around town today
5-9pm (rescheduled from 1/26): the new school hosts who is silencing whom? charlie hebdo, censorship, and self-censorship, a seminar with discussions and debates by curators, scholars and artists. free. >>color>
5:30pm: 20-time moth story slam champion adam wade gives a free intro to storytelling class at the magnet theater (rsvp). >>color>
6pm (weekly): the way station’s monster monday madness series screens the black hole (1979), with free pizza 6-7pm. >>color>
6-7pm (select mondays thru 5/11): get an introduction to the bard’s plays over nine weeks at the cooper union’s free shakespeare course. the foundation building’s great hall (7 e. 7th st., bet. third + fourth aves). >>color>
6:30pm (+ 2/24): nyt staff reporter mary pilon celebrates the release of her book the monopolists: the story of obsession, fury, and scandal behind the world’s favorite board game at nypl mid-manhattan (today) and housing workscolor> (tomorrow, with a few rounds of monopoly). >>color>
7pm: irish authors john boyne (the boy in the striped pyjamas) and colm tóibín (brooklyn, the master) discusses boyne’s new novel, a history of loneliness, at mcnally jackson. free. >>color>
7pm (monthly): philosophers based in and around brooklyn discuss their work at the brooklyn public philosophers speaker series. tonight: geoff holtzman (nyu polytechnic institute) shares his work on why philosophy is so male-dominated, and why it’s important that that changes. brooklyn public library’s info commons lab, free. >>color>
7pm: i’m not dead yet!color>: shocked: adventures in bringing back the recently deadcolor> author dr. david casarett discusses resuscitation, suspended animation and cryogenic preservation at the new york academy of medicine. $18. >>color>
7pm: geeky feminism: geek week at housing works continues with a panel of authors, bloggers, and journalists discussing feminism as it relates to all things geek. slate.com’s amanda hess moderates. free. >>color>
7pm (+ 3/2, 8, 9): for the benefit of miss jennie gourlay: billy hipkins’s one-man serio-comedic production takes a look at the life of jennie gourlay, an actress who was poised to star at ford’s theater when abraham lincoln was assassinated. the 3/2 performance includes q+a. $9 plus ticket fees herecolor> (reg. $18 general, $10 students/seniors). >>color>
7pm doors, 7:30pm show: put on some makeup and pull the wig down from the shelf for a sing-along screening hedwig and the angry inch. rock stars dress encouraged. a portion of the proceeds will benefit the hetrick-martin institute. sva theatre, $20 general, $10 students. >>color>
7:30pm (ends today): argentine filmmakers mariano cohn and gastón duprat’s living stars simply presents long static tripod takes of dozens of real people in buenos aires solo dancing to pop music. spectacle, $5. >>color>
7:30pm doors: ricky eat acid, glass gang, conner youngblood, and abhi/dijon play mercury lounge. $10. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show (weekly): wyatt cenac (the daily show) hosts the night train comedy show with performances by d.c. benny (last comic standing), hari kondabolu (letterman, comedy central), jo firestone (‘punderdome 3000′ co-host), and more. littlefield, $8. >>color>
8pm: test your knowledge of broad city trivia at chelsea grill of hell’s kitchen. free (rsvp). >>color>
8pm (monthly): the later show with katie kester presents: ‘ladies league’, an all female comedian lineup featuring michelle wolf (seth meyers), sue smith (time out‘s ‘top 10 funniest women in nyc’), aparna nancherla (connan, last comic standing), abbi crutchfield (vh1, mtv), and rekha shankar (reductress). ucbeast, $5. >>color>
8pm (monthly): andrea ilene shapiro’s ‘saw her stand-up there’ all-female comedy show moves to q.e.d. astoria with guests caitlin brodnick (‘shut up!’ storytelling co-host), giulia rozzi (bad bride, ‘stripped stories’), poppi kamer (vj1, e!), and jessica delfino (funny songs fest founder). $5. >>color>
