What's Happening in New York on December 6th, 2006

Cringe Night

9pm — EVERY first WEDNESDAY

WHERE:Freddy’s, 485 Dean Street at 6th Ave, Brooklyn
COST:FREE
SUMMARY:”On the first Wednesday of each month, brave souls come forward and read aloud from their teenage diaries, journals, notes, letters, poems, abandoned rock operas, and other general representations of the crushing misery of their humiliating adolescence. It’s better and cheaper than therapy.”

8pm — Wednesday December 6

WHERE:Comix, 353 West 14th St at 9th Ave
COST:$18. Enter ToddVIP for $5 discount on advance tickets
SUMMARY:”Todd Barry was Entertainment Weekly’s 2003 “It Standup” selection on their “It List”. He’s appeared on Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Carson Daly, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central’s Friar’s Roast of Chevy Chase, “Space Ghost Coast To Coast”, and in his own two “Comedy Central Presents” specials.”

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 — EVERY first WEDNESDAY

WHERE:Union Hall, 702 Union St. at Fifth Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn
COST:FREE
SUMMARY:”Underground …Shrouded in mist and mystery …And teeming with cocktails previously unknown to science.
Union Hall’s “Secret Science Club” is back with more radioactive lectures, volatile experiments, chemical libations, and star-gazing sounds!!”
THIS WEEK:Astronomer (and Earthling) David J. Helfand lectures on: “Intelligent Life in the Universe??” “Earth to Space. Earth to Space. Come in please …” “So far no one’s answering. But recent advances in astronomy and biology have enhanced the ability of scientists to predict whether—despite the lack of contact—there is intelligent life beyond our own solar system. Chair of the Department of Astronomy at Columbia University, David J. Helfand peers through a speculative telescope and asks: Are we alone? Or is the universe teeming with extraterrestrials? What kinds of planets might ETs live on? And what are the chances that these space folks are smarter than us Earthlings?”

7pm — Wednesday December 6

WHERE:The Tank at Collective: Unconscious, 279 Church St, between Franklin and White
COST:$10
SUMMARY:”All monologues are based on real events. We admit that we’ve had to change the names to protect the innocent–and probably avoid a lawsuit or two. But everything that you hear on stage was based on (or is it inspired by real events–does anyone know the difference?)No matter how horrific, funny, tragic, or downright straight these stories happened to someone. And now they’re being immortalized in monologues.”

7pm — EVERY first WEDNESDAY

WHERE:Location One, 26 Greene St. between Canal & Grand
COST:FREE, but bring snacks to share, RSVP recommended (send email to dorkbotnyc@dorkbot.org)
SUMMARY:”People doing strange things with electricity.” ie “dorkbot-nyc is a monthly meeting of artists (sound/image/movement/whatever), designers, engineers, students, scientists, and other interested parties from the new york area who are involved in the creative use of electricity.”
THIS WEEK: Sam Freeman: 1000 Ways It Doesn’t Work: “1000 Ways It Doesn’t Work is a multimedia art project which attempts to come to terms with the General Electric Corporation.”
Marisa Olson: Oh.Yeah.I.Love.You.Baby: Marisa’s work deals with popular music and the cultural history of technology.”
Rick Silva: RSS Jockey: Silva will do a short presentation of his work in the last 8 years that has used the d.j. and d.j.ing as a metaphor. including a screening of silva’s 1999 short film ’scratch’, brief overviews of recent projects rssjockey.com and satellitejockey.net and a sneak preview of his upcoming project ‘natural selection.’