around town today
12-6pm (ends today): score $1-2 sample socks and 50% off regular-priced ones at the annual ozone socks sample sale. 224 w. 29th st (bet. 7th + 8th aves), 10th floor. >>color>
5-7pm: urban outfitters’s midtown location celebrates five years with complimentary drinks + snacks, live music by no kill, discounts, giveaways and more. >>color>
5-9pm: get your game on at the new york city arcade, where you can play around with digital and tabletop games, mobile apps, interactive installations, new media art, virtual reality, and more at nyu’s game center. 2 metrotech roadway (downtown brooklyn), free (rsvp). >>color>
5pm-1am: the east village’s professor thom’s hosts a star wars original trilogy viewing party, with trivia, a costume contest, themed drinks and free popcorn. free admission. >>color>
6-9pm: before copyright laws get in the way, check out the bootleg t-shirt show at printed matter, where limited-edition artist-made t-shirts feature appropriated designs. the show’s opening party includes goth dance band bottoms and free lagunitas beer. free admission. >>color>
6:30pm doors, 7pm show: cocoa in the city: historic gastronomist sarah lohman explores the history and production process of chocolate with a panel of chocolate makers. tastings included! presented by the folks from brooklyn brainery at the brooklyn historical society, $12. >>color>
6:30pm doors, 7pm show: explore the science of taste with evolutionary botanist and co-founder of shoots and roots bitters rachel meyer, who’ll help you create a custom bottle of bitters to take home. museum of food lab, $15. >>color>
6:30-9pm: you’re the judge for the run-up to the annual coquito masters competition, where contestants bring their version of coquito, a traditional puerto rican tipple similar to eggnog, to the bronx museum of the arts for free-for-you tastings. free admission. >>color>
7pm: dr. charlotte wincott, addiction scientist at rockefeller university, discusses the science of drug addiction at genspace. free (rsvp). >>color>
7pm: the emily dickinson birthday party at bluestockings celebrates the life and poetry of dickinson with the help of poets lisa markuson, christine hamm, and joanna fuhrman, plus art by alice garik and an open mic. free. >>color>
7-8pm: prizes will be awarded to winners and losers alike at the issue 28 launch party of the thing quarterly, where games of bingo presided by comedian dave hill will take over the ace hotel lobby. free. >>color>
7:15pm doors, 7:30pm show (weekly): josh zepps (huffpost live) hosts #wethepeople live, a town-hall style panel show for journalists and comics where the audience and guests take shots at the headlines and one another. tonight’s guests include felix salmon (@thisisfusion, slate money), jeff smith (former missouri senator, mr. smith goes to prison), comedian eric spera, and writer lyle friedman. bonus: $4 vodka drinks + beer, plus 2-for-1 drinks at intermission. pine box rock shop, $10 suggested donation. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show (monthly): get your dose of schadenfreude at mortified, a tribute to teen angst artifacts (journals, letters, poems, lyrics, home movies, stories and more) shared by their original authors. littlefield, $5 adv, $10 dos. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show (+ 12/17): not very long from now, in this galaxy, hotsy totsy burlesque pays tribute to the 1978 star wars holiday special– which very well may be the worst television christmas special ever. the slipper room, $10. >>color>
7:30pm (last show today): jiji lee + patrick clair host the split personality storytelling + character open mic show at williamsburg’s over the eight bar. tonight’s show ends its two-year run with halle kiefer (friends of the people, hey girl), david hill (the new yorker, mcsweeney’s) and brad howe (the special without brett davis, townies). free. >>color>
7:30pm (monthly): performers, writers, and regular folks tell stories about mental health (or the lack thereof) at lori baird’s talk therapy storytelling + open mic show. how does that make you feel? tonight’s featured storyteller is sex worker activist and author audacia ray. q.e.d. astoria, $5. >>color>
7:30pm: lounge/punk/rock band the new standards’ performs its annual holiday show with guests including julian fleischer, nellie mckay, har mar superstar, aby wolf, and more. david rubenstein atrium at lincoln center, free. >>color>
8pm: (monthly): comedians and storytellers just can’t hold it in at the awkward poop… and the city storytelling show. tonight’s unfortunate tales come from joe pera (comedy central), anita flores (above average), corinne fisher (guys we f*cked) and conal darcy (brokelyn). bonus: free beer! the creek and the cave, free admission. >>color>
