around town today
6pm (ends today): take a free beginners japanese lesson at tenri cultural institute (greenwich village). email to reserve a spot. >>color>
6pm: learn how to bring your edible business ideas to market with the help of food entrepreneurs michelle lewis (spoonable caramel sauces) and pooja bavishi (malaj). the brooklyn business + career library (brooklyn heights), free (rsvp). >>color>
6-8pm: free art opening reception: ‘cecily brown, jeff koons, charles ray’ + ‘betty tompkins: women, words, phrases, and stories’ @ the flag art foundation (chelsea). >>color>
6-9pm: join comics historian and former marvel editorial director danny fingeroth for a presentation of new york’s comic book landmarks, and check out the ‘superheroes in gotham’ exhibition. costumes encouraged! new-york historical society (uws), free (rsvp required). >>color>
7pm (register before 6:45pm): test your knowledge of arts, books, and culture at abc trivia hosted by huffington post, electric literature, and bomb magazine. housing works bookstore cafe (soho), free. >>color>
7pm: japanese organizational guru marie kondo (the life-changing magic of tidying up) comes to the union square barnes + noble to promote her new book, spark joy: an illustrated master class on the art of organizing and tidying up. purchase of the book required for entry. >>color>
7:30pm: rsvp to compete in the diamond’s annual chili cookoff (greenpoint), or just pay $5 to sample the contenders. >>color>
7:30pm (thru 1/31): the parsons dance company performs the new york premiere of finding center, along with a world premiere by katarzyna skarpetowska, and the stroboscopic masterwork, caught. the joyce theater (chelsea), $10+. >>color>
8pm (monthly): at the ’it’s a guy thing’ show’, comedians give presentations on ‘guy stuff’ to hosts mitra jouhari (reductress) and catherine cohen (ucb), who just don’t get it. this month features joe firestone (the chris gethard show, punderdome 3000), anna drezen (reductress, how may we hate you), todd strauss-schulson, marcia belsky, colin burgess, andrew tisher and matt gehring. over the eight (williamsburg), free. >>color>
8pm: saurin choksi (white guy talk show) hosts the brown privilege comedy show, launching tonight with performances by aparna nancherla (seth meyers), rob cantrell (colbert), liza treyger (comedy central), clark jones (comedy at the knitting factory), and lane pieschel (the fancy show). friends and lovers (crown heights), free. >>color>
8pm (weekly): the comedy school dropout show in the back room of the east village’s beauty bar features stand up by tim dillon (last comic standing, gotham live), naomi ekperigin (broad city writer, comedy central ‘comics to watch’), courtney fearrington, joe dixon and lillian devane. hosted by negin farsad, kendra cunningham and becky yamamoto. free. >>color>
8pm: she-devils plays an ep release show at baby’s all right (williamsburg) with yohuna and true blue. free. >>color>
9pm: comedians and storytellers recount tales of losing their virginity at the ‘my first time’ show. scheduled to perform: jamie brickhouse, tarik daniels, lindsay hope krauss, jenn wherung, ilana michlle runin and soren + jolles. hosted by angela cobb. q.e.d. (astoria), $10. >>color>
10pm (+ 1/29, 30): have your mind blown while stanley kubrick’s the shining plays backwards and forwards and inwards and outwards, in 3d. spectacle, $5. >>color>
thru 2/4: all that jack (cole): moma presents a series of 18 films that feature the work of choreographer jack cole, including gentlemen prefer blondes, gilda, the merry widow and les girls, plus two illustrated lectures by dance critic debra levine. $12 general, $10 seniors, $8 students, free with museum admission or during uniqlo free friday nights 4-8pm. >>color>
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coming up
1/21 11am-7pm (thru 1/24): get fired up for the annual new york ceramics + glass fair, where 30 galleries and dealers from around the world display porcelain, pottery, glass, cloisonné and enamel wares. bohemian national hall (ues), $20 ticket gets you admission for the entire fair. >>color>
1/21 2-6pm (thru 1/24, 11am-8pm fri+sat, 11am-5pm sun): originality reigns at the 24th annual the outsider art fair, which specializes in works of self-taught artists. metropolitan pavilion (chelsea), $20. >>color>
1/21 6-10pm: the brooklyn museum launches free admission thursday nights, with access to exhibitions, readings, lectures, classes and a salsa party. >>color>
1/21 6pm doors, 6:30pm show: combat-ready kitchencolor> author anastacia marx de salcedo discusses how u.s. military combat rations through the years have spawned a modern age of processed foods, and shares samples of soldiers’ fare to ‘boot.’ museum of food lab, $15 general, $10 student. >>color>
1/21 6:30pm: artists, professors and intellectuals speak up at a panel discussion on the controversial science of eugenics, and the lasting implicat of its use. central booking (les), $5. >>color>
1/21 6:30pm: illusionist, actor and writer ricky jay sits down with new york times architecture critic michael kimmelman to discuss the life and career of legendary 29-inch tall magician matthias buchinger at the metropolitan museum of art’s grace rainey rogers auditorium. $16 (plus ticket fees, reg. $30). >>color>
