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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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John Chamberlain - May 5 - July 8, 2011 - Gagosian Gallery, 555 West 24 Street at 11 avenue. Famous car part sculptor
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AARON YOUNG
BUILT TOUGH
May 6th - June 4th 2011
Bortolami is pleased to present the second solo show at the gallery of new works by Aaron Young. Entitled BUILT TOUGH, the exhibition includes new sculptures, paintings and silk screens.
Bortolami | 520 West 20th Street | New York | NY | 10011
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Adam Ogilvie
Your Blinded Hand
May 12 – June 25, 2011
Josée Bienvenu Gallery is pleased to present Your Blinded Hand, Adam Ogilvie’s second one-person exhibition.
Josee Bienvenu Gallery - 529 West 20th Street, New York, NY , 10011, United States








Sunday, May 22, 2011
Our Band Could Be Your Life
10th Anniversary Show
Featuring:
Nat Baldwin, David Longstreth & Brian McOmber
performing Black Flag
St. Vincent performing Big Black
Dan Deacon
performing Butthole Surfers
Ted Leo performing Minor Threat
Titus Andronicus
performing Replacements
Delicate Steve
performing Minutemen
Tune-Yards performing Sonic Youth
Wye Oak performing Dinosaur Jr.
May 22
The Bowery Ballroom
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Procedure club - new york city pop fest
Sunday, May 22, 2011 7:30 PM
Rock Shop
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Cheap Thrills of Billswick!
Sunday, May 22 · 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location The Church
142 Manhattan Ave (near the montrose L, Broadway G, Lorimer JM)
Brooklyn, New York
everything you could possibly wanna buy for cheap- records, clothing, CDs, nuts, bric-a-brac, smik-a-smak, etc.
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Arts In Bushwick Benefit
Sunday, May 22 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Grace Exhibition Space
840 Broadway, 2nd floor
ARTS IN BUSHWICK BENEFIT
BOS '11 Preview and Art Sale
GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE
840 Broadway, 2nd floor (at Park Ave)
Bushwick, Brooklyn
A cash-and-carry art sale and cocktail party featuring 50+ pieces donated by BOS 2011 participating artists. All work will be sold in a $50 raffle and all proceeds go to support Arts in Bushwick and Bushwick Open Studios 2011.
Check out our Preview Catalog of all the works for sale at
http://artsinbushwick.org/bos2011/benefit/
Sponsored by SOHO Art Materials
J train to Flushing Avenue
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littlefield 2 Year Anniversary Party
4:00pm - Monday at 1:00am
Littlefield 622 Degraw st.
littlefield 2 Year Anniversary Party with Smooth Move from 4 to 8pm and Careless Whisper Karaoke from 8pm to close.
Free food courtesy of The V-Spot, Sheep Station, Zuzu Ramen, Bonnie's Grill, Oaxaca Taqueria + more!
And of course, drink specials including $4 margaritas, $7 shot + beer, aqua frescas, and $6 GTEs (gin and tonic w/ elderflower).
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souljazz band Score! plays this coming Sunday night (May 22nd) at the Parkside Lounge on the lower east side. Here's the scoop:
The Band: Score! - http://www.reverbnation.com/score2010
The where - The Park side is located at 317 East Houston between ave B and C
http://www.parksidelounge.net
http://www.parksidelounge.net/info.html
The when: 7:30 - 8:45 p.m.
The price: FREE!!

Monday, May 23, 2011
Breedlove free live show mondays at the tiny st jerome
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at the bell house
8pm / Free
ROB PARAVONIAN
Comedian and musician Rob Paravonian brings a unique set of skills to the stage: the timing and wit of a standup comedian mixed with the ear and technique of an accomplished musician.
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NASTY MONDAYS
Le Poisson Rouge - Monday May 23.
Open Bar 10pm-11pm
Nasty Mondays Barcelona is Spain's biggest weekly party. Once every month the duo of Nasty Mondays DJs Max and Sören make the trek across the ocean to bring a taste of the all-night Barcelona party scene to New York at Nasty Mondays NYC. Join Sören, Max and DJ Ivan Rodriguez for their signature barrage of 50s rockabilly, 80s new wave, remixes, hair, metal, indie rock, and everything in between. This is New York's best rock 'n roll dance party.
