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Recommended art stuff
at Cheim and Reed, Diane Arbus and William Eggleston photographs. Thru February 13, 2010-547 W 25th Street
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DOWNTOWN PIX:
MINING THE FALES ARCHIVES,
GREY ART GALLERY / NEW YORK UNIVERSITY / 100 WASHINGTON SQUARE EAST / NEW YORK / NEW YORK / 10003
1961 - 1991
JANUARY 12 - APRIL 3, 2010
Downtown Pix features approximately 300 photographs from the acclaimed collections
of Fales Library at New York University. Organized jointly by
the Grey Art Gallery, NYU’s fine arts museum, and Fales Library, NYU’s rare book and manuscript collection, the show zooms in on New York’s Downtown scene from the 1960s to the early ‘90s.



Wednesday, February 3, 2010
fun power pop band
The Orion Experience p!ays the Showroom at Piano's! with the Dirty Fences, also TT recommended.
Wednesday, February 3rd @ 8pm
Meet us at Piano's Showroom - 158 Ludlow Street
www.pianosnyc.com
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fun band
THE MIXED SIGNALS
2/3/2010 8:00 PM at TRASH BAR-"Squirrelly Early on a Wednesday Night"
258 Grand St. (Brooklyn), Williamsburg, New York 11211
Cost: YES
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Knight School
2/3/2010 8:00 PM at CHARLESTON w/ the German Measles, Honey-Dos, Zebu (haiti benefit)
174 bedford ave, brooklyn, New York 11211
Cost: $5
all proceeds going to unicef!
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Shark? (another cool band)
2/3/2010 8:00 PM at Glasslands w/ MiniBoone, I’m Turning Into, Pet Ghost Project
, BROOKLYN, 11211
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From the Gemini and Scorpio list
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)
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Hipsterwrecktomy
because not everything in Brooklyn has to be "ironic"
Type: Music/Arts - Concert
Start Time: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 7:30pm
End Time: Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 1:30am
Location: Public Assembly
Street: 70 N. 6th
City/Town: Brooklyn, NY
Hey all! For this one, we have the spectacular lineup of:
* Black Chardonnay
* Porfirio
* The Bowery Boys
* Natasha Komis
* Shiragirl
With DJ Pat Pervert!
And drink specials all night!
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Time: 8:00pm - 11:30pm
Location: The Parkside Lounge
Street: 317 East Houston Street
OOT and Friends are feeling the need to reach out and try to make a difference in the lives of those affected by the earthquake in Haiti. Luckily we are all musical, so we're throwing this musical extravaganza at the Parkside Lounge to raise money for Doctors Without Borders' Haiti project. And it's not just opera. It's rock. It's jazz. It's bluegrass. It's puppets. It's singer-songwriter. It's burlesque. It's gypsy. What else do you need?! Come out and support a good cause on a dreary Wednesday night in NYC. There will be door prizes and drink specials. Admission is $20.
Artists include:
Anna Copa Cabanna
The Debutante Hour
Ezra Gale
Lucretia Fleury
David Gordon
Tim Hill
Alissa Hunnicutt
Dan Jeselsohn
Sarah Lafferty
Giacomo LaVita
Sara Lewis
Mitch Marcus
Nat & Kat Duo
Solveig Olsen
Todd Perlmutter
Alicia Jo Rabins
Jeanai La Vita
Naren Rauch
Anne Ricci
Kamala Sankaram
Alyssa Simon
Matt Singer
Kara Suzanne
Melissa Tong
Amanda White
Emily Zuzik
www.operaontap.com for more info.
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dorkbot-nyc meeting
where: Location One, Greene St between Canal and Grand
when: 03 February 2010, 7-9pm
$$$: $$$FREE$$$ (small donation to Location One appreciated)
The 2g3s-th dorkbot-nyc meeting will take place at 7pm on Wednesday,
February 3rd, 2010 at Location One in SoHo.
The meeting is free and open to the public. Please bring snacks to
share. We've had home-baked goods recently -- can you top that?!? YUMM.
Featuring the subsessile and stipule-free:
Steve Wang, Ed Chin and Paul Orlando: Chatfe
Chatfe lets people have interesting voice conversations with strangers.
