Daily Awesome 9/23-9/29
Naomi Huth
I can not express how excited I am to check out Gizmodo Gallery and how devastated I will be when I can't afford to buy everything there. Enjoy the weekend, enjoy the sun (maybe), and have a taste of some curry cashews.
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 September 23rd
READING: How I Learned to Live in New York @ Happy Ending, Manhattan
THEATER: The Night Watcher @ 59E59 Theater, Manhattan
TOYS/SHOP: Gizmodo Gallery @ Groupe, Manhattan
Thursday September 24th
PERFORMANCE/ART: A Way Beyond Fashion @ apexart, Manhattan
PERFORMANCE/ART:Hanging Out at No Rio @ ABC No Rio, Manhattan
PERFORMANCE/ART:Phase 2 @ 5 X Initiative, Manhattan
PERFORMANCE/ART/FESTIVAL: You Are Here @ Death By Audio, Brooklyn
ART: Recession Art Sale @ 679 3rd Ave, Manhattan
TOYS/SHOP: Gizmodo Gallery @ Groupe, Manhattan
Friday September 25th
DANCE: Risa Jaroslow & Dancers: The Partner Project, Manhattan
THEATER: Puppet Pandemic @ The Tank, Manhattan
PARTY/MUSIC: I Was Holding Back My Love @ The Marcy Hotel, Brooklyn
ART: DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival @ Various locations, Brooklyn
THEATER: Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind @ Kraine Theater, Manhattan
PERFORMANCE/ART/FESTIVAL: You Are Here @ Death By Audio, Brooklyn
ART: Recession Art Sale @ 679 3rd Ave, Manhattan
TOYS/SHOP: Gizmodo Gallery @ Groupe, Manhattan
Saturday September 26th
PARTY/ART/PERFORMACE: The Kitchen Block Party! @ The Ktitchen, Manhattan
PARTY/ART/PERFORMACE: FAB Festival & Black Party @ East 4th St, Btwn Bowery & 2nd Ave, Manhattan
FILM/PERFORMACE: The Last Supper Salon @ 3rd Ward, Brooklyn
DANCE: Risa Jaroslow & Dancers: The Partner Project @ 14 Wall St, Manhattan
PERFORMANCE/THEATER: Community Vaudeville Night @ Sunnyside Reformed Church, Queens
THEATER: Puppet Pandemic @ The Tank, Manhattan
PARTY: The Harvest warehouse party @ Refuge, Brooklyn
ART: DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival @ Various locations, Brooklyn
THEATER: Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind @ Kraine Theater, Manhattan
PERFORMANCE/ART/FESTIVAL: You Are Here @ Death By Audio, Brooklyn
TOYS/SHOP: Gizmodo Gallery @ Groupe, Manhattan
Sunday September 27th
ART: The Governors Island Art Fair @ Governor's Island
MUSIC: Gary War + Tom Carter + Purple Haze @ The (OA) Can Factory, Brooklyn
ART: DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival @ Various locations, Brooklyn
PERFORMANCE/ART/FESTIVAL: You Are Here @ Death By Audio, Brooklyn
TOYS/SHOP: Gizmodo Gallery @ Groupe, Manhattan
Monday September 28st
PERFORMANCE/ART/FESTIVAL: You Are Here @ Death By Audio, Brooklyn
ART: Recession Art Sale @ 679 3rd Ave, Manhattan
Tuesday September 29nd
PERFORMANCE/ART: The Oldest Living Things in the World @ Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn
PERFORMANCE/ART/FESTIVAL: You Are Here @ Death By Audio, Brooklyn
ART: Recession Art Sale @ 679 3rd Ave, Manhattan
******* Ongoing ******
September 23rd-25th Noon–8:00pm, September 26th & 27th 11:00am–8:00pm
Gizmodo Gallery @ Groupe, 267 Elizabeth St
Free; Gizmodo Gallery, a showroom of wacky toys, expensive electronics, and technology from the not-too-distant future. Geek out Wednesday through Sunday, with a special live musical performance Saturday night, beginning at 9pm. It is a collection of the greatest gadgets and tech we could find and fit under a roof. It is not meant to throw things in your face that you don't need so you can engulf them in exchange for debt, but is here to celebrate what is great about our world of tech, commercial or hacked, new or old. And there is no other collection in the world like it for strength of display of amazing technical achievement and fun—sometimes those artifacts are commercially made but more often, not. http://gizmodo.com/5360008/gizmodo-gallery-2009-the-details
September 25th-27th
DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival @ Various locations, Brooklyn
