FRIDAY
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PARTY: Waterpod: Back to Land Party
http://www.thewaterpod.org/
Waterpod is a floating, sculptural, eco-habitat designed for the rising tides. It launched in the summer of 2009, navigate down the East River, explore the waters of New York Harbor, docking at several Manhattan piers on the Hudson River before continuing onward. The Waterpod demonstrates future pathways for water -based innovations. As a sustainable, navigable living space, the Waterpod™ showcases the critical importance of the environment and art, serving as a model for new living, d.i.y. technologies, art, and dialogue. It illustrates positive interactions between communities: public and private; artistic and social; aquatic and terrestrial while exploring the cultural richness of New York's five boroughs and beyond. Now you can spend an evening with the Waterpod team to celebrate their official return to land. Get an inside look into life on the Pod from it's summer voyage around NY waterways in a night of art, performance and film. Featuring Queen of Quartz, Furacoco, A
ndrew Carter and DJ Trent, plus an introduction by Douglas Kelley and a special back-to-land ceremony meal prepared by Bridget Stixrood. (Exit Art, 475 Tenth Ave. at 36th Street, 7pm-11pm, $15/sugg donation includes meal and 1 drink)

***FOOD/PARTY: The Last Safari
http://wandbnyc.com/index.html
This is the final week of events at Monkey Town. This event features seductive ambient, downtempo and experimental rainforest rhythms: Axolotl supplies their undersea electronic/acoustic oboetech; Cosmo D plays and remixes the cello before your very eyes; Dok Gregory + Peter Principle lead us on an exotic excursion; Douggie Style creates a space safari soundtrack; Jason Blackkat mixes anthropological audio artifacts; Jon Margulies explores uncontacted tribal sounds; Shigeto shares a spellbinding simian travelogue; Zack Hagan conducts us in prayers for rain. There will also be death-defying visual encounters with nature from video narrators: Jeanne Angel unveils spectacular jungle vistas; Ladyfirefly illuminates hearts of darkness; Sebastian Patante Masuelli unleashes lions and tigers; Seej remixes the wilderness into unnatural images; Terri Ferrari unmasks monkey mania machinations; The Housewives Guide to Anatomy exposes forbidden animal mating rituals. Plus party initiation
ritual by Akim Funk Buddha & Friends and installation art by Gregory Skolozdra. A prix fixe dinner will be served featuring vegetarian, fish and poultry options. This is the first Winkel & Balktick event to ever feature a full service dinner. Please attend in attire fit for the jungle. [G&S note: a few tix left for door sales. We'll be there!] (Monkey Town, 58 N 3rd St, bet. Kent & Wythe, BK, 8pm-5am, $50 w/dinner, $20 just party after 11pm)

Taylor McFerrin & Spokinn Movement
http://s80131.gridserver.com/public/
Taylor McFerrin, son of the legendary Bobby McFerrin, is redefining the one-man show. Combining his skills as a producer and performer, Taylor is making music heads around the world take notice as he seamlessly builds songs from scratch with his ambitious solo project. Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, samples, vocals and beatboxing are meshed together in his Brooklyn studio as Taylor builds from his roots in '60s soul to his vision of future hip-hop. Spokinn Movement is a Hip Hop collective consisting of four like minded artists that have performed, recorded, and composed broad and compelling styles of music. Drawing from their influences & creative inclinations, they bring a fresh perspective to live Hip Hop with a driving movement of melodies, groove, interaction & lyricism. (Galapagos, 16 Main St, BK, 9pm, $10)

DANCING: Remix-ed Friday Dance
http://www.SwingRemix.com
A night of swing dancing including a 9pm Dance Lesson “Move of the Month”, and live music from The Boilermaker Jazz Band starting at 9:30pm, plus a featured dance performance, special prizes & give aways! (Manhattan Ballroom Dance Studio, 29 West 36th, 2nd Fl., 9pm, $16/adv w/lesson, $20/door w/lesson, $15/door just dance)

DJ/DANCING: Brooklyn Wonderland Presents: Hot It Up!
Expect a hot & tropical dance extravaganza with bass-quaking, ass-shaking Digital Cumbia, Kuduro, Dancehall, Booty-bass, Afro-beat, Funk, and Hip-hop, all hotted up with live drumming and dancers. Featuring Uproot Andy (Bersa Discos, Que Bajo!?), DJ Dirty Finger (Black Label, !Dance Attack!), DJ Dhundee (Sugar Cuts), DJ Stylus (Brooklyn Wonderland), Live Drums & Percussion by BludDrums and Peter Barr and Live B-Girl Break-dancers The RokDaBeat Crew. (Littlefield, 622 Degraw St, Gowanus BK, 10pm, $5 w/RSVP to brooklynwonderland@gmail.com, $8/door)

House of Hearts: Enter the Tiger
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=244949847545&index=1
Dance party featuring special guest Stadenco, (killer NYC big room tech house), plus late night soulful house by Beenjammin', and residents The Bass and Cecil Grey (funky sexy tech house). (Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary, RSVP for address, 11pm-7am, $10/before 1am, $15/after)

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TALK: Brooklyn History Lesson
http://www.brooklynflea.com
Preeminent New York City and Brooklyn historian Professor Ken Jackson (Columbia University, The Encyclopedia of New York City, ed.; The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn, co-author) will join Prof. Stuart Blumin (Cornell) at the Brooklyn Flea to provide a freeform public talk on the history of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building and its relationship to Brooklyn as a borough, and formerly as a city unto itself. Professors Jackson and Blumin will delve into the building's architectural details -- from the giant golden mosaic map of Brooklyn on the bank's back wall to the wrought-iron depictions of artisans and skilled workers in the stained-glass windows -- while linking them to the broad narrative of Brooklyn as a longtime capital of the American working class. They will also answer questions from the public. [G&S note: From NonsenseNYC] (1 Hanson, BK, 3pm, FREE)

*PERFORMANCE: The Death and Resurrection Show with Acep Hale
http://observatoryroom.org
There is a secret history to this world. Buried beneath the onslaught of civilization’s crushing rise to power, ancient rituals, whispered myths and the half-forgotten legends of our nomadic ancestors have always peeked through the protecting veils known as entertainment. From the first shamans making dolls dance beside a fire through the ancient courts of Egyptian pharaohs, the markets of medieval England to the dark parlors of the Fox Sisters séances, Acep Hale takes you on a guided tour of the clowns, contraries, murmurers and mystics that have held fast to lives of wandering wonder. Acep Hale is a street performing magician, musician, traveler, and rogue gentleman scholar. Driven by the 19th century belief in propaganda by deed he performs daily on street corners everywhere to prove that magic still lives around every bend, you don’t need a nine to five to stay alive, and hope springs eternal between the cracks of every sidewalk. (Observatory, 543 Union Street at Nevins,
BK, 7pm, $5)

PARTY: Kombit-A Benefit Performance for Haiti
http://www.myspace.com/ftimz
http://www.myspace.com/ayannawitterjohnson
http://www.myspace.com/akuataylor
In Haitian creole, "Kombit" means 'to come together for the good of the community'. This benefit, the proceeds of which will go to Doctors Without Borders, features Mr. REO, the consummate Haitian via Brooklyn rapper; Ayanna Witter-Johnson, a unique young composer, song-writer, vocalist, cellist and pianist; and Akua Taylor, a singer with soulful African influences. (Lab 24/7, 247 Stuyvesant Ave @ Putnam, Bed Stuy, BK, 8pm-2am, $15 sugg donation)