Details of each talker are private, so people opt in to talks based on
their true interest. We're learning a lot about how people have voice
conversations with strangers and we're using what we learn to improve
our design, by observing users and getting feedback.
http://beta.chatfe.com
Jie Qi: Paper Computing -- bendable, foldable, cutable hardware
Paper computing refers to combining paper and unconventional materials
like conductive paints, textiles and threads to create soft, crafty and
open electronics.
http://hlt.media.mit.edu/projects.html
Rory Solomon and Marek Walczak: [here][now]
[here][now] is an open, ongoing project that uses virtual reality as a
way to explore spatial environments and how they are perceived.
http://herenow.someprojects.info
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Shaken and Stirred, Your Favorite Burlesque DanceParty
Now airling live from location every week at www.nycliverock.com
Host: Shaken and Stirred - your favorite Burlesque Danceparty
Start Time: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 9:05pm
End Time: Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 1:05am
Location: the Delancey
Street: 168 Delancey Street
City/Town: New York, NY
View Map
168 Delancey (between Clinton and Attorney), NYC
Doors at 9:00
$5
www.thedelancey.com
New York's best kept secret and your favorite Burlesque Danceparty!
Each week fellow producers, LEGS MALONE and RUNAROUND SUE bring you some of New York's favorite burlesque performers, gorgeous go-go, FREE SHOTS, and the infectious tunes from DJ JESS. Doors open at 9pm. $5
GO-GO by the gorgeous smarty-pants, DR. PEACHES WELLINGTON and performing for the first time ever in the Sugar Shack: VICTORIA PRIVATES.
This week Featuring CREAMY STEVENS with special Guest Star DULCE DE LECHE!
Each week airing live from location on www.nycliverock.com!
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Booty Star Galactica
New York’s first and only hybrid dance party/renegade web show blasts off, featuring ventriloquist Carla Rhodes, dance troupe Throbbing Megz and the Shuttlecocks and video art-a-gogo freaks, the Projectile Dysfunctions.
The first Wednesday of every month DJ/VJ bamiam.tv and a wild cast of real NYC characters converge in the tripped-out backroom of Manhattan’s Beauty Bar, dance, dress up and act out. We’re talking go-go dancers, acrobats, hula-hoopers, burlesque babes, vaudeville vixens and DJs who along with BAM! spin a far-out selection of rock and soul, psychedelia, punk, booty-shaking funk, sh!t you scream at the top of your lungs and act out in front of your bedroom mirror and much more.
Beauty Bar
231 East 14th Street, Manhattan
10p-4a; $free?
bamiam.tv/



Thursday, February 4, 2010
from the gemini and scorpio list. Art event
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 (Clemente Soto Velez Gallery,107 Suffolk Street, 7pm-10p
m, FREE)
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An Introduction to New York's Art World, Mondays & Thursdays, 7 to 9 p, February 1, 4, 8, 11, 15 & 18
Learn about the system of individuals and institutions that constitute New York's art world. This course will highlight the opportunities and career paths that lie behind every corner of this maze. Lectures and Q & A sessions with professional gallerists, artists, curators, and dealers will be an integral component of this course.
For more information visit http://www.3rdward.com/3rdwardclasses/an-introduction-to-new-yorks-art-world.html
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CREEPIN CADAVERS
2/4/2010 7:30 PM at Club Europa w/ The Creepshow (18+)
98 meserole ave, Brooklyn, New York 11222
Cost: $10
w/ The Creepshow, The Memphis Morticians, and Rehab is For Quitters
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Haiti Ladies: A Benefit for Doctors Without Borders @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street between Thompson & Sullivan, NYC
$10, tickets can be purchased here: http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/976
Justine D., Dirty Jean, Ilirjana & Aleix M. Present...
Haiti Ladies: A Benefit for Doctors Without Borders
DJ sets by:
Ari Up (The Slits)
Lady Miss Kier (Deee-Lite)
Kim Ann Foxman (of Hercules and Love Afair)
Allison Wolfe (Partyline/Bratmobile)
DirtyJean ( The Crucial Getdown)
Ilirjana (Apache Beat)
Aleix M (Girlie Action)
with more TBA
For more info & to purchase tickets, click here: http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/976
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at the bell house
THU 2/4: 8pm / $10
A DAY AT THE BEACH BIKINI BURLESQUE BASH
We're turning up the lights and cranking up the heat in the Bell House's spacious main room and inviting everyone to a beachside day of fun in the sun (at night and inside).