Free; The three-day multi-site neighborhood-wide event is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive. The now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation's largest urban forum for experimental art. dumboartfestival.org/
September 10th-October 2nd 8:00pm doors/9:00pm performances-late
You
Are Here @ Death By Audio, 49 South 2nd Street, Brooklyn
$8
includes open bar Friday-Sunday 8-10p; You Are Here (the Maze) is a
performance festival in a sculptural maze taking place at
Williamsburg's Death By Audio. Emphasizing the sprawling and
interconnected nature of New York's underground, a trip through the
maze offers a peek inside NYC's DIY art and music scene. A meditation
on passage and desire, You Are Here engulfs the space and presents
beckoning inhabitants, dead ends, and uplifting epitaphs. Medium and
genre vary and overlapping and simultaneous performances are
frequent, each performer establishing a different corner or dead end
as his or hers. Participating artists in the three-week festival
include Calvin Johnson, Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities, Zs,
Excepter, Mick Barr, The Coathangers, Knyfe Hyts 81, The Present,
Loud Objects, Grooms, Extra Life, Mike Pride, Dan Friel, Ninjasonik,
Vaz, Pygmy Shrews, Nine 11 Thesaurus, and many many others. You Are
Here subverts prefab expectations for both audiences and
performers—there is no prescribed order, start time or end time,
duration, location of performance, relation of audience to
performers, and so on. All of the participating artists have been
asked to create something site-specific since the performances will,
in fact, take place within the maze. Audiences will be asked only to
expect something unusual. myspace.com/youareheremaze
September 17th-October 9th 6:00-9:00pm opening
Recession Art Sale @ 679
3rd Ave
Free; In a 5,500 square foot gallery space, 30 artists and
30 out-of-work professionals will participate in Recession Art Sale,
an art and commerce event. The objective is to create income, comment
on current shifts in the market economy, and foster a sense of
community amongst artists, sellers, and buyers. Unemployed
individuals affected by the current economic recession will be
engaged as sellers to market the works on exhibit. Hosting the event
is Anita Durst's nonprofit arts organization, Chashama, which has
worked successfully with conceptual artist and Executive Producer of
Recession Art Sale, Elanit Kayne. A multi-channel outreach to sellers
was conducted through the use of print and online advertising, job
opportunity sites, and social media in order to attract an eclectic
group of qualified applicants. While some sellers have a background
in the arts (a former employee of the Whitney Museum, Art History
graduates), other qualified sellers include former IT workers and
teachers and will receive art consultation training.
recessionartsale.com; cultureinside.com
Every Friday & Saturday, 10:30 pm
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind @ Kraine Theater, 85 East Fourth Street
$10 plus the roll of a six sided die ($11-$16); Written by the New York Neo-Futurists; Our show is an ever-changing attempt to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes--an original concept by Greg Allen and the Neo-Futurists. The single unifying element of these plays is that they are performed from a perspective of absolute honesty. We always appear as ourselves on stage, speaking directly from our personal experiences. Each short play is written by a performer, honed by the ensemble, and randomly collaged with twenty-nine other plays through high energy audience participation. Each week, these plays shift as ensemble members add new plays to the existing body of work. Each night of performance, we aim to create an unreproducable living newspaper of the comic and tragic, the political and personal, the visceral and experimental.
******* Wednesday September 23rd ******
September 23rd
7:00pm
How I Learned to Live in New York @ Happy Ending, 302
Broome St
Free; Featuring: Paul Ford (Harper's, Author of Gary
Benchley, Rock Star), Seth Herzog (Zog's Place, Sweet), Brad Lawrence
(Moth StorySLAM winner), and Brooke Van Poppelen (NY Is Retarded).
