Daily Awesome 12/2-12-8
Naomi Huth
It's my birthday today:
enough said.
Please continue to let me know whom to add onto this list. A lot of you are involved in the arts, so if you know of any events that I should be aware of, please tell me about them.
Enjoy. Naomi
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Wednesday December 2nd
ART/MUSIC/COMEDY: Sadie Issue # 7 Release Party!" @ 221 East Broadway, Manhattan
PARTY: Metro Metro’s Fifth Annual Holiday Office Party @ Bar 82, Manhattan
Thursday December 3rd
ART: "ITERATIONS, or, until you get it (that thing you should know)" @ Flux Factory, Queens
READING: Support Structures Book Launch @ Storefront for Art & Architecture, Manhattan
MUSIC/DANCE: Basement Bhangra™ @ SOB's, Manhattan
SHOP: Bizarre Bazaar @ Trapeze Loft, Brooklyn
MUSIC/ART: Aligned Creative’s Mixed Media Party @ Galapagos, Brooklyn
THEATER: A Very SANDWICH Christmas @ Abron Arts Center, Manhattan
Friday December 4th
READING: Johnathan Lethem @ BookCourt, Brooklyn
PARTY: McSweeney's Christmas Soiree @ Housing Works, Manhattan
SHOP: "The Degenerate Craft Fair" @ The Silent Barn, Queens
PARTY: Flashing Lights @ 88 Palace, Manhattan
PARTY: Avant Garden @ Galapagos Art Space, Brookyn
Saturday December 5th
SHOP/ART: La Superette @ Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space, Manhattan
MUSIC: Heloise & the Savoir Faire @ Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn
SPORT: Manhunt NYC @ Meet in Columbus Circle, Manhattan
MUSIC: The Debutante Hour presents a Variety Show Telethon Bash @ East Village, Manhattan
THEATER: A Very SANDWICH Christmas @ Abron Arts Center, Manhattan
Sunday December 6th
SHOP/ART: La Superette @ Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space, Manhattan
SCIENCE/LECTURE: Roald Hoffmann's Entertaining Science Caberet @ Cornelia Street Cafe, Brooklyn
Monday December 7th
LECTURE: Vegan Baking with Babycakes @ 92Y Tribecca, Manhattan
LECTURE/PARTY: Astoria Historical Society Holiday Party @ Quinn Building, Queens
Tuesday December 8th
LECTURE: Silk Road Through Spices @ American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
LECTURE: Wake Up World Christmas Special @ Bleecker Street Theatre, Manhattan
******* Ongoing******
December 3rd-19th Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday 8:00pm/Saturday 7:00pm & 9:00pm
A Very SANDWICH Christmas @ Abron Arts Center, 466 Grand St, Manhattan
Special show on Monday December 14th 8pm
$20 through December 17; $25 December 18-19; A Very SANDWICH Christmas is a meaty treat that leaks blood and uses bread to soak it up. Featuring a ragtag four piece band, Sandwich is a playful,provocative & horrific musical that examines the art of eating and the blind act of consumption during the festive holiday season; a disastrous anime cartoon with rambunctious rhythm featuring overstuffed animals offering their moral misgivings to the exaggeratedly grotesque humans that feed them. This show will make you laugh while forcing you to smell the burning flesh surrounding your merry little soul. Singalongs included. From the creators of Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage, The Fall & Rise of the Rising Fallen, The Sewers and Panel.Animal. “Stab whom you have to for a ticket: Sandwich is play-making at its meatiest" -Time Out New York Tickets may be purchased at: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/683135
******* Wednesday December 2nd ******
December 2nd 7:00pm
"Sadie Issue # 7 Release Party!" @ 221 East Broadway
A Rose Parade, Amanda Peters, Brady Walker, Jesse Sposato, Melissa Febos, Sini Anderson with readings, comedy, and music at Ramiken Crucible
December 2nd 7:00pm
Metro
Metro’s Fifth Annual Holiday Office Party @ Bar 82, 136 2nd
Ave
$10; Despite the climate of frozen bonuses, company cutbacks,
and employee layoffs, we here at Metro Metro have noticed what a good
job you’ve done this year. And we’d like to reward you with our
Fifth Annual Holiday Office Party. We’re dusting of the Xerox
machine and busting out the nametags. You show up and write down the
job title you’ve always wanted (or wanted to pretend to be). Act it
out as much or as little as you like, and the top two vote-getters
win fabulous prizes. Fabulous prizes. That includes four tickets to
ASSSCAT at the UCB, possibly some free cell phones, some special
Metro Metro gifts, and maybe even a secret big ticket item to be
announced soon. metrometroland.com/events.htm
******* Thursday December 3rd ******
December 3rd 6:00-9:00pm
"ITERATIONS, or, until you get it (that thing you should know)" @ Flux Factory, 39-31 29th St, Queens
Free; Flux Factory is proud to present a collaborative exhibition by Paula Castro and Cyprien Chabert. Castro, a reknowned Argentinian artist and member of Flux Factory's international residency program, and French artist Chabert will create an installation and present drawings of geological wonders and fabricated landscapes to be accompanied by a small library of handmade books. The exhibition includes a selection of books from Nick Normal's "Expansive Library," an ongoing collection of facsimile knowledge.
