Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Picks

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Check out these sites for great free things

Freenyc.net for everything
myopenbar.com for booze
artcards.cc for openings
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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Check with artcards.cc for openings, chelseaartgalleries.com for shows...
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Lori Nix at Clamp art
Ground Floor
521-531 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10001
(646) 230-0020
Thru december 12
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art opening
Avner Ben-Gal
Smackville
11 November - 23 December, 2010
Bortolami | 520 West 20th Street | New York | NY | 10011
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Thursday, 11/11 to Monday, 11/22
10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Canstruction
the Canstruction design competition and exhibition (free; bring a canned food donation). Teams of top architecture and engineering professionals will gather to create staggeringly enormous structures built entirely from cans of food (click here to see photos). The sculptural works will then be dismantled just in time for Thanksgiving and donated to City Harvest. Winter Garden at the World Financial Center, 200 Vesey St. (at West St.); 212-417-7050 or artsworldfinancialcenter.com

Wednesday, November 24, 2010
SHAKEN & STIRRED
Every Wednesday Night
The Delancey
168 Delancey Street between Clinton & Attorney
www.thedelancey.com
Doors 9PM, 21+ W/ID
Each week a different cast of NYC's finest burlesque stars and most gorgeous gaggle of go-go performers presents a night of high spirited entertainment with free huckleberry vodka shots served throughout the night. Dance to the infectious tunes of DJ JESS and enjoy the charming ladies of Sugar Shack Burlesque:
RUNAROUND SUE & SCOOTER PIE!
Free Huckleberry Vodka Shots provided after each burlesque set by 44 Degrees North. Airing live from location each week at www.nycliverock.com!
This week starring:
LIL MISS LIXX
BROWN BETTY
NASTY CANASTA
DOWNSTAIRS:
MONDO PORNO
EDITRIXABBY's inimitable evening of rock and raunch! She'll be tossingout free smut between bands!Featuring:
9: Hip/Hop/Rock from Punchfunklove
10: Dark, electronically-tinged rock by The Amatory Murder
11: A near deaf experience with the hard rockin' Pale Horse
12: Power punk rock from Ingrid and the Defectors
ON THE ROOFTOP:
The kkids of KOSTUME KULT are still coming down from the high of ZombieCon and their VoodooBoogaloo Halloween. Now they're gearing upfor SantaCon. If you've been hearing about their extreme costumingexploits and are eager to learn more, join them on Delancey's deck fora Meet & Greet.
NO COVER!
Stay late for the special SECRET TRACK at 1am.
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KENNY KENNY & JOEY ISREAL PRESENT....
AMANDA LEPORE'S BIG TOP!
A BIG, THICK THANK YOU
The FINAL episode WED, NOV 24
THANKSGIVING EVE
WITH YOUR HOSTS:
AMANDA LEPORE, JORDAN FOX, VERUCA LA PIRANHA,
MARCO OVANDO, DARIAN DARLING, MILES DENIRO
& MALIK SO CHIC
JUGGLERS, CONTORTIONISTS, FLYING TRAPEZE, GO GO BOYS,
FREAKS, QUEENS, CLOWNS, BOOZE & CARNIVAL GAMES
SHOW: *MISS TICKEL* DOES THE SWAN SONG
MUSIC: CAZWELL & PAISLEY DALTON in the BIG TOP
& DJ W.JEREMY in The FUNHOUSE
RUNWAY FASHION SHOW BY THE AMAZING JULIA CLANCEY @ 10 :30
NEW MUSIC VIDEO RELEASE OF ...
"I'LL SHOW YOU" ft REDMAN BY RAQUEL REED
DOOR: MARKUS
OPEN @ 10PM FREE BEFORE 11pm/ $5 AFTER
CARNIVAL
BOWLMOR , 110 UNIVERSITY PLACE