FREE WITH RSVP: CLICK HERE - When you arrive, tell the doorperson you are on the GBH guest list.
http://gbh.tv/signupnastymondays.html
Le Poisson Rouge: 158 Bleecker Street (Sullivan & Thompson). Doors at 10pm. 21+ with I.D.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011
CREPUSCULE WITH BOOGALOO
Tuesday, May 24 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location The Fifth Estate
506 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
E's into your week on Early Tuesday Evenings when the Wang Dang Doodle presents CREPUSCULE WITH BOOGALOO--creating moods that are Eclectic, Electric, Exotic, Exciting and Extremely Groovy!!
Dig it as Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus swings with jazz, funk, mambo and assorted delightful cerebral rhythms for this early evening of Modernistic mood music and cocktails for the Atomic Age at the Fifth Estate (506 Fifth Avenue, between 12th & 13th Streets, Park Slope, Brooklyn).
Crepuscule With Boogaloo will be directly followed by Diego's Jazz Jam, a live music event, starting at 10pm.
No cover. Excellently poured drinks
A Wang Dang Doodle Production.
Crepuscule With Boogaloo is scheduled to take place every Tuesday for the foreseeable future!
To see what kind of music gets played at the Crep, check out the Boogaloo Blog: http://boogaloo.blog.com/
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Underscore Orkestra and Amour Obscur at Jalopy Theater in Red Hook!
Tuesday, May 24 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
315 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, NY
May 24th at Jalopy Theater in Red Hook!!
The Underscore Orkestra
www.theunderscoreorkestra.com
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Amour Obscur!
www.amourobscur.com
315 Columbia Street
Red Hook Brooklyn!
A night of belly dancing, gypsy music, dancing and fun. Be there!
FREE (donations accepted)
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FRISKEYWHISKEYTUESDAYS>SeaLions(CA)YoungBoysTheHoneyDosTeardropsMacDonalds
Tuesday, May 24 at 8:00pm - May 25 at 2:00am
Location Brooklyn Fireproof East
119 Ingraham St
Brooklyn, NY
Come hang out! Great bands, great vibes, and great tunes provided by Nick and Drew on the turntables at the bar. Soul/Garage/Girl Group/ Rock'n'Roll/Weirdness all night, requisite ridiculous dance party afterwards.
UPDATE: There's a ton of great bands playing this show now. Come early, fall asleep on the couches in the back! We're now asking for a small donation of $3 for the touring band and so the other bands can make cab fare. Dig deep you scumbags!
***FREE WHISKEY 10-11pm! SERIOUSLY! TIP WELL!***
Bands:
Sea Lions (Sweetness on tour from California...http://www.reverbnation.com/sealions)
Young Boys (Local sweethearts, tour kickoff...http://www.myspace.com/killyoungboys)
The Honey Dos (Local sweathearts, with bad parts...http://www.myspace.com/thehoneydos)
Teardrops (Local darlings, goin nowhere fast...http://teardropsny.blogspot.com/)
MacDonalds (Local, organic, cage-free)


Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Copycat, a night of cover songs presents
Hey, Hey, Its Copycat! A tribute to the Monkees
Dj Xerox and Special Guest DJ Phast Phreddie spin crazy covers and rocking remixes of all the hits (rock, indie, garage)
PLUS Live music acts in the back room. Some
of your favorite artists play cover versions of their favorite songs.
Tonights bands
The Auntie Grizeldas
The Rats
Los Toughfists
NO COVER
$5 "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" Cocktails all night
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, May 26, 2011
Robert Dandarov: Paintings and Drawings
Opening Reception:
Thursday, May 26, 6p - 8p
Mezzanine Gallery
Chelsea Art Museum | 556 W 22nd street | New York | NY | 10011
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Simon and the Bar Sinisters free at Rodeo Bar on 3rd ave
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8 PM SUSQUEHANNA INDUSTRIAL TOOL & DIE CO.
