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Battle of Vegetarians!!

Tofu Takedown @ Highline Ballroom

The creator of Chili Takedown is back with a rousing battle of the TOFU!! Come on out today at highline ballroom as the vegetarians face off for the best tofu dishes! Should be exciting! The winner gets $100 and you get to try all the wonderful dishes!

@Highline Ballroom
Location: 431 W. 16th Street (map)
Starts: 8PM
Cost: $10

NY CITY MARATHON

Viewing Options
Watching the race unfold in one or more of the five boroughs can be an exhilarating way to spend the day. Hopping from one viewing spot to the next is possible if you plan in advance, utilize the subways (visit the MTA website at www.mta.info), and don’t mind walking quickly (or even jogging a bit) to stay on schedule.

If you’re planning to watch one or more runners, make sure to communicate with them in advance to discuss their wave start time, expected pace per mile, and where you plan to be on race day. Sign up for Athlete Alert on October 20th to receive updates to your cell phone every 5K, and every mile from 16 to the finish, on the progress of up to 10 runners. Alternatively, you can ask your runner(s) to pick up extra pace bands at the ING DIRECT booth at the marathon expo. Review the arrival times chart here and the course map here to determine your schedule. Don’t forget to communicate which side of the street you will be on—left or right, from the runner’s perspective.

Enter To Win....

Enter To Win Tix to Sundays All Points West Festival w/ Jack Johnson, Cat Power + Much Much More! @ Liberty State Park

For all you loyal WUNY readers out there, we here at Whats Up NYC have acquired a pair of tickets to Sundays All Point West Festival featuring Jack Johnson, Ben Harper plus more and want to give them to you! It is going to be an amazing show, so be sure to enter for your chance at the free tixs! All we need is your name and home address. Good Luck!

Enter Here!

Rules and Private Policy

BUY NOW

@ Liberty State Park
Location: 200 Morris Pesin Dr (map)
Starts: 12
Cost: 3-Day passes: $258.00 , Single Day Tickets: $89.00

David Belisle Book Event

6:00 PM

David Belisle, photographer of R.E.M: Hello (Chronicle) with Michael Stipe of R.E.M.

52 Prince St.
(b/t Lafayette & Mulberry)
New York, NY 10012
212.274.1160

note: this event is a signing only, not a reading. Only copies of the book purchased at McNally Robinson will be signed. Call (212) 274-1160 or click here to pre-order your copy of R.E.M: Hello from McNally Robinson.

My New Addiction

Pop Cultures Addicts One Stop Website: getTRIO.com

Being an absolute avid reader of anything having to do with pop culture. I stumbled upon this amazing website which has everything from your television round ups and celebrity gossip to the hottest events in NYC(* which is perfect for me!). getTRIO.com is your one stop website for gossip, the latest in technology and anything you feel you need to keep up with current trends!

getTRIO.com brought to my attention two excellent movies, one newly released on DVD,called King of Kong. Which is a documentary that follows two characters as they strive to break the Guinness Book of World Records top King Kong Score. Sounds pretty entertaining!

Also a cross genre comedy/ horror flick that has kind of haunted my dreams since watching the trailer called Teeth. "It's not a straight-up teen comedy, not quite horror, and not really a drama -- though when a chaste high school student becomes the target of male violence and discovers herself to have an anatomical quirk that makes her a living example of the vagina dentata myth, things get uncomfortably funny, horrifying, and very dramatic, indeed." The film was the talk of Sundance, with its dark take on sexual power and payback. Sounds off the wall! Be sure to check out more about it on the website!

@getTRIO.com
Location: Internet
Starts: RIGHT NOW!!

TASCHEN Warehouse SALE

TASCHEN Warehouse SALE

Thousands of slightly damaged and display copies on sale at bargain basement prices, 50-75% off for 3 days only.

TASCHEN Store New York
January 18 - 20, 2008
Friday, Saturday 11:00 am to 8:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 to 7:00 pm

Sad Red at Crash Mansion

Local Brooklyn band, Sad Red and label Çöñàr Records are joining forces and celebrating with an introduction show tonight! An up and coming rock band, Sad Red takes influences from Italo Calvino, The Mars Volta, John Adams, Jorge Luis Borges and a zillion others - this band breeds outside the mainstream.

Tuesday, August 7
@ Crash Mansion
199 Bowery (at Spring)
Show @ 8:30pm

For a taste of what you can hear tonight, listen HERE!

Killer Sheeps tell me more...

Black Sheep

Here it is the movie everyone has been waiting for. A movie about gutmunching sheep, never has a deadly animal been so damn cute! The basic storyline of this movie is an experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into blood-thirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm. The movie came out on Friday, but to me it sounds like a glorious movie to view on a lazy sunday. Don't worry it's a comedy, think Shawn of the Dead except with sheep instead of Zombies!

Check Local listing for times!

Girlfight. ON WHEELS!

Gotham Girls Roller Derby is back!
Season Opener Grudge Match!
Queens of Pain vs. Bronx Gridlock

7:00pm
Hunter College Sportsplex
Check above website for ticket info!

Fleet Week

9:30AM - 11AM

Fleet Week Parade of Ships and aircraft fly-over; Hudson River from Verrazano Bridge to George Washington Bridge, with narrators at Stapleton Pier, Staten Island, and Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn.

Zombies at the Square

Zombie NYC

When: May 11th. 6:30 PM

Where: Union Square, NYC

Gathering: Union Square, across the street from virgin. 6:30 – 8:30 PM

Movie: AMC Loews 19th Street East 6 - 9:15 Show

Drinks: Black Bear Lodge. (274 3rd Ave) 11:45 till dawn. Or last call.

Pole Dancing Rights Now

11:30 AM

Demonstration of fully clothed stripper pole dancing
@ Plumm Night Club, (246 W. 14th St.)

You can not make this stuff up -ed

Impressionist and Modern Art

7 p.m.

Impressionist and Modern Art at Auction

The Spring auction season if full effect having kicked off last night.
Tonight

Christie's auction of Impressionist and Modern Art;
Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza.

Weekend shows to follow

Andreas Gursky at Matthew Marks

6-8

Andreas Gursky at Matthew Marks Gallery, 522 West 22nd Street

also stop by...

James Casebere, The Levant at Sean Kelly Gallery, 528 West 29th Street,

GC Sessions

6-9:30PM
GC Sessions
@ Guitar Center
25 West 14th Street
Free

The first in New York, GC Sessions is a new music based initiative featuring informative, provocative and fun discussions and tutorials geared to aid musicians. In addition, there will be performances from the top participants throughout the evening.

Tribecca Global Warming

7PM

Al Gore hosts Tribeca Film Festival opening night gala; BMCC/Tribeca PAC 2, 199 Chambers St.

Food Bank Can-Do Awards Dinner

April 23rd
Food Bank NYC Can-Do Awards Dinner

The Food Bank For NYC is having their annual fundraising dinner (Can-Do Awards Dinner) on April 23 at Abigail Kirsch’s Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on 23rd and plans to honor the folks who have helped champion their cause to end hunger. With guest MC Stanley Tucci, this year’s honorees are: The Edge, Jimmy Fallon, Credit Suisse, Southern Wine & Spirits of America and Time Out New York. Celebs scheduled to attend include Mario Batali, Michael Stipe, Helena Christensen, Christy Turlington, Ed Burns, Steve Shirripa and John Ventimiglia. President Bill Clinton will be the Honorary Dinner Chair.

For more info on all the live music, auctions, raffles and entertainment scheduled, visit http://www.foodbanknyc.org/candosite2007/index.html.
If you’d like to know more about the organization, check out
http://www.foodbanknyc.org/.

Get interested, get involved.�

Food Bank helps distribute 250,000 free meals a day in New York every
year, and is always on the look for those wishing to help accomplish
their mission. They have produced two call-to-action promo spots, “The Widening Divide� featuring Charlize Theron, Mike Myers, Maggie
Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and The Edge along with “What’s Your
Excuse?� featuring Stanley Tucci, Jimmy Fallon, Helena Christensen, Thom Filicia and Fab 5 Freddy.

March Radness II

7:30PM
Oh My Rockness' March Radness II
@ Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St
212-219-3132
$10

Oh My Rockness says it best themselves: "Last year was insane. This year will be insaner. Walter Meego! Oxford Collapse! Dragons of Zynth! Del Rey! March 31st! Knitting Factory! This will sell out!"

And it's true.

Star Lounge

10PM
Karaoke Tuesday
@ The Hotel Chelsea
222 West 23rd St
212-243-3700

Nestled beneath the fabled Chelsea Hotel, the Star Lounge is an intimate haven for late-night revelry. Its discreet 23rd Street location and basement-level entrance offer an escape from the circus-like atmosphere of West 27th Street.
The venue is comprised of three distinctive areas subtly suggestive of a 1920s speakeasy, a swank cabaret club, and a posh gentlemen's lounge.

Nerd Nite

7PM
Nerd Nite
@ Orchid Lounge
500 East 11th St between Avenues A and B
Free (two-drink minimum)

In 20 minutes, you will be taken through 20 years of Tetris development, including (but not limited to!!!) the creation and ensuing lawsuits, the evolution, the competition and the strategy. Whoa! Now, that's mind blowing.

The Host Closing Screening

8:30PM
The Host
@ IFC Center
323 6th Ave @ W 3rd St
218-924-7771
$11

Director Bong Joon-Ho appears in person for the closing screening of the smash-hit thriller at Cannes this year, The Host.

