Sunday, December 16, 2012

pre holiday week picks

If someone has forwarded this list to you and you want to get it yourself, send an email to hipstertravelnycpicks-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Poor Folks Specials- Check out these sites for great free things myfreeconcert.com for shows artcards.cc for openings Theskint.com not all free, but mostly Garagepunknyc.com for shows Recommended art stuff Most, but not all galleries are closed Sunday and Monday and usually open 11-6 ******************** Check with artcards.cc for openings, chelseaartgalleries.com for shows... also****************** ********************** Tracing Time November 16 - December 29, 2012 Johanna Calle Leyla Cárdenas Maria Fernanda Plata Mateo López Gloria Ortiz-Hernández Bernardo Ortiz Luis Roldán José Antonio Suárez Londoño* Josee Bienvenu Gallery - 529 West 20th Street, New York, NY , 10011, also****************** ********************** Lunch Hour NYC Now through Sunday, February 17, 2013 at the New York Public Library main branch. A history of lunch also****************** ********************** Yigal Ozeri: Territory November 29, 2012 - January 5, 2013 Mike Weiss Gallery is pleased to present Territory, a new series of Photorealist oil paintings by Israeli artist Yigal Ozeri. Mike Weiss Gallery 520 West 24th Street New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-691-6899 Hours: Tues-Sat 10am to 6pm www.mikeweissgallery.com also****************** ********************** MF Gallery Presents: THE 2012 MF TOYS SHOW Handmade Art Toys By Your Favorite Underground Artists! MF Gallery: 213 Bond St. Brooklyn, NY 11217 Just in time for the Holiday Season, MF Gallery is proud to present our TENTH Annual MF Toys Show! The toys in this show are all hand made by artists, and with affordable prices, (many priced at $20-$100) they're sure to make the perfect Holiday gift! The toys in the show will be also available for viewing and purchasing online at: www.mfgallery.net/TS12/TS12.html MF Gallery is located at 213 Bond Street, between Butler and Baltic Streets in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn, NY. Take the A or G to Hoyt/ Schermerhorn, the F or G to Bergen, or the R to Union. also****************** ********************** Saturday, December 1, 2012 Nolan Hendrickson, Eddie Martinez, JP Munro Exhibition dates: December 1, 2012 - January 12, 2013 For the gallery's post Sandy re-opening, Zach Feuer Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Nolan Hendrickson, Eddie Martinez and JP Munro. Zach Feuer Gallery | 548 West 22nd Street | New York | NY | 10011 also****************** ********************** "From Candle Light to Bubble-Lite": A 1950's Christmas In An 1850's Home Back by Popular Demand ! Dec. 6th thru Jan. 7th 2013 Deb O'Nair and her creative team of Elves will once again "Deck the Halls, Walls, Parlors, Bedrooms, Kitchen" of The Merchants House Museum with her extensive 1950's Kitschmas Collection. Merchant's House Museum 29 East Fourth Street, New York, New York 10003 Sunday, December 16, 2012 PopGun Presents Heloise & the Savoir Faire, Sophia Knapp Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn, NY Sun, December 16, 2012 8:30 PM (Doors: 8:30 PM) $10.00 - $12.00 21 and over also****************** ********************** 8mm Movie Matinee's Sanity Clause Celebration w/Mary Pickford's SPARROWS! 4:30pm until 9:30pm Come celebrate the holidays with the Movie Matinee gang - nothing says Merry Christmas like feeding live human infants to alligators in a Louisiana bayou! Yes that's right, along with tons of 8mm, super8 and 16mm cartoons and digest horror/sci-fi films, come marvel at 'America's Sweetheart', Mary Pickford, in her only feature-length horror film - SPARROWS! Who knew babies were so delicious? Free popcorn! Priceless laffs! Live horror hosts, dj's, and puppet shows! Only a $5 entry! Price to move! Bar82 New York, New York also****************** ********************** at bowery electric SKULK THE HULKING, GAMEDAY REGULARS THE VON FRANKENSTEINS SUNDAY DECEMBER 16 / 7:30 also****************** ********************** at highline ballroom Halloween Bash The Misfits , Attack , Japanther , Heart of the Matter Sunday, Dec 16, 2012 8:00 PM EST (6:00 PM Doors) Highline Ballroom, New York, NY also****************** ********************** Fisherman's Tiki Country Christmas Party! 9:00pm until 11:30pm Join fisherman and Kitty Chow the tri-coastal duo on their return from california and hawaii, with Miss Ekaterina and Little Miss Lix, plus live music from Ken Ball and mike Larocka for this multi-themed mashup! Games and prizes, the candy-cane limbo and more! FREE! Every sunday in december. RODEO BAR AND GRILL- NYC 375 3rd Avenue, New York, New York 10016 also****************** ********************** Otto's Shrunken Head Christmas Party!!! Sunday, December 16, 2012 8:30pm 9PM SEAN COLEMAN & THE QUASARS 10PM FRANK WOOD & HIS NYC ALL-STARS BAND 11PM BOCTUPUS 12AM DANNY'S DEVILS BLUES Otto's Shrunken Head 538 E 14th Street, New York, New York 10009 also****************** ********************** TWIN GUNS - LIVE THIS SUNDAY AT PRAVDA PRESENTING THEIR NEW ALBUM " SWEET DREAMS " New York’s TWIN GUNS features Andrea Sicco (Oscura, Rockethouse) and “Jungle” Jim Chandler (The Cramps, The Makers). Despite being just a duo, Twin Guns has the power and chops to really bring it. Drenched in reverb, fuzz and an overdose of atmosphere, Twin Guns combine parts Jesus & Mary Chain, the Count Five/Seeds vibe, and the New York “No Wave” scene into its own dark stew. SUNDAY DEC. 16th @ PRAVDA 281 LAFAYETTE ST. MANHATTAN DOORS OPEN @ 10 FREE COME JOIN US ON AN INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE A PSYCHEDELIC NIGHT OF MUSIC & DANCE. MAGIC & ART IS ALIVE IN THE CITY WITH THE BEST MUSIC, THE BADDEST DANCING, THE MOST IMPECCABLE TASTE & THE SWEETEST SPIRITS. GOOD VIBES, GOOD ATMOSPHERE & GOOD FRIENDS Monday, December 17, 2012 Lydia Lunch's Big Sexy Noise The Bowery Electric 1st U.S. Show! Big Sexy Noise with Lydia Lunch & James Johnston and Ian White from Gallon Drunk. Caught on Tape Duo opens featuring Thurston Moore and John Moloney. Doors 8pm Tickets $15. also****************** ********************** at barnes and noble union square Holiday Dream Polyphonic Spree Performance, CD Signing (Music/CD) Monday December 17, 2012 7:00 PM also****************** ********************** Sorceress, Livids, and Yankee Bang Bang at XPO 929! Monday 8:00pm Sorceress https://www.facebook.com/SorceressBand?ref=ts&fref=ts Livids http://livids.bandcamp.com/ Yankee Bang Bang http://www.facebook.com/yankeebangbang come pardee XPO 929 929 Broadway, Brooklyn, New York 11206 also****************** ********************** LAST VVYNL OF 2012! Week 32 10:00pm until 4:00am Lexelle Presents... VVYNL!!!!!! We bring you the hottest and latest in NYC electropop and dance music every Monday night at The Woods! Electro pop, New Wave, Dark Wave, Disco, Underground Dance Music, glamor, lust, and mayhem shake the walls. And guess what! It's FREE! 21+ w/ID WEEK 32!!! DJ Kid Chulupa LIVE: City Rain Sappho's Journey Sir Charles Garek (www.garek.tv) Jit Real Photography by Carlos Duran http://www.facebook.com/carlosduranphotography Your Hosts: Lexelle http://www.facebook.com/LexelleMusic Come get your dance on and your rocks off with us Monday! DJ Mixes, Music Downloads, and more! http://www.vvynl.com/ The Woods 48 S 4th St, Brooklyn, New York 11211 also****************** ********************** Tis’ the Fever [12/17 Mon] The Feverbreakers / Klaus / Mail the Horse Monday at 9:30pm until Tuesday at 12:30pm 9:30 Mail the Horse 10:30 Klaus 11:15 The Feverbreakers + santa Klaus FREE SHOW. Goodbye Blue Monday is a good spot. Free shows and free atmosphere. Music 7 nights a week. Goodbye Blue Monday 1087 Broadway, Brooklyn, New York 11221 Tuesday, December 18, 2012 PopGun Presents Bad Girlfriend Country Mice Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn, NY Tue, December 18, 2012 8:30 PM (Doors: 8:30 PM) $10.00 21 and over also****************** ********************** Tuesday 12.18 $7 .ZZZs .Dead Til Tuesday .Negfi .Human Crush at death by audio Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Shaken and Stirred Burlesque at the Delancey. Free and free shots! also****************** ********************** DEMETRA | WETCIRCUIT PRESENT SFX FREE ADMISSION | 21+ COCKTAIL HOUR 8pm: Nuclear Winter Drink Specials Body FX UV Body Painting Party FX Nuclear Snow storm provided by SFX Atomic Sparklers distributed by Allison Wwonderland 8:30PM: RADIO MUSIK www.soundcloud.com/radiomusik 9PM: ZAS www.facebook.com/ZASmusic 10PM: THE MYSTIC UNDERGROUND www.facebook.com/themysticunderground 11PM: IAMEVE www.facebook.com/iameveami 12:00AM: H U S S L E C L U B www.facebook.com/HUSSLECLUB Special performance by Demetra www.reverbnation.com/demetrasongs AFTER HOURS Style FX Brina Stella ANTICOUTURE www.facebook.com/dibrinacorp FEATURING MODELS Angelana Jones www.modelmayhem.com/1157463 Danni Lowe www.facebook.com/LolitaNurse Alexis Nexus www.facebook.com/Alexisnexus6 Mei Hoshi www.facebook.com/mei.hoshi Kitsy Szczepański www.facebook.com/KitsyDolly Ada Shopanova www.facebook.com/aidana.shopanova Brittany Tartaglia www.facebook.com/brittany.tartaglia Nadia www.facebook.com/nadia.innocent Katrina www.facebook.com/KatrinaRM08 Porphyria www.facebook.com/NicholeDAckerman Miz Katastrophe www.facebook.com/MizKatastrophe.Profile Bless Karl www.facebook.com/blessfantastic Bonnie Elizabeth www.facebook.com/BlackLiteBrite ~After Hours Burlesque~ Apathy Aioki www.apathyangelnyc.com Genre: NUCLEAR WINTER, Fallout SnowBunnies, Geiger-Counter Couture, Mutant Yeti Fur, Radiation Tan, Atomic Popsicle, Frozen Apocalypse, Bond Girl, Russian Spy, Chemical Agents, Ninotchka, Ice Queen / Princess R Bar 218 Bowery, New York, New York 10012 Thursday, December 20, 2012 Dance Like There's No Tomorrow w/ Libel, Wojcik, The Planes & DJ Stivi Thursday, December 20, 2012 8:00pm Some interpretations of the Maya calendar (such as the "amazing" film "2012") suggest it's absolutely curtains on 12/21/12. Well, we know no better way to go out than a wild dance party, particularly one that features DJ Stivi, just in from Milan. Also, enjoy some end-of-the-world sets of rockage from: Libel - http://www.facebook.com/libelmusic Wojcik – http://www.facebook.com/WOJCIKband The Planes – http://www.facebook.com/ThePlanesNYC If the world doesn't end on 12/21... Well, let's not think so far in the future. Don Pedro 90 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11206 also****************** ********************** Tickets are $6 in advance, $8 at the door. Doors are Brooklyn Based, the skint, Fucked in Park Slope, and Brokelyn Present: No Office Holiday Party Thursday, Dec. 20 8pm- Littlefield 622 Degraw St. between 3rd and 4th Aves. Gowanus, Brooklyn Friday, December 21, 2012 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)! Location Otto's Shrunken Head 538 East 14th Street (between A and B) Always Free, always crazy also****************** ********************** VENOM @ Cobra Club! --December 21st-- Friday, December 21, 2012 10:00pm until 4:00am The next VENOM is Friday, December 21st! Holiday/End of the World Party! Drink specials, cupcakes, and the Kings of Karaoke in the back room! Bring your holiday cheer AND your Mayan loincloth. Dark. Fast. Rock. Cobra Club: 6 Wyckoff Ave. in Bushwick, L to Jefferson DJs: Kym Malis & Tracy 10-4am! Venom will usually kill you but ours will just make your heart race: metal, punk, rockabilly…it’s all rock n’ roll and you’ll like it! Cobra is the best new bar in Bushwick! Signature drinks titled with Misfits songs! Nice outdoor area! Drink specials! The Cobra Club 6 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11237 Saturday, December 22, 2012 at bowery electric DAVID JOHANSEN ROMANS KAY KASPERHAUSEN SATURDAY DECEMBER 22 / 7:00 / $23 ADV / $25 DO / 21+ also****************** ********************** The Monro Pub Holiday Artisans Fair Saturday, December 22, 2012 2:00pm until 7:00pm The Monro Pub Holiday Artisans Fair 481 5th Avenue Brooklyn,NY Saturday,Dec. 22 2-7 pm SHOP DRINK SNACK Come shop in Brooklyn and get beautiful handmade gifts for an your holiday needs. Support small businesses at this great British pub in the heart of Brooklyn. Participating Artisans: Luna Star Reese-Rox UltraFresca Susan Marie Rubberpieces Crafts by Shav Kaleidoscope Design Mermaid's Dream Mmm...Goodies Photographic Jewelry Couture also****************** ********************** at the bell house 8pm Doors / $15 adv / $17 dos (ON SALE FRIDAY AT NOON!) THE SLACKERS CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION WITH THE FRIGHTNRS SAMMY K CAZ & THE DAY LABORERS PLUS DJ 100DBS AND DJ SMALL CHANGE also****************** ********************** SATURDAY MATINEE - $7 ABC No Rio 156 Rivington Street New York, NY 10002 (212) 254-3697 SATURDAY DECEMBER 22 at 3:00pm --ZOMBIE FIGHT (all city NYHC - ex-Regression/Point Pleasant!) --WE WERE SKELETONS (PA screamo, reminiscent of Off Minor, Hot Cross, Saetia, etc.) --CAPACITIES (NJ hardcore/screamo - current & ex-Black Kites/The Saddest Landscape/The Assistant) --BORN IN A CENT (radical political/feminist indie/punk from Brooklyn & Long Island) also****************** ********************** Ghoul A Go-Go Holiday Krampus Party with "DEVILS" Show Premiere! Saturday, December 22, 2012 8:00pm Admission: $13 Presented by Morbid Anatomy * Premiere of Ghoul A Go-Go’s “DEVILS” show with Vlad & Creighton LIVE! * A screening of the bizarro Mexican holiday classic feature film Santa Claus (1959)! The devil Pitch is on the loose! Can Christmas be saved? * “Beelzebabe “Siren of Sodom” performs live burlesque! * Mistress Dominae Drakonis beats the naughty! * Mulled Wine! Krampus cake! Piñata! More fun than you can beat with a stick! More info here: http://observatoryroom.org/2012/11/24/ghoul-a-go-go-holiday-krampus-party-with-devils-show-premiere/ Observatory -- Brooklyn, NY 543 Union Street #1E, Brooklyn, New York 11215 Sunday, December 23, 2012 The Wau Wau Sisters at Joes pub. Back in the day they used to do a free every monday show at galapagos in it old space. Now their shows are rare and this one is twenty bucks (plus food minimum) also****************** ********************** Fisherman's Tiki Country Christmas Party! 9:00pm until 11:30pm Join fisherman and Kitty Chow the tri-coastal duo on their return from california and hawaii, with Miss Ekaterina and Little Miss Lix, plus live music from Ken Ball and mike Larocka for this multi-themed mashup! Games and prizes, the candy-cane limbo and more! FREE! Every sunday in december. RODEO BAR AND GRILL- NYC 375 3rd Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Monday, December 24, 2012 Reckless Xmas! Filthy Fifties, Swingin 60s and sexy 70s tunes all night on 45 guaranteed to put you on the naughty list. Dj Xerox keeps you rocking and rolling at Ottos Tonight, 10:30 pm to 4 am while Natasha slings the drinks! Plus Frank Woods Blankfest earlier. Bring a blanket to donate to the homeless. Free $5 Drink Special-The Spinning Dreidel at Ottos Shrunken Head 538 East 14 Street at Ave B NY, NY 10009 L Train to First Avenue December 26, 2012 Normally this would be a copycat night, but we are taking the holiday off

