the skint is taking friday off, but we’ll be back on monday with our regular listings. friday and weekend events are listed below as well. happy new year!
thursday – new year’s eve
add your wish, personal goal, or dream to the ton of confetti that falls onto the crowd gathered in times square at midnight. >>color>
arrive early if you wanna get a spot with a million of your new best friends at the 108th annual times square ball drop. free. >>color>
11am-8:30pm: got a song to sing, a poem to recite, a joke to tell, some words to speak, an instrument to play, a monologue to practice, a character to do, or some potatoes to juggle? then be seen and heard at q.e.d astoria’s new year’s day mic-a-thon. free. >>color>
6pm-2am: pull together your best black, white and pink attire to shuffle in the new year at royal palms shuffleboard’s second annual flamingo formal, with music spun by dj workhorse. food by the bolivian llama party will be available for purchase. free admission. >>color>
6:30pm: murphy’s law, hymen holocaust, turn it up, and zero rights play the shop. $15 adv, $20 dos. >>color>
7-9pm: singer judy collins and host harry smith, along with the cathedral choir and orchestra sing, read and meditate while thousands of candles illuminate the annual new year’s eve concert for peace at the cathedral church of st. john the divine. originally conceived by leonard bernstein. free. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: wear something that shimmers and sparkles at the glitter bomb ball, where 10 bands and 2 djs take over 2 floors of the gateway in bushwick. $10 adv, $15 door. >>color>
8pm: dress down for the owl farm’s fourth annual grunge new year’s eve. free admission. >>color>
8pm: anamanaguchi, cymbals eat guitars, lindsay lowend, jonah baseball and more play baby’s all right. bonus: open bucket bar. $25. >>color>
8pm-1am: $15 gets you all-night play and a free midnight champagne toast at the uncommons board game cafe’s ‘third annual party for people who don’t want to waste a bunch of money.’ >>color>
8pm-1am: you don’t need a partner, or any dance skills, to have a ball at the brooklyn contra dance party. tonight features caller will mentor and live music by pete’s posse. free beginner’s lesson at 8pm, dance starts at 8:30pm. bonus: free bubbly beverages (alcoholic and non) and light appetizers. camp friendship (park slope), $25. >>color>
8pm-4am: dig if you will the picture: videology gets decked out in purple + neon to turn into minneapolis’s first avenue night club for the second annual purple rain dance party. the classic prince movie will be playing on a loop starting at 4pm, and makeup artists will do you up (for free) with airbrushed blacklight new wave makeup 8-11pm. free midnight champagne toast. $10. >>color>
8pm-4am (monthly): glamdammit’s sex + droogs + rock + roll party features bands and djs playing punk, rock and glam jams. free pbr 8-9pm and a free midnight champagne toast. the grand victory, $10. >>color>
8pm-5am: dj jonathan toubin’s annual ny night train party takes over home sweet home with live bands and djs. free midnight champagne toast. free before 10pm, $10 after. >>color>
8pm doors, 9pm show: the booze will be flowing at the prohibition masquerade ball, with hot jazz by the holy crow jazz band featuring jessy carolina and burlesque by jenny rocha + her painted ladies and more. costumes strongly encouraged. drom, $35-45 adv, $55 door (includes an open champagne bar 8-9pm and a midnight champagne toast), $20 after 1am. >>color>
8:30pm doors, 9pm show: the fourth annual broken comedy new year’s eve party at bar matchless features stand-up from host nimesh patel (comedy central) and guests tba. a dance party follows at 11pm. free midnight champagne toast. free admission. >>color>
8:30pm doors, 9pm-12:30am show: dress in formal or semi-formal attire for the game theatre’s ‘midnight, the stars and you…’, an immersive three-hour party game based on stanley kubrick’s adaptation of stephen king’s the shining. grotta azzurra restaurant (177 mulberry st.), $29. >>color>