CIRCUS: Sky Box Aerial Open Mic
Aerialists and variety circus performers from far and wide come together to present you with one epic little show. MC'd by the infamous Kae Burke (of the House of Yes Christmas Spectacular acclaim). Performers include Aerial Violinist Janice Martin, former Cirque du Soleil performer Sara Joel's amazing bubble chair piece, Graham Skipper of FUCT Comedy Troupe (shield your eyes) along with members of Lady Circus and the usual suspects from the House of Yes. Join is in a thrilling game of musical chairs after the cabaret show as DJs D_Juice and Reza heat up the turntables. Stack the folding chairs as quickly as possible to turn the theater into a dance party. Coconut smoothies and sangria by LoveGrrl. Feel free to BYOB as well. (House of Yes, 342 Maujer Street, at Morgan Avenue, BK, 8pm, $10)

PARTY: Year of the Tiger Dance Party
BangOn!NYC is teaming up with Shindig! to bring you: a 60ft long dragon, Cirque du Soleil style aerial performers, sexy fire performers and a monkey swing. Music will be provided by Noyesno and DJs Amazing Baby (Will Roan), Franco V, 33hz (Brion Isaacs), DJ Curly and DJ Cashbar, plus a Japanese Commercial DJ set by DJBH. There will also be performances by Ng Chong’s sexy Ping-Pong show and Very Dangerous Flying Kung-Fu Ninjas as well as a Japanese Pee Ceremony and a special appearance by Our Dear Leader Kim Jong-Il. Plus, see The Chinese Economic Bubble in person and have your dirty laundry cleaned courtesy of Happy Kat Laundromat. It is Year of Tiger, so dress; used panties prize for best costumes! (The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton St., 11pm-4am, $15 includes 5 hour open bar)

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NON-SHOP: Swap Your Stuff
http://cenyc.org/swap
The Stop N' Swap is the ultimate re-gifting party. Bring reusable items to share (portable items only) or simply bring a tote bag or two to take home things you can put to reuse. [G&S note: From NonsenseNYC] (Hebrew Tabernacle, 551 Fort Washington, at West 185th Street,10am-3pm, FREE)

*MUSIC: Pandora’s Music Box: Odd, Forgotten, and Long-lost Musical Instruments
The Ullage Group presents a cacophonous and fun-filled afternoon of unusual, under-appreciated, forgotten, and one-of-a-kind musical instruments. Part show-and-tell, part performance, all noise! Your ears will never be the same again. Doug Skinner will discuss and demonstrate some of the patent instruments and gizmo harps manufactured in the late 19th and early 20th century: the Regent Zither, Tremoloa, Marxolin, Celestaphone, Violin Uke, and whatever else makes it into the final, rigorous, editing process. Lisa Hirschfield will ponder the history, uses, and never-ending appeal of novelty and toy instruments, and will delight you with some toy tunes. Anthony Matt will dazzle you with a discussion of electronic instruments, their creation, and their destruction. He will also discuss the pioneering electronic sound work of Bruce Haack, who created several unique instruments including the Dermatron, and will bend your ears with the synthesizer-slaying sound known as Circuit Blas
ting. [G&S note: From NonsenseNYC] (Fabulous Jalopy Theater, 315 Columbia St., BK, 4pm, FREE?)

***MUSIC: The World Stands with Haiti
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=257314897612&ref=nf
The international dance band Charanga Soleil, weaving Haitian compas together with Cuban salsa and African soukous, will headline the show, culminating in an all-star descarga (jam) session with a line-up of invited guests: Cubans such as the legendary violinist Eddy Zervigón, piano virtuoso Leonel "Papo" Ortega and singer José "Pepito" Gomez; Puerto Rican vocalist Luisito Ayala; the great Haitian guitarist Richard Augustín; Jamaican jazz saxman Cedric Brooks; Dominican bass player Ray Martinez, and others still to be announced. There will also be live Haitian drum & dance by Markus Schwartz & Nadia Dieudonne, dance performances by Areytos Performance Works, Danielle Lima, Dalia Carella, Rara Dancers and music by DJs Neva, Al Angeloro, Andrea & David Medina. (Drom, 85 Ave A (b/w 5th & 6th St), 6pm-12am, $20/sugg donation)

***MUSIC: Horns for Haiti
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=263520911372
Come join the Hungry March Band, Raya Brass Band, and the Rude Mechanical Orchestra for a night of badass brass, haitian drumming, and ample dancing in support of our Haitian brothers and sisters, with special guest performances by DJARARA, Mikerline Afro Haitian Dance + Drum Troupe, Peniel Guerrier + more! Featuring a special moment with the Rev. Billy + the Life After Shopping Gospel Choir plus DJ Sentz. (The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton Street, 7pm-12am, $20/minimum donation)

MUSIC: Django A Go Go 2010: Celebrating 100 years of Django Reinhardt
http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/calendar.html#January
Presented by The New York Guitar Festival and Stephane Wrembel.The great Gypsy Swing guitar player would have been 100 years old on January 23rd of this year. To celebrate, some of the greatest gypsy swing guitar player in Europe and the US are throwing a massive jam session featuring May Bittel, Biel Ballester, John Intrator, Babik and Stephane Wrembel. Concerts will be preceded by workshops; 1:30 pm: Maie Bittel, 3:15 pm: Babik, 5 pm: Biel Ballester. (Barbes, 376 9th St, BK, 7pm, $10/sugg donation)

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**PARTICIPATORY: FIGMENT 2010 Kick-Off Meeting
FIGMENT is an annual arts event on Governors Island, with artwork in every medium, from installation to performance to music to games and many things in between. Participation is open to any artist who would like to share their work. It is a free, non-profit endeavor run by volunteers. In 2008, FIGMENT’s second year, over 10,000 people attended. In these challenging economic times, it is important that artists devise new ways to create, share, think, and dream about what is possible. FIGMENT is an alternative to many of the shortcomings of the commercial art world— exclusive, expensive, impersonal, untouchable and often simply boring. If you are interested in being a part of the team that plans and organizes FIGMENT, please join us at the 2010 Kick-Off Meeting. We have a wide variety of open positions for this year’s programs, including roles on our curatorial, fundraising, production, and communications teams. So whether you want to coordinate with artists, plan and run the
event, help us identify funding sources, or communicate with the press, we have a job for you. Please note that FIGMENT is entirely volunteer-run. You can put it on your resume and we'll give you a reference, but you won't get paid. We all work to create FIGMENT together because we believe in the power of participatory art and culture. (RSVP for location info@figmentproject.org 7pm, FREE)

VARIETY: Vaudeville Nouveau
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=288833155049
The shimmy-shake artists Rubie Fizz and BB Heart will tear-up the boards with classic bump and grind. The award-wining storyteller Peter Aguero will regal you with his hysterical takes on teaching, drugs and New Jersey. To round out the program we have Ravi the Scorpion Mystic, he can twist and turn and contort into shapes that has to be seen to be believed. Lastly but not leastly we have your humble hosts – Richard Kent Green who will serenade you and Nelson Lugo who will amaze you. As usual, we will also be featuring a very special raffle with some pretty epic prizes. (Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main St, DUMBO, BK, 7pm doors, 8pm show, $10adv/$15door)

PERFORMANCE: Penny Arcade Book Launch and Performance Gala
http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/915
Penny Arcade redefines the book party to celebrate the publication of her first book Bad Reputation. The evening will featuring readings from the scripts featured in the book and personal reflections on Arcade and her work. The evening includes confirmed appearances by Debbie Harry, Sarah Schulman, Dirty Martini, Jennifer Bell and special guests, erotic dancers, performances, music, booze and books! (Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, 7pm, $15/adv, $20/door, $30 w/book)

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BURLESQUE: The Curious Sofa: Book Club Burlesque
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=242823747952&ref=mf
For those who don't know, Book Club Burlesque is responsible for promoting sexy, literate fun through thematic choices. It is in every sense a Book Club, and in every sense a Burlesque party. It has been featured as a Voice Choice (Riverdale Sock-Hop) and features a revolving cast of eccentric contributors.This event will be another fantastic assortment of visual and performance works by very talented artists from the Lower East Side and beyond. (Parkside Lounge, 317 East Houston Street, 8pm-11pm, FREE?)

