around town today
10am-8pm (thru 12/20): gather everything you need for upcoming dinner parties at the annual food52 holiday market, including cooking supplies, housewares, and items from the food network’s prop archives. plus, demonstrations, makers hours, a happy hour and more. 41 union sq. west (at 17th st.). free admission. >>color>
11am-6pm (thru 12/6): have a fab time at fab’s holiday pop-in, opening today with more than 150 gifts for sale, free treats and drinks, giveaways, workshops, and more. 118 orchard st. @ delancey. >>color>
5-8pm: learning a thing or two from a skilled artist is as easy as 1, 2, 3 at abc carpet + home’s maker night. workshops and demo topics range from dyeing, weaving, and flower arranging, to screenprinting, monogramming, and knitting. free (rsvp required). >>color>
5:30pm: lighten up with help from santa and friends, live ice carving demos, carol singing, a flotilla of trees, hot chocolate, and cookies at the central park charles a. dana discovery center’s 19th annual holiday lighting. inside the park at 110th st. bet. lenox and 5th ave, free. >>color>
5:30-8pm: sample more than 30 different sparkling wines at crush wine + spirits’s ninth annual tasting event. free (rsvp required). update: rsvp list is full. >>color>
6-9pm (monthly): art galleries stay open late during the dumbo first thursday gallery walk. kick things off with some free jacques torres hot cocoa and performances at the annual holiday tree lightingcolor> at pearl street triangle (6-7pm). free. >>color>
6:30pm doors, 7pm show (monthly): relax at the loose comedy show hosted by ‘comedic mad scientist’ jo firestone. this month’s installment features janeane garofalo (wet hot american summer), ilana glazer (broad city), marina franklin (inside amy schumer, louie), brendan eyre and more. housing works, $10 admission includes a drink. >>color>
7pm: essayist ryan britt launches his zeitgeist-heavy new book luke skywalker can’t read and other geeky truths with host cecil baldwin (welcome to night vale). cocktails, beer and wine will be served. powerhouse arena, free. >>color>
7pm: adult language school fluent city hosts a screening of y tu mamá también and raffles off a $100 gift certificate towards group classes. videology, free. >>color>
7pm (thru 12/30): get tickets to a christmas carol at players theatre in the west village for $16-22 (plus ticket fees, reg. $42). >>color>
7pm doors, 7:30pm show (monthly): andrea shapiro’s ‘saw her stand up there’ all-female comedy show returns to q.e.d. astoria. the first part of the show- an open mic featuring the first 13 female-identifying people to sign up- is followed by sets by camille theobald (girl code), kelly fastuca (opie and anthony) and wendi starling (nerdist). $5. >>color>
7:30pm (bi-monthly): pete’s reading series returns with readings by alexandra kleeman (you too can have a body like mine), maggie messitt (the rainy season: three lives in the new south africa), and rick moody (hotels of north america, the ice storm). pete’s candy store, free. >>color>
7:30pm (last show 12/10): jiji lee + patrick clair host the split personality storytelling + character open mic show at williamsburg’s over the eight bar. tonight’s hour-long show will include as many people as possible from the list of those who sign up to tell a five-minute story or do characters. free. >>color>
7:30pm: friends of mozart presents ‘friends, mentors and rivals of mozart,’ an evening of live music by composers who influenced and who were influenced by mozart. christ + saint stephen’s episcopal church (120 w. 69th st, bet. columbus ave + broadway). free. >>color>
8pm: rsvp for a free preview screening of adult swim’s neon joe, werewolf hunter, followed by q+a with stars jon glaser (parks and recreation, girls), stephanie march (law + order: svu), scott adsit (30 rock) and steve cirbus (delocated). bonus: free concessions! note: rsvp does not guarantee entry. seating is first come, first served. >>color>