Throw your bikinis and swim trunks on under your winter layers and come on down. Copious coatcheck will allow you to frolic in your skimpiest in the simulated summer.
Bikini-themed burlesque and go-go from the gorgeous ladies of Wasabassco Burlesque. Featuring GiGi La Femme, Anita Cookie, Bird of Paradise, Nasty Canasta, Sapphire Jones & Sizzle Dizzle.
Live Surf Rock by Moto Gators
Tropical Drink Specials ( with special discounts for the swimsuit clad)
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Thu. 2/4 at Southpaw. Love the dancey electro of Dynasty electric
BAM SOUNDS LIKE BROOKLYN FESTIVAL. NIGHT 1 with NAVEGANTE
with Dynasty Electric and Dalanshar
doors 8PM / 9PM START 18+ w/ID
$10
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NYCSEEN.COM
2/4/2010 8:00 PM at Hymns, True Lovers & The Runaway Suns @ Coco 66
66 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn, New York
THURSDAY FEB 4TH AT Coco 66 COME JOIN - True Lovers www.myspace.com/thetrueloversband The Runaway Suns www.myspace.com/therunawaysuns Hymns www.myspace.com/hymnsband
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NC-17 in the Seedy Basement of Lit
93 2nd Ave btwn 5th & 6th St
Not suitable for children under 21
No Cover
DJ Jess & Bastard Present
N C - 1 7
Vodka & PBR OPEN BAR 12-12:30
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Hot Pursuit @ The Woods
48 South 4th Street (between Wythe and Kent)
No Cover
10:00pm - 4:00am
Hot Pursuit
Prepare to exhaust your drinking muscles because Brooklyn
transplants Mark & Craig of VHS or BETA are returning to their weekly
party along with BK natives Kids With Snakes and Gavin Royce! Hot
Pursuit kicks off at Williamsburg’s newest venue, The Woods.
If you haven’t already checked it out, The Woods It's an old
garage/industrial space on S4th and Wythe with a huge back patio that
has recently been turned into a rad new bar and event space! It even
has a full time taco cart with delicious food.
In addition to the great tunes and fun times the drinks are extremely
cheap....$3 dollar keg beers and $3 “working mans cans” as well as
other cheap beer and shot combos. The liquor drinks are very
reasonably priced if you like your top shelf stuff.
P.S. Gavin thought you should know that the tacos are $2 and burritos
are $5, and they also do burgers!


Friday, February 5, 2010
Spontaneous Generation
February 6 - March 13, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, February 5, 6-8
Zach Feuer Gallery is pleased to present Spontaneous Generation, a group exhibition featuring work by Lynda Benglis, Sarah Braman, Alistair Frost, Fergus Feehily, Zak Prekop, Ken Price and Kevin Zucker.
ZACH FEUER GALLERY
530 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Free Admission on Target Fridays from 4 - 8 p.m. 11 West 53 Street
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3rd Ward
195 Morgan Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11237
www.3rdward.com
Drink-n-Draw-a-Thon // A Party for People who Love to Draw
February 5, 8 p to 2 a, $20 Admission includes Colt 45 & Live Music @ 195 Morgan Avenue, Bklyn, NY
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 and more!
Bring your drawing tools, creativity and a friend or a date. 
RSVP events@3rdward.com
For more information visit http://www.3rdward.com/drink-n-draw/
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GunFight!
2/5/2010 8:00 PM at SPIKE HILL w/ Les Sans Cullotes
, Brooklyn, New York 11216
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Mardi Gras Pool Party @ Grace Hotel
125 West 45th Street (btw 6th & 7th ave)
$10 cover - RSVP to events@room-matehotels.com (Mardi Gras Pool Party and number of people in party in message line of email)
Doors 10PM, $5 cover
9pm - until ???
Mardi Gras Pool Party
$5 dollar Abita Beer and $6 Hurricanes all night (New Orleans Rum Punch)
High and Mighty Brass Band! + special guest DJ
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SMASHED!BLOCKED! FEBRUARY EDITION WITH SPECIAL GUEST STAR ANDRE WILLIAMS!
Start Time: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 11:00pm
End Time: Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 4:00am
Location: BEAUTY BAR MANHATTAN
NYC'S ULTIMATE 60S PARTY NIGHT!
