Friday, February 19, 2010

Weekend picks

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Recommended art stuff
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.
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Chris Biddy "New Message" -cool watercolors
February 11, 2009, at Bill Brady~ATM, 542 West 24th, New York, NY 10011
- March 23, 2010
http://www.atmgallery.com/
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Thru march 8
http://lyonswiergallery.com/
Current Exhibition:
February 12 – March 8, 2010
Terri Thomas “Hedone”
Melodie Provenzano “It’s My Birthday!”
175 Seventh Avenue (at W20th Street)
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Yuken Teruya
Earn A Lot of Money
No Need Send Any Letter
Send Money Home First
February 18 - March 25, 2010
Josée Bienvenu Gallery is pleased to present Earn A Lot of Money; No Need Send Any Letter; Send Money Home First, an exhibition featuring a five channel video installation, new sculptures and photographs by Yuken Teruya.
http://www.joseebienvenugallery.com
Josee Bienvenu Gallery - 529 West 20th Street, New York, NY , 10011, United States
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Banks Violette
February 12 - April 17, 2010
Gladstone Gallery, in collaboration with Team Gallery, is pleased to announce a new installation by Banks Violette. Violette's work ranges from haunting yet exquisitely rendered graphite drawings to sculptural installations composed of cast salt, light, and sound.
Gladstone Gallery
530 West 21st Street
New York




Friday, February 19, 2010
Size DOES Matter, an art exhibition curated by Shaquille O'Neal,
(http://www.flagartfoundation.org/upcoming/ ), Feb
19 opening, 6-8pm, through May 27, Wed-Sat, noon-5pm
Size DOES Matter
at the Flag Art Foundation
545 W 25th St, 9th Floor
(near 11th Ave)
New York, NY 10001
212-206-0220
http://www.flagartfoundation.org/
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Bookstore Café Events
Tumblr Reads: Internet Writers IRL
Friday, February 19, 2010 at 6:30 PM
.Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012 :: 212-334-3324
Join the Tumblr community for an open bar reception and live performance to celebrate writing, reading, and the art of the second draft. Writers from the popular blogging platform will share their work, make you laugh, and save the Internet from their waning attention spans. Featuring Julie Klausner, Choire Sicha, Meaghan O’Connell, Will Leitch, Emily Gould, Matthew Gallaway, Edith Zimmerman, Bailey Kennedy, Halle Kiefer, Melissa Gira Grant, Foster Kamer, and Diana Vilibert.
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at trash bar in williamburg..THE NAKED HEROES, THE BAMBOO KIDS, THE RATS, SORCERESS, MINI-BOONE, THE GHOST TONGUE
OPEN BAR 8-9!
The Naked Heroes 12:15 - (Brooklyn Ass Shaking Rock and Roll)
The Bamboo Kids 11:30 - (Still lazy after all these years!)
The Rats 10:45 (Young and brash garage punk phenoms!)
Sorceress 10:00 (Super Slinky Cosmik Glam Sounds!)
MiniBoone 9:15 (Our new labelmates on Drug Front Records!)
lots of good loud stuff at this one
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Shark? play at some unknown loft
2/19/2010 8:00 PM at Fort Useless w/ The Whisperians
, Bushwick,
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Friday, February 19th // 9pm // $12 w/ RSVP, $15 w/o
PopGun Booking Presents: Secret Machines + Bear In Heaven
w/ Mon Khmer, Noveller, PAPA
at glasslands
http://glasslands.blogspot.com/
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free at Ottos-REBEL NIGHT
NYC's only Rockabilly (50's Rock n' Roll) Party.
Listen to good music, show off your vintage clothing and dance Jive, Bop and Stroll (Beginners who want to learn should come early)!