1/21 6:30pm: in honor of fred lebow half-marathon week, the museum of the city of new york hosts a discussion about the highs and lows of running in nyc with former new york road runners president mary wittenberg and journalist liz robbins. $16 general, $12 students/seniors. >>color>
1/21 7pm: comedian, actor and author michael ian black (wet hot american summer) talks with slate editor-in-chief julia turner about his memoir, navel gazing: true tales of bodies, mostly mine (but also my mom’s, which i know sounds weird). strand books (union square), purchase of the book or a $15 gift card required for admission. >>color>
1/21 7pm: the science behind creativity is explored at the book launch for wired to create: unraveling the mysteries of the creative mind, with authors scott barry kaufman and carolyn gregoire. powerhouse arena (dumbo), free. >>color>
1/21 7pm: writers discuss sex and sexuality in a post-lolita world. with new york-area authors ashley ford, saeed jones, dylan landis, laura miller and elissa schappell, moderated by michele filgate. bookcourt (cobble hill), free. >>color>
1/21 7pm: rub shoulders with other music-lovers at a release party for the latest issue of the pitchfork review. word bookstore (greenpoint), free. >>color>
1/21 7-10pm (monthly): worldhack, an evening of performances and talks exploring the intersection of language and technology, features code poetry, digital literature, e-lit, devart, and an open projector where anyone can show their work for up to five minutes. babycastles (chelsea), $5-10 suggested donation. >>color>
1/21 7pm doors, 8pm show (monthly): drunk science: three sloshed comedians compete to present the best dissertation to a panel of real scientists. this month’s show includes dr. stephen morse (columbia university professor of epidemiology and founding chair of the program to monitor emerging diseases) and comedians aparna nancherla (seth meyers), lane moore (tinder live host) and aaron jackson (ucb). hosted by joanna rothkopf (jezebel), shannon odell (neuroscience phd student at weill cornell) and jordan mendoza (once was pre-med). new location: littlefield (gowanus), $5. >>color>
1/21 7:30pm: best-selling authors read personal essays on subjects of their choice at the quarterly ‘spine out’ reading series. tonight: libba bray (the diviners), michael buckley (undertow), annabel monaghan (a girl named digit) and anthony schneider (repercussions). hosted by emmy laybourne (monument 14). dixon place (les), limited $10 adv tickets with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $15 adv, $18 door). >>color>
1/21 7:30pm: get cozy at an intimate chamber performance with members of the new york philharmonic, followed by a conversation with the musicians led by wxqr’s jeff spurgeon. the david rubenstein atrium at lincoln center (uws), free. >>color>
1/21 8pm: the go! team, superhuman happiness and glockabelle play brooklyn bowl (williamsburg). $16 adv, $18 dos. >>color>
1/21 8pm doors, 9pm show: torres and palehound play the bowery ballroom. $15 adv, $17 dos. >>color>
1/21 8:30pm doors, 9pm show: kurt braunohler (fallon, comedy central) brings his unique comedic style to a headlining gig at the bell house (gowanus), with local alt-comedy all-stars julio torres (comedy central ‘comic to watch’) and jo firestone (the chris gethard show, punderdome 3000 co-host). $15. >>color>
1/21 9pm (+ 2/25): adults expose the horrifying teenager that made them into horrifying adults at the roast of your 15-year-old self show. hosted by alise morales (vh1, ifc comedy). the annoyance theatre + bar (williamsburg), $10. >>color>
1/21 9pm doors, 9:30pm show: comedians become faux authors and read selections from their ‘latest’ books at literati: a comedy show about the greatest american novels never written. tonight: josh gondelman(last week tonight), nate fernald (the pete holmes show), katie hartman (skinny bitch jesus meeting), terence o’brien, brad howe, mo fry pas and alex french. hosted by colin o’brien + michael wolf. union hall (park slope), $6 adv, $8 dos. >>color>
1/21 9:30pm (monthly): the daily show writers perform an improvised comedy show at ucb (chelsea). $5. >>color>
1/21 9:30pm: roast marshmallows during the stay puft marshmallow man scene (just like you’ve always wanted) at a screening of ghostbusters– with a marshmallow roast. marshmallows included. videology (williamsburg), $10. >>color>
1/21 midnight: the roots drummer and joint leader questlove celebrates six years of deejaying ‘bowl train’ at brooklyn bowl (williamsburg). $7 adv, $10 dos. >>color>
sales, deals, freebies
thru 1/21: take an extra 20% off up to three local groupon deals with promo code ‘jumbo3’ >>color>
ticket deals
thru 1/22: astoria’s danceworks nyc offers $1 dance workshops this week. >>color>
rsvp for free people’s free boxing-inspired sculpt class at brooklyn’s 26 bridge (dumbo), with healthy bites and fresh juices. bring your own mat. >>color>
get tickets to the 11th annual nyc coffee + tea festival at brooklyn expo center 3/19-20 for $15 (plus ticket fees, reg. $25). >>color>
get tickets to the 140th annual westminster kennel club dog show at madison square garden 2/15-16 for $28 (plus ticket fees, reg. $40). >>color>
get free tickets to see the taylor 2 dance company at the michael schimmel center for the arts 1/22-23 (plus ticket fees, reg. $29). >>color>
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