Radical Vaudeville

10PM
Surf Reality presents Radical Vaudeville
@ Mo Pitkin’s House of Satisfaction
34 Avenue A between 2nd and 3rd St
212-777-5660
$5

Join Surf Reality and Mo Pitkin’s to celebrate the downtown Art Stars and their depraved counterculture lifestyles. While our beautiful cosmopolitan city’s last two mayors have been relentlessly transforming Manhattan into a corporate strip mall, these intrepid entertainers have been the cultural vanguard that leads by example. We welcome you to come enjoy the nights of sex, comedy and rock ’n’ roll that are Radical Vaudeville.

LV HRD

8PM
LV HRD
@ Location TBA
$22, $11 for members
Complimentary beverages from Brooklyn Brewery and Absolut

It's time for a fresh approach to dating - the LVHRD way. As with all LVHRD events, you buy tickets in advance, and will be text messaged the location prior to the event. Tonight you have to bring your own light source (?) and to wear white if you are available, and black if you are taken.

Last Monday

9PM
Last Monday
@ Floyd
131 Atlantic Ave b/w Clinton and Henry
Free
11PM a free beer!

Last Monday celebrates two years of throwing bitchin' parties by buying everyone in the house a free beer! Special guest DJ Melissa Maerz proves she knows a good song when she hears it by keeping you on your feet all night. Whether a fag or a fog (friend of gay), you'll have fun at Last Monday because it is fun.

The Armory Show

12-8PM
The Armory Show: The International Fair of New Art
@ Pier 94
12th Ave at 55th St
$20, $10 for students

Art fair season is upon us! In its ninth annual exhibition, The Armory Show 2007 presents 148 international galleries - including many of the most important contemporary dealers showcasing new art from around the world. [February 23 - 26th.]

OPTIMO TONIGHT!

9PM doors
Fixed featuring Optimo
@ Studio B
259 Banker St
Greenpoint/Williamsburg, BK
$8 advance, $10 door

Hell-LO! I can't believe I am just posting this party at 3:55PM. This show is going to be rad. Go to this show. Studio B + me forever.

Culture on the Verge

9PM
Culture on the Verge
@ Element
225 East Houston St & Essex
$5

Dear all,

This party is going to own. Oxy Cottontail + The Syrup Girls of Trouble and Bass + DJ Synapse + Drop The Lime = hot sweaty rowdy dance party. Plus it's a party in celebration of the Scope International Art Fair. Cultural!

Love,
Annie

PS I hope there are no smoke machines.

The Rape of the Sabine Women

2PM, 6PM, 9:45PM
The Rape of the Sabine Women
@ IFC Center
323 6th Ave
212-924-7771
Sold Out

Developed through improvisation, The Rape of the Sabine Women is a re-interpretation of the Roman myth, updated and set in the idealistic 1960’s. Filmed with a cast of hundreds, and shot on location in Athens and Hydra, Greece, and in Berlin, Germany, the eighty-minute musical draws inspiration from Jacques-Louis David’s 1799 painting on the same subject.

All screenings this weekend are sold out, but standby tickets may be available at the door!

Dragons of Zynth, Kyp Malone

8PM
Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio), Dragons of Zynth, Awesome Color
@ Tonic
107 Norfolk b/w Delancey & Rivington
212-358-7501
$8

Dragons of Zynth Dragons of Zynth are fuckin' hardcore fun, Kyp Malone is from TV on the Radio and Awesome Color are ... awesome.

Brooklyn Next Festival

8PM doors
Charles Bissell (The Wrens), Takka Takka, The Forms, Other Passengers
@ Southpaw
125 Fifth Ave b/w Sterling and St John's Pl
Park Slope, BK
718-230-0236
$10

The Brooklyn Next Festival's indie leg presents performances by Takka Takka, The Forms, Other Passengers and, of course, every Jersey emo kid's hero Charles Bissell of The Wrens. Come check out a new band and support some of Brooklyn's finest blog buzzers tonight for less than a show at Bowery!

5 Years of Lit

Lit's 5 Year Anniversary
@ Lit
93 2nd Ave b/w 5th & 6th St
10-11PM well vodka open bar upstairs
12-12:30PM $1 dollar budwiser and well vodka drinks

Tons of bands downstairs, hot DJs upstairs including rock&roll DJ Paul Sevigney, Brian Degraw of Gang Gang Dance and Paul Banks of Interpol. There will be a list, apparently, so know someone. You're so connected.

In The Heights

7PM
In the Heights
@ 37th Street Arts
450 W 37th St b/w Ninth & Tenth Ave
$25-75

In The Heights, a new musical about three days in the life of Washington Heights, is winning praise from the Times and New York Magazine. Check out this exuberant and refreshing New York tale that "owes more to Big Pun than to Bernstein" before the tourists descend upon it en masse.

Push Play 1

8PM doors
Baeble Music Presents: Push Play 1
@ Canal Room
W Broadway @ Canal St
Free, must RSVP

If you haven't heard, or heard enough about, Ra Ra Riot, hop down to the Canal Room tonight to Ro Ro Rock around (sorry) along with special guests Mixel Pixel, James Fu%$ing Friedman, and Melody Nelson. This means dance party, ya'll.

Asobi Seksu, The Ataris

7PM doors
The Ataris, Asobi Seksu, Wax on Radio
@ The Bowery Ballroom
6 Delancey St
212-533-2111
Sold Out

Shoegazing blog sweethearts Asobi Seksu upstage the main act tonight at a sold-out show at the Bowery Ballroom.

Live From the NYPL Spring 2007

7PM
Aline Kominsky Crumb in conversation with R Crumb
Need More Love
Live From the NYPL Spring 2007 Season
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Celeste Bartos Forum
Fifth Ave at 42nd St
212-930-0855 / 212-930-9213
Sold Out, wait outside for rush tickets

Celebrate Valentine's Day in the gorgeous Humanities branch of the New York Public Library with comic artists Aline and R Crumb! Didn't get tickets? Last-minute rush seats are still available, if you're willing to wait around outside the 'forum'.

Nublu & Kudu & Brazilian Girls &

7PM
Nublu Orchestra, Kudu, Brazilian Girls, Love Trio
@ Bowery Ballroom
6 Delancey St
212-533-2111
$17a/$20d

Butch Morris conducts the awesome, genre-defying Nublu Orchestra' super-special Valentine's show along with the sexxlectric Kudu, the Brazilian Girls and Love Trio at Bowery Ballroom tonight. This is the live music show of the evening, for sure. It's gonna be La Bomb.

Arcade Fire Bullshit

7:30PM
The Arcade Fire
@ Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
Sold Out

Hey, guess what? There's this band called ARCADE FIRE that's playing five entirely sold-out shows at Judson Memorial Church.

I bet you assholes with tickets feel reeeeally smug. Need a date? Email me. I am very charming.

Dog Show!

8:30AM-6PM
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
@ Madison Square Garden
Seventh Ave at 32nd St
212-307-7171
$40

If you're one of those people who have to stop on the street to make baby sounds at every dog you pass by, then I probably don't need to tell you that the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is going down at Madison Square Garden through February 13th. For the rest of you - it is.

Plug Indepdendent Music Awards

2007 Plug Independent Music Awards
@ Irving Plaza
17 Irving Place
212-777-6800
7PM 50 tickets go on sale for $10

David Cross (Arrested Development) hosts tonight's sold out Plug Music Awards. Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks, Silversun Pickups, El-P, Deerhoof & Tokyo Police Club each perform 20-40 minute mini-sets on stage. This amazing show is SOLD OUT - but stop by at 7PM and see if you can't cop tickets for the original price of $10 at the door!

Girl Talk and Parts and Labor

8PM
Girl Talk w/ Parts and Labor
@ Studio B
259 Banker St
718-389-1880
SOLD OUT

If you see some bitch in hot pants rocking out hardcore in the sweaty happy dancing mosh pit that is tonight's Girl Talk show, say hi.

USAISAMONSTER et al.

10PM
USAISAMONSTER, Dragons of Zynth, Kid Millions (of Oneida)
@ Tonic
107 Norfolk St
212-358-7501
$8

If you're looking for an absolutely & awesomely insane live show tonight, this is definitely where you're headed. It's loud time, babies.

New York at Night

6:30PM
Thurston Moore & Jim Jarmusch
Transforming New York: Music and Film at Night
@ The Museum of Modern Art
11 W 53 St
$10

In conjunction with Doug Aitken's sleepwalkers, Aitken, filmaker Jim Jarmusch and Sonic Youth-er Thurston Moore discuss nighttime.

Euripides Is Awesome

7:30PM
As Yet Thou Art Young and Rash
@ The Ohio Theatre
66 Wooster St, b/w Spring & Broome
212-352-3101
$10 - $20

The New York Times is raving over this performance of Euripides' The Suppliants - get there this weekend before it closes! Can't make it? Target Margin Theatre's entire season looks sweet, so pony up for some Plato, Aristotle or Sophocles repackaged to go down modern.

Hello, Nurse!

10PM-8AM
The Egyptian Lover and Jamie Jupiter, In Flagranti, Codek, Max Pask and on
@ Studio B
259 Banker Street
Greenpoint, BK
$5 advance; $8 at the door
RSVP for guaranteed entry

The buzz on this party is honestly deafening. Legendary West Coast DJ Egyptian Lover takes the decks along with a mind-blowing collection of DJs to keep you on your feet. No matter what time your other plans get out, you can head over to Studio B, this party's on until 8AM. But what other plans could you possibly have? Everyone will be here!

Not a Play Area

Not a Play Area
@ The Gallery at the Soho Grand Hotel
310 West Broadway
Free

Not a Play Area is a collection of Polaroids by photographer Jeremy Kost - a fixture in the New York nightlife take-polaroids-of-crazy-trashed-people world.

Langston Hughes House

7PM
Remember Me To Harlem
Langston Hughes House
20 E 127th St - Langston Hughes Place
212-927-3413

Celebrate the 105th birthday of the late Langston Hughes, the start of Black History Month and the opening of the Langston Hughes House all at one time tonight in Harlem. Poets present Langston Hughes pieces and original pieces inspired by Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance accompanied by Marc Cary and the XR Project.