WITH DJS JOSH STYLES, PEPPERMINTWIST, FAB (CLOUD 9, ITALY) AND SPECIAL GUEST STAR ANDRE WILLIAMS! THIS LEGENDARY SOUL / R&B MUSICIAN WILL BE JOINING US AT THE WHEELS OF STEEL AND WILL ALSO PERFORM A CRAZY PANTOMIME SET!!! EXPECT TO HEAR NOTHING BUT THE BEST GARAGE, SOUL, PSYCH, ORGAN GROOVERS, AND MORE!!! IT WILL BE A WILD NIGHT, DON'T MISS IT!
GO-GO DANCING BY ANNA COPACABANNA AND BREEDLOVE!!!
ALWAYS *FREE* FOR THE CHILDREN!
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sounds like this is just a dj night
A TRIBUTE TO LUX INTERIOR On the Anniversary of His Death.....
What: Bar Night
Start Time: Friday, February 5 at 10:00pm
End Time: Saturday, February 6 at 4:00am
Where: Enid's, 560 Manhatttan Ave, Brooklyn.


Saturday, February 6, 2010
DAY OF RAY! Saturday February 6th from noon - 6pm
Benefit show at Sidewalk Cafe!
Save Rays Benefit
NOON - Luigi Babe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAarta7LmdE (10 - 12 minutes)
12:15 - Reww http://www.myspace.com/rewstarr (10 - 12 minutes)
12:25 - Marilyn Kirby (10 - 12 minutes)
12:40 - 5 minute video by Pam Kray (5 minutes)
12:50 - Bowery Boys (Joff solo set) http://www.myspace.com/boweryboys (10 - 12 minutes)
1:05 - (comedian) Andrew Lisa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yGSlB16xXM (10 minutes)
1:15 - Shaker Pegs http://www.myspace.com/theshakerpegs (15 - 18 minutes)
1:35 - Elastic No-No Band (Justin solo set) http://www.myspace.com/elasticnonoband (10 - 12 minutes)
1:50 - (comedian) Steve Bossous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odAF-Rk_Mwo (10 minutes)
2:00 - Mike Winkler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0usif-3fniA&feature=related (10 - 12 minutes)
2:15 - A Brief View of the Hudson (Nick Nace solo set?) http://www.myspace.com/abriefviewofthehudson (10 - 12 minutes)
2:30 - Jordan Levinson http://www.myspace.com/abriefviewofthehudson (12 - 15 minutes)
2:50 - East River String Band http://www.myspace.com/eastriverstringband (15 - 18 minutes)
3:10 - Bill Murray Experience http://www.myspace.com/billmurrayexperience (12 - 15 minutes)
3:30 - (comedian) Johnny Lanzilloto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgPlRA7MLY0 (10 minutes)
3:40 - Nobody Can Dance http://www.myspace.com/ncd (15 - 18 minutes)
4:00 - Joe Yoga http://www.myspace.com/joeyoga (10 - 12 minutes)
4:15 - Master Lee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6J92bNlc0I (15 - 18 minutes)
4:35 - The Fools http://www.myspace.com/thefools_lostandfound (12 - 15 minutes)
4:50 - Daniella http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=402198570&blogId=496640181 (10 minutes)
5:00 - Jessica Delfino http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCbDRibcyVE&feature=related (12 - 15 minutes)
5:15 - Toby Goodshank http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCbDRibcyVE&feature=related (15 - 18 minutes)
5:45 - LIVE AUCTION!! The girls from NOW Young Feminist Task Force will be SOLD FOR DATES!!!
Please spread the word on your facebooks/myspaes/blogs/ write it on your belly.
The information for the day is:
DAY OF RAY! noon - 6 pm, musicians, comedians, performers, poets, girls getting auctioned.
$5 cover, all of which will be going to Ray. No drink minimums, but please encourage people to eat and buy drinks, because 15% of the sales from this show are also going towards the cause (in addition to the entrance fee and we'll be passing the hat multiple times throughout the show).
