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Mr and Mrs Williamsburg @ Supreme Trading

The event of the year is tonight at Supreme Trading in Brooklyn! Come and see who will win the amazing accomplishment of being crowned Mr and Mrs Williamsburg. They will probably win a year case of PBR and a pile of dirty clothes. Should be entertaining!

@ Supreme Trading
Location: 213 N. 8th st (map)
Starts: 10 PM
Cost: Free

Slam Poet Extroardinaire!!

Carlos Andres Gomez "Fate By The Throat" CD Release Party @ Bowery Poetry Club

HBO Def Poet and co-star of Spike Lee's "Inside Man" Carlos Andres Gomez, will release his highly anticipated sophomore album in New York City on Saturday, August 23rd at the Bowery Poetry Club.

A staple in the New York City poetry slam scene and national college circuit for the past 8 years, Gomez's 2nd album is a double CD comprised of both studio and live material with over 20 poems of new work. The night will consist of a full-length feature performance by Gomez as well as a venerable who's who of the New York poetry scene, yet to be announced.

Should be awesome!

@ Bowery Poetry Club
Location: 308 Bowery (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: $12

What A Deal!!

Super Ocho Loco w/ 8coupons 8 cent Mac and Chess @ Supermac!

Today at Supermac you can get a order of mac and cheese for only 8 cents! How do you do this you ask? Just go to www.8coupons.com and text the coupon to the phone. Then all you need to do is show the coupon to the restaurant and you got your order of 8 cent Mac and Cheese it's as simple as that!

@Supermac
Location: 348 7th Ave (map)
Starts: 11 am to 10 PM
Cost: 8 Cents!!

Really Good bad musicals!..

BAD MUSICALS FESTIVAL '08 @ Grand Theatre of the Producers Club

These musicals are not actually bad but REALLY GOOD. However, they are all naughty, satirical, and politically incorrect. They're filled with bad language/puns and other sorts of things that would be otherwise frowned upon.

Approximately fifteen short musicals are arranged in various theme evenings (ex: Sex, Thugs & Rock 'n' Roll). The bad house band, Bronze Fondue, and East Village comedians provide entertainment between the shows.

@Grand Theatre of the Producers Club
Location: 358 W. 44th St (map)
Starts: 7 Pm
Cost: $25.00 for general admission ($20.00 advance sales - deadline are July 1) and $15 for students (BUY NOW)

Free Movie at Bryant Park

"Fail-Safe"

Ever wonder what would happen if another country accidentally initiated an atomic war with the United States, and it was up to Henry Fonda to make it all better? See what happens--for free--on the picturesque lawn of Bryant Park. Bring a date, a blanket and a bit of patience (you'll have to arrive around 5pm to get a choice lawn spot for the 8pm film.)

@ Bryant Park (Map)

For All The Music Collectors!!

Music Memorabilia Show @ Tip Top Shoe Building

To all you Music collectors out there, here is the event for you! It will be held at the Tip Top Building on Saturday and it will include LPs, 45rpm, 78rpm, sheet music, photos, posters, books, etc of some of music classic artists for unbeatable prices! There will be over 10,000 items including LPs from all genres of music and rare posters of Miles Davis , John Coltrane and basically any legendary musician you can think of. It's going to be a great event that should not be missed!

@ Tip Top Building
Location: 155 West 72nd Street, 4th Floor (map)
Starts: 10 AM - 2 PM
Cost: Free

Awesome Exercise

Midnight Yoga
Every Friday night this summer you can practice yoga while listening to great live music thanks to host Laughing Lotus, so don't miss out on a great way to wind down the week.
@ Laughing Lotus Yoga Center – 59 West 19th Street (map)

For All The Music Collectors!!

Music Memorabilia Show @ Tip Top Shoe Building

To all you Music collectors out there, here is the event for you! It will be held at the Tip Top Building on Saturday and it will include LPs, 45rpm, 78rpm, sheet music, photos, posters, books, etc of some of music classic artists for unbeatable prices! There will be over 10,000 items including LPs from all genres of music and rare posters of Miles Davis , John Coltrane and basically any legendary musician you can think of. It's going to be a great event that should not be missed!

@ Tip Top Building
Location: 155 West 72nd Street, 4th Floor (map)
Starts: 10 AM - 2 PM
Cost: Free

Amazing Food...