9pm: head to coney island for free wonder wheel rides (9-11pm), the annual parachute jump light show, performances, and midnight fireworks display. free. >>color>
9pm: the muse circus and groupmuse team up for an evening of live music by bach accompanied by acrobats, wall runners, and drink-serving aerialists. 350 moffat st., brooklyn, $25. >>color>
9pm: cobra club’s nye party includes live music followed by four hours of karaoke starting at midnight. bonus: $2 sixpoint beers 9-11:30pm. free midnight champagne toast. free admission. >>color>
9pm: dee dee of dum dum girls and brandon of crocodiles/flowers of evil dj at williamsburg’s night of joy, with a reyka vodka open bar at both 11-11:30pm and 4-4:30am. >>color>
9pm-5am: gemini + scorpio and rubulad present ‘the casino battle royale’, an immersive cold war spy game experience set in a 10,000 square foot space + secret lair with casino games, tarot readings, go go girls, music and more. dress code: classic james bond, spy vs. spy, archer, or formal/cocktail attire. $35+ adv, $55 door, $20 after 12:30pm. >>color>
9pm doors: the smiths/morrissey tribute band the sons + heirs and doug gillard (nada surf, guided by voices) play littlefield. hosted by comedians aparna nancherla (conan) and jo firestone (punderdome 3000). $20 adv, $25 dos. >>color>
9pm doors: mykki blanco, cakes da killa and mikeq play mercury lounge. $30. >>color>
9pm doors, 10pm show: clap your hands say yeah, surf rock is dead, and monograms play rough trade. $30. >>color>
9:30pm: drag queen/comedian/singer hedda lettuce hosts a screening of showgirls, followed by the times square ball drop on the big screen. free midnight champagne toast. chelsea’s bow tie cinemas, $25. >>color>
9:30pm-midnight: end year with a guided introduction to meditation at chelsea’s kadampa meditation center, bookended by vegetarian hors d’oeuvres (9:30-10:45pm) and a non-alcoholic new year’s toast. $30 (registration required). >>color>
9:30pm doors, 10pm show: shake ya *ss at the awesome aughts: music of the early 2000s dance party, with the era’s unforgivably catchy tunes spun by dj steve reynolds (party like it’s 1999). early arrival strongly encouraged. union hall, $5. >>color>
9:45pm, 10pm: make the group ride up to central park’s belvedere castle for time’s up’s 17th annual new year’s eve bike ride and outdoor dance party and catch the fireworks at midnight. meet at the brooklyn-side entrance of the williamsburg bridge (9:45pm) or the washington square park arch (10pm). free. >>color>
10pm: lesbian nightlife promoter whitney day and lauren flax provide the soundtrack for the wick’s nye party, where there’ll be over 60 beers on tap to choose from (prices start at $6). $20 adv, $25 door before midnight, $30 after. >>color>
10pm: three djs provide the beats for the nye edition of the hot rabbit lgbtq dance party, with performers, a photo booth, and food available for purchase. free midnight champagne toast. lot 45 bushwick, $15 before midnight, $20 after. >>color>
10pm: dj rich medina spins house, rare groove and garage classics at c’mon everybody. free midnight champagne toast. $25 adv, $30 door. >>color>
10pm doors, 11pm show: they might be giants play music hall of williamsburg. $35 adv, $40 dos. >>color>
11pm: enjoy free hot chocolate and music before the sparks fly at the annual prospect park fireworks at midnight. >>color>
11pm: hear works by bach, mendelssohn, widor, greig, dukas and copland performed on st. bartholomew’s aeolian-skinner pipe organ (the largest in the city) by william k. trafka. a free champagne reception follows. free admission. >>color>
midnight: fireworks fill the sky above central park to kick off the annual new york road runners midnight run. 72nd street transverse near bethesda fountain, free to watch, fees apply to race. >>color>
midnight: a fireworks display is scheduled to take place off liberty island, if you have a view of that area. >>color>