8pm (monthly): brian parise + janelle james host it’s all happening, a monthly standup show at fort greene watering hole frank’s lounge. this month’s guests: jeffrey joseph (comedy central), mike recine (conan), kendra cunningham (last comic standing), kerry coddett (the nightly show) and kareem green (gotham comedy live). $5. >>color>
8pm (monthly): improvisers perform your favorite movies in the style of wes anderson at the pit. $5. >>color>
8pm (last show today): the myrtle comedy show at clinton hill’s splitty takes a bow (the venue is closing) with stand up by sean patton, adam wade, jo firestone and more joining host greg johnson. $5. >>color>
8pm: at the pander public radio show, comedian justin perez invites funny people to tell stories while he impersonates a famous podcast host. this month he’s marc maron, and guests include mark normand (comedy central), aparna nancherla (conan), jeff simmermon (the moth), selena coppock (the new rules for blondes) and corinne fisher (guys we f*cked). bonus: free beer + wine if you mention the skint at the bar! the experiment comedy gallery, $10. >>color>
8pm (thru 12/12): a christmas carol… entirely from memory: eight performers attempt to recreate the classic story from memory. without knowing which role they’ll have until the show. with additional audience-written lines. and random sound effects added in. tada! theater, $10. >>color>
8pm (thru 12/13): 20 artists participate in the fifth annual puppets + poets festival at the bushwick starr, with evening programs geared toward mature audiences (thurs-sun, $18) and matinees for all ages (sat + sun, free). >>color>
8:30pm (+ 12/11): some strings attached. sinking ship productions’s puppet playlist pairs puppeteers with musicians in a live puppet theater performance inspired by the songs of michael jackson. triskelion arts, $13-15. >>color>
9pm (monthly): at the low standards show, guests perform stand-up and discuss their favorite underappreciated films. hosted by john murray and matt fisher. bonus: $3 off sixpoint drafts 8-9pm. videology, free. >>color>
10pm: sara schaefer (nikki + sara live, fallon) hosts a comedy show with her friends at the aptly named sara schaefer and friends show, featuring bonnie mcfarlane (my wife hates me), lizz winstead (the daily show co-creator), phoebe robinson ( seth meyers), and akilah hughes. union hall, $10. >>color>
10pm: psychic twin and showtime feat. jen goma play manhattan inn. $5-10 suggested donation. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
our next event!
Warm up to the second annual PJs ’n DJs holiday party, where you can shake off the post-Christmas/Chanukah/Festivus blahs without ever having to get out your jammies! Show off the sleepwear sartorialist that you are with your flannel pajama sets, fleece onesies, silk robes, and oversized t-shirts (just don’t show up in your birthday suit, even if that’s how you usually catch your zzzs- you are in public, after all). DJs Brian Blackout and Doctor Mister will do the rest by keeping you wide awake with indie and electropop from 2015 and the last 15 years- this isn’t a sleepover, people!
the skint presents:
PJS ’N DJS
DJS: Brian Blackout (Head On, You Don’t Have to Settle) and Doctor Mister (Feeling Gloomy)
PJS: You
Saturday, December 26 at 10pm
Union Hall
702 Union Street (between 4th and 5th Avenues), Brooklyn (directionscolor>)
FREE ADMISSION
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1623324577927765/color>
coming up
12/11 2-9pm (thru 12/13): the progressive international motorcycle show rolls into town with vintage bikes, live music, speakers, stunts, and more. jacob javits center, $18. >>color>
12/11 3-8pm (thru 12/13): pop up flea: 80 vendors take over chelsea’s metropolitan pavilion with home wares, crafts, new + vintage apparel, food + drinks and more. >>color>
12/11 4-8pm (thru 11/13): pet super adoption: find your new best friend when 20 shelters and rescue groups bring 600 dogs, cats, puppies and kittens to chelsea’s altman building. adoption fees start at $25. >>color>
12/11 6-9pm: prints, books, ceramics, pins and more will be available for purchase at the culture island holiday pop-up souvenir shop, which is also running a sock drive to benefit the bowery mission. bonus: free food and drinks (while supplies last). community 54 (186 avenue b), free admission. >>color>
12/11 6-10pm (thru 12/13): roberta’s annual holiday market includes wares from more than 25 local artisans and vendors in its garden tent. free admission. >>color>
12/11 7pm: prep your grievances for the den of geek’s festivus celebration at videology, featuring seinfeld trivia, gifts, giveaways, and an airing of ‘the strike’/festivus seinfeld episode. free admission, with chances to score vip guaranteed seating in advance. >>color>
12/11 7-11pm: cotton candy machine’s second biennial submissional art show includes pieces from more than 100 artists. free. >>color>