Sweet Tooth Catering by Lila Tasting Event
This $7 tasting menu includes, oatmeal-ginger cookies served with homemade vanilla ice cream, frosty vanilla egg creams and beer floats, Guinness and chocolate stout cupcakes, and homemade baklava with crunchy pistachios, and comes with either a free pale or brown ale courtesy of Brooklyn Brewery. Click here to RSVP
When: 7:00 pm Wednesday, July 2nd
Where: Brooklyn Kitchen - 616 Lorimer Street

Kickass Exhibit

Louise Bourgeois Retrospective
Louise Bourgeois is a full-career retrospective of one of the most important artists of our time. This exhibition will be the most comprehensive examination to date of Bourgeois’s long and distinguished career.
Time: 10:00 am – 7:45 pm Friday, June 27th
Location: Guggenheim Museum – 1071 Fifth Ave. at 89th Street
Only $18 and pay as you wish after 5:45

Awesome BBQ

Finger on the Pulse Presents: Studio BBQ
Be sure to stop by this awesome BBQ after work for some great food and a little bit of sunset disco. The prices is just $4 a plate to get amazing food from chefs such as, Avery Wittkamp (Pastry Cehf at Marlow & Sons), Gabe McMackin (formerly at Stone Barns at Blue Hill,) Lesley Stockton (Executive Chef of Dram Shop), and Heather Meldrom (formerly at Craftsteak NYC). Not to mention amazing musical artists including, David Bruno & Harvard Bass. Do not miss this!
Time: 7:00-10:00 pm Wednesday, June 25
Location: Studio B Rooftop – 259 Banker St.

Great Dicussion

Made in China - How to Stop Chinese Arms Sales to Darfur: A panel discussion in partnership with Human Rights First

James Cohan Gallery partners with Human Rights First to present a panel discussion for the Made in China campaign. This event is free and open to the public, with a cocktail reception and viewing of the current exhibition will begin at 6:45pm, followed by the discussion at 7:00pm.
When: Thursday, June 19
Location: James Cohan Gallery - 533 West 26th Street

Awesome Sale!

Rag and Bones Sample Sale

Rag and Bones is having an amazing sale on denim, shirts, dresses, and much more.
When: 12:00 PM Wednesday, June 18
Location: 425 West 13th Street

Art @ Wave Hill

1-4pm

Milton Rosa-Ortiz, Christopher Russell, Christian Nguyen, Maria Martinez-Canas, Andrew Cooks In Response:

Summer Projects at Wave Hill,
675 West 252nd Street, Bronx,

More Flavor Party...

Make Good Ideas Happen

Behance and Alldaybuffet are hosting Make Good Ideas Happen, an event where like-minded idealists get together to hammer out strategies for making neighborhoods more livable. The event also presents an opportunity for people with ideas to meet other interested individuals who have the know-how, connections, and wherewithal to get things done.

Start: 7:00 PM Monday, June 9th
Location: The Delancey, 168 Delancey St.
FREE

Celebrate Loving...

5th Annual Loving Day

5th Annual Loving Day

Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia, which legalized interracial marriage. The event will have free beer and Ben & Jerry’s for the first hour and special guest DJ Spooky will be supplying music.

Start: 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Sunday, June 8th
Location: Solar 1 – East River Waterfront at East 23rd St.
FREE!

Hmm Interesting...

Hayden Planetarium Lecture: Physics of the Impossible @ American Museum Of Natural History

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku’s new book, Physics of the Impossible, is his latest effort to make science accessible to all. In it, he considers science-fiction technology that could or could not become real, based on our current understanding of the universe. This talk will both inform and entertain.

@American Museum of History
Location: Central Park West at 79th St (map)
Starts: 7:30 PM
Cost: $15.00 for adults, $13.50 for Members, students, and senior citizens.

Write on Write on...

Free Creative Writing Class w/ Author Porochista Khakpour @ McNally Robinson Booksellers

Come and join author Porochista Khakpour as she reveals how aspiring writers can tap into their creativity at this free, introductory Creative Writing course.

@McNally Robinson
Location: 52 Prince Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: Free

Interesting Discussion..

BRAINWAVE: Explorers of the Infinite @ Rubin Museum of Art

Near-death experiences, psychic communication, and touching the beyond are some of the paranormal experiences that extreme adventurers report when taking it to the limit.

For the launch of her new book, Explorers of the Infinite (Penguin), author Maria Coffey joins Princeton neuroscientist, Sam Wang, author of Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life, to discuss cutting-edge scientific research on paranormal phenomena in adventurers and the neurobiology of the brain in extreme conditions.