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DRINK: Atlantic Cellars Benefit Tasting
http://hardingsfamily.chipin.com/mypages/view/id/d9cba4384837da5a
A special in-store tasting event to benefit our friend and former coworker Harding, whose family in Haiti have lost everything in the recent disaster. There will be wines to sample and Ortine Cafe will be providing snacks. You can also donate directly through the link (above). (Atlantic Cellars, 990 Atlantic Ave at Grand Ave, Prospect Heights, BK, 6pm-9pm, by donation?)

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THURSDAY
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*MUSIC: Via Romen
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=407669810496
Via Romen's music and dances, drawn from a vast repertoire originating in Eastern and Western Europe and enriched by jazz, Jewish and Latino styles, enchant audiences with intricate improvisations, catchy tunes and flashy footwork. Deeply rooted in Russian-Romani tradition, this music is nonetheless modern, innovative and fresh. The group was founded in the USA by Vadim Kolpakov in 2004, and has since performed to glowing reviews in many North American venues. These include the New York Gypsy Fest, Harvard University, California Romani Festivals - Herdjelezi, the Colorado Festival of World Theatre; and the Romani Yag Gypsy festival in Montreal, Canada. The band members' talent has been recognized by a number of famous artists. Two founding members of the band, Vadim Kolpakov and Arkadiy Gips, were part of Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet 2008/2009" tour as part of the Kolpakov trio. VIA Romen has also performed with Gogol Bordello and Dresden Dolls. (Drom, 85 Ave A, 7pm-10pm, $15)

MUSIC: Kirk Joseph's Backyard Groove and Jambalaya Brass Band
http://www.myspace.com/kirkjoseph
http://www.jambalayabrassband.com/
Kirk Joseph, formerly of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, is a master of the sousaphone. Kirk Joseph's Backyard Groove is an assemblage featuring the "creme de la creme" of local and national musicians. The music is a tight, rhythmic and high-spirited concoction of jazz, funk, and afro-caribbean flavors. Jambalaya Brass Band is kickin' it hard with a flavor straight from the streets of New Orleans, paying their respects to the unique musical traditions of New Orleans incorporating a special blend of R & B, Funk, Gospel Traditional Jazz, Zydeco, Latin, Hip Hop and Be-Bop. They will take you on a historical journey through the New Orleans brass band tradition. It is a joyous romp starting from the early beginnings with Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong and ending up with their own modern sounds influenced by the Rebirth, Dirty Dozen and New Birth brass bands. (Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan Street bet Bleecker and W. 3rd St., 9pm, $10 before 9pm, $15 after)

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PERFORMANCE: Coney Island-Now, Then & Forever
http://www.green-wood.com
An exciting multi-media show that celebrates the history and legends of Coney Island here at Green-Wood. Combining music, Victorian Mermaids, hand-carved marionettes and storytelling, these shows will bring life and depth to many of Coney’s legendary showmen (and Green-Wood permanent residents) including Charles Feltman, inventor of the hot dog; George Tilyou, Steeplechase Park founder; and Mile-a-Minute Murphy, 19th-century bicyclist who raced a locomotive–and won! These shows, produced in collaboration with The Puppeteer’s Cooperative, The Czech-American Marionette Theatre and Cosmic Bicycle Theatre, will delight guests and provide food for thought as New Yorkers, again, find Coney Island in the news. And on display: A special exhibition of Coney Island memorabilia from The Green-Wood Historic Fund archives AND the newly re-discovered Dreamland Bell! (thru 1/24, Sat/Sun 1pm and 3pm, The Historic Chapel at Green-wood, 500 25th St, BK, $15)

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 1/24, Bubble Lounge, 228 West Broadway, 7pm-1am, $15 + 1 drink)

ART: Vision Quest
http://observatoryroom.org/
A group show of neo-shamanic art. While the role of the shaman has traditionally been fulfilled by experienced elders in indigenous groups spanning culture and time, “VISION QUEST” posits that our artists fit the bill as well. Today, with more of us living in an urban jungle rather than a real one, it has become all the more important to figure out ways to internalize the lessons of nature: its growth, its brilliant bloom, its death. And in an age of digitization and distraction, of wire vines and humming screens, it’s no wonder we long for deeper, more sensory experiences of self - with all of its darkness and divinity. As such, each piece in “VISION QUEST” explores the archetype of the shamanic voyage, using the tools of paint, pencil, or paper in lieu of fire, flower, feather. Taken together this work represents a full spectrum of what it means to go underground and out of body; to go there and come back again, perhaps just a little bit wiser or, at the very least, more wi
de awake. (thru 1/21, Observatory, 543 Union Street (at Nevins), Brooklyn, various times, FREE)

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. (Mon and Tue 25-26th @ 9:00, The Red Room, 85 E. 4th St. 3rd Fl. btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave, $15/$12 for students and seniors)

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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[G&S]: Our new loft / Valentine's Russian Baths / weekly listings

2010-01-15T13:15:47Z

Hello lovelies,

We are pleased to report two very exciting pieces of news (with more TK next week):

- We officially have an office at the beautiful 2,000sq ft Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary loft and will be creating a lot more events there in the near future. We're also open to YOUR events -- want to stage a show, wedding, screening, BDay party, dinner? Get in touch. The loft comes with sound system, gourmet kitchen, multiple bathrooms, aerial silks, and lots more.

- Our Valentine's Day Russian Baths blowout is here again, Sat Feb 13! Raya Brass Band is our musical guest, DJ Joro Boro will rock the dance floor, and we've not only lowered the regular admission to $45, but are also giving you, our members, a secret presale for $40 tickets. Use the code "earlybird" to buy two regular tix for $80 -- but only until next Friday. No details have been posted to our site yet, but the presales are up: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/96240 (hurry, this one tends to sell out).

Cheers,

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Gemini & Scorpio
present

A Steamy Valentine's Party at the Russian Baths

Saturday, Feb 13, 7pm-2am
Banya, 602 Coney Island Ave bet Beverley Rd & Ave C, Kensington, BK
Details: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/96240
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.