Must Don't Whip 'Um

8PM
Must Don't Whip 'Um
@ St. Ann’s Warehouse
38 Water St
Dumbo, BK
718-254-8779.
$25

Cynthia Hopkins' critical smash performance Must Don't Whip 'Um, a Last Waltz-style farewell concert of failed 70s pop star Cameron Seymour, begins its last run tonight through February 4th at St. Ann's Warehouse.

Northsix Final Show!

8PM
Radio 4, The Big Sleep, Free Blood
@ Northsix
66 N 6th St
718-599-5103
$15

Gang of Four-inspired and DFA-produced New York rockers Radio 4 close out indie rock space Northsix's Williamsburg run tonight with The Big Sleep and Free Blood.

Peter Bjorn and John

10PM
Peter Bjorn and John, Born Ruffians, White Rabbits
@ Mercury Lounge
217 E. Houston Street
212-260-4700

Feel-good indie-pop darlings Peter Bjorn and John play the first of their two sold-out New York gigs tonight, at the Mercury Room.

Idiotarod

1:30PM
Idiotarod
@ McCarren Park, SouthWest corner
Nassau Ave, Bayard, Leonard and N12th St
Bedford runs into it
Williamsburg, BK
Free

Idiotarod. People dressed up in ridiculous outfits racing ridiculous shopping carts. Thousands of people watching them. Then there's a big party.

Idiotarod Awards & Afterparty

6PM-4AM
Idiotarod Award Ceremony & Afterparty
@ 21-03 44th Ave @ 21st St
Long Island City, Queens
$10

Celebrate Idiotarod with bands, DJs and burlesque and thousands of your fellow decorated-shopping-cart-racing fans!

Point Break LIVE!

8PM
Point Break LIVE!
@ La Tea Theatre - Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
107 Suffolk St between Delancey and Rivington St, Suite 200
$20

Point Break LIVE!, a stage adaptation of the 1992 Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze extreme-sports blockbuster, tells the story of former college football star Johnny Utah as he pursues the surfing, bankrobbing, skydiving, bare-hand-fighting, adrenaline-junkie Zen Master, Bodhi Sattva.

Grant Stoddard: Working Stiff

7-9PM
Dewar's Presents A Publication Celebration For Working Stiff: The Misadventures of an Accidental Sexpert By Grant Stoddard
@ McNally Robinson
52 Prince St between Lafayette and Mulberry St
RSVP 212-274-1160

A humble yet shocking and good-hearted memoir from a popular Nerve.com columnist, Working Stiff is at once a coming-of-age story, a fish-into-water tale, and a look at a different side of New York from a witty, irreverent and hilarious writer. If you don't make the RSVP cut-off, don't worry - you can always console yourself with a shot of Dewar's and the online backlogues of I Did It For Science.

Architect Duel III

LVHRD: MASTER-DISASTER ARCHITECT DUEL III
@ Location TBA to Ticketholders DOE
$22, includes cocktails

LVHRD hosts ARCHDL Series No. 3, featuring two architectural firms, Balmori Associates (Killian O’Brien and Sarah Wayland-Smith) and Field Operations (Sierra Bainbridge and Maura Rockcastle). Focusing on ecological and sustainable approaches to urban planning, the two firms will be battling it out in a timed model-building competition at a location to be announced to ticketholders on the day of the event.

Shakey's Record Fair

Shakey's Record Fair
@ APT
419 West 13th St b/w 9th Ave and Washington
Free, email Shakey to sell or call 201-679-9736

Um. This is a record fair held at night at one of the sweetest joints in New York. All kinds of music are represented, and
the fair program includes drink specials, contests, and DJ sets from notable record collectors. I can't imagine there's going to be a sweeter party than this one tonight.

GlobalFEST

6PM
GlobalFEST
@ Webster Hall
125 E 11th St
212-353-1600
$40

GlobalFEST features an awesome line-up of the best in global fusion. We aren't talking cheesy coffee-table-lounge shit, here. This party blew up Joe's Pub last year, and had to relocate to Webster Hall. Cop tickets asap - they'll sell out, and you don't want to miss it.

Sold Out Pillow Fight League

6PM
Pillow Fight League
@ Galapagos
70 N 6th St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Sold Out

Girls getting sweaty and pillow fighting, probably half-naked. Can't imagine a better way to segue from ass-crazy comics convention to Jazzfest. Sold out, though. Sucks.

Winter Jazzfest 2007

6PM
Winter Jazzfest 2007
@ The Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St
212-219-3132
$25

The first installation of Winter Jazzfest this year at The Knitting Factory absolutely owned. Grab your tickets now and check out Gary Lucas with Gods and Monsters, Robert Glasper trio, Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra and more and more and more on the 20th. Hours of music, and you'll still have time to get your dance on later on. Don't miss this one!

EVERYONE SMOKES WEED

8PM & 10:30PM Friday, 8PM Saturday
Marijuana-Logues
@ Comix
353 West 14th St
$20, Promo Code for $5 off: MLWUNY

Win tickets for the hit off-Broadway play the Marijuana-Logues at Comix! Check out this hilarious show at a discount through What's Up NYC! Use the promo code above for $5 off tickets all weekend.

Carl Craig at Studio B

8PM
Demon Days
@ Studio B
259 Banker Street, btwn Meserole & Calyer
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$8 in advance/$10 at door

Demon Days is the traveling residency of Detroit techno legend Carl Craig. He joins Gamall and DFA's Tim Sweeney for another amazingly sweaty night that hopefully doesn't smell like cheese this time at Studio B. This venue is getting 'so hot right now' - be there!

Michael T Turns 40

10PM
Michael T's Birthday Bash
@ Sol
609 W 29th St
$10, $5 with flyer
Open bar 10-11PM, 2-for-1 drinks 3-4AM

Legendary New York DJ/superstar Michael T defies his age and rages out tonight at Sol. This is the party tonight. Go drunk and stay drunk with an opening open bar and a closing two-for-one drinks special, and make sure to splash it way way way up for the doorman: they wanna see you dressed up like what.

The Recovery

The Recovery, Little Grey Girlfriend
@ Parkside Lounge
317 East Houston
212.529.8463

The Recovery & Little Grey Girlfriend play Parkside Lounge. Catch these two before they get any bigger tonight at Parkside Parkside Parkside Lounge.

Cold War Kids Play Union Hall

8PM doors
Cold War Kids, Frank Smith
@ Union Hall
702 Union Street @ 5th Ave
Park Slope, Brooklyn
718-638-4400
Sold Out!

The Cold War Kids say Fuck You to Pitchfork and play their second of three sold out shows this month at the bocce/bar fusion joint Union Hall in Park Slope. Get ready for a big-big-sound-small-room experience tonight!

Athanasius Kircher Society

7PM
The Inaugural Meeting of the Athanasius Kircher Society
@ CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
Sold Out

Tickets for The Inaugural Meeting of the Athanasius Kircher Society's first meeting are all sold out. For those of you left wondering what sorts of "wonders, curiosities and esoterica" you're missing, videos of the event will be made available online at their website.

Win: MTV Live in NYC Concert

7PM
Tuesday, January 16
Gym Class Heroes
MTV Live NYC Concert, Filmed for TV
@ Hard Rock New York Times Square

Gym Class Heroes pull off their mega-catchy hip-hop/indie fusion sound at a special exclusive performance Tuesday, January 16th for MTV Live in NYC. This show will be filmed and is taking place at the Hard Rock Cafe. Tickets are on sale now and we'd love to see you there. This group is about to blow right up, so buy tickets now or win one of two pairs through What's Up NYC by shooting us an email now!

Win: MTV Live in NYC Contest!

7PM
Tuesday, January 16
Gym Class Heroes
MTV Live NYC Concert, Filmed for TV
@ Hard Rock New York Times Square

Gym Class Heroes pull off their mega-catchy hip-hop/indie fusion sound at a special exclusive performance Tuesday, January 16th for MTV Live in NYC. This show will be filmed and is taking place at the Hard Rock Cafe. Tickets are on sale now and we'd love to see you there. This group is about to blow right up, so buy tickets now or win one of two pairs through What's Up NYC by shooting us an email now!

Williamsburg Spelling Bee

7:30PM
Williamsburg Spelling Bee
@ Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer St between Frost and Richardson,Brooklyn
$20 donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Winners of the spelling bee will receive Broadway tickets to Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, and A Chorus Line. Anyone who donates -- regardless of spelling prowess -- will be eligible for raffle prizes including a membership to New York Sports Club, gift baskets and gift certificates from local stores, and a bar tab from Pete's Candy Store.

Graffiti Writers

12-6PM
A Mobile Exhibition
@ Lincoln Center
1972 Broadway
Free

It’s been 39 years since graffiti culture first began appearing on the streets and subways of the city of New York, ushering in a new brand of art that would change the urban landscape – and also inciting a slew of negative associations. Those poised against graffiti’s survival, invoking alleged threats such as urban decay, instituted legal sanctions to prevent graff’s proliferation. Four decades later, however, the work is still here. Martinez Gallery is proud to bring together the new and the old in ROAD SHOW, a new exhibition featuring the work of the leading practitioners of graffiti in a unique, mobile context.

Memorial Ride

9AM
Memorial Ride
@ Meet at Pelham Bay stop on the 6 train

Ride in honor of the bicyclists who died on the streets in 2006. These victims will not be forgotten.

Fortune

9AM-6PM
Fortune Open Call
@ Park Central New York
870 7th Ave 56th St

Five of America’s wealthiest people will give away millions of dollars on national television and you’ll have 1 MINUTE to prove that YOUR request is worthy! Do you need money to start your own business? Improve your looks? Fund an invention? Buy an engagement ring? This is your once-in-a-lifetime chance!

