Daily Awesome 2/3-2/9
Naomi Huth
Let the snow come down and sweep away our problems.
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 February 3rd
LECTURE: SciCafe: Why Humans Have Sex @ American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
WORKSHOP: Kinky Craft Night: Stick it, Lick it, Bedazzle It @ Babeland LES, Manhattan
MUSIC: Renegade Cabaret @ Cafe Vivaldi, Manhattan
ART: Pixelville @ DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn
ART: Group Show @ No Longer Empty, Manhattan
Thursday February 4th
LECTURE: Elena Fanailova and Marina Temkina: Poetry Reading and Conversation @ The Russian Samovar, Manhattan
MUSIC: Interpretations of Baby Dee @ Joe's Pub, Manhattan
ART/ PARTY: Winter Wickedness @ Chelsea Art Museum, Manhattan
PARTY:Immerse 09 @ Cielo, Manhattan
PERFORMANCE: Unsound Festival New York @ Various Locations
ART: Mirror/Window @ Louis v. E.S.P., Brooklyn
ART: Pixelville @ DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn
ART: Group Show @ No Longer Empty, Manhattan
Friday February 5th
ART: New Moon : Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac 2010 @ myplasticheartnyc, Manhattan
PARTY: Squid Gallactic @ Hudson Terrace, Manhattan
PERFORMANCE: Target Margin Free Preview @ LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, Queens
MUSIC: Hank & Cupcakes @ Piano, Manhattan
PERFORMANCE: Unsound Festival New York @ Various Locations
ART: Pixelville @ DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn
ART: Group Show @ No Longer Empty, Manhattan
Saturday February 6th
ART: A Million and One Thanks-An Interactive, Community-based, Social Media Installation @ Local Project, Queens
THEATER: Blood Potato @ Kraine Theater, Manhattan
PERFORMANCE: Unsound Festival New York @ Various Locations
ART: Pixelville @ DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn
ART: Group Show @ No Longer Empty, Manhattan
Sunday February 7th
PERFORMANCEL You Are My Carbon, And This Is Our Lair @ 147 Roebling St, Brooklyn
ART: Pixelville @ DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn
ART: Group Show @ No Longer Empty, Manhattan
Tuesday February 9th
LECTURE: Mobile Matrix @ MoMA, Manhattan
******* Ongoing******
January 9th-Febuary 21st W-Sun 12:00-6:00pm
Pixelville @ DUMBO Arts Center, 30 Washington Street, Brooklyn
$2; The pair collaborates à la a game of Exquisite Corpse, aware of the other's involvement but blind to specific compositional details, building their installation in much the same way as strangers living in proximity build their cities in unknowing tandem. And it is precisely this unpredictable urban jumble of flesh and concrete that the pair both celebrates and transcends in PIXELVILLE. A combination of biota-based sculptural elements by Alroy mingle with digital projections by Shor to create a microcosm of the future city — no longer a physical location, the "city" has become a state of mind, a pattern of fluctuating energy that has taken on an increasingly metaphorical existence with the advent of digital media.
January 16th -February 13th Wednesday-Sunday 12:00-7:00pm
Group Show @ No Longer Empty, 14 E 4th Strett
Free; Invader, Joe Diebes, Josh Jordan, Kaz Oshiro, Meredyth Sparks, Naama Tsabar, Nayland Blake, Paul Villinski, R. Luke DuBois, Richard Garet, Ryan Brennan, Siebren Versteeg, Ted Riederer "Never Can Say Goodbye" curated by Asher Remy-Toledo, Manon Slome, Steven Evans. http://nolongerempty.com
February 4th-11th
Unsound Festival New York @ Various Locations
Unsound Festival New York is an ambitious music festival taking place in ports in Manhattan and Brooklyn from Feb. 4-14. The focus is on electronic and experimental music, with a lot of latitude between the two, and the premise comes on loan from Krakow, Poland, where Unsound has been running yearly since 2003. Highlights for here include Lillevan and Vladislav Delay at the Atrium at Lincoln Center (Feb. 4); Carl Craig and nsi. playing live to Andy Warhol films at Walter Reade Theatre (Feb. 5); Moritz von Oswald at Le Poisson Rouge (Feb. 6); Morgan Geist at Littlefield (Feb. 11); and a big dubstep night with 2562, Untold, and lots more at Public Assembly (Feb. 13).
******* Wednesday February 3rd ******
February 3rd 7:00-9:30pm
SciCafe: Why Humans Have Sex @ American Museum of Natural History, Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, 81st St & Columbus
Free;
Join us for SciCafe, an popular new after-hours series that brings
together inquisitive minds for an informal evening emceed by experts
on cutting-edge science topics. Mix science with romance and join
evolutionary psychologist David M. Buss, author of "Why Women
Have Sex," for a special Valentine’s Day edition of SciCafe.
Learn about mating strategies and discuss why sex is used for more
than just reproduction and pleasure. Visit amnh.org/scicafe for more
information.
February 3rd 7:00pm
Kinky Craft Night: Stick
it, Lick it, Bedazzle It @ Babeland LES, 94 Rivington Street
$5;
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.
February 3rd 9:15pm
Renegade
Cabaret @ Cafe Vivaldi, 32 Jones Street
Free; The Lady in the Red
Dress (Mary Foster Conklin) and The Man in the Hat (John DiPinto)
will warm you up! John DiPinto and I have appeared onstage together
in various guises through the years. We began to experiment with
duets last April, first at the Caffe Vivaldi and during the summer on
the fire escape with the Renegade Cabaret. Please join us for a set
of duets (more or less) with Tony Romano on guitar, Skip Ward on
bass. John will play accordion when the mood strikes him. An evening
of duets featuring: Mary Foster Conklin-vocals/John
DiPinto-vocals+accordion/Tony Romano-guitar/Skip Ward-bass.
