http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Key NYC Events SMS What's Up is smart text for the wired set. SMS Text Messages NYC Events, New York City Pick events. The right message, at the right time, for the right reason. en-us 2008-09-05T00:10:29-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_performance.php Cirque Off @ Triskelion Arts Theater Live On Stage! Circus acts galore! From the hilarious to the beautiful to the bizarre and all the way back again, and set to the amazing live music of the Cirque This Band, back for another year the Cirque Off festival, will be showcasing the talents of some of the finest emerging and established circus artists from New York and Beyond with the newly expanded CIRQUE OFF! Cirque This sets the stage, while an amazing roster of unusual and spectacular guests will dazzle you like you've never been dazzled before! Acts that are Beautiful! Hilarious! Amazing! Shocking! And everything in between! @Triskelion Arts Theater Location: 118 North 11th Street (map) Starts: 8 PM Cost: $10... 14001@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Performance 2008-09-05T00:10:29-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_performance.php Wiedeman and Nilles Present... "Register Dammit!" @ Rose Live Music A Little Burlesque, a little music and a whole night of entertainment! The Solid Pieces will be performing with special guests from New Orleans the Chappy Band, while Amber ray performs her burlesque show. Sounds pretty entertaining! @ Rose Live Music Location: 345 Grand Street (map) Starts: 8 PM Cost: Free... 13953@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Performance 2008-08-27T00:10:28-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_performance.php Kaiju Big Battel @ The Yard Wow nothing like a live action monster battle! Especially outside! This is going be absolutely insane so definitely check it out! KBB is the world’s only live monster wrestling exhibition, featuring ludicrous monster-themed adversaries, hand-made costumes, over-sized monster-movie props, a towering “Danger Cage”, and dastardly wrestling-ring tactics. Fusing American pro-wrestling spectacle with Japanese comic book hysteria, Kaiju has been redefining low-brow entertainment for over 10 years. @ The Yard Location: 388-400 Carroll St (map) Starts: 4 PM Cost: $15 ADV/ $20 DOS... 13937@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Performance 2008-08-23T00:10:31-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_performance.php TOM SWIRLY's PSYCH-O-DELIC CIRCUS @ Cave Canem Come and check out this tripped out performance fronted by Tom Swirly and his strange wind instrument. He has performed all over the world so come and check out why! Here's a better description of the show: "The Circus begins in the dark. Tom Swirly takes the stage, tattered lab coat trailing, coaxing slow the music is foreboding and disorienting. The lights start to flash and glow, Jeremy Weirdos joins in and triggers samples from the Three Stooges. Then the powerful voice of Tom Swirly's Electro-Acoustical Wind Instrument hammers out a driving beat; he grabs a loop, sings over it with layers of angelic and demonic voices. This is the dancers' cue: they emerge from the corners, slowly feeling for the rhythm, getting more wired till they climb all over the stage. More acts; some noisy, some beautiful, some energetic. The dancers adapt, gain strength, form arabesques. The lights rise to a climax: a strobe! the audience goes wild." Sounds pretty crazy, right? @Cave Canem Location: 24 First Avenue (map) Starts: 8 Pm Cost: $5... 13901@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Performance 2008-08-18T00:10:17-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_performance.php Shells - InFamous @ Joe's Pub Here is an enteraining show that has been describe as "a hilarious, fresh look at the New York dating scene" Should uproariously funny as well as a flipping good time! Summery: After the infamous meltdown at her Valentine’s Day show (Shells Makes Love LIVE!) Shells Hoffman, the famed J.P. Morgan analyst-come-cabaret sensation, triumphantly returns to Joe’s Pub for a summertime engagement (three evenings, three different shows). Hopping from hilarious original songs to tales of the “rough” life, Shells weaves the story of a Manhattan gal getting over her first love, Scott. Armed with a glass of Shiraz and a penchant for drunk-dialing the one person she should not, Shells demonstrates that the fabulous Sex And The City life she thinks she is living and the life she actually leads are two very different things. Hilarious, pathetic and ultimately quite poignant, Shells will leave us all cringing and saying, "I know her," or worse, "I am her!" Described as the intersection of Flight of the Conchords and Kiki & Herb. @ Joe's Pub Location: 425 Lafayette Street(map) Starts: 9:30 PM Cost: $15... 