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, at 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. 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.Â

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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***MUSIC: 25th Annual Zlatne Uste Golden Festival
http://www.goldenfest.zlatneuste.org
New York's largest Balkan music event, with multiple stages, Balkan and Middle Eastern refreshments, Balkan arts vendors, as well as beautiful Balkan textiles on display. From international stars to local musicians, modern Balkan stylists to folk traditionalists, over 40 bands provide hours of ecstatic listening, dancing and partying. [G&S note: if you've been a subscriber for any length of time, you know how much we love the beautiful madness of balkan/gypsy/brass music and the lyrical beauty of bulgarian/klezmer/ethnic folk music. Golden Fest is packed to the rafters with the most authentic music of this type found in NYC and beyond, as well as tons of dancing, smiles and old friends. We can't recommend this highly enough, despite the hefty price tag and the far trek north. These musicians are worth it. Buy tix in advance; door tix sell out by 9:30-10.] (Good Shepherd School, 620 Isham, near 207th St. and B'way, children under 12 FREE)
- Friday: 7:30PM - Dance workshop with Michael Ginsburg and live music! 8:30PM - The Party continues with tasty Ethnic snacks and more music by: Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, Kavala Brass Band, Veveritse Brass Band, Nikolay Kolev, Avram Pengas & the Noga Group (7pm-12am, $20, students $15)
- Saturday: The whole deal - three music venues and over 40 groups from the Balkans and beyond. (6pm-4am, $45, students $30)

DANCE/PERFORMANCE: Tarantella: Spider Dance
http://www.alessandrabelloni.com
The Spider Dance, or "Tarantella," is a wild erotic dance ritual from Southern Italy used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula. The current production has folk dances choreographed by Alessandra Belloni and modern dances choreographed by Antonio Fini, who is originally from southern Italy. Its music infuses ancient melodies and instrumentation; Arabic, Middle Eastern, and Brazilian rhythms; and techno beats and electronic music. (Theater For the New City, 155 1st Ave bet 9/10, JOHNSON THEATER, Fri/Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm, $20/$15 Students & Seniors)

MUSIC: FONT (festival of new trumpet music): Forward Flight
http://fontmusic.org
http://www.henrystreet.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AAC_PERF_upcoming#font
Forward Flight is a collection of performances designed to highlight the forward-looking trajectory of current brass music. The name is taken from a late fifties album by Booker Little, and like that trumpeter it shows the wide ranging possibilities for this instrument. In the context of alternative folk and rock, in contemporary classical composition, in international hybrids of improvised music and electronics, brass instruments continue to breathe air into the expansion of contemporary trends. The festival opens on January 13 with a special benefit concert celebrating the music and legacy of Wilmer Wise. Festival performances January 14-16 by Dave Douglas, The Low-Anthem, Chicago Underground Duo, Meridian Arts Ensemble, Dave Ballou, the New York Trumpet Ensembl, and many more. (Fri-Sun, Abrons Art Center, 466 Grand St at Pitt St, Day Pass: $15/$12 students; 3-day Festival Pass: $40/$30 students)

SHOP: Old Hollywood Sale
http://www.oldhollywoodmoxie.com
shop.oldhollywoodmoxie.com
40% off all clothing, shoes, boots, and select jewelry. In celebration of a true legend for humanity, Dr. King, Old Hollywood will be donating $1 of every purchase this weekend to the earthquake victims in Haiti. Although this tragedy may not have beset us, it affects us all, and tests the sympathies of our spirits. (Sat-Mon, 110 Meserole Ave Greenpoint, Brooklyn 11222

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MUSIC/DANCE: Zikrayat
http://www.zikrayatmusic.com
http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/897
New York City-based Zikrayat presents the classical, dance, and folkloric music of the Arab world side-by-side in elegant stage productions that evoke the atmosphere of classic film from the "Golden Age" of Arab cinema. For this show, Zikrayat is very proud to present two powerful guest artists: soulful and beautiful vocalist Salma Marjieh, performing with Zikrayat for the first time; and virtuosic master percussionist Faisal Zedan, visiting from California. Also featuring the full Zikrayat ensemble featuring lead vocalist Salah Rajab, along with dancers; Dameshe, Yowalka, Sherine, Mariyah and Jaida. (Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St, 7pm, $15 adv/$20 door)

INSTALLATION/OPENING: 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)

TALK: Nerd Nite
http://www.galapagosartspace.com
Nerd Nite 2010 comes bearing trivia. Yes, after lying dormant since the summer, join us for Nerd Nite Quizo and then stick around for regular Nerd Nite with a line-up that might even rival the amazing December lectures. This month we have the ins-and-outs of the world's first open-source nuclear reactor, Art and Neuroscience (complete with everyone's favorite optical illusions), and a follow-up presentation about sexual robotics, with by Famulus, by Lauren Sefton, and Laura G. Duncan. (Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, DUMBO, BK, 7pm Quizo/8:15pm regular Nerd Nite, $10)

MUSIC: BILL CARNEY'S JUG ADDICTS
http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com
Sans-Culottes founder and frontman Bill Carney has been leading various jug bands for over 23 years. His latest incarnation, the Brooklyn-based Jug Addicts, has earned a reputation for exciting live shows. Often a large formation, the Jug Addicts are characterized by their powerful, raucous approach to its jug band, old time, tin pan alley, early jazz and blues repertoire. (Barbes, 376 9th St at 6th Ave, Park Slope, 10pm, $10 sugg.)

PARTY: The 3rd Annual Black Ball
http://www.Katranyc.com
A mix of samba latin flavors, house and world music, featuring live percussion by Toca & Ale'-Ale' Drummers and DJs True and Chocolate, plus more DJs TBA. Katra offers a dinner and hookah menu. In memory of a fellow Capoeirista proceeds will be donated to Alessandro 'Cainana's Fund Raising efforts. Please dress in black and tell the door man you are there for the Brazil TOCA event. (Katra Lounge, Lower Level, 217 Bowery bet Prince and Spring, 10pm-4am, $10)

DJ/DANCING: A.D.D.
Dance party in a legendary 4000sq. ft. Soho basement vintage clothing store where artists like the Beastie Boys, and Chaka Khan recorded and hung out. Every single inch of the walls, ceilings, and floors are crowned by works from some of New York's best graffiti, and mural artists. Couple that with some of New York's best breaks, booty, dubstep, grime, hip-hop, reggae and world music, featuring Patrick Luis Matamoros (Chapel), DJ Courage (courage promo), DJ Shakey (Warper, Thrift-On, Rubulad), Barney Iller (Rubulad, Plug 4), Dirty Finger (dance attack, black label). There will also be Seizure Plank Installation by Image Node, Screen Printing by The Bushwick Print Lab, Face Painting by Kendalle Fiasco, Kissing Booths, stiltwalking, hooping and a Hookah Lounge. (The Garment Room, 112 Greene St. (Basement) bet Houston st. and Prince st., 10p-late, $10 before 11pm, $15 after)

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The Lost Horizon Night Market
At the Night Market, one can encounter a variety of mysterious lounges, performances, cafes, installations and other activities, all situated within seemingly ordinary box trucks. The location will be announced to registered guests on Friday evening. Entrance is free. While there will be nothing for sale per se, please bring donations for proprietors to help cover the cost of their establishments. If you are not in a position to contribute funds, be prepared to barter or gift. Dress as you find appropriate for a special gathering of adventurers and cultural commerce. While some trucks may serve food or drink, there are no concessions. Bring what you need. We do have restroom facilities. We must leave no trace of our activities. Please help leave the venue as we found it. (8pm-3am, FREE)

PARTICIPATORY: ONE LOVE commUNITY Drum Circle
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=238382355854&ref=mf
Two music rooms to explore- Ecstatic Drum/Dance Circle & Relaxing Nirvana Chill Out Lounge with mini massage & reiki sessions available to nourish your body, heart and soul! The night will start with an opening ceremony of invoking the gratitude in our hearts followed by JustinJustin Toca lovingly facilitating the drummers leading the dancers into ecstatic bliss. Drums are not provided if you would like to drum please bring one. This is a barefoot event. No shoes are allowed in the studio. (Dance Theater Workshop Studio, 219 W19th St bet 7th & 8th Ave, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, $20 ADV / $30 DOS, Drummers FREE before 7pm/$20 after 7pm)