Speakeasy

8:30PM
Speakeasy
@ Cornelia St. Café
29 Cornelia St between Bleecker and West 4th St
$8

A new twist on the ancient tradition of oral history. SpeakEasy is people telling stories-- true stories. Period. No scripts. No crib notes. No rehearsals.

Coney Island Polar Bear Club

1PM
Coney Island Polar Bear Club
@ Coney Island
Coney Island Boardwalk and Stillwell Ave, Brooklyn
Free

New Year's Day Swim. Everyone is invited to start 2007 with a swim in the Atlantic Ocean. This year the Polar Bears are partnering with Camp Sunshine a retreat center for children with life-threatening diseases and their families. Donors are invited to enjoy a big breakfast at the nearby New York Aquarium.

New Years Day Get Together

4-10PM
Balkan Music Social Club New Years Day Get Together
@ Ukrainian National Home
140 2nd Ave
Free

Celebrate the New Year with Friends and Musicians. Everybody is invited to come eat Eastern European food and toast the New Year. All Balkan and non Balkan bands welcome.

Night Before New Year's Eve

8PM
Wasabassco Burlesque and Hot Sauce Presents Night Before New Year's Eve
@ Union Hall
702 Union St near 5th Ave, Brooklyn
718-638-4400
$7

Starring Gigi la Femme, Nasty Canasta, Peekaboo Pointe, Scarlet Sinclair, and Jonny Porkpie, Burlesque Mayor of NYC.

Soutine and Singer

7PM
Grand Fallon Presents Soutine and Singer
@ Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St
$10

Vaudellians, actors, musicians, and puppeteers bring these shtetl folktales to life in an intimate and iconic production.

Patti Smith Turns 60

10PM
Birthday Celebration for Patti Smith
@ Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery at Bleecker
Free, but 2 drink minimum

Some of the band members, and perhaps even Patti, will make an appearance.

Night of a Shitload of Stars

8PM
Night of a Shitload of Stars
@ Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery St
Donation of $5

"NYC's most frenetic and intelligent variety show, featuring all kinds of creative and funny acts."

Holiday Hangover

8PM
Holiday Hangoer Show
@ Rififi
332 East 11th St
$5

Laugh off the egg nog.

Nice Jewish Girls

7:30PM; 9:30PM
Nice Jewish Girls
@ Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette St
212-967-7555
$20

Scientology Pageant,

7PM; 9PM
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant
@ 4th St Theatre
83 East 4th St
212-460-5475
$35

The inspirational story of one teacher, author, explorer, atomic physicist, nautical engineer, choreographer, and horticulturalist named L. Ron Hubbard who motivated millions…and made some as well.

Hip Hop Karaoke

10PM
2-Year Anniversary of Hip Hop Karaoke@ Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St between Church St and Broadway

It's the perfect Post-Hanukkah,Pre-Christmas celebration in New York.

'Twas The Night Before

8PM; 10PM
'Twas The Night Before
@ The Flea Theater
41 White St
212-226-0051 ext. 109
$20

Ten-minute works by playwrights Christopher Durang, Len Jenkin, Roger Rosenblatt, Elizabeth Swados and Mac Wellman. The Flea commissioned this group of award winning writers to create short works using the famous holiday poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clark Moore as their inspiration.

Porn Week

Through December 23

10PM
Third Annual Porn Week
@ MonkeyTown
58 North 3rd St, Brooklyn
718-384-1369
$5

Monkey Town is tripling the pleasure with three fantastic programs of artists from the 60s to the present exploring their ickiest, stickiest urges in unflinchingly explicit detail. Tonight, enjoy Bacchanale debut party.

Merry Shitmas

8PM
Jessica Delfino's Merry Shitmas
@ Jimmy's #7
43 East 7th St between 2nd and 3rd Ave
$5

Featuring the Secular Voices of Heaven's Horizon's Anti-Christmas choir. My Pussy Is Magic on the big screen and other fun video shorts. Holiday gift ideas you can make at home. Plus, a mini-bazaar where you can buy gifts.

Lebowski Fest New York

7PM-12AM
Lebowski Fest New York
@ Cozy Bowl
9818 Rockaway Blvd, Queens
$25 includes bowling and shoe rental

Billionaires for Bush

8PM
Billionaires for Bush Presents The Billionaire Follies in Dick Cheney's Holiday Spectacular
@ Ace of Clubs
9 Great Jones
212-352-3101
$15

Billionaires For Bush is a national do-it-yourself grassroots media campaign using humor and street theatre to expose politicians who support corporate interests at the expense of everyday Americans.

Santacon

10:10:10 AM
Santacon is back! It's that time of year again... time for Santa to dig himself out from his elf-and-reindeer hogpile, wash the vomit off his pants and join us for a madcap drunken joyous wandering of the city streets we know and love.

Unsilent Night

6:45PM
Unsilent Night 2006
@ The Arch
Washington Square Park
Free

New York composer Phil Kline’s free, all-volunteer outdoor boombox holiday concert.

The Ultimate Green Xmas

4-9PM
The Ultimate Green Xmas Experience
@ Outside NY
61 Kent Ave between North 10th and North 11th St, Brooklyn
Free

Come Buy Hand Cut Trees from the North Country (Adirondacks), de-Stress in a ReykaTub, and enjoy live performances Dirty Martini Dancers. Plus sample Reyka vodka, the first premium vodka to be distilled and bottled in Iceland. This is the ULTIMATE Christmas winter experience, it couldn't get any better!

The NYC Barn Dance

8-11PM
The NYC Barn Dance
@ The Hungarian House Dance Hall
213 East 82nd St between 2nd and 3rd Ave
$15, $10 students

The Wainwright Family & Friends Christmas

8PM
The Wainwright Family & Friends Christmas
@ Carnegie Hall
881 7th Ave
212-247-7800
$29-79

Rufus and Martha Wainwright with Special Guests Jimmy Fallon, Laurie Anderson, Teddy Thompson, Linda Thompson, and Lou Reed

LAB MAG

6-8PM
Launch of LAB MAG
@ Eyebeam
540 West 21st St between 10th and 11th Ave
Free

Architect Vito Acconci, experimental poet Jena Osman, design firm
O-R-G and artist Adam Pendleton give a series of presentations based
on their contributions to the newly-launched, artist run, LAB MAG. An evening of cross-disciplinary dialogues.

Where Have You Been?

7-8:30PM
Where Have You Been?
@ Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen St
$5

Stories about travel and far-away places. New Yorkers go all over the
world but the city has a way of swallowing their homecomings. Orbit
the earth and your friends just ask if you missed the pizza. Tonight offers a chance for travelers to tell stories, to bring the world home, and to share it with the rest of us - travelers as well as those of us who don't get out much.

Stop the Shopocalypse

7PM
Stop the Shopocalypse
@ The Great Hall at Cooper Union
7 East 7th St at 4th Ave
$10

Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir and the Not Buying It Band: Save Christmas from the Shopocalypse Revival and Gift Exchange: "Bring a gift to give away, we'll start a gift economy today!" The Choir and the Reverend dedicate this night to Brad Will, a true friend of the people.

A Very Nast-y Holiday Special

7PM
A Very Nast-y Holiday Special
@ The Brick Theater
575 Metropolitan at Lorimer St, Brooklyn
$10

No Rest for the Wicked. So says the ghosts of Christmas Past,
Present, and Future as they descend upon Broadway and Silver Screen
Legend, Deenie Nast (is she still alive?) and audience in her Very
Nast-y Holiday Special. Deenie warms your cockles with a veritable
who's who of comedians and singers dropping by to deliver their
goodies in your lap. Who knows you may just find Deenie there, too!

Ben Affleck

7PM
Ben Affleck
@ Walter Reade Theater
165 West 65th St
212-875-5600
$10

Shop NYC

6-10PM
Gen Art and Bigelow Presents Shop NYC
@ Puck Building
293 Lafayette St
212-255-7300
$20

Shop NYC showcases the wares of 40+ emerging high-end fashion designers who will sell their fall / winter collections at discounted prices in womenswear, menswear and accessories.

Dirty Sugar Cookie Swap

7PM
Author Reading, Signing, and Dirty Sugar Cookie Swap
@ Bluestockings Books
172 Allen St between Stanton and Rivington St
212-777-6028
Free

Ayun Halliday, author of Dirty Sugar Cookies: Culinary Observations, Questionable Taste, and Anna Lappe, co-author of Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen. B

The Art of the Book

8PM
The Art of the Book: Behind the Covers with Dave Eggers, Chip Kidd and Milton Glaser
@ 92nd St Y
Lexington Ave at 92nd St
212-415-5500
$18

Dave Eggers is the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and the editor and art director of McSweeney’s. Chip Kidd, the longtime art director at Alfred A. Knopf, has been called, “the closest thing to a rock star� in publishing by the Globe & Mail of Toronto. In 2004, the Cooper Hewitt Museum presented Milton Glaser with a lifetime achievement award. His memorable designs include the "I ♥ NY" logo and covers for Shakespeare’s works for several publishers. Graphic designer and critic Michael Beirut will introduce the evening and lead a discussion among Eggers, Glaser and Kidd following their respective presentations.