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Last Copycat of 2012 Wednesday

If someone has forwarded this list to you and you want to get it yourself, send an email to hipstertravelnycpicks-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Poor Folks Specials- Check out these sites for great free things myfreeconcert.com for shows artcards.cc for openings Theskint.com not all free, but mostly Garagepunknyc.com for shows Recommended art stuff Most, but not all galleries are closed Sunday and Monday and usually open 11-6 ******************** Check with artcards.cc for openings, chelseaartgalleries.com for shows... also****************** ********************** Tracing Time November 16 - December 29, 2012 Johanna Calle Leyla Cárdenas Maria Fernanda Plata Mateo López Gloria Ortiz-Hernández Bernardo Ortiz Luis Roldán José Antonio Suárez Londoño* Josee Bienvenu Gallery - 529 West 20th Street, New York, NY , 10011, also****************** ********************** Lunch Hour NYC Now through Sunday, February 17, 2013 at the New York Public Library main branch. A history of lunch also****************** ********************** Yigal Ozeri: Territory November 29, 2012 - January 5, 2013 Mike Weiss Gallery is pleased to present Territory, a new series of Photorealist oil paintings by Israeli artist Yigal Ozeri. Mike Weiss Gallery 520 West 24th Street New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-691-6899 Hours: Tues-Sat 10am to 6pm www.mikeweissgallery.com also****************** ********************** MF Gallery Presents: THE 2012 MF TOYS SHOW Handmade Art Toys By Your Favorite Underground Artists! MF Gallery: 213 Bond St. Brooklyn, NY 11217 Just in time for the Holiday Season, MF Gallery is proud to present our TENTH Annual MF Toys Show! The toys in this show are all hand made by artists, and with affordable prices, (many priced at $20-$100) they're sure to make the perfect Holiday gift! The toys in the show will be also available for viewing and purchasing online at: www.mfgallery.net/TS12/TS12.html MF Gallery is located at 213 Bond Street, between Butler and Baltic Streets in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn, NY. Take the A or G to Hoyt/ Schermerhorn, the F or G to Bergen, or the R to Union. also****************** ********************** Saturday, December 1, 2012 Nolan Hendrickson, Eddie Martinez, JP Munro Exhibition dates: December 1, 2012 - January 12, 2013 For the gallery's post Sandy re-opening, Zach Feuer Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Nolan Hendrickson, Eddie Martinez and JP Munro. Zach Feuer Gallery | 548 West 22nd Street | New York | NY | 10011 also****************** ********************** "From Candle Light to Bubble-Lite": A 1950's Christmas In An 1850's Home Thursday, December 6, 2012 Back by Popular Demand ! Dec. 6th thru Jan. 7th 2013 Deb O'Nair and her creative team of Elves will once again "Deck the Halls, Walls, Parlors, Bedrooms, Kitchen" of The Merchants House Museum with her extensive 1950's Kitschmas Collection. Merchant's House Museum 29 East Fourth Street, New York, New York 10003 Sunday, December 9, 2012 Fisherman's Tiki Country Christmas Party! Sunday, December 2, 2012 9:00pm until 11:30pm Join fisherman and Kitty Chow the tri-coastal duo on their return from california and hawaii, with Miss Ekaterina and Little Miss Lix, plus live music from Ken Ball and mike Larocka for this multi-themed mashup! Games and prizes, the candy-cane limbo and more! FREE! Every sunday in december. RODEO BAR AND GRILL- NYC 375 3rd Avenue, New York, New York 10016 also****************** ********************** WFMU benefit record swap! Sunday, December 9, 2012 3:00pm WFMU, which in my opinion is one of the best radio stations EVER, was hard hit by Hurricane Sandy. They lost a lot of equipment and had to cancel their annual record fair, which is a major source of funding for them. In an effort to help, we're promoting a lil' ol' record swap of our own, with all proceeds from dealer tables going directly to WFMU. It will be held on Sunday, December 9 at Bar 82. Bar 82 is located at 136 2nd Ave, in Manhattan (http://www.bar82nyc.com/) The swap starts at 3 PM and goes till whenever. The bar will be open and some of the city's best DJ's will be spinning. We invite you to have a great time shopping for records while shaking a tail feather and simultaneously helping WFMU! BAR 82 136 2nd Ave., New York, New York 10003 also****************** ********************** at le poison rouge 12.09 Os Mutantes also****************** ********************** NORTON RECORDS~ AUCTION/FUNDRAISER!~ Sunday, December 9, 2012 4:00pm HEY EVERYBODY....HERE'S a GREAT CAUSE! Billy and Miriam, who HAVE DEVOTED their LIVES to OUR AMAZING CULTURE, via NORTON INDUSTRIES, were virtually WIPED out by Sandy... 35 years of WORK, LOVE< Blood, sweat, and TEARS!..SO...My bar, MANITOBA'S is doing OUR bit to HELP! ON SUNDAY DEC. 9th, Billy and I will HOST an AUCTION...We HAVE UNBELIEVABLY GREAT THINGS to AUCTION OFF.... ..SO BA RING yo' CASH, and get ready for Happy Hour prices, NORTON DJ's galore, White Castles, Hot Chix Pole Dancing, and the MOTHER OF ALL AUCTIONS, to HELP NORTON!!!! THE STUFF TO BE AUCTIONED...IS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING!!!...DREW FRIEDMAN RARE DRAWINGS, GUITAR PEDALS, ORIGINAL OLD MOVIE POSTERS, RESTAURANT GIFT CERTIFICATES,AND SOOOOO MUCH MORE....THIS IS GONNA BE FUN!!!!!!! ~HANDSOME DICK MANITOBA~ MANITOBA'S 99 AVE B, NYC 4-7 PM! Welcome to Norton Records! www.nortonrecords.com http://www.nortonrecords.com/ www.nortonrecords.com Welcome to Norton Records! www.nortonrecords.com IF YOU WANNA MAKE A CHECK OUT, AND BRING IT, OR SEND IT...DAT'S GOOD TOO!!!! Make it out to : NORTON RECORDS also****************** ********************** Mexican Museums, The Sweet Ones, and Yankee Bang Bang with Krinkle Bearcat at Cake Shop, New York, NY, US Monday, December 10, 2012 at bowery electric THE NY CONSCIOUSNESS COLLECTIVE PRESENTS QUALIA FEST 2012 THE ZOMBIE BLUES BAND SPACE CLAMPS, QUIET KARATE REFLEX THE AMYGDALOIDS, THE WHIMS MARY’S ROOMMATE, TIRES MONDAY DECEMBER 10 / 6:30 / $FREE!!! / 21+ also****************** ********************** Regulars Small beast multi genre curated event at the delancey-free also****************** ********************** 830 PM Beninghove's Hangmen @ ZirZamin Cheap drinks, plenty o' parking, buckets of awesome. With Rick Parker, Dane Johnson, Eyal Maoz, Dan Foose, And Shawn Baltazor. EVERY MONDAY!! no cover. 