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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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“Hero, Villain, Yeti: Tibet in Comics”
Characters as diverse as Mickey Mouse, the historical Buddha, Tomb Raider Lara Croft, and the Green Lama have something in common: Tibet. For more than sixty years Tibet has figured in comic books from around the world, at times creating and at times perpetuating notions of an otherworldly land roamed by the yeti, inhabited by wise and powerful lamas, or full of dark magic.
Hero, Villain, Yeti features the most complete collection of comics related to Tibet ever assembled, with examples ranging from the 1940s to the present. More than fifty comic books from the Belgium, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, and the United States reflect on the depiction of Tibet, tracing the historical roots of prevailing perceptions and stereotypes and their visual and narrative evolution over time.
Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W 17th St at Seventh Ave (212-620-5000, rmanyc.org).
December 9, 2011 - June 11, 2012
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"Keith Haring 1978–1982"
Brooklyn Museum,Ending: Sun Jul 08
200 Eastern Pkwy brooklynmuseum.org
First Saturday of every month 5–11pm free.
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Oded Hirsch
nothing new
March 4 - April 15, 2012
THIERRY GOLDBERG GALLERY
103 Norfolk Street, New York, NY 10002
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David Lynch
March 6 - April 14, 2012
Reception Friday March 16, 6 - 8 pm
Tilton Gallery
8 East 76 Street
New York, NY 10021
P:212.737.2221
http://www.jacktiltongallery.com/
Tuesday – Saturday 10am to 6pm
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Tom Burr
deep wood drive
Bortolami Gallery is pleased to present Tom Burr's second exhibition with the gallery, deep wood drive, from March 7th to April 26th, with a reception for the artist on March 7th from 6 to 8pm. In deep wood drive Burr continues his visual exploration of the physical and psychological dimension of objects, and the fantasies we project upon their surfaces.
Bortolami | 520 West 20th Street | New York | NY | 10011
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Opening Mar 10:
Tamara Gonzales: Untitled
an exhibition of new paintings
and in the project room:
new sketchbook by Austin Thomas
recent sculpture by Kevin Curran
Mar 10-Apr 29, 2012
Reading by Jerome Sala, Sun Apr 29, 4-6pm
Norte Maar, 83 Wyckoff Avenue, #1B, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Directions: L Train to Dekalb Stop. Norte Maar is on the corner of Wyckoff Avenue + Suydam Street.
Hours: weekends 1-6pm and by appointment: 646-361-8512
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Making Landscapes Speak
March 9 – May 3, 2012
Curated by Saori Kashio
Artists by Caroline Burghardt, Naoko Ito, Louis Lim, Anne Percoco,
and Yukihiro Taguchi
Event/ Pastoral Portrait Studio: Saturday, March 31, 1 – 4 PM
Artist Talk: Saturday, April 14, 4 – 6 PM
Sponsor: ITOEN and New York Art Beat (Comprehensive Art Listing Web & iPhone app)
ISE Cultural Foundation
555 Broadway, (Prince St. & Spring St.)
New York, NY 10012
http://www.iseny.org
No Admission Fee
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Andy Warhol Polaroids
Through Apr 21, Danziger Gallery, 527 W 23rd St, 212-629-6778
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Thru 4/22
Mick Rock
Photographer who documented Rock and Roll especially during the Glam Rock era.
corner of 22nd and tenth aven
http://www.catmchelsea.com/
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ISE CULTURAL FOUNDATION @ FRONT SPACE
EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Front Space
Contemporary Life
By Toru Ishii
March 23 - April 28, 2012
ISE Cultural Foundation
555 Broadway, (Prince St. & Spring St.)
New York, NY 10012
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Friday, March 30, 2012
312 Bowery NYC
GIVERNY
By E.V. Day and Kembra Pfahler
March 30th – April 24th, 2012
The Hole is proud to announce the exhibition “Giverny,” a collaboration between E.V. Day and Kembra Pfahler opening March 30th. The artists created photographic works in the famous French gardens built and immortalized in paint by Claude Monet, and will be exhibiting them for the first time here on the Bowery.
Playboy.com has generously funded this massive exhibition, for the duration of which the Hole will be transformed into a living, breathing garden—with a lily-padded pond traversed by Monet’s signature green Japanese arched bridge, and scattered with the indigenous plants he is famous for painting. The walls of the exhibition will be printed with the almost claustrophobically green willow trees that surround this historic French site, and your first step into the gallery will be onto grass.
Kembra Pfahler is an artist and rock musician, best known as the painted lead singer of The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, a theatrical death rock band she co-founded in 1990.
E. V. Day (born 1967, New York) is a New York-based installation artist and sculptor.
The Hole is open Tuesday-Saturday 12-7pm
http://www.theholenyc.com