Thursday, November 25, 2010
Nom Nom
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not much goes on thanksgiving, but theres this. Sometimes the downstairs isn't open, but this is the official listing saying it is...
NC-17 in the Seedy Basement of Lit
93 2nd Ave btwn 5th & 6th St
Not suitable for children under 21
With Your Host & DJs
DJ JESS (TRASH!, Carpe PM)
JEREMY BASTARD (Disco Down)
Spinning Dance.Postpunk.Indie.Rock.Glam.Disco.
Vodka OPEN BAR At Midnight
- Rock n' Roll Bartenders
- Indie Kids in their Undies
- Live Bands
Mention JESS or BASTARD at the door for FREE admission!
93 2nd ave
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TISWAS -- THANKSGIVING PARTY, VODKA OPEN BAR 10:30 -11:30!!
10:30pm - Friday at 4:00am
Location Beauty Bar
231 East 14th St. (btw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.)
New York, NY
TISWAS
THANKSGIVING PARTY!
Thursday 25 Novemeber
with DJ NICK MARC + guests
Complimentary Vodka Drinks 10:30 - 11:30
BEAUTY BAR
231 East 14 St. (btw. 2nd & 3rd Aves) NYC.
10pm - 4am, 21+ w/ID
NO COVER
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recipe for food poisoning...
Thanksgiving Thirds w/Mr Jonathan Toubin & Sam Jayne
Tomorrow at 8:00pm - Friday at 4:00am
Location Enid's
560 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, NY
Stuck in NYC for Thanksgiving? JONATHAN TOUBIN (up in the tower with his 45s) and SAM JAYNE (behind the bar with his bottles) are remaining to spend quality family time with you!
Enid's bar opens at 6pm on Thanksgiving for drinks and around 8 or 9, New York Night Train's annual Thanksgiving Thirds Leftovers Dance Party gradually starts unfolding. Bring your leftovers and eat everybody else's. This a North Brooklyn tradition and an epic gathering of the tribes!
Plenty of eating, drinking, and dancing 'til 4am... and absolutely free...
Oh yeah, $5 frozen Harrisons!



Friday, November 26, 2010
the GREAT INDOORS on Black Friday
Friday at 9:00pm - Saturday at 5:00am
Location Gowanus Ballroom
55 9th St. Bldg. 61
Brooklyn, NY
DJs Dirtyfinger
$mall ¢hange
Uproot Andy
Stache
Come see our boat radial if you missed our launch event!
It's wilder than the outdoors. Work off your Thanksgiving love handles in a 12,000-square-foot indoor adventureland! Zip lines, hot dog skeet shooting, heated pool, non-conventional exercise machines, stilt croquet, ping pong, badminton, dirty uncle pony rides, bike blender smoothies. maple/ bacon infused shots. GUARANTEED FULLLON IDIASSY
9PM-10PM OPEN BAR . 3AM-3:30AM FREE SHOTS
55 9th Street. bldg 61, Brooklyn.
F or G to Smith/9th St.
$15 cover, $10 with costume or Thanksgiving leftovers, $5 before 11pm.
Dress: "hunting casual."
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free at ottos shrunken head
REAL GONE!
REAL GONE! is your monthly party thrown by the Beat This crew, consisting of Captain Heartlock, January 1963, KittyBeat and Dr. Jones - we spin nothing but vinyl viral sonic candy - Rare garage, psych, exploito library, soul and 6-tees rock and roll abound for your pleasure! Exotic elixirs in skull shaped mugs fill your head with reckless desire. All this for no cover on a Friday night.
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Friday, Nov 26th
TRASH!
At The Studio
125 E 11th St
Use the Separate Entrance for "The Studio" at Webster Hall
212-353-1600
10PM Doors 19+ w/ID
$5 with Mask / $10 without
With Your Resident DJs
DJ JESS (NC-17, Carpe PM)
ALEX MALFUNCTION
Spinning Electro.Indie.Newave.Disco.Pop.
DIGITALISM
Single Release Party
Late Night Cabaret By
MINNIE TONKA
COCO LA PEARL
With Your Hosts
TYLER STONE
And
TWIG THE WONDERKID (Glamdammit)
Trashy Go-Gos
BETTINA MAY
TOY
$6 PBR with WHISKEY SHOTS
$5 VODKA COCKTAILS
2-4-1 DRINKS @ 3AM
Dress Code Enforced by Door Whore
BRENDON JAMES:
New Wave Ravers & Post Punk Rockers



Saturday, November 27, 2010
free at ottos shrunken head
THEE MIDNITE MONSTER HOP-Last Sat. of every month
MIKE MORTICIAN spins the rockabilly voodoo & rhythm'n'ooze from 10pm to oblivion! With some of the most incredible, Psycho-Rock-a-Billy bands performing from all over the world!
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CIRCUS at WEBSTER HALL
CIRCUS: FREAKSHOW
At Webster Hall
125 E 11th St btwn 3rd & 4th Ave
212-353-1600
10PM Doors 19+ w/ID
$15 Advance Tix Available here
$30 at the Door DOS
DJ JESS hosts a vaudevillian night of rock n' roll, new wave, disco, & pop at the FREAKSHOW, party of Webster Hall's over-arcing CIRUCS party! Featuring four floors of burlesque, aerialists, go-gos, snake charmers, & more, CIRCUS is NYC's largest themed dance party regularly drawing thousands of party-goers each week. The fun begins as you walk past the velvet-rope stilt-walkers to enter the venue. See the spectacular visuals in the new Art Bar, Hear DJ Ray Roc slam the mash-ups in the Marlin Room as Sean Sharp spins the best reggae and hip-hop in the balcony lounge. And then marvel as ringmaster extraordinaire Shane Savant presents a cadre of fire-eaters, exotic dancers, avant-clowns and death-defying aerialists as part of the best dance party on earth in the Grand Ballroom after midnight. All the while, starting at 11:30PM, FREAKSHOW undulates underground in The Studio, with DJ JESS and his misfits from the seedy underground of NYC.
This Week Featuring:
ROGIZOID SHATTERZ
GO GO HARDER
MADAME ROSEBUD
TOY
BETTINA MAY
Enjoy the Party for only $1 with Webster Hall's "Dollar Daze" Promotion!


