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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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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
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Matt and Mark Enger
Streets of Glory
at
Christopher Henry Gallery
127 Elizabeth Street
New York, NY 10013
thru July 7






Friday, June 10, 2011
This Friday, join L magazine at the Brooklyn Museum for the final of our three-part concert series Audiophile. We're kicking things off at 7 pm with PHONY PPL, then our man Theophilus London will bring it home.
And, if you're of age, we'll be serving up complimentary cocktails courtesy of Brooklyn Republic Vodka from 7 to 8 pm, making those 60 minutes truly the happiest hour on earth.
This event is free with museum admission. RSVP to audiophile@thelmagazine.com to get on the list!
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Figment 2011, NYC
Friday, June 10 at 9:00am - June 12 at 5:30pm
Location
Governors Island, NYC
http://figmentproject.org/ Is an annual free, public, weekend-long, participatory interactive art event on NYC's Governors Island. See and help create sculpture, installations, dance, music, children's activities and more
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HEEB PRESENTS: DIAMOND DAYS PARTY
Friday, June 10 · 8:30pm - 11:30pm
Location Loft 73”
73 Washington Ave.
$10 tickets online/RSVP or $12 at the door
RSVP to rsvp@heebmagazine.com
—Featuring New Live Music From —
Night Manager
http://www.myspace.com/night_manager/photos
On
http://www.facebook.com/Onmusica
Pitchblack Brass Band
http://www.facebook.com/PitchBlakBrass
DJ Kool Jew
http://www.myspace.com/djkooljew
BROOKLYN, NY (June 10 2011)— Kicking off the summer--Heeb Magazine presents Diamond Days, a celebration of live and underground indie music.
Diamond Days will feature performances by Night Manager, On and Pitchblack Brass Band plus a DJ set by DJ Kool Jew
More Info: www.heebmagazine.com
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FRI 6/10: 8pm Doors / $8
VANITY THEFT
PEOPLE AT PARTIES
(featuring members of Von Iva)
YEAR OF THE TIGER
at union hall
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FREE FORM FREAK OUT - LP Situation
Friday, June 10 at 9:00pm
Location Teddy's Bar and Grill
96 Barry Street (at N. 8th St)
Brooklyn, NY
Guest DJ Mr. Vacation and host Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus will play all sorts of mad music on the Long Playing 12" format.
Wang Dang Doodle is usually a 45 rpm affair. However, on this occasion, the two DJs will swing using the larger, slower records, in order to showcase selected music from each of his respective collection.
Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus is a DJ that works almost alwasy with 45s. On this evening, he will finally be able to play some of his favorite LP tracks.
Dig ska, mambo, folk-rock, psychedelic, jazz, reggae, afrobeat, soundtracks, calypso, Swing, Bop, Kraut rock, Latin boogaloo, cumbia, pop, funk, Motown, rock steady, British invasion, rockabilly, surf, acid rock etc, etc...
PLUS: the artistic gyrations of Go-Go dancer BROOKLYN BABYDOLL!!
Expect the unexpected!
No cover charge.
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RockEM SockEM Summer Slammer
Friday at 10:00pm - June 11 at 4:00am
Location Otto's Shrunken Head
Our Awesome lineup not to be missed!
11- The Nervous Breakdowns
http://www.nervousbreakdowns.com/Nervous_Breakdowns/welcome.html
12- Persephone's Bees
http://www.persephonesbees.com/
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"Let's Boogaloo" w/ Oliver Stark and guest Dj Shakey (all vinyl set!!!)
Time Friday at 10:00pm - June 11 at 1:00am
Location FRIDAY at Zebulon bar
258 Wythe Avenue (between 1st St & 3rd St)
VINYL ONLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dj Ol' Stark (Paris Rare Groove /Modaction)
Dj Shakey (Rubulad / Shakey's Record Fair / Cotopaxi Music)
+ surprise guest!
Dj Ol' Stark runs a big record fair in France !!!
Dj Shakey runs a big record fain in NY !!!!
LET’S BOOGALOO ! celebrates the best sounds in old school Latin , French & Brazilian Grooves / Deep Funk / Rare Soul ... from the 60s-70s to the latest Boogaloo style bands from the 5 continents.
The night continues in Williamsburg for your dancing pleasure.
Dj Shakey:
Willie Bobo "Shut Up and Pay Attention"
Ali Baba "Ali Baba"
The Moon People "Fishin With Sid" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_J6RCXAcJk
Earl Coleman "Kiss My Nose"
Eddie Palmieri "African Twist" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTbd72YbhZo
Dj Ol'Stark:
Manhattan Trio "Manhattan Score"
Les papas flingueurs "Soirée jerk pour agents doubles"
La Nueva Banda de San Sebastian "Zorongo"
The Boogaloo Investigators "Let the groove move you"
Harvey Averne Dozen Never learn to dance"
Next : Friday June 10th 2011 / 10pm - 4am ,
FREE ENTRANCE