Monday, April 2, 2012
Regulars
Small beast multi genre curated event at the delancey-free
Breedlove Magic Mondays every Mon free at the former Annex, now Tammany Hall. Cabaret, bands. Now at ten, usually some free beer first hour
Such a great night! and its free!!!!
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Williamsburg Regulars-
Every monday night DJ Drews ultimate r'n'b 45 throwdown at Macri Park in Williamsburg
and then you can drop in on Cowboy Mark and Tony spinning their country night at union pool
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The Ventures play BB Kings


Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The Magnetic Fields play the beacon theater
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CONSTANCE LEWALLEN AND WILLIAM WEGMAN
Tuesday, April 3
6:30–8pm
ICI Curatorial Hub
401 Broadway, Suite 1620
New York, NY 10013
Constance Lewallen, co-curator of State of Mind: California Art Circa 1970, and William Wegman, pioneer video artist, conceptualist, photographer, painter, and writer, will discuss the significant contributions offered by Californian artists in Conceptual art, video, performance, and installation art in the late 1960s and early '70s. Rarely seen Wegman videos will be screened, followed by a conversation about the artist's early work and those with whom he associated.
This event is free and open to the public though space is limited. Please RSVP to rsvp@curatorsintl.org with Lewallen/Wegman in the subject field.
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Artist Talk: Michael Scoggins "Us Against Them" at Freight + Volume
530 W 24 street, 6:30pm
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opening
WHITE BOX
329 Broome Street
New York, NY 10002
Sonic Network no.9
John Aslanidis and Brian May
April 4 - 29, 2012
So Young Yang
April 4 – 23, 2012
Curated by Helene Lundbye Petersen
Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 | 6 – 9 PM
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from the nonsense list
Adult Education presents:
Science: Fact and Fiction
With Matt Debenham: How to Be a Recovering Recovering Alcoholic; Ritch Duncan and Bob Powers: The Werewolf's Guide to Life; Miranda K. Pennington: The Public Habits of the Third Questioner; and Jason Torchinsky: Cars Before Cars. Hosted by Charles Star.
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby Street, between Houston and Prince, Manhattan
7p; $free
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Yet another lecture from Nonsense
S.A.S.S. Presents: Doing Drugs With the Government
The Society for the Advancement of Social Studies is proud to present a series of lectures designed to both entertain and enlighten. On the first Tuesday of each month, we will meet to discuss a different historical topic that you probably knew at one point but don’t remember anymore, plus themed drink specials.
Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
7p doors, lectures shortly after; $free
getsaucedatsass.tumblr.com/
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regulars Hot Dog Dj Night at Matchless in Greenpoint
Two for one drinks and awesome tunes. Amazing fries. House DJs include DJ Xerox, Shimmy, Charles Gaskins, Handsome Van Zant and more.
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Des Roar, Bugs in the Dark, Living Kills, Seasick Mama
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
8:00pm until 12:00am
Join us for this killer line-up at Brooklyn Bowl Tuesday April 3:
Des Roar (11PM)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Des-Roar/128650269831
Bugs in the Dark (10PM)
http://bugsinthedark.com/fr_home.cfm
The Living Kills (9PM)
http://thelivingkills.com/
Seasick Mama (8PM)
http://www.seasickmama.com/
$5
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249
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Kat Spina, Dirty Wings, and Ulysses Cannon at Spike Hill, Brooklyn, NY, US


Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Shaken and Stirred Free burlesque at the Delancey with free shots!
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dorkbot.org
NEXT MEETING
lectures and stuff
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at barnes and noble
Girl Walks into a Bar: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
Rachel Dratch: Girl Walks into a Bar . . . Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
Author Event (Other)
Wednesday April 04, 2012 7:00 PM
union Square
33 East 17th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-253-0810
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Hunx & His Punx with Heavy Cream at Mercury Lounge, New York, NY, US also with infinity cat
http://infinitycat.com/wordpress/archives/1368
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at maxwells in hoboken
4/4 Natural Child $5 !