Legions of Lit Mags

5-10PM
Legions of Lit Mags
@ Galapagos Art Space
70 North 6th St, Brooklyn
718-782-5188
Free

First Fridays

9PM-1AM
First Fridays with Telefon Tel Aviv and Dethlab
Guggenheim Museum
@ 1071 5th Ave
212-423-3500
$20

Tree Lighting Ceremony

7-9PM
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
@ Rockefeller Center
50th St at 5th Ave
Free

The United States of Arugula

7PM
Mario Batali and David Kamp
@ Makor
35 West 67th St
212-601-1000
$15

What happened to transform American tastes from Wonder Bread and Shake ’N Bake to sushi and balsamic vinegar? How did Epicureanism evolve from an elitist pursuit to an everyday practice and mind-set of the masses? David Kamp, author of The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation, talks with legendary chef Mario Batali to explain the American food revolution.

Night of a Shitload of Stars

8-10PM
Night of a Shitload of Stars
@ Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery,
$5 or pay what you want

Featuring many of NYC's best oddities and talents like The Bitter Poet, Mormon Surprise Is Mormon Delicious, Jessica Delfino, Xar!, the Odebra Twins, Touching You, S.A.M., Stucky and Murray, Adira Amram showing a short film, Rock N Roll Lawsuit, examples of rock plagiarism, and more, hosted by Barry Agida, motivational speeches over Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Smartass

8-10PM
Smartass
@ Pianos
152 Ludlow St
Free

DJ Spookypants hosts Smartass, the only rock trivia night in NYC that matters. Teams of up to three compete for rounds of free drinks and braggin' rights in their knowledge of all things rock. Local rock luminaries also stop by to DJ. The competition is tough and lot's of fun.

Geek Out

8PM
Geek Out Summit
@ MonkeyTown
58 North 3rd St, Brooklyn
718-384-1369
Free but $10 drink/food minimum

The Geek Out Summit is an event where individuals who are obsessively fascinated by specific areas of knowledge share their passion with others. It provides a context for like minded people to get together, network, invite coincidences, and discuss the things they geek out about.

McClure's Pickles

8:30PM
McClure's Pickles: Brooklyn Launch Party
@ Bushwick Country Club
618 Grand St between Lorimer and Leonard, Brooklyn
Free

The Atlantic Day of Ideas

1PM
The Atlantic Day of Ideas
@ Humanities and Social Sciences Library
5th Ave and 42nd St
212-868-4444
$15

Atlantic food writer Corby Kummer gathers a few leading chefs and thinkers, Mario Batali, Dan Barber, and Barbara Kafka, to map out battle plans for the newest culinary frontier.

Signs of Life Release

7-10PM
Signs of Life Release
@ Galapagos Art Space
70 North 6th St, Brooklyn
Free

Signs of Life is a moving collection of photos of the hand-made signs
that appeared in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast following
Hurricane Katrina. Profits from sales of the book will go to two
organizations still working in the area: Common Ground Relief and
Hands On Network.

Carl Hiaasen

6:30PM
Carl Hiaasen
@ New School
66 West 12th St
888-698-1870
$25

Promoting new book tonight, Nature Girl.

HHK

10PM
Hip Hop Karaoke: Your Chance to Rhyme
@ Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St at Church St
Free

The New York City Chocolate Show

The Chocolate Show is here this weekend
@ Metropolitan Pavilion and Altman Building
125 West 18th St
212-307-7171

Cooking demonstrations, tastings, designs, and much more.

Welcome to the Funhouse

6:30-8PM
Welcome to the Funhouse: Robert Smigel
@ Museum of Television and Radio History
25 West 52nd St between 5th and 6th Ave
$25

Comedy wunderkind Robert Smigel—the twisted mastermind responsible for Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Saturday Night Live's TV Funhouse animated shorts, and the absurdist comic tone of Late Night with Conan O'Brien—expounds on turning innocuous forms of children's entertainment into some of the most brilliantly cutting comedy of his generation.

Haunted Appliances

7:30PM; 10PM
Post-It Note Reading Series Halloween Spectacular "Haunted Appliances"
@ Monkey Town
58 North 3rd St, Brooklyn
718-384-1369
Reservations suggested

Celebrate Halloween with the return of the Post-It Note Reading Series to Monkey Town. Five normally sensitive writers channel their inner Stephen King while accompanying illustrations drawn entirely on Post-It notes are screened behind them. With This American Life’s Starlee Kine and Diane Cook, writers Anthony Mascorro, comedian Dave Hill and illustrator Arthur Jones.

The Pirates of Coney Island

7-11PM
The Pirates of Coney Island: Sideshows by the Seashore
@ Coney Island
West 12th St off Surf Ave, Brooklyn
$8

This year's Creepshow at the Freakshow is more lavish and frightening than ever! Come see "Pirates of Coney Island�, a guided tour of Coney Island’s newest immersive entertainment experience... presented by the briny magnate of amusements himself, Dead Disney!

High Times

7PM-12:30PM
The 6th Annual High Times Stony Awards
@ BB King's
237 West 42nd St
212-997-4555
$30

The co-hosts for this year’s Stonys are hip-hop legend Redman and stand-up comedian Doug Benson (“The Marijuana-Logues,� V-H1’s “Best Week Ever�). Awards in more than 20 categories will be handed out. The categories include Best Movie, Best Stoner Movie, Best Pot Scene, Stoner of the Year, Best TV Series, Best Late-Night Talk Show and Top Pot Comic. Video clips of all the nominees will be shown throughout the night.

John Waters

6:30PM
John Waters
@ The Arthur Seelen Theatre at The Drama Bookshop
250 West 40th St
RSVP to 212-944-0595 ext. 417
Free

Famed film director and screen writer John Waters will read from his Introduction to Memoirs, and speak as a fan of Tennessee Williams. A book signing will follow. Memoirs, and speak as a fan of Tennessee Williams. A book signing will follow.

Thrift On

9PM-1AM
Thrift On
@ Botanica Bar
47 East Houston St
212-343-7251
Free

"The world famous clothing swap party. Bring in your old clothes and
stuff to donate to our rummage tables. Take home items free from our
piles of booty."

Brewtopia

7-11PM
Brewtopia Great World Beer Festival
@ Jacob Javits Convention Center
655 West 34th St
866-468-7619
$60

New York's longest running and most successful beer tasting festival features the world's best beers, hand crafted both here in the United States and across the pond in England, Belgium and Germany, as well as far-flung countries not often associated with beer production like Japan.

Mr. LES

6:45PM (to sign up); 8PM (show)
Reverend Jen Presents: The Eighth Annual Mr. Lower East Side Pageant
@ Cake Shop
152 Ludlow St

The pageant promises to bring an "extra-glamorous extravaganza of dudes, very similar to the Ms. Universe Pageant". Plus, there
will be surprise celebrity judges and performers.

Where Have You Been?

7-8:30PM
Where Have You Been?
@ Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen St
$5

"Stories about travel and far-away places. New Yorkers go all over the
world but the city has a way of swallowing their homecomings. Tonight offers a chance for travelers to tell stories, to bring the
world home, and to share it with the rest of us -- travelers as well
as those of us who don't get out much."

Karaoke Killed the Cat

10PM
Karaoke Killed the Cat
@ Pianos
158 Ludlow St
Free

The World According to Google

6PM
NYSIA Monthly Meeting: The World According to Google
@ JPMorgan Chase
270 Park Ave between 47th and 48th St, 3rd Fl

"Where is Google going? What is Google's strategic vision, and what are the next steps it is taking to implementation? What do developers and ISVs need to know when working with Google? Alan Warren, Director of Engineering in Google's NYC office, will share some insights into the people, products, and technology behind the world's largest search engine."

Tokion

Oct 14th and 15th
Tokion Magazine announces the Fourth Annual Creativity Now Conference
@ Cooper Union Square
Tickets available at Kim's Video (6 St. Marks Place bet 2nd and 3rd Ave) and Sound Fix (110 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn)
$40-75

Speakers include Jason Lee, Proenza Schouler, Patrick McMullen, and many more.

H to the H to the K

10PM
Hip Hop Karaoke
@ Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St
Free

This month's HH karaoke event partnered with VH1 for Hip Hop Honors Week so it's gonna be ill. Throw down some rhymes, yo.

Open House NY

"The 4th Annual openhousenewyork Weekend opens more doors than ever before to New York City's hidden places, spaces and views. With over 180 sites and 120 programs – all open free of charge – you'll be able to visit new neighborhoods and sites throughout all five boroughs. The OHNY Weekend is the perfect opportunity to walk, stroll, tour, bike, or paddle to unique sites all over the city!"

Swap-O-Rama-Rama

1-8PM
Swap-O-Rama-Rama
@ 3rd Ward
195 Morgan Ave, Brooklyn
718-715 4961
$10 plus any size bag of unwanted clothing

"Join in the communal process of reuse and celebrate our collective creativity!" Basically what this means is that you are trading your old shit for some else's old shit. How fun!

Guinness Oyster Music Festival

12-6PM (outdoor); 6PM-12AM (indoor)
3rd Annual Guinness Oyster Music Festival
@ Water Street Restaurant & Lounge
66 Water St, Brooklyn
718-625-9352

Featuring a Guinness Beer Garden, Oysters, with six internationally-inspired sauces, and 12 hours of live bluegrass, country and rock music.

Best Bets

11AM-4PM; 5-9PM
NY Magazine's Best Bets
@ The Altman Building
135 West 18th St
$25 in advance; $35 at the door

"A one-day, one-stop shopping love affair that brings together New York’s favorites at discounted prices that are 15-65% off retail!"

WIRED

Sept 29th - Oct 1
9AM-6PM
WIRED NextFest
@ Javits Center - Hall 3B
655 West 34th St
866-468-7619
$20

WIRED NextFest is a four-day festival of innovative products and technologies that are transforming our world. This year's NextFest features more than 130 interactive exhibits from leading scientists and researchers around the world.

NextFest

7PM
WIRED NEXTFEST Presents The Long Tail: The Rise and Fall of the Blockbuster
@ NY Public Library
5th Avenue and 42nd St
$15

Chris Anderson WIRED editor in chief and author of The Long Tail in conversation with Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School professor and WIRED columnist.