8PM SUSQUEHANNA INDUSTRIAL TOOL AND DIE CO.
Tis the last Thursday of the month -- and that means SIT & Die returns to Otto’s for our monthly residency, all shiny and slickered up. Two big and bawdy shows are in store, from 8:00 sharp until 10:00, along with salty snacks, and no cover charge!
free at ottos
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PERFECT PRESCRIPTION with GOLDEN ANIMALS, THE ABOVE, & BOOM CHICK
Thursday, May 26 at 9:00pm - May 27 at 4:00am
Location Shea Stadium
20 Meadow St
Brooklyn, NY
THURSDAY, May 26th @ SHEA STADIUM
We prescribe live performances by:
GOLDEN ANIMALS (http://www.myspace.com/goldenanimals) •••
THE ABOVE (http://www.myspace.com/newyorkabove) •••
BOOM CHICK (http://www.myspace.com/boomchicknyc) •••
Special Guest DJs: CAPTAIN HEARTLOCK (MADAM ROBOT, REAL GONE!) and TARA ANGELL (WHITE CATS) •
Our DJ's aurally administrate the best of SHOEGAZE, KRAUT, SPACEROCK & PSYCH musiks... let us pour translucent GOLDEN WAX directly into your earhorn... •
Shea Stadium • 20 Meadow St @ Waterbury off of Morgan • Near Grand St L and Montrose Ave L • Bushwick • $7 • 9 til 4 • Doors at 9, bands start at 10


Friday, May 27, 2011
THE BOOZE, THE BITERS, THE DIRTY SHAMES, & BAD LUCK CHARMS
Friday, May 27 at 7:00pm
Location: The Bowery Electric
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The Young Things - The Deli Best Emerging Artist Festival @ Spike Hill Brooklyn
Friday, May 27, 2011 9:00 PM
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DISCOPHONIC WALK
Friday, May 27 at 10:00pm - May 28 at 4:00am
The Commodore
366 Metropolitain Avenue (at Havemeyer Street)
Brooklyn, New York
It's Rock! It's Soul! It's Screams "Groovy!"
It's the DISCOPHONIC WALK!!!
Co-hosts Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus and Girlsoul present a dance event consisting of the bossest Soul, Funk R&B, Garage and Frat rock 45s imaginable. Special guest DJ will be Gaylord Fields (WFMU), a guy who digs ALL sorts of reet music! He will swing for about an hour around midnight. Expect your brains to be whipped to a pulp by the incessant beat, beat, beat as you dance, dance, dance and/or eat, eat, eat the Commodore's groovy, greasy food!
It all happens at The Commodore, located at 366 Metropolitan Avenue (at Havemeyer St.) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Cheap thrills, cheap drinks, cheap food—it’s all part of the Discophonic Walk experience!!
Action starts around 10:00 PM and jumps until 4:00 AM. No cover. Freak Out! (DISCOPHONIC WALK will be held fourth Friday of every other month in 2011.)
DISCOPHONIC WALK is a Wang Dang Doodle Presentation.

Saturday, May 28, 2011
SMDD May 2011: Strange Haze Record Release
Saturday, May 28 at 9:00pm
Location Bar Matchless
BANDS 9 to MIDNIGHT:
STRANGE HAZE - THE LOVELY - More TBA!!!
STRANGE HAZE (formerly Whooping Crane), Brooklyn's champions of refried riffage, chrome-plated boogie, and psychedelic swagger will be bringing their heady trip to the "SUPER MODEL DEATH DIVE" once again, this time to celebrate the official release of their new vinyl 45, "Let Me Hear the Dropping Pin"/"Test Driver." It's gonna be a smokin' cherry smash.