8pm (thru 12/6): gallim dance comes to the joyce theater with performances that address the themes of love, sex, and domesticity, accompanied by live music. $10+. >>color>
8pm (thru 12/5): the annual movement research festival brings the work of five choreographers to dance space project. $15. >>color>
8pm (last show 12/10): the myrtle comedy show at clinton hill’s splitty features adam lowitt (the daily show), brett davis (the special without brett davis), tom mccaffrey (adventures in comedy), nick turner (fallon), josh gondelman (john oliver) and jacqueline novak (quality notions), and more joining host greg johnson. $5. >>color>
8:30 doors, 9 show: if you’re more into scrooge than santa, shimmy over to the bah-humbug! burlesque show, where the bang bang boom girls will show how much they hate the holidays. the cobra club, $10. >>color>
9:30pm: kevin geeks out about christmas: comedian kevin maher presents an obsessive look at the ways in which the holiday season has been depicted in movies in this multimedia variety show with experts, trivia, rare clips and more. nitehawk cinema, $15. >>color>
11pm: comedians dan licata, joe pera, and charles gould host a special animation night of their dan+joe+charles show, with the premier of ‘maui animals,’ plus animations by joseph bennett, kieran o’hare, and mary houlihan. ucb east village, $5. >>color>
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sponsored
Symphony Space Tue, Dec 8, 2015 8:00pm
Who will take the cake and who will end up with a face full of pie when our crack team of experts take on this emotional topic in the bimonthly comedy debate series we call, Uptown Showdown? Join Dave Hill (The Goddamn Dave Hill Show on WFMU), Adam Wade (20-time Moth StorySLAM Champion), Joel Kim Booster (Paper Magazine “10 Comedians You Need to Know”), Matteo Lane (MTV’s GirlCode), Aparna Nancherla (writer Late Night with Seth Meyers) and Claudia Cogan (Last Comic Standing 7 semi-finalist) tackle the age-old question: which desert is superior, cake or pie? MORE INFOcolor>
coming up
12/4 (thru 12/5 at 3am): in honor of national cookie day, get a free chocolate chunk cookie with any purchase at all insomnia cookies locations. >>color>
12/4 10am-5pm (+ 12/5): don’t draw a blank on where to get gifts- just head over to the society of illustrators’ holiday book fair, featuring a range of art books, including biographies/retrospectives, how-to’s, annuals and more. all books are priced $2-15. free to attend, and includes free admission to the museum (reg. $10 general, $5 students/seniors, free tuesdays 5-8pm). >>color>
12/4 4-8pm (thru 12/6): get tickets to the craft|brooklyn contemporary art show at brooklyn expo center for free (plus ticket fees, reg. $10). >>color>
12/4 5-8pm (+ sat 10am-6pm, sun 11am-5pm): 60+ artisans feature their one-of-a-kind gifts at the 20th annual crafts at the cathedral fair. the cathedral church of saint john the divine’s synod house (1047 amsterdam ave @ 110th st), $6/day, $7/weekend, $1 off with thiscolor> printable coupon. >>color>
12/4 5-8pm: the american folk art museum’s free music fridays’ second compilation cd release party includes live musical performances from more than 10 local independent artists. free admission, $5 for the cd. >>color>
12/4 6-9pm (12/5 9am-9pm): cool down at the 4th annual polar film festival, beginning with a screening of arctic ghost ship tonight, and a series of titles ranging from 2 to 72 minutes in length on saturday. the explorers club (946 e. 70th st.), free (rsvp required). >>color>
12/4 6-10pm (monthly): the bangladeshi american creative collective presents a night of traditional and contemporary song and dance by local performers and a conversation exploring bangladeshi histories at this month’s first friday at the bronx museum. plus donation-based drinks. free admission. >>color>
12/4 6:30pm doors, 8:20pm show: pechakucha, meaning ‘chit chat’ in japanese, is a multi-speaker event hosted by creative people sharing their ideas, projects, photos (or anything else) through informal slideshows that feature 20 images for 20 seconds each. livestream public (bushwick), $16. >>color>