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Shellshag
2/6/2010 6:00 PM at Bowery Ballroom SHELLSHAG RECORD RELEASE 16+/-16 with parent[Don Giovanni Showcase]
6 Delancey St, New York, New York
Cost: $13 advance $15 door
Shellshag / Screaming Females record release show: Don Giovanni Records Showcase 2010 Shellshag ("Rumors In Disguise" CD/LP Record Release Show) forgetters Screaming Females ("Singles" CDEP Record Release Show) JEFF the Brotherhood The Measure (SA) Black Wine Groucho Marxists http://www.ticketmaster.com/Don-Giovanni-Records-WShellshag-Forgetters-Screaming-Females-tickets/artist/1389739 $13 in advance, $15 at the door 16+ or under 16 with a parent
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First Saturdays at Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, Misc.: 200 Eastern Parkway, free, 5-11pm
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UNSTEADY FREDDIE SURF ROCK SHINDIG
9 PM RALPH and THE RATTLERS
10PM The TarantinosNYC
11PM 9th WAVE
12AM MISTER NEUTRON
free at ottos shrunken head
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QxBxRx (Queers, Beers & Rears!)
3-Year Anniversary Bash!
Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow NYC
$10, 9PM doors, 21+
HOLY HAIL (ex-Fannypack) 10:30pm
http://www.myspace.com/holyhail
EDIE SEDGWICK & XSTINA MIDNIGHT (DC, Dischord Recs) 11:30pm
http://www.myspace.com/ediesedgwick
LOVE OR PERISH (ex-Peechees) 12:30am
http://www.myspace.com/loveorperishnyc
PONY PANTS (Philly) 1:30am
http://www.myspace.com/ponypants
Guest DJ MICHAEL CAVADIAS (aka Lily of the Valley) 2:30am
Resident DJs SIR LOINS, GO-KARFF & A.MARTINI
Open Bar 11-12 as always!
http://www.facebook.com/qxbxrx
http://www.myspace.com/qxbxrx
We'll also be celebrating Sir Loin's Birthday!!!
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ROCKABILLY PSYCHOSIS* @ Public Assembly
70 North 6th St - Brooklyn, NY
BUY TICKETS NOW!
Rebel Angel Productions Presents:
*ROCKABILLY PSYCHOSIS* NYC's only LIVE monthly rockabilly party!!
Saturday February 6th join us as we welcome Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray to the stage in "HEAVY TRASH".
Also Performing
Heavy Trash
Delco Nightingale
Jukebox Jodi and Her 45s
Howlin’ Thurstons
*Special Guest DJs and Dancers!
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the sweets shop cabaret night
Please join us as we welcome our special guests for the evening, three time Ascap award winning pianist & composer
Jesse Elder, the tapping tornado Helen Pontani, burlesque contortionist Harvest Moon and the vocal beatbox queen, Butterscotch! (America's Got Talent)..... sounds "Sweets" to me. ;-)
Your evening of decadence is filled with mouth-watering desserts, dinner, dazzling eye candy and enchanting live music with The Candy Shop Boys! Specialty drinks are available at the bar, including a cocktail created just for The Sweets' Shop.
The night begins at 10:30pm with two captivating sets by chanteuse Melody Sweets, accompanied by The Candy Shop Boys, presenting the best in burlesque, cabaret and other Vaudeville-style variety acts to satisfy your Sweets tooth!
The Sweets' Shop is every Saturday night at Duane Park Supper Club (157 Duane Street, between West Broadway & Hudson).
There is no cover, but there is a two-drink minimum.
Reservations are highly recommended for dinner, and can be made by calling
212.732.5555.
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The HOT CHIP OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY
WITH A DJ SET BY HOT CHIP
+ WE ARE WOLVES - LIVE!!!
Saturday February 6 at BROOKLYN BOWL
On Saturday Feb 6, it's our first party over at Brooklyn Bowl.
We are happy to announce that Hot Chip will be coming by after their earlier show to DJ for us...
Plus we are bringing the excellent We Are Wolves in to regale us all with a late night live performance (they'll be playing at 12.30am). If you've ever seen these guys play before, you know they bring the party.
Plus we'll be celebrating the release of Hot Chip's new album 'One Life Stand' (out Feb 9 on Astralwerks Records) with giveaways hosted by Filter Magazine
ADVANCE $10 TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE (GUARANTEED ADMISSION WITH ADVANCE TICKETS)
OR YOU CAN RSVP FOR $10 GUEST LIST : CLICK HERE gbh.tv
Brooklyn Bowl: 61 Wythe Ave (between N11 and N12)
Doors open at 11pm. 21+ with I.D.