around town today
commemorate john lennon’s 74th birthday by singing songs and lighting a candle at central park’s strawberry fields. free. >>color>
barcade opens a saint marks location for your video game/beer fix. >>color>
6pm doors, 7pm show: twin danger and mariachi flor de toloache play lpr. $15. >>color>
6:30pm: mysterious beast monsters! learn about more than just bigfoot and nessie at brooklyn brainery. $10. >>color>
7pm: journalists glenn greenwald and laura poitras, who broke the edward snowden/nsa surveillance story, will join jeremy scahill for the paperback launch of his dirty wars at mayday space. 214 starr st., 3rd floor (bushwick), free. >>color>
7pm: launch party for film critic and writer tom shone’s martin scorsese: a retrospective, which charts the director’s 50-year career. bookcourt, free. >>color>
7pm: artist/writer/filmmaker miranda july talks about her new text-messaging service, ‘somebody’, at the new museum. $10. >>color>
7pm: graphic novelist pictionary: artists compete in a low-stakes game, and random audience members get to keep the art. mcnally jackson, free. >>color>
7pm: brave adults share their diaries, poems, letters and more from their humiliating adolescence at the monthly ‘cringe’ reading series. freddy’s back room, free. >>color>
7pm: jiji lee hosts the weekly split personality storytelling and character open mic show at williamsburg’s over the eight. tonight’s guests: storyteller josh sharp (time out comic to watch, ucb) and character performer tristan griffin (point break live!, the charlies sketch group). free. >>color>
7pm (ends today): last comic standing finalist and conan writer laurie kilmartin presents ’45 jokes about my dead dad and other fun times’ at the creek and the cave. free. >>color>
7pm (thursdays thru 10/30): grab some free popcorn at the graham’s horror movies series. tonight: a creature feature marathon: rodan, monsters, grabbers, the blood beast terror. free admission. >>color>
7pm (thru 10/9): choreographers molissa fenley, amanda loulaki, nina winthrop, and roxanne steinberg present work at the ‘dance at the flea’ series. $15. >>color>
7pm: dead leaf echo, beast patrol, sisters of your sunshine vaopr, and brief candies play the grand victory. $8. >>color>
7pm-2am: la’s pancakes + booze art show lands at tribeca’s m1-5 lounge with works from 100 artists, a live art battle, live body painting, a zombie fashion show, and most importantly… an all-you-can eat pancake bar. $10. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: get your dose of schadenfreude at ‘mortified’, a tribute to teen angst artifacts shared by their original authors. tonight’s show is a new york super week/comic con edition. the bell house, $15. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: music critic and vlogger anthony fantano (a.k.a. the needle drop) brings his show to littlefield. $15. >>color>
7:30pm: author bob powers (happy cruelty day, you are a miserable excuse for a hero) hosts the monthly ‘steamboat’ literary humor series at greenlight bookstore with guests dan kennedy (the moth podcast host, american spirit), dave hill (npr, tasteful nudes), amanda duarte (‘dead darlings’ host), and evan allgood (mcsweeney’s , the toast). bonus: free wine and/or beer. free admission. >>color>
7:30pm: video tale = storytelling with video at videology. performers include irene mcgee (the real world), jessica pilot (not this news), bruce cherry (comedy central), and dave warth. hosted by harmon leon (the infiltrator: my undercover exploits in right-wing america). free. >>color>
7:30pm (thru 10/12): the audience pulls names out of a hat just seconds prior to curtain, determining which roles each actor plays at titan theatre company’s production of a midsummer night’s dream. queens theatre, $18. >>color>
7:30pm (+ 10/10): gallim dance presents a multimedia, site-specific work featuring different pairs of dancers constrained to an 8’ x 8’ space at the david rubenstein atrium at lincoln center. free. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: the weekly myrtle comedy show at clinton hill’s splitty features chris gethard, john early, tom mccaffery, and meave higgins joining hosts greg johnson + larry murphy. $5. >>color>
8pm (thursdays thru 10/30): hitchcock-tober: village east cinema celebrates the master of suspense with screenings of his classics. tonight: rope. $10. >>color>
8pm: faux celebrity presenters give out meaningless awards for absurd categories at the trophy awards comedy/variety show. they even have a limo! themed dress encouraged. radio bushwick, $5. >>color>
8pm (thru 10/5): pacific northwest ballet comes to the joyce.brings contemporary and traditional tango to the joyce. $10+. >>color>
8pm (thru 10/19: city center’s 11th annual fall for dance festival features performances by alvin ailey american dance theater, lucinda childs dance company, mark morris dance group, national ballet of china, san francisco ballet, and more. tickets sold out shortly after we posted this event last month, but some may be available at the box office starting an hour and a half before show time. $15. >>color>
8pm (weds-sat thru 11/1): composer dave malloy (natasha, pierre + the great comet of 1812 brings ghost quartet, a song cycle about ‘love, death, and whiskey, spanning seven centuries, with a treehouse astronomer, a murderous sister, and the ghost of thelonious monk’ to the bushwick starr. $18. >>color>
8pm: the dig, modern rivals, youngman grand, and sea life play baby’s all right. $12. >>color>
8pm: black kids, psychic twin, and miami drive play cameo. $14. >>color>
8:30pm: the weekly fresh out stand-up comedy show at ucbeast features guests barry rothbart (conan), selena coppock (the new rules for blondes), julio julio, nick flanagan, and more. hosted by ashley brooke roberts and jim tews. $5. >>color>
8:30pm doors: shook twins, frances cone, meleana cadiz, and christopher paul stelling play glasslands. $12. >>color>