Saturday, June 11, 2011
June 11 and 12, the big apple block party bbq. Complicated bbq festival, not that cheap, but tasty.
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figment festival on governors island. Giant art event on governors island.
http://figmentproject.org/
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SATURDAY MATINEE -- $7
SATURDAY JUNE 11 at 3:00pm
--eskera (san diego CA fast melodic hc)
--death first (nyc hardcore punk)
--curmudgeon (boston crust/power violence)
--rvivr (olympia WA sing-along punks)
--knifey spoony (fun punk nyc/CA)
ABC No Rio
156 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 254-3697
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Coheed and Cambria with Adrian Belew Power Trio and Tigers Jaw, Williamsburg Waterfront, East River State Park, 5:30
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$6 The Denzels, Gunfight!, Dead Stars, Huntronik at Bruar Falls
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The B52s at Irving Plaza
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Stalkers, Breedlove, The HECKLERS, and Pretty Quick at Party Expo, Brooklyn, NY, US
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TOKYO TELEPORT STATION PARTY
Saturday, June 11 at 9:00pm - June 12 at 1:00am
Location Bento Burger
101 East 2nd Street between 1st Ave & Ave A
Manhattan, NY
Bento Burger beams back to the future this Saturday night: the Tokyo Teleport Station party. DJ Saiko Mikan will be spinning the best of Shibuya-kei: Pizzicato Five, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Kahime Karie, Cornelius, Mansfield and more of the futuristic sound of 1990s Tokyo.
Bento Burger group members get 20% off food checks and special prices for pitchers of our specialty cocktails. Oishii!!
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Rubulad Proudly Presents:
On SATURDAY, June 11th:
...Rock & Roll High School!
at St. Cecilia’s, Greenpoint (Rubulad is still on the road, and we're super-excited about this venue. St. Cecilia's is a former Catholic school built in the 1800s that we've transformed into an anything-goes party space. It's is our kind of venue, with tons of rooms to discover over multiple floors and a bizarre micro-sanctuary where you can worship to the beat of our classic DJs. It's our friends, our bartenders, our security, all the way, which means more fun for you.)
live music and performance by:
Lovestruck
Not Waving But Drowning
The Drunkard’s Wife
Ambergris
Chloris Ffflap and friends
dj/soundman Greything
and many more…
djs:
Dave the Spazz (WFMU)
Shakey
Barney Iller
DJ Mojo (Breakthruradio.com)
plus:
G Scopitronics Non-Stop Film Festival
Hot F***ing Tamales
Light Circus Extraordinaire by Norm Francoeur
New art and shadow puppet show by Pierre Pressure and Doc. Lance Boyle.
Dreams and Aspirations Vending Machine by Yung O.
Dress: extreme high school type (geek, jock, stoner, punk, cheerleader, goth, raver, etc.)
Our rules apply.
(except smoking in yard, pls.)
9:00 pm doors, 10:30 pm show, dancing till 4:00…
10 beans before 11:00 pm or way late; 15 beans in costume all night (and this is a costume everyone has [but if you have to explain it, it’s not a costume]); 20 beans without costume.
1 Monitor Street: L train to Graham Ave. Walk North on Graham toward BQE, right on Richardson. St. C’s is at Richardson and Monitor.
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6.11 -$7-(FB) .Pygmy Shrews
.Pop 1280
.White Suns
.Pampers
.Family Curse (ex mems of Blood City, Golden Error)
at death by audio in wburg
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some good names in this lineup
Dinosaur Feathers, Shark?, Gross Relations, Parquet Courts, Moonmen On The Moon, Man
at Silent Barn
$7 All Ages 8pm
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Yourself & The Air, Ume, The Foxx, Man Your Horse
at park slopes The Rock Shop
Sat, Jun 11 $10 21+ 8pm


