Wednesday, May 22nd: ‘A Man and His Ship’: The Story of America’s Best Naval Architect
Click here for 50% off tickets to A Man and His Ship. The ACADEMi of Life presents a discussion with historian and author Steven Ujifusa, whose book A Man And His Ship, about America’s best naval architect William Gibbs was selected by The Wall Street Journal as one of the ten best non-fiction books of [...]
Wednesday, May 22nd: At Last I Am Born: A Morrissey Birthday Celebration
At Last I Am Born: A Morrissey Birthday Celebration The Bell House (149 7th St., Brooklyn) 7pm Front Lounge Pre-party / 8pm Performance Space Doors $12 in advance Raven & Crow Presents At Last I Am Born: A Morrissey Birthday Celebration Featuring A live set by The Sons & Heirs, NYC’s tribute to The Smiths [...]
Wednesday, May 22nd: Sound Bath Meditation
Sound Bath Meditation Body Actualized Center (143 Troutman St., Brooklyn) 9pm $10-15 suggested ⇯ Come prepared to be transported. ⇯ These bowls, ranging from 6 inches to 18 inches are highly vibratory. They are made 99.992% pure crushed quartz and heated to about 4000 degrees in a centrifugal mold. When sounded, they can have a [...]
Through Saturday, May 25th: ‘In Memory’
In Memory HERE (145 Sixth Ave., Manhattan) 7pm $15 in advance Deon is a reclusive poet in a coma who encounters historical figures she’s always admired on a journey through her own memories as she attempts to wake herself up. While her step-brother and sister sit at her hospital bed wishing her dead, Deon explores [...]
Wednesday, May 22nd: SUA / ADVAETA
SUA / ADVAETA Cameo Gallery (93 N. 6th St., Brooklyn) 10pm $8 Click here for more cheap New York City events & things to do.
Wednesday, May 22nd: TinyRhino: UglyShots Short Film Drinking Game
TinyRhino: UglyShots Littlefield (622 Degraw St., Brooklyn) 7:30pm doors, 8pm start $10 in advance May’s installment of TinyRhino will be our second UglyShots, a partnership with Over Shots Productions. The quarterly series pairs the TinyRhino drinking game concept* with a series of short films. Six short films will be conceived, written, filmed and edited specifically [...]
Wednesday, May 22nd: ‘The New Public’
The New Public LaunchPad (721 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn) 4:30-7pm $5 suggested The Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School, Launch Expeditionary Learning School, and Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School, are collaboratively sponsoring a film screening in Crown Heights, Brooklyn of Jyllian Gunter’s documentary, The New Public. This is a joint effort to bring together our diverse school communities [...]
Wednesday, May 22nd: ‘Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust’
Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust Museum of Jewish Heritage (36 Battery Pl., Manhattan) 7pm $10 in advance Post-screening discussion with co-producer Barbara Sasser This new documentary tells the story of the Frieder brothers, cigar makers from Cincinnati, who teamed up with Manuel Quezon, the first president of the Philippines, along with Paul [...]
Wednesday, May 22nd: Stef Comedy Jam
Stef Comedy Jam LaunchPad (721 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn) 8pm $10 Featuring… :: Tomas Delgado (Telomundo,JFK Sat Here Monthly Show At Parkside Lounge) :::: Freddy Sheffield (Carolines, Broadway, New York Comedy Club, Pilots, Movies) :::::: Jake Young (Nerd Of Mouth Podcast, Geek Comedy Tour, Creek And the Cave) :::::::: Simeon Goodson :::::::::: DJ & Comedy By [...]
Wednesday, May 22nd: ‘Romance & Other Disasters’: Michael Ian Black & Anna Chlumsky Read (Get 50% Off Tickets Now)
Click here for 50% off tickets to Romance & Other Disasters. An all-star cast featuring Michael Ian Black (The State, Stella), Anna Chlumsky (Veep), Kirsten Vangsness (Criminal Minds) and others read romance-related “tales of infatuation, heartbreak, cave-painting and political protests” by humor authors Simon Rich and Patricia Marx for this Selected Shorts event. Rich and [...]
Tuesday, May 21st: A Tribute to Sun Ra
A Tribute to Sun Ra Drom (85 Avenue A, Manhattan) 7pm doors, 8pm show $10 Click here for more cheap New York City events & things to do.
