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 2008-07-09T00:13:39-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 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_party.php Red, White, and Green Tonight, Move Forward Music presents this awesome hip-hop party to kick-off Independence Day weekend, with part of the proceeds from all live performances going to the Barack Obama campaign. Featured in the show are Def Squad rapper, Keith Murray, James Watts, and many more, in addition, the entire show will be hosted by DJ Peter Rosenberg from Hot 97. Where: The Knitting Factory Time: 8:00 pm Thursday, July 3rd... 13672@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Party 2008-07-03T00:49:08-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_politics.php A Special Evening with Senator Barack Obama Generation Barack Obama is presenting a special evening with Senator Barack Obama in New York. This event will be the largest fundraising rally to date for the 2008 presidential election. Over 3,000 people are anticipated in attendance at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Friday, June 22nd. Various ticket levels will allow general admission as well as preferred seating with the opportunity to attend a pre-reception with Senator Obama. Generation Barack Obama is a group of young professionals (ages 25-40) across America that wants to take an active role in changing their country for the better. Hammerstein Ballroom 311 W. 34th St. Manhattan, NY Price Ranges: $100 general admission, $250 premium balcony seating, $500 private VIP reception with Senator. To purchase tickets go to https://my.barackobama.com/gbonyc... 10997@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Politics 2007-06-22T00:10:01-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_protest_march_rally.php 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Amateur actors and activists stage anti-torture play in front of the Times Square Military Recruiting Station. (good times -ed)... 10625@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Protest, March, Rally 2007-05-19T00:02:32-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_protest_march_rally.php 6PM MoveOn.org members rally against veto of the Iraq troop withdrawal bill; Union Square, Broadway and 14th Street.... 10448@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Protest, March, Rally 2007-05-02T00:39:15-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_politics.php 5PM Senator Chuck Schumer with a Special Appearance by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton 92 St Y Kaufmann Concert Hall Lexington Ave at 92nd St $25 ”Chuck” Schumer & Hillary R Clinton get down tonight at the 92nd St Y. Not that way. [uncool kids]... 9913@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Politics 2007-02-25T00:39:45-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_art_events.php 6-9PM Postmillenial Black Madonna @ Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art 80 Hanson Place Brooklyn! Free If it is the artist's role to trouble the comfortable and comfort the troubled, then the Black Madonna may be considered the artist's patron saint. Be among the first to experience Paradise, part one of the Post-Millenial Black Madonna exhibition, at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts tonight for an evening of art and live poetry as performed by an all-star team of young poets from UrbanWord NYC. Light refreshments and drinks will be served.... 9877@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Art Events 2007-02-23T00:45:36-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_book_events.php 7PM The Writers Studio presents Gary Shteyngart @ Housing Works Bookstore Café 126 Crosby St b/w Houston and Prince 212-334-3324 Gary Shteyngart appears at Housing Works to discuss his most recent novel, Absurdistan. Misha, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, buys a passport in Absurdistan in an attempt to return to his beloved adopted home - the USA. Hilarity ensues. Absurdistan was a national bestseller, one of The New York Times Best Books of 2006, and named a best book of the year by Time Magazine and The Washington Post.... 9891@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Book Events 2007-02-23T00:35:48-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_art_events.php 6PM Radical Living Papers @ Passerby 436 W 15th St 212-627-5258 A history of the free, alternative, counter-culture and underground press (1965-75) curated by Eva Prinz, Dan Donahue, and Thurston Moore.... 9803@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Art Events 2007-02-20T00:49:00-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_film_movies_tv.php 7PM Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series: Kamp Katrina @ Barbes 376 9th St @ 6th Ave Park Slope, BK The Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series screens the first and third Monday of every month at Barbes, in Park Slope. This week they show Kamp Katrina, a cinema verite documentary about the colorful eccentric Miss Pearl who attempts to provide safe harbor to displaced residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Kamp Katrina is followed by the screening of two short films about post-Katrina New Orleans.... 9805@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Film + Movies + TV 2007-02-19T00:45:55-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_film_movies_tv.php 6:30PM Death of a President @ Pioneer Theatre E 3rd Street, b/w Aves A & B 212-591-0434 $10 Celebrate President's Day by watching a fictionalized documentary on the assasination of our beloved George W. Bush on October 19, 2007. Whether "despicable" (Hilary Clinton) and "tasteless" (NPR) or "breathtakingly original" (Toronto Film Festival) - no one will argue that the film is not provocative.... 9808@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Film + Movies + TV 2007-02-19T00:33:34-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_film_movies_tv.php 2PM, 4:30PM, 6:50PM, 9:15PM The Best of the African Diaspora Film Festival Brooklyn Academy of Music Peter Jay Sharp Building 30 Lafayette Ave Brooklyn, NY 718-636-4100 $10 per film Catch the best films produced by the African diaspora - films produced by artists of African descent - at the Brooklyn Academy of Music through February 21st. This afternoon enjoy beautiful films about the Masai of Kenya, one of the seminal figures in the postcolonial studies, the 19th century Malcolm X, the legal implications of reparations or a young boy's journey to literacy. All films are with English subtitles or in English. A party follows the last film of the day. Read more on the film festival here.... 9801@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Film + Movies + TV 2007-02-18T00:40:16-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_film_movies_tv.php 1:30PM, 4:00PM, 7:20PM, 9:40PM Bamako @ Film Forum 209 W Houston b/w 6th Ave & Varick $10.50 Critics are praising the vibrantly beautiful Bamako for its ability to explore African debt and the International Monetary Fund while maintaining a pleasant focus on Malian daily life. If that ain't enough to sell you, how about this: Danny Glover. (118 mins)... 9772@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Film + Movies + TV 2007-02-16T00:49:59-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_politics.php 8PM Movie Night: Who Killed the Electric Car? @ Time's Up! Space 49 East Houston Street Who Killed the Electric Car? is the 2006 documentary film exploring the birth, limited commercialization, and subsequent death of the battery electric vehicle in the United States. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the US government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology. So, who, really, killed the electric car? Take a wild guess.... 9760@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Politics 2007-02-15T00:35:16-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_party.php 10PM Bring a White Girl Night @ APT, downstairs 419 W 13th St $6 DJ/producer Prince Paul (Handsome Boy Modeling School, De La Soul) hosts DJs that make you say TGIM. In commemoration of Black History Month and to promote racial harmony, Prince Paul’s Monday Night Ill-Out at APT brings you Bring a White Girl night. That's right. Women and men of any race, feel free to bring along a white girl of your own for the same savings at the door before midnight.... 9708@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Party 2007-02-12T00:10:04-05:00