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Subway Soul Club
2/19/2010 10:00 PM at The Loft’
70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, BROOKLYN, New York NY 11211
Cost: $6
Dance all night to 60’s Northern Soul, Motown and Go-Go Grooves spun by resident DJ Phast Phreddie and guests Miss Mary Clancey and DJ Mitch Hardtop.Our new venue is a big white room with a WOODEN FLOOR and A BAR in a private space with a mirror ball and groovy projections on the wall. The entrance is an unmarked door between Public Assembly and Williamsburg Hall of Music. You wouldn’t know it was a club! Look for the Subway soul poster on the door and just head up the stairs.
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Mad Breaks Tea Party
Host: Urban Cabaret
Start Time: Friday, February 19, 2010 at 10:00pm
End Time: Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 6:00am
Location: Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary
Street: 778 Bergen Street
City/Town: Brooklyn, NY
Mad Breaks Tea Party bringing you the best break beats and all for $5 less!!!
$20 at the door. Presale Tickets $15. Get ready to take a trip down the Rabbit Hole…..
Experience Alice in Wonderland with thundering beats and other treats! The hard working folks at Urban Cabaret are bringing you the sickest breaks out there…. If you’ve been to Burning Man, the Do Lab, Coachella, Lighting in the Bottle - you know what we are talking about: The sexy dark & dirty sound from the West! And we're mixing it up with the hot ass rough & edgy East Coast sound.
But this tea party doesn’t stop here… FEAST your eyes on aerialists above, sensational fire spinners, sip tea in the Mad Hatter’s garden, or smoke with the Caterpillar in his Hookah Lounge…… black light wonders and adventure awaits!
We will take you to a place....Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as MAD as a HATTER!!
So wear your finest costumes, your best Cheshire Cat smile, be the Queen of Hearts or put on your mad hats…… down the Rabbit Hole we go!
Line-Up:
MARTY PARTY
BRADEN
KARIM SO
BARNEY ILLER
Performances by:
KAE BURKE - aerials fantastic from the House of Yes taking your breath away.
THE BEX - she will make this night sizzling with the magical things she does with her fire batons.
and more soon to be announced!
Art and Experiences:
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS’ DANCE BOARD & all round art direction by SUSAN BUCK
Smoke away with the Caterpillar in our MUSHROOM HOOKAH LOUNGE by GREGORY SKOLOZDRA.
Come to LADY TARA's SALON have her read your fortune and tell you what tarot cards have to say.
Experience a Tea Party you won't forget in THE MAD HATTERS' TEA GARDEN with CHEF JEANINE from MÉLANGE INTERNATIONALE (http://www.melangeinternationale.com/)
This event is 21+ and costumes are required.
** SPACE IS LIMITED!! Presale tickets strongly encouraged to guarantee entry **
Get tickets here:
https://urbancabaret.ticketleap.com/MadBreaksTeaParty
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Friday, February 19th
TRASH!
@ The Studio
125 E 11th St
Use the Separate Basement Entrance for Webster Hall
212-353-1600
10PM Doors 19+ w/ID
$5 with flyer from DJJESSNYC.COM or with RSVP to trash@djjessnyc.com
$10 without
Special Guest DJ
CASSETTE
Guest Photographer
DARKROOMDEMONS.COM
With Your Resident DJs
DJ JESS (NC-17, Carpe PM)
ALEX MALFUNCTION
Spinning Postpunk.Newave.Indie.Electro.Disco.Glam.Rocknroll.
Late Nite Cabaret By
MADAME ROSEBUD
ROJA ROUGE
2-4-1 DRINKS @ 3AM
Hosted By
TWIG THE WONDERKID (Glamdammit)
Trashy Go-Gos
GINGER M.D.
