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Theskint.com not all free, but mostly



Recommended art stuff
Most, but not all galleries are closed Sunday and Monday and usually open 11-6
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Andy Warhol-The Last Ten Years retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum. The first Saturday of the Month its free.
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Tension: New Works on the Rise
Kristin Ashley, Eric Kniss, Heath Montgomery, Sam Peck, christian.ryan, Melissa Sullivan, Matthew Thomason and Liliya Zalevskaya
Exhibition dates: August 05–22, 2010
Aug. 23–Sept. 08
Gallery closed
CHRISTINA RAY
30 Grand Street . NYC (map)
A/C/E to Canal Street










Monday, August 16, 2010
-Monday August 16th-
Roxy Cottontail & Shameless Present…
All Killer NO Filler
Featuring…
DJ Nire
+ DJ Reason
Hosted by…
Natty Monstaa
Alvon Miller
+ Roxy Cottontail
Open Absolut Brooklyn Bar 10-11:30
Live performance by Thirstin Howell III
Sway
305 Spring St
btwn Hudson & Greenwich
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we like Shark question mark
Painting, Fuck Fuck, Psycho Wipeout, Filmstrip, Shark? at Death By Audio
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at the bell house
MON 8/16: 7:30pm / $15 / Ages 18+
CLINIC
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Breedlove at St Jeromes. Funny cabaret songs at this tiny bar. $2 bud til midnight

Tuesday, August 17, 2010
the phantom of disco down
happy ending
302 broome and forsyth
New York, NY
twig the wonderkid, dj bastard, and rekLES spin a sexy selection of electro, new-wave, rawk, and indie
hosted by katherine le femme, alexandra the great, and great scott
...vodka open bar @ 11pm to midnite
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Tuesday August 17th 2010
GERMS presents:
"GIRL TROUBLE"...
Every Tuesday Night @ Gallery Bar (upstairs)
With DJs
Denny Le Nimh
Kids With Snakes
Jorge Balarezo
+Weekly Guests
Hosted By: The Hardly Boys
2-4-1 Well Drinks 10-12am
Real Photobooth
Faux DJs
Friends.
red lights, visuals, germs the chicken, bad decisions.
www.germsnyc.com


Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Dean Wareham plays 2 shows at the Rock Shop in BK, performing Galaxie 500 tunes.
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Wednesday, August 18, 7:30 PM
Foods of Brooklyn
Sherri Eisenberg, author of The Food Lovers' Guide to Brooklyn
With tastings from local restaurants No. 7, Cake Man Raven, Habana Outpost, and more
And prints of photographs from the book by Michael Harlan Turkell
Greenlight Bookstore | 686 Fulton Street | Brooklyn | NY | 11217
Our beloved borough of Brooklyn is not only a literary mecca, but a paradise for local food culture as well! With world-class restaurants, talented food artisans, and fresh local markets galore, there's a lot to explore. Author Sherri Eisenberg is an award winning travel writer and has been wandering the globe for over a decade, penning pieces on restaurants and hotels in places like Bora Bora and Bangkok; in Food Lovers' Guide to Brooklyn she turns her palate to her own hometown, exploring the tried and true icons as well as the outposts of New Brooklyn Cuisine. To bring you a real taste of Brooklyn, several of our favorite local restaurants will offer free tastings of their wares at the event. And for the first time, photographer Michael Harlan Turkell will display the mouth-watering food photographs he took for the book. Stay tuned for an updated lineup of participating restaurants, and join us for a tasty way to spend an August evening!



Thursday, August 19, 2010
Clinic play at Joes Pub in NYC
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at union hall in park slope
THU 8/19: 8pm / $8
Dead Flowers Productions presents
THE PAUL COLLINS BEAT
MOTHER'S CHILDREN (CANADA)
THE ANABOLICS
THE SUICIDE DOLLS
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Lovestruck play public assembly
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http://www.brooklynconcerts.com/seaside.html
free concert in asser levy park by The B52s with special guest Belinda Carlisle!
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Greenlight Bookstore | 686 Fulton Street | Brooklyn | NY | 11217
Thursday, August 19, 7:30 PM
Steamboat: A Literary Humor Series
Hosted by Bob Powers & Jason Reich
Featuring Larry Doyle, author of Go, Mutants!
Mike Rubens, author of The Sheriff of Yrnameer
Robin Epstein, author of God Is In The Pancakes
On the third Thursday of every month, join Bob Powers (author of Happy Cruelty Day) and Jason Reich (former writer for The Daily Show), as they welcome the city's best humor writers for a night of wine-addled text-based hilarity.
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at bowery ballroom
Thu 8/19
Dean Wareham Plays Galaxie 500
Dean Wareham
Crystal Stilts
sold out,but bowery usually has some tix at door

Friday, August 20, 2010
at brooklyn bowl
Tickets $5.00 - $7.00 MADONNATHON – The 9th Annual MADONNA Birthday TributeLIVE performances by Cathy Cervenka , Amber Martin, Militia, Kiki Hawkins, Bridget Everett,, Tammy Faye Starlite, Mark Rinzel, Emily Strigl, Michal the Girl, The Material Boys + Dozens more TBA Fri 8/20
Brooklyn Bowl
Doors: 6:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
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from the nonsense list
Sky Box End of Summer Variety Show
Monthly Variety Shows are extra special because they happen every month. After a huge success in July with our largest crowd ever and a write up in the New York Times, we've put together an all new line up of all-star aerial acts for August. Whether your missed last month's epic show or you want to come back for more, August's show is a great opportunity to see what all the fuss about aerial is about. Featuring Sky Box co-founder Jordann Baker and burlesque and trapeze wonder Harvest Moon, this month's show will also include doubles lyra, corde lisse, rope, silk, trapeze and whatever surprises MC Kae Burke has up her sequined sleeves!
The House of Yes
342 Maujer Street, at Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn
L train to Grand Street station
8p doors, 9p show; $10
theskybox.org