90 W. Houston St. NYC also****************** ********************** ARC's hot WINTER Holiday Record + CD SALE Sat, Dec 8 and runs through Sun, Dec 16 We are open everyday, 11am - 6pm. This is our major fundraiser, so come by and shop - books, CDs, LPs, singles, VHS, DVDs, sheet music + more Help us out ! Blog, face, tweet, post or shout out about our sale... PARTY for ARC members on Thursday evening DEC 6! ARChive of Contemporary Music 54 White Street in Tribeca between Broadway and Church Streets - North of Worth + 3 short blocks south of Canal Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at barnes and noble union square Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust Ina Garten Meet the Writers (Cookbooks) Tuesday December 11, 2012 7:00 PM also****************** ********************** regulars Hot Dog Dj Night at Matchless in Greenpoint Two for one drinks and awesome tunes. Amazing fries. House DJs include DJ Shimmy, Charles Gaskins, Handsome Van Zant and more. also****************** ********************** at the delancey 10pm House of Commons – a night of all-British sounds 2 for 1 well drinks from 10pm to midnight Wednesday, December 12, 2012 TrashyTravel.com presents The Copycat Tribute to The Velvet Underground Bands play sets of originals and covers in the back room DJ Xerox and his special guests spin all covers up front. Tonights Bands The Rats Advaeta LoveStruck NO COVER $5 Venus in Furs Cocktails all night at Ottos Shrunken Head, 538 East 14 Street, Near avenue B 9 pm to 4 am L Train to First Avenue Thursday, December 13, 2012 At the Delancey, Warper electronic music party. Free! also****************** ********************** 2012 Holiday Soiree Thursday, December 13, 2012 6:00pm until 9:00pm As a special thanks to all our supporters, we're hosting a night of free family fun and holiday cheer. There will be baked goods, a make-your-own hot cocoa bar, music, caroling, holiday games, and a touch of beer & wine to liven up your holiday spirit. Please save the date to kickstart your holiday season with a gift from PST. Shetler Studios & Theatres 244 W 54th St, New York, New York 10019-5502 also****************** ********************** at secret project robot Thursday December 13th IMPOSE MAGAZINE 10 YR ANNIVERSARY PARTY View the works of ten photographers who have helped shape Impose's visual landscape for the past ten years. There will be over 50 images on display along with some free cocktails courtesy of Reyka, projections by EyeBodega and a very special live performance by Alan Watts. So join us as we attempt to join high society. We've been working out our pinkies all year for this one opportunity to raise them. Celebrating ten years with ten photographers With prints from: Nate Dorr Sam Horine Joe Perez Sarahana Shrestha Gretchen Robinette Daniel Doherty Valerie Paulsgrove Maryanne Ventrice Eric Phipps Edwina Hay Live performance by Alan Watts Projections by EyeBodega Friday, December 14, 2012 Masterpieces: A Fact-Filled Coloring Book FRIDAY DECEMBER 14 6:00PM - 10:00PM ONE NIGHT ONLY Curtis Cates and Emily Burnell Petrou present a collection of 60 newly imagined pages from 'Masterpieces: A Fact-Filled Coloring Book.' Professional artists of various disciplines, as well as creative nonprofessionals, were recruited to reinterpret the book's 60 pages, each depicting a famous work of art. The project got started in hallway benefactor style after Cates found the discarded book in his apartment building on the Lower East Side of New York City and got to wondering how a bunch of creative grown-ups would color inside and outside the lines. Including: Donny Cates, Kaitlin Martin, Emily Burnell Petrou, Lloyd Maines, Guenveur Burnell, Jill Seale, Eric Norris, David C. Barnett, Terri Hendrix, John Woods, Steve Waugh, Connie Champagne, Doug Wakefield, Rich Brown, Claudia Alvarez, Elsa Hiltner, Ericka Wellman James, Brent Riley, Rick Hall, Maddy Walker, Terry Rosenberg, Colleen Fogarty, Andie Beahn, Gyda Gash, Katina Petrou, Terry Allen, Terri Marlowe, Elizabeth Lefmann Blair , Bob Groke, Tommy Glazner, Peter Ketchum, Debora Parks, Kick Cates, Curtis Cates, Richard Baker, Addie Cheges, Sally Randall Brunger, Joe Culley, Susan Quinn-Waugh, Rick Rodine, Thomas Eller, Nicole Bufanio, Joy Brown, Dianna Hedren, Kelly Lamb, Mikel Campbell, Chris Cates, Samoa, George Pickow, Kurt Walters, Siobhan Meow, Elke Claus, Jennifer Carpenter, Marc Miller & Katherine Jansky Michaelson, William Wickline, Kelli Smith, Claudia Alvarez, Rosemary Fogarty, Dawn Behzadi, Kembra Pfahler, David Bjerklie, Richard Kern, Howie Pyro + Michael Kortez. ABC No Rio 156 Rivington Street New York, NY 10002 (212) 254-3697 also****************** ********************** Due to Hurricane Sandy, Halloween is now in December as The Anna Copa Cabanna Show brings you a NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Oh Unholy Night!! Did you miss out on the best Halloween ever!?? SO DID WE!! It's a NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS! Silent Night, Deadly night!!! SO SPOOKTACULAR! And OOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhh so SCARY! You can buy your ticket and pick your seat here! http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,6382 Friday Dec 14th, 11 30pm SHARP! JOE'S PUB. 425 Lafayette $15 Starring: ANNA COPA CABANNA and The MG5 THE COPA CABANNA DANCERS- Libbylicious, Mr Miss America, The Mighty Thaddeus, and Sweet Sweet Sarah Belle!!!! Guest Starring: the amazing hip gyrations of HULA HOOP HARLOT MELISSA-ANNE! The comedic stylings of ESTHER CROW (The Electric Mess) The smooth sounds of JOY DRAGLAND (Escort, Generally Awesome) PLUS- Prizes! Puppets! The Wheel of Wonderment! Sassy Seances! Ghoulish Gags! Australian Trivia! And Killer Tributes to your favorite HORROR Movies, Duran Duran, LED ZEPPELIN, Patrick SWAYZE and a whole lotta HEAVY METAL! also****************** ********************** Rockem Sockem night free at Ottos also****************** ********************** at secret project robot FRIDAY DECEMBER 14TH THE CANCELLED HALLOWEEN SHOW IS NOW A CHRISTMAS MASQUERADE Exactly one week before the Apocalypse... A helluva way to end the year... Srs Party Srs Fun! PENDV NYC presents: SRS FUN! hosted by ZANA BAYNE + CAMERON COOPER (GAG!) with LIVE PERFORMANCES by: MIRROR MIRROR CHEZ DEEP and DJ SETS by: Bruno C (Light Asylum) Todd Pendu Special Guest http://www.pendunyc.com/ Saturday, December 15, 2012 HULLABALOO! rides again one last time this calendar year with one of our favorite bands of the past couple años-- LOS VIGILANTES That's not all folks... we've also got THE PSYCHED, the sludgy garage rock trio that's sweeping the nation with their recently released Black Gladiator LP; GHOST BIKINI, a bunch of southern femme-fronted organ ravers debuting up No'th; THE MONSIEURS' 60's pop put through the meat grinder of Tunnel of Love's acoustics; and DOOZIES, a fresh young bunch of punks guaranteed to ruin everything-- except for your night. This is the last Hullabaloo! of the year AND for the foreseeable future... we'll be taking some months off and who knows, may NEVER return to these hallowed halls. SO come down one last time to drink from the cup o' kindness and dance to sounds laid down by Charles and Shimmy... Don Pedro Bar Lounge 90 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11206 also****************** ********************** SATURDAY MATINEE - $7 SATURDAY DECEMBER 15 at 3:00pm --YUPPICIDE (NYC hardcore/punk vets - 1st show @ ABC in years!) --THE LAST STAND (NYHC featuring members of Shutdown & Inhuman!) --LORDS OF DEATH (NYHC/punk miscreants) --DEAD SERIOUS (NYC hardcore punk - ex-Home 33/All Torn Up!