saturday
various times: teavana gives out free winterberry hot tea (16 oz) and iced tea (22 oz) at five manhattan locations. >>color>
10am-7pm: the third annual black comic book festival at the schomburg center for research in black culture features panel discussions, film screenings, hands-on workshops, and exhibit tables with comic artists from across the country. free. >>color>
12-6pm (monthly): 25 cruelty-free vendors sell gifts, donuts, ice cream, burgers, mac + cheese, and more at the vegan shop-up pop-up market. pine box rock shop, free admission (under 21 must be accompanied by a parent of guardian). >>color>
1:30, 3:30pm (saturdays thru 1/31): part performance, part excursion, ‘the secret architecture of loss’ takes you on a fictional story-filled walking tour that starts in front of the high line hotel. $15 with promo code ‘tsnyc’ (reg. $20). >>color>
5-8pm (show runs thru 2/22): free art opening: ‘respond’ – 200 artists respond to the eric garner decision at smack mellon gallery. >>color>
7pm: don’t feed the musicians!: musical comedian rob paravonian and friends play funny songs and pick apart the best and worst music out there. q.e.d. astoria, free. >>color>
7pm (+ 1/31): variations theatre group presents ‘pain don’t hurt’, a staged reading parody of road house (saturday) and speed (1/31) including audience participation, trivia, a raffle, and drinking. the chain theatre (lic), $15 admission includes two drinks and a raffle ticket. >>color>
7pm: bakia quartet performs a live, improvised score to silent films at videology. $10. >>color>
7pm-1am (fri-sat, ongoing): the weekly brooklyn night bazaar night market brings bands, food, drinks, vendors, light installations, mini golf, ping pong and skeeball to a 24,000 sq ft warehouse. this week’s live music comes from unlocking the truth, cinema cinema, netherlands, wormburner, ikebe shakedown, raja kassis, and the love supreme. free admission. >>color>
8pm: the story pirates normally perform family-friendly musical versions of stories written by kids. tonight they do an adults-only show at the drama book shop’s theater. $15 admission includes an open bar. >>color>
8pm: the chartreuse contemporary string trio and collaborators perform at the firehouse space. $10. >>color>
8pm: 10 bands play the music of lou reed and the velvet underground at the gutter. $10 admission benefits the missourians organizing for reform and empowerment (more) legal defense fund for those arrested in ferguson protests. >>color>
8pm (ends today): get your fill of the boss with two nights of bruce springsteen cover band bruce in the usa at brooklyn bowl. $10. >>color>
8pm: eastern hollow, the meaning of life, and haybaby play cameo. $8. >>color>
8pm doors, 8:30pm show (weekly): niles turner and jimmy lechase host the showcasey jones show + tell and comedy show, with performances by lukas kaiser (chappelle’s show, spike tv) and sue smith (best week ever). optional: bring something to show + talk about for a chance to win $25 cash (the first five to sign up get a free drink ticket). over the eight, free. >>color>
8pm doors, 9pm show: the stationary set, the midnight hollow, and andy suzuki + the method play rough trade. $12 adv, $15 dos. >>color>
9pm: the video massacre show pays tribute to the midnight movie mayhem of the 70s and 80s with a sketch comedy murder mystery and strange + humorous videos from across the country. the annoyance theatre + bar, $8. >>color>
9pm: the dig deeper ’60s soul revival party at littlefield returns with detroit’s billy princecolor> of the precisions backed by the brooklyn rhythm band. djs mr. robinson and dj honky spin 45s all night long. $15 adv, $20 dos. >>color>
9:30pm: hoff’s horrorfest: comedians hoff matthews (‘hp5000′ co-host) and charla lauriston (unbreakable kimmy schmidt) perform stand-up, followed by a screening of h. p. lovecraft’s necronomicon: book of the dead (1993). bonus: free beer and popcorn! brit pack, free. >>color>
10pm (thru 1/31): get tickets to drunk shakespeare at the lounge at roy arias studios for $25 (plus ticket fees, reg. $50). >>color>
11pm (monthly): ‘comedyology’ at videology = a mix of nyc film shorts and stand-up comedy with hosts ross parsons and daralyn kelleher. tonight’s guests: mike lawrence (comedy central), joe zimmerman (comedy central), and aparna nancherla (conan), and joe rumrill. free. >>color>
11pm-4am (monthly): london callingcolor>: the feeling gloomy dance party (‘the world’s only dance party devoted to sad music’) pays tribute to london and the clash at williamsburg’s the grand victory. bonus: free union jack cake! $4 adv, $6 door. >>color>
midnight-ish movies:
blade ii @ landmark sunshine. $10. >>color>
crash @ ifc. $14. >>color>
el topo @ ifc. $14. >>color>
jurassic park @ ifc. $14. >>color>
lilian the perverted virgin (fri) and back street jane (sat) @ spectacle. $5. >>color>
nightcrawler @ nitehawk. $11. >>color>
raging bull @ nitehawk. $11. >>color>
sunday
11am-9pm: greenpoint’s maha rose center for holistic healing hosts an open house with $30 30-minute sessions 11am-7pm (acupuncture, astrology, reiki, tarot, and more), plus a free intro intuitive development workshop 7-9pm. >>color>
