Daily Awesome 1/20-1/26

[Naomi Huth]

This is a week of many fun films and I suggest checking out New Russian Cinema on Thursday. On a personal note, I am now a fully enrolled graduate student! Let the school begin.

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 January 20^th

LECTURE: People & Their Letters & the Tyranny of Email @ Symphony Space, Manhattan

ART: The Greenpoint Shredder @ Email for address G train to Nassau station, Brooklyn

FILM: The Chaplin Revue @ MoMA, Manhattan

ART: Pixelville @ DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn

ART: Group Show @ No Longer Empty, Manhattan

Thursday January 21^st

ART: Quick While Still @ Heist Gallery pop-up space, Manhattan

ART: Faggot Carnival @ Ramiken Crucible, Manhattan

ART/FILM/COMEDY: The Live Show @ Cabinet, Brooklyn

FILM: New Russian Cinema: A Program of Short Films @ Tribeca Cinemas, Manhattan

MUSIC: Downstairs Dustup @ Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn

FILM: The Chaplin Revue @ MoMA, Manhattan

ART: Pixelville @ DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn

ART: Group Show @ No Longer Empty, Manhattan

Friday January 22^nd

FOOD: A Feast for All Five Senses @ Taj, Manhattan

FILM: Glen or Glenda & Bride of the Monster @ MoMA, Manhattan

FILM/LECTURE: Kevin Geeks Out @ 92Y Tribeca, Manhattan

PARTY: High Jack: Catch 22 @ TBA

FILM: The Chaplin Revue @ MoMA, Manhattan

ART: Pixelville @ DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn

ART: Group Show @ No Longer Empty, Manhattan

Saturday January 23^rd

ART/THEATER: Coney Island-Now, Then & Forever @ The Historic Chapel at Green-wood, Brooklyn

SPORT: YoGA at MoMA @ MoMA, Manhattan

MUSIC/ART: Take Root series @ Green Space Studio, Queens

ART: Pixelville @ DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn

ART: Group Show @ No Longer Empty, Manhattan

Sunday January 24^th

THEATER: Manson: The Musical @ Kraine Theater, Manhattan

ART/THEATER: Coney Island-Now, Then & Forever @ The Historic Chapel at Green-wood, Brooklyn

BENEFIT: Horns for Haiti benefit @ Living Theater, Manhattan

ART: Pixelville @ DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn

ART: Group Show @ No Longer Empty, Manhattan

Monday January 25^th

FILM: The Creature from the Black Lagoon @ MoMA, Manhattan

Tuesday January 26^th

FILM/LECTURE: Still Bill featuring Bill Withers @ Pavilion Park Slope, Brooklyn

THEATER: QT (Queer Text) with Dan Fishback & Max Steele @ Dixon Place, Manhattan

******* Ongoing******

January 20^th, 21^st, 22^nd 1:30pm

The Chaplin Revue @ MoMA, 11 W 53^rd Street

Free with Museum Admission; A Dogs Life (1918), Shoulder Arms (1918), The Pilgrim (1923), etc. moma.org

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 16^th -February 13^th Wednesday-Sunday 12:00-7:00pm

Group Show @ No Longer Empty, 14 E 4^th 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

******* Wednesday January 20^th ******

January 20^th 7:30pm

People & Their Letters & the Tyranny of Email @ Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway

$20; The letter has been all but replaced by email and texting, to the point where writing seems kind of quaint, reserved only for the most formal occasions — weddings, funerals, court summonses, and the like. Tonight, Granta editor John Freeman and novelist Thomas Mallon discuss this shift and its impact on our everyday lives. According to Freeman, we now spend 41% percent of our day reading and responding to emails. To illustrate the way things used to be, Original SNL cast member Jane Curtin and Selected Shorts artistic director Isaiah Sheffer read a selection of famous letters. A Q&A follows the program and allows the audience to weigh in with opinions on the issue.

January 20^th 8:00-9:00pm

The Greenpoint Shredder @ Email for address G train to Nassau station, Brooklyn
Free; After several months of operating in the local community the Shredder is available to the public. It's 15 minutes of one-on-one conversation. You show up, we sit down, you have some tea or juice if you like (no coffee, sometimes cookies). You talk. We listen. The topic is up to you. You can also be silent. In any event whatever is said during the conversation goes immediately after the 15 minutes are gone to our Giant Information Shredder. It is forgotten. We don't want to know your name, and you won't find out our names either. We don't care about what you do for a living. We won't ask questions. This isn't therapy, or a religious experience. We don't analyze. We don't judge. We don't try to help either. We maybe don't even care. But we do listen. We do it just for one hour on Wednesday evenings, so it's just three people or so that we can see any given week. Send email to get a slot for the coming week. We’ll send details. greenpoin...@gmail.com