NY Toast

Soho Grand Hotel is celebrating it’s 10th anniversary of being the quintessential landmark downtown hotel this fall and today is the official birthday celebration.
Guests in the lounges can enjoy complimentary passed hors d’oeuvres, $10 Centenario Ten Grand Margaritas (usually $23), and a champagne cocktail. Plus a DJ in the lounge to get the party started.

NextFest

9AM-6PM
WIRED NextFest
@ Javits Center - Hall 3B
655 West 34th St
866-468-7619.
$20

"WIRED's vision of a new world's fair, WIRED NextFest is a four-day festival of innovative products and technologies that are transforming our world. This year's NextFest features more than 130 interactive exhibits from leading scientists and researchers around the world."

Hip to the Hop

9PM
Hip Hop Karaoke
@ Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St
Free

Trapped in the Closet

8:30PM; 10PM
Trapped in the Closet: The R. Kelly Sing-A-Long
@ Galapagos Art Space
70 North 6th St, Brooklyn
Free

12 chapters with sing-a-long lyrics, as well as a career-spanning collection of other classic R. Kelly videos.

Lou Reed in Conversation

8PM
Lou Reed in Conversation with Anthony DeCurtis
@ 92nd St Y
Lexington Ave and 92nd St
$25

Rock and roll legend Lou Reed talks tonight.

The Rapture

CALLING ALL NYC'RS! Come on out to Bushwick in Brooklyn TODAY and be in the new music video for The Rapture! RIGHT NOW!!!

Concept: End of the summer roof deck party!! We've got a pool, bbq, beer and a dj so come on out and party in our new video!

Kids on Swings

8:30PM
Kids on Swings: A Playground Party
@ Ross Pinetum Playground in Central Park
West 85th St, northwest of the Great Lawn
Free

"The swings are adult sized, and fast, and we're going to serve (vegan + dairy) brownies — they'll cost about a buck, or they'll be free if you bring a carton of soy/rice/cow/etc milk to share. The original idea was thc, but due to our financial and political situation, we'll only provide refined sugar, caffein, and tryptophan."

RJD2

6PM
Hudson River Park's RiverRocks Presents RJD2 & Lyrics Born with Alice Smith
@ Pier 54
Enter at West 14th St
Part of the concert series.
Free

"RJD2 has been hailed as one of the top underground beatmakers." He has a solo project entitled Magnificent City Instrumentals, just hitting shelves soon.

Matt Dillon

7:30PM
Factotum – Matt Dillon in person
@ Makor
35 West 67th Street between Central Park West and Columbus
212-601-1000
$25

"Factotum follows Henry Chinaski (Matt Dillon), as he drifts from job to job, from factory warehouse to shop floor, working for anyone foolish enough to offer him a paycheck. While he has no great desire to work, he needs cash to support his real commitments: drinking, racetrack gambling, hooking up with women as unbridled and inebriated as he is and writing stories that are continually thrown out by publishers. Dillon gives what is arguably his career best performance, while Lili Taylor and Marisa Tomei provide real depth to the women characters wandering through Chinaski's environment. Beefed up and bearded, Dillon’s Chinaski is the perfect Bukowskian hero, a complex, deadbeat poet, addressing difficult things in his simple way.
After the screening, actor Matt Dillon joins David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics, for an in-depth discussion of the film."

Night of Fire

7:57PM sharp
One Night of Fire
@ meet at middle of Brooklyn Bridge
Free

"This Saturday we offer you intoxicating music, immaculate spectacle and indelicate dreamscapes within a renegade carnival of fire." Now, I am a little freaked out by this event, but I'll be glad to hear how it went from the braves souls that attend.

The Juan Mclean

3-9PM
The Juan Mclean
@ P.S. 1 Warm-Up
22-25 Jackson Avenue, Queens
718-784-2084

Not to be missed. The Juan Maclean (DFA), Adam X,(Sonic Groove), Jeffrey Sfire (Ghostly), and The Rogers Sisters perform.

Braindump

6:30-10PM
Braindump
@ Fontana's
105 Eldridge St between Grand and Broome St
Free

Braindump is a swap meet for media. Bring in books, CDs, DVDs, vinyl, and art that you've already absorbed, and trade them for new, exciting nuggets of information and inspiration.

LAST DAY OF HOPE 6

The HOPE conferences have been running since 1994. HOPE stands for Hackers On Planet Earth and it has become a gathering point for thousands of computer hackers, phone phreaks, net activists, government spooks, and a whole lot of curious people from all corners of the globe. HOPE is happening on July 21, 22, and 23, 2006 at the Hotel Pennsylvania.

Beach Ride

10:30PM
Beach Ride
@ Brooklyn side of the Williamsburg Bridge, Brooklyn
Free

Come discover a beach that is only accessible by bike or foot. Come prepared (tools, tubes, water, etc.) to ride about 15 miles.

The Black Factory

10AM-6PM
The Black Factory: William Pope.L
@ The Union Square Farmers' Market
Union Square
Free

The Black Factory is a mobile art performance installation by the artists William Pope.L that combines rehearsed skits with improvisation. The Black Factory truck travels throughout the country, its three "factory workers" asking audience members to bring objects that represent blackness to them as the starting point of their performance, leading into an open conversation.

NYC Triathlon

5:55-8 AM
6th Annual Nautica New York City Triathlon
@ Swim Start 98th St at the Hudson River
Finish Line 72nd St Bandshell in Central Park (8AM-12PM)

The public is invited to support more than 3,000 athletes including Olympians, elite triathletes, and local New Yorkers as they dive into the Hudson River at 98th St. Personally, I think that anyone who is brave enough to jump in the Hudson deserves support, even if that means waking up at 5AM.

Warm Up

3-9PM
Warm Up
@ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
22-25 Jackson Ave at the intersection of 46th, Queens
718-784-2084

With Citizen Kane, Kudu (live) and Norwegian space-disco dude Todd Terje.

Plus an after party
@ Mama's Bar
Ave B and 3rd St
Free

Critical Mass

7PM
Critical Mass
@ Grand Army Plaza, Bklyn (Prospect Park, North) and Brooklyn End of Williamsburg Bridge
Free

Critical Mass is a monthly celebration of bicycles and other nonpolluting means of transportation, exercising our right to the road.

Main Squeeze

2-9PM
Main Squeeze Accordion Outdoor Festival
@ Riverside Park - Pier 1
70th St at Hudson River (enter at 68th St)
Free

Plus there will be German food vendors, an outdoor cafe with beer and wine, artisan and indie craft vendors, an outdoor photography studio for you and your dog, and much much more.

Body And Soul Reunion

3-9PM
Body And Soul Reunion at P.S.1 Kick Off
@ P.S.1 MoMA
22-25 Jackson Ave, Queens
$10

Bike Fetish Day

12-5PM
The Second Annual Bicycle Fetish Day
@ Havemeyer between Metropolitan and Grand, Brooklyn
Free

Finally, a day dedicated to your bike. And you thought this day would never come.
After-party starts at 8PM at 11 Hope St, Brooklyn

An Evening in the Garden

6:30-8:30PM
An Evening in the Garden
@ Conservatory Garden in Central Park
5th Ave at 104th St
212-310-6332
$50

Vodka cocktails and hors d'oeuvres

Pride Day

10AM-11PM
Pride Parade
@ 5th Ave and 52nd St

It's the 37th annual Gay Pride Parade so you know it's going to be fabulous! And if that wasn't enough for you, get ready to dance the night away at the pier.

4-11PM
Dance on the Pier 20
Pier 54
@ Christopher St and Hudson River Park

Mermaid Parade

2PM
Coney Island Mermaid Parade
@ Coney Island
1208 Surf Ave, Brooklyn
Free

Hip to the Hop

12-8PM
Brooklyn's 2nd Annual Hip Hop Fest
@ The Tobacco Warehouse
1 Main St, Brooklyn
Free

For all you hip-hop lovers out there, this is the fest for you. It's an all-day, outdoor celebration of Hip Hop music and culture.

Solstice at Times Square

7AM-8PM
Solstice at Times Square
@ Times Square - Military Island
Intersection of Broadway and 7th Ave between 43rd and 44th St
Free

Celebrate the summer soltice, NYC style, in the middle of a busy intersection with hundreds of cars honking.

Midsummer Night Swing

6:30-10PM
Opening Night of Midsummer Night Swing with the Jonathan Stout Orchestra
@ Josie Robertson Plaza
Columbus and West 63rd St
$15

Summertime is all about the outdoors, right? Well, what better what to spent a Tuesday night than dancing at the Plaza. Put on your swing shoes (if such a thing exists) and get ready to boogie.

Prince @ Butter?

Rumor of the night ... Prince to play Butter
*unconfirmed* doors @ 1130. If past gotham shows are
any indicatior set will be late.

Michael Showalter

10PM
Michael Showalter's Bogus Journey Into Night
@ Rififi
332 East 11th St
212-677-1027
$5

Bang on a Can

11:30AM-10PM
Bang on a Can
@ World Financial Center - Winter Garden Atrium
West St between Vesey and Liberty - 2 World Financial Center
Free

Check out the full schedule.

Jonathan Ames & Moby Variety Show

7PM; 10PM
Jonathan Ames & Moby Variety Show
@ Ars Nova Theater
511 West 54th St
212-868-4444
$15

Author, Jonathan Ames and musician/owner of teany, Moby team up for this live variety show featuring exotic musical acts, hoola dancers, puppets, sword swallowers, and much more.

Fine Print

6PM
Fine Print: Mass Appeal
@ P.S.1. Contemporary Arts Center
22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Ave, Queens
Free, seating is limited so come early

Mass Appeal presents a history of graffiti dating back to 1969. Learn the role graffiti played in our culture and what it stands for.

