What's Happening in New York on December 7th, 2006

Onion Comedy Series

11:30pm — EVERY first THURSDAY

WHERE:Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St between East 4th and Astor Place
COST:$12
SUMMARY:”A New late-night series at Joe’s Pub taking place the first Thursday night of every month, The funniest publication in the United States puts the funniest comedians in New York on display for the amusement of the public.”
THIS WEEK: BRO’IN OUT WITH LEO & TONY, SPECIAL GUESTS ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, PAUL SCHEER, TODD HANSON AND MORE

9:30pm — Thursday December 7

WHERE:Comix, 353 West 14th St at 9th Ave
COST:$15
SUMMARY:”Since leaving Big Sky Country for Seattle more than a decade ago, Reggie’s talents for performance have traveled far and wide. . . . Reggie’s musical record is vast: He fronted heavy soul sensation Maktub and continues to work with the live electronic group SynthClub. . . But now Reggie is back to comedy. Bringing with him serious musical chops and superhuman ability with a sampler, he’s been popping up on the New York and L.A. alternative comedy scenes.”

8pm — Thursday December 7

WHERE:Rebel, 251 West 30th St at 8th Ave
COST:$15
SUMMARY:”Chris Ward IV (born September 2, 1975), otherwise known as mc chris (always free from punctuation and capitalization), is a voice actor, rapper and improvisational comedian born in Libertyville, Illinois. He is currently signed on the indie label jet pack industries and also signed with the record label DC Flag Records. His trademarks include the synthesis of his “geek” heritage with the “gangster” image associated with hip hop artists, and the high pitch of his voice, celebrated in his 2003 song “10 Year Old” (likening his voice to a child of ten years age).”

8pm — Thursday December 7

WHERE:The Tank at Collective: Unconscious, 279 Church St, between Franklin and White
COST:$10 advance, $15 at door
SUMMARY:”From the stage to the page and beyond, Mortified stars everyday adults reading aloud their most embarrassingly real teenage diary entries, poems, letters, lyrics and locker notes… in front of total strangers.”

7pm — Thursday December 7

WHERE:Ars Nova, 511 West 54th St, between 10th and 11th Ave
COST:$15
SUMMARY:”MOVIE GEEK, a hilarious multimedia satire, follows the epic rise and fall of “Geek,” a passionate movie-lover who would grow up to become the world’s biggest movie nerd and most powerful Hollywood mogul. With onstage spoofs of classic movies and on-screen interviews from movie-star friends including Kathleen Turner, Henry Winkler, Lea DeLaria and even Bill Cosby, MOVIE GEEK combines Citizen Kane with a Ken Burns-style documentary and ends up with an award-winning play destined to attract both film and theater lovers alike.”

7:30pm — Thursday December 7

WHERE:Mo Pitkins, 39 Ave A between 2nd and 3rd St
COST:$9
SUMMARY:” In October, the Big Quiz Thing was literally forced to turn customers away for its first Music-Geek Edition, featuring games such as “The Pop Music Thesaurus” and “Less than Six Degrees of Musical Separation.” Now, they return to Mo’s with all-new challenges (including “A Multitude of Musical Mash-Ups” and “Song Narrative Haiku”), providing rock geeks, hip-hop heads, soul junkies, and polka connoisseurs with the ultimate test of musical savantitude.

Everyone gets to play, all for the grand prize of $200. And as a bonus, incorrect but sufficiently amusing answers earn players Smart-Ass Points, and fabulous prizes await the runner-up teams. Holding court is NYC’s trivia king, quizmaster Noah Tarnow, joined by sidekick EDP, with the DJ GB on the decks.”

4pm — Thursday December 7

WHERE:Polytechnic University, Dibner Auditorium, 5 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn
COST:FREE, Please RSVP to Dina Cruz-Cadiz (718) 260-4016 or dcruz@poly.edu
SUMMARY:A Lecture by Robert Metcalfe, Inventor of Ethernet