/Balance Of Terror/Wreckage) ABC No Rio 156 Rivington Street New York, NY 10002 (212) 254-3697 also****************** ********************** at the bell house 5pm Doors / All Ages / $18 adv / $20 dos HARRY AND THE POTTERS PRESENTS THE HARRY POTTER YULE BALL 2012 FEATURING: HARRY AND THE POTTERS POTTER PUPPET PALS THE WHOMPING WILLOWS THE HOME ALONES also****************** ********************** Saturday, December 15, 2012 Secret Project Robot's Annual Holiday Pageant curated by Barry London and Brad Truax Secret Project Robot Art Space | 389 MELROSE ST | brooklyn | NY | 11237 also****************** ********************** The Polyphonic Spree: Holiday Extravaganza! Details: The Polyphonic Spree Webster Hall 125 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003 Sat, Dec 15, 2012 05:30 PM also****************** ********************** SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15TH 2012 GLAMDAMMIT! WITH THE NAKED HEROES / THE NUCLEARS / THE DEAFENING TIME: 11:00PM ADMISSION: $5 at grand victory also****************** ********************** 12-15 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl: NYNT Holiday Party/Special Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/selector JAMES CHANCE playing LIVE SAX ON STAGE during the contest and CHAMPS bakery judging! Sunday, December 16, 2012 PopGun Presents Heloise & the Savoir Faire, Sophia Knapp Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn, NY Sun, December 16, 2012 8:30 PM (Doors: 8:30 PM) $10.00 - $12.00 21 and over also****************** ********************** at bowery electric SKULK THE HULKING, GAMEDAY REGULARS THE VON FRANKENSTEINS SUNDAY DECEMBER 16 / 7:30 also****************** ********************** at highline ballroom Halloween Bash The Misfits , Attack , Japanther , Heart of the Matter Sunday, Dec 16, 2012 8:00 PM EST (6:00 PM Doors) Highline Ballroom, New York, NY also****************** ********************** Fisherman's Tiki Country Christmas Party! 9:00pm until 11:30pm Join fisherman and Kitty Chow the tri-coastal duo on their return from california and hawaii, with Miss Ekaterina and Little Miss Lix, plus live music from Ken Ball and mike Larocka for this multi-themed mashup! Games and prizes, the candy-cane limbo and more! FREE! Every sunday in december. RODEO BAR AND GRILL- NYC 375 3rd Avenue, New York, New York 10016 December 17, 2012 Lydia Lunch's Big Sexy Noise The Bowery Electric also****************** ********************** at barnes and noble union square Holiday Dream Polyphonic Spree Performance, CD Signing (Music/CD) Monday December 17, 2012 7:00 PM December 18, 2012 PopGun Presents Bad Girlfriend Country Mice Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn, NY Tue, December 18, 2012 8:30 PM (Doors: 8:30 PM) $10.00 21 and over also****************** ********************** Tuesday 12.18 $7 .ZZZs .Dead Til Tuesday .Negfi .Human Crush at death by audio

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Picks

If someone has forwarded this list to you and you want to get it yourself, send an email to hipstertravelnycpicks-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Poor Folks Specials- Check out these sites for great free things myfreeconcert.com for shows artcards.cc for openings Theskint.com not all free, but mostly Garagepunknyc.com for shows Recommended art stuff Most, but not all galleries are closed Sunday and Monday and usually open 11-6 ******************** Check with artcards.cc for openings, chelseaartgalleries.com for shows... also****************** ********************** Tracing Time November 16 - December 29, 2012 Johanna Calle Leyla Cárdenas Maria Fernanda Plata Mateo López Gloria Ortiz-Hernández Bernardo Ortiz Luis Roldán José Antonio Suárez Londoño* Josee Bienvenu Gallery - 529 West 20th Street, New York, NY , 10011, also****************** ********************** Lunch Hour NYC Now through Sunday, February 17, 2013 at the New York Public Library main branch. A history of lunch also****************** ********************** Yigal Ozeri: Territory November 29, 2012 - January 5, 2013 Mike Weiss Gallery is pleased to present Territory, a new series of Photorealist oil paintings by Israeli artist Yigal Ozeri. Mike Weiss Gallery 520 West 24th Street New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-691-6899 Hours: Tues-Sat 10am to 6pm www.mikeweissgallery.com Sunday, December 2, 2012 Fisherman's Tiki Country Christmas Party! Sunday, December 2, 2012 9:00pm until 11:30pm Join fisherman and Kitty Chow the tri-coastal duo on their return from california and hawaii, with Miss Ekaterina and Little Miss Lix, plus live music from Ken Ball and mike Larocka for this multi-themed mashup! Games and prizes, the candy-cane limbo and more! FREE! Every sunday in december. RODEO BAR AND GRILL- NYC 375 3rd Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Monday, December 3, 2012 IN TARRYTOWN, very close to train A John Waters' Christmas w/ special guest Kimya Dawson Monday, December 3, 2012 8:00pm Scenic Presents: A John Waters' Christmas Tickets on sale now (http://www.tarrytownmusichall.org/) Legendary filmmaker John Waters (“Pink Flamingos””Hairspray””Serial Mom”) performs a very developed one-man show at festivals, universities, and clubs across the world and has since the 1970’s. In it, he details his groundbreaking career in a rapid-fire stand-up comedy format (akin to high-brow comics and monologists such as Spalding Gray, Janeane Garofalo, and Margaret Cho) plus conducts a Q & A afterwards. The show has played to sold-out audiences in New York, Copenhagen, London, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Tucson, Washington (DC), Sydney (Australia), Indianapolis, and beyond. Tickets on sale now (http://www.tarrytownmusichall.org/) $100 Limited VIP tickets w/ after show meet and greet $60 Orch $45 Balcony Tarrytown Music Hall 13 Main Street, Tarrytown, New York 10591 also****************** ********************** Regulars Small beast multi genre curated event at the delancey-free also****************** ********************** 830 PM Beninghove's Hangmen @ ZirZamin Cheap drinks, plenty o' parking, buckets of awesome. With Rick Parker, Dane Johnson, Eyal Maoz, Dan Foose, And Shawn Baltazor. EVERY MONDAY!! no cover. 90 W. Houston St. NYC also****************** ********************** J&R In-Store Signing! with Ian Hunter Monday 6:00pm until 8:00pm Buy a copy of "When I'm President" and get an older Ian Hunter/Mott the Hoople item signed as well! J&R 15 Park Row, New York, New York 10038 also****************** ********************** Obscura Society NYC: The Fall of the American Movie Palace Obscura Society Monday, December 3, 2012 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM (EST) Brooklyn, NY Lecture and slideshow on movie palaces http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4687750187 also****************** ********************** Lexelle Presents... VVYNL!!!!!! We bring you the hottest and latest in NYC electropop and dance music every Monday night at The Woods! Electro pop, New Wave, Dark Wave, Disco, Underground Dance Music, glamor, lust, and mayhem shake the walls. And guess what! It's FREE! WEEK 30!!! Hosted by Demetra! http://www.facebook.com/demetrasongs Live: Sandflower (Interscope Artist) Brittany Campbell Radio Musik Demetra (with Danny Nez from The Bullys) DJ Sets by Matty Glitterati (TRASH!) Parallel Attractions (Irena) GOGO by Lucille T. Amore The Woods 48 S 4th St, Brooklyn, New York 11211 Tuesday, December 4, 2012 