DR. PEACHES WELLINGTON
$3 PBR
WHISKEY & VODKA SPECIALS
Dress Code Enforced by Door Whore
BRENDON JAMES
West Coast Hipster: American Apparel, Tan, Blonde Highlights
GBH Presents Upstairs
KISSY SELL OUT
DAS RACIST
Find Pictures, Music, Events, & Evidence at
DJJESSNYC.COM


Saturday, February 20, 2010
afternoon show with great acts
Two Tears, The Thing with Two Heads, WLWL @ Metropolis Vintage 20th Anniversary Party (@ store) FREE
Sat, February 20, 2pm – 9pm
43 3rd ave, new york, ny
Metropolis Show (1pm – 7pm)
1:00 – 4:00 The Thing With Two Heads DJ set
4:00 – 7:00 Jonathan Toubin DJ set
3:00 Nervous Assistant
4:00 Two Tears
5:00 WLWL
After-Party at Don Pedros (8pm – overdose)
8:30 Othermen
9:00 Foster Care
9:30 Back CCs
10:00 We March
10:30 Ex Humans
11:00 Baby Shakes
11:30 Born Loose
12:00 Black Clouds
12:30 Terrible Twos
1:00 Liquor Store
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art opening
Akiyuki Ina: Emitting Evanescent Beauty
Feb. 16th – Mar. 6th
Opening Reception: Feb. 20th, 7-10pm
http://open-source-gallery.org/?cat=5
255 17th street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
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Crystal Stilts
The Beets / Christmas Island / Beach Fossils / The German Measles
Venue: Music Hall of Williamsburg
Date: Sat 2/20
Notes: 18+
Doors 7:30 PM / Show 8:30 PM
$13 advance / $15 day of show
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Byrds of Paradise
2/20/2010 8:00 PM at BRUAR FALLS W/ PYGMY SHREWS, GOLDEN GIRLS, TOUGH KNUCKLES
245 Grand Street, BROOKLYN, New York 11211
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Crafty dANS 30th birthday show
w/ Mischief Brew(Acoustic), Sweet Ones, Ivan and The Terribles, Guitar Bomb, Crazy and The Brains
Start Time: Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 8:00pm
End Time: Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 1:00am
Location: Party Expo
Street: 929 Broadway
City/Town: Brooklyn, NY
dAN tREIBERs 30th birthday show with:
5 Mischief Brew (acoustic Erik Peterson))
4 The Sweet Ones
3 Ivan and The Terribles
2 Guitar Bomb
1 Crazy and The Brains
at: Party Expo at 929 Broadway (Brooklyn)
doors 8PM
7 bucks
www.craftyrecords.net for info
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Othermen
2/20/2010 10:00 PM at OPEN BAR 10-12! AT DON PEDRO’S!!!!!!!
90 Manhattan ave, Brooklyn, New York
METROPOLIS FEST!!!!!!!!!! FOSTER CARE THE OTHERMEN LIQUOR STORE
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Les Touffes Krétiennes (crazy french brass band)
2/20/2010 10:00 PM at NEW YORK (USA) "113 Ludlow Street"
, MEHANATA-BULGARIAN BAR
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free music at Ottos-you really must see trauma team if you like punk rock
7 PM LIVE MUSIC
7pm CAUGHT IN A TRAP
8pm RED EYED DEVIL
9pm ENDANGERED FECES
10pm SEIZURE CRYPT
11pm TRAUMA TEAM 666
12am RAPID DEPLOYMENT FORCE
1am BAMBI KILLERS
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twist and shout beauty bar dance party
twig the wonderkid and friends spin some good ol' tyme rock n roll, motown, girl groups, and bubble gum
live performance by max geronimo @ 10pm
special guest dj glamourpuss
pbr open bar 12-1am
saturday february 20th - no cover
beauty bar 921 broadway and myrtle ave brooklyn
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Floating Kabarette
Hosted by Olga & Bjorn! Starring: Jenny Rocha & Her Painted Ladies, Broadway Brassy, Max Darwin, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Dirty Martini, Ekaterina the Great and Jan Manke.
Doors: 10:00pm *FREE for first 100 ($5 thereafter) | show: 10:30pm
Tix: FREE
at galapagos art space
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Saturday, February 20th
TISWAS
@ Don Hill's
511 Greenwich St corner of Spring St.
Live Performance By
GOODFINGER (Goodfingermusic.com)
With Your DJs NICK MARC + SPIKY PHIL
Plus
DJ JESS
PABST BLUE RIBBON Open Bar 11-12!