@ Rubin Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: Free

Jam Packed With Entertainment!

Chelsea Mind Games @ The Chelsea Market

Come and check out this new event at the Chelsea market called "Chelsea Mind Games," which are trivia/comedy based variety shows with live music. This weeks show includes a performance by Adira Amram, Vocabulary Tournament, hosted by comedian/librarian team Jen and Jonathan and The Know-It-All Show. What a supreme night of entertainment that cost nothing! How can you say no!

@Chelsea Market
Location: 75 9th Ave (map)
Starts: 6:30am-9pm
Cost: Free

Cool Exhibit to check out...

George Lois: The Esquire Covers @ MoMa

Looks like an awesome exhibit to check out before it leaves!

From 1962 to 1972, George Lois changed the face of magazine design with his ninety-two covers for Esquire magazine. He stripped the cover down to a graphically concise yet conceptually potent image that ventured beyond the mere illustration of a feature article. Lois exploited the communicative power of the mass-circulated front page to stimulate and provoke the public into debate, pressing Americans to confront controversial issues like racism, feminism, and the Vietnam War. Viewed as a collection, the covers serve as a visual timeline and a window onto the turbulent events of the 1960s. Initially received as jarring and prescient statements of their time, the covers have since become essential to the iconography of American culture.

@MoMA
Location: 11 W 53rd St (map)
Starts: 10:30 am
Cost:$20, Seniors , $16 senior,$12, Children 16 and under

Jazz consciousness..

Conversations on Consciousness: Kenny Werner @ Rubin Museum of Art

Artist and television host Bokara Legendre engages Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and composer Kenny Werner in a dialoge on the nature of consciousness. Werner has recorded and performed with several music icons over his career, including Betty Buckley, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Dave Holland, and John Scofield; his most recent album, Lawn Chair Society, was released in 2007 to rave reviews. His 1996 book, Effortless Mastery, focuses on the physical, technical, psychological and spiritual aspects of being an artist, and outlines techniques that he teaches as artist-in-residence at New York University.

@ Rubin Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 6:30 PM
Cost: $15

Interesting Stuff..

Chelsea Mind Games @ The Chelsea Market

Come and check out this new event at the Chelsea market called "Chelsea Mind Games," which are trivia/comedy based variety shows with live music. This weeks show includes a performance by Schaffer the Darklord,Trivia Night, hosted by Michael Malice and Jen Dziura and The Know-It-All Show. What a supreme night of entertainment that cost nothing! How can you say no!

@Chelsea Market
Location: 75 9th Ave (map)
Starts: 6:30am-9pm
Cost: Free

Celebrate the Man's Work..

Darwinism: Human Evolution and the Complexity of Living Organisms @ American Museum of Natural History, Kaufmann Theater, first floor 1

This is day 2 of the Darwin: 21st-Century Perspectives, which is a two-day Symposium celebrating the legacy of Charles Darwin. The symposium will feature presentations by the world’s leading Darwin experts, including scientists in evolutionary biology, historians, philosophers, and environmentalists.

Todays symposium will include Barbara A. Schaal, plant evolutionary biologist and vice president of the National Academy of Sciences; Kenneth R. Miller, biologist, author, expert court witness, Darwin God, and Design: America’s New Battle over Evolution; Gerard Edelman, biochemist and neurobiologist, Neural Darwinism: From Brain Dynamics to Consciousnes.

Should be some interesting presentations that will shed a light on the brilliance of Charles Darwin.

@American Museum of History
Location: Central Park West at 79th St (map)
Starts: 6:30 PM
Cost: $10.00 each, $16.00 for both. Free to Members of AMNH

I Wish I Was a Rap Violinist....

Chelsea Mind Games @ The Chelsea Market

Come and check out this new event at the Chelsea market called "Chelsea Mind Games," which are trivia/comedy based variety shows with live music. This weeks show includes a performance by rap violinist Katie Pawluk, a Math Bee, hosted by comedian/SAT tutors Jen Dziura and Charlie Kasov and The Know-It-All Show. What a supreme night of entertainment that cost nothing! How can you say no!

@Chelsea Market
Location: 75 9th Ave (map)
Starts: 6:30am-9pm
Cost: Free

Celebrate the Man's Work..