2pm (monthly): the mannes college new school for music’s schneider concerts season continues with the dover string quartet performing haydn, saariaho, and beethoven. $17.50 general, $15 seniors, $5 students. >>color>
6:30pm doors, 7pm show: the sybarite5color> string quintet performs everything from mozart to piazzolla to radiohead at subculture. $20 adv, $25 dos. >>color>
7pm: massive: japanese gay manga and the men who make it editors anne ishii and graham kolbeins discuss their book – the first english-language anthology of its kind – with designer chip kidd at tonight’s book launch at mcnally jackson. bonus: free beer and snacks. free admission. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: audience volunteers star in ‘the stevie wonder musical: a hastily written masterpiece’. hosted by josh sharp (ucb), aaron jackson (ucb) and jo firestone’s (wfmu, ‘punderdome 3000′ host). cameo, $10. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: ‘what are you afraid of?’ host mara wilson (matilda, mrs. doubtfire) and comedians + performers talk about their anxieties at union hall. this month’s guests: judy gold (conan, comedy central), brennan lee mulligan (strong female protagonist), and marc l. abbott. $7 adv, $10 dos. >>color>
8pm (weekly): the ‘if you build it’ comedy show with host kara klenk features stand-up by michelle buteau (best week ever), damien lemon (guy code, comedy central), jackie kashian (conan, comedy central), anton shuford, steve forrest, and julia reiss (la’s ‘over easy comedy’). ucbeast, $5. >>color>
8pm: eskimeaux, adult mom, free cake for every creature, and harpoon forever play the silent barn. $7. >>color>
8pm doors, 9pm show: for the record does it bad, michael jackson’s bad, that is, which will be decontextualized in this new monthly burlesque/variety homage to landmark albums at the slipper room. $10 adv, $15 door. >>color>
8:30pm: the golden angel waltz orchestra presents the waltz ball at jalopy, complete with live 1900’s music and hand-made dance cards. themed attire encouraged. jalopy, $10. >>color>
9pm: oh! you pretty things throws its five year anniversary david bowie + elvis birthday live tribute party with this ambitious orchestra, michael t. and the vanities, the love show burlesque, and many more. lpr, $15 adv ($25 for two) or with rsvp, $20 dos. >>color>
10pm: snl writers perform an unscripted improv comedy show at union hall. $8 adv, $10 dos. >>color>
all weekend
12-3pm sat, 11am-2pm sun: all those board games, unused scarves sitting at the bottom of your drawer, or bowls you got but never liked are welcome at the stop’n’swap, where you bring something to trade for something completely new (to you!). westbeth artists housing community room (sat), 92 street y (sun), free. >>color>
7-9pm (ends sun): sit across musical comedian reggie watts for five minutes in an under the radar festival performance inspired by performance artist marina abramović. public theater, free (line officially begins at 6pm). >>color>
ends sun: the greater brooklyn collective hosts a zine release party/fundraiser and two days of workshops. flux factory, free. >>color>
thru 1/18: the third annual philip k. dick science fiction film festival screens features and shorts inspired by the famed sci-fi novelist (do androids dream of electric sheep?, a scanner darkly). tribeca cinemas and producers club, $10+/film, $25-30/day pass. >>color>
thru 1/23: top-ranking male and female squash players compete at the 18th annual j.p. morgan squash tournament of champions. grand central terminal’s vanderbilt hall, $8+. >>color>
thru 4/16: the fifth annual ecstatic music festival premieres collaborations between pop and classical composers for 10 unique performances. highlights include mantra percussion + deborah lohse and the shakedown dance collective (fri, free), john zorn + talea ensemble (2/12, $20-25), a terry riley 80th birthday concert (3/18, $20-25), ethel + kaki king and john king (3/21, $20-26), and xiu xiu + mantra percussion (4/2, $20-25). >>color>
thru 4/19: stephen somerstein’s photographs of the selma-to-montgomery civil rights march are on display at the new-york historical society. pay-what-you-wish 6-8pm fridays (reg. $19 general, $15 seniors, $12 students) >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
sales, deals, freebies
get an all-inclusive brooklyn boulders day pass with a climbing orientation and equipment rental for $19 ($41 value). >>color>
ticket deals
get tickets to the coffee + tea festival at brooklyn expo center 3/21-22 for $13 (reg. $27). >>color>
get tickets to america’s test kitchen live! at the town hall 3/31 for $25.25 (plus ticket fees, reg. $50.50) >>color>
get tickets for a bronx brewery tour and tasting for two, plus a 64-ounce growler of beer to take home for $19 ($39 value). >>color>
get admission to the museum of sex thru 2/28 for $9.75 (plus ticket fees, reg. $19.05). >>color>
rsvp for a chance to get tickets to a taping of spike tv’s lip sync battle, hosted by ll cool j, 1/18 + 1/20. >>color>
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