12/4 7pm: the stargazing + lecture series returns to columbia university’s pupin hall with a talk on the care and feeding of black holes, followed by guided stargazing with telescopes (weather permitting). free. >>color>
12/4 7pm (ends today): the apocalypse culture cinema series at the museum of arts and design features katsuhiro otomo’s akira. $10 general, $5 students. >>color>
12/4 7pm: the third uncaged toy piano festival presents a whimsical audiovisual program that celebrates toys and play at the museum of the moving image. $15 (ticket includes same-day museum admission). >>color>
12/4 7pm (+ 12/5 1pm, 7pm): the new york theatre ballet performs a one-hour version of choreographer keith michael’s the nutcracker, including a pre-show meet-and-greet with dancers, at brookfield place’s winter garden. free. >>color>
12/4 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: the blue man group’s larry heinemann presents music for enophiles,’ songs by brian eno, with members of mekons, end of love, and lee ranaldo’s band. bowery electric, $10. >>color>
12/4 8pm: sunset park’s industry city distillery is the boozy setting for the crunk city comedy show, hosted by carolyn busa and ben wasserman. tonight’s show includes stand up by ben kronberg (last comic standing, comedy central), mary houlihan (comedy central, cartoon monsoon co-host), ryan bennett, chris calogero, madonna refugia and wanjiko. free (rsvp). >>color>
12/4 8pm: the chelsea symphony continues its 10th anniversary season with seasonal selections humperdink, tchaikovsky, zhanhao + gang, griffes and anderson, plus a narrated version of aaron dai’s the night before christmas. st. paul’s church (315 w. 22nd st, bet. 8th + 9th aves), $20 suggested donation. >>color>
12/4 8pm (+ 12/5): the fifth annual swedish energies festival brings two nights of swedish electronic and improvisational musicians and visual artists to greenpoint’s saint vitus. free (rsvp). >>color>
12/4 9pm: try to resist tackling mr. december at brooklyn rugby’s third annual holiday fundraiser and calendar release party, which promises a rugby player charity date auction, raffles, music and more. littlefield, $15 advance, $20 at the door. >>color>
12/4 9pm: neighborhood spot greenpoint heights is closing soon (condos, of course), and lgreenocal bands are blowing it out with a series of free shows. tonight: veda rays, mpho and spirit of a slain eagle. >>color>
12/4 9:30pm (weekly): the rubin museum of art’s cabaret cinema series screens josef von sternberg’s the blue angel (1930), with an introduction by opera director stephen wadsworth. $10. >>color>
12/4 10pm (monthly): improvisers live-dub over episodes of tv comedies the nanny and family ties to create entirely new storylines and horrible new character flaws during the live dubbed sitcoms show. videology, $5. >>color>
12/4 10pm: 9 djs take over two rooms at the paper box with hip hop and deep/tech house for the chromed dance party. $10. >>color>
12/4-27: both brunch-bounds and night owls will have options as nitehawk cinema saves xmas with a month-long selection of holiday movies at brunch-time and midnight, beginning with uncle nick and black christmas tonight, and continuing with die hard and home for the holidays this weekend. $11. >>color>
ticket deals
sponsored: get tickets to winter’s light: a musical journey through darkness and light featuring the new york repertory singers + chamber orchestra, at historic holy trinity lutheran church in the upper west side 12/5 for $7 with promo code ‘skintny’ (reg. $29). >>color>
get tickets to jamie dailey and darrin vincent’s ‘mortals + angels: a bluegrass te deum’ at carnegie hall 1/25 for free-$10 (plus ticket fees, reg. $20+). >>color>
get tickets to see the chamber orchestra of new york perform gershwin, shostakovich and tchaikovsky at carnegie hall’s weill recital hall 12/12 for $18-23 (plus ticket fees, reg. $36-46). >>color>
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