13527@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Performance 2008-07-20T00:10:29-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_today.php Boyz II Men Boyz II Men are a desiccated version of their former selves—they're one man down, the edges of their vocals have been sandpapered away, and their last album was a covers record. But Wanya still blows, and their catalog is bulletproof. Pretty soon, nostalgia will catch up to them, instead of the other way around, so dust off your letterman jackets and catch feelings. @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W 42nd St. (Map) Time : 8pm Price : $37.50-$40... 13744@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Today 2008-07-15T00:10:25-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_today.php 13741@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Today 2008-07-15T00:01:13-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_party.php Ratatat CD Release Party Come celebrate the release of the new Ratatat CD at the Robot Rock Party, featuring a performance from Neon Coyote, music from special guest DJ, Dances With White Girls, and host the Glitter Kids. @ Le Royale – 21 7th Avenue South (map) Doors open at 10 pm – Free with RSVP HERE... 13710@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Party 2008-07-11T00:55:38-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_live_music.php Brazilian Girls Come to a kickass outdoor performance of world music today, starring Brooklyn-based pop trio, Brazilian Girls, along with Ticklah and Argentine group Miranda! Go to this performance right now. @ Prospect Park Bandshell – Prospect Park West & 9th Street (map) Start: 7:00 pm Friday, July 11th... 13713@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Live Music 2008-07-11T00:12:58-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_performance.php Twelve Ophelias Picking up where Hamlet left off, this play focuses on Ophelia, who re-emerges from her suicidal drowning and attempts to overcome her past, as well as reshape her identity. Other modifications include the transformation of Gertrude into a brothel madame and Hamlet into a character known as “Rude Boy.” Come see this great original play that is only made better by the live performance of the soundtrack by Bluegrass group, the Jones Street Boys. @ McCarren Park Pool – Lorimer Street and Bayard Street (MAP)... 13711@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Performance 2008-07-11T00:08:56-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_party.php The House Dance International Come to the opening day of the 3 day House Dance International, in which dancers and enthusiasts come from around the world gather to view film screenings, watch showcases, participate in workshops, witness great competitions, listen to awesome music, and of course party. @ 2498 Frederick Douglass Boulevard (map) Time: 1:00pm – 1:00 am Thursday, July 10th... 13708@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Party 2008-07-10T00:41:14-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_live_music.php The Hip Hop Festival is Back Come see Revive Da Live with Chris Dave and Friends at the 4th Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. Other special guests include Bilal, Smif & Wessun, LadyBug Mecca, Chip Fu, Akrobatik, Raydar, and many more… @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple (map) Start: 8:00 pm Thursday, July 10th... 13707@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Live Music 2008-07-10T00:39:19-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_live_music.php Chuck Brown Come to Damrosch Park tonight to dance to the music of Chuck Brown, the founder of go-go, a high-energy Washington D.C. party music style started decades ago. Make the night even better and come early to get a free dance lesson with choreographer Lorenzo Evans. @Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts – 70 Lincoln Center Plaza (map) Start: 7:30 pm Wednesday, July 9th... 13704@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Live Music 2008-07-09T00:40:32-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_comedy.php Chappelle Performance Come watch Dave Chappelle perform for a fund raiser for Kevin Powell, a democrat running for Brooklyn’s 10th congressional district, as a part of the movement to laugh George Bush out of office and elect new leaders. @ Eugene – 33 W. 24 Street (map) Start: 7:00pm Wednesday, July 9th... 13702@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Comedy 2008-07-09T00:13:39-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_comedy.php Gelmania Come to comic Brett Gelman’s weekly show Gelmania, in which he and various special guests including stars of the stage and screen perform to put on a great performance through music, props, and spoken word. Admission is $5 @Rififi (map) Start: 8:00pm Wednesday, July 9th... 13701@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Comedy 2008-07-09T00:11:25-05:00