******* Thursday January 21^st ******

January 21st 6:00-9:00pm

Quick While Still @ Heist Gallery pop-up space, 143 Madison avenue

Quick While Still, a ‘pop-up’ exhibition of large-scale paintings by New York based artists Katherine Bernhardt, Kadar Brock, Mark Gibson, Matt Jones, John Newsom, and Wendy White who will exhibit their works in an exciting, unfinished space. One might even say that the rawness of the space itself is a reflection of the rawness of these artist’s ambitions. Quick While Still offers a chance to see their work stripped of the glamour of the highly polished white cubes of Chelsea. www.heistgallery.com

January 21^st 6:00-9:00pm

Faggot Carnival @ Ramiken Crucible, 221 East Broadway

Ramiken Crucible is pleased to present Faggot Carnival, a solo exhibition of original works in acrylic and latex on canvas by New York based queer artist Nolan Hendrickson. Hendrickson’s Faggot Carnival takes aim at contemporary culture in urban society with an unsettlingly lascivious and deadpan hilarious point of view. While straddling a host of issues, from controversial sexual vulgarity to the gay adoption of the traditionally feminized position of the ‘inferior’, Faggot Carnival creates an ultimate cohesion in Hendrickson’s use of vivid colors and highly relevant wit. In Hendrickson's rear view mirror, the future looks bright and funny. www.ramikencrucible.com

January 21st 7:00-9:00pm

The Live Show @ Cabinet, 300 Nevins Street, Brooklyn

“The Live! Show,” an exhibition by New York-based artist Jaime Davidovich, examines the history of the artist's pioneering cable TV show of the same name. Shown on Manhattan cable Channel J from 1979 to 1984, the program was equally inspired, says Davidovich, by the Dada performance club Cabaret Voltaire and the anarchic style of groundbreaking TV comedian Ernie Kovacs. Taking full advantage of the potential of early cable television for artistic experimentation, The Live! Show was designed to be what Davidovich’s calls "a television variety show of the avant-garde": hosted by his alter ego "Dr Videovich," it typically featured guest performances by other artists drawn from the vibrant New York art community of the period. In addition to episodes from the show, the exhibition will also showcase some of the objects that Davidovich, mimicking the commercial language of television, made to be sold during his show's “Video Shop" segment. www.cabinetmagazine.org

January 21^st 7:30pm

New Russian Cinema: A Program of Short Films @ Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street
$5 sugg. Donation; 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.

January 21^st 9:00pm

Afro Funky! @ Cameo Gallery, 93 N. 6th St, Brooklyn
$5; 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.

January 21^st 10:00pm-1:00am

Downstairs Dustup @ Northeast Kingdom, 18 Wycoff Ave, Brooklyn

Free; Annie Crane, Crazy & The Brains, Major Matt Mason, Shayna Sands (from TX) & your host, Frank Hoier.

******* Friday January 22^nd ******

January 22^nd 6:00pm

A Feast for All Five Senses @ Taj, 48 W 21^st Street

Free; TastingNYC.com's Andy Troy wants to send the audience into sensory overload tonight at the third installment of this neoteric soirée. The full-body experience features the work of the New York Art Page Artists to see, Yukonaughtica's funky jazz to hear, wine and complimentary appetizers to taste, Mythology Body's handmade products to smell, and free massages to make sure you're touched.

January 22^nd 4:30pm, 8:00pm

Glen or Glenda & Bride of the Monster @ MoMA, 11 53^rd St

Free with Museum admission; Glen or Glenda 1953. This unintentionally hilarious, quasi-autobiographical faux docudrama preached for social change and the acceptance of transvestitism. Bride of the Monster 1955. Well-known for the production crew’s unauthorized theft of a studio’s prop octopus for use as the titular monster, this entertainingly inept film features Lugosi—in a dignified performance that recalls his Dracula magnetism—as an evil scientist who plots to create superhumans using an atomic machine.

January 22^nd 8:00pm

Kevin Geeks Out @ 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street
$10; The video-variety show features documentary clips, science films, Saturday morning cartoons and hard-to-find movie footage. Guest speakers include: Elliott Kalan (The Daily Show) on 1930s British science-fiction, Jane Doherty (a genuine psychic!) answers audience questions about the future, Kriota Wilberg (anatomy teacher) talks about medical advances of the future, Seth Porges (Popular Mechanics) looks back at the predictions about technology, Tenebrous Kate (Love Train for the Tenebrous Empire) makes a case for the best Italian vision of the future. PLUS: admission includes a heaping helping of DIPPIN DOTS -- the "ice cream of the future."