Tuesday, May 21st: The Spirit of Dr. Bindelof and The Enigma of Physical Phenomena: An Illustrated Presentation with Rosemarie Pilkington
The Spirit of Dr. Bindelof and The Enigma of Physical Phenomena: An Illustrated Presentation with Rosemarie Pilkington Observatory (543 Union St., Brooklyn) 8pm $5 “My name was Dr. Bindelof…Will you be the disciples of a dead man?” The Spirit of Dr. Bindelof focuses on one little known episode of physical mediumship, Gilbert Roller’s utterly charming [...]
Tuesday, May 21st: Weird Love: A Night Of Womance (women+performance!)
Weird Love: A Night Of Womance (women+performance!) Body Actualized Center (143 Troutman St., Brooklyn) 9:30pm Suggested donation? Please come see, support, and share energy with a remarkable array of female performance artists. Spirits and treats will be available for purchase, there will be soft cushions to sit on, a theater of plants and candles, and [...]
Through Wednesday, May 23rd: Battery Dance Company 2013 Season
Battery Dance Company 2013 Season 3LD (80 Greenwich St., Manhattan) 10:30am & 7:30pm $15-20 in advance Downtown Manhattan’s Battery Dance Company present their 2013 Season with co-hosts, Polish Cultural Institute New York. “PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE” “Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost” World premiere of a new work by Jacek Luminski, founder of Poland’s [...]
Through Monday, May 27th: Internet Week New York 2013
We believe that New York City is where technology and business and culture meet. This year will begin to explore how technology has disrupted and revolutionized every section of business from food to fashion to healthcare to education. IWNY, taking place this year from May 20-27 2013, was launched in 2008 in cooperation with the [...]
Monday, May 20th: Andrew Carmellini & Architects Robin Standefer & Stephen Alesch
Andrew Carmellini & Architects Robin Standefer & Stephen Alesch Wollman Hall at The New School (66 West 12th St., 5th Fl., Manhattan) 6pm $10 in advance Although we often focus on the food and the service, restaurant dining is really the combination of food, service and environment. That’s where architecture and design come in. Design [...]
Monday, May 20th: The Kin / Tall Tall Trees / Hayley Coupon
The Kin / Tall Tall Trees / Hayley Coupon Cameo Gallery (93 N. 6th St., Brooklyn) 8pm $10 Click here for more cheap New York City events & things to do.
Sunday, May 19th: 2nd Annual Momo (Dumpling) Crawl
2nd Annual Momo Crawl Jackson Heights Plaza (37th Rd. btw. 74th St. & Broadway, Queens) 1:30-4:30pm $2+, plus cost of momos With the opening of Friends Cafe last week, there are now 19 places serving momos in the Little India vicinity of Jackson Heights. These Himalayan dumplings quietly have become the most popular dish in [...]
Sunday, May 19th: Flux Factory at Noguchi Museum
Flux Factory at Noguchi Museum Noguchi Museum (9-01 33rd Rd., Queens) 11am-6pm $10 museum admission In an interview from 1986, Isamu Noguchi described the newly-created Noguchi Museum as “a place to reflect and see an alternative existence.” The Noguchi Museum’s upcoming Community Day celebrates slowing down and focusing, and explores the contemplative opportunities offered by [...]
Sunday, May 19th: Tie-Dye Party
Drop In Tie-Dye Party Brooklyn Brainery (190 Underhill Ave., Brooklyn) 2-5pm $7 in advance Attention all: tie-dye does not have to be garish or tacky! Or rainbow colored or in a big spiral (not that there’s anything wrong with that). We know more than a dozen ways to get understated, sophisticated results that help you [...]
Sunday, May 19th: ‘$20 Dollar, 20 Minute Meals’ Book Party & Demo with Caroline Wright
$20 Dollar, 20 Minute Meals The Brooklyn Kitchen (100 Frost St., Brooklyn) 3pm $20 in advance* *includes a copy of Caroline’s new book “Twenty Dollar, Twenty Minute Meals” It’s a bold promise: get a fresh, inventive, easy meal on the table for $20 or less, in 20 minutes or less. A rising culinary star, Caroline [...]
Sunday, May 19th: Nicos Gun / Cookies / Talkfine
Nicos Gun / Cookies / Talkfine Cameo Gallery (93 N. 6th St., Brooklyn) 8pm $8 Click here for more cheap New York City events & things to do.
Sunday, May 19th & Monday, May 20th: Grounded Aerial Presents ‘Sneak Peek’
Grounded Aerial House of Yes (342 Maujer St., Brooklyn) 7pm $15 in advance Sneak Peak is an evening of theater, dance and aerial with enticing characters, gymnastic feats, original live music, and choreographic debuts of Grounded Aerial’s new repertoire. There is a fully stocked bar. We are a visceral aerial dance company that theatrically utilizes [...]