Thursday, April 5, 2012
Brian Leo
We Are All Just Ordinary Until We Get More Damage Done
Reception: Thursday, April 05, 7-9pm
KESTING / RAY
30 Grand Street, Ground Floor
New York, NY 10013
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A Rolling Stone
Jason Bryant, JaH-HaHa, Naoto Hattori, Jennifer Murray, Adam Normandin, Johnny Romeo, TwoOne
April 5 - May 26, 2012
opening six Thirty to Eight Thirty pm on
548 w 28th street
http://portercontemporary.com/exhibitions/
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The Caterpillers / Imaginary Friends / Esque / Milk Dick / CATFOX @ Grand Victory
Thursday, April 5, 2012
8:00pm
8:00 CATFOX (Acoustic)
http://soundcloud.com/catfox
8:40 Milk Dick
http://milkdick.bandcamp.com/
9:20 Imaginary Friends
http://www.myspace.com/imaginaryfriendsbrooklyn
9:50 The Caterpillers
http://thecaterpillers.bandcamp.com/
10:20 Esque
http://esque.bandcamp.com/
Cover $7

Friday, April 6, 2012
Williamsburg first fridays art walk event http://www.wagmag.org/
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Opening Reception APRIL 6th, 2012
8pm to Midnight
Through April 29th
My 5th Birthday
an exhibition by THROAT
When you look at an image of one of your birthday parties it may merely inspire a memory, but what if the experience could be re-created? In this show we want to construct an environment that evokes the same horror or excitement you felt as a child walking into your birthday party. Any size, any medium,
Secret Project Robot Art Space | 389 Melrose St | brooklyn | NY | 11237
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at union hall
4/6: 9pm Doors / $8
DIONNE WEREWOLF
Plus Special Guests
SONGS FROM THE DEVIL INSIDE
In honor of the full moon, supernatural musicians come together for a bloodcurdling night of classy werewolf ensemble work and blue-eyed soul sucking in this phantasmagoric tribute to two of the 70s and 80s' most everlasting musical icons. What we're saying here is you need to brush up on your INXS and Tears For Fears and also be prepared for a full band of werewolves covering Dionne Warwick's greatest hits and bringing you one big night of smooth and spooky rock!
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Hunx & His Punx with Natural Child and Foxx at Glasslands Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US

Saturday, April 7, 2012
New York City’s 7th annual, and the world’s 5th annual Pillow Fight Day!
Bunny edition! Pillows fly and bunny ears soar as you converge for a giant urban pillow fight! Swing and whack as you evade pillow-wielding assailants wearing bunny ears and toting chocolate eggs. Bring a soft pillow, bunny ears and wait for the countdown. Pillow fight!
Web: http://www.newmindspace.com/pillow-fight-nyc-2012
FB: http://tinyurl.com/pfnyc2012
Pillow Fight NYC 2012 - Bunny Edition
Saturday, April 7th @ 3:00 PM
Washington Square Park
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4/07 Grant Hart (of Husker Du) @ Union Pool

Sunday, April 8, 2012
Midnight movies at Manitobas
Free films, free snacks
99 ave b at 7th st
they start at midnight

Monday, April 9, 2012
Tribute to Davy Jones and The Monkees at B.B. King Blues Club ten bucks (plus min) or possibly free on goldstar.com


Tuesday, April 10, 2012
regulars Hot Dog Dj Night at Matchless in Greenpoint
Two for one drinks and awesome tunes. Amazing fries. House DJs include DJ Xerox, Shimmy, Charles Gaskins, Handsome Van Zant and more.
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booo sold out
Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 at Moma
April 10–17, 2012
Over eight consecutive nights, MoMA presents a chronological exploration of the sonic and visual experiments of Kraftwerk with a live presentation of their complete repertoire in the Museum's Marron Atrium. Each evening consists of a live performance and 3-D visualization of one of Kraftwerk's studio albums—
The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, second floor
Tickets are $25.00 and will go on sale to the public on Wednesday, February 22, at 12:00 p.m., only at MoMAKraftwerkTickets.showclix.com.
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1257
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at barnes and noble
A Natural Woman: A Memoir
Carole King: A Natural Woman A Memoir
Author Event (Other)
Tuesday April 10, 2012 7:00 PM
union Square
33 East 17th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-253-0810
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The Greatest 3-Minute Punk Stories Ever
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
7:30pm
taking place at Public Assembly on April 10th. As always, the event is free, and starts at 7:30. Each reader will be given three minutes to tell their punk story, and if they go over, we will probably blast Spazz to drown them out.
Kid Millions (Oneida)Eric Davidson (New Bomb Turks, author of We Never Learn)
Liz Nord (Filmmaker)
Bryan Waterman (33 1/3 for Television's Marquee Moon)
Brandon Stosuy (Pitchfork)
Sean Doyle (Writer)
Temim Fruchter (The Shondes)
Jayson Green (Orchid, Panthers, Violent Bullshit)
Daniel Ralston (Low Times podcast)
Samantha Hinds (Editor-at-Large, The New Inquiry; co-founder, Fortnight Journal)
Zack Lipez (Freshkills, author Please Take Me Off The Guest List)
Judy McGuire (Seattle Weekly columnist, co-host of The Mike & Judy Show and author of the Official Book of Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll List)
Tobias Carroll (Vol. 1 Brooklyn)
Justin Taylor (Author, The Gospel of Anarchy) Caryn Rose (Author, B-Sides and Broken Hearts)
Maggie Serota (Low Times podcast)
Eric Weiss (Rumpshaker zine)
Sohrab Habibion (Obits, Edsel)
Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
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Krautwerk 1-8 Condensed: Kraftwerk Covered at Littlefield
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
8:30pm until 10:30pm
For those that tried and failed to get tickets to MOMA's Kraftwerk retrospective concerts, there's a night for us! Krautwerk 1-8 condensed is better than eight days of Kraftwerk concerts; it's only one night with all of the best songs performed by fans (who also didn't get tickets).
Featuring:
Free Kitten(esque) with Julie Cafritz (Pussy Galore), Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), and Pete Nolan (Magick Markers)
Dan Friel (Parts & Labor)
Sebastian Thomson (Trans Am, Publicist)
Matt Marlin (Pterodactyl)
Danny Tamberelli (Jounce)
Brittain Ashford (Prairie Empire)
Barry London (Oneida)
Kurt Braunohler (Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen, IFC’s BUNK)
Dave Hill (Valley Lodge, Children of the Unicorn)
Xaddax (Nick Sakes of Dazzling Killmen, Colossamite & Chrissy Rossettie of My Name Is Rar-Rar, The Hex)
and more!
Tickets are $12.50 in advance, $15 Day of
http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/event/103639/
Krautwerk is curated by Joe Garden (Features Editor at The Onion)
Poster by Rick Martin (http://rickmartindesign.com/)