midnight: it’s ok to laugh at the annual naked comedy show, where comedians will perform in the buff (audience nudity is optional). free midnight champagne toast. the creek and the cave, $30 (a portion of ticket sales benefits a comic’s battle against cancer). >>color>
12:30pm: brooklyn bowl’s after party features music spun by museum of love’s pat mahoney (dfa/lcd soundsystem) and dennis mcnany (dfa/jee-day). $15. >>color>
friday
1/1 10am-4pm: jcc manhattan’s annual new year’s day fitness fair offers a free day of fitness and wellness classes, giveaways, and seminars including yoga, meditation, boot camp, cycling, and more. free (pre-registration recommended). >>color>
1/1 12-9pm: the 22nd annual alternative new year’s day spoken word/performance extravaganza features 150 poets and performers as well as an open mic. paperback donations for books through bars are requested. nuyorican poets café, free. >>color>
1/1 12-11pm: frodo friday! one does not simply ‘walk’ into the new year: videology hosts a lord of the rings marathon, screening extended editions of each episode in the trilogy. videology, free. >>color>
1/1 1pm: dive into 2016 with the polar bear club’s annual new year’s day swim in coney island. the boardwalk @ stillwell ave, $20 suggested donation for participants benefits camp sunshine and includes free admission to the ny aquarium, free to watch. >>color>
1/1 2pm-2am: 140 other poets + performers read at the poetry project’s 42nd annual new year’s day marathon benefit reading at st. mark’s church. scheduled to read: penny arcade, philip glass, john s. hall, christian hawkee, joseph keckler, thurston moore, eileen myles, danniel schoonebeek, emily skillings, anne waldman and many more. 131 e. 10th st., $20. >>color>
1/1 2-6pm: the coney island circus sideshow is open today, featuring wacky talents, mind-bending stunts and strange feats. last tickets sold at 5pm. $10. >>color>
1/1 7pm doors, 7:30pm show (monthly): free pork dumplings, cheap booze and comedians abound at the chinatown throwdown comedy show. this month: samuel comroe (conan), aparna nancherla (conan), saurin choksi (white guy talk show), jenn welch (the weekly co-host), brian parise and molly austin. hosted by khalid a. rahmaan and leclerc andre. brit pack, free (rsvp). >>color>
1/1 7:30pm doors, 8pm show (weekly): pace yourself for the slow dance comedy show, featuring stand-up from myq kaplan (letterman, america’s got talent), francisco ramos (last comic standing), mike recine (conan), blair socci, drew michael and ahri findling. hosted by aaron glaser and amy cardinale. 1/2 off well drinks and draught beer happy hour until 8pm. niagara, free. >>color>
1/1 8pm doors, 8:30pm show (monthly): at the picture this! show, animators, cartoonists and other artists draw stand-up comedians as they perform. tonight’s performers and illustrators include nick vatterott, blair socci, farah brook, will miles, jake flores, eric bergstrom, bryan brinkman, leah shore, john smith, brett hall, matt witham and morag wesselman. union hall, $8 adv, $10 dos. >>color>
1/1 8:30pm doors, 9pm show: 51 comedians perform their worst jokes from the past year, accompanied by appropriate sound effects like crickets, falling bombs and audience boos. hosted by justin perez and corinne fisher. the experiment comedy gallery, free. >>color>
1/1 9pm-12am: the lonesome prairie dogs and guest singers pay tribute to hank williams at the 12th annual hank-o-rama. skinny dennis (williamsburg), free. >>color>
1/1 9:30pm: evil b*tch or wicked witch? it all blends together in this comedic improvised performance of the devil wears prada set to the music of wicked. the annoyance theatre + bar, $5. >>color>
1/1-2: midnight-ish movies:
alien @ ifc. $14. >>color>
nausicaa of the valley of the wind @ ifc. $14. >>color>
princess mononoke @ ifc. $14. >>color>
pulp fiction and the room @ landmark sunshine. $10. >>color>
the assasin @ ifc. $14. >>color>
the dreamers (sat only) @ videology. $5. >>color>
the shining @ nitehawk cinema. $11. >>color>
saturday