For reduced list email names to rsvp@tiswasnyc.com
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SATURDAYS AT TRIBECA GRAND
GrandLife, self-titled & The Pop Manifesto present:
Memory Tapes (Live)
DJ sets by:
XXXchange
Tanlines
Minimal Wave
Tribeca Grand Hotel (Church & White)
Doors at 10 pm
Open Svedka Bar 10 pm - 11 pm
Free with RSVP: http://email.grandlifenyc.com/rd/9z1z5mhoq1s9f9hpi96i9l7he02oettm63vi94jqs2o
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the Soul Clap and Dance-Off returns to its Glasslands Gallery home Saturday. As always, this month’s Soul Clap will feature all-night dancing to the exquisitely dynamic 45rpm ’60s soul magic of New York Night Train soul proprietor Mr. Jonathan Toubin - plus a 1AM Dance-Off for a $100 grand prize presided over by the lovely MC Laura Leigh and a distinguished panel of judges consisting of the following pillars of the local community
- Vice’s Nicholas Gazin – illustrator, blogger, promoter, photographer, and all-around mustachioed renaissance fella
- Georgia Walker of Darryl K (and former NY Night Train ppc!)
- Dr Lila Wolf - rock and roll chiropractor to the stars
- Daniel Barcelowsky - film maker and leader of NYC rhythmic dark post-punk sensation Preacher and the Knife
- Stephanie Williams of Beacon's Closet
Doors and dancing start at MIDNIGHT immediately following the WIlliamsburg Fashion Week party.
Also, don't forget to follow Mr Toubin to afterhours at the Badlands after the jam...



Sunday, February 21, 2010
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST
Brooklyn Brewery & Brooklyn Bowl Present
// LOCAL X LOCAL //
THE PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND
with MIDNIGHT MAGIC
FREE
Sunday, February 21st marks the first Local X Local, a monthly event presented by Brooklyn Brewery & Brooklyn Bowl which celebrates Brooklyn’s local art & music community. This edition of Local X Local features The Phenomenal Handclap Band. The Brewery & the Bowl invite you to a special night of music, art, and food.
RSVP NOW ON FACEBOOK for $2 Brooklyn Brewery Lager Special from 7p – 10p!!!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=260369654453
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BIG TEN INCH: A 78 RPM Listening Party!
"Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus and his swingin' pals will spin 78s for a groovy early Sunday evening soiree."
What: Bar Night
Start Time: Sunday, February 21 at 5:00pm
End Time: Sunday, February 21 at 9:00pm
Where: The Bell House (FRONTier Room)
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CineKink NYC / 2010
"The kinky film festival!"
Sunday, February 21
6:00 pm/Awards Celebration
8:30 pm/AfterGlow Party
Are you ready? Jump in now!
http://cinekink.com/program
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An evening of kinky entertainment that will thrill you whether you're just exploring your wild side or have already drawn a map of it. Celebrate the Birthday of world class Fetish Model Julie Simone! Thrill to Fetish Performances & a video premier by Felix The Latex Slave! Dance as Resident DJ Xris SMack! & Special Guest DJ Xtine spin Goth, Industrial, EBM and whatever else they feel like! Experience a spanking from house dominatrix Goddess Narcissa & The Mistresses of Le Salon De Sade! Behold as kinky Go Go Dancers Machine Sex, Amber Star & Kerri Taylor shake it as they have never shaken it before! Take a personal day Monday and get your Sunday Night Fixe! Dresscode: Fetish, Goth, Pinup, Formal, All Black, Dress to Impress! Sunday February 21st 10 PM to 4 AM @ Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker St. New York, $5 In advance $10 at the door. Advance tix available direct from fixemagazine.com

Monday, February 22, 2010
one of our fave bands, Des Roar, play at the Cameo in Wburg....8 to 11 pm
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The next GLAD ALL OVER! installment of rock and roll and freak and fun is at FONTANA'S this Monday night featuring...