Saturday, August 21, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 6:00 PM
After Party for the Fort Greene Park Literary Festival
Music, refreshments, and signing with Festival authors and hosts
The 6th annual Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival will present a free outdoor reading on August 21st at 3:00 PM at the top of the park, featuring young writers (seven to eighteen-year-olds) reading alongside six poets who have appeared at the annual Calabash International Literary Festival in Jamaica and in the anthology So Much Things to Say: Kwame Dawes, Gregory Pardlo, Willie Perdomo, Carl Hancock Rux, Patricia Smith, and Cheryl Boyce Taylor. Created by the wonderful Fort Greene nonprofit organization New York Writers Coalition, this exciting event brings several generations of writers together to build on the rich literary traditions of the neighborhoods surrounding beautiful Fort Greene Park.
Greenlight is honored to be the alternate "rain venue" for the event, and to welcome all of the authors and audience to the bookstore after the event for music, mingling, refreshments, and a chance to purchase copies of So Much Things to Say and get them autographed by the featured authors.
Greenlight Bookstore | 686 Fulton Street | Brooklyn | NY | 11217
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SATURDAY AUGUST 21 at 3:00pm
--ZANN (hc-germany!)
--BLACK KITES (hc-nj)
--FULL OF HELL (heavy hardcore-Maryland)
7 buck punk rock matinee at
ABC No Rio
156 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 254-3697
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Mods Love Rockers
Saturday, August 21 at 10:00pm
Location: Beauty Bar Brooklyn
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SONS & HEIRS (A TRIBUTE TO THE SMITHS & MORRISSEY) PLAYING LIVE
WITH A DJ SET BY ANDY ROURKE OF THE SMITHS
SATURDAY AUGUST 21 AT BROOKLYN BOWL
FREE WITH RSVP: CLICK HERE
http://newyork.going.com/thesmithslive#
When you arrive, tell the doorperson you are on the GBH guest list.
Brooklyn Bowl: 61 Wythe Ave (between N11 and N12)
Doors at 9pm. 21+ with I.D.
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at southpaw
Saturday, 8/21
CouchSurfing Festival with Locksley / Julius C / Raccoon Fighter
18+ w/ ID
admission: $10
door time: 8pm
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8/21 - Sailor Jerry Presents The Giraffes & Fresh Kills @ 217 Houston St.
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from the nonsense ny list
Wonder Wheel Music Marathon
Deb Noble Blue Stingray. With Reverb Galaxy, Sean Kershaw and the Terrible Twos, Strange But Surf, the Octomen, Superbug, and Alien Surfer Babes (debut) with the Octomen.
12th Street, on the boardwalk, in front of Deno's Wonder Wheel, Brooklyn
2-8p; $free
917 748 9205






Sunday, August 22, 2010
Sadly this show is cancelled....
Sun 8/22
3:00 PM The Specials, Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears, $mall Change
Central Park Summerstage All Ages free
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from the nonsense ny list
Volkswagen Traffic Jam Classic VW Car Show
More than 75 vintage Volkswagens roll onto Governors Island for a first-of-its-kind car show and picnic that is open to all. Meet beetles, buses, Things, dune buggies, and other colorful, classic VWs from the 1950s–1970s and the drivers who love them. People's Choice wins this car show and spectators attend free. So come vote on your favorites and picnic with us for a day of VDub love, food, drink, music, events, and more.
Governors Island
Leave from the Battery Maritime Building in Manhattan every half hour and from Pier 6 at Atlantic Avenue every 15 minutes
10a-4p, 2:30p awards
718 857 9022
volkswagentrafficjam.com
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jellynyc pool party at east river state park
AUGUST 22nd - Curated by Fools Gold
Chromeo
SECRET SPECIAL GUEST!
The Suzan
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blues and bbq
Sunday, Aug 22, 2-9pm, rain or shine
Hudson River Park’s Pier 54 at W.14th St. FREE
2:30pm
Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King Band
3:45pm
Janiva Magness
5pm
Joe Louis Walker featuring
Murali Coryell
6:15pm
Teeny Tucker Review
7:30pm
Cyril Neville
Back for the 11th year, Hudson River Park's Blues BBQ brings the best blues bands from across the country together with the finest New York City BBQ restaurants for a fantastic day on the river!
Program is subject to change.
Brother Jimmy’s BBQ
Char No.4
Dinosaur Bar B Que
Fatty ‘Cue
Telephoned
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Clean out your closets
New York City
SWAP-O-RAMA-RAMA is Here!
http://www.swaporamarama.org
Sunday August 22nd
Nuyorican Poets Cafe: 236 East 3rd Street (B/C)
11am to 4pm
contact: theabomb@superstopandswap.com with any questions or
visit our local blog: http://www.superstopandswap.com/
$10 adults / $5 kids + bag of your clean unwanted clothing (minimum 4 articles of clothes)