Darwinism: Its Social History and Impact @ New York Botanical Garden, Arthur and Janet Ross Lecture Hall

This is day 1 of the Darwin: 21st-Century Perspectives, which is a two-day Symposium celebrating the legacy of Charles Darwin. The symposium will feature presentations by the world’s leading Darwin experts, including scientists in evolutionary biology, historians, philosophers, and environmentalists.

Todays symposium will include David Kohn, Darwin historian, Darwin’s Delight: The Man and His Botany; Michael Ruse, philosopher, Is Darwinism an Exhausted Paradigm?; Rita Colwell, microbiologist, oceanographer, and former director of The National Science Foundation, Speciation in the Time of Microbes.

Should be some interesting presentations that will shed a light on the brilliance of Charles Darwin.

@New York Botanical Garden, Arthur and Janet Ross Lecture Hall
Location: 200th Street and Kazimiroff Blvd (map)
Starts: 5:00 PM
Cost: $10.00 each, $16.00 for both. Free to Members of AMNH

Hilarity...

Found Footage Festival @ Anthology Film Archives

The national touring showcase of odd and hilarious found videos is back for another year of brand new hilarity. Following last years sold out stint around the country, the boys are back with new videos that are crazier and funnier than the prior batch! Be sure to not to miss out of what is to be a night of bizarrely entertaining showcase.

@Anthology Film Archives
Location: 32 Second Ave (map)
Starts: 7 and 9 PM
Cost: $10

Spoken Word Event of the Year

Taalam Acey @ Bowery Poetry Club

Don't miss out on the spoken word event of the year, for one night only spoken word artist Taalam Aceyand and special guests Ainsley Burrows, Falu and Kasim Allah will be performing their socially conscience spoken word performances. It is going to be a powerful event of spoken word.

@ Bowery Poetry Club
Location: 308 Bowery (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: $7

Philosophical discussion..

Talk Dharma @ 723 Washington Street

Learn the truths that reside between Western psychology and Eastern philosophy. Master Ven. Thich Thien Son has been applauded by Buddhist Masters from the East,Western business leaders, and students from around the globe.

@723 Washington Street (map)
Starts:7:30 Pm
Cost: Free

MMMMmmm Delicious...

Some Like it Hot! Group Curry Tasting @ Rubin Museum of Art

This cooking demonstration invites New Yorkers to taste dozens of kinds of curries—and then learn how each one differently affects the human brain. Raghavan Iyer, master chef and author of 660 Curries (Workman Publishing, May 2008), will do the cooking. Dr. Charles A. Greer, professor of neuroscience at Yale University, will explain how the tastes spark different reactions in the brain.

Here is a delicious knowledgeable night that should not be passed up!

@ Rubin Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 7:30 PM
Cost:$25

Jazzy Nights...

Search and Restore: Jazz at the Knit @ Knitting Factory: Tap Bar

Search and Restore is a show series and organization geared towards making great current jazz more public and available. The sets from the night’s show are being recorded, mixed, and mastered, and distributed as downloads on Other Music’s website, othermusic.com . Tonights show will include: Eivind Opsvik’s Overseas(Eivind Opsvik, Kenny Wollesen, Tony Malaby, Jacob Sacks) and the James Carney Group (James Carney, Dan Weiss, Tony Malaby, Chris Lightcap). It's night of experimental jazz that should blow you on your ass.

@ The Knitting Factory: Tap Bar
Location: 74 Leonard Street (map)
Starts: 7:30 PM
Cost: $10/ students $13 everyone else, $12 in advance gets you into both sets

Meet Mr. Happy....

BRAINWAVE: TRAIN TO HAPPINESS @ Rubin Museum of Art

Scientifically confirmed the happiest man alive, French biologist-turned-Buddhist monk Dr. Matthieu Ricard speaks with biochemistry expert Dr. Bennett Shapiro about their work with the Dalai Lama on cognitive function and how happiness is more than just a passing state of mind.

Dr. Ricard studied cellular genetics at the Institute Pasteur in France and left his studies to live in the Himalayas in 1972. Dr. Ricard has been a Buddhist monk for thirty-five years at the Shechen Monastery in Nepal and is an accomplished photographer and writer; his work from his book Buddhist Himalayas (2002) appeared in an exhibition of his photography at the Rubin Museum of Art in 2005.

Learn how to be always happy!

@ Rubin Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 6:30 PM
Cost:$25

I Love This Stuff.....