DEAD PHONES
DISCOVERY
BROTHERS
...nicely intertwined with the tunes of DJ IN BETWEEN!
miss jilly serves up $3 Rolling Rocks, $4 Tecates, $6 RR & a shot, and $6 well drinks all night!! All for the entry fee of NADA.
Doors @ 9pm.
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Sandworms
2/22/2010 8:00 PM at Death By Audio
, Brooklyn, New York
Cost: $666
Holy Shit, Passive Aggressor, The Marshmallows? (I think?), Sandworms
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at petes candy store in wburg
MON 2/22 OCD Lecture Series 7:30
FIRE IT UP: The Secrets of Backyard Jet Propulsion w/Hackett
It is safe to say that most people dream of creating a homemade rocket. But few of us have the gumption to actually do it. Enter Hackett, champion of the Pulse Jet, a loud, filthy, unsafe jet contraption that can be built with scrap metal, and needs a leaf blower and a blowtorch to ignite. As a member of the Madagascar Institute, Hackett has built a jet-powered bike, a jet-powered merry-go-round, and is working on the holy-grail of a Jet Pack.
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Sweet & Nasty: LITTLE MONSTERS
Special location! This month in Manhattan!
Host: Sweet & Nasty Burlesque
Date: Monday, February 22, 2010
Time: 10:00pm - 11:45pm
Location: PINK (@blvd)
Street: 199 Bowery at Spring St.
City/Town: New York, NY
The playground of the striptease gliterati has long been Sweet and Nasty Burlesque - and now these beautiful beasts bare all at PINK as Nasty Canasta brings her tassel-twirling night of LITTLE MONSTERS to Manhattan.
Perfectly situated at the opulent yet intimate PINK, their February extravaganza LITTLE MONSTERS will celebrate the decadence and voluptuousness of the Rhinestone Elite. Enjoy dinner, drinks and debauchery with some of NYC's biggest burlesque stars: the go-go begins at 9pm, with two sets of spectacular striptease starting at 10pm. Step into the paparazzi glare with Nasty Canasta and the fierce and fabulous B.B. Heart, Madame Rosebud, Ruby Valentine and Tigger! at LITTLE MONSTERS, a glamour-studded night of burlesque and fabulousness at PINK for one night only!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Les Touffes Krétiennes (crazy french brass band)
2/23/2010 9:00 PM at NEW YORK (USA) "East Village"
, Lit Lounge, 93 2nd ave with
Spines
She Bangs 9pm
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this band plays in NYC more than many nyc bands do.
JEFF the brotherhood
2/23/2010 9:00 PM at death by audio (w/ screaming females & stupid party)
, brooklyn, New York
Cost: $8
doors: 8PM. tickets sold at the door only.


Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Copycat, a night of cover songs presents
A Tribute To Chuck Berry!
Dj Xerox spins crazy covers and rocking remixes of all the
hits (rock, indie, old wave and new)
PLUS Live music acts in the back room. Some
of your favorite artists play cover versions of their favorite songs.
Tonights bands
The Dirty Shames
Charlie and the Crybabies
The Nadines
Super duper special Guest DJ Phast Phreddie!
NO COVER
Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday!
at Ottos Shrunken Head, 538 East 14 Street, Near avenue B
10 pm to 4 am
L Train to First Avenue
Copycatnyc.com

Thursday, February 25, 2010
VICE/Scion Garage Show Presents:
The Dirtbombs and Davilia 666
When: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Where: The Knitting Factory 361 Metropolitan Ave. Brooklyn, NY
FREE With RSVP! RSVP is strictly required @ www.scion.com/garageshow
Early arrival is suggested as space is limited. Entry is not guaranteed. Line up is subject to change. Event is 21+
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The Losers Lounge
Tribute to The Carpenters!
Thursday: February 25, 26, 27
at Joe's Pub
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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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