Diamond Rings and Gold Fingers at Bowery Ballroom also****************** ********************** Diarrhea Planet, Shark?, Mannequin Pussy, Desert Sharks Shea Stadium also****************** ********************** at barnes and noble union square My Year in Meals Rachael Ray Other (Cookbooks) Tuesday December 04, 2012 7:00 PM i put this here because most people i know hate her also****************** ********************** at barnes and noble east 86 Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit Corey Olsen: Exploring J. R. R. Tolkien's the Hobbit Other (Science Fiction and Fantasy) Tuesday December 04, 2012 7:00 PM 150 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028 212-369-2180 also****************** ********************** Get it while you can, not long of this earth regulars Hot Dog Dj Night at Matchless in Greenpoint Two for one drinks and awesome tunes. Amazing fries. House DJs include DJ Shimmy, Charles Gaskins, Handsome Van Zant and more. also****************** ********************** at the delancey 10pm House of Commons – a night of all-British sounds 2 for 1 well drinks from 10pm to midnight Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Norton Records 45 RPM BUFF-A-RAMA Wednesday! Wednesday 5:00pm until 11:45pm Calling all 45 RPM luvvin' volunteers! One big night at the fabulous Bell House! DJs to be announced Seven inch records clean infinitely faster than the LPs that we’ve done at the two Brooklyn Bowl Wash-A-Thons but there are a lot of them! Bring along some rolls of paper towels and a pair of plastic gloves and let's give the wax a rubdown! Norton's seven inchers got soaked by Sandy and all the boss picture sleeves are now history. Help us dip n' dry these sevens back into action- come on over and don't forget the elbow grease! Plenty of wild 45s will be spun all night long! The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215 also****************** ********************** at barnes and noble union square Tyler Florence Fresh Tyler Florence Author Event (Cookbooks) Wednesday December 05, 2012 7:00 PM also****************** ********************** dorkbot.org NEXT MEETING lectures and stuff also****************** ********************** ROCKERVILLE! PRESENTS: PAINT FUMES (NC)!!! FRESHKILLS!!! ROYAL BATHS!!! BAZOOKA (GREECE)!!! ORGANS!!! @ SHEA STADIUM This ROCKERVILLE presents the revenging return of the supreme sounds of the wildest band PAINT FUMES slinging their new album "UCK LIFE" with vengeance leaving a path of destruction with a trail of vomit as they tour the east coast accompanied by their label mates on Slovenly Records all the way from Athens Greece the mighty-BAZOOKA! Upcoming phenomenon on there long journey around the world setting up in Brooklyn- ROYAL BATHS. The monstrous deadly twisted sounds of Freshkills will convert anybody to the likings of this garage scene. And back from their west coat tour Organs are back with vengeance to take down the house with their new album playing their first gig since getting back in the hood. So don't miss this banger of a show bring all your friends.The show starts at 8pm sharp with an $8 cover at the door. So come down and let these bands rescue you from yourselves..... -BAZOOKA- 8pm http://bazookabzk.bandcamp.com/ -ROYAL BATHS-8:45 https://www.facebook.com/royalbaths?ref=ts&fref=ts -FREASHKILLS-9:30 https://www.facebook.com/freshkills?ref=ts&fref=ts http://www.freshkillsband.com/ -PAINT FUMES-10:15 https://www.facebook.com/Paintfumes?ref=ts&fref=ts http://slovenly.bandcamp.com/album/paint-fumes-uck-life-lp http://slovenly.bandcamp.com/album/paint-fumes-egyptian-rats-ep -ORANS-11:00 https://www.facebook.com/organsnyc?ref=ts&fref=ts http://organsnyc.blogspot.com/ Plus DJ ELON SHOMAKER!!!! The show starts at 8pm! $8 a head.. also****************** ********************** Adult Education Final Show: Final Papers Adult Education is having its final show, ending an amazing five-year run. To close out the series with a bang, Adult Ed welcomes Paul Lukas, David J. Roth, Jeff Johnson, Francis Heaney, Dan Wilbur, and more to discuss the topic Final Papers. We hope to see you there so we can say goodbye as we all move on to other projects. Musical interlude by Francis Heaney, hosted by Charles Star. Housing Works Bookstore Cafe 126 Crosby Street, between Houston and Prince, Manhattan 7p; $free also****************** ********************** Shaken and Stirred Burlesque at the Delancey. Free and free shots! also****************** ********************** Fisty, the Recordettes, Queen Orlenes, and Cats From Japan! Wednesday 7:00pm until 12:00am Come see Fisty with the Recordettes, Queen Orlenes, and Cats From Japan at the venerable Grand Victory Dec. 5 starting at 8. Come for the happy hour and stay for the awesome live rock 'n' roll! This is Cats From Japan's first show. Let's give them a warm welcome (throwing beers cans and puking on them, optional). The Grand Victory 245 Grand St., Brooklyn, New York 11211 also****************** ********************** 12/05 8pm (free) noise salon CLIMB number 3 Secret Project Robot Art Space | 210 kent ave | brooklyn | NY | 11211 Thursday, December 6, 2012 also****************** ********************** Hard Nips, DRGN King, Eros and the Eschaton, Butter The Children at Shea Stadium All Ages also****************** ********************** Huck -A- Boggie Thursday, December 6, 2012 9:00pm Dance your Soul away! Join us Thursday December 6th for Huck-A-Boogie a night of Soul, Sin and good dranks( $6 drink specials all night) . DJ Steve Myers (Mighty Fine/Afghan Whigs ) will be taking you back with the best in New Orleans Funk and R&B from the 60s, 70s & 80s..and who doesn't like that!!!. 588 Grand Street, Williamsburg, New York 11211 also****************** ********************** The Immaculates, The Numerators, Habibi, The Neighbors at the space known asBig Snow All Ages $7 also****************** ********************** "From Candle Light to Bubble-Lite": A 1950's Christmas In An 1850's Home Thursday, December 6, 2012 Back by Popular Demand ! Dec. 6th thru Jan. 7th 2013 Deb O'Nair and her creative team of Elves will once again "Deck the Halls, Walls, Parlors, Bedrooms, Kitchen" of The Merchants House Museum with her extensive 1950's Kitschmas Collection. Merchant's House Museum 29 East Fourth Street, New York, New York 10003 also****************** ********************** The Slack Tide, The Feverbreakers and Lonely Empire (in that order) at Don Pedro's Thursday, December 6, 2012 The Slack Tide @ 9 The Feverbreakers @ 10 Lonely Empire @ 11 Don Pedro 90 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11206 Friday, December 7, 2012 Williamsburg first fridays art walk event http://www.wagmag.org/ also****************** ********************** ShootLikeAGirlPhotography Exhibit/Holiday Party at Vineapple Cafe Friday, December 7, 2012 7:00pm until 10:00pm Brooklyn, New York Come celebrate the holiday season and the final days of my current photography exhibit! When: Friday, December 7, 2012 - 7pm to 10pm Where: Vineapple Cafe - 71 Pineapple Street between Henry and Hicks, Brooklyn Heights. Take the 2/3 to Clark Street or the A/C to High Street www.vineapple.com Why: To see art featuring NYC cityscape and landscape images, enjoy drink specials, catch up with friends and/or meet some new ones! This event is free to attend. Looking forward to seeing you