BRAINWAVE Conversations on Consciousness 4: Does bacteria have free will? @ Rubin Museum of Art

Artist and television host Bokara Legendre speaks with Jeremy Narby, author of Intelligence in Nature: An Inquiry into Knowledge, on plant consciousness. Narby has found that independent intelligence is not unique to humanity; plants, bacteria, and other nonhuman entities make self-deterministic choices. Such research can translate into our understanding of humanity, as well. Should be an interesting eye opening discussion.

@ Rubenstein Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 6:30 PM
Cost:$15

For All The Music Collectors!!

Music Memorabilia Show @ Tip Top Shoe Building

To all you Music collectors out there, here is the event for you! It will be held at the Tip Top Building on Saturday and it will include LPs, 45rpm, 78rpm, sheet music, photos, posters, books, etc of some of music classic artists for unbeatable prices! There will be over 10,000 items including LPs from all genres of music and rare posters of Miles Davis , John Coltrane and basically any legendary musician you can think of. It's going to be a great event that should not be missed!

@ Tip Top Building
Location: 155 West 72nd Street, 4th Floor (map)
Starts: 10 AM - 2 PM
Cost: Free

Learn the Non- Fiction Tricks of the Trade...

Non-Fiction Writing with Michael Weinreb @ Barnes & Noble - Greenwich Village

Michael Weinreb, author of the nonfiction book, /Game of Kings: A Year
Among the Oddballs and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School
Chess Team. Will be holding a non fiction writing workshop tonight at the Barnes and Noble in Greenwich Village. So if you are an aspiring non fiction writing come on out and get a free crash course of the non fiction writing profession.

@ Barnes & Noble
Location: 396 Avenue of the Americas (map)
Starts: 7:30 Pm
Cost: Free

Always an interesting Discussion..

BRAINWAVE: The NeuroScience of the Groove @ Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Do you get the uncontrollable urge to shake your hips when James Brown's "I Feel Good" comes on the radio? Ever wonder if your brain is hardwired to do so?

Columbia University neuroscientist Dave Sulzer (a.k.a. composer Dave Soldier) with colleague John Krakauer, co-director of the Motor Performance Laboratory at Columbia University, discuss the brain activity that makes us groove to the beat of music.

Following the discussion, a premier performance, where percussionists using an electroencephalographs (EEG) instead of instruments conduct a live experiment of sound manipulation that explores brain activity. Lead by Dave Sulzer, the musicians will use an EEG as a “prosthetic” instrument composing sounds in real time according to their brain waves.

@ Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Location: 365 5th Ave (map)
Starts: 6:30 PM
Cost: Free

Riding for Peace......

PEACE RIDE @ Union Square

Come and join in on this leisurely "peaceful" ride to some of downtown Manhattan's peace sites, including Point Thank You, Robert Wagner Park, The Labyrinth for Contemplation, Fritz Koenig's "The Sphere", Vietnam Vet Memorial and the site of the Mother AME Zion Church (first church in NYC built and led by Afro-Americans).

@ Downtown Manhatten
Location: Meet at Gandhi Statue, SW corner of Union Square (map)
Starts: 12 PM
Cost: Free

Ride On Ride On....

PROSPECT PARK MOONLIGHT RIDE @ Prospect Park

What better way to celebrate it getting warm than a totally safe :: moonlight ride through Prospect Park. Hopefully it will be a beautiful night that isn't too cold.

@Prospect Park
Location: Grand Army Plaza, the northern entrance of Prospect Park where Flatbush Ave., Eastern Pkwy, Union St. and Prospect Park West intersect (map)
Starts: 9 pm
Cost: Free

Ride On Ride On....

Central Park Moonlight Ride @ Central Park

What better way to celebrate it getting warm than a totally safe :: moonlight ride through Central Park. Hopefully it will be a beautiful clear night so you can ride underneath the stars. Enjoy the tranquility of the park and its beautiful ponds and waterways. This totally safe ride, with front and rear bike guides, is a nature lover's dream in Manhattan!

@ Central Park
Location: Columbus Circle (SW corner of Central Park, at the intersection of Broadway, Central Park South 59th Street, and Central Park West) (map)
Starts: 9 pm
Cost: Free

A Little Taste of Flamenco...

FLAMENCO: A FIRST APPROACH @ Times Square Arts Center

If you have ever had yearning to learn the complex art of Flamenco dancing, here is your chance to get a introduction to the art form! They will teach the in and outs of the dance including the complex rhythm structures, footwork technique, upper body coordination, posture and breathing which will be taught within the framework of flamenco song. Sounds like an amazing workshop!