Hosted by Blaise Allysen Kearsley.
howilearnedathappyending.blogspot.com
September 23rd 8:00pm
The Night Watcher @ 59E59 Theaters, 59 E 59th St
Pay what you wish; Simultaneously a best friend, advisor, confidant and sage to the many young people who call her 'Auntie,' Charlayne Woodard is childless only by biological standards. Told with penetrating grace and candor, Woodard beautifully weaves together stories of the ordinary and extraordinary ways she has mentored the children in her life. Declared 'thoughtful, vivid, entertaining and poignant' in its Seattle Repertory run last October, The Night Watcher is an intimate look at the various definitions of parenthood.
****** Thursday September 24th *******
September 24th 6:00-8:00pm
A Way Beyond Fashion @ apexart, 291 Church St
Free; Performance by Jenny Marketou
September 24th 7:00-9:00pm
Hanging Out at No Rio @ ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St
Free; Performance: , , , , , , SECRET SCHOOL AND THE K.I.D.S., , Brendan Carroll, Bryan Zanisnik, Darren Jones, Gisela Insuaste, Margarida Correia, Sarah Julig, Secret School and the K.I.D.S., Takashi Horisaki
September 24th 7:00pm
Phase 2 @ 5 X Initiative, 48 W 22 street
Free w/RSVP required to info@x_initiative.org; Performance: (Y), Amir Mogharabi, Jacques Ranciere, Michael Hardt "Stone". In the spirit of his past performances, Amir Mogharabi combines ‘idea’ with ‘experience’ in an extended project entitled: STONE. Often faced with the difficult task of reconciling philosophy and art, his practice to date is a dispersion of inter-media elements that reflect the spontaneity and thoughtfulness of Fluxus’ approach to event making, while bespeaking the theory of an aesthetic ambiguity or, “a lie disguised as (Y).”Language, rty! @ The Kalthough integral to the realization of his performances, is continuously undermined by poetically active, visual or audible inflections.
****** Friday September 25th *******
September 25th 6:30pm
Risa Jaroslow & Dancers: The Partner Project @ 14 Wall St, Level B
What happens when you see two people engaged in an intimate moment – looking at a map, having an argument, flirting? Those glimpses of partnering in public affect those who witness them, if only briefly. Are the partners in these public duets affected by the viewers? Join us as we explore these “public/private partnerships." Performances will take place at various site-specific locations throughout Lower Manhattan, followed by a performance and reception in the Swing Space rehearsal space.
September 25th
Puppet Pandemic @ The Tank, 354 W 45th St
$15/$10; It's Infectious! Watch as artists redefine conventional notions of puppetry. From marionettes to papier mache mayhem, puppeteers breed new strains of creativity. This collection of works, developed at the National Puppetry Conference, explore the infectious nature of puppets. All profits from these performances will fund an Alumni Scholarship to attend the National Puppetry Conference, so we can keep propagating provocative theatrical works!
September 25th 11:00pm-6:00am
I Was Holding Back My Love @ The Marcy Hotel, 108 Marcy Ave
$20 before midnight; No regular play's owe me ep release party; dyed sound room, lee foss, no regular play, wolf+lamb.
****** Saturday September 26th *******
September 26th Noon-5:00pm
The Kitchen Block Party! @ The Ktitchen, 512 W 19 St
The Kitchen, although integral to the realization of his performances, is continuously undermined by poetically active, visual or audible inflections. Free, family-friendly performances and activities.
September 26th 1:00-7:00pm
FAB Festival & Black
Party @ East 4th St, Btwn Bowery & 2nd Ave
Free; Experience
the best of the East Village and the Lower East Side with multiple
indoor and outdoor stages, classes and activities for all ages,
gourmet food vendors, a flea market and more! Participants include
previews of La MaMa E.T.C.’s fall programming, WOW Café Theater,
Rod Rodgers Dance Company, Performance Space 122, Bleecker Street
Opera Company, East Village History Project, Works in Progress,
Teatro IATI, the Cupcake Cadet Corps, and much more.
http://www.fabnyc.org/FABFestivalandBlockParty.php
September 26th 6:00pm-2:00am
The
Last Supper Salon @Third Ward, 195 Morgan Ave, Brooklyn
$15, or
$10 with a canned food donation; The Last Supper salon merges film,
artistic food, music, design, writing and fine art in a creative
harvest that celebrates the seasonal shift between summer and winter.
