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The Jonathan Show

11pm — Wednesday November 29

WHERE:Mo Pitkins, 39 Ave A between 2nd and 3rd St
COST:$15
SUMMARY:”Jonathan Ames will screen his thirty minute 2004 TV pilot “What’s Not to Love?” Following the screening there will be various hi-jinks — audience members will be interviewed about their lives, and there may be wrestling matches and arm-wrestling matches.”

8pm — Wednesday November 29

WHERE:Parkside Lounge, 317 Houston between Ave B and C
COST:$5
SUMMARY:”What’s My Line? is a guessing game, in which a lively panel of New York culture and nightlife figures try to guess the occupations of contestants from all walks of life! Contestants join the host onstage, and using yes or no questions the panel attempts to guess what they do for a living. Every “no” answer wins the contestant $5 in prizes from our sponsors, and if they make it to ten “no’s” they win the game. Each show also includes a mystery celebrity guest, a veritable who’s-who of great New York celebrities; the panel dons blindfolds to guess the mystery celebrity’s identity.”

8pm — Wednesday November 29

WHERE:Happy Ending Lounge, 302 Broome Street at Forsyth
COST:FREE
SUMMARY:The Happy Ending Music and Reading Series “features the most interesting storytellers, writers, musicians, raconteurs and personalities, and requires the readers to take one public risk, while the the musicians, who perform two short sets with their original, lyric-driven music, are required to play one cover song and try to get the audience to sing along.”
THIS WEEK:Jennifer Banash, Alix Strauss, Robert Marshall, Mila Drumke and music from Paul Brill

8pm — EVERY WEDNESDAY

WHERE:The Roxy, 515 W.18th St, between 10th Ave and the West Side Highway
COST:$15
SUMMARY:”At ROXY Wednesday night is roller-skating & blading, offering New York City’s only complete indoor roller-skate & rollerblade ROLLER DISCO.”
8-9pm–Disco, 9-10pm–R&B, 10-11pm–Top 40, 11 -2am–House

7pm — Wednesday November 29

WHERE:92 St Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
COST:$12 in advance, $15 at door
SUMMARY:”With no fewer than four movies featuring comic superheroes this past summer, it appears Hollywood has been taken over by men in capes and leotards. Looking at clips from some recent movies, the fantastic duo of comics writer Arie Kaplan and entertainment journalist Eddy Friedfeld explain why comics have become the new American mythology.”

7pm — Wednesday November 29

WHERE:Barnes and Noble, Union Square, 33 East 17th St, between Broadway and Park Ave
COST:FREE
SUMMARY:Apple computer founder Steve Wozniak discusses his new book, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Culture Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It.

7:30pm — Wednesday November 29

WHERE:Mo Pitkins, 39 Ave A between 2nd and 3rd St
COST:$8
SUMMARY:”Todd Levin and Bob Powers, both humor writers, often found themselves in a frustrating place, drifting somewhere between stand-up comedy and literary performance. How to Kick People was conceived as the antitode: a comedy show for bookworms, and a literary show for clowns.”
THIS WEEK:”A special show featuring the writers of Conan O’Brien. Dan Goor, Jose Arroyo, Michael Koman and Dan Cronin”

6:30pm — Wednesday November 29

WHERE:Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway at 95th St
COST:$26 in advance, $30 day of show
SUMMARY:”This evening features three sexy and romantic stories by the great master (and, some say, originator) of the short story. “If you ask any writer whom they revere as the founder of the modern short story, the chances are the answer will be Chekhov” (Rosamund Bartlett, editor and translator of Chekhov: A Life in Letters). Readers include Blair Brown, Joe Morton and David Margulies.”