December 3rd 7:00pm
Support Structures Book Launch @ Storefront for Art & Architecture, 97 Kenmar Street
Free; Support Structures is a manual for what bears, sustains, props, and holds up. It is a manual for those things that encourage, give comfort, approval, and solace; that care for and provide consolation and the necessities of life. It is a manual for that which assists corroborates, advocates, articulates, substantiates, champions, and endorses; for what stands behind, underpins, frames, presents, maintains, and strengthens.
December 3rd Doors at 7pm
Basement Bhangra™ @ SOB's, 204 Varick Street
$5
before 8pm, $13 after with flyer , $16 without
http://www.djrekha.com/flyer/bb;
Featuring DJ Rekha and Eddie Stats, Visuals by FICTIVE, Free Mojitos
from 7-8, Free Bhangra Dance Lesson, http://www.djrekha.com/
December 3rd 8:00pm
Bizarre Bazaar @ Trapeze Loft, 85 N.1st St, Brooklyn
For all of those who missed out on other clothing/costume swaps, Thursday night is for you. Take a couple of days to declutter and bring a bag of those cool clothes/costumes you've worn and gotten the picture with, time for a New You! PotLuck style, bring stuff to share!Shoes, hats, jewelry... it's all good! Anything left will be donated to Goodwill, help delivering the leftovers friday-day would be great!!Let me know if you have a car or extra hands~ Wine and warm apple cider WILL be served ;)
December 3rd 9:00pm
Aligned Creative’s Mixed
Media Party @ Galapagos, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn
$10; The night
will feature an exclusive premiere of AC’s new web series,
Krazdale, a Smörgåsbord of Absurdity. It’s a new interactive web
series that gives the viewer an opportunity to write their own
episodes and incorporate themselves into the show's universe and AC
will help produce them. Our goal is to help foster the originality
and creativity of young filmmakers, by giving them a platform to
produce short form creative content. Along with Krazdale the night
will also include Aligned Creative produced music videos from the
Middle Eight and the Blaire Reinhard Band, a showcase of AC
handpicked short films by up and coming filmmakers Cai Hall, Kieran
O’Hare, Chris King and Matt Farrell and live performances by the
Middle Eight and Emily Mure.
******* Friday December 4th ******
December 4th 7:00pm
Johnathan Lethem @ BookCourt, 163 Court St, Brooklyn
Free; The autos reads the entirety of his new multi-faceted Manhattan set novel, Cronic City.
December 4th 7:00pm
McSweeney's Christmas Soiree @ Housing Works, 126 Crosby St
Free; Join Jessica Anthony, Bill Cotter, and James Hannaham, all of whom published debut novels with McSweeney's books this year in a reading and celebration full of surprises.
December 4th 8:00pm-12:00am
"The Degenerate Craft Fair" @ The Silent Barn, 915 Wykcoff Avenue, Quees
Free; Art Fair
December 4th 10:00pm
Flashing Lights @ 88
Palace
Flashing Lights is the neon brainchild of some of the
city's most beloved selectors. Over the past year, these three
constantly-touring DJs have worked tirelessly to launch a genuinely
fun and unpretentious electronic dance party in their own hometown.
HOUSE+DISCO+ TECHNO+RAVE as the block-letter flyers plainly state: no
hype, just tuuunes!
December
4th 10:00pm
Avant Garden @ Galapagos
Art Space, 16 Main St, Brookyn
$5; Avant Garden is a full sensory
stress-releasing night of insane dancing and debauchery in
celebration of the cutting edge sights and sounds of New York City.
Presented by Crooked Disco, Vitamin B and FreeNYC, Avant Garden is a
full take over brand new Galapagos space in Dumbo. The night is
packed with live performances, DJs, Visual Artists, silk dancers,
fire twirlers and assorted other surprises.
Featuring a live
performance by Claire Hux, DJ Sets by $mall ¢hange (Rubulad), DJ
Kester (Crooked Disco) and DJ Tektite (Vitamin B) plus visuals by
C-TRL Labs.
******* Saturday December 5th ******
December 5th 12:00–8:00pm
La Superette @ Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space, 210 Front Street
La Superette 2009 will transform 210 Front Street/@Seaport, a former retail space on the corner of Front Street and Beekman Street in the South Street Seaport, into a temporary store with a huge selection of artist-made multiples from around the country. Enjoying over 10 years of success at the cutting edge, La Superette is a unique arts and crafts event with a non-commercial goal: to support and distribute the works of independent artists and designers. The variety of items includes hacked clothes, homemade electronic toys, patchwork accessories, house wares, artist books, and CDs.