The fifth annual Last Supper salon brings together over 50 short
films, works of art, culinary creations, writing, and musical acts to
create an artistic feast for the senses and to celebrate the autumn
harvest. Highlighting the creative process as a cyclical, communally
interactive conversation be- tween media, The Last Supper, created by
Brooklyn artist and architect Coralina Meyer, is a nonprofit event
that benefits the Food Bank for New York City. www.3rdward.com
September 26th 6:30pm
Risa Jaroslow & Dancers: The Partner Project @ 14 Wall St, Level B
What happens when you see two people engaged in an intimate moment – looking at a map, having an argument, flirting? Those glimpses of partnering in public affect those who witness them, if only briefly. Are the partners in these public duets affected by the viewers? Join us as we explore these “public/private partnerships." Performances will take place at various site-specific locations throughout Lower Manhattan, followed by a performance and reception in the Swing Space rehearsal space.
September 26th 7:00pm
Community Vaudeville Night @ Sunnyside Reformed Church, 48-03 Skillman Ave, lower level, Queens
Free; Up until the early 1930s, vaudeville theaters, flaunting back-to-back eclectic acts, were how the masses primarily got their entertainment kicks. Sofia Geier, whose Unity Stage Company we’ve covered here on The Q Note, presents Community Vaudeville Night, a free, modern-day version, complete with popcorn. On this evening’s bill: Monty Python humor; songs from local chanteuse Marina Meyler; a comedic magician; and South Korea star Eugene Park on the electric violin. We’re especially excited about a six-year-old making his stage debut to Jacko’s “Billie Jean”. www.unitystage.org
September 26th
Puppet Pandemic @ The Tank, 354 W 45th St
$15/$10; It's Infectious! Watch as artists redefine conventional notions of puppetry. From marionettes to papier mache mayhem, puppeteers breed new strains of creativity. This collection of works, developed at the National Puppetry Conference, explore the infectious nature of puppets. All profits from these performances will fund an Alumni Scholarship to attend the National Puppetry Conference, so we can keep propagating provocative theatrical works!
September 26th 10:00pm-4:00am
The Harvest warehouse
party @ Refuge, 1532 Decatur, Brooklyn
$10 before Midnight/$15
after;There will not be corn mazes, hay rides, or scarecrows. Okay
maybe scarecrows. The hottest days of the summer are over, but the
hottest nights of the year have not yet begun. Your presence is
formally requested for another all nighter on the Brooklyn/Queens
border. Dress for an autumnal ball, bring the farmer's daughter, and
kiss the summer goodbye as Refuge cools off to a bearable
temperature. This is the latest fundraiser in our effort to create
Refuge Center for the Arts, a diamond in the rough of Bushwick. Light
Ripple by Jason Eppink, candy corn bowls, and fall décor..
****** Sunday September 27th *******
September 27th Noon-7:00pm
The Governors Island Art Fair @ Governor's Island
Free; Closing reception:of Fair
September 27th 4:00pm
Gary War + Tom Carter + Purple Haze @ The (OA) Can Factory, 232 3rd St, 3rd Fl, Brooklyn
Free; Tom Carter is a guitar player best known for his work with acclaimed psych-drone iconoclasts Charalambides. Purple Haze is Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards, Zaimph, Hototogisu) and Taylor Richardson (Infinity Windows, Prehistoric Blackout). Gary War is taking sonic wizardry to levels as yet uncharted by man. While we sleep he is fashioning lyric webs like a yellow brick path thru the rawest of the honest.
****** Tuesday September 29th *******
September 29th Doors 7:00pm/Show 8:00pm
The Oldest Living Things in the World @ Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main St, Brooklyn
$25; Join us for an evening of art and entertainment benefiting The Oldest Living Things in the World project. Internationally acclaimed artist Rachel Sussman has been researching, working with biologists, and traveling all over the world to find and photograph continuously living organisms 2,000 years old and older. Sussman, who is fiscally sponsored by the Brooklyn Arts Council, is endeavoring to raise funds for an expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula to photograph 5,000-year-old moss this winter.