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