******* Thursday February 4th ******
February 4th 7:00pm
Elena
Fanailova and Marina Temkina: Poetry Reading and Conversation @ The
Russian Samovar, 256 West 52nd St
Free; Please email
akadysh...@cecartslink.org to RSVP; 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 work and participate in a discussion moderated by
Michael Scammell, Professor of Creative Writing at Columbia
University. A reception will follow the reading.
February 4th 7:00-9:00pm
Interpretations
of Baby Dee @ Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette S
$15; 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!
February 4th 8:00pm-12:00am
Winter Wickedness @ Chelsea Art Museu, 11th ave and 22nd St
$25; Young Associates of the Chelsea Art Museum.Open bar, live art, projections, and a DJ who should be way out of our league.
February 4th 10:00pm
Immerse 09 @ Cielo, 18
Little West 12th Street
$15 Advanced Tickets available at
www.residentadvisor.net; Oliver Huntemann/Ideal Audio,
Hamburg/opening set by Sleepy & Boo/Basic New York, NY. Immerse
brings you one of the most exciting djs out there, Oliver Huntemann!
To ensure you fully enjoy such talent, we've secured New York's best
club, with a newly upgraded Funktion One Sound System, Cielo.
Accompanying Oliver will be New York's finest, Sleepy & Boo.
******* Friday February 5th ******
February 5th
6:00-9:00pm
New Moon : Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac
2010 @ myplasticheartnyc, 210 Forsyth St.
Free;
myplasticheart presents the 2nd annual New Moon: Interpretations of
the Chinese Zodiac group exhibit. Twenty-six artists from around the
world were chosen to participate, bringing 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 our most
anticipated events of the year so don't miss it. Many of the artists
will be in attendance at the opening reception to discuss their work.
February 5th 8:00pm-4:00am
Squid Gallactic @ Hudson Terrace, 621 W 46th St
$25 pre-sale: all-inclusive - Sonic Vision + Hudson Terrace ticket; $12 pre-sale: Sonic Vision only ticket; $15 pre-sale: Hudson Terrace only Ticket; $20 after-party door; Allow yourself to slip through the worm hole into the groundbreaking digitally animated alternative music show SonicVision on a mind-warping musical roller-coaster ride through a fantastical dreamspace. We’ve landed on exclusive extraterrestrial property rights for the evening’s event and only the space wranglers on our voyage will be allowed to play inside. Join the space squiddets as they colonize the luxurious lunar event space. Hudson Terrace 9:30pm till 4am. 621 W 46th Street between 11th & 12th Avenue Sit back while we orbit, implant your favorite vacation memory, and enjoy the river breeze from the beautiful moonlit outdoor terrace. http://www.hudsonterracenyc.com/; http://www.eventbrite.com/event/537296067; PASSWORD IS: PARTYTIME
February 5th 8:00pm
Target Margin Free Preview @ LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Queens
Free; From 1948-1953, theatre bigwigs Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan collaborated, debuting their legendary Broadway flop, the surreal Camino Real. Target Margin Theater’s new work, The Really Big Once, produced in association with the Ontological-Hysteric Incubator, explores Camino Real from a personal perspective by probing notebooks, letters, and even prior play drafts. In anticipation of its April engagement at The Ontological at St. Marks in Manhattan, Target Margin offers a free preview at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center. www.targetmargin.org
February 5th 9:00pm
Hank & Cupcakes @ Pianos, 158 Ludlow
9 pm - The Aviation Orange www.myspace.com/theaviationorange; 10 pm - The Vanguard www.myspace.com/thevanguardatmyspace; 11 pm - Hank & Cupcakes www.myspace.com/hankandcupcakes; 12 am - Belikos www.myspace.com/belikos
******* Saturday February 6th ******
February 6th 6:00-9:00pm
A Million and One Thanks-An Interactive, Community-based, Social Media Installation @ Local Project, 45-10 Davis St, Queens
Free; In an age where the media and people in general tend to focus on the negative in the everyday, artists Trish Mayo and Stephen Sandoval propose another approach by introducing their interactive, community-based, social media installation entitled A Million and One Thanks. It begins with an open call to the community to contribute their special thank yous for the important things in their lives. The installation will feature photographs, a shrine-like display of objects and contributions received using the social media sites Twitter and Facebook or via email allowing anyone to submit their thanks and contribute to the installation. The goal of the project is to ask participants to explore their feelings, connect with others and celebrate the people, places or things that make their lives richer and fuller and to ultimately say THANKS!
February 6th 8:00pm
Blood Potato @ Kraine Theater, 85 E 4th St
$15; In the impoverished world of ex-Steel town Donora, PA three brothers make a blood oath to escape by any means necessary. A story as gritty and moving as the place it depicts, Blood Potato explores how hope, family, and unrequited love are twisted by the crystal meth hurricane sweeping through small town America.
******* Sunday February 7th ******
February 7th 1:00-6:00pm
You
Are My Carbon, And This Is Our Lair @ 147 Roebling St,
Brooklyn
Arielle Bier and Adina Bier explore the boundaries and
freedoms of twinning and interconnectedness through live
installation/durational performances in the gallery. The sisters will
create an encapsulating lair using webbing and suspended pods of
sheet rope to perform in. Inspirations for this work include
ritualistic practices such as inuit throat singing, butoh dance and
nesting.
******* Tuesday February 8th ******
February 9th 6:30pm
Mobile Matrix @ MoMA, 53rd St & 5th Ave
$10/$5; Panel Discussion with Mario Bassols and Molly Nesbit. In conjunction with the exhibition Gabriel Orozco