Monday, November 29, 2010
Finally its here after fire forced its postponement! And its on a MONDAY
Copycat: A night of cover songs presents:
Copycat De Lux Mega Fest- Early 8 pm start time!
A tribute to Lux Interior and the Cramps
with DJ Xerox and special guests spinning cover songs inspired by and songs that inspired the Cramps
with Super Special Guest DJs
Ursula 1000 and Mike Mortician
with special live performances by
Labretta Suede and the Motel Six
Twin Guns-Featuring Jungle Jim Chandler, drummer for the Cramps 2003-4
LoveStruck
The Hydes- 8 pm
Free!
Special start time! 8 pm to 4 am
$5 goo goo muck cocktails all night!
L Train to First Avenue
at Ottos Shrunken Head
538 East 14th Street at Ave B
New York City
Copycatnyc.com

Tuesday, November 30, 2010
at barnes and noble
Kardashian Konfidential
Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian
Author Event
Tuesday November 30, 2010 12:00 PM
Fifth Ave
555 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10017, 212-697-3048
Kardashian Konfidential
by Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian
Confessions of life as a Kardashian sister stuffed with family stories, advice, beauty tips and exclusive gorgeous full color photos, personal snapshots and the inside scoop
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THE ARKHAMS, THE RATS & DEREK LYN PLASTIC 11-30 @ BOWERY ELECTRIC
Tuesday, November 30 · 8:00pm - 11:30pm
Location The Bowery Electric
327 Bowery & 2nd st
New York, NY
More Info DOORS AT 8:30PM
$5
$4 Beer & $6 SHOT/BEER SPECIAL ALL NITE
DEREK LYN PLASTIC * From Atlanta/Orlando this ex-bassist of FASHION! FASHION! AND THE IMAGE BOYS & THE CRETEENS (Floridas Dying) will be opening the set with his one man act.
http://www.myspace.com/dereklynplastic
THE RATS * Back from the European Tour.
The Rats tight, attitude-laden songs that will shake your hips like a jukebox full of the Ramones"
http://www.myspace.com/theratsnyc
THE ARKHAMS *The Arkhams are a Wild Rockin' Psychobilly, rocket-fueled,unique, signature band tat keep the crowds dancing everywhere they go. The Arkhams thrive on their musical (and personal) eccentricity.
http://www.myspace.com/thearkhams
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Palomar continues its five week residency at the rock shop in park slope. Benefit show..
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RED BULL RECORDS PRESENTS AWOLNATION LIVE
NICK ZINNER OF THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS DJ SET
FABRIZIO MORETTI OF THE STROKES DJ SET
Tuesday November 30 at Santos
Awolnation will be playing live, plus Fabrizio of the Strokes and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be DJing... not only that but also Alex English and Pete Suzuki will be spinning, there will be visuals by CTRL and Complimentary Mixed Drinks from 9pm-11pm!!!
FREE WITH RSVP - CLICK HERE
http://newyork.going.com/awolnation#
Santos: 96 Lafayette Street, Just south of Canal Street.
Doors 9pm. 21+ w/I.D.
Admission at Doorperson's discretion
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R-Bar Presents: The Robert Lee review (Question Mark & the Mysterians)
Location R-Bar
218 Bowery
Manhattan, NY
Info R-Bar & War Music NYC are proud to welcome "The Robert Lee review" featuring: Robert Lee, Frank Rodriguez and Robert Martinez from the original Question Mark & the Mysterians line-up.
9pm Joff Wilson & the Purplehearts
10pm The Robert Lee review http://www.myspace.com/robertleerevue
$5 cover


Wednesday, December 1, 2010
at union hall in park slope..
WED 12/1: 7:30pm Doors / $8
DOPPELGANGER
FRESH HEARTS
WORLD WAR

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