12/11 7pm doors (+ 12/12, 19): variations theatre group presents a staged reading parody of star wars episode iv: a new hope (1977), including audience participation, trivia, a raffle, and drinking. popcorn and hot dogs will be available for purchase. the chain theatre (lic), $15 admission includes two drinks and a raffle ticket. >>color>
12/11 7:30pm: astronomy + physics professor janna levin (how the universe got its spots) hosts the scientific controversies series at pioneer works. tonight: harvard university professor peter galison and george washington university professor allison macfarlane discuss the containment of nuclear weapons and radioactive waste. free (rsvp). >>color>
12/11 7:30pm (monthly): hear true stories inspired by either three’s company or small wonder (audience choice will be revealed at the show) at a very special episode storytelling show with hosts danny artese and robin gelfenbien. this week’s theme, good deeds, includes guests nathaniel bates, nancy pothier, and jenn wehrung, plus at least two 5-minute open mic slots. q.e.d. astoria, $7. >>color>
12/11 7:30pm + 9pm (monthly): this month’s nerd nite returns to littlefield with presentations on killer women, super villains, and scandals of the 20’s. hosted by matt wasowski. $14 admission includes trivia (7:30pm), $10 for presentations only (9pm). >>color>
12/11 7:30pm doors, 8:30pm show: the brooklyn comedy festival’s annual winter wonderlandia holiday variety show includes performances by jo firestone + company, connor ratliff + mikey erg, rebecca vigil + evan kaufman, and david carl, plus santa, live music by the gotham easy, and sixpoint drink specials. bring a gently used coat to donate to new york cares and receive a raffle ticket to win a chambong. $10 adv, $15 dos. >>color>
12/11 8pm (monthly): get better acquainted with the local poetry scene at the next installment of roots poetry series, featuring joshua mehigan (accepting the disaster), roberto carlos garcía (amores gitano), elizabeth onusko (portrait of the future with trapdoor) and farryl last (the chimera book). donation-based beer and wine will help you forget that they don’t all rhyme. roots cafe (south slope), free admission. >>color>
12/11 8pm (thru 12/13, + 12/18-20): actors put on a family-friendly live performance of a charlie brown christmas with the help of a jazz trio performing vince guaraldi’s classic score. redwood studios (gowanus), $12. >>color>
12/11 8:30pm doors, 9pm show: the late night basement with chris rose comedy/talk show returns to bushwick’s livestream public with guests director/screenwriter alex ross perry (listen up philip, queen of earth) and comedians sean patton (fallon) and gary vider (last comic standing). bonus: free narragansett beer for the first 30 attendees. free admission. >>color>
12/11 9pm (monthly): f*ck that movie! comedians/haters joel kim booster (paper magazine’s ’10 comedians you should know’) + anna drezen (how may we hate you?, reductress) discuss the movies they hate the most with a panel of local comedians. tonight’s guests include phoebe robinson (larry wilmore), megan gailey (conan), zach broussard (mtv) and brandon scott jones comedy central ‘comic to watch’). videology. $5. >>color>
12/11 9pm: neighborhood spot greenpoint heights is closing soon (condos, of course), and local bands are blowing it out with a series of free shows. tonight: howardian, ben robey, tonewheel and golden west service. >>color>
12/11 9:30pm (weekly): the rubin museum of art’s cabaret cinema series screens king vidor’s the fountainhead (1949), with an introduction by urban designer and architect mitchell joachim. $10. >>color>
12/11 11pm: djs brian blackout and doctor mister play new indie, electropop and early ‘00s dance jams from annie to yacht – and everything in between – at the ’yeah’ dance party. the grand victory, free. >>color>
12/11 midnight (monthly): jeff simmermon (this american life, the moth grandslam winner) hosts the ‘and i am not lying’ variety show, with stand up by andy sandford (adult swim), louis katz (comedy central) and sally brooks (comedy central), storytelling by caitlin brodnick, and star wars burlesque by jenna beth and clara coquette. ucb east village, $5. >>color>
12/11-25: seek refuge from holiday shoppers at one or more of these film series: ‘best film not playing at a theater near you’color> @ moma (thru 12/14), women crime writers seriescolor> @ film forum (thru 12/17), a david lynch/jacques rivette retrospectivecolor> @ fslc (thru 12/22), and it’s a wonderful lifecolor> @ ifc (thru 12/25).
sales, deals, freebies
take an extra 30% off local spa + beauty services on groupon with promo code ‘luxe’. >>color>
get $50 to spend at any ricky’s beauty supply location for $30. >>color>
ticket deals
get tickets to annie the musical at kings theater 12/15-20 for $18+ (reg. $45+). >>color>
get tickets to the new york times travel show at the javits center 1/9-10 for $8-15 (plus ticket fees, reg. $20). >>color>
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