there! www.shootlikeagirlphotography.com also****************** ********************** Subsonics with Living Kills/Loose Pistons/The Insomniacs/The Monsieurs Friday, December 7, 2012 7:00pm until 11:30pm Subsonics http://www.facebook.com/SubsonicsATL The Living Kills http://www.facebook.com/livingkills Loose Pistons http://www.facebook.com/loosepistons The Insomniacs http://www.facebook.com/theinsomniacsrocknroll The Monsieurs http://www.facebook.com/TheMonsieurs Dj Tony LoFi Tickets: http://www.ticketweb.com/fb/3154644/scenic Price: $9.00 The Grand Victory 245 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY Saturday, December 8, 2012 PopGun Presents 4th Annual Lennon Party! Featuring members of Acrylics, TEEN, Psychic, Caged Animals Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn, NY Sat, December 8, 2012 8:00 PM (Doors: 8:00 PM) $10.00 21 and over also****************** ********************** CRAFTERMATH Holiday Show at THE STAND December 8 at 8:00pm until December 9 at 11:00pm THE STAND GALLERY, 7th St. & Avenue C, NYC Local artists Our Lady of Perpetual PMS (aka Daniella), Jessica Delfino & Elisa Velasquez present a Weekend Art Show of holiday subversion, with musical street performances. -Alternative art & gifts for sale including: paintings, punk holiday ornaments, upcycled jewelry, & hand-painted playable ukuleles, & more -Live music/holiday satire -Creative community party/quirky caroling/street art -more TBA The gallery is small & intimate and the spirit of the event will spill out onto the sidewalk, creating a festive street scape for friends, fellow artists, & passerby. Sat. 12/8, 8pm-11pm Art Opening: Sun. 12/9, 12pm-8pm: Day Party, show continues until 8pm (hours may be extended) also****************** ********************** Birds in Weather/The Planes/Slim Charles/Hannibal Montana @ Matchless Saturday, December 8, 2012 7:30pm We've got a great line-up for you guys on Saturday 12/8 @ Matchless! Four bands for $8, that's like $2 per band! (hows that for a black Friday deal?) Doors open at 8! 8:45pm, Birds in Weather http://birdsinweather.com/home.cfm 9:30pm, The Planes (EP Release!) http://theplanesnyc.bandcamp.com/ 10:15pm, Slim Charles http://slimcharles.bandcamp.com/ 11pm, Hannibal Montana http://hannibalmontana.bandcamp.com/ Matchless 557 Manhattan ave @ Driggs Ave, Brooklyn also****************** ********************** WFW Winter Bawl Saturday, December 8, 2012 9:00pm until 12:00am in PST 240 Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11211 Launch of Holiday Issue of WFW Magazine and Celebrate the holidays. also****************** ********************** at le poison rouge 12.08 Os Mutantes also****************** ********************** One Chord Progression/Get Bent presents: Saturday, December 8, 2012 8:00pm 12/08/12 Cake Shop SUBSONICS (FIRST RECORD IN 7 YEARS ! FIRST NYC SHOW IN 7 YEARS !!) http://www.facebook.com/SubsonicsATL UPPER CRUST www.theuppercrust.org THE RECORDETTES www.facebook.com/therecordettes THE LOST CRUSADERS http://www.facebook.com/TheLostCrusaders w/Dj Tony LoFi Dj Anna Anabolic Dj Burgers (GetBent) www.onechordprogression.tumblr.com www.getbent.fm CAKE SHOP NYC 152 LUDLOW STREET, New York, New York 10002 also****************** ********************** Golem for Hanukkah! Saturday, December 8, 2012 8:30pm Early show: doors at 8:30, show at 9, don't be late! Tickets $10 With Smoota (www.smoota.com) and The Schlep Sisters Hanukkah burlesque! Light the Hanukkah oil...... Cameo Gallery 93 N6th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211 also****************** ********************** ARC's hot WINTER Holiday Record + CD SALE Sat, Dec 8 and runs through Sun, Dec 16 We are open everyday, 11am - 6pm. This is our major fundraiser, so come by and shop - books, CDs, LPs, singles, VHS, DVDs, sheet music + more Help us out ! Blog, face, tweet, post or shout out about our sale... PARTY for ARC members on Thursday evening DEC 6! ARChive of Contemporary Music 54 White Street in Tribeca between Broadway and Church Streets - North of Worth + 3 short blocks south of Canal also****************** ********************** Unsteady Freddys surf rock shindig free at Ottos. Great LIVE surf music all night also****************** ********************** Brooklyn Urban dZong No Parking on the Dancefloor and Brooklyn Urban dZong present: RITUAL an after after for Gratitude (and wherever else yer coming from) Dec 8th (really the 9th cos whos going to sleep anyway) 430am til........... 1st tier $15, $20 afterwards. happening at Brooklyn Urban dZong aka BUZ tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/301621 sound powered by Silent Disco NYC. 2 DJs playing at the same damn time! on 2 different channels on your headphones... sunrise breakfast by Mario. Still Life (Worldwide Smash on EVR, Str8 West Coastin’) Eko (Soultronica, Paleta) Thornato, Atropolis, 2melo 3x tag team (Cumba Mela, BomBeat) Nickodemus (Turntables on the Hudson, BomBeat) Nappy G (Turntables on the Hudson) and $mall ¢hange (No Parking, WFMU, Rubulad) this is a SILENT DISCO, which means everyone will be listening on headphones which have 2 channels. Hence we will have 2 DJs playing at the same damn time! We have a limited amount of headsets so there will be a limited amount of tickets. We will sell 100 tickets online and have some available at the door. The 1st tier of 50 will be $15, and $20 after that (also at the door). Sunday, December 9, 2012 Fisherman's Tiki Country Christmas Party! Sunday, December 2, 2012 9:00pm until 11:30pm Join fisherman and Kitty Chow the tri-coastal duo on their return from california and hawaii, with Miss Ekaterina and Little Miss Lix, plus live music from Ken Ball and mike Larocka for this multi-themed mashup! Games and prizes, the candy-cane limbo and more! FREE! Every sunday in december. RODEO BAR AND GRILL- NYC 375 3rd Avenue, New York, New York 10016 also****************** ********************** WFMU benefit record swap! Sunday, December 9, 2012 3:00pm WFMU, which in my opinion is one of the best radio stations EVER, was hard hit by Hurricane Sandy. They lost a lot of equipment and had to cancel their annual record fair, which is a major source of funding for them. In an effort to help, we're promoting a lil' ol' record swap of our own, with all proceeds from dealer tables going directly to WFMU. It will be held on Sunday, December 9 at Bar 82. Bar 82 is located at 136 2nd Ave, in Manhattan (http://www.bar82nyc.com/) The swap starts at 3 PM and goes till whenever. The bar will be open and some of the city's best DJ's will be spinning. We invite you to have a great time shopping for records while shaking a tail feather and simultaneously helping WFMU! BAR 82 136 2nd Ave., New York, New York 10003 also****************** ********************** at le poison rouge 12.09 Os Mutantes also****************** ********************** NORTON RECORDS~ AUCTION/FUNDRAISER!~ Sunday, December 9, 2012 4:00pm HEY EVERYBODY....HERE'S a GREAT CAUSE! Billy and Miriam, who HAVE DEVOTED their LIVES to OUR AMAZING CULTURE, via NORTON INDUSTRIES, were virtually WIPED out by Sandy... 