Knit for a Cause

5:30PM
Massive Knit
@ Washington Sqaure Park- under the arch
Free

Join the Anarchist Knitting Club as they memorialize Jane Jacobs and knit some sort of structure. Ms. Jacobs was played a crucial role in preventing an expressway from being built in the park.

Mustache Competition

8PM
New York City Beard and Moustache Championships
@ Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St
$15

Looking at beards and mustaches is the best way to spend a rainy day. Here is little preview of what awaits you.

MayDay

2-6PM
Blackkat's 8th Annual May Day
@ Tompkins Park
7th St between Ave A and B

This flier gives you a preview of what May Day is.

The Fab Entourage

10PM
The Fabulous Entourage Record Release Party
@ Galapagos Art Space 70 North 6th St, Brooklyn
718-384-4586
$10

The Streets

11PM
The Streets Listening Party
@ Supreme Trading
213 North 8th St, Brooklyn
718-599-4224
Free

Free Sparks from 11-12

Hip to the Hop

6PM
Hip Hop Subway Party
@ Meet at Astor Place Station
Free

Travel uptown on the 6 train to the South Bronx with MCs, artists, tapdancers, street performers, and the rest of the city. Check it out, especially if it's on your way home.

Taste of Chinatown

1-6PPM
Taste of Chinatown
@ Mott, Mulberry, Baxter, Bayard, Pell, Doyers and Mosco Streets
Free

Over 50 restaurants, tea houses, bakeries and specialty food shops will be have $1 or $2 tasting plates. Come out, rain or shine, and taste what Chinatown has to offer.

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Who know that MisShapes is the place where everybody knows your name? Aparently so, check out this hilaroius clip.

And in case some you have hipster problems, here is a way to get rid of them.

Karaoke

9PM
Karaoke Killed the Cat
@ Pianos
158 Ludlow St
Free

Hip Hop Karaoke

10PM (signup); 11PM (show)
Your Chance to Rhyme
@ Rothko
116 Suffolk St corner of Rivington
Free

Gen Art

The Gen Art Film Festival starts today and runs throught April 11th. Check their site for party info, movie screenings, and ticket info.

Spelling B-E-E

7PM
The Williamsburg Spelling Bee
@ Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimor St between Richardson and Frost St, Brooklyn
Free

Underground Record Fair

10AM-7PM
New York City Punk and Underground Record Fair
@ CB's Gallery
313 Bowery St

With an after party
8PM
@ CBGB's
313 Bowery St
$10 for both the fair and party; $7 for ONLY party

Live performances from punk bands

Into Space

6-8PM
Signing by Bill McMullen
@ Kidrobot
126 Prince St

Censoring Culture

6-8PM
Censoring Culture: Contemporary Threats to Free Expression
@ The New School University- Wollmann Hall
65 West 11th St, 5th Fl
RSVP
Free

Karaoke Killed the Cat

10PM
Karaoke Killed the Cat
@ Pianos
158 Ludlow St
Free

Critical Mass

7PM
Time's Up Critical Mass Bike Ride
@ Union Square Park South
14th St and Broadway

Critical Mass, an international event held in more than 325 cities on 6 continents, occurs on the last Friday of every month when bicyclists spontaneously come together to ride the ordinarily car clogged streets of their cities.

8:30PM
Victory Dance Party after the ride
@ Time's Up Space
49 East Houston between Mott and Mulberry

Pillow Fight!

2PM
Pillow Fight@ Union Square
East 14th St and Broadway
Free

I think that the title speaks for itself. Just bring pillows (the ones with feathers are the best) and start swinging.

Swap-O-Rama

2-7PM
Swap-O-Rama-Rama
@ Galapagos Art Space
70 North 6th between Wythe and Kent, Brooklyn
$10 and a bag of unwanted clothing

Tired of your old clothes, well this is your chance to get rid of your old crap.

No Pants Subway Ride

3PM
Improv Everywhere's Fifth Annual No Pants Subway Ride
@ Foley Square
Between Centre and Lafayette St, just north of Duane
$1 and subway fare

This is crazy, but I thought it would be fun to post up. So basically, the idea is to be a) Willing to take pants off on and
subway; b) Able to keep a straight face about it. I think it's worth checking out, even if you are there just to watch (with your pants on).

Listening Party

7:30PM
The Black Spoons Listening Party
@ Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St
Free, RSVP to info@theblackspoons.com

Be the first one to listen to the new (never before heard) The Black Spoons album before it hit stores in April. Also, hear early incarnations of album tracks, rehearsal recordings, and acoustic bedroom recording. Doors open at 7:30 and the party starts at 8:30.

Spelling Bee

7PM
The Williamsburg Spelling Bee
@ Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer St, Brooklyn
Free

The famous Williamsburg spelling bee is back BUT Bobbyblue won't be there SO World Famous *Bob* (tonight only) will be filling in for him. Don't worry if you can't spell, just come and have a good time, plus after a couple drinks you'll get enough courage to get on stage and tackle even the longest, toughest words.

NY Times Arts & Leisure Weekend

9:15PM
John Legend- A Conversation and Performance
@ Proshansky Auditorium- CUNY Graduate Center
5th Ave and 34th St

$30-50

Model Karaoke

10:30PM
Model Karaoke
@ Cipriani-Downtown
376 West Broadway

This weekly party is packed with models, celebrities, and anyone else worth mentioning in Page Six. This is the place where rumors start, breakups happen, and where the nasty truth comes out, all while the musically challenged celebs sing.

Winter Ball

5-11PM
Brookyln Museum's 6th Annual Winter Ball
@ Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
718-638-5000
Free

This event includes free performances, movie screenings, gallery talk, dance lessons, and anything else you could possibly want. To top it all off, there is a dance party from 9-11 in the Grand Lobby Lounge.

First Fridays

9PM
First Fridays
@ Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Ave
212-423-3500
$15

This is your last chance to catch this installment at the Guggenheim. There was a lot of buzz around these DJs so check them out tonight. When else are you going to be able to party and dance at a museum?

Karaoke Night

10PM
Karaoke Killed the Cat
@ Pianos
158 Ludlow St at Stanton
Free

Why not try Karaoke tonight? Benicio del Toro, Andy Dick, and the William sisters all stopped by this joint before.
If you come early, around 8, you'll see Shandi Sullivan (that's the girl who cheated on her boyfriend on America's Next Top Model. Remember?) spin some 80's tunes.

SHINDIG VII

9PM
Shindig VII
@ 60 Gansevoort Street, btwn Washington & Greenwich
Meat Packing District
$12, Open bar all night

Bands: Enon, Ex-Y Magazines, & Saints and Lovers
DJ: Anton Newcombe (Brian Jonestown Massacre)
There will also be an art & clothing exhibit.

This is one of my favorite recurring parties. The bands are usually fairly good and the booze flows freely.

MisShapes

10PM
MisShapes Party
@ Luke + Leroy
21 Seventh Avenue South, at Leroy St.
212-645-0004
$5

Scenester heaven

9PM
The Sounds, Shiny Toy Guns
(w/ DJs James Iha, MisSHAPES, Ultragrrrl & more)
@ Hiro Ballroom at the Maritime Hotel
$17

This will be a very fun night.

Rock N' Roll Dance Party

Trash! Party
@ Rififi (11th btwn 1st & 2nd)

This is the best place to be on a Friday night. All the cool kids and scenesters attend.
$3 MGD all night; 2-4-1 drinks @ 3AM

Stache

10PM
Stache The Party
@ Beauty Bar
14th St btwn 2nd & 3rd
$5

BANG

BANG
10PM
No. 1 Chinese
50 Ave B and E. 4th

This party gets better every week.
FREE Vodka drinks from 10-11

Brooklyn Monsters

10PM
Ball of Brooklyn presents Monsters Ball
@ My Moon, 184 N. 10th St.
btwn Bedford & Driggs
Williamsburg, BK
[$10/door, for another $10
you get unlimited Heineken]

Halloween Horror

Roxy - 515 W. 18th St.
10PM
$15 w/printout, $20 without
Details

BANG!

10:00PM
No. 1 Chinese (50 Avenue B between 3rd and 4th)
(Free Svedka Vodka from 10 - 11)

New Communism + The Inky Depths

6-8PM

The New Communism
Jonathan Horowitz at Gavin Brown's enterprise,
620 Greenwich Street,

6-8PM

Additionally, Horowitz’ video installation
“Silent Movie,� 2003 will be on view at
Yvon Lambert Gallery 564 West 25th Street

ALSO WORTH CHECKING OUT TONIGHT...

6-8PM
Jim Shaw: The Inky Depths - Woman In The Wilderness
at Metro 519 West 24th Street

Village Voice Best Of NYC

The Village Voice has their best of NYC Issue out [link]

This listing made me lol...

Best Blog for Knowing What Scenester Concerts to Avoid Every Night - BROOKLYN VEGAN

The accolade sounds meaner than it should, but I do blame BROOKLYN VEGAN for filling every good-to-great show with camera-phone looky-loos and people taller and typically more attractive than me and my rock-crit buds. Thanks, Vegan—I can't see the stage, and your dude just spilled his mascara on my shirt. -Nick Sylvester

My 2 cents... while i read it every day, its effect has been
negative on my concert going life. Tickets are harder to get and why bother shoot shows as its now become a competitive sport ..pooo

Other Music related Best Of listings

Nintendog

1-3pm Nintendo holds a doggy fashion show for
its Nintendog product; Riverside Park,
Pier I at 70th St.

Drangon Boats and Garden Festivals

2 - 4PM The Sorrento Cheese Summer in Little Italy Arts,
Music and Food Festival hosts 2nd Annual Little Italy Mario
Lanza Vocal Competition; Stage at Mulberry and Hester streets.