8pm: guys show off their best 1-minute talents, swimsuits and evening wear at the 16th annual mr. lower east side pageant. while the main winner will get a slice of pizza and a six-pack of bud, there’ll be bonus prizes for ‘best male tits’, ‘congeniality’ and ‘best nutsack’. the show moves to brooklyn this year and introduces a mr. gowanus title as well. lucky 13 saloon, $6. >>color>
8pm: tragedy (all-metal bee gees tribute band) plays a free show at arlene’s grocery. >>color>
8pm doors (rescheduled from 1/26): try to find out who’s the real deal at the ‘two truths and a lie’ storytelling show. tonight: ‘vacation all i ever wanted: stories about gettin’ outta dodge. cameo, $5. >>color>
8pm doors, 8:30pm show (weekly): the sh*t lit comedy show and reading series celebrates the worst of the worst submitted poems, short stories, plays, screenplays, sketches and essays. tonight’s guests: aaron glaser (‘slow dance’ host), meredith hackman (reductress), lukas kaiser (chapelle show, spike tv), lucas connolly, christian polanco, ryan rummel, and hosts lizzie martinez and tim racine. optional: bring your own awful 150-word (max) submission to read for a chance to win $10. bunga’s den, free. >>color>
9pm (weekly): huckleberry bar’s free monday night movie screening series features the never ending story. >>color>
9pm doors, 9:30pm show (weekly): at tonight’s mehran show at union hall, host mehran khaghani welcomes comedians ben kronberg, maeve higgins, jon ronson, and myq kaplan. $10. >>color>
thru 2/28: the 23rd annual city bakery hot chocolate festival features a different flavor every day this month. this week wraps up with lemon, tropical, caramel, ‘happy’, beer (stout), and a finale. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
coming up
photos from last night’s academy awards party at littlefield will be posted on facebook tonight! >>color>
speaking of, if you enjoyed the pies from daly pie as much as we did, you might be interested in contributing to their kickstarter (just 2 days to go!). >>color>
2/24: krispy kreme celebrates 1000 locations with a free original glazed doughnut for the first 1000 customers at participating shops. >>color>
2/24 6pm: sara salomon kristofferson, professor of design history and theory at konstfack in stockholm, discusses her book, design by ikea: a cultural historycolor>. parsons, free. >>color>
2/24: 6:30pm: learn about nasa’s missions to pluto, mars, jupiter and beyond at the hayden planetarium space theater. $15 general, $13.50 students/seniors. >>color>
2/24 7pm: the creative entrepreneur panel and networking event: sva alumni discuss their good and bad experiences working independently in cooking and culinary arts, film, fine arts, graphic design, product design, publishing, video + new media, and web, app and game design. free. >>color>
2/24 7pm: writer-director lawrence levine and actors jason ritter, kevin corrigan, and sophia takal talk about their new comedy, wild canaries, at apple soho. free (rsvp required). >>color>
2/24 7:30pm (monthly): food writer gabriella gershenson hosts a ’five boroughs food talk’ on sugar’ at symphony space, with cronut creator dominique ansel, skirt steak author charlotte druckman, gastronomica founding editor darra goldstein, and ‘mr. chocolate’ jacques torres. $15. >>color>
2/24 8pm: mouse muse: the mouse in art author lorna owen gives an illustrated lecture at the morbid anatomy museum. $5. >>color>
2/24-3/1: the annual cinekink kinky film festival kicks off with a party/fundraiser and screenings at taj ($15 adv, $20 door). screenings begin on wednesday at anthology ($8-10). >>color>
sales, deals, freebies
$50 to spend at we olive and wine bar in cobble hill for $25. >>color>
ticket deals
thru 3/8: score 2-for-1 off-broadway week tickets to 40 shows: avenue q, bayside! the musical, cinderella, fuerza bruta, nevermore, newsical, and more. >>color>
get tickets to edible manhattan’s good cider festival at tribeca three sixty 3/18 for $30 ($64.29 value). >>color>
get tickets to a distinguished concerts international concert at carnegie hall 4/12 for $10-50 (plus ticket fees, reg. $20-100). >>color>
get tickets to see the yankees vs. blue jays 4/8 for $16+ (plus ticket fees, reg. $32+). >>color>
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