ART/OPENING: Vision Quest
http://observatoryroom.org/
A group show of neo-shamanic art. While the role of the shaman has traditionally been fulfilled by experienced elders in indigenous groups spanning culture and time, “VISION QUEST” posits that our artists fit the bill as well. Today, with more of us living in an urban jungle rather than a real one, it has become all the more important to figure out ways to internalize the lessons of nature: its growth, its brilliant bloom, its death. And in an age of digitization and distraction, of wire vines and humming screens, it’s no wonder we long for deeper, more sensory experiences of self - with all of its darkness and divinity. As such, each piece in “VISION QUEST” explores the archetype of the shamanic voyage, using the tools of paint, pencil, or paper in lieu of fire, flower, feather. Taken together this work represents a full spectrum of what it means to go underground and out of body; to go there and come back again, perhaps just a little bit wiser or, at the very least, more wi
de awake. Opening 7-10pm. (thru 2/21, Observatory, 543 Union Street at Nevins, Brooklyn, various times, FREE)

MUSIC: MAMIE MINCH & DAYNA KURTZ
http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com
The former Roulette Sister Mamie Minch sounds like she stepped out of an old 78 recording, but plays mostly her own compositions which remained steeped in the music of Bessie Smith, Sarah Martin, Memphis Minnie and other greats. Blessed with a remarkably rich and instantly recognizable voice, Dayna writes and sings deeply evocative and hauntingly beautiful songs that will leave a mark on you. "Kurtz sounds at times like her musical DNA contains traces of Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits, not to mention the world’s great cabaret singers." -- Paste Magazine. (Barbes, 376 9th St at 6th Ave, Park Slope, 8pm, $10 sugg.)

DJ/DANCING: Mister Saturday Night
http://www.mistersaturdaynight.com
It’s halfway through January, and Mister Saturday Night is making good on his New Year’s resolution—to put together parties that are as ideal as they can be. Tonight, to that end, we’re running our 10,000 Watts of Turbosound at the perfect level, serving up an open bar of beer from 10 to 11, and residents Eamon and Justin are playing their best jams alongside a super special guest: DJ Harvey, the man behind an infamous series of X-rated-named edits and, most importantly, a jockey who’s unafraid to take his sets in unpredictable, exciting directions. Who knows what it’ll sound like? Only one thing’s for sure. It’s gonna be nice. (1142 Myrtle Ave, Bushwick, BK, 10p - late, $8 adv / $10 with RSVP to mister@mistersaturdaynight.com / $15 at door)

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MUSIC: Post-Golden Festival Hoe Down and Stomp
http://www.rayabrassband.com/site/2010/01/14/post-golden-fest-brass-band-hoedown-and-stomp/
Raya Brass Band performs alongside Veveritse, Black Bear Combo and the infamous What Cheer? Brigade. 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. (Don Pedros, 90 Manhattan Ave, Bushwick, BK, 8:30pm-2am, $10)

PARTY: Oh! You Pretty Things
http://newyork.going.com/event-700189;oh_you_pretty_things?clk=21454
A musical tribute and birthday party for David Bowie. Song selections from 1967-87. Live performances by Michael T and the Vanities, The Ambitious Orchestra, Le Mood, and the Star Machine. Emcee: NC Shuva. Guest performers Michael Formika Jones, Miss Guy, Theo Kogan, Lady Rizo, Deryck Todd, St. Eve, Jack Terricloth, Yana Chupenko, Corey Tut, Queen V, Corn Mo, Milan, Sahara Davenport, Shane, and Broadway Brassy. Cabaret show by Stormy Leather and the Flying Fox. Fashion show by Kristin Costa Designs. DJs: Justine D, Keanan Duffy, Purevile!, and Twig the Wonderkid spin Bowie, glam, punk, new wave, goth, and new romantic. Go-go sets courtesy of birthday gal Apathy and the Apettes. Dress code: classic Bowie 69-83, glam dandy, futurist, peacock punk, and any and all forms of gender-bending. Glam makeovers all night. Cheap beer open bar 10-11pm. (Don Hill's, 511 Greenwich Ave at Spring St, 9pm, $10 with invite, $15 without, 21+)

DJ/DANCING: Cookin' w/?uestlove
http://www.myspace.com/questloveSunday
tix: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/3663
MeanRed presents the man behind the ?uestion mark throwing down a serious BK warehouse party. Drummer/Producer/DJ Ahmir Thompson (aka ?uestlove) is a living link between the digital science of modern hip-hop and the flesh-and-blood textures of vintage R&B. The son a famous 50's Doo Wop singer, He co-founded Grammy award winning group The Roots, universally hailed as one of the most sonically inventive hip-hop acts. We love him best behind the turntables, when he crossfades his impeccable taste with timeless jams. If you want to get up close and personal with the man who packs stadiums, be sure to come through. It's going to be an all-inclusive musical journey with everything but the kitchen sink. (The Garage of The Old American Can Factory, 232 3rd Street, Gowanus, BK, 10pm-4am, $12 adv / ? door)

MUSIC: Jason Webley / Harlan Muir
http://www.jasonwebley.com
http://www.myspace.com/harlanmuir
http://www.parksidelounge.net
Webley's music has been described as a combination of folk, gyspy, punk and sea shanties. He started out as a Seattle busker with his accordion and has since moved indoors and onstage, adding shows all over the world. Jason was most recently seen in the NYC area with Amanda Palmer and the conjoined twin musical sensation, EvelynEvelyn. Harlan also plays the accordion and likes to score for films. (Parkside Lounge, 317 East Houston, 9:30pm, $9 at the door, 21+)

FETISH: Rubber Ball NY / Miss Rubber World 2010
http://www.nyrubberball.com
NY incarnation of this well-known London event. (Rebel, 251 West 30th Street between 7th and 8th Ave, from 8PM-4AM, $40-60)

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FOOD: NYC Food Crawl: Falafel
http://nycfoodcrawl.blogspot.com
Known affectionately as the “Hot Dog of the Middle East,” falafel is a fried ball or patty of spiced chickpeas or fava beans combined with spices. Recent culinary trends have seen the triumph of the chickpea falafel over the fava bean one as a favored street food, but it is widely agreed from Egypt to Israel that the falafel’s deep-fried deliciousness can overcome even the widest rifts between countries and cultures in the Middle East. We will meet on the southern steps of Union Square and spend a couple hours sampling different versions of falafel. Falafel can be eaten as a standalone snack, but more commonly is served in a pita-like bread called lafa with pickled turnips, cucumbers, tomatoes, parsley, yogurt, tahini (sesame seed), hot sauce, and sometimes even potatoes. No RSVP necessary. Bring friends and make new ones. Falafel scorecard, map, and team assignments will be provided. Go at your own pace and pay as you go. Come hungry, leave happy. (Meet on the southern steps
of Union Square, across the street from Whole Foods, 6:30pm, FREE)

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FILM: New Russian Cinema: A Program of Short Films
CEC ArtsLink presents the North American premiere of four award-winning Russian short films depicting the inner conflicts facing ordinary Russians. Yuri Bykov’s The Boss shows a man in a position of power who takes justice into his own hands. In Alisa Khmlenitskaya’s Boulevard, an optimistic but naïve young girl and cynical, disillusioned middle-aged woman transform each other’s lives through a chance conversation. Ilya Kazankov’s Mom follows a pair of cadets who go AWOL on an endearing mission. Ekaterina Telegina‘s The Gust of Wind is a visually powerful and dark tale about following one’s dreams. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, who are in the U.S. on a residency co-hosted by the Sundance Film Festival and CEC ArtsLink as part of the Open World Cultural Leaders Program. (Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street, 7:30pm, $5 sugg. donation)

