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around town today
free opening receptions:
cao fei: ‘la town’ @ lombard freid gallery >>color>
group show: ‘decolonized skies’ @ apexart >>color>
group show: ‘on identity’ @ sous les etoiles gallery >>color>
prune nourry: ‘terracotta daughters’ @ cina institute >>color>
ragnar kjartansson and the national: ‘a lot of sorrow’ @ luhring augustine >>color>
5pm: nyc post-punkers interpol sign copies of their new album at other music. >>color>
6pm: learn how to turn job interviews into offers from career counselor rob hellmann. nypl sibl, free. >>color>
6pm: artist nick cave discusses his new book, nick cave: epitome, and hist soundsuits, performance work, and installations. nypl stephen a. schwarzman building. >>color>
6, 7:30pm: the david lynch directed duran duran: unstagedcolor> concert film features 18 of the british band’s hits, and is screening for one night only at bow tie chelsea cinemas and village east. $12.50-14. >>color>
7pm: andy ross’s monthly real characters storytelling show gives the mic to adam wilson (the paris review, flatscreen: a novel), kate greathead (the moth story hour, the hairpin), isaac oliver (isaac oliver: intimacy idiot), and jiji lee (‘split personality’ host). mcnally jackson, free. >>color>
7pm: afghan entrepreneur roya mahboobcolor>, named one of time‘s 100 most influential people in the world, comes to the sparknyc speaker series for discussion and q+a. networking with appetizers starts at 7pm. impact hub nyc (394 broadway @ walker st.), $15 adv, $20 door. >>color>
7pm: the village voice hosts a live ‘ask andrew’ question and answer session with the ‘king of partying’ andrew w.k. at santos party house. $10. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: forced meme presents: ‘we’ll have what she’s having’, an interactive screening of when harry met sally including pop-up video trivia and a raffle to benefit housing works. the bell house, $8 adv, $10 dos. >>color>
7:30pm: the story collider magazine/podcast presents five stories as told by a biologist, a mathematician, and storytellers. hosted by erin barker and ben lillie. momath, $12. >>color>
7:30pm: to commemorate world suicide prevention day, the afsp hosts a benefit screening of dead poets society, starring robin williams, at the fiaf’s florence gould hall. $15. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: the improvisers of beauty love truth create scenes inspired by the music of guest musician doug gillard (guided by voices, nada surf). union hall, $10 >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: comedians josh bolotsky and matthew filipowicz perform capitalism, ahoy!: a live riffing of atlas shrugged: part two, a live, mst3k-style commentary of the ‘notoriously awful’ film adaptation of the ayn rand book. littlefield, $8 at the door if you say ‘shrugged’ (reg $10). >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: yes, there will actually be free bacon at the ‘free bacon’ comedy show, hosted by farah brook and kevin berrey. tonight’s guests include matt donaher, pat dixon, myka fox, john moses, blair socci, and christi chiello. the creek + the cave, free admission. >>color>
8pm: world suicide prevention day: light a candle near a window to show support for suicide prevention and remember those lost. >>color>
8pm: author cristin o’keefe aptowicz gives an illustrated lecture on her book, dr. mütter’s marvels: a true tale of intrigue and innovation at the dawn of modern medicine, which tells the story of the man behind philadelphia’s mütter museum. morbid anatomy museum, $5. >>color>
8pm: the daily show’s jordan klepper performs a solo comedy show at ucb. $5. >>color>
8pm doors, 9pm show (ends today): seth herzog’s sweet comedy show celebrates its 10th anniversary at the slipper room over three days with lineups of performers to include colin quinn, questlove, hannibal buress, vanessa bayer, sean patton, dave hill, jay pharoah, josh charles, and ‘many, many surprises’. $10. >>color>
8pm (+ 9/11) get tickets to see this american life’s ira glass in three acts, two dancers, one radio host at the town hall 9/10 for $34.50 (plus ticket fees, reg. $69). >>color>
8pm: the weekly trashy car/motorcycle flick series cine meccanica screens white knuckle: the story of the motorcycle cannonball (2012). free popcorn, $2 bingo for prizes, food available for purchase. lady jay’s, free. >>color>
8pm (+ 9/11 mercury lounge): surf rock group man or astro-man come to brooklyn bowl. $15. >>color>
8pm-3am (+9/12-13): the second annual brooklyn wildlife summer festival continues with ‘tragedy and farce: circus freak show’, featuring performance art, improv, live music and comedy at bizarre bushwick. $5-15 suggested admission. >>color>
8:30pm doors: style wars: rising designers face off in head-to-head fast-fashion battles live on stage, with just five minutes to create an outfit from random materials. glasslands. $10 adv, $15 dos. >>color>
9pm: copycat cover song night at ottos shrunken head pays tribute to alternative tentacles records (dead kennedys, butthole surfers, doa, mojo nixon, more) with live bands, remixes, and $5 buzzbomb cocktails all night. free admission. >>color>
9pm: clementine + the galaxy, ayer, and spirit animal play mercury lounge. $10. >>color>
11pm: dead rider, dan friel, and advaeta play baby’s all right. $10. >>color>
11pm: the running late with scott rogowsky talk show returns to ucb for season six with guests comedian d.l. hughley (the hughleys, leno) and matt koff (the daily show, ‘pacific standup’ co-host), plus fitness celebrity john basedow. $5. >>color>
thru 9/12: the free standup festival continues a week of free comedy shows with special lineups in manhattan, brooklyn and queens. >>color>