December 5th Doors 6:00pm / Show 9:00pm
Heloise & the Savoir Faire @ Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn
Free; An electrified collision of late-70’s disco-infused dance punk and 80’s synth-pop, the group is fronted by the charismatic Heloise Williams and backed by two dancers and a full band. Produced with and engineered by Andrew Schneider at Translator Audio in Brooklyn, “Trash, Rats and Microphones” captures the energy, sexuality and humor of the live show.
December 5th 7:00-11:00pm
Manhunt NYC @ Meet in Columbus Circle at 7:00pm
So this is it... after an entire year of fighting we have now reached the climax of our war. Red who has claimed countless victories will now be fighting to keep their crown while Yellow tries to add another victory to their side. Come out, bear the cold, fight with all your heart for your team in what will be the best Manhunt of the Year. Rules:-One team will hide while the other seeks them over a set amount of time. -A seeker may tag (one hand at least) a hider and escort them back to jail. (you can only bring back one at a time and you must bring your own back)-The jail is a designated circle in which the hider must remain inside until someone from their team jailbreaks them.-There are two jail guards who can be within the guard circle (a bigger one around the jail). all other seekers stay out of the guard circle. jail guards can multitag-If an untagged hider gets into the jail circle, those in jail are free-The score equals the number of hiders in the jail at the end of the round, then the teams switch. If you have any questions contact Rocky 646-796-4240
December 5th 7:00pm-1:00am
The Debutante Hour presents a Variety Show Telethon Bash @ East Village
Music! Comedy! Puppetry! Juggling! Slack-wiring! Magic! (yes, magic!) The Debutante Hour is raising funds for their new album with the help of their talented and entertaining friends. 16 different acts, plus silent auctions where you can bid on things like The Debutante Hour makes you cupcakes, or The Debutante Hour plays a private show in your kitchen, or The Debutante hour takes you canoeing on the Gowanus Canal. Jonathan Vincent, The Wows, Corn Mo, Annie from Opera on Tap, Rachel Feintstein, Phoebe Kreutz, Sweet Soubrette, Victor Varnado, Old Hat, Kung Fu Crime Wave, Amy and Finni as the puppet team - Orange Teardrops, Herb Scher, Michael Richter, Marti Newland, Grits and Harmony and yours truly, The Debutante Hour. www.thedebutantehour.com
******* Sunday December 6th ******
December 6th 12:00–6:00pm
La Superette @ Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space, 210 Front Street
La Superette 2009 will transform 210 Front Street/@Seaport, a former retail space on the corner of Front Street and Beekman Street in the South Street Seaport, into a temporary store with a huge selection of artist-made multiples from around the country. Enjoying over 10 years of success at the cutting edge, La Superette is a unique arts and crafts event with a non-commercial goal: to support and distribute the works of independent artists and designers. The variety of items includes hacked clothes, homemade electronic toys, patchwork accessories, house wares, artist books, and CDs.
December 6th 5:45pm
Roald Hoffmann's
Entertaining Science Caberet @ Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia
Street
$10; Do we see what is real? Or is what we see a
construction of our brain? What convinces us that what seems so, is
in fact so? The eyes are notorious liars. We are repeatedly fooled by
appearances. The more we learn about the brain, the more it appears
that what we take as reality is indeed construed by the brain. Anna
Ipata, of the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia University, will
tell us how the brain discounts much visual information, and selects
only what it needs to obtain a certain kind of knowledge of the
world. Apposite music will be provided by PewPew and the QQ's, a New
York garage band that demonstrates what happens when neuroscientists
stop paying attention to their science.
******* Monday December 7th ******
December 7th Noon
Vegan Baking with Babycakes @ 92Y Tribecca, 200 Hudson Street
$16; Erin McKenna will share her tips fro vegan cooks and dole out samples.
December 7th 7:00pm
Astoria Historical Society Holiday Party @ Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor, Queens
Free; Learn about the history of Astoria Park and the old mansions that once graced the shoreline of the East River. Green Shores NYC will talk about their present initiative to protect and preserve this waterfront gem. Join us for our community holiday party with carols, candy canes, and presents!
******* Tuesday December 8th ******
December 8th 6:30pm
Silk Road Through Spices @ American Museum of Natural History, 79th St and Central Park West
$20; Spice merchant, Nirmala Narime, will discuss the intriguing story of the Spice Road silk trade. Snack provided.
December 8th 8:00pm
Wake Up World Christmas Special @ Bleecker Street Theatre, 45 Bleecker St
$15; Pope Gene Paul and Davis Miles are the host of Wake up World, a morning show parody with a satirical take on the news, plus live interviews. http://shootthemessengernyc.com/