MUST BE REGISTERED: HERE

@Times Square Arts Center
Location: 300 W 43rd Street, 4th Floor, Studio 401-C (map)
Starts: 9 PM
Cost: $25

Interesting Discussion..

Farm Sanctuary Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food a discussion with Gene Baur@ Jerome Green Hall in Columbia Law School

Farm Sanctuary is the nation's leading farmed animal protection organization. During this eye-opening presentation and book-signing with Gene Baur, you will learn why Booklist has called Gene's new book "a life-altering read."

Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food by Gene Baur, depicts the plight of the animals who are victims of industrial farming. The truth is that farm production today does not depend on the family farmer with a small herd of animals, but instead resembles a large, assembly-line factory. Farm Sanctuary is a thought-provoking examination of the ethical questions involved in the production of beef, poultry, milk, and eggs.

Special Guest David Wolfson, Esq.-author of Beyond the Law: Agribusiness and the Systemic Abuse of Animals Raised for Food or Food Production-will speak about farmed animal and the law.

@ Jerome Green Hall in Columbia Law School
Location: 1125 Amsterdam Ave. Room 103 (map)
Starts: 7 Pm
Cost: Free

For all you Brainiacs...

The Secret Science Club presents A Night with Nobel Prize-Winner Paul Nurse!! @ Union Hall

Come and hang with British biochemist Paul Nurse who has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his service to humanity as a cancer researcher, he also Co-host of the science series on PBS’s Charlie Rose Show and is the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2001 for illuminating the process by which cells copy themselves—and furthering our understanding of growth, development, and cancer.

And now, to top everything off, Sir Paul is officially a New Yorker! He’s been president of NYC’s prestigious Rockefeller University since 2003.

So break out your test tubes and get ready to bust out of the winter doldrums, as Paul Nurse takes us on a whirlwind tour of life’s most basic unit: the cell. Where will the latest discoveries take us?

Before and After

--Screen a special bio-video by scientist/film-maker Alexis Gambis: A Fruit Fly in New York

--Groove to science-inspired tunes

--Stick around for the Q&A

--Sample the cocktail of the night—the Night Nurse. It will fluff your pillow!

@ Union Hall
Location: 702 Union St. (map)
Starts:8 PM
Cost: Free

Brooklyn discuss Amongst Yourselves..

We Can’t Believe, We Must Believe Panel Discussion with Stephen Duncombe, Zack Exley, Savitri Durkee, and Simon Critchley @ The Change You Want To See Gallery

Tonight at the Change You Want See Gallery there will be a panel discussion on the themes of faith and politics with guests Stephen Duncombe, Zack Exley, Savitri Durkee, and Simon Critchley.

"It has been said that the contemporary age is one of irony, where Truth and the meta-narrative have been shot through with holes. The collateral damage could be characterized as a crisis of meaning – one that is filled by the rise of fundamentalism and the creed of consumerism. We see the polarization of our population – the red state, blue state divide is decreed by pundits and pollsters to be more accurately a divide between those who believe and those who do not.

Where the Right makes universal claims, the Left takes a critical position, aiming to reveal an irrational or intolerant opponent. Faith, advertising and political spectacle are treated as mythologies to dismantle. While the dogma of fundamentalism and the Right’s fictionalizing are legitimately problematic, the implications of this reactionary focus are as well…

What are the casualties of the Left’s critiques? Is there a redemptive value to fundamentalism? Is there a way beyond this deadlock that addresses the pitfalls of dogma and those of distanced irony? What could a religion for disbelievers look like, and why could this be important?

@ The Change You Want To See Gallery
Location: 84 Havemeyer Street(map)
Starts: 7:30 PM
Cost: Free

For All The Music Collectors!!

Music Memorabilia Show @ Tip Top Shoe Building

To all you Music collectors out there, here is the event for you! It will be held at the Tip Top Building on Saturday and it will include LPs, 45rpm, 78rpm, sheet music, photos, posters, books, etc of some of music classic artists for unbeatable prices! There will be over 10,000 items including LPs from all genres of music and rare posters of Miles Davis , John Coltrane and basically any legendary musician you can think of. It's going to be a great event that should not be missed!

@ Tip Top Building
Location: 155 West 72nd Street, 4th Floor (map)
Starts: 10 AM - 2 PM
Cost: Free

An Amazing Actress Speaks...