Sunday, June 12, 2011
June 11 and 12, the big apple block party bbq. Complicated bbq festival, not that cheap, but tasty.
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Sunday • June 12 • From 12-4pm
Egg Rolls & Egg Creams
Experience the eggs-traordinary! Chinese opera and acrobatics, klezmer music, Yiddish and Chinese language lessons, mah jongg, scribal arts, food and folk art demos, crafts, synagogue tours, and more! Don’t miss New York City’s best block party, a cross-cultural celebration of the Jewish and Chinese communities of our Lower East Side/Chinatown neighborhood.
Eldridge bet Canal and Division
Free
http://www.eldridgestreet.org/
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figment festival on governors island. Giant art event on governors island.
http://figmentproject.org/
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6.12 -$7-
.Natural Child Fest: Night 1
.Knockin Boots
.Gardens
at death by audio in wburg

Monday, June 13, 2011
Breedlove free live show mondays at the tiny st jerome
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6.13 -$7-
.Natural Child Fest: Night 2
.Liquor Store
.Terrible Twos
at death by audio. Natural child is a great band from nashville
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Golden Animals at Cameo Gallery
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$17| 7pm
Laetitia Sadier (of Stereolab), Erika Spring (of Au Revoir Simone), Arturo en el Barco
at Le Poisson Rouge
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9pm , The Hussy, Prospector, Young Boys
Don Pedro Prospector used to be doppelganger


Tuesday, June 14, 2011
All the museums are open for free tonight for the Museum mile festival.
Fifth Ave between 82nd and 105th Sts (museummilefestival.org). 6 pm to 9 pm; free.
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6.14 -$7-(FB)
.Pujol
.Secret Cities
.Dream Diary
.Little Gold
at death by audio.
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$13
Japanther, Shellshag, Heavy Cream
Music Hall of Williamsburg


Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Take off your ascot and slip into something a little more comfortable
Turtleneck!
A Retro Futuristic Playground
Join DJs Ursula 1000 and Xerox as we take a trip to back in time to the future!
...Fly with us at supersonic speeds as we take a groovy romp through
space age pop, spy soundtracks, tv themes, exotica plus all the
swingin tunes from Bedrock all the way to Orbit City.
Each Month we will feature a different $5 Specialty Martini to enhance
your listening pleasure. Tonights Drink will be the Gemini.
And in the back room we will have the finest Lounge, soul, exotica,
future jazz combos around
Tonights bands
9:30 PM-TarantinosNYC
10:30 PM-Cloudblues
9 pm to 4 am
Every 3rd Wednesday
Free At
Ottos Shrunken Head
538 East 14 Street
New York, NY
Ottosshrunkenhead.com
*Black Tie Optional

Thursday, June 16, 2011
The third annual Northside Festival will take place throughout Greenpoint and Williamsburg, June 16-19. Over 250 bands will play, day and night, at over 25 venues with Bedford Avenue closed off to car traffic for festival-goers.
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Mindtroll, Delta Hotel, Clinical Trials, and Cave Cricket at Death by Audio, Brooklyn, NY, US
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Gaming the System
Dissimulation. Manipulation. Scams, cons and ruses. Fun.
June 16 - July 7
With Michel Chevalier, Critical Art Ensemble, Josh Lerner, Eva +
Franco Mattes, Kembrew McLeod, Graham Parker, the Yes Men.
OPENING: Thrs June 16, 7:00-9:00pm
VIEWING HOURS: Sun 1:00 - 3:00pm
Wed & Thrs 4:00 - 7:00pm
ABC No Rio
156 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 254-3697
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6.16 -$7-(FB)
Permanent Wave Presents:
.Mindtroll
.Delta Hotel
.Clinical Trials
.Cave Cricket
at death by audio.

Friday, June 17, 2011
Free Concert Summerstage, Pink Martini @ Central Park, 7/17
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Free Summer Concert The Manhattans, Rhythm Revue @ Crotona Park, 7/17
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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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HULLABALOO! TWIN GUNS 7" Release; The Above,Luxurious F. Furs,DJs@ST.VITUS
Time Friday, June 17 at 9:00pm - June 18 at 3:00am
Location Saint Vitus Bar
1120 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, NY
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The Wellington Papers Show @ The Morgan (BK) - FREE SHOW
Friday, June 17 at 9:00pm - June 18 at 12:00am
Location The Morgan
25 Bogart Street
Brooklyn, New York
Summertime in New York City has officially arrived….. Come celebrate Justin (destruction) Padro’s Birthday with The Wellington Papers at our show on Friday June 17th at Eastern District @ The Morgan (25 Bogart Street, Brooklyn). This free show starts at 9 PM. We have some Rad acts on the bill and great DJS at a fresh new spot in Bk.