TALK: CULTURE SHOCK 2: Postcolonial Toasties
http://www.virginiesommet.com/
Culture Shock is an open forum for movers and shakers and renaissance makers, to see & discuss work directly with contemporary Artists who dare to push our buttons. CS deals head on with issues of creative process, race, gender, creed, class and identity. We seek to explore the primal relationship between culture and community in order to rediscover for ourselves the artistic/tribal elements that foster our deepest emotional & intellectual evolution. This month special guest Virginie Sommet will be presenting. A regular fixture on the late 90s / early 00's party scene in Paris & New York, Virginie's projects have evolved to represent the cultures and subcultures she moves between. Urban minorities & majorities, works of meditation, and manifestos on the emerging culture of travelers culminate in an exemplary life & body of work. (Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary, RSVP to jesshooks@gmail.com for location, 7pm-11pm, $10 sugg donation)

PARTY: Afro Funky!
Brooklyn-based Afro-Funk juggernaut Ikebe Shakedown unleashes a fiery mix of sweaty Afro rhythms, deep funk, and gritty disco. Featuring a hard-hitting rhythm section and dynamic horns, Ikebe (ee-KAY-bay) Shakedown will get you out of your seat and onto the dance floor! Zongo Junction is Brooklyn’s hottest new Afrobeat ensemble. 13 pieces in total, it is comprised of an eight-person rhythm section and six horns. The band began when Drummer/leader Charles Ferguson returned from Ghana after studying Xylophone for 6 months in the fall of 2008. He assembled a group of some of the finest young musicians in the area. The music of Zongo Junction is a blend between the hard hitting Funk and Afrobeat grooves, coming out of Ghana, Nigeria and Benin in the 60’s and 70’s, and Funk music from the U.S. The People’s Champions play music for the mind, body and soul. After spending years learning and living afrobeat, they've expanded their concept, mixing in jazz, soul, funk, hip-hop, dub an
d samba to create new hybrids. The result is a passionate sound that will move you. Featuring some of New York’s top musicians, members of the People's Champions play with NOMO, Jo Jo Kuo, The Superpowers, Baye Kouyate, John Brown's Body, Slavic Soul Party! and many others. DJ Stylus (Brooklyn Wonderland) spins at numerous bars, clubs, and parties around NYC. In 2007 he started the Brooklyn Wonderland underground loft-party series, to showcase DJs, MCs, live music, performance, and video installation, not as separate performers but as an integrated and spectacular whole. These parties quickly gained a devoted following and inspired dancefloor frenzies. He has deep crates of afro-beat, funk, dub, and house with which he will rock the house. (Cameo Gallery, 93 N. 6th St. bet Berry and Wythe, W'burg, BK, 9pm, $5)

MUSIC: Akoya Afrobeat
http://bk.knittingfactory.com/event-details/?tfly_event_id=4247
Glorious and uplifting, infectious and funky, political and celebratory, hypnotic and profound; Akoya Afrobeat is New York’s premiere innovator of afrobeat music in the 21st century. Akoya and its multinational 13 member ensemble actively carry the tradition of Nigerian musical legend/politician Fela Kuti and his Egypt 80 cavalcade. Aside from a rich repertoire of Fela’s compositions, Akoya has two albums worth of original works, “Introducing Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble” & “P.D.P. (President Dey Pass),” that feature lead vocalist Kaleta, who for 10 years performed and recorded with the immortal Fela Kuti, and has also toured with Femi Kuti as well as the legendary King Sunny Ade. Akoya’s driving, incessant West-African groove coupled with Kaleta’s poignant vocals sung in Yoruba, Pidgin-English, and dialects from his native Benin, consistently ignite the dance floor and keep it simmering for hours. (Knitting Factory Brooklyn, 361 Metropolitan Ave, W'burg, BK, 12am, $10)

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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. (thru 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)

PERFORMANCE: Coney Island-Now, Then & Forever
http://www.green-wood.com
An exciting multi-media show that celebrates the history and legends of Coney Island here at Green-Wood. Combining music, Victorian Mermaids, hand-carved marionettes and storytelling, these shows will bring life and depth to many of Coney’s legendary showmen (and Green-Wood permanent residents) including Charles Feltman, inventor of the hot dog; George Tilyou, Steeplechase Park founder; and Mile-a-Minute Murphy, 19th-century bicyclist who raced a locomotive–and won! These shows, produced in collaboration with The Puppeteer’s Cooperative, The Czech-American Marionette Theatre and Cosmic Bicycle Theatre, will delight guests and provide food for thought as New Yorkers, again, find Coney Island in the news. And on display: A special exhibition of Coney Island memorabilia from The Green-Wood Historic Fund archives AND the newly re-discovered Dreamland Bell! (thru 1/24, Sat/Sun 1pm and 3pm, The Historic Chapel at Green-wood, 500 25th St, BK, $15)

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 1/7-9 @ 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: 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 4/4Museum 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)

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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[G&S]: Happy 2010...get out there and have fun

2010-01-08T14:54:07Z

Hello lovelies,

Welcome to 2010, our dear members. Thank you to the 600 of you who made it to our NYE Bootleggers' Ball, and thank you, all of you, for being the dedicated, wonderful, costumed, creative, participating, joyful beings that you continuously show yourselves to be via our events. We are very very lucky to have you. We're sorry if you missed out on NYE, but we promise more fun and adventure in 2010, starting with Valentine's Day. Save the date. We're thinking Russian Baths that Saturday and something small-scale and decadent on Sunday.

If anyone has pics or video from the Bootleggers' Ball, please send them along so we can post to the website! If you're on Facebook, post them to the event so people can tag themselves (some already up!): http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=206151159658 (and there's always our Flickr group--link in our sig). Oh and if you lost anything, we posted a full list to Facebook: http://bit.ly/6EEeRs

This week has deceptively few listings, but if you look closely they are nearly all starred. It's APAP week, and some amazing music shows are happening. What you see below is a small sample; check your favorite venues' schedules for more. A heads-up for globalFEST, though, as a near-unbelievable curation of top-class world-music acts (Sunday).

We have a TON of news for 2010, but that has to wait for next week. Fabulous things are in the works.

Cheers,

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*MUSIC: 2010 NYC Winter Jazzfest
http://www.winterjazzfest.com
Now in our 6th year NYC Winter Jazzfest matures into a 2-day, 5-venue festival featuring 53 different groups from NYC and beyond scheduled during the Arts Presenters (APAP) Conference offering jazz groups showcase opportunities to industry folks and avid jazz fans. (Fri/Sat, 5 West Village locations)

*THEATER: Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage
http://www.bananabagandbodice.org
http://www.davemalloy.com/beowulf.html
After a successful smash-hit run last April at Abrons Arts Center, Banana Bag and Bodice brings their award-winning epic SongPlay back to some of the Lower East Side’s most exciting and prestigious music venues. Digging into the roots of the original epic poem, this re-imagined version of Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage hearkens back to the raw and rowdy style of storytelling in the old Scandinavian mead halls -- with a passion for fierce poetry and a pint of thick beer. Monsters and professors collide in blood-soaked Scandinavia as this hefty poem is rescued from 1,000 years of analysis and transformed into a defiantly raucous dissertation on art and violence. With an eight-piece band including dueling trombones, bass clarinet, accordion and saw, Beowulf combines Weillian cabaret, 40s jazz harmony, indie rock, punk, electronica and Romantic lieder into a cacophonous swirl. (Sat: The Living Room, Sun: PIanos, Tue: Arlene's Grocery, Thur: Slipper Room)