35 years of WORK, LOVE< Blood, sweat, and TEARS!..SO...My bar, MANITOBA'S is doing OUR bit to HELP! ON SUNDAY DEC. 9th, Billy and I will HOST an AUCTION...We HAVE UNBELIEVABLY GREAT THINGS to AUCTION OFF.... ..SO BA RING yo' CASH, and get ready for Happy Hour prices, NORTON DJ's galore, White Castles, Hot Chix Pole Dancing, and the MOTHER OF ALL AUCTIONS, to HELP NORTON!!!! THE STUFF TO BE AUCTIONED...IS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING!!!...DREW FRIEDMAN RARE DRAWINGS, GUITAR PEDALS, ORIGINAL OLD MOVIE POSTERS, RESTAURANT GIFT CERTIFICATES,AND SOOOOO MUCH MORE....THIS IS GONNA BE FUN!!!!!!! ~HANDSOME DICK MANITOBA~ MANITOBA'S 99 AVE B, NYC 4-7 PM! Welcome to Norton Records! www.nortonrecords.com http://www.nortonrecords.com/ www.nortonrecords.com Welcome to Norton Records! www.nortonrecords.com IF YOU WANNA MAKE A CHECK OUT, AND BRING IT, OR SEND IT...DAT'S GOOD TOO!!!! Make it out to : NORTON RECORDS Monday, December 10, 2012 at bowery electric THE NY CONSCIOUSNESS COLLECTIVE PRESENTS QUALIA FEST 2012 THE ZOMBIE BLUES BAND SPACE CLAMPS, QUIET KARATE REFLEX THE AMYGDALOIDS, THE WHIMS MARY’S ROOMMATE, TIRES MONDAY DECEMBER 10 / 6:30 / $FREE!!! / 21+ Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at barnes and noble union square Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust Ina Garten Meet the Writers (Cookbooks) Tuesday December 11, 2012 7:00 PM Wednesday, December 12, 2012 TrashyTravel.com presents The Copycat Tribute to The Velvet Underground Bands play sets of originals and covers in the back room DJ Xerox and his special guests spin all covers up front. Tonights Bands The Rats Advaita LoveStruck NO COVER $5 Venus in Furs Cocktails all night at Ottos Shrunken Head, 538 East 14 Street, Near avenue B 9 pm to 4 am L Train to First Avenue Thursday, December 13, 2012 At the Delancey, Warper electronic music party. Free! also****************** ********************** 2012 Holiday Soiree Thursday, December 13, 2012 6:00pm until 9:00pm As a special thanks to all our supporters, we're hosting a night of free family fun and holiday cheer. There will be baked goods, a make-your-own hot cocoa bar, music, caroling, holiday games, and a touch of beer & wine to liven up your holiday spirit. Please save the date to kickstart your holiday season with a gift from PST. Shetler Studios & Theatres 244 W 54th St, New York, New York 10019-5502 Friday, December 14, 2012 Masterpieces: A Fact-Filled Coloring Book FRIDAY DECEMBER 14 6:00PM - 10:00PM ONE NIGHT ONLY Curtis Cates and Emily Burnell Petrou present a collection of 60 newly imagined pages from 'Masterpieces: A Fact-Filled Coloring Book.' Professional artists of various disciplines, as well as creative nonprofessionals, were recruited to reinterpret the book's 60 pages, each depicting a famous work of art. The project got started in hallway benefactor style after Cates found the discarded book in his apartment building on the Lower East Side of New York City and got to wondering how a bunch of creative grown-ups would color inside and outside the lines. Including: Donny Cates, Kaitlin Martin, Emily Burnell Petrou, Lloyd Maines, Guenveur Burnell, Jill Seale, Eric Norris, David C. Barnett, Terri Hendrix, John Woods, Steve Waugh, Connie Champagne, Doug Wakefield, Rich Brown, Claudia Alvarez, Elsa Hiltner, Ericka Wellman James, Brent Riley, Rick Hall, Maddy Walker, Terry Rosenberg, Colleen Fogarty, Andie Beahn, Gyda Gash, Katina Petrou, Terry Allen, Terri Marlowe, Elizabeth Lefmann Blair , Bob Groke, Tommy Glazner, Peter Ketchum, Debora Parks, Kick Cates, Curtis Cates, Richard Baker, Addie Cheges, Sally Randall Brunger, Joe Culley, Susan Quinn-Waugh, Rick Rodine, Thomas Eller, Nicole Bufanio, Joy Brown, Dianna Hedren, Kelly Lamb, Mikel Campbell, Chris Cates, Samoa, George Pickow, Kurt Walters, Siobhan Meow, Elke Claus, Jennifer Carpenter, Marc Miller & Katherine Jansky Michaelson, William Wickline, Kelli Smith, Claudia Alvarez, Rosemary Fogarty, Dawn Behzadi, Kembra Pfahler, David Bjerklie, Richard Kern, Howie Pyro + Michael Kortez. ABC No Rio 156 Rivington Street New York, NY 10002 (212) 254-3697 also****************** ********************** Due to Hurricane Sandy, Halloween is now in December as The Anna Copa Cabanna Show brings you a NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Oh Unholy Night!! Did you miss out on the best Halloween ever!?? SO DID WE!! It's a NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS! Silent Night, Deadly night!!! SO SPOOKTACULAR! And OOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhh so SCARY! You can buy your ticket and pick your seat here! http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,6382 Friday Dec 14th, 11 30pm SHARP! JOE'S PUB. 425 Lafayette $15 Starring: ANNA COPA CABANNA and The MG5 THE COPA CABANNA DANCERS- Libbylicious, Mr Miss America, The Mighty Thaddeus, and Sweet Sweet Sarah Belle!!!! Guest Starring: the amazing hip gyrations of HULA HOOP HARLOT MELISSA-ANNE! The comedic stylings of ESTHER CROW (The Electric Mess) The smooth sounds of JOY DRAGLAND (Escort, Generally Awesome) PLUS- Prizes! Puppets! The Wheel of Wonderment! Sassy Seances! Ghoulish Gags! Australian Trivia! And Killer Tributes to your favorite HORROR Movies, Duran Duran, LED ZEPPELIN, Patrick SWAYZE and a whole lotta HEAVY METAL! also****************** ********************** Rockem Sockem night free at Ottos Saturday, December 15, 2012 HULLABALOO! rides again one last time this calendar year with one of our favorite bands of the past couple años-- LOS VIGILANTES That's not all folks... we've also got THE PSYCHED, the sludgy garage rock trio that's sweeping the nation with their recently released Black Gladiator LP; GHOST BIKINI, a bunch of southern femme-fronted organ ravers debuting up No'th; THE MONSIEURS' 60's pop put through the meat grinder of Tunnel of Love's acoustics; and DOOZIES, a fresh young bunch of punks guaranteed to ruin everything-- except for your night. This is the last Hullabaloo! of the year AND for the foreseeable future... we'll be taking some months off and who knows, may NEVER return to these hallowed halls. SO come down one last time to drink from the cup o' kindness and dance to sounds laid down by Charles and Shimmy... Don Pedro Bar Lounge 90 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11206 also****************** ********************** SATURDAY MATINEE - $7 SATURDAY DECEMBER 15 at 3:00pm --YUPPICIDE (NYC hardcore/punk vets - 1st show @ ABC in years!) --THE LAST STAND (NYHC featuring members of Shutdown & Inhuman!) --LORDS OF DEATH (NYHC/punk miscreants) --DEAD SERIOUS (NYC hardcore punk - ex-Home 33/All Torn Up!/Balance Of Terror/Wreckage) ABC No Rio 156 Rivington Street New York, NY 10002 (212) 254-3697 also****************** ********************** at the bell house 5pm Doors / All Ages / $18 adv / $20 dos HARRY AND THE POTTERS PRESENTS THE HARRY POTTER YULE BALL 2012 FEATURING: HARRY AND THE POTTERS POTTER PUPPET PALS THE WHOMPING WILLOWS THE HOME ALONES also****************** ********************** Saturday, December 15, 2012 Secret Project Robot's Annual Holiday Pageant curated by Barry London and Brad Truax Secret Project Robot Art Space | 389 MELROSE ST | brooklyn | NY | 11237 also****************** ********************** The Polyphonic Spree: Holiday Extravaganza! Details: The Polyphonic Spree Webster Hall 125 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003 Sat, Dec 15, 2012 05:30 PM also****************** ********************** SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15TH 2012 GLAMDAMMIT! WITH THE NAKED HEROES / THE NUCLEARS / THE DEAFENING TIME: 11:00PM ADMISSION: $5 at grand victory