January 22nd 10:00pm-5:00am

High Jack: Catch 22 @ TBA

$15/$20; High....it's Jack here. I build parties in reverse. Some say that's not normal and I should book a venue first. I don't do things normally. I pick a date first and I invite you. Then you invite friends. Then I talk to some DJs. If enough people RSVP, I sniff around for loft spaces or other unique locations. I can usually convince a property owner to let me hijack their space at the last minute for my immersive experience of music and dance. Featuring Djs: D_Juice, Peter Munch, and Tektite. Special Opening Set by DJ Cindy Kim. RSVP on Facebook for location information: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=237257791546&index=1

******* Saturday January 23^rd ******

January 23^rd 1:00pm & 3:00pm

Coney Island-Now, Then & Forever @ The Historic Chapel at Green-wood, 500 25th St, Brooklyn
$15; 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!

January 23^rd 8:00am

YoGA at MoMA @ MoMA, 11 W 53rd Street

Free with RSVP to yoga...@flavorpill.com ;After two sold-out sessions last year (one in the sculpture garden, and one surrounded by Pipilotti Rist's installation), we're proud to bring back Virayoga founder Elena Brower for another edition of YoGA at MoMa. Have an early night on Friday, and then join us bright and early Saturday at MoMA, as yogis of all expertise levels gather beneath Gabriel Orozco's massive Mobile Matrix, an installation featuring a huge, hanging whale skeleton. An added bonus this session: besides Brower, you'll be led through your poses musically by bassist Garth Stevenson.

January 23^rd 8:30pm

Take Root series @ Green Space Studio, 37-24 24th Street #301, Queens

$15; In choreographer Dana Salisbury’s Unseen Dance, audience members are blindfolded and forced to stay in the present, shifting with the dancers and experiencing movement through sound and vibration. The dancers – the No-See-Ums - will be revealed the following day. www.greenspacestudio.org

******* Sunday January 24^th ******

January 24^th 1:00pm & 3:00pm

Coney Island-Now, Then & Forever @ The Historic Chapel at Green-wood, 500 25th St, Brooklyn
$15; 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!

January 24th 7:00pm

MANSON: The Musical @ Kraine Theater, 85 E 4th Street

$18; You've got to have a pretty twisted sense of humor to appreciate a singing, dancing Manson Family — and with tunes like "Put My Dick in Your Hand," and lots of simulated sex, it's a raunchy song and dance, too. But for plenty of us, it's hilarious. EndTimes has adapted the show from an acclaimed production by Chicago improv stalwarts the Annoyance Theater, and to great effect. Part history, part farce, the show follows the Family from beginning to incarcerated end, with ingenious interludes by Manson collaborators and buddies, such as the Beatles, the Monkees, and the Beach Boys. From Linda Kasabian to Sharon Tate and Bugliosi, the gang's all here. And they're irreverent and funny as hell.

January 24^th 7:00pm-12:00am

Horns for Haiti benefit @ Living Theater, 21 Clinton Street

$20; Come join the Hungry March Band, Raya Brass Band, and more 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. Open Beer Bar (donations encouraged here too) All money to benefit Haiti's Earthquake Disaster victims. 50% to Doctors Without Borders + 50% the event's Haitian performers with family in Haiti right now.

******* Monday January 25^th ******

January 25th 8:00pm

The Creature from the Black Lagoon @ MoMA, 11 53^rd St

Free with Museum admission; The Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954. Remarkable for its cinematography, this archetypal Universal monster movie pits the iconic half-man, half-fish creature against voyagers on the Amazon.

******* Tuesday January 26^th ******

January 26th 7:30 pm
Still Bill featuring Bill Withers @ Pavilion Park Slope at 188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn

$15; Filmed in part at Celebrate Brooklyn! during the Hal Willner’s Bill Withers Project on August 9, 2008, Still Bill is an intimate portrait of soul legend Bill Withers, best known for his classics Ain’t No Sunshine, Lean On Me, Lovely Day, Grandma’s Hands and Just the Two of Us. Immediately following the film will be a post-screening discussion with Bill Withers, filmmakers Damani Baker and Alex Flack, moderated by Jack Walsh, Director of Performing Arts, Executive Producer, Celebrate Brooklyn!.

January 26th 7:30-11:00pm

QT (Queer Text) with Dan Fishback & Max Steele @ Dixon Place, 161 Chrystie Street

$6; Queer writers Dan Fishback and Max Steele read new and old material as part of Dixon Place's "QT (Queer Text)" reading series.Dan Fishback is a 2007-2009 recipient of the Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists. His performances include "NO DIRECTION HOMO" (P.S. 122, 2006), and "You Will Experience Silence" (Dixon Place, 2009), which the Village Voice said was "sassier and more fun than 'Angels in America.'" Max Steele is a performer, writer and artist. He has performed at the New Museum, Galapagos Art Space, Rapture Café, Deitch Projects L.I.C. and Dixon Place.