*THEATER: Between Two Worlds: Who Loved You Before You Were Mine
Five deviant queers, their mythical beast secret identities, and all of their ghosts walk into a cabaret. The result is a show about yearning for ancestors, the empty spaces left by the first generation of AIDS deaths in fag/queer communities and the way the next generation is called to fill those spaces. What is the relationship between the loss of a generation of queer men and queens and the next generation’s expanding possibilities for transmasculinity? What is the relationship between a generation of dykes woven fiercely and intimately into ACT UP and support circles for dying friends and a next generation of dykes woven into radical faerie and transfag communities? In a culture based on chosen families, which of our desires are inherited? In this re-interpretation of Yiddish theater classic The Dybbuk, the consensual possession of a lover by the ghost of their beloved is a model for acknowledging the collective loss we hold and reflect in our queer bodies. The cabaret is
a love letter to the ghosts among us. (Fri-Sun 8pm, Sun 3pm, Red Lotus Room Cabaret, 893 Bergen St, BK, $10/To reserve seats: beforeyouweremine@gmail.com)

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PARTICIPATORY: Dinner at Ikea
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=233570719476
This Friday join us for dinner at Ikea, Red Hook. We will be taking the 6:40 boat from the Wall Street pier on the East Side. The last outgoing boat is 7:20. Dinner goes from 7pm to 8:30 in the dining hall. We'll actually be eating dinner. At 8:30 we will begin our exodus around the casino styled IKEA through the pillow room, kitchens, bedrooms and beyond. No thievery or playing with IKEA employees... they'll be too busy asking us to exit. Following our exit we'll travel in style on Ikea's own buses to Smith Street to our traditional drink at the Brooklyn Social Club. Please bring a can of TAB soda or TAB derivative soda such as Energy. If you can't find that please bring a non-alcoholic soda that is as bizarre as you are. Please place your TAB can on your table so that we can recognize you. We'll all sit together. If you choose to you can meet us in Red Hook on Beard street. By car or boat directly or by train to Carroll Street (F) and then busing over. The ferry is $5, re
fundable in Ikea credit.

**MUSIC: Charisma Artists Showcase 1
http://www.dromnyc.com
Fishtank Ensemble (powerful string based Balkan/gypsy/klezmer quartet with a virtuosic vocalist), New Familiars, Hot Seats, Christabel and the Jons, Luminescent Orchestrii (gypsy tango klezmer punk). (Drom, 85 Avenue A (btw 5th & 6th, 6-10pm, $10 adv/$15 door)

PARTY: Thunder Gumbo III: Steal This Party
http://www.thundergumbo.com
http://facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=257163968792&index=1
Bands: Consider The Source & Vox Illuminati; Dj's: Hellfire Machina, Geko Jones, & Morphous; Criminal Performance Championship: Morph's Saru, Joro Boro, Dr. Dolomite, Dr. Adventure, Jameela (Kabuki/ Bellydance), Japon, Akim Funk Buddha, Sarah Alden (violin), Don Hope (tuba/drums/percussion), Mitchell (Accordion/trombone), Criminal visual VJ presentations by Justin Lange, Fugitive Face Painting by Kendalle Fiasco, Incognito barber, Trenchcoat potion selling girls, smoothie girl, and..... a hookah. In the modern world we're all criminals whether or not we have victims, come to celebrate with us as a bank robber, mafia don, speakesy operator, ninja assasin, batman villains, art thief, or straighup gansta. (House of Yes, 342 Maujer St, Bushwick, BK, 8p-late, $10 with password "geminiscorpio")

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*PARTICIPATORY: Freezetag on Wall Street
Levys' Unique New York yearly game. We play freezetag on Wall Street. In January. On a Saturday. When it's freezing. Variations and mutations (blob tag, tv tag, wolf, rock lamb, etc etc) of the basic game always appreciated. Come by and be it. Bring your friends and a thermos of hot apple cider. (Corner of Wall and Broad streets, 2-4pm for as long as we can play until the security guards tell us that we're disrupting the public., then we'll go somewhere else, FREE)

DJ/DANCING: Get Your Dance On
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=240070577273
Dhundee mans the wheels of steel once again and if it's anything like last time, you'll get moved by genres bent into shapes you didn't know were possible. Don't worry, if you need a Bloody Mary after brunch to loosen you up on the dance floor, we've got those, too. And bring the kiddies — this party is all-ages. Just make sure they're dressed to sweat, too. Same old: getting down is still free. Our latest development: live drums. (Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Whythe btwn N 11th & 12th, BK, 4-7pm, FREE)

*PERFORMANCE: A Night at the Circus
With aerialist Jean Loscalzo, mime Brendan McMahon, clowns Lafcadio Bazaar and Clois Flap, and opening act Dubbidet. Jean, Brendan, Lafcadio, and Clois will be performing their circus acts with Stagger Back Brass Band's music providing the live soundtrack. Dubbidet is the wonderful and witty new duo of Quince Marcum and Jason Candler, playing their horns through a vast array of effects pedals and treating us to many an outlandish noise to warm up the stage for the night. (Union Pool, 484 Union Street, W'burg, BK, 9pm, $10)

*MUSIC: Vagabond Opera & Lady Rizo
http://vagabondopera.com
http://www.ladyrizoandtheassettes.com
Incorporating trained operatic tenor and soprano vocals, accordion, tenor saxophone, two cellos, musical saw, stand-up bass, drums and lyrics in fourteen languages, a Vagabond Opera show delivers flawless musicianship and theatrics reminiscent of vaudeville’s glamour and drama but with a contemporary edge. "These neo-cabaret fire starters roll out a rabble-rousing vision of globalization, 1920s-style!" –SF Bay Guardian. "This sextet has fine voices, unbelievable musical chops and a huge and humorous stage presence. They know how to dress, how to make an entrance and how to craft an instantly hummable tune." -- Seattle Times. Lady Rizo's seamless mix of baudy humor and elegance has been likened to Mae West but its her vocal chops that have garnered recent attention: collaborating with both Yo-Yo Ma & Moby on albums this year, singing selections of the American Songbook in front of the internationally acclaimed 36 -piece orchestra The Knights, and at MOMA for a sold out cabaret
for the Kirchner Exhibit. (Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette St, 7pm, $15)

**PARTY: Hobotech One-Year Anniversary
http://www.hobo-tech.com
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=65970631573&ref=ts
tix: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/94080
For this event, we team up with the newly launched Bushwick Print Lab, an outfit led by Ray Cross, the awesome printer and designer behind the famous Hobotech Can. Part 1: Bushwick Print Lab Benefit Party, 6-11 pm. Music: David Last, Honne Wells, Futurebum, and d_juice. Admission includes T-Shirt or Tote Bag that will be custom printed for you on the spot. Enjoy graphics by the best printers and
designers in Brooklyn, all custom collaged on your apparel. After 11p: Hobotrail, Jon Margulies, ATOM, $mall ¢hange, and FreeBass. Video By Housewive's Guide to Anatomy and CEEJ. FREE HoBrew while it lasts. (House Of Yes, 342 Maujer St, Bushwick, BK, 7pm-4am, $15 adv/$20 door before 11pm/$10 after 11pm)

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**PARTICIPATORY: Ninth Annual No Pants Subway Ride
http://www.improveverywhere.com/2010/01/04/no-pants-subway-ride-2010-details-for-new-york/
All are invited to participate. Requirements for participation: 1) Willing to take pants off on subway. 2) Able to keep a straight face about it. [G&S note: we just found out there's a twin London event to this: "No Trousers on the Underground" -- no joke!] (Five meeting points -- see site for details, 3pm, FREE)