9pm: at the monthly low standards show, guests perform stand-up and discuss their favorite underappreciated films. tonight: myq kaplan (letterman, comedy central), jamie kilstein (conan), darin patterson, and brandon scott jones join hosts john murray and matt fisher. $3 off sixpoint draughts 8-9pm. videology, free. >>color>
10pm (thursdays thru 11/6): happy karaoke fun time = a musically improvised show where lyrics are made up on the spot. davenport theatre, $8 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $15). >>color>
11:30pm: 6-piece french/latin/american jazz ensemble carte blanche plays vintage standards at rockwood music hall’s stage 2. free (a tip jar will be passed around) >>color>
thru 10/10: immerse yourself in nyc contemporary theater and performance during cuny’s 11th annual prelude festival, which features 30+ free performances, discussions, workshops, and more. >>color>
thru 10/12: 60 artists’ work + performances take-over public spaces all along 14th st from the east river to the hudson river for the 10th annual art in odd places festival. opening reception fri 6-8pm @ pedro albizu campos plaza (e. 14th st bet aves b + c). free. >>color>
thru 10/12: the 14th annual sketch festival takes over the pit. $8. >>color>
thru 10/12: the cbgb music + film festival hits multiple venues, including a free concert in times square on saturday. various prices. >>color>
thru 10/15: 35 brooklyn restaurants offer $15-20 lunch and $25-30 dinner during italian restaurant week. >>color>
thru 1/19: three new exhibitions open the season at neue galerie: ‘egon schiele: portraits’, ‘austrian portraiture in the early twentieth century’, and ‘austrian war bond posters from the great war’. $20 (free first fridays 6-8pm). >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
coming up
10/10-11 11am-7pm (+ 10/12-31): never-before-seen polaroid self-portraits by stevie nicks, taken late nights throughout the mid-seventies, can be seen as a collection at the morrison hotel gallery (201 mulberry st.). the exhibition moves to 116 prince st. from 10/12-31. free. >>color>
10/10 4-8pm: union square greenmarket night market: in addition to its traditional market of fresh produce, cheeses and meats, union square hosts an evening event that includes live music, family-friendly activities, and six italian restaurants serving prepared dishes, desserts, wine, beer and hard cider. free admission. pay-as-you-go. >>color>
10/10 6-9pm: the frick collection opens its doors for free to college students and recent graduates after hours tonight for gallery talks, sketching, music and more. rsvp required (reg $20 or pay-what-you-wish sundays 11am-1pm). >>color>
10/10 6:30pm doors, 7pm show: okcupid co-founder christian rudder talks about how our online selves differ and affect our personal lives in his new book, dadaclysm: who we are when we think no one’s looking. new york magazine‘s ‘science of us’ editor jesse singal joins. littlefield, $7. >>color>
10/10 6:30pm doors, 7pm show: for its record release show, the ymusic ensemblecolor> performs its new album, which includes compositions written by sufjan stevens and nico muhly, in its entirety at rockwood music hall’s stage 2. $15. >>color>
10/10 7pm: khal and khaleesi fans can learn the game of thrones dothraki language at a happy hour lesson taught by living language dothrakicolor> author david j. peterson. lansdowne road (599 10th ave, bet. 43rd + 44th sts), free. >>color>
10/10 7pm: gillian anderson and jeff rovin discuss their new book, a vision of fire. apple soho, free (rsvp required). >>color>
10/10 7pm: rothtoberfest pig roast: get your fill of van halen music, german beer, and grub at greenpoint’s the diamond. free admission, $15 plates of food. >>color>
10/10 7pm-1am (fri-sat, ongoing): the weekly brooklyn night bazaar night market brings bands, food, breweries + wineries, vendors, light installations, and mini golf, ping pong + skeeball to a 24,000 sq ft warehouse. this week’s music comes from crime in stereo, sorority noise, mannequin p*ssy, nine of swords, push ups, and the american beatbox championships. free admission. >>color>
10/10 8-10pm (ends today): lola star’s dreamland roller rink rises from the ashes at prospect park’s le frak center at lakeside with themed roller disco parties. tonight, the extended season concludes with a michael jackson’s ‘thriller’ theme. $15 admission includes skate rental. >>color>
10/10 8-11pm: single and interested in weird, creepy things? meet like-minded folks at morbid anatomy museum’s singles night, where you can play games with historical, anatomical, and medical themes. $15 admission includes brooklyn ‘defender’ beer. >>color>
10/10 8pm doors, 9pm show: the muffs perform songs from their first new album in 10 years at the bell house. upset and miriam open. $15. >>color>
10/10 10pm-4am: face paint, masks, and animal prints are welcome at dad’s disco animal night, where djs will bring the house (music) down. cameo gallery, free. >>color>
10/10 11pm: come dressed as your favorite character in fiction – whether on screen, in comics or literature – at dances of vice’s cosplay after dark party. drom, $15 adv, $20 door. >>color>
sales, deals, freebies
stream new albums from stars, frazey ford, bing + ruth, and more on npr. >>color>
ticket deals
get a brooklyn night bazaar ‘ultimate pass’, good for two people 11/1-29 and includes expedited entry plus two beers or glasses of wine, one game of table tennis or mini golf and five food tastes for $37 (plus ticket fees, reg. $56). >>color>
go on a fall foliage cruise up the hudson river with a stop at cold spring 10/12-11/16 for $28-45.50 (plus ticket fees, reg $40-65). >>color>
this saturday!
the skint presents:
TIME AFTER TIME: ROMY AND MICHELE’S TRIBUTE DANCE PARTY
Saturday, October 11 at 10pm
Littlefield
622 Degraw Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenues), Brooklyn (directionscolor>)
Ticketscolor> are just $5 in advance, $7 at the door. And everyone who arrives 10-11pm will get a Corona beer included with admission!
(Free admission for anyone who wears a Michele back bracecolor>, tuxedo, or arrives via helicopter. Really.)
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