thru 9/14: nyc honey week celebrates the honeybee’s contribution to our food production system with free apiary tours (9/9-14), lectures and panels (9/9-10), the fourth annual honey fest (9/13), as well as non-skint friendly priced dinners and classes. various locations. >>color>
thru 1/19: the ‘mac conner: a new york life’ exhibition at the museum of the city of new york displays hand-painted illustrations for advertising campaigns and women’s magazines created by ‘one of the original ‘mad men’ during the years after world war ii. $10 suggested admission. >>color>
thru 2/15: the brooklyn museum’s ‘killer heels’ exhibition showcases the art of the high-heeled shoe, with 160 examples from the high platform chopines of sixteenth-century italy to the stilettos on today’s runways and red carpets. modern examples on display include manolo blahnik, chanel, prada, and more. $16 general, $10 student suggested admission. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
coming up
september 11 memorial events and a guide to 9/11 memorials from time out new york include the tribute in light, table of silence project 9/11, and more. additional events include the live memorial ceremony webcastcolor>, tiles for americacolor> at jefferson market library, the 7th annual circle wind concertcolor> at merkin concert hall ($10) and a bargemusic memorial concertcolor> (free). >>color>
9/11 4pm (thursdays thru 9/25): human chess! soldiers’ + riverside park’s sailors’ monument plaza (riverside drive + w. 89th st.). >>color>
9/11 4-7pm: free rowing shoves off at prospect park lake. >>color>
9/11 5pm: maximizing illicit profits: understand how corrupt officials choose how much to charge for bribes at this discussion at columbia university morningside campus jerome greene hall. free (rsvp) >>color>
9/11 6pm: master cake maker sylvia weinstock creates an original piece in the lobby of the museum of arts and design as part of nyc makers: the mad biennial. free. >>color>
9/11 6pm: bushwick pizza joint roberta’s hosts an hour long workshop and tour of its kitchen garden that includes a free beer and a baby salad green pot to grow at home. $10. >>color>
9/11 7pm: okcupid co-founder and president christian rudder discusses his book, dataclysm: who we are (when we think no one’s looking. word bookstore, free. >>color>
9/11 7pm: henry + glen forever creator tom neely releases henry + glen forever + ever, a new collection containing the comic strips, pin-up art and original covers from the previously serialized saga, at cotton candy machine. >>color>
9/11 7pm: husband and wife team patrick clair and jiji lee co-host the weekly split personality storytelling and character open mic show at williamsburg’s over the eight. tonight’s guests: jeff simmermon (this american life, ‘and i am not lying’ host), mike lane (boat comedy) and rachael mason (ucb). free. >>color>
9/11 7pm (thursdays thru 9/25): bow tie cinemas screens rebel without a cause (1955 as part of its ‘chelsea classics’ series. $8. >>color>
9/11 7pm (theu 9/13, + 9/14 @ 4pm): the 4×4 festival presents hour-long baroque concerts featuring works by bach, handel, vivaldi, and others at saint paul’s chapel (209 broadway, bet. fulton and vesey streets). free ($20 suggested donation). >>color>
9/11 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 maeve higgins (we have a good time, don’t we), allison castillo (comedy central, small batch comedy’ host), mara altman (thanks for coming), and ben jurney (mcsweeney’s, the new yorker). bonus: free wine and/or beer. free admission. >>color>
9/11 7:30pm: brooklyn-based ‘mystic power pop’ band little war twins give a live in-studio performance and interview at tonight’s b-side series at bric. free. >>color>
9/11 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: computer scientist rob fergus gives a lecture on artificial intelligence and computer vision at this month’ssecret science club. the bell house, free. >>color>
9/11-18: anthology film archives screens a 10-film ed wood retrospective, who’s considered to be one of the worst filmmakers ever. films include glen or glenda, plan 9 from outer space, and more, as well as shorts and home movies. $10 general admission, $8 students/seniors. >>color>
9/11-20: brooklyn-based theater, dance and voice artists perform throughout the borough for third annual beat (brooklyn emerging artists in theater) festival. free opening at the brooklyn museum tonight (with suggested museum admission), free-$35 for other events. >>color>
9/11-21 (11:30am–11pm): the 88th feast of san gennaro festival takes over little italy with food, rides, games of chance, a cannoli eating competition (9/12 @ 2pm), pizza eating competition (9/16 @ 2pm), the world’s biggest cannoli (9/20 @ 3pm), and more. free admission. >>color>
sales, deals, freebies
thru 9/12: get free donuts and coffee, courtesy of mm.lafleur. >>color>
ticket deals
get tickets to edible magazine’s escape international food + drink tasting at the metropolitan pavilion 10/30 for $27.50 (plus ticket fees, reg. $55). >>color>
get tickets to the dwell magazine on design event 10/11 at 82 mercer for free-$15 (plus ticket fees, reg. $35) >>color>
get tickets to see electro-pop singer glasser at nyu’s skirball center 10/23 for $15 (plus ticket fees, reg. $30). >>color>
go on a fall foliage cruise up the hudson river with a stop at cold spring 9/20-11/16 for $28-45.50 (plus ticket fees, reg $40-65). >>color>
take a cruise up the hudson to bear mountain to visit oktoberfest 9/27-10/26 for $28-45.50 (plus ticket fees, reg $40-65). >>color>
thru 9/28: 20at20: get $20 walk-up tickets to 40+ off-broadway shows 20 minutes before curtain time. >>color>
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