Jessica Lange: America's Actress @ TimeCenter Stage

On the heels of her new film release, Bonneville, the academy award winning actress will be speaking about her amazing career and her latest performance that has been turning heads proving that she is one of our most talented and cherished actresses in the business. Don't miss out on this amazing chance to hear her speak! She will be interviewed by Charles McGrath, New York Times Magazine contributing writer and former Book Review editor.

@ Time Center
Location: 242 W 41st St (map)
Starts: 6:30 PM
Cost: $25

Brilliant Actor/ Actresses Speak...

Brian Cox,Deanna Dunagan, Ian McShane and others @ TimesCenter Stage

Tonight, spend an evening with award-winning leading actors from some of the season's most acclaimed dramatic plays: Brian Cox(Tom Stoppard's "Rock-N-Roll"), Deanna Dunagan (Tracy Letts? "August: Osage County") and Ian McShane (Harold Pinter?s "The Homecoming") amongs others to be announced. The night of brilliant broadway actors will be
moderated by Campbell Robertson, who is a theater reporter for New York Times.

Should be an excellent night and hopefully Ian McShane will do the whole discussion speaking like Al Swearengen. (Fingers Crossed)

@ TimeCenter Stage
Location: 242 W 41st St (map)
Starts: 6:30 Pm
Cost: $27

I Can Haz Flowerz

10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Orchid Show; The New York Botanical Garden, Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, Bronx.

Tour of Historical Station..

Historical Indoor Walking Tour For Grand Central Birthday Bash @ Grand Central

In celebration of Grand Central's 95 th Birthday NYC Discovery will running this indoor walking tour of this historically significant train station. The walk will include a discussion of the symbolism behind its decor and the structure’s lesser known lore. Stops include Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall, whispering arch and concealed apartment. It is always neat to learn something new about your city!

@ Grand Central
Reservations and meeting place: 212-465-3331
Starts: 12:30 PM and 2:45 PM
Cost: $15

Snow Day

Noon to 8 p.m.

Eighty-foot long ski slope debuts at Central Park's Winter Jam 2008; Naumburg Bandshell, Mid-Park, at 72nd Street.

Tour of Historical Station..

Historical Indoor Walking Tour For Grand Central Birthday Bash @ Grand Central

In celebration of Grand Central's 95 th Birthday NYC Discovery will running this indoor walking tour of this historically significant train station. The walk will include a discussion of the symbolism behind its decor and the structure’s lesser known lore. Stops include Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall, whispering arch and concealed apartment. It is always neat to learn something new about your city!

@ Grand Central
Reservations and meeting place: 212-465-3331
Starts: 12:30 PM and 2:45 PM
Cost: $15

Interesting Discussion..

CRAIG VENTER: A LIFE DECODED @ THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Craig Venter discusses his new book, A Life Decoded, which explains his controversial role in sequencing the human genome using his own DNA, and his more recent work: a two-year circumnavigation of the globe inspired, in part, by Darwin’s expedition aboard the Beagle. The mission of the Global Ocean Sampling expedition was to collect and study marine microbial life, create a publicly available database, and use these data to further scientific knowledge in multiple fields. A book signing follows.

@American Museum of History
Location: Central Park West at 79th St (map)
Starts: 6:30 PM
Cost: $15.00 for adults, $13.50 for Members, students, and senior citizens.

Tackling the big Questions...

BRAINWAVE Festival Discussion: Does Time Go By? @ Rubin Museum of Art

On this glorious Sunday come to the Rubin Museum of Art to witness Dr. George Dreyfus as he tackles one of the biggest questions in the world!! Does Time Go By? I hope professor Dreyfus who teaches Religion at Williams College, was the first Westerner to complete the famous curriculum of the Geluk tradition of Tibetan Buddhism to achieve the high academic degree in Buddhist philosophy: geshe will be able to shed some light on the answer to this question.

@ Rubenstein Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 4 PM
Cost:$15

Music Collectors Remember this..

Music Memorabilia Show @ Tip Top Shoe Building

To all you Music collectors out there, here is the event for you! It will be held at the Tip Top Building on Saturday and it will include LPs, 45rpm, 78rpm, sheet music, photos, posters, books, etc of some of music classic artists for unbeatable prices! There will be over 10,000 items including LPs from all genres of music and rare posters of Miles Davis , John Coltrane and basically any legendary musician you can think of. It's going to be a great event that should not be missed!

@ Tip Top Building
Location: 155 West 72nd Street, 4th Floor (map)
Starts: 10 AM - 2 PM
Cost: Free

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!!