Noon to 7PM Dance Theatre of Harlem holds street festival;
152nd Street between Amsterdam and St. Nicholas avenues.

1PM - 5PM City Parks Foundation's End-Of-Summer Garden
Festival; Jackie Robinson Park, 149th Street and Bradhurst Avenue, Harlem.

9 AM- 5PM 15th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in NY;
Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

You don't need the internet or web browsers to hear the roar of the blogsphere on this one.. go see for yourself.

Sunday Short List

1PM Anti-war rally; Marcus Garvey Park, 124th Street + 5th Ave FREE

3:30 PM Head over to Pier 26, Hubert Street at Hudson River Park and check the 1-mile swim in the Hudson River, yes the hudson river. FREE

Also today is the start of Harlem Week celebration, featuring tribute to Luther Vandross at Ulysses S. Grant National Park, West 122nd Street + Riverside Drive. FREE

Eva Scrivo Salon

Eva, is the hair guru that made plenty of celebrity's coiffes look picture perfect and she'll do the same for you. Or if you like, just pamper yourself with a manicure,pedicure, and thorough Euro facial. A warm tea or glass of champagne will start you off then relax into her plush chair and don't worry bout a thing! evascrivosalon.com

Comics Anime + Games

10-7PM The National Comic Book, Art & Sci-Fi Expo at Penn Plaza Pavillion, 401 7th Ave. (33rd St.), $15

8-12PM New York-Tokyo eNerGy Anime + Games Festival at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St. (betw. Greenwich & West Sts.), $12-$50!

Both events run Sunday also.

The Downtown Plays

JUST ADDED: Molly Shannon (Saturday Night Live, Superstar) joins the cast, October 26-31.

This series has been a welcome suprise and has really hit the mark don't miss the remaining shows...Click here for a celebrity host schedule

Tonight AMY SACCO, New York's Club Queen, hosts. Nine plays, two hours. America's most acclaimed playwrights offer provocative, humorous, compelling, and emotional takes on the world below 14th street. Tony Award-winning director John Rando (Urinetown) helms a production written by Jon Robin Baitz, Douglas Carter Beane, David Henry Hwang, Neil Labute, Warren Leight, Kenneth Lonergan, Frank Pugliese, Paul Rudnick, and Wendy Wasserstein.

RESFEST

RESFEST 2004 - New York City
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
Today + Sunday

The eighth annual RESFEST kicks off on Thursday September 9th.
Come enjoy four jam-packed days with over a hundred of the year's
most inventive and inspiring short films, music videos and animation.

This year's lineup is the biggest yet, featuring Shynola Rarities, the
festival premiere of Thomas Campbell's Sprout with a live performance
by Mojave 3, a Jonathan Glazer Retrospective, Warp Vision – 15 years
of groundbreaking videos from Warp Records, Studio Tours, free classes
from Apple and Canon, and nighttime events featuring Diplo from
Hollertronix, Jimmy Edgar, Emergency Broadcast Network and
Hexstatic.

Buy All-access RESPASS:
Buy tickets:

US Open - Big Screen

Watch the the 2004 U.S. Open on two big city screens
Helping us live the NYC as your livingroom lifestyle
check out the matches and at these two gotham locations:

Rockefeller Center 11AM-11PM (until Sept.12th)
and at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Building,
163 W. 125th St., between Lenox and Seventh avenues
until Monday 11AM-5PM

DOT Approved Stickers

A first hand report yesterday of a DOT
truck pulling up on Bleecker St and
scraping off the stickers on a street pole.

Pretty aggressive and impressive quality of life
service your thinking - Well here is the kicker
they were only scraping off anti-bush stickers
the "not my president" ones.

This reminds us of days of Rudy G in the
mayors office, Good times, good times.

Permits - Summer Of Love

Permits for this years RNC are listed online
at the nyc.gov site Todays event

Summer of Love
Concert for Equality © All rights ...
Including a spl appearance by Debbie Harry
Dave Koz, The Thunderbirds, Garland Jeffreys,
Jim David (comedy) BETTY, Justin Bond & Kenny Melman
and cast members of Ave Q
East Meadow, Central Park

All Day - MoMA QNS

All Day - MoMA QNS
"Humble Masterpieces" features 120 masterfully designed everyday household objects, from Post-it notes and paper clips to Band-Aids and Bic pens; through Sept. 7. Queens Boulevard at 33rd Street, Long Island City, Queens. (212) 708-9400

Harlem Week celebration

1-9PM Harlem Week celebration
Festival, fashion show and concert tribute to Ray Charles
Ulysses S. Grant National Memorial Park,
Riverside Drive at 122nd Street.

Gamers Nite Groove

8PM-12AM New York - Tokyo
GNG (Gamers Nite Groove) @ Eyebeam
540 West 21st Street (btw. 10th & 11th)
FREE / All Ages.

The Fifth HOPE

The Fifth (Hackers On Planet Earth)HOPE

2600's fifth conference in New York City and this one threatens
to be the best yet. Today is the last day of Hope 5, at the
Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan. It was at the last HOPE, sunrise
6am I walked into the main hexor room to find most peeps crashed
out fast food wrapers everywhere and all the screens scrolling
a message..."If you dont care then just sleep."

Torch Relay

Cheer on the Olympic Torch
ATHENS 2004 Olympic Global Torch

[Relay in NYC
Link to PDF of locations + times]

Don' t feel like opening up a pdf right now, it's cool we
broke out some notable ones below for you and even
found who was running and where you can get free swag.

1:00-2PM Bway + Chambers (stop by 21 park row j+r for free swag)
Paula Zhan + Boomer Esiason bare the tourch 3:30-4:30
Chelsea Piers 23rd Street, 4:00-5PM Bryant Park; 4:30-530
Columbus Circle CPS + 59th Street

UpDate: Last leg will roll into Times Square around 1030PM
Its holder still a tightly held secret.

Stars in the Alley

11:30AM
Stars in the Alley
Performance by broadway stars!
FREE
Shubert Alley
44th + 45th St / Bway + 8th Ave.

no reason

11PM +
no reason

Downtown Financial Center
4th Floor Loft + rooftop
$3

See the man standing by the Bull
at Bowling Green @ Broadway

DETAILS

May is Bike Month

Bike Month celebrates the fun, convenience and ease of cycling in NYC.
(not to mention near death expirences -ed)
Cycling is good for you, good for the environment and good for New York City

Visit http://www.bikemonthnyc.org/ for more info.

Pick Up a Street Sweeper Cheap

WED 24 (Heads Up)
Looking to pick up a Street Sweeper truck
cheap? How about a Crane Carrier or Salt Spreader
cheap. Those choice items two Buses and a slew
of Three Wheel Scooters are all up for auction
Wednesday.

See the full list of Sleds, Spreaders, Sweepers, Sedans and Scooters
(pdf) that are available at the Wednesday, March 24, 2004 auto auction.
(details)

Fresh Meat - Hotel Gansevoort

Hotel Gansevoort is open.
Ono (Jeffrey Chodorow's Restaurant) will be open in a month.

Stuyvesant HS Robotics Club

Thursday, March 11
11AM-6PM
WFC Winter Garden

MOTORIZED MARVELS
Stuyvesant HS Robotics Club
HS of Economics and Finance & IS 89
This day-long event featuring robots from Lower Manhattan public schools,
stars JACK, the soccer ball-scooping machine, and LOLA, the android crate stacker, designed and built by students from Stuyvesant High School.

Daddies Bighead

2-4PM
Whitney Biennial in full effect today when
Daddies Bighead gets blown up.
@ Central Park, Lasker Rink, by 110th St.

NYPL: Free Wireless, Teen Central Opens

10AM

The NY Public Library (NYPL) celebrates the opening of Teen Central @ the Nathan Straus Young Adult Center, Mezzanine, Donnell Library Center,
20 West 53rd St., (5/6 Aves)

1030AM

"New York Reads Together: Finding Fish by Antwone Quenton Fisher,"
hosted by Teen Central.

The author reads from his memoir. Read the book, talk about it with others and share the experience with all of New York. This is a special event for high school students....

There is free wireless computing at NYPL

Free access is provided in all public areas in the WiFi-enabled
libraries and at all times the libraries are open. Simply launch your Web browser. Your computer's home page will appear and you may begin surfing immediately. Hardware Requirements You will need a WiFi-compliant 802.11b wireless Ethernet device installed in your laptop or a laptop with built-in WiFi capability

Mo-Vic

NYC & Company the folks behind city event website nycvist.com unveil Mo-VIC, a Mobile Visitor Information Center; We would like to think this is some next generation 3G service. It also could be a shrink wrapped RV. Check it out first hand: Duffy Square @ Times Square, 47th Street and Broadway.

Rock 'n' Roller-Skate - Tonight

Rock n Rollerskate!
9pm
OfficeOps,
57 Thames St., Brooklyn (East Williamsburg)
718-418-2509

$5 includes skates

The bands are cage-bound in the middle of the floor and the party goes clockwise into the night. Live music by Alan Astor Split Me Wide Open , and The Regular Unfortunate.

Skates are limited, so come early. You're welcome to bring your own.

For Directions and more info visit OfficeOps.org
Tune in to free103point9 for live broadcast.

Thursday's Shows - Highlights

Tonight's Set Times

10pm(ish) CONSONANT (featuring Clint Conley of Mission of Burma) @ Pianos 158 Ludlow St (at Stanton)

11pm The Rapture @ Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancy St (at Bowery)

Straphangers Report

10:30 AM
Straphangers Campaign release their Pokey Awards
for the slowest bus routes in NYC;
E23rd St. (between Madison and Fifth ave)
Bus stop at south end of Madison Square Park.