With the Burlesque Stylings of EMILY FRIEND
Dj Host Jake Rat & Co spin the 7" junk-drawer travesties ALL NIGHT
Afterparty TBA
OPEN BAR VODKA 9pm + Free show w/ RSVP
RSVP email: SMDDNYC@gmail.com
www.smddnyc.com
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HARD NIPS - 285 kent ave with Quintron And Miss Pussycat
Saturday, May 28, 2011 8:00 PM
285 kent ave with Quintron And Miss Pussycat



Sunday, May 29, 2011
Sunday, May 29
Passport 2 Taiwan with MC Andy SHAW! Bands, night market food, & culture at Union Square Park North (17TH AND PARK)
Performances by:
Notorious MSG
The Hsu-Nami
The Sounds of Domestic Living
DJ4 & Young Kin
MC’s
Andy Shaw (of SHAW PROMOTION)
Allyson Schill (of Spring Scream, Taiwan)
noon to 5 pm
Taiwanese cultural festival...
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live concert at 5th estate memorial day sun night May 29 (from 9)
Sunday, May 29 at 9:00pm - May 30 at 4:00am
5th av bet 12 and 13 st park slope
Cloudblues with Gods illa mutual & acts tba; late night jam session, with Dj Elka and Dj Davey behind the 1's and 2's and film projections on the screen...monday is off!, let's usher in the summer together with peace and good cheer...
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zombie crawl
4 – 6PM – Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211
The 4th annual NYC Zombie Crawl will begin with our usual FREE zombie meetup! For 2 hours, zombies of all ages are invited to hang out while our zombie technicians will be providing makeup for civilians who wish to become undead! Zombies over 21+ can drink with some great drink specials including $1 off all beers and $2 off all liquor! Shot and Bloody Mary specials as well as more surprises from Pabst Blue Ribbon!
6 – 6:30PM – Bedford Ave
We will take our annual trek down Bedford Avenue, only this time, we’ll be shooting a scene for the Warped Tour horror movie, Punk Rock Holocaust 3 while we crawl, a zombie attack on the hipsters of Brooklyn! We’re looking for some victims to be eaten by the zombie masses and everyone is invited to help shoot the scene as well.
6:30 – 8PM – McCarren Park
Zombies will make their way down Bedford to McCarron Park where we’ll have some zombie fun and games including a human tug-o-war with Disgraceland Hook Squad and more (not for the weak of heart). After McCarren, we’ll make our way back down Bedford, stopping along the way here and there and heading to Public Assembly.
The NYC Zombie Crawl after party
Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY
8:30PM
21+ $8
- Live music from the Undead Jessica Delfino and NYC’s premiere all-girl Misfits tribute Band GHOULS NIGHT OUT!
- Blood wrestling with the Gorgeous Ladies of BloodWrestling
- Sneak preview of clips from the new horror movies Punk Rock Holocaust 3 and Cross Bearer
- Stand Up Comedy by Zombie Dangerfield- the undead get no respect!
- DJ Brian Blackout will spin Zombie rock and music from zombie horror films
- Zombie Burlesque – these ladies strip off more than clothes…they take off limbs!
- Strip for Pain: America’s most Dangerous Game Show at Midnight
Also, NYC Zombie Crawl is proud to be a part of the Dorney Park Zombie Invasion on August 18th! For one day Zombies will have control over the park, more details soon.!! A portion of the proceeds goes to supporting the NYC Zombie Crawl!
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The UNSTEADY/WOOD "BEACH BALL"
Time Sunday, May 29 at 6:00pm - May 30 at 4:00am
Otto's Shrunken Head
538 East 14 Street (between Avenues A + B)
New York, NY
Help Unsteady Freddie + Frank Wood kick-start the Summer of 2011 with this FREE (NO COVER!) all-night mixed-genre music event at OTTO's SHRUNKEN HEAD that we like to call The UNSTEADY/WOOD "BEACH BALL".
Here is the line-up.....
6 pm ???
7 pm THE OCTOMEN
8 pm COMMERCIAL INTERRUPTION
9 pm THE HUDSON DUSTERS
10 pm LOW SOCIETY
11 pm THEE ICEPICKS
12 MIDNIGHT The TarantinosNYC
FRANK WOOD is NY's leading independent music promoter.
UNSTEADY FREDDIE is a/k/a 'THE ED SULLIVAN OF SURF'.