Save Pier 40

Help save one of downtowns most important parks!

Sunday @ Noon in the Pier 40 courtyard.

More info.

Tour of Historical Station..

Historical Indoor Walking Tour For Grand Central Birthday Bash @ Grand Central

In celebration of Grand Central's 95 th Birthday NYC Discovery will running this indoor walking tour of this historically significant train station. The walk will include a discussion of the symbolism behind its decor and the structure’s lesser known lore. Stops include Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall, whispering arch and concealed apartment. It is always neat to learn something new about your city!

@ Grand Central
Reservations and meeting place: 212-465-3331
Starts: 12:30 PM and 2:45 PM
Cost: $15

Tour of Historical Station..

Historical Indoor Walking Tour For Grand Central Birthday Bash @ Grand Central

In celebration of Grand Central's 95 th Birthday NYC Discovery will running this indoor walking tour of this historically significant train station. The walk will include a discussion of the symbolism behind its decor and the structure’s lesser known lore. Stops include Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall, whispering arch and concealed apartment. It is always neat to learn something new about your city!

@ Grand Central
Reservations and meeting place: 212-465-3331
Starts: 12:30 PM and 2:45 PM
Cost: $15

MLK Walk around Harlem...

Martin Luther King Historic Walk @ Harlem

To mark the birthday of Martin Luther King, NYC discovery will be runnning a historical walking tour through one of the country's most prominent black neighborhoods with stops at the Apollo Theatre, Lenox Lounge, where Billie Holiday performed, and Blumstein’s, where an assassination attempt was made on King’s life in the 1950s. It will be an eye opening historical tour of one of the most culturally significant parts of New York City! Be sure not to miss out!

@ Harlem
Location & Reservations Call: 212-465-3331
Starts: 2 Pm
Cost: $15

MLK Walk around Harlem...

Martin Luther King Historic Walk @ Harlem

To mark the birthday of Martin Luther King, NYC discovery will be runnning a historical walking tour through one of the country's most prominent black neighborhoods with stops at the Apollo Theatre, Lenox Lounge, where Billie Holiday performed, and Blumstein’s, where an assassination attempt was made on King’s life in the 1950s. It will be an eye opening historical tour of one of the most culturally significant parts of New York City! Be sure not to miss out!

@ Harlem
Location & Reservations Call: 212-465-3331
Starts: 2 Pm
Cost: $15

Very Interesting....

Brainwave Presents Dark Retreats and Sensory Deprivatio: the discussion @ Rubin Museum of Art

Come and join Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche has (he or she, not fully sure) discusses sensory deprivation as a means of stimulating the brain in tantric dark retreat practice. This event is for the creative type that feel like a need a boost in their creativity and want to jump start their brain. I feel I am one of those people and will really enjoy this intriguing discussion. You should as well.

@ Rubenstein Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 4 PM
Cost: Free

Robots Rock!!

Robots in Space I @ Rose Center Classroom

Apparently this is a family event, but I game to crash if you are? I mean come on who doesn't like robots? They are so freakin' cool!!! And during this class activity at the Rose Center you get to design and build robots using the Lego Mindstorm design system. To me that sounds like an amazing way to spend my night! So come and check it out and it's an extra plus if you already have kids since it wont look as strange.

@American Museum of History
Location: Central Park West at 79th St (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: Free with Museum admission

Astronomy Rocks!!

A New Year in the Milky Way? @ The Hayden Planetarium

Every first Tuesday of the month you are invited to this fully interactive tour of the world’s largest cosmic atlas, extending from Earth to the greatest distances yet charted by astronomers. It's an exciting trip that takes place in the legendary Hayden Planetarium! I feel no one is too old for this amazing trip in to depth of our universe! So be there for the best view the world has to offer from a seat in NYC!

@ The Hayden Planetarium in American Museum of History
Location: Central Park West at 79th St (map)
Starts: 6 PM
Cost: $15

Intensity..

The Raw Word Readings @ Galapagos Art Space

Here is an event for movie lovers of all sorts. Come and experience cold reads of Three ten-page screenplay excerpts by up-and-coming writers performed by up and coming actors. Watch the fascinating progression that occurs when words spring from the paper on to the stage! Also there will be a special guest from the film industry feeding back on the cold-read material. Should be an amazing event with a lot of fresh talent!

@Galapagos Art Space
Location: 70 North 6th St (