1/2 5-11pm (monthly): this month’s brooklyn museum target first saturday celebrates the new year with music by tamara renée, discwoman and young paris, a social justice workshop, screenings of gofish and don’t tell anyone (no le digas a nadie), and more. food and booze will be available for purchase. free admission. >>color>
1/2 6:30pm doors, 7pm show: 50 new and veteran comics tell the first jokes they’ve written this year at host john f. o’donnell’s 10th annual ‘50 first jokes’ comedy night. the bell house, $10 adv, $12 dos. >>color>
1/2 8pm: monogold, looms, moonwalks and chives play baby’s all right. $8 adv, $10 dos. >>color>
1/2 8pm doors, 8:30pm show (weekly): bring an old trophy, a souvenir shot glass, your sticker collection, or anything with a story for a shot at winning $20 cash at the show/tell show, a night of stand-up comedy and show + tell at williamsburg’s over the eight. tonight’s performers include matt koff (the daily show), brandon scott wolf (best time ever with neil patrick harris), lukas kaiser (chapelle’s show), myka fox (keith and the girl), and more. free. >>color>
1/2 8pm doors, 9pm show: a sunny day in glasgow, dinowalrus, and the space merchants play rough trade. $15 adv, $18 dos. >>color>
1/2 9pm doors, 9:30pm show (monthly): hear ‘the dirtiest, most-unsafe-for-prime-time jokes, bits, and riffs’ at the dirty show. tonight’s performers include cyrus mcqueen (last comic standing), subhah agarwal (modern comedian), and larry beyah. hosted by ben conrad and lucas connolly. q.e.d. astoria, $5. >>color>
1/2 9:30pm: improvising with arnold schwarzenegger: comedians are pushed into scenes where one is improvising normally and the other can only respond with arnold quotes. the pit, $10. >>color>
1/2 9:30pm: roast marshmallows during the stay puft marshmallow man scene (just like you’ve always wanted) at videology’s screening of ghostbusters– with a marshmallow roast. marshmallows included. $10. >>color>
1/2 10pm (monthly): comedians perform their darkest, saddest, and most traumatic–but funny!–bits at the dark spots comedy show. this month’s theme and guests are tba. hosted by shane torres, nate fridson and alison zeidman. the creek + the cave, free. >>color>
1/2 10pm-3am (monthly): shake off any lingering haziness at the new year’s hangover edition of the party like it’s 1999 dance party, where dj steve reynolds plays 90’s rock, pop, dance, r+b and hip-hop all night. the bell house, free. >>color>
sunday
1/3 11am-3pm (first sundays thru 3/6): the brooklyn botanic garden’s first sundays programming includes winter bird watching, chasing away the winter blues tours, yoga (bring your own mat) and more. scroll down after the jump for start times. free with regular admission ($12 general, $6 students/seniors). >>color>
1/3 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: d*cking around with (host) kyle ayers features comedic sets and bits by sasheer zamata (snl, inside amy schumer), matteo lane (girl code, guy code), christi chiello (girl code, seeing other people), and giulia rozzi (chelsea lately, seeing other people). union hall, $6 adv, $8 dos. >>color>
1/3 8pm (weekly): the if you build it comedy show with host kara klenk includes performances by myq kaplan (america’s got talent, letterman), barry rothbart (conan), jeffrey joseph (friends of the people, in living color), andy sandford (conan), tim dillon (last comic standing), alison leiby, and joel walkowski. ucb east village, $5. >>color>
1/3 8pm: feeling whimsical? head to videology for a game of wes anderson bingo and search for his stylistic signatures during a screening of the royal tenenbaums. $10. >>color>
1/3 8pm: ava luna, cloud becomes your hand and palberta play a planned parenthood benefit concert at secret project robot. $10. >>color>
1/3 9:45pm: actor kristen stewart introduces a screening of olivier assayas’ clouds of sils maria. ifc, $14 general, $10 seniors. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
ticket deals
get admission to the museum of sex thru 2/29 for $10.50 (plus ticket fees, reg. $19.05). >>color>
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