**PARTICPATORY: Third Annual Pro Pants Rally
http://jasoneppink.com/propants/2009/
The Pro Pants mission is to inform pantsless subway riders about the joys and advantages of pants and to persuade them to accept pants into their lives. The campaign's methods are highly effective: an estimated 100 percent of pantsless people enter a long-term pants-full lifestyle within 24 hours of encountering a Pro Pants representative. Last year, despite a blizzard, Pro Pants representatives issued 200 questionnaires, distributed over 400 pamphlets, and gave away more than 20 pairs of pants. This year we expect to continue our perfect record. We need pamphleteers, questionnaire issuers, sandwich board wearers, pants fitters and distributors, and documenters. If you're passionate about pants, get in touch. (E-mail acceptpants@gmail.com for details, 4pm, FREE)

MULTIMEDIA: Music Video Mashup
http://www.3rdward.com/moviehouse/
Moviehouse is back with their annual music video mash-up, turning the screening room into a stage for a night of bad-ass beats, screaming guitars, and the city's best video producers. Videos, bands, live performances, happiness. Featuring: 100 Yards of Home Runs by The Contrails. The Contrails provide a relief to the attention span with sounds worth meditating over. The Brooklyn based Contrails have a rock 'n' roll weapon of crescendo power that leaves audiences pleasantly bewildered. Some other bands the members have performed in: Purse Snatchers, Boadrum, Viva Nada, and Poodles and Ice Cream. Lada Killa by Akwarian Sea Rebel. Akwarian Sea Rebel is a one-woman powerhouse. She played guitar and wrote for bands for 14 years opening up for The Roots, Diplo, Gnarls Barkley, The Cool Kids and more. If you had to push Akwarian Sea Rebel's sound into a few genres they would be world/tropical/hip-hop/surf-dubby/earthy beats with tangible lyrics. Her vocals have been compared
to Amy Winehouse, Adelle, Missy Elliot and M.I.A. (3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave, Bushwick, BK, 7pm doors, 8pm films, FREE)

***MUSIC: 7th Annual globalFEST
http://www.globalFEST-ny.org
Tix: http://www.ticketmaster.com/Globalfest-2010-tickets/artist/1355981
A dozen of the finest world music artists under one roof all in one night for an extraordinary 3-stage festival. Don't worry if the names aren't familiar to you now – that's the point. But don't be surprised if by the end of the night, you've discovered a new favorite artist. Performances overlap on three floors, so you can choose to sample each artist, or stop and watch complete, fully produced sets when you find an artist you especially love. The next set is just a staircase away. globalFEST 2010 showcases French Gypsy jazz with breakbeats, cumbia-fied downtempo Argentine club sounds, soul-stirring Afro-Colombian roots, new generation Louisiana fiddling, Africa unplugged, Irish traditional song, Senegalese roots reggae, Central Asian avant rock, Romanian hybrid blues, New York salsa upstarts, and a Gwo-ka master from Guadeloupe. (Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street btwn 3rd and 4th Aves, 7pm, $40 / adv purchase recommended)

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**MUSIC: World Music Fest
http://highlineballroom.com/bio.php?id=1166
Vagabond Opera (see Sat listing), De Temps Antan, Lucia Pulido, Greely Savoy Duo, Son de Madera, Rob Curto and Forro for All, and more special guests. (Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St, 7pm-12am, $20 adv/$25DOS)

***MUSIC: Charisma Artists Showcase 2
Luminescent Orchestrii (gypsy tango klezmer punk), Boulder Acoustic Society, moira smiley & VOCO, Kailin Yong Peace Project, The Asylum Street Spankers, The WIYOS (1920s vaudevillian ragtime blues, hillbilly swing, and old-time country), The Two Man Gentlemen Band (original, old-time, two-man music played at a reasonable volume and a lively pace). (Gramercy Theater, 127 East 23rd St, 7-11:30pm)

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**MUSIC: Two Man Gentlemen Band
http://www.thetwogentlemen.com
The Two Man Gentlemen Band - original, old-time, two-man music played at a reasonable volume and a lively pace. (Superfine, 126 Front Street @ Pearl, DUMBO, BK, 9pm, FREE)

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MULTIMEDIA/PARTICIPATORY: Redonkulous YouTube Wars Part I
http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/event-detail/?id=3457
Are you the Rocky of the World Wide Web video realm? Then get ready to set your keyboard ablaze! Unleash all those bookmarks of your favorite vids for littlefield's Redonkulous YouTube Wars. It's simple folks, get a team of friends together or compete by yourself (teams count as one contestant). Contestants will go to war in a bracket style tournament consisting of single elimination rounds (think March Madness playoff bracket basketball). For each round, the two competitors will face-off by playing their two favorite youtube vids to wow the crowd. Win the crowd and move on to the next round. Video clips will be limited to 1 minute so choose your starting point wisely. Remember, bring a playlist arsenal of outrageous videos cocked and ready for battle, you never know what your opponent will have streaming at you. Come early, be redonkulous and stay late. Prizes. Drink specials. Good times. (Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street, BK, 8pm, FREE, 21+)

TALK: Lucid NYC
http://www.lucidnyc.eventbrite.com
Lucid NYC is an event series that brings together the city's best thinkers and doers. Sort of like TED if it were held in a bar and cost $15. Here are our presenters this month: Fresh from Copenhagen, Andy Bichlbaum of the Yes Men. Andy will show us how to have fun while provoking political unrest in your community. From MIT's Media Lab, Leo Bonanni, whose Sourcemap technology seeks to track the provenance of your consumer goods -- looking at every facet of production, from social to environmental impact, allowing consumers to make the most informed choice possible. Designer, artist and technologist Amit Pitaru, who will be presenting on his Sonic Wire Sculpture, a device that synthesizes musical and visual compositions into an integrated sensory experience. Live jazz performance by the Alex Simon Group. (Bowery Electric, 167 Orchard at Stanton, 7pm doors, 8pm presentations, $15/$20)

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PERFORMANCE: The Continuing Story of Carla Rhodes
http://www.carlarhodes.net
An hour long show tied together by the common thread of Carla Rhodes' intricate and dysFUNctional (emphasis on fun!) life story. Not only will you be thrilled and delighted by ventriloquial feats and clever quips, but you're socks will also be rocked by the new band THE EXTRAVAGANZAS (Joe Vincent on Drums, Pemberton Roach on Bass and Steve Dawson on Guitar). Featuring performers Carla Rhodes and Cecil Sinclair. (Arlene's Grocery, 95 Stanton Street, 8pm, $8)

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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. (thru 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)

PERFORMANCE: Coney Island-Now, Then & Forever
http://www.green-wood.com
An exciting multi-media show that celebrates the history and legends of Coney Island here at Green-Wood. Combining music, Victorian Mermaids, hand-carved marionettes and storytelling, these shows will bring life and depth to many of Coney’s legendary showmen (and Green-Wood permanent residents) including Charles Feltman, inventor of the hot dog; George Tilyou, Steeplechase Park founder; and Mile-a-Minute Murphy, 19th-century bicyclist who raced a locomotive–and won! These shows, produced in collaboration with The Puppeteer’s Cooperative, The Czech-American Marionette Theatre and Cosmic Bicycle Theatre, will delight guests and provide food for thought as New Yorkers, again, find Coney Island in the news. And on display: A special exhibition of Coney Island memorabilia from The Green-Wood Historic Fund archives AND the newly re-discovered Dreamland Bell! (thru 1/24, Sat/Sun 1pm and 3pm, The Historic Chapel at Green-wood, 500 25th St, BK, $15)

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 1/7-9 @ 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: 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 4/4Museum 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)

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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[G&S]: Final New Year's Eve listings and a steamy post-Bootleggers' Ball option

2009-12-29T10:27:51Z

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,

Gemini & Scorpio
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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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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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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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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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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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