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Copycat, a night of cover songs presents
Copycat, Bloody Copycat
A Tribute to Black Sabbath
Dj Xerox and super special Guest DJ spin crazy covers
and rocking remixes of all the hits (Garage, rock, soul, old wave and new)
PLUS Live bands play cover versions of their favorite songs
along with original tunes.
Tonights bands:
11 pm-Gods Green Earth
10-The Great COKE-Cola Company of Los Angeles (mems of the Above and More)
9-The Von Frankensteins
NO COVER
$5 Dirty Women Cocktails all night
Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday!
at Ottos Shrunken Head
http://www.ottosshrunkenhead.com/
538 East 14 Street, Near avenue B
9 pm to 4 am
L Train to First Avenue
Copycatnyc.com
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The Ting Tings at Terminal 5
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pulp
Radio City Music Hall
New York, NY
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 08:00 PM

April 12, 2012
KRAFTJERKS: You Are Waiting In The Queue...
April 12 at 9:00pm until April 14 at 1:00am
ANNOUNCING A SHUT-OUT FEST FOR THE REST OF US!!!
Thursday April 12th & Friday April 13th at BIG SKY WORKS
Over TWO consecutive nights, Anna Copa Cabanna, Joe McGinty & BAMiAM.tv present a chronological exploration of the sonic and visual experiments of Kraftwerk with a live presentation of their SEMI-complete repertoire in the BIG SKY WORKS Atrium.
Each evening consists of a live performance and 3-D visualization (PROJECTIONS + AERIAL = 3D) of 2/3 of Kraftwerk's studio albums—Autobahn (1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), Computer World (1981) & Techno Pop (1986)—in the order of their release.
This RE-reinterpretation showcases Kraftwerk’s historical contributions to and contemporary influence on global sound and image culture... FOR THOSE OF US WHO DON'T HAVE FANCY MOMA(/internet) CONNECTIONS.
BOTH nights will feature a larger than life keytar-triggered light show by BAMiAM.tv and AERIAL FEATS from THE TRAPEZE LOFT!
Line-up so far:
*THURSDAY, APRIL 12*
Doors at 8pm
Autobahn (1974)- Cosmicide (members of The Secret Machines)
Radio-Activity (1975) - Gavin Russom (DFA Records, Black Meteoric Star, The Crystal Ark)
Trans-Europe Express (1977)- Dead Mofo (members of The Kills, A Place to Bury Strangers) Projections by Spencer Bewley!
+ DJ Niteline (Kevin Duffey) before, after and in between!
*FRIDAY, APRIL 13*
Doors at 9pm
The Man-Machine (1978) - curated by Anna Copa Cabanna
Computer World (1981) - curated by Joe McGinty
Techno Pop (1986) -
+ DJ URSULA1000 before, after and in between!
MORE acts announced as confirmed!
$10